yellowsubmarinr
yellowsubmarinr t1_j1dvazm wrote
Reply to comment by 4thofeleven in TIL that Henry Gunther was the last soldier to die in World War I. The war ended at 11 AM and Gunther was killed at 10:59 AM while charging a German machine gun by IAmDavidGurney
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.
yellowsubmarinr t1_j1cda34 wrote
Reply to TIL that Henry Gunther was the last soldier to die in World War I. The war ended at 11 AM and Gunther was killed at 10:59 AM while charging a German machine gun by IAmDavidGurney
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
yellowsubmarinr t1_j1e5k4v wrote
Reply to comment by Sly1969 in TIL that Henry Gunther was the last soldier to die in World War I. The war ended at 11 AM and Gunther was killed at 10:59 AM while charging a German machine gun by IAmDavidGurney
https://www.armytimes.com/veterans/salute-veterans/2017/11/10/nov-11-1918-wasted-lives-on-armistice-day/