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Post by Kentflash_05 on Dec 15, 2019 14:20:08 GMT
- in Christmas of 1914 near Belluewood along the Western Theatre of World War I German, French and British Troops declared a "Christmas Truce" sang Christmas Carols together, helpes each other bury fallen comrades and even by some reports played a soccer game together. The next day leadership had a hell of a time getting the troops on both sides to fire upon those whom they had just gotten to know. The Entire Western Theatre had been halted for about 48-72 hours, unfortunately pressure from politicians and atrocities committed on both sides lead to a resumption of fighting. But damn you wonder what if.....those guys had been able to stop the war? You guys may know about it, you may not..... I like learning about random historical events. Sorry I got a little bored with no football  |
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Post by bluehen on Dec 16, 2019 2:09:45 GMT
Here's a pretty folk song written and performed by John McCutcheon commemorating that magical event :
.....and with photos :
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Post by Hero on Dec 16, 2019 14:31:03 GMT
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Post by bluehen on Dec 16, 2019 15:13:38 GMT
This should inspire ESECPN and BIG fans to wish each other a Merry Christmas.
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Post by Bevo on Dec 17, 2019 3:13:13 GMT
This should inspire ESECPN and BIG fans to wish each other a Merry Christmas. Not a chance... ESPN and B1G fans would have continued SHOOTING each other. (Very important that I DISAGREE with you about ANYTHING)  |
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Post by bluehen on Dec 17, 2019 4:52:04 GMT
This should inspire ESECPN and BIG fans to wish each other a Merry Christmas. Not a chance... ESPN and B1G fans would have continued SHOOTING each other. (Very important that I DISAGREE with you about ANYTHING) But we can't continue our fun -ish disagreements if you punk out, Bevo. Besides, you know I'm right 77% of the time .... |
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