December 2021
governments against peace
20 - 12/21 /11:57
To the dismay of generals and governments, throughout the trenches stretching from the North Sea to Switzerland, in late December 1914 combatants lay down their arms to celebrate Christmas together in a spontaneous gesture of peace and goodwill.
Live and let live accommodations have occurred in many wars. None ever occurred with the scale, duration, or potential as when the shooting stopped on Christmas Eve 1914. That Truce offered an opportunity to retreat from war. But governments responded with denial and punishments, generals even made plans to subvert future truces. Read More…
Live and let live accommodations have occurred in many wars. None ever occurred with the scale, duration, or potential as when the shooting stopped on Christmas Eve 1914. That Truce offered an opportunity to retreat from war. But governments responded with denial and punishments, generals even made plans to subvert future truces. Read More…