Christmas at War

[Rico]

Looks like its from a film. The lighting looks movie-scene-esque.

It does -- but it seems legit.

From Wikipedia:

 

[Bootie]

Yeah legitimate pic but probably from a press call to send the folks back home.

 

[Nathangun]

Looks like its from a film. The lighting looks movie-scene-esque.

I thought that as well, maybe a news reel.

 

[Louis]

Hey guys, see the vid!

"...Good film of British soldiers celebrating Christmas in France.... At night of group of British soldiers singing carols outside house in France. Various good shots of British troops all wearing funny hats having their Christmas dinner in a French barn, they carve the turkey. A senior officer enters, he is handed a glass of wine, he holds up his glass he raises his glass and wishes them all a Happy Christmas..."

 

[Rico]

Ah... excellent. Nicely staged...LOL

 

[Gunner]

Wait? What? Those hat aren't part of the uniform?

Rico, your post is like two feet long with all the ribbons you have.
Soon a one word post from you will take up the whole page. Ha!

 

[Bootie]

Rico, your post is like two feet long with all the ribbons you have.
Soon a one word post from you will take up the whole page. Ha!

Fixed.

 

[Louis]

Dec. 24, 1942. Camp Hickham, Iceland.

 

[mTk]

I named it a long time ago.

 

[Louis]

1914 German Christmas Postcard, caption reads “Weihnachten in Feindesland” (Christmas in Enemy Territory).

 

[Gunner]

Kids gather to help a GI with a Christmas box from home.
- Italy 1944

 

[Louis]

Xmas Dinner aboard the ship, 1939.

 

[Louis]

Members of the 28 (Māori) Battalion eating Christmas Dinner in the desert, Nofilia (Libya), on Christmas Day, 25 Dec 1942.

 

[Louis]

German soldiers celebrate Christmas, 1916.

 

[Louis]

Dec 25, 1944. US soldiers somewhere in France. See the K-ration cans as ornaments of the tree.

 

[Louis]

Somewhere in the Pacific theatre.

 

[Louis]

NZ airmen on Bougainville island are served Christmas dinner by their officers, 25 Dec 1944.

 

[Louis]

 

[Louis]

British pilots celebrate Christmas, Dec 1940.

 

[Louis]

British troops relax on Christmas Day in Italy, Dec 1943.