Within a few hours on Christmas Eve 1914, entire units simply stopped fighting, thus giving birth to what is now known as the Christmas Truce. Stunningly, some 100,000 soldiers participated.

Video: Football stars including Vincent Kompany, Gary Neville and Charlie Austin unite for poetic tribute to 1914 Christmas Truce A century to the day that the 1914 Christmas Truce took place ...

This spontaneous truce was observed in several places ... Tell the children it was taken on Christmas Day 1914, in the middle of that terrible war. Ask: 'What do you think Christmas felt like ...

written to mark the centenary of the 1914 Christmas Day truce. The story is told from the viewpoint of two mothers, one English and one German, linking to Mary's love for Jesus. The drama ends ...

The Christmas Truce of 1914, in which German, British and French soldiers temporarily stopped fighting to celebrate the holiday, was another example of this grand illusion asserting itself.

What the gentleman from Ulster said to the gentleman from Kerry—”Sure and you have said many things new and true, but the things which were new were not true and the things which were true ...

Colombian guerrilla fighters of the National Liberation Army Monday announced a unilateral Christmas truce from Dec. 24 to Jan. 2, although the measure would only cover the State Military and ...

Tri Cities Opera on Clinton Street in Binghamton announced the lineup of performances for its 75th season, and that the ...

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Veterans recall the Christmas Truce of 1914, the trenches by night, and what they got up to behind the lines. An omnibus edition of five episodes spanning 1914 to 1917. Show more An omnibus ...