A Truce To Remember

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  • Опубликовано: 27 дек 2020
  • A bit delayed with this, but hey, the Christmas vibe’s not (hopefully) over yet.
    Unexpected and out of nowhere, the blast of the weapons ceased. Instead, they replaced the bloody battle with a football match. As the Holidays ended, the fun was gone and each soldier returned back to their cold trenches. The battle continued as if no peaceful Christmas were celebrated at all.
    Happy Holidays & New Year~ 🎄
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    A discord server to offer: / discord
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    Music used:
    1.) Franz Gruber (recorded by Kevin MacLeod) ~ Silent Night
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    TWISTS IN THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT:
    • Uniforms from different era | some of the helmets/headgears may not existed in 1914. They were simply not used in battle back then.
    • Ottoman & the company | Ottomans, as well as Serbs, Montenegrins (& maybe more) might not made direct combat in this front*. I’m basically highlighting countries which took part in WWI before Christmas 1914.
    Pls spare me if I would forget some other countries.
    The Ottomans although had their own truce with ANZAC (troops from Australia & New Zealand), later in Spring 1915.
    • No, they didn’t use guns to dress Christmas trees, right? (but that would be cool).
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    Respective music/audio materials NOT created by me.
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    Programs used:
    -Adobe After Effects
    -Adobe Photoshop
    -Other minor programs not necessary to mention (if used)
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Комментарии • 10 тыс.

  • @KangradGenral
    @KangradGenral  3 года назад +7478

    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

    • @remigiuscaesar8307
      @remigiuscaesar8307 3 года назад +176

      This was beautiful

    • @KangradGenral
      @KangradGenral  3 года назад +286

      Also what y'all got for Christmas?
      I can say I got some lottery ticket that's it.

    • @Chris14_
      @Chris14_ 3 года назад +44

      @@KangradGenral I got something called clothes and socks

    • @thatonefootballcardguy
      @thatonefootballcardguy 3 года назад +36

      @@KangradGenral me too I won a million bucks off it

    • @ratedm7755
      @ratedm7755 3 года назад +23

      @@KangradGenral I got a bunch of gift cards, plus a few books.

  • @frederickoftheartic2209
    @frederickoftheartic2209 3 года назад +3489

    "I just ran out of ink, I didn't expect a truce"
    - Klaus

    • @elqueobserva7663
      @elqueobserva7663 3 года назад +108

      Just out of curiosity, was his name actually Klaus?
      That must be one of the most epic coincidences ever.

    • @russiasgreatestspinmachine4096
      @russiasgreatestspinmachine4096 3 года назад +113

      @@elqueobserva7663 Yes, the other guys clearly called him Klaus

    • @aydenchan4459
      @aydenchan4459 3 года назад +44

      Klaus was such a cool general

    • @agente7202
      @agente7202 3 года назад +48

      @@aydenchan4459 just searched a German named Klaus he was a Liutenant

    • @aydenchan4459
      @aydenchan4459 3 года назад +7

      @@agente7202 told ya

  • @malaysianmapping9767
    @malaysianmapping9767 3 года назад +4387

    I'm not crying, it's just that sometimes, when I'm sad, *WATER, COMES OUT OF MY EYES*

  • @bobuxman1434
    @bobuxman1434 6 месяцев назад +116

    Fun fact: During the night, many soldiers were crying because all the friends they made that day, would be found dead the next day

    • @enzosrandoms
      @enzosrandoms 5 месяцев назад +14

      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...

    • @mannimut1721
      @mannimut1721 5 месяцев назад +13

      ​@@enzosrandomsmany were moved to different sections of the Front to my knowledge

    • @IndianCountryballsCreator
      @IndianCountryballsCreator 16 дней назад +3

      It feels so bad 😞😢

    • @CxO112
      @CxO112 16 дней назад +3

      I don't think this is a 'FUN' fact :(

    • @Harbin_07
      @Harbin_07 5 дней назад +1

      This fact wasn't _fun_ AT ALL😭

  • @djungelskog721
    @djungelskog721 Год назад +368

    No other countryball animation has made me cry.

    • @user-ly2lz1ps6m
      @user-ly2lz1ps6m 2 месяца назад +1

      Me too man :(

    • @victorhang1024
      @victorhang1024 Месяц назад +1

      Same😭😭😭💔💔💔

    • @Itsumonandome
      @Itsumonandome Месяц назад +2

      You're emotionally weak we noticed.

    • @jamesvictorbarrera6836
      @jamesvictorbarrera6836 Месяц назад

      ​@@Itsumonandome let bro have his fucking time mate cant you see hes shitting crying right now

    • @UnholyHoliness
      @UnholyHoliness 21 день назад +4

      @@Itsumonandomebro, it’s probably one of the sweetest moments in history, where two enemies stopped fighting. how is he weak?

  • @mr.j2040
    @mr.j2040 3 года назад +4113

    "Never thought I'd celebrate Christmas with the enemy"
    "How about a friend"
    "Aye, I could do that"

    • @a_yan6581
      @a_yan6581 3 года назад +118

      Ah, I see you’re a man of culture as well.

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 3 года назад +24

      @@a_yan6581 he is

    • @breder_23
      @breder_23 3 года назад +7

      Лоль ауе

    • @joshbosh7018
      @joshbosh7018 3 года назад +14

      AHHH!! I remember the quote, but from where?

    • @beneficialuncle4136
      @beneficialuncle4136 3 года назад +23

      @@joshbosh7018 Lord of the Rings

  • @Pyrusia
    @Pyrusia 3 года назад +1614

    "Hey General?"
    "Yeeeee?"
    "Are the troops supposed to be greeting and having fun with the enemy?"
    "Say sike right now"

  • @detroxx56784
    @detroxx56784 Год назад +75

    It is crazy and also incredibly sad to think about the fact that this stupid and pointless war could have ended that very day, if the officers didn't insist on the soldiers following orders. Millions of lives could have been saved.
    This story genuinely makes me tear up every time.

  • @N_charger190
    @N_charger190 Месяц назад +37

    "Even though we’re enemies, we’re still humans"
    -WW1 soldiers

  • @francescodegregorio2824
    @francescodegregorio2824 3 года назад +2910

    Soldiers: **come alike and celebrate Christmas**
    Generals: *REEEEEEEEEE*

    • @definitelynotjames
      @definitelynotjames 3 года назад +151

      Soliders: *having a blast*
      Generals: *DAS WAS EIN BEFEHL!*

    • @mswijn
      @mswijn 3 года назад +23

      @@definitelynotjames hi what does befehl mean, i only know the "das was ein" part

    • @viktormilosevic8172
      @viktormilosevic8172 3 года назад +30

      @@mswijn It means "command" or "order"

    • @rielius4520
      @rielius4520 3 года назад +21

      @@mswijn Das war ein befehl translates to that was an order

    • @ThePuma1707
      @ThePuma1707 3 года назад +35

      @@definitelynotjames *DER ANGRIFF STEINERS WAR EIN BEFEHL!*

  • @thatjunkerguy5392
    @thatjunkerguy5392 3 года назад +1322

    Germans and the British: playing football and giving gifts
    Every other front: *Screams and gunshots*

    • @kubamagdalinski5133
      @kubamagdalinski5133 3 года назад +90

      Meanwhile in slavic countries: People dies for Hunger, Germans,Russians,epidemic, cold,coatings and in curfews

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 3 года назад +6

      @@kubamagdalinski5133 Sad But True

    • @apotato5567
      @apotato5567 3 года назад +33

      Not really there were limited truces on the Easten front also

    • @kristiankonev5190
      @kristiankonev5190 3 года назад

      @@savage_aly8752 HEY! IM YOUR LIFE IM THE ONE THAT TAKES YOU THERE

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 3 года назад

      @@kristiankonev5190 WTF?!

  • @Tacos_Mx
    @Tacos_Mx Год назад +216

    Sometimes enemies can just be friends 🇬🇧🤝🇩🇪

    • @CastielHanriyanto-gt3kd
      @CastielHanriyanto-gt3kd 7 месяцев назад +1

      Yea like my Bestie sometimes he can start a fight with me but after that we become friends (we cant be enemies all the time, forget the past and move on

    • @victorhang1024
      @victorhang1024 14 дней назад

      Would peace🙏

    • @Eagleblazer69
      @Eagleblazer69 7 дней назад

      @@victorhang1024*world peace

    • @Coiny-commenter
      @Coiny-commenter 4 дня назад

      *- Tacos_Mx*

  • @Termiborger
    @Termiborger 2 месяца назад +24

    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.

  • @cheesemeister9610
    @cheesemeister9610 3 года назад +2363

    If only it could have lasted forever

    • @bruhifysoldat679
      @bruhifysoldat679 3 года назад +21

      Yes

    • @elqueobserva7663
      @elqueobserva7663 3 года назад +145

      It would have been a very beautiful ending to the First World War. I'm surprised I haven't seen uchronias where that happens.

    • @ChucktheAnimator
      @ChucktheAnimator 3 года назад +23

      Like my comment comrade

    • @TheSaltiestOne
      @TheSaltiestOne 3 года назад +10

      Well this was war after all. Even if the troops didn't fight I don't think they would have a chance at peace

    • @basilii5446
      @basilii5446 3 года назад +6

      @@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

  • @BTebus
    @BTebus 3 года назад +3541

    The creator: I’m going to use eyes as emotions.
    Austria Hungary: *What are emotions*

    • @yohan40
      @yohan40 3 года назад +51

      Lol 😂

    • @BTebus
      @BTebus 3 года назад +40

      @Tobi. exactly

    • @vrabb9030
      @vrabb9030 3 года назад +18

      @Mayonaise ngl nazi germany and then a :D is the most cursed thing ever

    • @Metawire61
      @Metawire61 3 года назад +31

      @Mayonaise only the coolest of people wear eyepatches
      Austria-hungary wears 2

    • @The_SEWI_Railfanner
      @The_SEWI_Railfanner 3 года назад +7

      @䭯俺崢拍鄘重欭庠怍岬 he has his eyes hiding behind his symbols

  • @Bacon-Robloxian
    @Bacon-Robloxian 8 месяцев назад +19

    "In the enemy, there is still humanity"
    -wise man

  • @jv_16
    @jv_16 2 месяца назад +8

    Bro france was like:
    "You guys invade my country and PARTY TOGETHER??"

  • @fbi8440
    @fbi8440 3 года назад +1566

    German soldier: I want a pe-
    British soldier: *So you have chosen a truce*

  • @ItsRaio7
    @ItsRaio7 3 года назад +2918

    Generals: It's war
    *_Christmas has joined the game_*
    *_Generals has left the game_*

  • @angeldario6271
    @angeldario6271 Год назад +49

    We really need the Christmas Truce to become an hour long(ish) play, not just the truce itself, but everything that happened before and afterwards. And showing the stories of specific people involved, so basically some parts would have a slice of life feel

    • @ClemDiamond
      @ClemDiamond Месяц назад +1

      I'm a year late but there's litteraly a movie which plot is the very thing you describe. It's called Merry Christmas / Joyeux Noël / Frohe Weinachten (one title for each side). It's a european production and it was filmed with the original languages of every side.

  • @blakebuadlart8482
    @blakebuadlart8482 Год назад +46

    The friendship will never ends. 💪🇩🇪🇬🇧

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 3 года назад +5625

    They said it would be over by Christmas, they just didn’t tell them that it would be the Christmas in four years

    • @aydenhernandez2572
      @aydenhernandez2572 3 года назад +132

      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.

    • @russiasgreatestspinmachine4096
      @russiasgreatestspinmachine4096 3 года назад +53

      Me: No no, he's got a point

    • @EthanMKim
      @EthanMKim 3 года назад +24

      I've seen a comment like this in AlternateHistoryHub lol

    • @dr_sussy_magussy
      @dr_sussy_magussy 3 года назад +21

      Why do I see you eveywhere

    • @caucasknsv7988
      @caucasknsv7988 3 года назад +17

      He is god of comments

  • @AbrahamLincoln4
    @AbrahamLincoln4 3 года назад +1421

    *"Old men declare war, But it is the Youth that must die."*

    • @egaman3288
      @egaman3288 3 года назад +40

      That’s very sad.

    • @PanzerJager1
      @PanzerJager1 3 года назад +15

      Cod 2 flashbacks*

    • @Demonetization_Symbol
      @Demonetization_Symbol 3 года назад +2

      Sadly

    • @dr.syedmuhammadmanazer-ul-414
      @dr.syedmuhammadmanazer-ul-414 3 года назад +10

      @@Demonetization_Symbol
      I am looking to start a RUclips channel
      Pls stay away from me
      Also very true Abraham Lincoln

    • @-xphobia
      @-xphobia 3 года назад +5

      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.

  • @ItzClouddie_
    @ItzClouddie_ 11 месяцев назад +14

    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.

    • @Chipsahoy1
      @Chipsahoy1 3 месяца назад +1

      I'm from the uk, England!
      If i could live anywhere, I'd live in Germany if could :)

  • @awesomegj
    @awesomegj Год назад +26

    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.

  • @zeroxthesoldat4410
    @zeroxthesoldat4410 3 года назад +440

    Western front truces: *Celebrating christmass*
    Eastern front truces: *Trying not to get eaten by wolves storming the trenches*

  • @makotonaegi9562
    @makotonaegi9562 3 года назад +3270

    This is actually how wars should end.
    “Peace was always an option”

  • @user-bz5sl7vt7y
    @user-bz5sl7vt7y Год назад +15

    The Christmas Truce is heartwarming and the "happy holidays" make me cry

  • @fernandocervioli8156
    @fernandocervioli8156 Год назад +5

    The german with the gift is just so cute lmao

  • @gimmanl2023
    @gimmanl2023 3 года назад +1466

    1914 A Truce To Remember.
    1941 A Truce To Forget.

    • @YoshiMarioGamez
      @YoshiMarioGamez 3 года назад +29

      Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

    • @joedied7213
      @joedied7213 3 года назад +37

      @@YoshiMarioGamez beep beep beep

    • @asianhunsanimations3324
      @asianhunsanimations3324 3 года назад +16

      İts poetry it ryhems

    • @sharinganplay994
      @sharinganplay994 3 года назад +5

      Confused

    • @grubhubdad2.079
      @grubhubdad2.079 3 года назад +2

      Hmm

  • @goldenrodprime226
    @goldenrodprime226 3 года назад +1601

    “Bulgaria available in 1915”

    • @jevinliu4658
      @jevinliu4658 3 года назад +40

      Yes. It was common knowledge back then. Clearly.

    • @brandnewman21
      @brandnewman21 3 года назад +28

      Historically Accurate

    • @typlcai
      @typlcai 3 года назад

      I have eyes

    • @Average_bulgarian8528
      @Average_bulgarian8528 3 года назад +7

      I am from Bulgaria

    • @euovision
      @euovision 3 года назад +2

      He just sleeping in his bed hr wakes up next year

  • @noone-jp4ex
    @noone-jp4ex Год назад +4

    I'm not crying. You are

  • @poyokid916
    @poyokid916 2 года назад +4

    i have never shed so many tears over a film or video up until now.
    thank you for giving me the feeling of tearing up over something beautiful.

  • @robertmartirosyan4669
    @robertmartirosyan4669 3 года назад +273

    when schnitzel and tea came together in harmony

    • @GG143
      @GG143 3 года назад +7

      and wine and french picture come together

    • @tiredace_2998
      @tiredace_2998 3 года назад +5

      I think that was a cake roll

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 3 года назад

      it was nice really, I Quite liked it

  • @KaitiansCountryballs
    @KaitiansCountryballs 3 года назад +523

    Germans protecc
    Germans attac
    But most importantly
    Germans bring snacc

  • @donauwelle_mapper
    @donauwelle_mapper 10 месяцев назад +8

    THIS VIDEO IS SO CUTE😢❤
    I AM LITERALLY CRYING INSIDE OF MY SOUL😭😊😊

  • @norgeballmapping3736
    @norgeballmapping3736 Год назад +3

    This is so wholesome

    • @astronomical603
      @astronomical603 Год назад

      So true

    • @Savieor
      @Savieor Год назад

      Then the very next day the war continues, and the once friends were forced to kill each other for their leaders glory ❤

  • @user-zu5it8gu7w
    @user-zu5it8gu7w 3 года назад +1376

    All: *switch to happy eyes*
    Austria-Hungary: Am I a joke to you?

    • @officialguest3398
      @officialguest3398 3 года назад +8

      @• No, It's an eye patch.

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 3 года назад +8

      @@officialguest3398 yes austria-hungary doesn't have eyes because of the eyepatches, for the 2 crowns resemble the eye spots

    • @adankmeme651
      @adankmeme651 3 года назад +3

      I really wonder how Austria-Hungary ball lost his eyes.

    • @Krieg_Sherren
      @Krieg_Sherren 3 года назад +2

      @@adankmeme651 back in the neopolianic war...

    • @adankmeme651
      @adankmeme651 3 года назад +1

      @@Krieg_Sherren oh ok

  • @MonsieurDean
    @MonsieurDean 3 года назад +11707

    Truly, this is the best of the History Christmas Specials.

    • @therandomsoldier710
      @therandomsoldier710 3 года назад +30

      👏 yes

    • @chimeraiscool
      @chimeraiscool 3 года назад +29

      Hi Monsieur Z how's Christmas

    • @MonsieurDean
      @MonsieurDean 3 года назад +57

      @@chimeraiscool I had a good Christmas, how about yourself?

    • @chrisyyy2730
      @chrisyyy2730 3 года назад +14

      Monsieur Z, have a happy new year!

    • @therandomsoldier710
      @therandomsoldier710 3 года назад +11

      Derr Herr, have a marry Christmas and a happy new year.

  • @jhing5200
    @jhing5200 11 месяцев назад +2

    This feels like an animation plus a movie I wonder if people started animating these this is perfection

  • @ChicagoBlackhawksfan
    @ChicagoBlackhawksfan Год назад +2

    This is really wholesome, i love this

  • @caffeecup5319
    @caffeecup5319 3 года назад +968

    Everyone: *Smiles*
    Austria-Hungary: *Bobs head*

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 3 года назад +53

      sadly austria-hungary has no eyes

    • @TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul
      @TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul 3 года назад +7

      @@savage_aly8752 But y tho

    • @moisesmartin25
      @moisesmartin25 3 года назад +37

      @@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

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 3 года назад +6

      @@moisesmartin25 True, cuz the flag has the 2 crowns , so there are no eye spots

    • @canadaballplayz9999
      @canadaballplayz9999 3 года назад +2

      It's too bad Austria-Hungary doesn't have eyes. He'd be able to see what was going on if he did.

  • @mrgars5180
    @mrgars5180 3 года назад +684

    English Commander: why our troops not attacking?
    English soldier who get out of bunker First: "sorry chesko but he gave me some nice candy"

  • @naviwolffe
    @naviwolffe 2 месяца назад +3

    The best truce in history. It honestly so wholesome

  • @tisyb6977
    @tisyb6977 Год назад +6

    "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 though about our friends
    Those who never made it home
    When the battle had commenced"
    Mery Christmas

  • @Jackuves
    @Jackuves 3 года назад +5090

    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"

  • @StratoBomber52
    @StratoBomber52 3 года назад +2950

    Forget about all of those chirstmas movies, this is a masterpiece.

  • @TheGrandeCapo
    @TheGrandeCapo 5 месяцев назад +4

    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.

  • @anorbinspace51
    @anorbinspace51 Год назад +1

    Putting this on loop makes this infinitely better

  • @Ritz1256
    @Ritz1256 3 года назад +1463

    Christmas in WW1: Everyone laid down their weapons and plays together
    Christmas in WW2: BATTLE OF STALINGRAD

    • @NewRepublic4137
      @NewRepublic4137 3 года назад +80

      And Sabaton sings
      'INTO THE MOTHERLAND THE GERMAN ARMY MARCH!'

    • @YataTheFifteenth
      @YataTheFifteenth 3 года назад +28

      "GOTT IM HIMMEL THIS PLACE IS A FICKEN WASTELAND! DU BASTARDS LIVE HERE?"
      "Da."

    • @SethAtSNK
      @SethAtSNK 3 года назад +12

      "Oi Hans, Karl, let us invade this arsche of a city filled with dummkopfs"
      "нет"

    • @danielblumberg308
      @danielblumberg308 3 года назад +9

      I could picture America just coming in and killing everyone

    • @zoharamitai8719
      @zoharamitai8719 3 года назад +3

      @@NewRepublic4137 what's the Song called? I wanna listen

  • @PurdyProductions0
    @PurdyProductions0 3 года назад +3829

    Creator: Uses eyes for emotions.
    Austria-Hungary: *I have no such weakness.*

    • @GoldenBlade-xb8xn
      @GoldenBlade-xb8xn 3 года назад +28

      Lol

    • @anormalperson1188
      @anormalperson1188 3 года назад +179

      More like: *I have no such emotions*

    • @markarete6469
      @markarete6469 3 года назад +23

      Adolf Hitler

    • @ian6729
      @ian6729 3 года назад +7

      Hey AdventureGaming I watch your vids ima fan didn't know I'll see you here

    • @danimaster2.062
      @danimaster2.062 3 года назад +6

      @@anormalperson1188 i live in the shadows of the world wars

  • @Sapper12234
    @Sapper12234 6 месяцев назад +2

    Soldiers aren't enemy, their leader is the enemy.

  • @rush022
    @rush022 Год назад +1

    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

  • @nikitalanochkin1200
    @nikitalanochkin1200 3 года назад +518

    Meanwhile a truce between German and Russian troops occurred when both armies were attacked by a huge pack of wolves

    • @cauli5305
      @cauli5305 3 года назад +39

      Did that happen. Im too lazy to search it up.

    • @dominiklehn2866
      @dominiklehn2866 3 года назад +30

      @@cauli5305 also too lazy to prove,but I think it did

    • @cauli5305
      @cauli5305 3 года назад +64

      @@dominiklehn2866 what. Being lazy is in my blood. I'm from Montenegro after all

    • @Sahelian
      @Sahelian 3 года назад +23

      @@cauli5305 Yes it happened.

    • @luc2527
      @luc2527 3 года назад +32

      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 😉

  • @Funtime_1008
    @Funtime_1008 3 года назад +4849

    I can see everyone talking about how touching this was but no one is talking about how fucken amazing the animation was

    • @yo2026
      @yo2026 3 года назад +14

      Both

    • @MetroStation64
      @MetroStation64 3 года назад +6

      Ikr

    • @Pink_Guy401
      @Pink_Guy401 3 года назад +2

      1k like its an honor

    • @doc_freeman8504
      @doc_freeman8504 3 года назад +1

      Yea

    • @guimot0123
      @guimot0123 3 года назад +14

      That is basic Kaliningrad's animation. He know how to make some high tier animations with countryballs.

  • @Angelikaliu1331
    @Angelikaliu1331 11 месяцев назад +2

    I love it 😭
    It's so beautiful

  • @ScandiViking
    @ScandiViking 2 года назад +2

    This is the best countryballs video I’ve ever seen! I wish I can be as good as animating as you someday.

  • @interanium3427
    @interanium3427 3 года назад +1164

    "Peace was .. an option."
    edit : thx for 1k likes didn't expect to get this many likes lol

  • @hl2bigboss
    @hl2bigboss 3 года назад +672

    It's enough to make a grown man cry..
    *And thats okay..*

  • @selectivystupid.1030
    @selectivystupid.1030 6 месяцев назад +1

    I come back to this video during December or hell near christmas just be reminded that war, nationalism, militarism, grudges, alliances and every other factor can truely just be stopped by a nice reminder of the enemy is just you. A human who has their own life, their own family who they desperately wanna see again. The holidays just remind soldiers that there is still humanity within the enemy. And that most given the chance would rather celebrate than open fire on their enemies. Good Animation Kalinin (Or kangrad). Happy Holidays if you're reading this in a future christmas day.

  • @Jympex
    @Jympex 10 месяцев назад +2

    I started cry when i wached this again after 3 yers and understanded that midle of hell and war you can still celebrate and hava happy memories. Respecti and love for everyone Who fighted in both world wars.

  • @mr_tunafish3232
    @mr_tunafish3232 3 года назад +286

    I love how he can explains that Bulgarians were not at war.

    • @Ciechan-96-
      @Ciechan-96- 3 года назад +4

      @@fettegurke2447 it's literally said in the video

    • @titanusghidorah7964
      @titanusghidorah7964 3 года назад +1

      @@Ciechan-96- eee

    • @Ciechan-96-
      @Ciechan-96- 3 года назад +1

      @@fettegurke2447 2:07 look at the sign above Turkey

    • @mr_tunafish3232
      @mr_tunafish3232 3 года назад +2

      Sign is in 2:08

    • @yoghurtmaster1688
      @yoghurtmaster1688 3 года назад

      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"*

  • @HanzierL
    @HanzierL 3 года назад +6271

    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.

    • @theshadowforce3438
      @theshadowforce3438 3 года назад +162

      I don’t blame you

    • @robertmartirosyan4669
      @robertmartirosyan4669 3 года назад +258

      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.

    • @nicefloweytheoverseer7632
      @nicefloweytheoverseer7632 3 года назад +20

      Oi mate! No swearing in this Christian country all server!

    • @nicefloweytheoverseer7632
      @nicefloweytheoverseer7632 3 года назад +10

      Countryball*

    • @bg1052
      @bg1052 3 года назад +94

      What pains me is that most of these people probably ended up killing each other the next day.

  • @-Kuru-Reichtangle-Historian-
    @-Kuru-Reichtangle-Historian- Год назад +1

    This sad animation truely fits 2020......Its so lovely

  • @ducked7711
    @ducked7711 2 года назад

    This has made me very happy thank you

  • @PnPproductionsandentertainment
    @PnPproductionsandentertainment 3 года назад +1296

    “You took the ball off me! That’s illegal!”
    “Nein”
    *and the war continued*

  • @greatlake_editz
    @greatlake_editz Год назад +1

    the voices are perfect and the animation is just one of the greatest things i have seen

  • @hamdyabohagar8775
    @hamdyabohagar8775 10 месяцев назад +2

    This video got me crying,jumping,screaming,smiling, strolling, running, rumbling

  • @beast0339
    @beast0339 3 года назад +1072

    "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."

    • @joemammoth1
      @joemammoth1 3 года назад +33

      I think wars were partly symbolic back then and they were kinda done with sitting in trench’s

    • @the_yeegineer
      @the_yeegineer 3 года назад +5

      I respect that.

    • @acebalistic1358
      @acebalistic1358 3 года назад +28

      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

    • @prajwalpingali
      @prajwalpingali 3 года назад +3

      Dr.who, I loved this episode, cried when Capaldi regenerated

    • @frenchsoldier8485
      @frenchsoldier8485 3 года назад +10

      @@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.

  • @ims6671
    @ims6671 3 года назад +700

    this shows that hate is not between the people, its between th goverments.
    Edit: wow that blew up didnt excpect that

    • @FreedomAtLast845
      @FreedomAtLast845 3 года назад +18

      True words

    • @user-ns5di9on9n
      @user-ns5di9on9n 3 года назад +40

      During WW1? Yes. During almost every military conflict after WW1? No.

    • @basilhussain9917
      @basilhussain9917 3 года назад +14

      Its also a reality today. One such Example: India and Pakistan

    • @0witw047
      @0witw047 3 года назад +37

      @@user-ns5di9on9n nah every war is the same. Propaganda is what gets people to fight

    • @user-ns5di9on9n
      @user-ns5di9on9n 3 года назад +8

      @@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.

  • @UrstupidBuddy_Netha
    @UrstupidBuddy_Netha Год назад +1

    this is such a wholesome man..

  • @M__O__A__I
    @M__O__A__I Год назад

    This genuinely makes me smile.

  • @toyotacorollamerchant
    @toyotacorollamerchant 3 года назад +1011

    I love how the name of the German who gave the gift to the British is "Klaus"
    Edit: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  • @RandomHQ433
    @RandomHQ433 3 года назад +365

    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...

    • @katyushasnagant6124
      @katyushasnagant6124 3 года назад +31

      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.

    • @perfectpREdAtori
      @perfectpREdAtori 3 года назад +29

      Heard they all got replaced from both sides because they refused to shoot.

    • @herodeno
      @herodeno 3 года назад +21

      Actually they refused to shoot eachother.So they got transfered

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 3 года назад

      @@katyushasnagant6124 you are true

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 3 года назад

      @@herodeno more true

  • @niceballs919
    @niceballs919 2 года назад +1

    This shows the soldiers weren’t the real demons and bad people, it was the dictators and leaders

  • @Diamond13_Mapping
    @Diamond13_Mapping 11 месяцев назад +1

    This shows that peace is possible, great job Kangrad

  • @gustavszile8146
    @gustavszile8146 3 года назад +300

    "You know what? This krieg ist so lame. Christmas Truce is best."

    • @snowy9598
      @snowy9598 3 года назад +24

      Giving German candy is the thing now you know.
      So if you excuse me, I must-

    • @danielk5489
      @danielk5489 3 года назад +23

      @@snowy9598 British: *gives chocolate*
      You talk too much, friend

    • @snowy9598
      @snowy9598 3 года назад +6

      @@danielk5489 Germany: YeaY

    • @cardenassolisrodrigo2601
      @cardenassolisrodrigo2601 3 года назад +2

      "My friendship with krieg has ended, Christmas Truce ist my new best freund"

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 3 года назад +3

      Soviet Union: Hands Vodka To Germany
      You Talk Too Much Kraut

  • @Marl3421
    @Marl3421 3 года назад +1441

    The guys who dislike this are the stupid generals who told them to keep fighting

    • @Rudinn_Ranger
      @Rudinn_Ranger 3 года назад +10

      Yeh

    • @PrivateMcPrivate
      @PrivateMcPrivate 3 года назад +24

      Execute the Generals

    • @noahb9596
      @noahb9596 3 года назад +16

      @@PrivateMcPrivate Yes all 174 of them

    • @roycehina396
      @roycehina396 3 года назад +2

      This is true ya

    • @canadaballplayz9999
      @canadaballplayz9999 3 года назад +16

      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

  • @lehitle
    @lehitle 4 месяца назад +1

    The happiest thing is that they are soldiers who have devoted themselves to their country and I am very touched by that.

  • @RandomCreations87
    @RandomCreations87 10 месяцев назад +2

    Even in the darkness, humanity will still shine through

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 3 года назад +792

    Telling your soldiers you'll be home by Christmas is a big of a lie as saying "South Korea" is the better Korea

  • @worldmapper6065
    @worldmapper6065 3 года назад +530

    Troops: Let's stop to celebrate Christmas!
    Generals: *Understandable, have a nice day.*

    • @fabianmichaelgockner5988
      @fabianmichaelgockner5988 3 года назад +28

      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.)

    • @foty8679
      @foty8679 3 года назад +21

      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.

    • @tinglebangledoggymcnaboo
      @tinglebangledoggymcnaboo 3 года назад +6

      @@fabianmichaelgockner5988 r/wooooooooooosh

    • @tinglebangledoggymcnaboo
      @tinglebangledoggymcnaboo 3 года назад +4

      @@fabianmichaelgockner5988 r/wooooooooooosh

    • @ThePuma1707
      @ThePuma1707 3 года назад +17

      they even ordered 24h heavy artillery bombardments the next years on christmas so something like this wouldnt happen again

  • @TylerSchaer
    @TylerSchaer Год назад +1

    Most wholesome video I’ve ever seen

  • @Prauwlet213
    @Prauwlet213 6 месяцев назад +1

    It’s become a Christmas tradition to watch this for me

  • @worldmapper6065
    @worldmapper6065 3 года назад +359

    "Yay let's celebrate!"
    Turkey: I don't know what you're are doing, but i will participate 😎👍

    • @Kizil69
      @Kizil69 3 года назад +3

      YES😃

    • @savage_aly8752
      @savage_aly8752 3 года назад

      eheheheh,They Kinda Do But Lol!

    • @Lucas-zx9dr
      @Lucas-zx9dr 3 года назад +1

      Eu acho que ele copiou o DGP mas tá bom kkkkk

    • @worldmapper6065
      @worldmapper6065 3 года назад

      @@Lucas-zx9dr sksksksksksk, acho q ele n sabe o dgp existe

    • @arthurfilipe7380
      @arthurfilipe7380 3 года назад

      @@worldmapper6065 talvez ele saiba

  • @Bananamare
    @Bananamare 3 года назад +194

    The Christmas Truce of 1914 is the true meaning of humanity.

    • @canadaballplayz9999
      @canadaballplayz9999 3 года назад +10

      Quite right mate. Quite right.

    • @ZTE
      @ZTE 3 года назад +1

      + Gallipoli campaign...

    • @sniper3031
      @sniper3031 3 года назад +4

      @@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.

  • @_cles_
    @_cles_ Год назад

    this made my day man ty!

  • @ledenalynn4715
    @ledenalynn4715 3 года назад +1002

    If klaus never ran out of ink this would be lost in history

    • @anshula2955
      @anshula2955 3 года назад +25

      Glad he did then!

    • @BartK.
      @BartK. 3 года назад +61

      If Friedrich had ink, this would be lost in history

    • @asolanola6939
      @asolanola6939 3 года назад +5

      Literally lost...
      But thanks heavens that didn't happen

    • @ledenalynn4715
      @ledenalynn4715 3 года назад +3

      Hi

    • @zuliyanp3046
      @zuliyanp3046 3 года назад +3

      Very accurat

  • @mcmemesbasement4455
    @mcmemesbasement4455 3 года назад +433

    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.

    • @cocotaveras8975
      @cocotaveras8975 3 года назад +6

      Well said! 👏

    • @iluvu4276
      @iluvu4276 3 года назад +1

      ah i just wanna cry...

    • @kiboma4209
      @kiboma4209 3 года назад +4

      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.

    • @deadeye3251
      @deadeye3251 3 года назад +1

      Idk why but this reminds me of Battlefield 1 campaign

    • @jacksondaoreal
      @jacksondaoreal 3 года назад +1

      @@kiboma4209 there's a sad thing that the leaders of both sides forced them to fight eachother after Christmas :(

  • @aywaa.amy3047
    @aywaa.amy3047 Год назад +2

    this is the most wholesome WW video i have seen 😭😭

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 3 месяца назад

    I love how wholesome this is

  • @alvinquinto2707
    @alvinquinto2707 3 года назад +1689

    Girls: does boys even have feelings
    Boys after watching:Why did it have to end so fast (CRYING IN THE BACKGROUND)

    • @theannihilator7989
      @theannihilator7989 3 года назад +39

      And why do the generals don’t give a shit *cries more*

    • @theannihilator7989
      @theannihilator7989 3 года назад +2

      @ think you *continues to cry*

    • @Ra_the_Sun_god
      @Ra_the_Sun_god 3 года назад +5

      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

    • @uknucklesforever5867
      @uknucklesforever5867 3 года назад

      This is so true (crying even more)

    • @iAteADino
      @iAteADino 3 года назад

      Do*

  • @VictorDiaz-bi2lx
    @VictorDiaz-bi2lx 3 года назад +214

    "All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal"
    -John Steinbeck

    • @kurtgeraldtomada4451
      @kurtgeraldtomada4451 3 года назад +4

      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

    • @xaviergonzalez44
      @xaviergonzalez44 3 года назад +4

      Truly a depressing time to spread depressing vibes

    • @elqueobserva7663
      @elqueobserva7663 3 года назад +4

      Killing each other only makes us fall behind in the race against the beasts that may exist in the great void of the cosmos.

    • @detectivehobson7465
      @detectivehobson7465 3 года назад +3

      One of the most intelligent quotes of all time

  • @estynelvia2755
    @estynelvia2755 Год назад

    For 2 years this still make me cry

  • @adamczuppon-wp9gk
    @adamczuppon-wp9gk 11 месяцев назад

    This makes me happy soooooo much!❤

  • @neo-luddismrules
    @neo-luddismrules 2 года назад +3755

    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

    • @jamaphy8621
      @jamaphy8621 2 года назад +126

      Indeed my friend. Indeed.

    • @Zrtaylor_Foxy
      @Zrtaylor_Foxy 2 года назад +49

      What makes you a good demoman?

    • @MyKingston2010
      @MyKingston2010 2 года назад +91

      IF I WAS A BAD DEMO MAN I WOULDNT BE SITTIN HERE CRYIN ME ARSE OFF TO THIS SAD FILM lol

    • @AyCk567
      @AyCk567 2 года назад +44

      Good that they didn't had fight each other next day as they were all replaced

    • @spamtongspamton3550
      @spamtongspamton3550 2 года назад +73

      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

  • @j4xxonl
    @j4xxonl 3 года назад +651

    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: ...

    • @j4xxonl
      @j4xxonl 3 года назад +10

      @White Star Line Nobody cares about your comment Titanic.

    • @thunderedsun203
      @thunderedsun203 3 года назад +5

      @White Star Line it's Christmas and you said that
      that's the rudest thing I've ever seen

    • @Purringcat851
      @Purringcat851 3 года назад +2

      @White Star Line man aren't you from the beach, because your salty

    • @thorvanheghe4023
      @thorvanheghe4023 3 года назад +1

      They partied on occupied Belgian soil it’s a lot less nicer if that is you home country

    • @goldenshark630
      @goldenshark630 3 года назад +2

      @White Star Line now I know why an iceberg hit you rat

  • @bababadibot-712
    @bababadibot-712 Год назад +2

    Nice that they're actually friends now

  • @NuukballPhil
    @NuukballPhil Год назад +1

    The most Emotional thing my friend watched
    My friend: *starts crying*

  • @Ifues-tb7is
    @Ifues-tb7is 3 года назад +607

    Solders: vibein and having a good time
    Generals: wait that’s illegal