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Winston Churchill called [WWI] 'the hardest, cruellest, and least-rewarded of all the wars that have been fought.' #armisticeday 🧵 
#Armistice was agreed for November 11 at 11 CET 1918: that day 2,738 men died en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice… ↓
The last French man to die was Augustin Trébuchon. He was 40 and he died carrying a message "Rassemblement à 11h 30 pour le ravitaillement" –> "Muster at 11.30 for food." ↓
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#11Novembre #ArmisticeDay Today it is 103 years since the Signature of the #armistice however the state of war persisted until the signature of the Treaty of Versailles in June 28th 1919
In France it is remembered as #ArmisticeDay , in other allied countries it changed to #RemembranceDay and in the US was changed to #VeteransDay
The WWI was called initially optimistically The war to end all wars, today it is used more ironically as the WWII brought more devastation. It took me a lot to starting to get an idea of understanding the world before, during the 2 world wars, and after... ⤵️
