The official music video for Christmas Truce by Sabaton, from the new album The War To End All Wars.
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======== Christmas Truce LYRICS ==========
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
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
========== HISTORIC FACT ==========
On December 24, 1914, an unofficial Christmas Truce was enforced on the Western Front. An act of trust and harmony, British and German soldiers mingled and played games together in the midst of one of the most atrocious events of the 20th century - World War I.
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Additional vocals by The Flowing Chords Choir
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Black Lounge studios by Jonas Kjellgren.
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On December 24, 1914, an unofficial Christmas Truce was enforced on the Western Front. An act of trust and harmony, British and German soldiers mingled and played games together in the midst of one of the most atrocious events of the 20th century - World War I. Read more about the Christmas Truce of 1914 👉 www.sabaton.net/historical-facts/christmas-truce-was-enforced/ ➞ SUBSCRIBE for more Sabaton: sabat.one/KZhead ➞ MERCHANDISE Official Store: sabat.one/ytdshop
I'm going to add this to my Christmas playlist. Thanks. This is one of the biggest Christmas.miracles in hundreds of years.
Rip i have at this time school
@@lucaslochau2447 me too mate... I feel your pain...
So it's gonna go live in the morning where i'm from.
i would watch live, but its at 4 am for me
Finally. . . we can replace Mariah Carrey's "All I want for Christmas is you" with a song we can actually listen to on repeat and not get sick of it.
yea lets play this in malls and stores
This song literally kills Mariahs Carrey’s “ all I want for Christmas is you” lol this song is epic!
@@ScaleModel_Creations Sure, why the fuck not!
Sabaton - best band ever
There is a plenty of metal Christmas song or at least covers out there Christopher Lee even made some covers of Christmas songs with his band before he passed my he rest in peace
"Warfootball is a simple game: 22 soldiers chase a ball for 90 minutes and, in the end, unlike wars, the Germans always win". - Gary Lineker
You gotta admit though, it takes a lot of effort to defeat them.
Everyone keeps ganging up on them though lol
I'm stealing that, it's hilarious. Interesting enough, as the others have said, in both World Wars, notably more countries were on the Allied powers than the Central/Axis powers. WW1; Allies; Britain (which at the time included Austalia), USA, Italy, France, Serbia and Russia Central powers; Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, the Ottoman empire. WW2; Allies; USA (E-fucking-ventually), Britain (again with Australia), France, Russia (who joined six months before America) and China. Axis; Germany, Italy, Japan.
@@Lord_Numpty There's several other powers that signed on the Axis side. Romania and Bulgaria both their armies involved in the invasion of the Soviet Union. Indeed, the operation that turned the tide in Stalingrad (Operation Uranus - the encirclement of German forces in Stalingrad) involved cutting through the Romanian Third and Fourth armies, which were guarding the Germans' flank. Finland was also an ally of Germany in what they called the Continuation War, but unlike Romania and Bulgaria, they weren't ultranationalist nutjobs like the Nazis, they just wanted to reclaim territory lost to the Soviets in the Winter War of 1939. And if you start including minor international powers rather than the ones on the front lines in Europe (and the Pacific in WWII) you get multiple representatives on every continent (except Antarctica, due to the lack of countries) picking sides. Canada, Brazil, Peru, the fighting in Africa (mostly because they were colonies and getting dragged into the war by their European overlords)...a full list of belligerants for either war is *very* long.
@@Lord_Numpty it was the British Empire with a fuck ton of colonies, that alone is a formidable enemy.
The time has come... to blast this masterpiece over the neighbors boring Christmas jingles
Metal Christmas spirit calls for it 😎
@@SabatonReally cool to hear from you guys. You absolutely hit this out of the park.
thought of doing the same thing, hope one of my neighbors is epic enough to recognize it and sign
@@Sabaton I will blast this so loud and long. This is my offical Christmas Song.
Same here!
I think the Christmas Truce proves to me that even at humanities lowest point, we prefer to be kind to one another.
Amen it really restores my faith in humanity
I thought that too, until this last month :(
What happened bro?@@fatcarl76
@@fatcarl76gaza?
@Vergil749 correct. Seeing so many ppl I know that raise their voice for every injustice be quiet on this. Knowing thr US is funding it. And seeing the atrocities from Motaz and others every day.
Me and bois putting aside our differences for a game of footie
The War was Thundering in your head.... but then it stopped... for a day.
can't wait to see the live performance audiences playing football while Joakim tapping the piano keys
@@bernardreinhartkoper8917 bringing a football ball on a performance both in Belfast and Dublin. When they come.
Well the war would only intensify if they brought football to the Caucasus front
Just a good game of soccer with friends
I can finally add Sabaton to my Christmas playlist.
There is "Screaming eagles" that is close to this theme
What about Screaming Eagles, that's a christmas song aswell.
@@spinosaurusiii7027 it isn't
oh...i already did, long ago... cuz one can listen to them always
Yes.
All these guys of the 1914 christmas truce are legends but the first guy to step out of the trench with his hands up is an absolute legend
He was a 16 year old British soldier who stepped out
@@Vendetta_sIt's was just a kid...
@@Vendetta_sdamn
Imagine. He could easily have been shot at, by any of the more than dozen armed men on the other side. He took a serious risk.
There are Accounts that it was german from saxony , they was also the first who sang and kaiser Willhelm was the one who gave the Xmas trees
"We were soldiers." "Carried the war on our shoulders" That quote hits hard
Ради чего мы хороним своих друзей..
Honestly every single line hits hard in this masterpiece
@@viktorgombos4975 thats true
Love it and proud to be a small part of this! 🔥
Great song and Great vocals at the end Floor!!!
I knew I recognised that powerful female voice at 6:50 into the clip. Just never guessed :)
Absolutely spellbinding vocals at the end. Knew it was you right away
Your vocals floor me every time
Your voice was a great addition to the outro, lovely, thank you Floor.
Wtf? Why didn't Tommy play a Tommy? 😂
Bruh I cannot see tommy with mustache 😂
His here
0:27
The return of the king
They didn’t use Thompson’s in WW1. Boxes full of them arrived in France on the November 11 but they were never used in combat.
I am a 76 year old Granny and this brought tears to my eyes. The stupidity of war.
As long as it is the mere calling of men to be men... in prevention of falling into a decline of socialism/communism.... we good. God bless you Granny ;)
Ich war 10 Jahre alt und hörte diese Geschichte von einem Kriegsteilnehmer. Damals verstand ich sie nicht. Es gab auch den sinnlosen Tod seines Kameraden.Jeder Krieg ist ein Verbrechen, keine Mutter gibt ihren Sohn für den Krieg
None of us are truly enemies of each other. personal pride, petty excuses and child-like antics of politicians and people of influence are the cause of all of it. In the end we put aside all of that and attain Men of Real honor, Real love for family and Real understanding of what all of these things can cause only then can war truly be brought to an end
Also shows that metal can reach all ages. Thank you, you are probably the coolest grandma ever.
they fight for friends family and nation. never for government that used them. abuse the power and it will strike back
This song actually makes me cry. I mourn this war, which should have never been fought.
And its consequences are still felt to this day. If only our leaders could’ve followed the soldiers example.
@@mileshill7196The reigning monarchs were my cousins. I bear the burden of such guilt, this war was a stupid, stupid family feud among my kin. I'm so sorry it came to all that...
1. No bullets Fly 2. Christmas Truce This songs makes me cry so hard
En Livstid i Krig?
And a hammer has fallen
Soldiers are still humans not monsters. In a way soldiers from both sides are the victims of failed diplomacy or other failures by their rulers.
@@Skeletronik-cz1op That song is dramatic too. But not enough for make me cry
@@Drag0nvil How they fight each other after treaty? This is so heavy.
That piano sound and fade into the guitar was absoluitely legendary!
Agreed, absolutely stunning. The rest too, of course. Another stunning masterpiece. Also Nordern, balds together strong?
Wow,you,hi nordern.
Oh hello, Norden!
Bald
I agree, it's also nice that Joachim can still slam his knee with a piano too.
Two years later and I still tear up when I watch this. Merry Christmas, my fellow metal heads.
I saw a film about this event. “Merry Christmas” is a cross-border production. It would be too nice if this event were to repeat itself today. My thoughts are with the people who cannot experience Christmas in peace.
Same. It's a tear jerker
This. This is the truest meaning of Christmas - friendship, brotherhood. For months, the world went mad... then on the Western Front, these men did the only thing that made sense in all the madness: they laid down their weapons and celebrated Christmas. I'm a US vet... and this means a lot to me. Sabaton, we thank you.
Hear hear!
Aye, I raise a drink in your name, our veterans, and brothers and sisters that didn't make it home through out the centuries. Thank you for your service. HEAR HEAR!! 🥹🥹🍻🍻
Usa soldiers terrorised all World
Finally, a Christmas song that I actually want to hear outside of December.
Ikr
I wholeheartedly agree
@aswer huio Correct me if I’m wrong but I believe this year is 107 year anniversary this Christmas
It's "Shchedryk" - Christmas Russian-Ukrainian folk song
You f*cking said it! This is what I’m talking about.
Fantastic as always. A great reminder that men can still find their humanity in the midst of inhumanity.
agreed! #lestweforget
I hope you're going to make a video on this song
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@@VloggingThroughHistory Well damn, ask and you shall receive!
#lestweforget
A crime that this video only has 14 million views. This song is a masterpiece. The video absolutely amazing and also a masterpiece
Agreed! I saw that just now (coming back to watch again) and thought “WTF?!?” This video after 2 years sh/be in the hundreds of millions.
It will build
I'm from Great Britain🇬🇧 love Sabaton🇸🇪🇨🇿
Me too. They are superb. Love this song. Immense.
Вау! Круто! Я из России 🇷🇺 Люблю Sabaton🇸🇪🇨🇿
I can not believe Sabaton traveled back in time just to record a music video! This has been a very beautiful tribute to one of the most human episodes among the craziness of War. Mycket bra!
Well they did it before with verdun
Maestro de Lys un placer verlo aquí
Waiting for a r/whooosh
@@101BULLET me too but ill still have hope that it does not happen
Hola, podrías sacar video de está canción?
*"We were soldiers, carried the war on our shoulders"* It can't be more Sabaton-ish than this...
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@@marvin-dailyhacksundmehr9546 yeah that looks a bit sketchy.
Und was willst Du uns damit sagen? Daß Sabaton das spielt? ;) Kann ich mir irgendwie nicht vorstellen...
Eden's gate
@@marvin-dailyhacksundmehr9546what's the video called? KZhead broke links, the link doesn't work
The only song in many years to make me tear up, not only for its beautiful composition. But for the sheer effort and story it tells, while also being a hell of joy to listen too. Thank you and Merry Christmas everyone!
Thanks for appreciating it, it's really our privilege to tell these stories. Merry Christmas! 🤘
This song really hits every time. The blood that was spilt for nothing. Rest in peace brothers.
The Christmas Truce was a series of unofficial ceasefires that took place only 5 months after the war had begun. Gaps in the fighting took place as materiel supplies ran low and commanders began to reconsider their plans following the stalemates at Marne and Ypres. Pope Benedict XV had suggested a temporary ceasefire for the celebration of Christmas, but the warring countries refused to commit to any official ceasefire. The Open Christmas Letter was also sent around this time, being an open letter signed by a group of over 100 British suffragists at then end of 1914 as the First Christmas of the Great War approached. The letter was written in acknowledgement of the horror of war and as a direct response to letters written to the president of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance by a small group of German Suffragists that also had called for peace. The week before Christmas soldiers from the German side of the trenches began to sing carols, play in brass bands, and eventually, on the dawn of Christmas Day, some German soldiers emerged from their trenches and approached the Allied lines. Calling out "Merry Christmas" In their enemies' native tongues. Initially the allies feared it was a trick, and in some sections of the trenches the allied lines simply fired upon those wishing for peace, quickly ending the momentary ceasefire. In most areas, particularly lines that weren't British (If I'm recalling it correctly) The allied soldiers held their fire upon realizing that the moment was not an attempt at subterfuge and soon came to meet their momentary friends in the middle of No-Man's Land. They exchanged gifts of tobacco, pudding, buttons, helmets, and even chocolate as they sang carols and even had some German Soldiers light Christmas trees around their trenches and played games. Not every part of the trenches was as good natured, some simply agreed to momentary ceasefires at a distance, permitting their opponents to rest and relax in their own trenches, exchange prisoners with one another, or set about the grim task of recovering the dead from No Man's Land. Unfortunately, in the subsequent years the commanding officers on both sides had issued strongly worded orders against such fraternization, and come the Christmas of 1915, when British soldiers heard carols coming from the trenches on the other side, artillery was directed to fire upon the position the sound came from, putting a stop to any future Christmas Ceasefires.
Seems to me the humane thing would've been to turn rifles on commanders giving orders against such fraternisations. Oh well
@@deptusmechanikus7362 unfortunately that would be considered a mutiny and probably end with a court martial case or even execution
@@deptusmechanikus7362 well the commanders were rich or upper class bellends at the time so yeah it would have been a good idea
@@deptusmechanikus7362 Trust, God never fails his judgment.
@@deptusmechanikus7362 most war are between the elites, not the footsoldiers....
Just used this song to teach my 7 yo daughter that an enemy in war is not necessarily a bad person but a human being. On the 1st of november we allways visit Henri-Chapelle War Cemetery and visit an unknown soldier. Now she starts to realize the madness ... I'm so glad she 's allready a fan of Sabaton (especially of Hannes) and I can use the music we love to teach her things that matter in life ... thanks Sabaton
Thanks for sharing this!
reading this made my day
Once she gets old, she will share your wisdom and the things that you teach, to his son or her daughter, and may the things that you said to her will be sent to more and more generations
This makes me so happy! We homeschooled our sons. And Sabaton music is a perfect way to teach children history! 💕🙏 from OH 🇺🇸
This...made my day. If hope springs eternal, then where there is darkness, that darkness can never win as long as there is but a glimmer of light that exists. If that light exists, then hope exists, and it shall never fade. You, sir, give me hope that future generations will never forget the sacrifices and stories of the men who have fought, and given, so much. Sacrificed so much. If for no other reason, than to give the future a chance to shine so much brighter than it did in their day. Bless you, and especially your little one, these holidays in 2021. May they find you well, and find you safe.
This song has now become a tradition for me every year in December, the lyrics make it feel like you are experiencing first hand a slight amount of humanity, in an otherwise terrifying time on the front lines of the Great war. Happy Holidays Sabaton 🤘
👍🎄🧑🎄❄️☃️⛪🙏🎁✌️🌟😇
We love becoming part of your everyday life habits 😉 Thanks a lot!
@@SabatonС Рождеством 🎄🎉🌟🎆🎅❄️
This was the song that got a 57 year old grandma to listen to metal music. I am in the process of listening to All of your songs! I am a lover of History and wish that more people would inform themselves about it. We Must Remember or we are destined to Repeat it! I wish I could see you in concert when you come to New York but I am afraid I won't have the money to do so . My Heart is with you gentlemen you make a Difference and I thank you!
It was so wholesome to read your message 😎 Thanks a lot for writing! We hope to see you from the stage one of these days ;)
"Herr Leutnant, why does the Swede with the weird haircut get a piano right in the trench, but I can't get a second pair of socks? Also, Tommy ROCKING that Menjou mustache.
"Ah you must be new, that's Sabaton. They make music about us and our brothers stories. They're actually pretty good. If we ever return home I'll play you a few of their songs."
I love it
Must be the reason he threw a grenade all the way over No Man's Land
@@john_ipu8721 at some points the trenches were only 50 meters apart, what a good thrower could do.
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A metal, historical Christmas song. They have truly ascended
I think it would be cool if they did a song on Washington crossing the Delaware to attack the mercenaries on Christmas night
@@josephrupsis4623 has no American band done this?
I think I play it on christmas
@@kikedli it's in my top 5. Neck & neck w/Bing & co.
Sabaton the best history teacher you never had in school.
Showed this to my students last year before Christmas and got to see you guys perform it in Houston! Almost teared up for all 6 classes... the students LOVED IT! They couldnt imagine a world where theyd have to go through this. May all of the soldiers of the Great War rest in peace... they deserve it!
I Wish i had a teacher Like you :(
@@ARVN_RangerI was about to say that too, the best I had was a teacher who mentioned the Harlem Hellfighters but that’s it
teachers like you are the reason kids become doctors, lawyers and historians. good on you for teaching the next generation and doing it with style
I never was a credentiated History teacher, but at any time that I tutored History, I always made sure I mentioned The 1914 Christmas Truce.
This is my dilemme, would it be inhonoured if I bring it to my 12 years old pupils * or it should be shown fully? *because of the traumatic sight of corpses. Somewhere, I think, it could be / maybe mustn't shown.
This is what I love about Sabaton. They aren't pro-war. They're very much anti-war, but with a strong idea for the sacrifice and bravery of these men.
Not gonna lie, this video made me shed tears - having read about this tiny spark of hope in history's war-torn times amplified the emotional impact.
it makes me shed tears too, I believe we are all brothers and sisters on this earth. We do not need to fight each other ever regardless of what our politicians and world leaders tell us
I had the same feeling just watching I had tears.
its a moment that shows everything good with humanity a brief beam of light to keep up hope for our species that good is still outthere in us even if the grimness and violence of reality trys to push us to cynism and depresison
Same
Frenchies in the Trenchies it's always special
Every Christmas during school, my German teacher would always tell the story of the Christmas truce of 1914. He would tell the story of the events somberly and proceed to sing silent night in German then English. Thank you Sabaton for making this and forever treasuring this memory. The song is just perfect!
And thank you for remeber the brave Soldiers on both sides
Silent Night the only Christmas Carol I learned in three languages English, German, and Spanish.
Sie haben einen geilen Lehrer.
Wholesome
My German teacher that was in the Africa Corp told me of the same story. Brothers in arms celebrated together, and the next day they all shot over each others head. They all realised that no body wanted to be there and that they had more income with each other than divided them. It is politicians that pit us against one another.
May we never forget this truce, for it is proof that, even in the most violent of battlefields, our love for each other as friends, family, brothers and lovers will forever live on, for as all life that calls this planet home, it will always find a way to both survive and thrive. And may one day, there's truly an event where all wars truly come to an end. Until that day. Till All Are One
I am not crying, you are crying.
Ah yes, finally one of the finest moments of humanity in WW1 is covered by on of the finest bands of the modern times
Это не круто. Это плохо.
Agreed.
@@Zask_Nowember Ладно.
One of the finest bands?! IT'S THE FINEST!!!
I wouldn’t say finest, but they ain’t bad
This song needs to be number one worldwide for Christmas as a reminder that even during one of the most horrific conflicts in recent history that moments of humanity still existed. Especially in a world of social media where it feels like people strive to divide rather than unite
Yes, it brings me to tears, even thinking that it started off with soldiers singing "Silent Night" in their own language, and the guns went silent.
Yes we need to make this number one!
You said it all. Congratulations.
then lets get it there my friend :D
ironically' though we are not shooting each other, there is less in common between the sides now than there were during ww1 the cultures were basicly exactly the same but with different languages. We no longer can agree on basic morality.
My great grandfather fought in that terrible war. He was sent to fetch an AWOL soldier who ventured into a nearby forest. Upon meeting that soldier, he heard him explain how pointless and cruel the war was. After hearing him speak, my grandfather decided to stay in that forest with him.
The only Christmas song that make grown men cry. 🤘🎄
Christmas Truce" 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 (We're 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 (We're 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
How u know the lyrics?
@@alfredalfiesiv7082 probably a very good listener
@@juustoinenperuna9171 description
Thanks, man
@@riccards oh. :I
-my grandfather told me once, when he was on france defending a city, on that day of 24th there was a cease fire of 3 days, 3 days both sides smile, eat and play togheter, 2 weeks later the enemy fall back for a reason: they could not shoot their new friends... Thanks Sabaton, let us all remenber this truce and those who die for that day
Most of the units that partook in a truce ended up being moved to different areas because they wouldn’t fight.
@@deathdragon2283 I heard that too, but is allways a great story...
@@deathdragon2283 I guess that´s the exact reason why there was the threat of court mashals for anyone who partook on possible future truces.
This shows how devastating war is for a human. My family used to watch over a 96 year old man-who has sadly passed away now-and he would tell stories about WW2 every now and then. He mentioned the Chrismas truce once or twice,every time he did I would just cry like a baby. May him and all soldiers rest in peace
Also, this "Great War" is nothing but politics and it was a war against brothers
The last verse singing about friends while while the guns have restarted firing is heart wrenching
💯😢
When we celebrate Christmas We thought about our friends Those that never made it home When the battle had commenced... Lest we forget...
Merry Christmas to everyone. Thank you Sabaton for your masterpiece of a song. I get emotional every time I hear it. Thank you for keeping the memories of so many brave men and women, from all over the world, Alice with your music.
It is our privilege. Thank you for writing!
I’m so happy that you guys are doing another WW1 album. Too much to talk about just to have one album.
Agreed
On the other hand, there is so much other history to make albums of!
Good part its Christmas
@@sleepytt9537 Which means they will be releasing plenty of albums in the future :)
I think this is only a single
The Christmas Truce: one of the most uplifting stories in a war full of misery, but then also one of the most heartbreaking gut-punches when you remember these men had to resume fighting as soon as that day was done.
And the next year the people who tried for another truce were fired upon
@@mcklub Yes, especially since commanders specifically ordered attacks and artillery barrages before Christmas to make sure both sides hated each others enough. And I guess by 1915 average soldier had too many dead friends and relatives to even want to try it
@@guerney2000 There still were cases of soldiers fraternizing going on, or at least attempting to, sides developing "live and let live" policy, agreeing not to attack during morning washing times and such. SOldiers simply trying to make their own situations slightly more bearable. Because let's be honest, a grunt at the front line doesn't give a damn what some high-ranking medal-sporting prick miles and miles away from the front lines, sitting comfortably in their officer quarters, enjoying warm meals... a front line grunt doesn't care what such brass "wants" A soldier in ww1 wants to survive.
It is not as uplifting when you realize that it had nothing to do with not harming each other but rather giving themselves a day off.
@@mcklub "If you should falter, remember that captain Darling and I are behind you." "About thirty five *miles* behind you."
С Рождеством Христовым!
Frohe Weihnachten!
It is close to the time of the year again. This song has become one of my Christmas time songs that will play on Christmas Truce day. Merry very early Christmas to everyone and may the warriors of the past rest in peace as they shall forever live on
These men will be missed
These men will be missed
Igual 😁
Only Sabaton can upload a "Christmas" song in October, and for me not to be annoyed at Christmas in October. Absolute masterpiece.
It is Christmas. Well, at least in the Philippines.
@@brothercharanus1927 as a Filipino, I agree
@@brothercharanus1927 As a Filipino, i too agree
@@brothercharanus1927 considering we got 3-4 months of it. XD
With Death to the world, this is the only Christmas song that I can now tolerate in October / November XD
Easily the best moment of human history. Through all the hatred, all the doubt, all the fear, humanity showed that it hadn't completely lost its mind. In the end, we're all the same. We just wear different uniforms.
I dont want to be mean but wasnt the truce only in the first year?
@@denisjankovic2164 I forget which year it was, but aye it wasn't a permanent arrangement. It did have some positive lasting effect, however: both sides had to relocate the units that participated in the truce because they flat-out refused to fire at each other anymore. That just makes me happy lol, being a soldier myself. Being able to respect your enemy is a key part of the good soldier's mindset.
"War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other" Paul Valery
@@masonwingate7683 wait i didnt know about the rearengment part. Makes more sense then just starting to fire again tho.
@@denisjankovic2164 From what i learned about it, The truce happened in either the first or second year, i think you are correct by saying the first year. It was also before they started doing massive conscription. Most of the people in the battlefield at this point in history where professional solders. They where trained to fight, But not to hate the enemy. They where (Mostly) All people who volunteered to be in the military and they could understand that this is just a job. Once people start being conscripted they just want the war to end. They have been seeing propaganda about each other to make them want to hate each other Then there is the fact that the generals did not want it to happen a second time either. Personally. This should happen in every conflict. If it is a major holiday, especially one that both sides celebrate, the fighting should be put on hold to celebrate life.
I return to this song every year and it brings tears to my eyes every single time
When I saw this song on the album I was like "what's this, I haven't heard of that", then I played the song while reading about it and it genuinely made me cry, it's such a moving story, I love the song, I love the piano and that first little bit always gets my attention, that chorus is also just so powerful I absolutely love it
The only Christmas song we need
indeed
Forget “all I need for Christmas is you” we need to play this 24/7 in the stores
Putting the actual Truce aside, I love, truly love how Sabaton never takes sides. They tell a story and play good music, they don't choose one or the other. I cherish Sabaton so much for doing something most bands can't, teaching history while providing good music. I've learned more from Sabaton's songs and Sabaton history than I have in a long time.
"They never pick a side", then they make a song named 'The rise of Evil', they make a song celebrating war criminal Witold Pilecki, they call Saddam insect of terror while repeating data proven fake that was used to justify the II Gulf War, they literally tell every battle from the pov of one single side and it all perfectly aligns with Western narrative.
@regi grenski fax
They definitely take sides haha
@regi grenski I'd say that there's a large difference between the evils of men like Hitler and most common soldiers, even though they were enabling and perpetuating his evil. On the other hand, WW1 was terrible, and both sides did kill quite a few civilians (though Russia and the Ottomans take the prize). However, today we don't think of it as death camps, slavery, and fascism. Because it wasn't about that, and was not the goal. My personal takeaway is that WW2 is remembered more for the cartoon insane level of villainy than anything else. The death toll was massive, but that's not going to be the first thing we think of when it comes to that war.
@@apollo1694 No, they don't. Sabaton making a song that focuses on one side or one person doesn't mean they are taking sides. They TEACH HISTORY via their songs. Y'all need to use your brains.
24.12.2023, Wesołych Świąt and frohe Weihnachten to all European brothers and sisters.
I just heard this for the first time; my daughter played the video for me. It is so beautiful - the music, the story - both are miracles. As a musician and a lover of history, I thank you so much for bringing to life what is probably my favorite historical story. Now I love the Christmas truce even more, and you have two new fans (me and my daughter.)
Welcome on board guys! It's so cool to read you enjoyed our material in such a way. Thanks a lot for writing 🤘
God bless!!!! I and my little 3-year-old rock out to sabaton as well. She loves the guitar play in sabaton songs she gets so excited when a guitar solo comes on.
Would’ve been better to release on Christmas Eve but I digress… THIS IS GOING TO BE AWESOME!
I agree but also NEW SONG !!!
Yes but why make yourself wait I’m pumped
Me too
@@firlyasuma46 why nudes when you got sabaton
very true but the song is a goddamn banger
Imagine a world where the Christmas Truce was the end of the war. Not because the powers that be declared an end, but because all of the soldiers on both sides collectively refused to fight anymore.
Yes, that's what we want. What if people listened to Christmas Truce and Tommy's A Christmas Carol, with the Dickens story advising us all to live everyday as if it is Christmas, to keep Christmas in our hearts every day of the year.
That's actually what would've happened until the captains were all court-martialed. Very sad.
Im trying to write a fantasy story based ariund the WW1 era, and frankly Im tempted to use that idea.
@@369destroyer go for it if you want to use it!
That would have been so beautiful
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noël, C Рождеством - my european brothers. No more brothers wars!
I need to say, since I'd heard that music for the first time, it already had take me in the heart. Perfection, beautiful, amazing!
Wow, thank you! KEEP IT METAL 🤘
This is the only Christmas song ill allow to play before Halloween.
Agreed
The only song allowed to play in malls 100 times a day 3 months in a row
So magestic...
@@NuggetsAutomotive quack!
the fact that this actually happened is amazing, and it shows that people CAN put aside their differences to make peace. even if it is just for a moment
Sad thing is, neither side wanted to fight each other afterwards, so they're commanders moved them to different parts of the trench and forbid any type of peace forming again.
простым солдатам эта война не нужна была. и у них не было личной ненависти к тем, кто сидит в окопах по ту сторону.
WWI was a weird one for sure. Many of the pilots and officers came from high ranking and adjacent royal families... many of them were related to each other, cousins at least. So 3 months prior you may have been at a large party with all these people and not you're supposed to fight them. Hard for any man to do. Same thing with the pilots in WWI. The goal was to shoot down planes, not murder pilots. Those who kept aggressively attack planes that were no long combat capable, or shooting at pilots on the ground were seen as very dishonorable men. Many of them were reprimanded for doing things like that. It was not a thing gentlemen did. Even the Red Baron was that way. He turned it off once the fight was over.
@@MrClarkisgod I watched a movie about him and there was a scene when a German pilot shot a plane a lot of times wjen clearly it was out of action. The people on the ground even said let the pilot land and the Red Baron reprimanded the pilot who shot the plane
The fact is that there are less differences between worker Hans from Bavaria, postman Jean from Normandy and peasant Ivan from Smolensk than between each of them and "ruling elites" which send millions to die for their interests.
I don't think I've had a Sabaton song bring me to tears before like this one. This one song is so beautiful. Conveying a beautiful and magical event in the most harrowing and darkest times in the history of humanity. This hits home for me because my family has fought all over Europe, for the German Empire, (with cousins and distant relatives in Italy, France, Britain, Scandinavia, Ireland, Scotland, etc.) My grandfather was in the Air Force in Vietnam, and his health is in decline. To me, this song is beautiful. I don't know if Sabaton themselves will see this, but thank you so much. This means a lot to me, and many others I imagine. You guys made a masterpiece! ❤
Thank you for your kind words. Means a lot to us when we read comments like this one! KEEP IT METAL 🤘
@@SabatonI love you guys, you always continue to amaze us all with your talent. Please never stop. o7
A vet am I, nothing special, every day I hope for peace, every day world leaders let us down. THank you Sabaton
Thankyou for your service ❤, I do wish that peace one day falls apron this planet and if not in my life time sometime within the next century❤️
This is such a diversion from normal sabaton songs, this was simply incredible. Somehow managed to make a Christmas style song that perfectly encapsulates the mood on the frontlines of the Great War, this moved me to tears and I don’t think any other song had ever done that, what a start to what will undoubtedly be an amazing album
bro you didn't cry during "In Flanders' Field"? "We loved and were loved" gets me every time
Check out The Hammer Has Fallen live at Gothenburg if you want something similar
@@jadonlimoges1830 for me its:,, six miles of ground has been won, half a million man are gone" from price of mile.
@@denisjankovic2164 "Sad to realize too late; Death was meant to be my fate"
Based on real events.
The very traditional sounds of the holidays combined with fascinating history and powerful new music and lyrics. This song needs a big push on mainstream radio and I need to be singing it with 30 or 40 friends in a bar Christmas Eve. This should be a holiday classic for years to come.
the problem is, do you have 30+ friends?
@@tanyavondegurechaff8773 Christmas everyone is your friend. It's right there in the song. The whole bar will sing along 😋
@@tanyavondegurechaff8773 when you get drunk everyone is a friend
@@comradesam3382 you’re not wrong
I think it will be.
Nearly been 110 years since that beautiful day of Brotherhood It shall never be forgotten
No more brother wars! Merry Christmas!
This has to be the most production I've ever seen on a music video, and it absolutely delivers. Cannot wait for this album and to see what they come up with after this one. These guys are the MASTERS of storytelling in music, and I love this band so damn much.
We gonna see a reaction to this masterpiece, tech? :)
best damn world history teachers ever!!
I say that should go to the Bismarck video, but this is incredible too.
Deutschland by Rammstein pips it from a production point of view, but I always love the Sabaton video clips. Brilliant video.
Tank reaction please!
Here in India, in our 8th Grade English textbook, our first chapter is actually a story about the Christmas Truce! I don't know if any of my friends remember it, but reading it always touched my heart. I loved it, though I ultimately didn't look much into it, thinking it was another one of those too-good-to-be-true stories. I thought that, till I saw this video. And realized it actually happened. I've been crying for an hour now. But I'm happy. Thank you, Sabaton! From the bottom of my heart, I thank you!
Thank you for sharing your story!
It might be difficult to find a copy of it in India, but I would love to recommend a movie about this event to you: “Joyeaux Noël”. It does a very good job of depicting the Christmas Truce from the point of view of the British, French and Germans, and is also one of the most emotional movies I’ve ever seen.
Hello, Hex. It is too good to be true...and yet it's true anyway.. If you study history closely, somehow during our darkest hours, humanity finds a way to shine through regardless.
If I remember correctly some of the Indian troops held a seize fire for German troops on the western front so they could celebrated Christmas. While they didn’t celebrate with them it was honorable
@@RadioactiveNapalm I need to look into that!
Merry Christmas everyone in 2023! Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
24th of December, 2023. Coming back to this masterpiece of video and song to shed a tear and celebrate christmas in the best possible way. Merry christmas and happy new year to everyone❤
It's official: This is the best (and most emotional) Christmas song in years! Well done once again, Sabaton!
Thank you!
You can say that again! Was bawling.
the Brown-Stigler incident happened days before Christmas, so No Bullets Fly is also an emotional Christmas song!
In years?! Century's mate, Century's
@@SCAR_Band Well we are early in the second one, so at this point of history no one made better so could we say Millenium ?
Imagine the confusion those soldiers had back then... It is truly one of the best stories of mankind, one that shows that despite all the terrors a human being can endure, at the end of the day is still a human being, not a machine made for war. I, personally, have the utmost respect for Sabaton because with their powerful music they manage to show us very important moments from our history and we shall remember what our ancestors did and what shall we do in the future. Once again, congratulations and keep up the good work! Epic as always!
I like to think sometimes, war was not meant for us. I don't know how to explain it well in words other than, the only reason war exists is cause the factors that lead to it always will, and we are forced to answer the call, the reason I say forced is due to the fact, no one wants to die, but they will die fighting. I hope that gets my idea out respectfully.
@@wonderdakka I see what you are getting at
Society during the great war had a very different morality and code of honor than during IIWW, that is why you had british soldiers bury the Red Baron with all the honors after finally defeating him, it truly was the last major conflict with a sense of knighthood. Sure there were awful moments and the use of chemical weapons an asshole move, but the stories of IWW have a different feeling to them, more heroic in my opinion
@@wonderdakka "war was not meant for us" I'm stealing that for the next thing I write.
@@sikness1924 there are stories like that from ww2 though.
"Peace on Earth, and good-will towards mankind."
No matter how many times I see this, it brings tears to this former soldier's eyes.
"We were soldiers Carried the war on our shoulders For our nations Is that why we bury our friends?" People we are living in the best English lyrics Sabaton has ever written.
I love how they can honor moments in war without glorifying the horror that comes with it. It always just feels honest.
My favorite lyric
One of the things I love about Sabaton, listening to their music does 2 things to me. 1:puts a fire in my blood and motivates me to finish whatever it is I start 2: pulls on my heartstrings with their lyrics until a lump is in my throat and a tear in my eyes. If you guys are reading this, you're awesome. Please don't stop putting out your music.
We appreciate you inspiring message Jon, thank you fror writing! 😎
Same emotions!
@@Sabaton on the contrary, you guys continue to inspire me. It's your music that helps me fight on through my toughest of work days. I don't think I could ever thank you enough for that.
True!
@@SabatonWatching your “Christmas Truce” has become a Christmas tradition for me. I’m featuring it in one of my stories, too! I hope you don’t mind that
The only Christmas song I would ever listen to For lest we forget
Till All Are One
I’m in tears. Sabaton, I had expected Christmas Truce to be fantastic; as all your music is, and I have been waiting for this for ages… but this is so much more than I was expecting. This is phenomenal. Absolutely phenomenal. You always said how difficult it was to write a song about this topic, well let me tell you. You have done it justice. Thank you so much.
I feel absolutely the same. I have heard this now 10 times. I am in tears every. Damn. Time. They have not only done it justice, they have exceeded what I thought possible. It's a whole other level of Sabaton but really shows what the 'modern Sabaton' sound is going to be: symphonic, classical mixed with heavy, metal support. It is completely baffling. This is the new song that I will show and play for people who want to hear what the Sabaton fuzz is about. I feel so humble and privileged to experience this band in my lifetime and it feels they are constantly reaching new peaks with every new single, and every new album they release.
@@magnushansen1238 I'll drink to that, mate!
I too shed tears. The combination of the music and video reallÿ did touch my soul!
At long last, the Christmas song has landed. Now I can celebrate the season properly, and subject my family to this beautiful melody because it is technically a Christmas song, much like Die Hard is a Christmas Movie
and home alone
Play Screaming Eagles too
Don't forget, Tommy Johansson made a Christmas Album. Give it a listen if you haven't already!!
Feliz Natal para todos!!!
Merry Christmas everyone
Love how "Carol of the Bells" was incorporated in the piano and the song revolves around it. It's a perfectly melancholy yet joyous song. Sabaton has created yet another masterpiece.
Exactly, and at 6:06 it even switches completely to carol of the bells for a moment. :D
That’s what I thought! Awesome.
Completely agree with you on that.
Carol of the Bells" is a popular Christmas carol, with music by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914[1] and lyrics by Peter J. Wilhousky. The song is based on the Ukrainian folk chant "Shchedryk".His plans to leave the country, along with the fact that he was killed by a Soviet agent, also indicate political reasons for his death
Sabaton is a mix of History and good Music, and that's why I like it!! I love the clip, the Trenches of WW1! Greetings from the western front! 💪
hi
the problem is we are in October 29 but the music slap
И вам с восточного здравствуйте.
Greetings from the Doiran front
@Ares Lictor The shops in the town where I live have had theirs up since around the end of September
After two years this song is the best.I an indian and this song is still nice. In school we all sang this song and on DISCORD and one time me and my friends sang it and it's 2024.
We love reading things like this 😉 Thanks a lot for letting us know!
Don't mind me, just making my yearly pilgrimage to this epic masterpiece.
This might just be a perfect song. It has a positive message about peace and enjoyment of life, it sounds amazing, and it's made by passionate people who actually care about what they do. 10/10 the only Christmas song I'll play year round.
This song should play in malls during Christmas.
@@ZeusGamingAOM you're God dude! Make that shit happen!
@@ZeusGamingAOM would have been so epic!!!
I can already feel some Gamers screaming "PEACE WAS NEVER AN OPTION"
@@DreadEyed yeah lol they will wait for them to leave the trenches disarmed to free kill them
When I hear this song I remember as if it was yesterday, when as a little boy I always went to my great-grandpa after school and he told me stories from the wars just like in the song. He had to fight both world wars as a soldier. His stories were mostly as moving as your song. Thanks to you I can see him in front of me and hear his voice. Thank you very much for this epic journey through time. His name was Paul, rest in peace .
We have a lot to learn from our elders. I lost two great grandfathers and a great uncle in the trenches of WW1. most ordinary soldiers on all sides were manual workers who had never experienced the military or war. It must have been awful, a hell on Earth that they had been thrust into. @M - v - P I’m glad your great grandfather survived both wars and was able to pass on his wisdom and experiences to you.
Cherish these stories. Use them as lessons. Many thanks and much respect to your great grandfather.
awesome
@@freyallarganswald4746 he lives on in my heart
24 Dec 2023 Merry Christmas everyone
yep
TODAY WE ARE ALL BROTHERS
@@matheussuzuki1046 me 🍻🎄all of us
Merry Christmas Folks…let us have peace on this earth.
Sabaton will always be one of my most important metal bands I have ever discovered. To bring history back to life with their music, to never forget these stories of humanity is a wonder to behold. These guys are incredible.
Preserving memories one song at a time
They also created the most epic christmass song.
Perfectly happy to admit i cried over this. Those men of Germany, of Britain, of Belgium and of France (and all their far flung empires), who had been murdering eachother and the command of their government, and would spend four years murdering eachother after the 25th of December 1914, managed to spend most of a day in fellow-feeling and comradeship, in spite of and despite the will of their rulers. This story's always touched me deeply, and given me hope that we might rise above the petty hatreds that dictate our lives. That we could reach a day where there is no more war, and no more pain. And just a group of friends, playing footy and getting drunk, and having a good time.
The last gasp of innocence and humanity from the lost generation
@@Unknown_Genius Have you ever read the sci-fi book Enders Game. While I don't truly agree with it, one of the key ideas was that to defeat an enemy you must know them to the point of in some ways loving them. Most soldiers are not murderous psychopaths. In fact, I'd say those are the last people who militaries want on the front lines. Many are killing not because they hate the other side, though that may naturally develop as friends are wounded and die, but rather because it is their duty/job. War is a terrible thing, but there are reasons it exists. However, the truce is truly an inspiring story. Even if the leaders and nations as a whole have agendas, individuals can set aside their differences.
I read somewhere that when the officers ordered the soldiers who had spent Christmas 1914 with the ones who they were supposed to see as the enemy mutinied to the point of having to be replaced with new troops from the back of the lines. Nobody could move them to go and kill the men they'd played football with, shook hands with and took pictures with the day before.
If only all Wars could be settled over a football match! Pointless slaughter of human life on all sides.
Well I didn't cry but I started fighting the tears when the soldiers were eagerly walking out of the trenches in the second chorus.
Only in the worst war ever scene could you see a miracle like this. The war was such horrific that a meeting of friends like this could happen.
The only Christmas song that doesn't drive me insane. Listening to this on Christmas Eve as well as a sort of tribute to those who participated in the Christmas Truce and moreso, those who were punished for showing their humanity.
What can I say? Yes, this song is deep and can touches every soul. Bravo!
Thank you!
@@Sabaton Joakim seems to have a keyboard cat vibe about him in some parts of this. Like pure bliss while playing. As it should be in music. Another facet of the video crafted in& appreciated❤😊
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Going to try to blast this through my schools intercom before Christmas break wish me luck
And you better touch the English dictionary or something, seriously, learn English.
I honestly think this is the most Sabaton song you've ever made. Beautiful, historical, human.
couldn't have said it better myself. #lestweforget
I’m gonna come back to this song every Christmas and Christmas Eve.
12-25-2023 I’m here to pay homage and respect the history.