Slaughter put on hold

THIS year marks the 90th anniversary of the spontaneous 1914 Christmas Day truce between British and German troops.

Fri, 17 Dec, 2004 - 00:00

Enemies fraternised freely in no-man’s land exchanging greetings and gifts.

To see soldiers socialising angered commanders keen to keep killing the ‘other.’ But the Christmas spirit survived, at least for a little while.

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