Here in Sweden Sabaton won the award "Enlightener of the Year 2022" by the Swedish Skeptics Association for their correct telling of historical events. Sabaton has war history articles on their website and owns a history channel on TH-cam.
Great reaction Debbie as always! The old boat captain in the video is actually the son of the sailor who was pulled from the water with the compass. His father had died a year before the video was made. I know how you feel about if history had only been taught this way in school kids would remember more. Well, actually, there are some teachers who are using Sabaton, and their history channel in classrooms, I think that's cool!
The "Bismarck" , and his sister ship "Tirpitz", were the 2 largest battleships ever built in Europe (250 meters long, 36 meters wide, and displacing more than 50.000 tones) and they were the pride of the kriegsmarine (Germany's militari navy) during ww2. The "Bismarck" set sail in May 1941 to reach the Atlantic and destroy merchant convoys, but he was intercepted by the British and during a brief fight, destroyed the former flagship of the British fleet and pride of the Royal Navy, the worldwide famous battlecruiser "Hood", by penetrating her armor and detonating her aft main ammunition magazine and killing all 1400 members of her crew except for 3 men, and heavily damaged the battleship "Prince of Wales". This enraged the prime minister Winston Churcil who ordered all his ships in the Atlantic to abandon their operations and destroy the Bismarck. In total more than 40 ships participated to the hunt, making it the biggest naval hunt in history. Meanwhile Bismarck, who had received a hit during the first battle, was leaking fuel and was trying to reach the French port of Saint Nazaire, in occupied France, for repair. After 3 days of playing cat and mouse with the British, Bismarck was attacked by airplanes launched from the aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" and hit by a torpedo in the stern, which jammed his rudders during evasive manuvers, meaning that he was forced to sail in circles, just a few miles away from reaching air cover. In the end battleships "King George V" and "Rodney", along side the heavy cruisers "Norfolk" and "Dorsedshire" fought the already doomed battleship and, during the following 90 minutes completely destroyed it. However, despite having all his guns destroyed, and having received more than 400 hits (out of the 2800 shells that the British had fired at it) his armor was still mostly intact and the ship was still afloat. So the british launched another 4 torpedoes and he disappeared beneath the waves. After inspection of the wreck however it had been discovered that the torpedoes did no significant damage thanks to the battleship's extensive underwater protection, and that Bismarck had probably been scuttled by his crew (although it should be noted that many historians believe that it would have eventually sunk due to the damage received). Of the 2200 men that served on it only 114 survived
There is a Sabaton song that may make you cry “Cliffs of Gallipoli”. It’s about the failed take-over of Turkey. The ANZAC (Australia and New Zealand Army Corp) soldiers were doomed from the landing of what is now ANZAC Cove on 25th April 1915
i wonder how would you feel if they made video in 5 10 years about that russian ship last year that ukraine destroyed and sing it like its heroic, and gloryfing ship :D
@@NostalgicMem0ries it's not about what the ship was used for. The ship is not to be blamed, the people are. They're glorifying the ship, not the people who were on it. Big difference.
@Debbie: The quote is, "War knows no nation. This video is dedicated to all those who fought to the bitter end, in the Battle of the Atlantic." The Battle of the Atlantic was not one naval battle, but a multi-year campaign between Germany, the British Royal Navy, and the American Navy, over whether or not the United States could move the materiél needed to Great Britain, in order to invade Europe. While the German U-Boats did some damage overall, it was too little, too late, as by the time the convoys being sunk mattered, the United States had entered the war, and began pumping out materiél in such volume that the German Kriegsmarine couldn't keep up. The Battle of the Atlantic was largely over by 1943, as by that time, Germany had suffered the loss of the Bismarck and was concentrating efforts on the Eastern Front. However, Debbie, I have three Sabaton songs that hit the soul hard: 1) Uprising. This is about the twice-failed Polish Uprising, which began as a resistance and guerilla movement that thought the US and UK would have assisted the Poles from overthrowing the German invaders. I consider this to be a dark stain on Allied countries in World War II who could have assisted, and didn't. 2) Final Solution. This is perhaps the most soulful of Sabaton's songs, as it is about the Holocaust. Keep some tissues close for this one, should you react to it, as it is hard to watch, but I believe to be necessary, as more World War II vets, and more Holocaust survivors are passing away by the year. In 10 or 15 years, the last of that generation will be gone, as the generation before them -- at which point, World War II will truly pass into the annals of history. 3) Prisoner #4589. I know not the man's name, but as far as I can tell, this was a Polish man who had escaped to Great Britain before the Warsaw liquidation of the ghettos. When rumor spread of alleged concentration camps, and even the dreaded death camps, this man risked his life more than once to go into the camps, document what he could, so that the world could learn of the camps. Thanks to his efforts, the camps did not remain a German state secret -- despite many in Allied High Command not believing his reports until Patton's Fifth Army freed the first camp in 1945. I humbly ask you to react to these three songs, because all of them are history that should be taught to every high school student in America -- but sadly is not. And if those who don't remember history are condemned to repeat it, I pray that we never see the likes of evil the world knew of a century ago.
One of my grandfathers graduated from college in 1935 in Germany. His major course of study was the new technologies around Radar. Being from a sea faring family he knew its practical applications where great, and it could make seamen’s lives much safer. He got a job just after graduation which at that time was fortunate as Germany was going through a worse depression than America. He landed a coveted position in research at one of the biggest shipyards in Europ, Blume and Voss in Hamburg. There he would be part of the team that was making the Fire control system that would be put abord both Bismarck and his sister ship Tirpitz. He would join the teams integrating and testing them after the ship was launched and then in 39 after the ship was launched, he was inducted into the German navy (Kriegsmarine). He would join the ship as one of his Damage control officers, in particular in charge of helping to keep the massive direction control radars for the bug guns working. He would survive by sheer luck having been sent up topside to take command after the engine room lost all communications with the bridge. At this point all his guns where not operational and it was more about communications to evacuate the ship and set the scuttling charges. He would spend the rest of the war in a POW camp in Ireland working in his preferred field, Fixing fishing boats. I got to read his journals; they were fascinating. This video he would have liked but felt sad that the HMS Hood, (The sinking of which haunted him) was not represented properly. To his dying day he had the greatest admiration for the sailors of all nations and especially England and America. A little-known story about Bismarck. On one of his sea trials in the Baltic they ran in to a particularly bad storm. Over the radio they picked up distress calls from a fishing boat that was having a good and bad day. They had caught so many fish their boat was sitting low in the water, Yah, but the seas where washing over it and it was close to sinking. The Captain of Bismarck ordered the boat to coma alongside in the big ship's lea side (Opposite the direction of the wind and waves) so they could provide shelter from much of the big seas and wind. Then at risk to men and ship he ordered cables rigged from the massive float plane crane to help keep her afloat. The fishing boat was saved with all hands and the Bismarck's entire crew was treated to a fresh fish dinner as a show of the fishermen's gratitude.
Legend has it that when the band is going up the stairs in the beginning, the legs you see swinging belong to Floor Jansen. Her husband is the drummer Hannes.
FYI- they named the boat they are on "Primo Victoria" which is the song they have about the D-Day landings June 6 1944. deff check out the "Sabaton History Channel"
Great reaction! 🤘 You're right about Sabaton being the best history teachers! (You're definitely not the first one pointing that out.. ☺️) I'm a history buff myself and a metalhead. A good reason why Sabaton is my favourite band. 😉
It is a shame history isn't taught this way in school. Of course if Sabaton did the teaching I'd be to busy staring at Tommy to learn much. Just kidding, I've learned quite a bit watching their videos. Music is a great teacher and definitely gets you to pay attention.
Well.. One of my cousins is a history teacher and she sometimes uses Sabatons videos as sort of icebreakers for stories and subjects for her classes. 😊
Hey Debbie, great reaction. Sabaton tell the correct story about our history. If you look closely at the compass the captain gave him before the Bismarck went down you can see the coordinates written inside the lid. That's how he knew where to find the Bismarck.
You don't need to cry over the song. Yet the numbers of dead will. 2500 British sailors died on the HMS Hood. Then another 2000 on the Bismarck. Not to mention the other 1000's on other various ships in the Battle of Bismarck. That's where the tears hits
Two historical notes: 1) some of the lyrics are the (translated) quotes from Otto von Bismarck, the German leader for whom the ship was named. 2) inside the compass that the older man was checking at the end are the longitude & latitude coordinates of where the Bismarck went down. These guys pay real attention to the history behind their songs.
This is the song that made me fall in love with this band and it will always be special to me. The video was done in co-production with Wargaming, hence the special effects. Another one of my favourite songs is Last Stand, it tells about the sack of Rome 1527, when the Swiss Guard laid their lives to save the Pope
the Bismark or the KMS Bismark was the largest of the german battleships of WWII. It had the distinction of being one of the few ships, that when spoken of, the male pronouns were used. He (the Bismark) sunk the HMS Hood in the north atlantic and was the target of a massive hunt in retaliation. He was scuttled following incapacitating battle damage, 27 May 1941 in the North Atlantic.
the line " bound by iron and blood " is from a famous speech by Bismarck... so as usual you can keep digging and keep discovering stuff in their songs and videos. Sabaton has a loooong list of history based music, here is a short list animated STORY videos No bullets fly (you have seen that) Night witches lady of the dark red baron epic ones, Bismark, about the sinking of the ship (this reaction) Defence of Moscow, self explained. Christmas truce, about the spontaneous truce in some parts of the western front during Christmas 1914 (you have reacted) 40:1, about polish soldiers, badly outnumbered (just under 750 in all) facing 42 000 germans, they where BADLY outgunned desperately defending against the German invasion 1939 Uprising, the Warsaw Uprising during 1944. To hell and back, they tell the story of Audie Murphy (highly decorated) and his struggle AFTER the war, so about PTSD and drug addiction that returning soldiers can face. Fields of verdun, the 300+ day long battle fought there. Screaming Eagles, about the battle of the bulge Live performance 40:1 from poland Uprising from poland En livstid I krig live from Göteborg Sweden, in Swedish but there are subtitles, never perfect but they get the message across, very heavy, again (Sabaton kind of play with our feelings, not just instruments). It is about thoughts and feelings of a young man going to war so...
One of things Sabaton's great at is making people pround of a person, thing or place of a nation they are not a part of and mostly it's because they tell the story without bias.
The name of Sabaton's boat in this video is "Primo Victoria" which is also another of their songs. Joakim, the singer, was probably bashing his leg to make sure it was still there as the guys FROZE making this video! Bismarck was hunted by the Royal Navy before the US entered WW2. A lucky torpedo hit by the biplane "Swordfish" aircraft damaged the rudder and he was caught. Scuttled to prevent capture. Prinz Eugen, a heavy cruiser, got away. After the war, as USS Prinz Eugen and in a neglected,very poor state, that ship was nuked TWICE and still did not sink until months later! The Gemans made tough ships!
I have one clarification: The Bismarck would have had the name _KMS Bismarck,_ not USS Bismarck. The reason? USS -- "United States Ship" KMS -- "Kriegsmarine Ship"
@@isaiahwelch8066 I wrote USS Prinz Eugen because the ship was given to the US Navy as a part of the war reparations from Germany to America. It was commissioned as USS Prinz Eugen before being bombed as part of the US nuclear tests. KMS Bismarck is correct - I did not use KMS for brevity.
Tommy made the guitar sound sad on his solo. Did it on 1916, too. Still my favorite by Sabaton. "War knows no nation. This video is dedicated to those who fought to the bitter end in the Battle of the Atlantic."
I think the beauty of Sabaton is that they aren't judgmental in their songs, they just tell the story. They are neither pro/con Bismarck/Nazi-Germany they just tell the story of the battleship.
Swedes in general are like this, dont take anyones side and prefer to stay neutral. Maybe thats one of the reasons why sweden havent been involved in a confiict since 1814.
i watched some of your previous Sabaton reactrions, but this is special for me. My Grandpa was drafted for the Kriegsmarine, and at this time , his ship would have been sure part of the escort group to bring Bismarck back to a french Port....He never reveived the order, because Bismarck never made it back ...but the Song and the Video hooked me....Lest we forget
It’s quite a story. And real good the Royal Navy was able to get them as early as they did. And yes the Germans were the bad guys but the Navy and Air Force were not the SS. And the crew of the Bismarck died very valiantly as did the crew the Hood. My favorite line is “the fleet is coming”. The Royal Navy had to avenge the Hood at all costs.
No tears👏👏 you’ll have to watch the animated story of nightwitches next from Sabaton. Less than a month before I see them in Glasgow. Can’t wait and baby Metal at supporting. Someone else for you to check out right there.
This song is particularly interesting to me as my dad served in the British Merchant Marine. The Bismark was charged with destroying the convoys, or commerce raiding as I think its called. Germany had their U-Boats which were quite effective, but nowhere near as much as having a monster like the Bismark, which would have completely devastated any convoy it came into contact with. This is why Churchill went all-out to have it destroyed. As for those end card things that get in the way - I can't recommend enough getting the Enhancer for TH-cam plugin for your browser. Your life will never be the same lol. And lastly... have you checked out Floor's Paragon music video? It's a wonderful, uplifting tune which will give you tears, of joy this time hehe. Cheers 🙂
The wreck of Bismarck was discovered on 8 June 1989 by Robert Ballard, the oceanographer responsible for finding RMS Titanic. Bismarck was found to be resting on her keel at a depth of approximately 4,791 m (15,719 ft), about 650 km (400 mi) west of Brest. 48°10′N 16°12′W,
A powerful tale indeed - I think the video could only have been improved by including the previous engagement in which a (much discussed) lucky shot blew up HMS Hood with the loss of all hands except three. They reference it in the 'radio' snippet at the beginning but it would have been more powerful to show it. To give an idea of just how awful naval combat is, as I said, only *three* of Hoods crew survived out of over fifteen hundred and less than one hundred and twenty got off the Bismarck out of twenty two hundred. Three thousand men lost their lives on those two ships. EDIT: Ahh see that Chris O had already posted up that information :salute: EDIT 2: For those interested in the detailed historical accounts of this fight I can well recommend the channels of Dr. Alexander Clarke and Drachinifel - those two should really collaborate on a naval history university course :D Drach did a video a while back that really delved into just how the Hood was destroyed and came to some quite convincing conclusions: th-cam.com/video/CLPeC7LRqIY/w-d-xo.html
If you wish to understand more of the Battle of the Atlantic, I must recommend the 1960 Movie "Sink the Bismarck". It's free here on YT. It is one of my inspirations to enlist in the US Navy in 1984. I went on to serve in the engine rooms of a Nimitz class carrier.
Depends where you live (nation) but yes, in general i too have noticed the decline of history teaching overall. And with history about war, there is a bit of a problem because there is no single truth, with all history, but especially in war-history, there are 3 truths. Truth 1 : history as told by the victor Truth 2 : history as told by the defeated Truth 3 : the untold history of the grey era between the 2 former truths. That last truth comes closest to the actual history, but that comes with both dark and light pages of historical facts, and the victors do not want to be reminded by bad things they did, and the defeated do not want to be reminded on the bad they've done, so both only tend to highlight the events that make them look heroic and doing good things. Funny enough.. Germany seems to not shy away from teaching the bad side as well, albeit with nuance, they do not want their kids to forget. And the USA went overboard the other way, most Americans believe they liberated Europe and won the war, while that isnt factually true. (their help ofc, was important) History is important, and most importantly, history isnt pretty and isnt black and white. And then we have bands like Sabaton, who understand it's all a grey area and they seek the truth over myth. Schools should use this.
At the beginning, youhear a recording of the Wartime news: "Which blew up the mighty Battle Cruiser (HMS) Hood". Churchill asked the Royal Navy to abandon all missions and hunt him down, to destroy. Did you spot "Too Much" Tommy? I wonder if Joakim has bruises on his right thigh? Missing a bit of armour! "To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine". History Rabbit Hole, via Sabatons History Channel.
The video for this song is done very well. It was made in conjunction with the video game maker Wargaming, using historically accurate scenes and models that were used in the making of their game World Of Warships. This makes for a very compelling and spectacular presentation for their music video...one of the best visuals ever is a music video. The song itself is alright...nothing to write home about as it is quite repetitive IMO. Cheers!
Im not a "cryer", but the Sabaton song "The Final Solution" are really painful, and Im having a hard time holding my tears back. Watch if you dare (the animated version), but prepare with tissues. 😪
You should really try their official Sabaton History Channel. A short episode for about 15 minutes, learning about the event in the 3. Good reaction, keep on this path!
A must-listen (or reacting) to *HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO* (cover) *Tommy Johansson* (Yes - it's because of you that I started to listen to music that I never had the honour to do...) 🥂🙃🎧
Well done video, your reaction was spot on and I agree that any smart history teacher would start a lecture with a Sabaton video if it was availble on the subject of the lecture.
the thing about the German army in WW2 is that really only a small fraction of it TRULY supported Hitler, such as the ruthless SS. the rest were simply soldiers doing their jobs and fighting for their nation, regardless of if they agreed with Hitler or not. Franz Stieglar is a perfect example. he flew in the infamous Luftwaffe, yet he and his family greatly disagreed with Hitler. the crew of the Bismarck were likely, and largely, the same. Hitler made it quite clear what would happen to those who dared defy him and so they really had no choice but to set sail and attack on his order. it really is a sad thing to think about.
from the same band I suggest one of my favorite songs, also obviously based on historical facts, even if from 500 years ago: the last stand th-cam.com/video/i9BupglHdtM/w-d-xo.html
R.I.P to all soldiers of all nations👌👍💥😎🤘😘 I think you like the band Rammstein and electric Callboy too. I think the song Deutschland by Rammstein goes well with this topic.
i like to see people coming here on youtube to react to music, and in a couple of weeks they all discover heavy metal........and like it :) no matter if they are white , black or green......have people realy dont discoverd metal before? what have you been listen to ?
An unbelievable one Music Video, by the Movie you better understand what it's all about.... Awesome 🚢💥 The actor who played the captain on the ship, was the Son of that actual young sailor that survived the sinking of the Bismarck. Have I Heard on their History Channel. Sabaton is known fur such details. I always say SABATON are my history books 📚 and there are teachers at school who show these videos to the pupils.
I mean, "for or against Bismarck" isn't really the thing of consern. Think instead of the sailors aboard that ship. Most of them are just regular sailors, had nothing to do with Hitler and his agenda, nor did they have a choise but to follow command. Just like the American soldiers, they follow orders, not all of their causes have been juste over the years either. Only yesterday I watched a short documentary about American soldiers that faught in the Iraq war and how they didn't see how they made any difference in that war, more so that they made it worse in Iraq by just being there. All I want to say with that is that it's not always black and white. "Germans were all bad" in WW2 is a major error of thought. Bismarck was indeed the largest European battleship. It wasn't functioning 100% as it should, which is most likely also why it sank. Or rather, the captain ordered to sink it. Most likely they just lost the rudder. Now, imagine if Bismarck, the largest battleship in Europe, had united with the Japanese fleet, which had the absolutely largest battleships ever made, the Yamato and Musashi. That would be nearly impossible for the Allied Navy to defeat. The allies were lucky that Bismarck had a giant flaw, and that Yamato and Musashi wasn't really put to use in battle. Not to the degree where it could have been devastating for the Allies and Americans.
As a British man we learned about the sinking of the Bismarck in history class at junior school here in England aged 7. The Bismarck was Nazi Germany's pride which had to be sank by the Royal Navy, but unfortunately the Bismarck sank HMS Hood the pride of the Royal Navy and the United Kingdom with the loss of around 1,200 plus British Sailors and only 3 survivor's were picked up by a Royal Navy ship. That day HMS The Prince of Wales was severely damaged and made it back to England. The British people wanted revenge for the Hood and it's crew plus it had to be sunk for our convoys that had supplies from America and Canada. It was sank by two of the Royal Navy Battleship's HMS King George the 5th, HMS Rodney, Destroyers, cruisers and with help from HMS Ark Royal a Royal Navy aircraft carrier. It had to be destroyed for the survival of the UK and it's citizens. Thank God for the Royal Navy. British Sabaton fan 💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🏴💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇸🇪🇸🇪
So some Sabaton facts here: You will feel something but crying is not the normal. Sabaton are some of the biggest goofballs there is so even if a subject is superheavy sometimes other times it will be a fullblown party. Joakim and Tommy will never miss a chans to mess with eachother on stadge. And finally they have a second channel that explains every topic they do songs about.
you dont have to be for or against Bismarck! just realize it and remember the poor men who died for nothing at all sides. more than 1500 British, 2000 Germans... may it never will happen again! bad joke, i know... 😢
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Here in Sweden Sabaton won the award "Enlightener of the Year 2022" by the Swedish Skeptics Association for their correct telling of historical events.
Sabaton has war history articles on their website and owns a history channel on TH-cam.
Great reaction Debbie as always! The old boat captain in the video is actually the son of the sailor who was pulled from the water with the compass. His father had died a year before the video was made. I know how you feel about if history had only been taught this way in school kids would remember more. Well, actually, there are some teachers who are using Sabaton, and their history channel in classrooms, I think that's cool!
The "Bismarck" , and his sister ship "Tirpitz", were the 2 largest battleships ever built in Europe (250 meters long, 36 meters wide, and displacing more than 50.000 tones) and they were the pride of the kriegsmarine (Germany's militari navy) during ww2. The "Bismarck" set sail in May 1941 to reach the Atlantic and destroy merchant convoys, but he was intercepted by the British and during a brief fight, destroyed the former flagship of the British fleet and pride of the Royal Navy, the worldwide famous battlecruiser "Hood", by penetrating her armor and detonating her aft main ammunition magazine and killing all 1400 members of her crew except for 3 men, and heavily damaged the battleship "Prince of Wales". This enraged the prime minister Winston Churcil who ordered all his ships in the Atlantic to abandon their operations and destroy the Bismarck. In total more than 40 ships participated to the hunt, making it the biggest naval hunt in history. Meanwhile Bismarck, who had received a hit during the first battle, was leaking fuel and was trying to reach the French port of Saint Nazaire, in occupied France, for repair. After 3 days of playing cat and mouse with the British, Bismarck was attacked by airplanes launched from the aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" and hit by a torpedo in the stern, which jammed his rudders during evasive manuvers, meaning that he was forced to sail in circles, just a few miles away from reaching air cover. In the end battleships "King George V" and "Rodney", along side the heavy cruisers "Norfolk" and "Dorsedshire" fought the already doomed battleship and, during the following 90 minutes completely destroyed it. However, despite having all his guns destroyed, and having received more than 400 hits (out of the 2800 shells that the British had fired at it) his armor was still mostly intact and the ship was still afloat. So the british launched another 4 torpedoes and he disappeared beneath the waves. After inspection of the wreck however it had been discovered that the torpedoes did no significant damage thanks to the battleship's extensive underwater protection, and that Bismarck had probably been scuttled by his crew (although it should be noted that many historians believe that it would have eventually sunk due to the damage received). Of the 2200 men that served on it only 114 survived
There is a Sabaton song that may make you cry “Cliffs of Gallipoli”. It’s about the failed take-over of Turkey. The ANZAC (Australia and New Zealand Army Corp) soldiers were doomed from the landing of what is now ANZAC Cove on 25th April 1915
Sabaton doesn't take sides. They tell a story.
well , in "back in control" they take a side..
i wonder how would you feel if they made video in 5 10 years about that russian ship last year that ukraine destroyed and sing it like its heroic, and gloryfing ship :D
@@NostalgicMem0ries it's not about what the ship was used for. The ship is not to be blamed, the people are. They're glorifying the ship, not the people who were on it. Big difference.
@@nxku1747 in lyrics they clearly glorify marines too, "Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine"
@@ezequielb.5245 no they told the truth
The animated story version of Night Witches is excellent.
Agreed!
@Debbie: The quote is, "War knows no nation. This video is dedicated to all those who fought to the bitter end, in the Battle of the Atlantic."
The Battle of the Atlantic was not one naval battle, but a multi-year campaign between Germany, the British Royal Navy, and the American Navy, over whether or not the United States could move the materiél needed to Great Britain, in order to invade Europe. While the German U-Boats did some damage overall, it was too little, too late, as by the time the convoys being sunk mattered, the United States had entered the war, and began pumping out materiél in such volume that the German Kriegsmarine couldn't keep up. The Battle of the Atlantic was largely over by 1943, as by that time, Germany had suffered the loss of the Bismarck and was concentrating efforts on the Eastern Front.
However, Debbie, I have three Sabaton songs that hit the soul hard:
1) Uprising. This is about the twice-failed Polish Uprising, which began as a resistance and guerilla movement that thought the US and UK would have assisted the Poles from overthrowing the German invaders. I consider this to be a dark stain on Allied countries in World War II who could have assisted, and didn't.
2) Final Solution. This is perhaps the most soulful of Sabaton's songs, as it is about the Holocaust. Keep some tissues close for this one, should you react to it, as it is hard to watch, but I believe to be necessary, as more World War II vets, and more Holocaust survivors are passing away by the year. In 10 or 15 years, the last of that generation will be gone, as the generation before them -- at which point, World War II will truly pass into the annals of history.
3) Prisoner #4589. I know not the man's name, but as far as I can tell, this was a Polish man who had escaped to Great Britain before the Warsaw liquidation of the ghettos. When rumor spread of alleged concentration camps, and even the dreaded death camps, this man risked his life more than once to go into the camps, document what he could, so that the world could learn of the camps. Thanks to his efforts, the camps did not remain a German state secret -- despite many in Allied High Command not believing his reports until Patton's Fifth Army freed the first camp in 1945.
I humbly ask you to react to these three songs, because all of them are history that should be taught to every high school student in America -- but sadly is not. And if those who don't remember history are condemned to repeat it, I pray that we never see the likes of evil the world knew of a century ago.
One of my grandfathers graduated from college in 1935 in Germany. His major course of study was the new technologies around Radar. Being from a sea faring family he knew its practical applications where great, and it could make seamen’s lives much safer. He got a job just after graduation which at that time was fortunate as Germany was going through a worse depression than America. He landed a coveted position in research at one of the biggest shipyards in Europ, Blume and Voss in Hamburg. There he would be part of the team that was making the Fire control system that would be put abord both Bismarck and his sister ship Tirpitz. He would join the teams integrating and testing them after the ship was launched and then in 39 after the ship was launched, he was inducted into the German navy (Kriegsmarine). He would join the ship as one of his Damage control officers, in particular in charge of helping to keep the massive direction control radars for the bug guns working. He would survive by sheer luck having been sent up topside to take command after the engine room lost all communications with the bridge. At this point all his guns where not operational and it was more about communications to evacuate the ship and set the scuttling charges. He would spend the rest of the war in a POW camp in Ireland working in his preferred field, Fixing fishing boats. I got to read his journals; they were fascinating. This video he would have liked but felt sad that the HMS Hood, (The sinking of which haunted him) was not represented properly. To his dying day he had the greatest admiration for the sailors of all nations and especially England and America. A little-known story about Bismarck. On one of his sea trials in the Baltic they ran in to a particularly bad storm. Over the radio they picked up distress calls from a fishing boat that was having a good and bad day. They had caught so many fish their boat was sitting low in the water, Yah, but the seas where washing over it and it was close to sinking. The Captain of Bismarck ordered the boat to coma alongside in the big ship's lea side (Opposite the direction of the wind and waves) so they could provide shelter from much of the big seas and wind. Then at risk to men and ship he ordered cables rigged from the massive float plane crane to help keep her afloat. The fishing boat was saved with all hands and the Bismarck's entire crew was treated to a fresh fish dinner as a show of the fishermen's gratitude.
TIL that the inscription inside the watch is the latitude and longitude of where the Bismarck sank.
Legend has it that when the band is going up the stairs in the beginning, the legs you see swinging belong to Floor Jansen. Her husband is the drummer Hannes.
Hey I never noticed the legs until now! Thanks for another awesome detail 😊
FYI- they named the boat they are on "Primo Victoria" which is the song they have about the D-Day landings June 6 1944. deff check out the "Sabaton History Channel"
Great reaction! 🤘 You're right about Sabaton being the best history teachers! (You're definitely not the first one pointing that out.. ☺️) I'm a history buff myself and a metalhead. A good reason why Sabaton is my favourite band. 😉
Sabaton History Channel on YT is so great...learning something gives you a spark!
It is a shame history isn't taught this way in school. Of course if Sabaton did the teaching I'd be to busy staring at Tommy to learn much. Just kidding, I've learned quite a bit watching their videos. Music is a great teacher and definitely gets you to pay attention.
So true 👌🏻
"Too Much" Tommy!
Well.. One of my cousins is a history teacher and she sometimes uses Sabatons videos as sort of icebreakers for stories and subjects for her classes. 😊
@@timbackman5915 that's fantastic
@@timbackman5915 i wish i had that
Hey Debbie, great reaction. Sabaton tell the correct story about our history. If you look closely at the compass the captain gave him before the Bismarck went down you can see the coordinates written inside the lid. That's how he knew where to find the Bismarck.
You don't need to cry over the song. Yet the numbers of dead will. 2500 British sailors died on the HMS Hood. Then another 2000 on the Bismarck. Not to mention the other 1000's on other various ships in the Battle of Bismarck. That's where the tears hits
Thank you for introducing me to Sabaton! nice to hear a group, is not afraid of showing people the futility of war.
Two historical notes: 1) some of the lyrics are the (translated) quotes from Otto von Bismarck, the German leader for whom the ship was named. 2) inside the compass that the older man was checking at the end are the longitude & latitude coordinates of where the Bismarck went down. These guys pay real attention to the history behind their songs.
Thank you for that info. I didn’t know that.
Also The elderly man holding the Compus was the Son of a survivor of the Bismarck sinking!!!
This is the song that made me fall in love with this band and it will always be special to me. The video was done in co-production with Wargaming, hence the special effects. Another one of my favourite songs is Last Stand, it tells about the sack of Rome 1527, when the Swiss Guard laid their lives to save the Pope
the Bismark or the KMS Bismark was the largest of the german battleships of WWII. It had the distinction of being one of the few ships, that when spoken of, the male pronouns were used. He (the Bismark) sunk the HMS Hood in the north atlantic and was the target of a massive hunt in retaliation. He was scuttled following incapacitating battle damage, 27 May 1941 in the North Atlantic.
the line " bound by iron and blood " is from a famous speech by Bismarck... so as usual you can keep digging and keep discovering stuff in their songs and videos.
Sabaton has a loooong list of history based music, here is a short list
animated STORY videos
No bullets fly (you have seen that)
Night witches
lady of the dark
red baron
epic ones,
Bismark, about the sinking of the ship (this reaction)
Defence of Moscow, self explained.
Christmas truce, about the spontaneous truce in some parts of the western front during Christmas 1914 (you have reacted)
40:1, about polish soldiers, badly outnumbered (just under 750 in all) facing 42 000 germans, they where BADLY outgunned desperately defending against the German invasion 1939
Uprising, the Warsaw Uprising during 1944.
To hell and back, they tell the story of Audie Murphy (highly decorated) and his struggle AFTER the war, so about PTSD and drug addiction that returning soldiers can face.
Fields of verdun, the 300+ day long battle fought there.
Screaming Eagles, about the battle of the bulge
Live performance
40:1 from poland
Uprising from poland
En livstid I krig live from Göteborg Sweden, in Swedish but there are subtitles, never perfect but they get the message across, very heavy, again (Sabaton kind of play with our feelings, not just instruments). It is about thoughts and feelings of a young man going to war so...
As a former Army attack helicopter pilot with combat experience and jet pilot, thank you for your reaction!
One of things Sabaton's great at is making people pround of a person, thing or place of a nation they are not a part of and mostly it's because they tell the story without bias.
My favorite song from them, And of course Tommy Johansson on guitar with the drummer being married to Floor Jansen.
The name of Sabaton's boat in this video is "Primo Victoria" which is also another of their songs. Joakim, the singer, was probably bashing his leg to make sure it was still there as the guys FROZE making this video! Bismarck was hunted by the Royal Navy before the US entered WW2. A lucky torpedo hit by the biplane "Swordfish" aircraft damaged the rudder and he was caught. Scuttled to prevent capture. Prinz Eugen, a heavy cruiser, got away. After the war, as USS Prinz Eugen and in a neglected,very poor state, that ship was nuked TWICE and still did not sink until months later! The Gemans made tough ships!
I have one clarification: The Bismarck would have had the name _KMS Bismarck,_ not USS Bismarck. The reason?
USS -- "United States Ship"
KMS -- "Kriegsmarine Ship"
@@isaiahwelch8066 I wrote USS Prinz Eugen because the ship was given to the US Navy as a part of the war reparations from Germany to America. It was commissioned as USS Prinz Eugen before being bombed as part of the US nuclear tests. KMS Bismarck is correct - I did not use KMS for brevity.
Tommy made the guitar sound sad on his solo. Did it on 1916, too. Still my favorite by Sabaton. "War knows no nation. This video is dedicated to those who fought to the bitter end in the Battle of the Atlantic."
I think the beauty of Sabaton is that they aren't judgmental in their songs, they just tell the story. They are neither pro/con Bismarck/Nazi-Germany they just tell the story of the battleship.
Swedes in general are like this, dont take anyones side and prefer to stay neutral. Maybe thats one of the reasons why sweden havent been involved in a confiict since 1814.
i watched some of your previous Sabaton reactrions, but this is special for me. My Grandpa was drafted for the Kriegsmarine, and at this time , his ship would have been sure part of the escort group to bring Bismarck back to a french Port....He never reveived the order, because Bismarck never made it back ...but the Song and the Video hooked me....Lest we forget
Hey Deb! amazing song you chosed!!!!
It’s quite a story. And real good the Royal Navy was able to get them as early as they did. And yes the Germans were the bad guys but the Navy and Air Force were not the SS. And the crew of the Bismarck died very valiantly as did the crew the Hood. My favorite line is “the fleet is coming”. The Royal Navy had to avenge the Hood at all costs.
No tears👏👏 you’ll have to watch the animated story of nightwitches next from Sabaton.
Less than a month before I see them in Glasgow. Can’t wait and baby Metal at supporting. Someone else for you to check out right there.
Nice one Debbie! Love me some Sabaton! You should check out 82nd all the way it’s about Sargent York from my home starte of Tennessee❤
as a side note here, the name they gave the boat @ 1:50 is taken from an older song by the band, from the older set up of the band.
This song is particularly interesting to me as my dad served in the British Merchant Marine. The Bismark was charged with destroying the convoys, or commerce raiding as I think its called. Germany had their U-Boats which were quite effective, but nowhere near as much as having a monster like the Bismark, which would have completely devastated any convoy it came into contact with. This is why Churchill went all-out to have it destroyed.
As for those end card things that get in the way - I can't recommend enough getting the Enhancer for TH-cam plugin for your browser. Your life will never be the same lol.
And lastly... have you checked out Floor's Paragon music video? It's a wonderful, uplifting tune which will give you tears, of joy this time hehe. Cheers 🙂
Check the video again and follow the Watch/kompass from start to the end……🇫🇮🇸🇪🤟🤟🤙
love this one, amongst many others from this band, so that it's my ringbell for my teen daughter so tiny but so powerfull and heavy when she walks ^^
Also the captain of the boat they were on is supposed to be the son of one of the survivors of the sinking.
When the Bismarck emerges from the fog….THAT was badass.
The wreck of Bismarck was discovered on 8 June 1989 by Robert Ballard, the oceanographer responsible for finding RMS Titanic. Bismarck was found to be resting on her keel at a depth of approximately 4,791 m (15,719 ft), about 650 km (400 mi) west of Brest. 48°10′N 16°12′W,
A powerful tale indeed - I think the video could only have been improved by including the previous engagement in which a (much discussed) lucky shot blew up HMS Hood with the loss of all hands except three. They reference it in the 'radio' snippet at the beginning but it would have been more powerful to show it. To give an idea of just how awful naval combat is, as I said, only *three* of Hoods crew survived out of over fifteen hundred and less than one hundred and twenty got off the Bismarck out of twenty two hundred. Three thousand men lost their lives on those two ships.
EDIT: Ahh see that Chris O had already posted up that information :salute:
EDIT 2: For those interested in the detailed historical accounts of this fight I can well recommend the channels of Dr. Alexander Clarke and Drachinifel - those two should really collaborate on a naval history university course :D Drach did a video a while back that really delved into just how the Hood was destroyed and came to some quite convincing conclusions: th-cam.com/video/CLPeC7LRqIY/w-d-xo.html
If you wish to understand more of the Battle of the Atlantic, I must recommend the 1960 Movie "Sink the Bismarck". It's free here on YT. It is one of my inspirations to enlist in the US Navy in 1984. I went on to serve in the engine rooms of a Nimitz class carrier.
Johnny Horton had a song Sink the Bismarck back in the day.
Thanks
Love your reactions
Believe it or not some history teachers do use Sabaton songs in there history classes
Tommy Johannsons Goosbump-Guitar...
Hello Debbie, unfortunately they don't want the real history taught. Wonderful reaction. Sabaton does make history fun and cool!
Depends where you live (nation) but yes, in general i too have noticed the decline of history teaching overall.
And with history about war, there is a bit of a problem because there is no single truth, with all history, but especially in war-history, there are 3 truths.
Truth 1 : history as told by the victor
Truth 2 : history as told by the defeated
Truth 3 : the untold history of the grey era between the 2 former truths.
That last truth comes closest to the actual history, but that comes with both dark and light pages of historical facts, and the victors do not want to be reminded by bad things they did, and the defeated do not want to be reminded on the bad they've done, so both only tend to highlight the events that make them look heroic and doing good things.
Funny enough.. Germany seems to not shy away from teaching the bad side as well, albeit with nuance, they do not want their kids to forget.
And the USA went overboard the other way, most Americans believe they liberated Europe and won the war, while that isnt factually true. (their help ofc, was important)
History is important, and most importantly, history isnt pretty and isnt black and white.
And then we have bands like Sabaton, who understand it's all a grey area and they seek the truth over myth.
Schools should use this.
At the beginning, youhear a recording of the Wartime news:
"Which blew up the mighty Battle Cruiser (HMS) Hood".
Churchill asked the Royal Navy to abandon all missions and hunt him down, to destroy.
Did you spot "Too Much" Tommy?
I wonder if Joakim has bruises on his right thigh? Missing a bit of armour!
"To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine".
History Rabbit Hole, via Sabatons History Channel.
Yore eyes, wow. Great reaction too
The video for this song is done very well. It was made in conjunction with the video game maker Wargaming, using historically accurate scenes and models that were used in the making of their game World Of Warships. This makes for a very compelling and spectacular presentation for their music video...one of the best visuals ever is a music video. The song itself is alright...nothing to write home about as it is quite repetitive IMO. Cheers!
Im not a "cryer", but the Sabaton song "The Final Solution" are really painful, and Im having a hard time holding my tears back.
Watch if you dare (the animated version), but prepare with tissues. 😪
You should react to their sabaton history channel where they go in depth about the history and a little about the song itself
You should really try their official Sabaton History Channel. A short episode for about 15 minutes, learning about the event in the 3.
Good reaction, keep on this path!
Next Sabaton song: “Night Witches” animated version ! 🤟
i like night witches and solider of heaven
To understand the might of Bismarck, his sister ship Tirpitz bound four british battleship to Scapa Flow just by existing.
the battle of the Atlantic you are correct you are correct
A must-listen (or reacting) to *HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO* (cover) *Tommy Johansson*
(Yes - it's because of you that I started to listen to music that I never had the honour to do...) 🥂🙃🎧
I love this!! Tommy is coming up tomorrow!!
@The Question Queens I'm waiting! At 12.00 here. In the U.S., ET - 6 PM. Guess that's too early with you 🎸❤ [🎧My first ever] =)
Sabaton - dreadnought is a good one to react to
I just have to say ur hair is fucking amazing
Thank you! ❤️
Recomend the new music
Sabaton - 1916 (Motörhead Cover)
May be an enemy ship but one of the most beautiful battle ship second to the Yamamoto .
Well done video, your reaction was spot on and I agree that any smart history teacher would start a lecture with a Sabaton video if it was availble on the subject of the lecture.
Hi Debbie, you can try with Night witches
th-cam.com/video/5YPo8zDkvy4/w-d-xo.html
Great reaction 🤘
the thing about the German army in WW2 is that really only a small fraction of it TRULY supported Hitler, such as the ruthless SS. the rest were simply soldiers doing their jobs and fighting for their nation, regardless of if they agreed with Hitler or not. Franz Stieglar is a perfect example. he flew in the infamous Luftwaffe, yet he and his family greatly disagreed with Hitler. the crew of the Bismarck were likely, and largely, the same. Hitler made it quite clear what would happen to those who dared defy him and so they really had no choice but to set sail and attack on his order. it really is a sad thing to think about.
from the same band I suggest one of my favorite songs, also obviously based on historical facts, even if from 500 years ago: the last stand th-cam.com/video/i9BupglHdtM/w-d-xo.html
Please react to “No Bullets Fly Animated Story Video” and “The Final Solution”. Don’t forget to bring tissues though
R.I.P to all soldiers of all nations👌👍💥😎🤘😘
I think you like the band Rammstein and electric Callboy too.
I think the song Deutschland by Rammstein goes well with this topic.
i like to see people coming here on youtube to react to music, and in a couple of weeks they all discover heavy metal........and like it :) no matter if they are white , black or green......have people realy dont discoverd metal before? what have you been listen to ?
An unbelievable one Music Video, by the Movie you better understand
what it's all about....
Awesome 🚢💥
The actor who played the captain on the ship,
was the Son of that actual young sailor that survived the sinking of the Bismarck.
Have I Heard on their History Channel.
Sabaton is known fur such details.
I always say SABATON are my history books 📚 and there are teachers at school who show these videos to the pupils.
Thats the good whit Sabaton they dont take Anny side they teling storys. Nightwitshes and no bulletflyes are 2 more relly good songs by them 😊
ALL their albums are based on war
did you spot Tommy?
I mean, "for or against Bismarck" isn't really the thing of consern. Think instead of the sailors aboard that ship. Most of them are just regular sailors, had nothing to do with Hitler and his agenda, nor did they have a choise but to follow command. Just like the American soldiers, they follow orders, not all of their causes have been juste over the years either. Only yesterday I watched a short documentary about American soldiers that faught in the Iraq war and how they didn't see how they made any difference in that war, more so that they made it worse in Iraq by just being there. All I want to say with that is that it's not always black and white. "Germans were all bad" in WW2 is a major error of thought.
Bismarck was indeed the largest European battleship. It wasn't functioning 100% as it should, which is most likely also why it sank. Or rather, the captain ordered to sink it. Most likely they just lost the rudder. Now, imagine if Bismarck, the largest battleship in Europe, had united with the Japanese fleet, which had the absolutely largest battleships ever made, the Yamato and Musashi. That would be nearly impossible for the Allied Navy to defeat. The allies were lucky that Bismarck had a giant flaw, and that Yamato and Musashi wasn't really put to use in battle. Not to the degree where it could have been devastating for the Allies and Americans.
As a British man we learned about the sinking of the Bismarck in history class at junior school here in England aged 7. The Bismarck was Nazi Germany's pride which had to be sank by the Royal Navy, but unfortunately the Bismarck sank HMS Hood the pride of the Royal Navy and the United Kingdom with the loss of around 1,200 plus British Sailors and only 3 survivor's were picked up by a Royal Navy ship. That day HMS The Prince of Wales was severely damaged and made it back to England. The British people wanted revenge for the Hood and it's crew plus it had to be sunk for our convoys that had supplies from America and Canada. It was sank by two of the Royal Navy Battleship's HMS King George the 5th, HMS Rodney, Destroyers, cruisers and with help from HMS Ark Royal a Royal Navy aircraft carrier. It had to be destroyed for the survival of the UK and it's citizens. Thank God for the Royal Navy. British Sabaton fan 💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🏴💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇸🇪🇸🇪
So some Sabaton facts here:
You will feel something but crying is not the normal.
Sabaton are some of the biggest goofballs there is so even if a subject is superheavy sometimes other times it will be a fullblown party.
Joakim and Tommy will never miss a chans to mess with eachother on stadge.
And finally they have a second channel that explains every topic they do songs about.
You tube sucks for ads.
you dont have to be for or against Bismarck! just realize it and remember the poor men who died for nothing at all sides. more than 1500 British, 2000 Germans... may it never will happen again! bad joke, i know... 😢
Ha ha first comment
History with a beat !😊