# Canonical recap data for Christmas Truce (1914) (1914)
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slug: christmas-truce-1914
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1914/christmas-truce-1914"
title: Christmas Truce (1914)
subtitle: 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.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1914-12-25
datePrecision: day
year: 1914
decade: 1910
country:
name: Belgium
slug: belgium
summaryShort: The Christmas truce was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires mainly along the Western Front of the First World War around Christmas in 1914.
summaryLong: The Christmas truce was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires mainly along the Western Front of the First World War around Christmas in 1914.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/42/Illustrated_London_News_-_Christmas_Truce_1914.jpg/330px-Illustrated_London_News_-_Christmas_Truce_1914.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Christmas truce"
importance: 75
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce"
  title: Christmas truce of 1914
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The Christmas truce was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires mainly along the Western Front of the First World War around Christmas in 1914.
wikidataQid: Q163730
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260701173425/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce"
  capturedAt: 2026-07-01
  label: Christmas truce of 1914
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce"
