A Truce To Remember
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- Опубліковано 27 гру 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) - Фільми й анімація
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
This was beautiful
Also what y'all got for Christmas?
I can say I got some lottery ticket that's it.
@@KangradGenral I got something called clothes and socks
@@KangradGenral me too I won a million bucks off it
@@KangradGenral I got a bunch of gift cards, plus a few books.
They said it would be over by Christmas, they just didn’t tell them that it would be the Christmas in four years
You have a great taste in videos and can't wait for "I think I know you" and the "your everywhere" comments to start flooding in.
Me: No no, he's got a point
I've seen a comment like this in AlternateHistoryHub lol
Why do I see you eveywhere
He is god of comments
If only it could have lasted forever
Yes
It would have been a very beautiful ending to the First World War. I'm surprised I haven't seen uchronias where that happens.
Like my comment comrade
Well this was war after all. Even if the troops didn't fight I don't think they would have a chance at peace
@@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
This is just so wholesome.
And the fact that they had to send the troops to different fronts after this cause they didn’t want to fight is just even more wholesome.
no they didnt send em home, they sent them to different fronts
@@richardgaming_xd4747 oh. I’ll fix that.
"oh. Ill fix that"
3 weeks...
@@somebodyyoudontknow9702 yeah sorry I forgot I’ll change it now
@@kasperducky6065 lol😂
No other countryball animation has made me cry.
Me too man :(
Same😭😭😭💔💔💔
You're emotionally weak we noticed.
"I just ran out of ink, I didn't expect a truce"
- Klaus
Just out of curiosity, was his name actually Klaus?
That must be one of the most epic coincidences ever.
@@elqueobserva7663 Yes, the other guys clearly called him Klaus
Klaus was such a cool general
@@aydenchan4459 just searched a German named Klaus he was a Liutenant
@@agente7202 told ya
“Bulgaria available in 1915”
Yes. It was common knowledge back then. Clearly.
Historically Accurate
I have eyes
I am from Bulgaria
He just sleeping in his bed hr wakes up next year
Sometimes enemies can just be friends 🇬🇧🤝🇩🇪
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
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.
Soldiers: **come alike and celebrate Christmas**
Generals: *REEEEEEEEEE*
Soliders: *having a blast*
Generals: *DAS WAS EIN BEFEHL!*
@@definitelynotjames hi what does befehl mean, i only know the "das was ein" part
@@mswijn It means "command" or "order"
@@mswijn Das war ein befehl translates to that was an order
@@definitelynotjames *DER ANGRIFF STEINERS WAR EIN BEFEHL!*
This is actually how wars should end.
“Peace was always an option”
Yes
Yes I agree
True, but also no wars should be started whatsoever
@@PavltheRobot Exactly 😌
@@makotonaegi9562 tell em naegi
Fun fact: During the night, many soldiers were crying because all the friends they made that day, would be found dead the next day
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...
@@enzosrandomsmany were moved to different sections of the Front to my knowledge
"In the enemy, there is still humanity"
-wise man
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.
I don’t blame you
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.
Oi mate! No swearing in this Christian country all server!
Countryball*
What pains me is that most of these people probably ended up killing each other the next day.
Germans protecc
Germans attac
But most importantly
Germans bring snacc
Hell yea
nice
Lol
Yes. Thats indeed true. And we have a looot of it.
Wise words
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
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.
THIS VIDEO IS SO CUTE😢❤
I AM LITERALLY CRYING INSIDE OF MY SOUL😭😊😊
Generals: It's war
*_Christmas has joined the game_*
*_Generals has left the game_*
nice one
Meanwhile, in a Christmas server:
*Generals have joined the game*
:v
generals have banned...
Just imagine that Belgium won the football match against Germany. *Score: Germany 2:7 Belgium*
1914 A Truce To Remember.
1941 A Truce To Forget.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
@@YoshiMarioGamez beep beep beep
İts poetry it ryhems
Confused
Hmm
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.
The friendship will never ends. 💪🇩🇪🇬🇧
"Hey General?"
"Yeeeee?"
"Are the troops supposed to be greeting and having fun with the enemy?"
"Say sike right now"
Sike... on the Eastern front
Lol Heres some German Candy and I'll be leaving
*artillery fires*
sike
Siiike
I can see everyone talking about how touching this was but no one is talking about how fucken amazing the animation was
Both
Ikr
1k like its an honor
Yea
That is basic Kaliningrad's animation. He know how to make some high tier animations with countryballs.
There are tears coming out of my eyes beacuse of this friendship makes me cry 🇩🇪❤️🇬🇧 WW1
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.
"Never thought I'd celebrate Christmas with the enemy"
"How about a friend"
"Aye, I could do that"
Ah, I see you’re a man of culture as well.
@@a_yan6581 he is
Лоль ауе
AHHH!! I remember the quote, but from where?
@@joshbosh7018 Lord of the Rings
The creator: I’m going to use eyes as emotions.
Austria Hungary: *What are emotions*
Lol 😂
@Tobi. exactly
@Mayonaise ngl nazi germany and then a :D is the most cursed thing ever
@Mayonaise only the coolest of people wear eyepatches
Austria-hungary wears 2
@䭯俺崢拍鄘重欭庠怍岬 he has his eyes hiding behind his symbols
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.
Even in the darkness, humanity will still shine through
*"Old men declare war, But it is the Youth that must die."*
That’s very sad.
Cod 2 flashbacks*
Sadly
@@Demonetization_Symbol
I am looking to start a UA-cam channel
Pls stay away from me
Also very true Abraham Lincoln
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.
I love how he can explains that Bulgarians were not at war.
@@fettegurke2447 it's literally said in the video
@@Ciechan-96- eee
@@fettegurke2447 2:07 look at the sign above Turkey
Sign is in 2:08
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"*
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.
I'm from the uk, England!
If i could live anywhere, I'd live in Germany if could :)
The Christmas Truce is heartwarming and the "happy holidays" make me cry
I'm not crying, it's just that sometimes, when I'm sad, *WATER, COMES OUT OF MY EYES*
Oversimplified xD
Oversimplified?
Looool oversimplified Meme
Lol malaysian mata berpeluh
U forgot the sometimes
Everyone: *Smiles*
Austria-Hungary: *Bobs head*
sadly austria-hungary has no eyes
@@savage_aly8752 But y tho
@@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
@@moisesmartin25 True, cuz the flag has the 2 crowns , so there are no eye spots
It's too bad Austria-Hungary doesn't have eyes. He'd be able to see what was going on if he did.
"Even though we’re enemies, we’re still humans"
-WW1 soldiers
I'm not crying. You are
German soldier: I want a pe-
British soldier: *So you have chosen a truce*
Underrated
Heheheh 69
Lol
Ah yes a man of culture i see
Hitler did not like the truce
All: *switch to happy eyes*
Austria-Hungary: Am I a joke to you?
@• No, It's an eye patch.
@@officialguest3398 yes austria-hungary doesn't have eyes because of the eyepatches, for the 2 crowns resemble the eye spots
I really wonder how Austria-Hungary ball lost his eyes.
@@adankmeme651 back in the neopolianic war...
@@Krieg_Sherren oh ok
Soldiers aren't enemy, their leader is the enemy.
The best truce in history. It honestly so wholesome
"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."
I think wars were partly symbolic back then and they were kinda done with sitting in trench’s
I respect that.
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
Dr.who, I loved this episode, cried when Capaldi regenerated
@@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.
Western front truces: *Celebrating christmass*
Eastern front truces: *Trying not to get eaten by wolves storming the trenches*
XDD
Heh...
Wrong, it's: *Fucking blood everywhere*
Lol
Ottoman Front: *truce.exe not found*
Bro france was like:
"You guys invade my country and PARTY TOGETHER??"
It was only for a day
Germans and the British: playing football and giving gifts
Every other front: *Screams and gunshots*
Meanwhile in slavic countries: People dies for Hunger, Germans,Russians,epidemic, cold,coatings and in curfews
@@kubamagdalinski5133 Sad But True
Not really there were limited truces on the Easten front also
@@savage_aly8752 HEY! IM YOUR LIFE IM THE ONE THAT TAKES YOU THERE
@@kristiankonev5190 WTF?!
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
Indeed my friend. Indeed.
What makes you a good demoman?
IF I WAS A BAD DEMO MAN I WOULDNT BE SITTIN HERE CRYIN ME ARSE OFF TO THIS SAD FILM lol
Good that they didn't had fight each other next day as they were all replaced
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
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.
This video got me crying,jumping,screaming,smiling, strolling, running, rumbling
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.
Well said! 👏
ah i just wanna cry...
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.
Idk why but this reminds me of Battlefield 1 campaign
@@kiboma4209 there's a sad thing that the leaders of both sides forced them to fight eachother after Christmas :(
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"
I expected him to do the same , of course that guy didn't even think enemies are humans
Oh,what a surprise lmao.
Oh I know that Hitler guy
Her-
@@nickolaithewolf3822 Petition to change himself to herself signed
The german with the gift is just so cute lmao
This feels like an animation plus a movie I wonder if people started animating these this is perfection
"All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal"
-John Steinbeck
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
Truly a depressing time to spread depressing vibes
Killing each other only makes us fall behind in the race against the beasts that may exist in the great void of the cosmos.
One of the most intelligent quotes of all time
Meanwhile a truce between German and Russian troops occurred when both armies were attacked by a huge pack of wolves
Did that happen. Im too lazy to search it up.
@@cauli5305 also too lazy to prove,but I think it did
@@dominiklehn2866 what. Being lazy is in my blood. I'm from Montenegro after all
@@cauli5305 Yes it happened.
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 😉
Also I love your animations Kaliningrad!
SO NICEEE
Forget about all of those chirstmas movies, this is a masterpiece.
Agreed
Truly it is because of war is the most chaotic time of the year
True
Yes
I'll 100% agree
The original "How it should have Ended."
If only
Putting this on loop makes this infinitely better
Beautiful
My great grandfather was in this and he met a British soldier and the saw each other after the war its heartwarming
Why am I crying?🥹🥹
So wholesome!
Great! This really is a day to remember, everyone could be brothers if they had the same uniform
@@V1ncenz010 yeah
🧢
Oh my gosh; that’s so wholesome!
This unironically almost makes me cry every time I watch it.
It's so heartwarming that even tho they were enemies they did this, I just read an article about it and it made me fuckin' cry
Makes me cry becouse it acualy happend, imagine if you were there, whats going thrue there minds etc.
And remember what folowed.
The real heartbreaking part is that the war would go on for 3 more years.
damn it its so heart wrenching
Well it is based off something that happened in real life so I think it should touch everyone's hearts. It's probably the last time until the modern day where these nations could share a moment of friendship and peace together.
Congrats, you made water come out of my eyes…
This is heartwarming 😭💗
This sad animation truely fits 2020......Its so lovely
“You took the ball off me! That’s illegal!”
“Nein”
*and the war continued*
Lmao
@Urinated Kondom 🇬🇧 wtf
@@toast697 Urinated Kingdom lol *boom sound effect with extra reverb*
@@toast697 Lol why?
The Christmas Truce of 1914 is the true meaning of humanity.
Quite right mate. Quite right.
+ Gallipoli campaign...
@@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.
the voices are perfect and the animation is just one of the greatest things i have seen
This shows that peace is possible, great job Kangrad
The guys who dislike this are the stupid generals who told them to keep fighting
Yeh
Execute the Generals
@@PrivateMcPrivate Yes all 174 of them
This is true ya
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
"You know what? This krieg ist so lame. Christmas Truce is best."
Giving German candy is the thing now you know.
So if you excuse me, I must-
@@snowy9598 British: *gives chocolate*
You talk too much, friend
@@danielk5489 Germany: YeaY
"My friendship with krieg has ended, Christmas Truce ist my new best freund"
Soviet Union: Hands Vodka To Germany
You Talk Too Much Kraut
"It's enough to make a grown man cry, and that's okay."
beautiful ❤️❤️
I love how the name of the German who gave the gift to the British is "Klaus"
Edit: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
XD
That's a nice name
He might be Santa Claus disguised as a German soldier.
I hate it.
@@y5fireflyschannel384 that might be true
Truly, this is the best of the History Christmas Specials.
👏 yes
Hi Monsieur Z how's Christmas
@@chimeraiscool I had a good Christmas, how about yourself?
Monsieur Z, have a happy new year!
Derr Herr, have a marry Christmas and a happy new year.
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.
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.
It was so wholesome, historians at the time did not believe this, but after years later, it was confirmed that it actually happen
I guess the letters the soldiers wrote to their families about this weren’t enough to convince them
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*
I have attack On Titan but its 2020 in my channel,i hope can serve you:)
Yes comrade.
@@mediaarea7175 Can you stop saying you have attack on titan, mate
Imagine it is war but nobody comes
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
I love it 😭
It's so beautiful
This is really wholesome, i love this
Solders: vibein and having a good time
Generals: wait that’s illegal
It is
@Jamie Treanor was that a oversimplified line
@@germanempire7977 Yes It Is
@@grodeutschland762 Dude, he knows it’s from oversimplified that’s why he used it.
@@spicyleaves8876 oh ok
i just cried to circles playing soccer together
U soft
Same
Football*
@Der Minderheitenjäger Look Americans call it soccer not all people from different countries call it football
@@OperatorFritz I mean.. every country in the world calls it football, but in theirs own language of course.
Portuguese: Futebol
Spanish: Fútbol
German: Fußball
And so on..
The happiest thing is that they are soldiers who have devoted themselves to their country and I am very touched by that.
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
Its ww1 though
If klaus never ran out of ink this would be lost in history
Glad he did then!
If Friedrich had ink, this would be lost in history
Literally lost...
But thanks heavens that didn't happen
Hi
Very accurat
Lets be honest, We all watched this more than once.
Ja
Ja
Ja
Ja
Ja
this made my day man ty!
This genuinely makes me smile.
Creator: Uses eyes for emotions.
Austria-Hungary: *I have no such weakness.*
Lol
More like: *I have no such emotions*
Adolf Hitler
Hey AdventureGaming I watch your vids ima fan didn't know I'll see you here
@@anormalperson1188 i live in the shadows of the world wars
Christmas in WW1: Everyone laid down their weapons and plays together
Christmas in WW2: BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
And Sabaton sings
'INTO THE MOTHERLAND THE GERMAN ARMY MARCH!'
"GOTT IM HIMMEL THIS PLACE IS A FICKEN WASTELAND! DU BASTARDS LIVE HERE?"
"Da."
"Oi Hans, Karl, let us invade this arsche of a city filled with dummkopfs"
"нет"
I could picture America just coming in and killing everyone
@@NewRepublic4137 what's the Song called? I wanna listen
This is so happy it makes me cry
"There's nothing good in the war, in the start of it, but in the end"
- sun tzu
166 people: *In terms of feelings, we don’t have any feelings.*
They might be the general in that day
204 now sad
214
@@atifarabi4167 or Hitler.
@@obi-nd3th 218
English Commander: why our troops not attacking?
English soldier who get out of bunker First: "sorry chesko but he gave me some nice candy"
česko*
woah is that a reference
"ДА"
Lol
@@weskerposting č is replaced with ch when it is not available in a keyboard
this is the most wholesome WW video i have seen 😭😭
This is so awesome made i love it!
Fun fact: after, the troops had to be swapped to other areas because they refused to fight each other
Is that really true ?
@@nologichere8764 I dont think so.
@@nobodythenothingian It is, many troops along the western front refused to take orders and fight against the "enemy" since they knew them
Honestly, despite them only knowing one another for what, a few minutes / hours it makes sense, everyone had to have been tired of fighting given what the horrors of war beings to the people who are caught in it.
So yeah, I'd say this is true, cause who'd want to fight new allies despite being completely different from the other side?
and more than 90% of the soldiers who celebrated christmas at 1914 together was dead at december 1915
"Vive la Frankreich!"
What a cute German twist to an iconic French phrase.
Frank
Wesh
@III Raich pk tu t'appeles comme sa je parle pas au lache victimes allemand
@@bleachigo783 mit den feigen deutschen?
aufgeber
Bro! made my tears fell down😢
That is the time when real Men cry