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World Service,22 Dec 2011,10 mins

The Christmas Truce

Witness History

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On Christmas Eve 1914, during World War I, British and German soldiers stopped fighting. Many of them left their trenches and started to talk and exchange gifts. But after a few hours of peace they were ordered back to their guns. Photo: Associated Press

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