During World War I at Christmas time in 1914 there were sudden widespread unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front organized by the French, British, and German soldiers.
It describes a much different education than he had received, for Johnny Breadless is an orphan and does not understand why and how his pa.
Concerned about the future of young people, Vaillant-Couturier published numerous books about the war, and one of his most significant works was Jean sans pain (Johnny Breadless, 1921).
He died in 1937 due to wounds from an assassination attempt.
From this point of his life, he went on to become a major journalist and politician; he was one of the founders of the French communist party and served as editor of the left-wing newspaper L\'Humanit?.
By the time he was dismissed in 1919, he emerged as a Pacifist and socialist with five medals of honor for heroism.
Yet, after enlisting in the French army and serving in the infantry and artillery, he came to realize how cruel war was and caused the deaths of thousands of young men who sacrificed their lives to protect the interests of the ruling classes.
However, he followed in his parents\' footsteps and became an artist.
His parents were successful singers and actors, and as he indicated in his fictional autobiography, he was groomed to become a professional lawyer or engineer.
As a young man from a well-to-do bourgeois family in Paris, he had never thought he would one day fight for France and kill Germans.
Paul Vaillant-Couturier (1892-1937) was one of the French soldiers among those who celebrated truce.
Killing was much more important than peacemaking.
However, by 1916, the war had become more bitter, and the officers in the French, British, and German armies squashed the ceasefires.
The ceasefires were also held at various places in 1915.
In some cases they played soccer, sang Christmas carols, held burial ceremonies, and exchanged prisoners of war.
They crossed trenches to exchange food, souvenirs, and ideas.
During World War I at Christmas time in 1914 there were sudden widespread unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front organized by the French, British, and German soldiers
