Soldiers sharing cigars, singing songs and walking together in no-man's-land on Christmas Day 1914 are some of the scenes described in a letter uncovered in a council's archives. The letter was ...
A resin model of a sculpture illustrating the WW1 Christmas Truce football match inside the remains of St Luke's Church in Liverpool PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images The Athletic FC ⚽ is The Athletic’s ...
During the bleak winter of 1914, amid the mud, blood and chaos of World War One, an extraordinary series of ceasefires spontaneously occurred along the Western Front. In the 1960s the BBC spoke to ...
On Christmas Eve in 1914, a light snowfall began to dust the Western Front, unable to settle on the muddy, waterlogged ground that had been obliterated by months of warfare. Meanwhile, as the smell of ...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Huddled in the trenches of northern France, soldiers on both sides of World War 1 began to adopt ...
A TOUR company from the Capital is preparing to re-enact the famous football match of the Christmas Day truce as part of the First World War centenary. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to ...
The story of the impromptu football match during the 1914 Christmas Truce of the First World War has been well publicized. A number of organizations have used the tale for educational purposes but ...
The event on the French-Belgian border commemorated the troops who met in no-man's-land in 1914. The grandsons of the commanding officers of the Welsh and German troops were also present and exchanged ...