"Only the dead have seen the end of war."

"Only the dead have seen the end of war.", originally uploaded by Teacher Dude's BBQ.

Today marks the 92nd anniversary of the end of the First World War. The picture shows the graves of Italian war dead who fought alongside , French, Serbian, Russian British and Commonwealth forces in Thessaloniki (Salonika), Greece.

"Only the dead have seen the end of war."

"Only the dead have seen the end of war.", originally uploaded by Teacher Dude's BBQ.

Next week is Remembrance day. The First World War ended on the 11th November 1918 after four years of brutal slaughter in which 41 million people were either killed or wounded. A testament to our enduring thirst for insanity and self-destruction.