Silent Night: The Remarkable Christmas Truce Of 1914 - Softcover

Weintraub, Stanley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0684866226 ISBN 13: 9780684866222

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK, 2002

Synopsis

SILENT NIGHT brings to life one of the most unlikely and touching events in the annals of war. In the early months of WWI, on Christmas Eve, men on both sides left their trenches, laid down their arms, and joined in a spontaneous celebration with their new friends, the enemy. For a brief, blissful time, remembered since in song and story, a world war stopped. Even the participants found what they were doing incredible. Germans placed candle-lit Christmas trees on trench parapets and warring soldiers sang carols. In the spirit of the season they ventured out beyond their barbed wire to meet in No Man's Land, where they buried the dead in moving ceremonies, exchanged gifts, ate and drank together, and joyously played football, often with improvised balls. The truce spread as men defied orders and fired harmlessly into the air. But, reluctantly, they were forced to re-start history's most bloody war. SILENT NIGHT vividly recovers a dreamlike event, one of the most extraordinary of Christmas stories.

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Review:

'Engrossing' -- Times Literary Supplement

'In the end, what appears from the winter fog and misery is a fine Christmas story that is, in truth ... inspiring. It really is' -- Wall Street Journal

Synopsis:

Bringing together one of the most unlikely and touching events of World War I, this book tells the story of Chritmas Eve 1914 when men on both sides left their trenches, laid down their arms and joined a spontaneous celebration with their new friends, the enemy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0684866226
• ISBN 13: 9780684866222
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256