The 1914 Christmas Truce (Part 1)
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Battle of the Ane - A History of the Great War
Peter hart is a legend. He's ha histori of the great war. And while he was at the imperial war museum, he interviewed dozens of veterans for their oral history project. The british soldier of 19 14 had an absolutely excellent rifle the leenfield. It was ever you could want from a rifle. They are equipped for trench warfare but they haven't got it in this battle. But there is one thing they have no equipment for - hand grenades. So they're not expecting to do one-man attacks on each other with machine guns and heavy artillery. You get trenches going from switzerland to the north sea within three or four months. All that happens in three
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