{"id":4357,"date":"2019-12-11T15:52:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T20:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/?p=4357"},"modified":"2019-12-11T15:59:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T20:59:41","slug":"audio-historian-david-pietrusza-on-the-1914-wwi-christmas-truce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/audio-historian-david-pietrusza-on-the-1914-wwi-christmas-truce","title":{"rendered":"AUDIO: Historian David Pietrusza on the 1914 WWI Christmas Truce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/truce_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/truce_2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/truce_2-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/truce_2-768x630.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>Soldiers of the First World War during the 1914 Christmas Truce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, December 11th Paul was joined by noted historian David Pietrusza for a fascinating conversation about the 1914 Christmas Truce during WWI. Below is the audio of their conversation in three parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1914_1.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Historian David Pietrusza on the 1914 Christmas Truce &#8211; Segment One<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1914_2.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption> H<em>istorian David Pietrusza on the 1914 Christmas Truce &#8211; Segment <\/em>Two <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1914_3.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>H<em>istorian David Pietrusza on the 1914 Christmas Truce &#8211; Segment <\/em>Three<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Christmas Truce has become one of the most famous and mythologised events of the First World War. But what was the real story behind the truce? Why did it happen and did British and German soldiers really play football in no-man&#8217;s land? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historian David Pietrusza, author of  <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/davidpietrusza.com\/TR.html\">TR\u2019s Last War: Theodore Roosevelt, The Great War, and a Journey of Triumph and Tragedy<\/a><\/strong>, joins Paul to discuss one of the most moving events in the history of modern warfare. We also have archival audio of men who were actually part of the famed 1914 Christmas truce from Britain&#8217;s Imperial War Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/history\/the-real-story-of-the-christmas-truce\">The Real Story of the Christmas Truce<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li>IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/history\/voices-of-the-first-world-war-the-christmas-truce\">Voices of the First World War: The Christmas Truce<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li>HISTORY.COM: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/world-war-i\/christmas-truce-of-1914\">Christmas Truce of 1914<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li>AMAZON PRIME: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B000KNHCO4\">Watch Joyeux Noel<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li>ROGER EBERT: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/joyeux-noel-2006\">Joyeux Noel Movie Review<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MLIVE:  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/saginaw-bay-city\/2019\/12\/film-shot-in-michigan-about-world-war-1-christmas-truce-to-premiere-in-bay-city.html\">Film shot in Michigan about World War 1 Christmas truce to premiere in Bay City <\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thank you to listener <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaveLambertUSA\">Dave Lambert<\/a> for this lead!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, December 11th Paul was joined by noted historian David Pietrusza for a fascinating conversation about the 1914 Christmas Truce during WWI. 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