The Christmas Truce on the Western Front of 1914 from the film Oh! What A Lovely War accompanied by the music Stille Nacht - Silent Night
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@Killjoy459 жыл бұрын
At that moment, they got reminded: The ones they were fighting against were same kind human beings as they were.
@re10106 жыл бұрын
Humankind will come to their senses to stop killing each other. But something will cause us to have another war, so we can prove our duration of peace and weather we deserve to be in this world.
@selflessone38805 жыл бұрын
R E humans will never stop war, it is written in our dna, take the chimpanzee for example, they have wars between groups constantly over resources and emotions, and humans are exactly the same, it is something that has always happened and will never ever stop happening as long as their are humans walking this earth there will be war
5 жыл бұрын
But not the same race
@bullmoosevelt44955 жыл бұрын
Except after that there was never another Christmas Truce because by next Christmas they hated each other to the core.
@sillyone520625 жыл бұрын
@@bullmoosevelt4495 Poison gas hss a tendency to do that.
@friedgaming82587 жыл бұрын
would have been great if the war ended right when this happened
@rstein9265 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately it was not simple as that. Many of the generals were against the idea of fraternity as it was feared it would prevent men from fighting and Britain had no choice but to keep fighting as they promised to protect Belgium and before the war Germany tried to overtake Britain by creating a bigger navy and having more industries.
@calamar1e3205 жыл бұрын
I truly wish that the soldiers had turned on the generals ordering them to stop the ceasefire, and fighting instead to put up a permanent truce with each other, talking through complications caused by the war.
@StellarYankee5 жыл бұрын
rstein926 Yeah but there’s also a consciousness that could arise say after a whole day of general ceasefire. A namely example being, “You’re German I’m British. Why am I shooting at you in the middle of France and Belgium because some Serb shot an Austrian prince.” I feel like that would be a commonly adopted sentiment and the whole thing would be over. A few generals or even a government are nothing without their troops. And if the majority don’t want to fight then you can’t do anything to stop them.
@c3pfett5 жыл бұрын
rstein926 Yes but Germany( a relatively new country compared to others) wanted over seas colonies like France, England, and others had. The only way to protect these colonies and to project power ( like America's great white fleet) was a large navy.
@gerrigonzalez4845 жыл бұрын
Truce at Christmas World War Two
@treyb3878 жыл бұрын
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace" -Jimi Hendrix
@fireflowblob19085 жыл бұрын
@Provocateur hm i dont know how god affected this war because in the beginning there werent that much jews or muslims vs christians concept It was more "conquer the land" conceot it was then more the work of satan than of god "the will" feel is very dangerous.
@SS-fj2kl4 жыл бұрын
That's true!!! So sad how far the humans go for power... 😔 Rest in peace all the people who suffered in all this war! 😭😭😭 To sad. Will there souls find rest and peace!!!
@plattonxyz...69744 жыл бұрын
Saltwater.. Salzwasser...?
@hanifarjo52224 жыл бұрын
Megalomania R evoL ution Я (evoL) ution
@harrywakatipu25478 жыл бұрын
My Great Grandfather was in this war on the Western front. He'd just redeployed from the defeat in Gallipoli. Over there, they had a similar situation between the ANZACs and the Turks. They called an armistice to clear bodies and ended up shaking hands, exchanging cigarettes, photos, etc. These stories are well known in New Zealand and Turkey.
@re10108 жыл бұрын
Harry Wakatipu you guys had seen all the good action, while us Americans had to worry about some Mexican bandits, but I can understand that it wasn't our war yet.
@re10108 жыл бұрын
Harry Wakatipu you got to drive tanks, fly in the sky, and get some humanity in war, when we just get less than a year to understand. And once it was over, those old men of France and Britain wanted vengeance while almost the entire armies, public and America wanted peace, and ww2 could've been avoided, had it not been for TOV.
@imfraeglasgow7 жыл бұрын
Harry Wakatipu my great grandad was on the western front. Got hit with mustard gas at Flanders survived and was discharged. When he got home my grandma says he wasn't the same, she was born in 09 and some of her earliest memories were the last of her father not being right and the eventually dying of complications related to the poisoning. Lest we forget.
@livinghistory97015 жыл бұрын
The Fallen Anzac ___________________ A lone figure sits Still as stone Scilance reigns The wind whispers prayers The grass bows All in mourning The figure shakes Sobs of a lost mind Broken beyond repair A wooden cross Marks the grave Of a fallen son The figure stands Cupped in scarred palms A picture stares back The picture placed Atop the grave Of a fallen son The figure stands Salutes the hero Who fought until the end "Goodbye old friend" The figure croaked Voice ruined from the screaming And, ever so quietly As if only a whisper "Remember me" the wind spoke Gallipoli 1914-1915 Father's, sons, brothers Lost to the sands of time Who bled out in the sand Rest peacefully Side by side Foes turned to friends In a bloody campaign Forever asleep The Fallen Anzac Forever in our memories Lest We Forget
@hst3235 жыл бұрын
@pnpat the 1st yeah ones upon a time Turks waking up early and he take a decision about Armenians who lived together for hundreds year. And said himself: hey why I don't kill those people who working as minister, employer, scholar,soldier etc in this country? Are you believe that ? No reason? And genocide come on...
@TheGallusone9 жыл бұрын
The sad thing about this is that the majority of soldiers on both sides didn't want to fight that war
@Hawktotalwar9 жыл бұрын
Kieran Gallagher The old makes the decision to declare war, the young suffers
@Jacob-yg7lz9 жыл бұрын
That's why this was possible, they all respected eachother.
@agentfungus97428 жыл бұрын
+Kieran Gallagher : Their governments and politicians made the war; the people have to fight it.
@hopatease16 жыл бұрын
Daaaaa do you think we wanted to be in nam in the 60,s ? We did what we where told to do ( most of the time ) and came home to live our life as best we could .
@rstein9265 жыл бұрын
Britain never had much of a choice. They had the largest Navy at the time and they feared Germany were trying to overtake them. Furthermore the Germans attacked Belgium and the British promised since 1839 they would step in and fight.
@Jersey2tall8610 жыл бұрын
This was the last moment of Christian civility between nations since the 20th century. An amazing moment. 99 years ago.
@kapitan199698386 жыл бұрын
Jersey2tall62 We'll have more of those soon
@jejebernard99805 жыл бұрын
@@e2sguy Sorry murica, but you're the last country where it's possible to have this truce...
@knighttemplar65295 жыл бұрын
@@ghostshooterftw1338 a lot of them are unfortunately
@bardushka5 жыл бұрын
104 YEARS AGO NOW BITCHHHH
@SB-og3sl5 жыл бұрын
@Proud Southerner no, not a lot of them.
@ShockLegionLeader9 жыл бұрын
Light shines most brightly in the dark.
@GlossaME9 жыл бұрын
Indeed my friend.
@Javier-in6ey7 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@senpaisanchoyt52256 жыл бұрын
Sometimes you need darkness to see the light
@AAAAAAAARRGHH4 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@NOMADcourier858 жыл бұрын
People talk a lot about being brave and bravery but this moment here is bravery at it's finest.
@rogueskywalker26248 жыл бұрын
yes
@re10108 жыл бұрын
DeathByBlunderbuss really it is. These are your enemies and you stand up randomly and walk over to them, and they follow suite. That is quite a risk, and it was possibly the saddest moment in military history. Damn old men, thinking all your enemies are the bad guys, when most of them have other reasons for their service. If I met any of those officers who order their own to be shot, I'd tell to hold a court martial, and I would kick their shit for being uncivilized and unhuman.
@NickTasy8 жыл бұрын
The story of the 1914 Christmas Truce will never fail to bring tears to my eyes. The last gleaming light of decency and human kindness in one of the world's darkest times. World War I truly was the first, the last, and the only "decent" war. Bless all of those men.
@re10108 жыл бұрын
Nick Tasy to bad anti German stops this from being a full blown movie. Damn Greeks and most of Hollywood.
@trainknut7 жыл бұрын
Tell that to the 14 million dead, many of whom had their skin boiled by mustard gas, or their feet rotted off their legs.
@kiwanozukai11807 жыл бұрын
The use of gas and the conditions of the trenches were horrible, but the humanity and respect for life exhibited by those on the ground: the soldiers, were incredible. In fact, the truces were not spontaneous pacifism at all; many trenches had decided to adopt a live-and-let-live attitude towards each other, firing only when mandated and usually to no effect; sometimes they'd even trade tabacco! The point is that even if the forces of the world made the war horrible, the soldiers did every thing they could to preserve their humanity and respect for life. I think that's what Tasy meant when he called it a decent war.
@buried27767 жыл бұрын
Nick Tasy considering how they were towards each other on Christmas it makes you wonder why they are fighting
@RandomAutomaton6 жыл бұрын
I doubt people choking on chemical weapons, shitting in trenches, and running headlong into machine guns and artillery would agree with your statement. Anyone that suggests WW1 was "decent" is ridiculously misinformed.
@xxDarkSeer8 жыл бұрын
I'm...I'm not crying, I...just have something in my eye...
@xslashx19085 жыл бұрын
It's sand
@Dersephh4 жыл бұрын
@@xslashx1908 Melted sand
@chicagozephyr23994 жыл бұрын
Nope, you ain't alone. Just a visual reminder how much we prefer peace than war.
@Jacob-yg7lz9 жыл бұрын
It's such a shame that this can't happen anymore. People either aren't civil enough to make a ceasfire, don't celebrate a common holiday, or both.
@garythestormtrooper37828 жыл бұрын
+Jacob Furrow it has been tried several times after but superior officers stopped it, though france and germany were lucky to share similar religious beliefs of christmas to have peace for awhile.
@craigmcintosh72418 жыл бұрын
+Jacob Furrow The "war" being fought now is against an idea totally opposed to what The Christmas Spirit represents.
@Yowzoe8 жыл бұрын
+Friendly Fash It is, and your kind (Nazis, Daesh, etc.) are the hateful shitstains which bring ugliness and pain to the world.
@theswissnavy28018 жыл бұрын
its cause its no longer warfare between professional military and a war of attrition, a war against. terrorists who disguises with civilians and use fear
@longdonglarry8 жыл бұрын
Correct, high commands on both sides were worried that their soldiers could just show them the smelly finger and keep fraternize with the enemy and just go back home to their families. May they rot in hell forever
@lietcedrick14122 жыл бұрын
Today we're all Brothers Tonight we're all friends A moment of peace in a war that never ends
@Kanefan701 Жыл бұрын
Today we're all Brothers We drink and unite Now Christmas has arrived and snow turns the ground white
@PacificPounding Жыл бұрын
a Christmas in the trenches, a Christmas on the front, far from home!
@Maraandg8 жыл бұрын
This is truly one of the most moving videos I've ever watched - thank you so much for sharing this with us.
@TheRageCommenter6 жыл бұрын
Have you seen the Sainsbury's commercial?
@sillyone520625 жыл бұрын
No ad hoc soccer game in this version.
@demonlordomegaacepilot70905 жыл бұрын
And most historical moment in history thats transcends into the heavens. A miracle on a battlefield never seen again.
@Stardweller19 жыл бұрын
The sanest, most rational movement of the whole war.
@williamenser9 жыл бұрын
Of any war.
@Jacob-yg7lz9 жыл бұрын
WW1 was actually a very "polite" war, people did many similar things to this. after running out of ammo or fuel fighter pilots from different sides would often land and talk to eachother. At the end of the war everyone got out and shook eachother's hands. Some pilots even gave wreaths to fallen enemies' families. Unfortunately, war might never have that amount if respect for the opposing side ever again.
@yogcastfan6379 жыл бұрын
+Jacob Furrow i wouldnt consider it a "polite" war. after they started using mustard gases and trench bombings it became very deadly very quickly. however, in the starting of the war most trenches didnt see any action. very rare to take over an enemy trench in the starting
@Jacob-yg7lz9 жыл бұрын
I didn't say it was a very humane war, if you stepped out of your trench you'd get sawed in half by machine guns. It was one of the bloodiest wars ever, it was miserable. BUT the individuals were respectful and understanding of eachother, it was mainly the politicians who were filled with hate.
@yogcastfan6379 жыл бұрын
Jacob Furrow thats with all wars. most people dont want to fight. sure, they want to serve their country but they dont want to brutally kill other humans that have never wronged them.
@Herrenhandtasche3510 жыл бұрын
The shells hitting at the end where so sad. Really got me.
@blathermore9 жыл бұрын
DrBangkok The commanders were furious...vowed to never let it happen again...the farce of the war was too obvious
@kierangallagher53282 жыл бұрын
the Christmas truce of 1914 is by far and large my favourite moment in human history
@MrFishman5511 жыл бұрын
One of the single most beautiful moments in humanity. No force could stop these men from coming together and celebrating a common holiday. It's absolutely amazing.
@steverambo46927 жыл бұрын
None of these guys wanted to be there but they didn't have a choice, deep down they were just regular people that wanted to celebrate Christmas in peace
@aleramone237 жыл бұрын
exactly.
@jessiejames749211 жыл бұрын
the basic needs of humans...to love , to be loved and not to be left alone....we all need each other....Ilove this story . always makes me cry.
@angelcalibre848910 жыл бұрын
I love this moment in war. It shows true humanity, and it continues to give me hope and faith in humanity to this day.
@silvialogan92265 жыл бұрын
This was a very touching video of World War 1 with the soldiers. Instead of them fighting, they sang Silent Night Holy Night to make them commemorate their loved ones.
@mackieboy26983 жыл бұрын
If everyday is a Christmas then peace is always there ..
@thewatcher5099 жыл бұрын
I really found this touching because both factions just wanted to celebrate one of the longest and well-kept traditions and they know that a war isn't something that should hinder them of sharing even a brief moment of companionship.
@blathermore9 жыл бұрын
I saw this movie in 1970 as a college girl...there's no blood in it. It's a masterpiece of ironical contrast and lovely music...the emotional tension is so overwhelming I threw up all night! I'll never forget it. Please don't miss this. But like "Grave of the Fireflies" and "Where the Red Fern Grows" you won't be the same...a religious experience.
@dylantriantis60054 жыл бұрын
105 years ago today, Merry Christmas
@mr3t2l1l5 жыл бұрын
Still brings a tear to my eye....We still sing, "Stille Nacht" at Midnight Mass every year...
@sagahammer10 жыл бұрын
There are some scenes in this film that are so moving. This is one and the lone soldier sing When This Lousy War is Over in the church parade, will remain with you forever.
@nekoii228 жыл бұрын
This is beautiful these men found love at a time of war ❤️
@NathanRiess5 жыл бұрын
Warms my heart and shows the true meaning of Christmas 👍🏻🙏🏻😪😇
@janewinkles45513 жыл бұрын
A moment of peace in a war that took the cream of both sides . They were sacrificed while the 1% grew rich .Very emotional scene.
@hansgruber7889 жыл бұрын
I think this was the final moment of war being honourable and enemies would respect eachother. God bless you gentlemen. And thank you.
@rayweber70883 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather was in France during WWI, in the trenches. A similar event actually happened where he was at although they didn't actually go out and meet in the middle of "No Man's Land" each side took turns singing Christmas carols that Christmas eve102 years ago.
@MerchantIvoryfilms9 жыл бұрын
Ive wanted to tell this story in Hollywood for a long time. Sadly this won't generate $400,000,000 in profit for the studios, but ill keep trying. Studios are not the only ones making movies these days.
@Kentuckymadness18 жыл бұрын
+Merchant Ivory (filmstudent) Tell me more about your project
@MerchantIvoryfilms8 жыл бұрын
RadioFreeLondon I wish i could say i had one. Its just a story I want to tell. I don't know any producers or writers to collaborate with. And im still a "Student" of film. Ive this was a project with my experience, the production would be very small. Under $40,000. But anything is possible, you never know who you might meet in the big city.
@Kentuckymadness18 жыл бұрын
Merchant Ivory Interesting
@scottwallace29428 жыл бұрын
+Merchant Ivory (filmstudent) give it to hollywood and they'll make sure that the allied soldiers were american, can bet any money on it
@oliversnowden62578 жыл бұрын
+RadioFreeLondon Wrong war, but probably.
@ErnestIsGaming9 жыл бұрын
None can beat the power of christmas.
@andreaslustig36755 жыл бұрын
***Genau so soll es gewesen sein***, so erzählte mir mein Opa in Kindertagen... Hatte ihm Sein Vater ( mein Großvater) berichtet. Dieses Video hat mir die Tränen in die Augen getrieben. Absolut genial 👍 Weiter so Danke. Von mir ***FROHE WEIHNACHTEN***🎅***
@elicharlton63975 жыл бұрын
I was actually crying 😭. So sad. 👏🏻 thank you to those who fought for our country And nation of the United Kingdom. God bless you all
@meandmybeautifuldogs24544 жыл бұрын
Sometimes the bad things need to happen before the good things shine brighter.
@harlemhornet7 жыл бұрын
That's such a touching scene. Wow.
@bamarine2476 жыл бұрын
1915 on Christmas Day On the Western Front, the guns all died away And lying in the mud on bags of sand We heard a German sing from No-Man's-Land He had a tenor voice so pure and true The words were strange but every note we knew Soaring over the living, dead, and damned The German sang of peace from No-Man's-Land They left their trenches, and we left ours Beneath tin hats, the smiles bloomed like wildflowers With photos, cigarettes, and pots of wine We built a soldiers' truce on the frontline Their singer was a lad of twenty-one We begged another song before the dawn And sitting in the mud and blood and fear He sang again the song all longed to hear "Stille nacht", no cannon's roar Our King is born to peace forever more All's calm, all's bright, all brothers hand in hand In 1915 in No-Man's-Land And in the morning all the guns boomed in the rain And we killed them and they killed us again At night they charged, we fought them hand to hand And I killed the boy that sang in No-Man's-Land In 1915 in No-Man's-Land
@thatsmadcrazy89534 жыл бұрын
1 it happened in 1914 2 they didn't attack eachother the next day it was peaceful up until they were swapped
@tobiojo64698 ай бұрын
Nothing can beat the power of Christmas.
@jturner35436 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather, John Patience was with the Seaforth Highlanders fighting in the Somme. He survived but never told me about the War. I found out when I was about 16 years old when my Grandmother and my Mum came to visit me on my 16th birthday at Fort George, Scotland (I was a Junior Soldier then, in the Queens Own Highlanders).
@BOTDESTROYER-lc3tl5 жыл бұрын
There are brave moments in the history of war...this was probably by far the bravest...
@greedlecupide13655 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas Germany ! From france.
@hanifarjo52224 жыл бұрын
😂 + 😪 = 👍🏼✌🏼
@karl-heinzheinbach84474 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I have to tell you a story about my grandfather who was a soldier in WWI in the horrible battle of Verdun. My grandfather spoke fluent French. He told us (grandchildren) while a ceasefire German and French soldiers left their trenches and shakes hands, smoke a cigarette. After that the ceasefire was over they shaked again hands and wished good luck. My grandfather and a French soldier exchanged their addresses. Luckely in the late fifties the French soldier came to Germany to visit my grandfather. My grandfather kept always telling us this experience to show how absurd and divergent a war is. I still have a great friendship with the grandchildren of those French soldier. We see us once or twice a year and it is always a pleasure when they are coming home to their German home or we go to our French home. All the best to the French Grand Nation and the people.
@icecreamsprinkles13277 жыл бұрын
I just want to say, men have very, VERY high pitched voices for those songs.
@johnnypastrana67274 жыл бұрын
My uncle Edward White fought in the Battle of Belleau Wood June 6 - June 26 1918...most of his buddies were killed in that battle but he survived...My Uncle Whitey was a kind and good man.
@user-ff4pi9dc3g5 жыл бұрын
2:09 one of the most beautiful shots ive ever seen in cinema
@vladimirblitz28676 жыл бұрын
This is what I call "Bravery" in my school just because I don't like to fight people call Me scared but I don't fight them just because I hate to hurt people now I know why Old people hate kids this is the best truce during war
@elsmb98394 жыл бұрын
damn i imagine if my grandpa was here my grandma use to tell me story about him of the war and the christmas truce this video got me in tears the war did many things to my family so we left home and we're in poland now
@Gurkha73able3 жыл бұрын
According to the Gordon Highlander museum in Aberdeen, my Great-grandad George Alexander Strachan (1890-1982), 2nd Batt Gordons, 20th Bge, (British) 7th Division, (who died when I was 8), was one of the 100,000 British and German troops who took part in the most famous Christmas truce in history
@Luka-rt7jy5 жыл бұрын
I ALMOST CRIED. They first play football and than shoot at themselves
@CalumOH10 жыл бұрын
If that was me about to get out of the trench to walk towards the enemys I would definitely not go first. If this was how the Christmas truce really happened then I am amazed how they went back to their trenchs the next day and started shooting again.
@Vikingr4Jesus59195 жыл бұрын
If only the war really did stop at this. If only "The War to end all wars" truly would end all wars.
@Amclaren20094 жыл бұрын
There’s a saying “Never trust an old man in a profession where young men die” I think this a truth in every war. War rarely just between men and almost always between nations.
@andreaslustig36755 жыл бұрын
Was für ein geiler Trailer... Da kann einem das Herz erweichen... So, nur so kann es gewesen sein..
@sc0ttyb0dy12313 жыл бұрын
very touching.put a tear in my eye..good men killing good men for reasons not known to them. but, at the end of the day, the beguiled, uncertain and emotionally wrung man will identify with his supposed "enemy". in our hearts, we just want to get along. but as soldiers (pawns) in a grand game of chess..we are easily played. and very expendable.
@alexisroman83805 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most beautiful times in history
@ItsNotRealLife9 жыл бұрын
Jeez! That brought a lump to my throat when I saw the first German
@ilirshqiptar4 жыл бұрын
When the Christmas spirit win any war out there all the people come together like one .. .
@GrtSatan2 жыл бұрын
Peace and love emerge for a brief moment amidst the sheer awfulness of war.
@hunterthompson19775 жыл бұрын
This made be cry due to the fact my great grandfather was in that war
@convoyjack33105 жыл бұрын
The Day in history we will never forget
@yllirianblood36424 жыл бұрын
Im muslim , i hope all humans can life in Freedom !!! Best scene , no more Brother war !! Muslim 🤝 Christ
@neththeobnoxioussponge89294 жыл бұрын
Finally, the respect between two beliefs
@DanielAirGuitar4 жыл бұрын
Another christian here. Only love for you and your people. Wish more people would think like you and consider others their brothers. Peace!
@vistahillstheatre9 жыл бұрын
“The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence” ― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets
@caroll33098 жыл бұрын
Great film and this is one of its most memorable scenes,
@FruityTweeter12 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video. I think both sides advanced more in one christmas of peace than in the next 4 years of war.
@henrywillis238110 жыл бұрын
This is an incredibly moving piece of film, what is more remarkable that it is actually based on real life events. Imagine if the soldiers had chosen to turn on there officers as happened in Russia and just gone home would n't that have been amazing
@rogueriderhood18623 жыл бұрын
Why would they have turned on their officers?
@hiddenfromhistory1008 ай бұрын
My grandfather was there - the fraternization happened every Christmas and at other times too, not just in 1914.
@mj_sma5 жыл бұрын
Thank you recommendation. For bring me to the old souls who’s been here for a long time. And for the lovely video.
@alexamerling795 жыл бұрын
"Hello Tommy." Truly moving.
@doodlydoo39354 жыл бұрын
This has to be the most saddest yet, wholesome thing to see.
@ImMasterKush9 жыл бұрын
That's beautiful it wants to make me cry
@blt4dayzrj52011 жыл бұрын
Lovely just lovely.I love it when 2 nations who are at war meet togeather as 1 to end all this sufering and have 1 moment of peace
@imgroot78726 жыл бұрын
The best christmas i have ever seen It,s make me crying
@singingdeejay11 жыл бұрын
i just sat here and cried. to think of such a gesture. it only goes to show, that LOVE conquers evil, and there can be peace on earth--if we truly strive for it. i pray, that -soon- everyone will lay down their weapons of hatred , jealousy, and selfishness--and replace them with love, patience and tolerance, for one another. To everyone--Merry Christmas!
@pr1y0h4d15 жыл бұрын
i am still watching again and again...i sheed my tears ...man,this is for real?yeah...it's real...christmas spirit make feel comfort anybody in anger...peace be unto you,like jesus said to His apostle and us...
@antinate48229 жыл бұрын
Buetiful act during a horrible time.#RESPECT
@waynetube5811 жыл бұрын
I heard many years ago from an old man that Angelic forms actually appeared in the heavens above them.
@rogueriderhood18623 жыл бұрын
Been drinking, had he?
@verdew81819 жыл бұрын
I wish this movie had been available to watch back when it came out in 1969.
@jamesfuchs2233 жыл бұрын
The world needs something like this today.
@rstein9263 жыл бұрын
It was at this moment both sides realised "Why are we fighting? Just because some guy in Sarajevo gets murdered and the other countries see it as an excuse for war?"
@sunnysmiley5412 жыл бұрын
The Christmas truce is the prime example and reminder that no matter who you are, what nation or religion you come from, we are all human. The fact that on Christmas, a festive day, the troops not only acknowledged it but took the opportunity to take a risk and share the day with their enemy reveals so much about humanity. On this day the soldiers put their differences aside and proved that peace is possible. If we take the chance we learn that we have more in common with people than we think.
@TheApostol334 жыл бұрын
Nádherné video.....toto video má dušu . Thanks for sharing , friends.
@JacquelineMosco11 жыл бұрын
wow, what an example to us all, no matter what nationality you are or country you come from. From a German Canadian ......
@USACLINTEASTWOOD8 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas.
@jmplobo81842 жыл бұрын
They realised the significance of Christmas.They were filled with the Spirit of Christ.... they were blessed with the peace of our Lord.
@Jersey2tall869 жыл бұрын
...An amazing moment 100 years ago.
@TheLancerLady9 жыл бұрын
This is very beautiful! :')
@janadelong4288 жыл бұрын
Thank you for adding this video to share. I share it will my junior high students every year at Christmas.
@DavidJY197013 жыл бұрын
This is a true moment of humanity
@isaacreed581410 жыл бұрын
This would never happen now. :( Happy Christmas in advance!
@re10106 жыл бұрын
Isaac Reed never say never. If anything, we are more likely to do it than they did in ww1
@MrOystein19775 жыл бұрын
I dont think moment like that happens any longer in wars. 😔 I also gave seem an old movie clip from a Gettysburg reunion in the late 30ths. Veterans from both sides shook hands and embracef each other..
@Gp2ever3 жыл бұрын
Those soliders , show us than mankind can be on peace ...forever
@aleramone237 жыл бұрын
2:10 what a beautiful scene. its just looks like how it must have happened. makes you travel on time. i must watch this movie.
@ayoutubeuser78403 жыл бұрын
Petion to have this as a chirstmas ad
@Some1623 Жыл бұрын
Has a German this brings a tear to my eye what great men we had
@kumaflamewar65244 жыл бұрын
man, those german trenches have an amazing soprano section.
@andro78627 жыл бұрын
War brings out the best and worst in people.
@joonamikkonen_8 жыл бұрын
Oh my God! Am I the only one who cries here! Christ! What I am goind to do with my life! ;(
@MotionMcAnixx6 жыл бұрын
A beautiful depiction of what was - what could have been - and what the damnable high commands decreed. All in three and a half minutes.
@Ww1photos17166 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@darthbiker23115 жыл бұрын
History books also state that in 1917, after the news broke in the trenches that the armistice had been signed, soldiers from both sides got out of the trenches and cheered. They ran towards each other and embraced in No Man's Land, glad that they didn't have to kill each other anymore. Simply shows that in a real war, there are no winners. I guess what's truly terrifying about this Christmas truce is that after Christmas they had to go back to killing each other.