Christmas Truce (1914)

On Christmas Eve 1914, on the western front, British soldiers heard German troops in the opposite trenches singing carols.
They soon joined in with the singing and both sides shouted ‘Merry Christmas!’ to each other between the trenches.
At the first light of dawn on Christmas Day British and German soldiers met across no man’s land.
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[@evolvedape2161]

One of the most inspirational moments in world history.

[@lightningdash3152]

Evolved Ape I tear up when I hear about.

[@ariltherandomguyonyoutube5220]

Peace in War

[@awakefortwoweeks4770]

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[@dawsynlarson696]

Milky bro I would do the exact same I would demand to be moved to a a different front imagine ur have a some got chocolate and cigs with a fellow german soldier and then next thing u know ur order to try and kill him a few days later

[@stephenkylecaballero6941]

indeed...

[@agathaking4255]

the day humanity remembers their humanity

[@mirzahamzabaig5667]

@El Grande Padre Or better India and Pakistan.

[@donpacificbobcat9er615]

I think it’s more of the last shred of humanity shown before the horrors of war truly settled in between the two sides. I know it’s sad, but honestly lets just be glad that some of those guys did have at least one good Christmas in those years.

[@lukashradecky5492]

BLOODOPSCAPTAIN Arabs you islamophobe

[@user-qf7ch3kp5y]

911 likes

[@HumanPhilosopherPatriot]

@@lukashradecky5492 Islam is a crap religion. Worst out of all the abrahamic religions. Can't believe the old world especially the ancient Egyptians got rid of their polytheistic religions for an oppressive god whether you call him Allah or Yahweh. Still the same evil diety.

[@jeddoando5021]

This shows that everyone even the enemy has a soul, not one filled with darkness and hatred

[@MsGeorge50]

Jed Games The souls filled with darkness can Be found sitting behind a warm desk, making tons of money from the poor souls they force into fighting and killing each other

[@pungkutspapowinisumpuvtuku195]

Jed Games CENTRAL POWERS AREN'T EVIL. GERMAN EMPIRE BEST EMPIRE

[@Befyoutube]

Jed Games he should pin this

[@itz_notmick2614]

Thats not what i see when my dad gets the belt

[@temph8959]

Jed Games like they say in battlefield 1, behind every gunsight there is a human being

[@Keklan572]

My great grandfather took part in the Christmas truce. I still have the cup that was given him by a German soldier :)

[@onecaleb9741]

Dude, just... so freackin cool I cant think about how they felt when war started going again, mustve been really sad

[@jame248]

Declan Kostka wow 😮

[@mcirishmen2558]

Frohe weihnachten

[@tetrahedronal2829]

What was his name?

[@theformerkaiser9391]

If you have Twitter I need to see a picture

[@rockies5295]

It must of been really awkward when they started fighting after the truce

[@ethangranado9726]

Snow is to Ski 44 They didn't shoot each other,instead they refused to shoot each other for months until the soldiers were sent to different fronts,after that governments would order to heavily bombard trenches every Christmas to prevent truces from happening again.

[@derpypara1952]

Max Grendha It seems the true Heartless people are the politicians

[@juansaldivar9206]

Derpy Para it always has been, and always will be. Innocent people are sent to kill other innocent people because our government Tell's us too

[@muleradish]

Juan Saldivar you'd rather have your president wrestle the president of the enemy country to death then? Come to think of it, it would be pretty funny.

[@louie4551]

Neon Green Yes

[@3xT3rnaL]

this shows us that they were fighting someones elses wars not theirs

[@dondurkey]

Sad really bro

[@skilltholaggins2043]

very antisemitic

[@thecoolannishatk.]

Bankers wars?

[@_piulin_]

@@skilltholaggins2043 wtf?!

[@thunderbird1921]

That's what I feel about the American Civil War. How many young northern and southern fellows were really fighting only due to the greed of elitist landowners or politicians? That's the problem in the last 160 years: Leaders almost NEVER fight their own wars.

[@KeS52]

Behind every gun sight is a human being....

[@VANY5.2]

Battlefield 1!

[@chrismoore488]

BF1 BOIIIIII

[@captainaya3415]

we are those people

[@avelus5984]

The Schutzschaffel would like to disagree with you.

[@lrmclinn]

What about those unmanned guns on the border of north and South Korea??

[@gazelement8915]

0:32 No one can resist a face like that

[@shaqmalakhy9428]

Gaz Element so cute

[@theformerkaiser9391]

Gaz Element so true tho

[@Ecko_Neko]

They're just like "...wat"

[@GlitchedBlox]

lol

[@farahahmedkarim377]

Gaz Element you're right :3

[@cohlt4541]

They showed us your vids in my history class!

[@Simplehistory]

Cohlt45 That's really cool 😀

[@charcharvx9454]

this was shown in my class today to from bully to bullied

[@shelleymcrae514]

Cohlt really

[@processtax450]

I NEED THAT TOO

[@redsnoof]

@@jsoqbwbeks2653 not me 😢

[@attentivegingy48]

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

[@Powiratel]

Hear carols from the trenches We sing the Holy Night Our guns laid to rest on the snowflakes A Christmas in the trenches A Christmas on the front far from home

[@panzerelite3454]

Sabaton fans is going to take comments slowing

[@jeremycapps2678]

Madness (madness) Oh, I remember the sadness (Sadness) We were hiding our tears (Hiding our tears) In a foreign land where we faced our fears (Faced our fears) We were soldiers (Soldiers) Carried the war on our shoulders (Shoulders) For our nations (Nations) Is that why we bury our friends? (Bury our friends)

[@unitedhistory7795]

the only time in war history. fellow men gave praise and show human emotions on a day that should be celebrated not by war or hate. but by happiness and peace. the Christmas truce will always be remembered as the sole reason why humanity is still human.

[@cooperproductions3731]

WWI was a true war of gentlemen...

[@TrocaTheNero]

Frisky Dong that's a Slovak countryball avatar, not a Slovene.

[@LawlessNate]

Laughable. The 364 days of the year when each side was killing the other was the show of humanity; that one Christmas day where they didn't fight was the one and only day where they showed something entirely inhuman.

[@glitchyjoe64]

@Provocateur But it didnt happen?

[@kipnanwinkie8755]

@Provocateur really , you had to add "Gods plan"?

[@callate5898]

i cant kill someone that i just playd football with

[@sammy094sbiggestfan2]

And they didn't. In fact for ages there wasn't much fighting so the governments decided to move soldiers from one trench to another so they killed people they didn't know. And every Christmas after that there were orders to heavily bombard enemy trenches to prevent any more truces.

[@LordDiddyDot]

yep

[@user-lt4iq5hd5n]

Yo no podría matar a nadie, pero bueno

[@zachbocchino5501]

Me neither...well unless he's a chelsea fan.

[@jesusisalive3227]

But then people are literally killed over soccer games.

[@theangrymarine9254]

image if the bf1 servers did this

[@samuelmagic22]

Verdun did it

[@OfficerPak]

THE ANGRY MARINE Oh my god dude that he legit😂

[@derpypara1952]

THE ANGRY MARINE they really did if :D

[@davidwanc11]

That would be a pleasant surprise.

[@xMarkie]

Leon Trotsky Is it still happening on Verdun?

[@Simplehistory]

Merry Christmas!

[@kingsizehomer1219]

Simple History can you do a finnish vs russia history

[@Nugcon]

I'm late.

[@luckiestluck819]

same

[@enderpup9289]

What about 1944 Christmas?

[@butterking211-viewingaccou4]

Simple History to you to

[@Simplehistory]

The arrival of December 1914 was proof, that the war would not be ‘over by Christmas’ and some ceasefires between both sides emerged on Christmas day.

[@TheSuperSeanyo]

Simple History I'd argue that you're wrong. The war was, in its own special way, over by Christmas for the few Germans and Brits who decided to have this truce. Even if it was just for a few days, it was over, and there was peace for those few willing to open their minds.

[@yeetomosquito3730]

Simple History I'm waiting for the ANZACs

[@randycheow5311]

Imagine if the truce managed to end the war

[@mistyderevage3649]

Simple History I am not for sure but wasn't there also French troops who also did the same thing as the British and German's

[@General-F]

This gives me the warm Christmas feel to fill with jolly even a tear tells you everything is alright with everybody. Even the world is not prefect anyone who are willing just drop their guns and have chocolate.

[@DevilSlayer2077]

Silence Oh, I remember the silence On a cold winter day After many months on the battlefield And we were used to the violence Then all the cannons went silent And the snow fell Voices sang to me from no man’s land We are all, we are all, we are all, we are all friends And today we’re all brothers Tonight we’re all friends A moment of peace in a war that never ends Today we’re all brothers We drink and unite Now Christmas has arrived and the snow turns the ground white Hear carols from the trenches, we sing O holy night Our guns laid to rest among snowflakes A Christmas in the trenches, a Christmas on the front far from home Madness Oh I remember the sadness We were hiding our tears In a foreign land where we faced our fears We were soldiers Carried the war on our shoulders For our nations Is that why we bury our friends? We were all, we were all, we were all, we were all friends And today we’re all brothers Tonight we’re all friends A moment of peace in a war that never ends Today we’re all brothers We drink and unite Now Christmas has arrived and the snow turns the ground white Hear carols from the trenches, we sing O holy night Our guns laid to rest among snowflakes A Christmas in the trenches, a Christmas on the front far from home We were all, we were all, we were all, we were all friends And today we’re all brothers Tonight we’re all friends A moment of peace in a war that never ends Today we’re all brothers We drink and unite Now Christmas has arrived and the snow turns the ground white A Christmas on the frontline, we walk among our friends, we don’t think about tomorrow, the battle will commence When we celebrated Christmas, we thought about our friends, those who never made it home, when the battle had commenced.

[@Tofu-wz9xm]

Ah yes. This song is really emotional. Love the band so much

[@tommysu3723]

The men that tried to kill each other come together and sing Christmas songs! How lovely

[@Simplehistory]

Yes

[@fadlanal-amsi9839]

Yez

[@aidangalan1957]

@@Simplehistory yez

[@wereham]

Yes it is

[@l0kaltpsykf4ll34]

And today we're all brothers Tonight we're all friеnds A moment of peace in a war that nеver ends Today we're all brothers We drink and unite Now Christmas has arrived and the snow turns the ground white.

[@jinglejangle3287]

this is the best fact of all the wars! Merry Christmas!

[@osedebame3522]

Wasn't there one war, can't remember the name, where some country sent 80 soldiers to fight, but they ended up coming hack with 81 as they had a new friend. I really want to find that story again.

[@jinglejangle3287]

Einstien And Enfield it's an interesting story!

[@noblegrizzlybear5475]

The country you were referring to was Liechtenstein. That one guy who joined the Liechtenstein force was an Austro-Hungarian defector as far as I remember.

[@THY403]

Cus deres no bloodshed in dis one video XD

[@morganlowder4532]

Imagine if this ended ww1

[@flyingcar4057]

too many politicians wanted to cuntinue war and people were too stupid to refuse

[@madwildocean03]

That would've been one of the best stories in history tbh, unfortunately politicians and dumbass people exist :/

[@murphy1832]

It was supposed to end there

[@claytonpactol8851]

This war wouldn't be a war at all if this ended WW1.

[@skilltholaggins2043]

That's antisemitic

[@tommyboy1509]

Merry Christmas simple history!

[@ElCap1van]

Tommyboy 150 thanks

[@jamesreidtabo7803]

this made me cry. Christmas soul

[@Garnansoa]

My grandfather was on the western front celebrating christmas that Day!

[@yoboyluis3926]

Garnansoa stfu

[@orlando9666]

Garnansoa wouldn't you have to be 70 years old then? I think you mean grate- grate grandfather.

[@Atom-Fire]

A "grate" is something like a cheese grater. Or a street grate for water to wash into.. The Word is "Great" Not "Grate" And the war started 102 years ago so No he would NOT be 70 years old he would be between the ages of 20-40.

[@democracydignityhumanrights]

Galactic Goodies I don't know I'm only 21 and my grandpa is over 100 years old (he'd be like 112 or something) and my dads 71 and had my grandpa been 10 years older he would've probably been drafted he was about 9 or so when America entered world war 1, I think he was just barely young enough to be drafted for world war 2 as he was in his 30s when America entered that conflict, ironically my great grandfather was too old for the draft in world war 1 he was born at the end of the civil war.

[@Dougy]

Garnansoa STFU!!

[@omarbaba9892]

This event produced the best Christmas ad ever

[@detectivelizard9532]

It's stuff like this you'll never see in the modern days. Hell I don't think anything like this even happened during World War 2.

[@buckloski9522]

Detective Lizard The closest thing I heard to this story in WW2 is that a mother was preparing Dinner for her Children on Christmas Eve, then American soldiers bursted in with a wounded man, and then German Soldiers came in the house. The mother made them sit down and eat together. Still isn't thing close to the Christmas Truce though.

[@detectivelizard9532]

That's nice though. It may not be on the scale of the Christmas Truce of 1914 but it's still a nice little truce.

[@buckloski9522]

***** World War One actually ended what was left of Imperialist rule in Europe.

[@buckloski9522]

***** Central Powers: Austro-Hungarian EMPIRE German EMPIRE Ottoman EMPIRE Triple Entente: France England Russia Pretty straight forward >_>

[@firepower7017]

Benny Biggums what about america was it the country that was alone in the corner

[@dragonyd3733]

My grandma's dad experienced the Christmas truce, he told my grandma it was beautiful and peaceful. On that day he got a helmet and a badge from a German soldier, it's inside my cabinet in my house rn. I am impressed and moved everytime I see it :D

[@Frobbl]

This is evidence that both parties fought the wrong enemy.

[@WarbossR0kt00fSant0s]

It's all because of old bitter coots who brought themselves the same meaningless, self-inflicted catastrophe they had before.

[@itsnotwhatyouthink]

We are all We are all We are all We are all friends!!! And tonight we're all brothers and tonight we're all friends! A moment of peace in a war that never ends. today we're all brothers we drink and unite! Now Christmas has arrived as the snow turns the ground to white! Hear the carols from the trenches. We sing the holy night! As our guns laid to rest in the snowflake a Christmas in the trenches a Christmas far from home!!!!

[@johnprice9669]

Hey what if during World War 1 a Christmas truce (or multiple) ended the war, because the troops refused to fight on behalf of generals and politicians far from the horrors of war? What if they laid down their arms in peace realizing their enemies were just soldiers given orders to fight on like them?

[@Spartan-1821]

John Price interesting

[@applemauzel]

Nothing much, since even then, the Versailles treaty probably will still scathe the germans, and prompt the eventual rise of ww2. The only difference is when - Armistice on christmas day or armistice a tad later.

[@lordoftea2753]

Wrong. If what John here says had happened, the treaty would not even have existed. The Central Powers, at that point in the war, were actually winning it.

[@johnprice9669]

Lord of Tea Huh... You seem to understand what I meant.

[@lordoftea2753]

Of course I do. I am the Lord of Tea.

[@feldmarschallvonbraunschwe4463]

It’s really quite beautiful how two very different sides could be friendly for just one day

[@Kyd1444]

sacha simpson After that day the goverment has to change troops on the fronts because they doesnt wanted to battle other side

[@Simplehistory]

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[@VetAnimalGuy]

Simple History Have you considered doing an episode on Heroic animals of the first world War? A famous example would be Cher Ami the pigeon. That would be awesome.

[@Simplehistory]

We will do one on carrier pigeons

[@jophielswings]

While I know simply history is well... more modern history, I'd love a video on either the Byzantines or the Siege of Constantinople 1453. One huge civilisation and another huge siege which ended the medieval ages.

[@kingsizehomer1219]

Simple History can you do finnish army world war 2

[@kingsizehomer1219]

Simple History please

[@coniston3106]

Always come back to Christmas Truce topics in this time of the year. May we never forget of those who never got home to see Christmas for another time with the loved ones.

[@violetine8917]

That is absolutely heartwarming.

[@southernpennsyrailfan8579]

And today we are brothers Tonight we are friends Our moment of peace on our land never ends Today we are brothers We drink and unite

[@Tom_Corvus5]

*A moment of peace in a war that never ends

[@jophielswings]

Great video on the Christmas truce. Keep doing what your doing Simple History!

[@Simplehistory]

Joshuapooleanox thanks!

[@cloroxbleachs5757]

Simple History when you going to do the ww2 faction vids

[@jophielswings]

Personally, I'd love 1453 as a video but I know its not that well known compared to WW1 and WW2.

[@titaniumwaters3543]

Joshuapooleanox. i loved the video was so beutiful im starting to get tears 😂

[@titaniumwaters3543]

(so beutiful im starting to cry 😌

[@WarbossR0kt00fSant0s]

And today we're all brothers Tonight we're all friends A moment of peace in a war that never ends Today we're all brothers We drink and unite Now Christmas has arrived and the snow turns the ground white Hear carols from the trenches We sing O Holy Night Our guns laid to rest on the snowflakes A Christmas in the trenches A Christmas on the front far from home!

[@erenjeager5290]

One of the best stories of WW1

[@baileyryan488]

This just made my day. This even made me cry. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[@ItzSkipper_]

Fact: A truce right before Christmas had also happened in WW2, right before the Battle of The Bulge, where many were spared because of friends in enemy lines. The truce was ordered by Lieutenant General Lukas Heinrich Kara (who was actually part of the Allied at the time) to another German Officer, who shall not be named. In which, only Lukas among the soldiers among the truce kept fighting WW2 until it ended, sparing and saving lives from both sides alike. Lukas died in 1962 finishing his own Christmas letter to all survivng German Soldiers of WW2 by a mistaken Russian Sniper. This is what Lukas had written; [ENGLISH] "Near this Christmas, I had ordered a truce that lasted only a few hours. It atleast spared alot of us from a certain death as I shook the hand of Captain Dieter Jansen. We all pointed our weapons to our officers who told us to keep fighting. We all exchanged our possessions as some officers even traded German Weapons with Allied Weapons. I'm finishing this letter right now in 1962 on the Berlin wall. I know that everybody who participated in the truce had survived the rest of the war, but I still think that I won't see them ever again in my lifetime. - LG Lukas H. Kara" [DEUSTCHE]"In der Nähe dieses Weihnachtsfestes hatte ich einen Waffenstillstand angeordnet, der nur wenige Stunden dauerte. Er hat zumindest viele von uns vor einem bestimmten Tod bewahrt, als ich Kapitän Dieter Jansen die Hand schüttelte. Wir alle richteten unsere Waffen auf unsere Offiziere, die uns sagten, wir sollten sie behalten Wir tauschten alle unsere Besitztümer aus, als einige Offiziere sogar deutsche Waffen mit alliierten Waffen tauschten. Ich beende diese Brief gerade 1962 an der Berliner Mauer. Ich weiß, dass jeder, der am Waffenstillstand teilgenommen hat, den Rest des Krieges überlebt hat. aber ich denke immer noch, dass ich sie in meinem Leben nie wieder sehen werde. - LG Lukas H. Kara "

[@alexhenkell-malespin6585]

thank you so much for this video

[@Simplehistory]

You're welcome

[@shermantankgaming7261]

Great story man I always love this story your channel is always helpful. Keep it up wish our world can do this to each other

[@stultie709]

Nice COH2 icon.

[@shermantankgaming7261]

Nothing. Thanks

[@ponycentaur1456]

You forgot to mention 'troop rotation". although it was several months into the war, soldiers would rotate between the front and backlines to prevent battle fatigue. There is even evidence that soldiers of this peaceful christmas never even seen thier buddies shot nor killed since they only seen artilary and dead on the feilds.

[@kamalinsofiya]

This will be the song for Sabaton upcoming album The War to End All Wars

[@FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog]

Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht Alles schläft, einsam wacht Nur das traute heilige Paar Holder knab im lockigten Haar Schlafe in himmlischer Ruh... Schlafe in himmlischer Ruh

[@jakeb.3497]

Holy night in German

[@simokoistinen7470]

Firefox is red, Explorer is blue. Google+ sucks and Chrome does too. Joulu yö, juhla yö! Päättynyt kaik on työ. Kaks vain valveil on puolisoaan. Lapsen herttaisen nukkuessaan. Seimi kätkyeessään! Seimi kätkyeessään! Same song but on Finnish :D

[@scottwallace5239]

Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin mother and child Holy infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace

[@manifestgtr]

This type of stuff just fuels my belief that no matter who you're "fighting for", most guys are just regular joes who want to get back home alive, period. I have a personal story of this kind of thing. My grandfather was a teenager in the army during ww2. One of his duties while in europe was to guard german pow's. According to him, a lot of them were kids like he was who wanted the war to end just as badly as he did. One of them showed him how to play the harmonica. A lot of us are taught from a young age to believe that everyone under the enemy's flag is a monster when that just isn't the case. No matter where you go in history....ww2 era germany, civil war, modern day north korea, doesn't matter....there are plenty of people to be found who are just trying to get by and don't really have a dog in the fight at the end of the day. I always try to be mindful of that when someone tries to dehumanize an "enemy", historical or contemporary.

[@user-wu6xl4wq5q]

manifestgtr Your comment is inspirational.

[@soundwavesuguremashita1608]

Ww1 should have ended right there in Christmas Day The Whole world would be different

[@random_history_dude7305]

Stille Nacht heilige Nacht

[@PanzaFax]

Too right m8

[@chrisd2051]

Alles ruhig alles hell!

[@scottwallace5239]

Silent night, Holy night , all is calm,all is bright

[@youwantmyname9208]

Ja, Kumpel

[@LegoTakodachi]

One of the only days that the humanity remembered that there's no point in killing each other

[@michaeltoland3472]

I loved the video and have a merry Christmas and a happy new year!!!😁😁😁

[@owenmccross5024]

Merry Christmas TOO ALL. Bless the soldiers on both sides, for they showed that even for 1 day of the year during war, that they could lay down their arms and celebrate together on the fronts as neighbors, not enemies.

[@2pac65]

this is amazing we learnt this in school I couldn't found the one we watched in school but this is better

[@IronKnight2402]

Sabaton!!

[@GigaTrap6000]

If that ended ww1 that would be the most heart melting thing i have ever seen

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Truly a light in the darkness.

[@Khris_HeimdallDetachment]

It warms my heart to know the two armies, two enemies brought together for the holidays.

[@EJ-us7do]

incredibly heartwarming. i don't think this would ever happen in the modern era, everyone is so out of touch with their humanity but this gives me hope that someday the world will come together even if for a brief moment.

[@mrbreeki7850]

Great video and merry Christmas!

[@farmerjoe2988]

that brings a tear to my eye

[@iispruce8300]

The Germans were so kind!

[@luckyhunter5291]

Britain wanted the war

[@cyrosubod2317]

@Avanchel austria not serbia

[@MartinTorreification]

This story touches my heart

[@mastamacca3240]

Proves it was such an unnecessary war

[@MasonKLutz]

It was, it was indeed.

[@augth]

Still Alsace and Moselle should have returned one way or another

[@zippyisachump6568]

True

[@HogBurger]

Let’s just be glad history went the way it did

[@thunderbird1921]

@@augth True, but maybe through a land exchange treaty or something (perhaps Germany could have been given another colony in Africa). This was the biggest waste of life AND money of any war I know. Heck, the only reason America joined is because Germany wouldn't stop attacking our shipping with U-Boats (and done the Zimmerman Telegram). If the Germans hadn't panicked or been so overly aggressive, we probably never join in.

[@JW-zx5dr]

I’ll always love this story

[@listigerfuchs9806]

It would have been so amazing if the war ended like this

[@salahberitanihlolhaha7386]

Best of best WW1 stories i've ever heard

[@pintobeans9388]

I love your videos!!

[@Simplehistory]

Awesome!

[@joshuanova9736]

Simple History this makes me smile☺... freinds,gifts,chocolate, R.I.P for those who didn't survive when it happened

[@Gillan1220]

The perfect time to watch this. Merry Christmas guys!

[@legocon2004]

Im going to ruin it now for anyone else that watches it, the next year, I beleive it was some British troops tried recreating it, and. . . were shot down.

[@Canalbiruta]

Cuz generals didn't like it.

[@n0denz]

There were other events recorded of smaller, peaceful events throughout the war. In Robert Graves' autobiography, he recounts fighting at a brick yard in which the enemy trenches came within mere meters of each other. At one point a rifle-mounted grenade landed in the English trench which had been removed of its explosives. It contained a note written in broken English saying that when the previous English regiment had pulled back and the Germans had occupied their trenches, they had found a puppy that the English had been taking care of. They assured the English that the dog was still fine, and they were feeding him. Throughout that battle, both sides would send messages to each other in this fashion. An important thing to note is that it became common for soldiers to not hold animosity toward each other on the opposing side but rather toward their officers, leaders, and politicians.

[@johnathanbruce8227]

Silence Oh, I remember the silence On a cold winter day After many months on the battlefield And we were used to the violence Then all the cannons went silent And the snow fell Voices sang to me from no man's land We are all We are all We are all We are all friends! And today we're all brothers Tonight we're all friends A moment of peace in a war that never ends Today we're all brothers We drink and unite Now Christmas has arrived and the snow turns the ground white Hear carols from the trenches We sing O Holy Night Our guns laid to rest among snowflakes A Christmas in the trenches A Christmas on the front far from home Madness (madness) Oh, I remember the sadness (Sadness) We were hiding our tears (Hiding our tears) In a foreign land where we faced our fears (Faced our fears) We were soldiers (Soldiers) Carried the war on our shoulders (Shoulders) For our nations (Nations) Is that why we bury our friends? (Bury our friends) We were all We were all We were all We were all friends (Yes, we were friends) And today we're all brothers Tonight we're all friends A moment of peace in a war that never ends Today we're all brothers We drink and unite Now Christmas has arrived and the snow turns the ground white Hear carols from the trenches We sing O Holy Night Our guns laid to rest among snowflakes A Christmas in the trenches A Christmas on the front far from home We were all We were all We were all We were all friends (Yes, we were friends) And today we're all brothers Tonight we're all friends A moment of peace in a war that never ends Today we're all brothers We drink and unite Now Christmas has arrived and the snow turns the ground white A Christmas on the frontline We walk among our friends We don't think about tomorrow The battle will commence When we celebrated Christmas We thought about our friends Those who never made it home When the battle had commenced

[@Z.O.M.G]

Cultured

[@josiahmcgill638]

That must have been very psychologically damaging to continue fighting after that

[@shadowteam9943]

It should be a tradition that soldiers from both sides ceise fire on Christmas.

[@aperson4933]

Good luck getting ISIS onboard.

[@GambledMyhouse]

@@aperson4933 but isis aint soldiers or people

[@rookeva8688]

ISIS wouldn't allow that, they're brainwashed killing machines

[@seishinseii5613]

This video suddenly appears in my recommendation. Merry Christmas To Everyone :)

[@apollyon0478]

I hate religion, but Christmas shall always be celebrated because of this event

[@dominickstewart433]

TheVakicGuy 1005 :)

[@ervanegoimun615]

Religion be always in our soul because it created the Christmas spirit... If you're an atheist, christmas is empty and nothing because you don't even believe the existence of Jesus.

[@kasperkilpinen7467]

My great grandfather told me this story when i was 2 years old and he said to me even your greatest enemies will have soul even those how murder and he was winter war and continuation war veteran. He passed away couple month's later in 2007

[@jeff2311]

plz do Trinidad and Tobago during ww1 or ww2

[@CoolNinja925]

This shows humanity to show love and share to those that you love and and even hate. To your friends and enemies. War is pointless.

[@denniskibrik7310]

Germans: we want peace, please...? German officers: yea, go march in their way without weapons, hands up and play some games Allies: huh, that's weird they are marching toward without rifles. Allied Officers: meh, a trick maybe. Allies: nah, no guns there Germans: merry christmas bois! ya wanna play football? Allied Officers: meh, okay Allies: sure why not? Germans: cmon lets sing and play! Allies: yea this war is useless! Ottomans: i'm sad i can't join Germans: bring a few troops we don't care Ottomans: yay, but not my religion and i sitll don't care! All: *singing and playing football as well* Me: and that was the story of the 1914 christmas truce...imagine if the battlefield 1 servers did this hahah

[@rozalia298]

My teacher sent my class this to do a project thingy. This helped a lot. Thank you

[@Mdewar7]

Perfect timing for this video xD

[@FillieYT]

This should be a tradition every year during war

[@immortaldoc9676]

Anyone December 2017?

[@mmmmm9910]

MadBat ya

[@cwhu9712]

This popped out in my recommendation ok Christmas

[@baskets9362]

Did a gibus wearing f2p tryhard come in and kill everyone

[@MSgtHavoc]

I knew about this truce even before watching this video. And still it made me cry tears of happiness. Well done and thanks.

[@PanzaFax]

Too bad isis doesn't celebrate christmas...

[@topshotta4258]

Too bad

[@mustafaaustinpowers5748]

lol they don't even have mercy for Muslims

[@buckloski9522]

Wait, I thought Muslims celebrated Christmas?

[@topshotta4258]

Benny Biggums Muslim's do celebrate it non-religiously, but Jihadists don't.

[@mustafaaustinpowers5748]

+lonelystormtrooper Well, so to speak,only the clueless does celebrate.

[@Milo_millie_2]

My great grandpa died before this day

[@southernpennsyrailfan8579]

Damn. I’m sorry to hear

[@southernpennsyrailfan8579]

Who’s here because of Sabaton

[@lionpardwolfiefox1338]

For the little anecdote... The English were not the only ones to make the Christmas truce with the Germans during the First World War, many French and Belgian soldiers did it too. However, these Trier between the French and German soldiers are less known, in particular because of the censorship of the time, and also because in France to fraternize with the Germans (who took Alsace and Lorraine from France following the defeat of my country in the Franco-Prussian War) was punishable by prison or even the death penalty. In fact there were a few truces between the French and the Germans in 1914... But it was above all in 1916 that there were the most Christmas truces between the French and the Germans, we know that thanks to the many testimonies of French soldiers who fraternized with German soldiers are available in historical archives. Besides, here is a message from a Poilu (nickname given to French soldiers) named Gervais Morillon: “There are things happening in war that you wouldn't believe. The day before yesterday, and this lasted two days in the trenches that the 90th occupies at the moment, French and Germans shook hands. This is how it happened: on the morning of the 12th, the Boches raised a white flag and yelled: “Kamarades! Kamarades! Appointment ! They ask us to surrender. We on our side, we tell them as much; no one accepts. They then come out of their trenches, unarmed, nothing at all, officer in the lead; we do the same and it was a visit from one trench to another, exchanging cigars, cigarettes, and a hundred meters away others were shooting at each other. If we're not clean, they're filthy dirty, they're disgusting, and I think they're fed up too. Since then, that has changed; we no longer communicate."

[@BlahBlah-ep6hc]

You forgot the day after when a German soldier came back trying to extend the truce and a British officer shot him dead.

[@Simplehistory]

+Blah Blah maybe you could tell the story for everyone

[@Russell3267]

This proves that we don't need war to further our goals. This event proves that two greatest enemies can become friends even for a day. Merry Christmas 2017!

[@NationalistAF]

a work of GOD ! Merry Christmas!

[@orvenapuyan6952]

It was so beautiful i almost cried happy Christmas everybody!

[@milosostojic8508]

Please make Serbian army faction, Serbian army was very important and Searbians were fighting against Germany, Austrohungary and Bulgaria (3vs1). Serbia was fighting on Salonica front and mutch other thinks!

[@Simplehistory]

As we said, check this out twitter.com/simple_guides/status/811560314630184960

[@milosostojic8508]

Simple History pictures are great! Merry Crissmas!!!

[@ssabri9101]

Shomi S.R.B. shut up acordion

[@europa8292]

I think one of the saddest part of this is the entire rest of the front lines just continued killing eachother

[@Demon__Killer007]

Even during war christmas still brings people together

[@thatwiggogoober]

This is really sad. It just shows that they are all real people, with feelings, and they never wanted to kill anyone, they just wanted to live. But instead, they were forced into something they didn’t want to be apart of.

[@ananddhanola4623]

This is what all of us should be like No wars no killing just singing and happiness

[@ifGarage]

This made me feel so happy inside. It’s a shame they never mentioned this in school.

[@dylantriantis6005]

105 years ago today, Merry Christmas