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Thread #64875 Message #2189333
Posted By: GUEST,Georgina Boyes
08-Nov-07 - 05:58 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Christmas 1914 (Cormac MacConnell)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Christmas 1914 (Cormac McConnell)

There were Christmas Truces in 1914 and a smaller number in 1915, so the memories were correct.

Despite the text of the 1914 song, however, poison gas wasn't used on the Western Front until 1915.