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Originally Posted by Oberon
Hard to believe that it will soon be a hundred years since the outbreak of the Great War.
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Yeah... ancient history!
WWI was also the first war in which Australia fought. Something to be proud of, but also depressed by.
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Originally Posted by Oberon
I always feel quite emotional whenever I think of the Christmas truce, that without any real co-ordination other than the fact that it was Christmas that whole groups of enemies would just down arms and meet each other over the battlefield.
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Christmas is the time of forgiveness. It's a good thing that they postponed the war, and not Christmas
