The 1914 Christmas truce – when hope and history rhymed
by Don Mullan WWI engulfed Europe in a devestating war of attrition. The ghastly affair, generated by rival colonial powers, engulfed their colonies and allies in history’s first industrialised war. The war killed over 16 million people. War’s end, marked by vengeance, brought no solution — merely a lull that sowed the seeds of WWII. […]