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No man's land
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No man's land is wasted, unowned land, an uninhabited or desolate area that may be under dispute between parties who leave it unoccupied out of fear or uncertainty. The term was originally used to def
An aerial photograph showing opposing trenches and no man's land between Loos and Hulluch in France during World War I
An aerial photograph showing opposing trenches and no man's land between Loos and Hulluch in France during World War I
A stretch of no man's land at Flanders Fields, Belgium, 1919
A stretch of no man's land at Flanders Fields, Belgium, 1919
Dead Canadian soldiers lying in no man's land on the Somme battlefield in France, 1918
Dead Canadian soldiers lying in no man's land on the Somme battlefield in France, 1918
No man's land in Jerusalem, between Israel and Jordan, circa 1964
No man's land in Jerusalem, between Israel and Jordan, circa 1964
Christmas truce
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The Christmas truce was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires mainly along the Western Front of the First World War around Christmas in 1914.
No man's land
…Front, with specific mention of the terms concerning the Race to the Sea in late 1914. The term came into common use in the context of the Anglo-German Christmas truce of 1914 and thereafter appeared frequently in official communiqués, newspaper reports, and personnel correspondences of the members of the British Expeditionary…
Soldiers from both sides (the British and the German) exchange cheerful conversation (an artist's impression from The Illustrated London News of 9 Jan
Soldiers from both sides (the British and the German) exchange cheerful conversation (an artist's impression from The Illustrated London News of 9 January 1915: "British and German Soldiers Arm-in-Arm Exchanging Headgear: A Christmas Truce between Opposing Trenches").
A cross, left in Saint-Yves (Saint-Yvon – Ploegsteert; Comines-Warneton in Belgium) in 1999, to commemorate the site of the Christmas Truce. The text
A cross, left in Saint-Yves (Saint-Yvon – Ploegsteert; Comines-Warneton in Belgium) in 1999, to commemorate the site of the Christmas Truce. The text reads: "1914 – The Khaki Chums Christmas Truce – 1999 – 85 Years – Lest We Forget".
British and German troops meeting in no man's land during the unofficial truce (British troops from the Northumberland Hussars, 7th Division, Bridoux–
British and German troops meeting in no man's land during the unofficial truce (British troops from the Northumberland Hussars, 7th Division, Bridoux–Rouge Banc Sector).
This photo is commonly mistaken as taking place during the 1914 Christmas truce. It is actually from 25 December 1915 near Thessaloniki, Greece. It sh
This photo is commonly mistaken as taking place during the 1914 Christmas truce. It is actually from 25 December 1915 near Thessaloniki, Greece. It shows British officers playing other ranks of the British 26th Divisional Ammunition Train.