Today is the 100 year anniversary of Armistice Day. In 1918, on the 11th of November at the 11th hour the fighting finally ended after 4 years, 3 months and 2 weeks as the armistice came into effect. Although the war would not be officially over until the Treaty of Versailles took effect on January 10th 1920, the armistice ended combat on land, sea and in the air between Germany and the Allies.
The war on the Eastern Front had already ended with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed on March 3rd, 1918 and the earlier Focșani Armistice which ended fighting between Romania and the Central powers on December 9th of 1917. However, Russia would remain embroiled in civil war until October 1922.
To mark Armistice Day, we are allowing players to participate in a two minute’s silence in Verdun and Tannenberg, have produced a Facebook frame, and we will be posting one hundred stories of people who died during the war or as a consequence of it. Over 40,000,000 soldiers and civilians were killed or injured, and countless more would have their lives changed by the war and the aftermath.
The community organised today two events as well to commemorate:
- https://steamcommunity.com/groups/verdx64#announcements/detail/1698314631049440738
- https://steamcommunity.com/app/242860/discussions/7/1735469327934698504/
Lest we forget.
