Hello hello fellow ladies & gents! I really do hope y'all had some nice Holidays, and well prepared to leave 2020 🌠 Also, in case you got lost in the vid's description, here's our insane Discord to peek at: discord.gg/FRX4tca discord.gg/kaliningrad (both link is same place) Please stay well & see you next year! Sincerely, me of course
The saddest part about that truce is that it very clearly has shown that the problems only existed inbetween the highest levels of the government. But the men? They just wanted to live and let live.
1:48 this scene is the saddest. It shows how the soldiers in the front all had their own separate lives and families, and how they probably wouldn’t ever see them again.
It pains me to realize that most of these people, who befriended each other during the peace, would end up in the tragedies of the First World War. This was the last year they could see each other as humans instead of enemies. The video is as wholesome as it is saddening, and I cried like a bitch throughout most of it.
I made a joke about it in the comment section, but damn, putting into perspective that this was all happening while innocents were massacred and young men were forced out of their homes is super depressing. I was on the verge of bursting into tears over circles talking in TTS for fuck’s sake.
"Christmas 1914. A human miracle is about to happen...It never happened again. Any war, Anywhere. but for one day, one year a very long time ago. Everyone just laid down their weapons. and started to sing."
Actually it happened to the French units in 1915 in flanders due to mass flooding forcing both sides to abandon the trenches on Christmas Day. And in 1916 with some of the Canadian and Indian units, though it was never on the scale of 1914
@@acebalistic1358 If some context could be given for the one in 1916, thanks. As for the 1915 one, it seems it wasn't really done out of a mutual want to just celebrate the holiday and was more because of a forced leaving of the trenches and a want to not fight in the open without the safety trenches provide.
I honestly don't even know how fighting even resumed after that event... The troops probably hesitated to kill the enemy due to the friends they made...
This really showed when these men realized that behind every gunsight, inside every trench, inside planes, ships, tanks, even on horseback was a person. A person with their own history, family, and culture. And for that week they forgot about the horrors of war and treating the otherside like enemies and sat around and told jokes, talked about their families, and played football not as soldiers but people.
Saddest part was, is that after the truce they most likely were back to fightin, it’s probable that most of those soldiers didn’t live to see the war end and even if they did, they would still have to deal with ww2.
An English man was crying whilst this was happening When asked why he was crying he said: "I'm not crying because I hate this, but I know tomorrow we will be fighting each other again." Rest in peace to all of the brave soldiers who died in ww1, both German and British/French
@@elqueobserva7663 well not really the only way the war would end at least in the western front would either be the schlieffen plan working by christmas or they agree for a truce in the western front
I'm from the UK, Scotland to be specific. I love Germany no matter what, I have a friend from Germany too so I've been learning German and the fact that I can watch this is amazing.
@@TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul its patch logo or something. Those resemble as eye patches for countryballs animations, and since the Austro-Hungarian Empire has 2 patches, it can see nothing
Well it is based off something that happened in real life so I think it should touch everyone's hearts. It's probably the last time until the modern day where these nations could share a moment of friendship and peace together.
@@ZTE I just imagine both sides looking down all of his dead. If I were on their shoes, I would've asked myself, why? What was the purpose for all this men to die? The saddest thing is it was meaningless. All of that death and violence was totally unnecessary and men died because some country leaders could not talk things out. World war 1 could have been avoided or at least reduced to 1914, if the Christmas truce had reached all trenches, it's sad oficials and generals could not see that they were killing fellow humans, men and women alike. They were not demons, as some would say. And this men in December 25, 1914, realized that the ones in the other trench were not so different after all.
Thats why they always tell soldiers to not look at enemy as human but as monster who wants u dead coz if soldiers starts to see enemy as human he cant kill him
this video make us me feel in are happy because in the darkest of ww2 there is some light still shining and it makes us remember that not all people are bad its just how they are controlled or feel about others this is a truce to remember in any time of darkness
A year later, and Christmas Truce is still very touching, yet sad. Imagine playing football with people that you will be fighting against the next day. Christmas Truce will always be remembered, every single year.
Yep.. honestly, I think that the saddest part of WW1 was that one day; they were fighting, then, another day, they were temporarily friends! Then, they were forced to again, fight their newfound friends…
This is just so wholesome. And the fact that they had to send the troops to different fronts after this cause they didn’t want to fight is just even more wholesome.
No they were not. Not even Adolf Hitler while being a soldier. They changed the front troops on both sides to restart the fight. (I might be *r/woooshed* here but I don't care.)
Fun Fact: This is actually true, as 5 months into WW1 there was a ceasefire during Christmas and some on both sides did celebrate together. It was known as the Christmas Truce
I learned about this as I do History, Apparently (and this is sad), some almost sectors of the frontlines didn’t want to true, whether the it was the Germans or the Allies, so people would walk out of the trench to talk and have fun, but would be shot dead by a sniper. Also also, British and German High Command didn’t want them to truce, so they started sending false information to the soldiers like “The Germans are planning an attack.” Or “The Germans are trying to make you sick.” So they would retreat back and fight. Some Generals believed this so they fired a flare to tell the soldiers to come back. Not sure if this is all true btw.
@@OperatorFritz I mean.. every country in the world calls it football, but in theirs own language of course. Portuguese: Futebol Spanish: Fútbol German: Fußball And so on..
Things happen, it is hard to shoot an enemy if you know they are human, that's why soldiers "dehumanize" the enemy. That's why the generals didn't want a truce.
Sad the soldiers just wanted some peace and the generals are just like: sToP eNjOyInG yOuRsElVeS aNd FiGhT tHoSe BaStArDs AlReAdY I mean DUDE THEY HAD AN AWFULLY GOOD TIME NOT FIGHTING (if they stopped fighting after Christmas maybe only about 0.5 to 4 million people died and WW2 might've never happened
The way people viewed war back then was very different from ours. They knew that's what they're supposed to do and that the guy on the other side understands that as well
Nope. In fact, the Soldiers on both sides had to switch Fronts with other Soldiers, because they refused to kill their Friends in the Other Trench across No-Mans Land.
I laugh in non binary bc The battle of the sexes how girls and boys seem alien to each other I just have to laugh and cry because this is such a sweet story
Honestly, despite them only knowing one another for what, a few minutes / hours it makes sense, everyone had to have been tired of fighting given what the horrors of war beings to the people who are caught in it. So yeah, I'd say this is true, cause who'd want to fight new allies despite being completely different from the other side?
General: So... how's our offensive? Soldier: Pretty Good. General: How many ca- Soldier: We've scored 3 goals and they scored 1. General: Wha- Soldier: We are currently switching to defense. General: Aren't you guys supposed to be killing each other? Soldier: What is killing? General: ...
For those that require context the Canadian Corps openly rejected this truce and instead killed the Germans who were attempting to give gifts resulting in hostilities continuing between the two opposing lines. The Canadian Corps in general during the war had a predisposition to cruelty.
If I'm not wrong this kind of truce happened between germany-french border in ww1. Some areas stopped fighting for christmas but not all of them, only some of them.
It actually was the Germans that started the truce and it was possible to start it because most germans before thenwar had jobs in england and could speak decent english and a little french which also stopped the war on french trenches.
@@0witw047 I agree with your second statement. However, almost every modern day propaganda campaign is hate-inducing. I don't know about what is going on in frontlines, but in the internet between people... Well, lots of hate.
Hello hello fellow ladies & gents!
I really do hope y'all had some nice Holidays, and well prepared to leave 2020 🌠
Also, in case you got lost in the vid's description, here's our insane Discord to peek at:
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Please stay well & see you next year!
Sincerely,
me of course
This was beautiful
Also what y'all got for Christmas?
I can say I got some lottery ticket that's it.
@@KangradGenral I got something called clothes and socks
@@KangradGenral me too I won a million bucks off it
@@KangradGenral I got a bunch of gift cards, plus a few books.
"I just ran out of ink, I didn't expect a truce"
- Klaus
Just out of curiosity, was his name actually Klaus?
That must be one of the most epic coincidences ever.
@@elqueobserva7663 Yes, the other guys clearly called him Klaus
Klaus was such a cool general
@@aydenchan4459 just searched a German named Klaus he was a Liutenant
@@agente7202 told ya
"Hey General?"
"Yeeeee?"
"Are the troops supposed to be greeting and having fun with the enemy?"
"Say sike right now"
Sike... on the Eastern front
Lol Heres some German Candy and I'll be leaving
*artillery fires*
sike
Siiike
"Never thought I'd celebrate Christmas with the enemy"
"How about a friend"
"Aye, I could do that"
Ah, I see you’re a man of culture as well.
@@a_yan6581 he is
Лоль ауе
AHHH!! I remember the quote, but from where?
@@joshbosh7018 Lord of the Rings
The saddest part about that truce is that it very clearly has shown that the problems only existed inbetween the highest levels of the government. But the men? They just wanted to live and let live.
I know, the people of Russia dont like whats going on. its sad, if only they would take some advice from others.
Soldiers: **come alike and celebrate Christmas**
Generals: *REEEEEEEEEE*
Soliders: *having a blast*
Generals: *DAS WAS EIN BEFEHL!*
@@definitelynotjames hi what does befehl mean, i only know the "das was ein" part
@@mswijn It means "command" or "order"
@@mswijn Das war ein befehl translates to that was an order
@@definitelynotjames *DER ANGRIFF STEINERS WAR EIN BEFEHL!*
They said it would be over by Christmas, they just didn’t tell them that it would be the Christmas in four years
You have a great taste in videos and can't wait for "I think I know you" and the "your everywhere" comments to start flooding in.
Me: No no, he's got a point
I've seen a comment like this in AlternateHistoryHub lol
Why do I see you eveywhere
He is god of comments
I can see everyone talking about how touching this was but no one is talking about how fucken amazing the animation was
Both
Ikr
1k like its an honor
Yea
That is basic Kaliningrad's animation. He know how to make some high tier animations with countryballs.
1:48 this scene is the saddest. It shows how the soldiers in the front all had their own separate lives and families, and how they probably wouldn’t ever see them again.
It pains me to realize that most of these people, who befriended each other during the peace, would end up in the tragedies of the First World War. This was the last year they could see each other as humans instead of enemies. The video is as wholesome as it is saddening, and I cried like a bitch throughout most of it.
I don’t blame you
I made a joke about it in the comment section, but damn, putting into perspective that this was all happening while innocents were massacred and young men were forced out of their homes is super depressing. I was on the verge of bursting into tears over circles talking in TTS for fuck’s sake.
Oi mate! No swearing in this Christian country all server!
Countryball*
What pains me is that most of these people probably ended up killing each other the next day.
Generals: It's war
*_Christmas has joined the game_*
*_Generals has left the game_*
nice one
Meanwhile, in a Christmas server:
*Generals have joined the game*
:v
generals have banned...
Just imagine that Belgium won the football match against Germany. *Score: Germany 2:7 Belgium*
This is actually how wars should end.
“Peace was always an option”
Yes
Yes I agree
True, but also no wars should be started whatsoever
@@PavltheRobot Exactly 😌
@@makotonaegi9562 tell em naegi
"Even though we’re enemies, we’re still humans"
-WW1 soldiers
The creator: I’m going to use eyes as emotions.
Austria Hungary: *What are emotions*
Lol 😂
@Tobi. exactly
@Mayonaise ngl nazi germany and then a :D is the most cursed thing ever
@Mayonaise only the coolest of people wear eyepatches
Austria-hungary wears 2
@䭯俺崢拍鄘重欭庠怍岬 he has his eyes hiding behind his symbols
Western front truces: *Celebrating christmass*
Eastern front truces: *Trying not to get eaten by wolves storming the trenches*
XDD
Heh...
Wrong, it's: *Fucking blood everywhere*
Lol
Ottoman Front: *truce.exe not found*
Truly, this is the best of the History Christmas Specials.
👏 yes
Hi Monsieur Z how's Christmas
@@chimeraiscool I had a good Christmas, how about yourself?
Monsieur Z, have a happy new year!
Derr Herr, have a marry Christmas and a happy new year.
"In the enemy, there is still humanity"
-wise man
German soldier: I want a pe-
British soldier: *So you have chosen a truce*
Underrated
Heheheh 69
Lol
Ah yes a man of culture i see
Hitler did not like the truce
"Christmas 1914. A human miracle is about to happen...It never happened again. Any war, Anywhere. but for one day, one year a very long time ago. Everyone just laid down their weapons. and started to sing."
I think wars were partly symbolic back then and they were kinda done with sitting in trench’s
I respect that.
Actually it happened to the French units in 1915 in flanders due to mass flooding forcing both sides to abandon the trenches on Christmas Day. And in 1916 with some of the Canadian and Indian units, though it was never on the scale of 1914
Dr.who, I loved this episode, cried when Capaldi regenerated
@@acebalistic1358 If some context could be given for the one in 1916, thanks. As for the 1915 one, it seems it wasn't really done out of a mutual want to just celebrate the holiday and was more because of a forced leaving of the trenches and a want to not fight in the open without the safety trenches provide.
Germans protecc
Germans attac
But most importantly
Germans bring snacc
Hell yea
nice
Lol
Yes. Thats indeed true. And we have a looot of it.
Wise words
Fun fact: During the night, many soldiers were crying because all the friends they made that day, would be found dead the next day
I honestly don't even know how fighting even resumed after that event... The troops probably hesitated to kill the enemy due to the friends they made...
@@enzosrandomsmany were moved to different sections of the Front to my knowledge
It feels so bad 😞😢
I don't think this is a 'FUN' fact :(
This fact wasn't _fun_ AT ALL😭
All: *switch to happy eyes*
Austria-Hungary: Am I a joke to you?
@• No, It's an eye patch.
@@officialguest3398 yes austria-hungary doesn't have eyes because of the eyepatches, for the 2 crowns resemble the eye spots
I really wonder how Austria-Hungary ball lost his eyes.
@@adankmeme651 back in the neopolianic war...
@@Krieg_Sherren oh ok
This really showed when these men realized that behind every gunsight, inside every trench, inside planes, ships, tanks, even on horseback was a person. A person with their own history, family, and culture. And for that week they forgot about the horrors of war and treating the otherside like enemies and sat around and told jokes, talked about their families, and played football not as soldiers but people.
Well said! 👏
ah i just wanna cry...
Saddest part was, is that after the truce they most likely were back to fightin, it’s probable that most of those soldiers didn’t live to see the war end and even if they did, they would still have to deal with ww2.
Idk why but this reminds me of Battlefield 1 campaign
@@kiboma4209 there's a sad thing that the leaders of both sides forced them to fight eachother after Christmas :(
An English man was crying whilst this was happening
When asked why he was crying he said: "I'm not crying because I hate this, but I know tomorrow we will be fighting each other again."
Rest in peace to all of the brave soldiers who died in ww1, both German and British/French
Indeed my friend. Indeed.
What makes you a good demoman?
IF I WAS A BAD DEMO MAN I WOULDNT BE SITTIN HERE CRYIN ME ARSE OFF TO THIS SAD FILM lol
Good that they didn't had fight each other next day as they were all replaced
And belgian,dutch,austro-hungarian,czech,
Slovokian,Hungarian,austrian,slovenian,Slovenian,Italian,Russian,ukrainian,
Luxembergian,estonian,Lithuanian,
Latvian,Belarusian,bosnian,
Herosgovinians,indian,pakistani,
American,portugese,Romanian,
Moldovan,greek,bulgarian,Finnish,
Canadian,aftican,african-american,
Egyptian,and Turkish peapol
I always make sure to come back and watch this video for Christmas, it really is a nice reminder of one of the greatest events in human history.
Forget about all of those chirstmas movies, this is a masterpiece.
Agreed
Truly it is because of war is the most chaotic time of the year
True
Yes
I'll 100% agree
Germans and the British: playing football and giving gifts
Every other front: *Screams and gunshots*
Meanwhile in slavic countries: People dies for Hunger, Germans,Russians,epidemic, cold,coatings and in curfews
@@kubamagdalinski5133 Sad But True
Not really there were limited truces on the Easten front also
@@savage_aly8752 HEY! IM YOUR LIFE IM THE ONE THAT TAKES YOU THERE
@@kristiankonev5190 WTF?!
I love how he can explains that Bulgarians were not at war.
@@fettegurke2447 it's literally said in the video
@@Ciechan-96- eee
@@fettegurke2447 2:07 look at the sign above Turkey
Sign is in 2:08
I love the fact that he even mentions bulgaria is at all usually they are really left out in history because *"it's balkan nation lol"*
Bro france was like:
"You guys invade my country and PARTY TOGETHER??"
It was only for a day
English Commander: why our troops not attacking?
English soldier who get out of bunker First: "sorry chesko but he gave me some nice candy"
česko*
woah is that a reference
"ДА"
Lol
@@weskerposting č is replaced with ch when it is not available in a keyboard
“You took the ball off me! That’s illegal!”
“Nein”
*and the war continued*
@Urinated Kondom 🇬🇧 wtf
@@toast697 Urinated Kingdom lol *boom sound effect with extra reverb*
@@toast697 Lol why?
LMAO
1914 A Truce To Remember.
1941 A Truce To Forget.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
@@YoshiMarioGamez beep beep beep
İts poetry it ryhems
Confused
Hmm
The friendship will never ends. 💪🇩🇪🇬🇧
If only it could have lasted forever
Yes
It would have been a very beautiful ending to the First World War. I'm surprised I haven't seen uchronias where that happens.
Like my comment comrade
Well this was war after all. Even if the troops didn't fight I don't think they would have a chance at peace
@@elqueobserva7663 well not really the only way the war would end at least in the western front would either be the schlieffen plan working by christmas or they agree for a truce in the western front
I'm not crying, it's just that sometimes, when I'm sad, *WATER, COMES OUT OF MY EYES*
Oversimplified xD
Oversimplified?
Looool oversimplified Meme
Lol malaysian mata berpeluh
U forgot the sometimes
"All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal"
-John Steinbeck
Correcr my dear friend Generals just send thousands of soldiers just to gain one city,War is the True enemy we are not enemys but friends
Truly a depressing time to spread depressing vibes
Killing each other only makes us fall behind in the race against the beasts that may exist in the great void of the cosmos.
One of the most intelligent quotes of all time
The Christmas Truce is heartwarming and the "happy holidays" make me cry
It was so wholesome, historians at the time did not believe this, but after years later, it was confirmed that it actually happen
*"Old men declare war, But it is the Youth that must die."*
That’s very sad.
Cod 2 flashbacks*
Sadly
@@LuckyPigeon1111
I am looking to start a RUclips channel
Pls stay away from me
Also very true Abraham Lincoln
This means less now that you can choose to not be a soldier, lol. But in the context of this video it tugs deep on those heartstrings.
Creator: Uses eyes for emotions.
Austria-Hungary: *I have no such weakness.*
Lol
More like: *I have no such emotions*
Adolf Hitler
Hey AdventureGaming I watch your vids ima fan didn't know I'll see you here
@@anormalperson1188 i live in the shadows of the world wars
I'm from the UK, Scotland to be specific. I love Germany no matter what, I have a friend from Germany too so I've been learning German and the fact that I can watch this is amazing.
I'm from the uk, England!
If i could live anywhere, I'd live in Germany if could :)
My great grandfather was in this and he met a British soldier and the saw each other after the war its heartwarming
Why am I crying?🥹🥹
So wholesome!
Great! This really is a day to remember, everyone could be brothers if they had the same uniform
@@V1ncenz010 yeah
🧢
Oh my gosh; that’s so wholesome!
Christmas in WW1: Everyone laid down their weapons and plays together
Christmas in WW2: BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
And Sabaton sings
'INTO THE MOTHERLAND THE GERMAN ARMY MARCH!'
"GOTT IM HIMMEL THIS PLACE IS A FICKEN WASTELAND! DU BASTARDS LIVE HERE?"
"Da."
"Oi Hans, Karl, let us invade this arsche of a city filled with dummkopfs"
"нет"
I could picture America just coming in and killing everyone
@@NewRepublic4137 what's the Song called? I wanna listen
Everyone: *Smiles*
Austria-Hungary: *Bobs head*
sadly austria-hungary has no eyes
@@savage_aly8752 But y tho
@@TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul its patch logo or something. Those resemble as eye patches for countryballs animations, and since the Austro-Hungarian Empire has 2 patches, it can see nothing
@@moisesmartin25 True, cuz the flag has the 2 crowns , so there are no eye spots
It's too bad Austria-Hungary doesn't have eyes. He'd be able to see what was going on if he did.
That is a proof that we are all the sames. Even in a world war, the mens who are fightings can love the other side.
This unironically almost makes me cry every time I watch it.
It's so heartwarming that even tho they were enemies they did this, I just read an article about it and it made me fuckin' cry
Makes me cry becouse it acualy happend, imagine if you were there, whats going thrue there minds etc.
And remember what folowed.
The real heartbreaking part is that the war would go on for 3 more years.
damn it its so heart wrenching
Well it is based off something that happened in real life so I think it should touch everyone's hearts. It's probably the last time until the modern day where these nations could share a moment of friendship and peace together.
The Christmas Truce of 1914 is the true meaning of humanity.
Quite right mate. Quite right.
+ Gallipoli campaign...
@@ZTE I just imagine both sides looking down all of his dead. If I were on their shoes, I would've asked myself, why? What was the purpose for all this men to die? The saddest thing is it was meaningless. All of that death and violence was totally unnecessary and men died because some country leaders could not talk things out. World war 1 could have been avoided or at least reduced to 1914, if the Christmas truce had reached all trenches, it's sad oficials and generals could not see that they were killing fellow humans, men and women alike. They were not demons, as some would say. And this men in December 25, 1914, realized that the ones in the other trench were not so different after all.
The only good thing about war, is that when we start looking at each other as mates not bogies, the war is all over by then.
*Everyone wins*
I have attack On Titan but its 2020 in my channel,i hope can serve you:)
Yes comrade.
@@mediaarea7175 Can you stop saying you have attack on titan, mate
Imagine it is war but nobody comes
Thats why they always tell soldiers to not look at enemy as human but as monster who wants u dead coz if soldiers starts to see enemy as human he cant kill him
this video make us me feel in are happy because in the darkest of ww2 there is some light still shining and it makes us remember that not all people are bad its just how they are controlled or feel about others this is a truce to remember in any time of darkness
Its ww1 though
If klaus never ran out of ink this would be lost in history
Glad he did then!
If Friedrich had ink, this would be lost in history
Literally lost...
But thanks heavens that didn't happen
Hi
Very accurat
I love how the name of the German who gave the gift to the British is "Klaus"
Edit: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
XD
That's a nice name
He might be Santa Claus disguised as a German soldier.
I hate it.
@@y5fireflyschannel384 that might be true
Meanwhile a truce between German and Russian troops occurred when both armies were attacked by a huge pack of wolves
Did that happen. Im too lazy to search it up.
@@cauli5305 also too lazy to prove,but I think it did
@@dominiklehn2866 what. Being lazy is in my blood. I'm from Montenegro after all
@@cauli5305 Yes it happened.
Sadly it did not happen and is based off one misleading newspaper. The Tannenberg devs were just desperately looking for an idea for a new update 😉
I'm not crying, My eyes are just sweating
"You know what? This krieg ist so lame. Christmas Truce is best."
Giving German candy is the thing now you know.
So if you excuse me, I must-
@@snowy9598 British: *gives chocolate*
You talk too much, friend
@@danielk5489 Germany: YeaY
"My friendship with krieg has ended, Christmas Truce ist my new best freund"
Soviet Union: Hands Vodka To Germany
You Talk Too Much Kraut
Solders: vibein and having a good time
Generals: wait that’s illegal
It is
@Jamie Treanor was that a oversimplified line
@@germanempire7977 Yes It Is
@Spicyleaves oh ok
@@grodeutschland762 eyyy an oversimplified viewer! :D
A year later, and Christmas Truce is still very touching, yet sad. Imagine playing football with people that you will be fighting against the next day. Christmas Truce will always be remembered, every single year.
True...
Yep.. honestly, I think that the saddest part of WW1 was that one day; they were fighting, then, another day, they were temporarily friends! Then, they were forced to again, fight their newfound friends…
The best truce in history. It honestly so wholesome
The original "How it should have Ended."
If only
Fun fact: Hitler himself witnessed this and he refused to take part.. he even wanted to fire on his own troops for trading with the "enemy"
I expected him to do the same , of course that guy didn't even think enemies are humans
Oh,what a surprise lmao.
Oh I know that Hitler guy
Her-
@@nickolaithewolf3822 Petition to change himself to herself signed
"Vive la Frankreich!"
What a cute German twist to an iconic French phrase.
Frank
Wesh
@III Raich pk tu t'appeles comme sa je parle pas au lache victimes allemand
@@bleachigo783 mit den feigen deutschen?
aufgeber
Fun fact: 1914 it's been Christmas truce, German empire was bringing a gift, then great Britain bringing a chocolate,
It's hilarious how Britain and Germany were trading pictures of their puppets/ colonies in poland and india lol
Hilarious
Well, the German one had Prussia in it. A kingdom that had existed for over a hundred years.
Poland wasn’t in the picture I think the one you though was Poland is Austrian Empire
I thought Germany's picture was about his father Prussia and his... ¿uncle? Austrian empire
@@absolutezerokiryu660 Well prussia was still around back then as part of the federation.
"Peace was .. an option."
edit : thx for 1k likes didn't expect to get this many likes lol
Always has been
Never
For now
@@srgpugsly4200 for now
Yes
166 people: *In terms of feelings, we don’t have any feelings.*
They might be the general in that day
204 now sad
214
@@atifarabi4167 or Hitler.
@@obi-nd3th 218
I'm watching this video every Christmas...
This is just so wholesome.
And the fact that they had to send the troops to different fronts after this cause they didn’t want to fight is just even more wholesome.
no they didnt send em home, they sent them to different fronts
@@richardgaming_xd4747 oh. I’ll fix that.
"oh. Ill fix that"
3 weeks...
@@somebodyyoudontknow9702 yeah sorry I forgot I’ll change it now
@@kasperducky6065 lol😂
Troops: Let's stop to celebrate Christmas!
Generals: *Understandable, have a nice day.*
No they were not.
Not even Adolf Hitler while being a soldier.
They changed the front troops on both sides to restart the fight.
(I might be *r/woooshed* here but I don't care.)
They were not happy. The people refused to fight even after the truce, so they broke them up and split them up on the entire front line.
@@fabianmichaelgockner5988 r/wooooooooooosh
@@fabianmichaelgockner5988 r/wooooooooooosh
they even ordered 24h heavy artillery bombardments the next years on christmas so something like this wouldnt happen again
Lets be honest, We all watched this more than once.
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THIS VIDEO IS SO CUTE😢❤
I AM LITERALLY CRYING INSIDE OF MY SOUL😭😊😊
Fun Fact: This is actually true, as 5 months into WW1 there was a ceasefire during Christmas and some on both sides did celebrate together. It was known as the Christmas Truce
what about the day after , did people go to shooting again?
@@vrabb9030 The Truce lasted a few days, although yeah in the end they did go back to fighting each other
@@robotontheinternet0122 yeah I love history and seeing this just brightened my heart.
I learned about this as I do History,
Apparently (and this is sad), some almost sectors of the frontlines didn’t want to true, whether the it was the Germans or the Allies, so people would walk out of the trench to talk and have fun, but would be shot dead by a sniper.
Also also, British and German High Command didn’t want them to truce, so they started sending false information to the soldiers like “The Germans are planning an attack.” Or “The Germans are trying to make you sick.” So they would retreat back and fight. Some Generals believed this so they fired a flare to tell the soldiers to come back.
Not sure if this is all true btw.
I think 90% of people here know already
i just cried to circles playing soccer together
U soft
Same
Football*
@Der Minderheitenjäger Look Americans call it soccer not all people from different countries call it football
@@OperatorFritz I mean.. every country in the world calls it football, but in theirs own language of course.
Portuguese: Futebol
Spanish: Fútbol
German: Fußball
And so on..
It pains me to think that these people who just made friends with each other, probably had to kill each other, including new friends, the next day...
Things happen, it is hard to shoot an enemy if you know they are human, that's why soldiers "dehumanize" the enemy. That's why the generals didn't want a truce.
Heard they all got replaced from both sides because they refused to shoot.
Actually they refused to shoot eachother.So they got transfered
@@katyushasnagant6124 you are true
@@herodeno more true
The happiest thing is that they are soldiers who have devoted themselves to their country and I am very touched by that.
“Bulgaria available in 1915”
Yes. It was common knowledge back then. Clearly.
Historically Accurate
I have eyes
I am from Bulgaria
He just sleeping in his bed hr wakes up next year
The guys who dislike this are the stupid generals who told them to keep fighting
Yeh
Execute the Generals
@@PrivateMcPrivate Yes all 174 of them
This is true ya
Sad the soldiers just wanted some peace and the generals are just like: sToP eNjOyInG yOuRsElVeS aNd FiGhT tHoSe BaStArDs AlReAdY I mean DUDE THEY HAD AN AWFULLY GOOD TIME NOT FIGHTING (if they stopped fighting after Christmas maybe only about 0.5 to 4 million people died and WW2 might've never happened
This is so heartwarming :(
*proceeds to play as the german reich in hoi4*
Oh god oh *fu-*
"Maybe Britain isnt that bad."
-Transmission-
*You've declared war on Britain!*
*Britain has been capitulated!*
@@vorkutavorkutlag "Not bad as a puppet state."
*Historical AI Off*
Great Britain (Non Aligned Britain Having Gone The King's Party Route) *Wants To Join The Axis*
@@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025 LOL
This is one of the best Countryball videos ever, great job!
I'm not crying, it's just my eyes watering.
Austria-Hungary: *What Are Emotions*
Well thats what we call crying lol
@@thenoobmaster8393 s i l e n c e
@@angellogonzalez2198 wAtEr
lol well thats crying
Dude, I think you’ve just restored my will to live.
Same, but my will will probably be dashed whenever I see some stupid thing which won’t be long
Same
Hope it did well to you bud.
Same
Are you ok?
*The next day sure was weird, they were like: "I still have to kill the man I played football last night?"*
If they lost, they WOULD want to kill the enemy team
The way people viewed war back then was very different from ours. They knew that's what they're supposed to do and that the guy on the other side understands that as well
Both side probably unwilling to kill each other but orders are order since both hated the war
Nope. In fact, the Soldiers on both sides had to switch Fronts with other Soldiers, because they refused to kill their Friends in the Other Trench across No-Mans Land.
@@anothergermanmapper7754 source?
I’m not crying it’s just when I get sad WATER COMES OUT IF MY EYES
Girls: I can't believe he didn't cry when we watched Titanic, do boys even have feelings?
Boys:
I wanna like it but it's at 69
This... brings a tear to my face
This is the best thing I have ever seen
“Guys boys quirky girls boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!! god i cant seem to figure out why im still lonley”
Fun fact: Ww1 started 2 years after Titanic sinked
Girls: does boys even have feelings
Boys after watching:Why did it have to end so fast (CRYING IN THE BACKGROUND)
And why do the generals don’t give a shit *cries more*
@ think you *continues to cry*
I laugh in non binary bc The battle of the sexes how girls and boys seem alien to each other I just have to laugh and cry because this is such a sweet story
This is so true (crying even more)
Do*
I swear i was waiting for germany to say:
"Gutentag Tommy mein friend, Fröhliche Weihnachten!" but instead i got this beautiful gift instead
Frohe Weihnachten aus Deutschland
Ja frohe Weihnachten mein Freund
1:43 a beautiful video😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
When the world needed him most. He came back
Edit: omg guys thanks for the li-
NO.
Fun fact: after, the troops had to be swapped to other areas because they refused to fight each other
Is that really true ?
@@nologichere8764 I dont think so.
@@nobodythenothingian It is, many troops along the western front refused to take orders and fight against the "enemy" since they knew them
Honestly, despite them only knowing one another for what, a few minutes / hours it makes sense, everyone had to have been tired of fighting given what the horrors of war beings to the people who are caught in it.
So yeah, I'd say this is true, cause who'd want to fight new allies despite being completely different from the other side?
and more than 90% of the soldiers who celebrated christmas at 1914 together was dead at december 1915
It's enough to make a grown man cry..
*And thats okay..*
I know so wholesome
I’m not crying its just that this thing called water comes out of my eyes
WHO'S CUTTING ONIONS!?!?!?
@@danigeo247 IDK
@@InvincibleSucks Maybe that funyon with a bunyion
THESE AREN'T TEARS, ITS JUST MY HEART BLEEDING.
If u are heart is bleeding u might be dead
I think that’s worse
@@basilhussain9917 no shi
General: So... how's our offensive?
Soldier: Pretty Good.
General: How many ca-
Soldier: We've scored 3 goals and they scored 1.
General: Wha-
Soldier: We are currently switching to defense.
General: Aren't you guys supposed to be killing each other?
Soldier: What is killing?
General: ...
@White Star Line Nobody cares about your comment Titanic.
@White Star Line it's Christmas and you said that
that's the rudest thing I've ever seen
@White Star Line man aren't you from the beach, because your salty
They partied on occupied Belgian soil it’s a lot less nicer if that is you home country
@White Star Line now I know why an iceberg hit you rat
The Christmas truce is the feeling of the soldiers of the front who could not spend Christmas with their families, a demonstration of humanity ...
Amen
@@claymore484 Amen
@@claymore484 Amen
@@32.riveralopezrobertocarlo55 Amen
I have waited so long to come back to this video because today is special day. It's Christmas and I want to wish you all the best.
"Whatever are we going to do if the troops stop killing each other?!?!?!" -Probably a General in 1914
Sadly that didn't happen the war didn't stop.
"Just send artillery barrage lmao"
-other general
They sent the Germans to fight the Russians, to punish them. Its sad....
No clue what happened to the allies though
@@friedpan8564 They Were Called Allies Realy But The Enetente
@Poop A lot of Soldiers didn't want to fight after the Christmas truce . So generals sent new soldiers to replace the previous soldiers .
In an alternate universe this was how the war ended.
The good ending
This is how the war should have ended
@@nainvlys9852 Amen to that.
Sometimes... A happy ending is what everyone needs..
Luv
Britain and Germany: let’s play football and sing!
Canadians: SOCCER AND SINGING ARE FOR THE *WEAK*
HOCKEY IS FOR THE STRONK
JOINING WAR AFTER YOUR MASTER CALLED YOU THATS FOR WEAK YOU SHOULD DECLARED THE WAR
Proceed to execute all of the prisoners
For those that require context the Canadian Corps openly rejected this truce and instead killed the Germans who were attempting to give gifts resulting in hostilities continuing between the two opposing lines.
The Canadian Corps in general during the war had a predisposition to cruelty.
We kill for fun in wars
The german with the gift is just so cute lmao
This made me all emotional and stuff-
_that usually doesnt happen_
How nice
If I'm not wrong this kind of truce happened between germany-french border in ww1. Some areas stopped fighting for christmas but not all of them, only some of them.
@@FVMCRAFT sad
@@FVMCRAFT Sad
They disobeyed their commanders and field marshals, and extended gifts, all after all, human beings with different way of speaking...
true
It actually was the Germans that started the truce and it was possible to start it because most germans before thenwar had jobs in england and could speak decent english and a little french which also stopped the war on french trenches.
this shows that hate is not between the people, its between th goverments.
Edit: wow that blew up didnt excpect that
True words
During WW1? Yes. During almost every military conflict after WW1? No.
Its also a reality today. One such Example: India and Pakistan
@@КрасныйОрёл-л9х nah every war is the same. Propaganda is what gets people to fight
@@0witw047 I agree with your second statement. However, almost every modern day propaganda campaign is hate-inducing.
I don't know about what is going on in frontlines, but in the internet between people... Well, lots of hate.
2:19 if there’s ever gonna be a very United Europe I want this to be remembered