Posted on Dec 24, 2014
Soldiers in Afghanistan play soccer in memory of WW1 truce
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Remembering the Christmas Truce of 1914
This is a great story about how 2 sides 100 years ago today briefly laid down, sang Silent Night, and enjoyed a game of soccer. Today these German and British Soldiers commemorate this historic occasion in Kabul, Afghanistan as a message of hope in a region plagued by violence.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/24/us-ww1-century-afghanistan-idUSKBN0K20UY20141224
This is a great story about how 2 sides 100 years ago today briefly laid down, sang Silent Night, and enjoyed a game of soccer. Today these German and British Soldiers commemorate this historic occasion in Kabul, Afghanistan as a message of hope in a region plagued by violence.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/24/us-ww1-century-afghanistan-idUSKBN0K20UY20141224
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What a great story! This is what I needed to read today. Joyeaux Noel is a great movie about that "unauthorized" cease fire.
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SFC Mark Merino I'll try to find it online and watch it. Have you seen this commercial?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWF2JBb1bvM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWF2JBb1bvM
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SSG Louis Marucci
No one appreciates peace more than those who served and continue to serve. Merry Christmas, peace on earth.
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I've read that even the Hindus from India honored the truce upon seeing its similarities with their own practices.
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Here is a link to the story that I am sure inspired this soccer match.
A quote that I saw from the person who posted this on Facebook was "Humanity at its finest when humanity was at its worst."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/12/25/370381693/a-century-ago-when-the-guns-fell-silent-on-christmas?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2051
A quote that I saw from the person who posted this on Facebook was "Humanity at its finest when humanity was at its worst."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/12/25/370381693/a-century-ago-when-the-guns-fell-silent-on-christmas?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2051
A Century Ago, When The Guns Fell Silent On Christmas
World War I had just begun and the battles were blazing in the winter of 1914. But on Christmas Eve, something strange and unexpected happened. The soldiers in the trenches decided to call a truce.
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1SG Steven Stankovich Great information. Other reports said a group made their own make-shift soccer balls to play around, but as the article said it was scattered across the line. Some soldiers ended up getting shot trying to spread the truce in their area. I read in another article about how a Brit got a clean shave from a former German barber. Something like this will likely not never happen again. Both England and Germany were Christian countries so they shared a common thread that opened a small window of opportunity for peace.
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