The truce lasted for a varying amount of time. In some areas it was just Christmas Eve or Christmas Day itself. But elsewhere the truce endured for several days. Indeed, once the truce was ...

The truce begins with the guns falling silent on Christmas Eve, a solitary German soldier singing 'Stille Nacht' and the British soldiers joining in with 'Silent Night' from their trenches.

On the eve of the Christmas truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin, a new round of discussion has unfolded in ...

During a 24-hour holiday truce amid the Battle of the Bulge ... he loves vow to reunite on the first Christmas Eve after the end of World War II.

Image: British and German troops make a Christmas and New Year truce at the Western Front, Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images ...