@@alofii6106 Be careful what you wish for. Just because something looks immediately better, doesn't mean the long term is better. As mentioned in the video, we wouldn't have had the nazis and huge loss of life due to two huge world wars but also we'd see colonialism and national pride to a huge extent and thats not including other things that would also be affected. World trade, the longest peacetimes we have seen (of course, wars still happen but you don't have to wake up expecting an air raid in most european cities), huge leaps in technology and learning is stuff we wouldn't have experienced without such a catasrophy occurring. So pick the lesser evil, no immediate evils but very slow if any progress, or evil and then huge changes to everything
Lets have a FOURTH alternative. In this reality, the Christmas Miracle does not occur in 1914. Instead it occurs in 1915. There are diaries and accounts of Generals giving orders in 1915 specifically to counter the chance of another 1914 miracle. And there were still troops who, while they did not cross into no-man's land, did observer their own "cease fire" for the day despite the orders. As you say 1914 was too early for such a miracle as nationalism and feelings were still high. But after one year of fighting in trenches and mud and water and seeing their comrades die, the troops were more ripe in 1915 for a more general mutiny like the Russians in 1917. In this scenario, localized miracles start to rapidly spread up and down the trenches due to how interconnected they are. Eventually the generals hear of this and try to issue orders to get back in the damn trenches. But the troops having suffered for over a year basically say screw you. Oh sure some gung ho officers start spouting orders and shouting .. and a few have "accidents" at that point as the disobedience spreads. Diplomats finally hearing of this jump on the opportunity to propose to their governments and extension of the ceasefire. Lets talk they say no need to keep fighting we have a chance. And the politicians listen and order the Generals to stand down and issue a general ceasefire until the new year. Sure this all spins on the need of both groups on the western side seeing this chance. But as mentioned diplomats were always working behind the scenes to pressure the military and governments for peace. Heck after a year of two front warfare the German generals might even agree to a chance to have breather as they can see they are not winning, and if they can get a western truce then they can focus on Russia. After that it all starts heading down a similar path as this video except maybe some changes. The Western nations MIGHT bring in Russia to the talks, or they could decide those backward fools (they were not well perceived in the West) can suffer their own fate for declaring war over Serbia to begin with and escalating the whole mess. But a 1915 Miracle might have worked.
*Commanders:* "The war will be over by Christmas..." *Soldiers:* ua-cam.com/video/jfE5ApizU6c/v-deo.html *Commanders:* "... Of 1918." *Soldiers:* ua-cam.com/video/jfE5ApizU6c/v-deo.html
@@typicalperson6389 I mean, Putin said he was going to temporarily stop attempting to invade Ukraine over the Orthodox Christmas Period, but didn't. No surprise there then.
The Christmas Truce was a amazing moment in human history, soldiers refused to fight days after but they were eventually forced to do so. War is just old men in power throwing young lives away for more power.
@dragon How was the Second World War any different? The Holocaust wasn't known about in 1939 (and at least the USA employed pretty racist propaganda against the Japanese).
@@chawk6201 My point is that ethical reasons were not what motivated the war on the side of the Allies. Just as in the First World War, it was purely geopolitical power-play.
France: We could give up one small African colony, or potentially lose millions of lives fighting... Also France: Those millions of people weren't really doing anything anyways and I really kinda like Africa, soooo
They could have had the whole Sahara. The division of Africa is weird some powerfull countries like Germany had very few compared to the British and the French
@_jeff _ I know thats why my country got Angola,Mozambique and a part of the Congo. Of course the Brits where always eyeing Angola, because we got lucky there Angola is an extraordinarily rich place from diamonds to oil and all in between.
Also France: Oh boy wasting human lives sure is fun! Let's murder each other again in service to the Supreme Being! *France devolves into bloody revolution*
"Could have been avoided, if the mentality of old men in charge had just slightly changed." I feel like this is applicable to SO MANY events in human history.
No one goes to war thinking they'll lose. They either give concessions or don't start it if they think that. In this case, the Schlieffen Plan came very close to winning. Had the Germans followed it more closely, they might have won in late August or early September in the West, shipped their troops East and beaten the Tsar handily.
for most of the last 700 years, France was basically that one kid who no one liked because he was the tallest and strongest. have a look at the number of wars in which the main reason was "yo fuck France". how do you expect them to not be mad when everyone else constantly ganged up on them
@@godemperorofmankind3.091 one of the main reasons people make fun of french incompetency was the george bush administration spreading propaganda about france when they refused to join the war against iraq although i still hate the french anyway, one because as a brit that is my duty, and two they are really obnoxious
@@looney9105 it def would have The situation in russia and other countries back then was prime for communisn maby not in ruassia but it 100% would have somewhere els
This was like a reversed Kurzgesagt video; started feeling good thinking how wholesome would had it been for the war to end in Christmas because the soldiers didn't want to fight anymore, ended up losing another bit of faith in humanity realizing it would've happened anyways in the future because humanity doesn't ever learn.
WW1 might be the most influential event in modern history. The collapse of the european empires, the decline of traditional religion in the west, and the creation of very radical ideologies, could all be traced back in some way to WW1
Well, either that or the 7 years War is the biggest event. Probable that if the French had won the 7 years War, instead of the British, with the French still being seen as a threat to the colonies and the Industrial Revolution happening in Britain, but to a less burgeoning extent due to not having India to supplement an explosion, the American colonies still would have wanted to stay under the British Crown due to perceived need for protection against the neighbouring French Colony, Britain would still reach parity with France again iin the next few decades, having gunboats after the Industrial Revolution, when the French wouldn't have them, To begin with, and then probably not even in the Medium-term either, as the monarrchy would be holding industrialisation back, as always happens with autocratic powers wanting to maintain the status quo.Lastly, there would be no Germany, with the French having maintained a strong military and hegemony of the continent, unlike the decline they had in the 19th century. It's probable that without the British winning the 7 years War and taxing the colonies, there wouldbe no USA or modern state of Germany. The brits and the french would be Dominating the world for the foreseeable future, probably for Centuries, with the aid of industrialisation
@@Rowlph8888 eh, i feel that the 7 years war was always going to be a british victory. WW1 on the otherhand was a time when the concept of a superpower did not exist. It was just lots of middle powers with colonies they were extracting resources from. If that ideal died earlier (perhaps a more aggressive US and japan alliance to take asia for themselves, forcing a proper EU where national identity was lost) the superpowers of today would have been locked on totally different continents with no real method of landing troops en masse in any real proximity to each other. Would have probably been something more akin to the naval battles of the spanish vs the british with heavily fortified static defences in the middle east, balkans and russia.
I am the funniest UA-camr of all time I watched my latest video and laughed for 69 minutes straight I am extremely funny I am dangerously funny and I have two girlfriends who think I am extremely dangerously funny and they watch all of my videos thanks for listening dear sha
"That any concession given was failure." Y'know, I was finally reading "WorldWar" by Turtledove, and this reminds me of the summerization between the alien invasion and the human diplomats. "You consider anything but conquest of the whole world is to be viewed as a failure. But for us, letting you keep any territory on this planet is a failure." or... something to that effect.
Does anyone find it annoying whenever you ask about a hypothetical, that you get told that it would be impossible even if you acknowledge it wouldn’t happen?
“Politicians who took us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle their differences themselves, instead of organising nothing better than legalised mass murder.” -Harry Patch
Our Christmas on the frontlines 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
I just started tearing up from hearing the song play in my head😢. These men just wanted to go home, but they couldn't, because of politics or whatever. There's a quote from a WW1 soldier that basically said "war is just legalized mass murder"
Right when you said "Maybe splitting up their enemies would be a good thing" I got an ad for UA-cam TV. I agree, It is time to split up the enemies of the people.
Blackadder Goes Forth- episode 'Goodbyeee' has one of the most heartbreaking endings to one of the funniest TV series. It gave a good simple in depth about how grusom it was to be in that war while still being humorous until the last few minutes. Lest We Forget. Merry Christmas, everyone.
George saying he was scared, is one of the most heartbreaking parts. All through the series, he's been this childlike buffoon and it really is, in that moment like someone was sending a little boy over the top. It is, in a very real way, the death of an innocent
A Christmas on the frontline, we walk among 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.
The Monsieur Z/AlternateHistoryHub conspiracy grows ever stronger as they release another similarly themed Alt History video within a week. (I'm not complaining all alt history is good alt history)
I think what is very funny, is/are the similarities between this and the TET Offensive. History can teach us lots - really looking forward to what you come up with next, Cody. Upward and onwards my friends!
This is the what Christmas should be about, peace and good will to all I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas even though it was very different for everyone this year
As for the belief the war would be over by Christmas, some such as Lord Kitchener did recognize it would take awhile. The British recruitment drive he organized talked about a 3 year term with the possibility of the war taking longer than that.
Like most things in history, just because something doesn't happen doesn't mean the worlds a better place. But to have a video that is mostly dedicated to peace and happiness at the end of 2020, is amazing. Great Videos and I can't wait for 2021.
Cody please open your own store as I am just now watching this video in 2024 and I can’t get a single one of your plushes including but not limited to the German empire plush, the U.S. plush, and the Soviet plush. Thank you, a staunch fan of yours.
At first I thought this was a shitpost, but then I saw the length and immediately realized just how different everything would've been if it had happened. Kind of sad to think about, if I'm being honest.
“The infantry doesn’t shoot anymore, just the crazy artillery. The masters make war, they have a quarrel. And the workers, the little men stand and fight. Is that not a great stupidity?” -Hermann Baur, Christmas of 1914
Idea for a video: what if France attacked from the Maginot in 1939? What if France intervened in the Rhineland remilitarization? What if France stopped the Blitzkrieg?
The Iron Dice did a great podcast on how sailors refused to go on a suicide mission at the end of the war and the revolution that ensues afterwards establishing a republic. It's a lot like the second option.
"There have been some subversive mutterings amongst the men. You'll recall the French army last year at Verdun, where the top echelons suffered from horrendous uprisings from the bottom." "Yes sir, but surely that was traced to a shipment of garlic éclairs."
@@rrai1999 Your right that's why the Europeans should help Kurdistan exist and not go "lol border on map go brr" like they are now. P.S. My point was the Europeans hate positive map change too not just getting invaded by the Russians.
The beginning of the video was so sweet when I saw the the German military thing I thought it was going to be the end but no the German was just going to give America a gift and America gave Germany a gift and I just wanted to cry the music was so calming after that and just a great introduction to a great video and a great advertisement for your merch
@@______608 yes but like Ottoman didn't join from the start too and in the kaiserreich videos he talked all others but not and for bulgaria even saying one word or showing it with the central powers like it never happened
I remember learning about the truce back in early history class and genuinely didn't believe it. I remember asking my teacher how they could go back to killing each other after that. Dont remember what they told me though
Late to this party, but if Fritz Haber had not come up with an industrial process to produce nitrate fertilizers, the war would have been over by Christmas from the simple lack of explosives available to the Central Powers. The Allies would still have access to the mountains of bird dung on the island of Guano, so the Central Powers are forced to negotiate a peace while they are still able to fight.
Commanders: we didn’t say WHICH Christmas.
Yeah. The soldiers were home by the Christmas of 1918.
@@kamanashiskar9203 at least the ones taht survived that long
@@kamanashiskar9203 Just in time to give their families the Spanish Flu
And so the great mutiny happened
You know Orthodox Christmas is a couple of weeks later due to the calendar difference?
Hitler:"Now that this war's over, I think I might take up painting."
Ahh yes. The blessed timeline.
Ok I kinda wish it went that way
@@alofii6106 Be careful what you wish for. Just because something looks immediately better, doesn't mean the long term is better. As mentioned in the video, we wouldn't have had the nazis and huge loss of life due to two huge world wars but also we'd see colonialism and national pride to a huge extent and thats not including other things that would also be affected. World trade, the longest peacetimes we have seen (of course, wars still happen but you don't have to wake up expecting an air raid in most european cities), huge leaps in technology and learning is stuff we wouldn't have experienced without such a catasrophy occurring. So pick the lesser evil, no immediate evils but very slow if any progress, or evil and then huge changes to everything
@@NaokisRC wow thats even better,more traditional society that keeps up with technological advances and peaceful decolonization
@@NaokisRC Hipsters and the modern left not existing already makes this timeline perfect
**British and German kids wake up in trenches**
"It was all a dream?"
Always has been
“Yes soldier, get your ass up, it’s go time”
@@pixelproductions150 yep
@@pixelproductions150 Irish: Alright lads, get off yer arses and fight
"I used to read time word magazine"
“What the hell are you men doing?!? Fraternizing with the enemy. Where’s your sense of German pride?”
“It’s on holiday leave! Merry Christmas!”🎄🎁
"Korporal Hitler was odd like that..."
Soldier: I thought I was going home by Christmas?
Commander: Yes, your going home in Christmas of 1918.
If you survive till then
@@carrydedier9952 if you escape from duty :3
The generals said that the war would be over by Christmas. They just didn’t tell them that it would be in 4 years
"OOOOHHHH you thought we meant THIS Christmas...well, we never specified which one it would be, you should have listened better"
I only pray that the war makes it home to see his family 😔
@@DakotaofRaptors lmao
True like all nations said ww1 would be a quick war and it was compared to many other wars in history,only lasted 4 years,perception is important
@@alphagamer9505 Yeah the World Wars are relatively short.
Lets have a FOURTH alternative. In this reality, the Christmas Miracle does not occur in 1914. Instead it occurs in 1915. There are diaries and accounts of Generals giving orders in 1915 specifically to counter the chance of another 1914 miracle. And there were still troops who, while they did not cross into no-man's land, did observer their own "cease fire" for the day despite the orders. As you say 1914 was too early for such a miracle as nationalism and feelings were still high. But after one year of fighting in trenches and mud and water and seeing their comrades die, the troops were more ripe in 1915 for a more general mutiny like the Russians in 1917. In this scenario, localized miracles start to rapidly spread up and down the trenches due to how interconnected they are. Eventually the generals hear of this and try to issue orders to get back in the damn trenches. But the troops having suffered for over a year basically say screw you. Oh sure some gung ho officers start spouting orders and shouting .. and a few have "accidents" at that point as the disobedience spreads. Diplomats finally hearing of this jump on the opportunity to propose to their governments and extension of the ceasefire. Lets talk they say no need to keep fighting we have a chance. And the politicians listen and order the Generals to stand down and issue a general ceasefire until the new year. Sure this all spins on the need of both groups on the western side seeing this chance. But as mentioned diplomats were always working behind the scenes to pressure the military and governments for peace. Heck after a year of two front warfare the German generals might even agree to a chance to have breather as they can see they are not winning, and if they can get a western truce then they can focus on Russia. After that it all starts heading down a similar path as this video except maybe some changes. The Western nations MIGHT bring in Russia to the talks, or they could decide those backward fools (they were not well perceived in the West) can suffer their own fate for declaring war over Serbia to begin with and escalating the whole mess. But a 1915 Miracle might have worked.
nice
If only we had THAT timeline. No second World War and No Cold War, a blessed timeline.
That’s kinda similar to monsieur Z’s video on the Christmas truce ending world war 1 the other day.
@@ErikWarhammer Until some other crisis takes its place.
If only
Government Official: You'll be back by Christmas I swear
4 Years later
Soldier: So that was a fucking lie
No, it wasn't a lie...they merely failed to specify WHICH Christmas they'd be home by.
@@MacrossSD It’s hard to argue against his assessment
@@MacrossSD Even so it was the plan it just you know the French did not surrender like they thought they would.
we have been tricked backstabbed and quite possibly bamboozled
Government official: Let's go, in and out, couple month war.
Four brutal years later.
Government official: * mental breakdown *
" so were gonna return home at Christmas "
" YEAH HELL FREAKING YEAH "
" of 1918 "
" F*CK "
*Commanders:* "The war will be over by Christmas..."
*Soldiers:* ua-cam.com/video/jfE5ApizU6c/v-deo.html
*Commanders:* "... Of 1918."
*Soldiers:* ua-cam.com/video/jfE5ApizU6c/v-deo.html
No what earlier!!!!!!
Ya bo...
November 11th 1918
Frick
"Assuming you survive till then"
*gets machine gunned with 300 other comrades*
"Hey bro, sorry about shooting at you. Here's a chromebook"
"Thanks! Here is a shirt, I got it from Target."
“sorry for killing your friends lol here’s an ipad”
We need a modern Christmas truce
@@typicalperson6389 I mean, Putin said he was going to temporarily stop attempting to invade Ukraine over the Orthodox Christmas Period, but didn't.
No surprise there then.
The Christmas Truce was a amazing moment in human history, soldiers refused to fight days after but they were eventually forced to do so. War is just old men in power throwing young lives away for more power.
@dragon
How was the Second World War any different?
The Holocaust wasn't known about in 1939 (and at least the USA employed pretty racist propaganda against the Japanese).
@@xCorvus7x But the US started the propaganda after the Japanese attacked them. So that's not a really good argument.
Some wars are necessary though
@@chawk6201
My point is that ethical reasons were not what motivated the war on the side of the Allies. Just as in the First World War, it was purely geopolitical power-play.
"When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die"
Cody I know sponsors pay well but you didn’t have to do an ad for chocolate during the entire video.
@UCDwxWcjOreO1nwvgL5E1cQg stop spamming
Well, Chocolate is good, so who cares.
Want more poop?
Goodbye
Hey Emp! I just wanted to say that im super sorry Mr.Z got his rabid audience of facists to attack you! Much love and happy holdiays!
France: We could give up one small African colony, or potentially lose millions of lives fighting...
Also France: Those millions of people weren't really doing anything anyways and I really kinda like Africa, soooo
They could have had the whole Sahara. The division of Africa is weird some powerfull countries like Germany had very few compared to the British and the French
Imagine wanting anything to do with Africa whatsoever.
@_jeff _ I know thats why my country got Angola,Mozambique and a part of the Congo. Of course the Brits where always eyeing Angola, because we got lucky there Angola is an extraordinarily rich place from diamonds to oil and all in between.
was this after or before the franco Prussian war
Also France: Oh boy wasting human lives sure is fun! Let's murder each other again in service to the Supreme Being! *France devolves into bloody revolution*
"Could have been avoided, if the mentality of old men in charge had just slightly changed."
I feel like this is applicable to SO MANY events in human history.
The scene when Germany and America Plushies Exchanged Presents was the most wholesome thing I've seen in 2020
Should of been British or French given that the US entered the war very late on
Alternate title for this video: "What if people in 1914 were less stubborn and more realistic in their planing?"
No one goes to war thinking they'll lose. They either give concessions or don't start it if they think that. In this case, the Schlieffen Plan came very close to winning. Had the Germans followed it more closely, they might have won in late August or early September in the West, shipped their troops East and beaten the Tsar handily.
Spoiler: France gets very mad
Basically all of history summed up in one sentence
France be like: I think it's time to change governments again
@@F22onblockland Execute command: Coup d'etat: [Number 3324732984732984]
for most of the last 700 years, France was basically that one kid who no one liked because he was the tallest and strongest. have a look at the number of wars in which the main reason was "yo fuck France". how do you expect them to not be mad when everyone else constantly ganged up on them
@@godemperorofmankind3.091 one of the main reasons people make fun of french incompetency was the george bush administration spreading propaganda about france when they refused to join the war against iraq
although i still hate the french anyway, one because as a brit that is my duty, and two they are really obnoxious
@@stratox1753 man George bush jsut gets cooler but the moment
Maybe the real Christmas peace was the colonies which we kept along the way.
_Hold up_
_Wait no_
Wha- how could you miss the point this badly-
What's your pfp
@@comradekenobi6908 Es from an app called Alter Ego.
>"Naziism wouldn't have rose."
>uses *UA-cam* logo.
Communism also wouldn’t have risen.
@@sgtmayhem7567 your right....it would have risen sooner and be less totalitarian
demonetization
@@U.F.R.G it wouldn't have risen at all, really
@@looney9105 it def would have
The situation in russia and other countries back then was prime for communisn maby not in ruassia but it 100% would have somewhere els
This was like a reversed Kurzgesagt video; started feeling good thinking how wholesome would had it been for the war to end in Christmas because the soldiers didn't want to fight anymore, ended up losing another bit of faith in humanity realizing it would've happened anyways in the future because humanity doesn't ever learn.
WW1 might be the most influential event in modern history. The collapse of the european empires, the decline of traditional religion in the west, and the creation of very radical ideologies, could all be traced back in some way to WW1
WW1 has always been overshadowed by WW2. Underrated global conflict of mass murder if you ask me
Well, either that or the 7 years War is the biggest event. Probable that if the French had won the 7 years War, instead of the British, with the French still being seen as a threat to the colonies and the Industrial Revolution happening in Britain, but to a less burgeoning extent due to not having India to supplement an explosion, the American colonies still would have wanted to stay under the British Crown due to perceived need for protection against the neighbouring French Colony, Britain would still reach parity with France again iin the next few decades, having gunboats after the Industrial Revolution, when the French wouldn't have them, To begin with, and then probably not even in the Medium-term either, as the monarrchy would be holding industrialisation back, as always happens with autocratic powers wanting to maintain the status quo.Lastly, there would be no Germany, with the French having maintained a strong military and hegemony of the continent, unlike the decline they had in the 19th century.
It's probable that without the British winning the 7 years War and taxing the colonies, there wouldbe no USA or modern state of Germany. The brits and the french would be Dominating the world for the foreseeable future, probably for Centuries, with the aid of industrialisation
@@Rowlph8888 eh, i feel that the 7 years war was always going to be a british victory. WW1 on the otherhand was a time when the concept of a superpower did not exist. It was just lots of middle powers with colonies they were extracting resources from. If that ideal died earlier (perhaps a more aggressive US and japan alliance to take asia for themselves, forcing a proper EU where national identity was lost) the superpowers of today would have been locked on totally different continents with no real method of landing troops en masse in any real proximity to each other. Would have probably been something more akin to the naval battles of the spanish vs the british with heavily fortified static defences in the middle east, balkans and russia.
AltHistHub: The Christmas Truce
KnowledgeHub: TIM ALLEN
i'm about annoyed at knowledgehub. Sounds less like knowledge and mroe like half drunk and or stoned ramblings.
I am the funniest UA-camr of all time I watched my latest video and laughed for 69 minutes straight I am extremely funny I am dangerously funny and I have two girlfriends who think I am extremely dangerously funny and they watch all of my videos thanks for listening dear sha
@@singletona082 that's why he renamed his channel to "Knowledge"Hub
@@singletona082 Me too, he lost himself. I mean fairly odd parents video was okay it gave a lesson about power, but now it's just rambling.
@@singletona082 watch knowledge hub old videos from 2 years ago. Much better
This means that everyone plays football forever.
*soccer
It goes from a World War to a World Cup, and all because of Football
Truly the darkest reality
GAA takes over the world. That’s real football.
@@nuzlockecomics5440 *Football
Two years in the future: "What if COVID-19 had ended by Christmas (Of 2020)"
Or the summer of 2020
“What if COVID-19 had ended by 2021?”
What if COVID-19 had ended within 2 weeks after the quarantine started
2030 AlternateHistoryHub: what if Covid 19 ended in 2029?
"What if COVID-19 ended in 2019?"
"That any concession given was failure."
Y'know, I was finally reading "WorldWar" by Turtledove, and this reminds me of the summerization between the alien invasion and the human diplomats.
"You consider anything but conquest of the whole world is to be viewed as a failure. But for us, letting you keep any territory on this planet is a failure."
or... something to that effect.
Does anyone find it annoying whenever you ask about a hypothetical, that you get told that it would be impossible even if you acknowledge it wouldn’t happen?
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
“Politicians who took us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle their differences themselves, instead of organising nothing better than legalised mass murder.”
-Harry Patch
Thats Facism for ya.
@@jakespacepiratee3740 More like any form of authoritarian leaderships.
This comment section is dumb literally every country has done this
@@CausticSpace Gotta love those Internet Pacifists running around.
Who?
If it ended by Christmas, that would put a whole new meaning for “war on Christmas”
Most likely the Franco-German War of 1914.
@@kamanashiskar9203 It probably be known as the Six Months War
@_jeff _ Could be
Today we're all brothers
Tonight we're all friends
A moment of peace
In a war that never ends
We were all
We were all
We were all
WE WERE ALL FRIENDS!
Go sabaton!
Today we're all brothers,
We drink and unite,
Now Christmas has arrived
and the snow turns the ground white
Our Christmas on the frontlines
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
*German and British soldiers chilling together*
The very next day: *Friendly Fire: OFF*
The very next week: *Friendly Fire: ON*
Sadly there are no ww1 veterans left alive.
:(
Yeah, the last WW1 veteran passed away in 2009.
Obviously, wwi happened in 1912-1918 and it's 2020
1914 not 1912
the youngest of them was most likely born in the 1890s and the last person alive who was born in the 19th century died in 2018.
tfw one of the most deadly conflicts in human history could have ended immediately if France shared
sharing is caring
@@ComicCub commie
@@ComicCub yes
@@ComicCub communist detected democracy is the truth
The conflict would've never happened in the first place if Germany shared (Alsace-Lorraine).
I want to a video where the whole Alt history community just collaborates together on one large scale project, idk why.
They did on canzuk to a very limited extent
@@adamhauskins6407 Link?
Coming back to this video every year for the holiday season is always fun
"Today we're all brothers, tonight we're all friends, a moment of peace in a war that never ends"
I just started tearing up from hearing the song play in my head😢.
These men just wanted to go home, but they couldn't, because of politics or whatever.
There's a quote from a WW1 soldier that basically said "war is just legalized mass murder"
and then they said "We'll be home by Christmas". funniest shit I've ever heard!
@Ian Is based but the opposite
Flatten the territory they said.
It'll be over by Christmas they said.
and other hilarious jokes you can tell yourself
Oh that slaps me on the knee!
If it hadn't been for the "Miracle of the Marne”, Paris would have fallen in September 1914.
Right when you said "Maybe splitting up their enemies would be a good thing" I got an ad for UA-cam TV. I agree, It is time to split up the enemies of the people.
Last time I was this early I thought world war 1 was going to be over by christmas
Not early
"Shut up and take my money!!!" - Me as soon as I saw the German Empire plush
I know he's so cute
I really love how wholesome that was. The Germans and Allies celebrated Christmas, despite not knowing if the other would betray one of them.
"Let's continue this scenario next year"
*Sets my clock*
Blackadder Goes Forth- episode 'Goodbyeee' has one of the most heartbreaking endings to one of the funniest TV series. It gave a good simple in depth about how grusom it was to be in that war while still being humorous until the last few minutes.
Lest We Forget.
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Good luck, everyone
My favorite episode revolves around Baldrick's culinary skills.
George saying he was scared, is one of the most heartbreaking parts. All through the series, he's been this childlike buffoon and it really is, in that moment like someone was sending a little boy over the top. It is, in a very real way, the death of an innocent
This is a quote to remember
"Were not Occupied anymore, YIPEEEEE"
A Christmas on the frontline, we walk among 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.
This is Cody’s geopolitical response to the rising power of Whatifalthist
Lmao yes copying
Whatifalthist > alternate history hub
Nothing better for christmas than a unrealistic scenario about christmas
ye......ah...
The Monsieur Z/AlternateHistoryHub conspiracy grows ever stronger as they release another similarly themed Alt History video within a week. (I'm not complaining all alt history is good alt history)
not just similar, they practically released the same video
Monsieur Z is just cody overdoced in right wingness.
AHH doesn’t like communism any more than MrZ.
@@____________838 yeah, but mr z is a little fashy, ngl.
@@quedtion_marks_kirby_modding how?
General : We'll win the war after this one push.
Soldiers in mutiny : Funniest shit I've heard
Love the plush merch intro - you definitely know how to open up a subject involving one of history's darkest hours on an upbeat note, Cody!
I think what is very funny, is/are the similarities between this and the TET Offensive. History can teach us lots - really looking forward to what you come up with next, Cody. Upward and onwards my friends!
The 2014 Sainsbury's Christmas ad would never have been made.
oh shit yeah i remember that.
Or it would have as the miraculous event that ended a war
Ah yes the most wholesome war in human history, edning with both sides exchanging presents...wait
8:23 Your next line is going to be "Is that a JoJo reference?!" Great video, Merry Christmas
Is that a JoJo refe...NANI?
This is the what Christmas should be about, peace and good will to all
I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas even though it was very different for everyone this year
As for the belief the war would be over by Christmas, some such as Lord Kitchener did recognize it would take awhile. The British recruitment drive he organized talked about a 3 year term with the possibility of the war taking longer than that.
So this is what the video boils down to: It would've been fine if everyone weren't so stupid.
That honestly sums up the entire 19th and 20th centuries
Most of history, really
The story of life...
Don’t forget the 21st century
Typical humanity moment to think that we're smarter than we were in the past lmao
Thank you for another year of Alternate History. These are always fun and often thought-provoking.
Like most things in history, just because something doesn't happen doesn't mean the worlds a better place. But to have a video that is mostly dedicated to peace and happiness at the end of 2020, is amazing. Great Videos and I can't wait for 2021.
Cody please open your own store as I am just now watching this video in 2024 and I can’t get a single one of your plushes including but not limited to the German empire plush, the U.S. plush, and the Soviet plush. Thank you, a staunch fan of yours.
In a time of death, war and suffering, both sides came together and celebrated Christmas.
That’s a beautiful thing.✌️🎄
Hanz, what are you talking about? That shell hit you hard huh? Internet? Memes? WW2? We just took Paris! The plan worked! Come celebrate...
I have no clue why, but this makes me feel depressed
God what i would give to end up in that world
@@Ω3103ζ I’d like a few earlier changes, to be honest. Like one where Karl Marx is dropped off on a remote Polynesian island at age 20.
@@gabesteinberg6244 I mean communism would've risen anyways
@@Ω3103ζ silence Kaiserboo
At first I thought this was a shitpost, but then I saw the length and immediately realized just how different everything would've been if it had happened. Kind of sad to think about, if I'm being honest.
The Generals - once they found out about the informal truce - when out of their way to stop it snd get their troops back to fighting.
You’re plushies of generalized nations are more detailed and have more E vibes than any of Vivzipop’s, great job
I’ve watched this video multiple times and idk why but I tear up every time
What if France won the 7 years war? Or Second Mexican Empire succeeded? By the way marry Christmas
no
@@mrjaman3752 Why not?
@@mrjaman3752 shut up
@@elharvey5032
Why should we marry someone named Christmas?
The nicest Battlefield game ever.
Merry Christmas to all of you!
“The infantry doesn’t shoot anymore, just the crazy artillery. The masters make war, they have a quarrel. And the workers, the little men stand and fight. Is that not a great stupidity?” -Hermann Baur, Christmas of 1914
Idea for a video: what if France attacked from the Maginot in 1939? What if France intervened in the Rhineland remilitarization? What if France stopped the Blitzkrieg?
We get one from Monsieur Z and another from Alternate History Hub man I love December
The Iron Dice did a great podcast on how sailors refused to go on a suicide mission at the end of the war and the revolution that ensues afterwards establishing a republic. It's a lot like the second option.
"Our xmas in the trenches our xmas far from home" - Sabaton
I could imagine every 5 years, large scale but short and decisive wars, that end with the exchange of a colony or 2.
Merry Christmas Cody.
Anyone else who came back here after hearing Sabaton's song about the Christmas Truce?
Me
The idea that France would quit without Alsace and Lorraine is beyond fantasy
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE
Let’s have Christmas and not fight a war :)
The plush begining honestly made me tear up
This is one of the few times when peace actually truly existed not by ending of war but by unity and hopefulness
"There have been some subversive mutterings amongst the men. You'll recall the French army last year at Verdun, where the top echelons suffered from horrendous uprisings from the bottom."
"Yes sir, but surely that was traced to a shipment of garlic éclairs."
"Just so borders won't change." So nothing has changed then?
*Borders in foreign continents.
What a gross oversimplification, fighting for your nations land can't just be boiled down "lol border on map go brr"
@@rrai1999 Your right that's why the Europeans should help Kurdistan exist and not go "lol border on map go brr" like they are now.
P.S. My point was the Europeans hate positive map change too not just getting invaded by the Russians.
Well, borders _have_ changed a lot.
As soon as I clicked on this an advert with the tune "Last Christmas" played lol
Perfect time for the algorithm to recommend it just turned Christmas
The beginning of the video was so sweet when I saw the the German military thing I thought it was going to be the end but no the German was just going to give America a gift and America gave Germany a gift and I just wanted to cry the music was so calming after that and just a great introduction to a great video and a great advertisement for your merch
Posted 22 seconds ago, I feel accomplished in life now
Mr. Z has got to be hacking Cody's computer to find these things lol
Mr.Z is an actual Facist, racist, and homophobe, by the way. No bullshit, I mean it.
@@jakespacepiratee3740 why tho
@@jakespacepiratee3740 really? So how'd you find it out.
I've heard he is alt right, not sure tho
@@pinklasagna8328 well if we asume he's french it makes sense.
Well technically the war did end by Christmas, we just didn’t tell you which one.
W
Treat everyone and everyday like it’s Christmas, joy to the world 🎅🏻🎄⛄️❄️❄️❄️
being different is not a reason why conflicts happens.
One of the Best moments during the worst war in human history🥺
Ww2 says otherwise
@@justasnoop2309 ww2 didn't have any moments like this.
@@justasnoop2309 WW1 was the worst, because without WW1 there is no WW2.
Why everyone forgots Bulgaria when talking about the central powers...when even Germany said Bulgaria flight the greatest from all thier Allie's...
Cuz it joined the war in October 1915?
@@______608 yes but like Ottoman didn't join from the start too and in the kaiserreich videos he talked all others but not and for bulgaria even saying one word or showing it with the central powers like it never happened
Imagine falling for the ol’ “you’ll be home by Christmas” trick
They plaque will be over by Christmas they said
Imagine? Just ask anyone that was in vietnam 😂
@@chocolateman1 and now it’s gonna last til next Christmas smh.
I remember learning about the truce back in early history class and genuinely didn't believe it. I remember asking my teacher how they could go back to killing each other after that. Dont remember what they told me though
Late to this party, but if Fritz Haber had not come up with an industrial process to produce nitrate fertilizers, the war would have been over by Christmas from the simple lack of explosives available to the Central Powers. The Allies would still have access to the mountains of bird dung on the island of Guano, so the Central Powers are forced to negotiate a peace while they are still able to fight.
The world had so much potential to be a better place.
It still does.
It is too late now global economy is collapsing .we gonna see another war soon .But I hope for peace😭
Well, as a realist, the future is unpredictable, but they atleast we have cats, and that enough for me :)
0:21 ww1 had ended by Christmas
This was brought to you by Santa, America and the German empire
12:54 as a person who lives in germany that got me lol.
This alternative scenario was very very interesting and Merry Christmas Cody!
This was supposed to be wholesome, but now you just made the war so much more tragic.
It literally didn’t need to be as bad as it was.