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Ceasefires agreements always seem to start in a future date/time... it must be awkward to look at the watch and be like "the ceasefire hasn't begun yet, KEEP SHOOTING!" (sh.itjust.works)
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Imagine dying 1 second before the ceasefire begins... 💀

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[–] dragontamer@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

There was one weird agreement. During WW1, the Pope declared that a Christmas ceasefire should happen. Obviously, the Pope has no such power in these matters and the diplomats around the world failed to turn the Popes wish into any real ceasefire.

But then, a bit of Christmas magic happened. It turns out that WW1 soldier conditions were so shit, that many soldiers wanted to go against orders and proceed with the Christmas ceasefire anyway (as an act of rebellion against their commanders).

Legend has it that soldiers picked Still Nacht (aka: Silent Night), it being one of the few bilingual Christmas Carols. If both sides in the trenches started to sing the song, you knew it was safe to partake in the ceasefire, allegedly with another confirmation of Oh Come All Ye Faithful (another Christmas carol).

This all proves one thing. It's not the leaders or diplomats that really matter per se with ceasefires. It's the soldiers at the bottom. If they refuse to shoot, then the ceasefire will happen. With orders, or (in the Christmas miracle...) sometimes AGAINST orders.

It's not a complete miracle, as some reports of fight / killing still happened during the Christmas Ceasefire. But there are reports of hundreds of thousands of French, British, and German soldiers exchanging Christmas gifts (coffee and other trinkets), playing soccer and more. So it largely was a success.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

And the generals made sure it never happened again.