So it was as a mostly unproven author that Remarque shopped around All Quiet on the Western Front, which he had written ...
Western Front of World War I participated in the 1914 Christmas Truce. They left their trenches and ventured into no man’s ...
On Christmas Eve in 1914, many men were in the trenches fighting the war, but the spirit of Christmas halted the conflict for ...
On Christmas Eve 1914, battling German and British soldiers laid down their arms and sang Christmas carols together — a brief ...
On Christmas Eve in 1914, many men were in the trenches fighting the war, but the spirit of Christmas halted the conflict for ...
On Christmas Eve in 1914, a light snowfall began to dust the Western Front, unable to settle on the muddy, waterlogged ground ...
On a cold Christmas Eve in 1914, something extraordinary happened along the Western Front of World War I. The sound of ...
When Germany declared war on Russia in August 1914, Erich Maria Remarque was 16 years old. Growing up in Osnabrueck, near the Dutch border, he’d harbored literary aspirations. But he was training to ...
It’s the night of December 24 1914 on the Western Front. The industrial might of the new 20th century has been focused into a war that has been going on for 8 months. Everyone thought it would be over ...
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: ...
On Christmas 1914, thousands of WWI enemies briefly laid down their guns, meeting in No Man’s Land to sing carols, swap gifts and even play soccer.
In many wars between Christian nations, soldiers have stopped or scaled back fighting in late December—but this has not always been the case.