Friday 21 December 2018

Wartime Christmases: a research archive anthology

Over the years I’ve posted a number of blog articles featuring wartime (aviation-related) Christmases. Rather than have you trawl through archive to find them, I’ve compiled a seasonal anthology.

Happy reading and Merry Christmas!

‘Touched the face of God’: Faith, Christmas, and Remembrance in Captivity.

Another miserable Kriegie Christmas

‘So another Kriegie Xmas passes’: Christmas in Stalag Luft III

Christmas in Stalag Luft III, Belaria, 1944

Kriegiedom occasionally has its good points. Australians celebrating Christmas in Stalag Luft III

The Last Christmas of the War.


'Peace on earth, good will to men, may it never fade away': service Christmas tales.