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Truce : the day the soldiers stopped fighting

Call Number

  • *J 940.421 MURP (OSH)

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Publication Information

New York : Scholastic Press, c2009.

Physical Description

116 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Summary

Describes the Christmas truce that occurred along Western Front trenches in 1914 and features quotations from young men on both sides, a timeline, and additional source material.

Contents

  • Those stupid kings and emperors
  • Things were beginning to look unpleasant
  • All attacks are to be pushed to the extreme
  • There is no longer any sense in this business
  • It was a sight one will never see again
  • The lull is finished
  • Epilogue.

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