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It's coward talk. Many men in the eastern ss volunteer battalions only flipped sides so their families weren't raped and executed by Soviet red army troops.
@@jacobfarley434 probably dead because it doesn't follow hollywood film making convention maybe hollywood want to put their bs spin on it and the maker left out the door come on when have hollywood actually care about history or good story making outside of a lucky couple flim
There's one that's been stuck in pre prod for 3+ years now. I am dying to see that story on the big screen but I'm afraid I'll be terribly disappointed...
"An American army captain, a Waffen SS officer and a German army Mayor made a plan to defend French hostages against loyal Nazis in a medieval Austrian castle." Sounds like a Monty Python movie. I can drink to that!
WW2 was crazy time. I have heard about a US soldier, who demanded to carry a Spartan shield in to the battle... on D day, and he got APPROVED! Or what about Italian cavalry/camelry in East Africa? I mean... At this point, why not a siege of a castle?
What is really strange is that this isn't the only time Americans and Germans worked together during WW2. They also worked together to rescue Lipizzaner horses that had been stolen by Htiler to bread a superior race of horses.
RhinoBarbarian Americans and Germans fighting together, Shock and Awe and Maneuver Warfare. Would be a terrifying sight, and this time theyre gonna be supplied by Americans, If Operation Unthinkable kicked off and not only a war plan on the drawing board for “Just in case” Stalin would have had a heart attack half a decade earlier.
@@proudfirebrand3946 Actually they were supplied by the Americans for most of the war. Well, american companies. The US government isn't allowed to say "you can't do buissness with party X because reason Y". At least, that's how it was. I don't know if that's since changed or still remains.
That's because fiction has to follow certain laws and rules in order to be comprehensible, history, truth, and reality don't need to follow the same laws.
@@Sorain1 From what I heard, other sources claimed that the tank wasn't completely crewed, and that there was only one guy within the tank, operating it's gun turret. So not that crazy
Rest in peace, Joseph Gangl. Who redeemed himself and fought for the good cause and died for it. Hero of the Austrian resistance. Farewell, my friend! Your sacrifice will not be forgotten. Rest now forever, with your friends and those friends that once were foes, and now they rest side by side.
@@ReclaimTheMainland He was still SS.......the chance he wasnt a war criminal to some degree is VERY small...especially if he was part of the Totenkopf units or the Leibstandarte (which supplied Hitlers personal guard).
A main theme that would spoil most of the plot of the movie, I vote against this. As an outro it would work, and I would love to see that happen though, depending on the quality of the movie, I think there is a lower bar of hollywoodism that Sabaton should probably avoid associating with.
The only time in history us soldiers defended castle There is a street named after gangel innhis honor I read somewhere that there might be a film in production
www.google.com/maps/place/Sepp+Gangl-Stra%C3%9Fe,+6300+W%C3%B6rgl,+Austria/@47.4845571,12.0675636,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x477633a9a498cc45:0x332dea70d3c73edc!8m2!3d47.4845571!4d12.0697523 This is the street btw
I really love this song, so to hear that it never got played live feels a little disappointing. And it feels nice, as a German, to hear these stories with...happier endings that involve Germans. Then again Sabaton has so many other great songs, I get why they'd play the fan-favourites before playing "The Last Battle". All in all, this was amazing episode!
@@WPSent In the Netherlands it really should be. May 5th is liberation day for us. Which is celebrated immensly. 4th of May is death memorial of the Holocaust.
Out of all of the sabaton epics songs (which is pretty much all of them) this is one of my favourites if not my favourite I just hope when I do get to see them live they play it
@@SabatonHistorydid you guys ever hear about last battle in Europe,it was battle for Oždak in Bosnia,2k Croats did final stand againts 23k Yugoslav partizans.
All I can think of is the Statefarm commercial; Wife: Jenny? Who is this? She sounds hideous. Joakim: Well she's a tank, so... Edit: I got the wrong insurance company, fixed it
True. I'm waiting for someone like Ron Howard to do it since he seems to make movies about actual events that happened, so for example Apollo 13 (about the failed moon mission), Rush (Formula 1 rivalry between Niki Lauda and James Hunt) and A Beautiful Mind (about the mathematician John Nesh)
Speaking only of himself, Joseph Gangl was named a national hero in Austria for having fought and died in Castle Itter, so it can be considered that he redeemed himself at some point from what he did on the Nazi side. Out of all that, this is one of the most incredible songs of Sabaton. I love your music guys :)
Nah, that came when the SS foreign volunteer legions (Nordland?) made a mad dash from fighting the Soviets, so they could surrender to the Americans. There were Germans, Austrians, Dutch, Belgians, French, Danish, Norwegians, Swedes, Estonians, and more in the group. One American general said 20 years later it had been like a NATO meeting when he was accepting their surrender.
This is by far my favorite story of WW2. It's not a story about glory or victories, but humanity and brother hood. Major Gangl's story is so criminally underrated. There needs to be good, honorable, movie made from this story.
This is indeed one of my favorite songs of Sabaton and I'm happy you guys ended the Last Stand with that number. It's indeed one of the more upbeat songs. The story is just amazing. Where an SS, American GI, and German Wehrmacht fought all together to stop the SS from killing the French prisoners. It was indeed the Strangest Battle of World War Two. But the story should be told.
The book relating this event by Stephen Harding is quite a good read as well. Honestly, I knew how the events would play out, I knew how this would end, and yet I was reading this like this was the first time I was hearing about the story.
The battle of castle Itter is my favourite story about WW2. When I and my girlfriend was on a road trip a couple of years ago we stayed a few days in Austria. I had a book with me called "The last battle" by Stephen Harding which covers the whole event and it's great. And when I checked on google where in austria it was I found out it wasn't far from where we stayed so I convinced my girl we check it out. And damn it was cool but it was a bit weird. First it's a private property and the owner wasn't home so sadly I couldn't go inside. And for some reason there's no indication from the village that the battle even happened. No info from tourist flyers or nothing. But I didn't cry. It was awesome standing outside the gate where Jenny once defended it and looking around the steep cliff and the surrounding forest where the SS tried to overrun the castle. I'm really happy I I've been there and i think more people should. And speaking about the song I was really happy that Sabaton made a song about the story. The song is one of my favourites and VERY underrated, just as the battle it portray. So please rethink this statistic stuff when it comes to that song at least. It deserves to blast through a stadium as hard as the castle and soldiers stood against the SS.
There really ought to be a movie about this, but it's probably one of those things that they'd have to tone down to make it believable. I mean, only one of the "good guys" gets killed after having survived six years of war in Europe, including Stalingrad, Normandy and Bastogne, then gets killed defending French VIPs defending a medieval Austrian Castle alongside an American football player? No way anyone would believe that! And fighting Nazis as the badguys has been so overdone in Hollywood, anyway. /Sarcasm
I think the best way would be to do it as close as possible to the historic event, with all the outlandish, over the top elements. And then at the very end end with an "actually, this is 100% what happened and this is where those guys that survived ended up" XD
I found it quite easy to pictures some of the scenes actually. If I'm honest, I'd be more interested in seeing that story on screen if it was made by a smaller, independent studio, why not a European production, rather than the big magnates of Hollywood (who are likely to water it down and make it PG to make as much money as possible out of it)
Great episode and what a great story (and song) to go with it! It's really inspiring too, in the same way the 'No Bullets Fly' incident was; people like Gangl and Schrader putting aside their ideology and orders to instead do what's right. I have to agree with Indy: why hasn't this been made into a movie? The image of 67-year-old Paul Reynaud firing a machine gun at Nazis in a medieval castle is now stuck in my head and it's glorious.
I'm almost certain it has and I've seen it, it was playing on a broadcast channel and I caught it half way in. I for the life of me can't remember what it was called. Ever since I heard this song I've been trying to think of it.
I just want to say thank you Sabaton for being there during my high school years. It was the last battle that got me an A+ in my history through film class. As the final project was to write our own idea for a history movie. I was the odd one out who did the last battle and your song was used for the end. It was you all who gave me an idea for a really interesting movie. Which I doubt will ever be resurfaced.
Like most Sabaton songs, this one moves me to tears every time I really think about it. I think about Gangl and how much he saw, and how it left him guilty and disillusioned. To be killed in action as he was, trying to rescue some prisoners in an old castle, literally running to their aid, is the ultimate story of redemption. Knowing that he made the decision to help these prisoners in the first place is beautiful, but his final sacrifice really makes me break out in goosebumps. Knowing that he was needed, that he was a friend, that he was helping, that he could atone and finally do the right thing -- I hope that that's what his final moments were like. I hope that he died peacefully, knowing that he'd made all the difference. Rest in peace, Josef "Sepp" Gangl. May your eternal rest be joyous and peaceful.
This is one of my favorite songs from sabaton. I think i first heard about the story on NPR when they talked about the book 'The Last Battle' and i was so excited when i saw a song about it. The story is so inspiring and so human also.
I could see that movie now "The Battle of Castle Itter" Unlikely allies, former foes, and rebels seek to hold a castle deep in Austria as the tattered, but rezalute WAFFEN SS close in.
We need these heroes in our history books. Shout their names in the schools and universities. War is hell, but it's people like these that bring light in dark times.
Make it the credits theme. Keep the overall tone of the movie serious to make the surreal parts stand out (like the prisoner pole vaulting over the walls or Gangl being killed) and then play this during the "This is where they ended up" prelude to the credits.
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Holy hell. When I wrote under the "Hearts of Iron" video about this song, I never expected a video on it. And here we are. I can die peacefully, thank you, guys! With love from Russia
I like how the discussion about lyrics evolved into Joakim f*ckin a tank Also so sad this song is so underrated it’s one of my favourites on the last stand album
This is one of my favorite songs by Sabaton. I knew about the story years ago before ever listening to Sabaton. The story is so inspirational and shows how the human spirit can overcome overwhelming odds at times.
12:43 We always knew Joakim loved Tanks, but perhaps it was Jenny in his heart all along. Guess we could say he was "besotten with Jenny." I can't believe this song isn't more popular. It's one of my absolute FAVORITES and I've listened to it so many times I've lost count. It's especially great for when I'm studying, having this on a loop is super motivating. The Last Battle being one of the strangest in history has honestly always made me feel a huge mix of emotions and I love this song because it's basically perfect.
Such a badass story! I always liked the song and now it's even better! These episodes are always giving me a newfound enjoyment for the songs they are talking about or making me fall in love with ones I had overlooked before 🥰🤘
I saw something about it and was just curious so I go to type it in and the app shuts down and makes my TV restart. It wasn't my wi-fi either so it was strange to say the least. Where can I find it outside YT?
The concept of two opposing sides coming together to fight a common enemy and parting as friends has always spoken to me, and always will. And that is why "The Last Battle" instantly became one of my top favorites, and not just among Sabaton's songs. Rest in Power, Major Joseph "Sepp" Gangl " _Omnia quod creata, in harmonia unita._ "
It’s a great story and a great song. One I wouldn’t mind seeing and hearing live myself. This story accurately describes how crazy things can get in a war. And it definitely deserves a movie. Thanks guys.
Wow.. I became interested in WWII when I was a teenager in the 70s. I'm 62 now.. and I thought I'd read everything there is to know about it... and watched every documentary about the war. I stumbled on to this video today.. and I'm stunned. I had never heard about this. Like a lot of people have mentioned, this should be made into a movie. It has all the elements needed. You wouldn't even need to dramatize it, as often happens with movies based on real-life events. The story is so wild, it sounds like a plot that Quentin Tarantino would have written. Thanks for posting this!
My wife is a teacher (of reading), and we both went to high school in the 80s, and we both like history. and she had not been aware of Sabaton. I saw Bismarck (the video) when it was new, and showed it to her, and away she went. She found this channel, and loves all the music, and we've seen Sabaton live twice in the past year as well, in the US. Just keep doing what you do best!
This story (one of my favorites as an amateur student of All things WWII) is proof to all the people I have to educate in the following fact: Most Germans in Nazi Germany weren't Nazis. They did what they were told to keep from getting killed by the Gestapo, or were merely fighting for the Father Land.All of the combatants should have received the highest medals of their day from their respective governments
IM SOOOOOOO HAPPY I absolutely love SABATON and I have literally been waiting for this specific video for months. You guy's music have helped me so much in terrible times and I cant wait to hear what else the GREATEST METAL BAND IN THE WHOLE WORLD is going to release to us.
This is one of my favorites from The Last Stand, such a great heroic and surprising tale in one of the darkest moments in human history. I read somewhere that there's a movie in production, don't know how far it is or how the progress is but I hope it comes out.
You got to ask yourself this, what exactly was the conversations between the US troops and the German Wehrmacht? Not only had they been fighting each others, but this was the only time they would talk to each others that wasn't where one of them were a POW. It most have been bisarr for both sides to get used to the guy you been fighting would be the same guy who now would make sure you survived.
Idk man I reckon the conversation was quite light and casual, they weren't aliens to eachother and many Germans spoke broken English even back then, there isn't much difference between soldiers
@@thehypest6118 Oh ya, i don't think they chatted a lot like in some other cases, it's still that upcoming doom of the SS attack which would 100% effect their nerves, but the few that could break the nerves and talked to each others, i would love to know what was said. What casual stuff did they just talk about. Was there anyone who ever went deeper and trusted some more personal deals with the former enemy. From the stories we know of, it's clear that most soldiers weren't hating each others on the Western Front. They could have casual talks with each others when timed allowed it.
This is one of, if not my favorite song from Sabaton. I think the story is awesome, and that intro gets me pumped up every time. I really wish they would play it at shows.
If i remember correctly, joakim's favorite tank is the sherman, and considering that "jenny" was a sherman she could be his lost girlfriend lol😂 Anyway loved the episode and love this song.
I left an abusive relationship of two and a half years, and the day it was finally over I cranked up the volume and played this song as loudly as I could in my suv.
The Last Battle has been one of my favorite Sabaton songs for a long time now. I've never been so hyped to see an episode of Sabaton History this much before!
So it's decided that Indy will perform with the piano at the cruise?! That is such good news! Let's hope we'll get there. First an episode about the song I love and now this. Happy days! 😊 And guys, what about performing Last Battle live there, at the cruise? 😉
That's happened more the one time in the WW2. In the Second Battle of the Alps (1945) Charles de Gaulle decided deliberately to invade the North of Italy for conquest. When the Italians saw the French Army occupy the territory, partisans, members of the RSI (Italians soldiers still loyal to Mussolini) and some german troops, joined together to protect the Alps. They fought in fortification and won despite they were outnumbered. They surrounded only when the american troops arrived, becouse they ordered the french army to stop. The President of USA himself thretened De Gaulle to stop the invasion with the stop of the supply.
I dont comment on your videos but I've been waiting for this episode since the channel start, this is by far my favorite song. So many good drunken memories to this jam!
I am seeing them next week and I hope this song gets played. It's one of my favorite Sabaton songs. I listen to it almost daily on my way home from work.
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People have been looking for "Europa the last battle" but TH-cam censors that, and promotes your video..Think about that if you have integrity..
@@uncle_Samssubjects Thanks for the info about censorship. And: the movie exist, i saw it.
@@gerhardfitz7307Please tell me where I can find it
It's an amazing story, and an amazing song, I don't know why it's unpopular; it's one of my favourites.
"Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an American."
"What about side by side with a friend?"
"Ja, I could do that."
I knew it would be here somewhere.
God bless you man-eater thingy.
"Ja, das wäre in Ordnung."
I get that reference.
@@davidty2006 Arguably the best exchange of lines in the LotR trilogy. 🤘😁🍺
Talk about awkward pre-battle conversations among the men: "Sorry for trying to kill you last week" "haha, yeah, that was a good shot"
"Not really, I missed!"
@@aetherofthenorth9700 “Like I said, good shot!”
@@minoreror9961 This exchange was golden.
Wermacht prisoners, not SS tho, throughout the war often got along well with the Americans actually.
It's coward talk. Many men in the eastern ss volunteer battalions only flipped sides so their families weren't raped and executed by Soviet red army troops.
Everyone who has heard the song or knows the story wonders why this isn't a movie.
Apparently there is a movie in talks and works
Apparently there is a movie in talks, but not sure how it's coming
@@jacobfarley434 probably dead because it doesn't follow hollywood film making convention maybe hollywood want to put their bs spin on it and the maker left out the door come on when have hollywood actually care about history or good story making outside of a lucky couple flim
There's one that's been stuck in pre prod for 3+ years now. I am dying to see that story on the big screen but I'm afraid I'll be terribly disappointed...
I don't think there's a studio in the world that would take the risk of showing anyone in a German uniform in a positive light.
"An American army captain, a Waffen SS officer and a German army Mayor made a plan to defend French hostages against loyal Nazis in a medieval Austrian castle."
Sounds like a Monty Python movie. I can drink to that!
Ha ha. I hear that!
same here.
WW2 was crazy time. I have heard about a US soldier, who demanded to carry a Spartan shield in to the battle... on D day, and he got APPROVED! Or what about Italian cavalry/camelry in East Africa? I mean... At this point, why not a siege of a castle?
Cheers bro, I'll drink to that
@@carbonwolf3865 I think all of us will LOL
Further proof history is usually weirder than fiction.
What is really strange is that this isn't the only time Americans and Germans worked together during WW2. They also worked together to rescue Lipizzaner horses that had been stolen by Htiler to bread a superior race of horses.
RhinoBarbarian Americans and Germans fighting together,
Shock and Awe and Maneuver Warfare.
Would be a terrifying sight, and this time theyre gonna be supplied by Americans, If Operation Unthinkable kicked off and not only a war plan on the drawing board for “Just in case” Stalin would have had a heart attack half a decade earlier.
@@proudfirebrand3946 Actually they were supplied by the Americans for most of the war.
Well, american companies. The US government isn't allowed to say "you can't do buissness with party X because reason Y".
At least, that's how it was. I don't know if that's since changed or still remains.
Anc not openly at least.
That's because fiction has to follow certain laws and rules in order to be comprehensible, history, truth, and reality don't need to follow the same laws.
*Everyone:* 'Avengers: Endgame' is the most ambitious crossover in history!
*Actual, Legit Historical Events:* Hold my beer!
RhinoBarbarian I’d never thought I would say this, but History is better than Fiction!!!!
@@vuncelantenweid2556 Bruh, of course it is
@@vuncelantenweid2556 Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense.
@@vuncelantenweid2556 always has been
@@elliott421 to quote bad religion. "life is the crummiest book I ever read. There isn't a hook just a lot of cheap shots and pictures to shock."
Loved that story. Also: hate the fact that this Cruise thing might happen in a time when I am broker than broke.
Amen brother.
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"An mg42 was firing at the gate house and Jenny's 50 cal was answering"
I love that line so much
Then Jenny got hit by an 88 mm-Flak Shell. And got Destroyed. The men luckily got out.
@@biggsdarklighter0473 Which if you saw it in a film and it wasn't true to history, people would claim is a Hollywood embellishment.
@@Sorain1 From what I heard, other sources claimed that the tank wasn't completely crewed, and that there was only one guy within the tank, operating it's gun turret. So not that crazy
@@CoolAndrew89 makes sense, but still. Lucky that he got out in time
@@CoolAndrew89 even if it wa a fully crewed the Sherman had the second highest crew survival rate only behind the Churchill
Rest in peace, Joseph Gangl. Who redeemed himself and fought for the good cause and died for it. Hero of the Austrian resistance. Farewell, my friend! Your sacrifice will not be forgotten. Rest now forever, with your friends and those friends that once were foes, and now they rest side by side.
One of the most under rated commanders in history but made history himself.
He always fought for the good cause: He fought for Germany.
What about Schrader?
@@ReclaimTheMainland He was still SS.......the chance he wasnt a war criminal to some degree is VERY small...especially if he was part of the Totenkopf units or the Leibstandarte (which supplied Hitlers personal guard).
To be one of the last to die like that? That's a Greek tragedy.
Joakim having a tank as a long time lover is the most normal part of this story
sabaton has 2 tanks according to an interview with joakim
If there's a movie about this, the this song *MUST* be the main theme for it.
Say no more
SHUT UP
TAKE MY MONEY
It’s too short
Great song for the end credits
This song should be play throughout the entire movie on loop.
A main theme that would spoil most of the plot of the movie, I vote against this. As an outro it would work, and I would love to see that happen though, depending on the quality of the movie, I think there is a lower bar of hollywoodism that Sabaton should probably avoid associating with.
Are we all gonna ignore the fact the Joakim is having an affair with a Sherman tank? Not that anyone could blame him
someone else's tank no less
@@essexclass8168 jenny the tank ofc
*Joakim
@@brandonhey7797 thanks
@@acrispywaffleiron4014 Any time dudebro.
The only time in history us soldiers defended castle
There is a street named after gangel innhis honor
I read somewhere that there might be a film in production
I would definetly watch that movie
I remember reading about the production too, sure hope it comes to fruition
The Last Battle you mean
www.google.com/maps/place/Sepp+Gangl-Stra%C3%9Fe,+6300+W%C3%B6rgl,+Austria/@47.4845571,12.0675636,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x477633a9a498cc45:0x332dea70d3c73edc!8m2!3d47.4845571!4d12.0697523
This is the street btw
www.imdb.com/title/tt5138232/
That is the imdb page for the movie
"From the foot of the Alps, to shores of the sea. From the land of the brave and the home of the free." Line gets me every time.. right in the feels.
Its referencing Castle Iltter and the liberation of the Netherlands.
Im Dutch, the line makes me happy
I'm right with you. That always gets me too!
@@AlexGNR as a Canadian, the liberation of the Netherlands also holds a special place in my, and my fellow countrymen’s hearts
@@robertortiz-wilson1588 same here. it's powerful but very beautiful at the same time.
Now is the time to fight for it.
I really love this song, so to hear that it never got played live feels a little disappointing. And it feels nice, as a German, to hear these stories with...happier endings that involve Germans.
Then again Sabaton has so many other great songs, I get why they'd play the fan-favourites before playing "The Last Battle".
All in all, this was amazing episode!
I agree, this song deserves some love and should be played live at least once. Preferably more.
@@WPSent In the Netherlands it really should be. May 5th is liberation day for us. Which is celebrated immensly.
4th of May is death memorial of the Holocaust.
@@AlexGNR Celebrated so immensly it is only a national holiday every 5 years
There was 10 german bombers in the air ..and the raf of england shot one down bang bang
Out of all of the sabaton epics songs (which is pretty much all of them) this is one of my favourites if not my favourite I just hope when I do get to see them live they play it
I'm so surprised that this song isn't popular. One of my favourite sabaton songs ever.
Thanks Prashant, appreciated
@@SabatonHistorydid you guys ever hear about last battle in Europe,it was battle for Oždak in Bosnia,2k Croats did final stand againts 23k Yugoslav partizans.
Calorus rex is the best song
I'm surprised he said this wasn't popular, this is one of my favorite Sabaton Songs.
Yeah it's one of my favorites as well
It's my favorite song and event
One of my favourites as well, they should play it live.
I second this
I third this
All I can think of is the Statefarm commercial;
Wife: Jenny? Who is this? She sounds hideous.
Joakim: Well she's a tank, so...
Edit: I got the wrong insurance company, fixed it
Is your lady friend watching this?
I hope not
(That made me crack up a bit but still that's funny to)
The photo of the tank in the heart killed me tbh
VIP = Very important prisoners
**MIND BLOWN**
I always thought it was Very Important Person, in basically everything.
Esther the ForestSmurf Generally does. I think it was just a play on words, since you could easily swap the two words.
@@xtxownage Fair enough :P
The fact that this isn't a movie is just gross. Like, it wrote itself people!
True. I'm waiting for someone like Ron Howard to do it since he seems to make movies about actual events that happened, so for example Apollo 13 (about the failed moon mission), Rush (Formula 1 rivalry between Niki Lauda and James Hunt) and A Beautiful Mind (about the mathematician John Nesh)
@@omegraptorch3624 I could also imagine Peter Weir as director.
And I would love to see Brad Pitt as Captain Lee and Christoph Waltz as Major Gangl.
Honestly, if i watched the movie without knowing the real story i would probably think the writing was terrible, cheesy and unrealistic lmao
@@maxsmith8196 and then you find out it was real 😂 and you take everything back
Why does it need to be a movie
Most underrated Sabaton song IMO, I can't get enough of the Bridge.
Speaking only of himself, Joseph Gangl was named a national hero in Austria for having fought and died in Castle Itter, so it can be considered that he redeemed himself at some point from what he did on the Nazi side. Out of all that, this is one of the most incredible songs of Sabaton. I love your music guys :)
That battle was a spoiler for Germany's participation in NATO.
A taste of things to come
Nah, that came when the SS foreign volunteer legions (Nordland?) made a mad dash from fighting the Soviets, so they could surrender to the Americans.
There were Germans, Austrians, Dutch, Belgians, French, Danish, Norwegians, Swedes, Estonians, and more in the group. One American general said 20 years later it had been like a NATO meeting when he was accepting their surrender.
This is by far my favorite story of WW2. It's not a story about glory or victories, but humanity and brother hood. Major Gangl's story is so criminally underrated. There needs to be good, honorable, movie made from this story.
Agreed
@@SabatonHistory I nominate Brad Pitt for the role... and you?
Unfortunately no good war movie has any honor in it
This is indeed one of my favorite songs of Sabaton and I'm happy you guys ended the Last Stand with that number. It's indeed one of the more upbeat songs.
The story is just amazing. Where an SS, American GI, and German Wehrmacht fought all together to stop the SS from killing the French prisoners.
It was indeed the Strangest Battle of World War Two. But the story should be told.
And all in a medieval castle with a tank parked out front.
Absolute agreement
@@davidty2006 A tank named Jenny.
VainerCactus 0 found the movie's title.
And were saved by the Austrian Resistance
WHO needs the Captain America movie when THIS story exists? 😁
If they can't manage to do a live action version, how about a stop-motion lego version like the Future of Warfare video from the 15th?
MORE LEGOS!!!!!
YES!!
MORW
can't wait to see videos of Indy playing "Swedish Pagans" on a lounge piano
Gonna be akward 😂
Battle of Castle Itter was so interesting, these types of stories are so cool to here about
I am confident you have seen it already buy Mark Felton made an excellent video on this
@Nik Turk yes I did!
The book relating this event by Stephen Harding is quite a good read as well. Honestly, I knew how the events would play out, I knew how this would end, and yet I was reading this like this was the first time I was hearing about the story.
The battle of castle Itter is my favourite story about WW2. When I and my girlfriend was on a road trip a couple of years ago we stayed a few days in Austria. I had a book with me called "The last battle" by Stephen Harding which covers the whole event and it's great. And when I checked on google where in austria it was I found out it wasn't far from where we stayed so I convinced my girl we check it out. And damn it was cool but it was a bit weird. First it's a private property and the owner wasn't home so sadly I couldn't go inside. And for some reason there's no indication from the village that the battle even happened. No info from tourist flyers or nothing. But I didn't cry. It was awesome standing outside the gate where Jenny once defended it and looking around the steep cliff and the surrounding forest where the SS tried to overrun the castle.
I'm really happy I I've been there and i think more people should.
And speaking about the song I was really happy that Sabaton made a song about the story. The song is one of my favourites and VERY underrated, just as the battle it portray. So please rethink this statistic stuff when it comes to that song at least. It deserves to blast through a stadium as hard as the castle and soldiers stood against the SS.
That was an interesting story, it's a shame the village or the castle don't have more stuff available for tourists. Thanks for the support!
Because its treated like a generic ww2 battle
There really ought to be a movie about this, but it's probably one of those things that they'd have to tone down to make it believable. I mean, only one of the "good guys" gets killed after having survived six years of war in Europe, including Stalingrad, Normandy and Bastogne, then gets killed defending French VIPs defending a medieval Austrian Castle alongside an American football player? No way anyone would believe that! And fighting Nazis as the badguys has been so overdone in Hollywood, anyway. /Sarcasm
I think the best way would be to do it as close as possible to the historic event, with all the outlandish, over the top elements. And then at the very end end with an "actually, this is 100% what happened and this is where those guys that survived ended up" XD
@@TheBigOne0305 Play up the camp and sheer bonkersness(?) of it all? I'm down.
And when the Resistance arrived RIGHT AFTER the German tank arrived
When history is so unbelievable at the time it's considered badly written fiction
Also, Hannibal pulled massive gamer moves
I found it quite easy to pictures some of the scenes actually. If I'm honest, I'd be more interested in seeing that story on screen if it was made by a smaller, independent studio, why not a European production, rather than the big magnates of Hollywood (who are likely to water it down and make it PG to make as much money as possible out of it)
We gotta admit...
We need a Last Stand Movie...
hugh hollite
Or a bf spin off series
Absolutely not
Great episode and what a great story (and song) to go with it! It's really inspiring too, in the same way the 'No Bullets Fly' incident was; people like Gangl and Schrader putting aside their ideology and orders to instead do what's right. I have to agree with Indy: why hasn't this been made into a movie? The image of 67-year-old Paul Reynaud firing a machine gun at Nazis in a medieval castle is now stuck in my head and it's glorious.
67 years old! LMAO.
Biggest "Get off my lawn" moment in WW2.
I'm almost certain it has and I've seen it, it was playing on a broadcast channel and I caught it half way in. I for the life of me can't remember what it was called. Ever since I heard this song I've been trying to think of it.
I just want to say thank you Sabaton for being there during my high school years.
It was the last battle that got me an A+ in my history through film class. As the final project was to write our own idea for a history movie.
I was the odd one out who did the last battle and your song was used for the end. It was you all who gave me an idea for a really interesting movie. Which I doubt will ever be resurfaced.
Joakim's lover is a tank, that makes so much sense!
Sabaton: Let’s be honest we all love history and metal why not have both
Everyone loved that
Like most Sabaton songs, this one moves me to tears every time I really think about it. I think about Gangl and how much he saw, and how it left him guilty and disillusioned. To be killed in action as he was, trying to rescue some prisoners in an old castle, literally running to their aid, is the ultimate story of redemption. Knowing that he made the decision to help these prisoners in the first place is beautiful, but his final sacrifice really makes me break out in goosebumps. Knowing that he was needed, that he was a friend, that he was helping, that he could atone and finally do the right thing -- I hope that that's what his final moments were like. I hope that he died peacefully, knowing that he'd made all the difference.
Rest in peace, Josef "Sepp" Gangl. May your eternal rest be joyous and peaceful.
"Does your lady friend watch this? "Joakim: I have made a terrible mistake.
Also........Play it live!
This is one of my favorite songs from sabaton. I think i first heard about the story on NPR when they talked about the book 'The Last Battle' and i was so excited when i saw a song about it. The story is so inspiring and so human also.
This story is general kinda feels underrated sometimes despite it's one of the most interesting.
I could see that movie now
"The Battle of Castle Itter"
Unlikely allies, former foes, and rebels seek to hold a castle deep in Austria as the tattered, but rezalute WAFFEN SS close in.
"a former bad guys becoming a good guys"
I want it.
@@rosenoel we all do
i think the French were making a movie about it but yeah that was last year...
Starring: Brad Pitt as Captain Lee, Christoph Waltz as Major Gangl and Michael Fassbender as SS Captain Schrader.
Avengers: we have the most powerful crossover in history!
Lee and Gangl: hold our Rifle/Gewehr!!
Doesn't Gewehr just mean rifle
@@thenexus8384 yes
@@jurtra9090 ok, have a great rest of your day/night/evening
I searched Europa the Last Battle, and found this. It's not on TH-cam, but everyone should watch it
Where can we find it
Was looking for a different video
People in 2020: Tenet has the most confusing plot I have heard of this year!
WWII: hold my Chartreuse-Whisky-Schnapps!
We need these heroes in our history books. Shout their names in the schools and universities. War is hell, but it's people like these that bring light in dark times.
I swear. If I ever get to be a director. This is the FIRST film I will ever do. And you be god damn sure this song is gonna be in the movie somewhere
Make it the credits theme. Keep the overall tone of the movie serious to make the surreal parts stand out (like the prisoner pole vaulting over the walls or Gangl being killed) and then play this during the "This is where they ended up" prelude to the credits.
All my hopes and dreams are in your directors legacy/career
07:03
You can clearly hear Indy crack a smile while talking, he's enjoying that story so much.
I kinda understand why this hasn't been a movie.
"The different between fiction and non fiction is that fiction need to be absolutely believable."
I absolutely love you guys. Had the privilege of going to your concert in Seattle 2019 and exposing two of my best friends to their 1st live concerts ever! You and Hammerfall left us hot, sweaty, and without any voices left by the end of the night. Keep up the good work and LONG LIVE SABATON!!!
Holy hell. When I wrote under the "Hearts of Iron" video about this song, I never expected a video on it. And here we are. I can die peacefully, thank you, guys!
With love from Russia
No problem, don't die anytime soon though! Your support is really appreciated.
@@SabatonHistory I'll do my best, just to keep on appreciating your splendid work :)
I like how the discussion about lyrics evolved into Joakim f*ckin a tank
Also so sad this song is so underrated it’s one of my favourites on the last stand album
Castle Wolfenstein in reverse. Defend the castle instead of invade it.
This is one of my favourite Sabbaton songs, so happy you guys went into the history of the song
10:40 the winged hussars arrived
About f*cking time guys.
The Second Battle of Fort Wagner and the Battle of the Crater from the American Civil War would both be *REALLY* cool topics for songs I think.
This is one of my favorite songs by Sabaton. I knew about the story years ago before ever listening to Sabaton. The story is so inspirational and shows how the human spirit can overcome overwhelming odds at times.
12:43 We always knew Joakim loved Tanks, but perhaps it was Jenny in his heart all along. Guess we could say he was "besotten with Jenny."
I can't believe this song isn't more popular. It's one of my absolute FAVORITES and I've listened to it so many times I've lost count. It's especially great for when I'm studying, having this on a loop is super motivating. The Last Battle being one of the strangest in history has honestly always made me feel a huge mix of emotions and I love this song because it's basically perfect.
Such a badass story! I always liked the song and now it's even better! These episodes are always giving me a newfound enjoyment for the songs they are talking about or making me fall in love with ones I had overlooked before 🥰🤘
I said it 2 albums ago and I'll say it again, Sabaton gets even better with every release!
I find it weird that this song never got that popular. This song was what got me into Sabaton in the first place.
It's one hell of an introduction 🤘
how could this song not be popular, its so good
OK...but I was searching for The Last Battle that starts with Europa.
same
Same
Oy vey
I saw something about it and was just curious so I go to type it in and the app shuts down and makes my TV restart. It wasn't my wi-fi either so it was strange to say the least. Where can I find it outside YT?
My app shut off and restarted my TV when I searched it. How can I find it?
The concept of two opposing sides coming together to fight a common enemy and parting as friends has always spoken to me, and always will. And that is why "The Last Battle" instantly became one of my top favorites, and not just among Sabaton's songs.
Rest in Power, Major Joseph "Sepp" Gangl
" _Omnia quod creata, in harmonia unita._ "
It’s a great story and a great song. One I wouldn’t mind seeing and hearing live myself. This story accurately describes how crazy things can get in a war. And it definitely deserves a movie. Thanks guys.
Happy you enjoyed the story and hope you get to see us perform it live one day!!
Wow.. I became interested in WWII when I was a teenager in the 70s. I'm 62 now.. and I thought I'd read everything there is to know about it... and watched every documentary about the war. I stumbled on to this video today.. and I'm stunned. I had never heard about this. Like a lot of people have mentioned, this should be made into a movie. It has all the elements needed. You wouldn't even need to dramatize it, as often happens with movies based on real-life events. The story is so wild, it sounds like a plot that Quentin Tarantino would have written. Thanks for posting this!
WE NEED THIS SONG LIVE!!
I, like you, cannot understand how this story which has movie plot written all over it, has not had a single movie made about it. (11:04)
"This song never became very popular" WHAT? I thought it was crazy popular as soon as I heard it, it just sounds too perfect
SAME! I don't know why!
This is one of my favorite Sabaton songs!
This is actually one of my favorite sabaton songs ever!
This is one of my favorite songs, it amps me up to no end
Great to read that!
I searched for Europa the last battle----- SH
My wife is a teacher (of reading), and we both went to high school in the 80s, and we both like history. and she had not been aware of Sabaton. I saw Bismarck (the video) when it was new, and showed it to her, and away she went. She found this channel, and loves all the music, and we've seen Sabaton live twice in the past year as well, in the US. Just keep doing what you do best!
That's an amazing story, thanks a lot for sharing it with us 😎
This story (one of my favorites as an amateur student of All things WWII) is proof to all the people I have to educate in the following fact: Most Germans in Nazi Germany weren't Nazis. They did what they were told to keep from getting killed by the Gestapo, or were merely fighting for the Father Land.All of the combatants should have received the highest medals of their day from their respective governments
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IM SOOOOOOO HAPPY I absolutely love SABATON and I have literally been waiting for this specific video for months. You guy's music have helped me so much in terrible times and I cant wait to hear what else the GREATEST METAL BAND IN THE WHOLE WORLD is going to release to us.
We're glad our work has helped you through such tough times Dominic, we really appreciate your support.
They seriously need to make a movie about this battle and event.
It should be a movie!. It'd be a great one. The history is so captive.
This is my favorite Sabaton song! I'd love to see it live one day.
Blows my mind, that this was never a popular song. This song is the song that got me into Sabaton!
Sabaton oversimplified is a bunch of amazing history teachers everybody wanted but never got.
It's a good definition
@@SabatonHistory :D
This is one of my favorite Sabaton songs, dont see why it isn't more popular
This is one of my favorites from The Last Stand, such a great heroic and surprising tale in one of the darkest moments in human history. I read somewhere that there's a movie in production, don't know how far it is or how the progress is but I hope it comes out.
I just wanted to say - watching Sabaton History after one tough day at work is something which definitely always cheers me up. Thanks, guys!
We're glad our videos have that effect Mysz, your support is really appreciated.
You got to ask yourself this, what exactly was the conversations between the US troops and the German Wehrmacht? Not only had they been fighting each others, but this was the only time they would talk to each others that wasn't where one of them were a POW. It most have been bisarr for both sides to get used to the guy you been fighting would be the same guy who now would make sure you survived.
Doubt many of the Germans spoke English or many Americans spoke German
@@lovablesnowman some probably would
Idk man I reckon the conversation was quite light and casual, they weren't aliens to eachother and many Germans spoke broken English even back then, there isn't much difference between soldiers
@@thehypest6118 Oh ya, i don't think they chatted a lot like in some other cases, it's still that upcoming doom of the SS attack which would 100% effect their nerves, but the few that could break the nerves and talked to each others, i would love to know what was said. What casual stuff did they just talk about. Was there anyone who ever went deeper and trusted some more personal deals with the former enemy. From the stories we know of, it's clear that most soldiers weren't hating each others on the Western Front. They could have casual talks with each others when timed allowed it.
Ganz einfach! Hitler wurde geschickt, um Deutschland von innen heraus zu zerstören.TH-cam:"DIE VERBORGENE GESCHICHTE"
This is my absolute most favorite story/battle/encounter of World War II and I’m glad you guys did a video on it!
“Castle Keep” with Burt Lancaster and directed by Sydney Pollack was loosely based on this episode.
This is one of, if not my favorite song from Sabaton. I think the story is awesome, and that intro gets me pumped up every time. I really wish they would play it at shows.
If i remember correctly, joakim's favorite tank is the sherman, and considering that "jenny" was a sherman she could be his lost girlfriend lol😂
Anyway loved the episode and love this song.
Play it live already! This is one catchy Masterpiece guys!!!
The story of the song is amazing and i would LOVE to hear this live!!!
This is why i love sabaton i can listen metal and listen some very important history facts
I left an abusive relationship of two and a half years, and the day it was finally over I cranked up the volume and played this song as loudly as I could in my suv.
Here's to a new chapter of your life, friend! You will find someone much better, and you are destined for happiness!
The Last Battle has been one of my favorite Sabaton songs for a long time now. I've never been so hyped to see an episode of Sabaton History this much before!
So it's decided that Indy will perform with the piano at the cruise?! That is such good news! Let's hope we'll get there. First an episode about the song I love and now this. Happy days! 😊
And guys, what about performing Last Battle live there, at the cruise? 😉
We’ll need a live Album from that.
@@gleisbauer25 Agreed!
I just discovered this song and LOVE the sound. It is probably my new favorite Sabaton song, and it is a shame it wasn't a "hit".
That's happened more the one time in the WW2. In the Second Battle of the Alps (1945) Charles de Gaulle decided deliberately to invade the North of Italy for conquest. When the Italians saw the French Army occupy the territory, partisans, members of the RSI (Italians soldiers still loyal to Mussolini) and some german troops, joined together to protect the Alps. They fought in fortification and won despite they were outnumbered. They surrounded only when the american troops arrived, becouse they ordered the french army to stop. The President of USA himself thretened De Gaulle to stop the invasion with the stop of the supply.
I dont comment on your videos but I've been waiting for this episode since the channel start, this is by far my favorite song. So many good drunken memories to this jam!
We're glad you enjoyed it!
I am seeing them next week and I hope this song gets played. It's one of my favorite Sabaton songs. I listen to it almost daily on my way home from work.