Christmas doesn’t stop a war, but it does put a bright circle around the date, making the distance from home and loved ones louder. That’s why the 1914 Christmas Truce keeps coming back on screen. For ...

It was once called the War to End All Wars, but World War I dragged on year after year. Governments were shattered, lives were destroyed, and many more wars came in its wake. But for one moment in ...

In 1914 German and British soldiers put their weapons down for a Christmas day soccer match. On Christmas Eve 1914, men of the British Army Heard German troops in the trenches opposite them singing ...

A resin model of a sculpture illustrating the WW1 Christmas Truce football match inside the remains of St Luke's Church in Liverpool PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images The Athletic FC ⚽ is The Athletic’s ...

On Christmas Eve in 1914, a light snowfall began to dust the Western Front, unable to settle on the muddy, waterlogged ground that had been obliterated by months of warfare. Meanwhile, as the smell of ...

The year was 1914. During WW1, an unofficial ceasefire was declared on Christmas night despite no formal agreement. German and British soldiers sang Christmas carols to each other, leading some German ...

For marrying innocence and joy with tragedy, few historic events come close to the events of Christmas Day in 1914. Five months after the start of the Great War, British and German troops were ...

On Christmas Eve 1914, battling German and British soldiers laid down their arms and sang Christmas carols together — a brief moment of peace in the midst of war. December 1914. World War I had been ...

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in 2019. The story of the Christmas Truce of 1914 is often considered “played out,” especially in historical circles, but it is a compelling tale; ...