The following Christmas, machine gun barrages were deliberately timed to drown out any sound of carol singing to prevent spontaneous truces happening again.

  • Kepabar@startrek.website
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    11 months ago

    It’s well documented that the leadership of both sides had some difficulty getting their soldiers to go back to fighting after the truce.

    The average soldier did not want to fight. Leadership had to threaten charges of desertions and treason to get them back to fighting.

    • ██████████@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      modern people are able to so easily access excellent multimedia propaganda nowadays that just isnt needed anymore

      Hate is so easy to propogate with film

      And almost impossible without it