The 1914 Christmas Truce (Part 2)

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🗓️ 28 December 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Part Two of our episodes on the famous Christmas Truce. On Christmas Eve 1914 many sectors of the Western Front in France and Belgium fell silent. Troops from all sides put down their weapons and sang carols, exchanged gifts and buried their dead in No Man's Land. The following day the truce continued in many, but not all areas, and troops gathered in crowds between the lines. there may even have been a bit of a kick about. In this episode, three distinguished historians, Peter Hart, Taff Gillingham and Rob Schaefer tell us about the events of the truce itself. We also hear extracts of letters and diaries from the men involved, including some broadcast here for the first time in English. This episode was first released on 24th December 2020.

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0:30.4	Hi, everybody.
0:33.4	Welcome to Dan Snow's History.
0:35.2	Yesterday, the 27th of December 2021,
0:38.3	where you re-broadcast on our successful podcast,
0:42.0	we ever produced, it's on the Christmas truce of 1914.
0:46.5	And that was part one.
0:48.2	So today we're publishing part two, you all know the story.
0:51.4	On Christmas Eve, 1914, various sectors
0:54.4	of the Western Frontville Silent, troops, St. Carol's,
0:57.6	they shouted across to each other,
0:59.8	fraternized exchange gifts,
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