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Hubert Alejandro
· 14 Jun 2021
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Christmas Truce

A historic event took place on Christmas in 1914,
during World War I, an unofficial ceasefire series that spread to the western front on Christmas that year.


French, German and British soldiers came together and crossed enemy trenches to exchange seasonal greetings and conversations, there was exchange of food, souvenirs, joint funeral ceremonies, exchange of prisoners, carol songs and even football matches were played between the sides.


These Christmas truces were important because of the number of men involved and the high level of participation, it was often seen as a symbol of peace and humanity amid one of the most violent wars in history.


Approximately 100,000 French and German soldiers joined the informal cessation of hostilities along the entire western front.


Unfortunately, in the following years, 1915 and 1916, the soldiers were no longer so willing to the truce, much had passed in the war, thanks to the devastating losses during the Battle of Somme and Verdun, and the use of poisonous gas.
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  • Comments (13)
Luisa Maria Malanga
Wars are crazy and truces treacherous...
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Marian
Very good your information keep sharing these types of topics.
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Catalina
With truce and everything was horrible, good story that you can't tell.
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Marianelatencio
I didn't know about this war or this event at Christmas, thank you for making it known.
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Valerita R.
Even those truces were not worth it when what happened was destruction and death.
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Mariana de Nava
I like this post I once read about this truce and it refreshed my memory.
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Sucre
They were very regrettable moments, the terrible situations that were experienced in those times, and it still happens.
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Rudi
Let's hope this doesn't happen anymore. War is for everybody a lose-lose situation. Great blog.
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GMO
Good story didn't know her, we always learn new something here..
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