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    The document discusses Prisoner's Dilemma and its application to the 1914 Christmas Truce during World War I. Prisoner's Dilemma is a game theory scenario where individuals must choose to cooperate or cheat for their own self interest. During the Christmas Truce, the fighting troops from both sides cooperated by emerging from their trenches on Christmas morning to celebrate together in an informal truce, exchanging gifts and playing football. They were able to set aside their roles as enemies and cooperate through a sense of trust on Christmas day, but the fighting resumed in following days as that trust vanished.

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    The document discusses Prisoner's Dilemma and its application to the 1914 Christmas Truce during World War I. Prisoner's Dilemma is a game theory scenario where individuals must choose to cooperate or cheat for their own self interest. During the Christmas Truce, the fighting troops from both sides cooperated by emerging from their trenches on Christmas morning to celebrate together in an informal truce, exchanging gifts and playing football. They were able to set aside their roles as enemies and cooperate through a sense of trust on Christmas day, but the fighting resumed in following days as that trust vanished.

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    Before answering the question, we must first understand what is Prisoner Dilemma.

    Prisoner Dilemma is
    a situation where one of the two individuals have to make decision that will benefit themseleves only
    (also known as cheat) or might want to stay silent benifting both of them (co-operate) [ CITATION JIM19
    \l 1033 ]Prisoner Dilemma is one of the standardized examples of Game theory. Here in the matter of
    Christmas Truce, both the parties benefited themselves with co-operation rather than competition
    [ CITATION Pri19 \l 1033 ]. As it was the time of Christmas and both the parties were stuck in the most
    horrific struggles of all time, the troops from both sides came to a decision on a truce. Trust played a
    significant role in the incidentAt the main light of sunrise on Christmas Day, some German troopers rose
    up out of their channels and moved toward the Allied lines over no-man's-land, getting out "Happy
    Christmas" in their foes' local tongues.[ CITATION NAI19 \l 1033 ] From the outset, the Allied officers
    dreaded it was a stunt, however observing the Germans unarmed they moved out of their channels and
    warmly greeted the opponents with open arms. As it was the of getting together with families, enjoying
    great meals and gifts, the troops felt that for a day they can trust each other and for a day they can
    forget that they were enemies.[ CITATION The \l 1033 ] They felt that they can get together and
    celebrate their holy festival. They exchanged gifts, souveniers and played football to create a sense of
    brotherhood. In the following days, the trust vanished when the battle resumed.

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