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Ray Newman	The 1914 Christmas truce	Lead	[-]
Posts: 333 (12/24/08 01:16 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None The 1914 Christmas truce -- a bit of WW I history that many are unaware of. http://history1900s.about...910s/a/christmastruce.htm www.worldwar1.com/heritage/xmast.htm
eb in oregon		#1	[-]
Posts: 544 (12/24/08 06:56 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I've read of this before, and there is an excellent movie out about it. The name escapes me now, but it was a truly excellent movie. I believe the movie is French and very well done. There have been more than that one throught the years and the wars, but the Christmas Truce of 1914 is the most famous I believe. Merry Christmas! Eric "We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." Benjamin Franklin, July 4 1776
Chief Oshkosh	The name is ---	#2	[-]
Posts: 1050 (12/30/08 05:06 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Joyeux Noel
Crunch130		#3	[-]
Posts: 804 (12/31/08 01:52 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Perhaps the combatants simply didn't hate each other enough? Or nobody explained to them what the war was really about? I still don't know what WWI was really about, other than a continuation of Europe's 19th century wars. "The war to end all wars" was probably polite propaganda to get us Yanks to fight when we didn't know why we were there, either. I'd like to think this will serve as an object lesson to the new administration to "count the cost" before sending our troops to fight where we do not have serious national interests at stake - particularly to try to settle some other country's ethnic squabbles (Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, Islamic factions in the Middle East, etc) that have been running for centuries (it never works). On the other hand, we need to be prepared to confront (and anilhilate, not negotiate with) true threats to liberty and life. Crunch
eb in oregon		#4	[-]
Posts: 559 (12/31/08 08:39 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I'd like to think this will serve as an object lesson to the new administration to "count the cost" before sending our troops to fight where we do not have serious national interests at stake - particularly to try to settle some other country's ethnic squabbles (Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, Islamic factions in the Middle East, etc) that have been running for centuries (it never works). On the other hand, we need to be prepared to confront (and anilhilate, not negotiate with) true threats to liberty and life. Amen, brother. Eric "We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." Benjamin Franklin, July 4 1776
Rustybore		#5	[-]
Posts: 823 (12/31/08 02:28 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Eric, that movie ran a couple times on Christmas on the cable channel. I watched it, great movie. It is called "Christmas Truce". Kevin in Or.
redir		#6	[-]
Posts: 5 (01/06/09 02:48 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Yeah I have heard of that movie I'd like to see it. Incredible story!
Ed Novak		#7	[-]
Posts: 1769 (01/07/09 02:26 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	WW1 was about setting new national boundaries - a "land grab" on a huge scale. Started with the Austro-Hungarian Empire using the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand as a "reason" to grab Serbia, despite Serbia's submission to AH's demands. Germany saw opportunities to grab huge parts of Russia's empire and the dominos toppled. LECS member #2. NRA Life Member