A Historian hears Sabaton's "Christmas Truce" for the First Time
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- Опубликовано: 31 окт 2021
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Sabaton, the history rockers out of Sweden have put out a song about the Christmas Truce of 1914. Mr. Terry hears it for the first time!
Original Video: • SABATON - Christmas Tr...
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The Christmas truce was the only victory in the great war
I'll forever remember what a British veteran said in a German documentary about the Great War: "In the end a bunch of people sat around a table to talk things out. We could have skipped a lot of deaths if they had done so from the start."
To answer some of your questions at
That truce showed that even in the most horrible of situations people are still able to show love and empathy. We should all follow their steps and try to make this world a better place.
The Christmas Truce is such a amazing moment in human history. The trenches of the first world war were horrible to say the least and after months of hardship and suffering these poor soldiers who were forced to fight each other, were allowed to be human.
They didn’t go back to fighting, the respective generals move them to other parts of the front, as they thought they wouldn’t fight their christmas friends…
That they played soccer is confirmed by witnesses. The crucifix is in Ypres and you missed the fantastic ending where Floor from Nightwish sings.
Some of the song lyrics ("I remember the silence") are based on an actual eyewitness account by Alfred Anderson (a Scottish soldier of the 1st/5th Battalion of the Black Watch): "I remember the silence, the eerie sound of silence. Only the guards were on duty. We all went outside the farm buildings and just stood listening. And, of course, thinking of people back home. All I'd heard for two months in the trenches was the hissing, cracking and whining of bullets in flight, machinegun fire and distant German voices. But there was a dead silence that morning, right across the land as far as you could see. We shouted 'Merry Christmas', even though nobody felt merry. The silence ended early in the afternoon and the killing started again. It was a short peace in a terrible war" (from an interview with Anderson in "The Scotsman," 25 June 2003: "Scotland's Oldest Man turns 107", by John Innes. )
As said already, Sabaton does their homework and checks all available facts for their songs. One history nerd said that even their music videos are as accurate as possible and better than most movies that claims to tell the historical story about certain events.
I honestly believe that this event would've repeated in at least 1915 and potentially 1916 if the high command of each side didn't expressly forbid it.
Are you looking forward to the new album?
Wait what? You cut out the ending! That beautiful voice you cut off was Floor Jansen sing operatically! She is even in the credits!
I think that this truce shows that the only reason soldiers fight each other is because their leaders told them to.
Can you imagine the COURAGE it would have taken to be the first one to step out and over the trench walls, bearing your hat by way of parley? It's crazy, yet amazing to think about!
I am always moved by this story because it was a sign: Even during the war, the soldiers clung to values such as brotherhood and charity. Even against the enemy.
Seeing Hannes step up that ladder made me wonder what was the suicide rate among the troops in the trenches during the war. How many decided they couldn't take it anymore or there was no way out and just stuck their head up in the hopes someone on the other side would just end it for them?
The Crucifix is a copy of the real one near Ypres in Flanders.
Hi there, I got very emotion listening to this.
We need to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra cover this song and have Sabaton play on it with them. It wouldn't have been out of place musically on a Tran-Siberian album.