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Christmas Truce (1914)

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On Christmas Eve 1914, on the western front, British soldiers heard German troops in the opposite trenches singing carols. They soon joined in with the singing and both sides shouted ‘Merry Christmas!’ to each other between the trenches. At the first light of dawn on Christmas Day British and German soldiers met across no man’s…

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Over By Christmas? – Growing Allied Confidence I THE GREAT WAR Week 213

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Get David Zabecki’s Book about the German 1918 Offensives: http://bit.ly/Zabecki1918 With the recent “Black Day of the German Army” and the success of the new strategy of Allied attacks along the Western Front and with the renewed offensives in Palestine, British Commander Sir Douglas Haig is confident the war can be won by the end…

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