100th commemoration of WWI

Yesterday marked the celebration of 100 years since the eruption of World War I and, while commemoration events were held in several cities, people took the opportunity to reflect on past wars but also on present wars and what their consequences are.

In Liege a ceremony was held near the place where the Germans invaded Belgium on August 4, 1914, thus forcing Britain into the war.

One person said that: ‘I think we need to remind the youth that conflicts can erupt at any time and that there are enough wars going on. So, we commemorate the past but also unfortunately think about wherever there is war and conflicts going on today.’

Between 1914 and 1918, World War I, which was supposed to be the ‘war to end all wars,’ killed as many as 17 million people, soldiers as well as civilians.

Belgium and France saw carnage spread across its poppy fields, the flower becoming a symbol of the fallen.