Milsurp After Hours

100 years ago, on the Christmas Eve of 1914, a series of sporadic, unofficial truces spread across the front lines of those fighting in the trenches of World War One.

That moving moment is documented in a new advert by Sainsbury’s, a large supermarket chain in the U.K.

The cinematic masterpiece features soldiers cautiously abandon their trenches and exchange greetings with those with whom they had been fighting. In the nearly four-minute ad, the two sides compete in a soccer match before the soldiers walk back into their trenches and pull out gifts each had exchanged.

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I read the comments, they range from uniformed to pure stupid.

It should be noted that the ad is 'supported ' by Sainsburies and the Royal British Legion who will take a donation from every bar of chocolate sold.

A point to note is that the Germans were there because they had invaded Belgium and were in France, trying to get to Paris and the British were there trying to stop them and throw them out of France and Belgium.