Latest "Christmas Truce" stories

This is how the Christmas truce happened on the Western Front in 1914

In the lead-up to Christmas 1914 soldiers on either side of the Western Front no man’s land set aside fear and their weapons to exchange surreal holiday greetings.

By Peter Hart, Military History Magazine

3 years ago

From first shot to the silence of peace: Timeline of World War I

Unleashed by an archduke’s assassination, World War I gradually entangled more and more countries, killing millions of soldiers and civilians and touching multiple continents.

5 years ago