The Christmas Truce

Essay from the year 2003 in the subject History Europe - Germany - World War I, Weimar Republic, grade: B+, Juniata College, course: Uncovering the Past, language: English, abstract: “But, however, looking back on it all, I wouldn’t have missed that unique and weird Christmas Day for anything.”1 The English soldier Bruce Bairnsfather looked back on an event in which he had taken part. This small e...