Friday, December 25, 2015
101 years ago today
Something very subversive happened among the great armies of the Western Front that had been trying to kill each other with villainous zeal, Christmas Day. On this one day December 25, 1914 soldiers from the German & English armies stopped shooting and met between the lines to fraternize and exchange Christmas greetings. This did not last even one day as the generals on both sides realized that this could literally destroy their fine armies and ordered it to be stopped, up to and including firing artillery upon their own troops. This clip from the movie, "Oh, What A Lovely War" encapsulates what happened very well.
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