The year was 1914. During WW1, an unofficial ceasefire was declared on Christmas night despite no formal agreement. German ...

The soldiers in the 16th Royal Scots were affectionately known as McCrae’s Battalion, named after the lieutenant colonel who founded them, Sir George McCrae. Brought together from Edinburgh and nearby ...

On Christmas Eve in 1914, a light snowfall began to dust the Western Front, unable to settle on the muddy, waterlogged ground ...

Every year hundreds of thousands of words are published in the run up to December 25 on Christmas vs everything. It’s too ...

In the spirit of the famous 1914 Christmas Truce of WW1, I ask that you avoid our usual divisive subjects, we want to give ...

Explore the 1914 Christmas truce during WW1, when British and German troops temporarily ceased fighting to sing carols and ...

On Christmas Eve in 1914, many men were in the trenches fighting the war, but the spirit of Christmas halted the conflict for ...

The 1914 Christmas Truce wasn’t universal, and it didn’t last, but it’s become one of war’s most retold on-screen moments: ...

On Christmas Eve 1914, men of the British Army Heard German troops in the trenches opposite them singing carols and patriotic ...

In the early stages of the First World War, Brits and Germans came together on the frontlines to pause the fighting for ...

But for one moment in 1914, there came a Christmas miracle. The soldiers in the trenches stopped fighting, and for a moment, ...