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Merry Christmas, ya'll, even if it is just over an hour late on my end. x3
112 years ago to this day. I at first didn't know the Christmas truces really happened, but when I read into them, I was moved. It showed that we were able to lay down our arms and welcome one another for celebration, take a little time to see that we're all human beings inside, and that we were capable of showing compassion for one another in spite of the current situation. British and German soldiers would call cease-fires and emerge from their trenches to greet one another, exchange bottles of liquor, cigarettes or sing songs and play soccer/football. It was a heart-warming story, which made it all the more tragic as the war progressed, and the truces became scarcer and sometimes even set as traps to lull in unsuspecting troops.
I wonder if there were any attempted truces during WWII? Maybe not, since I can't seem to find anything on that.
I had actually made this sketch over a year back, well before Battlefield 1 was even announced. I didn't know why I held off on finishing this, even more so after Battlefield 1 was released. I unfortunately didn't finish this as soon as I had wanted to, but I'll try finishing it sooner or later.
112 years ago to this day. I at first didn't know the Christmas truces really happened, but when I read into them, I was moved. It showed that we were able to lay down our arms and welcome one another for celebration, take a little time to see that we're all human beings inside, and that we were capable of showing compassion for one another in spite of the current situation. British and German soldiers would call cease-fires and emerge from their trenches to greet one another, exchange bottles of liquor, cigarettes or sing songs and play soccer/football. It was a heart-warming story, which made it all the more tragic as the war progressed, and the truces became scarcer and sometimes even set as traps to lull in unsuspecting troops.
I wonder if there were any attempted truces during WWII? Maybe not, since I can't seem to find anything on that.
I had actually made this sketch over a year back, well before Battlefield 1 was even announced. I didn't know why I held off on finishing this, even more so after Battlefield 1 was released. I unfortunately didn't finish this as soon as I had wanted to, but I'll try finishing it sooner or later.
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A christmas song by the Royal Guardsman is based on this
It may be a Snoopy song, but it's the truce of 1914
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-hWZGIWe_U
It may be a Snoopy song, but it's the truce of 1914
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-hWZGIWe_U
Nazi German fanatism would have put an end to any attempt at a truce, as well as the soviets heavy NKVD presence that would probably shoot anybody for suggesting it. For the second war anyway, the great war just progressed into hatred from boths sides along with Prussian militarism typically being the ones who continued fighting even when the truce was on. I believe the armies that laid down arms where primarily Saxon troops.
I thought I remembered hearing a story about a Christmas truths during the battle of the bulge between US and German troops but I could be mistaken, though if one was to happen I imagine that would be the most likely time as I'm sure more then a few German soldiers knew they where going to loose soon and if I remember correctly the Wehrmacht had the lowest amount of Nazi party members out of all of hitler's armed forces, but again I could be mistaken.
I have only heard of the US troops hearing German troops singing Christmas songs, there could have been small divisional truces but I would assume any German officer in their political climate during the Ardenne campaign wouldn't have been treated kindly for that sort of thing unless it acted in their favour to forestall an engagement to allow supplies in. Not to say the officers losing hope wouldn't do that sort of thing, Walther Wenck was a good example but it was an even more hopeless situation than the Ardenne at that point.
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