The Christmas truce: A sentimental dream – OUP December 18, 2014 by Fulcrum By December 1914 the Great War had been raging for nearly five months. If anyone had really believed that it would be ‘all over by Christmas’ then it was clear that they had been cruelly mistaken. Soldiers in the trenches had gained a grudging respect for their opposite numbers. After all, they had managed to fight each other to a standstill. Peter Hart. OUP Blog. 17 December 2014 FulcrumShareTweetShare
