German and Bolshevik troops fraternizing in the area of the Yaselda River (February 1918)
Summary
German and Bolshevik troops fraternizing in the area of the Yaselda River at the time of the peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk, February 1918.
Treaties of Brest-Litovsk, peace treaties signed at Brest-Litovsk (now in Belarus) by the Central Powers with the Ukrainian Republic (Feb. 9, 1918) and with Soviet Russia (March 3, 1918), which concluded hostilities between those countries during World War I. Peace negotiations, which the Soviet government had requested on Nov. 8, 1917, began on December 22.
Date
01/02/1918
Source
Imperial War Museums UK
Copyright info
public domain