The Christmas truce of 1914 in the letters of Captain Edward Hulse Cover Image

Rozejm bożonarodzeniowy 1914 r. w listach kapitana Edwarda Hulse’a
The Christmas truce of 1914 in the letters of Captain Edward Hulse

Author(s): Bartosz Kaczmarek
Subject(s): General Reference Works, Source Material
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: the Great War; 1914; Eastern Front; British Expedition Corps; Christmas truce; Edward Hulse

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the translation and edition of a source: two letters written in December 1914 by a British officer Edward Hulse; it is his account of the events of the Christman truce. The aim of the paper is also to present and discuss the problem of mythologizing that event and changing its perception in historiography.

  • Issue Year: 27/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 191-214
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish