Author: worldbeyondwar

By Stephen M. Osborn I have seen the Dragon Through clenched lids and arms pressed tight. I have felt its hot breath on my back

By Stephen M. Osborn ‘Twas a century ago this Christmas Eve Heaven seemed to give the soldiers leave Even to set their guns aside, and

“We and the Germans met in the middle of no-man’s-land.” Frank Richards was a British soldier who experienced the “Christmas Truce”. We join his story

Sing in German this year! Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, alles schlaft, einsam wacht Nur das traute heilige Paar. Holder Knab im lockigten Haar. Schlafe in

The last known survivor of no-man’s-land football died on July 22nd, 2001, aged 106. THE ECONOMIST OLD soldiers, they say, never die, they only fade

A Christmas truce letter is here. And here’s a script that turns the above letter into a play that can be performed on Christmas by

Here’s an account of the Christmas Truce from a book written by someone who was there: Bullets & Billets, by Bruce Bairnsfather via Project Guttenberg

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, Du kannst mir sehr gefallen! The news had come out in the First World War The bloody Red Baron was flying

My name is Francis Tolliver, I come from Liverpool. Two years ago the war was waiting for me after school. To Belgium and to Flanders,