David S. Brownlee Posted June 12, 2013 Posted June 12, 2013 The last day was actualy something that my uncle never got over. He was ordered up on the second line at 10:30 when the armistist was to go at 11:00 General Preshing had ordered that they would fight until the last minute. The first "wave" went over the top at around 10:00. German machine gunners were actually waving the white flag and telling them to just stop...but they didn't 6000 American boys (and a few Canadians)...went over the top. They were greated by Germans who told thenm to "Go Back, it's OVER!" The Officers behind them urged them on - foreward - and when the German machine gunners saw that they intended to kil them (in the last moments of the war) they did the only thing they could do - they opened up on them with their machine guns - and killed three thousand men in 10 minutes.
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now