Christmas truce
The Christmas truce was the widespread unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front of World War I around Christmas 1914. The truce happened five months after the war began.[1]
Christmas Truce Media
- Khaki-chums-xmas-truce-1914-1999.redvers.jpg
A cross, left in Saint-Yves (Saint-Yvon – Ploegsteert; Comines-Warneton in Belgium) in 1999, to commemorate the site of the Christmas Truce. The text reads:"1914 – The Khaki Chums Christmas Truce – 1999 – 85 Years – Lest We Forget"
British and German troops meeting in no man's land during the unofficial truce (British troops from the Northumberland Hussars, 7th Division, Bridoux–Rouge Banc Sector)
- The Christmas Truce on the Western Front, 1914 Q50720.jpg
British and German troops burying the bodies of those killed in the attack of 18 December.
British and German descendants of Great War veterans
References
- ↑ "Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce of 1914". Time. 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
- ↑ Imperial War Museum 2022.
- ↑ Imperial War Museum Caption 2022.