The Midnight Oil song was true.
Generals launched attacks on Armistice Day in full knowledge that the 11 am. truce had been agreed unofficially up to two days before. The Germans finally signed the armistice at 5:10 a.m. on the morning of the 11th November.
- The records of Commonwealth War Graves Commission shows that 863 Commonwealth soldiers died on 11 November 1918 – this figure includes those who died of wounds received prior to November 11.
- The Americans took 3,300 casualties on the last day of the war.
The last American soldier killed was Private Henry Gunter who was killed at 10.59 a.m. – the last man to die in World War One. His divisional record stated:
Almost as he fell, the gunfire died away and an appalling silence prevailed.
General Pershing supported commanders who wanted to be pro-active in attacking German positions on the last day of the war.
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