Podcast 47: Armistice

The news that the war on the Western Front had ended was received in a variety of ways when people first heard it. After more than four years of fighting, some couldn’t believe that it was over; others were only too happy to celebrate the end of a conflict that had cost the lives of millions worldwide. Hear the thoughts and emotions that a whole range of people at the time felt when they learned that at 11am on 11 November there would be an armistice, in Podcast 47.