A Truce To Remember

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  • čas přidán 27. 12. 2020
  • A bit delayed with this, but hey, the Christmas vibe’s not (hopefully) over yet.
    Unexpected and out of nowhere, the blast of the weapons ceased. Instead, they replaced the bloody battle with a football match. As the Holidays ended, the fun was gone and each soldier returned back to their cold trenches. The battle continued as if no peaceful Christmas were celebrated at all.
    Happy Holidays & New Year~ 🎄
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    A discord server to offer: / discord
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    Music used:
    1.) Franz Gruber (recorded by Kevin MacLeod) ~ Silent Night
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    TWISTS IN THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT:
    • Uniforms from different era | some of the helmets/headgears may not existed in 1914. They were simply not used in battle back then.
    • Ottoman & the company | Ottomans, as well as Serbs, Montenegrins (& maybe more) might not made direct combat in this front*. I’m basically highlighting countries which took part in WWI before Christmas 1914.
    Pls spare me if I would forget some other countries.
    The Ottomans although had their own truce with ANZAC (troops from Australia & New Zealand), later in Spring 1915.
    • No, they didn’t use guns to dress Christmas trees, right? (but that would be cool).
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    Respective music/audio materials NOT created by me.
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    Programs used:
    -Adobe After Effects
    -Adobe Photoshop
    -Other minor programs not necessary to mention (if used)
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  • @KangradGenral
    @KangradGenral  Před 3 lety +7446

    Hello hello fellow ladies & gents!
    I really do hope y'all had some nice Holidays, and well prepared to leave 2020 🌠
    Also, in case you got lost in the vid's description, here's our insane Discord to peek at:
    discord.gg/FRX4tca
    discord.gg/kaliningrad
    (both link is same place)
    Please stay well & see you next year!
    Sincerely,
    me of course

    • @remigiuscaesar8307
      @remigiuscaesar8307 Před 3 lety +176

      This was beautiful

    • @KangradGenral
      @KangradGenral  Před 3 lety +286

      Also what y'all got for Christmas?
      I can say I got some lottery ticket that's it.

    • @Chris14_
      @Chris14_ Před 3 lety +44

      @@KangradGenral I got something called clothes and socks

    • @thatonefootballcardguy
      @thatonefootballcardguy Před 3 lety +36

      @@KangradGenral me too I won a million bucks off it

    • @ratedm7755
      @ratedm7755 Před 3 lety +23

      @@KangradGenral I got a bunch of gift cards, plus a few books.

  • @frederickoftheartic2209
    @frederickoftheartic2209 Před 3 lety +3400

    "I just ran out of ink, I didn't expect a truce"
    - Klaus

    • @elqueobserva7663
      @elqueobserva7663 Před 3 lety +106

      Just out of curiosity, was his name actually Klaus?
      That must be one of the most epic coincidences ever.

    • @russiasgreatestspinmachine4096
      @russiasgreatestspinmachine4096 Před 3 lety +112

      @@elqueobserva7663 Yes, the other guys clearly called him Klaus

    • @aydenchan4459
      @aydenchan4459 Před 3 lety +43

      Klaus was such a cool general

    • @agente7202
      @agente7202 Před 3 lety +47

      @@aydenchan4459 just searched a German named Klaus he was a Liutenant

    • @aydenchan4459
      @aydenchan4459 Před 3 lety +7

      @@agente7202 told ya

  • @thatjunkerguy5392
    @thatjunkerguy5392 Před 3 lety +1305

    Germans and the British: playing football and giving gifts
    Every other front: *Screams and gunshots*

    • @kubamagdalinski5133
      @kubamagdalinski5133 Před 3 lety +90

      Meanwhile in slavic countries: People dies for Hunger, Germans,Russians,epidemic, cold,coatings and in curfews

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 Před 3 lety +6

      @@kubamagdalinski5133 Sad But True

    • @apotato5567
      @apotato5567 Před 3 lety +33

      Not really there were limited truces on the Easten front also

    • @kristiankonev5190
      @kristiankonev5190 Před 3 lety

      @@savage_aly8752 HEY! IM YOUR LIFE IM THE ONE THAT TAKES YOU THERE

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 Před 3 lety

      @@kristiankonev5190 WTF?!

  • @N_charger190
    @N_charger190 Před 15 dny +10

    "Even though we’re enemies, we’re still humans"
    -WW1 soldiers

  • @djungelskog721
    @djungelskog721 Před rokem +324

    No other countryball animation has made me cry.

  • @francescodegregorio2824
    @francescodegregorio2824 Před 3 lety +2871

    Soldiers: **come alike and celebrate Christmas**
    Generals: *REEEEEEEEEE*

    • @definitelynotjames
      @definitelynotjames Před 3 lety +149

      Soliders: *having a blast*
      Generals: *DAS WAS EIN BEFEHL!*

    • @mswijn
      @mswijn Před 3 lety +21

      @@definitelynotjames hi what does befehl mean, i only know the "das was ein" part

    • @viktormilosevic8172
      @viktormilosevic8172 Před 3 lety +28

      @@mswijn It means "command" or "order"

    • @rielius4520
      @rielius4520 Před 3 lety +19

      @@mswijn Das war ein befehl translates to that was an order

    • @ThePuma1707
      @ThePuma1707 Před 3 lety +34

      @@definitelynotjames *DER ANGRIFF STEINERS WAR EIN BEFEHL!*

  • @cheesemeister9610
    @cheesemeister9610 Před 3 lety +2345

    If only it could have lasted forever

    • @bruhifysoldat679
      @bruhifysoldat679 Před 3 lety +20

      Yes

    • @elqueobserva7663
      @elqueobserva7663 Před 3 lety +143

      It would have been a very beautiful ending to the First World War. I'm surprised I haven't seen uchronias where that happens.

    • @ChucktheAnimator
      @ChucktheAnimator Před 3 lety +23

      Like my comment comrade

    • @TheSaltiestOne
      @TheSaltiestOne Před 3 lety +9

      Well this was war after all. Even if the troops didn't fight I don't think they would have a chance at peace

    • @basilii5446
      @basilii5446 Před 3 lety +5

      @@elqueobserva7663 well not really the only way the war would end at least in the western front would either be the schlieffen plan working by christmas or they agree for a truce in the western front

  • @bobuxman1434
    @bobuxman1434 Před 5 měsíci +34

    Fun fact: During the night, many soldiers were crying because all the friends they made that day, would be found dead the next day

    • @enzosrandoms
      @enzosrandoms Před 5 měsíci +3

      I honestly don't even know how fighting even resumed after that event... The troops probably hesitated to kill the enemy due to the friends they made...

    • @mannimut1721
      @mannimut1721 Před 5 měsíci +2

      ​@@enzosrandomsmany were moved to different sections of the Front to my knowledge

  • @detroxx56784
    @detroxx56784 Před rokem +62

    It is crazy and also incredibly sad to think about the fact that this stupid and pointless war could have ended that very day, if the officers didn't insist on the soldiers following orders. Millions of lives could have been saved.
    This story genuinely makes me tear up every time.

  • @Pyrusia
    @Pyrusia Před 3 lety +1603

    "Hey General?"
    "Yeeeee?"
    "Are the troops supposed to be greeting and having fun with the enemy?"
    "Say sike right now"

  • @mr.j2040
    @mr.j2040 Před 3 lety +4082

    "Never thought I'd celebrate Christmas with the enemy"
    "How about a friend"
    "Aye, I could do that"

  • @Tacos_Mx
    @Tacos_Mx Před rokem +204

    Sometimes enemies can just be friends 🇬🇧🤝🇩🇪

    • @CastielHanriyanto-gt3kd
      @CastielHanriyanto-gt3kd Před 6 měsíci +1

      Yea like my Bestie sometimes he can start a fight with me but after that we become friends (we cant be enemies all the time, forget the past and move on

  • @Bacon-Robloxian
    @Bacon-Robloxian Před 7 měsíci +13

    "In the enemy, there is still humanity"
    -wise man

  • @KaitiansCountryballs
    @KaitiansCountryballs Před 3 lety +518

    Germans protecc
    Germans attac
    But most importantly
    Germans bring snacc

  • @fbi8440
    @fbi8440 Před 3 lety +1558

    German soldier: I want a pe-
    British soldier: *So you have chosen a truce*

  • @Termiborger
    @Termiborger Před 2 měsíci +15

    The saddest part about that truce is that it very clearly has shown that the problems only existed inbetween the highest levels of the government. But the men? They just wanted to live and let live.

  • @angeldario6271
    @angeldario6271 Před rokem +45

    We really need the Christmas Truce to become an hour long(ish) play, not just the truce itself, but everything that happened before and afterwards. And showing the stories of specific people involved, so basically some parts would have a slice of life feel

    • @ClemDiamond
      @ClemDiamond Před 16 dny +1

      I'm a year late but there's litteraly a movie which plot is the very thing you describe. It's called Merry Christmas / Joyeux Noël / Frohe Weinachten (one title for each side). It's a european production and it was filmed with the original languages of every side.

  • @BTebus
    @BTebus Před 3 lety +3521

    The creator: I’m going to use eyes as emotions.
    Austria Hungary: *What are emotions*

    • @yohan40
      @yohan40 Před 3 lety +51

      Lol 😂

    • @BTebus
      @BTebus Před 3 lety +40

      @Tobi. exactly

    • @vrabb9030
      @vrabb9030 Před 3 lety +18

      @Mayonaise ngl nazi germany and then a :D is the most cursed thing ever

    • @Metawire61
      @Metawire61 Před 3 lety +30

      @Mayonaise only the coolest of people wear eyepatches
      Austria-hungary wears 2

    • @The_SEWI_Railfanner
      @The_SEWI_Railfanner Před 3 lety +7

      @䭯俺崢拍鄘重欭庠怍岬 he has his eyes hiding behind his symbols

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Před 3 lety +5574

    They said it would be over by Christmas, they just didn’t tell them that it would be the Christmas in four years

  • @ItzClouddie_
    @ItzClouddie_ Před 11 měsíci +12

    I'm from the UK, Scotland to be specific. I love Germany no matter what, I have a friend from Germany too so I've been learning German and the fact that I can watch this is amazing.

    • @Gummy4u
      @Gummy4u Před 2 měsíci +1

      I'm from the uk, England!
      If i could live anywhere, I'd live in Germany if could :)

  • @blakebuadlart8482
    @blakebuadlart8482 Před rokem +44

    The friendship will never ends. 💪🇩🇪🇬🇧

  • @ItsRaio7
    @ItsRaio7 Před 3 lety +2912

    Generals: It's war
    *_Christmas has joined the game_*
    *_Generals has left the game_*

  • @gimmanl2023
    @gimmanl2023 Před 3 lety +1443

    1914 A Truce To Remember.
    1941 A Truce To Forget.

    • @YoshiMarioGamez
      @YoshiMarioGamez Před 3 lety +27

      Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

    • @joedied7213
      @joedied7213 Před 2 lety +36

      @@YoshiMarioGamez beep beep beep

    • @asianhunsanimations3324
      @asianhunsanimations3324 Před 2 lety +16

      İts poetry it ryhems

    • @sharinganplay994
      @sharinganplay994 Před 2 lety +5

      Confused

    • @grubhubdad2.079
      @grubhubdad2.079 Před 2 lety +2

      Hmm

  • @jv_16
    @jv_16 Před měsícem +5

    Bro france was like:
    "You guys invade my country and PARTY TOGETHER??"

  • @awesomegj
    @awesomegj Před rokem +24

    I always make sure to come back and watch this video for Christmas, it really is a nice reminder of one of the greatest events in human history.

  • @makotonaegi9562
    @makotonaegi9562 Před 3 lety +3256

    This is actually how wars should end.
    “Peace was always an option”

  • @zeroxthesoldat4410
    @zeroxthesoldat4410 Před 3 lety +434

    Western front truces: *Celebrating christmass*
    Eastern front truces: *Trying not to get eaten by wolves storming the trenches*

  • @user-bz5sl7vt7y
    @user-bz5sl7vt7y Před 11 měsíci +14

    The Christmas Truce is heartwarming and the "happy holidays" make me cry

  • @donauwelle_mapper
    @donauwelle_mapper Před 9 měsíci +7

    THIS VIDEO IS SO CUTE😢❤
    I AM LITERALLY CRYING INSIDE OF MY SOUL😭😊😊

  • @adventuregaminghq1137
    @adventuregaminghq1137 Před 3 lety +3827

    Creator: Uses eyes for emotions.
    Austria-Hungary: *I have no such weakness.*

  • @malaysianmapping9767
    @malaysianmapping9767 Před 3 lety +4378

    I'm not crying, it's just that sometimes, when I'm sad, *WATER, COMES OUT OF MY EYES*

  • @fernandocervioli8156
    @fernandocervioli8156 Před rokem +4

    The german with the gift is just so cute lmao

  • @poyokid916
    @poyokid916 Před rokem +4

    i have never shed so many tears over a film or video up until now.
    thank you for giving me the feeling of tearing up over something beautiful.

  • @user-zu5it8gu7w
    @user-zu5it8gu7w Před 3 lety +1374

    All: *switch to happy eyes*
    Austria-Hungary: Am I a joke to you?

    • @officialguest3398
      @officialguest3398 Před 3 lety +8

      @• No, It's an eye patch.

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 Před 3 lety +8

      @@officialguest3398 yes austria-hungary doesn't have eyes because of the eyepatches, for the 2 crowns resemble the eye spots

    • @adankmeme651
      @adankmeme651 Před 3 lety +3

      I really wonder how Austria-Hungary ball lost his eyes.

    • @Krieg_Sherren
      @Krieg_Sherren Před 3 lety +2

      @@adankmeme651 back in the neopolianic war...

    • @adankmeme651
      @adankmeme651 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Krieg_Sherren oh ok

  • @StratoBomber52
    @StratoBomber52 Před 3 lety +2947

    Forget about all of those chirstmas movies, this is a masterpiece.

  • @JasonRandle-lw5np
    @JasonRandle-lw5np Před 5 měsíci +2

    I love the reference to the British singing about the Germans having deformed balls on the battlefield.

  • @NaviWolffe
    @NaviWolffe Před měsícem +3

    The best truce in history. It honestly so wholesome

  • @goldenrodprime226
    @goldenrodprime226 Před 3 lety +1597

    “Bulgaria available in 1915”

  • @caffeecup5319
    @caffeecup5319 Před 3 lety +966

    Everyone: *Smiles*
    Austria-Hungary: *Bobs head*

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 Před 3 lety +52

      sadly austria-hungary has no eyes

    • @TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul
      @TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul Před 3 lety +7

      @@savage_aly8752 But y tho

    • @moisesmartin25
      @moisesmartin25 Před 3 lety +37

      @@TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul its patch logo or something. Those resemble as eye patches for countryballs animations, and since the Austro-Hungarian Empire has 2 patches, it can see nothing

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 Před 3 lety +6

      @@moisesmartin25 True, cuz the flag has the 2 crowns , so there are no eye spots

    • @canadaballplayz9999
      @canadaballplayz9999 Před 3 lety +2

      It's too bad Austria-Hungary doesn't have eyes. He'd be able to see what was going on if he did.

  • @tisyb6977
    @tisyb6977 Před rokem +5

    "A Christmas on the frontline
    We walk among our friends
    We don't think about tomorrow
    The battle will commence
    When we celebrated Christmas
    We though about our friends
    Those who never made it home
    When the battle had commenced"
    Mery Christmas

  • @Error-boi1
    @Error-boi1 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Soldiers aren't enemy, their leader is the enemy.

  • @mr_tunafish3232
    @mr_tunafish3232 Před 3 lety +285

    I love how he can explains that Bulgarians were not at war.

    • @Ciechan-96-
      @Ciechan-96- Před 3 lety +4

      @@fettegurke2447 it's literally said in the video

    • @titanusghidorah7964
      @titanusghidorah7964 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Ciechan-96- eee

    • @Ciechan-96-
      @Ciechan-96- Před 3 lety +1

      @@fettegurke2447 2:07 look at the sign above Turkey

    • @mr_tunafish3232
      @mr_tunafish3232 Před 3 lety +2

      Sign is in 2:08

    • @yoghurtmaster1688
      @yoghurtmaster1688 Před 3 lety

      I love the fact that he even mentions bulgaria is at all usually they are really left out in history because *"it's balkan nation lol"*

  • @AbrahamLincoln4
    @AbrahamLincoln4 Před 3 lety +1420

    *"Old men declare war, But it is the Youth that must die."*

    • @egaman3288
      @egaman3288 Před 3 lety +40

      That’s very sad.

    • @PanzerJager1
      @PanzerJager1 Před 3 lety +15

      Cod 2 flashbacks*

    • @Demonetization_Symbol
      @Demonetization_Symbol Před 3 lety +2

      Sadly

    • @dr.syedmuhammadmanazer-ul-414
      @dr.syedmuhammadmanazer-ul-414 Před 3 lety +10

      @@Demonetization_Symbol
      I am looking to start a CZcams channel
      Pls stay away from me
      Also very true Abraham Lincoln

    • @-xphobia
      @-xphobia Před 3 lety +5

      This means less now that you can choose to not be a soldier, lol. But in the context of this video it tugs deep on those heartstrings.

  • @TheGrandeCapo
    @TheGrandeCapo Před 5 měsíci +4

    I have waited so long to come back to this video because today is special day. It's Christmas and I want to wish you all the best.

  • @jhing5200
    @jhing5200 Před 10 měsíci +2

    This feels like an animation plus a movie I wonder if people started animating these this is perfection

  • @Funtime_1008
    @Funtime_1008 Před 3 lety +4845

    I can see everyone talking about how touching this was but no one is talking about how fucken amazing the animation was

  • @Ritz1256
    @Ritz1256 Před 3 lety +1462

    Christmas in WW1: Everyone laid down their weapons and plays together
    Christmas in WW2: BATTLE OF STALINGRAD

    • @NewRepublic4137
      @NewRepublic4137 Před 3 lety +80

      And Sabaton sings
      'INTO THE MOTHERLAND THE GERMAN ARMY MARCH!'

    • @YataTheFifteenth
      @YataTheFifteenth Před 3 lety +28

      "GOTT IM HIMMEL THIS PLACE IS A FICKEN WASTELAND! DU BASTARDS LIVE HERE?"
      "Da."

    • @SethAtSNK
      @SethAtSNK Před 3 lety +12

      "Oi Hans, Karl, let us invade this arsche of a city filled with dummkopfs"
      "нет"

    • @danielblumberg308
      @danielblumberg308 Před 3 lety +9

      I could picture America just coming in and killing everyone

    • @zoharamitai8719
      @zoharamitai8719 Před 3 lety +3

      @@NewRepublic4137 what's the Song called? I wanna listen

  • @noone-jp4ex
    @noone-jp4ex Před rokem +2

    I'm not crying. You are

  • @lehitle
    @lehitle Před 3 měsíci +1

    The happiest thing is that they are soldiers who have devoted themselves to their country and I am very touched by that.

  • @mrgars5180
    @mrgars5180 Před 3 lety +684

    English Commander: why our troops not attacking?
    English soldier who get out of bunker First: "sorry chesko but he gave me some nice candy"

  • @nikitalanochkin1200
    @nikitalanochkin1200 Před 3 lety +515

    Meanwhile a truce between German and Russian troops occurred when both armies were attacked by a huge pack of wolves

    • @cauli5305
      @cauli5305 Před 3 lety +39

      Did that happen. Im too lazy to search it up.

    • @dominiklehn2866
      @dominiklehn2866 Před 3 lety +30

      @@cauli5305 also too lazy to prove,but I think it did

    • @cauli5305
      @cauli5305 Před 3 lety +64

      @@dominiklehn2866 what. Being lazy is in my blood. I'm from Montenegro after all

    • @Sahelian
      @Sahelian Před 3 lety +23

      @@cauli5305 Yes it happened.

    • @luc2527
      @luc2527 Před 3 lety +32

      Sadly it did not happen and is based off one misleading newspaper. The Tannenberg devs were just desperately looking for an idea for a new update 😉

  • @user-xc1yx6wn7w
    @user-xc1yx6wn7w Před 10 měsíci +1

    "There's nothing good in the war, in the start of it, but in the end"
    - sun tzu

  • @HanzierL
    @HanzierL Před 3 lety +6264

    It pains me to realize that most of these people, who befriended each other during the peace, would end up in the tragedies of the First World War. This was the last year they could see each other as humans instead of enemies. The video is as wholesome as it is saddening, and I cried like a bitch throughout most of it.

    • @theshadowforce3438
      @theshadowforce3438 Před 3 lety +161

      I don’t blame you

    • @robertmartirosyan4669
      @robertmartirosyan4669 Před 3 lety +257

      I made a joke about it in the comment section, but damn, putting into perspective that this was all happening while innocents were massacred and young men were forced out of their homes is super depressing. I was on the verge of bursting into tears over circles talking in TTS for fuck’s sake.

    • @nicefloweytheoverseer7632
      @nicefloweytheoverseer7632 Před 3 lety +20

      Oi mate! No swearing in this Christian country all server!

    • @nicefloweytheoverseer7632
      @nicefloweytheoverseer7632 Před 3 lety +10

      Countryball*

    • @bg1052
      @bg1052 Před 3 lety +94

      What pains me is that most of these people probably ended up killing each other the next day.

  • @Jackuves
    @Jackuves Před 3 lety +4955

    Fun fact: Hitler himself witnessed this and he refused to take part.. he even wanted to fire on his own troops for trading with the "enemy"

  • @greatlake_editz
    @greatlake_editz Před rokem +1

    the voices are perfect and the animation is just one of the greatest things i have seen

  • @-Kuru-Reichtangle-Historian-

    This sad animation truely fits 2020......Its so lovely

  • @VictorDiaz-bi2lx
    @VictorDiaz-bi2lx Před 3 lety +215

    "All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal"
    -John Steinbeck

    • @kurtgeraldtomada4451
      @kurtgeraldtomada4451 Před 3 lety +4

      Correcr my dear friend Generals just send thousands of soldiers just to gain one city,War is the True enemy we are not enemys but friends

    • @xaviergonzalez44
      @xaviergonzalez44 Před 3 lety +4

      Truly a depressing time to spread depressing vibes

    • @elqueobserva7663
      @elqueobserva7663 Před 3 lety +4

      Killing each other only makes us fall behind in the race against the beasts that may exist in the great void of the cosmos.

    • @detectivehobson7465
      @detectivehobson7465 Před 3 lety +3

      One of the most intelligent quotes of all time

  • @mcmemesbasement4455
    @mcmemesbasement4455 Před 3 lety +433

    This really showed when these men realized that behind every gunsight, inside every trench, inside planes, ships, tanks, even on horseback was a person. A person with their own history, family, and culture. And for that week they forgot about the horrors of war and treating the otherside like enemies and sat around and told jokes, talked about their families, and played football not as soldiers but people.

    • @cocotaveras8975
      @cocotaveras8975 Před 3 lety +6

      Well said! 👏

    • @iluvu4276
      @iluvu4276 Před 3 lety +1

      ah i just wanna cry...

    • @kiboma4209
      @kiboma4209 Před 3 lety +4

      Saddest part was, is that after the truce they most likely were back to fightin, it’s probable that most of those soldiers didn’t live to see the war end and even if they did, they would still have to deal with ww2.

    • @deadeye3251
      @deadeye3251 Před 3 lety +1

      Idk why but this reminds me of Battlefield 1 campaign

    • @jacksondaoreal
      @jacksondaoreal Před 3 lety +1

      @@kiboma4209 there's a sad thing that the leaders of both sides forced them to fight eachother after Christmas :(

  • @selectivystupid.1030
    @selectivystupid.1030 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I come back to this video during December or hell near christmas just be reminded that war, nationalism, militarism, grudges, alliances and every other factor can truely just be stopped by a nice reminder of the enemy is just you. A human who has their own life, their own family who they desperately wanna see again. The holidays just remind soldiers that there is still humanity within the enemy. And that most given the chance would rather celebrate than open fire on their enemies. Good Animation Kalinin (Or kangrad). Happy Holidays if you're reading this in a future christmas day.

  • @owenjamesblackley2284
    @owenjamesblackley2284 Před rokem +4

    This is best countryball Christmas Truce i can ever feel right now, as a Muslim, i don’t celebrate Christmas But i do enjoy the present and stuff Thanks Kalingard

  • @RandomHQ433
    @RandomHQ433 Před 3 lety +365

    It pains me to think that these people who just made friends with each other, probably had to kill each other, including new friends, the next day...

    • @katyushasnagant6124
      @katyushasnagant6124 Před 3 lety +31

      Things happen, it is hard to shoot an enemy if you know they are human, that's why soldiers "dehumanize" the enemy. That's why the generals didn't want a truce.

    • @perfectpREdAtori
      @perfectpREdAtori Před 3 lety +29

      Heard they all got replaced from both sides because they refused to shoot.

    • @herodeno
      @herodeno Před 3 lety +21

      Actually they refused to shoot eachother.So they got transfered

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 Před 3 lety

      @@katyushasnagant6124 you are true

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 Před 3 lety

      @@herodeno more true

  • @TabahaniaMalaysian2013
    @TabahaniaMalaysian2013 Před rokem +2

    Nice that they're actually friends now

  • @LT.KiraHertling1701
    @LT.KiraHertling1701 Před rokem +2

    0:30 to 0:32 i don't know but, for me this is the best line.

  • @toyotacorollamerchant
    @toyotacorollamerchant Před 3 lety +1009

    I love how the name of the German who gave the gift to the British is "Klaus"
    Edit: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  • @worldmapper6065
    @worldmapper6065 Před 3 lety +358

    "Yay let's celebrate!"
    Turkey: I don't know what you're are doing, but i will participate 😎👍

  • @anorbinspace51
    @anorbinspace51 Před rokem +1

    Putting this on loop makes this infinitely better

  • @Prauwlet213
    @Prauwlet213 Před 5 měsíci +1

    It’s become a Christmas tradition to watch this for me

  • @gustavszile8146
    @gustavszile8146 Před 3 lety +300

    "You know what? This krieg ist so lame. Christmas Truce is best."

    • @snowy9598
      @snowy9598 Před 3 lety +24

      Giving German candy is the thing now you know.
      So if you excuse me, I must-

    • @danielk5489
      @danielk5489 Před 3 lety +23

      @@snowy9598 British: *gives chocolate*
      You talk too much, friend

    • @snowy9598
      @snowy9598 Před 3 lety +6

      @@danielk5489 Germany: YeaY

    • @cardenassolisrodrigo2601
      @cardenassolisrodrigo2601 Před 3 lety +2

      "My friendship with krieg has ended, Christmas Truce ist my new best freund"

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 Před 3 lety +3

      Soviet Union: Hands Vodka To Germany
      You Talk Too Much Kraut

  • @worldmapper6065
    @worldmapper6065 Před 3 lety +530

    Troops: Let's stop to celebrate Christmas!
    Generals: *Understandable, have a nice day.*

    • @fabianmichaelgockner5988
      @fabianmichaelgockner5988 Před 3 lety +28

      No they were not.
      Not even Adolf Hitler while being a soldier.
      They changed the front troops on both sides to restart the fight.
      (I might be *r/woooshed* here but I don't care.)

    • @foty8679
      @foty8679 Před 3 lety +21

      They were not happy. The people refused to fight even after the truce, so they broke them up and split them up on the entire front line.

    • @tinglebangledoggymcnaboo
      @tinglebangledoggymcnaboo Před 3 lety +6

      @@fabianmichaelgockner5988 r/wooooooooooosh

    • @tinglebangledoggymcnaboo
      @tinglebangledoggymcnaboo Před 3 lety +4

      @@fabianmichaelgockner5988 r/wooooooooooosh

    • @ThePuma1707
      @ThePuma1707 Před 3 lety +17

      they even ordered 24h heavy artillery bombardments the next years on christmas so something like this wouldnt happen again

  • @hamdyabohagar8775
    @hamdyabohagar8775 Před 10 měsíci +2

    This video got me crying,jumping,screaming,smiling, strolling, running, rumbling

  • @RandomCreations87
    @RandomCreations87 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Even in the darkness, humanity will still shine through

  • @Marl3421
    @Marl3421 Před 3 lety +1441

    The guys who dislike this are the stupid generals who told them to keep fighting

    • @Rudinn_Ranger
      @Rudinn_Ranger Před 3 lety +10

      Yeh

    • @PrivateMcPrivate
      @PrivateMcPrivate Před 3 lety +24

      Execute the Generals

    • @noahb9596
      @noahb9596 Před 3 lety +16

      @@PrivateMcPrivate Yes all 174 of them

    • @roycehina396
      @roycehina396 Před 3 lety +2

      This is true ya

    • @canadaballplayz9999
      @canadaballplayz9999 Před 3 lety +16

      Sad the soldiers just wanted some peace and the generals are just like: sToP eNjOyInG yOuRsElVeS aNd FiGhT tHoSe BaStArDs AlReAdY I mean DUDE THEY HAD AN AWFULLY GOOD TIME NOT FIGHTING (if they stopped fighting after Christmas maybe only about 0.5 to 4 million people died and WW2 might've never happened

  • @beast0339
    @beast0339 Před 3 lety +1068

    "Christmas 1914. A human miracle is about to happen...It never happened again. Any war, Anywhere. but for one day, one year a very long time ago. Everyone just laid down their weapons. and started to sing."

    • @joemammoth1
      @joemammoth1 Před 3 lety +33

      I think wars were partly symbolic back then and they were kinda done with sitting in trench’s

    • @the_yeegineer
      @the_yeegineer Před 3 lety +5

      I respect that.

    • @acebalistic1358
      @acebalistic1358 Před 3 lety +28

      Actually it happened to the French units in 1915 in flanders due to mass flooding forcing both sides to abandon the trenches on Christmas Day. And in 1916 with some of the Canadian and Indian units, though it was never on the scale of 1914

    • @prajwalpingali
      @prajwalpingali Před 3 lety +3

      Dr.who, I loved this episode, cried when Capaldi regenerated

    • @frenchsoldier8485
      @frenchsoldier8485 Před 3 lety +10

      @@acebalistic1358 If some context could be given for the one in 1916, thanks. As for the 1915 one, it seems it wasn't really done out of a mutual want to just celebrate the holiday and was more because of a forced leaving of the trenches and a want to not fight in the open without the safety trenches provide.

  • @Jympex
    @Jympex Před 9 měsíci +2

    I started cry when i wached this again after 3 yers and understanded that midle of hell and war you can still celebrate and hava happy memories. Respecti and love for everyone Who fighted in both world wars.

  • @ScandiViking
    @ScandiViking Před rokem +2

    This is the best countryballs video I’ve ever seen! I wish I can be as good as animating as you someday.

  • @interanium3427
    @interanium3427 Před 3 lety +1163

    "Peace was .. an option."
    edit : thx for 1k likes didn't expect to get this many likes lol

  • @PnPproductionsandentertainment

    “You took the ball off me! That’s illegal!”
    “Nein”
    *and the war continued*

  • @Diamond13_Mapping
    @Diamond13_Mapping Před 11 měsíci +1

    This shows that peace is possible, great job Kangrad

  • @jaden_playz805
    @jaden_playz805 Před 4 měsíci +2

    imagine they tried to heal austria-hungarys eyes that would be even more wholesome

  • @ledenalynn4715
    @ledenalynn4715 Před 3 lety +1001

    If klaus never ran out of ink this would be lost in history

  • @Ifues-tb7is
    @Ifues-tb7is Před 3 lety +606

    Solders: vibein and having a good time
    Generals: wait that’s illegal

  • @jeSaisPasGPasDOriginalite
    @jeSaisPasGPasDOriginalite Před 2 měsíci +1

    That is a proof that we are all the sames. Even in a world war, the mens who are fightings can love the other side.

  • @rush022
    @rush022 Před rokem +1

    this video make us me feel in are happy because in the darkest of ww2 there is some light still shining and it makes us remember that not all people are bad its just how they are controlled or feel about others this is a truce to remember in any time of darkness

  • @robertmartirosyan4669
    @robertmartirosyan4669 Před 3 lety +273

    when schnitzel and tea came together in harmony

    • @GG143
      @GG143 Před 3 lety +7

      and wine and french picture come together

    • @tiredace_2998
      @tiredace_2998 Před 3 lety +5

      I think that was a cake roll

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 Před 3 lety

      it was nice really, I Quite liked it

  • @a_yan6581
    @a_yan6581 Před 3 lety +326

    The only good thing about war, is that when we start looking at each other as mates not bogies, the war is all over by then.
    *Everyone wins*

    • @mediaarea7175
      @mediaarea7175 Před 3 lety +1

      I have attack On Titan but its 2020 in my channel,i hope can serve you:)

    • @MiroslavMiroljubic
      @MiroslavMiroljubic Před 3 lety +1

      Yes comrade.

    • @sanicdahedgehog3040
      @sanicdahedgehog3040 Před 3 lety

      @@mediaarea7175 Can you stop saying you have attack on titan, mate

    • @ghostmcdoom4994
      @ghostmcdoom4994 Před 3 lety

      Imagine it is war but nobody comes

    • @Soap.--
      @Soap.-- Před 3 lety +5

      Thats why they always tell soldiers to not look at enemy as human but as monster who wants u dead coz if soldiers starts to see enemy as human he cant kill him

  • @estynelvia2755
    @estynelvia2755 Před 11 měsíci

    For 2 years this still make me cry

  • @niceballs919
    @niceballs919 Před rokem +1

    This shows the soldiers weren’t the real demons and bad people, it was the dictators and leaders

  • @hl2bigboss
    @hl2bigboss Před 3 lety +670

    It's enough to make a grown man cry..
    *And thats okay..*

  • @neo-luddismrules
    @neo-luddismrules Před 2 lety +3755

    An English man was crying whilst this was happening
    When asked why he was crying he said: "I'm not crying because I hate this, but I know tomorrow we will be fighting each other again."
    Rest in peace to all of the brave soldiers who died in ww1, both German and British/French

    • @jamaphy8621
      @jamaphy8621 Před 2 lety +126

      Indeed my friend. Indeed.

    • @Zrtaylor_Foxy
      @Zrtaylor_Foxy Před 2 lety +48

      What makes you a good demoman?

    • @MyKingston2010
      @MyKingston2010 Před 2 lety +90

      IF I WAS A BAD DEMO MAN I WOULDNT BE SITTIN HERE CRYIN ME ARSE OFF TO THIS SAD FILM lol

    • @AyCk567
      @AyCk567 Před 2 lety +44

      Good that they didn't had fight each other next day as they were all replaced

    • @spamtongspamton3550
      @spamtongspamton3550 Před 2 lety +73

      And belgian,dutch,austro-hungarian,czech,
      Slovokian,Hungarian,austrian,slovenian,Slovenian,Italian,Russian,ukrainian,
      Luxembergian,estonian,Lithuanian,
      Latvian,Belarusian,bosnian,
      Herosgovinians,indian,pakistani,
      American,portugese,Romanian,
      Moldovan,greek,bulgarian,Finnish,
      Canadian,aftican,african-american,
      Egyptian,and Turkish peapol

  • @geraldplatero8956
    @geraldplatero8956 Před 10 měsíci +2

    There are tears coming out of my eyes beacuse of this friendship makes me cry 🇩🇪❤️🇬🇧 WW1

  • @qaiseriscool
    @qaiseriscool Před 3 měsíci +2

    Girls: its just some people playing around
    Boys:😢😢😭😭😢😥

  • @Halo2nothing11111
    @Halo2nothing11111 Před 3 lety +159

    The original "How it should have Ended."

  • @ims6671
    @ims6671 Před 3 lety +700

    this shows that hate is not between the people, its between th goverments.
    Edit: wow that blew up didnt excpect that

    • @FreedomAtLast845
      @FreedomAtLast845 Před 3 lety +18

      True words

    • @user-ns5di9on9n
      @user-ns5di9on9n Před 3 lety +40

      During WW1? Yes. During almost every military conflict after WW1? No.

    • @basilhussain9917
      @basilhussain9917 Před 3 lety +14

      Its also a reality today. One such Example: India and Pakistan

    • @0witw047
      @0witw047 Před 3 lety +37

      @@user-ns5di9on9n nah every war is the same. Propaganda is what gets people to fight

    • @user-ns5di9on9n
      @user-ns5di9on9n Před 3 lety +8

      @@0witw047 I agree with your second statement. However, almost every modern day propaganda campaign is hate-inducing.
      I don't know about what is going on in frontlines, but in the internet between people... Well, lots of hate.

  • @FarEditz1
    @FarEditz1 Před rokem +3

    Legend says, every Christmas, they are still celebrating each other

  • @dexterianAcuna
    @dexterianAcuna Před měsícem +1

    That German ball said are you nuts

  • @technicult2003
    @technicult2003 Před 3 lety +686

    166 people: *In terms of feelings, we don’t have any feelings.*

  • @Bananamare
    @Bananamare Před 3 lety +194

    The Christmas Truce of 1914 is the true meaning of humanity.

    • @canadaballplayz9999
      @canadaballplayz9999 Před 3 lety +10

      Quite right mate. Quite right.

    • @ZTE
      @ZTE Před 3 lety +1

      + Gallipoli campaign...

    • @sniper3031
      @sniper3031 Před 3 lety +4

      @@ZTE I just imagine both sides looking down all of his dead. If I were on their shoes, I would've asked myself, why? What was the purpose for all this men to die? The saddest thing is it was meaningless. All of that death and violence was totally unnecessary and men died because some country leaders could not talk things out. World war 1 could have been avoided or at least reduced to 1914, if the Christmas truce had reached all trenches, it's sad oficials and generals could not see that they were killing fellow humans, men and women alike. They were not demons, as some would say. And this men in December 25, 1914, realized that the ones in the other trench were not so different after all.

  • @heinricc
    @heinricc Před rokem +1

    learned about this on friday at school just searched "christmas truce 1914" because i was bored nice job!

  • @inthefogs
    @inthefogs Před 3 lety +445

    Lets be honest, We all watched this more than once.

  • @coolskeletn9577
    @coolskeletn9577 Před 3 lety +156

    2:05
    The Scot, The Slav and The Turk. I'd like tickets to their first show.