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Originally Posted by Canuck of NI
Apropos to the season, a WW1 letter written by a Canadian soldier has been in the news in the past week, apparently showing that there was a frontline truce at Vimy Ridge as late as 1916 (meaning that for them the war had been going on for 2 years), one of those legendary events where the Germans come over and shake hands and trade canned beef for cigarettes and so on. Interesting if it turns out to be authentic- but I was brought up more on the stories where Germans would sing "Stille Nacht" in order to get the other side to stick their heads to hear so the snipers could get them...
If you type in the words Christmas Truce in the search feature, you will find numerous threads where we have discussed the actual Christmas Truce of 1914.
The 2005 film Joyeux Noël is loosely based /inspired by this event.
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Originally Posted by Canuck of NI
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