The truce begins with the guns falling silent on Christmas Eve, a solitary German soldier singing 'Stille Nacht' and the British soldiers joining in with 'Silent Night' from their trenches.

It wasn’t planned, but on the evening of December 24, 1914, the guns along the Western Front were mostly silent, and fittingly, “Silent Night ... The Christmas Truce of 1914 was chronicled ...

The year was 1914. The warring countries in WW1 had discussed a cease fire to celebrate Christmas, but no agreement was made. However, on the night of Christmas, an unofficial cease fire was declared.

Veterans recall the Christmas Truce of 1914, the trenches by night, and what they got up to ... There are now no living veterans of WW1, but it is still possible to go back to the First World ...