The 1914 Christmas Truce (Part 1)
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The British Army in the First World War
The french are intent on driving into the german lines. They launch a series of absolutely massive attacks, one on the seventeenth of december in the vimi ridge area. And then a few days later, they smash home again in the champagne. The commander of the french jof doesn't order sir john french, but he intimates to him that it is expected that the british will do their bit. That's just one of two major attacks. These attacks last for weeks. They are smashing into the germans. They are intent on trying to win the war, break the lines and rear get back to open warfare. Imagine being wounded, lying, bleeding, walking in
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