"One of the astonishing things about World War I is that for
generations to come we will be able to hear it end. It was the greatest
slaughter the world had ever seen. Something close to 20 million
soldiers and civilians on both sides perished. Under the Armistice in
which the Central Powers finally capitulated a century ago, the time for
the end of the conflict was set at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the
11th month.
Until that moment, the thunder of battle engulfed the front. The
machine guns crackled constantly, and the howitzers kept reporting. The
sound was God-omnipresent. We know that because of recordings, including
ones made near the Moselle River. Yanks were there as part of a broad
push that had been ordered by the Allied commander, Marshal Foch."
Read and hear it here:
https://www.nysun.com/editorials/birdsong-of-peace/90460/
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