How WW1 Fighting Stopped For Christmas

[Ilovegeographyandham]

Soldiers have hearts, Politicians don’t.

[jfd]

They didn’t necessarily start killing eachother again. Iirc, they were moved to another frontline and trenches. They didn’t want to fight after.

[Duodecilion]

actually, after the truce ended, soldiers refused to kill the people they played football or hung out with, so they were repositioned to different trenches

[theplanethistoryguy]

If only every conflict could’ve been solved this way

[percival]

110 years ago today...
Today we're all brothers
Tonight we're all friends
A moment of peace
In a war that never ends

[kuxky]

Fun fact: during christmas eve when the soilders didnt attack each other, canadian troops killed german troops on christmas

[ghanshyamvohra]

this was actually a chapter in our 8th grade ncert books " best christmas present in the world" i still think this is one of the best chapters in our english book.

[spodermonke]

The thing abt this is that it just shows how the soldiers never actually hated eachother, they were just following orders

[Nova-zinc]

We had this event as a lesson in our English literature textbooks.
It was about a German man who wrote his wife a letter telling all these but he never came back. it was someone else who found this letter in an old shelf of a junk desk and delivered it to his wife.
The plot was that his wife was still waiting for him and mistook the stranger (who delivered her letter) as her husband and welcomed him offering him a christmas cake.

[prosto_absurd]

As a history student, an interesting fact, it started from a British guy going to No Man's Land (zone in the middle of warfare) and asking for a pen to write a letter home, a german guy came to him and asked his comrades not to shoot. They shook hands and then played football, had photos, letters, shared photos and even talked and ate together 😊❤

[nishamaurya]

This story is in our English textbook of grade 8, had a fun time reading it.

[DamianVo-sp]

Canada: I might have to admit something



(Canada didn’t celebrate the Christmas truce and gave beans with explosives)

[Arya_Awat]

"that's really wholesome"
WW1: And I took that personally.

[Cannuck]

Hey guys don't look at me during ww1 🇨🇦

[angelitaandrada]

"Well that's really wholesome"
"But after it ended they started killing each other"
The switch up is wild 💀

[LukaPuma]

I actually did an essay on this for my history class earlier this year which I got an A on. During this time of the war, both sides thought that the war would end quickly but that wasn’t the case. They had to keep fighting during the winter when it was cold and rainy, which is horrible since they lived in trenches where rain flooded their home into massive piles of mud. They also had to spend time outside of battles burying their dead soldiers underneath the trenches resulting in horrible odors. Life in the trenches for both sides was miserable and the main reason for that truce was to escape that reality for a day. They exchanged gifts such as cigars and candies they had and did play football and card games that the Germans had. This story is amazing and shows the respect, kindness, and empathy both sides had for each other ❤️

[IsabellaNeill-dr]

Sainsburys 2014 christmas ad is just a 5 minute sumit of ww1

[MarieVanaalten]

Did you know it happened in Belgium in Ieper. They traded cigarettes and gifts they got from their loved ones. It really was a wholesome moment.
Damm now i know my homework for tomorrow

[SimplyTryhard]

“After it ended they started killing each other” 😂😂

[Malaysianballproductions]

"Alright it's the 26th!"
*Frantic Machine Gun Noises*