Let's try to get along for the next 72 hours. Let me explain.
Christmas of 1915. German and British troops were entrenched less than 100 yards apart. Neither side had further orders other than to hold their positions.
Officers on both sides declared a ceasefire for Christmas, believing it would be wrong to fight during it.
Soldiers played games, shared food, and exchanged gifts.
The next day, command ordered them to resume killing each other.
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>The next day, command ordered them to resume killing each other
legit feels right there
That was a time of honor.
We don't live in a time of honor, we live in a time of shamelessness.
Oh vey.
You arnt a real man unless you die for my Empire.
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i cry every single time i see this
holy shit
I heard they had to bring in reinforcements on both sides, because they were reluctant to continue fighting.
they had to move the units around the front because no one would even touch a rifle
by 1916 the practice was banned
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It's pretty fucking disgusting how sainbury's used this to peddle their wares though.
And people say that the Beady and the Kraut don't belong together.
People were probably too wrapped up in the feels to even notice what was being sold.
Like that Hovis advert; I didn't know it was for bread for years.
>Participate in a war you want no part of
>Be friends for a day because some jew on a stick died
No wonder Westerners are such cucks...
Meanwhile on the Eastern Front of WW1
>On 25 December (7 January) Russian troops launched an attack on heavily fortified sand dunes on the northern side of the Tirelpurvs. A central part of those fortifications was a fortified hill, which later got the name Ložmetejkalns (Machine-gun hill). On Christmas morning 3rd. and 7th. the Latvian Rifleman Regiment, together with the 53rd Siberian Regiment, after suffering heavy losses, partly surrounded the German forces. The 2nd Latvian Rifleman Brigade attacked the position from the rear and thus finally broke the German resistance on Machine-gun hill. Many German soldiers managed to retreat, around 1000 being taken prisoners. It was the biggest Russian Empire victory on the Riga front and the German Army lost one of its strongest fortifications. Overall, a more than 7 km. wide gap was made in the German lines. However, the Commander of the 12th Russian Army was not in a position to exploit the opportunity and organize a pursuit because he had not anticipated the Latvian Rifle Brigade's victory.
Fucked up desu, those that fought in the world wars truly experienced hell on earth. I've slowly come close to even slightly imagining the psychosphere in the moment of battle, the true horror and constant adrenalined fueled consciousness never ending. Seeing friends ripped to shreds right next to you for days on end until death inevitably comes for you. Look at us now on a korean sewing bulletin board acting like we know how the world works. Wish i was half the man they were.
Fuck off eastnigger, it takes strength and honor to be civil to your enemy, and more so to be able to shoot him the next day. Just proves that Western European men are the only ones with a sense of honor.
Shut the fuck up you whiny little faggot
The original release of the ad has 18M views, and I assure you, it didn't get more people to buy Sainsbury's. I consider it a public service announcement more than an ad.
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Emotionless slit eyes deserve extermination
>The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously. We can no more understand a Russian than a Chinaman or a Japanese, and from what I have seen of them, I have no particular desire to understand them, except to ascertain how much lead or iron it takes to kill them. In addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian have no regard for human life and is an all out son of bitch, barbarian, and chronic drunk.
Germans won that match 3-2. Kek.
What honour is in sheepishly following orders when you clearly know the better option.
It's easy to follow, Its hard to think for yourself
What's Sainbury's? Like a medical foundation or something?
My great grand father fought in both, i cant even imagine the fucked up shit he has seen
My granddad is a WW2 vet. Still says he got it easy compared to the fucked up shit in the Pacific theatre