Armistice Day

Griff · 11-11-2018, 06:42 AM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_Day

Armistice Day is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning—the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918. The armistice initially expired after a period of 36 days. A formal peace agreement was only reached when the Treaty of Versailles was signed the following year.[1]

There was a time when people thought war was terrible enough to resist engaging in.

Remember Everyone Deployed

Clodfobble · 11-11-2018, 07:30 AM

Fun thing I just learned: there were 10,944 casualties (2,738 deaths) between the signing of the armistice and it actually taking effect, just so "11:00 on 11/11" could look cool in history books.

Warmongers are dicks even when they're trying to be peacemongers.

sexobon · 11-11-2018, 08:05 AM

So they fell 56 casualties short … picky, picky.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-11-2018, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_Day

....the cessation of hostilities...

The hostilities didn't cease, they just moved to...

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....the Treaty of Versailles

which was as hostile, vindictive and punitive as possible setting the stage for the rank and file grunts to get butchered again.

Dr. Zaius · 11-11-2018, 10:22 AM

"This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years".

--Marshal Ferdinand Foch, June 28th 1919

Some of the most prophetic words ever uttered. The Second World War started twenty years and 65 days later.

tw · 11-12-2018, 08:28 AM

The Don sat there stone faced and fuming when Emmanuel Macron so accurately defined a glaring difference between nationalism and patriotism.

Diaphone Jim · 11-12-2018, 11:58 AM

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

—John McCrae, May 1915

xoxoxoBruce · 11-17-2018, 09:18 PM

War is hell...

Rhianne · 11-18-2018, 05:38 AM

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War is hell...

Can anyone make sense of the car-shaped form at the back of the Esplanade behind the soldiers, in the same place in both pictures?

fargon · 11-18-2018, 06:17 AM

I might be a car. Or a hole in the wall.

Griff · 11-18-2018, 08:22 AM

Damn.

Looks like a car sat there for years...

Clodfobble · 11-18-2018, 09:32 AM

Also, the branches on the trees (far right) didn't change a single leaf... One of those photos is edited.

sexobon · 11-18-2018, 10:38 AM

At least the bottom pic. That rank of soldiers (particularly the one on the end) doesn't cast the same shadow as the lone person facing them.

Gravdigr · 11-18-2018, 02:18 PM

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Can anyone make sense of the car-shaped form at the back of the Esplanade behind the soldiers, in the same place in both pictures?

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I[t] might be a car.

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Damn.

Looks like a car sat there for years...

Sure looks like a car:

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xoxoxoBruce · 11-18-2018, 08:28 PM

The dude in front is from the original, the line of men was taken somewhere else and added in behind the dude. I guess after four years of war, when they said come back to the castle so we can take your picture, the answer was a negative string of naughty words.

11-11-2018, 06:42 AM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Armistice Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_Day Armistice Day is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning—the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918. The armistice initially expired after a period of 36 days. A formal peace agreement was only reached when the Treaty of Versailles was signed the following year.[1] There was a time when people thought war was terrible enough to resist engaging in. Remember Everyone Deployed __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-11-2018, 07:30 AM	#2
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Fun thing I just learned: there were 10,944 casualties (2,738 deaths) between the signing of the armistice and it actually taking effect, just so "11:00 on 11/11" could look cool in history books. Warmongers are dicks even when they're trying to be peacemongers. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-11-2018, 10:22 AM	#5
Dr. Zaius Superior Inhabitant Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ape City Posts: 73	"This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years". --Marshal Ferdinand Foch, June 28th 1919 Some of the most prophetic words ever uttered. The Second World War started twenty years and 65 days later. __________________ Defender of the Faith

11-17-2018, 09:18 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	War is hell... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-18-2018, 06:17 AM	#10
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	I might be a car. Or a hole in the wall. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

11-11-2018, 08:05 AM	#3
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	So they fell 56 casualties short … picky, picky.

11-12-2018, 08:28 AM	#6
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	The Don sat there stone faced and fuming when Emmanuel Macron so accurately defined a glaring difference between nationalism and patriotism.

11-12-2018, 11:58 AM	#7
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. —John McCrae, May 1915

11-18-2018, 08:22 AM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Damn. Looks like a car sat there for years... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-18-2018, 09:32 AM	#12
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Also, the branches on the trees (far right) didn't change a single leaf... One of those photos is edited. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-18-2018, 10:38 AM	#13
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	At least the bottom pic. That rank of soldiers (particularly the one on the end) doesn't cast the same shadow as the lone person facing them.

11-18-2018, 08:28 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The dude in front is from the original, the line of men was taken somewhere else and added in behind the dude. I guess after four years of war, when they said come back to the castle so we can take your picture, the answer was a negative string of naughty words. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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