@Lukas Griessenberger dont think thats Gene Simmons. He has nothing to do with Motörhead. And if it was they didnt even put his name in the credits lol
The guy with Lemmy’ framed photo is Eddie Rocha, Sabaton’s tour manager and previously the Motörhead’s one too. :-) Although not credited as a part of the crowd, he is credited as tour manager at the very end of the credits.
The soldier pulling himself out of the mud, at first I thought he was a member of "The Smoking Snakes" (Força Expedicionária Brasileira, FEB, nicknamed Cobras Fumantes), but doing some more research with the patch on his shoulder as well as his helmet, that's Sgt Henry Johnson of the 15th New York National Guard Regiment, aka "The Harlem Hellfighters". Medal of Honor recipient and recipient of French Croix de Guerre avec Palme, France's highest award for valor. The Medal of Honor was awarded to him in 2015. Sgt. Henry Johnson is "one of the five bravest American soldiers in the war." Theodore Roosevelt Jr. in his book "Rank and File: True Stories of the Great War" The Asian soldier with the cocked-hat, that's a Nepalese Gurka named Havildar Gurung (per the credits) who earn the Victoria Cross in the Burma campaign off WWII. Sgt Awal Nur, who took part in a secret mission over the Himalayas, Lt. Audie Murphy the highest decorated soldier in US history who served in WWII. Sgt. Alvin York a humble man from Tennesse who was awarded the Medal of Honor in WWI for exceptional bravery under fire, just to name a few. I also notice a soldier with the Croix Lorraine on what looks like a French flag arm band, meaning he was a member of the 'Forces françaises libres' forces in WWII. Doing some reading I found out that a large number of French colonial troops from territories such as Chad and Senegal had joined with the 'Forces françaises libres'. Damn, Sabaton REALLY does their research! I suspect that soldier is Lt Comba, but I can't find anything on him. ATS Ivy Valentine is coming up on a dead end, I found that the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) was the British version of the American WAC's, but I cannot find anything about her name. As I've been working my way through the names listed in the credits and found another one: Private George Stringer, Manchester, Awarded the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Es Sinn in Mesopotamia. Capt. Dobson, 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion, Killed on 9 July 1916 in Flanders.
This song is an ode to Motörhead, to Lemme, and to every soldier in human history. Every soldier who gave his or her life for their homeland. Everything from Desert Storm to the wars in ancient medieval Scandinavia. In one fell swoop, Sabaton and Motörhead honored hundreds of millions of soldiers who lived hundreds, if not thousands of years apart.
Song sure is based on a real battle in WW1. The Somme Offensive was mainly a British action to relieve pressure on the French at Verdun. Nice touch paying some tribute to Soldiers from different generations & nations. If interested in learning more WW1 from Sabaton try: Christmas Truce, Fields of Verdun, The First Soldier, The Unkillable Soldier, 82nd All the Way, Devil Dogs, Hellfighters, A Ghost in the Trenches, Attack of the Dead Men & The Red Baron. They have a # of WW2 songs also. Where was Sabaton when we were in school????
It absolutely is about the Battle of the Somme, which was in 1916. The stategic planning took place before the main German attack on Verdun though. In the end, the attack on Verdun even kept forces from participating at the Somme, while the initial French-British plan was a decisive attack there. While it was not the decisive attack, it still had that effect in combination. Just not as planned beforehand.
Sabaton's 2 latest albums have been about WW1. I learned quite a lot about it in school but I never understood then how bad it was based upon casualties for so little gained. The Swedish education system had a quite good level when I grew up. But I've learned stories I didn't know anything about before I became a Sabaton fan! This Motörhead cover was made for Joakim's voice in my opinion. Great reaction, btw!🤘
There are stories of 16 year olds trying to sign up and the recruiter would say “Come back tomorrow when you’re 18” basically telling them when I ask you tomorrow tell me 18 and you’re in.
The Royal Newfoundland Regiment were part of that battle - and were almost wiped out. The first 500 are honoured every July 1st. My great uncle William was one of them. They are still remembered. ❤
1916 was the middle of World War I (The Great War) 1914-1918. from the 1st July to the 18th November 1916 the Battle of the Somme was fought. some of the most fierce fighting of the war.
In 1914, the British Army was the only army involved in the fighting that didn't use a draft to fill out their ranks. In 1915, when the British called for more volunteers, they were organized in what were called "Pals Battalions," where they would live at home through their initial training and conduct the training in their local area. The Battle of the Somme was the first action in which these battalions were used on a large scale. The attack was scheduled to start at 7:00 AM. In the worst areas, some units suffered up to 80% casualty rates. By the end of the day, around 19,000 soldiers had died, with most of those being killed by around 9:30. The Royal Newfoundland Regiment had a casualty rate of over 80%. The only soldiers not killed or wounded were the few that weren't assigned to take part in the assault.
This is a cover of a Motörhead song. The two guys standing in the door opening at 4:20 are Mikkey Dee and Phil Campbell, the drummer and the guitarists of Motörhead. The picture is of Lemmy Killmister, the bassist and singer of Motörhead. The guy holding the picture is Eddie Rocha, he was Motörheads tour manager and the current of Sabaton.
I just realized...Lemmy was from northern England. Especially as a kid, he would have heard about or even witnessed the effect that WWI had on his community. Like the fact of there being more women than men, hearing or maybe even seeing himself the gravestones with the same family name, the death date in a span of 4-5 years, and the ages being mid-late teens to early 20's.
@ 3:09 the female in uniform represents a Night Witch. In WW2 they were Soviet female pilots that flew at night against the Germans. They were fearless and kicked ass
This song really illustrates what soldiers go through during war. That is why so many soldiers who come back are never the same. We call them heroes because they made it back but that's not enough. We just don't understand what they went through. My father puts it like this. Thaink about the scariest movie that you have ever seen, then multiply that times 100 because you are living it. That's the way that he described Afghanistan.
This a cover of the Motörhead song 1916. It is about the battle of the Somme which was during the First World War. British volunteers from England, Scotland,Wales, South Africa, india, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, colonies in Asia and more all served in the battle along with French troops and more. It was a incredible destruction of life for all sides over a million men and boys were killed for just a handful of miles. This song is focusing on the bond between these men and boys fighting for their countries the entente and central power both lost kinsmen for a war they both believed they were on the right side of the war
2:43 The car in this shot is the same model of car that Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, which was the catalyst that started the Great War. 3:10 This shot is an ode to the Night Witches, an all-woman air battalion who were crucial in the Great War, in a time where female soldiers were unheard of.
If you notice they have soldiers through all ages on the video I spotted a Roman soldier and a medieval soldier too, a tribute to all who died for wars
@@kbassassin8308 2 are for sure Spartans as they are wearing Bronze Athenian Helmets with Bronze chest plates. There's a guy on a horse that looks Roman.
If you want to learn more about the history behind Sabaton's songs, there is Sabaton History www.youtube.com/@SabatonHistory here on youtube. Then the Blue-Yellow flag you saw was the Swedish flag, as Sabaton comes from Sweden.
Thank you for respectfully playing thru the credits roll. More bands are making epic videos and using credit outtros. Takes alot of folks to make these videos, it's only polite for us all to give them their moment.
1916 is the middle of WWI, when every country had had their army shot up twice and the propaganda got really nasty. Lots of kids joined too early. Lots of towns lost all their young man that all joined together in the same regiments that were all thrown into the fire of the guns in another offensive that did nothing. All war is hell, but in WWI there's a frenzied, self destructive stupidity that just burns the more you study it.
9:10 Very keen observation. If I remember correctly, many, if not all Sabaton extras have ancestors who served and died in either the Great War or World War 2.
If you want to learn about the first World War, I recommend the Hardcore History Podcast series "Blueprint for Armageddon"... Dan Carlin does an amazing job painting a picture of how horrific the war was. Every year of the war sounds like the worst thing you've heard, and every year got worse than the one before. For example, "drumfire" was an artillery bombardment so rapid that the shells would land faster than a drum roll, and this would last for hours. The battle of Verdun was so massive that almost every French soldier was rotated into it at least once; over 50% of them became a casualty on just the hike to the front line.
The flags in the video are the flags of the UK, the US, Sweden, India, Australia, France and a Motörhead flag, as the original version was written by Motörhead frontman Lemmy.
Bonus points the bus right at the start has *Hammersmith* on the destination board. No Sleep 'til Hammersmith being the album that pushed Motorhead to fame!
And ANZAC forces played a key role in some of the WW1 Western Front battles. But the flags are also a reference to the Motörhead album 1916 that had flags inside a circle on the cover.
Even to a point the soldiers going through no man's land knew that if they suddenly stepped on solid ground it was a body. Considering the weather was record wet, the stories about artillery shells splashing blood and guts around and into the trenches were not a joke. Every house and tree that held the mud in place had been pulverized with artillery fire - millions of shells just for one attack, so many soldiers died drowning in the mud.
@@JariJuslin Yeah, and many of those bodies have never been retrieved from the water and mud. Cannot imagine how terrible it must’ve been to the family to not even have a body to put into a grave. Just terrible! 😢
The Birmingham metal army names weren't people who were lost they were the people walking down the street behind sabaton it was filmed in Birmingham UK
1916 was in the middle of WWI. The Battle of the Somme was a single battle that took place as part of the overall war. The text at the end is specifically referring to what were called the "Pals Battalions," which were battalions made of of soldiers largely from the same relative geographic area because the British government thought they could get more volunteers if they promised they could serve with their friends. That turned out to be a terrible idea because it meant that the young male population of a town could be utterly devastated in single battle. The Somme was where that error came to light, and by the end of the year, they'd stopped doing pals battalions.
What Sabaton are doing is creating an aural history through modern day sagas, stories that can't be silenced by censorship or governmental control. They create true memes by adding these things to social consciousness, remembering the best and the worst of humanity and teaching the lessons that history desperately wants, no, _needs_ us to understand. Until we do learn, the soil will remain stained with the blood of heroes and villains alike.
The Somme was a major offensive. This song is about the British PALS Battalions all workers and friends from the same community. In theory a good idea in reality it devastated communities.
This is why WW1 has such a close spot in the British populations heart we suffered tremendously so much lose so many villages who lost all of their Brothers, fathers and sons.
Hey friend I only just found your channel and it's always good to see another Sabaton fan! You say you don't know anything about history but Sabaton is a great way to learn. The song is a cover, originally by Motörhead and as well as to soldiers (as you can see in the video, there are a lot of military uniforms from history, not just WW1), and it's clearly a tribute to Lemmy and Motörhead too (carrying a photo of Lemmy and some of the members are in the video). 1916, amongst other awful events, was a battle that is usually called the Somme offensive, which was a battle in WW1 which is generally considered one of the deadliest battles in history. If you want to look into it more, the story of the Somme is absolutely heartbreaking and really encompasses both how brutal and how pointless the amount of death in WW1 really was.
Australian flag is featured and youll see "slouch hats" an iconic part of the Australian UNIFORM in WW1 and WW2. WW1 started in 1914 and finished in 1918
I saw flags for the Russian Empire, Germany Empire, United States, Australia, India, Great Britain, and Sweden for Countries and a flag for the band Moterhead.
They added two years to their ages because they had to be 16. Also at the time of writing this ive just got home from seeing them in leeds for the first gig of their 2023 tour. They sang this and hearing it live... its just fantastic. My ears are still ringing too.
I’m American and I learned about History in school. I loved History and would voraciously read Encyclopedias about History and about other countries. My passion for History served me well, for it led me to win a College Scholarship. I graduated High School in 1989. In the 80’s, US schools were, for the most part, very good. Sadly, modern US schools aren’t concerned with education, but are obsessed with far left indoctrination, especially concerning sex. Modern US schools and Universities are among the worst in the world. That includes the incredibly overrated Ivy League schools. Of course, there are exceptions. Rant over.
Coming from West Yorkshire (which geographically is in the SW of the county) in my youth I took it as normal that there were war memorials for the dead of the First World War (and the Second World War) The lists on the monuments were LONG and my school also had a war memorial for the boys who died in WW1 and WW2 The problem in WW1 was that there was no good way of dealing with a machine gun so if you attacked the other side they just machine gunned you down. The tank was developed to overcome this problem and the British developed the 1919 plan to deal with it. They never implemented it as WW1 ended in November 1918 However the Germans studied it and used the ideas in what we know as the Blitzkrieg tactic of a highly mobile attack overwhelming the defences. George Santayana said: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
300 hundred of those soldiers were from my home town two of my great great grandfathers included we have a long line near the town hall for them with all their names
Thank you to all the soldiers and other divisions past and present for your bravery and sacrifices. Your legacy will live on forever. Thank you Motörhead and Sabaton for telling their story.
Ohhh!! Anyone saw that to?! 4:26... Thats Mikkey Dee, former drummer of Motorhead! The gent to the right. And the gent in the middle with the picture of Lemmy, could that be Phil Campbell, guitarist?
The black-haired guy with a cap, carrying Lemmy’s framed photo is Eddie Rocha, Sabaton’s (and previously Motörhead’s too) tour manager. The Motörhead dudes are both by his sides.
Battle of the Somme. Part of Ww1 Aka (The Great War). Sweden, France, Australia, and India all have flags along with USA, Uk there’s 2-3 others I can’t get a good enough look at to determine
You were wondering who was in the picture that a man was carrying in the video and in the picture was Lemmy Kilmister, lead singer of Motörhead. Motörhead is the original band for the song 1916.
It sounds more like a Ballad as opposed to their conventional music. The message I'm getting from this cover in particular as opposed to the original motorhead song is that in times of war, it doesn't matter what nation you are from, how old you are, or what era it is, there is something that unites all Soldiers. That all of them are humans too. They are husbands, brothers, fathers and sons, to someone out there, with their names lost to the passage of time.
1916 the hight of WW1. This song is about the boys who charged into the battle of the Somme. 57,000+ dead. Most of them were friends, neighbors, coworkers, family. A whole generation lost
As always with a new Sabaton song doing my rounds of reactors to see how much of a punch to the gut it is or how much of they learn I recommend you listen to the original of this song by motorhead! Very different voice but carries the same emotion
Freedom is not a lifetime guarantee!! Some people still don’t have it today. Remember the debts we owe others that came before us. Do not forget history is constantly repeating itself because we never learn. Ukraine is just todays example that there are large powers in this world that could turn their eyes to any of our countries tomorrow. Making our friends/families names in the history pages. Love to all that serve ❤
Yes, 1916 is a war that happened. Technically, it's part of WW1. More technically, this song is about the battle of the Somme. Bloody awful affair. Bloody good song.
To not know everything about history is ok, noone knows everything, but to not know about the world wars (both of them) is just ignorant, sorry dude. They were the ones of those events in human history every man, woman and child should know no matter what, because of how terrible the events were and what impact they had on next generations and the world as whole. Man, seriosly…
That was the great war. Although this is about English soldiers, there were also American soldiers in this war. Albeit very late. It's obvious from the way you speak that you have no idea about the history of your own country. Which is very sad. Especially when you consider that this war made the United States the world power it is today. Maybe you should go back to a history class instead of portraying yourself as a "cool guy" on TH-cam. This just confirms my opinion of many (thank goodness not all) people in the US.
Man, I can't watch this. Sorry. You don't have to be a history nerd but this is embarassing. Yes, the conflict happened. 1916 is WW1. One of the two biggest and bloodiest conflicts of human history.
The guy in the picture is Lemmy from the band Motörhead. Same as the guys holding it. This song is actually a Motörhead song. Sabaton covered it
The dude to the left at 7:34 is Mikkey Dee, the drummer of Motörhead.
They guy holding it is Gene Simmons. Flanked by Phil and Mikkey.
@Lukas Griessenberger dont think thats Gene Simmons. He has nothing to do with Motörhead. And if it was they didnt even put his name in the credits lol
@@Kullioking If it had been Gene he would probably have demanded to have his name in the credits.
The guy with Lemmy’ framed photo is Eddie Rocha, Sabaton’s tour manager and previously the Motörhead’s one too. :-) Although not credited as a part of the crowd, he is credited as tour manager at the very end of the credits.
I’d be shocked if people weren’t moved by this tribute to those who have died. Such a good song.
This song is a cover of Motorhead - 1916
@@DavidBouhaben I have noticed it’s a cover. It’s still a good song.
The soldier pulling himself out of the mud, at first I thought he was a member of "The Smoking Snakes" (Força Expedicionária Brasileira, FEB, nicknamed Cobras Fumantes), but doing some more research with the patch on his shoulder as well as his helmet, that's Sgt Henry Johnson of the 15th New York National Guard Regiment, aka "The Harlem Hellfighters". Medal of Honor recipient and recipient of French Croix de Guerre avec Palme, France's highest award for valor. The Medal of Honor was awarded to him in 2015.
Sgt. Henry Johnson is "one of the five bravest American soldiers in the war."
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. in his book "Rank and File: True Stories of the Great War"
The Asian soldier with the cocked-hat, that's a Nepalese Gurka named Havildar Gurung (per the credits) who earn the Victoria Cross in the Burma campaign off WWII. Sgt Awal Nur, who took part in a secret mission over the Himalayas, Lt. Audie Murphy the highest decorated soldier in US history who served in WWII. Sgt. Alvin York a humble man from Tennesse who was awarded the Medal of Honor in WWI for exceptional bravery under fire, just to name a few.
I also notice a soldier with the Croix Lorraine on what looks like a French flag arm band, meaning he was a member of the 'Forces françaises libres' forces in WWII.
Doing some reading I found out that a large number of French colonial troops from territories such as Chad and Senegal had joined with the 'Forces françaises libres'. Damn, Sabaton REALLY does their research! I suspect that soldier is Lt Comba, but I can't find anything on him.
ATS Ivy Valentine is coming up on a dead end, I found that the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) was the British version of the American WAC's, but I cannot find anything about her name.
As I've been working my way through the names listed in the credits and found another one: Private George Stringer, Manchester, Awarded the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Es Sinn in Mesopotamia.
Capt. Dobson, 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion, Killed on 9 July 1916 in Flanders.
This song is an ode to Motörhead, to Lemme, and to every soldier in human history. Every soldier who gave his or her life for their homeland. Everything from Desert Storm to the wars in ancient medieval Scandinavia. In one fell swoop, Sabaton and Motörhead honored hundreds of millions of soldiers who lived hundreds, if not thousands of years apart.
Song sure is based on a real battle in WW1. The Somme Offensive was mainly a British action to relieve pressure on the French at Verdun. Nice touch paying some tribute to Soldiers from different generations & nations. If interested in learning more WW1 from Sabaton try: Christmas Truce, Fields of Verdun, The First Soldier, The Unkillable Soldier, 82nd All the Way, Devil Dogs, Hellfighters, A Ghost in the Trenches, Attack of the Dead Men & The Red Baron. They have a # of WW2 songs also. Where was Sabaton when we were in school????
Also Cliffs of Gallipoli is a good one about WW1 :)
And also price of a mile lol
It absolutely is about the Battle of the Somme, which was in 1916. The stategic planning took place before the main German attack on Verdun though. In the end, the attack on Verdun even kept forces from participating at the Somme, while the initial French-British plan was a decisive attack there. While it was not the decisive attack, it still had that effect in combination. Just not as planned beforehand.
They also made a reference to their song sparta in there.
Sabaton's 2 latest albums have been about WW1. I learned quite a lot about it in school but I never understood then how bad it was based upon casualties for so little gained. The Swedish education system had a quite good level when I grew up. But I've learned stories I didn't know anything about before I became a Sabaton fan! This Motörhead cover was made for Joakim's voice in my opinion.
Great reaction, btw!🤘
There are stories of 16 year olds trying to sign up and the recruiter would say “Come back tomorrow when you’re 18” basically telling them when I ask you tomorrow tell me 18 and you’re in.
The Royal Newfoundland Regiment were part of that battle - and were almost wiped out. The first 500 are honoured every July 1st. My great uncle William was one of them. They are still remembered. ❤
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1916 was the middle of World War I (The Great War) 1914-1918. from the 1st July to the 18th November 1916 the Battle of the Somme was fought. some of the most fierce fighting of the war.
In 1914, the British Army was the only army involved in the fighting that didn't use a draft to fill out their ranks. In 1915, when the British called for more volunteers, they were organized in what were called "Pals Battalions," where they would live at home through their initial training and conduct the training in their local area. The Battle of the Somme was the first action in which these battalions were used on a large scale. The attack was scheduled to start at 7:00 AM. In the worst areas, some units suffered up to 80% casualty rates. By the end of the day, around 19,000 soldiers had died, with most of those being killed by around 9:30. The Royal Newfoundland Regiment had a casualty rate of over 80%. The only soldiers not killed or wounded were the few that weren't assigned to take part in the assault.
This is a cover of a Motörhead song. The two guys standing in the door opening at 4:20 are Mikkey Dee and Phil Campbell, the drummer and the guitarists of Motörhead. The picture is of Lemmy Killmister, the bassist and singer of Motörhead. The guy holding the picture is Eddie Rocha, he was Motörheads tour manager and the current of Sabaton.
I just realized...Lemmy was from northern England. Especially as a kid, he would have heard about or even witnessed the effect that WWI had on his community. Like the fact of there being more women than men, hearing or maybe even seeing himself the gravestones with the same family name, the death date in a span of 4-5 years, and the ages being mid-late teens to early 20's.
@ 3:09 the female in uniform represents a Night Witch. In WW2 they were Soviet female pilots that flew at night against the Germans. They were fearless and kicked ass
I'd wondered about that. Thanks for the info.
This song really illustrates what soldiers go through during war. That is why so many soldiers who come back are never the same. We call them heroes because they made it back but that's not enough. We just don't understand what they went through. My father puts it like this. Thaink about the scariest movie that you have ever seen, then multiply that times 100 because you are living it. That's the way that he described Afghanistan.
I've never heard a surviving soldier use the term 'Hero'. The most common theme was survivor and the dead are the Heros.
Motorhead released the album 1916 in 1991. For anyone who is interested.
Sabaton always does amazing videos it’s like watching a movie. They also do powerful songs.
WW1 1916 I hope that explains when. Skipping this. Sorry.
It's an old Motorhead song.
@@markbro4427 yeah I know it’s great cover
an amazing cover of a great Motorhead song.
This a cover of the Motörhead song 1916. It is about the battle of the Somme which was during the First World War. British volunteers from England, Scotland,Wales, South Africa, india, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, colonies in Asia and more all served in the battle along with French troops and more. It was a incredible destruction of life for all sides over a million men and boys were killed for just a handful of miles. This song is focusing on the bond between these men and boys fighting for their countries the entente and central power both lost kinsmen for a war they both believed they were on the right side of the war
2:43 The car in this shot is the same model of car that Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, which was the catalyst that started the Great War.
3:10 This shot is an ode to the Night Witches, an all-woman air battalion who were crucial in the Great War, in a time where female soldiers were unheard of.
Night witches where WW2 not WW1
If you notice they have soldiers through all ages on the video I spotted a Roman soldier and a medieval soldier too, a tribute to all who died for wars
Spartan but they look similar or did you mean the Legionair looking fellow on the horse?
@@gragvar I only caught a glimpse of the soldier, thought it was a Roman Legionnaire
@@kbassassin8308 2 are for sure Spartans as they are wearing Bronze Athenian Helmets with Bronze chest plates. There's a guy on a horse that looks Roman.
@@gragvar Probably is Roman, given the recruiting age in Rome is 16
@KbAssassin could very well be looks like he is wearing an Imperial era helmet.
First rule of war, young men die. Second rule, nobody can change the first rule. RIP to those who did not grow old... 😔🕯️🏴
Third rule, field medics and doctors are attempting to break the first rule and save some of those lifes.
If you want to learn more about the history behind Sabaton's songs, there is Sabaton History www.youtube.com/@SabatonHistory
here on youtube.
Then the Blue-Yellow flag you saw was the Swedish flag, as Sabaton comes from Sweden.
and the Swedish flag fits well for mikkey Dee of Motörhead as well
There is the Swedish flag, and also an Indian flag, French, Belgium and one I can't tell from the quick shot if it's Australia or New Zealand
@@ghouldr1964 is he also swedish?! :O
Thank you for respectfully playing thru the credits roll. More bands are making epic videos and using credit outtros. Takes alot of folks to make these videos, it's only polite for us all to give them their moment.
1916 is the middle of WWI, when every country had had their army shot up twice and the propaganda got really nasty. Lots of kids joined too early. Lots of towns lost all their young man that all joined together in the same regiments that were all thrown into the fire of the guns in another offensive that did nothing. All war is hell, but in WWI there's a frenzied, self destructive stupidity that just burns the more you study it.
9:10 Very keen observation. If I remember correctly, many, if not all Sabaton extras have ancestors who served and died in either the Great War or World War 2.
Sabaton always makes great songs and covers this song had me crying man thanks for the reaction and in 1916 World War 1 was happening my friend
If you want to learn about the first World War, I recommend the Hardcore History Podcast series "Blueprint for Armageddon"... Dan Carlin does an amazing job painting a picture of how horrific the war was.
Every year of the war sounds like the worst thing you've heard, and every year got worse than the one before. For example, "drumfire" was an artillery bombardment so rapid that the shells would land faster than a drum roll, and this would last for hours. The battle of Verdun was so massive that almost every French soldier was rotated into it at least once; over 50% of them became a casualty on just the hike to the front line.
A casualty is any soldier taken out of action for any reason.
Including all killed, injured, missing in action and POW (Prisoner of war).
The flags in the video are the flags of the UK, the US, Sweden, India, Australia, France and a Motörhead flag, as the original version was written by Motörhead frontman Lemmy.
Bonus points the bus right at the start has *Hammersmith* on the destination board.
No Sleep 'til Hammersmith being the album that pushed Motorhead to fame!
You missed the German and Russian Empire flags.
And ANZAC forces played a key role in some of the WW1 Western Front battles.
But the flags are also a reference to the Motörhead album 1916 that had flags inside a circle on the cover.
The picture in the frame is a picture of Lemmy from Motörhead who created the song
Iv done the math on this before, 300k dead for 6miles comes out to 7.5 inches or 20cm per soldier who died. Or just over 2in per man wounded.
Even to a point the soldiers going through no man's land knew that if they suddenly stepped on solid ground it was a body.
Considering the weather was record wet, the stories about artillery shells splashing blood and guts around and into the trenches were not a joke.
Every house and tree that held the mud in place had been pulverized with artillery fire - millions of shells just for one attack, so many soldiers died drowning in the mud.
@@JariJuslin Yeah, and many of those bodies have never been retrieved from the water and mud. Cannot imagine how terrible it must’ve been to the family to not even have a body to put into a grave. Just terrible! 😢
The Birmingham metal army names weren't people who were lost they were the people walking down the street behind sabaton it was filmed in Birmingham UK
1916 was in the middle of WWI. The Battle of the Somme was a single battle that took place as part of the overall war. The text at the end is specifically referring to what were called the "Pals Battalions," which were battalions made of of soldiers largely from the same relative geographic area because the British government thought they could get more volunteers if they promised they could serve with their friends. That turned out to be a terrible idea because it meant that the young male population of a town could be utterly devastated in single battle. The Somme was where that error came to light, and by the end of the year, they'd stopped doing pals battalions.
What Sabaton are doing is creating an aural history through modern day sagas, stories that can't be silenced by censorship or governmental control.
They create true memes by adding these things to social consciousness, remembering the best and the worst of humanity and teaching the lessons that history desperately wants, no, _needs_ us to understand.
Until we do learn, the soil will remain stained with the blood of heroes and villains alike.
The Somme was a major offensive. This song is about the British PALS Battalions all workers and friends from the same community. In theory a good idea in reality it devastated communities.
This is why WW1 has such a close spot in the British populations heart we suffered tremendously so much lose so many villages who lost all of their Brothers, fathers and sons.
Hey friend I only just found your channel and it's always good to see another Sabaton fan!
You say you don't know anything about history but Sabaton is a great way to learn. The song is a cover, originally by Motörhead and as well as to soldiers (as you can see in the video, there are a lot of military uniforms from history, not just WW1), and it's clearly a tribute to Lemmy and Motörhead too (carrying a photo of Lemmy and some of the members are in the video).
1916, amongst other awful events, was a battle that is usually called the Somme offensive, which was a battle in WW1 which is generally considered one of the deadliest battles in history. If you want to look into it more, the story of the Somme is absolutely heartbreaking and really encompasses both how brutal and how pointless the amount of death in WW1 really was.
Australian flag is featured and youll see "slouch hats" an iconic part of the Australian UNIFORM in WW1 and WW2. WW1 started in 1914 and finished in 1918
i am not crying you are 😭
1916 is in WW1 the Battle of the Somme
I saw flags for the Russian Empire, Germany Empire, United States, Australia, India, Great Britain, and Sweden for Countries and a flag for the band Moterhead.
I can't make it past the first 2 minutes without starting to cry
They added two years to their ages because they had to be 16.
Also at the time of writing this ive just got home from seeing them in leeds for the first gig of their 2023 tour. They sang this and hearing it live... its just fantastic. My ears are still ringing too.
they were 16 years old but lied that they were 2 year older.
They had to be 18 or 19 in Britain to enlist, so they added to years onto their age if they were 16
"1916 is that a war that happend?"
Dude are you for real right now?!
Did the us schools dont at all give you history lesson?!
Florida school system sucks + I hated history so skipped classes lol
I’m American and I learned about History in school. I loved History and would voraciously read Encyclopedias about History and about other countries.
My passion for History served me well, for it led me to win a College Scholarship.
I graduated High School in 1989. In the 80’s, US schools were, for the most part, very good.
Sadly, modern US schools aren’t concerned with education, but are obsessed with far left indoctrination, especially concerning sex. Modern US schools and Universities are among the worst in the world. That includes the incredibly overrated Ivy League schools. Of course, there are exceptions.
Rant over.
Coming from West Yorkshire
(which geographically is in the SW of the county)
in my youth I took it as normal
that there were war memorials
for the dead of the First World War
(and the Second World War)
The lists on the monuments were LONG
and my school also had a war memorial for
the boys who died in WW1 and WW2
The problem in WW1 was
that there was no good way of dealing with a machine gun
so if you attacked the other side
they just machine gunned you down.
The tank was developed to overcome this problem
and the British developed the 1919 plan to
deal with it.
They never implemented it as WW1 ended in November 1918
However the Germans studied it and used the ideas
in what we know as the Blitzkrieg tactic
of a highly mobile attack overwhelming the defences.
George Santayana said:
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
5:05 sadly that wasn’t him holding it. That was lemmy lead singer of the band Motörhead. God rest his soul
That picture is Lemmy Kilmister. The deceased singer of the band Motorhead. This song is a cover.
The picture is Lemmy from Motorhead, it's an old Motorhead song. That's Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee from Motorhead carrying the pic.
300 hundred of those soldiers were from my home town two of my great great grandfathers included we have a long line near the town hall for them with all their names
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The song is about the battle of somme witch was a huge battle the video is about all different soldiers as the song can reflect them too
@ 4:38 are the drummer and guitarist from Motorhead. The guitarist is holding a picture of Lemmy from motorhead., He wrote this song
Thank you to all the soldiers and other divisions past and present for your bravery and sacrifices. Your legacy will live on forever. Thank you Motörhead and Sabaton for telling their story.
Ohhh!! Anyone saw that to?! 4:26... Thats Mikkey Dee, former drummer of Motorhead! The gent to the right. And the gent in the middle with the picture of Lemmy, could that be Phil Campbell, guitarist?
The black-haired guy with a cap, carrying Lemmy’s framed photo is Eddie Rocha, Sabaton’s (and previously Motörhead’s too) tour manager. The Motörhead dudes are both by his sides.
For the flags (3:30):
- US
- Motorhead
-Sweden
- Australia (the one with te British flag in the corner)
Later: France, India
They have the Sabaton history channel here on youtube
You haven't been taught about the first world war.. that just amazes me
Picture if Lemmy from Motorhead, who wrote the song. The two guys are the former band members
Bro 1916 was world war 1…
The picture is Lemmy Kilminster from Motorhead.
Battle of the Somme. Part of Ww1 Aka (The Great War). Sweden, France, Australia, and India all have flags along with USA, Uk there’s 2-3 others I can’t get a good enough look at to determine
You were wondering who was in the picture that a man was carrying in the video and in the picture was Lemmy Kilmister, lead singer of Motörhead. Motörhead is the original band for the song 1916.
The two guys with the picture were Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee from Motorhead 😁
Youngest recorded soldier at the battle of the somme was only 12 years old.
It sounds more like a Ballad as opposed to their conventional music.
The message I'm getting from this cover in particular as opposed to the original motorhead song is that in times of war, it doesn't matter what nation you are from, how old you are, or what era it is, there is something that unites all Soldiers. That all of them are humans too. They are husbands, brothers, fathers and sons, to someone out there, with their names lost to the passage of time.
1916 the hight of WW1. This song is about the boys who charged into the battle of the Somme. 57,000+ dead. Most of them were friends, neighbors, coworkers, family. A whole generation lost
@@edwardchristensen414 actually I didn’t. It’s info I already knew. It just so happened to come out the same
WW1 started from 1914 ended at 1918
As always with a new Sabaton song doing my rounds of reactors to see how much of a punch to the gut it is or how much of they learn
I recommend you listen to the original of this song by motorhead! Very different voice but carries the same emotion
Freedom is not a lifetime guarantee!! Some people still don’t have it today. Remember the debts we owe others that came before us. Do not forget history is constantly repeating itself because we never learn. Ukraine is just todays example that there are large powers in this world that could turn their eyes to any of our countries tomorrow. Making our friends/families names in the history pages. Love to all that serve ❤
it is tribute to all soldiers of all times
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Sabaton have get an price for peopleeducation. Always sing about historic happenings.
On the first day of the somme over 20,000 killed or wounded
July 1st 1916 battle of the Somme.
1916 was smack in the middle of WWI.
Yes, 1916 is a war that happened. Technically, it's part of WW1. More technically, this song is about the battle of the Somme. Bloody awful affair. Bloody good song.
1916 was a year in world war one (1914-1918)
maybe the next Sabaton - The Art of War ? ^^
1916 was year of the Somme, one or the most brutal and wasteful wars in World War One.
That 57000 men died for three miles, Remind me of whats the price of a mile with sabaton. Wasnt somme the bloodiest battle of ww1?
Great motorhead cover
The youngest to die in that battle was just 12
bro how can you not know about WW1 ? where was u at in history class...
during my history class i was probably skipping and fucking a girl lol
To not know everything about history is ok, noone knows everything, but to not know about the world wars (both of them) is just ignorant, sorry dude. They were the ones of those events in human history every man, woman and child should know no matter what, because of how terrible the events were and what impact they had on next generations and the world as whole. Man, seriosly…
batlle of some took a place in france
The song is based on World War 1
World War One was a futile and useless War. My great-grandfather fought in it.
1916 there was a little war called ww1
"Was there a war in 1916?" Man, come on.....
Do your research!
That was the great war.
Although this is about English soldiers, there were also American soldiers in this war. Albeit very late.
It's obvious from the way you speak that you have no idea about the history of your own country. Which is very sad. Especially when you consider that this war made the United States the world power it is today.
Maybe you should go back to a history class instead of portraying yourself as a "cool guy" on TH-cam.
This just confirms my opinion of many (thank goodness not all) people in the US.
1916..one of the most blodies days in history
Yes f war
Yes, eff war
Is there an irish flag there, or am I seeing things?
1914-1918 1. world war
The picture of this guy ? really ???
Have you seriously never heard of wwI (the great war)?
Ever hear of World War 1?
ww1
Are you educated?
omg, you never heard about world war I the great war to end all wars, but it didn't, american history education sucks
You’re doing a desperately bad job of stating the obvious.
Man, I can't watch this. Sorry. You don't have to be a history nerd but this is embarassing.
Yes, the conflict happened. 1916 is WW1. One of the two biggest and bloodiest conflicts of human history.
Well, what to expect from american kids… 🤷🏼♀️