| Description |
1 online resource (128 pages) |
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
By December, 1914, it had become clear to even the most optimistic observer that the war would not be over by Christmas. That month brought the first enemy-inflicted deaths of the war, when German warships bombarded three northeast coastal towns; meanwhile, the recently invented airplane was being put to deadly use in raids over the southeast. In France that month, the Battle of the Marne gave a taste of the devastating power of modern warfare—a reality to which troops in the trenches on both sides tried to turn a blind eye in the famous Christmas truce. This book uses contemporary newspapers and magazines, diaries, and other records to present a comprehensive image of this extraordinary Christmas, both at home and abroad. |
| System Details |
System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
HISTORY / Military / World War I.
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Nineteen fourteen, A.D.
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Christmas Truce, 1914.
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Christmas -- History -- 20th century.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hudson, John, 1946- Christmas 1914. Stroud : The History Press, 2014. 9780750960281 (pbk.) : (Uk)016838119 |
| Standard No. |
9780750960380 |
| ISBN |
9780750960380 (e-pub) |
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