RememberSchiff 3663 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 A Scout salute to those who are far from their homes keeping us safe. [video=youtube;XQ-JuJZTpVE] Link to post Share on other sites
SSScout 1615 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Thank you, R/S for the reminder of something very important. The soldiers declared the peace, the leaders did not, and, indeed, I read where the military and political leaders on both sides were, shall we say, aghast. 56 million dead attributed to WW2. So many lives shortened, so few lessons learned.. Link to post Share on other sites
RememberSchiff 3663 Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Each Christmas, I wonder if a grunt soldier-driven truce might occur again somewhere during the year, when both sides realize they have more in common than they knew. I know hard to believe in today's world. Maybe it will be a common song, holiday, sport, or maybe just maybe on some battlefield one soldier will raise the Scout sign and not his rifle and his enemy will do the same...and for a day, peace. Link to post Share on other sites
Cambridgeskip 658 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 At a lot of football (soccer) matches over Christmas in the UK a minute's applause was held before kick off in memory of the truce a hundred years ago, A very touching moment. Link to post Share on other sites
SSScout 1615 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Cambridge: A minute's APPLAUSE? Not "silence"? Usually, at least in my experience, respect for such a thing would mean holding a period of silence. Link to post Share on other sites
Cambridgeskip 658 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 A minute's silence is still used at matches on or close to Remembrance Sunday and also to mark the anniversary of the Hllsborough disaster but in recent years to mark events that should perhaps be more celebrated rather than remembered with sadness a minute's applause is often used instead. For example to mark the death of a great player who's life should be celebrated. On this occasion as well the truce was seen as something to celebrate hence the applause. I understand it was something that has been done in Italy for many years and was adopted in the UK over the last few years. Football fans a strange group of people Link to post Share on other sites
Horizon 97 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Some of you might enjoy this article on the Truce. Interesting points about France not discussing it, how some units were rotated for fear that they would not be willing to kill the other side once they were humanized, etc. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30433729 Link to post Share on other sites
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