A German and British soldier during the Christmas truce in 1914.

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A German and British soldier during the Christmas truce in 1914.

German and Russian soldiers on the eastern front Christmas 1914

German soldiers bringing in Christmas holly.

Troops in the Ploegsteert Forest, Germany.

German officer in a British trench during the Christmas Truce.

German comrades during the winter of 1914.

A cross, left near Ieper in Belgium in 1999, to celebrate the site of the Christmas Truce during the First World War in 1914.

Men celebrate in the trenches.

Soldier holding up a small Christmas tree.

Troops in “no man’s land”

Men leaving the trenches and entering “no man’s land”

The Christmas Truce During WWI 1914