Yet many soldiers enjoyed meeting the un-seen enemy and were surprised to discover that they were more alike than he had thought. They talked, shared pictures, exchanged items such as buttons for food stuffs. An extreme example of the fraternization was a soccer game played in the middle of No Man's Land between the Bedfordshire Regiment and the Germans. A member of the Bedfordshire Regiment produced a ball and the large group of soldiers played until the ball was deflated when it hit a barbed wire entanglement.
This strange and unofficial truce lasted for several days, much to the dismay of the commanding officers. This amazing showing of Christmas cheer was never again repeated and as World War I progressed, the story of Christmas 1914 at the front became something of a legend.
How about the real reason WW1 happened and caused that heartfelt heartwarming scene to occur along with the millions of casualties and rats eating the rotting corpses of soldiers buddy's in the trenches?
“Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War”. by Gerry Docherty and Jim MacGregor
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[ - ] beece 0 points 4 monthsDec 25, 2023 11:23:57 ago (+0/-0)*
“Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War”. by Gerry Docherty and Jim MacGregor
and
"The Bad War" -by M.S. King is more pointed, mostly WW2 but includes a crapload of interesting truths Pre-WW2 including a brief view of WW1 causes. "The Bad War" is available for free to download (download button on left) here although if you can support the writer, please do so: https://archive.org/details/TheBadWarTheTruthNEVERTaughtAboutWorldWarII/The%20Bad%20War%20-%20The%20Truth%20NEVER%20Taught%20About%20World%20War%20II/
and here: https://alternativepressreview.org/doc/the-bad-war
Ron Unz also lists it as a free pdf but that link doesn't appear to work currently: https://www.unz.com/book/m_s_king__the-bad-war/