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15 Facts About How the Christmas Truce REALLY Went Down

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8. Not All Sectors Observed the Truce

8. Not All Sectors Observed the Truce
French troops hold tense lines as sporadic fighting disrupts an uneven and fragile wartime truce.

In some areas, fighting persisted. French troops, fighting on recently occupied soil, tended to be less inclined to fraternize, highlighting the truce’s patchwork nature. The truce was not universal and was seen by some commanders as dangerous to military discipline. Fighting resumed shortly after, and similar large-scale truces did not occur again during the war (time.com).

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