Army Combat Veteran REACTS to SABATON - Christmas Truce

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[@billmelater6470]

Just to clear something up; there absolutely were areas on the front during the war where the trenches were in throwing distance of each other. It happened on the Western front as well as in Gallipoli. There's even accounts from Gallipoli where the Aussies and Turks were trying each other's food and it was reported that the Turks threw the "bully beef" back to the Australians. There's all sorts of oddities in WW1. It's a fascinating war.

[@AddiDizeL]

on the eastern front in Russia this happened frequently. and regardless of Christmas.

[@soaptrooper8128]

This is the western front so it's british and french vs germans. the russians are from the eastern front. Both the germans and british used the vickers machine gun. The trenches in some places could be close enough to throw a grenade, in Vimy Ridge it was 25 meters.(modern example is in Ucraine where their trenches are 50 meters apart.) The truce was unofficial so some parts of the western front continued to fight in christmas day, mostly of the truces was in sections between british and german, and most of them last just the eve others continued during the next day and one section maintained the truce for 5 days. After the truce in both sides many soldiers had to be transfered to other sections because they refused to shoot.

[@jclindsay007]

a great example of how close the trenches could get is the fact that during the Christmas truce, the Canadian forces fighting lobbed tins of goodies over to the opposing trenches, and when the soldiers in those trenches asked for more, lobbed live grenades in.

[@soaptrooper8128]

@M&M yeah you right, instead of vickers i should have said that they both used improved variants of the maxim machine gun.

[@EvilGNU]

While we are adding knowledge in this Thread. The eastern front in WW1 saw in parts sieges and trench warfare but it was generally speaking a much more mobile affair and apart. It was apart from africa, which was more of a sideshow really, probably the most "mobile" front of the war, at least compared to the western front, the balkans&greece or the "italian front"

[@willemthijssen1082]

The German MG 08 is identifiable by the disc shield on the muzzle. The felt caps that the Germans have were standard issue equipment and were much more common than the Pickelhaube in the early stages of the war. You can see differences in trench design between the German trenches and the allied Trenches, with the German trenches being better constructed.

[@charliekk3377]

In all fairness the MG 08 and Vickers are both based on the Maxim MG

[@leechowning2712]

As to your worry about copyright, Sabaton has a policy of supporting reactors. The only videos that might see you claimed are videos taken from live events where the event owners might complain. Welcome to the Sabaton fanbase... And thanks for taking our request.

[@shaylimglanville4209]

Joakim really does love his fans don't he

[@dlugo09]

Those hats were early war German hats. The different units from across Germany had very different uniforms.

[@henryquecabral9357]

Indeed! Specially if you come to think of the Germany of 1914, Germany had been united for a very short period of time(considering the time that it takes to standardise an entire army), so units from what was different kingdoms still wore different uniforms and had different equipment, not all german soldiers up to that point dressed like Prussians.

[@michaelpettersson4919]

They where made of leather and as such ineffective agaist shrapnel so they where phased out.

[@Blackout27able]

If you want to check out more Sabaton i highly recommend "No Bullets Fly". Probably my Favorite Story from WW2. Also the videos for both "Bismarck" and "Steel Commanders" are extremly well done. Some more good Videos and Stories would be "Uprising", "Fields of Verdun" and "To Hell and back"

[@helkdona226]

As a Canadian who wanted to be a fighter pilot Franz is my personal hero

[@robinderoos1166]

I would like attack of the dead men more

[@helkdona226]

@@robinderoos1166 don't get me wrong it's a good song but no bullets fly is about a man I idolize Franz Steiger he is to me the exhibit A of what it means to be a hero

[@milu9099]

Jast make sure to choose the animated _story_ video of No bullets fly

[@helkdona226]

@@milu9099 OMG YES I completely forgot to mention that also why you trying to make Paul cry

[@randomguy4184]

Sabaton is pretty chill about reactors, and if you do happen to watch more Sabaton then make sure to have Subtitles on, if they happen to sing in Swedish.

[@boisq97]

they actually comment on some reactions too, so yeah, he wont have any copyright problem

[@theexistentialnihilist2070]

The band is one thing. The Labels are still assholes more often than not.

[@tehs3raph1m]

Yeah especially people who comment on the history of the videos, that's one of their big things

[@Minderz]

As long as it's a reaction and not only watching and saying good song at the end.

[@carlospomares3225]

Unexpected for you to cover Sabaton, but it's welcomed

[@bane_0f_heroesx226]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@carlospomares3225]

@@bane_0f_heroesx226 Precisely, brother

[@wittyshark1826]

Agreed

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

Only wish he had watched to the end... robbed himself of quite an experience.

[@fanta4897]

If I'm not mistaken sometimes the trenches were as little as 30 meters apart from each other so it would definitelly be possible to throw grenades. However I'm not sure if grenades weren't introduced later in the war (not by much, but I'd expect a few months after christmas truce happened).

[@theabomb8305]

30 meters is roughly 120 feet, and it probably wouldn’t roll into the trench

[@fanta4897]

@@theabomb8305 It's kinda far, but it's not impossible to throw at that distance and hit.

[@theabomb8305]

@@fanta4897 yeah, but it is a pretty far distance for someone in a cramped trench freezing in the snow of France and being under the constant cover of machine guns

[@fanta4897]

@@theabomb8305 You're still thinking of individual trying to throw it. Imagine a squad of men throwing them at once, in hopes that one will hit. No matter the conditions, some will eventually hit. Besides, I just quickly googled it. Some trenches were as little as 15 meters apart (this wasn't usual, but it did happen in few instances) and it's reported that both sides regularly threw grenades at each other at that distance.

[@theabomb8305]

@@fanta4897 quantity has a value all of its own

[@KimFareseed]

Ah, the western front chrismas truce of 1914, what an event. I can highly recomend the Sabaton History channel, for videos related to the historical events each of their songs are based on. 18:51 I think that the truce in atleast 1 sector held on untill the 30th of December. Very much the outlier of them all. A few hours or a day or two tops is what I hear about the most for the sectors that did get one going.

[@brigidtheirish]

I heard that a lot of men refused to fight because they made friends on the other side. They'd get transferred to sectors where they'd be more likely to be killed, somethings they were shot outright.

[@logicalemotion]

@@brigidtheirish I'd never heard that they'd get transferred specifically to get them killed, but I did hear that almost everybody at the Truces were transferred to other areas where they'd be more likely to actually participate in the fight.

[@laurencefraser]

@@logicalemotion I'm pretty sure 'more likely to actually participate in the fight' and 'more likely to get killed' are interchangeable terms for the same thing.

[@brigidtheirish]

@@logicalemotion Perhaps the intent wasn't always to get them killed, but the areas were certainly more dangerous.

[@logicalemotion]

@@laurencefraser One is normal military actions ('we want our soldiers to be soldiers'), the other is retaliatory "let's murder these guys in a deniable way". With how brutal WWI warfare was, there may not have been that much of a difference in the outcomes, but I think the distinction should be made

[@imperialinquisitormordecai9688]

The Sabatoning has begun Also, i've never heard about sabaton copyright claiming a song. They love this reaction stuff as it spreads awarness about both them and the stories they tell

[@jasonskeans3327]

They only ever copyright strike if it was a live performance and even then its only because the venue owners get pissy

[@gilivanmolnarvir960]

Sabaton: Sings about silence ComVet: Stops video to speak about the hardships of early long distance communication Me who knows Sabaton speaks about cannons not shoting on xmas: Just listen for 20 moreconds pleas xD

[@merrydiscusser6793]

Agreed. The "silence" wasn't about the lacking communication. It refereed to the artillery and mortals being silent and both site stopped shooting at christmas. Imagine not being shot at as something strange and new. The treaty was mostly between british and german troops. Also the french and german really didn't get along before the EU. French and german and it's predecessors were archrival for quite a long time. The troops that participated in the truce were also send to other parts of the trenches because they refused to fight each others. The generals were really not a fan of that.

[@coyote47713]

4:40 ish. Those are also a very popular anti cavalry trap, which would definitely be used in 1914. Plus they're good to hang barbed wire off of

[@ChuckADickiner]

Dude, I like your videos, but sometimes you need to just let the video roll for more than 5 seconds at a time.

[@bradenvalentine1775]

I've seen a few people mention the early German uniform, but thought I'd point out each of them. The pickelhaube was an obvious sign of the German Army, but as someone mentioned their unit uniforms tended to be their pre-unification state uniforms instead of a single national one. The gray/tan uniform with the flat-ish hat with red lining was of Bavarian origin, I believe, though I may be wrong about that. The other trench consisted of British/general Commonwealth (I believe the Canadians used the same uniform as Britain), French and Scottish: The Brtish/Commonwealth uniform was brown-ish tan. Most likely officers, I think. The Blue and red uniform were French. The bright colours were an absolute joy for the Germans, since they were very easy to spot and gun down. Obviously the French learned quick and they replaced it with a much duller colour later into the war. Finally, the scotts, with the kilts and beret/thin hat things (don't know their name). Only they'd be mad enough to bring bagpipes to a trench.

[@rorozoloc7706]

Sabaton just loves to cover history and spread the importance of it. I haven't heard of them copystriking any reactor channels and have even commented on some saying thank you for covering it. I'm sure more than anything they would love a vet to cover them. Also don't judge. They're doing they're best. :(

[@anthonymonaghan4964]

Sabaton makes songs about military history and they do amazing work on both video and lyrics .. heavy metal, no needless vulgar language, historical learning

[@MrPerson61]

Sabaton is super chill about reactions, its why there are so many Sabaton reaction videos out there, and they also even comment on some of them! Would love to see your reactions to more

[@findood8491]

The Maxim gun is a recoil-operated machine gun invented in 1884 by Hiram Stevens Maxim. These guns were sold all over the world, to russians, to germans, everyone. And by ww1 some nations had domestic versions of the gun. Here's a little poem; Whatever happens, we have got The Maxim gun, and they have not.

[@xenomemphate]

Sabaton also have a channel on youtube called Sabaton History where they delve into the history behind their songs. Even if you don't react to any videos on there, I would urge you to check it out.

[@trackerswide]

So about how wars used to be more private affairs, WWI was still a private affair, born from the assassination of duke Ferdinand, heir to the austro-hungarian throne, by serbian nationalist, so just a common reason to start a war even years prior, what made it so different was how much it scaled up, countries weren't as united in terms of alliances as they were by 1914. So while the austro-hungarian empire declared war on serbia because of the assassination (something that would usually have been a conflict just between them) germany joined to aid it's ally, russia to aid serbia (or was attacked first by germany because of it's status as an ally of serbia, anyone can clarify?) then germany against france because they where allies of russia (i might need clarification on this one too, but i read germany invaded france because they would have helped russia so i'm gessing they were allied with the tsar) and then britain joined, the otoman empire, the u.s. italy, just about anyone had a certain allied like relationship with others so from a private affair between two countries it just became a shitshow out of nowhere and ended up becoming the greatest war ever fought by the time and more than the reasons being what made it be an effort of the whole nation's consciousness, it was the sheer extention of the war, how many countries where involved. On the other hand WWII, was about the reasons, the whole nation had to defeat the nazis because of how much they wanted to take away their identity and control them. so to finish up this comment, although WWII and WWII where very similar, they where also fundamentally different, with WWI reasons for war being closer to wars of years prior, as in private affairs (that escalated way out of proportion), rather than to WWII which was more of fighting an ideology, an idea that affected dirrectly on the civilians, the innocent, the weak, and those who were different, be it race, religion or your own beliefs (aside from religion).

[@DakotaKid95]

I am so glad to see your reaction to this. These guys are power metal bards and by far my favorite band. Also, yours is the first reaction where I haven't really minded not listening to the credit vocals. The guy that got grenaded at the beginning and was the first out of the trench is Hannes Van Dahl, Sabaton's drummer and husband of Floor Jansen, vocalist for Nightwish and for the end credits.

[@DarthWraithius]

Sabaton, what a great band

[@hadesdogs4366]

Happy Christmas 🎄

[@theabomb8305]

Merry Christmas from the Untied States

[@hadesdogs4366]

Sorry it’s an MG08 which yes is based off not the vickers but an American called hyram maxim who created essentially the first commercial machine gun (belt fed and whilst the Gatling gun was known unfortunately it lacked any sustained fire and was hand cranked vs a more efficient gas operated system which was very reliable, easier to produce and maintain as well as keep up a high enough rate of fire with a much higher ammunition count) also that uniform is a German uniform, using the famed Mauser, after realizing that having a symbol on your head saying IM OVER HERE isn’t the greatest design choice when your life is on the line. The ones in blue are the French using the lebel (which was god awful where the magazine loaded the bullets similarly to that of a shot gun where the tip of a bullet if given enough force can accidentally turn into a mini firing pin setting of a round in the magazine tube.)

[@VooshSpokesman]

I hope you watch Final Battle from Sabaton, its a song about the final battle of ww2

[@KimFareseed]

The Last Battle, not Final Battle

[@VooshSpokesman]

@@KimFareseed Ah my bad, It must have been a lyric that got stuck in my head

[@thesupersonicstig]

You should react to their “No Bullets Fly” video they made with an animator, it’s about a a truly heartwarming story.

[@jamieanderson7676]

The animated STORY video not the music video.

[@thesupersonicstig]

@@jamieanderson7676 uh… yes? That’s what I said?

[@jamieanderson7676]

@@thesupersonicstig sorry, it's just that the way your comment is worded it just says the story behind the song is heartwarming not which specific video to watch because Yarnhub and Sabaton made two videos for "No Bullets Fly" the short music video and the much more recommended STORY video. That's why I add my comment.

[@BlackdragonTheShadow]

YES YES YES YES YES YES…. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yarnhub’s ANIMATIONS ARE AWESOME

[@austinorlando4326]

Attack of the dead men is probably my favorite sabaton song

[@GameArmada]

Definitely would like to see more! The stories behind their songs make them so much more powerful.

[@hdog9046]

Sabaton does not copyright claim videos of reactions, and they like it when people make them, so you are all good to make more.

[@PastelFurry]

Sabaton is a band that I love dearly, not only because I am from the same part of Sweden as them to the extent where my grand mother was actually neighbours with their old base player. But it's one of the few bands that I never stopped listening to ever since I discovered them in my pre-teens. And I think it has to do a lot with the fact that they tell such interesting stories. Like I have always had a taste for history and most of all military history but it wasn't until I heard Sabaton that I really started to think more about ww2 which a lot of their songs are about. And I especially love them because their songs make me actually think about history in different ways other than man power,victories,guns and tactics. This song is such a good example of that because I can't imagine how it would have been to come face to face with the people that have been shooting at you for months and have killed people you consider friends. To just be able to show them the compasion and understanding of how utterly screwed the common soldier pretty much was during WW1. And then after having met those people you have to go back to shooting at them and potentially killing someone you had a conversation with days earlier. Personally I would never have been able to handle that, it would have broken me mentally and I'm sure it did break a lot of soldiers but there wasn't really anything they could do because you can't really just stop fighting because there is no garauntee that the enemy wont shoot you if they spot you. And even then if you don't do what you are supposed to you could most likely be charged with desertion and execution was a possible punishment for that. They seemed to just be in a no win situation. EDIT: Also if you ever do more Sabaton, Please please please do "No Bullets fly" its one of the most amazing stories I have ever heard.

[@vitorhugocastellaovieira8279]

Dude you deserve to have sooo much more subscribers, it's another one of those "Yeah I'll just watch this video" reactions, the way you approached the subjected, made your observations was really cool

[@gamecasthaawsome6398]

If you ever react to sabaton again here a some sugguestions. Don't skip any parts of the videos (Like how you skipped the credits and missed some amazing singing) Look if there is a sabaton history video or animated video those give more history on events in the song and they are offically published by Sabaton [Which means its good quality].

[@VaporBlitz]

Didn't expect it. But I'm happy you are covering Sabaton

[@Linkaden]

I remember throwing Bismarck up in the discord, but I'm also glad this one got covered. Sabaton is one of the few bands out there that don't slam down the copyright hammer. Please do more!

[@mercenary2782]

Another great Sabaton song you could watch is “The Last Battle” great song about one of my favorite stories of WWII.

[@AcadianBacon8]

If you expected the band members to change their hair styles for the video, you are sorely mistaken my friend.

[@hadesdogs4366]

It wasn’t that so to speak for example the French might control say two miles of the front vs you having to deal with three miles where you had to be quit close to each other and even sometimes with each other so it wasn’t that uncommon the only real problem was the language barrier since not only werw the British involved but many of Britain’s other colonies such as the Indians, Canadians and Anzac forces were involved however the bulk of the British army on the western front comprised mostly of British and Canadians forces

[@Goku49]

Seeing Christmas truce for first time made me burst into tears because of how bloody the war was. Basically a reminder that everyone here is still human as well.

[@MDWolfe]

The tank traps were also used as anti-calvary barricades prior to the creation of the tank. It's super simple to make, cheap, and moveable by two guys easy.

[@robertbuckey6517]

The French actually turned their artillery on their own troops to try and motivate them.

[@slouchygames1923]

I can recommend alot of sabaton's videos and songs so many of them are really good and have history behind the songs

[@erikvonelm4010]

Out of everything about history this is for sure one of my favorite history events.

[@claptree3217]

I really appreciate the additional history lesson you give. Well done, sir!

[@utbdoug]

Re: part about the trenches not being close enough to throw grenades.. At the early parts of world war 1, some of the front line trenches would only be 20m away from each other.. Most would sit in trenches back from the front line

[@fstimellom8882]

The hat is a german mod 1907 feldmutze. A field cap worn off duty or when the helmet was not requiered

[@zachfurr4331]

Love your videos and I love Sabaton, I would especially love to see you do videos for The Last Battle, Night Witches and The Attack of the Deadmen. I would name many more of my favorites but those three are in my opinion are some extremely not well known war stories that many people should deserve to hear

[@Aiphares]

This video is reminds me so much of my time as a student when i just read the first of 5 sentences of my Task and then ended up writing a really really detailled Essay about the wrong topic.

[@lazarbauk1343]

You should react to No bullets fly animated version,also check out steel commanders and bismarck...they are fucking awesome

[@paulwoolcock6364]

Wooooah I didn't know you did this type of stuff at all. I started following you only based on your insights into the war in Ukraine ay. I say "only" but it would still be be an excellent channel if that's all you did. Stoked to discover you do these vids as well. Let's hope there is room for this type of content again soon. Love your work bro!

[@user-VeryoldGeezer]

Alfred Anderson was the last British survivor of the Christmas truce ,, Regt--Black Watch --2006

[@Questknight12]

Valhalla needed one more Highlander to act as Odin's honor guard.

[@gidi3250]

In ww1 they had access to phones even had men designated to lay wires and to go fix where shells had broken the line.

[@matthewgreenwod9422]

That hat with the red stripe was a service cap used by Germany during WW1

[@michaeloyaski7602]

Fun fact vickers and maxim guns were made effectively by the same parent company.

[@hummelchen6773]

Never ever stop a Sabaton video before the end credits have ended! You missed Floor Jansen's voice!!! :-(

[@neti9065]

You should do more Sabaton songs. Maybe take a look at the history episodes as well.

[@tunfisktun]

I would LOVE to see you do more Sabaton. Love their music. Thanks or an awesome video

[@DaviHorner]

If you decide to watch more sabaton videos could check out "Smoking Snakes" which talks about the Brazilian Expeditionary force in the Italian Campaign on WW2. Smoking Snakes is one of the nicknames our expeditionary forces had because at the time there was a saying that Brazil would march when snakes start smoking, similar to "when pigs fly", so they decide to adopt the nickname.

[@lovrosedej7655]

Quarter Sabaton video done and this is nearly at half, i have a bad feeling he's going to skip the credits that deserve to get shown every time Obviously do more Sabaton, best part is getting copyrighted for Sabaton (unless its live at Wacken) is like getting hit by lightning. While in a cave.

[@grauph1up]

Sabaton did a great tribute to Audie Murphy. I'm sure you're well aware of Audie =) Great reaction brother just found you and subbed. Hope you are doing well. Drink water and don't forget to do your PT.

[@chedelirio6984]

The red-and-blue uniforms were French troops -- as mentioned by others, as of 1914 a lot of the armies, especially those mobilized from reserves, were still wearing uniforms of pre-1910 styles. It was not really until 1915/16 that subdued drab colors and steel helmets became mass produced and universally adopted.

[@danielhjelmberg1173]

The distance between the trenches varies from 30-40 meters to 500-600 meters and the area between them was called no man's land.

[@juletid99]

If ever an event in Human History, could truly be called a miracle. It would be the Christmas Truce of 1914.

[@Pprokop87]

At the end of 1914 there have been threnches that been separated by less than 20m apart. This would be in a handgranade reach. That boot, hat and uniform are Austro-Humgarian.

[@cwpv2477]

now the Middle Ages and Renaissance were different kind of wars, but considering European soldiers and civilians reacting to being at war with other european countries: the fact that they were fighting against each other pretty much since carl the great died 1200 years ago, because there was no unity, may have made it “easier” to accept the circumstances, even though cultures were very similar.

[@textstoryteller4777]

The distance between the trenches were around 650ft or 200 meters apart at Max with some being close enough that soldiers could talk with another from the other trench by yelling and they would sometimes warn each other of in coming artillery, the grenade being thrown from one trench to another isn't impossible but you would need one hell of an arm to do so

[@meganoob12]

These metal crosses are indeed tank traps. They are simple steel beames weilded together. In Germany they are called "Tschechenigel" which translates to Czeck hedghogs. I think the name stems from the fact that the Germany Army in encountered them the first time during the invasion of Czeckoslowakia prior to WWII. THe concept was then addapted by the Wehrmacht in WWII. Apparently these are an easy and cheap way to block roads for tanks, as they were not able to roll over these. The tracks got damadged or something like that.

[@RaoulKunz1]

Oh, the cap Hannes wears is the German equivalent of a garrison cap, much worn in the field even in the *German War* and the *Franco Prussian* War (1866 and 1870/71 respectively), remember that the whole point of the Pickelhaube is offering protection against sabre blows when receiving a charge, already pretty much a moot point in the face of single shot breech-loaders, much nore so in the face of repeating rifles, quick firing artillery and machine guns -oh and the machine gun is just a maxim pattern MG, in this case it should be the German MG08 but it might as well be something that the Czech production company had laying around, so a Schwarzlose or something of that sort, but really almost all WW1 era heavy machine guns are maxims (except the French ones) and look like, well Maxims, cylindrical water cooling mantle, barrel at the bottom sticking out, boxy mechanics, belt fed. Doesn't change the fact that the forwards trenches here are ... well.. a literal stone throw away, you should be able to clear out a trench with a showering of grenades... oh well, it's *representative* , like the mixed French and British/Scottish infantry. Best regards and a merry Christmas! Raoul G. Kunz

[@ioannisanastopoulos5437]

Merry and healthy Christmas to you and your families!

[@nenadziska-skabla5538]

Please Sir do more Sabaton songs, i'm a huge fan of both you and Sabaton!!!

[@davidodonovan1699]

Sabaton is not going to copyright you for playing their music. It seems to be how most people hear about and keep following the band: Reaction videos and people making their own versions of Sabaton's music videos, with Sabaton preforming it, just different video clips from movies, real war movie reels, etc. But that wouldn't stop KZbin moderators copyright claiming it out of spite, because they try to edit what information gets out there by boosting people they agree with, and hampering those they don't. See Louder With Crowder lawsuits against KZbin for more information.

[@beny561]

I have a porcelain mug from that time from 1910. It is a commemorative mug at the end of military service with the soldier's combat trail painted. it was oficer light horse cannons of the Austian army. The beer tastes very good from this mug. :)

[@BlackdragonTheShadow]

There’s a video by a channel by Yarnhub who inspired by Sabbaton to make one of their videos about the Christmas truce… YarnHub BTW is known for using visual gags to help their viewers visualized the story their talking about… examples include on their video about the White Death(or his Finnish nickname: Magic Shooter) before they mentioned he preformed his act of terrorizing Russians without a scope… he threw his scope away…

[@EvilBakaCat]

always happy to see some Sabaton

[@WaywardVet]

Maschinengewehr 08. I think that's the machine gun. They show it on the German side which is why the allied force responded with a grenade.

[@pascalvolbach5262]

Sorry my English is not so good. To the infantry obstacles. These are not made of metal but made of wood. Barbed wire was attached to it. They are only visually similar to anti-tank barriers. And the German troops wore those caps and / or Pikelhauben, later steel helmets. So they are German soldiers. German, English, Scottish and French troops appear in the video. The MG is also not a Vickers but an MG8

[@danielhjelmberg1173]

No, it says! Her lies a soldier of the great war! There where no tanks in the beginning of the war of 1914 and you should know that. The first tanks arrived at the western front in 1917!

[@Questknight12]

Battle of Cambrei, September, 1917.

[@janric06]

No it was the western front in 1914, these were germans one side and briyish/french on the other. Russia was the eastern frony. Apparently they started singing christmas songs , I believe the germans started. Then the british responded by singing on their side. Then I believe that one from each side went into no-mans-mand, and soon the others joined. Then they played football, exchanged food.

[@Wanys123]

Down the Sabaton rabbithole we go! So, in 1914 helmets were not standard issue, thus all the caps and hats. At 1:20 that would be MG08, German. To be fair, in the times of water-cooled MGs, they all look almost the same from quick glance. Vietnamese captions are probably the only ones done(they are done by fans. A lot of songs default to Czech subtitles, as the band is very popular here and fairly few older people speak proper English).

[@leomclaughlinfrancoeur7546]

Glad to see I'm not the only one that has his subtitles randomly set to vietnamese.

[@50_foot_punch99]

Thats a greenscreen I'm convinced, hes doing this in the hallway of an apartment

[@dauntlessrebel2313]

There was actually an attempt at a Christmas Truce on the eastern front as well, but because the Russians used the Julian Calendar, Christmas occurred later and so the truce was unsuccessful.

[@liasonlee1248]

No matter how big the wars are, they are mostly but for the will of the people.

[@hadesdogs4366]

Not only that but many soldiers weren’t actually soldiers and by that I mean that many children would give false names such as arther Kingsley’s when in reality their name was roger smitt who is a sixteen year old boy from Liverpool and not an eighteen year old teenager who lives in Liverpool and so many soldiers weren’t really who they say they were and unfortunately many of them ended up being forgotten if not lost such as say Kingsley’s died at the Somme but the actual person smitt is trapped in a POW camp never to be heard from again. And sometimes many soldiers were forgotten not only by their friends or community but even their own family where some soldiers would return home less than human ie shellshock, PTSD if not half of their face missing whilst the other half has chemical burns and unfortunately unlike today where we have charities and help programs for veterans, there wasn’t any form of support or help, and so after you lose your lower jaw and your last arm, only to be expected to work in the factories like normal, and not only that but the women at home and this isn’t to say this was common but when you say see a ww2 video or photo of say an American with an English woman, she could be someone’s wife if not that then bob the miner who lives next door is up for grabs and again this wasn’t common but it did happen unfortunately and when you’ve been living in hell for six years straight only to find out that your wife, girlfriend or lover has cheated or simply thought that you were dead and has moved on.such as being captured by the Germans only for the British to tell your wife you’re dead and about half a year later when you get out and go home, only to see her with another man.

[@collinfulling3223]

I highly recommend checking out Price of a Mile, Uprising, No Bullets Fly, Primo Victoria, and 82nd All the Way!

[@devinjackowski1586]

The cap was like a modern day field cap

[@greaper1976]

Merry Christmas to you and yours! The battle was between the Germans and the French/British soldiers. There was no Russian soldiers on the western front as far as I know. (Also the Russians celebrate Christmas in early January due the Orthodox calendar, so they would not have been part of the event). The truce varied in time from place to place. in some places they only recovered bodies, in other it was a few hours and others places had the truce until new years. 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 KZbin 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.

[@Chris-fo6bt]

So today's the day.. finally a worthy video... THIS REACTION WILL BE LEGENDARY!! *-Tai Lung or something*

[@Blood_M4ster]

I would recommend watching the movie "Joyeux Noël" that talk about the christmas truce.

[@davidodonovan1699]

You're awesome sir. God bless you all and merry Christmas

[@thegreatrosterini4647]

As long as you're picking apart a music video, I don't think they had HD film capabilities, swedish singers or or fake snow on the front...

[@helkdona226]

Merry Christmas Paul

[@nickyboy22071989]

Just to clarify. Anti tank traps were used in ww1 on the western front. It's a historical fact.

[@generalsaufenberg4931]

no, war aren`t private afairs anymore, because napoleon changed it. before him, they fought for provinces, but napoleon changed the europe landscape.

[@pedrogramajo398]

If any time soon you review another sabaton video or song I recommend the winged hussars or the last stand ... also Merry Christmas to you

[@apex_blue]

7:00 actually the telegram was created around 1850/1860’s and was used during the American Civil War.

[@thenewguyintown111]

I would recommend sabaton defense of Moscow and steel commanders

[@apex_blue]

3:30 that was actually also in the American civil war too.

[@Arrjik]

Sorry, but I simply must correct you on the widespread use of russian Kirzach boots. That came much later, in the 30s, although variations of it were indeed experimented with as early as the end of 19th century. In the end, it was the lack of synthetic leather and rubber that brought Kirza to the fore of Soviet production as cheap and reliable material for boots and some other goods. Also, unlike the Western Front, the Eastern Front was quite active and maneuverable. While there were trenches of course, they were less useful, considering the front was about twice as wide as the Western one - there just was no way to dig one set of continous trenches through all the territory the front went (and there were no Kriegers to do so).

[@milanradimecky6001]

Anti-tank or tank traps doesn't exist in 1914 but wooden parts look like tank traps were used for barb wire. MG is old MG08 (Maxim/Vickers type of machine gun). Uniform are historical accurate. Blue coat and red caps have France infantry, brown uniforms in same trench and barets have British and Scottish troops. German Landwher or newer units have caps but old units or special units have pikehelmet. That is just 1914 in 1916-1918 soldiers was equipped by new steel helmets like British Brodie helmets or German Steilhelm. Literally helmets used in WW2. Russians try made they own truce in Easter 1914 or 1915 on Eastern front but Austro-Hungarian and Russians used different calendar so Russians was just captured by Austria-Hungary soldiers.

[@zeallust8542]

Unexpected, but definitely welcome.