That article is brilliant. Thank you for sharing it Danny. 
The Christmas truce is often misunderstood as a big act of fraternisation where in actual fact it was only small sections of the front line which took part in it. For most soldiers it was business as usual with fighting and being sent over the top to an almost certain death in the hope of gaining 50 metres on the opposition. There was even occurrences of soldiers from one side walking to the other side to start a truce and being shot when they got there. With that being said though, the truces that did happen were very good. It showed the soldiers that they weren't fighting evil like they were told they were, (Some British propaganda painted the Germans as evil, murdering rapists) they were fighting normal people with normal lives just like them. There is one noted occurrence during one of the truces of a British soldier meeting a German solider who used to work in a hairdressers on the same street as the British soldiers house.
Here is a good documentary about the truce if you guys are interested:
If any of you guys are into poetry, then have a look at some of Wilfried Owen's World War 1 poetry. They really make you think about the horrors that the soldiers encountered.
Dulce et Decorum Est is his most notable piece - http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/175898
The Parable of the Old Man and the Young is another great piece - http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/parab...-and-young
The Christmas truce is often misunderstood as a big act of fraternisation where in actual fact it was only small sections of the front line which took part in it. For most soldiers it was business as usual with fighting and being sent over the top to an almost certain death in the hope of gaining 50 metres on the opposition. There was even occurrences of soldiers from one side walking to the other side to start a truce and being shot when they got there. With that being said though, the truces that did happen were very good. It showed the soldiers that they weren't fighting evil like they were told they were, (Some British propaganda painted the Germans as evil, murdering rapists) they were fighting normal people with normal lives just like them. There is one noted occurrence during one of the truces of a British soldier meeting a German solider who used to work in a hairdressers on the same street as the British soldiers house.
Here is a good documentary about the truce if you guys are interested:
If any of you guys are into poetry, then have a look at some of Wilfried Owen's World War 1 poetry. They really make you think about the horrors that the soldiers encountered.
Dulce et Decorum Est is his most notable piece - http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/175898
The Parable of the Old Man and the Young is another great piece - http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/parab...-and-young