Dear Mother

The cold finally seems to really be setting in for this year. Despite the low temperatures and the constant precipitation not a single drop of snow has fallen since I left Berlin earlier this month. The men are tired, depressed, exhausted, yet not a single soul complains. More and more men die every day, yet they no longer seem phased. Even the other women, have long since set aside their grievances in turn for anger. Anger at the so-called 'dough-boys' from the New World. The Americans are strong, I have no doubt there is not a single soul along the entirety of the Michael line that does not believe so, even if they are inexperienced. In a pleasant turn of events it would appear that a temporary ceasefire has been called across the lines to celebrate Christmas, the first time this has been done since 1914.

Do you remember that year? It seems so long ago now, I remember how exited I was when Father got Olaf and I scarves from that Ottoman trader, they were so beautiful. In fact I am wearing that scarf right now as I write this, luckily, safe behind the lines for now. It seems that the Generals are still weary of us "Heidi's" as the men have taken to calling us. They fail to take us seriously, and whilst I do have a heavy feeling in my heart at the notion of actually having to storm the enemy lines, I would do it without hesitation simply to rid myself and the others of the ridicule and jokes poking at us. From my understanding despite the temporary truce lasting until the new year, we do not expect the Dough-boys to follow through with their promise, and as such we will not be leaving the trenches the entire time, but I'm not nervous about that. For two weeks now we have been stationed here at the front with not a single mention of going over the top.

I pray to God Almighty that I will be spared the horrors of this war.

Much Love,

Your Loving daughter

Lieutenant Elsa Frost, 246th Infantry, "Brunhilde"

December 25th 1918

AN: Hello, Hello! Thank you for checking out this very brief introduction to what I hope, will be a new series. World War One has been quite fascinating to me as of late and as far as I know there is not another fic in this section about the Great War, so I hope that I can perhaps spark some interest in history amongst the community, and if not, oh well. Thanks again for reading! R/R- chiZu