SOLDIERS CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS ON BOTH SIDES OF NO MAN'S LAND
Western Front (JFK+50) On December 25, 1914, thousands of soldiers on both sides of No Man's Land* "climbed out of the trenches...sang Christmas carols and exchanged food, gifts and souvenirs."
The Christmas Truce began when German troops put candles on their trenches and sang carols. British troops responded with their own carols and then shouts of Christmas greetings could be heard coming from both sides.
The truce ended after two days, but the world war would continue another four years.
*No Man's Land was the unoccupied area between opposing trenches during the first world war. It was located on the Western Front.
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SOURCE
"The Christmas Truce," JFK+50, December 25, 2018, www.jfk50.blogspot.com/
"The Day the Troops Refused to Fight, December 14, 1914," by Jon Wiener, The Nation, December 23, 2014.
