The Christmas Truce

[pauliewalnuts]

"fancy a German shaking your flapper as though he was trying to smash your fingers and then a few days later trying to plug you" - Herbert Smart, Aston Villa player (just the one appearance, mind)

I found it hard not to read that quoted sentence in the voice of Hugh Laurie's character in Blackadder Goes Forth

[Jimbo]

Fantastic. Where's the clipping from, Paulie?

[pauliewalnuts]

The Guardian, 4th Jan 1915.

Spotted it here:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2014/dec/15/-sp-first-world-war-christmas-truce-football-trenches

[Jimbo]

Ah, Cheers. I thought the headline was a bit sarky.

[tomd2103]

Saw something on the news a couple of weeks ago about the truce.  A historian was saying that the football game didn't really take place as since suggested, rather some British soldiers (Warwickshire Regiment) had a kickabout while German soldiers watched on. 

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Well Darling, it looks like a typical lefty Guardian article being unpatriotic as usual. Behrrrrrrrrr.

[dcdavecollett]

Yes, why can't they just waver their union jacks and cheer while young working-class people die for the ruling class's interests?

Despicable!!