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📜 History of WWI: The Christmas Truce, Part 1
On Christmas Eve in 1914, soldiers in the trenches sang together across the wastes of No Man's Land. Some were brave enough to step out of their trenches and meet face-to-face, forming an unofficial truce that lasted (with a few blemishes) until the end of Christmas Day.
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@extrahistory 6 лет назад

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@mememaster2290 6 лет назад

Extra Credits legend thanks for talking about this I love your channel

@nandinhocunha440 6 лет назад

Merry Christmas to all

@skot8692 6 лет назад

Extra Credits will you continue the Berlin blockade? Btw nice for ya to be on youtube rewind :)

@gustavandresenskotte5712 6 лет назад

Great Episode

@frankvega9228 6 лет назад

Extra Credits good video guys, happy holydays

@bruhgames4175 5 лет назад

“Shit it’s attack.” “No sir their just singing.” “Worse then. It’s a musical.”

@bruhgames4175 5 лет назад

I guess you could say these soldiers Threw away their shots

@wisdomax2891 4 года назад

*an attack *they're

@yulilolz5628 4 года назад

Something rotten?

@STN4D 4 года назад

@Cat that was Yelled at AYO I'M JUST LIKE MY COUNTRY I'M YOUNG SCRAPPY AND HUNGRY

@colonyofrats4193 4 года назад

Yuli’s World yess

@iujt 3 года назад

The dude who brought a football to a war zone: "Eh, you know, just in case"

@chewinggum5550 2 года назад

lol

@voiceofraisin3778 2 года назад

British soldiers only spent 7 days in the trenches then rotated back to rest areas, then to training, preparation for being back in the line and then another week in the line. When they were in the rear areas the army liked to keep them occupied so musical concerts, boxing matches and football matches with other units were regularly organised. Its part of why British units didnt have the morale problems seen in other armies. There would be a lot of deflated footballs hanging round ready for the next rest period in a British army unit.

@russia1639 2 года назад

Ecsactly

@TheTribleK 2 года назад

And now imagine that the war was settled by a penalty shootout.....

@loading9110 2 года назад

There were lots of Footballs. They were used as motivation too keep going forward. Because we Brits are simple minded like that. "I have serious concerns about leaving this trench where the Germans will fire machine guns at me....Oh look a ball, tally ho!"

@joachimvonribbentrop1956 Год назад

my grandfather was there for the truce. Humorous, yet unfortunate, he passed out drunk in the English trench and was taken prisoner in the morning. He was treated well and was released at the end of the war. He shared the story for the rest of his life. I love you opa!

@ValkyrieVal3 Год назад

Passed out drunk in the enemy trench during the most famous unofficial truce of the war, got taken prisoner... in the fuckin morning. What a legend

@AegixDrakan Год назад

Waitwaitwait, this is for real?! That's...That's low key absolutely hilarious. XD

@whhyyyyyyyyyy Год назад

You dutch by any chance

@CabbageSandwich Год назад

Honestly best thing that coulda happened to him since its probably the only reason he lived. A RIDICULOUS number of the originally deployed troops did NOT survive the remaining years of the war. Most of the WW1 survivors were made up of troops who weren't even deployed until the twilight of the fighting. Remember the men who made this truce still had four whole years of war left to see, so not many of them made it.

@zachjaeger6401 Год назад

Lucky that it was boxing day, if that had happened under other cirmstances, he may have been shot.

@nikrok4316 2 года назад

"If you no shoot, we no shoot" Ah yes, the negotiations!

@luisdiegomesenr4553 2 года назад

meet the negotiator

@A_random_wolf_brigade_member 2 года назад

@@luisdiegomesenr4553 “ah yes the negotiator”

@lucasbakeforero426 Год назад

The negotiations were short.

@zacklp3844 Год назад

@@lucasbakeforero426 well you were right about one thing

@borisganev2138 Год назад

The true mastermind of the operation

@amnaceia1325 3 года назад

"Remember yesterday when you nearly hit someone" "Yeah" "That was me dude" "Nooooo, really?"

@masteroogway3040 3 года назад

lmao 😂

@aidenduval1492 3 года назад

lmao 😂

@oreocookie8213 3 года назад

lmao 😂

@MrLrebelo1 3 года назад

lmao 😂

@finplays7858 3 года назад

lmao 😂

@speedy0325 4 года назад

“If you no shoot we no shoot” Standard infantry: we cool NCO’s: we cool Officers: we cool Senior officers/Generals: no

@shadowbearandignididtnt3299 4 года назад

Those generals are huge jerk's

@asiangaming8409 4 года назад

Gagan Singh hmmmmm sounds familiar I think your oversimplified.

@basicallyarobloxian4533 4 года назад

*Corporal Fuhrer was odd like that*

@noahgray543 3 года назад

Eh. I'd have shelled the lot of them. But then, I'm an asshole.

@Havoc_97 3 года назад

typical

@somerandombetafish7866 3 года назад

"Corporal Hitler was odd like that" *Spits out coffee*

@XivioOfTheGreen Год назад

To quote Jontron "Excuse me....WHHHHAAAAATTTT?!?"

@elcoyote9410 Год назад

Convenient story

@qzxly 7 месяцев назад

I did not expect that one

@KingTheFnsKid. 7 месяцев назад

What a cameo

@runesoldierdan5614 2 года назад

Today we're all brothers Tonight we're all friends A moment of peace In a war that never ends!

@KDyrdymaly 2 года назад

🎵🎵🎵🎵

@lemmonboy6459 2 года назад

Such a great and sad song ;-;

@bencetary6094 2 года назад

Our Christmas in the Trenches We sing a Holy Night!

@AR18123 2 года назад

Our guns laid to rest among snowflakes!

@OrionOnion 2 года назад

@Sb Madness!

@user-hg9vr7gh2q 5 лет назад

"Corporal hitler was weird like that" Hol up

@anemu3819 4 года назад

He was a colonel

@lilevevo 4 года назад

@@anemu3819 He was not. He was a gefreiter or Lance Corporal in the Bavarian Army.

@oiboi1893 4 года назад

Well well well....

@wastelandsniper0102 4 года назад

Btw a BRITISH Soldier could have shot him but decided not to

@emperorconstantine1.361 4 года назад

Wastelandsniper0 G didn’t that sniper miss him by 6 inches

@sicksalt7765 5 лет назад

"Corporal Hitler was odd like that" *falls out of chair*

@thegrass7199 5 лет назад

Yeah he truly despise that event

@jirkazalabak1514 5 лет назад

+Relic22 He really was a buzzkill. A fact that some of his more hedonistic lackeys were painfully aware of. Especially Goring. Still, he survived there for 4 years and got two medals on top, he must have done something right.

@oggme19 5 лет назад

John Laurens!?

@carlosparedes824 5 лет назад

Annabelle Evans I WAS READING THAT AS HE SAID THT

@WR-fn1yw 5 лет назад

Was he really a corporal?

@starlara7243 Год назад

The British Indian soldiers thinking about their own holidays when looking at the Christmas lights was strangely wholesome

@cheyenne6913 10 месяцев назад

It's just such a sweet reminder that we are all so much more alike than we even realize. Not only to other people in our world today, but to the people of the past too. I'm getting an MA in history and honestly, the greatest takeaway I've had throughout all my research and coursework in the last nine years is that people in the past are just like us. They wanted the same things that we want: love, family, community, freedom, security, to find their talents and purpose. It's easy to forget that and focus on the differences, but things like this remind us

@starlara7243 10 месяцев назад

@@cheyenne6913 Diwali is a holiday I celebrate too! Growing up in South Asia it always held a special meaning to my family and other Hindu families all across our own country and beyond. It was generally something we thought about when things started going wrong-if everything is going wrong, at least we have Diwali to look forward to! Hearing about the soldiers thinking of Diwali as a means of coping was very heartwarming to me :)

@Tree455 4 месяца назад

@@starlara7243Muslims have Ramadan lamps, though it’s not really a part of Ramadan, it’s more cultural

@diputston Месяц назад

We have maha thingyan in myanmar

@mfats123 2 года назад

“Older men start wars, but younger men fight them.” - Albert Einstein These guys were just kids. Most didn’t even want to fight, and I’d imagine that a lot didn’t even know why they were fighting at all. To me and to many, this is one of the most -human- events in history. Really shows that most humans just want to live in peace, but instead most things are made unnecessarily complicated and violent by those in positions of power.

@ElectroisNotDum 3 месяца назад

Fax 🍷🗿

@nonimus6269 4 года назад

"corporal Hitler was odd like that" Foreshadowing.

@lunnaflame12 3 года назад

Uhg...yeesh

@Clutch_Shadow 3 года назад

I died

@YouveBeenMegged 3 года назад

HMMMMMMMMMM

@ArctikToast 3 года назад

@@Clutch_Shadow and so did the frenchman who didnt get his mask on in time whats your point?

@tegwaturan2994 2 года назад

@@ArctikToast b

@myric1173 5 лет назад

Germans: "we're fighting for freedom" British: "that's impossible, we're fighting for freedom" *HmMmMmM*

@jurajlenc1677 4 года назад

hah yea make u wonder who is really fighing for that freedom we can only know what victorius side told us

@topraktoklu5992 4 года назад

right side is the one who is left

@Ammi553 4 года назад

"War doesn't decide who is right, but only who's left"

@captaincar1626 4 года назад

The thing is freedom to do what exactly

@fireline4765 4 года назад

(Cough)politics!

@MegaPlayerXxX 2 года назад

My great grandpa, a WW2 veteran, had a saying that always hit me right in the heart. "Those that seek what we all have in common, will always find peace. Those that seek war and conflict... will find themselves outnumbered."

@makarov718 2 месяца назад

i like that, take my like

@raf6029 2 года назад

Well, now that the song has been released, I have to only say but one thing: "Today we are brothers, tonight we are friends. A moment of peace in a war that never ends."

@Fortunabandofficial 2 года назад

Long Live Sabaton❤️

@raf6029 2 года назад

@@Fortunabandofficial Lest we forget to those who took part in the Christmas Truce, and may we thank Sabaton for letting the memories live on

@v.emiltheii-nd.8094 2 года назад

Here for the posterity moment.

@maniacgamer8177 2 года назад

It’s the only song on the Christmas truce

@ben_rez08 2 года назад

"Today we're all brothers we drink and unite, Now Christmas has arrived and turn the ground."

@herrdoctor2895 5 лет назад

"Soldiers fight the Wars, Generals get the credits"-Winston Churchill.

@m1co294 5 лет назад

Reacting Kirito War is a puppet show, the Soldiers are the puppets while the Generals or the ones in charge are the puppeteers

@yelocalwierdo2440 4 года назад

“I love this war. I know it’s smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment”-Winston churchill

@gaotun49 4 года назад

@ Not a quote, truth.

@Its-Av3rage 4 года назад

True but some generals do deserve their credit.

@coolsceegaming6178 4 года назад

The fact that a general said that shows how humble Churchill.

@bio09029 4 года назад

Soldiers: makes world peace Generals: *M E W A N T D E A T H*

@trotg8457 4 года назад

saNS?!

@khaianslego8284 4 года назад

XD good one

@raspberrycrowns9494 4 года назад

the generals should try fighting in the front lines

@khaianslego8284 4 года назад

Agreed. Watch them stumble around the trenchs while beinv shot at

@khaianslego8284 4 года назад

Oof

@gamingdarkalan2141 3 года назад

"Hey dude" "Yeah?" "You almost shot me" "When??" "Yesterday" "You mean you were the guy that was wearing my hat?" "Yeah" "sorry about that"

@a_tired_wendigo Год назад

AND TODAY WE ARE BROTHERS TONIGHT WE ARE FRIENDS A MOMENT OF PEACE IN A WAR THAT NEVER ENDS

@Tritonspeedrun Год назад

What about the first one

@kestrels-in-the-sky Год назад

@@Tritonspeedrunthe first what

@rafaelfigfigueiredo2988 Год назад

@@Tritonspeedrun First what man

@hansgoldberg387 Год назад

@@Tritonspeedrun man doesn’t know history 😂

@thelonecowboy7154 Год назад

Today we are brothers we drink and unite

@vovab4922 4 года назад

"All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers."

@Shark_Rock 4 года назад

Zhuosi Xie that..... is poetic

@fifaking1322 4 года назад

Nice

@chickadeestevenson5440 4 года назад

WHAAAAAAAAA You make me cry

@TheGameMage_ 4 года назад

Except for Steve Hes a weird one

@swatb2 4 года назад

Very true.

@STN4D 4 года назад

Germans: *Starts singing* British: Are you challenging -me- us?

@asiangaming8409 4 года назад

wutisthislol Ottoman Empire confuse

@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025 3 года назад

*1991 wants to know your location*

@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025 3 года назад

@wutisthislol *1991 wants to know your location*

@Ahmadabdal_ 3 года назад

so you have chosen -death- shame by losing in a singing competition?

@yourmother3212 3 года назад

*Joseph Stalin has joined the chat*

@zerixor8134 2 года назад

"Today we're all brothers! Tonight we're all friends! A moment of peace in a war that never ends!"

@KDyrdymaly 2 года назад

🎵🎵🎵

@Macharius89 Год назад

Today we are brothers, we´ll drink and unite!

@Hans140 Год назад

What’s sad is that this was not only the last Christmas for many of those men, but also one of the best. Being able to stand up straight, not be scared of getting shot, playing soccer, trading gifts and chocolate, good weather. For them it was probably one of if not the best Christmas they had, and also their last

@aragorn1780 3 года назад

"Men started bringing out football's and games broke out" And thus the Eurocup was born!

@adina4718 3 года назад

imgaine "sinpers v officers" or somthing like that

@_fedmar_ 2 года назад

The British lost so thats a plus

@_fedmar_ 2 года назад

@@beneyweneys How could they do otherwise? We Italians are Just too food at football

@adrianalamsyah4447 2 года назад

And they began to sang "Die meister, die besten, les grandes équipes, THE CHAMPIONS!"

@beneyweneys 2 года назад

@@_fedmar_ the English always find a way to lose

@spiritualbeetle120 5 лет назад

Generals: "I swear to God if you go out there and start singing..." Soldiers: *Do exactly that* Generals: "God dammit, fine. But just this once."

@thatreddude8796 5 лет назад

Spiritualbeetle 1 *continues for a week*

@yonatanbeer3475 5 лет назад

Generals: *work hard to get their troop to be fighting forces for killing* Soldiers: *Sing outside of the fucking trenches* Generals: Am I a joke to you

@Gothic7876 4 года назад

Soldiers:Yes, as you can’t come up with a better plan than run at the Machine Guns. Generals: Errr

@APersonOnYouTubeX 2 года назад

Executes officer* Ten regiments burst in* Coup d’état

@maxda3363 2 года назад

Um, general, Ple-

@Supercar2009YT Год назад

Imagine if it just ended right there. That would actually take this already wholesome event to a whole new level.

@BasicNoobs Год назад

It just wouldn't happen because Britian wanted to be the powerhouse of Europe so they must destroy Germany, Germany wants to stop that from happening, completely forgetting the Serbian war against Austria and France and Belgium wants their land back

@Supercar2009YT Год назад

@@BasicNoobs Yeah but still.

@thunderbird1921 Год назад

Sadly, the leaders of the major countries involved (monarch OR elected) were hellbent on power and destroying rivals. King Albert I of Belgium is honestly the only leader in that war I truly respect. He was genuinely defending his country from an immoral invasion and actually fought on the front lines with his army like a true man (while his cousins and the French President were sitting in their palaces).

@AustroHungarianEmpire1867 3 месяца назад

We don't live in a perfect world, my friend.

@thegamingsquadj6836 3 года назад

this has GOTTA BE the most wholesome story ever.

@tropicatwist666 2 года назад

Yes omg

@bernalizacasareno7336 5 лет назад

“ENGLISH TOMORROW IF U NO SHOOT WE NO SHOOT”

@meganthompson8000 5 лет назад

It's a beautiful day outside, the snow is falling, the Germans are singing, on days like this French like you, should be singing to

@gachapluto696 5 лет назад

@@meganthompson8000 *megalovania intensifies*

@xfrostycannon8659 5 лет назад

Speech 100

@Shwaznut 5 лет назад

Why did I read that in an Asian accent

@KitKatHexe 5 лет назад

@@gachapluto696 megalovania Christmas edition

@ryanbehnke8107 4 года назад

Imagine if the war just, ended here

@CDio-vr3bx 4 года назад

dude in a perfect world my friend

@ChangedNames 4 года назад

@サイレントボイス In a perfect world we wouldnt exsist, since we were made imperfect.

@WakaWaka2468 4 года назад

That makes no sense whatsoever

@Souflouz 4 года назад

😔

@EloquentTroll 4 года назад

@サイレントボイス perfection is a process, not a state.

@FaNsI- 2 года назад

I feel like a weirdo for almost crying when watching this. Just imagining your family back home on Christmas and suddenly hearing your enemy singing Christmas songs. Id actually cry if I was in that position.

@virus5600 Год назад

No, it's not weird. I cried too because of how beautiful and heartwarming this was. Always comes back just to cry over how beautiful this event was. ❤️

@raphu8031 Год назад

I’m downright sobbing so ur not alone 🤣😀👍

@B3N_Youtube 7 месяцев назад

No reason not to cry. This event might as well be the single greatest moment in human history. Amazing yet tragic. Remembered fondly by historians and anti-war propagandists.

@thomazplays9305 7 месяцев назад

Well I never get emotional with these stories but this one did give me some chills

@diputston Месяц назад

You can cry however you want

@Aulsalt 2 года назад

“Hear carols from the trenches, we sing O holy night. Our guns laid to rest among snowflakes. A Christmas in the trenches, a Christmas on the front far from home!”

@kandam5517 2 года назад

MADNESS

@tumbler4123 2 года назад

@@kandam5517 I REMEMBER THE SADNESS

@demetrioaguilar7434 2 года назад

We were hiding our tears in a war where we face our fears

@OrionOnion 2 года назад

@@demetrioaguilar7434 We were soldiers, carried the war on our shoulders

@demetrioaguilar7434 2 года назад

@@OrionOnion for our nation we have to bury our friends

@rednaxninety3659 4 года назад

French: Merry Christmas Britain: Merry Christmas Germany: Merry Christmas Ottomans: Dafuq?

@jorgeguijosatellez509 4 года назад

Germens: have a cigarette

@thelonewonder6569 4 года назад

Rednax Ninety *happy* Christmas

@nutcrackerreal100 4 года назад

Indians: happy Diwali?

@mjafarlee 4 года назад

Actually almost same was happening in Galipoli. The war in Galipoli is the last Gentlemens war.

@kbyD-gs2nq 4 года назад

Meanwhile in EasternFront... Germans,Austrian:Merry Christmas,Ivan! Russians:Fuck off,Булат!We are not!

@singmusic123 3 года назад

moral of the story: no one wants war execpt for the ones that benefit

@crepperwlp 3 года назад

To be fair, no one wants anything except things that benefit them.

@tommorgan7599 3 года назад

@@crepperwlp I'd kill myself, if everyone in the world got £1000.

@crepperwlp 3 года назад

@@tommorgan7599 I have no idea what that's supposed to mean.

@piglin469 3 года назад

@@crepperwlp 1000 british pound meaning money

@piglin469 3 года назад

@@tommorgan7599 GOOD MAN

@ItsAce671 2 года назад

Coming back to this gem after the new Sabaton song.

@maniacgamer8177 2 года назад

I play the medic class in bf1 on Christmas just to keep this thing alive

@Eletruun 2 года назад

Same

@A_random_wolf_brigade_member 2 года назад

@@maniacgamer8177 agreed

@ironboy3245 2 года назад

TONIGHT WE'RE ALL BROTHERS TONIGHT WE'RE ALL FRIENDS

@_snooper_423 2 года назад

A MOMENT OF PEACE IN WAR THAT NEVER ENDS

@patimationstudios 2 года назад

Today we’re all brothers We drink and unite

@chillylytical9410 4 года назад

Soldiers:Lets do a cease fire and give each other gifts Generals:W A I T T H A T S I L L E G A L

@josukehigashikata8690 4 года назад

U N P O C O L O C O

@chillylytical9410 4 года назад

Pramod Walikar S í

@imperialknight2514 2 года назад

Remember, there no war if there are no soldiers

@marcoantoniopadillaorozco3591 2 года назад

Lmao

@Inventor_gaming 7 месяцев назад

They are extremely outnumbered

@nexusfoxy6842 5 лет назад

I wish this ended world war 1

@spookster3384 5 лет назад

That would be fantasy

@moichenlian6866 5 лет назад

blame the generals

@LegowarriorYTAdventure1234 5 лет назад

@@spookster3384 one beautiful fantasy though

@masterofthelyokianmonsters2886 5 лет назад

Moi Chen Lian exactly, if the higher ups realized how pointless this war was, the Great War would’ve been over years earlier.

@kiri2784 5 лет назад

They *did* say it’d be over by Christmas.

@brent8482 3 года назад

War: Fighting for someone's fcking personal interests, not for freedom

@sobreinquisidor 3 года назад

That WW1 in particular

@preservedforhistory8766 2 года назад

@@sobreinquisidor and WW2

@tableentertainment7644 2 года назад

@@preservedforhistory8766 not ww2 that was different

@afailureofaanimator6744 2 года назад

@@tableentertainment7644 How so?

@yokaishingeki6175 2 года назад

It’s so sad to know that most of those soldiers who laid down there guns to bring humanity onto the battlefield and engage with each other for that Christmas never got to celebrate another one. Such a touching story and moment in war history.

@hartbeet4138 5 лет назад

Truly the most humane moment in history

@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices 5 лет назад

Truly.

@officerdoofy7376 5 лет назад

"in history" is quite the stretch but adjust your sights to "of WW1" and I agree lmao... in history...

@BatziiGaming 5 лет назад

Special Reserve Officer Doofy well really the world took a day to cease fire in an all out world war, I’d say this ranks very high on the list

@officerdoofy7376 5 лет назад

@@BatziiGaming "let's put our guns down and sing kumbaya" you've got to be real dense to believe something like this.

@yonatanbeer3475 5 лет назад

@@officerdoofy7376 I mean, in some places it's not that far off.

@fatdog9440 5 лет назад

You fight the uniform not the man

@boomdos4265 5 лет назад

Truth.

@JustAManFromThePast 5 лет назад

There is only man. Do not fight, let Caesar, Czar, Kaiser, and King stand alone and fight each other.

@redtoad6559 5 лет назад

🤯

@leebagley2617 5 лет назад

Damn that is wise

@marktrehy8980 5 лет назад

That's actually true

@icenico25 2 года назад

I read that the Germans have better living conditions in their trenches because most are made of concrete and better equipped than the British forces. The British forces did not invest much on their trenches because they are expecting a short war.

@thevvitch7585 Год назад

I read that as if Germans themselves were literally made out of concrete

@MaxSolar-dd5wq Год назад

Well yes, but actually maybe

@Helena-me6mp Год назад

@@thevvitch7585 they are? You didnt know that?!?!

@chromeperson4827 2 года назад

General: The war will be over by Christmas Some Soldier: Which Christmas? General: *Good question*

@customisbababy 4 года назад

Soldiers: *World Peace ✌️* Generals and Hitler: I think *NOT*

@Mindlessad843 4 года назад

I knows this is a joke but this is world war one

@iloveyoupercs 4 года назад

I really don't know 8:48 is what he was talking about,

@Mindlessad843 4 года назад

@@iloveyoupercs aaaaaa thanks

@depressedmidlifecrisistimm3043 3 года назад

@@Mindlessad843 huh wdym

@mclovin924 3 года назад

Oops you meant 8:48. It’s a common name in Germany 😂

@EgorAnanyev 5 лет назад

WWI exemplifies the stupidity of war, while this event shows the tenacity of kindness.

@UnknownPerson-dr4jn 5 лет назад

Egor Ananyev War is actually seriously sickening........... destructive and not much benefits and at best only able to barely recover. It is not even worth it.

@EgorAnanyev 5 лет назад

It's never worth it. What I meant in my comment was that the intrinsic human kindness is in conflict with the artificial/political construct known as war. As Sting says "there's no such thing as a winnable war; it's a lie we don't believe anymore."

@franciscocano6856 5 лет назад

Egor Ananyev if you ever read "for whom the bell tolls?" You'll see that war is always about good people doing some shit for bad people

@zappawoman5183 5 лет назад

WWI was killing on an industrial scale. Friends were encouraged to join up together and be in the same regiment. That sometimes meant that a small town lost their entire population of young men as they got killed together in the same battle. The young women were left without any young men to marry. It was absolutely tragic and horrific all around.

@brandongamer4242 5 лет назад

Egor Ananyev I had a great great grandfather who had written and told stories and I have been told and read everything about him and he had written down how he went out to respond with seize fire and he got shot by his own fellow allies from the pit he was healed and recovered by German soldiers then walked over to the over side. The British soldiers shot the German soldier while returning to his cover it was a sad day for him and ended up sneaking out of the ditch and returning home in Britain because he had been shot

@Kokolihakiisseli 2 года назад

"We are all, we are all, we are all, we are all friends..."

@patimationstudios 2 года назад

Ah, a man of culture.

@KDyrdymaly 2 года назад

🎵🎵🎵🎵

@Thomas.Wright 2 года назад

@@patimationstudios Culture and refinement!

@v_cpt-phasma_v689 Год назад

if anyone wants to see a real life acted version, theres a British advert by sainsburys called 1914, this event is massively popular in Britain and the advert is loved and is always heartwarming/saddening to watch

@sodakick6884 6 лет назад

Hey everyone. This is Nick DeWitt, the artist. I just wanted to say I'm really happy you enjoyed it as much as you did. I put a tremendous amount of effort into this one. I've been excited about this episode for a long while and I'm glad to finally share it with all of you.

@thewalrusmaster5765 6 лет назад

Your art style made this 10x better. Happy holidays!

@krucible4889 6 лет назад

The art is the reason i love Extra Credits.

@Werebat 6 лет назад

Yes, many subtle details that made this a good watch. Check out the sequence where the men begin shouting holiday greetings, in jest at first but then resulting in one of the men taking those first steps into no man's land. The looks on each of the three faces in the sequence are telling and evocative of what they each are thinking, when they are thinking it.

@AllKindzzzz 6 лет назад

Sodakick excellent work! Thanks buddy

@GrayGriffonKnight 6 лет назад

Dude. This episode would not have carried even close to the emotional impact that it did without your artwork. Sincerely. Thank you so much for all that you do.

@THECOMMUNISTCHANNEL 3 года назад

"The war will end by Christmass" Soldier: *Those bastards lied to me*

@philip8498 3 года назад

Generals: dont end war by christmas. Soldiers: fine! Ill do it myself

@youwantmyname9208 3 года назад

It's the generals that continue the war, soldiers doesn't have those power

@eomendofmapping3968 3 года назад

Never said what Christmas

@BeresVonSaladir 3 года назад

Of 1918

@epicsharkgameplay4758 3 года назад

Lol man the generals lie to make them fight the war when Britain did. Not have to fight that had freedom but generals where like we fight for freedom soldiers ok? me you have freedom that makes no sense

@jakobming4831 2 года назад

TODAY WE ARE ALL BROTHERS, TONIGHT WE ARE ALL FRIENDS

@wizardmaster4251 3 года назад

"Something made a grown man cry with happiness even after a century."

@gabethebabe3337 4 года назад

I wish they made a larger deal about this in history classes. I only remember hearing the bare minimum of details. This is an honest triumph of humanity.

@iliadnetfear2586 3 года назад

WW1 was outshined by WW2 in many ways, so for years, WW1 was glossed over in history classes.

@NoelRyan01 3 года назад

STOP USING MARRYS PICTURE WITH YOUR HEAD. MARRY IS WIFE OF JOSEPH.

@nwaawn8804 3 года назад

@@NoelRyan01 that ain’t his head, sweet snowflake, and the original picture ain’t even Mary

@DarthKanye 3 года назад

@@NoelRyan01 calm down young child

@DarthKanye 3 года назад

@@iliadnetfear2586 that’s very true, and extremely unfortunate.

@un4nswered 4 года назад

"if you no shoot, we no shoot" 🥺🥺

@kelseymadison4049 3 года назад

Germans:🎶Es ist die Jahreszeit, lustig zu sein🎶 (It's the season to be jolly-) That one British soldier: RA TA TA TA TAT TA TA TA TAT

@milkyyyyway 3 года назад

@@kelseymadison4049 too soon

@rendeer8822 3 года назад

@@milkyyyyway it's been a hundred fucking years

@berliancs8170 3 года назад

@@milkyyyyway do we have to wait another century?

@milkyyyyway 3 года назад

@@berliancs8170 YES ITS TOO SOON OK IM CRYING MY EYES OUT ALREADY LEAVE ME ALONE

@TheCynicalCommentator 3 года назад

“The war was supposed to be over by now” What a way to open the video

@epicsharkgameplay4758 3 года назад

People all ways under estimate

@Linkaden 2 года назад

Coming back here now that Sabaton's song Christmas Truce can be found on RU-vid. Go listen its great.

@massimoforesti 2 года назад

Yes

@jumbocatstudios7239 6 лет назад

This was one of the most heartwarming events in all of history. Where men who were trained to kill each other put their differences aside and celebrated Christmas like they were family.

@dream6562 6 лет назад

Jumbo Cat Studios and then leaders put an end to it

@zulfikri175 6 лет назад

Jumbo Cat Studios

@EdgarsPinkis 6 лет назад

Technicly they weren't trained to kill one another, but were trained to fire a weapon. During WW1 the training was (a tl;dr version on it) 'Shoot at this sack, if you hit it more than three times, you'll get sent to the front lines!'

@germansniper5277 6 лет назад

Edgars P I would miss on purpose lol.

@EdgarsPinkis 6 лет назад

GermanSniper They did that aswell because of that lack of training, when the military started using human shaped targets, shooting to miss the enemy became less and less common

@tonycallme3667 5 лет назад

"We're fighting for Freedom!" "But that Impossible We are Also Fighting for Freedom" Basically Sums up Whole WW1-WW2

@turtleextra4128 5 лет назад

Tony Callme ww2 was I fight for the freedom of France Belgium the Netherlands Norway Austria checkslovakia the Jews China Korea most of the eastern peninsula Germany and Poland so yeah ww1 was dumb but ww2 was a just war

@zennok 5 лет назад

ww2 was definitely - "we're better than everyone so we should take their land and kick out the people or genocide them" vs "how about no we don't want to do that and stop pillaging everything"

@discodancer69 5 лет назад

WW1 had no right and wrong, all the powers of Europe were fighting for supremacy. The world ha become too little for them all

@maddywheeler791 5 лет назад

WW1 started because everyone was building up their militaries, taking over other countries, and had so much pride (nationalism) in their own countries. Also, the assassination of Arch duke Franz Ferdinand. Also also, the countries made alliances with each other so it was like * *We declare war on you* _ *Well if you declare war on him, then you declare war on me* * * *Oh yeah? Well if you declare war on her, then you declare war on us too!* And it just kept going, like a domino affect, until the whole world was involved in the war.

@naenaemister5048 5 лет назад

Tony Callme and America

@nerdletter3773 2 года назад

I always loved this little tale of history. Restores that faith in humanity just a bit.

@user-tf1zn2td4r 2 года назад

And God

@SovietHighCommand Год назад

this is an example of humanity one man can start singing from another side, another rises up to sing from an enemy side then another from an allied side. This shows that no matter what the weather or the situation is, it doesnt matter, there are no angels or demons… there are only people…

@Cody_L._Brock Год назад

Slight correction. There are angels and demons. But there are also people who have nothing more than God's commandments on their hearts, who see no reason to fight a pointless war.

@Customdevwakeup 8 месяцев назад

@@Cody_L._BrockYour demons only exist in your perception. They are still people, no matter your perspective.

@abt815 5 лет назад

The christmas truce of 1914 might just be my favorite moment in history.

@CesarGarcia-nd5xz 2 года назад

@markusp9569 5 лет назад

There´s an old saying in Germany "Stell dir vor es ist Krieg und keiner geht hin" in English: "Imagine it´s War and nobody is going" This event could have ended the war, if all troops united and said "No", i mean what can the officials do if nobody follows the order to fire or to imprison your comrad.

@positivitea5296 5 лет назад

GD PolarBunny true yes they killed anyone who said no and hushed hushed about it to their country and just brought more men

@shou9246 5 лет назад

LeahSkii Oo welp how do they court martial if all the troops unite against the government

@kingofthings7929 5 лет назад

They call that mutiny. It in the French lines in 1917, it was a major problem. When the Nivelle Offensive failed, the French were near a breaking point, due to loses and the nature of the war itself. With men being ordered to charge machine guns, unrest was inevitable. Only other French units stopping the mutinies and the Americans declaring war on Germany prevented disaster.

@IrenaTheWiccan 5 лет назад

Be shot on sight

@simon8242 5 лет назад

Sadly this would never happen in a realistic situation.

@neowstalks377 4 года назад

"British Field Marshal." Sir John *French*

@pingmann 4 года назад

**Confusion**

@zetjet9901 4 года назад

deception 100

@kid_toucher 4 года назад

@Methani K. tHiS iS gOiNg DoWn In HiStOrY

@muhammadakramalhanif6840 4 года назад

_VISIBLE CONFUSION_

@hallowedscorpion3884 3 года назад

lol my last name is French

@confusedcaveman5678 5 лет назад

That british man who fired machinegun must be fun at party.

@Lokie-os9ht 2 года назад

The Christmas truce might be my favorite historical event ever. It was the most wholesome truce to date

@tiggle5485 2 года назад

It’s gonna happen eventually, so I might as well start… *TODAY WE ARE BROTHERS, TONIGHT WE ARE FRIENDS!* *A MOMENT OF PEACE IN A WAR THAT NEVER ENDS!!!*

@zoharamitai8719 2 года назад

TODAY WE ARE BROTHERS, WE DRINK AND UNITE

@loveandlucky3 4 года назад

"They exchanged hats"...for some reason that's just so cute!

@peris_arts_film9699 3 года назад

It’s still something that happens today

@epicsharkgameplay4758 3 года назад

True it's called trade or like they are like"want to try my hat and I get to try your hat" lol

@typerry7505 2 года назад

I thought I was the only who jus cheezed at that I was like omggg that’s so adorable

@Polish_Beekeeper 2 года назад

Team fortress 2.

@shawnv123 2 года назад

@ourtube4266 6 лет назад

As a civilian you can understand what is going on here, but as a veteran, it has so much extra meaning. Things that I can't explain, things that are hidden behind the eyes of broken men and the glimpse of hope that conquers fear against the odds. Merry Christmas to the men and women in combat overseas, may we broker a peace between all nations and creeds for the sake of our sons and daughters.

@CheckmateCaesarites 6 лет назад

Brett Biederman Merry Christmas!

@ionastewart8814 6 лет назад

Merry Christmas to you, sir!

@jinc1950 6 лет назад

Hua brother

@scottbuchanan5538 6 лет назад

Merry Christmas :)

@acebalistic1358 6 лет назад

thank you for serving our country and have a merry christmas

@Magentmeta 2 года назад

Sabaton fans unite! Silence Oh, I remember the silence On a cold winter day After many months on the battlefield And we were used to the violence Then all the cannons went silent And the snow fell Voices sang to me from no man’s land

@radjadawamindra697 2 года назад

We are all, we are all, we are all friends

@fjartson1187 2 года назад

And today we're all brothers Tonight we're all friends A moment of peace in a war that never ends

@zoharamitai8719 2 года назад

@@fjartson1187 today we are brothers, we drink and unite

@kandam5517 2 года назад

TODAY WE’RE ALL BROTHERS TONIGHT WE’RE ALL FRIENDS

@IrritatorProductions 2 года назад

A MOMENT OF PEACE IN A WAR THAT NEVER ENDS

@eruyommo 6 лет назад

You made me cry. Are you happy?!

@HaydenLau. 6 лет назад

Don't worry, you're not alone

@dangelobenjamin 6 лет назад

Same. Merry Christmas

@Christian-os3sh 6 лет назад

Same

@user-wt4fm7gf1f 6 лет назад

Me too καλά Χριστούγεννα απτην Ελλάδα

@asalaws7847 6 лет назад

Chorei também, mano. Obrigado por compartilhar uma história de paz, pois sinto que o mundo atual está em chamas. E esta mensagem, de confiar nos inimigos por serem humanos tanto quanto nós, precisamos hoje.

@mikelg.9546 4 года назад

"Corporal Hitler was weird like that" WHAT?!

@aaronsitoleallopez1645 4 года назад

*visivel confision*

@halogod450hoursplayedlol9 4 года назад

Nine

@f3artheche3se29 4 года назад

NEIN!

@ryandrivon4305 3 года назад

NIEN

@JavaScrapper 3 года назад

I literally yelled NEIN

@AR18123 2 года назад

Silence Oh, I remember the silence On a cold winter day

@howardbaxter2514 2 года назад

@Sb And the snow fell Voices sang to me from no man’s land

@IrritatorProductions 2 года назад

@@howardbaxter2514 we are all We are all We are all We are all friends!

@mercenarydelta7351 2 года назад

@@IrritatorProductions Today, we're all brothers Tonight, we're all friends Our moment of peace In a war that never ends

@cephalonsark1530 8 месяцев назад

Every time I return to this video I find myself moved near to tears, especially by that final bit. Fantastic video, and a truly beautiful display of humanity.

@thenotoriousgigachad3455 4 года назад

English and French Soldiers: "Well its been nice hanging with you, I wounder if we'll ever see you again?" Corporal Hitler: "Oh you have no idea!"

@whalesinlamentation5351 4 года назад

ClownWorld more like “that can be arranged”

@kingofthings7929 4 года назад

British Soldiers: “Eh, not so sure about that, Mate.”

@rexyburke8362 4 года назад

Lol

@drharoldpontiffcoomer 3 года назад

That one Jewish Pfc: "See you next time." Adolf: "See you in the camp..."

@doot7730 3 года назад

Hol up

@andrewcurtin7003 5 лет назад

Im not crying...your crying

@hartbeet4138 5 лет назад

You're*

@andrewcurtin7003 5 лет назад

@@hartbeet4138 *seriously?*

@okita870 5 лет назад

*WE

@fabisnow6466 5 лет назад

We are all crying

@velvethunder 5 лет назад

Ι am...

@lordedmundblackadder9321 2 года назад

"You'll be home by Christmas, lads!" " *I never said which Christmas* "

@forti3814 2 года назад

"We are all, we are all, we are all, WE ARE ALL FRIENDS!" no ones going to see this ;-;

@MaxSolar-dd5wq 2 года назад

Wrong

@forti3814 2 года назад

@@MaxSolar-dd5wq that was fast lol

@bongomeister9965 2 года назад

Incorrect

@Thomas.Wright 2 года назад

TODAY WE'RE ALL BROTHERS

@kuyachamp7618 4 года назад

Germans:🎶Es ist die Jahreszeit, lustig zu sein🎶 (It's the season to be jolly-) That one British soldier: *RA TA TA TA TAT TA TA TA TAT*

@dreadhead5719 4 года назад

@bradmaddox3837 4 года назад

rat tatatatatatatatatstatatatat

@yehezkielrickjoyner6843 3 года назад

Vickers Machine gun intestifies

@doot7730 3 года назад

*maxim gum intensifies*

@pofromteletubbies1243 3 года назад

KA BOOM KA BOOM

@DJ-kp7mf 6 лет назад

My great-grandfather head wrote in his autobiography( he was a German living in austrian-hungarian and shortly before the war he became a military band member) he was told by his commanding officer to go up onto the no man's land on Christmas and play Christmas music with the rest of his band for both sides of the trenches

@gigi-bl5yu 6 лет назад

Jacob Dominick i hope he lived through the entire war, my great great great Grand Father Who was was a soldier of the Austria-Hungary Sadly killed by a artillery shell in Serbia.

@DJ-kp7mf 6 лет назад

3rd he did live through the war and after it was over he decided to immigrate to America. A funny anecdote that his father said to him when he decided to leave for America" do you want to live like a animal drink water all your life."( keep in mind the America at the time was in a Prohibition)

@ryancue7809 5 месяцев назад

"That's impossible, we're fighting for freedom" has to be one of the most emotional sentences. Nobody thinks they are the devil, yet we all do devilish things.

@danieldeandrade5741 3 года назад

Whenever people get close to showing how good humanity can be, someone comes along and destroys that...

@Mokona127 6 лет назад

I started crying right away and needed a break in between, and the "We're fighting for freedom." - "That can't be, we're fighting for freedom" just broke me. We know how many million innocent died, and the obliviousness to the situation is just gut-wrenching.

@Mokona127 6 лет назад

Definitely, and that's part of the heart-breaking - these soldiers had no power in it and so many people lost their lives, younger than I am by now...I am German (and so may you be, or maybe your forefathers?), but I shed tears equally for all sides. What a painful injustice, and how lucky we are nowadays...

@s7robin105 6 лет назад

One of the most inhuman wars history has one of the most human stories of history.

@benmessenger860 2 года назад

We were all, we were all, we were all friends!

@myaltaccount4438 3 месяца назад

A candle's glow is most beautiful in the darkest room. Tis a tragic truth, but one that still brings hope.

@VenseyNess 6 лет назад

"Corporal Hitler was odd like that" Please tell me there's an actual source on that part. Please. That'd be amazing.

@christophpoll784 6 лет назад

he definitely was in the trenches back then. He suffered from a gas attack and was almost blinded.

@gigaus0 6 лет назад

There is, but I'm not looking it up right now. Cross reference 'Hitler Military Career' with 'ww1 Christmas truce'. We know he was there, at the least.

@ThoughtSpin 6 лет назад

Thomas Weber (2010) "Hitler's First War" quotes Hitler's fellow dispatch runner Heinrich Lugauer: "When everyone was talking about the Christmas 1914 fraternization with the Englishmen, Hitler revealed himself to be its bitter opponent. He said, 'Something like this should not even be up for discussion during wartime.'" The book notes following source reference: IFZ, MA-732, NSDAP/Hauptarchiv, report by Heinrich Lugauer, 5 February 1940.

@VenseyNess 6 лет назад

Oh yeah, we was definitely in the trenches, I'm just wondering whether the story about him yelling at his soldiers for wanting to cease fire is actually true.

@HalcyonSerenade 6 лет назад

_If_ it's not true, it's a rather widespread and _consistent_ falsehood. I can't seem to find the original source that claims he was there, but I see nothing saying otherwise. The earliest reference to it I can find (and the one Wikipedia cites as its source) is a 2005 article in the New York Times, but whenever I visit the page nothing is displayed except the article title and the typical "related articles" listing; perhaps it's just the computer and browser I'm using, so I'll try again when I have more access. It _is_ true that Hitler was serving as a corporal the Bavarian army in 1914 and wasn't a totally cheerful or accepting person, so it's at least quite plausible. I couldn't find any references to this event (or at least his attitude toward it) in accounts of his military career--it's only mentioned in writing that focuses on the event itself. That seems to suggest it's either unverified or too minor of a point to include in literature that covers him. However, I'm not super well-read on Hitler biographies, and the few things I did scan though weren't all that detailed, so my search doesn't really prove anything one way or the other, at least when it comes to the Hitler-focused literature.

@fabisnow6466 4 года назад

I made myself a tradition. Every Christmas Eve I come here to watch this video and I start crying everytime. I just love this story, a story about humanly love between enemies in inhuman times. Merry Christmas to you all!

@stefancristian4324 3 года назад

You should watch "Joyeux Noel" A great film about the Christmas Eve's Armistice.

@HumbledSonGaming 3 года назад

Merry Christmas Fabi!!! I tend to do the same, it's a story that warms my heart every Christmas.

@alexcruji9535 3 года назад

Almost that time again

@stefancristian4324 3 года назад

@@alexcruji9535 Almost there!!

@kazumajay 3 года назад

A man after my own heart

@kf23155 2 года назад

Silence Oh, I remember the silence On a cold winter day After many months on the battlefield And we were used to the violence Then all the cannons went silent And the snow fell Voices sang to me from no man's land

@log9700 2 года назад

"Hey here's a scarf" "Aww thank yo-" "I will have that back by tommorrow"

@NotHPotter 6 лет назад

One shot, one kill. Right in the feels.

@buggslimo 6 лет назад

Boy shut your sensitive ass up

@buggslimo 6 лет назад

Nevermind i just cried

@pahinamala4019 6 лет назад

Nevermind I just cried.

@iitechx-tv4252 6 лет назад

Michael Wade sniper 1993

@pest1234 6 лет назад

Right in the feels? it don’t make sense to me 🧐

@user-xq5og9lt8p 6 лет назад

Just imagine how stupid it actually is: humans were penalized for refusing to kill. This story always brings tears to my eyes and hope to my heart.

@TheAlCapwner 6 лет назад

Del Kenon The point is that conscription is morally unjust. If you can't convince potential soldiers to fight for your cause, then there shouldn't be a war in the first place.

@nezuko4278 2 года назад

Man this makes tears in my eyes Can't Believe there were times in war where they realized that they all are humans

@theemissary1433 3 года назад

Rewatching this series again this Christmas of this horrible year, for this somewhat peaceful and humane event gives me hope that even when this year was hell for everyone, there is still some sort of light in th darkness and that we as one Earth, we will move on from this pandemic. Merry Christmas, everyone, to all across the world

@xeraphyx7903 3 года назад

you too, may love spread all around the world and let light shine all across the earth.

@trumint821 6 лет назад

Imagine if the war ended here. This story was already impossible as a truce, but that still happened. If only those darn majors weren't so occupied with doing their job, the war would have been over by Christmas with the status quo restored.

@TheJboy88 6 лет назад

Of all the things I ever learned about WW1 in my youth, THIS is the event that has always stayed with me. Not the battles, or the politics, but of one brief time where we didn't see each other as monsters.

@karlieeketone2151 6 лет назад

Jay yeah it done the same to me

@gymemes8498 Год назад

this is a good example of optimism having benefits. you might have a bad, hard time, and you might be sad and depressed but for a small amount of time something good might happen, and if it does, enjoy it while you can, because the tomorrow might bring more harder things to you.

@meemmahn2856 2 месяца назад

by far my favorite day in human history. may humanity and goodwill prevail for us all.

@shakyaim4358 4 года назад

So, in short... All soldiers received Lung Cancer

@biggsdarklighter0473 4 года назад

Welp, actually Lead poisoning was the main reason for death in the trenches.

@twixieshores 4 года назад

They'd die of an infection or chemical poisoning long before cancer had a chance to take hold

@captainobvious8264 4 года назад

SKTW 890 they ruined the good feeling of the truce by implying they all got cancer from the cigars they smoked together

@lex-lz1ib 3 года назад

cigarettes were much much more healthy back then. It's entirely different to compare the tobacco of today with that of philip Morris and lucky strike of that era .