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The truce : the day the war stopped / Chris Baker.

Title
The truce : the day the war stopped / Chris Baker.
Author
Baker, Chris
Publication
  • Stroud, Gloucestershire Amberley Publishing, 2014.
  • ©2014.

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Description
182 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.
Summary
A fascinating study of the events leading up to and during one of the most poignant events of the First World War, the Christmas Truce 1914.
Alternative Title
Day the war stopped
Subject
  • Christmas Truce (1914)
  • World War (1914-1918)
  • World War (1914-1918) > Armistices
  • 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Western Front
  • World War, 1914-1918 > Armistices
  • Christmas Truce, 1914
  • Military campaigns
  • World War, 1914-1918 > Trench warfare
  • Fraternization
  • Western Front (World War (1914-1918))
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Prologue: Christmas Greetings -- Introduction -- Part 1: Bloody December -- 1. Turning Point -- 2. The British Army in December 1914 -- 3. A Curious Interlude -- 4. The Attack at Wytschaete, 14 December -- 5. Battles in the Lee of Aubers Ridge -- 6. The Battle for the 'German Birdcage' -- 7. Willcocks' Indian Corps -- Part 2: The Truce -- 8. The Coming of Christmas -- 9. In Their Words -- 10. Aftermath and Retrospect -- Appendices: The British and Indian Dead of a Flanders December.
ISBN
  • 9781445634906
  • 1445634902
OCLC
  • 894832381
  • SCSB-11246994
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library