The Christmas Truce: The Place Where Peace Was Found

The Christmas Truce: The Place Where Peace Was FoundDescription It's Christmas Eve. A group of tired soldiers start singing Stille Nacht. Soldiers the other side of No Man's Land respond with Silent Night. The next day, soldiers on both sides put down their weapons and celebrate Christmas Day with a friendly soccer match. In the sequel to Where the Poppies Now Grow, The Christmas Truce The Place Where Peace Was Found is based on that remarkable moment in history and finds soldiers Ben and Ray shaking

He shows how they dreamed of adventure and glory

Neil Storey takes us through the recruitment

if bearing different burdens and making different sacrifices

and aerial bombardment

a star war reporter for the Saturday Evening Post

the climax of a century of rapid

Music hall and trench songs provide a further lyrical perspective on the War

the more he found

and Pegahmagabow family stories

this book explores how players

kaleidoscopic portrait of a pivotal moment in German history

It’s taxis shuttled troops to the front