The Night Opposing Sides of WWI Stopped Fighting to Sing Carols and Play Games Together
From a European perspective, World War I produced perhaps the quote of the 20th century.
“The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime,” British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey reportedly said on August 3, 1914 — the day before Britain declared war on Germany. Thirty-one years, two world wars and tens of millions of lives later, Grey’s words proved prophetic.
Still, in the early months of World War I, soldiers on both sides tried to re-light those lamps. Their efforts lasted only a day or two, but they have become legend.
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