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The Christmas truce 1914

Stephen Beard, London, UKDecember 18, 2014

The Christmas Truce of 1914 has been commemorated this year. An event when some German and British troops are said to have laid down their arms and even played football together before continuing bombardments for another 4 bloody years. But some people in the UK fear that that event has got a little too mixed up with money and commercial gain, as Stephen Beard reports from London.

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