Christmas truce

Christmas truce
Participants	Soldiers from United Kingdom French Third Republic Austria-Hungary German Empire Russian Empire
Location	Europe
Date	24–26 December 1914
Result	Unofficial ceasefires across Europe Carol singing Football games Fraternisation Gift exchanges

A cross, left in Saint-Yves (Saint-Yvon – Ploegsteert; Comines-Warneton in Belgium) in 1999, to commemorate the site of the Christmas Truce. The text reads:
"1914 – The Khaki Chum's Christmas Truce – 1999 – 85 Years – Lest We Forget"

Christmas truce (ජර්මන්: Weihnachtsfrieden; ප්‍රංශ: Trêve de Noël) යනු 1914 නත්තල් සමයේදී පළමු ලෝක සංග්‍රාමයේ බටහිර පෙරමුණ දිගේ පුළුල් ලෙස පැතිර ගිය නිල නොවන සටන් විරාම මාලාවකි.

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• Christmas Miracle 1914 (Song) යූ ටියුබ් වෙත
• Simple Gifts: 25 December 1914 යූ ටියුබ් වෙත – R.O. Blechman presents Simple Gifts (1977 animation TV special) 25 December 1914 segment inspired by the legendary Christmas Truce. Captain Hulse's letter narrated by David Jones.