Horrible Histories - Football in "No Mans Land"

Christmas truce was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires that took place along the Western Front around Christmas of 1914, during the First World War. Through the week leading up to Christmas, parties of German and British soldiers began to exchange seasonal greetings and songs between their trenches; on occasion, the tension was reduced to the point that individuals would walk across to talk to their opposite numbers bearing gifts. On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, many soldiers from both sides -- as well as, to a lesser degree, from French units -- independently ventured into "No man's land", where they mingled, exchanging food and souvenirs. As well as joint burial ceremonies, several meetings ended in carol-singing. Troops from both sides had also been so friendly as to play games of football with one another.

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• Horrible Histories
• Simon Farnaby
• Mat Baynton
• World War I
• No Mans Land
• Football
• Christmas Truce

[Amelia67445]

Awesome vid thanks for upload

[nicnoc1976]

@Amelia67445 No problem, glad you like it :)

[Eniphesoj90]

Oh, this makes me think of the movie Joyeux Noël!

[BiGMANJOE32]

This is so sad thank God I never joined the military

[AuburnAttack21]

The real game, Germany won 3-2

[xxAngelxxxxxx]

Oh.... That is actually quite sad, being ordered to kill eachother when they probably never bared any grudges against eachother. :~/

[MkVII]

I actually appeared in this sketch. We filmed it as soon as it got light at Black Park near Slough (where they filmed all the exteriors for the Hammer Films) in October 2010. A lot of running around to produce 100 sec on screen.