Christmas 1914

Nothing shows the spirit of Christmas like the 1914 Christmas truce, which saw many soldiers from both sides enter no man's land, where they exchanged food, souvenirs held burial ceremonies, sang carols and even had games of football.



Christmas 1914-no man's land


God bless them all.

beautifull and touching song. Merry Christmas to our lads who are apart from their families at this time.

hOW TOUCHING WAS THAT FILM GOD BLESS ALL WHO DIED IN ALL WARS

Elizabeth you said it for me

Didn't go down well with the war mongering General Staffs on both sides

Oops,I forgot,those bastards never spent time in a trench

Very true, UTT...

Bruce Bairnsfather, who served throughout the war, wrote: "I wouldn't have missed that unique and weird Christmas Day for anything. ... I spotted a German officer, some sort of lieutenant I should think, and being a bit of a collector, I intimated to him that I had taken a fancy to some of his buttons. ... I brought out my wire clippers and, with a few deft snips, removed a couple of his buttons and put them in my pocket. I then gave him two of mine in exchange. ... The last I saw was one of my machine gunners, who was a bit of an amateur hairdresser in civil life, cutting the unnaturally long hair of a docile Boche, who was patiently kneeling on the ground whilst the automatic clippers crept up the back of his neck."

General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, commander of the British II Corps, was irate when he heard what was happening, and issued strict orders forbidding friendly communication with the opposing German troops.[8] Adolf Hitler, then a young corporal of the 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry, was also an opponent of the truce.

Things never change,mac