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The Christmas Truce of 1914: A Heartening Story of Humanity in the Middle of War" || by Maria Popova :: The Marginalian

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Posted by Between the Lines Profile 12/25/22 at 02:09AM Books, Literature History Public Interest See more by Maria Popova

"A symbolic moment of peace, grace, and humility amidst one of humanity’s most violent and disgraceful events".
"In December of 1914, a series of grassroots, unofficial ceasefires took hold of the Western Front in the heat of WWI. On Christmas, soldiers from an estimated 100,000 British and German troops began to exchange seasonal greetings and sing songs across the trenches",........ Continue Reading