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Lionel Mandrake

(4,076 posts) Mon Nov 11, 2013, 02:32 PM Nov 2013

What happened at 11 AM on 11/11/1918?

Last edited Mon Nov 11, 2013, 05:29 PM - Edit history (1)

The 11AM part may be something of a myth, but it sounds good. (Which is it, GMT or Paris Time?)

Today is the anniversary of this Armistice Day, when the fighting in WW1 mostly ended (although the Brits kept torturing the Germans with a naval blockade for several more months).

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What happened at 11 AM on 11/11/1918? (Original Post) Lionel Mandrake Nov 2013 OP

Hi Lionel - Just one correction to your post...WWI ended in 1918 (not 1911). Pendrench Nov 2013 #1

Of course you're right. Lionel Mandrake Nov 2013 #2

This song makes my face leak every time. alphafemale Nov 2013 #3

And this for me............ mrmpa Nov 2013 #6

This is the one that does it to me, as well. nt Still Blue in PDX Nov 2013 #7

Nothing. KamaAina Nov 2013 #4

and 11 seconds? n/t Lionel Mandrake Nov 2013 #5

Pendrench

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1. Hi Lionel - Just one correction to your post...WWI ended in 1918 (not 1911).

Reply to Lionel Mandrake (Original post)

Mon Nov 11, 2013, 02:47 PM

Nov 2013

Speaking of which, Michael Palin hosted a very interesting BBC program about the last day of WWI:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/timewatch/last-day-of-ww1.shtml

Tim

Lionel Mandrake

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2. Of course you're right.

Reply to Pendrench (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 11, 2013, 05:22 PM

Nov 2013

I really did know that. For some reason, I put too many 11's in my post. The war only started in 1914.

In 1916, Wilson ran his presidential campaign with the slogan: "He kept us out of the war". Irony of ironies!

(I fixed the OP to cover up my egregious blunder.)