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of the outdated notion of chivalry 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