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WW1 Christmas truce

The year was 1914. During WW1, an unofficial ceasefire was declared on Christmas night despite no formal agreement. German ...
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The 1914 Christmas Truce wasn’t universal, and it didn’t last, but it’s become one of war’s most retold on-screen moments: ...
The soldiers in the 16th Royal Scots were affectionately known as McCrae’s Battalion, named after the lieutenant colonel who founded them, Sir George McCrae. Brought together from Edinburgh and nearby ...
If someone told you it rained fish once upon a time, would you believe them? You'd be forgiven if you said "no." But get this ...
On Christmas Eve in 1914, a light snowfall began to dust the Western Front, unable to settle on the muddy, waterlogged ground ...
But for one moment in 1914, there came a Christmas miracle. The soldiers in the trenches stopped fighting, and for a moment, ...
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