Enemy Soldiers Played Football in No Man's Land

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Christmas 1914: rifles down, a ball out, and enemies becoming human for a night. The Christmas Truce — carefully told. In this video: • How the truce started • Football and fraternization • Why high command hated it • What the myth gets wrong Quilled history curiosity. Educational narrative history. #history #ww1 #christmastruce #warhistory Subscribe to Quilled History for strange true stories.

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