german and french soldiers were involved in the wwi christmas truce of 2014 in the eastern front.
german and french soldiers were involved in the wwi christmas truce of 2014 in the eastern front.
who was involved in the wwi christmas truce of 2014 in the eastern front?
german and french soldiers
truces between british and german units can be dated to early november 1914, around the time opposing armies had begun static trench warfare. at this time, both sides' rations were brought up to the front line after dusk, and soldiers on both sides noted a period of peace while they collected their food. by 1 december, a british soldier could record a friendly visit from a german sergeant one morning "to see how we were getting on". relations between french and german units were generally more tense, but the same phenomenon began to emerge. in early december, a german surgeon recorded a regular half-hourly truce each evening to recover dead soldiers for burial, during which french and german soldiers exchanged newspapers. this behaviour was often challenged by junior and senior officers; the young charles de gaulle wrote on 7 december of the "lamentable" desire of french infantrymen to leave the enemy in peace, while the commander of 10th army, victor d'urbal, wrote of the "unfortunate consequences" when men "become familiar with their neighbours opposite". other truces could be enforced on both sides by weather conditions, especially when trench lines flooded in low-lying areas, though these often lasted after the weather had cleared. on the eastern front, fritz kreisler reported incidents of spontaneous truces and fraternisation between the austro-hungarians and russians in the first few weeks of the war.
christmas truce
bullet::::- the 1967 song "snoopy's christmas" by the royal guardsmen was based on the christmas truce. it is the red baron, germany's ace pilot and war hero, who initiates the truce with the fictitious snoopy.









































bullet::::- the 1969 film "oh! what a lovely war" includes a scene of a christmas truce with british and german soldiers sharing jokes, alcohol and songs.









































bullet::::- the video for the 1983 song "pipes of peace" by paul mccartney depicts a fictionalised version of the christmas truce.
christmas truce