Christmas truce

Christmas Day and the Christmas Truce statue in Belgium causes a stir as locals come out and light candles at the base.

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This is a statue by Andy Edwards entitled “All Together Now” which for the next few days will be on display in St Luke’s, Liverpool’s famous “bombed out church”. The figures are about to shake hands standing over a football which relates to the time that British and German soldiers paused, apparently to play football on Christmas Day 1914. The hands do not quite meet which allows one to place a hand between them, joining the act of all too brief sanity on that day. The figures will leave…

The story that English and German soldiers faced off in a game of soccer during a cease-fire in No Man's Land has become gilded over the years.

Happy 12 Days of Blogmas Day 6! Today’s story is one you are likely familiar with. It’s a well-documented and oft repeated historical event and I have read various accounts about it over the …

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This was drawn Christmas 2021 after Saboton realesed there song Christmas truce its made with graphite ink watercolor and pastel

Friday 1 July 2016 marked the centenary of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme, the biggest conflict seen on the Western Front during World War I. Here are some of the most arresting photos from the war. Contains graphic images.