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IWM, the Imperial War Museum, located in London, UK, is said to have reproduced the sound of a ceasefire agreement between Germany and the Allies on the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I in 2018.
World War I is one of the largest wars ever, with 37 million deaths. The de facto end of World War I was on November 11, 1918, when the armistice agreement between Germany and the Allies came into force. This day is remembered as the day when the main battlefield is a public holiday in many countries in Europe, and the unprecedented war ended.
The end of World War I was reproduced by sound (WW1 Armistice Interpretation). When played, a violent saturation sound is heard, then gradually decreases, and the sound of peace is expressed in less than a minute. This work is not a simple image, but a sound reproduced from the actual material (THE END OF THE WAR) possessed by IWM. In 1918, tapes no longer existed, and recording required a device such as a phonograph to engrave soft resin and metal sounds with a needle. Of course, it was not realistic to bring such a device into the battlefield, but a technique for recording sound into film has been developed. It is a technique (Artillery sound ranging) developed in 1916 by a British military engineer (William Sansome Tucker). For this reason, the Allied Forces were using the sound of cannons on the battlefield and used them in battle.
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This sound source is said to have been recorded at 10:58 am on November 11, 1918. Of course, it was before 11:00, but the question of why the vhrurd continued until 10:58 was intertwined with several factors. It is said that the main reason is that the Allied forces hated returning with spare ammunition, or that it was to gain an upper hand when the battle resumed. However, it is also said to be to keep the pressure on the German side.
It is also said that the last person killed in the battle of World War I was the second ranker of Henry Gunther of the US Army. He was relegated to the ranks just before the end of the war, and was killed by a German machine gun 60 seconds before the initiation of the armistice. Ironically, because of this warrior, he was promoted from second class to sergeant before relegation.
The music studio (Coda to Coda) who created the sound said that the data obtained from the IWM collection tells the hospital bed fighting on the Western Front how severe and confused the gunfire was, and hopes it will help you know what it sounded like at the end of World War I. . Related information can be found here .
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