The Christmas Truce of World War I (WWI) was a vain attempt at appeasement, between British and German troops. Consider the tenuous vectors of association which brought both countries into the War, that being Englands archaic treaty with Belgium, and Germanys loose response to Serbias nationalistic bent with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand? Germany has always been an imperial nation, albeit at the times of the Roman conquests were German tribes understood as avoiding outright conflict.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 01:06:33 +0000