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Thread #133984   Message #3602763
Posted By: Musket
19-Feb-14 - 07:03 AM
Thread Name: BS: Christmas Truce (1914)
Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Truce (1914)
So... Hastings said 80% of soldiers returned. Paxman said 90%.

Which one are you going to shout Liar! at Keith? Which one are you going to say doesn't know because they don't understand what they read like you do?





That's the problem with quoting journalists. They exaggerate or twist truth to fit their story. 10% of soldiers. That's a hell of a lot of well led understanding young men. Wonder what happened to them? No wonder the soil is calcium rich in Flanders.