An Act of Stupidity?

On 11:00 am, November 11th 1918 the final armistice between the warring armies of World War One began, bringing to an end to four years of unprecedented carnage. But, despite this agreement being reached, Allied forces continued to attack entrenched German positions on November 11th with 10,000 casualties. This article, although a book review, outlines what happened and why an author is determined we shouldn’t forget. However, if you want to know how good the book is, take a look at this review by Hew Strachan, an author engaged in writing my generation’s definitive history of WW1 – you’ll find a rather different tone!