Darkest Christmas
December 1942 and a World at War

It was poorly written with no real organization outside of geography. He should have provided some introductory context into the various relationships to Christmas rather than sprinkling it throughout the chapters. Some solid context as to the war up to that point would have been nice, too, beyond w......more

Maybe 3.5 ⭐️ I really liked the concept of this book, but because it was just snippets of different people’s/places’ experiences during Christmas 1942, it was hard to get fully invested. If it had focused on one unit or even one location in detail, I think I would have enjoyed it more. But that was......more

History Happy Hour podcast 122224:. "December 1942 saw the bloodiest Christmas in the history of mankind. From the islands in the Pacific to the China front, from the trenches in Russia to the battle lines in North Africa, in the skies over Europe and in the depths of the Atlantic, men were killing......more

Ok ... generally well written but unimaginatively constructed as the author goes through a checklist of locales: Hawaii, the South Pacific, occupied Eastern Europe, Berlin, Britain, etc. I wonder if a different author could have woven the stories together and incorporated the fates of those whose st......more