TIL that in WWI even though the officers knew that at 11 am there was a cease fire areement, they kept on sending troops into no-mans land and shelling the enemy lines, right up to 10:59 am. About 2,000 people died with only hours left of fighting.

http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/firstworldwar/index-1918.html



Submitted April 17, 2015 at 11:46PM by Macaroni2552 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/32y6yw/til_that_in_wwi_even_though_the_officers_knew/