CORRECTION
1. the 5 events you must put on your timeline are :
- Dec 24th 1914 : message from German soldiers suggesting a truce
- Dec 25th 1914 : they buried the dead and played football together
- Dec 26th 1914 : they played football again
- Dec 29th : Sergeant Barker sent his letter home
2012 : the letter was rediscovered
2. They must have wanted the war to be over. They probably hoped the war would be soon over
3. Instead of the war being over, fighting probably started again and intensified/ Rather than being the end of the war, this was only the beginning.
4. It overcame the language barrier.
It allowed them to fight for a win in a way that was non-violent.
It gave them the opportunity to behave in a dignified manner.