Brownie-UK7

Brownie-UK7 t1_iwph9v7 wrote

I remember reading that both sides fired off huge volley of artillery during that last morning so that they didn't have to lug it back with them. WW1 was the biggest tragedy of the last 150 years - particularly as it was so unnecessary. Plus a huge factor that lead up to the rise of the Nazis and WW2 was due to the ridiculously harsh punitive reparations defined at the Treaty of Versailles.

19