A calendar of posts by JD, starting with the theme of war (and temporary peace) at Christmas:
By late December 1914, there was no end in sight to the Great War. Morale plummeted, as the soldiers realised that they would spend winter in the miserable trenches.
Winston Churchill wrote to his wife in mid-December: “What would happen I wonder, if the armies suddenly and simultaneously went on strike and said some other method must be found for settling their dispute?” He would soon find out.
SABATON - Christmas Truce (Official Music Video)
“For a single day, the opposing forces mingled in friendly conversation and even in games. It was an amazing spectacle, and must arouse bitter thoughts concerning those high-ranking conspirators against the peace of the world, who in their mad ambition had hounded such men on to take each other by the throat rather than by the hand.” – Arthur Conan Doyle, 1916.
HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER). (Ultimate Mix, 2020)
John & Yoko Plastic Ono Band + Harlem Community Choir
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