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- This is the story of the Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident, which inspired our song No Bullets Fly.
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========= No Bullets Fly LYRICS =========
From down below an enemy spotted
So hurry up, rearm and refuel
But through the bomber’s damaged airframe
See wounded men, scared to their bone
Look to the right and then look again
And see the enemy in the eye
No bullets fly, spared by his mercy
Escorted out, out of harms way
Fly, fighting fair, it’s the code of the air
Brothers, heroes, foes
Killing machine
Honour in the skies
B17
Flying home
Killing machine
Said goodbye to the cross he deserved
He risked his life two times that day
To save an unknown enemy
Escort to safety, out of the killzone
A short salute, then departed
========= Historic Fact ==========
Following a successful air raid on the German city of Bremen, Charlie Brown's American B-17 bomber, ‘Ye Old Pub’, suffered severe damage. When German fighter ace, Franz Stigler, was ordered to shoot it down, he risked his life to escort the bomber to safety instead of attacking.
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Following a successful air raid on the German city of Bremen, Charlie Brown's American B-17 bomber, ‘Ye Old Pub’, suffered severe damage. When German fighter ace, Franz Stigler, was ordered to shoot it down, he risked his life to escort the bomber to safety instead of attacking. Read more about the Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident 👉 www.sabaton.net/historical-facts/charlie-brown-and-franz-stigler/
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Yes
ahh yes, stigler and brown.
Yes
Yes it did
100%
SABATON IS BACK! CHRISTMAS HAS COME EARLY!
Yes brother it has 😂😂
HAIL TO THE KING
Yes sabaton is here christmas is here whoooooooo!!!
[Everybody liked that]
IKRRR CHRISTMAS GIFT TO ALL OF US FANS!
I consider this a Christmas song. Think about it, it's the story of an act of kindness and human compassion in late December. How *isn't* it a Christmas song?
Somehow
Christ would approve of such mercy as was shown that day.
Better than any other Christmas song I ever heard
that's it. i'm bout to call this my favourite christmas song from now on.
Don't forget about the Christmas present drop at the start aswell
❌ being awarded the Knight's Cross
✅ being immortalized in a Sabaton song
Insert drake meme with Joakim's face
Da!
@@darkcoeficient Русский!
@@munetanimashiro8375 Sorry Russian bro. I actually do not speak Russian. I have brought shame to The Motherland and my Russian brothers.
@@munetanimashiro8375 Слава Україні!
Imagine just rocking out to Sabaton and being like "Wait a second? Is this about Grandpa?!" that must have been the most wild feeling.
No shit! That's amazing. And she is in one of their live videos in the front row
@@WilliamTelltale that’s really sweet. A memorial with music, to commemorate their deeds.
That would be a "HOLY SHIT" or a "HOLY CRAP" kind of moment.
Having a nazi grandpa is so based
I actually saw a comment saying that Francis pegahmagabow was his great great grandfather in a music video about him
Badly damaged B-17: *still flying despite having 1 engine functioning*
Franz: Ill allow it
I've always loved this story. And it really shows how damn tough those B-17s were. The only modern day equivalent in terms of capacity to take damage would probably be the A-10s.
I mean, the mf is flying with a single engine. I would just assume it is some immortality bs or hacks lmao
I mean, it technically had 3 engines running, but only 1 of them on full power...
in war thunder. you have a hole in your left wing me in a b 17 oh god i'm dead. they are tough but my lord they are SOOO WEAK IN warthunder
@@azurblueknights they earned their nickname "flying fortresses"..
"If I ever see or hear of you shooting at a man in a parachute, I'll shoot you myself!" Brigadier General Gustav Rodel
"To me, it was just like they were in a parachute. I saw them and I couldn't shoot them down." Franz Stigler.
Honorable
Someone read the book!
Shows that even though that they were on different sides of the conflict it shows that they are still humans and can show kindness and compassion in difficult conditions
Franz Stigler a true gentlemen
@@spudman704 there are more such story like that with the submarines but the brits ruind those knightly behaviar
"He didn't even cry at Titanic"
"Do men even have emotions?"
Men:
*Sobbing*
Because this is true honour. A red-haired girl abandoning her boyfriend for a raft is not true honour, it's the first outspoken quality of being craven. Honestly, Jack, I thought you had standards.
@@fishnujish1511 This guy gets it
@@fishnujish1511 well it's subjective
Men: I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING!
As he said. He lost a worthless medal, and gained something unvaluable : a friend
And honor.
I think he gained more than a friend, he gained a brother.
Not to mention the respect of generations of people afterwards. (Salutes everyone involved)
He lost his brother a few days earlier but a simple decision to not shoot down a damaged B-17, he gained a brother.
@@herbertschroeder3739 He lost hist brother in 1940, but gained a new one in 1943
I can't help but shed a tear every time i hear this story, this simple act of kindness which was so rare at that time really shows that humans can still be awesome even in the worst episodes of our species.
I know. I love that Franz and Charlie became such close friends after the war. Especially for how mistreated he was, being called a traitor by the Germans, and a Nazi by his neighbors in Canada
Me too
Even in a war good men keep their humanity. Shooting down that bomber would be like shooting a non-combatant
Those damn onion-cutting ninjas always attacking when this story comes up...
Same here. And it is not vary often it comes a tear.
When heavy metal makes you cry, from the best teachers of war history in the world! I salute you, Sabaton!
Me: Listens to Sabaton to get pumped up and feel invincible! YEAH!
Also me: cries as the end of every song.
@@Thomas.Wright this story is one of the most moving of all war stories I've heard. Sabaton produce the best music about war history, but not to glorify war, rather to inform. You could say their music is anti war, because they tell it like it happened. My other favorite is "Sky Pilot" by Eric Burdon and the Animals. I understand "sky pilot" was military slang for military chaplain. You might also like to look up the story of George Zabelka, who was "sky pilot" to the 509th Bomber Squadron, which dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I'm Australian, and I knew his story from a folk song by Australian Catholic folk singer Peter Kearney.
And we salute you!
@@gaufrid1956 take a look at Sabatons song "Hearts of Iron" it's another very good one about soldiers doing their best work while doing something that is opposite what they were told to do.... Actually most of Sabatons Heros album is soldiers doing the craziest most heroics acts that happens in war
@@chrisc9769 I listened to "Hearts of Iron". Yet another amazing story. I guess you could say they realized that Hitler was finished, so the chances of Nazi repercussions were quite low, but all the same its a brave choice to ignore orders.
My feels: "Ah shit, here we go again"
Yeah love your vids as well there great
“Hello there”
General Kenobi
@@melkor3496 come here my little friend, don't be afraid.
@@justanunluckyirishmaninabl5178 It is.... Acceptable.
Thank you Franz Stiegler for restoring some of my faith in humanity.
Even in the darkest of times, we can still see the very best of humanity.
Yes
“ In war you are cursed with seeing the worst of human behavior, and blessed with seeing the finest” - Jocko Willink
in the air there is still honor
@@hisdudeness8328 даже в самую тёмную ночь мы ждём проблеска зари
No Bullets Fly is officially a Christmas song. You cannot change my mind
It is, i wont change your mind you are absolutely right
Cant change your mind when you know the truth good sir. I rest my damn case
@@excalibur1251 indeed
It is no one should say otherwise
You can't really change facts.
"we are sports men, not butchers"
-Manfred Von Richthofen
Higheeeeeeeer
Ah yes the Red Baron
@@wanderingRebel69 King of the sky
@@hunterkiller4578 he's flying too fast and he's flying too high
@@wanderingRebel69 Higher, an eye for an eye
The legend will never die
He lost an Iron Cross, but he he gained something greater. Immortality.
*Knights cross . a iron cross is earned very easily trough showing bravery in ground combat , however a knights cross is harder to earn as you need to have killed/downed atleast 200 planes
I agree you. Inmortality.
And humanity
Stigler gained a brother, and that's worth more than a thousand medals.
@@l0kaltpsykf4ll34 while true the phrase Still works last i read while the name And style were different both were crafted from iron
At 3:38 they show Stigler pointing over his shoulder to the right, followed by Brown shaking his head "No!" That actually happened. I read the book "A Higher Call". Stigler didn't think the B-17 could make it back to England due to how heavily damaged it was and was pointing them to neutral Sweden where they would be safely interned. Brown thought Stigler wanted him to land at a German airfield, which was why he refused. BTW, Stigler flew close formation with the B-17 over the coast because he knew German AA gunners would recognize a 109 and not fire. He not only refused to fire himself, but also protected the B-17 from other German fire. If any man deserves an honored place in Valhalla, it is Franz Stigler.
war may mean death but it doesn't mean heartless.... most of the time anyway
@@hunterbear2421 True. During Operation Market Garden when British paratroopers were cut off and surrounded at Arnhem, they set up a field hospital in the basement of a hotel. During the battle, the upper floors were hit by shell fire and set ablaze. The British commander knew the wounded in the basement had to be evacuated before the building collapsed, but the incoming fire was to heavy. He sent word, under a flag of truce, to the German commander explaining the situation and requesting a temporary ceasefire so the wounded could be saved. Not only did the German commander agree, but many German soldiers laid down their weapons and crossed unarmed into the British perimeter to assist in the rescue operation. For more details, reference "A Bridge Too Far" by Cornelius Ryan.
@@tomjustis7237 yeah, you can find humanity in war, which is strange but also comforting
"I'm a soldier, not a murderer."
@@carsismyaddiction6919 it's also a sign of a good commander. The entire purpose of a military is to accomplish the political goals of the state through force/violence. Using excessive force (such as killing injured troops) actually makes your acts less effective. As it may make the enemy fight on even past the point of being combat effective.
In fact such acts of compassion can motivate an enemy who is no longer combat effective to give up and surrender. Thus saving you time, supplies and personnel. This is a lesson that goes as far back in history back as Cyrus II of Persia (500B.C.).
"True courage is not about knowing when to take a life, but when to spare one." - J.R.R Tolkien
🤝
That was Gandalf who said it.(Not trying to attack J.R.R.Tolkien,i know Gandalf is created by him but i am just saying that it was Gandalf who said it in the movie.)
@@amarildo4040 Indeed it was, but I thought I'd attribute it to Tolkien as he would have created the quote. You are correct though.
@@zetarhythm3503 and the fact that Tolkien fought in the Somme
People forget he fought in Somme so that quote carries more weight than people think
The only problem is, he thought, would this act really be a chivalrous deed. He remembered the first lesson he had learned from his first commander, another Luftwaffe ace Gustav Rödel. "If I ever find out that you've shot down an enemy parachuting pilot," Rödel told him, "I will shoot you personally. Although we are at war, we cannot lose our humanity. We have a code of honor in the air. If you renounce it, you will not be able to look in the mirror ".
@Лука Барајић fighter pilots were individualists, people prone to independent thinking. Many of them were hostile to Hitler, his methods and ideology.
Polski gromowiec on what grounds may you make this judgement that “many were hostile to Hitler”? ))
@@stalinium4769 good question
I mean shooting someone that is defenseless in any kind of way is not human.
@@stalinium4769 it all depended on the man. Stigler was a zealous Catholic. The moment he flew beside the B-17, he had a rosary in his hand. Therefore, his deep Christian faith did not allow him to shoot down a "defenseless" machine. A lot also depended on where the fights took place.
May both Brown and Stigler always be remembered for what happened that December day in 1943. To add to this story, Charlie Brown actually took Franz Stigler to a reunion of the 378th Bombing Group, an Air Force reunion that Charlie had become a part of after the war. Once the members of the Bombing Group met Franz Stigler, they made him an honorary member of the 378th for his heroism in saving the Pub that day.
Never shall we forget.
Happy Memorial Day 2022.
(' ')7
It's especially amazing how Franz Stigler and Charlie Brown met after the war, and they even became friends I believe.
(' ')7
Franz will forever be remembered for his mercy and compassion that day. Hell of a legacy to have.
Amen metal brother
Brown believed he was out of bullets 😅. He wasn't 😂.
Stiglers plane let the Germans believe that it was a captured plane and so they passed the last position to be killed by the enemy.
Sabaton, i came here to headbang, not to cry
You can choose among a lot of other perfect songs to headbang in our channel! Just take a look :)
Headbang to hide the tears
Head banging while crying makes you a makeshift sprinkler
Is it too much to ask for both?
@@Sabaton is it freakish that I did both at the same time? Thank you so much for this wonderful song and all the other ones.
Can we all take a moment to appreciate how cool Sabaton is for doing things like this. No other band can do that.
Thank you for supporting us!
I discovered them only a few years ago... listened to and bought every album. Each as great as the other.
I love the stories they sing of real soldiers, tankers, airmen and sailors of all conflicts and all sides throughout history.
All history should be power metal!
You mean the animation? It isnt theirs but ok
@@Sabaton and thank you guys for presenting your music in such a creative way!!
@@valencia7189 he refers to do things like this with youtubers collaborations of history
I'm not crying, you are crying!
Yeah I am what are you going to do
*WE* are crying!
Ah Nordern, just be honest
*We* are crying.
No brother. We are all crying!
To be honest, to this day, this immortalized one thought on me
Sabaton isn't a rock band
Sabaton is the preservation of history, a way to remember and preserve the stories of theses brave soldiers, in the most badass way possible
Oral tradition through music is thousands of years old. May Sabaton's music live so long!
Sabaton would essentially be considered a Metal Band. I consider them a "History Lesson Via Metal Band!" Gotta rank them up there with Iron Maiden.
I must say through sabatons music I've gone on to read more about various historical events it's fascinating.
@@thomasknight8481 I'd call them a Skald band. Norse performers singing songs of heroes and great deeds?
And also a rock band. But yea i agree
Not all angels need wings to fly. Some have Messerschmitt Bf 109s.
Not all are wings of feather, some are wings of steel
now i am crying
*Messerschmitt ME 262's have entered the chat*
Never before has truer words been said
God tier comment
Franz Stiegler: one of history’s Unsung heroes.
Until No Bullets Fly Arrived.
There are actually several documentaries about Stigler and Brown. I remember seeing one on The History Channel, back before it became the Space Alien Bigfoot Templar Conspiracy Channel.
Nice reference. hahaha
Unsung no more
I highly recommend the book "A Higher Call" by Adam Makos! It recounts Franz's life growing up in Germany and Charlie's in America until they came across each other on that memorable day December 20, 1943!
no one could really speak about it until more recently. one because he would have been killed by the fanatics that took over his country. the other because he'd been ordered not to speak of it because it didn't fit the propaganda the higher ups were pushing at the time.
"As he notices a huge hole in the right wing"
War thunder players: he's already dead.
You got a hole in your right wing!
@@frankishe5631 You're leaking oil!
@@frankishe5631 what wing?
@@halfgecko3202 the one laying on the ground 10000ft below.
Not if your a Soviet fighter I lost a wing and back flap barely survived
Love how both pilots were able to meet face to face before they passed
And they became very good friends too!
That's the moment when i cried
"I love you Charlie." AHH MY HEART 😭
Seeing Yarnhub and Sabaton work together is the best present a historian can ask for.
Edit: hehehe we hit 420 likes. Nice
Both manage to make history fun to learn
The more the better. Can’t wait for their next collaboration!
I have been wanting this to happen for a long time since I was a long time Sabaton fan when I discovered Yarn hub and this video was better than anything I couldve hoped for
Not gonna lie. That part at the end brought tears to my eyes.
when doesn't it.
You are not the one. I got my eyes full of tears wright now while Im wrighting this comment.
yo who turned off my ability to see?
Check out the full interview between them if you havent
@@skylerdixon6779 if i remember correctly I've seen it 1 or 2 years ago. But maybe i will watch it again later this week
A collaboration we didn’t ask for but we needed.
Exactly
Enjoy your stack of likes
@@IronKnight2402 ah ,I see you can punch a tree with your bare hand as well
@@Sabaton Sabaton knows whay we need.
@@Sabaton Its not only that the audience is cultured but the presenter is too, and it doesent more cultured than Yarnhub
I'm speechless. This is literally why music has been made for.
What was music made for? can you tell me? i dont know.
@@TheRecklessBravery He means this is one of the thing that music is made for and I agree
@@prashantmishra9985 hmm yes, the floor is made out of floor.
i agree . stories told in song is what made legends we in the north call them prosa. celebrate your dead heroes because they wont walk among us again long live the dead their stories teeach us to be better then we are, \m/ rock on
@@TheRecklessBravery i think you might be an one of those idiots ive heard existied with less cognitive ability then a door knob
Mom: Hey son, put us some christmas music
Son: No Bullets fly!!!!
That, or screaming eagles... "Christmas is drawing near.... Facing their forces alone!"
“Grown men aren’t supposed to cry”
*Watches YarnHub and Sabaton*
Franz: “I love you Charlie”
😭😭😭😭
Sabaton and YarnHub by themselves do a great job at stirring something inside you. Together? An emotional tour de force
yea man
I swear, the "I love you Charlie" really got me
Who be cutting onions out here 😭😭
Bromance LOL
@@friedrichdergroe593 Weirdchamp.
“Rock music can’t be sad and make you cry!”
Joakim and Sabaton: hold my brännvin
And yarnhub
You mean:
Hold "noch ein Bier".
@@MonsieurWeevil *Joakim: NEIN! KEIN BIER MEHR!*
@@CarefreeMan Halle Manfred.
@@CarefreeMan Halle Manfred.
Note for TH-cam.
You do NOT put an ad-break in a music-video.
That's exactly what I was thinking. God, that pissed me off so bad.
try an ad blocker. I got fed up and had to do that until it made me take my laptop off the ad blocker.
@@MayaWaddington-x7n Since that time I've signed up for TH-cam Premium and don't have to put up with the external ads anymore, but popular channels get fundings from companies to promote their products (Sponsorships) and an ad is an ad even if it's narrated by the presenter of the video.
@@MayaWaddington-x7n Since then I've signed up for Premium. No external ads, but the sponsorships are still there, but there aren't any in this particular video.
Stigler’s CO during training instilled these values into him, teaching him to NEVER shoot down parachutes and that if he ever did, he would find Stigler and kill him himself. Stigler said that he couldn’t help but see Ye Olde Pub, in the condition it ws in, in the same light as a parachuting airman escaping his plane.
In my further research I found that as well
You are correct.
The CO later retired with the rank of Brigadier General.
His name was Gustav Rodel.
Here are details of the man himself - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_R%C3%B6del
These men where real German soldiers with honor and respect even for there enemies. A tragedy that it was not the same for more on our side and on side of the allied forces too. So much must die by bombing civilians in German cities like Dresden
@@MrEvilisk There are few real heroes in war.
@@RocRolDis Sergeant York and Master Sergeant Benavidez certainly were.
While in training Stigler was told by his commanding officer “If I ever see or hear of you shooting at a man in a parachute, I will shoot you down myself. You follow the rules of war for you - not for your enemy. You fight by rules to keep your humanity.” Stigler later commented “To me, it was just like they were in a parachute. I saw them and I couldn’t shoot them down. “
Just a small correction to your post. I read the book "A Higher Call" which details this story. It was well after Franz Stigler was a fully trained and experienced pilot that he was assigned to North Africa. It was there that, when he first reported in, his squadron commander told him, "Shooting a man in a parachute is not an act of war, it is an act of murder. If I ever find you have done that, I will draw my pistol and shoot you myself." Just a small detail.
@@tomjustis7237 Thanks for the correction. I haven't read the book. The quote was something I picked up several years ago, but as many things you read, it changes with the years. But thanks again.
@@abnurtharn2927 No thanks necessary. As I said, it was just a small detail. You still had the concept right, that someone above Stigler instilled in him that belief which allowed him to spare the B-17, and that's the important thing.
Meanwhile, in Japan...
Well, almost right. He actually said that anyone who'd shoot a man in a parachute would be shot by him upon landing. Comes to the same conclusion, but i think a bit more threatening as it's more personal.
There is no honor in brutalizing an already broken foe.
This was true chivalry.
Agree. Hats off to Herr Rödel, former commanding officer of Herr Stigler, for instilling such value in his men.
"If I ever see or hear of you shooting at a man in a parachute, I will shoot you myself."
You have to wonder though- Ye Olde Pub crew did a lot of missions after this. How many of his own countrymen did Stigler get killed by not dropping the plane?
@@PanduPoluan to be fair that’s a war crime but then again when did that stop the nazis
@@lilithdoyle5703 I’m pretty sure Stigler viewed the bomber as a man in a parachute so it was pretty important
@@TheWaggishAmerican If Ye Olde Pub was shot down, will that prevent Germany from being bombed? Answer is: No, the Allied will simply replace it with another bomber. It's not like Ye Olde Pub is the one and only bomber capable of bombing Germany. So letting Ye Olde Pub survive, in the bigger picture has no effect to the war.
We need more people like Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler now more than ever.
What happened in the skies shows that even in a time of war there is good in us humans and humanity shines so bright.
@@Kanefan701 unfortunately it can be only in the air. The reason of the mercy of Franz Stigler was in the air code of the war. For the pilot destroying the enemy with the parachute it is a shame. And Franz Stigler when he saw this injured plane associated this plane with the pilots on the big parachute and didn't shoot them. Pilots always was more "kind" to the enemy when other forces. Even on the our front (I am Russian) usually Russian and German pilots didn't attack enemy on the parachute. But I say usually. Sometimes Germans could do it, and our pilots took a revenge for the comrades
We dont need more people like them, we ourselves need to be like them
@@Viper-0926you are absolutely right... God bless those two brave souls. May we strive to be like them.
@@СергейЗалипаев-л2хactually no. It can also be on the sea. Look up the U-156 and what she did for the passengers of the Laconia.
OUTSTANDING!!!
Ok.
@@joskethegreat4154 “ok.”
Your name is Cool Josh...... sooooo....
@@_Matsimus_ Yes.
Damn mat i see u everywhere man
Didn't think of you as a Sabaton fan Mat, but glad you are.
Women: "Men can´t even cry over Titanic"
Sabaton and Yarnhub: "Have you heard the Tale of Ye Old Pub and Franz Stigler?"
Its a story not many know, and with good reason...for if the story ever broke during wartime, Franz would probably have executed. But the story goes, that he spotted Ye Old Pub, wounded, on fire, bloodied. He could have fired. He could have downed the men. He could have been awarded for his...barbarism. But his own master, his old commander once told him, that to shoot such pilots would be tantamount to treason and would put a bullet between Mr. Steigler's eyes. So despite his repeated gestures to order the plane down, at great risk to all involved, he escorted Ye olde Pub home. Ye Old Pub's commander told them to censor the story to save the man's life. Years later, the pilot one Charlie Brown sought out the pilot and they met. It was a glorious meeting. And they remained friends until they flew on their final mission together into the annals of history. Perhaps the lesson here is that at the end of the day, honor trumps any award.
Yes I did that and I hope everyone appreciates it. RIP Charlie Brown and Franz Stieger
I've been watching this for the 50 time, still makes my eyes wet everytime!
@@goldosprey his commander had actually said "if you shoot at a man in a parachute, i'll shoot you", or something to that effect. he didn't fire because he didn't see a difference between the Pub and a parachute, they were, for all intents and purposes, defenseless. the commander told them to censor it as much to save the pilots life as because it would sent the wrong message : the idea of an honorable enemy pilot would have potentially had a negative impact on allied forces : i forget where, but there was a quote that at its core, was about how oftentimes in war you dehumanize your opponents, because if they were human, what does that make you? if they had told the story of an enemy pilot showing humanity in war, it would have likely made some of their pilots more hesitant to pull the trigger on the enemy
@@edschramm6757 im well of aware of the story, and it still is a great one to tell
It Is like titanic.
BUT COOLER!
Franz Stigler was a man of true honor. He chose to spare Charlie Brown and his crew instead of getting the easy kill. Charlie and Stigler will be forever immortalized due to the Brotherhood they created that fateful day.
I think in the end, Franz Stigler understood that killing a defenseless Bomber was no way to earn a Knight's Cross.
Franz Stigler is like Edward Von Richtofen. Who would also spared his enemy if there machine guns jammed up, or if there plane was too badly damaged for a dogfight.
I hope Franz Stigler, and Charlie Brown are in Heaven now, on a fishing trip, and sharing stories.
@@someguy9293 wait they are dead!?
@@borisborkovic8894 Both passed away within a month of one other in 2008.
@@someguy9293 ok
@@someguy9293 Dont you mean Manfred von Richthofen and not Edward Von Richtofen?
I cannot listen to this song without crying. I "discovered" Sabaton just a few days ago and I deeply regret not listening to them earlier.
You might also want to check out their companion channel, Sabaton History. They have a historian named Indy who explains the history behind their music, with commentary from members of the band. No, I don't think he's ever melted any Nazis with ancient Hebrew artifacts.
Read the Book A Higher Call which where this song came from.
Same
@@Thomas.WrightOh my! Indy from the Great War!! He is with Sabaton!! 🤯🤯
@@SadiTonmoy The same!
My Father served in Europe in WWII we had a neighbor across the street who was a German immigrant to the US who served in the German army in WWII, I couldn't understand how my parents could be such friends to him and his wife. When I got back from my 1st deployment to Nam I asked him the question , He simply said "Enemy's yesterday, Friends today, Brothers tomorrow. I never forgot that!
Have you gone back to Nam and tried to make freind with North Vietnamese vets?
@@EllRiver No but the funny thing is where I worked I was talking to one of the few Asians who worked there was emigrant from Viet Nam. He told me he served in the NVA. All we could do was laugh.
@@stevemolina8801 Thank you for your service 🤝
@@stevemolina8801 You have my Respect
I salute all heroes of world wars who fought for their countries..
“I love you Charlie.” When Franz said that, it made me think of something: Enemies can have the the best friendships.
Future historians who don't understand brotherhood and friendship "They must of been gay."
because they understand each other. People who been through this kind of stuff carry burdens no one can grasp but themselfes.
that line always makes me cry, knowing what he did was right and earned a friend for doing so and that there is good in all of us even if we're on the battlefield in war there are those who just don't have in them to take a life and would rather show mercy and the reality that we're all the same and that we are human brothers forever.
It made Me cry I'm a tough person I almost never cry but it came like rain
Because they are not enemies, the nations are, they are just fighting for them, not because they hate each other.
I came here to headbang but I'm literally in tears now. God thank you for Sabaton!
Thank you for supporting our music
You can rock out like a BMF until just after 6 minutes or so. 😂
Songs not to listen to at work if you don't want to explain why you're crying at your desk.
@@FloridaMann123 True af
@@thatonerandominternetdingu2963 Where can I find the last story?
The book made me cry , as did this wonderful song. Franz explained in the book that his commander had, earlier in the war, told his pilots that if he ever saw one of his men shooting at an allied pilot in a parachute then he would personally shoot that man out of the sky. To Franz this was no different. I hope Franz and Charlie are flying and fishing together wherever they are. Thanks for sharing.
He took a life lesson from his father to heart as well when learning to flying. “Always do the right thing, even if others aren’t watching.”
@@9foxgrl15That’s the very definition of integrity! Good call!
Can't believe Sabaton traveled back in time to perform this song.
The story was well worth it
And grew to 900ft for the the "Night Witches" video.
Yea
Yea. The people: wth what is that small thing and why are they singing?
@@stormking99 Just a band from the future writing songs about us.
Imagine what was going through their minds when Sabaton had the daughter of the legendary man they wrote this song about said thank you and even went to their show! That has to be one of the best feelings someone can have.
Bro someone chopped onions as I read ur comment. Damn ninjas.
She Charlie's daughter or Stigler's daughter?
@@maximaldinotrap Stiggler's
@@maximaldinotrap Stingler’s
When Ye Olde Pub almost crashes after a German air attack: "Good grief."
correction: ye old pub
@@melissaathenagumarang4333 correction correction; ye “olde” pub
@Adrian here goes the JoJo fandom
0/10. Copilot cussed instead of saying "Good grief." Literally unwatchable. Worst reboot ever.
@@melissaathenagumarang4333 no, it was officially named the "Ye Olde Pub".
I never even heard of this bravery until I listened to Sabaton's songs. These were two men fighting for their country and hoping they were doing the right thing. They were mortal, until their story was heard, and now their immortal in our memories. Thank you Sabaton you have taught me more about heroism in war than any history teacher could.
Can we assume that the dislikes are from those who missed the like button through their storm of tears?
@@Thomas.Wright How dare he show his humanity?!?
@@Thomas.Wright These people judge from the safety of their computers screens.... they've never once held another human being's life in their hands be it trigger, blade, or even a decision....🤬😡
@@ISAFSoldier true but to be honest i for my part dont wish for another world war espacaly since im german and the last 2 didnt go well for us and where stupit to begin with this time i think the world would suffer way more if a 3 would break out and there would be no honor or purpose in it asweel
@@xxXLonewolf87Xxx if there was a World War III, it would most likely be fought between NATO and a Russian-North Korean-Chinese alliance.
All I remember was the ww2 soldier died just for a freedom?
Franz: "I love you, Charlie."
My eyes: "So anyway, I started blasting."
yes omg !
bursting*
also yes
There was no blasting. I believe that's what makes the story.
@LooseCanon PSN ahhh I need a medic bag
REAL
The animator definitely read the account in detail. It happens almost moment-to-moment as portrayed here. Love the little touches like Stigler pointing towards Sweden because he thought it was the only safe place within reach that the Ye Olde Pub could’ve landed. Or how Brown tried to get the turret gunners to swing their guns onto Stgler to bluff him and get him to fly away, knowing all the guns were either frozen or jammed. Great work!
Its an actual TH-cam channel about history,
Wasn't the bottom turret still working?
@@BlaudracheLP Only one gun in the top turret still worked.
@@BlaudracheLP the rest was destroyed or freeze
@@BlaudracheLP I can't remember. If it was, it might've only had one gun operational
Franz really got those balls made of steel to be able to pull humanity out of inhumane situation
The code of the air
Imagine how it's exciting Sabaton makes a song about your grandfather...
When you listen to a song and realize it is about your grandfather
Stigler was your grandfather?
@@mhtplayz3948 No, but the old lady at the end of this MV
82nd all the way that one was about sgt York right?
@@novainfinity6930 no shit
An interesting thing happened today. My wife’s grandfather recently passed, he served in the navy during Korea. We often talked about different moments in history and I told him about Sabaton. Yesterday I finally watched this video and was pulled in by the story and of course the song. I spent the rest of the day researching the event. Today my wife’s grandmother called me, she said she found the last book her husband was reading before he died and she wanted me to have it since we often talked about WW2. The book is A Higher Calling about this EXACT EVENT. Needless to say I got chills and have a new book to read!
Sorry for the long story 🤘🏼
Please do read the book, I have it and its amazing!
The book is excellent. I'm currently reading it for the second time. I can't get enough of this story. If it were fiction, people would say it's too farfetched but it's real.
You will enjoy the book. I couldn't put it down. Spearhead is also good written by the same author.
Sad he died but at least you got a nice book
It's weird how stuff like that lines up
I already liked the way you teach history through your songs, and now that you put the story of the song inside of it, I understood the lyrics way better. Thank you for your great work!
Thank you for your support
Can you imagine finding out one of your favorite bands wrote a song about your own grandfather? Wow.
“True courage is not knowing when to take a life, but knowing when to spare one.”
Gandalf
Note in the Lord of the Rings Orc,Goblin(smaller orcs), Trolls and other evil creatures are incapable of doing good and do not have free will this is because of their creation by an evil God. The men fighting for Saruon did have free will and Gollem had free will at least of a sort.
The man who created lord of the rings fought in the great war he was at the battle of the somme the French had a saying for the germans. They shall not pass, sound familiar?
well unlike Japanese who literally strafed every pilot that bailed out of the plane
@@user-hr1uw4cj2z Japanese had torture methods for even the citizens of the countries they ruled
@@annabelle5640 yep i know
"there is no such thing as perfection"
Sabaton and Yarnhub:observe
😎
Youve been blessed, how's it feel
Oh yep
@@Sabaton yes
We need a Joakim Emoji for this channel
"Don't let war take your humanity away..."
That's what my grandfather says,
(-Johann Wagner 97. Jäger Division)
True
hey, you have the same profile pic, impostor
@@ionutdaniel3552 *Spiderman pointing Spiderman meme
You have a good grandfather
@@rayzan501 He is 98 years old right now, the oldest person in town (Deisenhausen in Germany)
02:28 top 10 best anime openings
Stiegler: I love you, Charlie.
My eyes: Noch ein tear!
This time, together.
😆 > 🤣 > 😂 > 😭
Knight cross is just a thing, but saving lives means everything
I mean sure but the cross is cool right ?
Your right
A wise pilot. One who knows the skies should never be lit by fire but only by the sun in which our world orbits. Any true pilot knows this.
“We are sportsmen not butchers, we shoot down planes not pilots." -MVR
@@mehmet7534 Iron cross is a type of possession that can't go with you in the afterlife.. But if you save a life which is the best thing to do, they'll be there for you till the end of the line.
I don't know why, but this actually made me cry.
The fact that the German fighter pilot showed such humanity in the midst of war reminds us that while governments may have evil designs, the people are still just people, and while it's one thing to shoot at someone who is trying to kill you, it's a different thing to attack someone who is defenseless.
"We're sportsmen, not butchers." - Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen.
The lion who does not slay the sheep is much more righteous then any sheep who does not slay the lion, for restraint is the show of righteousness, not inability.
This is why I love Sabaton referring to Nazis as "the led"
most of those people were just normal guys who were forced into combat for an evil regime
@Typed Scroll US and British POWs were treated well. Russian POWs were not.
Similarly, German POWs were treated well in US and British camps. They were not in Russian camps.
Same here. There’s something so nobel and righteous about not beating a man when he’s already down. I feel it’s one of the few things that elevates western culture from the barbarous chaos that is typically the normality of modern warfare.
These guys made a song about mercy and honor and made it sound epic as all hell.
Sabaton: I make history rock!
Yarnhub: I make history roll!
Sabaton and Yarnhub:
"We make history rock n' roll!"
lol reminds me of the time the musicians on MTS Oceanos said: "we provide the rock, the ship provides the roll" well that didn't end up well
@@blu_e1910 what happened
@@kennymccormick8906 the Oceanos sank
@@Bomp.. lol
This is the most manly thing to cry to ever.
Hell yes!
Yes!
This story never ceases to make me emotional
They truly were the greatest generation.
@@Dennis19901 same
This is literally just a downgraded version of my comment
tail gunner: worst job, like ever
Gotta agree with you..
You see how many times The tail gunners just get Fucked over.
Ball gunners where worse
One of my great relatives was a B-17 tail gunner
He survived the war, but died before I was born
Also single most important gunner position. Waist gunners were always debatable (the idea was to prevent fighters from matching speed and hanging out in blindspots) and most were untrained support personnel from the base (cooks, supply, admin support). Ball and Tail gunners were specially trained and critical to the survival of the bomber...even in the jet age the original B-52s had tail cannons and tail cannon only for firepower.
@@fortusvictus8297 I mean Yea. I wouldve made the same Design choice. Its best Shoot Em down When they Tryna Sneak up on your 6 And best way to do that is With a Gaint Gun
Being a former soldier, watching this gave me shivers!!! you guys are awesome
Thanks Dallas. Sending you metal regards! 🤘 🤘 🤘
This is one of the most epic cases of human solidarity. On a par with the Christmas football game in 1915, Happy New Year and Merry Christmas to all.
1914*
the what christmas football game
@@ember_falls During the first world war, soldiers from both sides of the war decided to cease fire and celebrate christmas together and some football matches were played. It's bizarre how those people one day tried to kill each other and the next day layed down their weapons. Look it up, it's fascinating. It's called the Christmas truce.
@@sfvgrol3533 I wish they taught about this kind of stuff in school
In ww1 it actualy happend two times it heppend betwen the serbs amd the bulgariens as well
NCIS season 11 episode 7 "Fallen Angels". Gibbs father was trying to find the fighter pilot that saved his life by guiding him back to base in his wounded fighter. The twist at the end was that it was a German in a Bf-109 that saved him, and as a nod to Stigler-Brown they showed him saluting before he peeled off.
Cool sounds like a good episode
@@imaxstingray it is. it really is.
The name of the episode is better angels actually, but I agree that was a really good one, not my favorite but definitely top 10.
I remember this episode. Damn if only i knew then it was true
I remember one school project I did for history class. Everyone focused on more aggressive and bloody ground confrontations like the bulge, the sacking of berlin, even Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But when my great grandfather told me about this story, I had to use it for my project. I only wish that I could've met Brown and Stigler. It would've been an honor.
What a chad move
If only you used this song as the background music or as the intro
I had to do something similar in middle school, but I went overkill I turned in _ten_ different projects one featuring this event, the night witches, and other unsung heroes. All of them featured a song from Sabaton which had given me the idea to do them. My grandfather who fought in Vietnam, laughed when he picked me up to find me struggling to carry all of the projects when it was time to take them home.
It has been more than a year since this video was released, but it always bring tears to my eyes every time i listen to this song and the story, thank you Sabaton and Yarnhub for this epic song and video 👏
Thank you for your message Salman
"Metal is only dumb noise killing braincells and is making you worship the devil"
"Why are crying?"
I fully disagree, its all about interion of the Message. There are some Bands that do worship the devil, Death, and overall fricking disgusting shit in it. History should be part of what we learn it Really should be. We should learn from past mistakes.
@@subninja8069 that was pure sarcasm of what people tend to think about metal music when they don't know it, and it's true that many people think that is simply "dumb noise" or whatever shit they may think, when in fact is utterly false.
Fuck peoples thoughts, they know nothing. If one cries to a modern pop or rap "song", it's because of disrespect and disappointment. If one cries to metal, the tears aren't wasted ones.
@@xarzarechus3542 No metals bands are garbage only sabaton makes meaningful masterpiecies of music
@@captainopvious7498 Not true at all.
I’m not crying. My eyes are leaking respect.
Lotta pollen in the air...........😢
@@c.j.cleveland7475 Be a man and cry!
I thought someone snuck up and spat in my eyes.
Some NInajs, cutting Oninions!
Greatest comment, ever!!!!
This should be made into a movie
German soldiers are not all bad guys
although I love the idea, this is certainly not possible with germany being so sensitive about their past and the strong allied propaganda still active.
"To send our young men to kill their young men"
Some people forget that there's a Lot of difference betwen a German and a nazi
History is written by the victors... The victor is never asked if he told the truth. I suggest watching the documentary, Europe - The last Battle.
www.bitchute.com/video/ejNHb6TPINRj/
Look up Heinrich severloh and david silva. Met on omaha beach on opposite sides then decades later with a friendship
Well done Sabaton is not only the quality of your music but the moral values you transmit with it. This story must be remembered in the struggling time we are living right now. Thanks because you give the right sense of the music to all of us.
Last time I was this early, the Winged Hussars hadn’t yet arrived.
Impossible
@@plaguedoctorgaming638 Perhaps ths archives are incomplete
I think I was the 2nd comment on this video, so I was early
but Messerschmitt Bf.109 arrived
@@НазарГоков-с4д true
German Officer: shoot down that heavily damaged b17
Franz Stigler: No, I don't think I will
Those who bomb the cities of your people? Yes, I would shoot them until the ammunition is empty.
He was under the command of Gustav Rodel who said " If any of you shoot a man in parachute I'll shoot him by my hand "
@Herbert Sattelmeier it was a joke, if you want to be mad at anyone here, be made at the Stobus guy lmfao. I know my history, pal
@@Stobus44 They were forced to do it.
@@envy5480 1. You can't force anyone to do anything
2. Claiming someone forced you is no excuse.
3. By doing so, expect the proper reaction.
Without you I would never have found out about this story. I am German, back then in history class at school our teachers only told us about the atrocities of the Nazis, but we were never shown the stories of soldiers who have NOT lost their humanity. It brought tears into my eyes. Thank you for telling us stories that are usually not told about otherwise. Sabaton is a million times better than any history lesson in school.
Btw ... here is a short , interesting video what tells a bit more about Stigler, his story and his motives: th-cam.com/video/YKlZg1fEepY/w-d-xo.html
You poor thing ❤️
It's a shame that even in germany, the only thing they teach you in school is how cruel Nazis were. They were soldiers with a home to return, not some devils from the depths of hell eating children and murdering everything they saw (well most if them...)
In germany, you get kinda beaten to death with exploits of the nazis.
Half a year for Greek, Egypt and Ronan empire but ww2 gets 3, without even mentioning Stigler, Schindler or Stauffenberg, it's a shame really.
Quite the one-sided education history-wise
@@liberatusblair This is bullshit, not education
Because school don’t have the ball is steel to tell the real history story. What really happened to people. I alway learn. Deeper in world war 1 and 2 how many secrets they hide
Never thought a Sabaton song would made me cry like this. Amazing song and story
Go listen to the Christmas Truce, that video always has me in tears
@@mapo5730 I did! Amazing song too
Fkin made me cry like a small kid a 200 pound man
I'm glad I'm not the only one.
THOSE AREN'T TEARS! They're tiny fighter craft made of water taxiing down my face into battle!
For anyone wondering: the reason why this event was covered up for so long is because the U.S air force didnt want other bombers or fighters to hesitate when firing on enemy planes or to expect to be spared by enemy planes and let their guard down
the unfortunate effect of that is the heroism of Ye Olde Pub's crew was also covered up for so long.
@@hegemon8 also true, we only found out because Boeing invited pilots from all over from WW2 to a meeting for the anniversary, and Stigler was the only German there
@@hegemon8 nah the Germans wouldn't have known who it was that spared a B-17, not immediately that is.
@@MarvinT0606 well,it was kinda easy to know who spared the B-17 since Stigler was the only one that was sent to hunt down the B-17
Kind of a sad reality that one must always be vigilant during a battle. Chivalry among men is hard to come by these days.
This men are sitting together in Valhalla getting drunk and swapping stories.
Amen
Amen
TRUE!
Maybe they are flying together across the sea again, but more peaceful this time.
@@imlivingunderyourbed7845 they flew peacful this time too
B-17's in real life:
B-17's in War Thunder: please don't shoot me im made of paper
B-17’s irl could stay flying so long as they have 2 functional engines, one elevator, functional rudder, & some of their air flaps
@@stCOMMANDER_TE Define "flying". They could stay in the air for a long time on only one engine. they would (slowly) be losing altitude, but several crews made it back to England on one.
Yak9-t: It's for me?
@@Wolfshead009 Falling with style.
Bf109:
Fw190:
Yak 9:
Re2000:
Sm91:
Bf110:
😳👉👈 is for me?
A6m5:
"Nah I'm out. Yall got that."
Я не думаю, что этот комментарий прочитают, но группа Sabaton делают великие вещи. Эта песня открыла для меня потрясающую историю. История двух врагов, ставших друзьями. На этой песне я прослезился. Мне очень приятно, что вы открываете новые страницы истории для нас, простых фанатов. Спасибо вам за это. Радуйте нас новыми песнями и творческих успехов вам.
Have a nice day Sabaton.
yes it will
Nicht nur dich
Прочитал ваш вдумчивый комментарий, спасибо гугл переводчику. Песня воспевает отличный пример того, как люди хотят помогать друг другу. Да, с нетерпением жду еще хорошей музыки от этой группы.
I salute you. Greetings from Germany
Как уж не прочитают, это первый русский комментарий, и я с вами полностью согласен, у нас в России много фанатов Sabaton!
The fact that a random soldier would show such an amazing act of mercy and kindness during the deadliest war in human history shows that humanity despite its flaws, has the potential to do great things for the greater good
Grindelwald.
Yeah, like come back and bomb Dresden later on.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Tandey doesn't always pay off... Though i'll admit that is a rather unique situation. Hindsight's a bitch.
@@Logarithm906 and unexpected i would say
The greater good will only come to you from my bolter, Alien
B-17s were beasts, the amount of damage those birds could take and still keep going were mind boggling
The only modern equivalent in terms of taking damage and not giving any fucks would probably be the A-10s. The USAF can keep their exorbitantly expensive F-35s. Those fancy jets can't take nearly as much damage as an A-10 and most certainly can't be easily repaired while in the field.
The repairs the mechanics did would give the FAA today an aneurism. ☠️
It was supposed to take 25 hours to remove and replace a single B-17 engine. Mechanics learned how to do it in 4 hours.
They merged 2 planes into one, tied things together with bailing wire and a prayer.
This is why there are almost no flying WW2 planes. Only replicas and a few that were sitting on the factory floor when the end is the war was announced.
I actually got to see a super rare Spitfire that was rescued as a derelict airframe in a Asian museum, that had seen and survived combat.
There is a damn good reason why the FAA and the FARRs are so strict.
They also keep getting stricter too!!!
@@equarg Some are for good reasons but most is there from lobbying. Not for good or bad reasons per say but why its there.
@@azurblueknights well, f-35s arent meant to take any damage at all which is far better. You can't shoot what you Cant see
@@jeremiahbuck2450 The point is that the air-force was wanting the F-35 to take over the A-10s duty of close air support. For an aircraft to adequately perform a CAS role to troops on the ground, it cannot be moving as fast as an F-35 is capable of. They'd never accurately hit enemy infantry and smaller vehicles on the ground moving at speed, which means the F-35's attack runs on ground targets would have to be slower, which would then cause the F-35 to be vulnerable to return fire.
The A-10, by comparison, is slower but more heavily armored. This allows them to perform CAS missions more reliably and linger in the airspace of friendly ground forces for far longer. The F-35 is a good multi-role fighter, but CAS is simply not a role it is suited to at this point in time.
I so badly needed this after this year of hell , Stigler may have forfeited the Knight's Cross but he was a true Knight in every sense of the word
real heroes dont need medals to know that what they did was an act of braveness or honor. they know it in their hearts. thats what my greatgranddad said to me after explaining to me why he surrendered to the americans in ww2, it was to save the lifes of 4 18 or 19 year old boys wich were assigned to his tank crew
@@raikbarczynski6582 Right, on, what could be said of your grandfather could be said of everyone on 'Heroes' , plus those who sadly didn't make the cut for that album.
Well the thing was that Stigler imagined that the men were in a parachute and remembered what his commander said that if ever saw any of his men shoot another man in a parachute he would shoot him himself
I genuinely am confused why it makes my cry. Maybe the way it's animated how Franz shakes his head with determination and decides killing his enemies isn't the honorable thing to do, but I can't help but tear up when I get to that part. And I don't cry easily! Thank you Sabaton for bringing this story to me. I appreciate life more because of it... To be born human, and to experience this sadness/joy that I do is incomprehensible.
its the fact its showing the best of humanity during the worst of human history... heroes care not for borders, where once stood enemies may one day hopefully stand brothers and friends. the best of humanity will ALWAYS tug at the heart... it reminds us of what we should always strive to be
Sabaton: releases song
Me: *The gods have bestowed a gift*
Not a new song, it’s from heroes
@@spatha2584 no shit sherlock
The song is going on 6 now, it's the ONLY "Christmas" music ill listen to without fail, all year.
@@lawrenceofdeeznuts1573 obviously the guy he replied to didn’t know that you douche
It mustnt be replied
My son turned me into Sabaton I had told him the tail of ye olde pub and he said a band had written a song about it and most of their songs were about battles and wars, now I am hooked
Welcome to the comunity here you Can enjoy History in one of the most badass way you Can ^^
your son is a giga chad
We salute your son!
I’m not crying, you’re crying.
We*
No, we are crying
Ussr soldier from the land lease program noise
No, im not crying, i-it's the onions
@@rivaldo5176 you mean the *union of the soviet
I just noticed this video was released on December 20th the same day this incident took place. Kudos to you Sabaton, I love your music!
A random person risking literally everything they have including their future, defying their orders, defying their survival instinct, defying common logic itself, just to ensure a few random people make it home for christmas.
That is what it means to be a hero: defying what makes sense for the sake of doing what is right
"just to ensure a few random people make it home for christmas", a foe even. My speech is renderless...I wish I could LIKE this comment 113 times more.
This song always, without fail, chokes me up. Just the whole story itself is great, but the fact the two would actually come to meet one another after the war and become friends is just... It always tugs at the heart strings. Especially when you watch the interview with the two and Stiegler is in tears when he says he loves Charlie like a brother. And THAT is the most metal thing out there.
I actually got to walk through a B-17 that these old guys have kept running and I was shocked to see it was Christened after the Ye Olde Pub. The funny thing is I was blasting this song in anticipation to get to see a real B-17 just to get a lecture by the pilot on the history behind the story I already loved so dear. I adore it...
Same. And to think Hollyweird is out of "ideas" for stories...... smdh....
I am not the type of person to cry even at some emotional stories. This song did not make me cry, but that doesn't make me think that this is a bad song because it's become one of my top favorites, probably even up there with Bismarck and Inmate 4859. The part of the video that struck me was when the narrator said "...but as he always said, he got something better." And trying to hold down tears is pretty hard.
@@ladiesgentswegothim Yeah. We need a movie about this and The Last Battle.
It seems that Franz Stigler took a final nod towards an era that started and ended in World War 1 during the dawn of plane to plane combat. When pilots were more like knights of the skies, fighting with a code of honor and admiring eachother's skills. Machine guns and new combat strategies in the air cut that era short but Stigler's actions shows that it was not forgotten.
And I think there is no better fitting way to tell this story in such a powerful manner.
Sabaton makes us enjoy music and urges us to hit up google and learn more.
there is no honor in picking off the wounded.
@@MrSGL21 Exactly. It's what Stigler's commander in the Jagdgeschwader 27, Gustav Rödel, said, "If I ever see or hear of you shooting at a man in a parachute, I will shoot you myself."
Well said @Lebite, and also 💯 agree with those 2 other comments!
This is just one of many videos and songs that is proof of how underrated Sabaton really is. If you read this, you guys should get more attention. You truly deserve it.
We appreciate it 😉