WW1 Christmas Truce: Silent Night - Extra History - Part 1

📜 History of WWI: The Christmas Truce, Part 1
On Christmas Eve in 1914, soldiers in the trenches sang together across the wastes of No Man's Land. Some were brave enough to step out of their trenches and meet face-to-face, forming an unofficial truce that lasted (with a few blemishes) until the end of Christmas Day.

CORRECTION: The art for this episode was done by our very own Extra History series artist, Nick DeWitt, not Joseph Maslov! Nick did such amazing work on this episode and deserves all the credit in the world. We're sorry for the mistake, Nick! ♥

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[extrahistory]

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[bruhgames]

“Shit it’s attack.”
“No sir their just singing.”
“Worse then. It’s a musical.”

[joachimvonribbentrop]

my grandfather was there for the truce. Humorous, yet unfortunate, he passed out drunk in the English trench and was taken prisoner in the morning. He was treated well and was released at the end of the war. He shared the story for the rest of his life. I love you opa!

[iujt]

The dude who brought a football to a war zone: "Eh, you know, just in case"

[nikrok]

"If you no shoot, we no shoot"

Ah yes, the negotiations!

[speedy]

“If you no shoot we no shoot”
Standard infantry: we cool
NCO’s: we cool
Officers: we cool
Senior officers/Generals: no

[amnaceia]

"Remember yesterday when you nearly hit someone"
"Yeah"
"That was me dude"
really?"

[aragorn]

"Men started bringing out football's and games broke out"

And thus the Eurocup was born!

[mfats]

“Older men start wars, but younger men fight them.” - Albert Einstein

These guys were just kids. Most didn’t even want to fight, and I’d imagine that a lot didn’t even know why they were fighting at all.
To me and to many, this is one of the most -human- events in history. Really shows that most humans just want to live in peace, but instead most things are made unnecessarily complicated and violent by those in positions of power.

[sicksalt]

"Corporal Hitler was odd like that"

*falls out of chair*

[herrdoctor]

"Soldiers fight the Wars, Generals get the credits"-Winston Churchill.

[bio_osu]

Soldiers: makes world peace
Generals: *M E W A N T D E A T H*

[runesoldierdan]

Today we're all brothers
Tonight we're all friends
A moment of peace
In a war that never ends!

[nonimus]

"corporal Hitler was odd like that"
Foreshadowing.

[gabethebabe]

I wish they made a larger deal about this in history classes. I only remember hearing the bare minimum of details. This is an honest triumph of humanity.

[hartbeet]

Truly the most humane moment in history

[somerandombetafish]

"Corporal Hitler was odd like that"

*Spits out coffee*

[sodakick]

Hey everyone. This is Nick DeWitt, the artist. I just wanted to say I'm really happy you enjoyed it as much as you did. I put a tremendous amount of effort into this one. I've been excited about this episode for a long while and I'm glad to finally share it with all of you.

[spiritualbeetle]

Generals: "I swear to God if you go out there and start singing..."
Soldiers: *Do exactly that*
Generals: "God dammit, fine. But just this once."

[vovab]

"All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers."