The 1914 Christmas Truce (Part 2)
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Do You Believe That There Was a Kickabout?
In all these cases, if you analyze what's happening, you've got one sided evidence. None of them refer to a football match, none at all. There is some corroboration from the german side, but this worries me. I'm happier with the rough kick about from the chesherton o norfolk than i am with that. And lots of british units, there are accounts of kick about their side of the nomans,. and not involving the germans. One of the chaps i interviewed er from the lancashire fusiliers ashurst. He refers to the germans doing a bit of a sliding on a pond separate. It was
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