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vive la commune

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1. Good article--I've always loved the story of the Christmas truce

Reply to ctsnowman (Original post)

Fri Dec 26, 2014, 06:19 PM

Dec 2014

Great story of resistance. My grandfather was in WW1. I never met him, but I've heard that he came back with PTSD, then known as shell shock, which would explain a lot of family dysfunction. That war was a particularly nasty war for those who had to fight.

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Good article--I've always loved the story of the Christmas truce vive la commune Dec 2014 #1