The Christmas Truce
The Christmas truce of 1914 entailed a series of unofficially spread cease-fires along the western fronts during Christmas. The German and the British soldiers crossed their trenches and ventured into no-man’s land on Christmas Eve to exchange greetings and merry together. They mingled freely exchanging food and souvenirs. They conducted joint burials, prisoner swap and played games such as football together. I was a British […]