SABATON - Christmas Truce (Animated Story Video)

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  • This is the touching story of the Christmas Truce that inspired our song of the same title.
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    ======== Christmas Truce LYRICS ==========
    Silence
    Oh, I remember the silence
    On a cold winter day
    After many months on the battlefield
    And we were used to the violence
    Then all the cannons went silent
    And the snow fell
    Voices sang to me from no man’s land
    We are all, we are all, we are all, we are all friends
    And today we’re all brothers
    Tonight we’re all friends
    A moment of peace in a war that never ends
    Today we’re all brothers
    We drink and unite
    Now Christmas has arrived and the snow turns the ground white
    Hear carols from the trenches, we sing O holy night
    Our guns laid to rest among snowflakes
    A Christmas in the trenches, a Christmas on the front far from home
    Madness
    Oh I remember the sadness
    We were hiding our tears
    In a foreign land where we faced our fears
    We were soldiers
    Carried the war on our shoulders
    For our nations
    Is that why we bury our friends?
    We were all, we were all, we were all, we were all friends
    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 thought about our friends, those who never made it home, when the battle had commenced
    ========== HISTORIC FACT ==========
    On December 24, 1914, an unofficial Christmas Truce was enforced on the Western Front. An act of trust and harmony, British and German soldiers mingled and played games together in the midst of one of the most atrocious events of the 20th century - World War I.
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  • @Sabaton
    @Sabaton  Před rokem +252

    On December 24, 1914, an unofficial Christmas Truce was enforced on the Western Front. An act of trust and harmony, British and German soldiers mingled and played games together in the midst of one of the most atrocious events of the 20th century - World War I. Read more about the Christmas Truce of 1914 👉 www.sabaton.net/historical-facts/christmas-truce-was-enforced/
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    • @TheKaiserRocks
      @TheKaiserRocks Před rokem +11

      We are all brother's
      No America
      No India
      No Russia
      No china
      Only sabaton fans

    • @sstrykert
      @sstrykert Před rokem +4

      Looks like my holiday play list is warming up :)

    • @gummiebears86
      @gummiebears86 Před rokem +6

      Awesome video, my youngest son always watches the yarn hub videos and listens to rock music. Nice to the two come together in a great video. He also gets a haircut like Joakim Broden.

    • @silversage202
      @silversage202 Před 8 měsíci

      I've heard this story from those who where there passed down, you do it justice

  • @spencersholden
    @spencersholden Před 2 lety +898

    It is sad that no one who participated in this event never heard this song.

    • @Tramseskumbanan
      @Tramseskumbanan Před 2 lety +109

      Yes, it is. However the last veterans passed away not that many years ago though. I think the very last veteran was a female army nurse who died just four or five years ago.

    • @juliane.mfarias9285
      @juliane.mfarias9285 Před 2 lety +80

      They did. In other place, but they did

    • @the24thcolossusjustchillin39
      @the24thcolossusjustchillin39 Před 2 lety +60

      Y’know, I Think they would just be Happy that the event is remembered, things like This don’t happen often, but when They do it’s important that it is never forgotten

    • @APersonOnYouTubeX
      @APersonOnYouTubeX Před 2 lety +23

      @@the24thcolossusjustchillin39 the most tragic part is most of these guys probably perished

    • @harlequin491
      @harlequin491 Před 2 lety +24

      @@APersonOnCZcamsX As far as I remember, my great-great-great-grandfather gave some kind of gift to an Austro-Hungarian soldier during the Christmas truce on the Eastern front. My grandfather was an ordinary russian peasant who saw a man in the enemy... It's amazing.
      What a pity that there are no people who would have already mentioned it. They are all dead, but their kindness and humanity will remain with us for a long time...

  • @paulhappyyt
    @paulhappyyt Před 2 lety +2077

    The combo from Sabaton and Yarn Hub is solid gold

  • @joshuaplotkin8826
    @joshuaplotkin8826 Před 2 lety +288

    6:38 give a medal to whoever kicked that ball.

    • @cringehunter3812
      @cringehunter3812 Před rokem +31

      The thing that's even funnier about that is that guy was Hitler that they ended up hitting with the ball

    • @Seriona1
      @Seriona1 Před rokem +21

      @@cringehunter3812 Hitler did say that he hated this happened and refuse to take part in it.

    • @MyGamer125
      @MyGamer125 Před rokem +12

      Funny thing, I think it was a German soldier. You can just barely see the leg that kicked it, and it looked like a German uniform.

    • @joshuaplotkin8826
      @joshuaplotkin8826 Před 8 měsíci +2

      @@cringehunter3812 I know. That's why the guy who kicked the ball deserves a medal. He hit Hitler in the head.

  • @timurgianti8385
    @timurgianti8385 Před rokem +267

    Just now I realized, this was one of the greatest moments in human history.

    • @Cancoillotteman
      @Cancoillotteman Před rokem +9

      Up there with the fall of the Iron curtain, agreed

    • @ayiza8511
      @ayiza8511 Před rokem +1

      Not really this makes me sad. 😢after Christmas these same men blew up and murdered each other.

    • @AleniLolYT
      @AleniLolYT Před 5 měsíci +2

      ​@@ayiza8511 actually! This ones had to be re ubícated or dissmised from duty because they refused to fight again the next days

  • @deusvult7211
    @deusvult7211 Před 2 lety +770

    Sabaton is sometimes the only reason I’m passing history…

  • @SpooNFoy
    @SpooNFoy Před 2 lety +1995

    My Christmas wish is that these videos get popular enough to animate Sabaton's entire library. 🎄💚

    • @hello7533
      @hello7533 Před 2 lety +12

      🤞same.

    • @captain6255
      @captain6255 Před 2 lety +6

      Same

    • @lachlanpike5469
      @lachlanpike5469 Před 2 lety +6

      That's a long long long list

    • @padilla2828
      @padilla2828 Před 2 lety +6

      I doubt all of the songs but I’m fairly positive their long hiatus was animating or planning the animations for the entire new album

    • @SpooNFoy
      @SpooNFoy Před 2 lety +3

      @@padilla2828let's hope!

  • @ligma5058
    @ligma5058 Před 2 lety +410

    This isn't gold. Not silver. Not even bronze. This is a crystal clear diamond here! The beauty in this song is literally in every piece of the lyrics! Keep up the nice buff muscles Sabaton!

  • @ryujinjaeger666
    @ryujinjaeger666 Před 2 lety +311

    "We were soldiers...
    carried the war on our shoulders...
    For our nations...
    Is that why we bury our friends?"
    Hits me in the gut every time

    • @CT--gu5ng
      @CT--gu5ng Před rokem +16

      “And today we're all brothers
      Tonight we're all friends
      A moment of peace in a war that never ends
      Today we're all brothers
      We drink and unite
      Now Christmas has arrived and the snow turns the ground white
      Hear carols from the trenches
      We sing O Holy Night
      Our guns laid to rest among snowflakes
      A Christmas in the trenches
      A Christmas on the front far from home”
      I get tears every time I watch this, it hits me every time

    • @HieuPham-ze1th
      @HieuPham-ze1th Před rokem +6

      'War is young men dying and old men talking' - Franklin D. Roosevelt

    • @Helena-me6mp
      @Helena-me6mp Před 11 měsíci +3

      for me its: "when we celebrated christmas we thought about our friends, those who never made it home when the battle had commenced."

    • @gabrieltpc9078
      @gabrieltpc9078 Před 7 měsíci

      It makes me feel like the ww1 thing was horrible

  • @matthewprice5797
    @matthewprice5797 Před 2 lety +1417

    Love the detail of Hitler refusing to partake, just as in real life, and finding it all so ridiculous.

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 Před 2 lety +144

      Wait what? I didn't think Hitler was at the Christmas Truce

    • @AnIdiotsLantern
      @AnIdiotsLantern Před 2 lety +214

      Hitler really does ruin everything 😆

    • @grumogus
      @grumogus Před 2 lety +187

      @@LordVader1094 hitler was a corporal and he hated the truce

    • @cabalkane4273
      @cabalkane4273 Před 2 lety +214

      i lol'd when he got hit by the soccerball

    • @myramadd6651
      @myramadd6651 Před 2 lety +69

      @@cabalkane4273 Same. SCORE!

  • @Mikakarot23
    @Mikakarot23 Před 2 lety +409

    I love that they added in that bit about Hitler being a real stick in the mud. It's great.

    • @AnIdiotsLantern
      @AnIdiotsLantern Před 2 lety +59

      Hitler really does ruin everything haha 😆

    • @Aliasalpha
      @Aliasalpha Před 2 lety +36

      Typical bloody hitler, always the spoilsport

    • @rasungod0
      @rasungod0 Před 2 lety +82

      Hitler was actually at the Christmas Truce and hated it. So as always the only historically inaccurate parts are the band's haircuts.

    • @rethla
      @rethla Před 2 lety +19

      @@rasungod0 Theres no evidence of him ever being there but there are witnesses who say he disliked it when it was brought up.

    • @masterDevis
      @masterDevis Před 2 lety +8

      @@rethla well, there were. Sad that all veterans are long gone now over 100 years later

  • @TheCharismaticVoice
    @TheCharismaticVoice Před 2 lety +993

    This was really well done. I love what you guys do!!!

    • @dac2007
      @dac2007 Před 2 lety +10

      Nice to see you here Elizabeth!
      Would be great if you do No Bullets Fly animated story, it's really touching as well

    • @Bazerald777
      @Bazerald777 Před 2 lety +5

      @@dac2007 Well she mostly analyze the musical part of a song, not those kind of things. Which is a breath of fresh air in reaction saturated place.

    • @dac2007
      @dac2007 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Bazerald777
      I suggested it because she did a couple of Sabaton reactions already. She doesn't comment just about the music.

    • @theslavicguy485
      @theslavicguy485 Před 2 lety +5

      Yarnhub is the CZcamsr that made this video.

    • @Richey24
      @Richey24 Před 2 lety

      Elizabeth is my CZcams crush and I'm so happy to see you here ❤️ have a great day!

  • @Meisterschnorrer
    @Meisterschnorrer Před rokem +81

    Someone is supposed to claim again that metal can't transmit emotions. This is really a diamond.
    It was last year, and it is this year also.
    Thank you, Sabaton

  • @Nordern
    @Nordern Před 2 lety +1672

    Inspiring and heartbreaking story, a day of peace in 4 yeras of absolute carnage
    Atleast the story lives on forever!

  • @DannoTheDarkOne
    @DannoTheDarkOne Před 2 lety +277

    So, yarnhub are basically fully fledged members of sabaton at this point!

  • @ethan-itan
    @ethan-itan Před rokem +59

    I want to say, that my both Grand Grand Fathers from German and Russian parts were participating in the Truce, even tho my German grandfather was having a Christmas with British, and my Russian Grandfather with Germans, they did enjoy it as their last, but both came back home, and infact, both had a good contact with the guys they had the Christmas with, this song motivates me and also gives me a Christmas Spirit, i am really thankful for the peace not to countries but the citizens of it, that people realize that even on the other end of this blue globe, there's people just like us, Thank you.
    Thank you. . .

  • @AzukiKensei
    @AzukiKensei Před 2 lety +61

    I really love this song. I've listened to it several times since it released.

  • @VersedFlame
    @VersedFlame Před 2 lety +631

    A good soldier fights not because he hates what's in front of him, but because he loves what's on his back. Those men didn't hate each other, they were young men doing their job, fulfilling their duty for their country in the name of men who were too powerful and cowardly to put themselves on the line. Lest we forget.

    • @jamescheddar4896
      @jamescheddar4896 Před rokem +1

      yep the germans in WW2 were having severe morale problems by the time they lost because they knew full well they were working for the evil genocide empire and weren't powerful enough as individuals to stop it.

    • @VersedFlame
      @VersedFlame Před rokem +8

      @@jamescheddar4896 A tragedy all around.

    • @then00brathalos
      @then00brathalos Před rokem +1

      just because a terrorist shot a racist, 20 million lost their lives in a political game

    • @Nutcracker-do6xt
      @Nutcracker-do6xt Před rokem +1

      I wish you a good day

    • @Mel-rj3tj
      @Mel-rj3tj Před rokem +1

      If only they would have loved and obeyed the Lord Christ more than the cowardly leaders, it would have been a permanent Christmas Truce. 😢 How could they go right back to killing each other after that?

  • @epistimonkapetanios
    @epistimonkapetanios Před 2 lety +195

    I was crying when I thought of what followed after the Christmas Truce. The soldiers had to kill their new friends, that they exchanged gifts with, played football with, and had fun with.

    • @marcooppici9509
      @marcooppici9509 Před 2 lety +26

      But in my heart i am sure after that day many missed the shots... does not mean it spared lives, because other soldiers got the kills instead. I just think that many soldiers weren't accurate anymore and missed the "enemy", shooting at nothing....

    • @Citizen_Snips1
      @Citizen_Snips1 Před 2 lety +38

      In some parts of the frontline soldiers from both sides actually refused to recommence the fighting, of course they were promptly shipped off to other parts of the front.

    • @ryuukami__
      @ryuukami__ Před 2 lety +29

      If only the war had ended after Christmas... Maybe in some other timeline they got the good ending

    • @cosmopolitanmind5583
      @cosmopolitanmind5583 Před 2 lety +2

      😓

    • @Echristoffe
      @Echristoffe Před rokem +2

      Most soldier refused to fight against the “enemy”.
      Most of those where relocated to another front.
      Prussian soldier where send to the eastern front.
      French and English relocated and splitted with other unit.
      I don’t think anyone got executed for this because too much soldiers participated and the war needed everyone of them.

  • @WilliamTelltale
    @WilliamTelltale Před rokem +19

    As emotional as this song is, I can't imagine the emotions of the soldiers the next day when the fighting resumed. This story is as much tragic as it is beautiful.

    • @GrandyIsaac09
      @GrandyIsaac09 Před měsícem +1

      They were shipped to different places because they refused to fight each other

  • @DiavloPL
    @DiavloPL Před 2 lety +46

    How is it that only Sabaton songs and/or animations can make 40year old grumpy, grownup man to shivers and have a few tears.

    • @Sabaton
      @Sabaton  Před 2 lety +16

      We are so glad to read this 😉

  • @Thomas.Wright
    @Thomas.Wright Před 2 lety +185

    Tommy is such a versatile musician. First, he can play an acoustic guitar and make it sound like an electric. He plays "Frosty the Snowman" on the piano. And now, he plays the sackpipa like it's an electric guitar.

    • @christopherrogers303
      @christopherrogers303 Před 2 lety +7

      In the official music video he also makes an acoustic guitar sound like an electric😆

  • @afrogwholoveswednesday9173
    @afrogwholoveswednesday9173 Před 2 lety +449

    This is just the wholesome moments in war enemies being friends
    At Christmas and having fun with each other
    Thanks sabaton for reminding us this wholesome moment in history

    • @Caperdiaa
      @Caperdiaa Před 2 lety +3

      would not expect to see caesar zeppeli here

    • @hazqif6198
      @hazqif6198 Před 2 lety

      Lol

    • @palpatinethesenatehog7086
      @palpatinethesenatehog7086 Před 2 lety +5

      It's been a really long while, since I cried during a history lesson...

    • @Breidablik06
      @Breidablik06 Před 2 lety +13

      I always think of this moment as both the kindest, but also saddest events of the war.
      The two sides came together in celebration of Christmas, got to know one another, drink, sing, and even play football together. It is a truly good sight.
      But I am also deeply saddened by the bit about them being forced to go back to killing each other in a senseless war just hours after their celebration.

    • @takashi00756
      @takashi00756 Před 2 lety +2

      Allies or axis it doesn’t matter merry Christmas old chaps

  • @DGARedRaven
    @DGARedRaven Před rokem +33

    Never forget, that out there in No Man's Land, some brave men just decided that "Enough is enough."
    *And that the war continued for 4 years beyond that.*
    **And that a far more bloody war would commence mere 20 years later.**
    Never forget that our ancestors bled so that we, German, British, French and all of them could have many more Merry Christmas' beyond that.

  • @ninjablaze6665
    @ninjablaze6665 Před rokem +79

    This always makes me tear up in joy and sorrow, because this was the only time Humanity's Kindness manage to shine in a land full of death and destruction. If there's going to be only one thing left in humanity, I hope it's going to be kindness

    • @coren5911
      @coren5911 Před rokem +2

      Not the only time, but certainly one of the best

  • @swagcat7779
    @swagcat7779 Před 2 lety +53

    Hitler being bitter about the christmas truce is the funniest thing to me for no reason

    • @gwiazdapioun2127
      @gwiazdapioun2127 Před 2 lety +19

      It's a nice reference too because in his memoirs Hitler (who was not in the part of the front where the Truce happened but heard of it later) was quite vocal in his opposition to any fraternisaton between opposing soldiers.

    • @CommissarChaotic
      @CommissarChaotic Před 2 lety +6

      Maybe he got jealous lol

    • @rasungod0
      @rasungod0 Před 2 lety +6

      He was there and he did hate it, that is historically documented.

  • @Deniggafyer
    @Deniggafyer Před 2 lety +347

    Awesome collab! Such a sad story, Especially at the end!
    “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 thought about our friends
    Those who never made it home
    When the battle had commenced”
    It shows that, best of humanity, comes in the most horrible of times!

    • @aceanimations3214
      @aceanimations3214 Před 2 lety +5

      The fact that I found this comment when that part of the song was playing.

    • @mega1283
      @mega1283 Před 2 lety +3

      Funny that you would say that because a book I am reading called Behave:the worst and the Best of humanity, actually mention the Christmas truce as an example

    • @RuinQueenofOblivion
      @RuinQueenofOblivion Před 2 lety +4

      Sad yes... but at the same time, there is something about it that's almost joyous. I am not a particularly religious person, but this moment, this single moment in history... it is what I would call a Christmas Miracle.

  • @Cossack_Cobra
    @Cossack_Cobra Před 2 lety +43

    Yarnhub and sabaton should do a remake of every sabaton song ever. Love both of yall!

  • @brettsgamingtavern7429
    @brettsgamingtavern7429 Před 2 lety +281

    The movie "Joyeux Noel" is one of the best Christmas movies ever, and is about this night. It is the true meaning of Christmas. Loving one another.

    • @Hardrock1911
      @Hardrock1911 Před 2 lety +3

      It's a good movie, i like it to, but it's not very historical correct, Woman on the battlefield and so on.

    • @shewolfsiren
      @shewolfsiren Před 2 lety +1

      The History Channel documentary, "The Christmas Truce", is good as well, also "Days That Shook The World: The Christmas Truce" too.

    • @shewolfsiren
      @shewolfsiren Před 2 lety +2

      @@Hardrock1911 The History Channel documentary, "The Christmas Truce", is good as well, also "Days That Shook The World: The Christmas Truce" too.

    • @louisrobitaille5810
      @louisrobitaille5810 Před 2 lety +1

      Who directed it? I'm sure there's more than one movie named Joyeux Noël out there...

    • @bwabbel
      @bwabbel Před 2 lety +1

      Not the true meaning of christmas, but a great movie

  • @daburgerbandit1598
    @daburgerbandit1598 Před 2 lety +326

    What I find hardest to believe about this story is that they went back to war afterwards. I'm not surprised at all that they could have peace for Christmas, but imagine how hard it was for the first soldier to shoot someone he'd been singing and playing with just an hour before.
    Brilliant song, excellent video, though.

    • @IAkUaI
      @IAkUaI Před 2 lety +87

      I'm pretty sure people from both sides had to be changed since they didn't want to fight after the truce

    • @ohauss
      @ohauss Před 2 lety +103

      Those involved were often reprimanded and/or transferred somewhere else on the front (or in the case of Germans, to the Eastern Front). Superiors were not too happy about the christmas truces.
      Plus by the next winter, too much had happend from both sides to simply repeat the gesture.

    • @marshalclarke5417
      @marshalclarke5417 Před 2 lety +45

      It sadly is something we have a word for, fraternization with the enemy, and its normally reprimanded, esp. after christmas truce....

    • @benfletcher9659
      @benfletcher9659 Před 2 lety +25

      A lot of them refused to fight afterwards.

    • @RobTheBlockyFox22
      @RobTheBlockyFox22 Před 2 lety +24

      It just goes to show, no matter what part of the world we live in, the bottom line remains the same, we're all human and even enemies at war with each other, are able to show compassion even if it's just for 24 hours.

  • @azurblueknights
    @azurblueknights Před 2 lety +22

    This sort of thing is just what makes Sabaton so special. As time goes on, fewer and fewer people care about the histories of nations and the wars that were fought. Sabaton immortalizes these events in their songs so that even when the history books eventually forget, fans of Sabaton never will.

  • @neopotter131
    @neopotter131 Před 6 měsíci +5

    During the movie screening in one of the museums, I started crying. Not only from the music, but the storytelling together with the animation, and the idea of how beautiful that moment must've been.

  • @MrFrikkenfrakken
    @MrFrikkenfrakken Před 2 lety +145

    The music video starring the band was stunning but this adds so much to a heartwarming yet heartbreaking event. Thanks to Sabaton and thanks to Yarn Hub for quality art.

  • @1LEgGOdt
    @1LEgGOdt Před 2 lety +69

    It will be 107 years since an event that not even a Pope could not sway a truce on Christmas from either side, but the men in those muddy trenches for a moment in time, were able to put aside the war and the fact that they were the enemy. And were able to come together as equals on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
    Although sadly not all of the fighting had stopped within the trenches since on some parts of the No Man’s Land shells and bullets from both sides were sent flying across the land.
    But for the men who refused to fight on those two days. They did something that many in the world that time thought would be impossible to do. Were able to put down their weapons and come out and meet in the middle in a land scarred by war to celebrate Christmas. That there is a true Christmas Miracle.

  • @KingsBladeNord
    @KingsBladeNord Před 2 lety +24

    Огромное спасибо группе Sabaton за еще один отличный ролик с историей, самая трогательная история о войне и перемирии двух сторон которые узнали другу друга не как враги а как обычные люди и провели один день в это темное время вместе!

  • @prestonjones1653
    @prestonjones1653 Před 2 lety +11

    The Hitler cameo!😂😂😂

  • @TheSentrosi83
    @TheSentrosi83 Před 2 lety +93

    As the saying goes, "Nobody hates war more than the warriors." Things like this are amazing.

  • @mikewhicker9771
    @mikewhicker9771 Před 2 lety +233

    Yarnhub's artwork + sabaton's music =perfection.
    Plus this song is just about the only Christmas song my dad actually LIKES (cause it's sabaton, they don't do cheesy!)

    • @averagefnfplayer990
      @averagefnfplayer990 Před 2 lety +4

      You're father is a legend

    • @mikewhicker9771
      @mikewhicker9771 Před 2 lety +5

      @@averagefnfplayer990 he is that. It was him that got me into rock and metal so I never get told "turn that racket down" get told to turn it up though...especially ghost division!

    • @halomika4973
      @halomika4973 Před 2 lety +1

      @@mikewhicker9771 THEY ARE THE PANZER ELITE

    • @tacogod968
      @tacogod968 Před 2 lety +1

      Snoopys Christmas is also pretty decent and was my favourite until I heard this song

    • @mikewhicker9771
      @mikewhicker9771 Před 2 lety +1

      @@tacogod968 think I know that 1. Royal guardsmen? Or am I getting my snoopy songs mixed up?

  • @QtaroKujo69
    @QtaroKujo69 Před rokem +6

    This song makes me tear up,the truce was the only light moment in a never ending war

    • @CT--gu5ng
      @CT--gu5ng Před rokem

      Yeah, that’s why I love Christmas

  • @scottsotak8788
    @scottsotak8788 Před 2 lety +10

    If this song doesn't become a classic, then the music scene is truly stagnant. This song moved into my top 20. Honest!!

  • @odin5335
    @odin5335 Před 2 lety +90

    One of the best and most emotional songs ever written for me! Just heartbreaking.
    Thank you, Sabaton. You're my motivation to learn everything from the past!

  • @thekhoifish0146
    @thekhoifish0146 Před 2 lety +99

    Truly a wonderful Christmas gift from Sabaton

  • @rodrigoalar
    @rodrigoalar Před 2 lety +5

    Sabaton + football + friendship = The Best Christmas gift. Thanks!!

  • @MRPear-rv7xo
    @MRPear-rv7xo Před 2 lety +9

    I just loved that hitler addition, historically hitler (corporal at that time) refused the request of his troops to join the carols that was sang just like he refused to leave the trenches in the morning

  • @Killsorow
    @Killsorow Před 2 lety +33

    I'll never understand the hatred and needless ordeal of spilling blood when we're all humans. To see something like this happen is a astonishing and miracle, but to turn around a go to back to the killing saddens me. Truly a happy and saddening moment all in one.

    • @brigidtheirish
      @brigidtheirish Před 2 lety +5

      A lot of the men refused to continue fighting and were transferred or even killed by their superiors.

  • @Boadiccea94
    @Boadiccea94 Před 2 lety +34

    Why does it make me cry? Because it is so heartbreaking!

    • @GremlinHunter
      @GremlinHunter Před 2 lety +12

      Because it was a one and done deal, they tried it again the next year but were reprimanded and some officers executed troops for it. The Russians even attempted it hearing that it was successful in the Western Front but they were gunned down because the Germans were confused. The issue was the Russian calendar is different from the German one so the dates were like a week off or something.

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 Před 2 lety +3

      @@GremlinHunter Yep, the Russian Orthodox Christmas is in January, I believe

    • @GremlinHunter
      @GremlinHunter Před 2 lety

      @@LordVader1094 Yeah and they also attempted an Easter Truce I do believe? Don't quote me on that though.

  • @Bazerald777
    @Bazerald777 Před 2 lety +5

    I love how Hannes acts like a ghost in the trenches (if you know you know), dashing across the screen mysteriously to play football.

    • @Steelace623
      @Steelace623 Před 4 měsíci

      Ha, I see what you did there 😏 👏 😉

  • @youkofoxy
    @youkofoxy Před rokem +5

    This truce was possible because they knew each other, they surely have their difference and wore fighting over it, yet after many days of fighting that did go anywhere they realise that the other side was just like them and they all wanted a break from all that fight that barely got anywhere.
    So Christmas was just the catalyser need for a brief truce to happen.

  • @HereticalKitsune
    @HereticalKitsune Před 2 lety +47

    There are few Sabaton songs I want to here as orchestral version but this one is at the top of the list!
    I also want to hear a crowd singing the chorus in a concert.

  • @Imnotsmg4bob
    @Imnotsmg4bob Před 2 lety +32

    *I can imagine at the end, modern day soldiers of Germany, UK, France, Austria, Hungary, Russia and other saluting one another while remembering the moment their soldiers stopped fighting so they can have a moment of peace on that single holiday.*

    • @wisemankugelmemicus1701
      @wisemankugelmemicus1701 Před 2 lety +1

      Austria-Hungary and Russia celebrated Christmas at different dates lol
      December 25th, 1914 was not a quiet day in the east

  • @nevannarence6542
    @nevannarence6542 Před rokem +5

    this is one of my favorite and probably most revered story in war. the time when people could actually show humanity under the worst circumstances. the first time i heard it over a decade ago. the song if silent night sung in different languages and the opposing sides playing games without bullets. this was what christmas should represent. the gift of humanity rather then what is so often shown.

  • @somebody9360
    @somebody9360 Před rokem +2

    Whenever people ask me why i love the winter, i bring up this story as 1 of the reasons. Also heard that after that they had to replace the soldiers that celebrated christmas with eachother even tho their countries were at war because the soldiers refused to shoot eachother after

  • @Wolfboy168
    @Wolfboy168 Před 2 lety +32

    6:14
    Is that supposed to be * angry german Mustache man * ? If yes then it is great detail in this video.
    If you know the man I am talking about then this is very accurate. He was present during the truce and hated it ! Great job Yarnhub ! You are amazing !

    • @dougbadman7930
      @dougbadman7930 Před 2 lety +7

      Yes that is who that is.

    • @texasarbiter8454
      @texasarbiter8454 Před 2 lety +11

      Yes. It is reported that he was there for this.....and he HATED it.

    • @Wolfboy168
      @Wolfboy168 Před 2 lety +8

      @@texasarbiter8454
      The detail in Yarnhubs animation is awesome!

    • @thenexus8384
      @thenexus8384 Před 2 lety +4

      Angry German mustache man: "no you're supposed to be killing each other not having fun and being friends just because it's Christmas"
      The soldiers: "haha merry Christmas friends and brothers"

    • @Wolfboy168
      @Wolfboy168 Před 2 lety +2

      @@thenexus8384
      Angry mustache man was even an Idiot before he was into politics. What a suprise !

  • @gersonhareb432
    @gersonhareb432 Před 2 lety +111

    In such horrendous situation, humanity's capability for good still shines through. Thank you guys, and merry christmas. Greetings from Chile.

  • @user-qy9ys4qq5i
    @user-qy9ys4qq5i Před rokem +9

    I know, my comment will be lost among others. Rewatching it again and again. Love this animation. Love this song....

    • @Sabaton
      @Sabaton  Před rokem +5

      Your support is never lost and always appreciated 😎

    • @jeremyt7722
      @jeremyt7722 Před rokem +2

      Not lost at all! Have a good one bud! From: 🇨🇦

  • @wanderdragon1075
    @wanderdragon1075 Před rokem +5

    This is probably my favorite Sabaton song because it helps remind that there’s still some hope for humanity

    • @CT--gu5ng
      @CT--gu5ng Před rokem +4

      Same, it’s one of my favorite songs from Sabaton. I had some tears coming out while watching this amazing video and listening to this amazing song. I say the best part of this video is hearing that amazing quote from the young soldier “I wouldn’t have missed it for the most gorgeous Christmas dinner in England”

  • @zachrich7359
    @zachrich7359 Před 2 lety +48

    The story of the Christmas truce holds a very near and dear place in my heart. In the madness of the Great War, the common soldiers defied commands and laid down their weapons.
    If only it wasn't as unique, the world might be a better place. A time of year where all can agree we can stop fighting if only for a day.

  • @Makem12
    @Makem12 Před 2 lety +23

    The thing I like most about this animation is that it makes it feel like the truce began organically and slowly. Soldiers slowly putting aside their months of fear to trust the man on the other side.

  • @BlackRein
    @BlackRein Před 2 lety +7

    Сабатон - Мы поем про Исторические моменты.
    Я - Вы теперь и есть История

  • @yyelloww212
    @yyelloww212 Před 2 lety +10

    Merry Christmas, you guys. And thank you so much for this beautiful heart-breaking, heart-warming song. Even though I cry every time I hear it.

    • @Sabaton
      @Sabaton  Před 2 lety +3

      Thanks for your appreciation

  • @DimitriEyonovich
    @DimitriEyonovich Před 2 lety +29

    I was smiling during the whole thing, but I visibly started laughing when I saw Hitler being a scrooge.

  • @smobblkop
    @smobblkop Před 2 lety +56

    I have listened to this song so many times now, but EVERY single time it gives me goosebumps... love it man, love it

  • @theREALmetalbar
    @theREALmetalbar Před 11 měsíci +2

    ngl, this made me unironically sad. at first i cried when i researched the lyrics, but the whole song with this animation? pure tears of pity and sadness.

  • @Sturmtruppe935
    @Sturmtruppe935 Před rokem +7

    Brings tears to my eyes every time. 😢

  • @shadowhauntjoker8501
    @shadowhauntjoker8501 Před 2 lety +42

    This brought tears to the eyes, and joy to the mind. This video is going to be part of my holiday tradition now. Thank you.

  • @RougeOso
    @RougeOso Před 2 lety +46

    I laughed,… then I cried. Because we *did* forget. We’ll never see anything like this ever again.
    Thank you Sabaton and Yarnhub for bringing this amazingly beautiful moment in time to life. ❤️
    My hope is that this song becomes as legendary as “Silent Night”, “Jingle Bells”, “Oh Holy Night”, “Carol of the Bells”
    🤘❤️ Never forget
    *MERRY CHRISTMAS* to all 🎄❤️🤘

  • @Jakob_Herzog
    @Jakob_Herzog Před 2 lety +3

    In a world filled with misery and uncertainty, it is a great comfort to know that, in the end, there is light in the darkness.

  • @rengetsuTF
    @rengetsuTF Před 2 lety +5

    I dunno why. But the first time I heard the piano, I started to cry even without the lyrics. I cried again, now, watching the video.

  • @GCKMimi
    @GCKMimi Před 2 lety +32

    I've only been waiting ages for this animation! The Truce is such a beautiful moment! I'm tearing up just in the intro

  • @lordgerog
    @lordgerog Před 2 lety +29

    Since I was a child I have been very fond of history, of war, and it has been my object of study and reading for about 13 years, since I learned to read. Today, in my 20s, the lines "And we were used to the violence" and "We walk among our friends. We don't think about tomorrow. The battle will commence" brought tears to my eyes, because they reminded me again what one forgets so much when studying military strategies and tactics, war is cruel to all and kind to very few, it is the common people like you and me who pay the price for the rulers of the world, for as Machiavelli would say "The same thing that causes a quarrel between neighbors causes a war between princes".

  • @redpheonix1000
    @redpheonix1000 Před 2 lety +4

    4:18 I bet it's no coincidence this guy bares a striking resemblance to the Medic from TF2

  • @player1641
    @player1641 Před rokem +3

    These events in history are what make me believe no matter how dark, morbid, and twisted the times get. We will never lose our humanity.

  • @canadianprincipality8987
    @canadianprincipality8987 Před 2 lety +44

    The animation and the narration at the beginning makes the song feel even more organic which I didn't think was possible. Definetly one of my favorite Sabaton songs.
    Also the higher ups reporting what was going on and one of the British captains writing down the names of those who were 'fraternizing' is pretty sad

  • @DarisanX
    @DarisanX Před 2 lety +124

    Это просто великолепное исполнение! История грустная ,но Рождественски красивая!

  • @thelatiosmaster
    @thelatiosmaster Před rokem +2

    This video really made my soul shiver thinking at that.
    I also love how Yarn Hub p8cked some details from Sabaton music video like the members of the band scrambled to both sides

  • @SpookDudeGoesWild
    @SpookDudeGoesWild Před rokem +3

    This is probably the first song that I have listened to, from you guys, that tore me up emotionally. The entire story conveyed is so heavy and full of dread and sorrow, but yet, amidst the horrors of trench warfare, the death and miserable conditions, to hear how both sides just, stopped fighting, for a short time, to acknowledge that they are human, and that they miss home, still makes me cry. Fills me with hope that maybe, maybe the world isn't so dark sometimes. Thank you Sabaton, all of you, for the amazing music, and memories. I hope one day to see you guys live, no matter the cost, you guys truly are probably my favorite band.

  • @mind4Zeichen
    @mind4Zeichen Před 2 lety +94

    Atemberaubend, einmalig wunderschön ❤❤❤ Wünsche auch JEDEM ein tolles Weihnachtsfest 🌲⛄❄

    • @SaschaDBrickman
      @SaschaDBrickman Před 2 lety +3

      Danke dir auch. Ich hoffe man sieht sich kommendes Jahr auf einem der Sabaton Konzerte. Grüße aus der Friedensstadt Osnabrück

    • @scottklocke891
      @scottklocke891 Před 2 lety +3

      Fröliche Weinacht🎄

    • @mind4Zeichen
      @mind4Zeichen Před 2 lety +1

      @@SaschaDBrickman DankE :))

    • @mind4Zeichen
      @mind4Zeichen Před 2 lety +2

      @@scottklocke891Danke / Thank U so much :)

    • @Hardrock1911
      @Hardrock1911 Před 2 lety

      @@SaschaDBrickman Es wird keine geben unser nazi-staat wird es eneut verbieten wie die letzten jahre

  • @michaelf.bender3718
    @michaelf.bender3718 Před 2 lety +24

    I've been waiting another one of these! Night Witches and No Bullets Fly were awesome!

  • @yosefzanerva806
    @yosefzanerva806 Před 2 lety +3

    7:05 Ooh, Tommy. Your name's on the list!

  • @dynojackal1911
    @dynojackal1911 Před rokem +2

    And in an alternate timeline, perhaps this truce was just the first in a wave of truces that would end the war in early 1915.

  • @kamilaczogaa
    @kamilaczogaa Před 2 lety +55

    Wonderful. Touching story. Greetings from Poland. Merry Christmas and happy New Year for all Sabaton's family 😁

    • @gabacs891
      @gabacs891 Před 2 lety

      Thank you, Sabaton, Kamila super

  • @cheguevarich
    @cheguevarich Před 2 lety +100

    Это очень трогательно!
    Сабы, родненькие! Спасибо вам за такое трогательное видео! Пусть война будет только в Ваших песнях и нигде больше! Спасибо Вам! Ребята, вы лучшие!
    Marry Christmas!

  • @alexanderthegreat8373
    @alexanderthegreat8373 Před 2 lety +2

    ,, Tomorrow, you no shoot, we no shoot "

  • @theweirdchannel4890
    @theweirdchannel4890 Před rokem +1

    Pretty cool how Sabaton was there to celebrate Christmas with the soldiers

  • @user-vj9jo9hb8l
    @user-vj9jo9hb8l Před 2 lety +341

    Sabaton, спасибо Вам большое за все что вы делаете! Я из России и я очень рада видеть и слышать ваши песни о российской истории, но этот шедевр о истории других стран задел все струны моей души до слез! А эта видео-анимация сделана очень душевно! Еще раз спасибо Вам большое! Вы делаете очень важное дело!!! Вы лучшие!!!

    • @Tea_Murder
      @Tea_Murder Před 2 lety +4

      Так пусть же 25 декабря станет днём, когда все народы будут едины))

    • @user-xb9yv2ci4c
      @user-xb9yv2ci4c Před 2 lety +3

      What do Russians think about the relations between Russia and Ukraine? What would you say to a Russian attack on Ukraine?

    • @user-kf5mg4mi1b
      @user-kf5mg4mi1b Před 2 lety +4

      @@user-xb9yv2ci4c No, I will think that this is some kind of bullshit

    • @T.MCG.28061
      @T.MCG.28061 Před 2 lety +1

      thank you

    • @T.MCG.28061
      @T.MCG.28061 Před 2 lety

      thank you

  • @Frogusania
    @Frogusania Před 2 lety +19

    all jokes aside this is the most emotional music and historical moment a true man can cry to this song with no shame.

  • @yourbrains1551
    @yourbrains1551 Před rokem +1

    ”Merry christmas from Finland!” This is the song to listen in christmas.

  • @dublinmcclure6653
    @dublinmcclure6653 Před 2 lety +5

    9:14 Danke Sabaton!

  • @RasvetKR
    @RasvetKR Před 2 lety +257

    Саббатон,какие же вы молодцы парни! С благодарностью из России!

    • @user-hr9ku3cr2i
      @user-hr9ku3cr2i Před 2 lety +12

      Присоединяюсь из Украины.

    • @Tea_Murder
      @Tea_Murder Před 2 lety +9

      Абсолютно солидарен с вами из Беларуси)

    • @user-ck2bb2jl2c
      @user-ck2bb2jl2c Před 2 lety +5

      Я тоже русский и от меня тоже благодарность Сабатону. Это наверняка будет лучший подарок к Новому 2022 Году!

    • @f82usa61
      @f82usa61 Před 2 lety +16

      Привет из Техаса, надеюсь, у тебя отличное Рождество я использую гугл, чтобы говорить

    • @user-kf5mg4mi1b
      @user-kf5mg4mi1b Před 2 lety +1

      Согласен, из России.

  • @MrSnake551
    @MrSnake551 Před 2 lety +12

    We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New year

  • @borisgarcia817
    @borisgarcia817 Před rokem +1

    From women flying to men playing soccer thanks sabaton for this journey through time.. we remember those 🎗️

  • @bariannash601
    @bariannash601 Před 2 lety +1

    6:15 oh how that German soldier would remember that seemingly random stick in the mud for the years to come

  • @xavierthephilosopher8673
    @xavierthephilosopher8673 Před 2 lety +11

    Even in such terrible times like WW1, people can always somehow show their humanity. This can show that we aren't bound by commands, but by free will. These soldiers showed it greatly. It's rather a miracle really

  • @johanhellgren7101
    @johanhellgren7101 Před 2 lety +15

    I was hoping you would make an animated story video of the Christmas truce 🤘

  • @raenfox
    @raenfox Před 7 měsíci +1

    Man, if goosebumps had a sound, it would be this song. The melody, the lyrics, the story behind it and the animation.

  • @camohawk6703
    @camohawk6703 Před 2 lety +2

    Those who took part in the Christmas truce truly showed that we are all humans with dignity even when fighting in one of the most horrible and pointless war.

  • @Tramseskumbanan
    @Tramseskumbanan Před 2 lety +8

    I had no idea that as many as up to 100 000 men were involved in that wonderful beautiful moment. I thought it were just a few battalions or maybe as much as a couple of regiments on both sides that joined up.

    • @pontiacfan76
      @pontiacfan76 Před 2 lety +2

      Maybe that's the reason none of them where executed. Both sides needed them.

  • @megscott222
    @megscott222 Před 2 lety +14

    This is awesome! Merry Christmas Sabatonians. Much love from Canada

  • @fito3858
    @fito3858 Před 2 lety +2

    Nice detail with that scene showcasing corporal Hitler in 6:14. Hitler wrote in his diary he was disgusted by the fraternization that ocurred in the Christmas truce.

  • @OrdoBarabas
    @OrdoBarabas Před 2 lety +7

    and once again Sabaton has brought me to tears, thought i could make it through the whole thing, as soon as they started snapping pictures and it kicked in with "A Christmas on the frontline, we walk among our friends " i couldnt hold the waterworks, if only they'd been allowed to continue to walk among their newfound friends, maybe things would have turned out different.