Lyrics
Oh the snow flakes fell in silence
Over Belleau Wood that night
For a Christmas truce had been declared
By both sides of the fight
As we laid there in our trenches
The silence broke in two
By a German soldier singing
A song that we all knew
Though I did not know the language
The song was Silent Night
Then I heard my buddy whisper
“All is calm, all is bright”
Then the fear and doubt surrounded me
Cause I’d die if I was wrong
But I stood up in my trench
And I began to sing along
Then across the frozen battlefield
Another’s voice joined in
Until one by one each man became
A singer of the hymn
Then I thought I was dreaming
For right there in my sight
Stood the German soldier
Neath the falling flakes of white
And he raised his hand and smiled at me
As if seemed to say
Here’s hoping we both live to see
Us find a better way
Then the devils clock struck midnight
And the skies lit up again
And the battlefield where heaven stood
Was blown to hell again
But for just one fleeting moment
The answer seemed so clear
Heaven’s not beyond the clouds
Its just beyond the fear
No heaven’s not beyond the clouds
It’s for us to find here
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I don’t think this incident happened at Belleu woods. It happened in the beginning of WWI. Everyone stopped fighting for Christmas, and both sides sang carols.
The Battle of Belleau Wood was fought through June of 1918. It was very hot and there were definitely no snowflakes flying. It involved US troops, both Army and Marine, against the Germans.
The “Christmas Truce” was an unofficial spontaneous ceasefire among the regular soldiers of both sides at the war’s first Christmas, in 1914. The officers were infuriated and worried that the soldiers would be reluctant to resume fighting afterward. This was over two years before the US entered the war.