WW1 football game

[KiltedSoldier]

When War still meant some chivalry - the famous 1914 Christmas Day truce here shown between Scottish troops and Germans - both sides used it to collect and bury the dead - in Ypres 69 slain Scotsmen were collected from no mans land and buried - and the living had a good football game.

 

[mxboots888]

I just recently saw the movie based on that event, "Joyeux Noel" with Guillaume Canet (of Barracuda fame). Very touching movie, except that they should have left the female character out. The idea that she was allowed on the front lines seems a bit ridiculous.