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EPISODE · Dec 19, 2025 · 2 MIN

The Night Christmas Stopped a War

from The Untold Stories of World Wars · host chapman

Christmas 1914 on the Western Front, when British and German soldiers climbed out of their trenches, sang together, played soccer, and shared cigarettes in no-man’s-land. The unofficial truce that showed enemies could still be human — for one night.

Christmas 1914 on the Western Front, when British and German soldiers climbed out of their trenches, sang together, played soccer, and shared cigarettes in no-man’s-land. The unofficial truce that showed enemies could still be human — for one night.

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Christmas 1914 on the Western Front, when British and German soldiers climbed out of their trenches, sang together, played soccer, and shared cigarettes in no-man’s-land. The unofficial truce that showed enemies could still be human — for one night.

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