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Christmas Truce of WW1

Christmas Truce of WW1. By: Shannon Morrissette. Before the Christmas Truce…. Bloodiest war Trapped in trenches. How it started?. Germans put Christmas trees outside trenches “You no fight, We no fight” British and French accepted. About the Christmas Truce?. On Christmas Day, 1914

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Christmas Truce of WW1

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  1. Christmas Truce of WW1 By: Shannon Morrissette

  2. Before the Christmas Truce… • Bloodiest war • Trapped in trenches

  3. How it started? • Germans put Christmas trees outside trenches • “You no fight, We no fight” • British and French accepted

  4. About the Christmas Truce? • On Christmas Day, 1914 • Soldiers went to no-mans land.

  5. Christmas Truce (cont.) They celebrated Christmas by: • Singing Carols • Exchange Gifts • Signed autographs • Posed for pictures • Buried the dead

  6. “Back” By: Wilfred Gibson They ask me where I've been, And what I've done and seen.But what can I replyWho know it wasn't I,But someone just like me,Who went across the seaAnd with my head and handsKilled men in foreign lands...Though I must bear the blame,Because he bore my name.

  7. MLA • http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1914warpoets.html • http://www.quaker.org/chestnuthill/xmastrench • http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/truce.asp • http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/christmastruce.htm

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