On a frosty, starlit night, a miracle took place. In 1914, a melody drifted over the darkness of No Man’s Land. First “O, Holy Night,” then “God Save the King.” Peeking over their trenches for what ...

Your recent story of the WW1 Christmas Truce reminded me to write you about a WWII Christmas story told to me by a dear vet who recently has passed. Like so many, he did not talk much about his war ...

An exhibition of Christmas cards from the First World War are being displayed at Westbourne Library on Alum Chine Road. The cards belong to Jenny Young, Westbourne Library Manager, who has been ...

LONDON (Reuters) - One of the most poignant events of World War One, described by a soldier in a letter home to his "dear mater," is to be auctioned Tuesday. The rare letter, which gives an account of ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - "All the way down our lines ... Scots and Huns were fraternizing in the most genuine possible manner," Lieutenant Edward Hulse wrote to his mother after Christmas 1914. "If I had ...

This encounter was part of WWI, in which more than 8 million men were killed in action or died from combat-inflicted wounds. Like many do in a time of war, the men positioned on these front lines ...