"Christmas under Fire, 1944" Topic
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| Tango01 | 13 May 2020 10:16 p.m. PST |
"Here is a World War II book that is a little different from what we are used to. For once not about famous or unknown heroes, or battles and campaigns, or analyses of what caused which victory or defeat. No, this book is about Christmas and how it was celebrated, or endured, or perceived by people in the European theatre in December 1944. The 5th year of the war for many and with still no clear end in sight. Christmas was celebrated by most of the allied countries and their citizens, but also by many of the Axis nations, civilians and soldiers, good and bad. As can be gleaned from the stories it was experienced in very different ways by all those people, depending on their various situations. Many Europeans had been liberated by this time, but the war was not over, certainly not for all the soldiers active all over Europe…"
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