By the time "Le Wagon de l'Armistice" in Compiegne witnessed signatures from both sides of the conflict to end all military operations on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month over 16 mln people perished. Including 9.5 mln on allied side. On the top of this death tall there was 20mln wounded. Great War as it was called was the first full scale modern conflict in world's history. All types of newly invented weapons and new types of forces were used:
- Air Force (including Zeppelins and Aeroplanes)
- Sub-marine Forces (including U-boats)
- Armoured Off Terrain Forces (including Tanks)
- Chemical Weapons (including Mustard Gas)
These changed warfare for good. This was also the first conflict to see dedicated terror attacks on civilians from air, sea and from the ground.
Unfortunately world was yet to see more and more civilians to die.
To commemorate people who lived and fought in this terrible time we visit graves and monuments of the past during weekend battlefield tours organised by Back-Roads Tours
