Christmas Truce

By Phil Porter

December 1914. As families across Europe gather to celebrate Christmas, a generation of young men find themselves far away from their loved ones in the trenches of the Western Front. There they face a world seemingly devoid of any peace or goodwill. But on Christmas Eve 1914, as the men of the Warwickshire Regiment shelter in their trenches, something astonishing happens. Across no-man's land they hear music. The German soldiers are singing Christmas carols; the same carols their families are listening to, hundreds of miles away in Birmingham, Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon. Leaving their trenches, carrying only their courage and their humanity, they go to meet their enemies; not to fight, but talk, to exchange gifts, to celebrate Christmas. And the next day, together, they play an unforgettable game of football.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783192143
• ISBN13: 9781783192144
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.2"