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The History Press Ltd - A Wartime Christmas - Paperback
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Description: For those who lived through wartime Christmases the celebrations during those years had an especially poignant flavour. This unique anthology recreates those times of heartache and brief moments of pleasurable escape and happiness. Share with wartime veterans and their families memories of Christmas under fire; read about the gift of a pig for PO Ws dinner from the Japanese emperor and how Glenn Miller's disappearance almost ruined the AEF Christmas show; enjoy ENS a veterans anecdotes of Christmas concerts in the most awkward situations. From Christmas on the Russian Front on board ship in heaving seas and a soldier's experiences in Egypt It ain t arf hot pantomimes and the Archbishop of York's Christmas message in 1940, to an account of life in the Warsaw ghetto here is a collection of what made Christmas special during the years of the Second World War. Illustrated throughout A Wartime Christmas showcases the hope warmth and colour that the occasion inspired during those bleak times.
Title: A Wartime Christmas
Brand: The History Press Ltd
Barcode: 9781803995120
Pages: 30 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 2/2/2024
Category: Nostalgia: General
Description: For those who lived through wartime Christmases the celebrations during those years had an especially poignant flavour. This unique anthology recreates those times of heartache and brief moments of pleasurable escape and happiness. Share with wartime veterans and their families memories of Christmas under fire; read about the gift of a pig for PO Ws dinner from the Japanese emperor and how Glenn Miller's disappearance almost ruined the AEF Christmas show; enjoy ENS a veterans anecdotes of Christmas concerts in the most awkward situations. From Christmas on the Russian Front on board ship in heaving seas and a soldier's experiences in Egypt It ain t arf hot pantomimes and the Archbishop of York's Christmas message in 1940, to an account of life in the Warsaw ghetto here is a collection of what made Christmas special during the years of the Second World War. Illustrated throughout A Wartime Christmas showcases the hope warmth and colour that the occasion inspired during those bleak times.
Title: A Wartime Christmas
Brand: The History Press Ltd
Barcode: 9781803995120
Pages: 30 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 2/2/2024
Category: Nostalgia: General
