The Battle of Verdun (1916) was the longest single battle of the First World War, lasting for more than 300 days. It represents one of the bloodiest battles of the war with over 700,000 combined casualties. Read more about the Battle of Verdun 👉 www.sabaton.net/historical-facts/the-battle-of-verdun-begins/ ➞ SUBSCRIBE for more Sabaton: sabat.one/TH-cam ➞ MERCHANDISE Official Store: sabat.one/ytdshop
As a French soldier living near Verdun/Metz/Gravelotte, I can tell you that the land NEVER recovered even after all this time, and shells are discovered every day in the forests, fields, etc.... After all this time... I can't even comprehend what it was like in WW2... When you see the land, the tombs that are everywhere, memorials, your respect goes so high it reach outer space. Thank you Sabaton for this magnificent music
@@thegermanfool8953 as a little fact if you ever go to Verdun and walk around the combat zone just look down at your feet if you see a strange shaped rock it's shrapnel from WW1 the ground is filled with it you could open a godame mine
@@misschauffarde5112 went to the somme this may and we still found live shells and a load of shrapnel from stuff even found some rare bullets and bullet casings
Fun fact: Charles de Gaulle was in Verdun but was captured about a month into the battle and taken as a POW. He tried to escape 5 times to go back to the fighting but was caught each time because of his height. I often wonder what would happen if de Gaulle did escape and the likely possibility that he would succumb to the hellscape that was Verdun, changing the current landscape of not just France, but Europe itself.
Fun fact: Hitler fought in the war too. There was a soldier, who could have killed him, but he showed mercy and let him go. Too bad he didn't shoot that damn motherf*cker in the face.
@@senorkaktusz5940 eh, not really. *Simple history* did a video about the incident. The conclusion was that it might have never happened and the story was fabricated. According to German military documents of WW1, Hitler was on leave when he was allegedly being aimed at by a British soldier.
@Charlie Fogg But he did fight in the Great War, which the battle of the Somme and the Battle of Verdun was a part of. There was no need correcting him as he was not wrong in the first place!
Thank you Sabaton for telling the stories of those who can not. As a historian I love your songs and as a veteran they hit home. Thank you for all you do.
Sometimes, for an excavation, the preparation of a house, a building or whatever, you still find metal parts, clothes, helmets, weapons, ammunitions and bones. French and german dead soldiers all buried together in (still) very high numbers under the town and the surrounding fields.
@@DudeBro07 no its fals, its a big FAKE by some americans who does not know history and wanted to insult France bc we did not want to join them in the war in the midle east. France did not surrender in WW2 it was an armictice not a capitulation. General Weygand (head of the French army) refused to capitulate, so full powers were voted for Pétain by the governement and his mission was to conclud an armistice with the Germans (a common stop of the fight between 2 countries, and it can include ocupied zones or money for the country that is winning). So if we consider that as a surrender we should therefore consider that the Germans during the 1WW also gave up since there was an armistice between the germans and the allies, and also all the peace treaties in history are also surrenders
“They shall not pass” Such historic words, and still remembered today. It takes a lot for your words from 100 years ago to still be remembered. And Sabaton put it in great perspective. Fields of verdun is great.
You playing Hearts of Iron IV: Crap, that battle near Verdun is going on for about a year... That's so dull... When we will already win? Two mini figures of soliders that are shooting each other on the map: F I E L D S O F V E R D U N *HOI Sabaton radio turns on*
@@viktor8986z7o The thing I don't like about Hearts of Iron 4 is that it can't really model meatgrinder battles like Victoria 2 can. What I don't like about Victoria 2 is that it can't really model encirclement tactics very well like Hoi4 (sort of) can. You can very easily have a Battle of Verdun or Stalingrad in Victoria 2. You can't in HoI4. You can easily have an Operation Bagration or Ardennes Offensive in HoI4 but not in Victoria 2. Sucks there isn't a game that can do both
@@emie9858 I mean, it's a different time period. I think you might be able to do something with tanks around 1920 but the micromanagement required makes it impractical in multiplayer, and in singleplayer the ai is too stupid for it to matter (they can't make a frontline, can't cycle troops, etc.) Also, encircling stacks is entirely possible in vic2, if a stack is defeated and all the surrounding provinces have enemy soldiers present or an ongoing battle the stack is deleted. This is why multiplayer wars require a proper frontline, to avoid encirclement and to allow a safe space for cycling troops in and out so they can reinforce. I'd suggest watching some combat guides here on TH-cam if you're interested.
I had an ancestor who survived Verdun on the "hun" side. He told stories of soldiers and horses exploding into red clouds, hit by artillery fire. In his peasant words he said that the place looked like an open air butchery.
@@ohno6528 ookay troll, now tell me how you plan to revive a long-dead poilu from the grave, seeing that all survivorrs of WW1 at this point had...you...know...died. 11 years ago, in fact, the last WW1 participant died. so go on, knave, tell me how you plan to let the "actual soldier" to talk about Verdun, a battle that happened in WW1, more than 100-odd years ago, in case you don't know how to read a calendar.
I translate in French with the maximum of your song's spirits. I think is not perfect but now it will be exist. 00:15 Alors que le roulement du tambour a commencé ce jour 00:17 Entendu à une centaine de kilomètres 00:20 Un million de projectiles ont été tirés 00:22 Et les champs verts sont devenus gris 00:25 Les bombardements ont duré toute la journée 00:27 Pourtant le fort est resté debout 00:30 Fortement défendu 00:32 Maintenant le piège est tendu, la bataille peut commencer 00:36 Descendant dans l’obscurité 00:41 303 jours sous le soleil 00:44 Les Champs de Verdun! 00:46 Et la bataille a commencé ! 00:49 Nulle part ou fuir ! 00:50 Père et Fils tombent un par un, sous le feu des canons 00:54 Là ils mourront 00:55 (Là ils mourront) 00:56 Et le jugement a commencé! 00:59 Nulle part où fuir ! 01:00 Père et Fils tombent un par un! 01:02 Les Champs de Verdun! 01:04 Même si un million d’obus ont marqué la terre 01:07 Personne ne prend l'avantage 01:09 Du sol au-dessus des tranchées 01:12 Les soldats tiennent leur position 01:14 Alors que les tranchées se transforment lentement en boue 01:16 Et qu’elles commencent rapidement à être inonder 01:19 La mort attend dans chaque coins 01:22 Et ils meurent dans la boue en remplissant les tranchées de leur sang 01:25 Descendant dans l’obscurité 01h30 303 jours sous le soleil 01:33 Les Champs de Verdun! 01:36 Et la bataille a commencé! 01:38 Nulle part ou fuir ! 01:39 Père et Fils tombent un par un, sous les canons ! 01:43 Là ils mourront 01:45 (Là ils mourront) 01:46 Et le jugement a commencé! 01:48 Nulle part ou fuir ! 01:49 Père et Fils tombent un par un! 01:51 Les Champs de Verdun! 01:59 Les champs de l’exécution 02:02 Qui ont transformé des vertes prairie en mauvaise herbes 02:04 Ils n'iront pas plus loin 02:06 Il a été dit : « ils ne passeront pas » 02:09 L'esprit de résistance 02:11 Et la folie de la guerre 02:13 Donc vas-y 02:14 Fait face au plomb 02:15 Rejoins les morts 02:15 Malgré ta mort 02:16 Et les mensonges 02:17 Ne demandes jamais : pourquoi ? 02:18 La bataille de Verdun. 21 février - 18 décembre 1916 02:22 Plus de 40 millions de projectiles ont été tirés et plus de 800 mille soldats sont morts 02:28 La bataille est devenue un symbole fort de la volonté française de se battre 02:34 « Ils ne passeront pas. » Expression française 02:39 Descends dans l’obscurité 02:45 303 jours sous le soleil 02:48 Les Champs de Verdun! 02:51 Et la bataille a commencé! 02:53 Nulle part ou fuir ! 02:54 Père et Fils tombent un à un, sous les canons ! 02:58 Là ils mourront 02:59 (Là ils mourront) 03:00 Et le jugement a commencé! 03:03 Avec nulle part où fuir ! 03:04 Père et Fils tombent un par un! 03:06 Les Champs de Verdun! 03:08 SABATON. LA GRANDE GUERRE 03:13 Sous-titres Francais : Tony Starks
The French always surrendering must be an America or England thing cause in my country (The Netherlands) the French are quite respected when it comes to warfare.
"Amusingly", the jokes about the french being surrendering cowards started being common on the internet end 2001. Right after France told the US they would not send their soldiers to die in Afghanistan. Eventually the french gov' was pressured into helping anyway, but it seems like the American ego never quite recovered from having a Nato member telling them "no". 'My take on it anyway, being French and having lived some time in the US. Make of it what you wish.
@@sirxamner Much as I hate to say it, you actually hit it pretty dead on. This country is VERY insecure about stupid sh*t, and it vibrantly reflects in our internet culture. It also doesn't help that people here are too lazy to actually research stuff, so the lot of us don't know France has actually won many more battles and had a generally more successful military history than us. That being said, I still feel impressed by the fact that we've been around about 1/3 as long as you have, and have won over half your total number of battles in our meager 3 centuries.
This song gave me the scare of my life. I was making the sheets to be bed, and was wearing my Apple Watch. One of my sheets got caught on the volume slider on the side of the watch, and turned it to full volume. While listening to this song. I heard “FEILDS OF VERDUN!” and screamed out loud half from being frightened and half from pain because it was so loud.
Can we just all acknowledge that Sabaton is one of the best bands? Metal that isn’t super angry that sounds amazing and is more upbeat. The lyrics are amazing and have actual historic importance
@@Sabaton Dites, pourriez vous faire une chanson sur la bataille de Bouvines ? J'ai envoyé un message sur votre site en description vous expliquant ce que c'est
My paternal grandfather fought as an artillery observer in Verdun. One of his observation posts was at the heights of the "Toter Mann (Dead Man)". This experience changed him forever and he died much too soon. Somehow I envy him this experience, as terrible as it was.
Someone was blasting this music in a party chat when we were playing For Honor. I screamed Deus Vult and he started speaking in Latin war chants. Fucking legend.
A German officer recalls: We saw a handful of soldiers, commanded by a Captain, slowly approaching, one at the time. The Captain asked which company we were and then started to cry all of a sudden. Did he suffer of shellshock? Then he said: ...when I saw you approach it reminded me of six days ago, when I walked this same road with approximately hundred men. And now look how few there are left.... We watched as we passed them; they where about twenty. They walked by us as living, plastered statues. Their faces stared at us like shrunken mummies, and their eyes were so immense that you could not see anything but their eyes. RIP To All Victims of Verdun, both the ones that were killed and the ones that became mentaly destroyed.
In fact, numbers were misinterpreted, 700 000-800 000 is the toll of casualties, which means counting both dead and wounded and sometimes POWs The appropriate tolls are the following : ~ 300 000 dead with 163 000 French and 143 000 Germans ~ 400 000 wounded with 216 000 French and 196 000 Germans Nevertheless, it still doesn't change the horrific height of the numbers
I might not be into this genre of music, but for what you are doing, getting a new generation to understand and remember what happened in these wars, I think so very highly of your art
I mean i'm pretty sure nobody was taught in school about the fields of Verdun and French idioms so yeah, of course they would've thought that was a quote from Gandalf
As the drum roll started on that day Heard a hundred miles away A million shells were fired And the green fields turned to grey The bombardment lasted all day long Yet the forts were standing strong Heavily defended Now the trap's been sprung and the battle has begun Descend into darkness 303 days below the sun Fields of Verdun, and the battle has begun Nowhere to run, father and son Fall one by one under the gun Thy will be done (thy will be done), and the judgement has begun Nowhere to run, father and son Fall one by one, fields of Verdun Though a million shells have scarred the land No one has the upper hand From the ground above to trenches Where the soldiers make their stand As the trenches slowly turn to mud And then quickly start to flood Death awaits in every corner As they die in the mud, fill the trenches with blood Descend into darkness 303 days below the sun Fields of Verdun, and the battle has begun Nowhere to run, father and son Fall one by one under the gun Thy will be done (thy will be done), and the judgement has begun Nowhere to run, father and son Fall one by one, fields of Verdun Fields of execution turned to wasteland from the grass Thou shalt go no further it was said, "They shall not pass!" The spirit of resistance and the madness of the war So go ahead, face the lead, join the dead Though you die where you lie, never asking why Descend into darkness 303 days below the sun Fields of Verdun, and the battle has begun Nowhere to run, father and son Fall one by one under the gun Thy will be done (thy will be done), and the judgement has begun Nowhere to run, father and son Fall one by one, fields of verdun (I think i made it wrong)
This song would fit beautifully with gameplay from the final map in Devil's Anvil from Battlefield 1. Literally one of the best Ops maps I've ever played, the transition from an abandoned village to war scarred ruins to genuine hell is just a wonderful depiction of the progression of that war.
So I'm french and fyi shells surface so often in people's garden in Verdun that the mayor passed a bill forbidding people to deal with them because the outer shell is so decayed no one can tell if it's a shell full of gas or regular explosif. And let me tell ya, this might be one of the only forest where no teenager ever sneak out to have a party with a fire pit.
I played Sniper Elite 4, if you haven't played it you should, it's a great game. It's saddening that while listening to what some enemy soldiers say they can say things such as, "I'm fine, it'll all be over by Christmas..." or "I want to go home...". Some enemies even have descriptions saying things like, "Worries for his family"...
@@senorkaktusz5940 not forgotten... This was a new level. No one had ever seen a total war on the scale of WW1. It was the first huge war with modern states that could strain every resource and energy to battle. And since the technology of the time favored defense by a lot... It became almost impossible to push through a determined enemy no matter how hard you tried.
When I visited the fields of verdun, I couldnt help but kneel and cry. Tombs of good men as far as the eye could see. So much wasted life in such a short amount of time. Fathers and sons butchered and slaughtered on both sides. You honour each and everyone that fought and died upon these fields and i cant thank you enough for this. May we never forget.
My grandpa told me that his grandpa fought at Verdun during WWI as a medic. He received an iron cross after the battle was over. It would be nice if he was still alive so he could tell his stories. Sadly he died in 1965. He also fought in WWII as a medic.
To me, the line "fields of execution" really hits hard. It makes one realize just exactly how much death happened at the Battle of Verdun. Rest In Peace to those who lost their lives fighting for their respective countries!
Honestly, I'm crying listening to this. I love this song and I'll put it on (along with other Sabaton greats) when I do chores because it motivates me to get everything done! But I'm sitting here at my desk working, and I took a moment to really reflect on the lyrics and the story behind this event. The absolute bravery and sacrifice these men displayed was superhuman! They didn't just die--they died in an absolute hellscape, knowing it would be unlikely their bodies could even be recovered for their families. Hell, some of them knew they were losing their whole families in this battle! I think the music made by Sabaton is the best tribute I've ever seen to the different figures and events they cover, because not only does it keep their memory alive, it really makes you FEEL something and prevents you from just seeing facts on a page!
Can we all just agree that a history teacher who starts a unit with an Oversimplified video and plays Sabaton songs when relevant would be the most epic teacher ever, and that there would be a lot more history nerds?
I love how this album and Battlefield 1 have highlighted how active WWI could actually be. Mostly when I was in school and WWI was mentioned, it was mainly emphasizing sitting around in trenches with nothing happening. Yes that was part of it but it doesn't provide the complete picture.
@The Xenomorphian The US wasn't fighting Vietnam over individual freedoms, it was fighting them over choice of government(which, admittedly, is way stupider, and just stemmed from our overwhelming fear of communism). The USA was fighting to make Vietnam a democracy, but the main problem stemmed from the fact that we were so afraid of letting them be communist instead that we exercised military power to attempt to institute a false democracy with a ruthless leader behind it. Long story short, I agree. America fucked up on that one.
Here, on this day 28th of December 2022, the Battle of Bakhmut and surrounding area's is 151-ish days in, half of the length of Verdun with an estimated 10,000-50,000 combined *deaths* and uncounted casualties. As many people wiser have said, history does not repeat, but it does rhyme.
as a French I know my grand-grandfather was fignting in world war I and I respect each one of our dead because of the war... Français et fier de l'être ! French an proud of it !
What a song what a riff what a chorus what a story brave brave men on both sides such a sad tragic event so emotions but so badass what a band love you guys we will remember them
@@bernardnarber4595 You are expected to be as clean as possible as a soldier + no one anticipated at the start of the war that it will end in Trench mania, they probably thought about something like the Napolianic wars or something like WW2.
You can tell how much research Sabaton does when they write. It’s the little details, like including the phrases “the judgment has begun” and “fields of execution.” They aren’t just hyperbole; they reference the name of the assault on Verdun, Operation Gerricht-often translated as Operation Judgment, but also as Operation Place of Execution.
My grandmother's family came from France to Louisiana in the early 1900s, it is highly likely that one of my ancestors that didn't move to the US fought for France in WW1.
The Battle of Verdun (1916) was the longest single battle of the First World War, lasting for more than 300 days. It represents one of the bloodiest battles of the war with over 700,000 combined casualties. Read more about the Battle of Verdun 👉 www.sabaton.net/historical-facts/the-battle-of-verdun-begins/
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Sabaton this comment was made a month before the video came out
I love it🥰😍🤘🏻
So cool, can you make song about Yamato in next album?
Would it be possible that you do a song about Yi sun-shin?
As a French soldier living near Verdun/Metz/Gravelotte, I can tell you that the land NEVER recovered even after all this time, and shells are discovered every day in the forests, fields, etc....
After all this time... I can't even comprehend what it was like in WW2... When you see the land, the tombs that are everywhere, memorials, your respect goes so high it reach outer space.
Thank you Sabaton for this magnificent music
Dear god..
WW1
@@thegermanfool8953 as a little fact if you ever go to Verdun and walk around the combat zone just look down at your feet if you see a strange shaped rock it's shrapnel from WW1 the ground is filled with it you could open a godame mine
it happened in ww1 but still your point stands
@@misschauffarde5112 went to the somme this may and we still found live shells and a load of shrapnel from stuff even found some rare bullets and bullet casings
Can we just acknowledge that sabaton just made 8 lines rhyme in a row with all unique words
2:14 this part?
@@richy9589 I think they mean 1:27.
Richy I think at that time it was only 6
the english language is just a mess
jun raphael kariya knowing some non-native speakers, it really is. Spelling-wise, at the very least. ‘Ough’ really fucks some people up.
I found a metal band with songs based on historical events...is this Heaven?
If it isn't, then I'm alright with staying here
Yes
Have you not heard of iron maiden?
@@TheRacedaz72 I never listened to their music. Should I give it a try?
@@senorkaktusz5940 yes listen to their song trooper and paschendale. The singer has a degree in history
"Is this hell?"
"No, this is Verdun."
"What's the difference?"
Hell is nicer
Shit, you really making me think now
"Is this hell?" - "No, it's Hel."
the difference is, that there are no innocents in hell.
@@irgendwer6150 lol why
Fun fact: Charles de Gaulle was in Verdun but was captured about a month into the battle and taken as a POW. He tried to escape 5 times to go back to the fighting but was caught each time because of his height. I often wonder what would happen if de Gaulle did escape and the likely possibility that he would succumb to the hellscape that was Verdun, changing the current landscape of not just France, but Europe itself.
Fun fact: Hitler fought in the war too. There was a soldier, who could have killed him, but he showed mercy and let him go. Too bad he didn't shoot that damn motherf*cker in the face.
@@senorkaktusz5940 Men like Himmler proved that there would have been others in his place.
@@epiclegion1040 Makes sense.
@Fal Treas In the battle of Verdun he saved many lives by making "The Holy road" ( sry for my english, I'm french after all )
@@senorkaktusz5940 eh, not really. *Simple history* did a video about the incident. The conclusion was that it might have never happened and the story was fabricated. According to German military documents of WW1, Hitler was on leave when he was allegedly being aimed at by a British soldier.
>"they shall not pass"
>french idom
>tolkien fought on the great war
>"you shall not pass"
>coincidence?
It was also used by the Republican loyalists during the Spanish Civil War.
He read up on Verdun, and that's where he go the quote.
@Charlie Fogg But he did fight in the Great War, which the battle of the Somme and the Battle of Verdun was a part of.
There was no need correcting him as he was not wrong in the first place!
@@aztecaddress6356 No he should, they are hundreds of kilometer apart, it's not nothing x)
But the fact is yeah, he got it from WW1, so 50% correct x)
@Charlie Fogg I See you watch hermitcraft
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Hey dude
Good lines me too
Same here
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Thank you Sabaton for telling the stories of those who can not. As a historian I love your songs and as a veteran they hit home. Thank you for all you do.
Thank you for following, Kris.
Love the fact that Sabaton always explains the history context of their songs
Thanks for appreciating it!
They protec
They attac
but most importantly
*_Ils ne passeront pas !_*
If you use it like this:
He protec
He attac
But most importantly
*Ils ne passeront pas*
It rhymes a bit better
Actually, It was 'On ne passe pas'.
@@aazzxxrrdd it was ils ne passeront pas
@@motmot8879 No it was On ne passe pas.
@@z-mkgaming7464 "on" can mean we and he/she so it's better to use "ils"
Lyric videos seem to be a fun thing to do.
El famoso piscator xD thank you for all your work
I love you Piscator
Yeah
Yeah, you are the one who knows it better
We need you back man =(((
Sometimes, for an excavation, the preparation of a house, a building or whatever, you still find metal parts, clothes, helmets, weapons, ammunitions and bones.
French and german dead soldiers all buried together in (still) very high numbers under the town and the surrounding fields.
The plebs who say the French is known for surrendering clearly never heard of Verdun
*THEY SHALL NOT PASS*
The plebs? Americans
In french : On ne passe pas !
@@Guillaume-pi1du Plutôt ''ils ne passeront pas''👍
France surrendering early in WWII will always be my gag on them and you cannot change that.
@@DudeBro07 no its fals, its a big FAKE by some americans who does not know history and wanted to insult France bc we did not want to join them in the war in the midle east. France did not surrender in WW2 it was an armictice not a capitulation. General Weygand (head of the French army) refused to capitulate, so full powers were voted for Pétain by the governement and his mission was to conclud an armistice with the Germans (a common stop of the fight between 2 countries, and it can include ocupied zones or money for the country that is winning). So if we consider that as a surrender we should therefore consider that the Germans during the 1WW also gave up since there was an armistice between the germans and the allies, and also all the peace treaties in history are also surrenders
When actual history is a thousand times more epic than a badass wizard taking on a literal giant demon!
Was that a lord of the rings reference?
Are you describing Lord of the Rings or the actual Battle of Verdun?
@@brainflash1 it was probably a reference because of the French Idiom they shall not pass.
@@brainflash1 Hes saying the fictional character, Gandolf, is infinitely less badass than the French Army at Verdun.
I SERVE THE SECRET FLAME ANOR
“They shall not pass”
Such historic words, and still remembered today. It takes a lot for your words from 100 years ago to still be remembered. And Sabaton put it in great perspective. Fields of verdun is great.
Tu n’iras pas plus loin, on disait qu’ils ne passeraient pas!
Romanians did something similar along the șiret River and carpatin mountains, “pe aici nu se trece„ trough here you won't pass, didn't succeed
"As the drum roll started on that day."
I love waking up to Sabaton videos.
"Heard a hundred miles away"
THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED
@@benjaminsimons8263 a million shells were fired
@@ahnafm.m.z7750 and the green fields turned to grey
YET THE FORTS WERE STANDING STRONG
You playing Hearts of Iron IV:
Crap, that battle near Verdun is going on for about a year... That's so dull... When we will already win?
Two mini figures of soliders that are shooting each other on the map:
F I E L D S O F V E R D U N
*HOI Sabaton radio turns on*
Endless battles of hundreds of thousands that go on for years is more like Victoria 2 then HoI4.
So tru Hoi4Bro
Men of war assault squad 2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
@@viktor8986z7o The thing I don't like about Hearts of Iron 4 is that it can't really model meatgrinder battles like Victoria 2 can. What I don't like about Victoria 2 is that it can't really model encirclement tactics very well like Hoi4 (sort of) can. You can very easily have a Battle of Verdun or Stalingrad in Victoria 2. You can't in HoI4. You can easily have an Operation Bagration or Ardennes Offensive in HoI4 but not in Victoria 2. Sucks there isn't a game that can do both
@@emie9858 I mean, it's a different time period. I think you might be able to do something with tanks around 1920 but the micromanagement required makes it impractical in multiplayer, and in singleplayer the ai is too stupid for it to matter (they can't make a frontline, can't cycle troops, etc.)
Also, encircling stacks is entirely possible in vic2, if a stack is defeated and all the surrounding provinces have enemy soldiers present or an ongoing battle the stack is deleted. This is why multiplayer wars require a proper frontline, to avoid encirclement and to allow a safe space for cycling troops in and out so they can reinforce.
I'd suggest watching some combat guides here on TH-cam if you're interested.
The chorus is one of the catchiest and most badass things I’ve ever heard
😎
@@Sabaton epic
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Video: *uploaded 50 minutes ago*
Sabaton: *Comments 4 weeks ago*
Sabaton: THE LAWS OF TIME ARE MINE!
Was probably private for a time.
@@Emmet-sd8og dont ruin the joke
That explains how they can get so much information to write these songs
ALLONS-Y
AND THEY WILL OBEY ME !!!
I'm going to cry, this beautiful song finally got what it deserved
I had an ancestor who survived Verdun on the "hun" side. He told stories of soldiers and horses exploding into red clouds, hit by artillery fire. In his peasant words he said that the place looked like an open air butchery.
a rather apt understatement I'd say. Verdun would make an open air butchery look like a very, VERY PG playground for kids.
there's a reason it's referred to as The Meat Grinder
Thats why its the blood Mill matey
@@Wolvenworks Were you there? No? Then let the actual soldier who WAS there say what it was like and shut up.
@@ohno6528 ookay troll, now tell me how you plan to revive a long-dead poilu from the grave, seeing that all survivorrs of WW1 at this point had...you...know...died. 11 years ago, in fact, the last WW1 participant died.
so go on, knave, tell me how you plan to let the "actual soldier" to talk about Verdun, a battle that happened in WW1, more than 100-odd years ago, in case you don't know how to read a calendar.
doctor : find the difference between these picture
picture : *hell and verdun*
me : they are the same
Hell would probably be warmer and less muddy. Which might make anyone from Verdun think they came to Heaven if they actually came to Hell.
@@Robbini0 damn, that's deep ngl
In hell there are no innocents
There are no innocents in Hell.
Hi kay
If history had an anime Sabaton would make the opening.
😎 Of course
ohohoho someone should make it
Christian Jordan Suryadi * cough cough * Hetalia
@@justaceilingfan7881
we don't speak that name, we'd rather have Girlz Und Panzer, Azur Lane or Fate
@@exudeku nothing works, they're all lewd anime e girls. Maybe some tall and bulky guys with MG 42 s would be more realistic
I translate in French with the maximum of your song's spirits. I think is not perfect but now it will be exist.
00:15
Alors que le roulement du tambour a commencé ce jour
00:17
Entendu à une centaine de kilomètres
00:20
Un million de projectiles ont été tirés
00:22
Et les champs verts sont devenus gris
00:25
Les bombardements ont duré toute la journée
00:27
Pourtant le fort est resté debout
00:30
Fortement défendu
00:32
Maintenant le piège est tendu, la bataille peut commencer
00:36
Descendant dans l’obscurité
00:41
303 jours sous le soleil
00:44
Les Champs de Verdun!
00:46
Et la bataille a commencé !
00:49
Nulle part ou fuir !
00:50
Père et Fils tombent un par un, sous le feu des canons
00:54
Là ils mourront
00:55
(Là ils mourront)
00:56
Et le jugement a commencé!
00:59
Nulle part où fuir !
01:00
Père et Fils tombent un par un!
01:02
Les Champs de Verdun!
01:04
Même si un million d’obus ont marqué la terre
01:07
Personne ne prend l'avantage
01:09
Du sol au-dessus des tranchées
01:12
Les soldats tiennent leur position
01:14
Alors que les tranchées se transforment lentement en boue
01:16
Et qu’elles commencent rapidement à être inonder
01:19
La mort attend dans chaque coins
01:22
Et ils meurent dans la boue en remplissant les tranchées de leur sang
01:25
Descendant dans l’obscurité
01h30
303 jours sous le soleil
01:33
Les Champs de Verdun!
01:36
Et la bataille a commencé!
01:38
Nulle part ou fuir !
01:39
Père et Fils tombent un par un, sous les canons !
01:43
Là ils mourront
01:45
(Là ils mourront)
01:46
Et le jugement a commencé!
01:48
Nulle part ou fuir !
01:49
Père et Fils tombent un par un!
01:51
Les Champs de Verdun!
01:59
Les champs de l’exécution
02:02
Qui ont transformé des vertes prairie en mauvaise herbes
02:04
Ils n'iront pas plus loin
02:06
Il a été dit : « ils ne passeront pas »
02:09
L'esprit de résistance
02:11
Et la folie de la guerre
02:13
Donc vas-y
02:14
Fait face au plomb
02:15
Rejoins les morts
02:15
Malgré ta mort
02:16
Et les mensonges
02:17
Ne demandes jamais : pourquoi ?
02:18
La bataille de Verdun. 21 février - 18 décembre 1916
02:22
Plus de 40 millions de projectiles ont été tirés et plus de 800 mille soldats sont morts
02:28
La bataille est devenue un symbole fort de la volonté française de se battre
02:34
« Ils ne passeront pas. » Expression française
02:39
Descends dans l’obscurité
02:45
303 jours sous le soleil
02:48
Les Champs de Verdun!
02:51
Et la bataille a commencé!
02:53
Nulle part ou fuir !
02:54
Père et Fils tombent un à un, sous les canons !
02:58
Là ils mourront
02:59
(Là ils mourront)
03:00
Et le jugement a commencé!
03:03
Avec nulle part où fuir !
03:04
Père et Fils tombent un par un!
03:06
Les Champs de Verdun!
03:08
SABATON. LA GRANDE GUERRE
03:13
Sous-titres Francais : Tony Starks
Kind of wish there was a french cover of this song now.
what the FUCK
From what i can tell, this is spot on
the dedication
Merci mec
The French always surrendering must be an America or England thing cause in my country (The Netherlands) the French are quite respected when it comes to warfare.
"Amusingly", the jokes about the french being surrendering cowards started being common on the internet end 2001. Right after France told the US they would not send their soldiers to die in Afghanistan.
Eventually the french gov' was pressured into helping anyway, but it seems like the American ego never quite recovered from having a Nato member telling them "no".
'My take on it anyway, being French and having lived some time in the US. Make of it what you wish.
@@sirxamner Nah, as an american, sounds about right
@@sirxamner Much as I hate to say it, you actually hit it pretty dead on. This country is VERY insecure about stupid sh*t, and it vibrantly reflects in our internet culture. It also doesn't help that people here are too lazy to actually research stuff, so the lot of us don't know France has actually won many more battles and had a generally more successful military history than us.
That being said, I still feel impressed by the fact that we've been around about 1/3 as long as you have, and have won over half your total number of battles in our meager 3 centuries.
Yeah its kinda stupid. France has the most military victories in the world aswell.
Even for america we joke about them even though they helped us out when we where trying to leave britian
2:18 you forgot to add "[awesome solo]"
I love that solo so much, it's my ringtone since the song first came out. 🤘
honestly it's the second best solo after white death, with uprising being the third
You know this is probably my favorite quote ever and I'm going to say it here. "Soldiers are not numbers, they are brothers, sons, and fathers."
For now, might be able to correct that soon though.
The German Army : We gonna take verdun and bleed dry the french army
The French Army: No.
well yes but actually no (like they didnt pass lol, but considering the losses... the bleeding dry the french army is kinda true)
Petain: "no"
@@Freedmoon44 Unfortunately the Germans were drained almost equally. So no one won the Battle of Verdun.
@@LordVader1094 indeed, still the goal to bled the french army dry was done, with the unexpected part being the german army being bled dry too ^^
Ww2: Hahaha
"All the French do is surrender."
Verdun: Am I a joke to you?
Yeah, fax🔥
French history: Am i a joke to you ?
*Dunkerque want to know your location*
@@Hans_Panzerschreck Britain :Hi France , I am at Dunkerque too
@@quangtruongle7823 Hello Britain, why are you running at the beach without helping us ?
Everyone: The French surrender so often.
Me: Allow me to educate you
France is the country with the most battle wins in the world. 1st rank
@@eltesteur4223 Aren't they number two though with the Brits above them with only 10 battles
@@Adam-vq7fr nope sorry
@@eltesteur4223 Your apologize was accepted
yeah but they still kinda got destroyed in seconds during the ww2
This song gave me the scare of my life. I was making the sheets to be bed, and was wearing my Apple Watch. One of my sheets got caught on the volume slider on the side of the watch, and turned it to full volume. While listening to this song. I heard “FEILDS OF VERDUN!” and screamed out loud half from being frightened and half from pain because it was so loud.
Your Apple Watch has the right idea. CRANK UP THE VOLUME 🤘🤘
Can we just all acknowledge that Sabaton is one of the best bands? Metal that isn’t super angry that sounds amazing and is more upbeat. The lyrics are amazing and have actual historic importance
Quick Maths: The initial barrage of 10 hours had ~1666 shells per second.
Over 1600 Artillery shells. Per second. Over a period of 10 hours. Wtf
And thats wasnt even the worst one
@@barondrakon7947 say sike right now
That gives a whole new meaning to "then we shall fight in the shade"
@@davidandmartinealbon3155 Holy shit yeah
The german initial barrage consisted of 808 guns, so about double what was possible, and i doubt 808 shells fell in a second at any point
That moment they ryme 13 lines in a row.... Sabaton for life!!!!
Thank you for supporting our music
Sibling: You shall not pass was from Lord of the Rings!
Me: that’s cute
Dapperfield where do you think Tolkien got it from
@@aidanszabo2349 he was joking he knows its French
Tolkien served in ww1
@@liammcneely2172 he actually fought in the battle of Verdun
@@JagmasterGeneral12374 i think he fought in the battle of the Somme, but yeah he got it from ww1
Welcome everyone on 108th anniversary of the beggining of the battle of Verdun. Lest we forget!
Came to listen for this exact purpose
Je vous aime les gars 😭😭.....vive la France🇫🇷!
Vive la France !
Bien sûr!
@@Sabaton Dites, pourriez vous faire une chanson sur la bataille de Bouvines ? J'ai envoyé un message sur votre site en description vous expliquant ce que c'est
@@Sabaton ok Sabaton m'a répondu je suis refait😭😎 passez à la Réunion un des ces quatres
@@germanicus173 tu m'étonnes que tu est refait
As a French, the quote « father and son fall one by one » makes me cry…
Thanks Sabaton for this song.
Thank you Pierre for writing 🤟
My paternal grandfather fought as an artillery observer in Verdun. One of his observation posts was at the heights of the "Toter Mann (Dead Man)". This experience changed him forever and he died much too soon. Somehow I envy him this experience, as terrible as it was.
- You really need lyric videos about every song in Great War?
- Yes
Someone was blasting this music in a party chat when we were playing For Honor. I screamed Deus Vult and he started speaking in Latin war chants. Fucking legend.
French Soldier, 1916: "Will they remember us?"
*Fields of Verdun comes out*
French soldier: "It was worth it."
Also German Soldiers, they too fought valiantly. Ultimately there was no "bad guy" in WWI
If you think you need a metal song to remember something as important as Verdun, that's pretty sad
@@Archipuddi how about game "Verdun"?
Dr. Lock the real bad guy in the conflict was the mud on the western front lol
@@Madjo-qj2ge How about an history book
"They shall not pass!"
Four words that defined a generation.
Definitely one of Sabaton's best pieces. Great music!
Thank you!
@@Sabaton No, thank YOU for making this great piece of music.
I have waited three hundred three days for this
Yes comrade
I just realized, this song is actually pretty close to being 3 minutes 3 seconds long = 3:03 = 303 days
I never thought I'd be learning history from a metal band, but I like it.
Bols of you to assume we haven’t memorized everything
bols? You mean *balls?*
@@cykablyatthemovie2424 bold*
@declan Kerekere Lmfao
amazing content
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How i learned about historical wars
5 % school
95 % Sabaton songs
Yeah!
@@Sabaton HELL YEAH MAN
honestly, i know most of my history because of the internet.
Same here
@@Sabaton I love that you include historical captions near the end of the song it is quite nice
I swear I could have this song on repeat for a whole 5 years and still not get sick of it
A German officer recalls: We saw a handful of soldiers, commanded by a Captain, slowly approaching, one at the time. The Captain asked which company we were and then started to cry all of a sudden. Did he suffer of shellshock? Then he said: ...when I saw you approach it reminded me of six days ago, when I walked this same road with approximately hundred men. And now look how few there are left.... We watched as we passed them; they where about twenty. They walked by us as living, plastered statues. Their faces stared at us like shrunken mummies, and their eyes were so immense that you could not see anything but their eyes.
RIP To All Victims of Verdun, both the ones that were killed and the ones that became mentaly destroyed.
1:46 eargasm
May those 800.000 soldiers rest in peace both on German and French side... No more brother wars 🇩🇪🤝🇫🇷
Grüße aus Deutschland
🇫🇷🤝🇩🇪
In fact, numbers were misinterpreted, 700 000-800 000 is the toll of casualties, which means counting both dead and wounded and sometimes POWs
The appropriate tolls are the following :
~ 300 000 dead with 163 000 French and 143 000 Germans
~ 400 000 wounded with 216 000 French and 196 000 Germans
Nevertheless, it still doesn't change the horrific height of the numbers
@@RandomRomain Most of the time it's better to be dead than coming back alive but like a vegetable.
@@bernardnarber4595 Facts
Louis-Ferdinand Céline was among severely wounded(Lost a bunch of flesh), he fought as cavalryman.
I might not be into this genre of music, but for what you are doing, getting a new generation to understand and remember what happened in these wars, I think so very highly of your art
Thanks a lot for your kind words
A great echo to " Verdun, on ne passe pas " , a French song from 1916. It's sad that people think it's a quote from Gandalf...
I mean, LoTR’s author _was_ a WW1 vet.
@@cac_deadlyrang I never thought of that, maybe there's some inspiration...
I mean i'm pretty sure nobody was taught in school about the fields of Verdun and French idioms so yeah, of course they would've thought that was a quote from Gandalf
If you set "as the drum roll started on that day" as your alarm, you can wake up knowing for the next 300 days, you're gonna be as good as this song
As the drum roll started on that day
Heard a hundred miles away
A million shells were fired
And the green fields turned to grey
The bombardment lasted all day long
Yet the forts were standing strong
Heavily defended
Now the trap's been sprung and the battle has begun
Descend into darkness
303 days below the sun
Fields of Verdun, and the battle has begun
Nowhere to run, father and son
Fall one by one under the gun
Thy will be done (thy will be done), and the judgement has begun
Nowhere to run, father and son
Fall one by one, fields of Verdun
Though a million shells have scarred the land
No one has the upper hand
From the ground above to trenches
Where the soldiers make their stand
As the trenches slowly turn to mud
And then quickly start to flood
Death awaits in every corner
As they die in the mud, fill the trenches with blood
Descend into darkness
303 days below the sun
Fields of Verdun, and the battle has begun
Nowhere to run, father and son
Fall one by one under the gun
Thy will be done (thy will be done), and the judgement has begun
Nowhere to run, father and son
Fall one by one, fields of Verdun
Fields of execution turned to wasteland from the grass
Thou shalt go no further it was said, "They shall not pass!"
The spirit of resistance and the madness of the war
So go ahead, face the lead, join the dead
Though you die where you lie, never asking why
Descend into darkness
303 days below the sun
Fields of Verdun, and the battle has begun
Nowhere to run, father and son
Fall one by one under the gun
Thy will be done (thy will be done), and the judgement has begun
Nowhere to run, father and son
Fall one by one, fields of verdun
(I think i made it wrong)
This song would fit beautifully with gameplay from the final map in Devil's Anvil from Battlefield 1. Literally one of the best Ops maps I've ever played, the transition from an abandoned village to war scarred ruins to genuine hell is just a wonderful depiction of the progression of that war.
1:55 look at the tree forming a "👌" lol
Wow very attentive
So I'm french and fyi shells surface so often in people's garden in Verdun that the mayor passed a bill forbidding people to deal with them because the outer shell is so decayed no one can tell if it's a shell full of gas or regular explosif.
And let me tell ya, this might be one of the only forest where no teenager ever sneak out to have a party with a fire pit.
2:14 oh amazing moment
Never fails to give me excited chills. Wonderful song yall
Thanks Panmar!! Rock on 🤘
2:18 This solo somehow always makes me teary-eyed, just highlights how many thousands hundreds of men died meaningless deaths...
Teacher: “Alright, who’s ready for the trip to France?”
“Girls: “Wow, I cant wait to see the Eiffel Tower! France is so romantic.”
Boys:
FATHER AND SON FALL ONE BY ONE
*FIELDS OF VERDUN*
I've been there. If there is a place that is truly haunted, Verdun is it. The feeling of death there is oppressive.
@@michaeldiebold8847 You can still see where the trenches were.
Im a girl and i would prefer to be at (in?) Verdun too 🤷🏼♀️
So early, the troops still think it'll be over by Christmas.
Football time
Poor soldiers...this thought was so naive. Pity that the world has forgotten the horrors of war.
I played Sniper Elite 4, if you haven't played it you should, it's a great game. It's saddening that while listening to what some enemy soldiers say they can say things such as, "I'm fine, it'll all be over by Christmas..." or "I want to go home...". Some enemies even have descriptions saying things like, "Worries for his family"...
@@gurtbag eso es triste
@@senorkaktusz5940 not forgotten... This was a new level. No one had ever seen a total war on the scale of WW1. It was the first huge war with modern states that could strain every resource and energy to battle. And since the technology of the time favored defense by a lot... It became almost impossible to push through a determined enemy no matter how hard you tried.
When I visited the fields of verdun, I couldnt help but kneel and cry. Tombs of good men as far as the eye could see. So much wasted life in such a short amount of time. Fathers and sons butchered and slaughtered on both sides. You honour each and everyone that fought and died upon these fields and i cant thank you enough for this. May we never forget.
My grandpa told me that his grandpa fought at Verdun during WWI as a medic. He received an iron cross after the battle was over. It would be nice if he was still alive so he could tell his stories. Sadly he died in 1965. He also fought in WWII as a medic.
He was ahero then
The music 😎
The lyrics 😭
To me, the line "fields of execution" really hits hard. It makes one realize just exactly how much death happened at the Battle of Verdun. Rest In Peace to those who lost their lives fighting for their respective countries!
I listened to this playlist like three hours ago...
Guess I'll do it again
There's never enough metal 😎
😎
😎
@@Sabaton um yes
Honestly, I'm crying listening to this. I love this song and I'll put it on (along with other Sabaton greats) when I do chores because it motivates me to get everything done! But I'm sitting here at my desk working, and I took a moment to really reflect on the lyrics and the story behind this event. The absolute bravery and sacrifice these men displayed was superhuman! They didn't just die--they died in an absolute hellscape, knowing it would be unlikely their bodies could even be recovered for their families. Hell, some of them knew they were losing their whole families in this battle! I think the music made by Sabaton is the best tribute I've ever seen to the different figures and events they cover, because not only does it keep their memory alive, it really makes you FEEL something and prevents you from just seeing facts on a page!
Can we all just agree that a history teacher who starts a unit with an Oversimplified video and plays Sabaton songs when relevant would be the most epic teacher ever, and that there would be a lot more history nerds?
2:00 turned to wasteland, from the grass
Thou shalt go no further, it was said we'd kick there ass
I love how this album and Battlefield 1 have highlighted how active WWI could actually be. Mostly when I was in school and WWI was mentioned, it was mainly emphasizing sitting around in trenches with nothing happening. Yes that was part of it but it doesn't provide the complete picture.
Verdun is bettee.
Better*
Yeah, schools tend to whitewash the whole picture when it comes to warfare, ESPECIALLY the Great War.
@The Xenomorphian The US wasn't fighting Vietnam over individual freedoms, it was fighting them over choice of government(which, admittedly, is way stupider, and just stemmed from our overwhelming fear of communism). The USA was fighting to make Vietnam a democracy, but the main problem stemmed from the fact that we were so afraid of letting them be communist instead that we exercised military power to attempt to institute a false democracy with a ruthless leader behind it.
Long story short, I agree. America fucked up on that one.
@@aherooflegend3076 Wasn't Vietnam just kind of a proxy war against the USSR? Also the Korea war
Here, on this day 28th of December 2022, the Battle of Bakhmut and surrounding area's is 151-ish days in, half of the length of Verdun with an estimated 10,000-50,000 combined *deaths* and uncounted casualties. As many people wiser have said, history does not repeat, but it does rhyme.
Playing mordhau to any of these songs is so fun.
Play Verdun instead!
overshawt what grace!
overshawt god I wish they would add more voice lines 🤣🤣 all of them are so good
i love this song so much. it simply sounds amazing.
R.I.P to everyone who died in World war 1
Every country
Literally every country: uniforms dark gray
France:Bleu
British uniform wasn’t gray i think
Enzo Fiquet British uniforms were terecotta I believe even the Americans during ww1
Actually china during WW2 used a light Blue
yukari ist meine waifu this is ww1 we are talking about
Ppland had green dark green uniforms or even russian or someone elses uniforms and just added polish flag on it
2:16 The start of this solo is just insane
as a French I know my grand-grandfather was fignting in world war I and I respect each one of our dead because of the war...
Français et fier de l'être !
French an proud of it !
They protecc
They attacc
But most importantly
Thou shalt not fall bacc
I want them to give a concert in Mexico City...please , you ar the best group of rock metal
This makes an American cry. I will never mock the French for WW2 again. Because they gave it all in WW1.
What a song what a riff what a chorus what a story brave brave men on both sides such a sad tragic event so emotions but so badass what a band love you guys we will remember them
thank you. i never knew that. this is why i will never get tired of your music
This is my new favorite song!
T(h)ank you
@@Sabaton well it doesnt surprise me one bit to hear this grom a band that uses barbed wire to keep out the fans
Germans: Lets take Verdun, 20 minute invasion
303 days later:
Awesome ! Thank you !
Vive la France 🇫🇷
2:13 just my fav part
I think this is the first band that I actually like EVERY song they have. Respect from 🇨🇦 to everyone! May you live strong forever.
Nope nope shoo back to your igloo.jk lol
Other countries: Camouflage, dark colored uniforms.
France: I'm blue da ba dee da ba dai
"If I die, I die well-dressed"
French soldeirs, probobly.
Why do you need a camo in a trench? You think the shells have eyes?
@@bernardnarber4595 In Trench raids it´s probably very good to have camo
@@warcrimeconnoisseur5238 The mud and the blood is already a good camo i think.
@@bernardnarber4595 You are expected to be as clean as possible as a soldier + no one anticipated at the start of the war that it will end in Trench mania, they probably thought about something like the Napolianic wars or something like WW2.
I can not understand how my great grandfather survived to this battle
Gigachad
Gigachad
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Gigachad
You can tell how much research Sabaton does when they write. It’s the little details, like including the phrases “the judgment has begun” and “fields of execution.” They aren’t just hyperbole; they reference the name of the assault on Verdun, Operation Gerricht-often translated as Operation Judgment, but also as Operation Place of Execution.
13 line rhyme, that's amazing. (after "Descend into darkness")
I can't be the only person air guitaring this
Absolutely not
My grandmother's family came from France to Louisiana in the early 1900s, it is highly likely that one of my ancestors that didn't move to the US fought for France in WW1.
Респект тебе Sabaton за такую композицию ✨✊
Sabaton красавцы, обожаю эту группу!)