9 min listen
The Christmas Truce of 1914
ratings:
Length:
7 minutes
Released:
Dec 28, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
(Samantha) In 1914 Europe's troops marched off to war expecting to be home by Christmas. When the holiday came and they found themselves stuck in the trenches for the foreseeable future many of them decided to take some time off and to fraternize with the enemy in what became known as the Christmas Truce.
Released:
Dec 28, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Viking Invasions and St. Edmund's Talking Head: (Nicole) In 870 A.D., Edmund, the king of East Anglia, was killed by a Viking army. Discover how this event was transformed from a battle between two armies into the story of a Christian martyrdom. by Footnoting History