The Christmas Truce Of 1914
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
FACTS
- On Christmas Eve, many German and British troops sang Christmas Carols to each other across the lines.
- On Christmas Day, the German Soldiers got out of their trenches and went to the Allied lines across No Man’s Land. They called out, “Merry Christmas!
- The Allied soldiers feared it was a trick, but seeing the Germans unarmed, they climbed out of their trenches and shook hands with the enemy soldiers.
- It was the last effort of getting soldiers together to sing carols for Christmas.
- Future attempts at holiday ceasefires were quashed by officers’ threats of disciplinary action.
What did the Christmas Truce of 1914 show about Humanity of the soldiers?
Thesis Statement
- The Christmas Truce of 1914 showed that that beneath the brutal clash of weapons and death, the soldiers’ essential humanity endured.
PRIMARY SOURCE #1
- General Walter Congreve VC explains the extraordinary circumstances around the Christmas Truce of 1914 in a letter to his wife.
- This is a primary source because The General was actually there during TCTO1914.
- You can find the letter here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/11271839/The-real-story-be...
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Primary Source #2
- History.com has several videos of the CTO1914.
- The video are pretty interesting to watch and it shows what really happened during CTO1914.
- http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/christmas-truce-of-1914
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RATING
- I give this event a 4 or a 3.5 out of 5 stars. This is because this event proved that the soldiers didn't quite lose their humanity yet. They still acted like humans.
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Present Day Connections
- On History.com website it said that something like this would never happen in present day.
- I think this says a lot about how humanity has changed over the years.
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