So it was as a mostly unproven author that Remarque shopped around All Quiet on the Western Front, which he had written ...
Christmas is traditionally intended to be a time of peace and celebration—but most recent wars have continued unabated during the holiday season.
In many wars between Christian nations, soldiers have stopped or scaled back fighting in late December—but this has not always been the case.
On a cold Christmas Eve in 1914, something extraordinary happened along the Western Front of World War I. The sound of ...
Editor: In the Year 2026, I hope that in the United States of America: Leaders will treat all people with respect and ...
On Christmas Eve in 1914, many men were in the trenches fighting the war, but the spirit of Christmas halted the conflict for ...
In December 1914, British and German soldiers fighting World War I unofficially stopped combat to celebrate Christmas. Known ...
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. ” (John Fitzgerald Kennedy) World War I is considered the ...
Between 24 and 26 December 1914 there was a spontaneous truce declared by the French, English and German soldiers, who came out into the open on the two fronts and met in no man’s land. They spoke to ...
In 1913, 73 people, most of them children, died in a crush of panic after a false cry of “Fire!” during a Christmas party for striking miners and their families at the Italian Hall in Calumet, ...
On Christmas Eve 1914, battling German and British soldiers laid down their arms and sang Christmas carols together — a brief moment of peace in the midst of war.
The 1914 Christmas Truce wasn’t universal, and it didn’t last, but it’s become one of war’s most retold on-screen moments: ...