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Starting on Christmas Eve, many German and British troops sang Christmas carols to each other across the lines, and at certain points the Allied soldiers even heard brass bands joining the Germans in their joyous singing. history/topics/world-war-i/christmas-truce-of-1914 Young soccer players from across Europe have gathered for a tournament near Flanders fields in Belgium to mark the centenary of the Christmas Truce of 1914. It marks 100 years since Allied and German soldiers laid down their arms and came together briefly to exchange gifts, sing carols and play soccer in a few scattered locations on the Western Front for an unofficial truce among soldiers. abc.net.au/news/2014-12-14/soccer-players-mark-centenary-of-wwi-christmas-truce/5965114
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 02:07:46 +0000

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