During WWI in 1914, enemy soldiers stopped fighting on Christmas, left their trenches, exchanged gifts, buried their dead, and played soccer together in No Man’s Land
During WWI in 1914, enemy soldiers stopped fighting on Christmas, left their trenches, exchanged gifts, buried their dead, and played soccer together in No Man’s Land
Can we just stop fighting and killing everyone.
Please stop
(I lowk want peace)
Many-Disaster-3823 on
Poor guys never forget state sanctioned mass murder of our young men basically enforced collective suicide
Possible_Bee_4140 on
The Christmas Truce. A really interesting phenomenon brought on mainly because nobody expected to have been fighting for that long and the stale mates were brutal.
It was more than just playing soccer, though. They exchanged prisoners, had joint burial ceremonies for their dead, swapped gifts, and afterwards a bunch of them just went home.
There were a couple smaller instances of this the next year, but commanders really cracked down on this kind of thing, so it never really happened again.
Just goes to show: the default state for those not in power is “live and let live.” Hate is learned.
simonsghostcouk on
Remember it? How could I forget it? I was never offside!!
BeatJumpy4937 on
Really goes to show how fucking stupid war is
Dukie-Weems on
I want to know how it first started? Did they send a note saying “truce for a day?” Or did some brave soul walk into no man’s land with a soccer ball and everyone just joined?
Critical_Praline7035 on
They got the year wrong, but “Christmas 1915” by Celtic Thunder is easily one of my favorite holiday songs
Imagine being the officer trying to get everyone back to shooting each other the next day. ‘Alright lads, fun’s over. Time to go back to trying to kill Dave from Yorkshire, who gave you his plum pudding yesterday.
Gorostasguru on
Yeah, right.
hcai88 on
The most effective ceasefire in history was brokered by a soccer ball.
iamacraftyhooker on
They tried again in 1915, but the Canadians had joined the war
…And then they went back to mass murdering each other, usually by machine gun fire, 9 million young men slaughtered like cattle, for no reason, while the Kings, Queens, Kaisers, and Tsars were relaxing in their castles, going ‘Tsk Tsk’
breadslut48 on
Yeah funny how everyone goes to die for one man’s ideology how about we gather all the world leaders in a room and let them kill each other instead
frank1934 on
If this happened today Trump would call them all losers
Littleleicesterfoxy on
Remember, boy, that your forefathers died/in their millions for our country’s pride
Planet-thanet on
And in 1915 it was an offence to fraternize with the enemy, punishable by death
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Can we just stop fighting and killing everyone.
Please stop
(I lowk want peace)
Poor guys never forget state sanctioned mass murder of our young men basically enforced collective suicide
The Christmas Truce. A really interesting phenomenon brought on mainly because nobody expected to have been fighting for that long and the stale mates were brutal.
It was more than just playing soccer, though. They exchanged prisoners, had joint burial ceremonies for their dead, swapped gifts, and afterwards a bunch of them just went home.
There were a couple smaller instances of this the next year, but commanders really cracked down on this kind of thing, so it never really happened again.
Just goes to show: the default state for those not in power is “live and let live.” Hate is learned.
Remember it? How could I forget it? I was never offside!!
Really goes to show how fucking stupid war is
I want to know how it first started? Did they send a note saying “truce for a day?” Or did some brave soul walk into no man’s land with a soccer ball and everyone just joined?
They got the year wrong, but “Christmas 1915” by Celtic Thunder is easily one of my favorite holiday songs
Edit: https://youtu.be/KVY3rXgY2lE?si=zg-N2ZItwZld0lWw
We know…
Nowhere near as widespread and universal as people would have you believe
https://youtu.be/iRgtzZ-mOQo?si=AK4ifMLgBu_NoxbN
Imagine being the officer trying to get everyone back to shooting each other the next day. ‘Alright lads, fun’s over. Time to go back to trying to kill Dave from Yorkshire, who gave you his plum pudding yesterday.
Yeah, right.
The most effective ceasefire in history was brokered by a soccer ball.
They tried again in 1915, but the Canadians had joined the war
Football…not soccer
Today we are brothers,
Tonight we’re all friends
A moment of peace in a war that never ends.
Played football, easiest downvote.
Canadians opted out of that celebration.
There’s a beautiful song about it Christmas 1915
https://youtu.be/Fxyw4GG2Iq4?si=Ubr5Bi_5XmrXUh5v
…And then they went back to mass murdering each other, usually by machine gun fire, 9 million young men slaughtered like cattle, for no reason, while the Kings, Queens, Kaisers, and Tsars were relaxing in their castles, going ‘Tsk Tsk’
Yeah funny how everyone goes to die for one man’s ideology how about we gather all the world leaders in a room and let them kill each other instead
If this happened today Trump would call them all losers
Remember, boy, that your forefathers died/in their millions for our country’s pride
And in 1915 it was an offence to fraternize with the enemy, punishable by death
Seem to remember a really good sainsbury advert about this came out a few years ago. [ad](https://youtu.be/Jx3pQWbysmM?si=hfoqThzXqebhCiqt)
Instant started Sabaton in my ears.
https://youtu.be/HPdHkHslFIU?si=qPCUfPK9Q55PjfWs
“I’ma get this gift back tomorrow”
My turn to post it in 30 minutes.
Except for the Cameronians who did not fraternise with the enemy.