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Turning point · The Great War, 1914–1918
The Christmas truce
24-26 Dec 1914 — Along stretches of the line, soldiers climb out, exchange tobacco, bury their dead, and by several accounts play football. Commands on both sides make sure it never happens again.
This is one scene of Chapter 3 — The Trench in The Great War, 1914–1918.
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