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Christmas Truce

Witness: Archive 2010 by BBC

Dec 24, 20109:08Society & Culture

For several days over Christmas in 1914 the fighting stopped on the battlefields of the First World War. British and German soldiers left their trenches to sing carols, exchange gifts and even play football. With archive...

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Christmas Truce is an episode from Witness: Archive 2010 by BBC. For several days over Christmas in 1914 the fighting stopped on the battlefields of the First World War. British and German soldiers left their trenches to sing carols, exchan...

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