The Christmas Truce of WW1

Welcome back to Something Strange! We’re starting off December with what we believe could be a true Christmas miracle, the miraculous, unofficial Christmas truce of 1914

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Graphic descriptions of WW1 trench warfare/trench life, description of injuries/illnesses, discussion of the holocaust

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References:

- Imperial War Museums: The Real Story of the ChristmasTruce - https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-real-story-of-the-christmas-truce

- History: World War I - https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-i-history

- Encyclopedia Britannica: Bosnia and Herzegovina - https://www.britannica.com/place/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina

- Smithsonian Magazine:The Legend of What Actually Lived in the “No Man’s Land” Between World War I’s Trenches - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/legends-what-actually-lived-no-mans-land-between-world-war-i-trenches-180952513/

- History: Life in the Trenches of World War I (Both article and video reference) - https://www.history.com/articles/life-in-the-trenches-of-world-war-i

- Imperial War Museums: The Real Story of the Christmas Truce (Both article and video reference) - https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-real-story-of-the-christmas-truce

- The National WW1 Museum and Memorial: Christmas Truce Incidents and accounts (multiple articles referenced)

- British and Germans, good friends on Christmas Day in the Trenches - https://exhibitions.theworldwar.org/christmas-truce/incidents/1/british-and-germans-good-friends-on-christmas-day-in-the-trenches

- "On Christmas Day no one would have believed we were enemies..." - https://exhibitions.theworldwar.org/christmas-truce/incidents/126/on-christmas-day-no-one-would-have-believed-we-were-enemies

- “Germans who played the Game” - https://exhibitions.theworldwar.org/christmas-truce/incidents/21/germans-who-played-the-game

- German Urges our Men to "Be British" - https://exhibitions.theworldwar.org/christmas-truce/incidents/87/german-urges-our-men-to-be-british