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MintyMissterious t1_iwpreis wrote

Reply to comment by Starrylands in TIL: WW1 Armistice Day was Nov 11th, fighting was to cease at 11:00 AM. An American solider charged a German machine gun nest with 16 mins left, and died at 10:59 AM. The last soldier to die in WWI. by wats6831

Even if true, it was irrelevant to this case, and most cases. Many more soldiers got injured or died in these hours than in the previous days of actual war. Even if half the soldiers knew, the number should drop by half, not increase.

See bottom left. https://archive.org/details/eleventhmonthele00pers/page/378/mode/2up?view=theater

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