The Snapshots in Time Collection
Handwritten WWI Letter Page from Pvt. Willis W. Wagener, Letter 20, Discussing German Collapse and Allied Advance
In this letter home, Private Willis W. Wagener describes war-weary German prisoners and the Allies' steady autumn advance in the final months of World War I. Personal letters like this one offer a soldier's-eye view of the collapse of German resistance that led to the Armistice of November 1918. Project: 218252