The armistice that brought WW1 to an end happened on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. At least 16 million soldiers and civilians had been killed and many more severely wounded.
Ever since 1918, 11 November has been known as Armistice Day in the U.K. and Veterans Day in the U.S.
It's good that a century later the awful period that was WW1 is commemorated and Australia & NZ are part of that. In fact the size of the commemorations get bigger every year.
The reality of the war for soldiers and their families half a world away became clear with the ill-conceived Gallipoli campaign of 1915 in what is now Turkey, and the veterans remembrance day in Australia & NZ ever since has been 25 April -- ANZAC Day.
We marked the centenary of A/NZ involvement in WW1 with the book Voyage to Gallipoli which also covers other troopships used elsewhere in WW1, and we intend to keep it in print for some time yet.
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