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Thread #133984   Message #3587491
Posted By: GUEST,Silas
30-Dec-13 - 05:03 AM
Thread Name: BS: Christmas Truce (1914)
Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Truce (1914)
I'm with Jim on his one - he is spot on.

I was researching the death of my great uncle who died in 1917 at Perrone. He and and many of his comrades were killed whilst sleeping in a hut by a german shell. I was astonished and quite moved to discover that the german soldiers hadthe decency to actually bury the british dead rather than just leave them to rot.

The ordinary soldier, german or ally was just a soldier. Not an animal or monster.