Location of the Christmas Truce of 1914 | History Traveler Episode 383
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- World War I was without a doubt one of the most brutal wars in human history. But it wasn't without it's moments of humanity. One of those moments occurred on the Ypres salient on Christmas of 1914.
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This story never gets old, I always choke up when I hear it. And to think after this happened, these men went back to killing each other with gusto.
Quite sad.
@@franceshendry5656 - Pretty wild.
Excellent presentation, JD, as always. So glad you are sharing some repartee with some of your fellow historians.
I just returned from a wonderful month of touring England where I came across the memorial dedicated to the 1914 “Joyeux Noel” commemorating the Christmas truce in Liverpool. It’s located next to the bombed out shell of St. Luke’s Church. Now I see there’s an exact duplicate in Messin, as well. Thanks for sharing…CHEERS! 🍻
@@eddavis1832 oh wow! Didn’t know about that one.
It makes me wonder if any of the men survived the war and attempted to find any of their counterparts whom they may have met the miraculous day.
Wouldnt it be wonderful if warriors from all sides just decided they werent going to do that anymore and quit. Make the politicians duke it out.
And seriously it is possible....but not probable...
When we had our summer vacation in 2019 in Belgium in Flanders area in de Panne, we have also visited the famous battlefields around Ypres.
Best regards from Germany
Sabaton wrote a song about the Christmas truce. I honestly never heard of the Christmas truce until I heard the song glad that ur doing a vid on it now I can learn more thank you
I can't remember the song, but Paul McCartney made it the scene of a music video sometime in the 80s.
@@ald1144 oh sweet I never knew that now I'm gonna look it up
I've heard the story, but didn't know there was a monument placed there 100 years later. I'm glad you brought in a Brit so it wasn't so awkward hearing a soccer ball called a football 😅
Nothing is awkward there. What you call football, we call rugby. What you call soccer we call football.... Simple 😂
One of my favorite historical stories. It’s hard to imagine anything like this happening today. Thank you JD for this wonderful tribute to those WWI veterans and the dignified treatment of the story of The Christmas Truce. God Bless
I agree about the cemeteries they never cease to move me.
Thank you for your work.
Hanns Johst famously said: "Wenn ich Kultur höre … entsichere ich meinen Browning!" "When I hear 'Culture'... I release the safety catch on my Browning!"
The world needs real teachers, or no one will know who they are anymore, at an alarming speed.
If anyone reads this and thinks "this could never happen again"?
There are 2 german movies to watch (original and remake): "Die Welle"
War is such an ugly thing. While I was in Vietnam I had a childhood friend stationed nearby. During the Christmas and New Year holidays they always spoke of a Cease Fire Truce to stop all the horror. On December 31st 1970 my very close friend, while on a patrol in the central highlands, tripped a 500 pound booby trapped bomb killing one man and wounding 7. He lost his leg and even now 54 years later still picks slivers of shrapnel out of his other leg and arms. I’ll never forget going to see him in the surgical facility where the medivac took him before being air lifted out of Vietnam. I remember there was a Viet Cong soldier laying in the bunk next to him that had been severely burnt. I recall being told he was hit by napalm. He was moaning in pain and when they rolled him to change his dressing I saw his back. The flesh was gone. Mercifully the Viet Cong soldier died that evening.
I would highly recommend you see the 2005 film "Joyeux Noël" ("Merry Christmas") that centers around the Great War's Christmas Truce of 1914. The film is English, French and German and covers the truce from the French, German and Scottish viewpoints. Good job J. D. as always and continued safe travels!
My grandfather (an Englishman) was a medic during WWI. I remember him telling me this story. He was not there but knew of it. He became a pacifist and a vegetarian I believe as a result of the war. In WWII he served in the home guard. This is a wonderful story and this video is so very well done. Very emotional. Thank you.
As a lover of history ... thank you for making this. For all those who enjoy watching movies based on historical fact ... I recommend "Wipers Times." This occurred around Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
This reminds me of something a German veteran of WW1 told his son who was going off to fight in WW2:
"Just remember, that guy on the other side of the line is just another working stiff just like you."
I have to wonder if he was part of the Christmas Truce in WW1. Maybe.
Thanks for posting!
I have always been fascinated with this tale. I have wondered how the football wasn’t considered contraband during the battle though. Any explanation??
Love that you again doing series about Great War, like you said in previous episode, WW1 is where WW2 started so people can learn more, it started 110 years ago, no living veterans any more, feel like it started slipping out of people's memories. And please don't tell me you've been in Ypres and missed Last post evening ceremony on Menin Gate? Think most people in US don't know about it, your channel would be a great place more people to learn about it.
Great work, JD, as par for the course! I knew about this event, of course, but did not know that the men, on both sides, would not go back to war with each other after their time of camaraderie.
wow i'm a resedent from mesen, so cool you were here. There are several bunkers and momuments around mesen you can see. One i think you should see that is impressive is "Pool of peace" juste outside mesen, its a huge crater from the mine explosions. And indeed there are still a huge amound of shrapnel, lead balls on the fields, but also a lot of unexploded bombs laying around.
The fact that they didn't want to fight each other afterwards shows that we're all human beings and once you get to know each other, you don't want to kill each other for bullshit reasons
That terrible football monument.
The problem with that monument is that the men came out of the trench to play football. But the truce was more or less to buried the death in nomansland. There where some kick about between mainly British and a few Germans but no game with the British and Germans.
One my favorite stories in Human History. There are several great loving stories, but this one hits different. We are brothers and sisters no matter our circumstances
in 2014 we stayed for the night in our motor home on this location ? that nigh it started to snow through the Night the snow fell and covered the ground early the next morning i got up and left the motprhome the sight was just so moving a morning that will live with me forever I could imagin the soldiers meeting in 2014
The channel I was telling you about last week Steven Upton "From the air" series has a drone video from this location. A lot of times you can still see the trench lines from the air.
Really enjoyed the video mate James Holland and al Murray where doing episode option market garden
The Christmas truce is a beautiful story. I love the memorial there ⚽️
Again, thank you sir. Love.
The Sabaton depiction of this is excellent!
“I think that was personal”
Haha
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Killed on Dec 24 is not the same as died on Dec 24
24 the date of passing, could be instant or died of wounds.
Image if they had a war and nobody came. Thanks JD very moving.