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 objectconstant rated 6 months agohistory - So, We they can stop fighting for Christmas and even exchange gifts but not for anything else? What the hell.
From the page: "The two sides continued by shouting Christmas greetings to each other. Soon thereafter, there were calls for visits across the "No Man's Land" where small gifts were exchanged â€" whisky, jam, cigars, chocolate, and the like. The soldiers exchanged gifts, sometimes addresses, and drank together. The artillery in the region fell silent that night. The truce also allowed a breathing spell where recently-fallen soldiers could be brought back behind their lines by burial parties. Proper burials took place as soldiers from both sides mourned the dead together and paid their respects. At one funeral in No Man's Land, soldiers from both sides gathered and read a passage from the 23rd Psalm:"
 QuackAttack818 rated 7 months agohistory, wwi, truce, christmas - This is a really cool event from WWI
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