Yes, it is a true story. All of Sabatons's songs are based on history. Also, the woman singing at the end is Floor Jansen, the singer of Nightwish and wife of Hannes, Sabaton's drummer (the first soldier out of the trench).
Sabaton is all about history. There is a new song "Soldier of Heaven" check it out. Sabaton also has a Sabaton history channel, were all of their songs are explained. They are amazing band. You should check their live performances starting maybe from Woodstock Poland 2012. There was over 700 000 people on this concert. Happy New Year.
The album title "War to End All Wars" is a reference to WWI. That was one of the names of the war at the time. (You can't call it the First World War until there is another one to compare it to.) All the songs from the album are about events from then.
The singer at the end is Floor Jansen, who is married to Hannes, the drummer of Sabaton. You should check out the band she sings for Nightwish, incredible band
Also Joakim Broden, the singer, started out as their keyboard player. They kinda made him lead singer after the original left the band. He was supposed to be temporary, but that didn't happen, as he's still singing over a decade later.
If you want a rabbit hole to dive down into Sabaton is the perfect one. Epic songs, fantastic videos and every song is a history lesson in itself. Take a look at the Bismarck, No bullets fly, Night witches and Attack of the dead men. You will not be disappointed.
Welcome down the rabbit hole on discovering Sabaton! Sabaton writes songs about true historical war events. So, in other words, this happened. Yeah, check out their second channel, Sabaton history, where you learn more about the history and story behind their songs. You will learn a lot! Can highly recommend it. I would also like to recommend you to watch their videos to the very end. I've seen reactions where they have stopped the videos before they are finished, and missed out on something. Would be a shame if you did so as well. I can recommend a few songs to get you going: Great War, Swedish pagans, No bullets fly (animated story video), Night witches (animated story video), (they have also recently released a animated story video for Christmas truce), Bismarck, Seven pillars of wisdom, Carolus Rex, there are many more.... Welcome to the Sabaton family!
The end credits are sung by Floor Jansen of Nightwish. That is a rabbit hole you have yet to go down and trust me its WELL worth it. She is amazing as is the band. She is married to Sabatons drummer.
True story, the guys were the stars of this. Apparently took Joakim and Par nearly 10 years to write, as they had ideas, but took a while to get them down. These guys tell history and if they were played in high school classes, the kids might know the truth about history, and learn it. I've learnt so much from them.
Joakim and Par wanted to do justice to the subject and not rush a song that has this much meaning. The Christmas Truce was one of the most incredible moments in modern history, and has such a good lesson to teach about humanity.
Funfact:the cross stands here in belgium in ypres to be precise...there is another statue in Engeland with two soldiers shaking hands and a soccerball in between them....thanks for reacting
Sabaton technically has two more Christmas songs, while not as Christmas-y as Christmas Truce the stories they cover take place around Christmas time. Screaming Eagles and No Bullets Fly.
Sabaton has their very own "Sabaton History Channel" on youtube were they talk about the history of the song topic and then alittle about how/way they did the song. they don't have 1 for this song (yet) BTW Great Reaction, for more on this topic there is a decent movie (2005) "Joyeux Noel" (Merry Christmas) shows the German, French & British (well a Scottish unit) , sadly when word of these events got out many units were punished and relocated to other sections of the line were the fighting was more savage. and then they made sure on holidays they would launch attacks and such. but the war took a turn and got more deadly esp once GAS started to be used in 1915 some soldier tried to repeat the event of 1914 but were shot
I have been a Sabaton fan for over a decade and I have never heard a bad song from them. Almost every song from them is based on history and they really make the effort to keep lyrics and videos as historical correct as possible. They even have a history channel where you can learn the history behind every song.
Excellent reaction! I love seeing others get excited about songs I love. And this is one of them. You mentioned that you're from Texas. I'd recommend Sabaton's song "To Hell and Back" which is about Audie Murphey from Texas who became the USA's most highly decorated soldier from WW2. It's about his exploits and his after war PTSD problems that plagued him. Their video uses actual footage from Audie's time as an actor as well as lyrics that come from his poetry. The song is a favorite of both theirs and fans and, when touring the USA, they almost always close with that song. The tank they have that their drummer sits on for concerts is lovingly named Audie after him as well.
Note..at the end of WW 1 the American army was in France and fight against the Germans. So when you want to learn about WW1…watch Sabaton. I hope you react next time on the band Nightwish, band of the last singer (credit’s ), the amazing Floor Jansen. Greetings from the Netherlands
Thank you for your reaction. Be sure to react to their song "No Bullets Fly" (Animated Story Video) and you'll be a fan of theirs forever. Merry christmas.
SABATON ARE FROM SWEDEN AND ALL THEIR SONGS ARE BASED ON TRUE STORIES,,,THEY HAVE A HISTORY CHANNEL ON TH-cam WHICH TELLS THE STORIES BEHIND THEIR SONGS...SOME OF THEIR VIDEOS ARE AWESOME BUT BEST HEARD LIVE
@@michaelmay5453 I can't but help to hear that entire post SCREAMING in my head while reading it. Usually, if I see something with all caps I ignore it.
@@Templarofsteel88 Yeah, we all do that. I have no idea why anyone thinks it's good idea to do that. I just assume that the person is a complete moron who cannot work the caps lock key properly and thus any information he might want to convey is of zero importance to me. And since the Juletide is soon upon us and I might not speak to you again before that... God Jul or in your traditions, Merry Christmas.
Sadly, there were no more truces after this, the generals and leaders made sure if that, the ones who took part in this were transferred to even worse battles as punishment. After they all went back to the trenches, many of them actually aimed above or to the side of the enemies that they had just met in no man's land, it is much harder to kill someone you just shook hands with.
As Extra History's said the Generals needn't have bothered it was a symptom of a young war by 1915 both sides had experienced Chlorine gas, creeping bombardments, London was being bombed Verdun ended with extremely high casualties on both sides. Your completely right though I don't think it was punishment more that some soldiers did infact refused to fight until nearly new years day which you obviously know your history so I don't need to say anything.
"a symptom of a young war" Though this phrase is accurate, I feel it is a terrible way of phrasing what happened there. The start of WW1 was a giant fustercluck of interlinking treaties, alliances, agreements, posturing, dick measuring by royalty, and--let's not forget--blatant ignorance at best, lies at worst from leaders to their troops. "The war will be over by Christmas," they said. "It'll be a glorious excursion to Paris and back," they said. 5 months later, soldiers are still in the trenches, enduring horrific conditions in misery, far from their homes and families, ordered to kill people they don't know and don't really have anything personal against. It should come as no surprise that, given half a chance (and the arrival of Christmas was that chance), many soldiers would begin to think, "you know, this war is stupid. I don't want to kill the guys over there. They seem like decent chaps. I just want to go home to my family." And Command can't have their line troops thinking crazy things like _that._ Had even a few commanders allowed for, or even encouraged this sort of thinking, the war might have just ended right there, with troops just quitting en masse. But artillery barrages ordered from the rear on subsequent Christmas days, propaganda, and increasingly horrific types of weapons being used did what High Command wanted on both sides--fostered a hatred of the enemy and crushed any notion of unofficial truces, ceasefires, or refusal to fight.
Yes true story, there's a monument in Belgium for this event. Un official truce one and only...thats Floor Jansen singing the outro..of Nightwish and wife to Hannes the drummer of Sabaton
This was awesome! Like... yeah, it's not 100% cheery but it's an amazing story that it seems a lot of people don't know about. Glad you did this one--10/10 reaction. It's great to see someone blunder into Sabaton not knowing what they're getting themselves into, but appreciating it all the same. They are one of a kind. More Sabaton please! The best part is when you hear one of their songs and think... My God, this really happened. Like, forget Lord of the Rings, this was waaaay bigger. Maybe try Cliffs of Gallipoli next? Or, ever hear about that one time American and German units joined up to liberate a castle full of prisoners guarded by an SS division? Check out "The Last Battle."
You are very good to review and open minded :) You really won many new subscibe when you looked up the history plus end credit the female voice are floor Jensen (dutxh) , from nightwish which are marriage to sabaton member Hannes :)
9:44 That is Sabaton in a nutshell for you. Almost all of their songs are about moments of military history in one way or another. More importantly, however, Sabaton do not pick sides, nor play politics with their songs. All they do is preserve the memory of moments in history by enshrining them in music for generations to come. And they have received quite a few gestures of appreciation for it over the years. One of which can be seen in the animated story video of their song "No Bullets Fly". That said, it does pay off to watch their music videos to the very end as they like to hide a few easter-eggs in there. Christmas Truce is no exception in that regard. Remember the female singer throughout the credits? Here is another layer to this song: Christmas is about being with your loved ones (if at all possible) - and this singer, Floor Janssen of Nightwish just so happens to be the wife of Sabaton's drummer. Meaning that in a sense the two did exactly that in the making of this song.
Sabaton is a Swedish band that writes and sings about Actual historic events, battles, moments of heroism and wars. They will be releasing their 10th studio album on March 4th 2022. Nice thing about them is that their video's never blocked so it's TH-cam safe. (except for some Wacken video's that gets blocked by Wacken) If you really want to go down the Sabaton rabbit-hole, I would recommend these: (These are all from the Sabaton Channel, and they never block videos so it's safe to use) [live at Woodstock 2012]: Ghost Division, 40:1 and Uprising [Great Tour Live Videos]: En Livstied I Krig (make sure to turn subtitles on), Red Baron, Swedish Pagans, Primo Victoria, Fields of Verdun, Devil Dogs & Angels Calling [Lyric videos]: Attack of the dead men, The Final Solution, In Flanders Fields, 82nd All the way, Sparta, Shiroyama, Cliffs Of Gallipolli and The lost betallion [Music Video's]: Bismarck, Steel Commanders, Defence of Moscow, Livgardet (make sure to turn subtitles on), Fields of Verdun, Rourke's Drift, Screaming Eagles, Uprising The Future Of Warfare (Building Blocks Video) & Seven Pillars of wisdom [Animated History Video's]: Night Witches and No Bullets Fly (not animated music video's, the animated history/story video's) [Covers]: Kingdom Come [Offical video] and I'm sure people told you but in case, Sabaton have another channel (Sabaton History Channel) where they do a deep dive into the history behind the songs with Indy Nidell. Then they have the Metal celebration trilogy: Metal Machine (lyrics made up of out of song names) th-cam.com/video/AvRZxn7e3hc/w-d-xo.html Metal Crüe (lyrics made up out of band names) th-cam.com/video/6bKwflpbCYk/w-d-xo.html Metal Ripper (lyrics made up out of song lyrics) th-cam.com/video/FQNVraMtNes/w-d-xo.html
Most soldiers I think would prefer music that amps them up. Love Floor's voice there at the end but throwing some much harder/faster music into my ear holes before bullets begin flying is a must.
If you're looking for an intense visual war scene check out "Fields of Verdun" by Sabaton. It really gives you a look at the horrors of the war and the song is amazing.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Sabaton. For more context for what this video is about, I suggest watching these two videos. Sabaton Christmas Truce animated story. And. WW1 Christmas Truce: silent night - extra history #1. The song Bismarck is another awesome Sabaton song. I highly recommend that and alot of other Sabaton songs. Great history tellers.
The Christmas truce was a real event. It had only been a handful of months since the war started, and the truce was actually started in many cases by German soldiers. They were promised to be home by Christmas, but it never happened. The boys had months of trauma, blood and death, and they were tired. They played soccer with balls and beef tins, and since they were drafted, many still had experience with their previous jobs and practiced them during the truce. Some soldiers were barbers and cut hair, others were painters and everything in between. Hitler was involved in the truce and hated it. I think he was a lance corporal at the time, but don't hold me to that. He hated the truce with a burning passion and reported it to superiors. After the truce, many soldiers refused to fight the men they just spent Christmas with, so they had to be redeployed. Platoons were broken up, battalions separated and soldiers were punished. It was one of very few acts of humanity in wartime. Another act of camaraderie wouldn't really happen until the end of WW2, where a Waffen SS commander and his battalion defected to protect French VIPs with the Allies against German forces in a medieval castle. He ended up taking a bullet for the former French Prime Minister before American reinforcements arrived. If you're curious, it's the Battle of Castle Itter and Yarnhub covered it.
Sometimes soldiers just need to remind each other they won't make it personal. They each have their job to do, but that's no reason not to recognize each other as fellow humans.
Sabaton tell the story of war through their songs. I suggest songs from the Great War album. Devil dogs, The Great War, 82nd all the way, Future of Warfare...
What an AMAZING 🌟CHRISTMAS🌟 Song by SABATON. The lyrics and the MUSIC inspire You. And the Video, Unbelievable. All Band Members play a Role. Also the HUSBAND from FLOOR JANSEN, The DRUMMER van SABATON, HANNES VAN DAHL. He was the wounded SOLDIER. It's also a piece of history. You can learn a lot. It's very...... EMOTIONAL 😢 And at the end the Voice of FLOOR JANSEN, makes it extra Beautiful...💫 This a Gift for Christmas ☃️🎄🕊️ We are all.... We are all.... We are all.... We are all.... FRIENDS 🤝🤝 For Me The CHRISTMAS SONG of the Year 2021...💫 A little PEACE 🕊 and LOVE ❤️ for Everyone 🌹 WARS are TERRIBLE... Let's all think a little bit about 🌟 CHRISTMAS TRUCE🌟 during the CHRISTMAS Season, this is so often FORGOTTEN!!!! Thank you this was AMAZING. Love and Peace 🕊 Love from the Netherlands ️ ❤️🤍💙 🇳🇱 🙋🏼♀️
They are very much Swedish, though Joakim is a Czeck-Swede. Their Album Carolus Rex (2012) is the best selling album to ever come from a Swedish Metal band, going platinum x4 in 2018, in Sweden (selling over 160 000 copies within the country), while also remaining on the Swedish charts for 326 weeks. Metal Hammer also ranked it the 20th best Power Metal album of all time. It was also released as two separate albums, one as a Swedish version and one English version. I'd really recommend their songs Carolus Rex, Karolinens Bön/Carolean's Prayer, Konungens Likfärd/Long Live the King and En Livstid i Krig/A Lifetime of War.
You must not have paid attention in history class in school hahaha. Yes this actually happened and there is an actual cross that still stands today with the words "Lest We Forget". To me it is a true Christmas miracle, that they stopped killing each other to celebrate the birth of Christ. Have a very Merry Christmas :)
@@Fmanzo10 We were taught this here in the US, but you're right; this was chronologically before the US entered WW1. it was 1914 when Francis Ferdinand was assassinated that started WW1, and this event for the Christmas Truce happened about 8 months after the start of WW1. In 1917, the Russians left the war, due to the Bolshevik revolution, and that same year, the Germans sank the Lusitania, which brought the US into WW1. We were only in the war for 1 year, and completely oblivious to this truce happening. If one studied the full on World History, they'd know this event. I learned that in high school (1991), so that says a lot (in a very negative way) if the kids nowadays don't know anything about this.
My history classes in school - yes, in the USA - mostly glossed over the wars we participated in abroad, and focused on stuff that was happening within our own borders. So, very little of the singular events of WWI and WWII, and just a brief overview of the general causes. (ex: Pearl Harbor covered, but not why the Japanese attacked. WWII covered, but the Eastern Front mostly ignored, as was the African campaign, everything to do with Italy, anything happening north of Germany, what the Japanese were doing in China and Korea, and so on.)
This truce happened in 1914 primarily between British and German soldiers the French and Belgians who's nations had been invaded by the Germans didn't if at all took part which makes sense there are some accounts of French and Belgians soldiers taking part but they are slightly rare they laughed played football swapped gifts and bonded extra History put it "nothing like this would happen again because by 1915 troops had experienced chlorine gas and creeping bombardment London was being bombed and the Battle of Verdun ended with over 160,000 - 170,000 French casualties it was a symptom of a young war"
Sabaton tells stories about real military conflicts. It is all about bravery, heroism, humanity and exceptional accomplishments by common soldiers or groups of soldiers, no matter which side they fought on. Please check out more of their songs like "40 to 1" (live from Woodstock festival 2012), "Shiroyama", "No Bullets Fly" (animated STORY video), "Night Witches" (animated STORY video), "82nd all the Way" or "Red Baron" (official lyric video). Their channel "Sabaton History" th-cam.com/users/SabatonHistory provides the background for these events or soldiers together with some info about the inspiration, musical or lyrical aspects of the song or the video.
okay you know, that this actually happened....ill tell you, that the original cross, portrayed in the video, is still there next to a farmers field in France
So basicly the story of the christmas truce is that in ww1 on christmas over 100k soliders in the trenches (mainly british and german) stopped fighting against each other and even played football games and burried the dead the truce wasnt even official and the christmas following this christmas to avoid such a truce the british bombarded the trenches 24 hours with artillery and everyone who atempted to do such a truce would be executed
Yes, this is a true story. The pope at the time begged and pleaded for peace during the war at this time because it was Christmas. And while there were no official truces, this de facto truce really started. one side started to sing christmas carols .. I want to say one was Stille Nacht (Silent Night in German), then the other side sang another carol.. then one side lit up a tree, followed by the other. Then one by one, a soldier came out of the trenches into No Man's Land - not knowing if they were going to be shot or not, because in some locations, they didn't have a truce - and ate together, sang carols together, shared a beer or a cigar, and yes, even played soccer (kicked the ball around), and exchanged presents. Then they even took the chance to bury each other's dead. And yes, sadly, the day after Christmas, they went back to battle. Some of the combatants even refused to fight because they couldn't bring themselves to killing the friends they just made. That lead to rules being made in certain countries to not ever have that happen again, with fear of court martial. The cross really does exist, which is located somewhere in the area of Ypres, Belgium. And think about it.. It's been 107 years since that truce happened, and there hasn't been one since.
Bro please react to: Kollegah and Farid Bang - Gamechanger They are the GOATS in German rap they never lost a beef ever and will never lyrics is on Eminem level🙏🏻
I am not surprised you hadn't heard of this, for 2 reasons. The first is that simply put, the truces were unofficial, and the governments on both sides didn't approve and so suppressed information about it for quite some time. (Which is why it hasn't been repeated) That said it is generally well known now, there are statues in tribute to it, there are crosses put on location commemorating the event, there has been a film, and as weird as it sound an ad for a grocery store (in conjunction with the Royal British Legion) about it (Link here: th-cam.com/video/NWF2JBb1bvM/w-d-xo.html ) .... So this leads us to the second reason you hadn't heard of it: Education. The problem is that generally speaking in the US they only teach you about aspects of wars that the US participated in (obviously as every state had different education systems this may not hold true everywhere, but is certainly my experience talking to Americans). In the case of WW1, the US didn't join until 1917, 3 years after these events, so as it didn't involve Americans, it isn't a priority. When it comes to WW2, I find most Americans are quite knowledgeable of the Western Front (at least after 1941) and the Pacific Campaigns, but are generally ignorant of the Eastern Front, Africa and South-East Asian Campaigns.
It's just sad this historical ignorance. You should definitely listen to and see more Sabaton. That's why they make these songs. Then you will be enlightened what you lack in knowledge.
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Yes, it is a true story. All of Sabatons's songs are based on history. Also, the woman singing at the end is Floor Jansen, the singer of Nightwish and wife of Hannes, Sabaton's drummer (the first soldier out of the trench).
and the same soldier that was wounded by the grenade at the start.
@@Templarofsteel88 yes.
The “lest we forget” is used on the British Remembrance Day . U should listen to 82 all the way, or the hell and back
It’s about 2 US legends
Minor correction: Metalizer was before they found their History Niche.
Sabaton is all about history. There is a new song "Soldier of Heaven" check it out. Sabaton also has a Sabaton history channel, were all of their songs are explained. They are amazing band. You should check their live performances starting maybe from Woodstock Poland 2012. There was over 700 000 people on this concert. Happy New Year.
The album title "War to End All Wars" is a reference to WWI. That was one of the names of the war at the time. (You can't call it the First World War until there is another one to compare it to.) All the songs from the album are about events from then.
The singer at the end is Floor Jansen, who is married to Hannes, the drummer of Sabaton. You should check out the band she sings for Nightwish, incredible band
Also Joakim Broden, the singer, started out as their keyboard player. They kinda made him lead singer after the original left the band. He was supposed to be temporary, but that didn't happen, as he's still singing over a decade later.
As he hilariously put it: "The lazy bastards never did get a vocalist!"
Welcome to the world of Sabaton - kind of envious of you who has so many unheard songs from them to explore!
If you want a rabbit hole to dive down into Sabaton is the perfect one. Epic songs, fantastic videos and every song is a history lesson in itself. Take a look at the Bismarck, No bullets fly, Night witches and Attack of the dead men. You will not be disappointed.
I second that
Welcome down the rabbit hole on discovering Sabaton! Sabaton writes songs about true historical war events. So, in other words, this happened. Yeah, check out their second channel, Sabaton history, where you learn more about the history and story behind their songs. You will learn a lot! Can highly recommend it. I would also like to recommend you to watch their videos to the very end. I've seen reactions where they have stopped the videos before they are finished, and missed out on something. Would be a shame if you did so as well. I can recommend a few songs to get you going: Great War, Swedish pagans, No bullets fly (animated story video), Night witches (animated story video), (they have also recently released a animated story video for Christmas truce), Bismarck, Seven pillars of wisdom, Carolus Rex, there are many more.... Welcome to the Sabaton family!
The end credits are sung by Floor Jansen of Nightwish. That is a rabbit hole you have yet to go down and trust me its WELL worth it. She is amazing as is the band. She is married to Sabatons drummer.
Welcome to SABATON family. Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪🇸🇪👍👍👌👌🤘🤘
True story, the guys were the stars of this. Apparently took Joakim and Par nearly 10 years to write, as they had ideas, but took a while to get them down. These guys tell history and if they were played in high school classes, the kids might know the truth about history, and learn it. I've learnt so much from them.
Joakim and Par wanted to do justice to the subject and not rush a song that has this much meaning. The Christmas Truce was one of the most incredible moments in modern history, and has such a good lesson to teach about humanity.
7:54 of this video - ghosts of the war attacking. So powerful.
Funfact:the cross stands here in belgium in ypres to be precise...there is another statue in Engeland with two soldiers shaking hands and a soccerball in between them....thanks for reacting
Sabaton technically has two more Christmas songs, while not as Christmas-y as Christmas Truce the stories they cover take place around Christmas time.
Screaming Eagles and No Bullets Fly.
Sabaton has their very own "Sabaton History Channel" on youtube were they talk about the history of the song topic and then alittle about how/way they did the song. they don't have 1 for this song (yet) BTW Great Reaction, for more on this topic there is a decent movie (2005) "Joyeux Noel" (Merry Christmas) shows the German, French & British (well a Scottish unit) , sadly when word of these events got out many units were punished and relocated to other sections of the line were the fighting was more savage. and then they made sure on holidays they would launch attacks and such. but the war took a turn and got more deadly esp once GAS started to be used in 1915 some soldier tried to repeat the event of 1914 but were shot
SABATONNNNN !!!
I have been a Sabaton fan for over a decade and I have never heard a bad song from them. Almost every song from them is based on history and they really make the effort to keep lyrics and videos as historical correct as possible. They even have a history channel where you can learn the history behind every song.
First time hearing/seeing Sabaton? Welcome aboard, enjoy the ride.
The end vocals are of Hannes' (drummer) Wife, Floor Jansen. She is lead singer of another huge band, Nightwish. Yet another rabbit hole to fall in.
Excellent reaction! I love seeing others get excited about songs I love. And this is one of them. You mentioned that you're from Texas. I'd recommend Sabaton's song "To Hell and Back" which is about Audie Murphey from Texas who became the USA's most highly decorated soldier from WW2. It's about his exploits and his after war PTSD problems that plagued him. Their video uses actual footage from Audie's time as an actor as well as lyrics that come from his poetry. The song is a favorite of both theirs and fans and, when touring the USA, they almost always close with that song. The tank they have that their drummer sits on for concerts is lovingly named Audie after him as well.
Note..at the end of WW 1 the American army was in France and fight against the Germans. So when you want to learn about WW1…watch Sabaton. I hope you react next time on the band Nightwish, band of the last singer (credit’s ), the amazing Floor Jansen. Greetings from the Netherlands
Thank you, great reaction overall :) Merry christmas & greetings from Finland!
Thank you for your reaction. Be sure to react to their song "No Bullets Fly" (Animated Story Video) and you'll be a fan of theirs forever. Merry christmas.
SABATON ARE FROM SWEDEN AND ALL THEIR SONGS ARE BASED ON TRUE STORIES,,,THEY HAVE A HISTORY CHANNEL ON TH-cam WHICH TELLS THE STORIES BEHIND THEIR SONGS...SOME OF THEIR VIDEOS ARE AWESOME BUT BEST HEARD LIVE
Son, your caps lock needs adjustments.
@@michaelmay5453 I can't but help to hear that entire post SCREAMING in my head while reading it. Usually, if I see something with all caps I ignore it.
@@Templarofsteel88 Yeah, we all do that. I have no idea why anyone thinks it's good idea to do that.
I just assume that the person is a complete moron who cannot work the caps lock key properly and thus any information he might want to convey is of zero importance to me.
And since the Juletide is soon upon us and I might not speak to you again before that... God Jul or in your traditions, Merry Christmas.
@@michaelmay5453 to be honest, God Jul would actually be in my tradition since I am Swedish. :P
Sadly, there were no more truces after this, the generals and leaders made sure if that, the ones who took part in this were transferred to even worse battles as punishment.
After they all went back to the trenches, many of them actually aimed above or to the side of the enemies that they had just met in no man's land, it is much harder to kill someone you just shook hands with.
That’s not entirely true they had a few units that rebelled and done the same thing I think in 1916.
As Extra History's said the Generals needn't have bothered it was a symptom of a young war by 1915 both sides had experienced Chlorine gas, creeping bombardments, London was being bombed Verdun ended with extremely high casualties on both sides.
Your completely right though I don't think it was punishment more that some soldiers did infact refused to fight until nearly new years day which you obviously know your history so I don't need to say anything.
"a symptom of a young war"
Though this phrase is accurate, I feel it is a terrible way of phrasing what happened there. The start of WW1 was a giant fustercluck of interlinking treaties, alliances, agreements, posturing, dick measuring by royalty, and--let's not forget--blatant ignorance at best, lies at worst from leaders to their troops. "The war will be over by Christmas," they said. "It'll be a glorious excursion to Paris and back," they said.
5 months later, soldiers are still in the trenches, enduring horrific conditions in misery, far from their homes and families, ordered to kill people they don't know and don't really have anything personal against. It should come as no surprise that, given half a chance (and the arrival of Christmas was that chance), many soldiers would begin to think, "you know, this war is stupid. I don't want to kill the guys over there. They seem like decent chaps. I just want to go home to my family." And Command can't have their line troops thinking crazy things like _that._ Had even a few commanders allowed for, or even encouraged this sort of thinking, the war might have just ended right there, with troops just quitting en masse.
But artillery barrages ordered from the rear on subsequent Christmas days, propaganda, and increasingly horrific types of weapons being used did what High Command wanted on both sides--fostered a hatred of the enemy and crushed any notion of unofficial truces, ceasefires, or refusal to fight.
Yes true story, there's a monument in Belgium for this event. Un official truce one and only...thats Floor Jansen singing the outro..of Nightwish and wife to Hannes the drummer of Sabaton
sabaton is a ever lasting learning plan ;)
Listening to and watching videos of Sabaton is both extremely pleasant and educational 🙂 Thank you for your reaction!
all of respect for playing the credds... the right way to do it if you like it !!! Best regards From Sweden
The lines "we were soldiers, carried the war on our shoulders. For our nations is that why we bury our friends
This was awesome! Like... yeah, it's not 100% cheery but it's an amazing story that it seems a lot of people don't know about. Glad you did this one--10/10 reaction. It's great to see someone blunder into Sabaton not knowing what they're getting themselves into, but appreciating it all the same. They are one of a kind. More Sabaton please! The best part is when you hear one of their songs and think... My God, this really happened. Like, forget Lord of the Rings, this was waaaay bigger. Maybe try Cliffs of Gallipoli next? Or, ever hear about that one time American and German units joined up to liberate a castle full of prisoners guarded by an SS division? Check out "The Last Battle."
You are very good to review and open minded :)
You really won many new subscibe when you looked up the history plus end credit the female voice are floor Jensen (dutxh) , from nightwish which are marriage to sabaton member Hannes :)
Go Sabaton, Go Floor!!!!!!
Incredibly profound message !!! Thank you for sharing it💔💔💔
Great reaction, Thanks!
9:44 That is Sabaton in a nutshell for you. Almost all of their songs are about moments of military history in one way or another. More importantly, however, Sabaton do not pick sides, nor play politics with their songs. All they do is preserve the memory of moments in history by enshrining them in music for generations to come. And they have received quite a few gestures of appreciation for it over the years. One of which can be seen in the animated story video of their song "No Bullets Fly". That said, it does pay off to watch their music videos to the very end as they like to hide a few easter-eggs in there.
Christmas Truce is no exception in that regard.
Remember the female singer throughout the credits? Here is another layer to this song: Christmas is about being with your loved ones (if at all possible) - and this singer, Floor Janssen of Nightwish just so happens to be the wife of Sabaton's drummer. Meaning that in a sense the two did exactly that in the making of this song.
Swedish band. Song at end by Floor Jansen who is married to the drummer in Sabaton.
Sabaton is a Swedish band that writes and sings about Actual historic events, battles, moments of heroism and wars.
They will be releasing their 10th studio album on March 4th 2022.
Nice thing about them is that their video's never blocked so it's TH-cam safe. (except for some Wacken video's that gets blocked by Wacken)
If you really want to go down the Sabaton rabbit-hole, I would recommend these:
(These are all from the Sabaton Channel, and they never block videos so it's safe to use)
[live at Woodstock 2012]: Ghost Division, 40:1 and Uprising
[Great Tour Live Videos]: En Livstied I Krig (make sure to turn subtitles on), Red Baron, Swedish Pagans, Primo Victoria, Fields of Verdun, Devil Dogs & Angels Calling
[Lyric videos]: Attack of the dead men, The Final Solution, In Flanders Fields, 82nd All the way, Sparta, Shiroyama, Cliffs Of Gallipolli and The lost betallion
[Music Video's]: Bismarck, Steel Commanders, Defence of Moscow, Livgardet (make sure to turn subtitles on), Fields of Verdun, Rourke's Drift, Screaming Eagles, Uprising The Future Of Warfare (Building Blocks Video) & Seven Pillars of wisdom
[Animated History Video's]: Night Witches and No Bullets Fly (not animated music video's, the animated history/story video's)
[Covers]: Kingdom Come [Offical video]
and I'm sure people told you but in case, Sabaton have another channel (Sabaton History Channel) where they do a deep dive into the history behind the songs with Indy Nidell.
Then they have the Metal celebration trilogy:
Metal Machine (lyrics made up of out of song names) th-cam.com/video/AvRZxn7e3hc/w-d-xo.html
Metal Crüe (lyrics made up out of band names) th-cam.com/video/6bKwflpbCYk/w-d-xo.html
Metal Ripper (lyrics made up out of song lyrics) th-cam.com/video/FQNVraMtNes/w-d-xo.html
Great reaction video bud..... thanks for not holding back and being straight forward with it.... cant wait to hear more from you
Most soldiers I think would prefer music that amps them up. Love Floor's voice there at the end but throwing some much harder/faster music into my ear holes before bullets begin flying is a must.
Me and my buddies when we were deployed listened to anime soundtracks lol everyone has their own thing they loke
@@skylerdixon6779 We had this one guy who used to play "chillstep" in the vehicle. They hated it because they were afraid it would put them to sleep.
And into the rabbit hole that is Sabaton you go🙂
Great reaction and very nice to follow your research, really appreciate that! 👍
Great song, chills when the piano starts and when Floor sings the outro.
So Sabaton actually do teach history. I thought most people at least heard about the battles they sing about.
Good shit.
If you're looking for an intense visual war scene check out "Fields of Verdun" by Sabaton. It really gives you a look at the horrors of the war and the song is amazing.
There is a french movie call "joyeux noel" talking about this story
Welcome to the wonderful world of Sabaton.
For more context for what this video is about, I suggest watching these two videos.
Sabaton Christmas Truce animated story.
And.
WW1 Christmas Truce: silent night - extra history #1.
The song Bismarck is another awesome Sabaton song. I highly recommend that and alot of other Sabaton songs.
Great history tellers.
Got to recommend "No Bullets Fly" (Animated Story Video)" it's technically a Christmas song by the loosest definition.
The Christmas truce was a real event. It had only been a handful of months since the war started, and the truce was actually started in many cases by German soldiers. They were promised to be home by Christmas, but it never happened. The boys had months of trauma, blood and death, and they were tired. They played soccer with balls and beef tins, and since they were drafted, many still had experience with their previous jobs and practiced them during the truce. Some soldiers were barbers and cut hair, others were painters and everything in between. Hitler was involved in the truce and hated it. I think he was a lance corporal at the time, but don't hold me to that. He hated the truce with a burning passion and reported it to superiors. After the truce, many soldiers refused to fight the men they just spent Christmas with, so they had to be redeployed. Platoons were broken up, battalions separated and soldiers were punished. It was one of very few acts of humanity in wartime. Another act of camaraderie wouldn't really happen until the end of WW2, where a Waffen SS commander and his battalion defected to protect French VIPs with the Allies against German forces in a medieval castle. He ended up taking a bullet for the former French Prime Minister before American reinforcements arrived. If you're curious, it's the Battle of Castle Itter and Yarnhub covered it.
Sabaton also did a song on it.
@@6Snaus and a Sabaton History Channel episode on it.
Sometimes soldiers just need to remind each other they won't make it personal. They each have their job to do, but that's no reason not to recognize each other as fellow humans.
Sabaton tell the story of war through their songs. I suggest songs from the Great War album. Devil dogs, The Great War, 82nd all the way, Future of Warfare...
1 upvote for letting the credits all play out.
What an AMAZING
🌟CHRISTMAS🌟
Song by SABATON.
The lyrics and the MUSIC
inspire You. And the Video,
Unbelievable.
All Band Members play a Role.
Also the HUSBAND from
FLOOR JANSEN,
The DRUMMER van SABATON,
HANNES VAN DAHL.
He was the wounded SOLDIER.
It's also a piece of history.
You can learn a lot.
It's very...... EMOTIONAL 😢
And at the end the Voice of
FLOOR JANSEN,
makes it extra Beautiful...💫
This a Gift for Christmas
☃️🎄🕊️
We are all....
We are all....
We are all....
We are all....
FRIENDS 🤝🤝
For Me The CHRISTMAS SONG
of the Year 2021...💫
A little PEACE 🕊 and
LOVE ❤️ for Everyone 🌹
WARS are TERRIBLE...
Let's all think a little bit about
🌟 CHRISTMAS TRUCE🌟
during the CHRISTMAS
Season, this is so often
FORGOTTEN!!!!
Thank you this was
AMAZING.
Love and Peace 🕊
Love from the Netherlands
️ ❤️🤍💙 🇳🇱 🙋🏼♀️
While Christmas is near, Serena Onasis' reaction - oh holy night
They are very much Swedish, though Joakim is a Czeck-Swede. Their Album Carolus Rex (2012) is the best selling album to ever come from a Swedish Metal band, going platinum x4 in 2018, in Sweden (selling over 160 000 copies within the country), while also remaining on the Swedish charts for 326 weeks. Metal Hammer also ranked it the 20th best Power Metal album of all time. It was also released as two separate albums, one as a Swedish version and one English version. I'd really recommend their songs Carolus Rex, Karolinens Bön/Carolean's Prayer, Konungens Likfärd/Long Live the King and En Livstid i Krig/A Lifetime of War.
It happened because command gave the artillery crews Christmas off. They never did again after this happened
You must not have paid attention in history class in school hahaha. Yes this actually happened and there is an actual cross that still stands today with the words "Lest We Forget". To me it is a true Christmas miracle, that they stopped killing each other to celebrate the birth of Christ. Have a very Merry Christmas :)
Nope he didn’t miss anything. This happened before the USA entered WW1 so it’s not taught in US schools.
@@Fmanzo10 We were taught this here in the US, but you're right; this was chronologically before the US entered WW1. it was 1914 when Francis Ferdinand was assassinated that started WW1, and this event for the Christmas Truce happened about 8 months after the start of WW1. In 1917, the Russians left the war, due to the Bolshevik revolution, and that same year, the Germans sank the Lusitania, which brought the US into WW1. We were only in the war for 1 year, and completely oblivious to this truce happening.
If one studied the full on World History, they'd know this event. I learned that in high school (1991), so that says a lot (in a very negative way) if the kids nowadays don't know anything about this.
My history classes in school - yes, in the USA - mostly glossed over the wars we participated in abroad, and focused on stuff that was happening within our own borders. So, very little of the singular events of WWI and WWII, and just a brief overview of the general causes. (ex: Pearl Harbor covered, but not why the Japanese attacked. WWII covered, but the Eastern Front mostly ignored, as was the African campaign, everything to do with Italy, anything happening north of Germany, what the Japanese were doing in China and Korea, and so on.)
The very first text that was on the screen said Western Front 1914. Yes. WWI.
This truce happened in 1914 primarily between British and German soldiers the French and Belgians who's nations had been invaded by the Germans didn't if at all took part which makes sense there are some accounts of French and Belgians soldiers taking part but they are slightly rare they laughed played football swapped gifts and bonded extra History put it "nothing like this would happen again because by 1915 troops had experienced chlorine gas and creeping bombardment London was being bombed and the Battle of Verdun ended with over 160,000 - 170,000 French casualties it was a symptom of a young war"
Älskar när amerikaner förväxlar 🇸🇪 med 🇨🇭 same, same but different😂
Sabaton tells stories about real military conflicts. It is all about bravery, heroism, humanity and exceptional accomplishments by common soldiers or groups of soldiers, no matter which side they fought on. Please check out more of their songs like "40 to 1" (live from Woodstock festival 2012), "Shiroyama", "No Bullets Fly" (animated STORY video), "Night Witches" (animated STORY video), "82nd all the Way" or "Red Baron" (official lyric video). Their channel "Sabaton History" th-cam.com/users/SabatonHistory provides the background for these events or soldiers together with some info about the inspiration, musical or lyrical aspects of the song or the video.
okay you know, that this actually happened....ill tell you, that the original cross, portrayed in the video, is still there next to a farmers field in France
So basicly the story of the christmas truce is that in ww1 on christmas over 100k soliders in the trenches (mainly british and german) stopped fighting against each other and even played football games and burried the dead the truce wasnt even official and the christmas following this christmas to avoid such a truce the british bombarded the trenches 24 hours with artillery and everyone who atempted to do such a truce would be executed
U just got a history lesson from Sabaton…
Yes, this is a true story. The pope at the time begged and pleaded for peace during the war at this time because it was Christmas. And while there were no official truces, this de facto truce really started. one side started to sing christmas carols .. I want to say one was Stille Nacht (Silent Night in German), then the other side sang another carol.. then one side lit up a tree, followed by the other. Then one by one, a soldier came out of the trenches into No Man's Land - not knowing if they were going to be shot or not, because in some locations, they didn't have a truce - and ate together, sang carols together, shared a beer or a cigar, and yes, even played soccer (kicked the ball around), and exchanged presents. Then they even took the chance to bury each other's dead. And yes, sadly, the day after Christmas, they went back to battle. Some of the combatants even refused to fight because they couldn't bring themselves to killing the friends they just made. That lead to rules being made in certain countries to not ever have that happen again, with fear of court martial.
The cross really does exist, which is located somewhere in the area of Ypres, Belgium. And think about it.. It's been 107 years since that truce happened, and there hasn't been one since.
More sabaton - talvisota. All sabaton music is historian lesson
Give credit for the trench builders!
This will be the new carol and we can finally let go of that "All I want for X-mas" thing!
if i hear mariah carey one more time in my life it'll be two times too many
Bro please react to:
Kollegah and Farid Bang - Gamechanger
They are the GOATS in German rap they never lost a beef ever and will never lyrics is on Eminem level🙏🏻
I am not surprised you hadn't heard of this, for 2 reasons.
The first is that simply put, the truces were unofficial, and the governments on both sides didn't approve and so suppressed information about it for quite some time. (Which is why it hasn't been repeated)
That said it is generally well known now, there are statues in tribute to it, there are crosses put on location commemorating the event, there has been a film, and as weird as it sound an ad for a grocery store (in conjunction with the Royal British Legion) about it (Link here: th-cam.com/video/NWF2JBb1bvM/w-d-xo.html ) ....
So this leads us to the second reason you hadn't heard of it: Education.
The problem is that generally speaking in the US they only teach you about aspects of wars that the US participated in (obviously as every state had different education systems this may not hold true everywhere, but is certainly my experience talking to Americans). In the case of WW1, the US didn't join until 1917, 3 years after these events, so as it didn't involve Americans, it isn't a priority.
When it comes to WW2, I find most Americans are quite knowledgeable of the Western Front (at least after 1941) and the Pacific Campaigns, but are generally ignorant of the Eastern Front, Africa and South-East Asian Campaigns.
Wait. I'm Johnny X 100
thats because you're a 100x better person than me
On a lighter note. The Germans won the soccer game 2-1.
Pls react to :OPLAN EXODUS the SAF 44 Documentary
It's just sad this historical ignorance.
You should definitely listen to and see more Sabaton. That's why they make these songs. Then you will be enlightened what you lack in knowledge.