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Interesting read and, I think, puts Corbyn's views on war in a good light.

In reply to Donald82:

what?

In reply to Donald82:

You mean treaty of Versailles?

In reply to Phil Lyon:

What?

In reply to Donald82:

What are we supposed to be reading? Or is that it: "How did WW1 end?" which can't by any stretch of the imagination, be regarded as interesting reading. It's not even a Haiku

In reply to Phil Lyon:

German navy mutinied. Led to revolution. Precipitated end of war. Memory is hazy on detail.

In reply to Donald82:

With a 1?

JW

In reply to Phil Lyon:

Aha! I see your point. That's embarrassing. To late to edit this one, so I've started a new thread with the link

In reply to Phil Lyon:

Aha! I see your point. That's embarrassing. Too late to edit this one, so I've started a new thread with the link

In reply to Donald82:

How did WWI end?

With a bang!

In reply to Donald82:

Worthing Women's Institute ended when Mrs Flanagan ran off with the treasurers husband...

In reply to Donald82:

With a good strong cup of tea.

In reply to krikoman:



Quite the opposite actually. Dead on 11 am the guns fell silent.

In reply to Trangia:


Not everywhere though, there were pockets of fighting for sometime afterwards and it was a joke.

In reply to Donald82:

Didn't it end in Africa, two weeks after the armistice?

In reply to krikoman:

You are correct Von Lettlow-Vorbeck didn't surrender until 25 November 1918 in German East Africa, partially due to the difficulty of communicating the news of the Armistice to him in the field and partly because having run circles around the British and South Africans throughout the War he wanted to surrender at a time and place of his chosing. He wasn't defeated.

Have you read "The Battle for the Bundu"? The history of his brilliant guerrilla campaign conducted with just 3,000 German troops and 11,000 African askari against 250,000 British and South African troops. Well worth reading if you are interested in the Great War.

In reply to Donald82:

Actually I take that back, it was the first shots of the war that were fired in Togo land, not the last. My mistake!

In reply to Trangia:


Why didn't they just look on Facebook?


I've heard about it but not read the book, when I'm not so busy (10 -15 years) I'll look it up. Cheers.