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The Christmas Truce of WWI

The Christmas Truce of WWI. Hannah Ehrenzeller. Summary. The opposing armies met in No Man’s Land on C hristmas day. to celebrate Christmas. http://xipq.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/christmas_truce_5.jpg. Getting Out.

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The Christmas Truce of WWI

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  1. The Christmas Truce of WWI Hannah Ehrenzeller

  2. Summary The opposing armies met in No Man’s Land on Christmas day to celebrate Christmas. http://xipq.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/christmas_truce_5.jpg

  3. Getting Out First, carols were sung by both trenches. Then the armies crawled out of the trenches. http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/12/25/weekinreview/25word.jpg http://www.dailyhistory.net/images/1914-christmas-truce-wwi.jpg

  4. Shaking On It The generals of the opposing armies agreed for a truce on Christmas Day. http://www.warhistorian.org/blog1/images/christmas-truce.jpg http://www.caricatures-ireland.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ww1-christmas-truce-football.jpg

  5. Back To Fire As soon as Christmas was over, the armies went back to the trenches and fired. http://the44diaries.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/460x268_wwi_soldiers.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Cheshire_Regiment_trench_Somme_1916.jpg

  6. Poem War in Iraq-Greensky Shane Somewhere in a cave On a mountain high Lives a man / a woman Once An innocent child For them to live So deceived Death To others Regarded a Gift Poppy fields nurtured On desert sand Someone May have promised The world Become their land The gods they worship Offers fame Wrapped in cloth They disguise their shame

  7. Works Cited Rosenberg, Jennifer. "Christmas Truce at the World War I Front." 20th Century History. Web. 29 Apr. 2010. <http://history1900s.about.com/od/1910s/a/christmastruce.htm>. "First World War.com - Feature Articles - The Christmas Truce." First World War.com - A Multimedia History of World War One. Web. 29 Apr. 2010. <http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/christmastruce.htm>.

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