It was December 25, 1914. In the book titled Christmas Truce, that day was called “The most famous truce in military history.” British and German troops put down their firearms and peacefully celebrated Christmas together between the trenches. A quote from Private Oswald Tilly, a British infantry soldier, in a letter to his parents recounts the remarkable day. “Just you think that while you were eating turkey, etc., I was out talking and shaking hands with the very men I h