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The Chambeshi Monument, in the Northern Province of Zambia, also called the Chambeshi Memorial and the Lettow-Vorbeck Memorial, commemorates the final cessation of hostilities of the First World War, three days after the Armistice in Europe. ==The reasons for the monument== The monument bears a plaque which reads:
A second plaque in the Bemba language ends with the words
which means ''we honour all brave soldiers in this war''. (More Africans than Europeans fought and died on both sides in the East African campaign, thousands more Africans who served as porters (sometimes under force) also died, and the civilian population suffered tremendously).〔Fred Reid: ''In Search of Willie Patterson: A Scottish Soldier in the Age of Imperialism'' Cualann Press, Dunfermaline (2002). p.121.〕 The message given to General von Lettow-Vorbeck was a telegram sent to Croad which read: Hence the Memorial marks the cessation of hostilities, not the surrender itself.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chambeshi Monument」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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