Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Last Survivor of WWI Christmas Truce Dies

Alfred Anderson, the last survivor of the WWI Christmas Truce, died in his sleep yesterday. He was 109 years old.

In one of the most odd stories of war, on Christmas Day in 1914 in Ypres, Belgium, the British and German troops in the trenches staged an impromptu truce, sang Christmas Carols, exchanged small gifts, and most famously (allegedly) played soccer.

He was interviewed last year by the Guardian, before the 90th anniversary of the event, in what I consider to be a powerful article.

Dude was a WWI vet, people. Peace, Alfred.

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