Biber Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Just finished reading Brown & Seaton's Christmas Truce. Utterly fantastic that something like that geniunely took place! While I understand the dynamics that brought it all about, and why it was only short lived, I cannot help but wonder what the course of following decades would have been had the truce become so widespread and effective as to force a political solution to the war rather than a military one.Biber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hunter Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 I just started reading the book based on your comment and interesting speculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 I've actually been to the (suposed) field where the Saxons beat us in a game of football. It's hard to imagine that taking place along some parts of the front and in others they carried on firing as normal.I too have Brown & Seaton's book, a fantastic read I thought.Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryG Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Whilst recently on an Air France flight, I watched the film "Joyeux Noel" which covers this event. Not a very exciting film but rather moving in places and worth watching I guess, if only to compare to the book you are reading. By the way, the film was in French with English subtitles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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