Christmas truce facts for kids
The Christmas truce was the widespread unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front of World War I around Christmas 1914.
Images for kids
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A cross, left in Saint-Yves (Saint-Yvon – Ploegsteert; Comines-Warneton in Belgium) in 1999, to commemorate the site of the Christmas Truce. The text reads: "1914 – The Khaki Chums Christmas Truce – 1999 – 85 Years – Lest We Forget"
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British and German troops meeting in no man's land during the unofficial truce (British troops from the Northumberland Hussars, 7th Division, Bridoux–Rouge Banc Sector)
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British and German descendants of Great War veterans
See also
In Spanish: Tregua de Navidad para niños
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