Artillery salvo on the occasion of Armistice Day
Sa Savskog platoa na Kalemegdanu danas su pripadnici Garde Vojske Srbije ispalili 10 počasnih plotuna iz šest artiljerijskih oruđa, povodom sutrašnjeg obeležavanja Dana primirja u Prvom svetskom ratu. The ceremony was attended by Deputy Chief of General Staff of Serbia Lieutenant General Jovica Draganic, Head of the Planning...
Today, Members of the Guard of the Serbian Armed Forces fired a 10-volley salute from six artillery weapons from the Sava's Plateau on the occasion of tomorrow’s marking of the Armistice Day in the Great War.
The ceremony was attended by Deputy Chief of General Staff of Serbia
Lieutenant General Jovica Draganic, Head of the Planning and Development
Department at General Staff of Serbia Major General Dusan Stojanovic,
Guard Commander Brigadier General Milomir Todorovic and numerous
citizens.
The armistice and ceasefire in the Great War were signed on November 11,
1918 in France, at the special wagon of Marshal Ferdinand Foch.
The ceremony of marking the Armistice Day represents the act of honoring
all military and civilian victims killed during the Great War. The
armistice, which was valid until conclusion of the final Peace Treaty in
Versailles, on June 28, 1919 is marked in all countries that signed the
treaty
