---
title: "Christmas Truce (1914)"
year: 1914
country: "Belgium"
canonical: "https://recap.at/1914/christmas-truce-1914"
slug: "christmas-truce-1914"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1914-12-25"
---

# 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.

## Summary

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

## Sources

- [Christmas truce of 1914](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce) - Wikipedia

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Canonical: https://recap.at/1914/christmas-truce-1914