yellowsubmarinr t1_j1cda34 wrote
This is all from memory from high school but the powers that be at the time wanted to end the war at 11/11 11:11am for shits and giggles, the shitty thing was they had decided to end the war the night before but waiter, and people died, so they could get their nifty 11/11 11:11am nonsense. What a fucking joke.
Edit: the comments below go to show how the same thing would probably happen today and people would die because 11:11 looks cool. Sad
Sly1969 t1_j1cg1jn wrote
The armistice was signed around 5 am and due to come into effect at 11 am, partly because of the symbolism but also to make sure that all parts of the front had time to receive the message. Gunther died not because his commanders didn't get the message but because they decided to attack anyway. The Germans were shouting and waving at the Americans to go back as the war was over but they keep charging and were cut down in their hundreds. Utterly fucking pointless deaths.
4thofeleven t1_j1co1ct wrote
You generally don't want to declare a cease-fire immediately - you need to allow time for everyone to get the message, otherwise you get situations where one unit doesn't receive the new orders in time, continues attacking, the other side thinks you're intentionally violating the cease-fire, and the whole thing collapses.
yellowsubmarinr t1_j1dvazm wrote
And it just happened to be at 11:11 on 11/11? Not buying it
The armistice should have happened earlier but didn’t and people died for it. Yet I’m being downvoted for advocating for these people who needlessly died. To people who are defending this, maybe reconsider you stance because people died who didn’t need to due to leaders’ incompetence and wanting the 11/11 thing to look cool.
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