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German soldiers singing Christmas carols with a Christmas tree in a trench on the Eastern Front, December 1914.
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The following is excerpts of Danish-German soldier Hemming Skov's account of Christmas on the frontlines of the Eastern Front on December 23, 1914 - today 109 years ago. Translated by myself:
"In the evening of December 23 we entered the trenches, and now a Christmas Eve in a muddy trench between the railway and the town of Ludwikow was looking most probable.
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Together with a few comrades I 'installed' a firepit in the trench, where we had some cozy warmth. Following a quiet day we reached the holy Christmas Eve, a Christmas Eve far away from our dear ones.
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Under inconsolable outer surroundings, Christmas had to be celebrated. In a foreign country; for a foreign cause one was here, guided here by the heavy duty imposed upon us.
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Later on in the evening - I believe it was around the time we usually would approach the lit Christmas tree - I was sent back for food at the field kitchen together with some comrades. Here we received the delightful news that we soon were to be relieved.
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With this welcomed message we began our course back to the frontlines, during which we regretfully lost a comrade. Ducking and weaving we ran in the direction of the whistling bullets; but our joyous message of our relief was now accompanied by the report of the loss of a comrade.
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The relief came, and we once again went our way towards the field kitchen and the barn we were to be billeted in during Christmas Night. Upon our arrival at the field kitchen we were distributed extra hot rum, as well as porkchops and peas."
German soldiers singing Christmas carols with a Christmas tree in a trench on the Eastern Front, December 1914.
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Colourised by @sannadullaway.
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The following is excerpts of Danish-German soldier Hemming Skov's account of Christmas on the frontlines of the Eastern Front on December 23, 1914 - today 109 years ago. Translated by myself:
"In the evening of December 23 we entered the trenches, and now a Christmas Eve in a muddy trench between the railway and the town of Ludwikow was looking most probable.
.
Together with a few comrades I 'installed' a firepit in the trench, where we had some cozy warmth. Following a quiet day we reached the holy Christmas Eve, a Christmas Eve far away from our dear ones.
.
Under inconsolable outer surroundings, Christmas had to be celebrated. In a foreign country; for a foreign cause one was here, guided here by the heavy duty imposed upon us.
.
Later on in the evening - I believe it was around the time we usually would approach the lit Christmas tree - I was sent back for food at the field kitchen together with some comrades. Here we received the delightful news that we soon were to be relieved.
.
With this welcomed message we began our course back to the frontlines, during which we regretfully lost a comrade. Ducking and weaving we ran in the direction of the whistling bullets; but our joyous message of our relief was now accompanied by the report of the loss of a comrade.
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The relief came, and we once again went our way towards the field kitchen and the barn we were to be billeted in during Christmas Night. Upon our arrival at the field kitchen we were distributed extra hot rum, as well as porkchops and peas."
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US Paratrooper (possibly from 507 PIR) talks to men from the 2nd Battalion (52nd) airborne Ox and Bucks standing on the Quai de Meuse overlooking the river at Givet, Ardennes, France. Sometime soon after 25th December 1944.
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Bristol Beaufighters Mk X's from No 455 RAAF Squadron and No 489 RNZAF Squadron (together these two Squadrons formed the ANZAC Strike wing) attack German ships with a mix of RP-3 Rockets, 20mm cannons, and 303. machine gun fire. Off Heligoland, Germany. 12/08/1944.
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Rfn. Faulkner of London, emerges from his front-line dugout, armed with a PIAT. 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, 7th Armoured Division, Nieuwstadt, Dutch-German border, 28th Dec 1944.
Dan Steele Colour / Smith, Dennis M. (Sergeant) / © IWM B 13235
Dan Steele Colour / Smith, Dennis M. (Sergeant) / © IWM B 13235
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January 1945Pfc. James Joseph Davitto from Frontenac, Kansas, serving with 'M' Co., 413 Infantry Regt., 104 Inf. Div., 9th US Army, shown on guard in a dugout position in a street in Gürzenich, Germany. Born in 1903 , died in 1981
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An RAMC officer, attached to the 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (92nd Brigade, 31st Division), bandaging a face wound and conducting a foot inspection in a support trench in the Arleux sector, near Roclincourt.
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An RAMC officer, attached to the 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (92nd Brigade, 31st Division), bandaging a face wound and conducting a foot inspection in a support trench in the Arleux sector, near Roclincourt.
(Photo source - © IWM Q 11545/Q 10622)
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A battered T class destroyer, HMS Terpsichore (D48) sails as lead destroyer in Task Group 38.3, August 1945. She is covered in her own fuel oil. They are preparing to provide air support for an early invasion of the Japanese home islands that will never come.
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