The 1914 Christmas Truce - But Did It Really Happen?

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The 1914 Christmas Truce narrative has over time achieved mythological status. However, did it really take place? Did British and German soldiers actually play football in no-man's land?
THE WESTERN FRONT - CHRISTMAS EVE 1914
As Christmas Eve approached, the battlefields of Flanders were blanketed with a light dusting of snow. Some officers of the British Expeditionary Force in the front lines began ordering their men not to fire unless fired upon. This policy came to be known as “live and let live,” and it would be adopted on an ad hoc basis throughout the war, especially in less active sectors.
British soldiers on duty that evening began to see strange things from the enemy lines opposite them. Germans were placing small fir trees and bright lanterns outside their trenches - and suddenly a chorus of voices singing Christmas songs could be heard. They sang hymns such as “Stille Nacht” (“Silent Night”), and the British began to respond with Christmas carols of their own.
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@UlyssesFiles 4 ай бұрын

A quick upload this Christmas Day - the 1914 Christmas Truce - Western Front. Merry Christmas 🎅🏻🤶🏻😻🎉🎊🎄🎈

@justjosie1163 4 ай бұрын

A very Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 🎁. Thank you for the present! 🙏

@UlyssesFiles 4 ай бұрын

Thanks and you too Josie - hope it was a good one! 🎁🎉🎊🎄🙌🏻

@justjosie1163 4 ай бұрын

@@UlyssesFiles Oh, it was!

@self-studyenglisheveryday3952 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant video! I love it. Merry Christmas!🎉🎉

@UlyssesFiles 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! You too!

@nyaskop 4 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas 🎄 🎉 Was waiting for new videos 🤩

@UlyssesFiles 4 ай бұрын

Ah ok, thanks and Happy holidays!

@crocodiledundee8685 4 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas Odysseus Files. Hope you had a very merry time. I did thanks to your William Coltman video.

@UlyssesFiles 4 ай бұрын

Ah hi there - yes it’s a busy one but good thanks - glad you enjoyed that and hope the rest of the holiday is good 🎅🏻🎄🎈🎉🎊✝️

@justjosie1163 4 ай бұрын

A very Merry Christmas to you 🎄 🎅🤶🎁🥂✝️. Thank you for this Christmas gift and may you have a blessed New Year. It breaks my heart whenever I think of these men who were brothers with such similar cultural traditions killing each other. Thank the Lord that they were able to briefly overcome the propaganda and unite for a short Christmas union...would it have only lasted longer. 😢🙏🙏🙏✝️

@UlyssesFiles 4 ай бұрын

Yes well said - if only for a moments pause from the senseless killing. Merry Christmas Josie 🎁🎊🎈🎉🎅🏻🎄✝️

@UlyssesFiles 4 ай бұрын

We finished the short documentary on Nikolai Kuznetsov Josie, and thanks again for the suggestion - it was really interesting to make! 🤓☝🏻 :-

@justjosie1163 4 ай бұрын

@@UlyssesFiles Thank you ever so much. It is a riveting video. The man was dedicated and deadly. Thank you again for all of your time and work for all of us.