As many of you might now, a Finnish archive had copyright-striked our video on Talvisota last week. Since, we have had a constructive talk with director. Our video will be released again and we will continue talks privately. What seems to have happened is that the Finnish archive was under the impression that they held the sole ownership of footage that we licensed from our archive. We don't have anything to do with this - it is between them. Though we are moved by the overwhelming support we have received, we have also seen many reactions towards the archive that are out of the ordinary and unacceptable. No matter what, it is not the case to threaten people, use abusive language or make personal insults. They are doing their job, we disagreed with how they did it - that's it. Please keep it civil and reasonable. Cheers, The Sabaton History team. If you would like to gain early access to our Sabaton History episodes and actively support this awesome project that we are so passionate about, you can do so by joining our Patreon community. There are some pretty cool perks when you become part of the Patreon family. Find out more and join here 👉 www.patreon.com/sabatonhistory
Thanks for the news about this matter. It's great to hear it could be resolved in good spirits and so quickly. I hope it didn't hurt your moods too bad. We're behind you no matter what!
Iraq had used chemical weapons on their own people, we even found some of these weapons a while after the original invasion. MI6 and CIA both had independently confirmed WMD's in the country before the war started. Its not hard to believe given the amount of warning they had that they moved them into Iran.
@@Bakerking3 " Its not hard to believe given the amount of warning they had that they moved them into Iran." Did I hear you right? Iraq moved their WMDs into the hated enemy nation with whom they had fought a blood-soaked eight-year full spectrum war as recently as the 1980s. Iraq's ruling regime were scum, but they weren't the cartoon villains we were sold by the dodgy dossier and by security services who had their political marching orders to find a cassus belli.
My cousin was in the British forces in iraq. He was on his phone to his gf (now wife) when he was standing in a bunker when he came under attack. All she heard was gun fire and the phone go off. She then phoned his mother to say what happened, then both of them thought he was dead. So now we all thought he was dead and had a family get together about it. During the get together we got a phone call from him where he said, “yo hey! I’m fine, ok I’ve got to go on patrol, tata!”
I thought the song was about the germans, you know, because of the "Panzer" in "Panzer Battalion". Well, guess it just sounds and flows better than "Tank Battalion".
VynalDerp danish word for tank besides tank is kampvogn which translates to something along the lines of battle/fighting vehicle/wagon and Sabaton are swedish by the way
For the longest time, I thought "Panzer" was German for panther, they had tanks called tigers, and I figured Panzers were another big cat, until I FINALLY thought to look the word up with a translator app.
If i remember it correctly, the Swedish Marines that were sent to Tchad in 2008 got an rewritten version called amphibous battalion, you can find it here on TH-cam
Quite possibly my favorite Sabaton song for a variety of reasons. Iraq became my war in 2005 thru 2007. I knew many who served during the 2003 invasion. I appreciate the song about my war (even if I wasn't involved in that phase of the war), and very much appreciate Sabaton honoring the human virtues of courage, honor, and sacrifice no matter the belligerent faction of whatever war and battle they write songs about. It is refreshing to listen to metal that is respectful of the warriors, and devoid of the politics.
Oh no ! Its the skost of Ferrus Manus! Now Sabaton its doom to do a warhammer cooperation unless they what their videos hunt by the iron hands dead primarch! CADIA STANDS ! THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID!
I got a special feeling for this song cuz os the only event in sabaton songs that i saw when happened. I remember seeing Hussein statue falling on tv and saying : "I'm glad Iraq war is over." As Pär said the world was in a momment that the war were considered definetly won.
Sibicho Company yeah, this one is both cool and kinda weird for me. I remember coming home from school and seeing news reports about this while waiting for Pokémon or whatever to come on.
Sibicho Company the US occupation of Japan was one of the most thoroughly-planned political enterprises in history. It rebuilt democracy upon a parliamentary system that had been degraded by ultranationalist assassinations in the 30s. On an Island nation. The US occupation of Iraq had little planning and tried to build a new democracy in between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Like they said in the video,there are a lot of things people say about this event. But certainly it was one of the most import events of 2000's, i fell old when i realize is almost 20 years since that
Andrew Farrell Japan infact improved a lot after receiving the help from west in tje cold war, unfortunally Brazil used poorly the same help and ended up with so many problems.
The Invasion of Iraq was as protrayed in the song, a military masterpiece on how to conduct modern warfare. The post invasion occupation in the other hand though......
It is a bit, for desperate want of a better word, "interesting", to see the juxtaposition of a near perfect international operation being followed up by such an extreme fiasco of a peacekeeping effort. And as per usual, it's the boots on the ground and the innocent folk who suffered for it.
Even there there were plenty of things going wrong in between the things going right, but that's probably every war. HBO had a great series based on the work of an embedded reporter about it called 'Generation Kill', I don't know if you've ever seen it but it's a really interesting perspective on the war from a reporter embedded with 1st Marine Recon during the invasion.
Thing is, the occupation quote on quote had more to do with the president after Bush. Because while Bush was in charge, it actually went decently. Here's the thing though, Obama DID NOT LEARN from the soviet's attempt to do the exact thing. Where they eventually pulled out, releasing what America should have, that actually occupying and pacifying the middle east does not work. It simply forces them to use new tactics, and fight like partisans in 4Gen warfare. So a lot of the blame doesn't belong to Bush, it belongs to Obama. And frankly, we NEVER should have been in the middle east to begin with. Because all we've done is waste millions of young men and women's lives for no gain. To me, this is the ultimate example of why America needs to go back to being an isolationist. We should do trade, and have our military large enough for peacetime deployment and securing our borders. But beyond that, we should not be involving ourselves in foreign wars that bring American families nothing but folded flags in place of their loved ones. We've lost too many good men and women, the pride of our nation, in a desert that can't be fixed. We should just arm Israel, and let them go ham on the middle east. I don't care for Bush, his policies like the "Patriot Act" are horrible. But I also think people misassign blame to him for things going sour when it wasn't actually his fault, but the presidents that followed him, mucking it up so badly.
Talking about events as history that I myself followed in the news as a teen always gives me such a weird feeling. And that one sentence of Indy that this event hasn't been told from an official Iraqi perspective yet made me understand why Joakim told in an earlier episode they don't really want to write songs angain about events so close to present. And, I always thought Primo Victoria was the first Sabaton song you guys wrote in history topic. Knowing that it was Panzer Battalion after all makes me somehow satisfied. This song is so underrated today, but for me, it's among my favorites.
I'd like to see a Sabaton album about stories from civil wars across history. The US, Spanish, Russian and English civil wars, the Yugoslav Wars, Vietnam and Korea all immediately come to mind as places to draw from.
My brother spent a few months commanding light armor in Iraq before getting a desk job. I hear this song, I think about what him and his comrades went through.
It started with primo victoria and it just went from there for me. I been listening for about 7 or 8 years and recently found this channel. I have to say sabaton really is a one of a kind band. They didnt start the concept of doing songs about war but they took it forward. Also not too many bands have a channel dedicated to teaching their fans about the subjects of their songs you guys are not just musicians your history teachers that happen to be in a heavy metal band. Thats very impressive i had good history teachers in school but they dont even compare to you.
I know quite a few Marines in Mobile Assault Platoons who used to blare this song. Some times, you can't see where the road will take you, but you'll never know if you don't get out and drive. Rah Indy, Rah Sabaton!
“To finish a job” Any day now, US military... (But seriously great song and history I never knew, not even the subject. Part of a time when we thought the war would end
You guys are the best history teachers ever ! I already loved history, but watching this channel and listening to Sabaton just brought it to the next level, by making it my passion !!! Thank you so much and keep up the good work !!!
I still remember the first time my farher was deployed the first time during this conflict. Nothing was told to my mother or I no clue where he was going and for how long. Next thing we knew the second Operation Dessert Storm started and my mother told me exactly where my father was. And it’s still a very interesting issue with how things are going on in Iraq. And it really makes you realize how lucky you can be just because of where you are born and to not take it for granted.
And so an era began! You know I dont think any fans would complain if you on every show you made, played that weeks Sabaton History if you had a screen available. Btw do you have any plans for how this channel is gonna run when you run out of songs? Just wait for the next album and cut down on the pace? And another thing in case I have seen it and forgotten, how did Sabaton and Timeghost meet? Its a match made in heaven but how did you meet and decide that this should be a thing?
Pär was invited onto Indy's last project 'The Great War' after Last Stand was released and they thought it up not too long after that, I believe that they talk about this on one of the videos on this channel
Well, we have a bunch of songs to do at the moment, so that problem is one for the future. Indy and Pär met when Indy interviewed him back on the TGW channel. A year ago Sabaton reached out again with an interesting idea ... and the rest is history!
To be fair. The "Mission Accomplished" banner was for The Ship. The ship has been on a 2 years long mission and ITS mission was accomplished. It helps to know the rational of the Navy operations.
As bad as Sadam was the whole war was a missed opportunity to deal with Iran. Everything that was said about and during the Iraqi was is actually true with Iran. The regime in Tehran days are still numbered. But what a missed opportunity.
I must admit, when I first started getting into Sabaton music, I didn’t realize Panzer Battalion was about the Iraq War. I assumed it had to do with German tanks or something.
Spent some good times in An Najaf, the Fedayeen HQs fell quickly once we entered the city. You could tell they had no clue how to fight a war, there were foxholes out in the open on the side of the road.
Make a video about the Greco-Italian war of 1940-1941 from the Coat of Arms song from sabaton ! PS: Love your videos and im watching your videos since day 1 :D !
to be honest, the AK-47 Kalasnikov for our times is like the sword for the medieval times. easy to produce, easy to use, easy to maintain functional. for a skilled solider the AK-47 is one of the best weapons to use vs the enemy infantry units even today. (sorry for the poor english. i am from Romania)
You mean the spear dude. Swords where sidearms meant more to display wealth and rank than to actually be used in combat, not to mention the fact they where expensive because of all the metal they used. The standard weapon for armies since the dawn of civilization has been the spear. Regardless the AK isn’t that special as far as assault rifles go.
@@baneofbanes ok. you got me with the spear fact but, even if the AK is not the best asault rifle is still good enough for the average solider in all ways and still is better than a lot of newer models of infamtry fire weapons. not for nothing is the most produced weapon design in all of our history
Has anyone a solution why it is called "panzer Battalion" and not "tank battalion" ?I mean it makes sense in songs like "panzerkampf" because is is about a battle with german tanks but this song is about a War between America and Irak (In German "Panzer" can mean Tank ,Armor,Shell or shield but I refer to the translation as Tank)
Two reasons.... 1)When TF Tarawa went in that was specifically the wording used in the planning phase as it was the inspiration for the tactics employed. 2) because of #1 those were the words that came to mind immediately upon seeing the visuals for people who have studied history. Interesting side note on that engagement....not everybody got to take that ride in Armoured Vehicles....there weren't enough. Some of thos Marines were in stripped down HMMWVS. "Unas Supra" "We ride the Storm and Quell the Thunder" BN Mottos 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment Task Force Tarawa 2003
After knowing the history of this song for a few years it finally clicked that my father was actually part of OIF and the thunder run. Once I told him he laughed at the fact that a song was made about something that he was part of. He generally is a fan of the song but he does have two issues with this video. First the U.S. Army 3rd ID (which he was part of) was also a part of the thunder run they were in Bagdad about a week before the marines. Secondly they were technically the only ones who conducted a "thunder run" as the the term refers to the rapid northward raids to cut off Sadam's forces in order to continue the attack due to the marines being behind schedule. These raids were later described as "thunder runs." To quote my father directly "the only reason the marines are remembered as being there at all was because they were always about a week behind and the journalists didn't want to be on the front lines so they got to get the photo op pulling down the statue." I think that as an artillery man he is mostly upset that he didn't get to blow it up beforehand.
Biggest mistakes in human history. -Any western country invading Russia. -"Heavier than air flying machines are impossible". Lord Kelvin. -"Star Wars will be a failure. You have the entire rights of the franchise, you will deal with the loses". 20th Century Fox to George Lucas. -"GG. Mission Accomplished". George W. Bush. -"Your Music is not interesting". Nuclear Blast to Sabaton.
I never really realized that Panzer Battalion was written almost effectively concurrent to the events it describes. That's bizarre to me when I think about how old those events are for me. I was only about 8 when they took place.
Sorry guys the thunder runs weren't conducted by the Marines but the 3rd Infantry division from the Army. The thunder run to the airport was conducted by the 1st Battalion 64th Armor Regiment the second run into the heart of Baghdad was done by my unit 4th 64th AR.
I love you guys and all the work you do as a HUGE history buff, well since I could read! (early 80's btw) But Indy, it was not the Marines that made the "Thunder Run" through Baghdad.. It was the Army. I was watching 8k feet overhead from start to finish. But I do love you all and all that you do! My only regret there is that their not a western music group telling the same stories! Or hip hop group etc etc etc....... Who needs Iron Man when one knows the story of Alvin York? Or the Lost Battalion? Love you guys and all that you do. I have even converted a couple of people to reading more history! I always point to this channel since has opened. Take care and stay safe.
This song could use a mild rewrite. The line "don't run face your fate like a man" comes out so musically flat and weird it actually kind of makes me bristle. I think you guys could do this much better justice now, and I'd love to see it.
as once one gentleman said in comments , SABATON songs are so good that they made war in their reference !!! and here is the fact , they recorded panzer battalion before even the invasion takes place , its rumored that even saddams sons used to listen to this song , not believing its gonna actually happen because of that very song ,bush listen to the song and orchestrate and stage the Invasion exactly as it depicted in the song , like many many other wars
Primo Victoria was the first Sabaton song I ever heard; I think it was on a Hellgate: London AMV, either that or Saving Private Ryan. So, when Nuclear Blast signed on with you guys, did they write you a letter saying, "Alright, we've stuck our collective feet into our collective mouths, please let us do your albums?"
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As many of you might now, a Finnish archive had copyright-striked our video on Talvisota last week. Since, we have had a constructive talk with director. Our video will be released again and we will continue talks privately. What seems to have happened is that the Finnish archive was under the impression that they held the sole ownership of footage that we licensed from our archive. We don't have anything to do with this - it is between them. Though we are moved by the overwhelming support we have received, we have also seen many reactions towards the archive that are out of the ordinary and unacceptable. No matter what, it is not the case to threaten people, use abusive language or make personal insults. They are doing their job, we disagreed with how they did it - that's it. Please keep it civil and reasonable.
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That's great to hear, I'm glad it seemed to be just a misunderstanding
Thanks for the news about this matter. It's great to hear it could be resolved in good spirits and so quickly. I hope it didn't hurt your moods too bad. We're behind you no matter what!
glad that it is going to be resolved. keep it going team
So, it was just an misunderstanding on their part? Well, that's good.
Great to hear you guys got it sorted out. (Why can't MY government be that sensible?)
Nuclear Blast in 2004: Your songs are not interesting
Nuclear Blast in 2009: We have made a grave error.
@Ryder Tom It's a joke about how in 2004 that Nuclear Blast records thought that Sabaton wasn't interesting. Jesus, I even provide the context.
@@maximaldinotrap did he delete his comment? Lol
@@ZFire2020 Looks like it. Like, instead of facing his mistake and admitting it he decides to be a fucking coward about it.
@@maximaldinotrap sadly that's most of the internet population
this happened less than 20 years ago. just let that sink in...
If history played out a bit different most of the band could've had a very different 2003. Maybe as a part of a Panzer Battalion
what does the sink want?
@@dastoopid2871 WAR!
I remember when this happened and that makes me feel old.
This war is older than me
The next Sabaton album should be nothing but love songs about tanks.
Sabaton: Armory
"Tank You All Very Much"
Well there is that tank dating sim that a bloke from paradox is making in his spare time, it could probably do with a title track
A bunch of sappy power ballads about Abrams A1's, T-34's, Tigers, etc.
@@Aliasalpha There is one with tanks as anime girls. I can't remember the name, though,
"...the belief that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction."
In the immortal words of Bill Hicks: "How do we know? We kept the receipts."
harbl99 Its like a drug dealer snitching on a customer to the cops
Iraq had used chemical weapons on their own people, we even found some of these weapons a while after the original invasion. MI6 and CIA both had independently confirmed WMD's in the country before the war started. Its not hard to believe given the amount of warning they had that they moved them into Iran.
@@Bakerking3 " Its not hard to believe given the amount of warning they had that they moved them into Iran."
Did I hear you right? Iraq moved their WMDs into the hated enemy nation with whom they had fought a blood-soaked eight-year full spectrum war as recently as the 1980s.
Iraq's ruling regime were scum, but they weren't the cartoon villains we were sold by the dodgy dossier and by security services who had their political marching orders to find a cassus belli.
@@Bakerking3 more like syria, Iran and Iraq have bad relations.
And about all we found were spent artillery shells with the Arabic word for "Phosegene" written on them, left over from their war with Iran
My cousin was in the British forces in iraq.
He was on his phone to his gf (now wife) when he was standing in a bunker when he came under attack. All she heard was gun fire and the phone go off. She then phoned his mother to say what happened, then both of them thought he was dead. So now we all thought he was dead and had a family get together about it. During the get together we got a phone call from him where he said, “yo hey! I’m fine, ok I’ve got to go on patrol, tata!”
Possibly the best phone call of her life, that last one
100% Haha@@SabatonHistory
I thought the song was about the germans, you know, because of the "Panzer" in "Panzer Battalion".
Well, guess it just sounds and flows better than "Tank Battalion".
There were Danish. What's the Danish word for Tank?
The US adopted German tank doctrine after ww2.
VynalDerp danish word for tank besides tank is kampvogn which translates to something along the lines of battle/fighting vehicle/wagon and Sabaton are swedish by the way
Armoured would work fine though ;)
For the longest time, I thought "Panzer" was German for panther, they had tanks called tigers, and I figured Panzers were another big cat, until I FINALLY thought to look the word up with a translator app.
I actually thought this song was about World War 2 given the name.
yes
So did I. But you listen to it and it mentions napalm and SAM strikes and terrorism.
Wisemankugel Memicus I just thought this was a very weird battle they were talking about
Where did they get napalm from? The Iraqi terrorist rebels?
@@multiversalman4270 The US has been using napalm since we invented the stuff in WW2.
I was in Iraq in 2003. Never thought this song was about that war.
I was in Kuwait that same year.
Didn't a Norwegian tank unit pay Sabaton to make a rewritten version of the song called "Second battalion"?
I think there are at least 2, maybe 3 different versions of this song, each about a different unit. Small changes, though.
Amphibious Battalion
If i remember it correctly, the Swedish Marines that were sent to Tchad in 2008 got an rewritten version called amphibous battalion, you can find it here on TH-cam
And the french are still rising funds for the songs “we told you it was going to be a sh1tshow” and “Would you like freedom fries with that...”
2nd Battalion is about the Norwegian 2 Bataljon yes, but it's not a tank unit
"A people should know when they're conquered"
"Would you, Quintus? Would I?"
2003: Mission Accomplished
2031: 30 Years of War 2 - Electric Boogaloo
“Rats who dare to stand before us, feel our guns go live!” has got to be the most spine chilling verse in a son I have ever heard.
Quite possibly my favorite Sabaton song for a variety of reasons. Iraq became my war in 2005 thru 2007. I knew many who served during the 2003 invasion. I appreciate the song about my war (even if I wasn't involved in that phase of the war), and very much appreciate Sabaton honoring the human virtues of courage, honor, and sacrifice no matter the belligerent faction of whatever war and battle they write songs about. It is refreshing to listen to metal that is respectful of the warriors, and devoid of the politics.
Thank you!
Panzer Battalion? I hear ´´Handsome Italian´´. But I guess that the former makes more sense
Handsome Italian sound good too though...
@@SabatonHistory I always thought that the line was "Death in the shape of a hamster called Malcolm" 🐹
@@fullmetalhaggis The bane of Saddam: Malcolm.
Same you agreeable man!
@@multiversalman4270 i didn't know Darth Sidious liked Sabaton
Probably one of your most aggressive songs. Along with Attero Dominatus, it's high on the list of my favorite songs.
Reign of Terror, Into the fire, We Burn real blasters also. Love their sound in early albums
@@mussunmussun3536 firestorm and midway?
AS DARKNESS FALLS ARABIA CALLS...
oppss wrong timeline...
ONE MAN SPREADS HIS WINGS, AS THE BATTLE BEGINS!
Its the same timeline
FEEL OUR NAPALM BURN
@@wborworse DEATH IN THE SHAPE IN OF A PANZER BATTALION
The timeline this is from is if Sykes-Picot betrayal never happened
In case you are wondering wich label took them if not Nuclear Blast, it was a Swedish label called Black Lodge
Random Yeah black lodge has realesed many metal albums.
Not interesting
2016: We regret that so much, we did Last Stand.
A Sabaton History video? How did you guys know what I wanted?! Thank you guys for everything you do and Merry Christmas!
A Christmas miracle perhaps? Happy Holidays nonetheless!
Oh no ! Its the skost of Ferrus Manus!
Now Sabaton its doom to do a warhammer cooperation unless they what their videos hunt by the iron hands dead primarch!
CADIA STANDS ! THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID!
@@dmar.gar5689 How does the Cadian Guard actually replenish their numbers if their planet is gone? Do they have colony ships just sitting there?
I got a special feeling for this song cuz os the only event in sabaton songs that i saw when happened. I remember seeing Hussein statue falling on tv and saying : "I'm glad Iraq war is over."
As Pär said the world was in a momment that the war were considered definetly won.
Sibicho Company yeah, this one is both cool and kinda weird for me. I remember coming home from school and seeing news reports about this while waiting for Pokémon or whatever to come on.
Sibicho Company the US occupation of Japan was one of the most thoroughly-planned political enterprises in history. It rebuilt democracy upon a parliamentary system that had been degraded by ultranationalist assassinations in the 30s. On an Island nation.
The US occupation of Iraq had little planning and tried to build a new democracy in between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Like they said in the video,there are a lot of things people say about this event. But certainly it was one of the most import events of 2000's, i fell old when i realize is almost 20 years since that
Andrew Farrell Japan infact improved a lot after receiving the help from west in tje cold war, unfortunally Brazil used poorly the same help and ended up with so many problems.
I know 1 guy who has one of those demos. Those demos are the rarest by Sabaton.
6yap2 the panzer battalion one is on Spotify
@@NapalmStrike802 no the actual cd. The cd demo sent to radio stations
@@NapalmStrike802 I collect cds and sabaton collectables and I would pay 10k for that fucking demo disk
6yap2 oh
The Invasion of Iraq was as protrayed in the song, a military masterpiece on how to conduct modern warfare.
The post invasion occupation in the other hand though......
It is a bit, for desperate want of a better word, "interesting", to see the juxtaposition of a near perfect international operation being followed up by such an extreme fiasco of a peacekeeping effort.
And as per usual, it's the boots on the ground and the innocent folk who suffered for it.
It wasn't much of an invasion considering the gap of their technology. It's more like when English steamrolled through the natives.
Even there there were plenty of things going wrong in between the things going right, but that's probably every war. HBO had a great series based on the work of an embedded reporter about it called 'Generation Kill', I don't know if you've ever seen it but it's a really interesting perspective on the war from a reporter embedded with 1st Marine Recon during the invasion.
Tell me about it. I was there twice.
Thing is, the occupation quote on quote had more to do with the president after Bush. Because while Bush was in charge, it actually went decently. Here's the thing though, Obama DID NOT LEARN from the soviet's attempt to do the exact thing. Where they eventually pulled out, releasing what America should have, that actually occupying and pacifying the middle east does not work. It simply forces them to use new tactics, and fight like partisans in 4Gen warfare. So a lot of the blame doesn't belong to Bush, it belongs to Obama. And frankly, we NEVER should have been in the middle east to begin with. Because all we've done is waste millions of young men and women's lives for no gain. To me, this is the ultimate example of why America needs to go back to being an isolationist. We should do trade, and have our military large enough for peacetime deployment and securing our borders. But beyond that, we should not be involving ourselves in foreign wars that bring American families nothing but folded flags in place of their loved ones. We've lost too many good men and women, the pride of our nation, in a desert that can't be fixed. We should just arm Israel, and let them go ham on the middle east.
I don't care for Bush, his policies like the "Patriot Act" are horrible. But I also think people misassign blame to him for things going sour when it wasn't actually his fault, but the presidents that followed him, mucking it up so badly.
The Polish just have to be involved in everything, with their armoured hussar-2 tanks.
WHEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED
It started 2 days before my birth, and the night of shook and awe was my birth, Jesus that's a weird alignment
Golden Cobra I was born one year earlier from night of shook and awe
Same situation with me
It started on my 22nd birthday.
The first time my wife listened to this song she thought it was "death in the shape of a handsome Italian"
Talking about events as history that I myself followed in the news as a teen always gives me such a weird feeling. And that one sentence of Indy that this event hasn't been told from an official Iraqi perspective yet made me understand why Joakim told in an earlier episode they don't really want to write songs angain about events so close to present.
And, I always thought Primo Victoria was the first Sabaton song you guys wrote in history topic. Knowing that it was Panzer Battalion after all makes me somehow satisfied. This song is so underrated today, but for me, it's among my favorites.
My grandpa worked with Lockheed Martin in Iraqi Freedom. He specifically worked on the Apaches’ Hellfire missles.
my whole family worked at lockheed Martin. My grandpa was part of skunkworks and helped in the developement of U-2 spyplane and the SR-71.
Kurt Kenehan
That’s cool!
7:14 “...M1 tanks”
*shows challenger 2*
Sorry the patriot in me is triggered. Fantastic video and song as always!
I thought I was the only one who noticed xD
It's a challenger 1 MK3 I would have thought?
@@MyUnoriginalUsername Nah, the barbette above the gun mantlet gives it away as a CR2
Its a MBT challenger 2
The Patriot? Patriots? The La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo?
METAL GEAR?!
I'd like to see a Sabaton album about stories from civil wars across history. The US, Spanish, Russian and English civil wars, the Yugoslav Wars, Vietnam and Korea all immediately come to mind as places to draw from.
That would be interesting one indeed, and I assume it would be very controversial as well depending on the civil war I guess.
@@mlgsty8880 *Angry Serbians in the distance*
@Tamara K The Irish would probably get the 2nd best song in the album after the Russians.
This is by far my favorite sabaton history episode. I had never even paid attention to the lyrics if panzer battalion before
Awesome, thanks!
You know you've reached America levels of outgunning when you launch missile attacks against your enemies missile attacks ;)
Love this song , it really gets you pumping. Keep up the great work guys!!
We will! Cheers!
My brother spent a few months commanding light armor in Iraq before getting a desk job. I hear this song, I think about what him and his comrades went through.
This was the first Sabaton song I'd heard and I've been loving the band ever since.
It started with primo victoria and it just went from there for me. I been listening for about 7 or 8 years and recently found this channel. I have to say sabaton really is a one of a kind band. They didnt start the concept of doing songs about war but they took it forward. Also not too many bands have a channel dedicated to teaching their fans about the subjects of their songs you guys are not just musicians your history teachers that happen to be in a heavy metal band. Thats very impressive i had good history teachers in school but they dont even compare to you.
Thanks a lot for your message, it really means a lot to us to read things like these 😎 Keep rockin'!
Shoutout to the guy at 1:20 getting chewed out lol
They should do a song on the Second Battle of Fallujah
My stepdad participated in this as a medic behind us lines in the field hospital
I know quite a few Marines in Mobile Assault Platoons who used to blare this song. Some times, you can't see where the road will take you, but you'll never know if you don't get out and drive. Rah Indy, Rah Sabaton!
You haven't forgotten Poland 😉
The Winged Hussars Arrived
If they had forgotten Poland, I'd expect there to be some kind of uprising
Iraqi army: Yallah, why do I hear Sabaton music?
Now I imagine their tanks with wings.
Which took part in an illegal war against Iraq. And also helped devour Czechoslovakia in 38.
“To finish a job”
Any day now, US military...
(But seriously great song and history I never knew, not even the subject. Part of a time when we thought the war would end
Well that comment aged well
You guys are the best history teachers ever ! I already loved history, but watching this channel and listening to Sabaton just brought it to the next level, by making it my passion !!!
Thank you so much and keep up the good work !!!
Our pleasure! Cheers!
I still remember the first time my farher was deployed the first time during this conflict. Nothing was told to my mother or I no clue where he was going and for how long.
Next thing we knew the second Operation Dessert Storm started and my mother told me exactly where my father was.
And it’s still a very interesting issue with how things are going on in Iraq.
And it really makes you realize how lucky you can be just because of where you are born and to not take it for granted.
First early video as a patreon! Love you guys!
Thanks! We love you too, but just as a friend... It's hard, we know
14:47 There is a bug walking on his knee
And so an era began!
You know I dont think any fans would complain if you on every show you made, played that weeks Sabaton History if you had a screen available.
Btw do you have any plans for how this channel is gonna run when you run out of songs? Just wait for the next album and cut down on the pace? And another thing in case I have seen it and forgotten, how did Sabaton and Timeghost meet? Its a match made in heaven but how did you meet and decide that this should be a thing?
Pär was invited onto Indy's last project 'The Great War' after Last Stand was released and they thought it up not too long after that, I believe that they talk about this on one of the videos on this channel
Well, we have a bunch of songs to do at the moment, so that problem is one for the future. Indy and Pär met when Indy interviewed him back on the TGW channel. A year ago Sabaton reached out again with an interesting idea ... and the rest is history!
When you're doing movie about The Attack Of The Dead Men?
Go watch the great war day by day, its already there
That s a nice cup you have there Indy
To be fair. The "Mission Accomplished" banner was for The Ship. The ship has been on a 2 years long mission and ITS mission was accomplished. It helps to know the rational of the Navy operations.
All presedential photo shoots are meticulously planned. Much like the teleprompter speeches. W.knew the optics, even while playing a fool.
Panzer Battalion!
Handsome Italian
@@alexmartin3191 XD
It's handsome Italian duh.
How could you hear "handsome italian"? I can't understand ...
@@BodayDonbass when the the lyric day panzer battalian just stop listening at the word "pan" and "batt" you'll hear it
I don't think I ever noticed what was on Indy's mug until now GOD I'M BLIND AND YOUR MUG IS HILARIOUS
It's the small details that we can thank Astrid for
Dang. It's hard to believe that this was all done by a single handsome Italian.
Honestly, I feel like Metalizer has some real gems on it, and it's absolutely a crime to forget it in favor of their modern sound and direction.
Thundergods is still one of my favourites.
As bad as Sadam was the whole war was a missed opportunity to deal with Iran. Everything that was said about and during the Iraqi was is actually true with Iran. The regime in Tehran days are still numbered. But what a missed opportunity.
I must admit, when I first started getting into Sabaton music, I didn’t realize Panzer Battalion was about the Iraq War. I assumed it had to do with German tanks or something.
The first military history song by sabaton and so far it cannot be topped
First i thought it was a ww2 song about panzer battalion in north Africa than i saw this video it more about war in irag in 2003
Listening to the lyrics helps too^^
the lyrics spelt it out to me "feel our napalm burn", "started a decade ago," and "blow their SAM sites clear for airstrike"
Finally! Panzer battalion is one of my favorites, thank you!
I don't care that it's 01:18. It's new Sabaton History Video
I love all of Sabaton's tank songs,
You guys are great! Awesome content.
Thanks!
Finally, been waiting for this
One of my favourites.
Same here
Spent some good times in An Najaf, the Fedayeen HQs fell quickly once we entered the city. You could tell they had no clue how to fight a war, there were foxholes out in the open on the side of the road.
I was always certain this song was about Operation Desert Storm in the First Gulf War back in the 1990s.
Ight I'm one episode down...Def a fan =) Good Job!
12:53 special guest on Par's knee (hey that rhymes)
Ah the video I've been waiting for
Make a video about the Greco-Italian war of 1940-1941 from the Coat of Arms song from sabaton !
PS: Love your videos and im watching your videos since day 1 :D !
Thanks! Love the support!
Am NCO I deployed to Afghanistan with fought in this war and was part of a tank crew. This dude was a bonafide badass.
I love Pär's laugh. Great episode.
Did not show up in notifications. Good thing this showed up in things I may like
Certainly is! Annoying how TH-cam works sometimes...
Can you make about The Last Battle please?? One of my favorite!
Yup, one day!
Sabaton History Aight!!! I'll for it!!
to be honest, the AK-47 Kalasnikov for our times is like the sword for the medieval times. easy to produce, easy to use, easy to maintain functional. for a skilled solider the AK-47 is one of the best weapons to use vs the enemy infantry units even today. (sorry for the poor english. i am from Romania)
You mean the spear dude.
Swords where sidearms meant more to display wealth and rank than to actually be used in combat, not to mention the fact they where expensive because of all the metal they used. The standard weapon for armies since the dawn of civilization has been the spear.
Regardless the AK isn’t that special as far as assault rifles go.
@@baneofbanes ok. you got me with the spear fact but, even if the AK is not the best asault rifle is still good enough for the average solider in all ways and still is better than a lot of newer models of infamtry fire weapons.
not for nothing is the most produced weapon design in all of our history
Now to finish the trilogy off, “In the name of god”
Great song. Great episode of Sabaton history. Great job guys
Has anyone a solution why it is called "panzer Battalion" and not "tank battalion" ?I mean it makes sense in songs like "panzerkampf" because is is about a battle with german tanks but this song is about a War between America and Irak (In German "Panzer" can mean Tank ,Armor,Shell or shield but I refer to the translation as Tank)
Two reasons....
1)When TF Tarawa went in that was specifically the wording used in the planning phase as it was the inspiration for the tactics employed.
2) because of #1 those were the words that came to mind immediately upon seeing the visuals for people who have studied history.
Interesting side note on that engagement....not everybody got to take that ride in Armoured Vehicles....there weren't enough. Some of thos Marines were in stripped down HMMWVS.
"Unas Supra"
"We ride the Storm and Quell the Thunder"
BN Mottos
3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment
Task Force Tarawa 2003
After knowing the history of this song for a few years it finally clicked that my father was actually part of OIF and the thunder run. Once I told him he laughed at the fact that a song was made about something that he was part of. He generally is a fan of the song but he does have two issues with this video. First the U.S. Army 3rd ID (which he was part of) was also a part of the thunder run they were in Bagdad about a week before the marines. Secondly they were technically the only ones who conducted a "thunder run" as the the term refers to the rapid northward raids to cut off Sadam's forces in order to continue the attack due to the marines being behind schedule. These raids were later described as "thunder runs." To quote my father directly "the only reason the marines are remembered as being there at all was because they were always about a week behind and the journalists didn't want to be on the front lines so they got to get the photo op pulling down the statue." I think that as an artillery man he is mostly upset that he didn't get to blow it up beforehand.
Biggest mistakes in human history.
-Any western country invading Russia.
-"Heavier than air flying machines are impossible". Lord Kelvin.
-"Star Wars will be a failure. You have the entire rights of the franchise, you will deal with the loses". 20th Century Fox to George Lucas.
-"GG. Mission Accomplished". George W. Bush.
-"Your Music is not interesting". Nuclear Blast to Sabaton.
This was my first Sabaton song
A batallion of hamsters lead by one _Handsome Italian_ ready to beat the shit outta Saddam. The US Army is just the sidelines.
Little tip Panzer is short for Panzerkampfwagen that translated into english is Tank or Armored
11:21 B O I
One of my favorite songs from Sabaton!
10:10 Hahahaha, I remember the "Comical Ali" as he also was called. He was hilarious! He made premium desinfotainment *LOL*
Love this series!
I learn more about History I like in 3 days from Sabaton then I learn in a year from school.
Watched the update on the copyright first, now to get to the content I actually enjoy!
I never really realized that Panzer Battalion was written almost effectively concurrent to the events it describes. That's bizarre to me when I think about how old those events are for me. I was only about 8 when they took place.
Sorry guys the thunder runs weren't conducted by the Marines but the 3rd Infantry division from the Army. The thunder run to the airport was conducted by the 1st Battalion 64th Armor Regiment the second run into the heart of Baghdad was done by my unit 4th 64th AR.
I have to love this, as Panzer Battalion is the first ever song I heard from Sabaton and the one which got me maddly in love with them! Noch ein bier!
I love you guys and all the work you do as a HUGE history buff, well since I could read! (early 80's btw) But Indy, it was not the Marines that made the "Thunder Run" through Baghdad.. It was the Army. I was watching 8k feet overhead from start to finish. But I do love you all and all that you do! My only regret there is that their not a western music group telling the same stories! Or hip hop group etc etc etc....... Who needs Iron Man when one knows the story of Alvin York? Or the Lost Battalion? Love you guys and all that you do. I have even converted a couple of people to reading more history! I always point to this channel since has opened. Take care and stay safe.
I was with C Battery, 2/43 ADA during Invasion of Iraq. We were attached to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.
This song could use a mild rewrite. The line "don't run face your fate like a man" comes out so musically flat and weird it actually kind of makes me bristle. I think you guys could do this much better justice now, and I'd love to see it.
This is my favorite song
as once one gentleman said in comments , SABATON songs are so good that they made war in their reference !!! and here is the fact , they recorded panzer battalion before even the invasion takes place , its rumored that even saddams sons used to listen to this song , not believing its gonna actually happen because of that very song ,bush listen to the song and orchestrate and stage the Invasion exactly as it depicted in the song , like many many other wars
Song: American
Band: Swedish
Thumbnail: British
Hotel: Trivago
Primo Victoria was the first Sabaton song I ever heard; I think it was on a Hellgate: London AMV, either that or Saving Private Ryan. So, when Nuclear Blast signed on with you guys, did they write you a letter saying, "Alright, we've stuck our collective feet into our collective mouths, please let us do your albums?"
you know, i think that's the exact same story for me with that exact same Hellgate AMV
Can you play this song in london next year?, it's one of my favourites and I just got tickets for christmass .
Pär is wearing a freaking Avatar(Hail the Apocalypse album) T-shirt!
I didn't think I could respect Pär even more!
We need a Tsar Bomba cover honestly