SABATON - Christmas Truce | Singer Reacts |

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SABATON - Christmas Truce (Official Music Video)
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[@alancarter41]

Interesting factoid: Joakim never intended to be a singer and has no vocal training. When Sabaton was formed he was the keyboardist. He was also the only band member who had written some songs, and the rest of the band asked him to sing them so they could get an idea of the melodies. Since they had no lead vocalist at that time, they asked him to fill in until they could find one. As Joakim tells it, "They never did. Lazy bastards."

[@daviekuklatv]

yeah hes stuck being the singer ever since lol

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

Wow i love his voice

[@guifire9747]

I love how it became a running gag that they are officially still "looking for a singer" lmao

[@eken81]

I came to the comments to add what @alancarter41 did.

[@Sad_cat_studio]

“Hey dude come play soccer” “ i cant” “why?” “Cuz you shot me in the leg” seems kinda skewed to me

[@Happymali10]

The operatic voice over the credits is Floor Jansen, lead-singer of Nightwish and wife of Sabaton's drummer^^

[@Thorgrim247]

That woman's voice at the ending credits is wonderful. None other than the drummer's wife Floor Jansen. Hope you holidays are wonderful Ray. 🎄🎄

[@petrikallio2485]

Wow, as a Fin and huge fan of both Nightwish and Sabaton I have missed this

[@scottwright236]

Joakim ' We need a female voice for the end of this video' Hannes 'I might know someone' An hour later Floor walks in.

[@peterfagerstrom2469]

Very unprofessional to cut her off.

[@JimKerr-xl2jt]

@@peterfagerstrom2469 She can cut it off anytime she wishes you 🤡

[@junzo1288]

@@peterfagerstrom2469 Nothing is missed by cutting off some well sung operatic vocals over credits. Yes I've watched it all and don't feel like every youtuber needs to watch the whole thing like some people seem to insist.

[@nocomentarygmply375]

Greetings from the Czech republic with some interesting facts. Joakim is half Czech, this song was actually filmed in the Czech republic with Czech film crew that has never shot a music video, they specialized in film making. They actually built whole scene and even dug up the trenches on the field. It's just one of the best songs they have (my opinion). And at last, a piece of the blown piano was signed by the band and given away on 9.12.2021. Sabaton is just the best!

[@OceanLinerLover-g4e]

Ahoj

[@mushinbujin]

I had no idea Joakim was Czech!

[@OceanLinerLover-g4e]

@@mushinbujin same

[@mikakarki7989]

Cheers to that, m8. Not only You Czech ppl can brew an exellent beers (not mentioning any brands), you also can make a a lot of different things ... proved. With this ... lots of hard planning, labour (even if mechanized) and so on. Thank's to the whole filmcrew, to make this epic video happen and "brought to the daylight". Greetings from UpNorth ... 🇫🇮

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

I said it under your video on Bismarck and I'll say it again here. do NOT stop Sabaton videos before the very end. Yo tend to miss little details. It's not over until it is over. Same is also and especially true for the animated story videos.

[@JimKerr-xl2jt]

Stop being such a baby , she can stop anytime she wishes !!!!

[@caveman497]

@@JimKerr-xl2jt Stop being such a simp. If she stops before the end, she's gonna miss some important stuff. Not in all cases but most of them

[@morningstar9317]

​@@caveman497 Took the exact words out my mouth 😂

[@adrianhughes8143]

In the British Army their was units called PALS BATTALIONS which were Regiment's of civilian men who were friends, Neighbour's, family members and workmates from factories, with ages from 15 years old. This is a story of a True Event that happened from Christmas eve 1914 to Boxing day ( 26th December). It was British and German soldiers who met in no man's land on Christmas day 1914 to celebrate Christmas, with a game of Football, drinking, exchanging gifts and even one man who was a Barber in civilian life set up a Barber shop in no man's land to cut hair or shave British and German soldiers who needed his services. 💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤝🤝🤝🤝🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🎅🎅🎅🎅🎄🎄🎄🎄💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@chriso6719]

Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁 The video was made by people that usually make movies. When the world shut down , no movies were getting made either, so they had time for this. The piano melody is a variation of "Carol of the Bells". Joakim has said the song is actually a waltz. WW I did have a lot of young men and boys fighting. And yes, a lot were just "cannon fodder". Check out the music video for Sabaton's cover of Motorhead's "1916". Those topics are evident in that song.

[@richardwest6358]

Sabaton provided much needed employment to film & TV technicians who were all without work during the covid shut downs.

[@2FallInLoveWithLife]

I will second the recommendation of "1916." It is another fantastic, heartbreaking video.

[@goodini026]

@@2FallInLoveWithLife also a great tribute to Lemmy and Motorhead. such a great rendition

[@matthewyakush6548]

Officers and higher-ups of the wars tended to be older men, but most of your average soldiers were between 17-20 years old. There were a lot of young men who willingly added a year or two to their age to enlist

[@randymarple9830]

Sabaton, 1916, Motorhead song, that Sabaton did a remake of. Another song she should react to, and please play IT to the end!!!!!!

[@Huntress236]

I remember being taught this story for the first time. It was like 6th or 7th grade. It was a very powerful lesson. Having sabaton teach this story through music makes it all the more powerful to me. I tear up every time I hear it.

[@JStephens_73]

I will be seeing Sabaton in April, who are supporting Judas Priest on their new album tour through 2024

[@najroe]

Great reaction as usual and Sabaton is masters at squeezing huge amounts of information into their lyrics and their performances squeezing feelings out of us. I have beeen a patriot for finland, greece, belgium... I have mourned fallen that died before my father was born... all for duration of a song.

[@stefanstock953]

greetings and love from Germany. All those who put so much hard work into making such an incredible video are worth to been seen in the ending credits. The whole ending credits. As a sign of respect, in my opinion. The great woman with that voice who sings in the ending credits is just Floor......have a peaceful, lovely day, my dear

[@jregns]

Yes, Sabaton always credits every single person who participated, including catering and bus drivers, so they absolutely deserves to be recognized. I never understood why some reactors think it's "just credits".

[@junzo1288]

Bro no on is going to sit there and react to credits while some well sung but generic opera vocals are sung. It's a weird thing to expect.@@jregns

[@jregns]

@@junzo1288 Some reactors who are familiar with Nightwish even detects that it's Floor or spotted her name in the credits. I bet you would skip Tina Guo's beautiful cello rendition of 1916 also given that "it's just credits" in Sabaton's tribute to Motorhead. It's about showing respect to the people making the music for ya, bro!

[@berndgross7921]

A lyric part about war from "Song of myself" by Nightwish: "Death is the winner in any war Nothing noble in dying for your religion For your country For ideology, for faith" For another man, yes

[@niklazandersson5631]

My Swedish Sabaton they are truly something else no one else can match 💪Loved the reaction, but keep in mind to never cut a Sabaton video short. You missed the epic ending with Floor Jansen. Merry Christmas and rock on 🤘🎅🤘

[@uturkaos]

Its amazing how everyone misses the plot

[@DampLover]

Tur att redigeraren skrek på henna iaf 🤣

[@niklazandersson5631]

Sant det 😜

[@Robert_Herring]

Wonderful reaction, Rachel. I usually tear up when I watch this, and I did again. I believe Sabaton makes these both to celebrate the bravery, but also to show the cruelty and horrors of war in the hope that someday we can move beyond it.

[@Mr.Bonaparte]

Merry Christmas everyone, thank you for the reaction i love this song it has such a deep meaning.

[@alvaro6522]

Merry Christmas too!!

[@mushinbujin]

I think the best thing about this video is how Sabaton doesn't pull any punches with it. Note the symbolism of the exploding piano. Sure, there's a moment of humanity which is beautiful, but then they go right back to killing. Because that's what happened. There was no happy ending. There was a happy middle but no happy ending. Also, I suspect that Joakim took extra lessons for this one. His vocals are even more expressive than usual.

[@SuperGeronimo999]

Can you imagine that today? In Ukraine? Fk no... not even for a day.

[@MacOriginalGamer]

Sabaton does everything FULL ON! They don't skimp on the budget! Merry Christmas! 🎄

[@rnowak85]

Enjoyed your reaction to this amazing work of art. Hopefully you want back and listened to the beautiful choral vocals of Floor Jansen all the way to the end. That aria with the strings and her voice take the emotional impact of the song to a whole other level. Floor is married to Sabaton's drummer, Hannes van Dahl, the blond gentleman who is the first to step into no man's land. Plus seeing how many people were involved in creating this masterpiece shows how much Sabaton commits to telling their stories. The band has said they spent years developing the song and the music video because it was so important to do justice to the song. All of Sabaton's music is about actual military events. They don't glorify war but instead celebrate the average soldier or sailor. If you want to delve into the history behind their songs Sabaton has a YT channel called Sabaton History where the historians they work with explain the story behind the songs. Love how you picked up on them using the melody from Carol of the Bells but played in reverse to invoke that Christmassy feel while still being dark. As a veteran myself, I really connect with this song emotionally because Sabaton has perfectly captured the brotherhood of arms that all military people share, even with our enemies at times. If my eyes aren't leaking by the end when Floor's soaring vocals come in then I definitely lose it. I saw them in concert last year and they are phenomenal live. When they played this song and they got to the part where the music drops away and there is just the chorus of "Today we're all brothers, Tonight we're all friends." the whole audience was singing at the top of their lungs and it was very beautiful.

[@JimKerr-xl2jt]

Floor is overrated and the final credits are trash ! , she was right to dodge them .

[@BrendonChase_2015]

BTW: That was Floor singing during the end credits that you cut short. She's married to Hannes van Dahl, Sabaton's drummer. She's called the Valkyrie Goddess by her fans so her appearance on the battlefield here seems fitting. In old mythology, the Valkyries guided the souls of the fallen to Valhalla. Like you said "people used as cannon fodder". By whom, is the question that might merit another song: "War is a racket", right? In this case the war could've been over way sooner but it was prolonged by "rich ppl" that we shall not mention. They managed to drag the US into the war, resulting in unprecedented suffering and mass deaths. They got a "promise" in return, seemingly small change: the Balfour Declaration. These ppl also sponsored the "Russian" (not..) revolution, and prepped an Austrian puppet to play the opposition part and ultimately ensure the total destruction of Germany. Treaty of Versailles assemblies also featured these financial powers, putting a stranglehold on the German economy. The stage thus set for WW-II and in its aftermath the foundation of a state we shall not mention. The forces behind these industrialized wars were/are not just rich people of course. They control the monetary system itself. WW-I & II were about the destruction of European nations. Meanwhile, these monetary overlords also fostered the grand project of first the "League of Nations" which morphed into the "United Nations". Out with the old order based on different European nations/cultures, and in with the New. The horrifying wars they orchestrated prepared the hearts & minds for this new idea of a "Global Village" under the banner of "never again". Official history is peppered with these slogans to ensure ppl never learn about what really went on behind the scenes. Today's events are no different in that respect. Merry Christmas & Cheers from Amsterdam! 🤘

[@arnepietruszewski9255]

Please check your facts, there is so much wrong in what you said. On both sides nobody was willing to give up, in germany they fought till they could not support the army anymore. The point with the stranglehold on the german economy can not really stand up a closer examination, and mass unemployment was not the reason why the germans voted Hitler into office. Unemployment was on decline even before he was elected. And from what I have learned in the past 8 or 9 years I can say that it takes just one country that does not want to play by the rules the others play by and you have a war going on.

[@BrendonChase_2015]

@@arnepietruszewski9255 Just a slice of Christmas truth is all. Take or leave it, whichever way is fine. Cheers!

[@alancarter41]

A very opinionated and incorrect reading of history with more than a touch of antisemitism. Now hurry along to your Bund meeting.

[@ulisescabrera1058]

The way my heart skipped two beats when she stopped the Angelic voice of Floor Jansens credit vocals is insane lmao. I wont recover 😂😂😭

[@albinolynch7679]

Love this reaction. Should also react to sabatons cover of 1916z One of the best and haunting songs ever made.

[@AaronShaw051]

great choice for this morning! merry christmas miss, have a great day :)

[@Danysh01]

sabaton always put so much effort into their music videos to portrait so well the story they're talking about it's absolutely brilliant but yes also kind of bittersweet like this one as many others as well kudos to sabaton.

[@AndyMagnusson70]

Ohhhhhhhhhh Rule number 1 Never cut a Sabaton video short. You missed our Valkyrie Queen Floor Jansen singing at the credits. Her husband is the guy with long blonde hair that almost got blown up

[@JimKerr-xl2jt]

Wind the neck in you 🤡 , Floor is SO overrated & the credits are boring 💤

[@AndyMagnusson70]

@@JimKerr-xl2jt Pretty much like you are the. Like I give a damn what you think.

[@JimKerr-xl2jt]

​@@AndyMagnusson70😂keep crying little boy , boo hoo the credits were cut short ! . Get a life .

[@davidstonerook3868]

During WW I A large number of young boys joined up to serve before they were 18 the legal age to serve in the army one of the youngest being Sidney Lewis who joined at age 12 and fought in the Battle Of The Somme I would recommend Sabaton's cover of Motorhead's 1916 the song was inspired by the Battle Of The Somme Sabaton video for 1916 is tribute to all Soldiers who have fought and died In all conflicts through human history and is also a tribute to Lemmy Kilmister this time stayed for the credits so you can hear the amazing Cello work of Tina Guo she is Featured on Sabotan's Steel Commander and Tina the the Cello work for the DCEU Wonder Woman Theme 🖤💀🦇💣⚡️🤘

[@chadbennett7873]

During the making of this brilliant mini-film, I sure they discussed how they would end it and give credit to the geniuses who created it. during that meeting, I envision somebody suggesting "We need the voice of an angel to symbolize what happened!" I'm pretty sure Hannes told them ... "Hold my beer and pass me my phone." So sad that you did not recognize and appreciate that angel taking us to Heaven. Others have already told you who you missed. I do hope you went back and listened.

[@AlfDavidFjeld]

there were agelimits in recruitment in both wars, but many young boys wanted to go to war, they were thinking it would be exiting and fun, and that they would be heroes, so they lied on their ages. some of them were as young as 15-16 years old when they wolunteered.

[@roy19491]

Merry Christmas, Rae!!!! by the way, the soprano voice during the closing credits is none other than than the Valkyrie Goddess herself, Floor Jansen....the first man out of the trenches (with the long blond hair) is Sabotan's drummer, Hannes Van Dahl, who is the spouse of Floor

[@Happymali10]

The memorial at the end is real, but it's situated in Belgium (or france). They built a replica were they filmed in Czechia so they could film around it, including the pyro-effects.

[@user-ki7lj5qy6q]

Never stop a Sabaton song until the video is over

[@TheSoberDoc_]

An interesting fact about the song here. The intro piano toll is 'Carol of the Bells'. It released back in the early 19 teens right before this event happened. Lest We Forget.

[@garrettviewegh9028]

For one night. One day. War went hungry. For one Christmas, young men forgot the blood and tears, and remembered what it is to love, to laugh. And as they were all hauled away to different fronts, cried for friends they’d only met once, but knew for a whole war. Never forget.

[@HH-hd7nd]

12:43 It's Floor Jansen (which you would've seen if you had let the credits roll). Of course her voice is gorgeous. Floor is the wife of Sabaton's drummer btw.

[@JimKerr-xl2jt]

The credits are boring , Floor is overrated you 🤡

[@djstraylight]

Whoops. There was quite a bit more of the song rolling during the credits.

[@gork8468]

Yep. A beautiful instrumental version. Same with 1916.

[@richardwest6358]

​@@gork8468 - vocal not instrumental

[@JimKerr-xl2jt]

She never missed anything it was rubbish !

[@bestevaar7195]

Just imagine the man who you considered an enemy, played football with you, gave you gifts, sang and danced together, talked with you about their families or other stuff they love. Image after all of that you have to look him in the eye and go back trying to kill that same man who you now maybe consider a friend or maybe even a brother. Killing the man who gave you a picture of his wife, who you promised he would get home safe to. I can’t even imagine what these men have felt during that moment.

[@daviekuklatv]

Theres also a statue they put up in liverpool england of them playing football together, you can find it on the search engines

[@SuicidalBoosh]

Merry Xmas. Although not a music video the same story is portrayed in the “Sainsbury’s 2014 ad”. Really well put together … worth a watch

[@leftsoul5716]

Europe has a very long history of doing this type of violence to each other as often as possible. War is only hell on earth. The most important day of the year, the day least wanting to strugle and fight.

[@chrisgeelan8674]

It's crazy this actually happened just shows how humanity and passion we a race feel❤❤❤

[@cadecs.]

You should react to Sabaton’s “1916”. It’s a beautiful song. It was originally written by the band Motörhead. Sabaton made a fantastic cover of it. I highly recommend reacting to it.

[@JariJuslin]

Fun fact: the melody in the beginning is carol of the bells backwards! Makes it immediately sound christmassy, yet new and downbeat.

[@ravenzyblack]

I recognized it immediately.🤓

[@rebaineyacine2188]

This woman is Flor yansen from Nightwish ❤

[@robertsheeler321]

Floor Jansen

[@jimrentz]

It's interesting that you along with most reactors don't realize that the vocalization by Floor Jansen during the credits is part of this artistic piece of music and tend to cut it off. You really should go back and listen and watch the video all the way through on your own. Merry Christmas to you young lady and best wishes for the new year.

[@JimKerr-xl2jt]

Floor is overrated and the credits are boring 💤 .

[@jimrentz]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA...Yes of course, millions of fans of both Floor and Sabaton are wrong and you are right...TROLL MUCH???@@JimKerr-xl2jt

[@JimKerr-xl2jt]

​@@jimrentzI'm am correct little boy , you sad 🤡

[@davidkreacts]

Thank you for sharing your reaction to this. It’s such an amazing story, and Sabaton have done such a marvellous job encapsulating it in this song. I do enjoy seeing others’ reactions to it. Happy holidays to you.

[@ingvartorma9789]

The people who made the music video Christmas truth are normally busy filming in Hollywood. If I remember correctly from Sabaton's History about Chrismas True, it has been agreed never to fight on Christmas Eve, but on that day weapons are down. You are right that there were many young boys but in the 1st world war, when men were sent out to recruit men to become soldiers and Sabaton did the song Great War, which the recruiters said when they were out to attract men to enlist. The song Sabaton covered in 1916, I sing I was 16 years old when I enlisted.

[@_lime.]

This song encapsulates one of the greatest things about metal, the lack of boundaries. There's nothing you can't do with metal, all it takes is a talented individual and an idea and you can create incredible, moving, pieces of music. We have everything from melodic metal, to death metal, to pirate metal, to the unique brand of historical metal Sabaton brings. All can be incredible works of art with the tireless dedication of those who make it.

[@Green-Lyon]

After watching this music video and reactions to it SOOO many times, This time I was suddenly emotionally struck by the idea of hearing voices singing to you from No Man's Land after all has gone silent. The idea of the spirits of the fallen singing a message of peace & brotherhood to the living. 😢

[@JimKerr-xl2jt]

Have you by chance been drinking ? 🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃

[@Maria844Eiva]

Great choice .. Sabayon is modern metal bards.. just so proficient at communicating the history of water in any way shape or form ( minimibue, animated, live , history channel or museum movie or other villains in the name of history .. also check the anazing Easter egg in Sanaton that Tommy Johansson is ( one of the guitarists) his rendition of Ave Maria is mind blowing lot good

[@PittDaddy]

I'm not sure if you've watched it yet, but I highly recommend a song Sabaton recently released, 1916. The story behind it is just as touching as this one. As always with Sabaton, watch the entirety so you don't miss anything.

[@xntxzone]

Cannon fodder? Kind of . They were given worse- charging machine gun nests that would mow them down. Back then, the intense matehmatics involved in a cannon bombardment was not done automatically by a computer. A lot of the shells failed to make their mark and their usual target was either other artillery pieces or enemy machine gun nests to make for a safer charge for the offensive since those targets were relatively static and yet soldiers could duck,etc. A good movie demonstrating this is Sergeant York. They also suffered from diseases like a deadly influenza outbreak and trench foot due to being close in trenches, often suffering from unsanitary conditions. But yeah, the deadliest weapons were gas and machine gun.

[@rorythomson8763]

That opening on the piano is awesome!

[@SixFootTurkey_]

Merry Christmas everyone

[@joshuanilsson8508]

My grandfather was born in 1912. I remember asking him at one point if he remembered anything from the First World War. He did and he said that once the war ended everyone breathed a sigh of relief that it was finally over. That they were the lucky ones that the war never came to Sweden. The one thing i remember most was that he took my hand while a tear rolled down and he said: "I hope that you never have to feel that a war is on your doorstep and everything that comes with it." Now, 12 years after his death, a new world war seams to come closer and closer.

[@timofeysadovenko447]

Its sad to see how it is all going to bloodbath But i want you to know that none of us want to harm you or your family, friends. We all just need to stay human, no matter that the hell are we going to experience With respect to Sweden and to all people from Russia

[@neilstoyles707]

Keep the Sabaton reviews coming! I'd massively recommend the entire video to "1916", a truly heart-rending song for a Veteran like myself, and also "To Hell And Back", about the actor & WWII hero Audie Murphy...

[@leeendley8009]

"this woman's voice ", that woman would be the queen, Floor. Well worth listening to the end.

[@JimKerr-xl2jt]

The credits are boring

[@leeendley8009]

@@JimKerr-xl2jt I never said they weren't or you should read the credits, I suggested listening to the end, to listen to Floor Jansen's vocals.

[@hson_hson9621]

Sabaton have made so many epic "movie" videos. Soldier of Heaven, Steel Commanders, The Royal Commanders, Livgardet etc.

[@kevinstull8552]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you as well Rachel. Thank you for all the content that you post on your channel. Stay safe and well ❤️👍🎄.

[@remcohoman1011]

Merry christmas Ray love your pure honest open eactioons, greetings from the Netherlands 8:50 the English had so many losses of young men that entire neighbourhoods and towns where devoded of males. entire families, streets, neighbourhoods having all boys, a complete generation wiped out.

[@bradleyscott2]

My wife and myself saw them at the tabernacle in Atlanta, and this was one of the song they played and gave me chills

[@Templarofsteel88]

If you want an awesome live song with Sabaton you should react to en livstid I krig (a lifetime of war) live Scandinavium Gothenburg. The album Carolus rex they had released during that time is about a part of Swedish history called the era of great power (stormaktstiden in Swedish) from when Sweden was a much bigger nation with ambitions of expanding. The album was released with both an Swedish and English version, the difference being that the Swedish one tells the story from our/a Swedish soldiers view while the English is more from an outsiders view. It is the Swedish version they played at that show so be sure the subtitles are on, I was at that show and all I can say is that you will not regret it.

[@WaywardVet]

That "WTF" look the "French" guy gives the "British" guy when the "British" guy says hold your fire on the "German" guy is very well done.

[@alancarter41]

French guy: Tommy Johansson British guy: Chris Rorland German guy: Hannes Van Dahl

[@WaywardVet]

​@@alancarter41Full confession, I love the band, but I only remember Tommy and Joakim.

[@alancarter41]

@@WaywardVet You might find the video showing the making of "Christmas Truce" interesting. The band says they did not understand just how hard acting was until the director pushed to get the best from them, including the WFT moment.

[@lionfromthenorth4580]

Great reaction! This music video (song, music, visuals) is a true masterpiece! From beginning to the end.

[@greeniesr]

Did you see the end, I didn't....

[@samusahlsten5948]

Merry christmas to you too. Greetinigs from snowy Finland.

[@Mars-is4un]

🤗🍒🤘🏻"that Womans Voice" is Floor Jansen from Nightwish, she is the wife of Hannes, the drummer from Sabaton, it's a shame you can't listen in

[@bradleyscott2]

The event that this song was based on was crazy, the 1914 Christmas truce., but hoe it ended in 1918 was just as wild.

[@danielcrow4247]

" Lest we forget" but we always do and new wars, new conflicts always take place and more of our " human " brothers and sisters die.

[@jasonmarshall7572]

Great reaction and have a wonderful Christmas.

[@pikasso6861]

It`s just video, nobody die, my friends are dying today

[@JimKerr-xl2jt]

😂

[@johnrust592]

If you want another emotional Sabaton song, react to 1916, the band's cover of the Motorhead song. Amazing song about the Battle of the Somme during WWI. Bring tissues.

[@AndrewShelmidine]

May I say that a song very much worth looking into is Lifetime of War in the original Swedish

[@rafamacondo8287]

Christmas Morning... my sons play with your santa´s Gifts in the next room... i found this Raya reaction... perfect... Thank you very much

[@doomsigma]

Hey Rachael. Boys fought the war on both sides in both World Wars. And well done to Editor. You must ALWAYS watch the credits to these Sabaton videos. You could miss out on some details 😉 Good reaction.

[@jonnanygren9179]

Sabaton is the greatest band in the world. all of their songs are absolutely amazing! Anyone who says otherwise is lying!!!

[@Kelsea-2002]

I would like to express a small criticism here ... please watch all videos till the end. Every note, every sound, and every image has a meaning. Actually, I expected you to recognize Floor's voice. Otherwise, it was a great reaction from you as always.

[@swbigfan1]

Want to get into more Sabaton & explore the horror of soldiers used as cannon fodder? I recommend their song "The Price of a Mile".

[@user-ki2yo1tj1z]

отличная песня,история первой мировой интересная тема и такие моменты как рождественское перемирие крайне необычно в час войны

[@penaarja]

All of the Sanaton war songs are sooo good❤️

[@jopun3691]

this one always makes me cry

[@sonet1978]

Whay so much people cut of half of song..especially when Floor singing..😢

[@gork8468]

Same reason people get up and leave when the credits roll at a movie? The reason there's usually some of the best music of the movie over the credits is to entice people to stay. It doesn't always work.

[@sonet1978]

@@gork8468 ..maybe,but I think there's a bit different, the all song still is going till the end..

[@danielberger1378]

@@sonet1978 if that is true, then they're supposed to be playing the last bit on their live shows, too.... do they? I doubt it.

[@sonet1978]

@@danielberger1378 ..there can be differences between official records and live shows.

[@JimKerr-xl2jt]

The credits were dull 💤 , she missed nothing important

[@zpitzer]

Merry Xmas, but never ever end a Sabaton video too early.

[@Phenom24uk]

This was the single greatest show of Humanity. The Christmas Truce. Men put their guns down, got out of their trenches and celebrated Christmas together. Probably the last time in human history we'll see something like this, cause I heard a quote once. "Human nature doesn't get better. It only get worse"

[@metalmark1214]

A very good and appropriate on to play on Christmas Ray. I call Sabaton the Metal History Band. They even have a KZbin History channel.

[@Sm00th-0perator]

Personally, when I visit the graves of heroes (those who died in war) I always feel extremely sad and sorrowful. I read the tombstones and see that most of the fallen were young boys barely 20 years old.

[@sandercohen5543]

I would highly recommend you react to sabaton's mini-concert at "dengan", stockholm. It's basically a sabaton concert, but in a pub, and with acoustic instruments. Pretty unique for sabaton. The highlight of the video is an acoustic version of "carolus rex".

[@jbt32195]

A reminder that most of these men on both sides were told the war would be over by Christmas. it would continue on until 1918 ending the month before Christmas 1918. Millions dead, wounded, and displaced. there are parts of France that are still off limits to the public today because of the risk of unexploded munitions from WW1 and WW2. you can still make out the trenches over 100yrs later. in Reality the officers on both sides put a stop to this as they feared it would break the mens fighting spirit.

[@rektum3006]

A mistake that many people make when watching Sabaton videos is not watching the whole video. Cheers from Sweden.

[@geoffreyestalilla4451]

Merry Christmas! Lovely..well commented❤

[@TheMarktimusPrime]

War is a hell that no one should have to suffer through

[@Seven50ml]

This event shows that we ( most of us) just want to be friends. It's our "leaders" that encourage us to fight each other.

[@Chrissnox]

8:52 then you should listen to their cover of 1916.

[@johankaewberg8162]

This day was a high point of humanity. The preceding and the following, not so much.

[@jlburilov]

One of my absolute favorite songs. Can't have a proper Christmas outfit without a Christmas truce shirt.

[@kieronallsop8855]

Always play to the end!

[@TheBamse87]

Merry Christmas Rachel 🙂🎁☃️🎄

[@simonfrederiksen104]

Whenever people mention war and Christmas I remember that early 90's movie with Gary Sinise - A Midnight Clear

[@user-qk8ii3od8i]

Its war, darling. Soldiers may dying. For motherland.

[@HughHarding46]

Another video you should watch, if you haven't already, is "No Bullets Fly". It is, like this, a true story of something that happened during WW2. Also if you get the right video, you see the two pilots that the song was written about meeting in real life. Also like it has been mentioned already, the blonde guy at the very beginning is one of the luckiest men on the planet. That is Hannes Van Dahl, his wife is Floor Jansen.

[@ShaneWalta]

Both World Wars saw a lot of young teenagers lie about their age to join up to fight. The wartime propaganda to join up and "do your part" was so strong that those blys got pulled in by it, and a lot of recruiters looked the other way

[@themooreclan1220]

No one is at war only the generals but too smart to die themselves

[@Zabiru-]

9:45 - there were quite a lot of young men that lied about their age and enlisted in the beginning of World War 1. I think the reason is very clear why. No one truly knew what kind of a truly barbaric hell a modern day large scale war would become because of all the new weapons and technology that had been invented by that point. None from the lowest private to the greatest general. WW1 is special in that it had many of the modern day infantry weapons available today giving each individual soldier a much greater capability than before, but, at least initially, really none of the technology to break a stalemate. No aircraft truly capable of striking ground targetsand no tanks. At the same time, however, you had barbed wire and crew-served belt-fed machine guns. This is a big part of the story told in Sabaton's cover of Motorhead's 1916 that they released fairly recently. Highly recommend it by the way 🙂 It's a rather interesting to see art depictions of war prior to "The Great War" and after. The sentiments it tends to portray are quite different. From brave men standing shoulder to shoulder facing the enemy in colorful uniforms to a dark muddy hell scape of trenches, gasmasks, machine guns, barbed wire and senseless slaughter. Great reaction as always Ray - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Sweden 🎅🏻🎄🎇🎆 🙂