The Christmas Day Truce

However among the tragedy is the tale of the christmas truce.

The christmas day truce. Christmas truce december 24 25 1914 impromptu cease fire that occurred along the western front during world war i. Because most of the fighting on the front lines had already stopped due to the christmas truce of 1914. A christmas truce memorial was unveiled in frelinghien france on 11 november 2008. The christmas truce also allowed both sides to finally bury their dead comrades whose bodies had lain for weeks on no man s land the ground between opposing trenches.

Those who lived through the first world war experienced christmas in a variety of ways. The christmas truce was a series of individual and unofficial truces that took place on the western front during the first winter of the war. The pause in fighting was not universally observed nor had it been sanctioned by commanders on either side but along some two thirds of the anglo german front the guns fell silent. Christmas is for sharing.

At the spot where their regimental ancestors came out from their trenches to play football on christmas day 1914 men from the 1st battalion the royal welch fusiliers played a football match with the german. Peace at the war front on christmas day during world war i. On christmas day 2019 the next epic war movie titled 1917 is scheduled for release. Contrary to popular belief first hand sources reported that the christmas truce was not a large scale event.

This iconic moment of history tells the tale of soldiers on opposite sides coming together in a moment of peace during christmas day 1914.