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Christmas Truce (1914)

A singular moment of spontaneous peace during World War I's opening months; well-attested by historical sources and military records, yet absent from Recap's WWI coverage.

WhenDecember 25, 1914
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The Christmas truce was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires mainly along the Western Front of the First World War around Christmas in 1914.

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