First World War Destruction - mankind still has not learned.
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Remembering Armistice Day
What was to have been the war to end all wars -- but which was in reality only the prelude to the next -- officially ended at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, six hours after the signing of the armistice in Compiegne, northern France. Eleven in the morning is still a solemn moment in the many countries that were dragged into the conflict, largely fought out in Western Europe, although only a handful of centenarians are alive to tell the tale.
The ceremonies taking place across the world Thursday will also honor the dead of other conflicts, some of which -- Iraq being the prime example -- are still going on.
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