This is a true story. The most historic soccer game ever recorded. Late on Christmas Eve 1914,British soldiers heard German troops in the trenches opposite them singing carols and patriotic songs and saw lanterns and small fir trees along their trenches. Messages began to be shouted between the trenches. The following day, British,French and German soldiers met in no man's land and exchanged gifts, took photographs and some played impromptu games of football. They also buried casualties and repaired trenches and dugouts. . The truce lasted for two days,and when the superior officers arrived and saw what was ging on on all sides the soldiers were severely punished. Some ran away not wanting to continue to years long fighting. Some others were transfered out and the rest were shot right there for refusing the orders to continue the battle. They hadnt wanted to kill those they had met.
It happened up and down the front, with the length of the truce and what it entailed varying pretty wildly (some were just a couple hours long, and meant only to collect the wounded and dead), but by god were there some beautiful ones. I remember one of them being described in a letter home from a soldier who'd both took part in it and was still stationed at the same battlefield (writing home about it ~2 days afterward). When someone who has been stuck living in frozen ground, surrounded by rats, disease, and death ends a letter with "I wouldn't have traded it for the best Christmas dinner in England" (paraphrased), you know it was something almost otherworldly to experience. Which also explains why Hitler hated it so much (seriously, he was actually stationed at a point on the front that had something close to what you're describing). He was one of the ones who thought all the Germans being friendly with the enemy were all traitors stabbing Germany in the back by taking part.
A lot of the soldiers did continue fighting but deliberately aimed their guns too high so they would not hit anyone
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Great kudos to both of You for paying tribute to the credits and the entire song. The soldier who was almost killed by the grenade and climbed out of the trenches, is Hannes the drummer and husband of Floor. And the operatic part in the credits was of course sung by Floor.
The singing at the end, like with the end of 1916, is really a 'decompression' time. It gives you some time to process what you saw, heard, and felt, I think.
The cross depicted in the video actually exists. It stands in a field in the woods outside Ypres, Belgium. If memory serves, it was erected as a 50-year-anniversary memorial to the truce that took place on that spot. There were actually several unofficial truces along the front in 1914...watch the Sabaton History Channel for more details on the truces, as well as what happened after.
Nice explanation! Due to this song, when I got to travel to France, I drifted into Belgium, looking for this site. After asking two local people, who were very helpful even though my French is intermediate, I found the cross, and just across the little road is a small field with "trenches" on either side, barbed wire, and lots of soccer balls left at the memorial there. All the war cemeteries are sad. The cemetery here is smaller, with fewer graves, but they are grouped, as if friends were buried together. If you get a chance, this is definitely worth a visit. This following info is on Wikipedia: "The text reads: "1914 - The Khaki Chums Christmas Truce - 1999 - 85 Years - Lest We Forget". The Christmas truce (German: Weihnachtsfrieden; French: Trêve de Noël; Dutch: Kerstbestand) was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front of the First World War around Christmas 1914. "
Your emotion is understandable. When here in Belgrade, Serbia 🇷🇸 they played Last Dying Breath dedicated to the defenders of our city, we and they on stage sang and cried. What a fantastic band. We love them beyond words.
Our lady (Floor) of Nightwish is married to the drummer folks and sings during the credits! Sabaton is the best history teacher in music form out there. The "Fat Electrician" also gives History lessons but he can't sing, comedy is his weapon of choice. Maybe check out a video of his on UA-cam as well? Thank you both for reacting to this song! My lady I cry every time I watch this video!
I can’t understand how anyone can miss hearing that’s it’s Floor..!! Loved your reaction 😍❤️. This video and song always makes me cry, so does ” No bullets fly” and ”Night Witches ”. I just love when someone does something for someone in need just because they can..❤️❤️
Sabaton, masters of storytelling. All their songs are about historical facts and they do it very well. More Sabaton please, songs like Nightwitches, 1916, Great War, The Unkillable Soldier, The Last Stand, Screaming Eagles, Price of A Mile, Swedish Pagans, The Lion From The North are unforgetable songs just to mention a few.
It happened all along the Western Front in 1914. No need to go to the library ;-) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce Sabaton has a way of getting the message through wiht lots of emotion, which I love. They've been doing this for 25 years and there are still many stories left to tell. They have basically become professors of war history through it too 😀All their songs are based on battles, single person heroics or events from WW 2 and back. They don't want to write about war in modern times as historians still work out the who's and why's...They strive for accuracy and never really take sides. They tell the story so it won't be forgotten. Sabaton are Sweden's pride!
A hidden gem in my opinion is Sabatons "The Last Battle", great song telling a crazy story. In short, its about an austrian castle, where french political prisoners are held, so in 1945 American troops, a german officer of the Wehrmacht along with his men and a SS Officer, defend the castle and rescue the prisoners from hardcore SS troops. REALLY recommend you look into this!
A sad quote from a Canadian soldier is that in his diary he had written in the beginning, “Silence, oh the sweet sound of silence…” which is why Sabaton added that part to the beginning, “Silence, oh how I remember the silence.” Another quote he wrote in his diary that got me choked was that he shouted out to the battlefield, “Meryy Christmas,” the final word he wrote was, “But no one was feeling Merry.”
One little detail that scrolls by in the credits so quickly 99% of reactors don't see it the first time (neither did I): That angelic opera soprano singing over the credits.... guess who! Hint: Her husband is the first soldier out of the trenches with his hands in the air. Great reaction! Love you guys' channel.
Fun fact...Reactor Julia Nilon one of the few to spot Floor as the singer with certainty without seeing the credits. She got it in about 3 notes. Also Nina Schofield, although she did have to confirm in the credits even tho she caught it
@@eddybulk1992 true. I forgot him. Did have to check credits but I think he was 95 percent before that, Nina maybe only 50 percent, and Julia Nilon in first few notes of the outro got it
Enjoyed your reaction to this amazing work of art. Thank you for watching all the way to the end so you got to hear the beautiful choral vocals of non other than the amazing Floor Jansen of Nightwish (go back and check the credits right after the band to see her credited for them). Floor is married to Sabaton's drummer, Hannes van Dahl, the blond gentleman who is the first to step into no man's land. The piano melody that you loved in the beginning is the same melody as Carol of the Bells but with the notes played in reverse order which makes it more haunting. If you want to delve into the history behind their songs Sabaton has a YT channel called Sabaton History where the historians they work with explain the story behind the songs. This song is about a real event that happened during the first year of WW1. It wasn't an official truce but sprang up spontaneously when the troops in the trenches started singing Christmas carols to each other. The troops then met in no man's land to exchange gifts, share food, play soccer, and in some case held joint burials for dead comrades. Afterwards some troops refused to fire on each other and had to be moved to other spots on the front lines. In subsequent years the Generals gave orders to prohibit a repeat of the truce to avoid similar problems. As a veteran myself, I really connect with this song emotionally because Sabaton has perfectly captured the brotherhood of arms that all military people share, even with our enemies at times. If my eyes aren't leaking by the end when Floor's soaring vocals come in at the end then I will definitely lose it. I saw them in concert a few years ago with Epica and they are phenomenal live. When they played this song and they got to the part where the music drops away and there is just the chorus of "Today we are all brothers, Today we are all friends." the whole audience was singing at the top of their lungs and it was very beautiful.
Fun fact: they gifted each other chocolate, cigarettes, coffee (huge luxuries) , canned food , bread and shared it together. They would even write their addresses to each other. So perhaps after the war they could visit each other countries and go to their place to have tea and be friends. They kept those letters close , never to forget a foreign friend they made. After the truce both sides were separated and had to be moved elsewhere because they refused to fight. Don’t forget most were just kids. 13-19 year olds. In fact, during this event it was a 16 year old German soldier who yelled out in broken English. “Merry Christmas!” And the first to stand up. To greet another similar age British soldier There were similar situations during ww2. Silent night 2002 , a movie really good
Yes, that's a great film. I also got a book, Silent Night, the Story of the 1914 Christmas Truce. I got to the part where the truce began. Can't bear to finish the book and read what happened when the soldiers were ordered to resume fighting. I hate that ever since then, on Christmas Day, commanders order shelling and attacks to keep people from celebrating Christmas.
Such an epic and emotional song. Whenever a non-metal fan says to me that metal is just people screaming over the top of wailing guitars, I get them to listen to this. Just so awesome. Great reaction. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Australia 🤘🇦🇺
When the war started in august 1914, the soldiers were told that they would be back home before Christmas. Hence the unofficial truce between the French/British and the Germans. For the anecdote there was no truce in 1915 and the years later.
Trenches created were as period, as well as the uniforms. So many very young men (some less than 18 years of age) who would rather play with each other thank fight. Proves the futility and senselessness of war.
While they were still working out their sound, Sabaton watched Saving Private Ryan. They decided that nothing they made up could possibly be more hard-core than actual military history, so they devoted their songs to that. It's great that you found them.
About sad christmassongs: in Finland quite many (most?) of them are sad. Quess we are bit melancholic 😅 When it comes time to check more christmassongs, react to Raskasta Joulua, the way we do it in Finland (turn songs to metal). You will love it ❤
The other song hits ye should hear are The Night Witches (Animated Version), Lady of The Dark (Animated Version), No Bullets Fly (Animated Version), Attack of The Dead Men (Official Version) Talvisota - Winter War (Official Version) and White Death (Official Version)
Fun fact...Reactor Julia Nilon one of the few to spot Floor as the singer with certainty without seeing the credits. She got it in about 3 notes. Tank the Tech also got it after one verse but doubted himself until he confirmed. Nina Schofield got it but not until the end
Gringa got the Floorgasm. Her body knew who sang in the ending credits. ;) Btw, 1914 and WW1, not the French revolution. It was a bit earlier, 1789-1799...
The Christmas Truce of 1914 did happen. But it was not an "organized" or sanctioned event permitted by the higher-ranking officers in the fighting armies. Since it was a spontaneous event, what they did along the front did of course differ, but there are records talking about Christmas carols, exchange of gifts, and some soccer playing. I guess Sabaton pulled it all into one video to really bring forward the importance of the event. The message of that if you remove nationalities, we're all just humans. And showing a little humanity towards each other, despite differences, goes a long way. It can be interesting to know that the following year, and kind of similar actions were looked upon more or less as treason and the penalty was severe. Another song with a similar message is No Bullets Fly (you MUST look at the animated story video). 1916, should you choose to look at that one, is an equally powerful song but with a much sadder message. It is worth checking out the original by Motörhead as well, as it is equally powerful. Lemmy would have been proud to hear Sabatons version. They are quite different, but both are well worth listening to. Important to keep the credits rolling on Sabatons version.
There are so many great Sabaton songs out there, but tou can't go wrong with the animated story video of No Bullets Fly for something that's super emotional but also uplifting. Their cover of Motörhead's 1916 is also really good, if heartwrenching. Some of my other favourites are Soldier of Heaven, The Last Stand, Winged Hussars, To Hell and Back, 82nd All The Way and, on the more amusing side, The Unkillable Soldier. Have fun exploring! =)
my father always say, throwing football in a crowd in an open area and people will start kicking it around. and most likely form 'teams' no matter where you are
Hi guys. On a side note, Koiai dropped a new video, "Come See Me". I wasn't going to recommend it because it is not as heavy as the last one. But the more I listen, the more I love. They are such S-tier musicians, I think it would be worth putting on your list. Take care!
Now. What you do is go to their history channel to learn more about why the song was written about that part of history. You will thank all of us who are telling you to go one step further. Dave south Africa.
While everyone has talked about the actual Christmas Truce and where it happened, Hannes being married to Floor, and Floor singing during the credits, I'll touch on this instead. While Jimmy was saying that this has a middle earth type of vibe/feel to it, jimmy should think about this: raise the first note of Joakim's piano playing up an octave, and you have Carol of the Bells. That was intentionally done, because this is using the same chord structure as Carol of the Bells, except that it goes from the tonic up to the melody, instead of the root note an octave higher, down to the melody. Sabaton worked on this song for years, and stated that they weren't going to release it until they got this right and true to the entire history of one of the most iconic events in world history. They definitely got it right.
If you like Christmas, check out Majestica's A Christmas Carol:). As for Sabaton songs: They are all great! Enjoy this rabbit hole. Some songs that are tragic: "The Final Solution" and "Uprising." Be sure to watch En Livstig I Krig, live at Gothenburg, with both Swedish and English versions. Soldier of Heaven, Father, Attack of the Dead Men: All of these are wonderful. (And also Sabaton Woodstock 2012. Also Sabaton Hellfest 2019, where the wonderful lead singer, Joakim, loses his voice, and the two guitarists, Tommy and Chris, take turns singing. All of their concerts are great:)
You guys should really do some reactions to Tommy Johansson. He's the guitar player in this band and he has his own You Tube channel where he covers other bands songs from Abba to Phantom of the Opera and Queen. His voice is amazing...along with his guitar playing. You wont regret it. I promise
Reminds me of my winter in Bosnia where help never came and we were invited to celebrate Christmas by Muslims. To clarify, we jumped into position to paint targets and prepare a way to enter for others to follow. No one followed and instead the US bombed the shit out of civilian areas and hospitals and left. We were stuck without help, no response and two weeks later the Brits got involved and we were just standing there "we've already done this twice" but at least we got to show them the mass graves and the US took all the credit for everything everyone since Abraham Lincoln ever did as per usual. Not even part of the NATO troops...
I apologize! I made a mistake! Accidentally responded to the wrong post! My previous post is of course nonsense! This information refers to the song “Deutschland” by Rammstein! Sorry!
Maybe somebody wrote it already, if you want to know more about the history, Sabaton have a UA-cam History channel where you can learn more, and about another song, check No bullets fly, the animated video
Floor doing the final vocials. Check out Sabaton History Channel. And Please react to Animated Story No Bullets Fly (she will cry)...GREAT REACTION!!! im not sorry i subscribed to your channel
Middle Earthy guitar sound is frequent in power metal. It's almost like if you aren't sure if something is power metal or adjacent to it, just turn on that Middle Earthy detector. 😁
@@GlobalOutcast oh man that's awesome I definitely need to check that out I love the Lord of the rings and The Nazgull are the coolest characters in the story! Thank you !
If you want to research into the history of this, why not use the greatest history teachers - Sabaton. Look for their video "SABATON - Christmas Truce (Animated Story Video)"
Great reaction, deff check out their history channel & add "1916" to the list. Also Paul McCartney did a music video with this topic in 1981 "Pipes of Peace" would be a nice way to see how they show the event his has them more dirty and sharing booze .
You should really check out their live performance in Gothenburg singing "En livstid i krig/A liftime of war" There is also a English version. But them singing this song in their nativ language of Swedish is better. This version have English subtitle. You won´t regret check that out. It is about the 30 year war that was in the beginning of 1600. The landowners accually got taxreductions if the sent the people out. You will get goosbumps from this one ua-cam.com/video/wvtzQbMfgZM/v-deo.html
Hey youtube, always enjoy your reactions you both do a great job. Please react to Rebel by the Picture Brooks featuring Lzzy Hale . Keep up the awesomeness
Greate reaction ,you should see when they sing in Swedish in Gothenburg in an ice hockey arena. My favorite is "En livstid i krig" "A lifetime at war" with that strong message that is still relevant even though it is about a war in the 17th century. ua-cam.com/video/WBs3G1PvyfM/v-deo.html Don't forget to turn on the subtitles I wish I was there.
hi from germany at that time every county shouted hurra wa they though of a few weeks and come back home but the weapons where way much deadly the horse attackes where blown away and soon this war was not a few weeks hurra but a terrible war that said as if was finly over all shouted never a war again but humans never learn from history.we will never have peace as long we look at religion can help each other and say ok we have anough humans on earth now way to much.earth could be a paradies but we are just full of greed and untrust and I think we had far to much luck 5 times we enarly nlow us up how much luck will we have?
Other tear jerkers. 'No bullets fly' animated video and '1916'
I second that, well worth a listen, for no bullets fly i recommend the animated STORY video, and for 1916bthe Oficial video
@@najroe TRUE!! You totally NEED to watch the animated story video. It's the song itself but it also includes the story behind it.
1916 isn't so much of a "tear jerker" as it is a just rip out your heart.
This is a true story.
The most historic soccer game ever recorded.
Late on Christmas Eve 1914,British soldiers heard German troops in the trenches opposite them singing carols and patriotic songs and saw lanterns and small fir trees along their trenches. Messages began to be shouted between the trenches.
The following day, British,French and German soldiers met in no man's land and exchanged gifts, took photographs and some played impromptu games of football. They also buried casualties and repaired trenches and dugouts. .
The truce lasted for two days,and when the superior officers arrived and saw what was ging on on all sides the soldiers were severely punished. Some ran away not wanting to continue to years long fighting. Some others were transfered out and the rest were shot right there for refusing the orders to continue the battle. They hadnt wanted to kill those they had met.
It happened up and down the front, with the length of the truce and what it entailed varying pretty wildly (some were just a couple hours long, and meant only to collect the wounded and dead), but by god were there some beautiful ones. I remember one of them being described in a letter home from a soldier who'd both took part in it and was still stationed at the same battlefield (writing home about it ~2 days afterward).
When someone who has been stuck living in frozen ground, surrounded by rats, disease, and death ends a letter with "I wouldn't have traded it for the best Christmas dinner in England" (paraphrased), you know it was something almost otherworldly to experience.
Which also explains why Hitler hated it so much (seriously, he was actually stationed at a point on the front that had something close to what you're describing). He was one of the ones who thought all the Germans being friendly with the enemy were all traitors stabbing Germany in the back by taking part.
@@saintcynicism2654 Yes,I know. :}
A lot of the soldiers did continue fighting but deliberately aimed their guns too high so they would not hit anyone
Great kudos to both of You for paying tribute to the credits and the entire song. The soldier who was almost killed by the grenade and climbed out of the trenches, is Hannes the drummer and husband of Floor. And the operatic part in the credits was of course sung by Floor.
She gave us goosebumps with her ending credit vocals!
@@TJandTheGringathe unmistakable "floorgasm"
The singing at the end, like with the end of 1916, is really a 'decompression' time. It gives you some time to process what you saw, heard, and felt, I think.
The cross depicted in the video actually exists. It stands in a field in the woods outside Ypres, Belgium. If memory serves, it was erected as a 50-year-anniversary memorial to the truce that took place on that spot. There were actually several unofficial truces along the front in 1914...watch the Sabaton History Channel for more details on the truces, as well as what happened after.
That's so cool that the cross is still there!
Nice explanation! Due to this song, when I got to travel to France, I drifted into Belgium, looking for this site. After asking two local people, who were very helpful even though my French is intermediate, I found the cross, and just across the little road is a small field with "trenches" on either side, barbed wire, and lots of soccer balls left at the memorial there. All the war cemeteries are sad. The cemetery here is smaller, with fewer graves, but they are grouped, as if friends were buried together. If you get a chance, this is definitely worth a visit. This following info is on Wikipedia: "The text reads: "1914 - The Khaki Chums Christmas Truce - 1999 - 85 Years - Lest We Forget". The Christmas truce (German: Weihnachtsfrieden; French: Trêve de Noël; Dutch: Kerstbestand) was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front of the First World War around Christmas 1914. "
The animated video of "No Bullets Fly" is another that will make the tears flow.
@@corsa180 Night witches gives me happy tears! Overcoming everything thrown at them to become who they became.
both Animated STORY videos are great
Sabaton has a history channel on YT where they talk about the stories in their songs. Very interesting
1916 is a must see.. Welcome to Sabaton world btw. / Micke P
Your emotion is understandable. When here in Belgrade, Serbia 🇷🇸 they played Last Dying Breath dedicated to the defenders of our city, we and they on stage sang and cried. What a fantastic band. We love them beyond words.
1916 Sabaton cover of Lemmy’ song❤
Ending vocals by Floor Jansen. 👌
well she's one of their wifey
If you haven’t already heard En livstid i krig (A lifetime in war) a live concert in Gothenburg, you should definitely listen to it.
But if you do see that one , please use the subtitles
Our lady (Floor) of Nightwish is married to the drummer folks and sings during the credits! Sabaton is the best history teacher in music form out there. The "Fat Electrician" also gives History lessons but he can't sing, comedy is his weapon of choice. Maybe check out a video of his on UA-cam as well? Thank you both for reacting to this song! My lady I cry every time I watch this video!
Thank you so much for watching!
Grandgrandpa73 here: My Grandfather was on this Place. Flandern ( Belgian). The Cross still stand. Soccer, Germany won 3:2 .😊
1016 - Motörhead tribute/cover. Another amazing video. It´s amazing
I can’t understand how anyone can miss hearing that’s it’s Floor..!! Loved your reaction 😍❤️. This video and song always makes me cry, so does ” No bullets fly” and ”Night Witches ”. I just love when someone does something for someone in need just because they can..❤️❤️
One of the most overlooked songs of sabaton is the Ballad of Bull. Give it a listen
Yes 1916 and no bullets fly. Animated story video
Subscribed because you watched it to the end.
Thank you so much!
Sabaton, masters of storytelling. All their songs are about historical facts and they do it very well.
More Sabaton please, songs like Nightwitches, 1916, Great War, The Unkillable Soldier, The Last Stand, Screaming Eagles, Price of A Mile, Swedish Pagans, The Lion From The North are unforgetable songs just to mention a few.
sabaton lady of the dark animated story video is my fav one girl power plus she looks like floor in video
It happened all along the Western Front in 1914. No need to go to the library ;-) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce
Sabaton has a way of getting the message through wiht lots of emotion, which I love. They've been doing this for 25 years and there are still many stories left to tell. They have basically become professors of war history through it too 😀All their songs are based on battles, single person heroics or events from WW 2 and back. They don't want to write about war in modern times as historians still work out the who's and why's...They strive for accuracy and never really take sides. They tell the story so it won't be forgotten. Sabaton are Sweden's pride!
A hidden gem in my opinion is Sabatons "The Last Battle", great song telling a crazy story. In short, its about an austrian castle, where french political prisoners are held, so in 1945 American troops, a german officer of the Wehrmacht along with his men and a SS Officer, defend the castle and rescue the prisoners from hardcore SS troops. REALLY recommend you look into this!
A sad quote from a Canadian soldier is that in his diary he had written in the beginning, “Silence, oh the sweet sound of silence…” which is why Sabaton added that part to the beginning, “Silence, oh how I remember the silence.”
Another quote he wrote in his diary that got me choked was that he shouted out to the battlefield, “Meryy Christmas,” the final word he wrote was, “But no one was feeling Merry.”
Interesting bit of info.. Thank you!!
Wow what a beautiful song, lyrics, music, video, absolutely hit my heart, You made me a fan 💕💕💕 great band
A tragic and hopeful story brilliantly conveyed by Sabaton. Just incredible!
"1916" official video. It's actually a Motörhead cover. I would recomend to do both, the original by Motörhead and the cover by Sabaton.
One little detail that scrolls by in the credits so quickly 99% of reactors don't see it the first time (neither did I): That angelic opera soprano singing over the credits.... guess who! Hint: Her husband is the first soldier out of the trenches with his hands in the air. Great reaction! Love you guys' channel.
We were completely captivated by her voice at the end.
Fun fact...Reactor Julia Nilon one of the few to spot Floor as the singer with certainty without seeing the credits. She got it in about 3 notes. Also Nina Schofield, although she did have to confirm in the credits even tho she caught it
@@dmj4966 tank the tech, just Jen reacts recognised Floor doing the outro without looking at the credits.
@@dmj4966 Tank the tech also was pretty sure it was Floor though he also had too see her name in the credits too be sure
@@eddybulk1992 true. I forgot him. Did have to check credits but I think he was 95 percent before that, Nina maybe only 50 percent, and Julia Nilon in first few notes of the outro got it
Enjoyed your reaction to this amazing work of art. Thank you for watching all the way to the end so you got to hear the beautiful choral vocals of non other than the amazing Floor Jansen of Nightwish (go back and check the credits right after the band to see her credited for them). Floor is married to Sabaton's drummer, Hannes van Dahl, the blond gentleman who is the first to step into no man's land. The piano melody that you loved in the beginning is the same melody as Carol of the Bells but with the notes played in reverse order which makes it more haunting.
If you want to delve into the history behind their songs Sabaton has a YT channel called Sabaton History where the historians they work with explain the story behind the songs. This song is about a real event that happened during the first year of WW1. It wasn't an official truce but sprang up spontaneously when the troops in the trenches started singing Christmas carols to each other. The troops then met in no man's land to exchange gifts, share food, play soccer, and in some case held joint burials for dead comrades. Afterwards some troops refused to fire on each other and had to be moved to other spots on the front lines. In subsequent years the Generals gave orders to prohibit a repeat of the truce to avoid similar problems.
As a veteran myself, I really connect with this song emotionally because Sabaton has perfectly captured the brotherhood of arms that all military people share, even with our enemies at times. If my eyes aren't leaking by the end when Floor's soaring vocals come in at the end then I will definitely lose it. I saw them in concert a few years ago with Epica and they are phenomenal live. When they played this song and they got to the part where the music drops away and there is just the chorus of "Today we are all brothers, Today we are all friends." the whole audience was singing at the top of their lungs and it was very beautiful.
This was a great comment! Thank you so much!
Nice reaction to a true story including the soccer game.
Fun fact: they gifted each other chocolate, cigarettes, coffee (huge luxuries) , canned food , bread and shared it together. They would even write their addresses to each other. So perhaps after the war they could visit each other countries and go to their place to have tea and be friends. They kept those letters close , never to forget a foreign friend they made.
After the truce both sides were separated and had to be moved elsewhere because they refused to fight.
Don’t forget most were just kids. 13-19 year olds. In fact, during this event it was a 16 year old German soldier who yelled out in broken English. “Merry Christmas!” And the first to stand up. To greet another similar age British soldier
There were similar situations during ww2. Silent night 2002 , a movie really good
Yes, that's a great film. I also got a book, Silent Night, the Story of the 1914 Christmas Truce. I got to the part where the truce began. Can't bear to finish the book and read what happened when the soldiers were ordered to resume fighting. I hate that ever since then, on Christmas Day, commanders order shelling and attacks to keep people from celebrating Christmas.
@@merryrose6788 😪
Such an epic and emotional song. Whenever a non-metal fan says to me that metal is just people screaming over the top of wailing guitars, I get them to listen to this. Just so awesome. Great reaction. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Australia 🤘🇦🇺
I'm sure your relatives would love Sabaton's Devil Dogs and Screaming Eagles :)
When the war started in august 1914, the soldiers were told that they would be back home before Christmas. Hence the unofficial truce between the French/British and the Germans. For the anecdote there was no truce in 1915 and the years later.
Trenches created were as period, as well as the uniforms. So many very young men (some less than 18 years of age) who would rather play with each other thank fight. Proves the futility and senselessness of war.
More emotional songs from sabaton please
Sabaton 1916
No bullets fly
Final solution
While they were still working out their sound, Sabaton watched Saving Private Ryan. They decided that nothing they made up could possibly be more hard-core than actual military history, so they devoted their songs to that. It's great that you found them.
'No bullets fly' & 'To hell and back'
About sad christmassongs: in Finland quite many (most?) of them are sad. Quess we are bit melancholic 😅
When it comes time to check more christmassongs, react to Raskasta Joulua, the way we do it in Finland (turn songs to metal). You will love it ❤
That piano man, gets me everytime. Great reaction guys.
Thank you for watching!!
Sabaton does do everything deep in history..
try 1916 another example of devastation from WWI
One of my all time favorite songs by them, alongside Attack of the Dead men, Night Witches, No bullets fly, Soldier of heaven and Wolfpack
🤗🍒🤘🏻😘 Great Job and until the end, where you heard Floor Jansen, the wife of Hannes, the drummer of Sabaton!!
The other song hits ye should hear are The Night Witches (Animated Version), Lady of The Dark (Animated Version), No Bullets Fly (Animated Version), Attack of The Dead Men (Official Version) Talvisota - Winter War (Official Version) and White Death (Official Version)
Devil dogs, 82 all the way, screaming eagles and resist and bite. cheers from Sweden
Defence Of Moscow, most definitely and Soldier of Heaven as well!
Great reaction!
Best wishes from Namibia
Fun fact...Reactor Julia Nilon one of the few to spot Floor as the singer with certainty without seeing the credits. She got it in about 3 notes. Tank the Tech also got it after one verse but doubted himself until he confirmed. Nina Schofield got it but not until the end
Gringa got the Floorgasm. Her body knew who sang in the ending credits. ;) Btw, 1914 and WW1, not the French revolution. It was a bit earlier, 1789-1799...
It brought chills to both of us!!
The Christmas Truce of 1914 did happen. But it was not an "organized" or sanctioned event permitted by the higher-ranking officers in the fighting armies. Since it was a spontaneous event, what they did along the front did of course differ, but there are records talking about Christmas carols, exchange of gifts, and some soccer playing. I guess Sabaton pulled it all into one video to really bring forward the importance of the event. The message of that if you remove nationalities, we're all just humans. And showing a little humanity towards each other, despite differences, goes a long way. It can be interesting to know that the following year, and kind of similar actions were looked upon more or less as treason and the penalty was severe.
Another song with a similar message is No Bullets Fly (you MUST look at the animated story video).
1916, should you choose to look at that one, is an equally powerful song but with a much sadder message. It is worth checking out the original by Motörhead as well, as it is equally powerful. Lemmy would have been proud to hear Sabatons version. They are quite different, but both are well worth listening to. Important to keep the credits rolling on Sabatons version.
There are so many great Sabaton songs out there, but tou can't go wrong with the animated story video of No Bullets Fly for something that's super emotional but also uplifting. Their cover of Motörhead's 1916 is also really good, if heartwrenching. Some of my other favourites are Soldier of Heaven, The Last Stand, Winged Hussars, To Hell and Back, 82nd All The Way and, on the more amusing side, The Unkillable Soldier. Have fun exploring! =)
Another song that brings tears to my eyes is "Wasted Time" by Skid Row.
Love that song!!!
Sabaton has their own history channel on UA-cam, watch it. Also check out their cover of motorheads 1916
Floor sings the end!
my father always say, throwing football in a crowd in an open area and people will start kicking it around. and most likely form 'teams' no matter where you are
The US Marines got their Sabaton song in Devil Dogs. I've read all the comments, and the suggestions are very good.
Hi guys. On a side note, Koiai dropped a new video, "Come See Me". I wasn't going to recommend it because it is not as heavy as the last one. But the more I listen, the more I love. They are such S-tier musicians, I think it would be worth putting on your list. Take care!
Great reaction guys!check also No bullets fly
check it first ever electric guitarr looked like that ...what year.....yeah
Now. What you do is go to their history channel to learn more about why the song was written about that part of history. You will thank all of us who are telling you to go one step further. Dave south Africa.
Seen the comments belov and totally concur to the masses...
No bullets fly animated story
1916 a rendition of Motorheads song.
While everyone has talked about the actual Christmas Truce and where it happened, Hannes being married to Floor, and Floor singing during the credits, I'll touch on this instead. While Jimmy was saying that this has a middle earth type of vibe/feel to it, jimmy should think about this: raise the first note of Joakim's piano playing up an octave, and you have Carol of the Bells. That was intentionally done, because this is using the same chord structure as Carol of the Bells, except that it goes from the tonic up to the melody, instead of the root note an octave higher, down to the melody. Sabaton worked on this song for years, and stated that they weren't going to release it until they got this right and true to the entire history of one of the most iconic events in world history.
They definitely got it right.
If you like Christmas, check out Majestica's A Christmas Carol:). As for Sabaton songs: They are all great! Enjoy this rabbit hole. Some songs that are tragic: "The Final Solution" and "Uprising." Be sure to watch En Livstig I Krig, live at Gothenburg, with both Swedish and English versions. Soldier of Heaven, Father, Attack of the Dead Men: All of these are wonderful. (And also Sabaton Woodstock 2012. Also Sabaton Hellfest 2019, where the wonderful lead singer, Joakim, loses his voice, and the two guitarists, Tommy and Chris, take turns singing. All of their concerts are great:)
No Bullets Fly. be sure to keep watching the two epilogue parts of the video.
did you notice it was Floor at the end
We figured it was .. That voice!!
Don’t care. This is a Sabaton song.
Check out "Fields of Verdun".
Researching the story behind Sabaton songs is easy. Every song has a corresponding episode on the Sabaton History Channel.
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Gotcha on this one ☝️
You guys should really do some reactions to Tommy Johansson. He's the guitar player in this band and he has his own You Tube channel where he covers other bands songs from Abba to Phantom of the Opera and Queen. His voice is amazing...along with his guitar playing. You wont regret it. I promise
Reminds me of my winter in Bosnia where help never came and we were invited to celebrate Christmas by Muslims.
To clarify, we jumped into position to paint targets and prepare a way to enter for others to follow. No one followed and instead the US bombed the shit out of civilian areas and hospitals and left. We were stuck without help, no response and two weeks later the Brits got involved and we were just standing there "we've already done this twice" but at least we got to show them the mass graves and the US took all the credit for everything everyone since Abraham Lincoln ever did as per usual. Not even part of the NATO troops...
Truth and big bosses in war hatetd that. Warriors just stop killing and played football. Beauty of humanity
I apologize! I made a mistake! Accidentally responded to the wrong post! My previous post is of course nonsense! This information refers to the song “Deutschland” by Rammstein! Sorry!
Maybe somebody wrote it already, if you want to know more about the history, Sabaton have a UA-cam History channel where you can learn more, and about another song, check No bullets fly, the animated video
If you want a song in the same style I would say 1916 by them. It's really a Motörhead cover but I think you would like it.
Floor doing the final vocials. Check out Sabaton History Channel. And Please react to Animated Story No Bullets Fly (she will cry)...GREAT REACTION!!! im not sorry i subscribed to your channel
Middle Earthy guitar sound is frequent in power metal. It's almost like if you aren't sure if something is power metal or adjacent to it, just turn on that Middle Earthy detector. 😁
Its a killer sound!. We love it!
Funny you should bring up middle earth, Sabaton has a song called "Shadows" about the Nazgul
@@GlobalOutcast oh man that's awesome I definitely need to check that out I love the Lord of the rings and The Nazgull are the coolest characters in the story! Thank you !
If you want to research into the history of this, why not use the greatest history teachers - Sabaton. Look for their video "SABATON - Christmas Truce (Animated Story Video)"
6:00 You mentioned Floor Jansen but didn't notice that she was the singer in the end credits.
Great reaction, deff check out their history channel & add "1916" to the list. Also Paul McCartney did a music video with this topic in 1981 "Pipes of Peace" would be a nice way to see how they show the event his has them more dirty and sharing booze .
You should really check out their live performance in Gothenburg singing "En livstid i krig/A liftime of war" There is also a English version. But them singing this song in their nativ language of Swedish is better. This version have English subtitle. You won´t regret check that out. It is about the 30 year war that was in the beginning of 1600. The landowners accually got taxreductions if the sent the people out. You will get goosbumps from this one ua-cam.com/video/wvtzQbMfgZM/v-deo.html
Hey youtube, always enjoy your reactions you both do a great job. Please react to Rebel by the Picture Brooks featuring Lzzy Hale .
Keep up the awesomeness
Noted!. Thank you so much for watching! We appreciate you!
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Sabaton has a history channel on YT.
🐕oh shit hang on need tissues the lyrics is that why we bury our friends rips my soul open
Sadly, all the armies of the world took measures to ensure that nothing similar would ever happen again.
1916 Oficial video or animated STORY videos of either No bullets fly or nightwitches would be interesting
Dont know if its been said before but, fun fact. The guitar in the video could actually be bought in1914.
No bullets fly and 1916 always get to me, 1916 especially.
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sabaton history cannel www.youtube.com/@SabatonHistory
A certain Austrian Corporal was there. He did not approve. Typical Hitter.
Check out the Sabaton hystorie chanel, every song is in it!!!
It hapend, in Belguim Mesen Just the frist year of the 1wwo
Yarn hubs got a video too turn on the Christmas Truce
Where to find the picture you have in the background?
True story from 1914.
24. December.
WW1, Westfront.
Greate reaction ,you should see when they sing in Swedish in Gothenburg in an ice hockey arena.
My favorite is "En livstid i krig" "A lifetime at war" with that strong message that is still relevant even though it is about a war in the 17th century.
ua-cam.com/video/WBs3G1PvyfM/v-deo.html Don't forget to turn on the subtitles
I wish I was there.
Aint no way UA-cam is putting adds on music videos now
Its all about the 🤑 now
hi from germany at that time every county shouted hurra wa they though of a few weeks and come back home but the weapons where way much deadly the horse attackes where blown away and soon this war was not a few weeks hurra but a terrible war that said as if was finly over all shouted never a war again but humans never learn from history.we will never have peace as long we look at religion can help each other and say ok we have anough humans on earth now way to much.earth could be a paradies but we are just full of greed and untrust and I think we had far to much luck 5 times we enarly nlow us up how much luck will we have?
night witches animated story video