History between the Lines
Jonathan Brown and a range of guests talk about all things history, especially those bits of the past which are obscure and generally unknown.
History between the Lines
The Christmas Truce, 1914
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Jonathan Brown
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Season 7
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Episode 3
Professor Mark Connelly of Connelly Contours joins me to talk about the Christmas Truce of 1914, which took place on the Western Front during the First World War.
A beloved story in British popular memory of how British and German soldiers came together in no man's land on 25th December 1914 and briefly held a ceasefire and exchanged friendly words, cigarettes and had a football match. But how much of this is accurate?
Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses" by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive.
Music by Lexin Music from Pixabay.