Christmas Night - WW1 Western Front 1914 (Part 2)

[TheMrAlexrj]

Are the Germans and British?

[Boot1998]

joyeux noel

[avzett]

This is how it can be without the bloodsucking bankers and politicians. Peace on Earth.

[Mattaboogum]

Alcohol kills. Including the evil in ones heart if only for a day.

[mps2001]

How can you love your ememy. When your ememy wants to kill you ? ? ? Two words . . .ask Christ  Travelerandfrisco

[ChaufMT]

If it only could be just as easy (to solve problems).

Merry Christmas

[sdcoyote70]

Wonderful movie. Hard to watch it without tears. The story is also told in Oh Holy Night: The Peace of 1914...on amazon. This short, illustrated book reflects on the truce and the events leading up to it. You can read several of the letters that the soldiers wrote to home describing this event.

[sdcoyote70]

Wonderful movie, we saw it two years ago while snowed in for 3 days. This story is also told in Oh Holy NIght: The Peace of 1914...see amazon...which has several of the soldiers letters to home, describing that Christmas.

[IrishWidowMaker]

Fuck sake, isnt THIS enough to stop us alll killing each other??

[S18G99E]

a short magic time in a horrible war...... So many must die for nothing.

Joyuex Noel / Merry Christmas from Germany

[dht23]

@S18G99E I agree completely. Frohe Weihnachten beltaed aus Amerika =)

[Travelerandfrisco]

It is the hardest thing as a soldier to deal with, Christianaty and your duty.. But the Lord say love you enemys, that is why being a true follower of Christ is so vary hard. the test.



[HetaliaLover123]

O.O why is there a women in the German trenches?

[DieAussenseiterin111]

Ich finde es einfach nur schön. Grausam jedoch ist es, wenn man erst gemeinsam Weihnachten feiert und sich dann wieder abschießt.

[pcjoel999]

in my opinion this is the greatest moment in History. It is the only point in history where the true spirit of mankind and peace overcame ALL darkness!

Möge Gott Sie segnen alle und jeden. Von einem Kind des deutschen Vaterlandes

[Gabbafoo]

@pcjoel999 Der Mauerfall ist ehrlich gesagt ziemlich genauso - auch so ein wichtiger moment.

But I noticed something - the german singer spoked english and the captn could speak english and french aswell, but nobody except the germans spoked german. It kind of makes me smile and on the other hand it is bothering me ... that our neibours never thought of "maybe it would be useful to understand them" english is almost normal (french isn't that popular ^^ - but learned in every city)

[pcjoel999]

@Gabbafoo In der Tat. Beide sind große Momente in der Geschichte unseres Landes und sollten es auch nicht vergessen werden. I see your point but film makers rarely go into detail about that kind of thing... a shame really

[armyguy888]

this is the spirit of christmas

[Nackenzwei]

kinda makes me wish to hug French,English and Scottish people now : /

Nice video!

[MrNobodyGivesAFuck]

the sad thing is..when this happened in 1914, when the german and british commanders saw this truce,they fired shells into no mans land in outrage ,killing many men who were simoply sharing christmas eve

[BlackLabsproductions]

@MrNobodyGivesAFuck that isn't accurate. They didn't hear about this particular seise fire until about 2 months afterwards. After this, there were attempts at other ones, but that is when they would fire shells. There was one particular seize fire that lasted into January. When there was a scheduled shelling of one armies trenches, the other army would allow the army, who would be getting shelled, into their trench

[rdrsccr1]

@Savigma Right on!!!!

[LeutnantRackow]

Regards to our comrades in arms from the other side of the barbed wire.

You´re worth never to be forgotten.

"In Flanders Fields"

[RevRabbiJCG]

It's funny how this is a real event that happened during the opening months of the First World War. And it never happed again just like this in the years that followed.

[Death929]

Shows*

[Death929]

Man this shoes the true nature of human beings. Grunt from Mass Effect 2 made a great point when you recruit him, "you extend your hand to help and you arm the other, wise Shepard." true words have never been said.

[nufan3303]

How absurd is it that we are still killing each other over nothing? It's fuckin 2011...I think it's about time we stop this petty bullshit and embrace as brothers.

[mjcamck71]

Christmas 2010 Greetings to All. I'm a 50's something Peace Activist from the 60's. I look at this part of this film whenever I need to be reminded that it is usually mostly the so-called "leaders" who want to go to war, but only some of the individual soldiers. War is NOT inevitable. People choose to fight and CAN choose NOT to as well. Let us ALL PRAY FOR PEACE IN 2011 and Beyond. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[raevgaf]

This is a wonderfull piece of film!

[thinminttogo]

What's with the woman?

[scottishgirl1001]

Im scottish mon the scots <3 ;D

[TransilvaniaROU]

PACE BETWEEN PEOPLE! PACE IN THE WORLD!

[outskool100]

christmas is bullshir just an christion lie to make fools believe something

[TransilvaniaROU]

@outskool100  maybe but the Christmas make pace in the world

[cotijaforever]

@outskool100 Just as your english teacher lied to youby telling you you could write in english... Even if you don´t believe in any of it, you could try to enjoy the other values this film has. Any way, Merry Christmas to you as well (no hostilies, for tomorrow is Christmas eve...)

[outskool100]

@cotijaforever im very good at english

[JordoF6]

imagine making friends and then you have to kill your friend the next day sos ad

[Norrie754]

One of my favourite movies ever and based on true events

[turner2123]

if you send the allies to the war they come back with the enemy lol !!

[TheBasicStuff]

its a sad thing you are friends with the enemy,because after the battle starts,you are ordered to kill them

[501stlegionnaire]

I always loved the ending of this movie, as the Germans were sent off to the Russian front as punishment, they started singing the songs they sung with the French and Scots,

Just a beautiful movie

[SergioWW1WW2]

the look at the faces of the french and british generals when they see diane krueger for the first time!!! jajajaja, I would have that face too!!!

[BabySlitter]

meine Gott....either fight the war or declare otherwise and oppose the banker-led Governments from slaughter

[outskool100]

why they dont shoot?

[Probablyacowtbh]

@outskool100 They felt a degree of humanity, all of them. I can imagine that alot of them where thinking of home on that night (christmas-eve). Beyond my imaginings, I can't tell.

[crownprussian]

@outskool100 Because back then, men believed in God and Jesus...powers larger than ALL of us, and wanted to show kindness and humanity. THANK YOU, liberal progressive scum, for chasing God and kindness out of mankind...

[outskool100]

@crownprussian HAHAH HUMANITY+GERMANS?

HAHAH THEY WOULD KILL THEIR OWN MOTHER

WHEN THEY GET AN ORDER FOR IT

[crownprussian]

@outskool100 you mean like your hero, Stalin did? Oh, wait...he ordered YOUR types to do it, and you did...Do not think We didnt review your profile, and saw the picture of Lenin. What a miserable, pitiful little creature you are. You are blocked.

[outskool100]

@crownprussian im not an stalinist

[crownprussian]

@outskool100 Close enough...a Communist is a communist, responsible for over 80 million deaths since 1945, with the total STILL GROWING. You cannot say THAT about the Germans.

[outskool100]

@crownprussian and 902 million on the capitalist side

[shrineheart87]

@crownprussian I love your stand.

[crownprussian]

@shrineheart87 Thank you, Our friend! The communist "outskool100" (who denies being a communist) could learn a lot from you! His claim of 902 million dead from capitalism is the silliest made-up figure We have ever heard. Where do idiots get this stuff from?

[shrineheart87]

@crownprussian wait, your a communist or are you against communism? I just love your stand because you understand God, and the existence of humanity.

[crownprussian]

@shrineheart87 Oh, no...We are NOT a communist; We are a monarchist. We meant that the clown who is a communist could learn from your kindness. We are firmly anti-communist because communism seeks to deny God.

[abcd3216549870]

even on christmas night u get together with everyone like your enemys

[filsduBaron]

Why did you cut this movie severals times?

[privatealeks]

I have that movie:)

[ww2veterangrandson]

what is the name of the movei?

[privatealeks]

The name of the movie is A Day Without War(English) Yoyeux Noel(French)

[gugagagagreprpr]

then fuck off why do you watch it when you hate it you fucktard!!!!

[privatealeks]

@gugagagagreprpr I said I HAVE that movie, not hate it your fucktard!!!!!!!

[gugagagagreprpr]

ups sorry

[privatealeks]

@gugagagagreprpr  No problem:)

[Sanguinius14]

Big point for mankind!!

[0LuckyInternetUser0]

it feels kinda strange to suddenly treet your enemy as friends

[Simonsuper1]

But isnt that what christmas is all about?:D

[z0mb1nat3r]

@Simonsuper1

christmas is the only time of the year where men see one another as fellow travelers towards the grave and not strange creatures bound on other journies.

to quote a Christmas Carol.

[JackalsProductions]

@Simonsuper1

yes it is

[inhocsignovinces88]

@Simonsuper1 We should treat everyone as if it were Christmas every single day. WWJD?

[Probablyacowtbh]

@0LuckyInternetUser0 Indeed, that's why it's such a fragile yet potentially beautiful situation.

[inhocsignovinces88]

@0LuckyInternetUser0 And it's even stranger to treat your fellow men as "the enemy". No more brothers' wars.

[Haregar]

@0LuckyInternetUser0

it was not like that... the propaganda made ppl think that at the other side of trenches there are mosters.... when they saw normal ppl like them that want to go back home, that want to survive, that they are same cold and they miss their families they recognised that this war was mistake - unecessary slaughter.... this X-mas back in 1914 was so magic...

[LittleFrenchy72]

@0LuckyInternetUser0 the sad truth is that the next day they went back to shooting each other...

[0LuckyInternetUser0]

@LittleFrenchy72

werent the german soldiers sent to the eastr front after that?

[EL20078]

@0LuckyInternetUser0 Ironically the Eastern Front in World War 1 was less worse than the Western Front.

[josiahivan]

@0LuckyInternetUser0

they have nothing against each other. its the politicians

[Travelerandfrisco]

@0LuckyInternetUser0

And the Lord said love you enemys.

[IuliCata85]

@Travelerandfrisco How can you love your enemy when your enemy want's to KILL you ?!?!?!?!?!?

[RyukoAkari]

@0LuckyInternetUser0 It might be strange, however, the movie is based on historical fact. Maybe it didn't happen just like this, but it did happen. Even the parts about meeting in no man's land, and inviting enemies into the different trenches.

[Goldenhind03]

@0LuckyInternetUser0 Actually, warriors have a deep respect for each other, warriors make some disparaging remarks about the people that are fighting against, no different than UFC fighters before a game. You always have respect for someone who is willing to pick up a gun and stand up for what they believe, much more so than those who whine at home because they are most likely afraid to "man up". It doesn't mean that you care more about your enemy, just simple RESPECT.