Commentary
On Nov. 11, 1918, the guns fell silent and World War I, the most horrific conflict humans had ever engaged in, came to an end. Almost immediately, thoughts turned to how to best commemorate and fix in the memory the battles and sacrifices of the war. Every nation (except Bolshevik Russia) that had participated in the struggle embarked on the design and construction of thousands of memorials, ranging from simple cairns or cenotaphs in villages, to triumphal arches and massive statuary groups in national capitals.
