You really are an ignoramous - one of the main recruiting ploys in WW1 was that "it would all be over by Christmas", it lasted throughout the war which included 4 Christmases - it was a standing joke among the troops which has been current saying ever since - you moron

Then produce an example of that promise.
Good luck with that!

Greg, no historian's work is available on that site.
Not one.
You lose.