Enter your number to get our free mobile app The World War I Christmas Truce: It was Christmas Day in 1914 during World War I. Hundreds of troops along the France battlefronts that included French, British, and German troops simultaneously dropped their weapons and stopped fighting. The troops were tired, miserable, sick, and tired of witnessing their friends slaughtered on the battlefield. The men began singing Christmas carols and shared food and cigarettes. Some British troops even began playing soccer with their German enemies. There were no orders from their commanders, just a wish from...