eleven, eleven, eleven

[Lionel Mandrake]

Regardless of whether you put the month first (the US custom) or second (the European custom), today is 11/11/11.

Ninety three years ago today, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month (Paris time), an armistice on the Western Front went into effect. This event didn't end all hostilities, but we remember it as the end of the First World War.





Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_with_Germany

[Lionel Mandrake]

1. NY Times Headlines on 11/11/1918

As you can see, a lot of other stuff was happening at the same time.

[oneshooter]

2. And the terms of the Treaty were so severe that it brought about

The next war. WW2

[Lionel Mandrake]

4. That's right.

Many Germans starved as a result of the naval blockade by Great Britain. The Brits kept up the blockade after the armistice to force Germany to sign the Treaty of Versailles. That treaty was signed in June 1919. It was so harsh that it practically guaranteed a resumption of hostilities.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Those are great pictures, m y dear Lionel Mandrake!

I greatly appreciate your historical perspective on this date...

:hi:

[Lionel Mandrake]

7. My dear CP,

I lifted the pics from Wikipedia.
I'm glad you like them. :)

The history is very important.
It made the Third Reich possible. :-(

[MiddleFingerMom]

5. Some concern shown by one of our allies across the Great Pond:

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[Lionel Mandrake]

6. Heh heh.

:rofl: