I did some researching and found that all the names of the soldiers, knights and Spartans in the end were real people. Many of the soldiers were Medal of Honor, Silver Star, Victoria Cross or Croix de Guerre recipients. The soldier pulling himself out of the mud, at first I thought he was a member of "The Smoking Snakes" (Força Expedicionária Brasileira, FEB, nicknamed Cobras Fumantes), but doing some more research with the patch on his shoulder as well as his helmet, that's Sgt Henry Johnson of the 15th New York National Guard Regiment, aka "The Harlem Hellfighters". Medal of Honor recipient and recipient of French Croix de Guerre avec Palme, France's highest award for valor. The Medal of Honor was awarded to him in 2015. Sgt. Henry Johnson is "one of the five bravest American soldiers in the war." Theodore Roosevelt Jr. in his book "Rank and File: True Stories of the Great War" The Asian soldier with the cocked-hat, that's a Nepalese Gurka named Havildar Gurung (per the credits) who earn the Victoria Cross in the Burma campaign off WWII. Sgt Awal Nur, who did a secret mission over the Himalayas. Lt. Audie Murphy, Sgt. Alvin York are both medal of honor recipients from WWI (York) and WWII (Murphy). I also notice a soldier with the Croix Lorraine on what looks like a French flag arm band, meaning he was a member of the 'Forces françaises libres' forces in WWII. Doing some reading I found out that a large number of French colonial troops from territories such as Chad had joined with the 'Forces françaises libres'. I suspect that soldier is Lt Comba, but I can't find anything on him. As I've been working my way through the names listed in the credits and found another one: Private George Stringer, Manchester, Awarded the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Es Sinn in Mesopotamia. Capt. Dobson, 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion, Killed on 9 July 1916 in Flanders.
I would like to add that Lt. Audie Murphy is one of the most decorated soldier in the US, possibly in history. Despite being a Medal of Honor recipient, his gravesite remains unadorned of gold leaf, which decorates the graves of other Medal of Honor recipients. May he rest in peace, a hero taken way too soon.
My great uncle was 16 when he fought at the Somme, he later fought at Paschendaele. He passed in the battlefield at the age 19 - RIP FL. Lest we forget. Next Christmas Truce - rule of thumb play every Sabaton song until the end.
It might have been mentioned but, this is a cover of a Motörhead song. The two guys in the door opening at 3:48 are Mikkey Dee and Phil Campbell, the drummer and the guitarist of Motörhead. The picture at 3:55 is of Lemmy Kilmister who was the bassist and singer of Motörhead, the guy holding it is Eddie Rocha who was the tour manager for Motörhead and the current one for Sabaton.
There are several nods in this video. The bus at the start, nod to Motörhead hit Last bus to Hammersmith. The abandonded old car in the street, the car arch duke Fritz Ferdinand was riding in as he was shot in Sarajevo 1914. Sll the different soldiers in the march each represent a Sabaton song about them, from the Spartans, through Bannockburn through individuals in both WWI and WWII as Alvin Yorke, Harlem Hellfighters to Screaming Eagles and beyond. Next epic Sabaton on this level, is their live perfomance of En livstid i krig( A lifetime of War) filmed at Gothenburg. It's sung in Swedish but have subtitles in english. So you will have no trouble to understand the content. It's equally emotional to this, especially for a veteran.
Two points of interest: 1. Most wars are senseless, but this one was more so than most. In the words of my high-school history teacher, the First World War began because "someone nobody had ever heard of killed someone nobody liked over a piece of land nobody wanted." 2. Author JRR Tolkien was an infantry officer who survived the Battle of the Somme. It's believed he used much of what he saw when he wrote the scenes for the Battle of Helm's Deep in "Lord Of The Rings".
Love your channel brother. I'm a navy vet and worked alot with you guys on board the USS Tortuga LSD 46. I was on that ship 4yrs. Anyway keep up the good work.
Thank you for letting the credits play out & reading the stats that they included out loud. There was such catastrophic loss of life. It’s so important to remember & acknowledge. I’m enjoying your reactions. x
There are no random characters in this music video. These are figures or military units that made history. The woman who came out of the aisle was the most decorated woman in history - Milunka Savić. The planes she is looking at are Russian Night Witches - the terror of the Germans during World War 2. An Asian with a Thompson rifle single-handedly captured several Japanese bunkers.
A comment for the algorithm my friend, and for your heartfelt reaction to my favourite metal band. Greetings from a history nerd and metalhead from Germany. I'll return for any other Sabaton reaction :)
All the historical people going through, Sabaton has a song about them. In addition to being an excellent tribute to Motörhead, and the fallen at the battle of Somme.
Amen to getting teary eyed! Disturbed has an interview on how they came to make the song indestructible…. It’s wild and gives me respect for that band. They may be radical and a childhood band for me. But that album is why they will always have a song for the troops on every album.
Great reaction! Thanks for letting the credits play out. Sabaton usually has great backgrounds to the end of their videos. "To Hell and Back" th-cam.com/video/RhmHSAClG1c/w-d-xo.html is probably up your alley from Sabaton. Christmas truce is great for the time of the year. No Bullets Fly and Night Witches (the animated ones) are also great!
7.5 inches. Per man killed drops down to just over 2 if you count all casualties. And this happened twice in WW1 this battle and pachendale. It's absolutely insane anyone would even order these attacks let alone they did it twice.
I agree with Chris from the YT channel Vlogging Through History, he has a saying that goes: 'History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme.' All wars have led to countless unnecessary deads, but for different reasons.
Find many people always shout out new songs, but I'd advise listening to Gallipoli for a grand one. I also advise anyone who is interested in the first world war to look up how Lloyd George gave no support to Douglas Haig (aka the donkey). Short version Haig asked for X tanks, Lloyd gave half that, leading to many more casualties.
I saw these guy open for Priest and their fans left before Priest came im like wtf 😬 in terms of the Somme ask Pickett how marching in open field into fixed enemy positions worked out? The American civil war was only 50 years earlier and the Europeans learned nothing.
Hey if you are usa army vet. You can consider about half of Finland population as army vet. Difference is that you probably chose that and so far away from any conflict. We have to serve and it's good bc you know we have neighbour called Russia. If i'd live in usa i'd take another path for certain but here it's only an year from your life and you learn great shit about many things. Like some ppl don't know right from left.
I did some researching and found that all the names of the soldiers, knights and Spartans in the end were real people. Many of the soldiers were Medal of Honor, Silver Star, Victoria Cross or Croix de Guerre recipients.
The soldier pulling himself out of the mud, at first I thought he was a member of "The Smoking Snakes" (Força Expedicionária Brasileira, FEB, nicknamed Cobras Fumantes), but doing some more research with the patch on his shoulder as well as his helmet, that's Sgt Henry Johnson of the 15th New York National Guard Regiment, aka "The Harlem Hellfighters". Medal of Honor recipient and recipient of French Croix de Guerre avec Palme, France's highest award for valor. The Medal of Honor was awarded to him in 2015.
Sgt. Henry Johnson is "one of the five bravest American soldiers in the war."
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. in his book "Rank and File: True Stories of the Great War"
The Asian soldier with the cocked-hat, that's a Nepalese Gurka named Havildar Gurung (per the credits) who earn the Victoria Cross in the Burma campaign off WWII.
Sgt Awal Nur, who did a secret mission over the Himalayas.
Lt. Audie Murphy, Sgt. Alvin York are both medal of honor recipients from WWI (York) and WWII (Murphy).
I also notice a soldier with the Croix Lorraine on what looks like a French flag arm band, meaning he was a member of the 'Forces françaises libres' forces in WWII.
Doing some reading I found out that a large number of French colonial troops from territories such as Chad had joined with the 'Forces françaises libres'. I suspect that soldier is Lt Comba, but I can't find anything on him.
As I've been working my way through the names listed in the credits and found another one: Private George Stringer, Manchester, Awarded the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Es Sinn in Mesopotamia.
Capt. Dobson, 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion, Killed on 9 July 1916 in Flanders.
I would like to add that Lt. Audie Murphy is one of the most decorated soldier in the US, possibly in history. Despite being a Medal of Honor recipient, his gravesite remains unadorned of gold leaf, which decorates the graves of other Medal of Honor recipients. May he rest in peace, a hero taken way too soon.
Many if not all of them are also, individually or as part of their Unit, the subjects of other Sabaton Songs.
About the 100th time seeing this music video and I still cry
thanks alot brother!!!
Same for me. From Germany.
20 years since I heard the original and I still cry every time I see either version. Lemmy was just the best
Same here
Same. If I ever feel like crying or just wanting to feel strong emotions, I always come back to Sabaton’s cover of ‘1916’
My great uncle was 16 when he fought at the Somme, he later fought at Paschendaele. He passed in the battlefield at the age 19 - RIP FL. Lest we forget.
Next Christmas Truce - rule of thumb play every Sabaton song until the end.
My birthday is on the 1st of July, and in 2016, on my birthday I lit a candle for all of the men that died at the Somme 100 years earlier.
2 thumbs up for that comment. Hell yeah Brother!
@DerekSansone _Same!_ 🙏🤝♥
It might have been mentioned but, this is a cover of a Motörhead song.
The two guys in the door opening at 3:48 are Mikkey Dee and Phil Campbell, the drummer and the guitarist of Motörhead. The picture at 3:55 is of Lemmy Kilmister who was the bassist and singer of Motörhead, the guy holding it is Eddie Rocha who was the tour manager for Motörhead and the current one for Sabaton.
There are several nods in this video.
The bus at the start, nod to Motörhead hit Last bus to Hammersmith.
The abandonded old car in the street, the car arch duke Fritz Ferdinand was riding in as he was shot in Sarajevo 1914.
Sll the different soldiers in the march each represent a Sabaton song about them, from the Spartans, through Bannockburn through individuals in both WWI and WWII as Alvin Yorke, Harlem Hellfighters to Screaming Eagles and beyond.
Next epic Sabaton on this level, is their live perfomance of En livstid i krig( A lifetime of War) filmed at Gothenburg. It's sung in Swedish but have subtitles in english. So you will have no trouble to understand the content. It's equally emotional to this, especially for a veteran.
Thinking about it, the big plane at the end could be Ye Olde Pub from "No Bullets Fly"
The buss is a reference to the live album no sleep til Hammersmith by Motörhead. I can agree with you on en livstid i krig since I was there.
@Templarofsteel88 I misremebered, thanks for getting it right.
There is no song called "Last bus to Hammersmith" by Motörhead. It refers to the live album "No sleep till Hammersmith"
@ingobordewick6480 yes,a mistake I've already acknowledged in another answer to this original comment.
Two points of interest:
1. Most wars are senseless, but this one was more so than most. In the words of my high-school history teacher, the First World War began because "someone nobody had ever heard of killed someone nobody liked over a piece of land nobody wanted."
2. Author JRR Tolkien was an infantry officer who survived the Battle of the Somme. It's believed he used much of what he saw when he wrote the scenes for the Battle of Helm's Deep in "Lord Of The Rings".
The phrase "you shall not pass" came from the Verdun campaign.
One of the best Songs ever written by Lemmy/Motörhead! 🥹
Great reaction and you will love this little rabbit hole, greetings from Stockholm, Sweden
Love your channel brother. I'm a navy vet and worked alot with you guys on board the USS Tortuga LSD 46. I was on that ship 4yrs. Anyway keep up the good work.
Thank you for letting the credits play out & reading the stats that they included out loud. There was such catastrophic loss of life. It’s so important to remember & acknowledge. I’m enjoying your reactions. x
The battle of the Somme also helped relieve pressure on Verdun where over 220,000 Frenchmen were killed over the 303 days of the battle there.
I love Sabaton. They are an awesome band. This video always tears me up. Thanks for the reaction.
There are no random characters in this music video. These are figures or military units that made history. The woman who came out of the aisle was the most decorated woman in history - Milunka Savić. The planes she is looking at are Russian Night Witches - the terror of the Germans during World War 2. An Asian with a Thompson rifle single-handedly captured several Japanese bunkers.
Every time I see this, Just wanna uplift and give attention to the amazing Tina Gou
(the ending credits cello artist if you didn't know)
Another winner! Love the story and video, thank you as always
A comment for the algorithm my friend, and for your heartfelt reaction to my favourite metal band. Greetings from a history nerd and metalhead from Germany. I'll return for any other Sabaton reaction :)
Really loving all these Sabaton reactions from you! Keep up the good stuff!
there we go again..
I have watched this video several time and it always gets me choked up.
SABATON. EN LIVSTID I KRIG 🔵🟡
It's the "price for a mile".
They did motorhead justice with this cover
All the historical people going through, Sabaton has a song about them. In addition to being an excellent tribute to Motörhead, and the fallen at the battle of Somme.
If this song doesn't get you in the feels, nothing will. Heavy stuff. But, so is war (especially World War 1).
Wrong Side of Heaven my Five Finger Death Punch had me bawling.
Great reaction. You can see the history about this song and other songs in their Sabaton History Channel.
Another great song and a great reaction! All the best from Sweden 🙌🏻
Tina Guo making her cello cry...
J. R. R. Tolkien was at the somme and he wrote that at the end of the first day all of his friends except for maybe one of them were killed.
Amen to getting teary eyed! Disturbed has an interview on how they came to make the song indestructible…. It’s wild and gives me respect for that band. They may be radical and a childhood band for me. But that album is why they will always have a song for the troops on every album.
Sabaton, not disturbed.😊
@ yes lol just a random uso story I remembered
Semper Fi Marine...gets me every time i watch it
Here come some Love from Sabaton land🇸🇪❤they are the best!
Great reaction! Thanks for letting the credits play out. Sabaton usually has great backgrounds to the end of their videos. "To Hell and Back" th-cam.com/video/RhmHSAClG1c/w-d-xo.html is probably up your alley from Sabaton. Christmas truce is great for the time of the year. No Bullets Fly and Night Witches (the animated ones) are also great!
Former Navy Seabee here. Semper Fi Brother!
I do not mourn for the loss of those Men, but I am damn glad Men like them existed.
7.5 inches. Per man killed drops down to just over 2 if you count all casualties. And this happened twice in WW1 this battle and pachendale.
It's absolutely insane anyone would even order these attacks let alone they did it twice.
Well remembered, mate! That calma for a reaction to "Paschendale" by Iron Maiden
I agree with Chris from the YT channel Vlogging Through History, he has a saying that goes: 'History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme.' All wars have led to countless unnecessary deads, but for different reasons.
Great reaction 🤟🇸🇪
And 100+ years later we haven’t learned a goddamn thing
For Sabaton🔥🖤🤘 For you💖👍
Great Reaction. Greetings from Germany
THE BLACK COUNTRY MEUSEUM WHERE THIS WAS FILMED IS WELL WORTH A VISIT
Find many people always shout out new songs, but I'd advise listening to Gallipoli for a grand one. I also advise anyone who is interested in the first world war to look up how Lloyd George gave no support to Douglas Haig (aka the donkey). Short version Haig asked for X tanks, Lloyd gave half that, leading to many more casualties.
Don't apologize for getting emotional.
Lem was Motörhead. to the bone was lucky enough to meet him n Ronnie like 11 times over 30 years among others
I saw these guy open for Priest and their fans left before Priest came im like wtf 😬 in terms of the Somme ask Pickett how marching in open field into fixed enemy positions worked out? The American civil war was only 50 years earlier and the Europeans learned nothing.
It blows my mind that they didnt adjust their plan once they realized all the artillery prep hadn't taken the Germans gunners out.
Nice reaction.
Hey if you are usa army vet. You can consider about half of Finland population as army vet. Difference is that you probably chose that and so far away from any conflict. We have to serve and it's good bc you know we have neighbour called Russia. If i'd live in usa i'd take another path for certain but here it's only an year from your life and you learn great shit about many things. Like some ppl don't know right from left.
Now go and listen to Motorhead's ORIGINAL version of this.
fuck..."i called for my mother and she never came" ...16 year old kid cold frightened damn war sucks
❤🫡
When can we expect the Original? Motörheads is better