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Am I still a member of the Airborne Division? Another person pointed out on patreon that it's no longer available. I was just wondering if it's maxed out or if it was phased out. It says I'm still a member of it as I have been for nearly twelve months.
Sabaton History have you guys ever considered the American revolution doing songs from both US and British sides of the conflict PS have a happy Thanksgiving
"My name is Indy Neidell and this is Joakim from Sabaton. In todays episode of Sabaton history we tell the tragic story of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, who was blown to pieces by a Soviet air raid while hauling supplies to the front during the Winter War. Turns out a bright red nose is quite easy to spot from a plane at night."
Most wars that we remember did that and Desert Storm rather less so. The Six Days War had most of what Desert Storm had other than GPS and for obvious reasons carrier operations. (When all the belligerents share land borders and all the fronts fit in the unrefueled range of the aircraft of the period there's not much need for carriers.) WWII had most of that, though, but really the Spanish Civil War heralded the rise of airpower. But the signs were there in WWI. Of course WWI was heralded by the Russo-Japanese War and the American Civil War, indeed one could claim that all naval vessels larger than torpedo boats and all tanks except maybe the turretless WWI examples descend from USS Monitor. Of course the Napoleonic Wars serve as prequel to the American Civil War (and the Franco-Prussian War which heralded the future in a political rather than tactical sense) with the rise of cavalry. They were heralded by the American Revolution which was France seizing an opportunity for revenge after the Seven Years War made colonial proxy warfare the new thing. That traces back to the Westphalian concept of sovereignty established after the 30 Years War. On the naval side of things the trend setter for most of the Age of Sail was the First Anglo-Dutch War which codified the Line of Battle. That of course had evolved over several conflicts back to the War of the League of Cambrai where broadside armed sailing vessels got their trial by fire. I think. Back on land the Hundred Years War is as good a place as any to pin the start of army professionalization in post-Roman Europe and of substantial gunpowder use. Desert Storm is more of a dead end really, a throwback to conventional war after Vietnam and the Soviet-Afgan War heralded the rise of asymmetric warfare. Which was heralded by WWII and the Chinese Civil War, which was heralded by the Russian Civil War, which was heralded by the Iberian campaign in the Napoleonic Wars, which was heralded by the American Revolution, which was heralded by the use of Indian proxies on the American front in the Seven Years War.
War.... has changed. It's no longer about nations, ideologies, or ethnicity. It's an endless series of proxy battles, fought by mercenaries and machines.War--and it's consumption of life--has become a well-oiled machine.War has changed.ID-tagged soldiers carry ID-tagged weapons, use ID-tagged gear. Nanomachines inside their bodies enhance and regulate their abilities.Genetic control, information control, emotion control, battlefield control…everything is monitored and kept under control.War…has changed.The age of deterrence has become the age of control, all in the name of averting catastrophe from weapons of mass destruction, and he who controls the battlefield, controls history.War…has changed.When the battlefield is under total control, war becomes routine. Nanomachines Son!
Actually, Indy, prior to the launching of "Operation Desert Storm", the Iraqi military *did* launch an assault on the Coalition forces, but it failed when they ran up against the US Marines. So you got that detail backwards about the Iraqi's not having ever launched the initiative and gone on the offensive: they did; and it completely failed.
Not to be rude, but how do you know that? I mean the guy is an actual historian and I’m pretty sure he was was alive during the war so I trust his words.
@@chissstardestroyer ok thanks for letting me know, but id still like a source material to confirm it for me if it’s not that much trouble, you know like an article or a first hand account by a soldier. You don’t have to but I’d still like evidence.
@@lukebishop7288 Well, off the top of my head; an excellent source to research is "Operation Desert Shield" for the research on what preceded Operation Desert Storm. I remember it personally- course I was in grammar school at the time, but every single USA citizen who was alive in those days was privy to the whole first-hand depictions- the reporters were watching the war on a daily basis.
My dad and both his brothers fought in desert storm. He was in the Seabees one of my uncles was a mechanic attached to the 2nd Armored division and the other served as a medic in the 82nd airborne. All of them were on different deployments all over the world before being recalled and sent to Iraq. Fascinating to see all the resources the US pulled together just to deal with this.
I see a whole lot of comments on other videos about how people say thank you for making a song that their family was in. And now I got to have this honor. My father was in the main effort of desert storm as a mechanic and pilot. My favorite quote by him being “They were so completely and utterly outskilled that I didn’t even need to fix a damn plane.” Thank you Sabaton :)
It changed from desert shield to desert storm on my birthday and my brother was in the army there. I still have the shirts that they gave to army familys with the map and name desert shield. I use to wear it and people would ask what it was for and I would always have to explain it. My parents would watch the news. They were worried about my brother in the army. I still remember all the footage of the oil wells burning and being from Alaska. I knew how bad that was. Strange music type? My daughters love the Ballad of Bull. So something instrumental or dance/techo because we listen to those in our house. Its not out of our normal playlist to have Sabaton, Rammstein, Basshunter, Apocalyptica and Bach play back to back.
The thing to remember is Desert Storm required the UN to agree. Which is a miracle all its own. Still, it was nice to see a bit of history on something so close to my lifetime. Edit: With the 2020s coming up, a Sabaton Jazz album would be pretty cool!
Indy you did the best job of explaining Desert Storm better than I have ever heard. And I was there in Saudi Arabia in 1991 with the 1st of the 9th and I was in Saudi Arabia this year and left this September.
My dad served on the USS Independence during Operation Desert Storm, working on helicopters and making sure everything was working alright. Happy Veteran's Day
I simply can't understand why others don't follow your infectious theme, music and war history in this format is insatiable and thank you all for the time, trouble and truth uploading these gems. Dave.
I remember watching Desert Storm coverage on the news on the night of my birthday (1/16) in '91. I was seven years old and it was the first time I could recall watching a war unfold in real time.
I want a variety pack album. A dark country track (Maybe about some battle in the West? Like say the Alamo perhaps), Mongolian throat singing for something Chinese. Find an event and then pick an amusing style or pick a style and then find the event. Something in an opera like style could be amusing as well.
My father served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm as a tank driver. He survived unharmed, but unfortunately some of his friends in other tank units were killed due to friendly fire. Despite the significant technological and logistical advantages the coalition had the lack of sufficient IFF systems for ground units made slight positional mistakes into fatal errors. Most of these instances happened at night, when some units pushed ahead of allied units, due to the confusion they were misidentified and destroyed as 'enemy units'.
Every time I see Joakim in the Starfleet Academy shirt I wonder whether they're going to end with him seemingly being beamed out of the shot by a transporter- I know that would involve unnecessary editing, but I can't help feeling disappointed all the same.
I always love when they go off topic I learn about stuff I never would've known or have even been curious about plus the comicalness of it is amazing lol.
Well, their enemy hardly had a chance to react once the ground war started. When your enemy doesn't do anything (or much in this case) to disrupt your plans, they can actually survive contact with the enemy. It's bizarre to think of I know, but that seems to be what happened. Once air supremacy was enacted, every hope of any kind of counter move by the Iraqi military basically died. It's basically a heroic miracle they managed to hold long enough for the Republican Guard to withdraw across the border rather than been encircled. It's also kind of fascinating to consider that if they had just surrendered and the allied forces overran and cornered the Republican Guard (Who we know from later conflict would fight to the last man despite being just as terribly outclassed and outnumbered) how that would have changed things to come. Without the Republican Guard to keep him in power, Iraq would likely have collapsed into a civil war. (And who knows who if anyone would have come out on top in that.) Without so close to a bloodless victory by the allies, it might have been a more stunning victory. We know from their historical destruction the Republican Guard really were fanatical enough to have made it a brutal affair, if only because they would stand and be killed to the last. Even if the allies surrounded them and then reduced them to flinders with artillery and air power before mopping up with infantry and helicopter supported infantry, it would have been seen around the world just how hard the Republican Guard had fought. The lessons from Desert Storm informed a lot of US military development, changes to it would change their lessons and priorities. The impact on the region wouldn't change much, it would still have been a grim reminder that there are simply nations out there you CAN NOT fight against militarily. (at least in 'conventional' warfare.) You can bet everyone in the region rested a lot less easily if they were not friends with the UN and allied forces, since Iraq was a major regional power that in a couple of weeks (mere days of ground fighting) was nearly annihilated and only stood because the allied forces didn't pursue to end them.
🤣 perfection!!! while you have 100 to 1 army size and total air superiority summed up from major countries against a single third world country with no support.
@@m00nch11d right, but I don’t know if you’re aware how the 2003 invasion of Iraq went, but that wasn’t exactly well done. Just because there’s no chance of actually losing the war doesn’t mean you’re definitely going to do as well as they did in Desert Storm.
I love all Sabaton albums, they all have their place, but what I would really love to hear is a really hard, aggressive and fast album, by the musical styles of Reign of Terror, Panzer Battalion, Counterstrike. Pretty much like the Primo Victoria, Attero Dominatus and Art of War albums sounded. Back to the roots a bit, maybe even heavier and faster! Lyrically it can be about pretty much any conflict, but try to go head in a heavier direction musically! As I wrote earlier though, I love everything you guys put out, so keep it coming!
My dad was deployed for this operation. He was an MP and thankfully never had to shoot at anyone in anger. But the shooting stopped a week after he got there so it was mostly clean up that he did.
i like how at 6:58 you use the picture of the USS Missouri firing her 16-inch guns this is one of the last times that a battleship from the united states fired its guns in anger.
I have a cousin who was in the first marine division who went into Kuwait city, he never really talks about it. I also had a teacher who talks about his experience in desert storm as a mechanic, he heard a story that a Iraqi tank stopped in front of a lone engineer group who tried surrendering to the Iraqi's who got out and started shaking there head no and handed them there weapons and made surrendering gestures themselves until a translator told the marine in charge that the Iraqis where surrendering to the marine engineers.
I found out about Sabaton History just a couple of months ago, and I'm completely delighted by it! Talking about possible songs and stiles, there is one I'm quite curious to see, and I guess you guys could do something really cool out of it: The style is present in Northern Portugal, NE and Southern Brazil, and goes by the names (respectively) Desafio, Repente e Trova, where two singers fight each other with their lyrics made on spot. What I'm curious to see as far as thematic goes are some revolts inspired songs... you have revolts in the history of almost all countries, some successful, some not... that's a lot of inspiring material, isn't it?
I had just turned 5 when Desert Shield started so I can very vaguely remember it in the sense that I recall the was a feeling of dread but outside of that not much. The only clear image I can remember from the war was a TV broadcast where they had a zoomed in picture of a tank, focused on the tank barrel pointed to the right, with the Desert in the background or it might have been green-screened, it was almost 30 years ago now.
Orchestral. Also, play a song about U-1206 with the [refrain] being “Our Latrine took out our Submarine” (feel free to adjust for different languages, but rhyming is technically important here).
Y’all should do a Christmas carol, maybe you can do a song on the Christmas truce. By Christmas carol I mean full jingle bells, white Christmas, Santa Claus, Michael Buble, whole package
The next album needs to be a straight up Alpine Yodeling album. I think Joakim could really nail that one! But about the actual episode, it's interesting hearing about how this was the first televised war. I was born in March 1991 and my parents would watch the war in the days leading up to my birth!
Yodelling? But the Swiss try to keep out of wars. I suppose a Sabaton song about the Sticklikreig might be fun. True patrician taste demands a song (or preferably an entire concept album) about the War of the Oaken Bucket.
My father served as a U.S Ranger in this war, he told me one story where a friendly abrams had been hit by friendly fire and the round hit the ammo rack, all of the crew except the reloader Who was the closest to the ammo, the blowout ammo rack worked and after the battle ended him and some guys came with a body bag because they thought the reloader died, he wasn't dead and when he saw the bag he was PISSED
My dad served in the U.S. Air Force during Operation Desert Storm. He was one of many Air Force ground crew personnel refueling and rearming aircraft as they took off and landed at a air base in Saudi Arabia. He ended up serving 14 years in the service until being medically discharged in 2003.
I was 5 when the Gulf War happened. It was so surreal seeing the main offensive being waged live on television. I KNEW about war, my dad fought in Vietnam and my Grandfather in WW2, but those where just names to me at the time. So I was just sitting there, terrified that my dad might be sent to this thing and also that they might come attack us. I was assured that it was a very far away conflict though and my dad was long retired from military service, but that shit was scary for such a little child not knowing what is going on.
I find it interesting that we were always shown guided missiles and bombs in the TV broadcasts of the war, but at the same time there were more unguided bombs dropped than during all of WWII. Says something about the difference between what the US military wanted to us to see and what they actually did.
My father served in the United States Army during this time! #Secondgenerationsoldier #FirstgenerationEuropeanAmerican. However, he did not get to "play in the sand". My brother served in the Marine Corps and was deployed to Iraq. His unit's terp was former RG. He said the man could spar with the best Marines and respected the man.
It's pretty hilarious seeing the clear motivations behind international intervention when you point out the fact that Iraq was threatening the oil supply, not the fact that they were committing numerous war crimes and were annexing foreign nations.
Truth be told, I'd love to hear Sabaton perform a more symphonic-metal style song at some point. It isn't too far from the normal style that we're all used to, but it would also be something new and unique to whatever song you picked for that. If you need reference material for that style of music you can check out the bands Within Temptation, Nightwish and Kamelot. I'm absolutely confident that Sabaton could pull it off.
You guys are doing an amazing job on these videos. I love the banter between the guys in every one 😊 I'd love to see a metal country song, maybe based on the "wild west" in the US. Or! Metal Disco! That would be interesting!! 🤣🤣🤣
Iraq: That Oil is ours. A-10 Thunderbolt II : *Exists* Iraq: The Oil is yours. Interessting Fact: Desert Storm was the Last Time a Battleship saw active combat Service. The USS Missouri served during Desert Storm. Afterwards she became a Museum and is docked in Pearl Harbour next to the Wreckage of the USS Arizona.
So to add a little story or perspective on recent history: I was born in 2000, grew up on 1st Cav's base so I was always watching stuff about the Iraq War as my mother was a contractor who would deploy to assist troops in certain tasks. We also watched clips of Afghanistan and were told it was a war on terror. (I'm not getting into politics about if it was justified or not, that's not the point of this.) When I was four, I wanted to join the military and wanted to go to Iraq/Afghanistan to "kill bad guys" and fight for America. Fast forward from 2004 to 2019, I was deployed to Afghanistan. While there, I met a shop keeper in the bazaar, a market, and we became friends. We talked for hours on my day off. That is when I realized our actions there and saw the significance: the Afghanis were holding their presidental election. This one was unique as the causalities were extremely low compared to the last two elections. The shop keeper, while we shared a local energy drink in a black and red can which tasted like a stronger red bull, talked about the dream and challenges of a free Afghanistan saying how despite the threats of the Taliban; people still went out and voted. I was awestruck. In a country that war has raged on in for over eighteen years, it's pulling itself together in a democracy with freedoms for everyone. We finished our drinks and I left right before the lunchtime prayers shaking his hand. There is a long road ahead of the country, but I watched as history was being made.
My dad, USAF TSgt William Samuel "Bill" Huddleston, was involved In Desert Storm. He was one of the many crew chiefs maintaining the F-15s and F-16s used in the operations.
Well, I think there is a historical character you haven't sing about it yet.... Mustpha Kemal "Atatürk" After the first world war Turkey was possibly the only nation to be able to negotiate a peace with honor giving the fact Turks fought the Allies especially Greece it all the way to 1923 which was concluded with treaty of Lausanne. His story is very interesting it's the first time a Muslim State stand up to the European Powers since I don't know Afghanistan and the Brits.
@Gaius Octavius oh absolutely he did, which is horrifying. He also kick started what was essentially a cultural genoicde of the Kurds. To be fair The Balkan nations and Russia also committed genoicde against their Muslim populations pushing them downward to the ottoman empire during that period, the exception being Bosnia and Albania. Today is a common cope turks use when greek/Armenian/Assyrian genoicde is mentioned. Justifying that "well look if they did it we are also legally allowed to do it" which is just??? I honestly think it's dumb instead we should all be aware of why such genoicdes took place to never allow them again, with all respect to the victims we are not the victims.
So this event is the most recent thing covered in your songs? You learn something new every day. As for the whole other thing, looks like it is again like Counterstrike or Rorke's Drift. Pretty controversial subjects yet, you guys remain neutral. And you get my blood flowing. Nice one.
Not exactly - Panzer Battalion is about the 2003 Iraq War and there are some other contemporary songs as well. But this is the most recent thing we covered on this channel up until now.
@@SabatonHistory Ah, I misunderstood then. But Panzer Battalion will show up and at the time, I was a young child. So I heard bits of it but wasn't really getting it.
@Col. Commissar Ibram Gaunt Indeed. But well, they're one thing and that is neutral. As for the whole controversial, yeah, gotta agree. ISIS didn't even exist when the song was made.
A song about the Famine and the great migration would be a shift from pure military history but changed the world and spread the English language throughout the globe.
They should make a song about the troubles, it would make an excellent topic for both a song and a sabaton history video as well as sticking to the military theme
My grandmother was a military medical practitioner stationed in Kuwait during Desert Storm. She joined during Desert Shield, and deployed in Desert Storm. The most epic part of the song is Chaos in east disorder in west Desert storm is a go Fighters are launched from the carriers at sea Infantry coming your way Armored brigades engaging their lines Regain control of black gold Your reign of terror will come to an end Forcing you out of control. Because this verse alone perfectly describes the massive military might of the United States led 35 nation coalition with one goal in mind, Bring down Saddam Hussein... By any means necessary!
The very first actions of Desert Storm was a flight of helos which opened up a corridor for the strike packages to fly through. The Battle of 73 Easting was a pretty epic tank battle. The Republican guard tried to fight hard but were utterly outmatched. The highway of death airstrikes was really he biggest death blow to the Iraqi Army.
My mother served as a Seabee, attached to a Fleet Hospital unit during the conflict. If you know nothing about the Seabees, know this: They are a revered and respected element of the US Navy. They're construction workers...who in the Hell of Guadalcanal built an airfield under brutal attack by Japanese defenders. They earned their legend in that, and have *always* been willing to go to the front and build the infrastructure needed for the rest of the military to work. A Seabee is no common sailor, but a sailor who if asked, "Can Do".
Elsewhere, South American Tango was mentioned for possibly doing a song about the Graf Spee. Then later I remembered Southern Italian Tarantella is also a distinct music style that might be a challenge to metallize, but given Sabaton's track record with metallizing folk beats, this should be no problem for them. 😁👍
I bet you guys could do some badass country songs and/or metal covers of country songs. "Ireland" and "Bellleau Wood" by Garth Brooks are DEFINITELY in your wheelhouse. I'm willing to bet that Garth would approve. Also, I've already heard a friend of ours do "82nd All the Way" in a country style. Slow it down to 3/4 time and put a twang in it.
Y’all should tour with The Black Dahlia Murder lol. That’d be a bad ass show. The way black dahlias Trevor, song writing style, I feel like sabaton and him could write a masterpiece. The way he articulates his lyrics is so good
Great episode, as usual. I have an idea for Sabaton new song. You could do a song about soldier songs during battles or wars. There are a lot of sad soldier songs like Russian When we were at war (Когда мы были на войне) or Serbian "Тамо далеко" (There, Far Away). That would be a nice thing to do.
you gotta watch Schwartzkophs military analysis for the press it was the best military strategy ever. guy asks so General you said you have captured 50k of 150k iraqis where are the others? he responds dead lol
For me, it would be a traditional Filipino music with indigenous instruments and someday, lyrics about the 2017 Marawi siege against the ISIS-backed Maute group through the Philippine Army perspective.. I look forward to hear that on your next album.. More power to Sabaton and to this channel.. Peace! From the Philippines..
Not exactly, British Challengers did heavy work against Iraqi tanks, and British Tornado Jets flew the most dangerous missions, low level bombing of Iraqi airstrips. I can't say much about the other Allies though unfortunately
I think I mentioned this once. My dad and uncle were Kuwaiti resistance members who took up arms the day the Iraqis invaded my country. They both have many stories during the occupation and the following liberation. Not to mention the resistance's most famous last stand, which my family didn't take part in, the Battle of Qurain house. The Messila Group defended the house which housed their HQ from Iraqi forces which wanted to loot. Tanks would shoot the house, but the house never fell. The group, which numbered around 10 or more people, were able to hold the house and kill tens of Iraqis before being overwhelmed. This was a humiliating battle for the supposedly professional Iraqi soldiers, being pinned by some Kuwaiti civilians with stolen guns.
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Am I still a member of the Airborne Division? Another person pointed out on patreon that it's no longer available. I was just wondering if it's maxed out or if it was phased out. It says I'm still a member of it as I have been for nearly twelve months.
Happy thanksgiving (even if y’all don’t celebrate it). Have a good day Sabaton History team!
Sabaton History have you guys ever considered the American revolution doing songs from both US and British sides of the conflict
PS have a happy Thanksgiving
7:57
"They even resorted to cannibalizing..."
"Oh Shit!"
"...Their own tanks".
"Oh, ok."
Stop Tank Cannibalism 2021 🇺🇸🇺🇸
My reaction as well
I thought the same exact thing!
@@memeg8076 Those poor tanks...
You should make a song about Genghis Khan featuring Mongolian throat singing.
With dozens of mongolians as backing singers
Do a collab with The HU.
Yuve Yuve Yu
I had the exact same idea before reading your comment :D
KaptenN Yes Yes Yes
Oddly enough the strongest memory I have from this was a group of Iraqi soldiers surrendering to a reporting crew who was wearing desert cammo
there were also a few groups that tried to surrender to helicopter gunships. That worked .... well :)
Okay this might not be the proper reaction but that made me laugh
Yeah. It was Wolf Blitzer. I remember watching that.
@@PfalzD3 Oh, my child hood is comming back at me now.
I remember that as well! Blew me away
My Brain : *2004 wasn't that long ago*
Me: *That was 15 years ago*
we are going to die sooner than we think my friend
Literally me, all the bloody time.
15 Years ago....... There was a war....
2003 is Panzer Battalion. This song is about the Gulf war in 1991
2004 was longer ago, then my birth to 2004.
It really doesn't feel like it, but it's a harsh truth :'(
I can't wait for it's sequel Panzer Battalion
Soon!
Death in the shape of a panzer battalion
Insect of terror don't run face your fate like a man
AKA: Handsome Italian to some.
@@Mace2.0 or Pantsu Battalion for weebs :D
The only thing I want to see by Sabaton at this point, is theyr version of Rudolf the Rednosed Reindeer. Just this one song. Please.
Rudolf the Redwinged Baron
Sabaton Christmas Album!
Fuck yeah
@@suicidalmaniac2005 joakim on triangle
"My name is Indy Neidell and this is Joakim from Sabaton. In todays episode of Sabaton history we tell the tragic story of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, who was blown to pieces by a Soviet air raid while hauling supplies to the front during the Winter War. Turns out a bright red nose is quite easy to spot from a plane at night."
So you could say that Desert Storm heralded the... *FUTURE OF WARFARE*
Most wars that we remember did that and Desert Storm rather less so. The Six Days War had most of what Desert Storm had other than GPS and for obvious reasons carrier operations. (When all the belligerents share land borders and all the fronts fit in the unrefueled range of the aircraft of the period there's not much need for carriers.) WWII had most of that, though, but really the Spanish Civil War heralded the rise of airpower. But the signs were there in WWI. Of course WWI was heralded by the Russo-Japanese War and the American Civil War, indeed one could claim that all naval vessels larger than torpedo boats and all tanks except maybe the turretless WWI examples descend from USS Monitor. Of course the Napoleonic Wars serve as prequel to the American Civil War (and the Franco-Prussian War which heralded the future in a political rather than tactical sense) with the rise of cavalry. They were heralded by the American Revolution which was France seizing an opportunity for revenge after the Seven Years War made colonial proxy warfare the new thing. That traces back to the Westphalian concept of sovereignty established after the 30 Years War. On the naval side of things the trend setter for most of the Age of Sail was the First Anglo-Dutch War which codified the Line of Battle. That of course had evolved over several conflicts back to the War of the League of Cambrai where broadside armed sailing vessels got their trial by fire. I think. Back on land the Hundred Years War is as good a place as any to pin the start of army professionalization in post-Roman Europe and of substantial gunpowder use.
Desert Storm is more of a dead end really, a throwback to conventional war after Vietnam and the Soviet-Afgan War heralded the rise of asymmetric warfare. Which was heralded by WWII and the Chinese Civil War, which was heralded by the Russian Civil War, which was heralded by the Iberian campaign in the Napoleonic Wars, which was heralded by the American Revolution, which was heralded by the use of Indian proxies on the American front in the Seven Years War.
@@nathanbrown8680 he was referencing the name of another Sabaton song and you just gave him a lesson on the concept of advancements in warfare
@@nathanbrown8680 TL;DR: *This is Modern War*
War.... has changed.
It's no longer about nations, ideologies, or ethnicity. It's an endless series of proxy battles, fought by mercenaries and machines.War--and it's consumption of life--has become a well-oiled machine.War has changed.ID-tagged soldiers carry ID-tagged weapons, use ID-tagged gear. Nanomachines inside their bodies enhance and regulate their abilities.Genetic control, information control, emotion control, battlefield control…everything is monitored and kept under control.War…has changed.The age of deterrence has become the age of control, all in the name of averting catastrophe from weapons of mass destruction, and he who controls the battlefield, controls history.War…has changed.When the battlefield is under total control, war becomes routine.
Nanomachines Son!
@@nathanbrown8680 damn bro they should hire you here
Actually, Indy, prior to the launching of "Operation Desert Storm", the Iraqi military *did* launch an assault on the Coalition forces, but it failed when they ran up against the US Marines. So you got that detail backwards about the Iraqi's not having ever launched the initiative and gone on the offensive: they did; and it completely failed.
Not to be rude, but how do you know that? I mean the guy is an actual historian and I’m pretty sure he was was alive during the war so I trust his words.
@@lukebishop7288 And I, and he, were *living* and viewed this war *real-time*; so yes, our words *are* primary source material.
@@chissstardestroyer ok thanks for letting me know, but id still like a source material to confirm it for me if it’s not that much trouble, you know like an article or a first hand account by a soldier. You don’t have to but I’d still like evidence.
@@lukebishop7288 Well, off the top of my head; an excellent source to research is "Operation Desert Shield" for the research on what preceded Operation Desert Storm.
I remember it personally- course I was in grammar school at the time, but every single USA citizen who was alive in those days was privy to the whole first-hand depictions- the reporters were watching the war on a daily basis.
@@chissstardestroyer ok thanks, I’ll check it out!
My dad and both his brothers fought in desert storm. He was in the Seabees one of my uncles was a mechanic attached to the 2nd Armored division and the other served as a medic in the 82nd airborne. All of them were on different deployments all over the world before being recalled and sent to Iraq. Fascinating to see all the resources the US pulled together just to deal with this.
This story is basicly me playing Civilization and thinking I can annex the neighboring city state thus kickstarting a world war.
Pretty much always happens with me lol
You: *has a bunch of resources and troops* oh boy, here I go conquering again
Gandhi: so you have chosen... _death_
Mongolian throat singing. In seriousness, I would like to see more songs like Reign of Terror which are more metal than the recent releases.
+1, -1, i wanna see the great war songs' backstories
They should totally make a song about Genghis Khan featuring Mongolian throat singing!
@@Triflame. Agreed! was awesome
Rise of Evil, Into the Fire, and Panzer Battallion would be great
Something Genghis Khan themed with Mongolian throat singing.
I see a whole lot of comments on other videos about how people say thank you for making a song that their family was in. And now I got to have this honor. My father was in the main effort of desert storm as a mechanic and pilot. My favorite quote by him being
“They were so completely and utterly outskilled that I didn’t even need to fix a damn plane.” Thank you Sabaton :)
Mechanic AND pilot? Never had to fix a plane? Cool story bro.
@@garystefanski7227 it is a cool story indeed.
I would love to hear a Sabaton sea shanty
They should cover Sea Shanty 2.
They did its called bismarck
Only if they do a collab with Alestorm.
It changed from desert shield to desert storm on my birthday and my brother was in the army there.
I still have the shirts that they gave to army familys with the map and name desert shield. I use to wear it and people would ask what it was for and I would always have to explain it.
My parents would watch the news. They were worried about my brother in the army. I still remember all the footage of the oil wells burning and being from Alaska. I knew how bad that was.
Strange music type? My daughters love the Ballad of Bull. So something instrumental or dance/techo because we listen to those in our house. Its not out of our normal playlist to have Sabaton, Rammstein, Basshunter, Apocalyptica and Bach play back to back.
So!
@@ledwin8770 So?
tell your brother I said thank you for making my country free and safe again
@@a3doom i will
Fellow Alaskan I hope your brother made it out there safe
The thing to remember is Desert Storm required the UN to agree. Which is a miracle all its own. Still, it was nice to see a bit of history on something so close to my lifetime.
Edit: With the 2020s coming up, a Sabaton Jazz album would be pretty cool!
Indy you did the best job of explaining Desert Storm better than I have ever heard. And I was there in Saudi Arabia in 1991 with the 1st of the 9th and I was in Saudi Arabia this year and left this September.
Thanks a lot for your comment! Cheers!
My dad served on the USS Independence during Operation Desert Storm, working on helicopters and making sure everything was working alright. Happy Veteran's Day
everybody gansta till the SAM sites and tanks starts exploding
It was great watching those T72s pop like soda cans.
I simply can't understand why others don't follow your infectious theme, music and war history in this format is insatiable and thank you all for the time, trouble and truth uploading these gems. Dave.
It's today's, short attention food, that Roger Waters pioneered with his Requium For War, The Final Cut 1984. And again many thanks.
Hearing Joakim’s laugh like my skin is clear, my depression is gone, my crops are thriving, 20/20 vision, the sun is shining
Then you should play this video often! 😉
I remember watching Desert Storm coverage on the news on the night of my birthday (1/16) in '91. I was seven years old and it was the first time I could recall watching a war unfold in real time.
I want a variety pack album. A dark country track (Maybe about some battle in the West? Like say the Alamo perhaps), Mongolian throat singing for something Chinese. Find an event and then pick an amusing style or pick a style and then find the event. Something in an opera like style could be amusing as well.
i like this idea.
Only one route this can lead to.
*DEATH IN THE SHAPE OF A PANZER BATTALION*
My father served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm as a tank driver. He survived unharmed, but unfortunately some of his friends in other tank units were killed due to friendly fire. Despite the significant technological and logistical advantages the coalition had the lack of sufficient IFF systems for ground units made slight positional mistakes into fatal errors. Most of these instances happened at night, when some units pushed ahead of allied units, due to the confusion they were misidentified and destroyed as 'enemy units'.
Every time I see Joakim in the Starfleet Academy shirt I wonder whether they're going to end with him seemingly being beamed out of the shot by a transporter- I know that would involve unnecessary editing, but I can't help feeling disappointed all the same.
I always love when they go off topic I learn about stuff I never would've known or have even been curious about plus the comicalness of it is amazing lol.
Wish Sabaton was around when I was studying history in school.
I’ve heard it said that Operation Desert Storm was the closest to strategic perfection that a war has ever been fought.
That interesting
Well, their enemy hardly had a chance to react once the ground war started. When your enemy doesn't do anything (or much in this case) to disrupt your plans, they can actually survive contact with the enemy. It's bizarre to think of I know, but that seems to be what happened. Once air supremacy was enacted, every hope of any kind of counter move by the Iraqi military basically died. It's basically a heroic miracle they managed to hold long enough for the Republican Guard to withdraw across the border rather than been encircled.
It's also kind of fascinating to consider that if they had just surrendered and the allied forces overran and cornered the Republican Guard (Who we know from later conflict would fight to the last man despite being just as terribly outclassed and outnumbered) how that would have changed things to come. Without the Republican Guard to keep him in power, Iraq would likely have collapsed into a civil war. (And who knows who if anyone would have come out on top in that.) Without so close to a bloodless victory by the allies, it might have been a more stunning victory.
We know from their historical destruction the Republican Guard really were fanatical enough to have made it a brutal affair, if only because they would stand and be killed to the last. Even if the allies surrounded them and then reduced them to flinders with artillery and air power before mopping up with infantry and helicopter supported infantry, it would have been seen around the world just how hard the Republican Guard had fought.
The lessons from Desert Storm informed a lot of US military development, changes to it would change their lessons and priorities.
The impact on the region wouldn't change much, it would still have been a grim reminder that there are simply nations out there you CAN NOT fight against militarily. (at least in 'conventional' warfare.) You can bet everyone in the region rested a lot less easily if they were not friends with the UN and allied forces, since Iraq was a major regional power that in a couple of weeks (mere days of ground fighting) was nearly annihilated and only stood because the allied forces didn't pursue to end them.
🤣 perfection!!! while you have 100 to 1 army size and total air superiority summed up from major countries against a single third world country with no support.
@@m00nch11d right, but I don’t know if you’re aware how the 2003 invasion of Iraq went, but that wasn’t exactly well done. Just because there’s no chance of actually losing the war doesn’t mean you’re definitely going to do as well as they did in Desert Storm.
@@m00nch11d It's not like iraq would've fared better on a war against the united states anyways. continue coping
I love all Sabaton albums, they all have their place, but what I would really love to hear is a really hard, aggressive and fast album, by the musical styles of Reign of Terror, Panzer Battalion, Counterstrike. Pretty much like the Primo Victoria, Attero Dominatus and Art of War albums sounded. Back to the roots a bit, maybe even heavier and faster! Lyrically it can be about pretty much any conflict, but try to go head in a heavier direction musically! As I wrote earlier though, I love everything you guys put out, so keep it coming!
My dad was there. He was a corpsman. Spent 27 years in the Navy.
My dad was deployed for this operation. He was an MP and thankfully never had to shoot at anyone in anger. But the shooting stopped a week after he got there so it was mostly clean up that he did.
"I can't say that word." Joaquim, having said that word several times already.
i like how at 6:58 you use the picture of the USS Missouri firing her 16-inch guns this is one of the last times that a battleship from the united states fired its guns in anger.
Next episode, Panzer Battalion??
No, but soon
@@SabatonHistory damn
DEATH IN THE SHAPE OF A PANZER BATTALION
@@engie3953 HANDSOME ITALIAN!
@@SabatonHistory I really need the Night Witches or 7 Pillars of Wisdom!
Thank you for doing this. I was there with the U.S Air Force. This was a piece of my history. Kinda fun.
I have a cousin who was in the first marine division who went into Kuwait city, he never really talks about it.
I also had a teacher who talks about his experience in desert storm as a mechanic, he heard a story that a Iraqi tank stopped in front of a lone engineer group who tried surrendering to the Iraqi's who got out and started shaking there head no and handed them there weapons and made surrendering gestures themselves until a translator told the marine in charge that the Iraqis where surrendering to the marine engineers.
I found out about Sabaton History just a couple of months ago, and I'm completely delighted by it!
Talking about possible songs and stiles, there is one I'm quite curious to see, and I guess you guys could do something really cool out of it:
The style is present in Northern Portugal, NE and Southern Brazil, and goes by the names (respectively) Desafio, Repente e Trova, where two singers fight each other with their lyrics made on spot.
What I'm curious to see as far as thematic goes are some revolts inspired songs... you have revolts in the history of almost all countries, some successful, some not... that's a lot of inspiring material, isn't it?
I had just turned 5 when Desert Shield started so I can very vaguely remember it in the sense that I recall the was a feeling of dread but outside of that not much. The only clear image I can remember from the war was a TV broadcast where they had a zoomed in picture of a tank, focused on the tank barrel pointed to the right, with the Desert in the background or it might have been green-screened, it was almost 30 years ago now.
Hearing about the course of the war really puts the movie "Jarhead" into perspective.
Orchestral.
Also, play a song about U-1206 with the [refrain] being “Our Latrine took out our Submarine” (feel free to adjust for different languages, but rhyming is technically important here).
i still love that the guy's name was Schlitz. who says history can't be fun?
Y’all should do a Christmas carol, maybe you can do a song on the Christmas truce. By Christmas carol I mean full jingle bells, white Christmas, Santa Claus, Michael Buble, whole package
That is a really good idea. Maybe silent night in metal and different languages when they do it in relation to the Christmas truce.
Omg I need this
Oh my god yes! Please sabaton do this!
Santaton is needed
@@durinderunsterbliche6472 Manowar did a cover of Silent Night.
The next album needs to be a straight up Alpine Yodeling album. I think Joakim could really nail that one!
But about the actual episode, it's interesting hearing about how this was the first televised war. I was born in March 1991 and my parents would watch the war in the days leading up to my birth!
Yodelling? But the Swiss try to keep out of wars. I suppose a Sabaton song about the Sticklikreig might be fun. True patrician taste demands a song (or preferably an entire concept album) about the War of the Oaken Bucket.
I was born 2 months after the start of the 2nd gulf war
As far as I know, Vietnam was the first war where war actually brought to everyone's TV
Pretty sure Vietnam was at least partly televised. Before my time though.
i could give yodeling lessons. if interested, form an orderly orderly orderly orderly queue
My father served as a U.S Ranger in this war, he told me one story where a friendly abrams had been hit by friendly fire and the round hit the ammo rack, all of the crew except the reloader Who was the closest to the ammo, the blowout ammo rack worked and after the battle ended him and some guys came with a body bag because they thought the reloader died, he wasn't dead and when he saw the bag he was PISSED
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Joakim Borden circa 2019
Attempting not to get demonetized
We just want to see Sabaton doing what they are doing!!! Those guys are really on fire
My dad served in the U.S. Air Force during Operation Desert Storm. He was one of many Air Force ground crew personnel refueling and rearming aircraft as they took off and landed at a air base in Saudi Arabia. He ended up serving 14 years in the service until being medically discharged in 2003.
I was 5 when the Gulf War happened. It was so surreal seeing the main offensive being waged live on television. I KNEW about war, my dad fought in Vietnam and my Grandfather in WW2, but those where just names to me at the time. So I was just sitting there, terrified that my dad might be sent to this thing and also that they might come attack us. I was assured that it was a very far away conflict though and my dad was long retired from military service, but that shit was scary for such a little child not knowing what is going on.
I find it interesting that we were always shown guided missiles and bombs in the TV broadcasts of the war, but at the same time there were more unguided bombs dropped than during all of WWII. Says something about the difference between what the US military wanted to us to see and what they actually did.
Lavrentivs still beat
I want orchestral version of all older albums because you nailed it with The Great War !
My father served in the United States Army during this time! #Secondgenerationsoldier #FirstgenerationEuropeanAmerican.
However, he did not get to "play in the sand".
My brother served in the Marine Corps and was deployed to Iraq. His unit's terp was former RG. He said the man could spar with the best Marines and respected the man.
This is really cool. You guys covering a war that isn't really that spoken of in our own country here in the U.S.
Sabaton needs to get in on the neo-classical euro-folk groove, some more
I love the broad spectrum of history facts on this channel!
NEVER end this channel please. As a history teacher, I look forward to it every week!
Sabaton needs to do a tour with playing with the cities orchestra for a concert
Without alternative history hub id never found the Great War channel and thus never found sabaton. So thank you alt history
Perhaps, you will find the World War Two channel because of Sabaton History and then the circle can be complete.
It's pretty hilarious seeing the clear motivations behind international intervention when you point out the fact that Iraq was threatening the oil supply, not the fact that they were committing numerous war crimes and were annexing foreign nations.
Truth be told, I'd love to hear Sabaton perform a more symphonic-metal style song at some point. It isn't too far from the normal style that we're all used to, but it would also be something new and unique to whatever song you picked for that. If you need reference material for that style of music you can check out the bands Within Temptation, Nightwish and Kamelot.
I'm absolutely confident that Sabaton could pull it off.
You guys are doing an amazing job on these videos. I love the banter between the guys in every one 😊
I'd love to see a metal country song, maybe based on the "wild west" in the US.
Or! Metal Disco! That would be interesting!! 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks a lot Bexora! We truly appreciate you coming here every week for the videos. Metal Disco I would like to see as well ;) 🤘
I was there with the 2nd Bazillion 29TH Field Artillery out of Baumholder Germany. First Artillery unit to fire in the ground war.
A shanty song about Black Beard or Henry Every/Avery.
This is my all time favourite sabaton song. So fierce, so good!
Iraq: That Oil is ours.
A-10 Thunderbolt II : *Exists*
Iraq: The Oil is yours.
Interessting Fact: Desert Storm was the Last Time a Battleship saw active combat Service. The USS Missouri served during Desert Storm. Afterwards she became a Museum and is docked in Pearl Harbour next to the Wreckage of the USS Arizona.
Don't forget about the USS Wisconsin, it was also in the war
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Imagine a way to assassinate someone is by placing a LMG in a camera and pretend we are gonna take a picture of them
I'd love to see a collab with y'all and The Hu personally.
7:57 The word choice there had me worried for a hot second 😅
So to add a little story or perspective on recent history:
I was born in 2000, grew up on 1st Cav's base so I was always watching stuff about the Iraq War as my mother was a contractor who would deploy to assist troops in certain tasks. We also watched clips of Afghanistan and were told it was a war on terror. (I'm not getting into politics about if it was justified or not, that's not the point of this.) When I was four, I wanted to join the military and wanted to go to Iraq/Afghanistan to "kill bad guys" and fight for America. Fast forward from 2004 to 2019, I was deployed to Afghanistan. While there, I met a shop keeper in the bazaar, a market, and we became friends. We talked for hours on my day off. That is when I realized our actions there and saw the significance: the Afghanis were holding their presidental election. This one was unique as the causalities were extremely low compared to the last two elections. The shop keeper, while we shared a local energy drink in a black and red can which tasted like a stronger red bull, talked about the dream and challenges of a free Afghanistan saying how despite the threats of the Taliban; people still went out and voted. I was awestruck. In a country that war has raged on in for over eighteen years, it's pulling itself together in a democracy with freedoms for everyone. We finished our drinks and I left right before the lunchtime prayers shaking his hand. There is a long road ahead of the country, but I watched as history was being made.
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My dad, USAF TSgt William Samuel "Bill" Huddleston, was involved In Desert Storm. He was one of the many crew chiefs maintaining the F-15s and F-16s used in the operations.
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Great Video! (as always ^^)
Weird Music Styles to try out:
- Dubstep
- (Irish) Folk
- a Metal Walz
- a canon?
- maybe an accapella track?
I see Joakim is a fellow Trekie
Great work guys as usual. Proud to be a patron.
No, thank you for supporting us! We wouldn't be able to do this without people like you!
Well, I think there is a historical character you haven't sing about it yet....
Mustpha Kemal "Atatürk"
After the first world war Turkey was possibly the only nation to be able to negotiate a peace with honor giving the fact Turks fought the Allies especially Greece it all the way to 1923 which was concluded with treaty of Lausanne. His story is very interesting it's the first time a Muslim State stand up to the European Powers since I don't know Afghanistan and the Brits.
They kinda have with Cliffs of Gallipoli, some of the lyrics are based on his speech at the end of the war.
@Gaius Octavius oh absolutely he did, which is horrifying. He also kick started what was essentially a cultural genoicde of the Kurds.
To be fair
The Balkan nations and Russia also committed genoicde against their Muslim populations pushing them downward to the ottoman empire during that period, the exception being Bosnia and Albania. Today is a common cope turks use when greek/Armenian/Assyrian genoicde is mentioned. Justifying that "well look if they did it we are also legally allowed to do it" which is just???
I honestly think it's dumb instead we should all be aware of why such genoicdes took place to never allow them again, with all respect to the victims we are not the victims.
Imagine Sabaton colab with The Hu for a Mongolian throat singing song. Damn that would be awesome
That's a very interesting proposal
As sabaton is super melodic, it would be interesting to hear a sabaton way to do classical music.
Also Gregorian chant would be super interesting!!!!
Christmas covers. For real. I want it so bad even if it's only one or two . Saw you guys in Utah, thanks for an amazing show.
So this event is the most recent thing covered in your songs? You learn something new every day. As for the whole other thing, looks like it is again like Counterstrike or Rorke's Drift. Pretty controversial subjects yet, you guys remain neutral.
And you get my blood flowing. Nice one.
Not exactly - Panzer Battalion is about the 2003 Iraq War and there are some other contemporary songs as well. But this is the most recent thing we covered on this channel up until now.
@@SabatonHistory Ah, I misunderstood then. But Panzer Battalion will show up and at the time, I was a young child. So I heard bits of it but wasn't really getting it.
@Col. Commissar Ibram Gaunt Indeed. But well, they're one thing and that is neutral. As for the whole controversial, yeah, gotta agree.
ISIS didn't even exist when the song was made.
@@kerlongsjorlejov1945 There's also "We burn" but that was during the Bosnian War
14:42 This was not the greatest Reign of Terror, this was a tribuuuuuute
You should do an irish folk song, like the foggy dew. ;)
A song about the Famine and the great migration would be a shift from pure military history but changed the world and spread the English language throughout the globe.
They should make a song about the troubles, it would make an excellent topic for both a song and a sabaton history video as well as sticking to the military theme
@@thomasmcfaul875 they could cover "My Little Armalite," or "Come Out Ye Black and Tans."
@@ThemaxwithnonameBlack And Tans is one of my favourite songs of all time
A song about Jadotville wouldn't go amiss
My grandmother was a military medical practitioner stationed in Kuwait during Desert Storm. She joined during Desert Shield, and deployed in Desert Storm.
The most epic part of the song is
Chaos in east disorder in west
Desert storm is a go
Fighters are launched from the carriers at sea
Infantry coming your way
Armored brigades engaging their lines
Regain control of black gold
Your reign of terror will come to an end
Forcing you out of control.
Because this verse alone perfectly describes the massive military might of the United States led 35 nation coalition with one goal in mind,
Bring down Saddam Hussein...
By any means necessary!
The very first actions of Desert Storm was a flight of helos which opened up a corridor for the strike packages to fly through.
The Battle of 73 Easting was a pretty epic tank battle. The Republican guard tried to fight hard but were utterly outmatched.
The highway of death airstrikes was really he biggest death blow to the Iraqi Army.
My mother served as a Seabee, attached to a Fleet Hospital unit during the conflict.
If you know nothing about the Seabees, know this: They are a revered and respected element of the US Navy. They're construction workers...who in the Hell of Guadalcanal built an airfield under brutal attack by Japanese defenders. They earned their legend in that, and have *always* been willing to go to the front and build the infrastructure needed for the rest of the military to work. A Seabee is no common sailor, but a sailor who if asked, "Can Do".
Last time I was this early the winged hussars were arriving!
Elsewhere, South American Tango was mentioned for possibly doing a song about the Graf Spee.
Then later I remembered Southern Italian Tarantella is also a distinct music style that might be a challenge to metallize, but given Sabaton's track record with metallizing folk beats, this should be no problem for them. 😁👍
Swedish folklore of course! With nyckelharpa and everything.
I was thinking the same. I think there is a Swedish variety of bagpipe instrument, as well. Could add some Sami throat singing/chanting, too.
@@julieshank2885 Well adding sami jojk would be like adding (american) indian music to rock.
I bet you guys could do some badass country songs and/or metal covers of country songs. "Ireland" and "Bellleau Wood" by Garth Brooks are DEFINITELY in your wheelhouse. I'm willing to bet that Garth would approve. Also, I've already heard a friend of ours do "82nd All the Way" in a country style. Slow it down to 3/4 time and put a twang in it.
Notification squad reporting as ordered to SMOKE YOU RIGHT OUT
Y’all should tour with The Black Dahlia Murder lol. That’d be a bad ass show. The way black dahlias Trevor, song writing style, I feel like sabaton and him could write a masterpiece. The way he articulates his lyrics is so good
What I'd like to see:Pacific ground battles/war
Great episode, as usual. I have an idea for Sabaton new song. You could do a song about soldier songs during battles or wars. There are a lot of sad soldier songs like Russian When we were at war (Когда мы были на войне) or Serbian "Тамо далеко" (There, Far Away). That would be a nice thing to do.
you gotta watch Schwartzkophs military analysis for the press it was the best military strategy ever. guy asks so General you said you have captured 50k of 150k iraqis where are the others?
he responds dead lol
For me, it would be a traditional Filipino music with indigenous instruments and someday, lyrics about the 2017 Marawi siege against the ISIS-backed Maute group through the Philippine Army perspective.. I look forward to hear that on your next album..
More power to Sabaton and to this channel..
Peace! From the Philippines..
Yeah, that would indeed be something out of the ordinary.
Sabaton djent would be interesting, I guess.
Sabadjent
As for the “what type of unexpected musical style should Sabaton play around with?” question…. FUNK
Seems to me like the US was the only dog in the fight..... The UN seemed relatively useless....
Not exactly, British Challengers did heavy work against Iraqi tanks, and British Tornado Jets flew the most dangerous missions, low level bombing of Iraqi airstrips. I can't say much about the other Allies though unfortunately
I think I mentioned this once. My dad and uncle were Kuwaiti resistance members who took up arms the day the Iraqis invaded my country. They both have many stories during the occupation and the following liberation. Not to mention the resistance's most famous last stand, which my family didn't take part in, the Battle of Qurain house. The Messila Group defended the house which housed their HQ from Iraqi forces which wanted to loot. Tanks would shoot the house, but the house never fell. The group, which numbered around 10 or more people, were able to hold the house and kill tens of Iraqis before being overwhelmed. This was a humiliating battle for the supposedly professional Iraqi soldiers, being pinned by some Kuwaiti civilians with stolen guns.
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K, for some odd reason I now have a Sabaton sea shanty bouncing around in my head!
Its interesting to imagine what would have become of Iraq if west had not intervened.
I am not exactly sure if Military marches are genre of music but it would be cool to see something similar to that.