Christmas truce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The " Christmas truce " is a term used to describe several brief unofficial cessations of hostilities that occurred on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day between German and British or French troops in W...
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Something surprising occurred on the front for Christmas in 1914. In one of the truest acts of goodwill toward men, soldiers from both sides set aside their weapons and hatred and agreed to a Christmas truce. ... British and German soldiers meeting in No Man's Land during the Christmas Truce of 1914.
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history1900s.about.com/od/1910s/a/christmastruce.htm
history1900s.about.com/od/1910s/a/christmastruce.htm
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Did German and British soldiers play soccer during a World War I Christmas truce? ... Incredibly, many of the Germans, who had worked in England before the war, were able to speak good enough English to propose a "Christmas" truce. The British and French troops, all along the miles of trenches, accepted.
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www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/truce.asp
www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/truce.asp
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The truce lasted from Christmas, 1914, to the 3rd of January 1915. Its end had more formality than its opening. On the afternoon of 3rd January a German officer approached our lines, accompanied by an orderly who acted as interpreter.
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www.kinnethmont.co.uk/1914-1918_files/xmas-truce.htm
www.kinnethmont.co.uk/1914-1918_files/xmas-truce.htm
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The Christmas Truce ... The Christmas Truce (a WW1 peace story), and news of a nascent nonviolent peace army... ... THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE...
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www.quaker.org/chestnuthill/xmastrench.htm
www.quaker.org/chestnuthill/xmastrench.htm
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So writes Bruce Bairnsfather about the Christmas Truce of 1914. This event was an outbreak of spontaneous fraternization between troops almost entirely concentrated in the British sector on the south edge of the Ypres Salient.
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www.worldwar1.com/heritage/xmast.htm
www.worldwar1.com/heritage/xmast.htm
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The Football Match - One oft-repeated part of the Christmas Truce legend is the story of a football match played out in No-Man's Land. There are several conflicting stories about such a match (and if all the stories are true there must have been more than one), with varying versions of the final score.
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www.fylde.demon.co.uk/xmas.htm
www.fylde.demon.co.uk/xmas.htm
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A resource for military historians, genealogists and others with an interest in the Great War of 1914-1918 ... The Christmas Truce has become an enduring image of the triumph of man's spirit over adversity. What really happened in no man's land between British and German infantry in December 1914, and who was there?
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www.1914-1918.net/truce.htm
www.1914-1918.net/truce.htm
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It was just after dawn on a bitingly cold Christmas Day in 1914, 90 years ago on Saturday, and one of the most extraordinary incidents of the Great War was about to unfold. ... The unauthorised Christmas truce spread across much of the 500-mile Western Front where more than a million men were encamped.
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www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/dec/19/christmas.lornamartin
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/dec/19/christmas.lornamartin
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