Was there a Christmas Truce in 1915 in WW1?
In 1914, certain sectors on the Western front, there was an informal truce between the Germans and the British (and lesser so the French). The higher up officers were opposed to any truce and especially against any fraternization. Mostly the Saxons ceased fighting as opposed to the Prussian units who generally didn’t . In the areas where the troops violated orders and intermingled with the opposing forces, the soldiers traded small trinkets such as buttons with one another. There are also rumors of a soccer game that took place between the Germans and the British (it is said that the British won the match). Some areas on the front observed the truce until the end of Christmas day, other areas didn’t begin fighting again until many days later. In 1915 there was only a localized truce between the French and the Germans in the area near the Vosges. Although there were probably many other lulls in fighting along the rest of the front that were unremarkable. As far as to why those truces oc
