We met up with Indy in the Argonne to film Sabaton History's episode for 'The Lost Battalion'. As it happens, our new album is about the First World War as well. We have published a video earlier today presenting the 'History Channel Edition' for the upcoming Sabaton Album 'The Great War'. This is a special edition of the new album that is an exclusive reward for people who generously support us on Patreon as a Hussar or higher. If you want to check out the video in which Joakim and Indy explain the contents of the special edition, click here: th-cam.com/video/Nk-VN_PjZyg/w-d-xo.html If you want to support this channel on Patreon, go here: www.patreon.com/sabatonhistory Thanks for your time and cheers! 🤘
Germans:”Surrender and you vill nicht be shot” ItaloAmerican Solider: in italian-“If i surrender will you let me go to mass? no? well then suck my bologna fritz”
German is not that an uncommon language, especially given that many Germans where emigrated in the US.... you shouldn't shout orders like that... The same with Japanese or Russian. Unless it is something like Navajo you need to be careful.
they've mentioned it somewhere already, but the bayonet was new for me as well... where did they record it, I wonder, but as Sun Tzu says: “There are secrets which must not be uncovered, questions which must not be asked, mysteries which must not be beseeched, implications, which must not be contested, conclusions of fans, which must not be explained."
If you go on Spotify or whatever and listen to "Diary of an unknown soldier" and then The Lost Battalion right afterwards (diary is kind of an intro to it), it becomes pretty apparent and really adds to the actual song
@@hakonandreasolaussen1949 I guess I've never really listened to it before. I never realized it told us that. Hm. I own the album though, I've heard it several times.
The Lost Battalion was my first Sabaton song so I was rooting really bad for this video to be made. Maybe not as much as the Smoking Snakes one though hahaha.
As a veteran of the Us Army, I can't tell you how much pride it gives me every time I hear the song. I'm not gonna lie, I get teary-eyed every time I hear it. Thank you Sabaton. You are truly warrior - poets
"I remember the Argonne, 1918 The sounds of that battle still haunt me to this day Machine gun fire from enemy lines The sickening sound of a bayonet tearing through human flesh The soldier next to me firing his sidearm in desperation All these sounds still echo in my mind, And as conducted by Death himself it all comes together as music A rhythm of death A symphony of war"
As an amateur cartographer who does commission work on maps, if you look closer, most maps are actually just the word map. It's all a massive illusion, no one actually knows what a map looks like. So we just write map and hope no one notices.
Yeah I was wondering about that. I suspect it was some sort of placeholder while they were editing the thing together and they missed removing it on the final frame.
There was another "Lost Battalion" in WWII, the 1st Battalion, 141st Regiment of the 36th Infantry Division, from Texas, who were surrounded in the Vosges Mountains in October 1944. They were cut off for about seven days, and a little over 200 men were rescued by the 442nd RCT, who took enormous casualties in the process. Somewhere between 600 and 800 men killed or wounded. Some of the companies involved in the heaviest fighting had fewer than 20 men when the commander of 36th Division went to see them.
There's even more to the story. General Dahlquist, the division commander, was upset at the poor turnout of twenty-six men by the unit for formation and demanded that the regimental commander get all of his men out. The colonel simply replied, "That's all of Company K that's left."
@@ledichang9708 the 442nd were from Hawaii and none of them or their families were ever in containment/concentration camps. they were sistered with a division from the mainland containing Japanese from containment/concentration camps. there is a documentary "go for broke" covers it all. Arriving in the European Theatre, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, with its three infantry battalions, one artillery battalion and associated HQ and service companies, was attached to the 34th Infantry Division. On 11 June 1944, near Civitavecchia, Italy, the existing 100th Infantry Battalion, another all-Nisei fighting unit which had already been in combat since September 1943, was transferred from the 133rd Infantry Regiment to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Because of its combat record, the 100th was allowed to keep their original designation, with the 442nd renaming its 1st Infantry Battalion as its 100th Infantry Battalion.[10] The related 522nd Field Artillery Battalion liberated at least one of the satellite labor camps of Dachau concentration camp and saved survivors of a death march near Waakirchen.
Did you ever listen to "The Last Stand"? Before the Lost Battalion, there is a snippet called "Diary of an unknown soldier". A male voice is reading out a letter describing these sounds Joakim made. Whenever she mentions one of the sounds, it gets added to the backgroundrhythm, slowly building up and in the end increasing to build a fluent change to "The lost battalion". I highly recommend listening to "diary of an unknown soldier" and then directly "the lost battalion"! I love soundwork like this!
@@Schmidty1 ahhh, okay. How should you know? Its pretty awesome to hear this diary text and the upcoming sounds until it ends up into the lost battalion. There are even some videos on youtube connecting these two (or trying to😁)
@@nikolausi_ausm_hausi "I remember the Argonne, 1918 The sounds of that battle still haunt me to this day Machine gun fire from enemy lines The sickening sound of a bayonet tearing through human flesh The soldier next to me firing his sidearm in desperation All these sounds still echo in my mind, And as conducted by Death himself it all comes together as music A rhythm of death A symphony of war"
I don't know if this was intended or not, but you sure have not told the aftermath of Charles Whittlesey: On the month of November 24th, 1921, Whittlesey booked passage from New York to Havana aboard the USS Toloa, a steamship owned by the United Fruit Company. On November 26th, the first night out from New York, Whittlesey dined with the captain and then retired for the evening around 11:15pm; it was noted that he was in high spirits. Whittlesey was never seen again. He was reported missing the next morning. It is presumed that he committed suicide by jumping overboard, although no one had seen him jump and his body was never recovered. His friends and family had no idea of his travel plans and were shocked when they received the news of his disappearance and that letters had been prepared to those close to him. None of the letters hinted to the reasons for his suicide and the recipients never made the letters public. His will, which was drawn up prior to his voyage, left his property to his mother. To his friend George McMurtry, Whittlesey left the original copy of the German surrender request. Several theories existed at the time as to what had pushed Whittlesey to such depths of depression: deaths of soldiers that remained a constant reminder of the war, feelings of guilt over not surrendering to the Germans and prolonging the suffering of his men, or his inability to adjust to the life of a hero. Whatever the exact reason may have been, it is clear that his death was indirectly related to the unhappiness which occurred after his experiences in the War.
Such a sad story. Shortly before Whittlesey vanished, he told a friend _"Not a day goes by but I hear from some of my old outfit, usually about some sorrow or misfortune. I cannot bear it much more."_
I was a kid in 1988 when my grandparents took my sister and I, along with our great grandfather "Pappy", to the Smithsonian museum in DC. Pappy was a quiet man that always had a smile on his face. I remember after we had been there a while, Pappy saying "there is someone very special here that I have to see". As a kid I was a bit perplexed that that "someone" turned out to be a little stuffed pigeon named Cher Ami. I was even more perplexed at the tears streaming down Pappys face when he looked at Cher Ami. That was the first I ever heard of the lost battalion. Pappy was there, he earned his American citizenship fighting for the 77th. He never talked much about it.
I think you guys are spoiling us. But damn, I have to admit. This is one good episode about the song. It's been three years since you released this song. The whole story is great and it showed the story behind it. And there is stuff here that showed here that this Battalion was certainly a diverse group of men.
@@kerlongsjorlejov1945 Du lieber Evert , I never ever thought that Sabaton make a comment , by the way you are the only one for me because you dont write bullshit , always nice to write with you!!!Dankeschön to you!!!Hope its ok for you&my englisch.LG Alexandra🤘🙂
@@alexandrah9824 Sabaton has left a reply every so often. Not on all my comments but still, enough. Not only on those videos but on others as well. Like the request of White Death on Graspop. Which I'll keep you guys on. And I don't mind you are asking, Alex. I'm from Belgium but may I ask where you are from? I can guess though.
My Grandpa was one of the guys who walked out. I have his helmet and uniform, and a picture of the flag, he had sewn on his knapsack. He told me that he wrote on it, where he was, because they didn’t think they were going to make it back. (He only wrote on the white lines of the flag.)The top white line -camp uptown sept 1917. Liverpool England on the second white line Calais France May - on the next. The last white line on the 48 star flag (some stars worn off) and - Meuse Argonne sector. Couldn’t read all of the writing as it was old and a bit tattered, in a frame with glass, and now high on my wall. Other family members have letters he wrote, confirming he was there.( thank goodness I can still read cursive) When I see pictures of WW1, I wonder if he is in them.
"I will lead my battalion into the Argonne but I dought you will see me or my men again." I read about the Lost Battalion and I was disturbed by the sheer incompetence and disregard for Whittlesey and the rising casualties. Nothing but excuses and lies from Alexander's HQ and friendly fire. A&E did the movie and I was hooked on these men and their resolve. The book "Never in finer Company" is a must read for any history buff. Plus this song always gets me singing along and gives me goosebumps. "How should we respond, Major?" "Not acceptable!"
I'll have to do some more digging but my great(great?) uncle was in the 128th Infantry out of Wisconsin. They were called " The Terrible Ones" by the French for their ferocity in combat and they took part in the Meuse-Argonne along several other offensives. My uncle said as a kid he asked about the war and great(great?) uncle almost broke down and told him not to ask about it. All my uncle knew was he had severe PTSD and respiratory issues from gas.
If this is high school I'm surprised they didn't skip over ww1 like they did for me. Man if I could go back to that class I would slap that teacher. The lessons from ww1 that should be shared. Then again, its not like those after the great war learned their lesson so just like the old saying goes.
Sabaton was in Verdun for the press release of The Great War and the TimeGhost guys were in the area for their France Roadtrip. So we thought it'd be cool to shoot some episodes on location.
"I remember the Argonne, 1918. The sounds if that battle still haunt me to this day. Machine gun fire from enemy lines, the soldier next to me firing his sidearm in desperation, the sickening sound of a bayonet tearing through human flesh. All these sounds still echo in my mind and is conducted by death himself. It comes together as music; A rhythm of death, A symphony of war." - Diary of an Unknown Soldier, prelude to The Lost Battalion on The Last Stand.
Major Whittlesey lived where im from, Pittsfield MA. He killed himself after the war by jumping overboard on a cruise. They never found his body but he has a Cenotaph in the cities cemetary.
Rick Schroeder really nailed Major Whittlesey's attitude and stubbornness in the titular film. This is one of my personal favorite Sabaton songs, and its one about the greatest American achievement in the Great War done by a unit of men.
Great song. If you ever feel like expanding that drum kit a bit, I'm pretty sure your American fans can help. Getting vintage weapons is pretty easy over here.
My ancestor fought in the U.S Army in WW1, the 82nd "All American" Division. He died charging German lines trying to rescue the Lost Battalion. Even though he was Irish, he gave his life for the country that adopted him only three years earlier. I remember him and his comrades in the 82nd whenever I hear this song 🇮🇪🇺🇸
Funny thing is that I literally just wrote an essay about the Lost Battalion for my school. The thing is I never knew who they were until the Sabaton song. I would have loved to use this as a source but alas I needed to get my essay done😂. I am generally surprised by myself because I got pretty much everything about them spot on according to this video lol. Great one guys!
Loved the song and I loved the video. I am actually fortunate enough to have a small French 37-millimeter shell not unlike those used in the small infantry cannons used by the Americans in the images in the video. The specimen in my collection is a simple trench-art piece engraved with the words "France, Argonne Forest, Nov. 11 1918." (This shell was sadly collecting dust, in the very back of a store, and after checking the markings I decided to give it a new home where someone might actually see it and appreciate its historical importance, hopefully even donate it to a museum.) As I am sure Indy is well aware, the offensive was the largest in American military history. The inexperienced American doughboys fought tenaciously against battle-hardened German soldiers who were defending positions almost 4 years in the making, and who were masters of defense-in-depth tactics. I would love to do an archaeological survey of this battlefield someday.
Captain Miller, USMC here, and this is By far my favorite song by sabaton, and possibly my favorite fight from WW1! It shows true American grit and the song gets me juiced every time!
First heard about these guys in a docu-drama film called The Lost Battalion. Here's a line from the scene that I always remember, where a sniper on the American side is talking to his commanding officer about their current situation: "Sir, with all due respect, this battalion isn't going to last much longer without the water from that river. Now I think I know where that German sniper is. If we can trick him into showing his face, I can get him."
"I remember the Argonne, 1918 The sounds of that battle still haunt me to this day Machine gun fire from enemy lines The sickening sound of a bayonet tearing through human flesh The soldier next to me firing his sidearm in desperation All these sounds still echo in my mind, And as conducted by Death himself it all comes together as music A rhythm of death A symphony of war" th-cam.com/video/Jhkz5NdM6ZA/w-d-xo.html -one of my favourite pieces, you can feel the terror
@@m0rtez713 i did buy the album. But if they were together that could have freed up another song slot. DoaUS is only like 30 seconds long but is technically its own thing so thats kinda stupid
It’s one thing when Sabaton makes you feel patriotic about another nation through their songs. It’s another thing when that song is about your nation’s troops.
When i heard this one for the first time i got a massive goosebumps, and i still do sometimes. Before that i watched a movie "The Lost Battalion" so images from the movie just keeps poping in my head every time i hear that song. A great theme for a great story amd a horrible times. All Hail Heroes! and Long Live the Fighters!
I actually wrote my final paper about the Argonne offensive for my history class and at the end of the conclusion I mentioned the song and recognized the band and it’s a badass song thanks for doing this 🤘🏼
And the quality keeps rising! As always, many thanks to both Sabaton and TimeGhost for spreading knowledge to the world in the form of Art and History.
@@noobster4779 Yes, it was special to the Americans. They were inexperienced and facing against veteran Germans. If both sides had equal experience, it wouldn't be as special. It's still one hell of a feat to survive both enemy and friendly fire whilst surrounded with inferior numbers.
Thank you Sabaton for making this amazing video and song! My great great uncle was a soldier in the Lost Battalion during the Battle of the Argonne. He was a machinegunner. My grandfather said he almost never talked about it, as the scars left by the war were deep. One of the few things he said was that his gun barrel melted because of the heat of constantly firing it. Those men were true heroes.
I love that you're on site for this one! One of my favorite songs, I really enjoyed this episode. 😂 Watching it on my lunch break and your goofy banter made me laugh out loud...people around me gave me weird looks ( I work at an airport) 😂
Another great episode. I will be listening to this song closely now as I didn't realize that about the drums. When you are in the US, my offer of the National World War I museum in Kansas City being on me still stands!
You, Sabaton, are one of the Greatest bands i know. your lyrics are all interesting, you are good looking ! Guys, you're really great and I (and i'm not alone) love you and your music ! Continue Sabaton ! History never end ! (and History will remember you 😉) Indy, you're also amazing, i learn something every time i see a video with you in it !
I first learned this story in 9th grade when we watched the excellent movie “The Lost Battalion” and fell in love with the story. It’s actually my favorite Sabaton song. Glad to see this covered. Would love to go see the battlefield at some point.
Awesome song, but I am curious as to why are you filming on site (I'm not complaining, mind you) and for the future, it would be great to take advantage of the place and show us around a bit... p.s.: Indy sure does love the sound of his voice
We were in Verdun for the Great War album announcement press junket and grabbed the opportunity to shoot some video as well. And Indy does love to talk, which is good, 'cause we love to listen ;-)
@@SabatonHistory I think you guys should do a song about the Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry, the regiment had its debut in WW1 and is one of Canadas national prides
"We Will have to visit Tatooine or Hoth" "But That will be Far Far Far Away" *You were so close to making a good joke there* *You were on the verge of Greatness*
This is a great song for anyone who has serious struggles in life and an impressive example how to remain strong and faithful even in the face of utter hopelesness.
what he said about the percussion is so cool. i always got the sense of the drums being the engine of a tank or something chugging away, never thought about it in a technical sense
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We met up with Indy in the Argonne to film Sabaton History's episode for 'The Lost Battalion'. As it happens, our new album is about the First World War as well. We have published a video earlier today presenting the 'History Channel Edition' for the upcoming Sabaton Album 'The Great War'. This is a special edition of the new album that is an exclusive reward for people who generously support us on Patreon as a Hussar or higher. If you want to check out the video in which Joakim and Indy explain the contents of the special edition, click here: th-cam.com/video/Nk-VN_PjZyg/w-d-xo.html If you want to support this channel on Patreon, go here: www.patreon.com/sabatonhistory
Thanks for your time and cheers! 🤘
Subliminal message to use map
Моя самая любимая песня! Юхууууууу! Спасибо! Только жалко Русских субтитров нету...
as a canadian i cant help hoping for a song about vimy ridge
You guys should do a song about the 13 day siege of the Alamo during the Texas revolution
Awesome video! Love every minute of each episode can't wait for the next song!
"What idea did you have for the Lost Battalion?
"Nothing"
12:14 I laughed harder than I should have
@@kurtkenehan8017 me too
Germans: Surrender
Lost battalion: I'm walkin' here!
New york attitude saved the day
Germans: Surrender or perish
Some New Yorker: Fugetta about it
Germans: You are surrounded! Lay down your arms and surrender! You will be treated humanely!
Some New Yorker: Hey! Shut up yoahr face!
Germans:”Surrender and you vill nicht be shot”
ItaloAmerican Solider: in italian-“If i surrender will you let me go to mass? no? well then suck my bologna fritz”
Germans: "Your Mother's cooking is garbage!"
"W H A T D I D Y O U S A Y?!?"
more like "i got your surrender, heinie bastard! i got your surrender right here!!!" (gesticulates towards crotch area)
4:39 when the trees are speaking German
@Alexis Hazel DeSilva I would change the for to für
You kill the trees
@Alexis Hazel DeSilva Nah you hear
for Gahd, my Girlfriend Rita, and FLATBUSH!
@@mercator79 Or you just hear "ROLL TIDE BRUTHA!"
Germans when the Trees are speeking American!
OH SHIT! 😳
I love that the whole incident was basically caused by an idiotic order.
As were many
That’s basically all of WWI, really.
That’s WW1 for you :/
At least for the Allies
Story of war
Conrad von Hotzendorf in a nutshell.
Funny how the German speaking US soldiers were able to foil German attacks. Haha the Germans forgot to put on team speak!
German is not that an uncommon language, especially given that many Germans where emigrated in the US.... you shouldn't shout orders like that... The same with Japanese or Russian. Unless it is something like Navajo you need to be careful.
lol
to be fair the americans got trapped bcus germans using english tricked and killed them, so 1 for 1
Teamspeak is German
Well Germans did immigrant to the U.S. during the 1880's.
So I guess the Germans didn't think ahead about how it would effect them in the future.
Had no idea about the drums... or lack of. Love it.
they've mentioned it somewhere already, but the bayonet was new for me as well... where did they record it, I wonder, but as Sun Tzu says:
“There are secrets which must not be uncovered, questions which must not be asked,
mysteries which must not be beseeched, implications, which must not be contested,
conclusions of fans, which must not be explained."
If you go on Spotify or whatever and listen to "Diary of an unknown soldier" and then The Lost Battalion right afterwards (diary is kind of an intro to it), it becomes pretty apparent and really adds to the actual song
@@hakonandreasolaussen1949 I guess I've never really listened to it before. I never realized it told us that. Hm. I own the album though, I've heard it several times.
@@p0xus they also mention it in the track commentary I'm pretty sure
The mental image of Joakim repeatedly stabbing someone with a bayonet during a live show always makes me laugh.
Where is the lost battalion? They Argonne
....sigh
Nice one
Why didnt I think of that?....
i tree what you did there......
😢
* facepalms* why did I have to laugh
The Lost Battalion was my first Sabaton song so I was rooting really bad for this video to be made. Maybe not as much as the Smoking Snakes one though hahaha.
My first Sabaton song was The last stand, then I discovered Winged hussars, Sparta and then the other songs
ARSamogin My first was Ghost Division.
@@kabob0077 for me it was.... panzerkampf while watching a world of tanks video
Cristian Villanueva I found Sabaton because of a little old channel called GIFs With Sound.
Same for me
The brave pigeon deserves all the love too, even if Cher Ami was so stubborn at first!
That was a badass bird
I hope the bird got to retire.
She was stuffed and is in a museum. Brave birdie.
cher Amie is in the Smithsonian Museum.
As a veteran of the Us Army, I can't tell you how much pride it gives me every time I hear the song. I'm not gonna lie, I get teary-eyed every time I hear it. Thank you Sabaton. You are truly warrior - poets
I'm right there with ya!
Indy proving on camera that he is worthy to wield Thor's hammer
Joakim is Thor
Pär is actually Thor with that hair and beard
"I remember the Argonne, 1918
The sounds of that battle still haunt me to this day
Machine gun fire from enemy lines
The sickening sound of a bayonet tearing through human flesh
The soldier next to me firing his sidearm in desperation
All these sounds still echo in my mind,
And as conducted by Death himself it all comes together as music
A rhythm of death
A symphony of war"
"So, Tiananmen Square Massacre. What have you got?"
Chinese Google:
"Nothing."
"Donald Trump, don't trust China! China is asshole!"
Puns? Men of your character? Srsly?
Joking, that pun at the beginning was amazing! Love you, as always!
Listening to Sabaton is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
3:05 a single frame that says ''Map''
*M A P*
Lol yes XD
As an amateur cartographer who does commission work on maps, if you look closer, most maps are actually just the word map. It's all a massive illusion, no one actually knows what a map looks like. So we just write map and hope no one notices.
No wonder they got lost, all they had was a piece of paper that said "Map."
Yeah I was wondering about that. I suspect it was some sort of placeholder while they were editing the thing together and they missed removing it on the final frame.
There was another "Lost Battalion" in WWII, the 1st Battalion, 141st Regiment of the 36th Infantry Division, from Texas, who were surrounded in the Vosges Mountains in October 1944. They were cut off for about seven days, and a little over 200 men were rescued by the 442nd RCT, who took enormous casualties in the process. Somewhere between 600 and 800 men killed or wounded. Some of the companies involved in the heaviest fighting had fewer than 20 men when the commander of 36th Division went to see them.
Interesting, thanks for sharing!
There's even more to the story. General Dahlquist, the division commander, was upset at the poor turnout of twenty-six men by the unit for formation and demanded that the regimental commander get all of his men out.
The colonel simply replied, "That's all of Company K that's left."
442nd were made up of Japanese Americans from internment camps.
I believe you are referring to the Texas Army National Guard.
@@ledichang9708 the 442nd were from Hawaii and none of them or their families were ever in containment/concentration camps. they were sistered with a division from the mainland containing Japanese from containment/concentration camps. there is a documentary "go for broke" covers it all.
Arriving in the European Theatre, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, with its three infantry battalions, one artillery battalion and associated HQ and service companies, was attached to the 34th Infantry Division. On 11 June 1944, near Civitavecchia, Italy, the existing 100th Infantry Battalion, another all-Nisei fighting unit which had already been in combat since September 1943, was transferred from the 133rd Infantry Regiment to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Because of its combat record, the 100th was allowed to keep their original designation, with the 442nd renaming its 1st Infantry Battalion as its 100th Infantry Battalion.[10] The related 522nd Field Artillery Battalion liberated at least one of the satellite labor camps of Dachau concentration camp and saved survivors of a death march near Waakirchen.
Holy shit Joakim is a genius with the gun drum kit! Wow I never noticed that when listening to Lost Battalion!
Did you ever listen to "The Last Stand"? Before the Lost Battalion, there is a snippet called "Diary of an unknown soldier". A male voice is reading out a letter describing these sounds Joakim made. Whenever she mentions one of the sounds, it gets added to the backgroundrhythm, slowly building up and in the end increasing to build a fluent change to "The lost battalion".
I highly recommend listening to "diary of an unknown soldier" and then directly "the lost battalion"!
I love soundwork like this!
@@nikolausi_ausm_hausi I have listened to the last stand(the song not the album). Have probably listened to half of the last stands albums songs.
@@Schmidty1 ahhh, okay. How should you know?
Its pretty awesome to hear this diary text and the upcoming sounds until it ends up into the lost battalion. There are even some videos on youtube connecting these two (or trying to😁)
@@nikolausi_ausm_hausi ok
@@nikolausi_ausm_hausi "I remember the Argonne, 1918
The sounds of that battle still haunt me to this day
Machine gun fire from enemy lines
The sickening sound of a bayonet tearing through human flesh
The soldier next to me firing his sidearm in desperation
All these sounds still echo in my mind,
And as conducted by Death himself it all comes together as music
A rhythm of death
A symphony of war"
I don't know if this was intended or not, but you sure have not told the aftermath of Charles Whittlesey:
On the month of November 24th, 1921, Whittlesey booked passage from New York to Havana aboard the USS Toloa, a steamship owned by the United Fruit Company. On November 26th, the first night out from New York, Whittlesey dined with the captain and then retired for the evening around 11:15pm; it was noted that he was in high spirits.
Whittlesey was never seen again.
He was reported missing the next morning. It is presumed that he committed suicide by jumping overboard, although no one had seen him jump and his body was never recovered. His friends and family had no idea of his travel plans and were shocked when they received the news of his disappearance and that letters had been prepared to those close to him. None of the letters hinted to the reasons for his suicide and the recipients never made the letters public. His will, which was drawn up prior to his voyage, left his property to his mother. To his friend George McMurtry, Whittlesey left the original copy of the German surrender request.
Several theories existed at the time as to what had pushed Whittlesey to such depths of depression: deaths of soldiers that remained a constant reminder of the war, feelings of guilt over not surrendering to the Germans and prolonging the suffering of his men, or his inability to adjust to the life of a hero. Whatever the exact reason may have been, it is clear that his death was indirectly related to the unhappiness which occurred after his experiences in the War.
That's sad to read... Poor guy.
or simply just PTSD
this is nice article from google
Such a sad story. Shortly before Whittlesey vanished, he told a friend _"Not a day goes by but I hear from some of my old outfit, usually about some sorrow or misfortune. I cannot bear it much more."_
That is what war does to soldiers.
I was a kid in 1988 when my grandparents took my sister and I, along with our great grandfather "Pappy", to the Smithsonian museum in DC. Pappy was a quiet man that always had a smile on his face. I remember after we had been there a while, Pappy saying "there is someone very special here that I have to see". As a kid I was a bit perplexed that that "someone" turned out to be a little stuffed pigeon named Cher Ami. I was even more perplexed at the tears streaming down Pappys face when he looked at Cher Ami. That was the first I ever heard of the lost battalion. Pappy was there, he earned his American citizenship fighting for the 77th. He never talked much about it.
Wow, thank you for that comment.
Wow, what a moment!
pretty good to watch when ur having a bad day/month working 12hrs a day 7 days a week
Yep same.
I think you guys are spoiling us. But damn, I have to admit. This is one good episode about the song. It's been three years since you released this song.
The whole story is great and it showed the story behind it. And there is stuff here that showed here that this Battalion was certainly a diverse group of men.
Hey we have to say danke schön to the Jungs von Sabaton&Indy 🤘lieber Evert.LG Alexandra
@@alexandrah9824 True that.
@@kerlongsjorlejov1945 Du lieber Evert , I never ever thought that Sabaton make a comment , by the way you are the only one for me because you dont write bullshit , always nice to write with you!!!Dankeschön to you!!!Hope its ok for you&my englisch.LG Alexandra🤘🙂
And pls can I ask you from where you are???LG Alexandra 🤘😊sorry that i write & ask so much lieber Evert
@@alexandrah9824 Sabaton has left a reply every so often. Not on all my comments but still, enough. Not only on those videos but on others as well. Like the request of White Death on Graspop. Which I'll keep you guys on.
And I don't mind you are asking, Alex. I'm from Belgium but may I ask where you are from? I can guess though.
After today's episode we need the history of the Screaming Eagles
The freaking Mr T Lexify picture. Hahahaha!!!
@@ryanspalding875 It's a classic
#ja I want it too🤘LG Alexandra
Mitchell Silwood I second this
The drums being various gun and knife sounds? That's just pure genius! I never knew that too!
My Grandpa was one of the guys who walked out. I have his helmet and uniform, and a picture of the flag, he had sewn on his knapsack. He told me that he wrote on it, where he was, because they didn’t think they were going to make it back. (He only wrote on the white lines of the flag.)The top white line -camp uptown sept 1917. Liverpool England on the second white line Calais France May - on the next. The last white line on the 48 star flag (some stars worn off) and - Meuse Argonne sector. Couldn’t read all of the writing as it was old and a bit tattered, in a frame with glass, and now high on my wall. Other family members have letters he wrote, confirming he was there.( thank goodness I can still read cursive) When I see pictures of WW1, I wonder if he is in them.
Thank you so much Paul for sharing this story with us.
"I will lead my battalion into the Argonne but I dought you will see me or my men again."
I read about the Lost Battalion and I was disturbed by the sheer incompetence and disregard for Whittlesey and the rising casualties. Nothing but excuses and lies from Alexander's HQ and friendly fire. A&E did the movie and I was hooked on these men and their resolve. The book "Never in finer Company" is a must read for any history buff. Plus this song always gets me singing along and gives me goosebumps.
"How should we respond, Major?"
"Not acceptable!"
I'll have to do some more digging but my great(great?) uncle was in the 128th Infantry out of Wisconsin. They were called " The Terrible Ones" by the French for their ferocity in combat and they took part in the Meuse-Argonne along several other offensives. My uncle said as a kid he asked about the war and great(great?) uncle almost broke down and told him not to ask about it. All my uncle knew was he had severe PTSD and respiratory issues from gas.
This is great, I have a WWI final today and it covers the Meuse-Argonne. Thanks for this, I’m gonna use it for studying.
Merek Grimaldus Works Cited:
*link to video*
If this is high school I'm surprised they didn't skip over ww1 like they did for me. Man if I could go back to that class I would slap that teacher. The lessons from ww1 that should be shared. Then again, its not like those after the great war learned their lesson so just like the old saying goes.
The movie "The Lost Battalion" is a good movie and I cannot recommend it more.
And it’s free on TH-cam
BuckSlinger02 So is the German Version Of Stalingrad 1993
@@MarshalShayCormac Bro, I've been planning to watch that movie at some time
EJ Red Here’s The Link To 1993 Stalingrad: th-cam.com/video/Yfk178n80CU/w-d-xo.html
The fact that this is filmed on location is amazing, these men’s story can not be forgotten
Sabaton was in Verdun for the press release of The Great War and the TimeGhost guys were in the area for their France Roadtrip. So we thought it'd be cool to shoot some episodes on location.
"I remember the Argonne, 1918. The sounds if that battle still haunt me to this day. Machine gun fire from enemy lines, the soldier next to me firing his sidearm in desperation, the sickening sound of a bayonet tearing through human flesh. All these sounds still echo in my mind and is conducted by death himself. It comes together as music; A rhythm of death, A symphony of war." - Diary of an Unknown Soldier, prelude to The Lost Battalion on The Last Stand.
So that's what makes the drums so good in this song
Major Whittlesey lived where im from, Pittsfield MA. He killed himself after the war by jumping overboard on a cruise. They never found his body but he has a Cenotaph in the cities cemetary.
Rick Schroeder really nailed Major Whittlesey's attitude and stubbornness in the titular film.
This is one of my personal favorite Sabaton songs, and its one about the greatest American achievement in the Great War done by a unit of men.
MVP: the pigeon that survived being shot 4 fuckin times and managed to deliever the message that saved them.
*sheds tear* FAR FROM THEIR LAND AS THEY MADE THEIR STAND this is the song that got me into sabaton
This to was my first Sabaton song. And they've become my favorite band. I'm so excited for the #GreatTour
that fits the beat lol
Great song. If you ever feel like expanding that drum kit a bit, I'm pretty sure your American fans can help. Getting vintage weapons is pretty easy over here.
My ancestor fought in the U.S Army in WW1, the 82nd "All American" Division. He died charging German lines trying to rescue the Lost Battalion. Even though he was Irish, he gave his life for the country that adopted him only three years earlier. I remember him and his comrades in the 82nd whenever I hear this song 🇮🇪🇺🇸
Thanks for sharing!
Germans: SURRENDER!
New Yorkers: SCREW YOU! I AM WALKIN' HERE!
Indy Nidel is Thor, confirmed.
That's one of sad aspects between frontline officers and those that sit behind a desk.
That blessed bird. I am shocked that she made it through. I hope she got a bonus, a raise, or a family to take care of her.
The pigeon is the true hero, losing a leg and getting hit by shrapnel but delivered the message.
Funny thing is that I literally just wrote an essay about the Lost Battalion for my school. The thing is I never knew who they were until the Sabaton song. I would have loved to use this as a source but alas I needed to get my essay done😂. I am generally surprised by myself because I got pretty much everything about them spot on according to this video lol. Great one guys!
Props to the pigeon who found her way with a leg missing
I have learned more history in 13 episodes of Sabaton History than I learned in 13 years of public school. Thanks for making these.
Loved the song and I loved the video. I am actually fortunate enough to have a small French 37-millimeter shell not unlike those used in the small infantry cannons used by the Americans in the images in the video. The specimen in my collection is a simple trench-art piece engraved with the words "France, Argonne Forest, Nov. 11 1918." (This shell was sadly collecting dust, in the very back of a store, and after checking the markings I decided to give it a new home where someone might actually see it and appreciate its historical importance, hopefully even donate it to a museum.) As I am sure Indy is well aware, the offensive was the largest in American military history. The inexperienced American doughboys fought tenaciously against battle-hardened German soldiers who were defending positions almost 4 years in the making, and who were masters of defense-in-depth tactics. I would love to do an archaeological survey of this battlefield someday.
I never realised how long the battalion withheld the onslaught! It's fascinating to this story told in what is a hugely majestic song.
Neidell:ok lost battalion the song, what do you got?
Joakim: Nothing😂
Captain Miller, USMC here, and this is By far my favorite song by sabaton, and possibly my favorite fight from WW1! It shows true American grit and the song gets me juiced every time!
Will Sabaton History be releasing a Video about The Battle of Castle Itter this May 5th?
Sadly no
@@SabatonHistory darnit! Thanks for the reply though!
@@SabatonHistory But why wasn't the Halloween episode Attack Of The Dead Men? Halloween even fell on a Thursday
That drumkit was honestly genius Joakim
I love this band. As a former MWD handler in the Marine Corps, it would be awesome to hear a song about war dogs. These K9s do so much.
First heard about these guys in a docu-drama film called The Lost Battalion. Here's a line from the scene that I always remember, where a sniper on the American side is talking to his commanding officer about their current situation:
"Sir, with all due respect, this battalion isn't going to last much longer without the water from that river. Now I think I know where that German sniper is. If we can trick him into showing his face, I can get him."
"I remember the Argonne, 1918
The sounds of that battle still haunt me to this day
Machine gun fire from enemy lines
The sickening sound of a bayonet tearing through human flesh
The soldier next to me firing his sidearm in desperation
All these sounds still echo in my mind,
And as conducted by Death himself it all comes together as music
A rhythm of death
A symphony of war"
th-cam.com/video/Jhkz5NdM6ZA/w-d-xo.html
-one of my favourite pieces, you can feel the terror
Ja der Text ist heavy
Ich fühle das auch
Diary of an Unknown Soldier needs to be played with Lost Battalion. Wish they werent separate
@@earendilthemariner5546 I agree. On the other hand, if you buy the album...
@@m0rtez713 i did buy the album. But if they were together that could have freed up another song slot. DoaUS is only like 30 seconds long but is technically its own thing so thats kinda stupid
It’s one thing when Sabaton makes you feel patriotic about another nation through their songs. It’s another thing when that song is about your nation’s troops.
This was an amazing song. I hope to hear when you guys come to the U.S. this year 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪
Lost battalion: so, all our hopes are on you, Cher Ami. GO!
Cher Ami: ok, lemme just sit on this tree for a little bit
Okay, the way this story was told made me sit on the edge of my seat, altough I knew the outcome 😂
Awsome episode!
Indy gets me on the edge of my seat by reciting his grocery list
What do you have?
Nothing...
Really loved that line!
"You must go forwards, not backwards"
r/maliciouscompliance
Ahh I see another redditor!
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Ah yes, another heroic animal for the ages.
When i heard this one for the first time i got a massive goosebumps, and i still do sometimes. Before that i watched a movie "The Lost Battalion" so images from the movie just keeps poping in my head every time i hear that song. A great theme for a great story amd a horrible times.
All Hail Heroes! and Long Live the Fighters!
Homing pigeons get their uncanny sense of direction by first not flying away but flying around to orient themselves.
I too love WW2 tanks and other WW2 equipment in a WW1 music video.
which ones do you mean? The Stahlhelm is a common misconception if you mean that (it was introduced in 1915)
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Lu look up the lyric vid for the Lost Battalion
I don't see what you're referring to
I actually wrote my final paper about the Argonne offensive for my history class and at the end of the conclusion I mentioned the song and recognized the band and it’s a badass song thanks for doing this 🤘🏼
Indy have nice jacket. I like the ghost army patch.
The song that introduced me to Sabaton. And told me this was no ordinary band.
And the quality keeps rising! As always, many thanks to both Sabaton and TimeGhost for spreading knowledge to the world in the form of Art and History.
The legend truly still lives on.
For sure
The “Lost Battalion” was very brave and heroic not collapsing and being surrounded and attack from nearly every side these men I salute
For americans something special, for the rest just an average friday
@@noobster4779 Yes, it was special to the Americans. They were inexperienced and facing against veteran Germans. If both sides had equal experience, it wouldn't be as special. It's still one hell of a feat to survive both enemy and friendly fire whilst surrounded with inferior numbers.
Thank you Sabaton for making this amazing video and song! My great great uncle was a soldier in the Lost Battalion during the Battle of the Argonne. He was a machinegunner. My grandfather said he almost never talked about it, as the scars left by the war were deep. One of the few things he said was that his gun barrel melted because of the heat of constantly firing it. Those men were true heroes.
Thank you for sharing this story with us 🤟
I love that you're on site for this one!
One of my favorite songs, I really enjoyed this episode. 😂 Watching it on my lunch break and your goofy banter made me laugh out loud...people around me gave me weird looks ( I work at an airport) 😂
Thank you!
Yeah, laughing would be odd in an airport.
Yes! I've been waiting for this video ever sense they announced the channel would be coming!
There you go!
Another great episode. I will be listening to this song closely now as I didn't realize that about the drums. When you are in the US, my offer of the National World War I museum in Kansas City being on me still stands!
One of my favorite Sabaton songs
BF1 players: **The expert**
I like that Sabaton as always honours lesser know soldiers, like here the hellfighters it's just nice of them, and song is a certified banger.
WWI there's this problem with communication, you can't even "pass" a radio to other batalions or the field command send a fax to the high command
First Sabaton song I ever heard nearly 2 and a half years ago
And I was instantly hooked
Keep up the great work
🤘
You, Sabaton, are one of the Greatest bands i know. your lyrics are all interesting, you are good looking ! Guys, you're really great and I (and i'm not alone) love you and your music !
Continue Sabaton ! History never end ! (and History will remember you 😉)
Indy, you're also amazing, i learn something every time i see a video with you in it !
Thank you very much:)
No wonder the Argonne Forest tends to be more chaotic than the rest of the bf1 maps.
Sabton really should make a song about the Battle of Yavin
JK
If they do songs about fictional wars they have to do star wars and warhammer 40k. As bonus tracks
wolfman12144 I prefer the Battle of Hoth, much more interesting.
@@MrRenegadeshinobi but the battle of yavin has the death star
@@nerdothn892 So did the Battle of Endor and no one cares about that.
@@MrRenegadeshinobi yeah but not the original one
I first learned this story in 9th grade when we watched the excellent movie “The Lost Battalion” and fell in love with the story. It’s actually my favorite Sabaton song. Glad to see this covered. Would love to go see the battlefield at some point.
Proud to be here before 1k views
This song has always been one of my favorites, so i'm really happy to learn the history behind it
One of my top 10 fave Sabaton songs.
They can sing a song about Star War - Strategic Defense Initiative
Ok that drum kit barely made me make this song my number 1
Awesome song, but I am curious as to why are you filming on site (I'm not complaining, mind you) and for the future, it would be great to take advantage of the place and show us around a bit... p.s.: Indy sure does love the sound of his voice
We were in Verdun for the Great War album announcement press junket and grabbed the opportunity to shoot some video as well. And Indy does love to talk, which is good, 'cause we love to listen ;-)
Have you not seen their Vlogs ?
@@SabatonHistory I think you guys should do a song about the Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry, the regiment had its debut in WW1 and is one of Canadas national prides
What a great story. Also the song is really amazing.
"We Will have to visit Tatooine or Hoth"
"But That will be Far Far Far Away"
*You were so close to making a good joke there*
*You were on the verge of Greatness*
To bad we've already destroyed aalderan
@@bigbrojo you didnt get the joke did you?
Far Far Far Away from the Fame, one could say
This is a great song for anyone who has serious struggles in life and an impressive example how to remain strong and faithful even in the face of utter hopelesness.
Who else watched the 2001 movie "The Lost Battalion" starring Rick Schroder?
My 3rd Favorite Sabaton Song!
Thanks guys.
They should probably go to Endor and talk to the ewoks
Lost battalion is not only a great song, but there’s an amazing movie about them made in 2001
The french have lost their way, perhaps Sabaton should do a song about Capt. Danjou and Camaron
what he said about the percussion is so cool. i always got the sense of the drums being the engine of a tank or something chugging away, never thought about it in a technical sense
Now if my homework will not be complete because I watched this instead of writing it... I will be lost.
The intro track to the Lost Batallion is one of the best set-ups for a song EVER!