Wopulumuka womaliza wampikisano wamiyala wamwamuna adamwalira pa Julayi 22nd, 2001, wazaka 106.
ANTHU akale amati, samafa, amangowonongeka. Bertie Felstead anali osiyana. Wamkulu iye anali, wotchuka kwambiri. Anali ndi zaka zopitilira 100, ndipo adakhalapo kwanthawi yayitali m'nyumba yosungira anthu okalamba ku Gloucester, pomwe adapatsidwa Légion d'Honneur yaku France ndi Purezidenti Jacques Chirac. Anali ndi zaka zopitilira 105 pomwe adakhala wamkulu kuposa onse ku Britain. Ndipo panthawiyi anali atatchuka kwambiri ngati yekhayo amene adapulumuka pamakhosi a Khrisimasi omwe adachitika kumadzulo chakumenyera nkhondo yoyamba yapadziko lonse. Zochitika zochepa za nthawi yankhondo ndizomwe zimayambitsa mikangano yambiri komanso nthano.
Bambo Felstead, wa London ndipo panthaŵi yomwe anali wolima minda, adadzipereka kuti azitumikira ku 1915. Pambuyo pake chaka chomwecho adagwira nawo mbali yachiwiri, ndipo potsirizira pake, amanyamula khirisimasi pamene anali pafupi ndi mudzi wa Laventie kumpoto kwa France. Panthawiyo anali payekha ku Royal Welch Fusiliers, gulu la Robert Graves, yemwe analemba mabuku ena amphamvu kwambiri okhudza nkhondo, "Goodbye to All That". Monga momwe Mr Felstead anakumbukira, mtendere unadza pa Khrisimasi kuchokera kwa adani. Asirikali kumeneko anaimba, mu German, nyimbo ya ku Welsh "Ar Hyd y Nos". Nyimbo yawo idasankhidwa monga kuvomerezedwa kovomerezeka kwa mtundu wa regiment kutsutsana nawo mitsinje ya XMUMX mamita kutali, ndipo Royal Welch Fusiliers anayankha poimba "Good King Wenceslas".
Atatha kuyimba nyimbo ya carol usiku, a Felstead adakumbukira, chidwi chawo chidakulirakulira kotero kuti mbandakucha asitikali aku Bavaria ndi aku Britain adatuluka mokhazikika. Akufuwula moni ngati "Moni Tommy" ndi "Moni Fritz" poyamba adagwiranagwirana m'malo osakhala anthu, kenako amapatsana mphatso. Mowa waku Germany, ma soseji ndi zipewa zampikisano ankapatsidwa, kapena kugulitsa, kuti abweretse ng'ombe zovutitsa, mabisiketi ndi mabatani amkati.
Masewera ena a mpira
Masewera omwe adasewera anali, a Felstead adakumbukira, mpira wovuta. "Sizinali masewera otere, zambiri zomwe timachita ndi ufulu kwa onse. Pakhoza kukhala pali 50 mbali iliyonse pazonse zomwe ndikudziwa. Ndinkasewera chifukwa ndimakonda mpira. Sindikudziwa kuti zinatenga nthawi yayitali bwanji, mwina theka la ola. ” Kenako, m'mene wina wa a Fusiliers adakumbukira, chisangalalocho chidayimitsidwa ndi wamkulu wa asitikali aku Britain akulamula amuna ake kuti abwerere kumayendedwe ndikuwakumbutsa mokalipa kuti adalipo "kukamenya nkhondo ndi a Huns, osati kuti apange zibwenzi nawo ".
Kuchita izi kwathandiza kulimbikitsa nkhanza ya Marxist nthano, yofalitsidwa mwachitsanzo mu nyimbo "Oh, Ndi Nkhondo Yokondeka!", Kuti asilikali wamba kumbali zonsezi ankalakalaka mtendere weniweni ndipo anali okondwa kapena akukakamizidwa kuti amenyane ndi akuluakulu oyendetsa magulu otsutsa chidwi chawo cha m'kalasi. Ndipotu, apolisi kumbali zonse ziwiri anayamba ma khirisimasi angapo ku 1915 komanso makampani ambiri a 1914. Pambuyo poyankhula kuti avomereze mawu a mapeto, azondi ambiri amatsutsana ndi mdani monga mofanana ndi amuna awo.
M'nkhani yake ya truces, a Robert Graves adalongosola chifukwa chake. "[Gulu langa lankhondo] silinalole konse kukhala ndi malingaliro andale zaku Germany. Ntchito ya msirikali waluso inali yongolimbana ndi aliyense amene Mfumu idamulamula kuti amenyane naye ... Mgwirizano wa Khrisimasi wa 1914, momwe Battalion anali m'modzi mwa oyamba kutenga nawo mbali, anali ndi luso lomweli: sanasiyane ndi izi, koma malo wamba ankhondo mwambo — kusinthana ulemu pakati pa oyang'anira magulu ankhondo otsutsana. ”
Malingana ndi Bruce Bairnsfather, mmodzi mwa asilikali otchuka kwambiri omwe anali msilikali wa nkhondo yoyamba yapadziko lonse, Tommy anali ndi mutu wolimba. Analipo, analemba, osati atomu ya chidani kumbali zonse pazidazi, "komabe, kumbali yathu, osati kanthawi kochepa chinali chifuniro chogonjetsa nkhondoyo ndi cholinga chowamasula iwo momasuka. Zinali ngati nthawi yozungulira pakati pa masewera olimbitsa thupi. "
Nkhani zambiri zaku Britain zaku truces zimathandizira kufotokozera nthano ina: kuti aboma amasunga chidziwitso chonse chokomera anthu wamba kunyumba kuwopa kuti chingawononge mikhalidwe. Manyuzipepala ndi magazini otchuka aku Britain adasindikiza zithunzi ndi zojambula za asitikali aku Germany ndi aku Britain akukondwerera Khrisimasi limodzi m'malo opanda anthu.
Ndizowona, komabe, kuti nkhokwe za Khrisimasi sizinabwerezedwe mzaka zapitazi za nkhondo. Pofika mu 1916 ndi 1917 kupha kosalekeza kwa nkhondo yolimbirana kunali kwakukulu kwambiri chidani mbali zonsezo kotero kuti misonkhano yaubwenzi m'dziko lopanda aliyense inali yosaganizirika, ngakhale pa Khrisimasi.
Bambo Felstead anali mmodzi wa anthu abwino kwambiri a Tommies. Anabwerera kwawo kuchipatala atapwetekedwa pa nkhondo ya Somme ku 1916 koma anapeza mokwanira kuti adzalandire ntchito kunja. Anatumizidwa ku Salonika, komwe adagwidwa ndi malungo ovuta kwambiri, ndipo pambuyo powonjezereka mwachimwemwe, anatumikira kumapeto kwa nkhondo ku France.
Atasokonezeka, adatsogolera moyo wosasangalatsa komanso wolemekezeka. Kukhalitsa kwake kokha kumathetsa kuthetsa kwake. Olemba ndi atolankhani anadandaula kuti afunse mafunso, ndipo amakondwerera, omwe anali nawo mbali yachinsinsi chomwe moyo wawo unatambasula kudutsa zaka mazana atatu. Iye anawauza kuti onse a ku Ulaya, kuphatikizapo a Britain ndi Germany, ayenera kukhala mabwenzi.
