{"id":4724,"date":"2023-12-23T11:51:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T11:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkfhg.org.uk\/?p=4724"},"modified":"2023-12-23T11:59:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T11:59:22","slug":"23-dec-2023-geneanet-newsletter-the-christmas-truce-of-the-great-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkfhg.org.uk\/?p=4724","title":{"rendered":"23 Dec 2023 Geneanet Newsletter : The Christmas Truce of the Great War"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div class=WordSection1>\n<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:<\/span><\/b><span lang=EN-US> Geneanet Newsletter &lt;<a href=\"mailto:newsletter@geneanet.org&#038;gt\" >newsletter@geneanet.org&#038;gt<\/a>; <br \/><b>Sent:<\/b> 23 December 2023 00:50<br \/><b>To:<\/b> Ian CLEGG &lt;<a href=\"mailto:icbleakhouse@gmail.com&#038;gt\" >icbleakhouse@gmail.com&#038;gt<\/a>;<br \/><b>Subject:<\/b> The Christmas Truce of the Great War<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p 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border=0 width=570 height=220 style='width:5.9375in;height:2.2916in' id=\"_x0000_i1028\" data-src=\"https:\/\/en.geneanet.org\/newsletter\/img\/2023\/12\/34064\/images\/Visuel_news_Christmas_Truce_1914_570x220px.jpg\" alt=\"English and German soldiers together, Christmas 1914\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'>\n<div style='margin-bottom:1.5pt'>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:3.75pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif;color:#222222'>The first Christmas of the Great War &#8212; later called World War I &#8212; was marked by a number of spontaneous, unplanned yet nearly identical events in the northern reaches of the Western Front: unarmed soldiers from both sides left their trenches and exchanged gifts and pleasantries with their sworn enemies. 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