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Letter details ‘extraordinary sights’ of Christmas Day first world war truce

Message to mother by British officer reproduced by Royal Mail describes shaking hands with enemy and plan of another truce ‘to see how photos come out’ It was penned 100 years ago in the freezing trenches of the western front; a letter from a British army officer to his mother describing in vivid detail the extraordinary Christmas truce as soldiers from both sides laid down their weapons. Second …

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