Witness History: Archive 2011 - The Christmas Truce
On Christmas Eve 1914, during World War I, British and German soldiers stopped fighting.
Many of them left their trenches and started to talk and exchange gifts.
But after a few hours of peace they were ordered back to their guns.
Photo: Associated Press
Published on Friday, 23rd December 2011.
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