SABATON - Night Witches (Animated Story Video)

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  • This is the story of the legendary 588th Night Bomber Regiment - the Night Witches.
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    ========= Night Witches LYRICS =========
    From the depths of hell in silence
    Cast their spells, explosive violence
    Russian night time flight perfected
    Flawless vision, undetected
    Pushing on and on their planes are going strong
    Air force’s number one
    Somewhere down below they’re looking for the foe
    Bombers on a run
    You can’t hide, you can’t move, just abide,
    Their attack’s been proved
    Raiders in the dark
    Silent through the night the Witches join the fight
    Never miss their mark
    Canvas wings of death
    Prepare to meet your fate
    Night bomber regiment
    588
    Undetected
    Unexpected
    Wings of glory
    Tell their story
    Aviation
    Deviation
    Undetected
    Stealth perfected
    Foes are losing ground, retreating to the sound
    Death is in the air
    Suddenly appears, confirming all your fears
    Strike from Witches lair
    Target found, come around, barrels sound
    From the battleground
    Axis aiming high
    Rodina awaits defeat them at the gates
    Live to fight and fly
    Beneath the starlight of the heavens
    Unlikely heroes in the skies
    Witches to attack, witches coming back
    As they appear on the horizon
    The wind will whisper when the Night Witches come
    ========= Historic Fact ==========
    A total of 261 Russian women served as pilots during the lifetime of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment in WWII. They were nicknamed ‘Night Witches’ for their stealthy attacks. 32 of them died in service.
    Read more about the Night Witches 👉 www.sabaton.net/historical-fa...
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  • @Sabaton
    @Sabaton  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2757

    A total of 261 Russian women served as pilots during the lifetime of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment in WWII. They were nicknamed ‘Night Witches’ for their stealthy attacks. 32 of them died in service. Read more about the Night Witches 👉 www.sabaton.net/historical-facts/stalin-orders-deployment-of-night-witches/
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    • @ifureadthis_urgay
      @ifureadthis_urgay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      YAY YARNHUB COLLAB :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

    • @yoel8
      @yoel8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      E P I C O

    • @sashadossantos8310
      @sashadossantos8310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I read this with Joaquin's voice in mind 🤣

    • @BritishTea-eater
      @BritishTea-eater 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Конечно же. Слава СССР и Сталину!

    • @devilshadow4839
      @devilshadow4839 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      82 all the way

  • @Breidablik06
    @Breidablik06 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7990

    They aren’t very stealthy with a giant heavy metal band playing wherever they go

    • @plunderbjorn2851
      @plunderbjorn2851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +181

      Omg underated comment

    • @warantew993
      @warantew993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +391

      But it'll give them one hell of an morale advantage

    • @banatul6367
      @banatul6367 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Fair enough

    • @112fail
      @112fail 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      true

    • @coyoteseattle
      @coyoteseattle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      @@warantew993 Hell of a distraction, too.

  • @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs
    @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5374

    When you're a German solider just vibing and you start hear Swedish Metal band noises.

  • @xcritic9671
    @xcritic9671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1834

    German soldier: "I fear no man!"
    *looks at female Russian snipers and pilots*
    "but that... scares me."

    • @halfgecko3202
      @halfgecko3202 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Well he still fears no man

    • @xcritic9671
      @xcritic9671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@halfgecko3202 thats kinda the point.

    • @halfgecko3202
      @halfgecko3202 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@xcritic9671 I know, usually when I see these things the fear is still a man

    • @xcritic9671
      @xcritic9671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@halfgecko3202 well most people in comment sections are really bad at on-the-spot jokes

    • @halfgecko3202
      @halfgecko3202 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@xcritic9671 not denying that

  • @samtidwell5878
    @samtidwell5878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3048

    I think I'm speaking for the whole comment section, but we want more of these. They are amazing!

  • @thefifthempire1529
    @thefifthempire1529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3661

    Teacher: We're going to study the Soviet Union
    Boys: T-34 hell ye--
    Girls: UNDECTED, UNEXPECTED, AVIATION, DEVIATION

    • @lesliepaulkovacs6442
      @lesliepaulkovacs6442 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      🤘👍👏

    • @marazali1816
      @marazali1816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      Fun fact: no woman in history has ever listened to sabaton

    • @lesliepaulkovacs6442
      @lesliepaulkovacs6442 3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      @@marazali1816 Except that Minneva has covered a few songs of Sabaton, and Amaranthe sang on stage with them doing "82nd All the Way!"

    • @OooooOoO17541
      @OooooOoO17541 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      @@marazali1816 WeLL I Do

    • @Ledboi420
      @Ledboi420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Accurate One
      Teacher:We're going to Study The Soviet union
      Boys:Yeah Stalingrad,Stalin,Lenin Communist
      Girls:

  • @ETGamer-re6rb
    @ETGamer-re6rb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2063

    Teacher: Students, we're going on an aerial voyage.
    Boys: Man and machine and nothing there in between, a flying circus and a man from Prussia!
    Girls: From the depths of hell in silence, cast their spells, explosive violence!

    • @AlexGNR
      @AlexGNR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      I agree with the bois
      We boiz are c00l

    • @darkoverlord5427
      @darkoverlord5427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      Don’t call me Simp but.... both are correct

    • @Sabaton
      @Sabaton  3 ปีที่แล้ว +624

      Good one!

    • @Ophiria
      @Ophiria 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      Or boys: in the skies above the isle aces in exile prevail

    • @emptymind935
      @emptymind935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Anyone has his heroes. Approved 👍

  • @TheCerealkiller148
    @TheCerealkiller148 3 ปีที่แล้ว +565

    Fun fact: The witches were so hard to shoot down in an air-to-air engagement and caused so much grief to the German ground forces that pilots that managed to shoot one down were automatically awarded the Iron Cross. IIRC the only Luftwaffe pilot that ever shot down more than one night witch in a single night was fighter ace Josef Kociok. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Kociok
    For this achievement he was given the nickname "Hexenjäeger" or "Witch Hunter"

    • @voidlessazasin1572
      @voidlessazasin1572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      He is the pilot represented on 5:36 judging by the heavy BF-110 on that scene.

    • @Undecently
      @Undecently 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      He is, but he only took out 2. He's a bot🤣

    • @Edgardo-nz5fm
      @Edgardo-nz5fm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Woah an Arstotzkan comrade

    • @pneumonianakey
      @pneumonianakey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      *shoots at the sky*
      "Hey dude why did you do that?"
      "Idk I was just bor-"
      *plane crashes*
      "Here's your iron cross"

    • @Kamina.D.Fierce
      @Kamina.D.Fierce ปีที่แล้ว +17

      They weren't impossible to hit. Tricky yes. Impossible no. Sadly... As I recall reading somewhere there was supposedly one officer in the unit who actually got assigned a single day mission, and unfortunately, being in a fight at night and day are very very different, so she wasn't quite ready for it and got shot down. I'm not sure if she died or not though.

  • @Double_D__
    @Double_D__ ปีที่แล้ว +214

    Boys: *_FLY, FIGHTING FAIR, IT'S THE CODE... OF THE AIR!!_*
    Girls: *_UNDETECTED, UNEXPECTED, WINGS OF GLORY, TELL THE STORY!!_*
    *Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.*

    • @JeanLucCaptain
      @JeanLucCaptain 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      boys: machine guns in a dog fight.
      girls: MANIACLE WITCH CACKLING

  • @antoniocostache3977
    @antoniocostache3977 3 ปีที่แล้ว +906

    Teacher: internet won't teach you anything
    Sabaton:hold my history

  • @andreychistyakov5528
    @andreychistyakov5528 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2369

    My grandmother from this 588 polk, she 19 age, memory never die...thank you Sabaton

    • @Sabaton
      @Sabaton  3 ปีที่แล้ว +682

      She's the real heroe..

    • @pawarom_0790
      @pawarom_0790 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Salute to her from India!!

    • @lonelyaces8582
      @lonelyaces8582 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      A respect for your grandmother from me

    • @chrisdejonge3271
      @chrisdejonge3271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      respect and mutch love and gratitude from Holland!

    • @mmachado70
      @mmachado70 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      My sincerely respect for your grand mother 🇧🇷

  • @isdrevenge8764
    @isdrevenge8764 3 ปีที่แล้ว +362

    5:55 Have fun explaining that one
    Soldier, where is your pistol ?
    I uhm......... Threw it at a plane

    • @Captain_Yorkie1
      @Captain_Yorkie1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      Cuts to German on the ground getting his head smashed in by yeet guided pistol missile

    • @johnreycalinggangan976
      @johnreycalinggangan976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I *y* *e* *e* *e* *e* *e* *t* *e* *d*

    • @leowood5860
      @leowood5860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Captain_Yorkie1 the pistol knows where it is because it knows where it isn’t

    • @p_filippouz
      @p_filippouz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@leowood5860 by subtracting where it is, from where it isn't

    • @leowood5860
      @leowood5860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@p_filippouz or where it isn’t from where it is

  • @fatalfury66
    @fatalfury66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    Why the hell is this story not a series like band of brothers? I would watch the hell out of it!! This story is amazing

    • @youngpunk15
      @youngpunk15 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      There is actually a series about them- ‘Night Swallows’ it’s called. It’s all in Russian, but there are subtitles available. It’s actually all on TH-cam as well

    • @fatalfury66
      @fatalfury66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@youngpunk15 Ill check it out

    • @Silli_Steve
      @Silli_Steve 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sssaaammmeeeee

    • @hossjustice4458
      @hossjustice4458 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@youngpunk15 guess i better start those Russian lessons again. I have to watch it. Thank you.

    • @kiram.3619
      @kiram.3619 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@youngpunk15 Thank you!

  • @commissaryunion8370
    @commissaryunion8370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1242

    The fact that sabaton actually teaches us more educational stuff with a song than teachers during the whole semesters.
    Who know, they might release a song on how to pay taxes

    • @Sabaton
      @Sabaton  3 ปีที่แล้ว +669

      It would be less epic, you have to admit

    • @commissaryunion8370
      @commissaryunion8370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      @@Sabaton either way, you are the first and will always be my favorite metal band of all time

    • @spypizzatasty8330
      @spypizzatasty8330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@Sabaton i like sabaton more then anything except
      Spongebob

    • @xd-hero5396
      @xd-hero5396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      True 😂

    • @Noah-cs6lv
      @Noah-cs6lv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      CalLEJones_Arts .The letter has been sent $250 is at stakes. Lol

  • @nandorweiss374
    @nandorweiss374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1509

    Who the hell can dislike a video before its premiere???!!!
    Who the hell can dislike any Sabaton Video???!!!

    • @plunderbjorn2851
      @plunderbjorn2851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes

    • @giuseppeoliveira8976
      @giuseppeoliveira8976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Germany's dislike... xD

    • @plunderbjorn2851
      @plunderbjorn2851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@giuseppeoliveira8976 lmao yes but i am German.
      Ich habe gelikt muhaha jetzt wirst du nich wissen was ich schreiebe

    • @giuseppeoliveira8976
      @giuseppeoliveira8976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@plunderbjorn2851 Just kidding... ahahhaa
      Das hast du doch nicht erwartet, oder? xD im write right?

    • @impe898
      @impe898 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@giuseppeoliveira8976 Moin Leute Trymacs hier

  • @digital-underworld
    @digital-underworld ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I feel like sabaton could make a full movie with all the songs in their albums

    • @DeepFreeze118
      @DeepFreeze118 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ah yeah, I have offered it to them. Alongside with the idea to make a collection of Soviet movies (in general) and several good Russian/Belarusian movies (war related too). They actually replied that the idea was interesting, and it would be possible to discuss once they are on the tour in my country. However it is difficult - first the COVID, then the Ukraine situation, which is highly politicised. Not to mention that the idea is more likely to be forgotten (they have their own matters to sort you know).

  • @susannasharrock9253
    @susannasharrock9253 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Never mess with a girl who is motivated and knows her way around guns and planes

  • @bellum5432
    @bellum5432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1461

    I've never felt more proud of being a russian woman, especially because i'm neither a woman nor a russian

    • @joachim673
      @joachim673 3 ปีที่แล้ว +179

      Yeah, Sabaton really has a talent for making people feel patriotism for countries they don't come from

    • @hahahhahahahufool2114
      @hahahhahahahufool2114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@joachim673 почему я говорю по русски?

    • @aquamarinerose5405
      @aquamarinerose5405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@joachim673 Heroism knows no borders

    • @aquamarinerose5405
      @aquamarinerose5405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Also a bit less inspiring and more silly. Nazis have a tendency of bringing the whole world together for a common purpose.

    • @FluffyVM
      @FluffyVM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This! xDD

  • @MatheusKlSch
    @MatheusKlSch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +877

    Now Joakim is abusing his animated knee

    • @jesusalfredofernandezcruz1833
      @jesusalfredofernandezcruz1833 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Old Joakim: I used to be a singer rock's band, but an arrow hit my knee.

    • @alexrecrem9094
      @alexrecrem9094 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@jesusalfredofernandezcruz1833 also old Joakim: so I joined these knight themed guys and became a robot, shit was lit.

    • @shanedoesyoutube8001
      @shanedoesyoutube8001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@alexrecrem9094 "COME MY METAL MACHINE"

    • @MrTheBaron
      @MrTheBaron 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@alexrecrem9094
      *FLEX! MUSCLES TIGHT*
      *MADE OF STEEL! FLESH DELIGHT*

    • @westcoastrenegade8594
      @westcoastrenegade8594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@MrTheBaron that video was so fucking great. Grailknights are the cheesiest band I know but they also make some sick music.

  • @Pyeknu
    @Pyeknu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I almost cried at the end. THERE was a commissar who cared for her people!

  • @orangejuice7351
    @orangejuice7351 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I’m a girl and this made me cry) thank you for remembering them and their sacrifice🙏

  • @spartstar45
    @spartstar45 3 ปีที่แล้ว +519

    I am a italian guy in Spain waiting a swedish power metal band in English with my russian friend.
    It's all ok

    • @Caztperovueltosirope
      @Caztperovueltosirope 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Valla tio, estas bien?

    • @spartstar45
      @spartstar45 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Caztperovueltosirope buena pregunta xd

    • @bayross3562
      @bayross3562 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      And you are now speaking to a french guy... *HMMMMMMMMMMM*

    • @swen6390
      @swen6390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Mr worldwide

    • @giornogiovanna6858
      @giornogiovanna6858 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@swen6390 holy s*it i was gonna write the same thing

  • @alexrecrem9094
    @alexrecrem9094 3 ปีที่แล้ว +413

    Honestly, that ending made me cry.
    Yevdokiya Rachkevich must have really cared for her soldiers.

    • @user-tf9ix5sd8t
      @user-tf9ix5sd8t 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yevdokiya Rachkevich
      Article about her on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevdokiya_Rachkevich

    • @alexrecrem9094
      @alexrecrem9094 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@user-tf9ix5sd8t thanks

    • @joshyboyblue7766
      @joshyboyblue7766 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      something so touching about this story

    • @flygirl6048
      @flygirl6048 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I teared up

    • @ditzfough
      @ditzfough 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Damn onion ninjas

  • @RebelWvlf
    @RebelWvlf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    To be honest, "die nachthexen" sounds pretty metal than it already is in English

    • @MonsieurWeevil
      @MonsieurWeevil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      German=Metal

    • @janettekoivula3960
      @janettekoivula3960 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sabaton carolus rex 😭😭😻😻😻😘😘😠😍

    • @janettekoivula3960
      @janettekoivula3960 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😭😤😻😘😠😍

    • @janettekoivula3960
      @janettekoivula3960 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Radio

    • @user-do6ss4co6u
      @user-do6ss4co6u ปีที่แล้ว

      Честно говоря, немецкий он вообще более " Металлический" чем английский

  • @TheLukasIV
    @TheLukasIV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    WERMACHT: Fool no man can beat me.
    Witches: I am not man

  • @RuskiWaffle
    @RuskiWaffle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +730

    I like how even animated Joakim murders his knee.

    • @growaplant
      @growaplant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just put a hammer there

    • @Mosenhosen
      @Mosenhosen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      funfact: its a "move" invented by rammstein singer till lindemann when he had knee problems www.reddit.com/r/Rammstein/comments/3aig5i/til_the_till_hammer/

    • @jasondavidson6925
      @jasondavidson6925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup

    • @freighttrain7776
      @freighttrain7776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Rip joakim knees

    • @A_Ducky
      @A_Ducky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Gotta stay realistic 🤷‍♀️

  • @tankerfox1491
    @tankerfox1491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2577

    I’ve literally learned more about the World Wars from Sabaton than any of my history classes at school.
    Edit: Wow. I didn’t expect my comment to blow up like this. Goes to show that Sabaton teaches us a whole lot more than school has.

    • @Sabaton
      @Sabaton  3 ปีที่แล้ว +664

      We're complementary lessons

    • @avery41441
      @avery41441 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Very true

    • @nameless-bard3021
      @nameless-bard3021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I told something's from the red baron to o my history teacher and blew his mind

    • @tankerfox1491
      @tankerfox1491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@nameless-bard3021 That’s so cool.

    • @nameless-bard3021
      @nameless-bard3021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@tankerfox1491 I know right!?

  • @CamilaSantos-cj1ut
    @CamilaSantos-cj1ut 3 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    I'm crying and I dont understand why teachers ignore facts like this in school. War is sad in every aspect, and we should honor those who fight with so much bravery.

    • @Dennis19901
      @Dennis19901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      War is extremely sad. But people like these, who go beyond everything that is expected from them, to protect everything they stand for.
      I cannot express the amount of respect I have for those people.
      They truly are the greatest generation.

    • @jessicataylor4071
      @jessicataylor4071 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because teachers only "teach" what fits their personal agendas especially when it comes to wars like ww2 the American civil war ect. My teachers never mentioned black Confederate soldiers because it didnt fit their narrative as is the same with all of the female warriors fighting for the USSR we were taught communism bad (it is extremely evil and bloody) but we were never taught the soviets were quite progressive in who they let fight

    • @beastinthesky6774
      @beastinthesky6774 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I tell all my close friends about the Night Witches. I learned about them from Dan Carlin's amazing history podcasts. I'm just some random middle-aged dude but I think their story one of the most inspiring stories of bravery and overcoming adversity, and I feel very emotional whenever I'm doing more research into them. Long live the Night Witches.

    • @kareltjecompudevil
      @kareltjecompudevil ปีที่แล้ว

      Totally understandable, those animated songs with the backstory just hit different. For me it was "No bullets fly" the 1st after movie is so emotional and then the climax just adds on top of that

    • @hannable70
      @hannable70 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      As a former history teacher, I can tell you from experience that you'll never hear about the Night Witches in an American high school. In fact, one history class I taught, the entire Holocaust received just one paragraph in the entire textbook. That's right. One paragraph. I quit the profession because I was tired of standing in front of a classroom full of kids and being forced by a heavily biased and whitewashed history curriculum things that I KNEW were inaccurate, hyperbolized, exaggerated, distorted, and just plain factually incorrect. All I can tell people is that school is just the beginning of the learning process. Don't let a classroom and a school textbook be the beginning and the end of your pursuit of knowledge. Read as much as you can -- from all sides of a position -- be a lifelong student. Because you are never too old to learn something new -- and there is no such thing as useless knowledge.

  • @gaufrid1956
    @gaufrid1956 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    As husband of a brave lady who was a rebel soldier at age15, this story resonates! This is yet another story of how out-of-date vehicles were successfully used in warfare, in a similar vein to the Fairey Swordfish fighter bombers that sealed the fate of the Bismarck.

    • @TheJezebelspirits
      @TheJezebelspirits 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah was, you were probably insecure with your manhood and forced her to retire from being a soldier, a woman with more guts than you is bad right?

    • @alpacaofthemountain8760
      @alpacaofthemountain8760 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Evidence?

    • @gaufrid1956
      @gaufrid1956 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@TheJezebelspirits Not at all. It all happened many years before I met her. I admire her bravery. Conclusions are very easy to jump to, aren't they?

    • @gaufrid1956
      @gaufrid1956 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@alpacaofthemountain8760 If you mean about the Fairey Swordfish, one of them from HMS Ark Royal scored a direct torpedo hit on the rudder of the Bismarck as it was making a turn, locking it in to a pattern that allowed Allied ships to eventually deliver the death blows. The Fairey Swordfish was a World War I style biplane. They were also able to take a lot of damage from AA flak but continue to fly. As well as the hunt for the Bismarck, three of them defended Malta against the Italian air attacks in World War II. They were called Faith, Hope, and Charity. I understand one of them survives.

    • @alpacaofthemountain8760
      @alpacaofthemountain8760 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh I meant to respond to the other person@@gaufrid1956

  • @tockalaluz
    @tockalaluz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    *day before history test*
    Everyone: *crash course*
    Me: **intense Sabaton**

  • @benisaten
    @benisaten 3 ปีที่แล้ว +347

    To search and make a mark of bravery of every woman pilot downed. That is the zenith of respect.

    • @CanadisX
      @CanadisX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I'm pretty intereset if there is a map of all these sites. Would make for an intereseting trip over the former warzone.

    • @lucaspeng5063
      @lucaspeng5063 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      F to pay respekt

    • @bjrn-steinarhanssen2102
      @bjrn-steinarhanssen2102 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Indeed.

    • @Richard317etm
      @Richard317etm 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      F!

    • @Redbikemaster
      @Redbikemaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Amore Jayzel oh wow

  • @user-dd6ew8ib1g
    @user-dd6ew8ib1g 3 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    Спасибо за память о таких героинях!!! Ведь "Ночными ведьмами" их назвали солдаты третьего рейха а советские солдаты их называли ласково "Ласточками"

    • @doombringer3498
      @doombringer3498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      хотя они очевидные совушки)

    • @paulsmith5752
      @paulsmith5752 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      In other words: "Thank you for remembering these heroines. But note that only the soldiers of the Third Reich called them Night Witches; Soviet soldiers affectionately called them The Little Swallows." [My mother is Russian].

  • @equarg
    @equarg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    As an American....I salute you Russian Night Witches.
    You showed incredible bravery and 32 of you made the ultimate sacrifice.
    You all deserve to be remembered in the tales of WW2 as true warriors. Flying Amazon’s.
    May your spirits fly with all who fought in the air.

    • @MonsieurWeevil
      @MonsieurWeevil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Even as an German....I salute to them.
      They remind me of the flying circus.

    • @MonsieurWeevil
      @MonsieurWeevil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      THEY DID FIGHT ON AND ON TO THE LAST DROP OF BLOOD AND THE LAST DROP OF FUEL, TO THE LAST BEAT OF THE HEART.

    • @ullo-ragnartelliskivi4639
      @ullo-ragnartelliskivi4639 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      fuck the night withches. they bombed tallinn to celebrate international womens day. there were no nazis in tallinn.
      war crime.

    • @IMP_ROM
      @IMP_ROM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ullo-ragnartelliskivi4639 Source?

    • @ullo-ragnartelliskivi4639
      @ullo-ragnartelliskivi4639 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@aleksandardrekic lol. The nazi had ran and estonia declared itself independent. 3 days prior. There is still a monument in the city center for the victims.

  • @woadshaman3974
    @woadshaman3974 3 ปีที่แล้ว +414

    08 October 1941: Stalin issues order number 0099, creating three all-female squadrons, including the 588th Night Bomber Regiment. The pilots of the 588th would idle the engines of their Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes and glide to the bomb release point. German soldiers likened the sound of their approach to broomsticks and referred to the pilots as Nachthexen - Night Witches.
    The 588th flew over 23,000 sorties, dropping over 3,000 tons of bombs and 26,000 incendiary shells. The 588th was the most highly decorated female unit in the Soviet Air Force, with many pilots flying over 800 missions during the war (Irina Sebrova had the highest number of missions - 1,008) and twenty-three of the pilots were honored with the highest Soviet award, Hero of the Soviet Union.
    The wind will whisper when the Night Witches come…

    • @tomicbranislav3
      @tomicbranislav3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They will later be changed into the 46th Guard Bomber Regiment

    • @jager5003
      @jager5003 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      가사 같은데...

    • @tomicbranislav3
      @tomicbranislav3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Kath Beck Yea she was actually very close to her pilots, which is a little unusual for a commisar..... They called her Mother because of that... She was also trained as a navigator and she took part in about 40 combat missions alongside her деточке (which is Russian for baby)

    • @user-gu9st4vf1s
      @user-gu9st4vf1s 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tomicbranislav3 "девочками" would be more accurate

    • @tomicbranislav3
      @tomicbranislav3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@user-gu9st4vf1s yeah my Russian is a little rusty I"m afraid :D thanks for pointing it out mate

  • @exaid0556
    @exaid0556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +447

    When someone says that army isn't for girls, just remind them of Night Witches.
    But seriously, thanks for remembering and telling our history. We Russians love Sabaton. Thanks again, and stay epic.
    P.S. Guys, thanks for likes. I didn't think I'll get so many! Thanks!

    • @michaelfodor6280
      @michaelfodor6280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Or Lydia Litvak (Fighter Ace), Mariya Oktyabrskaya (T-34 driver), Lyudmila Pavilchenko (Sniper)...

    • @I_am_Diogenes
      @I_am_Diogenes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And when they respond with this ? I wouldnt make that claim based on the actions of 1 in 100K (if that common) . ONE unit out of an army over 20MILLION really doesnt mean a whole lot in the big picture . Guess I must be a throwback from the days when the females role was to protect the home NOT protect the public , females dont like the way men do it , great , step up and show us how it is done and when you initially FAIL then what ? NOT TO LESSEN THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THESE LADIES but IMO it lessens what they did to try to turn them into a feminazi rally post . RESPONSE ?

    • @fimo7631
      @fimo7631 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@I_am_Diogenes looks like a special someone was told that they had a big ego and didn't like it

    • @JustMrFury
      @JustMrFury 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@I_am_Diogenes Cringe Bro. Off to Reddit with you.

    • @IamaCosmonaut
      @IamaCosmonaut 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well ingeneral army actually isn't a place for most women. A society can bounce back from losing a big chunk of its young men, but if it lost a big chunk of its young women that society would have very hard time recovering from that. Why? Simple human biology. Society with fewer men than women can still easily reproduce than a society with fewer women than men.
      Now this doesn't mean that if women want to serve they should be denied, all this means is that we should not draft women to wars like we draft men. Men, especially young men, are expandable, while young women are one if not the most valuable people to a society.

  • @gamingforever9121
    @gamingforever9121 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Fun fact Hitler offered an iron cross to any pilot or AA gun crew who managed to kill a night witch.

  • @Oleg_Motorin
    @Oleg_Motorin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Guys! Thank you very much for the song and story you told. My great-grandmother was one of the Night Witches. 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. She did not return from a combat mission in December 1944. I watched your video and literally tears welling up in my eyes.
    Sorry for not very good English.

  • @rashkavar
    @rashkavar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +336

    Wait...so their strategy was to fricking *glide* to their targets so people didn't know about the air raid until things started exploding? Damn....that sets a new bar for bravery. Eesh.

    • @butterskywalker8785
      @butterskywalker8785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      "what if they got shot down?shouldn't we give them parachutes?"
      "nah,don't worry,the planes will glide down"
      "what about burning?"
      "oh shit!"

    • @Kartemest
      @Kartemest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      With extremely slow planes made of wood and cloth, no radar, no parachute, and possibly controlling the planes with gloves of the wrong size ^^ And 2 of those planes had the job to draw enemy fire on purpose so the plane with the bombs was safer... So brave and so skilled.

    • @rashkavar
      @rashkavar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Kartemest Gods, I hadn't thought of the lack of radar...that'd include the homing systems other bombers of the era used to find their target and get back to base, right? I forget how exactly that worked, but I remember that being a critical component of the navigator's job in Lancasters and Halifaxes based in Britain. Very different style of bombing...I get the impression the Night Witches were targeting bases on/near the front, not targeting cities and industrial centres, but that system seemed like it was critical for night raids almost regardless of distance.

    • @Kartemest
      @Kartemest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think they only had maps and a compass

    • @narkoman8998
      @narkoman8998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I had no idea they were turning engines off on purpose wtf

  • @jturn4646
    @jturn4646 3 ปีที่แล้ว +471

    That the commissar spent those years tracking the fallen planes is so moving. Such passion!

    • @edschramm6757
      @edschramm6757 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      that one was a punch in the gut for me. i very rarely tear up, and that nailed me

    • @ningunoningunos3044
      @ningunoningunos3044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      She wasn't looking for the planes, she was looking for her girls c':

    • @CallmeChlorum
      @CallmeChlorum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I note: it was really important to find all the downed cars and missing girls. While they were missing, they could be considered deserters and traitors to their homeland. But Evdokia Rachkevich "returned" every fallen girl home so that the Motherland would know and be proud of them.

  • @geminiamethyst7059
    @geminiamethyst7059 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Okay, I literally just had a whole history lesson about a side of WWII that I couldn’t have imagine existed. We learned mostly about what happened between England and Germany (I’m British) and other main factors about what happened during the war and after it ended. Now I really wish that we learned about the Night Witches back in school. They all sound so brave, literally no fear at all. They deserve to be called heroes of their time. This song truly did them justice. You did a fantastic job in honouring them like this. Thank you.

    • @Sabaton
      @Sabaton  3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thanks for your kind words, and for appreciating our music

  • @wpgspecb
    @wpgspecb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The fact the commander went out after the war to find the downed planes.. man........

  • @carrieboo22
    @carrieboo22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +370

    I am in tears watching this. The Night Witches have to be amongst the most badass woman who ever lived. If you have young daughters, teach them of the 588th. I feel like I would have benefited greatly from hearing of them before my formative years ended.

    • @D-S-G.
      @D-S-G. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Honestly quite a shame that nowadays, women's rights activists carved such a laughable name, yet there are countless examples of women being brave and strong in history.

    • @user-uc8jy9og1i
      @user-uc8jy9og1i 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The final touch when the sixths member of "Sabaton", very similar to one of Yevdokia's lady-pilots, puts on her sunglasses. Exactly as she did that during the War.

    • @Redbikemaster
      @Redbikemaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @David Irvin this is awesome. You sound like a teacher I would've enjoyed.

  • @raykobayashi8093
    @raykobayashi8093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    "Hanz witches aren't real."
    *"Then what are those??"*

    • @shahshakuras700
      @shahshakuras700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Very brave women

    • @dwyaneingente2899
      @dwyaneingente2899 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ahhhhh!

    • @JohRauh66695
      @JohRauh66695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *Hans

    • @cerebli
      @cerebli 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JohRauh66695 hanz is a valid German name

    • @randomuser3209
      @randomuser3209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@cerebli German linguist here, you're wrong. There might be people named Hans with a z, but remember there has also been a pair of parents wanting to name their child Matt-Eagle which in German sounds like a dish with ground meat, soooo. A z in Hans doesn't make any sense with how German grammar (pronunciation/phonetics) work. Our s in the end of words makes the voiceless [s] sound, the one that gives German that cliché harsh sound. A German z is pronounced [ts]. Since the transition from n to s is quite harsh anyway, adding the /t/ (hailing from the written z) wouldn't change much. Ergo, spelling Hans as Hanz just doesn't make any sense to native German speakers. The more common variant of Hans is Hanns with two n.

  • @CallmeChlorum
    @CallmeChlorum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    I note: it was really important to find all the downed cars and missing girls. While they were missing, they could be considered deserters and traitors to their homeland. But Evdokia Rachkevich "returned" every fallen girl home so that the Motherland would know and be proud of them.

  • @asselassel2557
    @asselassel2557 3 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    Хиуаз Доспанова из Казахстана тоже была в составе "Ночных ведьм" 🙏 светлая память нашим бабушкам 🙏

    • @user-dw2jq8rx8h
      @user-dw2jq8rx8h 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      спасибо! низкий поклон.

    • @user-pq7vj5pd8b
      @user-pq7vj5pd8b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Хочу знать все подвиги моих земляков, русские и казахи всегда были как братья

    • @axe22rus
      @axe22rus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      И что характерно - получила тяжелейшее ранение в результате досадной аварии на аэродроме, и всего через 2 месяца вернулась в строй!

    • @3a_3ehut86
      @3a_3ehut86 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Вечная память!

  • @gry1725
    @gry1725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +496

    lmao thats gonna be epic

    • @ibbi32
      @ibbi32 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      And it fucking was noch ein beer

    • @samuelzueger4316
      @samuelzueger4316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes, it‘s epic

    • @zuluactual839
      @zuluactual839 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's already an Epic

  • @imperator_229
    @imperator_229 3 ปีที่แล้ว +677

    Приятно видеть как иностранцы преподносят нам нашу же история лучше, чем некоторые деятели культуры...
    Thanks Sabaton for all, with love from Russia

    • @aleksandrpakhomov1195
      @aleksandrpakhomov1195 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      знали бы как переврата ваша история.

    • @eplejenta
      @eplejenta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      исправь благодарность, так живых не благодарят.
      лучше вовсе убери ,если не знаешь правильной формы благодарности.

    • @imperator_229
      @imperator_229 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@eplejenta а какая правильная форма? Исправлю сразу же как скажите

    • @Lord_Obormot
      @Lord_Obormot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@aleksandrpakhomov1195 Во многом да, но такие герои все равно никуда не деваются, и очень хорошо, когда о них говорят, пускай даже вместо наших историков это делают иностранные рок-музыканты

    • @NezerCz
      @NezerCz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@eplejenta моралисты только портят дружелюбную атмосферу тут. Поменьше придирайся, твои комментарии неуместны.

  • @ivanpavlov1170
    @ivanpavlov1170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I live in the Kuban, we have to the history of "Night Witches" very reverent! There are monuments and streets named after the heroes of the 588th Air Regiment. Thank you for covering the heroes of my Motherland!

  • @vinayjain5408
    @vinayjain5408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    7:00 literally choked me up. I had to hold back tears on public transport

  • @filmandfirearms
    @filmandfirearms 3 ปีที่แล้ว +880

    Give Russians the shittiest equipment available, and they still find a way to scare the living shit out of whoever they happen to be fighting

    • @olafgurke4699
      @olafgurke4699 3 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      Aside from a finnish farmer on skies, that is.

    • @filmandfirearms
      @filmandfirearms 3 ปีที่แล้ว +148

      @@olafgurke4699 True. The Finns are the only ones who can outrussian the Russians

    • @slogyourgrogyouoldseadog
      @slogyourgrogyouoldseadog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@filmandfirearms that is the perfect way to describe that

    • @WeaponizedStrumpet
      @WeaponizedStrumpet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@filmandfirearms All the scandinavian countries talk shit about each other with the exception of the Finns. They scare us.

    • @user-fm1to1dz2u
      @user-fm1to1dz2u 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      ​@@olafgurke4699 Финны, Вы должны быть с нами. Нам нужен ваш снег и ваши фермеры.

  • @lev5817
    @lev5817 3 ปีที่แล้ว +686

    Sabaton is my boyfriends fav band and I wanted to check it out and damn- he has a good taste in music to be honest

    • @Sabaton
      @Sabaton  3 ปีที่แล้ว +224

      Thanks for supporting our music! And welcome on board :)

    • @lev5817
      @lev5817 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Sabaton
      npp and thank you for answering my comment :)

    • @sussusamogusxiv
      @sussusamogusxiv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Welcome to the fandom sister !

    • @tgc5663
      @tgc5663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He's a keeper.

    • @jcg5054
      @jcg5054 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I didn’t know gacha kids could get boyfriends

  • @friedsalmons8377
    @friedsalmons8377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    These where the true heroes of feminism. Thank you for making their story last forever instead of vanishing in the dusty history books!

    • @Emma-yg2uf
      @Emma-yg2uf ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They are real feminists. Their quote was “Be proud that you are a soldier but be prouder that you are a woman”

  • @isaiahwelch8066
    @isaiahwelch8066 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    This story is now truly history.
    The last Night Witch passed away in 2017.
    May these girls rest easy, and rest in peace.
    (' ')7
    Edit: And I just realized: In the very last part of the song, before the instruments stop, Sabaton brilliantly had the drummer be so light with his kick drums, and so fast, it sounds like AA guns! It literally was the same technique they did in "Final Solution," when they made the sounds of a train rolling over tracks. Bloody gorram brilliant!

  • @youeckert
    @youeckert 3 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    Can’t say I saw this coming
    Just like the night witches

    • @luftwaffle173
      @luftwaffle173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *pat pat*

    • @ghaznavid
      @ghaznavid 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      that's what she said.

  • @NeonForthermore
    @NeonForthermore 3 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    I have learned more from sabaton, then my history teachers
    like the night witches
    soldier of 3 armies
    the red baron

    • @Sabaton
      @Sabaton  3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Good!

    • @raikbarczynski6582
      @raikbarczynski6582 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      i actually did a whole 90 minute presentation about sabaton in my english class. 15 minutes was the band and the history, rest was explaining songs and the history behind it from my memory because i just started learning about every song on my own. teacher was a bit impressed i knew about the songs i presented from top of my head

    • @knight_tagan6979
      @knight_tagan6979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Furry spotted.

    • @Testimony_Of_JTF
      @Testimony_Of_JTF 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      FURRY!?

    • @magnusthered4973
      @magnusthered4973 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      A furry

  • @Des3ny
    @Des3ny 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Night witches: exist
    Wirbelwind: I am about to end this man’s whole carrer

  • @tonynomikos3702
    @tonynomikos3702 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I have watched this atleast 15 times now i love it and it does bring a tear to the eye

  • @MDMetal
    @MDMetal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +513

    German soldiers on the Eastern Front: "Why do we hear Boss Music?"

    • @sjalkzjziskzkzo
      @sjalkzjziskzkzo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Why we don't*

    • @Commie-Comrade
      @Commie-Comrade 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      *Warum höre ich Bossmusik?

    • @TheBrickagon
      @TheBrickagon 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sjalkzjziskzkzo 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @MonsieurWeevil
      @MonsieurWeevil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Night Witches: Why do we hear circus music?

  • @user-dj2gt1bl7l
    @user-dj2gt1bl7l 3 ปีที่แล้ว +797

    Русские здесь?
    Да,точно здесь,ведь видео ещё даже не началось,а я пришел сюда быстрее Призрачной Дивизии.

    • @georgeggnaar6398
      @georgeggnaar6398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      по фактам

    • @mandalorian477
      @mandalorian477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      В ВК уже есть видео в официальной группе.

    • @badgermcbadger1968
      @badgermcbadger1968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Remember, no russion

    • @nazvanie_anala
      @nazvanie_anala 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      продам гараж

    • @skp6221
      @skp6221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Скока можно откладывать. Яуже 2 часа жду

  • @mooshie8334
    @mooshie8334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    If I was a history teacher I would just show this to my students every day

    • @Sabaton
      @Sabaton  3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      And we would love that

    • @orelliaorellia142
      @orelliaorellia142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm trying but my French students are not skilled enough in English yet. What is a shame but I will think about a collaboration with their English teacher. We will find a way XD

  • @0815UserII
    @0815UserII 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I really love that their commissar decided to honor them after her service. Goes to show that even among political officers, there can be good ones that deserve respect.

    • @user-fw7os4yv7s
      @user-fw7os4yv7s 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      A lot of them were. But only worst are were heard beyond USSR. Most of real comissars follow "Lead by example" rule.

  • @DragonstarFighter
    @DragonstarFighter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +426

    “Not allowed to fly in the victory parade because their planes were so slow” For god’s sake USSR, just give them faster biplanes, biplanes look like biplanes from the ground...

    • @user-yn6sp8uh7q
      @user-yn6sp8uh7q 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      biplanes very stricted in speed. Their time was gone before WW2. And not all heroes took part in parade

    • @user-xr9ic7kx1r
      @user-xr9ic7kx1r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Source?

    • @markwackerman5593
      @markwackerman5593 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@user-yn6sp8uh7q 6:40

    • @firebird77clonefirebird89
      @firebird77clonefirebird89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I'd have had them fly by first. Problem solved.

    • @agat882
      @agat882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      That was unfair. But so was for polish fighters, that played significant part in air battle for England, and was not allowed to participate in the parade either. Or polish paratroopers, that practicaly was scapegoated for market garden. Or so many else...

  • @user-pj4kt9vg1v
    @user-pj4kt9vg1v 3 ปีที่แล้ว +544

    Хоть кто то помнит и другим не дают забыть. Уважение и благодарность.👍👏👏👏

    • @thehank6947
      @thehank6947 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I like your words funny magic people

    • @stolyartoad8640
      @stolyartoad8640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Heh

    • @chuckkun9880
      @chuckkun9880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@thehank6947 Спасибо мужик, мы стараемся и колдуем взрыные заклятия, чуть ли не каждый день, в запас так сказать

    • @thehank6947
      @thehank6947 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Man that’s almost as crazy as using google translate to understand what I believe to be Russian.

    • @cadetkohr5508
      @cadetkohr5508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Правда что. Не стоит недооценивать кого-то только из-за его пола. Немцы усвоили это на собственном горьком опыте.

  • @alexkor380
    @alexkor380 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Women of the USSR and women of Russia today “If my man has to shoot, I will stand behind and pass the shells.”

  • @Questknight12
    @Questknight12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    As far as I have found, of all sides, and, combatants, the Nightwitches are the only unit with no MIA: Presumed dead - no known grave. All of the pilots and navigators are accounted for, and found.

  • @badeaivan6817
    @badeaivan6817 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Well, I randomly got here.
    Not dissapointed.
    Never dissapointed by Sabaton.
    Great work you guys!

  • @drapas7467
    @drapas7467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I am a simple fan,
    I saw Sabaton new video,
    I hit like without doubt !

    • @Sabaton
      @Sabaton  3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      And we find that good 😉

  • @828enigma6
    @828enigma6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Outstanding. The sacrifice of these women is amazing. The fact their leader personally sought out their crash sites shows her dedication to the people under her command. It brought tears to my eyes.

  • @dragondg6412
    @dragondg6412 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    i love the way you just put the stories before the song this also helps me learn history

    • @Sabaton
      @Sabaton  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you!

    • @princeinpve
      @princeinpve ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Sabaton same! Your song Bismarck made me learn about warships as a whole

  • @davidsosa538
    @davidsosa538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    This is my absolute favorite Sabaton song, I showed it to my daughters, told them the story behind and they loved it too, now it has an animated video, awesome 😁🤘

    • @Sabaton
      @Sabaton  3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Thanks for supporting our music!

    • @davidsosa538
      @davidsosa538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Sabaton Please come back to South America! Best wishes from Colombia🤘

    • @ullo-ragnartelliskivi4639
      @ullo-ragnartelliskivi4639 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      fuck the night withches. they bombed tallinn to celebrate international womens day. there were no nazis in tallinn.
      war crime.

    • @reclusiarchgrimaldus1269
      @reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Sabaton + Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved."

    • @reclusiarchgrimaldus1269
      @reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Sabaton Are you saved by Jesus Christ, my friend?

  • @amdusiasvood166
    @amdusiasvood166 3 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    Sabaton легендарная группа. От их музыки кровь бурлит в венах, а от вокала тело покрывается мурашками! Спасибо вам Sabaton !!!

    • @antgorianmapper3564
      @antgorianmapper3564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      А кто то еще говорит что это хуже в 100000000000000 раз чем говноштерн

    • @barneycalhoungaming69
      @barneycalhoungaming69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Uhhhhh AHHHHHHH

    • @antgorianmapper3564
      @antgorianmapper3564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@barneycalhoungaming69 что?

    • @felipealarcon4622
      @felipealarcon4622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      i understood only 2 words and both of them were sabaton

    • @barneycalhoungaming69
      @barneycalhoungaming69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      челик в противогазе I cant really speak Russian
      So basically I know one Russian word and that is hello in Russian but I don’t know how to do the Russian symbols

  • @science-popularizer6043
    @science-popularizer6043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I'am forty year old russian men. This video made me proud again, about my grandparents, who went through the whole war, and cry... Thank you, Sabaton! You are the best!

  • @craigmilton356
    @craigmilton356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Remember this, anger can be a weapon, if you can control it.
    Sabaton allows me to use my deep anger as motivation in school, thank you sabaton. You are very important to me

    • @MonsieurWeevil
      @MonsieurWeevil 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Anger on WHAT?

    • @rogermoore00
      @rogermoore00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Anger is th purest emotion, capable of great things and deeds.
      Every other emotion is just diluted copies.

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rogermoore00 elaborate

  • @user-xd7po9jg5t
    @user-xd7po9jg5t 3 ปีที่แล้ว +224

    Аж слёзы на глазах навернулись.

    • @heathen7660
      @heathen7660 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Не у тебя одного👍🏼

    • @MississippiWildlife
      @MississippiWildlife 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      same

    • @Alkcon
      @Alkcon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Я понимаю что это отличная история

    • @YamahBYV
      @YamahBYV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Аналогично!

    • @user-qk8yd1ty9g
      @user-qk8yd1ty9g 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Думал я один так растрогался 😆

  • @jekw2233
    @jekw2233 3 ปีที่แล้ว +503

    Каждый раз слушая эту песню я плачу. Когда я был первоклассником(2003-2004 год) к нам на классный час пришла ветеран. Это была Нина Ульяненко Захаровна. Она рассказала нам о её детстве и как училась в 3 школе города Воткинск, о войне, о том как она сперва была штурманом, а потом летчиком. Но 2005 году она умерла. Она была очень доброй старушкой. И спустя года, благодаря Radiotapok я познакомился с вами. Тем кто вспомнил о шикарных русских женщинах воевавших вместе с русскими мужчинами. Никто особо не упоминал "ночных ведьм". И вот когда вышел кавер этой песни я заплакал. Сразу же вспомнилась Нина и её рассказы. Спасибо вам огромное, Sabaton

    • @garyd.crowley5890
      @garyd.crowley5890 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Жалко, что этих героинь несправедливо забыла история. Если бы не Сабатон, я бы не узнал эту впечатляющую историю.

    • @thecatalyst6212
      @thecatalyst6212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I like your funny words magic man

    • @garyd.crowley5890
      @garyd.crowley5890 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@thecatalyst6212 Здесь, вы тоже можете это сделать.

    • @thecatalyst6212
      @thecatalyst6212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@garyd.crowley5890 do you have a fur hat

    • @SabuzAnd
      @SabuzAnd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Значит земляки. Уважаю этих ребят! я из Воткинска

  • @spaghettboy2173
    @spaghettboy2173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    0:56
    “The guard shits himself in his fear”

  • @TheJuggerknaught
    @TheJuggerknaught 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Guard: "No, it's just the wind"
    Me: I've played enough Skyrim to see where this is going

  • @cat157
    @cat157 3 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    Boys: AND HE'S FLYING, HIGHER THE KING OF THE SKY
    Girls: UNEXPECTED, UNDETECTED, AVIATION, DEVIATION

    • @apexbrothers5054
      @apexbrothers5054 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Imagine if Manfred was put up against the night witches

    • @amandeepgill5206
      @amandeepgill5206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Manfred would win. He's just too goddamn epic.

    • @apexbrothers5054
      @apexbrothers5054 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@amandeepgill5206 jah

    • @brodybauch8176
      @brodybauch8176 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@amandeepgill5206 yeah he’d also most likely win cause the night witches are bombers. And I don’t know about you but I think it’s kinda hard to bomb a plane that’s flying.

    • @MonsieurWeevil
      @MonsieurWeevil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@amandeepgill5206 He had the faster plane.
      So his strategy would work perfect.
      WTF! The Night Witches in WW2 had worse planes then the flying circus in WW1?

  • @jarldysnomia
    @jarldysnomia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    Germans: Do you hear something?
    Planes fly by with the song of death.
    This is fricking epic, one of my favorite songs is now animated and more detailed and the song. Okay, I'm now even more in love with sabaton. Love from your neighbor country: Denmark 🇩🇰

  • @PlutoProtogen
    @PlutoProtogen 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    i love the night witches, given bad gear and bad planes, they became incredibly feared by the germans, they were beasts

  • @Knight_Trooper
    @Knight_Trooper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The lyrics are just the definition of 'Underrated, Rock Perfected!'
    I thank you Sabaton for giving respects to the Night Witches. This is probably the best one by far!

    • @Sabaton
      @Sabaton  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We thank you for following us

  • @Death_Korps_Officer
    @Death_Korps_Officer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Instructor: We are now going to use this as our training plane
    Boys: Ugh, its so old and weak. We are gonna die on these!
    Girls:

    • @mafia_boss_neto
      @mafia_boss_neto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Red Baron: You call those WWI planes weak? I call them *The Flying Circus...*

    • @withersv
      @withersv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mafia_boss_neto It's better. Po-2 also be farm plane, named "Кукурузник" - "Corn plane"
      But in WW2 it sow the wrong seeds... On the nazi's heads.

    • @sannidhyabalkote9536
      @sannidhyabalkote9536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@withersv love this comment

    • @kayagorzan
      @kayagorzan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Boys: Couldn’t we get into a tank instead?

  • @siegfeurmask648
    @siegfeurmask648 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Sabaton cooperates with Yarnhub's amazing animation
    We: *FLAWLESS VISION, UNDETECTED*

    • @spartstar45
      @spartstar45 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Powerwolf too

    • @Aleksandr.........
      @Aleksandr......... 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@spartstar45 hey friend, the_ruzito is also here

  • @rodolfogamer3040
    @rodolfogamer3040 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yevdokia:**lamenting in the resting place of one of the pilots**
    Sabaton:**on the background with cool glasses and a badass look**

  • @Double_D__
    @Double_D__ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Stories of woefully poorly equipped soldiers managing to take on and absolutely demolish more advanced foes will never not be entertaining. Imagine being one of the Germans on the ground surviving one of their attacks, and you find out the planes that were terrorizing you and your comrades were fucking trainer aircraft whose engines were taken from *tractors.*
    Remember, folks, Obsolete doesn't mean bad, it just means less advanced.

  • @user-hq2lp5fr2w
    @user-hq2lp5fr2w 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Вечная память летчицам героиням! Спасибо им за победу над подлыми захватчиками!

  • @Slavny4
    @Slavny4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +449

    Уважение вам,ребята из Sabaton!!!!
    И вечная память нашим предкам-гражданам и гражданкам Советского Союза. Всем тем людям-разных национальностей,разных религий и взглядов,всем тем,кто остановил фашизм.

    • @ullo-ragnartelliskivi4639
      @ullo-ragnartelliskivi4639 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      fuck the night withches. they bombed tallinn to celebrate international womens day. there were no nazis in tallinn.
      war crime.

    • @JonborgVA
      @JonborgVA ปีที่แล้ว

      wholesome

    • @MInd724070
      @MInd724070 ปีที่แล้ว

      Жаль что Россия теперь стала рассадником фашизма

    • @Slavny4
      @Slavny4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MInd724070 из какой страны пишете,дружище?)

    • @MInd724070
      @MInd724070 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Slavny4 не из России..

  • @sheldonisaacpascual617
    @sheldonisaacpascual617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Notice the propellers have the sabaton S on it

  • @TheCluelessLucent
    @TheCluelessLucent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The story brings such heartfelt tears. I dont mean to glorify war, but i cant help but hold a zippo lighter help up high for such daring, beautiful soldiers whom fight with all their might against their foe. This includes all sides of any war, be it american, soviet, german,english, french or japanese or any other combatant. War can be, quite beautiful even in its unhumanity and darkest hours. Brave people fight, for a cause they believe in, even if it means that they will unsung, never remembered. They still are willing to place their humanity, dignity, and legacy on the line do to what they feel is truly right or that of their country and its deepest desires.

  • @vtlsk9172
    @vtlsk9172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    Слушая Sabaton узнал больше истории чем от преподавателей. Группа заслуживает уважения, как минимум за вклад в культуру. Слушая очередную песню интересно детально изучить о чём поётся.
    Вечная память ветеранам!

    • @asianmale-es1cf
      @asianmale-es1cf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Согласен, но меня песни побуждают на открытие истории более подробно, ибо в песне весь смысл и историю не поймёшь

    • @user-cg5zx8cu4v
      @user-cg5zx8cu4v 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Скорее наоборот... на сотни полков обычных ведьмаков был один женский

    • @Mirotvoreu
      @Mirotvoreu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Вклад в культуру у сабатона больше, чем вклад всех российских фильмов про войну. И это меня печалит :(

    • @vi6063
      @vi6063 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mirotvoreu а как же утомлённые солнцем Никиты Черенкова? Лучший фильм! 😂😂

    • @YamahBYV
      @YamahBYV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@vi6063 УС-2 от Усатого Шмеля на мохнатом хмеле - это шЫдЭвр. же.

  • @LarryW91964
    @LarryW91964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    A great song, and a true homage to an unsung group of heroines. Thank you for using your music to teach so much about history that is rarely heard. As a military history buff for 40+ years, I know there is so much yet to learn. That said. I never suspected there was such a story as this.
    I am not surprised at their success, and am glad to hear it. Also to hear that their commander made such a pilgrimage after the war.
    Keep up the great work!

  • @jacquelinevanbierk
    @jacquelinevanbierk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    AMAZING!!! What a great song to tell such a powerful story. Sabaton videos should be played in History class.

    • @Sabaton
      @Sabaton  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That would be our privilege!

  • @BigGlutesBigToots
    @BigGlutesBigToots 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    There are SO many Sabaton songs that I love, but, for some reason, when I watch this video and imagine the story, it literally brings tears to my eyes. The vulnerability, bravery, courage and sacrifice from women that young just eats me up. I may never have known about this heroism had it not been for Sabaton and this song.

  • @intmap
    @intmap 3 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    Boys in air forces: * Flying in the afternoon on Fighters *
    Girls in soviet air forces:

    • @yeastmaster883
      @yeastmaster883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Boys in air forces: AND HE'S FLYING HIGHER
      THE KING OF THE SKY
      HE'S FLYING TO FAST
      AND HE'S FLYING TO HIGH

    • @shanedoesyoutube8001
      @shanedoesyoutube8001 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yeastmaster883 boys be flying high and diving rapidly upon their prey (except the Japanese, mostly them, who Tokyo drift around their prey)
      While girls be like flying on the deck, cutting engines off once close to target, and then *LOVE SIGN "MASTER SPAAAAAAAAAAAARK"*

  • @user-zb9tz9nn1s
    @user-zb9tz9nn1s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    It was a full female regiment, so refueling and rearming was also lady's duty. Bomb's weight over 50 kilos.

    • @p3chv0gel22
      @p3chv0gel22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I would be annoyed as all hell, carrying 50 kilo around
      And i'm a 90 Kilo, 1,93m man. Biggest respect for those women

    • @danimationd8886
      @danimationd8886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@p3chv0gel22 those girl are buff as hell that they can just smack the hell out of karens

    • @p3chv0gel22
      @p3chv0gel22 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danimationd8886 yes. I had never stated anything different

  • @user-dr6uq8xb6k
    @user-dr6uq8xb6k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Спасибо вам, за эту песню, до мурашек на коже,до самой глубины души. Отдельное вам спасибо за рассказ про 588 полк.💖

    • @user-pq7vj5pd8b
      @user-pq7vj5pd8b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Песня Олега Абрамова... А Шведы молодцы!!!

    • @user-xi2cx7ir6e
      @user-xi2cx7ir6e 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Вот что надо гонять на 9-е мая!!!

    • @nataly2595
      @nataly2595 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-pq7vj5pd8b это именно Сабатон. А вот битва за Москву его.

    • @user-pq7vj5pd8b
      @user-pq7vj5pd8b ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nataly2595 Согласен. Попутал.

  • @pickngrin73
    @pickngrin73 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Sabaton is my favorite history teacher ever! Thanks for all the stories.

    • @Sabaton
      @Sabaton  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you for being there Jason

  • @bcfreedomhighschool9212
    @bcfreedomhighschool9212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    We cant live without your songs Sabaton! You are the best in this life!
    And also history test is tommorrow, so I will listen Sabaton!))

    • @ibbi32
      @ibbi32 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hey I can't believe you guys are here the only other person we need is piscator

    • @ooofman-n4s
      @ooofman-n4s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi BC lol

    • @timthewarlord2304
      @timthewarlord2304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      True

  • @billlaren2452
    @billlaren2452 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Fact: today marks the 102nd anniversary of the battle that earned Alvin York the Medal of Honor. 82nd all the way!

  • @sargeinamerica
    @sargeinamerica 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Imagine the guts it took to fight like this! These women are absolutely amazing.