the truce began late that same night when “all down our line of trenches there came to our ears a greeting unique in war: ‘English soldier, English soldier, a merry Christmas, a merry ...

The truce lasted for a varying amount of time ... At 8:30am I fired three shots in the air and put up a flag with “Merry Christmas” on it, and I climbed on the parapet. He put up a sheet ...

Peacetime Christmas celebrations seemed a world away. Nevertheless, that day Leutnant Walther Stennes, of the German 16th ...

MERRY CHRISTMAS SPONGIE SPECIALS Ken’s Note ... Here’s the story of the Christmas Truce of 1914. May we never forget. The Real Story Of The Christmas Truce Of 1914 - Imperial War Museum ...

Merry Christmas from the Family ... The story of the famous 1914 Christmas Truce when, one winter night, German and English soldiers put down their weapons, climbed out of their trenches ...

“The idea of a truce on Christmas Day is beautiful ... One group hoisted its own canvas banner reading “Merry Christmas” (next to an unflattering cartoon of Kaiser Wilhelm).

Why is the truce still remembered ... wished each other a Merry Christmas, "and were soon conversing as if we had known each other for years," wrote Cpl. John Ferguson. The festivities spread ...

when enemies set aside their differences to celebrate the holiday in "Joyeux Noel" ("Merry Christmas"). (J.C. LOTHER / AP) The 2005 French film is based on the World War I Christmas truce along ...

It was the Christmas Truce of 1914. By late 1914 ... One side called across the lines a hearty “Merry Christmas/ Frohe Weihnachten,” and it was returned, perhaps a little ironically.