It was an unbelievable moment during the First World War.

It was an unbelievable moment during the First World War. 

Two enemies from opposing sides of the war declared a truce to not attack one another for one day.

 Just how did this truce happen?

It happened during the cold and dreary night of Christmas Eve in 1914. 

The British Expeditionary Force heard men from the German troops singing Christmas carols and saw lighted lanterns along their trenches.

 Instead of gunfire, messages were exchanged between the two troops throughout the night.

The next day, British and German soldiers met in no man’s land, the area between the two troops. But it wasn’t to fight.

 Instead, the men exchanged gifts, took photographs, and even played football with one another. 

Some of the men took the time to bury casualties and repair their trenches and dugouts. 

What should have been another bloody day of battle, was instead a moment of peace enjoyed by the two troops.

But this truce wasn’t received well by higher-up officers on both sides. 

They were displeased as they believed these truces would undermine the soldiers’ fighting spirit. 

After 1914, military leaders forbade truces on a similar scale from ever taking place again.

It was a moment that went down in history. Other instances of troops calling truces have since been recorded down during wars, but there were never any as monumental as the Christmas Truce of World War I. 

The moment of two enemies agreeing to a moment of peace proves that in the end, humans can coexist together.