Christmas truce - WW 1

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  • sonofagun
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2009
    • 102
    #1

    Christmas truce - WW 1

    Anyone got anything similar from your service, or that of a friend or relative?

    First World War.com - Feature Articles - The Christmas Truce
    http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/christmastruce.htm
    "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have."
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    • Ken The Kanuck
      Very Senior Member - OFC
      • Aug 2009
      • 4094
      #2
      I'm reading Vimy Ridge by Pierre Berton right now and in it he talks about the soldiers having a truce. The brass didn't like it.

      KTK

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        • Michaelp
          Senior Member
          • Dec 2009
          • 974
          #3
          No way, no how.
          Really a bad idea to humanize your enemy.
          Might cause one to hesitate at the wrong time.
          War is really bad, but if you are in one, you got to deal with it.
          I advised Cambodian and Montagnard irregulars for most of 18 months.
          Even taking prisoners was unthinkable to them.
          We had to stand by and watch.

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            • Dan In Indiana
              Very Senior Member - OFC
              • Aug 2009
              • 840
              #4
              When I was a kid, an uncle of my dad who was in that war participated in that truce, later go lost behind enemy lines for so long they sent his mother a death certificate. He took it down from his wall one day on a visit and showed it too me.
              Dan-Central Indiana Chapter OFC
              http://www.mtekweaponsystems.com/

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