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Paperback The Christmas Truce: Myth, Memory, and the First World War Book

ISBN: 0813174023

ISBN13: 9780813174020

The Christmas Truce: Myth, Memory, and the First World War

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In late December 1914, German and British soldiers on the western front initiated a series of impromptu, unofficial ceasefires. Enlisted men across No Man's Land abandoned their trenches and crossed enemy lines to sing carols, share food and cigarettes, and even play a little soccer. Collectively known as the Christmas Truce, these fleeting moments of peace occupy a mythical place in remembrances of World War I. Yet new accounts suggest that the...

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