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The Christmas truce 25th Dec 2021 09:49 The Christmas Truce has become one of the most famous and mythologised events of the First World War. But what was the real story behind the truce? Why did it happen and did British and German soldiers really play football in no-man's land.?0
Merry Christmas, click above. Picture for dramatic purposes only. The truth is above though. Twistery below.
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A few Regiments have regaled the tales of this incident including my old mob the Royal Welch Fusiliers looking at dates perhaps it became a "tradition " certainly more than once it took place http://generalship.org/royal-w
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