On November 11th, 1918, the most deadly, most massive, most mechanized, most extended period of carnage heretofore known to humankind finally sputtered to a very temporary end. Tens of millions of men mowed each other down systematically with rapid-fire weapons of all kinds, which all the main warring parties had been investing in in an ongoing arms race for years. The war was one that was waiting to happen, a reckoning of the great powers of the day for the spoils. The spoils being colonial domination of much of the globe.
Armistice Day Centennial
Armistice Day Centennial
Armistice Day Centennial
On November 11th, 1918, the most deadly, most massive, most mechanized, most extended period of carnage heretofore known to humankind finally sputtered to a very temporary end. Tens of millions of men mowed each other down systematically with rapid-fire weapons of all kinds, which all the main warring parties had been investing in in an ongoing arms race for years. The war was one that was waiting to happen, a reckoning of the great powers of the day for the spoils. The spoils being colonial domination of much of the globe.