SABATON - THE RED BARON - Historian Reaction
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Sabaton The Red Baron Reaction
I'd like to recommend something different that people don't seem to be suggesting, and that's their song "Hearts of Iron". It's one of the few songs about the Germans from the last parts of WWII that shows them doing something heroic.
In a similar vein The Last Battle.
Great song. Men of the 9th!
Another underrated song is Attero Dominatus
Paradox could make a game out of that!
Hearts of Iron is one of my favorites and is my favorite off of Heroes.
Fun fact, The Red Baron's Squadron was called "The Flying Circus" which was was where Monty Pythons Flying Circus, got the last part of their name, more precise
The title Monty Python's Flying Circus was partly the result of the group's reputation at the BBC. Michael Mills, the BBC's Head of Comedy, wanted their name to include the word "circus" because the BBC referred to the six members wandering around the building as a circus,
The group added "flying" to make it sound less like an actual circus and more like something from World War I. The group was coming up with their name at a time when the 1966 Royal Guardsmen song Snoopy vs. the Red Baron had been at a peak. Freiherr Manfred von Richthofen, the World War I German flying ace known as The Red Baron, commanded the Jagdgeschwader 1 squadron of planes known as "The Flying Circus."
The words "Monty Python" were added because they claimed it sounded like a really bad theatrical agent, the sort of person who would have brought them together, with John Cleese suggesting "Python" as something slimy and slithery, and Eric Idle suggesting "Monty". They later explained that the name Monty means Lord Montgomery, the great general of the Second World War".
I often wondered if thats where Monty Python got the flying circus name. Thanks!
The name of Circus Was Jasta 11 they have beautiful colored planes
@@onesquash4914 Königlich Preußische Jagdstaffel Nr. 11, if written out.
TIS BUT A SCRATCH.
Got caught up in Monty Python and couldn’t resist saying that quote.
Noone:
Literally not a soul:
Sabaton fans: THEY ARE THE PANZER ELITE
(relax love me some Sabaton)
BORN TO COMPETE, NEVER RETREAT GHOST DIVISION
@@evilhunter64 LIVING OR DEAD ALWAYS AHEAD FED BY YOUR DREAD
isaac baxter ghost division!!!
Always ahead, as the blitzkrieg rages on
so true one of the best songs! but i allways fear when i hear that song, to get the Nazi Stamp for it... Here in Germany people still are very Sensitive about that theme...
I get back from Boot camp, and your reacting to one of my favorite bands. Best Christmas present ever.
Next you need to react to resist and bite, probably there best sing yet.
Welcome back!
Great song indeed. I would recommend the live version from The great tour in Antwerp.
Welcome home something that was never said to me ever even after coming back from two deployments 👍stay safe
if i remember correctly the Baron was actually shot down several times and kept surviving and coming back which just contributed to the allies fearing him in battle. He appeared unkillable
I just discovered Sabaton this year. They have been a bit of an obsession. I am glad to see you found them, too.
Good luck with that. It's gonna be rough and emotional for your the next couple of years as you discover more and more songs...
me 2
I'd say this song may actually be my all time favourite Sabaton song in regards to lyrics. It all seems to flow so well. Just listen to 3:34. 'Der Rote Kampfflieger' is actually the title of a book written by Richthofen that literally translates to "The Red Fighter Pilot".
And Sabaton managed to fit that into this song so that it rhymed!
Von Richthofen was actually born in Kleinburg, modern Borek, district of Wrocław (Breslau).
He was an officer within 1st Uhlan (lancer) Regiment and first year of the war served at the Eastern Front, where cavalry still played important role, but transferred in 1915 to the West, he soon got bored, as there was no real deal for cavalry to perform.
I really enjoy Your reaction videos, maybe try Sabaton`s "Uprising" next time ;-)
(Polish bias confirmed! :))
he was german though, right?
@@-theislander-5888 yes
Sabaton is freaking awesome, I don`t have any specific recommendations other than all of them.
I would however suggest making a playlist for when you play any wargames 'offscreen' so to speak. Bismark and Midway are perfect for UAD for example.
Yes! I love that idea.
LOVE THIS SOOOOOOOOOOOOONG! Some of my favourites are "Coat of Arms", "Attack of the Dead Men" and "Swedish Pagans"
Mine is resist and bite
@@captainrex5213 Really good song indeed.
@@spirosgreek1171 be honest, there are bad sabaton's songs ? i think not
@@claudiolotito342 "Bad Song" isnt in the sabaton dictionary
I really like Noch ein Bier and Gay Division
I'm just imagining this. he managed to crash land his plane, even though he literally just got shot in the heart.. Allied soldiers get to the plane and he just sits there in his crashed red plane, barely even breathing at this point and just says "Kaputt" (which means "broken") and just dies.
What a way to go. Idk why but that is both hilarious and sad at the same time-
"Ooh, a historian reacting to, " No Bullets Fly"! And some others! I'll watch one video and go back to my work. "
*-hours pass-*
*has watched several videos and is subscribed to the channel*
" What time is it!?! "
"... Just one more... "
Thanks GK! Glad you're enjoying.
@@VloggingThroughHistory I might be late for the show, but still; I planned on going to bet at 2 AM this morning.
It is 5 AM now.
I will manage.
But for crying out loud! - you commentary is addicting. Wish I had history teachers like yourself back in the day.
One thing to note, Manfred likely downed more than 80 aircraft in his career. Germany had a strict requirement that a "kill" wouldn't be confirmed unless you brought back a piece of the target aircraft that could be verified as proof. The Allied forces had a different policy requiring only a second pilot confirm that the kill took place.
I really recommend the final solution and no bullets fly from them, I was really moved by those tracks. Good content :)
We made Mr. Terry a Sabaton fan, we will make you one too! 😂
You should also try Night Witches. Another great story - this time from WWII. There’s a recently issued animated version.
and "no bullet fly"
@@claudiolotito342 definitely agree
The equivalent of the Red Baron on the allied side would’ve been billy bishop (I dunno if there were any other high scoring aces) but he earned the Victoria cross and he got 72 kills throughout the course of the war. He now has two airports named after him. A Canadian great
There was a French ace with 75 victories. Bishop was next. The top US ace, Eddie Rickenbacker, has an airport named after him here in Ohio.
First few bars include a reference to the “flying circus” which iirc was his squadron that all had brightly colored triplanes
This song.... oh man its so good. Speed metal at its best. Even my wife LOVE this song, and she hates metal.... great reaction pal. Merry yule and stay safe
Thanks Daniel and the same to you and yours!
The keyboard intro is the opening of J. S. Bach's "Little Fugue in G minor" for organ BWV 578, transposed to C minor
Good to know, i knew about Johan Sebastian Bach but not about this adaptation of this piece.
Took way too long to find a Bach comment.
How to grow your channel:
1. Do Sabaton reactions.
2. Repeat.
🤘😁🍺
My son is also waiting for the Covid restrictions to be lifted world-wide so he can get back over to historical archives in Europe. He's working on his PhD dissertation in European history. This virus has screwed up a lot of things for a lot of people.
My Daddy was a private pilot and loved everything that had to do with aviation. My sister and I grew up hearing about The Red Baron. Daddy loved to tell the story. Another terrific reaction! Subscribed so I won't miss any more!
youtube recommendations were on point again, I'm just bingewatching all your stuff right now :D
History is just so interesting and I love getting to know all these small details
Glad to have you!
I read the Red Baron Biography when I was a student in junior high, and loved everything I read. How his parents once played a prank on him and his brother because his brother was superstitious and afraid of ghosts. Manfred nearly killed his father and mother when he attempted to protect his brother. Little tidbits like that never seem to come out when talking about the man behind the pilot.
His cousin was leading commander of the luftwaffe over Stalingrad in 1942
Flying must be in the family then
Love these videos! The songs are pretty good and the videos are interesting keep it up HG !
good
I'm really happy you have so much knowledge about the Red Baron. Most of the times people don't want to aknowledge the achievements of their enemies.
So it's quite exciting to see you knowing a lot about him!
Great video, thank you!
I fell in love with flying because of this song, and the history behind it; hoping to one day fly in an oldschool plane.
Love the vids man, you do not pause a whole lot throughout the video, and when you do it is actually a great addition to the information in the song itself.
Most reactors pause at awful times and say nothing of actual value.
Maaaaan, not even a year ago and he was talking about wanting to hit 1,000 subs 😅 congrats man!
As a history geek and an aspiring aviator, Manfred von ricthofen is one of the historical people who I truly look up to, his story is awe inspiring and the song captures it perfectly.
Can we see a reaction to shiroyama or hill 2334 next?
This was fun! Thanks. Can't wait for the next one. Super excited you chose to watch a video I suggested!
That's one of the things I like most about Sabaton is the awesome music, mostly historical accuracy and humanizing war rather than glorifying it.
Night Witches! The animated story video is packed with good stuff. Linked below!
Night Witches (Animated Story Video) - th-cam.com/video/5YPo8zDkvy4/w-d-xo.html
Much appreciated that you know the actual true outcome of The Red Baron fate.... ( After a pilot was incorrectly credited with it) the soldier was a Sergeant Cedric Popkin manning a Vickers .303 who fired the fatal shot, A lieutenant of the observer corps was first to approach the down ace to hear his last words
It was Sergeant Cedric Popkin actual second attempt at firing that caused the hit..... his first attempt missed yet his particular Vickers was situated on a mount that allowed full rotation so he turned 180 and waited, the shot enter below right armpit and exited his left of his chest (the bullet was also recovered inside his flight suit)
Coincidentally both the German formation and British formation had pilots flying their first mission.... these pilots were told to not engage in battle.... but apparently crossed paths with each other, British pilot Lieutenant May gained the advantage over the German pilot.....which the Red Baron then spotted and so the chase began, with Captain Roy Brown following....
Love these kind of historical reactions...love from sweden
Going further back in time there is The Winged Hussars. It's my favorite Sabaton song about the battle of Vienna 1683.
I didn't know he was born in present day city of Wroclaw. And there is a museum dedicated to him in the city of Świdnica in a former Richthofen familly villa. I will have to check it out someday
👏🏽👏🏽 finally a historian reacting to Sabaton. Liked the video even before it started 🤘🏽
The guy who runs "Sabaton History" also has a channel "WW2 day by day".
VERY watch-worthy
Indy Nidell. He only hosts the sabaton history Channel.
for anyone wondering. Kaputt means destroyed
When the enemy buries you will full honors, you know you were that damn good
A canadian pilot trying to chase the Baron
An australian anti air gun: im boutta end his carrer
The Red Baron was actually a letter carrier on horse back not an officer. And prior to that he was a rebelious cadet, then when the war broke out he became a letter carrier or "runner". After that he wrote a letter to the chancellor of germany asking to be put into the air force so he could do more for his country.
He was a lieutenant in the 1st Uhlan Cavalry Regiment as early as 1912. Yes the unit had dispatch duty, but he was most definitely an officer in the cavalry.
I'm so glad you got addicted to Sabaton the same way I did.
Maybe you should right a book about what happened in their songs? I've loved learning about the history then watching the video again!
“The quality of the box matters little. Success depends on the man who sits in it.”
-Manfred von Richthofen
Blood of Bannockburn and The Last Stand. Also great songs and a little bit of older history
Thank you for doing what you are doing and taking the time to review these. I'll be watching all of your work!
Thanks Russ! Glad to have you.
Want some older history check out Sabaton "The Last Stand" about the Swiss Guards last stand in 1527 on the Steps to Heaven.
I did that one a while back
I don’t know if it fits the channel, but ”En livstid i krig (a lifetime of war)” live from Gothenburg is really breathtaking. Think it’s available with english subtitles. More of a general wartime story, not as detailed as the once you’ve covered thus far.
I highly recommend the animated versions of "No bullets fly" and "Nightwitches". Epic stories about heroes in the sky.
Nightwitches is one of my favorites (girl power!), and No Bullets Fly actually makes me really emotional (as it highlights that humanity can still be found even in the midst of war). Both excellent tracks.
The reference to Red Baron's death is in the chorus "Eye for an eye. The legend will never die." These words refer to the fact that he was a killer and so was killed (eye for an eye) and "the legend will never die" insinuates the death of the man.
There is a great movie about him called The Red Baron and the actor looks just like Manfred as well.
Fictionalized unfortunately if it is the one I am thinking of. Brown and the Baron never met for example but have to say some pretty good dogfight scenes for the the time
It is way too easy to forgot these days, that your enemies are people too, just like you. Greetings from Finland, I have really liked your videos
Something I find fascinating about the fighting that led to Richthofen's death is that what he was doing when he was shot flies in the face of everything he taught his squadron. He was low to the ground, he was far too far over enemy lines, he was allowing himself to be led on a chase.
how cool would it be if they made one dedicated to Oswald Boelcke the first german flying ace, author of the Dicta Boelcke one of the first guides to aerial warfare, such a self assured badass he went and found the dude he just shot down, then invited him for coffee, he was the first test pilot to use the machine gun syncronization devices, he taught the red baron everything he knew, he was the benchmark of perfection in the first half of ww1, and my favorite bit, after he died in 1916, the british didnt check him off the list like some sort of obstacle that had been conquered, they made a large wreath and dropped it over the german camp, on it was a note, 'To the memory of Captain Boelcke, our brave and chivalrous foe'
How the fuck did we forget about this absolute legend?
Pardon the intrusion. But the B17 that said goodbye to the cross he deserved was the bomber crew themselves. Since they were spared by Stigler where as they wouldn't have been if it was a different fighter pilot.
If you're especially a fan of the videos with dramatised elements in the music videos (compared to those like this one, which are still very cool), then some of the ones you might be interested in are "Primo Victoria" (about D-Day) and "Screaming Eagles" (about the 101st Airborne's defence of Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge).
Also "Uprising" (about the Warsaw Uprising) and "Fields of Verdun" (Battle of Verdun) have great music videos too.
For ones about even earlier historical events, there's ones like "The Winged Hussars", "The Last Stand", and "Shiroyama". Also basically anything from their Carolus Rex album.
Another thing that was unknown about the baron he used allies engines in his fighter from crashed fighters of theirs, he settled on a American engine design at the end since it was producing the most horse power of all the engines and he had a hand in designing several German Fighters since he knew what the draw backs of all their fighters were by making two of them the best in the circus of his squadron fast agile and tight turning the perfect fighter to use in dog fights.
He was chasing a Canadian pilot and was being chased by another Canadian pilot (Roy Brown). But I think the fatal shot probably came from an Australian gunner on the ground (Cedric Popkin)
The line in the song about how "he's flying too high" is a bit weird though, since he literally died from ground fire that wouldn't have happened had he not been flying unusually low.
Coming from the same town as Capt Roy Brown I might have a bit of biased for this but he is still credited with kill/victory
Famous flying ace's last word(s): Kaputt
This song is such a banger.
The opening is Bach's Little Fugue in G minor, BWV 578.
I just remembered the rebel squadron that takes down the Death Star is called Red Squadron (later to change to its more well-known name Rogue Squadron), I wonder if George Lucas was influenced by the Red Baron's Squadron.
I love your Sabaton reaction videos. There are none bad Sabaton songs. I guess you got tons of requests, but I always add more: Ballad of Bull, Inmate 4859, Ghost in the trenches, Devil Dogs, Screaming Eagles...
I’m not sure if it has been mentioned, but the band Iced Earth also has a song about the Red Baron. You may enjoy their album titled The Glorious Burden.
First time hearing about his brother. Wow. Red Brothers rule the skies. And no pilot was able to down them.
There's nothing you can say that will tell me that Manfred and Lothar weren't the real super mario brothers.
The piece in the start is actually a organ piece from MVRs era and they actually had problems finding someone to play it
Well stilling being awake and seeing you liked my comment they actually have a 2nd channel dedicated to telling the history around their songs and it’s really great long form 20+ minute videos. They have an excellent video on Manfred, Verdun, Rommels Ghost division and Bismarck
Er, no, it was from 200 years earlier. BWV 578, the Little Fugue in G minor by J.S.Bach. And on a live vid, Jocke Broden himself plays it - he started out as a keyboard player.
I really like that you can the history about the song other just like teh song but you know ecatly what they sing about
Do more. Just found this and thank you for this lol. Sabaton fan
how badass is he?
Best pilot in WW1 (probably in comparatively extremely short airtime)
buried with full honors by his enemies.
has a trope named after him.
made an entire archetype in anime that badasses have red color schemes
Have Sabaton make a song about you.
I just realized that if Charles M. Schultz was still alive and were to draw more of the Peanut comics, I can see him learning about the new theories and research developments of Red Baron's death. Imagine him making a comic where Snoopy thinks he finally shot down the Baron and he starts celebrating, until someone in the background points out that it was the gunner on the ground that got the Red Baron, that gunner was actually Woodstock. Then it cuts to Snoopy now saying "Curse you, Woodstock" instead of "Curse you, Red Baron"
You gotta do a reaction video to their song Night Witches, Attack Of The Dead Men and Primo Victoria! Awesome songs.
You should do No bullets fly the animation, and Primo Victoria
Dude why kali
@@schlapp2733 what
They just put out a new video for their song No Bullets Fly.
A story of a German Fighter Pilot who spared a heavily damaged B-17 and escorted it through the an AA border.
Fact...Richthofen's cousin, Wolfram, was also in the squadron
My great grandfather Arthur Roy Brown was credited with shooting him down for a while. He was an Ace pilot too leading a squadron. He started chasing the Red Baron after his childhood Friend was targeted By Richtoven. The story goes in my family he had no idea it was him he shot down until he landed. There was a history channel special trying to disprove that A Roy Brown shot him down but i found it to be heavily biased. My Great Grandad‘s time as a WW1 pilot is a interesting story, apparently he never lost a single man under his command which was almost unheard of at the time. A lot the credit goes to how he would introduce new pilots to dog fighting by having them study it by by initially flying above the battles when the brokE out.
The first book I ever selected and read was the Red Baron's biography. If memory serves correctly, many of his early "kills" were unarmed observation planes. That was typical of the era.
Well, make this request #2:
Check out White Death from Sabaton, about the most badass Finn, Simo Häyhä.
Then when you are done, watch Soldier of 3 Armies about the most badass Finn: Lauri Törni.
So if you piss off a Finn, you will not live to regret it.
btw, these songs have no official music video, but the Sabaton websites do provide the songs with lyrics and explanations of the songs. So you can use that if you cant use the fan made videos, which contain movie images which you would need a license for.
There are a lot of requests for the relatively newer songs/videos.
You might appreciate the video for To Hell and Back. It's about Audie Murphy, but the video is less about his life during the war than about what he went through after the war.
If I remember correctly, some of the lyrics are based on Audie's own writings.
The Red Baron: *exists*
Cedric Basset Popkin: *Leonardo DiCaprio laughing upside-down*
For a decent show, if not a bit aged, on just who killed the Red Baron, Unsolved History did an episode in their first season. And with the technology they had, it was filled around 2001, they come to a conclusion that I think is pretty definitive.
The attack of the dead men!
Imagine u have 2 sons... Both are exzellent fighter plane pilots and you are proud of them but you know both wont come back home... I think the most sad part of beeing a Parent is when u have to life longer then your childs. Sad story of a legendary pilot. (Sorry for my bad english)
Manfred's brother was the great grandfather of Suzane Von Richsthofen, a woman that brutaly killed her parents here in Brazil. Just a weird fact haha sorry for the bad english.
More Sabaton please!
The red baron was a true hero.
The beginning sounds like an oldschool console video game
There is still a german fighter squadron called jagdgeschwader Richthofen and im not sure but i think its the jg52
I'd like to point out that Richthoven didnt just transfer to a fighter squadron, he met Oswald Boelcke on a train and they had a long talk, after that Richthoven decided to become a pilot, to learn from Boelcke.
This is my favorite plane
Here's the full story of Richthofen's death, I took the information from Wikipedia:
On April 21st, 1918 near the Somme river, a novice Canadian Sopwith Camel pilot Wilfrid "Wop" May fires on Richthofen's cousin, Wolfram von Richthofen. After seeing his cousin being attacked, Richthofen began pursuing the novice pilot. After a few minutes, another Camel, piloted by May's schoolfriend and flight commander, Canadian Captain Arthur "Roy" Brown, spots and briefly chases Richthofen. Around this point, a single .303 caliber round strikes Richthofen in the chest, damaging his heart and lungs beyond repair, but not killing him instantly. The kill was at first credited to Brown, but more recently an Australian AA machine gunner using a Vickers was credited.
On a side note, Richthofen's death certificate, which was found in 2009, is odd, to say the least. His name is misspelled as "Richthoven" and his death is only described as "died 21 April 1918, from wounds sustained in combat", a rather anticlimactic way to describe the end of the world's most famous flying ace of the Great War, possibly of all time.
Probably my favorite song from the great war album
I don't know how many people know this or if this has been commented yet, but Manfred von Richtoften was succeeded by Herman Goering, who would go on to become the head of the Luftwaffe in WWII.
Not directly, though Goering did eventually take over leadership. There were one or two in between.
Hermann Georing took over the richtofen squadron too.
Would reccomend attack of the dead men
Fields of verdun
Gallipoli
The winged huzzahs
To hell and back
Back in control
And rorkes drift
5:54 his known last word was "kaput" because the Allied troops that went to his plane after he crash landed didn't understand what he was saying and could only make out the word kaput.
you know when the clips of info the parts with no vocals play i hear a beat that sounds exactly like what is being said