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This book started with a little background on why World War I began and talked a little about the ways this war was fought and how it differed from wars that came before it. Then it moved on to that Christmas Eve and Christmas Day during December 1914 that the men stopped fighting with a temporary, informal truce. This book has actual photographs of the Germans and the British together during the truce and first-hand accounts from letters and journal entries.
There were several things I learned: there were different areas all along the Western Front that stopped fighting, over a hundred; along with celebrating Christmas, they used the cease-fire to bury their dead and hold memorial services...some were combined with both Germans and British; the higher up officers on both sides were livid about the cease-fire and punished many that were responsible afterward; and there was one area, Ploegsteert Wood in Belgium, that actually kept their truce until almost Easter! Fascinating read.
There were several things I learned: there were different areas all along the Western Front that stopped fighting, over a hundred; along with celebrating Christmas, they used the cease-fire to bury their dead and hold memorial services...some were combined with both Germans and British; the higher up officers on both sides were livid about the cease-fire and punished many that were responsible afterward; and there was one area, Ploegsteert Wood in Belgium, that actually kept their truce until almost Easter! Fascinating read.