Part two of our Christmases at war! Christmas celebrations were, of course, good for morale-- especially, as the smiles in these photographs show, the parts with food and drink.
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| © IWM (B 13093) |
Chickens for Christmas dinner, Holland, 1944. Source
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| © IWM (NA 20692) |
Gunners with geese and turkeys for the Christmas pot, Italy, 1944. Source
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| © IWM (B 13038) |
And, geese for Christmas dinner, Germany, 1944. Source
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| Ralph Morse, LIFE © Time Inc. |
Soldiers preparing Christmas dinner, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942. Source
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| Ralph Morse, LIFE © Time Inc. |
And the main course. Source
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| Carl Mydans, LIFE © Time Inc. |
Finnish soldiers watching a woman stirring the pot for Christmas dinner, Finland, 1939. Source
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| © IWM (B 13125) |
British soldier peeling potatoes for Christmas dinner, Germany, 1944. Source
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| © IWM (A 13317) |
The Brits, of course, had to have their Christmas pudding. The commander of a destroyer stirs the pudding, while the first lieutenant adds rum, 1942. Source
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| © IWM (E 20598) |
Scots preparing Christmas pudding in the Western Sahara, 1942. Source
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| © IWM (B 13036) |
Announcing the Christmas pudding is ready, the Netherlands, 1944. Source
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| © IWM (TR 2566) |
British soldiers unpacking a Christmas parcel, complete with pudding, the Netherlands, 1944. Source
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| © IWM (TR 2566) |
Passing the pudding. Source
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| Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries |
Christmas dinner in Naples, 1944. Source
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| National Library of Scotland |
Christmas dinner in the trenches, WWI. Source
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| LIFE © Time Inc. |
Christmas dinner in a smaller trench, with Christmas cards propped alongside. Source
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| © IWM (O 2297) |
Christmas drinks at the very least! British and French troops sharing Christmas drinks in France, 1939. Source
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| © IWM (SE 2747) |
Christmas drinks in Burma, 1944. Source
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| © IWM (NA 10138) |
British soldiers celebrating Christmas in Italy, 1943. My favourite part of this image is the man in the top left balancing an orange on the head of his friend as he gets a drink. Source
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| National Library of Scotland |
Soldiers toasting the King's health, WWI. Source
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| State Library of Queensland |
Aussie soldiers and their Christmas drinks, New Guinea, WWII. Source
2 comments:
Thanks whenever this was but I need to know if there was Christmas dinner for the jews who were sent tot the concentration camp and if there was Christmas dinner I need to know what it was.
If this can be answered I will love you forever XXX. :-)
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I meant whoever this was
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