This Day in History: <br />The First World War <br />Christmas Truce December 25, 1914 The Christmas Truce of 1914 <br />came only five months after <br />the outbreak of war in Europe. It was one of the last examples <br />of the outdated notion of chivalry <br />between enemies in warfare. Just after dawn on Christmas day, German troops emerged unarmed from their trenches singing Christmas carols. They crossed no-man's land <br />calling out “Merry Christmas” <br />in their enemies’ native tongues. The soldiers exchanged <br />gifts of cigarettes <br />and plum puddings <br />with each other. There was even a documented <br />case of soldiers from <br />opposing sides playing a <br />good-natured game of soccer.
