Sunday, January 4, 2015

Christmas Truce

December, 25, 1914

The common soldiers in the trenches of Flanders demonstrate a better understanding of war than their commanders when they send Christmas carols in their respective languages across no-mans-land and cautiously begin to show themselves above the tops of the trenches. Soon a gathering of soldiers occurs and soccer games and spontaneous gift exchanges break out.  When the indignant generals get wind of this scandalous behavior, they take steps to ensure that it never happens again.

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