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In 1914 during WWI, the English and the Germans decided to stop fighting and instead they came together in fellowship to celebrate Christmas. When the Germans began singing “Silent Night,” the British ...

In the months after World War I erupted, young men in Europe were killing each other by the tens of thousands. Yet on a frozen Christmas Eve in... Remembering the World War I Christmas truce MARY ...

In the months after World War I erupted, young men in Europe were killing each other by the tens of thousands. Yet on a frozen Christmas Eve in 1914, the guns briefly fell silent. On the 100th ...

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 ...

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 ...

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; ...

In many wars between Christian nations, soldiers have stopped or scaled back fighting in late December—but this has not always been the case. Even in the bloodiest and deadliest wars, there were ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...