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2 stories: EPIC

During operation neptune in WW2, 2 soldiers, one a soldier and one a private met up after dropping into France. The sergeant and private landed near a small german outpost completely filled with soldiers. Due to the early morning, most werent even out of bed. the 2 soldiers , the sarge equipped with a thompson and the private a M1, went house to house clearing out every building... The private recalls kicking a door down of one of the houses and finding a whole room of Germans all eating breakfast, staring in complete horror when they saw them.

Story 2: Funny

Also during Op Neptune - a perfect landing - a whole squad was able to form up and carry out there mission - while they were going through a meadow in the late evening, they came across another group of soldiers going towards them - GERMAN soldiers. both groups did not fire on each other however, they both passed each other and disappeared into the night. A soldier in the american squad said "we (the germans and americans) were just so terrified of each other, we just were too shocked to even think of attacking each other"

 

[Tedde]

Christmas truce was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires that took place along the Western Front around Christmas 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 were also friendly enough to play games of football with one another.

The truce is seen as a symbolic moment of peace and humanity amidst one of the most violent events of modern history. It was not ubiquitous, however; in some regions of the front, fighting continued throughout the day, while in others, little more than an arrangement to recover bodies was made. The following year, a few units again arranged ceasefires with their opponents over Christmas, but the truces were not nearly as widespread as in 1914; this was, in part, due to strongly worded orders from the high commands of both sides prohibiting such fraternisation.