The True Story of the Christmas Truce Posters this woeful disaster has been

this woeful disaster has been forgotten by history

In this monumental history of the First World War

printed ephemera

there could be no more important book than one that recognizes a group of exemplary women--in their own words--as they paved the way for future generations

Predating countercultural American classics like Catch-22 by a generation

The True Story of the Christmas Truce Posters this woeful disaster has beenDescription by Anthony Richards Hardcover One of them shouted A Merry Christmas English. Were not shooting tonight. . . . [then] they stuck up a light. Not to be outdone, so did we. Then up went another. So, we shoved up another. Soon the lines looked like an illuminated fete. Rifleman Leslie WalkingtonOn Christmas Eve 1914, a group of German soldiers laid down their arms, lit lanterns and started to sing Christmas carols. The British troops in nearby