Christmas Truce

Started by: First Mate (2385)

During the bleak winter of 1914, amid the mud, blood and chaos of World War One, an extraordinary series of ceasefires spontaneously occurred along the Western Front. In the 1960s the BBC spoke to some of the men who, over that exceptional Christmas period, decided to lay down their arms.
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Celtic Thunder

Started: 25th Dec 2023 at 12:37
Last edited by First Mate: 25th Dec 2023 at 12:38:01

Posted by: First Mate (2385)

Soldiers from the German 134th Saxon Regiment were photographed with men of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in No Man's Land on the Western Front
Photo Imperial war museum

Replied: 26th Dec 2023 at 12:57
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Posted by: eggbeater (2974)

There was a Christmas truce because there wasn't any backstabbers back then! That generation had a backbone!!! And stood up to the bullies unlike some folk on here who go telling tales to back them up!! I wonder who that could be