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	Podcast:		History Extra podcast
	Episode:		Did the WW1 Christmas truce really happen?
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:34:46
	Publish Date:		2025-12-24 00:00:00
	Description:		It’s one of the most romantic images of the First World War: British and German soldiers meeting in No Man’s Land on Christmas Day, 1914, for a spontaneous truce and a game of football. But did it actually happen? Historian Alex Churchill joins Rachel Dinning to discuss the famous event – and reveals what really happened in the trenches in December 1914. ––––– GO BEYOND THE PODCAST Don’t miss our six-episode HistoryExtra Academy course WW1: Myths and Misconceptions, in which Alex Churchill challenges the most significant misunderstandings about the global conflict: https://bit.ly/4aVy63a Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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