The Christmas Truce of World War I

7 Comments on The Christmas Truce of World War I

1. And did not turn round, bayonet “their” generals, gun down “their” princes, and go home.

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2. There is an excellent article on todays American Thinker called the Christmas Truce of 1914 by John Leonard which is also well worth reading.

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3. This wasn’t some kind of “miracle.” It was insanity. If you could see what you were doing was idiotic for a day, why not just stop?

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4. WWI was the worst. I would definitely have turned on my commander.

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5. I am not inspired. We had so-called Christmas truces in Vietnam, usually ruptured by the other side that had no reason to celebrate Christmas anyway.

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6. When wars were still fun?

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7. The “truce” was localized and contained.
   It was also exploited by both sides to spy out their enemies’ defenses.
   At Christmas of ’14 the war had only been going on for 4 months and the seething hatreds hadn’t yet emerged (except in the Belgians and French, whose countries were being overrun). The gruesomely infamous trench warfare had only begun at the end of September.
   In other words, the soldiers still hoped for a quick peace – thus, their somewhat optimistic approach to Christmas.

   But shit, that was like over two years ago, dude …

   izlamo delenda est …

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