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/ ➞ SUBSCRIBE for more Sabaton: sabat.one/UA-cam ➞ MERCHANDISE Official Store: sabat.one/ytdshop
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.
@@ayiza8511it’s no wonder that those in command didn’t want this truce to take place. It would be a serious complicating factor in the fighting morale of the troops.
@@ayiza8511 its war they have to follow there supperiors but this one moment of peace was more then enough to make these men remember what they fight for and why before god took them home
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.
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
@@APersonOnUA-camX 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...
“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
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!
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.
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?
@@Mel-rj3tj They didn't. Some of them were executed, some, dishonorably discharged, and some others just moved around, but the people on those fronts weren't the same. As for the first part of your comment... I'm sorry to be the one to tell you, if you really believe that, you know very little of history.
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
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. . .
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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....
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.
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.
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
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!
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
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.
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.
My autistic 10yo isn't into music, but came across this video while hyper focusing on World War 1 and 2. They love your music and have found a love for Scandinavian metal music. Thank you 🎶 😃
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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 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!
It is hard to believe such miracles can happen, soldiers of both sides, joining side to side to eachother to celebrate holiday. 1 second they were killing eachother, other second cherting together. It is horrifying that after truce they went back to killing eachother.
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.
A time where a true miracle happened that shows if we would take time to talk to one another to find common ground war would not be necessary or needed 😢
*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.*
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.
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.
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
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".
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.
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 🎄❤️🤘
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!!!
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.
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.
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”
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.
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!
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.
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!
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 !
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"
Hard to keep a dry eye. This goes out to all those combat military fighting in foreign lands for politicians who are at home feasting with their families. Sabaton remains my favorite metal band of all time.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
My Great Grandpa was there on the day of the Christmas Truth, he has passed down to his kids (then onto me) that this was the day he realised that not everyone was the enemy. He understood that everyone just wanted to be back home and be with their families.
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.
The same happened occasionally on Eastern front during 1917 Russian revolution... Something can unite people, and that is believing in humanity and better tomorrow!
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.
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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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We are all brother's
No America
No India
No Russia
No china
Only sabaton fans
Looks like my holiday play list is warming up :)
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.
I've heard this story from those who where there passed down, you do it justice
The combo from Sabaton and Yarn Hub is solid gold
Like a perfect match
yup
Too oh perfect
I think you mean platinum
Covered in molten platinum
Just now I realized, this was one of the greatest moments in human history.
Up there with the fall of the Iron curtain, agreed
Not really this makes me sad. 😢after Christmas these same men blew up and murdered each other.
@@ayiza8511 actually! This ones had to be re ubícated or dissmised from duty because they refused to fight again the next days
@@ayiza8511it’s no wonder that those in command didn’t want this truce to take place. It would be a serious complicating factor in the fighting morale of the troops.
@@ayiza8511 its war they have to follow there supperiors but this one moment of peace was more then enough to make these men remember what they fight for and why before god took them home
Sabaton is sometimes the only reason I’m passing history…
Guess the memes were correct of Sabaton being more effective than history lessons.
Tru
New sabaton song equal to new leson
Minecraft got me through Java in college.
Sabaton was the reason I took history major
6:38 give a medal to whoever kicked that ball.
The thing that's even funnier about that is that guy was Hitler that they ended up hitting with the ball
@@Spearofinamorata Hitler did say that he hated this happened and refuse to take part in it.
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.
@@Spearofinamorata I know. That's why the guy who kicked the ball deserves a medal. He hit Hitler in the head.
Also the British Soldier that kicked it out of his trench into the other.
It is sad that no one who participated in this event never heard this song.
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.
They did. In other place, but they did
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
@@the24thcolossusjustchillin39 the most tragic part is most of these guys probably perished
@@APersonOnUA-camX 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...
"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
“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
'War is young men dying and old men talking' - Franklin D. Roosevelt
for me its: "when we celebrated christmas we thought about our friends, those who never made it home when the battle had commenced."
It makes me feel like the ww1 thing was horrible
I think this verse is true of every war. or rather the soldiers asking why we fought during and after words.
My Christmas wish is that these videos get popular enough to animate Sabaton's entire library. 🎄💚
🤞same.
Same
That's a long long long list
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
@@padilla2828let's hope!
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!
It's great to read that, thank you very much
Diamond? It's at least Tanzanite! Only found in one place on earth!
No, it's tungsten!
Nah its osmium, aka, the heaviest metal
@@Torsionofthyballs Ah, I see what you did there. Nice
Inspiring and heartbreaking story, a day of peace in 4 yeras of absolute carnage
Atleast the story lives on forever!
Didn't quite expect nordern here. Nice to see ya mate
Oi fatbald, glad to see you here
You...
Wait... I know you.
Snazzy...
This was really well done. I love what you guys do!!!
Nice to see you here Elizabeth!
Would be great if you do No Bullets Fly animated story, it's really touching as well
@@damianvc31 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.
@@Bazerald777
I suggested it because she did a couple of Sabaton reactions already. She doesn't comment just about the music.
Yarnhub is the UA-camr that made this video.
Elizabeth is my UA-cam crush and I'm so happy to see you here ❤️ have a great day!
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.
@James Cheddar A tragedy all around.
just because a terrorist shot a racist, 20 million lost their lives in a political game
I wish you a good day
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?
@@Mel-rj3tj They didn't. Some of them were executed, some, dishonorably discharged, and some others just moved around, but the people on those fronts weren't the same.
As for the first part of your comment... I'm sorry to be the one to tell you, if you really believe that, you know very little of history.
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
Thank you indeed!
So, yarnhub are basically fully fledged members of sabaton at this point!
I'm counting Tina Guo and every member of Amaranthe too.
Don't forget Floor and Indy.
And what about Radio Tapok?
@@crashlanded2327 yes
@@kevinramsey417 and the members of Apocalyptica too?
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. . .
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
would not expect to see caesar zeppeli here
Lol
It's been a really long while, since I cried during a history lesson...
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.
Allies or axis it doesn’t matter merry Christmas old chaps
I love that they added in that bit about Hitler being a real stick in the mud. It's great.
Hitler really does ruin everything haha 😆
Typical bloody hitler, always the spoilsport
Hitler was actually at the Christmas Truce and hated it. So as always the only historically inaccurate parts are the band's haircuts.
@@rasungod0 Theres no evidence of him ever being there but there are witnesses who say he disliked it when it was brought up.
@@rethla well, there were. Sad that all veterans are long gone now over 100 years later
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.
They were shipped to different places because they refused to fight each other
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.
In the official music video he also makes an acoustic guitar sound like an electric😆
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.
Their colonies: ☹️
Si bien dit
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.
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....
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.
If only the war had ended after Christmas... Maybe in some other timeline they got the good ending
😓
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.
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
Not the only time, but certainly one of the best
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!
The fact that I found this comment when that part of the song was playing.
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
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.
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.
As the saying goes, "Nobody hates war more than the warriors." Things like this are amazing.
How is it that only Sabaton songs and/or animations can make 40year old grumpy, grownup man to shivers and have a few tears.
We are so glad to read this 😉
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.
It's a good movie, i like it to, but it's not very historical correct, Woman on the battlefield and so on.
The History Channel documentary, "The Christmas Truce", is good as well, also "Days That Shook The World: The Christmas Truce" too.
@@Hardrock1911 The History Channel documentary, "The Christmas Truce", is good as well, also "Days That Shook The World: The Christmas Truce" too.
Who directed it? I'm sure there's more than one movie named Joyeux Noël out there...
Not the true meaning of christmas, but a great movie
My autistic 10yo isn't into music, but came across this video while hyper focusing on World War 1 and 2. They love your music and have found a love for Scandinavian metal music. Thank you 🎶 😃
Thanks for sharing this indeed! 🤘
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.
I really love this song. I've listened to it several times since it released.
Thank you!
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.
I'm pretty sure people from both sides had to be changed since they didn't want to fight after the truce
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.
It sadly is something we have a word for, fraternization with the enemy, and its normally reprimanded, esp. after christmas truce....
A lot of them refused to fight afterwards.
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.
I have bad PTSD. But this gives me so much peace. Thank you. Merry Christmas.
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.
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.
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.
A lot of the men refused to continue fighting and were transferred or even killed by their superiors.
I cried manly tears. No more wars of brothers. Merry Christmas to all my english, french and scothis mates. Greetings from germany
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!
From women flying to men playing soccer thanks sabaton for this journey through time.. we remember those 🎗️
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!)
You're father is a legend
@@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!
@@mikewhicker9771 THEY ARE THE PANZER ELITE
Snoopys Christmas is also pretty decent and was my favourite until I heard this song
@@tacogod968 think I know that 1. Royal guardsmen? Or am I getting my snoopy songs mixed up?
It is hard to believe such miracles can happen, soldiers of both sides, joining side to side to eachother to celebrate holiday.
1 second they were killing eachother, other second cherting together. It is horrifying that after truce they went back to killing eachother.
Love the detail of Hitler refusing to partake, just as in real life, and finding it all so ridiculous.
Wait what? I didn't think Hitler was at the Christmas Truce
Hitler really does ruin everything 😆
@@LordVader1094 hitler was a corporal and he hated the truce
i lol'd when he got hit by the soccerball
@@cabalkane4273 Same. SCORE!
This song makes me tear up,the truce was the only light moment in a never ending war
Yeah, that’s why I love Christmas
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.
A time where a true miracle happened that shows if we would take time to talk to one another to find common ground war would not be necessary or needed 😢
Truly a wonderful Christmas gift from Sabaton
Yarnhub and sabaton should do a remake of every sabaton song ever. Love both of yall!
*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.*
Austria-Hungary and Russia celebrated Christmas at different dates lol
December 25th, 1914 was not a quiet day in the east
This will always be the most beautiful Christmas story ever told! 🎄
Hitler being bitter about the christmas truce is the funniest thing to me for no reason
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.
Maybe he got jealous lol
He was there and he did hate it, that is historically documented.
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.
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.
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
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".
Sabaton + football + friendship = The Best Christmas gift. Thanks!!
In such horrendous situation, humanity's capability for good still shines through. Thank you guys, and merry christmas. Greetings from Chile.
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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.
I was smiling during the whole thing, but I visibly started laughing when I saw Hitler being a scrooge.
If this song doesn't become a classic, then the music scene is truly stagnant. This song moved into my top 20. Honest!!
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 🎄❤️🤘
Nothing, not even war can destroy Christmas
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!!!
Так пусть же 25 декабря станет днём, когда все народы будут едины))
What do Russians think about the relations between Russia and Ukraine? What would you say to a Russian attack on Ukraine?
@@0000-z4z No, I will think that this is some kind of bullshit
thank you
thank you
PLOT TWIST: Sabaton invented a time machine and all the woierd events in history like this one is them creating the basis for a new song.
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.
As soon as I saw Joakim playing in the trenches in the original video, I wanted to see Sabaton and TSO play together...
@@BaronSengir1008 That would be extremely epic!
Yes
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.
Why does it make me cry? Because it is so heartbreaking!
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.
@@GremlinHunter Yep, the Russian Orthodox Christmas is in January, I believe
@@LordVader1094 Yeah and they also attempted an Easter Truce I do believe? Don't quote me on that though.
This is probably my favorite Sabaton song because it helps remind that there’s still some hope for humanity
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”
I've only been waiting ages for this animation! The Truce is such a beautiful moment! I'm tearing up just in the intro
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.
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!
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.
I have listened to this song so many times now, but EVERY single time it gives me goosebumps... love it man, love it
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.
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.
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!
Саббатон,какие же вы молодцы парни! С благодарностью из России!
Присоединяюсь из Украины.
Абсолютно солидарен с вами из Беларуси)
Я тоже русский и от меня тоже благодарность Сабатону. Это наверняка будет лучший подарок к Новому 2022 Году!
Привет из Техаса, надеюсь, у тебя отличное Рождество я использую гугл, чтобы говорить
Согласен, из России.
6:15 oh how that German soldier would remember that seemingly random stick in the mud for the years to come
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 !
Yes that is who that is.
Yes. It is reported that he was there for this.....and he HATED it.
@@texasarbiter8454
The detail in Yarnhubs animation is awesome!
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"
@@thenexus8384
Angry mustache man was even an Idiot before he was into politics. What a suprise !
Hard to keep a dry eye. This goes out to all those combat military fighting in foreign lands for politicians who are at home feasting with their families. Sabaton remains my favorite metal band of all time.
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
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.
Это просто великолепное исполнение! История грустная ,но Рождественски красивая!
хе-хе кошка
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
I've been waiting another one of these! Night Witches and No Bullets Fly were awesome!
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.
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
Merry Christmas All, today on the 109th Anniversary of this historical event
all jokes aside this is the most emotional music and historical moment a true man can cry to this song with no shame.
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.
Atemberaubend, einmalig wunderschön ❤❤❤ Wünsche auch JEDEM ein tolles Weihnachtsfest 🌲⛄❄
Danke dir auch. Ich hoffe man sieht sich kommendes Jahr auf einem der Sabaton Konzerte. Grüße aus der Friedensstadt Osnabrück
Fröliche Weinacht🎄
@@SaschaDBrickman DankE :))
@@scottklocke891Danke / Thank U so much :)
@@SaschaDBrickman Es wird keine geben unser nazi-staat wird es eneut verbieten wie die letzten jahre
4:18 I bet it's no coincidence this guy bares a striking resemblance to the Medic from TF2
That was exactly what i was thinking!
This is awesome! Merry Christmas Sabatonians. Much love from Canada
I love how Hannes acts like a ghost in the trenches (if you know you know), dashing across the screen mysteriously to play football.
Ha, I see what you did there 😏 👏 😉
SRETAN I BLAGOSLOVLJEN BOŽIĆ SVIMA
My Great Grandpa was there on the day of the Christmas Truth, he has passed down to his kids (then onto me) that this was the day he realised that not everyone was the enemy. He understood that everyone just wanted to be back home and be with their families.
Wonderful. Touching story. Greetings from Poland. Merry Christmas and happy New Year for all Sabaton's family 😁
Thank you, Sabaton, Kamila super
I don't know why, but the story of The Christmas Truce always makes me emotional
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.
The same happened occasionally on Eastern front during 1917 Russian revolution...
Something can unite people, and that is believing in humanity and better tomorrow!
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.
Maybe that's the reason none of them where executed. Both sides needed them.
I was sharing with my wife this song and telling her about it through tears. Guys, this was beautiful.