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Christmas truce (1914)

On the WWI map as “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.

When
Type
Turning point
Chapter
Trench warfare on the Western Front (chapter 5 of WWI)
Atlas
The Great War, 1871–1923
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Map showing Christmas truce (1914), turning point in The Great War, 1871–1923
TURNING POINT · THE GREAT WAR, 1871–1923

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