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Ep. 0089: The Christmas Truce
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42 minutes
Released:
Dec 24, 2015
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One-hundred-and-one Christmases ago, in the cold, damp, muddy ditches of the Western Front, the rank-and-file of the Allied and German armies spontaneously set aside their hatreds to take a break from mass-murdering each other, much to the dismay of their so-called ‘leaders.’ Join CJ as he discusses: The context of the Christmas Truce How it happened […]Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 24, 2015
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