The fighting on the Macedonian Front is often overlooked when one thinks of the Great War, and it was even scoffed at by some at the time, who called the Entente Army of the Orient the 'Gardeners of Salonika', but it was of great importance, defended brilliantly by the Bulgarians, and its collapse heralded the end of the war. What else do you think is overlooked about the Great War that deserves more focus? If you would like to gain early access to our Sabaton History episodes and actively support this awesome project that we are so passionate about, you can do so by joining our Patreon community. There are some pretty cool perks when you become part of the Patreon family. Find out more and join here 👉 www.patreon.com/sabatonhistory
How indigenous people did a lot of the recognition work and had to renounce their native right in order to join the fight. Once they got back they had basically no recognition for their efforts and where not given any of the veterans care.
When I listen to this music, I always feel under siege from przemyśl (I'm Hungarian). Everyone underestimates this siege, even though it was the Stalingrad of the First World War. If the Russian troops had managed to break through here, the way to the central part of Europe would have been open to them. By the time the fortress fell, they were so exhausted that they could not continue their advance. The success is largely due to Hungarians and Poles.
@@flyfamille5671 This is a very good point! I think an additional focus on the New Zealand and Australian Aboriginal peoples who fought side by side from Gallipoli to the Western Front, all the way to Istanbul!
Quite some historians see the Bulgarians as the most capable ally of the German Empire, when it comes to carrying their weight. Thanks guys, for delivering all these lesser known stories and battles to us! Whenever I manage to visit Bulgaria and the Balkans again, I'll try exploring the valley and some of the surrounding area.
@@007Marke I wonder if like some battlefields such as the Somme and Passiondaile there are still bullet casings or other small relics there? I can only imagine how much is at the bottome of Lake Doiran
Вечна Слава на Героят.Моят и той се прибира от касапницато в Добро поле ранен и углошава от паднал снаряд до него.Почина 1988г на 98г служел е в 10 Беломорски полк.Имаше грамота и медал от Цар Фердинант погребахме го с медалът му..Велики са били нашите предци.Зяжалост сега сме бледа сянка на тях
We eventually were enemies of Bulgaria during the Great War but they defineltely were a worthy and strong opponent. Battles during the second Balkan war and WW1 were truly fierce. I think that Sabaton premiered the song in Bulgaria two days after they had played here in Greece. Peace only among us neighbors. Greetings from 🇬🇷🇬🇷
Thank you for those words neighbour! To be honest - > we or at least I am ashamed of what we did in Serbia and nowadays FYROM....we are all Balkan brothers and especially today it is vital to stay strong and stay united! I truly love both you Greeks and our Serbian brothers!!!!!! ❤🔥 I have been thinking for a while what should I do, if the NATO SCUM decides to initiate a conflict between us as a succession of Ukraine and......UPON FIRST SIGNS AND THE MOMENT I SMELL THAT FILTHY HAND OF THE TREE LETTER WONDERFUL MORAL GUYS -> I AM FLEEING TO SERBIA STRAIGHT AWAY!!!!!!! It is not far and I would rather help or protect US BALKAN CITIZIENS, rather than some IMPERIALISTIC FILTHY TURDS........ I believe that, if exactly we three nations manage to unite or cooperate closely, despite our differences -> THE "COLLECTIVE WEST" will have a very serious entity to consider/keep in mind!!! 🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃 I deeply respect all of you neighbours and I think they are deliberately keeping us opposed to each other...never able to negotiate with one another.......I SALUTE YOU WITH A WONDERFUL RAKIJA IN MY HAND, I AM SORRY AND ASHAMED FOR WHAT WE DID TO ALL NEIGHBOURS DESPITE IT BEING IN THE LONG LONG PAST AND I LOVE YOU ALL MY BALKAN BROTHERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cheers from Sofia and much love to you all!!!! 💓=🤍💚❤+💙❤🤍+💙🤍
@@Veselinius_III Very kind words. I agree with many of your points. Thank you dear friend. Peace to you, merry Christmas and a happy New Year. I salute you with OUZO in my hand. Greetings from 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷❤️👋🙏☦️☦️👍.
As a Brit, I can't help but respect the Bulgarians for resisting so many attacks by the strongest empire in history. Rest in peace to the British and Bulgarian troops who fought and died in this battle 🇬🇧❤️🇧🇬
Mr.Sherman .I,m Bulgarian Respekt for you and brave British people.Only great and worthy people respect that brave and worthy opponent.Rece and pece all Heroes in Doiran and WW1 Bulgaria 🇧🇬 ❤ 🇬🇧
Fantastic! I have a Steyr Produced, 1912 Bulgarian Contract M95 MANNLICHER Stutzen carbine rifle with original Bulgarian ammunition, en-bloc clips and Bulgarian bayonet, that saw action here at the Battles of Doiran! So happy Sabaton did a song and now a Sabaton History Channel episode about this incredible defence in the Great War! I'll keep marching on to your great score, and may there be an encore with many more episodes to come! Thanks Par, Indy and all the rest of the Sabaton Team!!! Love from Adrian in Canada!
@@PowermadNavigator I'm guessing it falls under the old adage that if you want to own and shoot a gun you should join the army? Bulgaria Ukraine and Austria exported a ton of these rifles here to Canada in the 1960s 70s and 80s. But we could never get ammunition for it so they used to be absolutely dirt cheap. Now ammo is made commercially in Serbia by PRVI partisan. As far as I know they are actually using the original military dies and equipment from Bulgaria in the 30s that they bought sometime ago! It's not cheap roughly 45 Euros per box of 20
@@Jungles_of_Lustria your assumption is quite spot on. The older Mannlicher models that used black powder, non-Spitzer ammo might just be different in status, but you still can't take one hunting. The Partisan factories make good stuff, Serbia has been outpacing our firearms production of late. 45 Euros is quite, quite hefty, however.
Once I've read a book for the battle based on true events. It's about two soldiers, one of them veteran from WW1 and the two Balkan wars and a new private, never seen a battle before, stuck on a machine gun nest. They managed to hold a big enemy attack and spend the next two days in the nest both of them wounded. They were found by the help of the pigeon, found by general Vasov himself.
@@fizpop01 you can still order it online from Bulgarian bookstores or find a copy on second hand online sells but it's not translated to other languages.
We`ve always had a strong army .. the problem comes from always having weak, greedy, stupid government. We have a saying about Balkan wars, WW1, WW2 "While our army won almost all of their battles and never lost a flag, the government lost every single one"
Although we were often on the opposite sides we're very fond of our eastern neighbours. Ferrocious adversaries in war, dear, warmhearted people in peace...pozdravi Bugarskoj iz Srbije.
Поздрави и от България! Това, което написа за нас, е точно така. И бъди сигурен, че в мирно време (а и не само) българите наистина сме сърдечни хора и нямаме лоши чувства към вас. Нещо повече - добре дошли сте в България. Бил съм в Сърбия и съм видял също добро отношение към мен като българин.
I am an American descendant of ethnic Bulgarians from the region of Macedonia, who fought in defense of their native land, on the Macedonian Front of World War One. The Doyran (Doiran) Battles of 1917 and 1918 were victories for the Bulgarian Army. I respect the memory of all of the heroic men --- of the Bulgarian Army as well as their equal heroic opponents of the British and Greek military forces. Rest in Peace.
They call that battle "The little Verdun" in Eastern Europe. The moment when Bulgaria hold the two of the biggest empires in the world - France and Britain. There are also Sebrian and Greek troops. After the flank was breached at Dobro Pole and the army had to leave the position at Doiran, for two days the enemy did not dare to attack a completely empty position. As a Bulgarian commander said to the men: "Behind us is Bulgaria, our homes, our families, we must protect them". English major was recorded saying to his troops: "Learn to die like the Bulgarians, then you can defeat them." Bulgaria had 850 000 strong military, at about 5 million population, imagine that...
Thank you for that amazing song! What an incredible feeling it was witnessing it live and hearing all of us proudly singing along! Long live Bulgaria!!! 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬
I've worked alongside some of the Bulgarian Army previously, great guys. All super professional. If I recall correctly, there is only one military university in Bulgaria, so that is where some of the officers I talked to came from as well.
Used to be 6 now are only 3 & the rest 3 are faculties to the largest one in Veliko Tarnovo! Recently the Air Force Academy in Dolna Mitropolia was restored from faculty to university again!
Im proud that my great grandfather took part in this battle to defend our country from the enemy and it has survived it receiving medal of honour from Kaiser Wilhelm II . English and French are still holding grudges :-)
My great-grandfather fought at Doiran and was later POV in the Albanian mountains. He was released and came on foot back to Bulgaria, but was never the same man after the horrors of war.
Thank you for the episode and greetings from Bulgaria. I was at your show when the song premiered and I sang my lungs out to it. Hope you guys visit us again in the future - we have a big fan community here dedicated to Sabaton. Also try that rakia you have there, I'm certain it's good. Поздрави от България и поклон и вечна слава на героите!
This song makes me a Bulgarian Patriot, and i'm not even close to be Bulgarian! Best song on the album and easily the best Guitar solo on any Sabaton song
It was an emotional show for us too, patiently won’t be the word I would describe it though. I know for sure there were loads of emails pushing for a song about Bulgaria. But to premiere it here was something special, not to mention slightly changing the lyrics just for this performance - it did hit right in the feels. A huge thank you for the song, for your dedication to Bulgarian fans and a personal thank you to a special polar bear for the set list from that show 😅 We shall await your return
Loved the story at the end! I think the Polish cavalry saber is my favorite one, but being invited to the military academy and being treated to a show just for the band is a very close second!
Ohhhh i've been waiting for this one. As a Bulgarian i actually learned a lot about that part of our history because of that song. Before that i knew that general Vazov existed, but that was about it. For the record your pronunciations are decent. And yes, that is a little bit of rakia.
i didn't know much about this battle so it's always cool to learn from you guys. joakim in a tank looking like a child with his best present ever made my day lol! you were so lucky! ps. damn bulgaria's army looks badass af! just like in WWI, pretty underrated imho.
LONDON has a lot of pride . The British have a lot of Pride how Great, Glorious and Invincible they are. But When the BULGARIAN general was invited to visit London after the end of WW1 , all the British empire and Commonwealth flags were lowered in front of Him !!! this is true and the British said "Make way, here walks the Victor of Doiran!" I feel Inspired as a BULGARIAN 💪
The souls of Bulgarian soldiers in Yuoglotalibania ,ex-Yugoslavia do not rest in Peace. In 1966 Yuogotalibans desecrated and annihilated all Bulgarian soldiers' graves and monuments including those for who died in Doiran and those who died liberating South Yugoslavia from German troops retreating from Greece and their Serbian and Albanian allies(ss division Prince Eugen and Balistas) in 1944 -October -November. My 23years old grandfather was killed in the Kosovo operation fighting the Serbian SS division Prince Eugen, Germans troops and Balistas (Albanian military nazis allies). His grave was annihilated, and the memory of him also. Few people know that Bulgarian army pushed Germans and their allies from that part of the world. The Bulgarian soldiers were killed 3 times,one in battle,second when graves were destroyed and third when memories of them were annihilated A monument memorial was rebuilt in Doiran in 2019(because North Macedonia wants in the EU). I doubt it will stand longer with the state of mentality of Yugotalibans in Northern of Macedonia.They destroy anything, which brings memory for Bulgarians. Thank you for your work to remember soldiers who fought and died.
@@lionellines6351 Unbreakable. Their keyboards player is a childhood friend of my best friend. Dunno if they're still active, but they were pretty big around here a few years ago.
Seeing Par with that damadzhana Rakia makes me really laugh, balkan people will undeersrand. Than you Sabaton for this song, it rеaly worth the wаiting!!!
*Im from Macedonia, the funny thing is my great great grandfather from my mother's family side fought for Bulgarian Tsardom and my father's side fought for the Serbian Kingdom and the great great grandfather from my Serbian friend (father's side) fought for the Bulgarians. It's like my profile states Balkan madness and that's why war in the Balkans is so tragic, because in the Balkans from the black Sea to the Vardar valley until Triglava we are all a big family.* 🇷🇸🤝🇭🇷🤝🇧🇦🇸🇮🤝🇲🇪🤝🇲🇰🤝🇧🇬
нямаше да е така ако русия не ви беше обещала на сърбия! тя осъществи този план чрез интернационала! сега езика ви прилича повече на сръбски отколкото на български след 40 години в югославия
This is my favorite song on the album, and one of my favorite songs ever. The story is great, it's a joy to sing along with, and the instrumental feels like flying. Beautiful piece, I sincerely hope I get to see you guys play it live someday. Also it's about the Balkans, which is my favorite geographical region that isn't America. I badly want to go there. Rock on, gentlemen! 🤘🤘
My Great Grandad was briefly on this front with the Kings Royal Rifle Corps before being invalided home. It was a bit of an eye-opener seeing KRRC cap badges in the Bulgarian Museum of History.
12 years. It was worth the wait. You even said it will be about Doiran back then, but I was losing hope :D I thought the interviewer made some shit up :D Thank you for this song. It is badass! Also, we are the Oprah of Rakia - You get Rakia, and you get rakia, everyone gets Rakia. I find it funny that you still keep the one in the keg the BG battalion gifted you 13 years ago. Must be great to drink now :D
Now, keep in mind that the nation that had built the best defenses of any front was ALSO the nation whom before had one of the best offense strategies, demonstrated in the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War, the 1st Balkan War, and in 1915 to end Serbia. The fact this transition from excellent offense to excellent defense even happened speaks volumes about the expertise of Bulgarian command.
"Тhey were Bulgarians - bearded, scary, black ragamuffins. I saw them with my own eyes, through from afar, covered in hair, with hellish eyes. Just stepped into their trenches and like from underground jumped monsters, cried out savage shouts and like rabid wolves rushed, rushed straight towards us - with knives, bombs and yataghans. We were pushed back and those bogles, shouting like hellish creatures, started chasing us, shooting, throwing bombs, slaughtering whomever they catch. I fought in other battles, at Somme and at Verdun, but such a great and furious people l have not seen anywhere else. God, God, France, where did you send us?" - The diary of Sergeant Olivier Gers, French 54th Infantry Regiment.
Another great history lesson. The Battle of Doiran was epic as the song. I actualy live in Veliko Tarnovo and missed you guys.The news spread that you are in the city came too late to me :( . Keep up the good work guys and enjoy the rakia. Nazdrave :)
Thank you for the honoring video. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the song, it means everything for us bulgarians, to be seen and respected from other nations and people! I am sure of that. The fact that you got rakija in this traditional bottle, is just incredible, xaxaxa ^_^ The city is called Veliko Turnovo, so it was spelled rightly. And yes it was the medieval capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire.
The British were supposed to break through the defenses of Doiran. Sounds like they were smashing their faces into a brick wall until they got tired of the squishy sound.
Well I think that the first domino was knoked out a year or 2 earlier when the German HQ didn't let the Bulgarians to advance any fearther cus they were afraid that if they push the 5 nation army in the sea it might be relocated on the western front.
Yup, and Austria didn't let us pursue the retreating Serbs so that we couldn't get access to the adriatic coast. We could have easily capture and destroy the whole Serbian army and take Salonica after. But it is what it is.
On the contrary. You can thank the British (who were secretly negotiating with the Bulgarians in London at the time) for not allowing the Serbs to preventively attack the mobilising Bulgarian army in the automn of 1915. At that time it was clear that the Bulgarians would attack Serbia from the back, especially since the Serbian armies were in the North and West, fighting the German and Austro-Hungarian armies. This strategic error of the British did cost couple of thousand men at Dorian but it cost couple of hundred thousand men to the Serbs.
@@georgitodorov4048 Well in fact all of their armies were retreating from the joint Austro-Hungarian and German attack. They were going south, not far from the Bulgarian border. Just a word from the Brits and it would have been 1913 all over again. And you know what happened in 1913, right?
Thank you Sabaton for honor the Bulgarians and general Vladimir Vazov who lead our troops in these battles. You are surely forgiven for the 10 years delay with this song. I still remember the moment when the song started and then whole crowd shouted "DUG IN DEEP EQUIPPED FOR ATTACK". These memories still give me chills! Glad to see you had fun after the show in Veliko Turnovo! Hope this is not the last song you make about our small country!
Reminds me of when I did a kata to Shiroyama in a tournament with my katana. Usually you don’t see people do entire songs but I did all of Shiroyama. I spent months practicing and trying to sync it all up, adding or removing parts to fit the song better, and if the introduction took longer or less time as the song played in the background I had different sort of improv lines that I would do to not lose sync with the song. I don’t want to hoot my own horn but I did amazing, and the audience was loving it, however I messed up one part when I was doing a flashy sort of movement as if I was swinging the blood off the sword. Like most weapon katas you see are very restricted and traditional like they don’t look at all like if you’re actually fighting people, they look boring and wholesome. Not this time, you could see me simulating like decapitations and grappling and just looked more like an actual samurai in nasty, imperfect combat rather than a dude practicing moves :| so the judges really liked that. Back to what I was saying though, I did that move and the tip of the sword got a bit closer to my hakama than I expected and clipped my right ankle and I just see the tip of the sword a bit red, just a slight sight of reddish. I didn’t stop, I kept going, despite my ankle now burning up 😂 and I could see blood coming off from beneath the hakama. After I finished the judges asked to see my hakama and my sword. They came up and saw the blood on the mats and my hakama down low cut open in a perfect slice and my ankle oozing blood. They took my sword and looked at it and saw it was a live blade and their face was like disappointed and was like “I’m sorry but you’re disqualified” :| and turns out you’re not allowed to use “real” weapons in tournaments :| I was like “there’s people using thick wooden bo staffs and nunchucks, are you going to disqualify them? Those are real weapons and everyone here knows how to maim someone with them, so why aren’t they disqualified.” They told me it wasn’t the same and that if it wasn’t a real blade I would’ve definitely won, they told me they’ve never seen a kata as “brutal” as mine, and that everyone usually does like robotic looking katas of like perfected techniques that will just never work or really be used in a fight but that I was the only one that wasn’t afraid to show like what looked like a choreographed fight between samurai. I knew one of the judges and he was like “that part where you did that hip throw and then took your tanto and it looked like you slit someone’s throat, that shit was fire, I gave you 9 points just for that.” But indeed the rules quite clearly, in bold, said “no live or sufficiently sharpened blades are allowed for any and all types of bladed weapon.” So my sensei and I took the L and went on 😂
@@KingKalashnikov no, I stopped filming most of my tournaments when I became like a blue belt 😂 just too many to be constantly filming. I also got entangled on my hakama during my black belt test and fell forwards into a shoulder roll while tucking the sword between my arm and torso, all improved, but I could’ve really like speared myself that day… given it was like hour 6 of what turned out to be a straight 8 hour physical exam, sensei understood my situation and let me restart the kata 😂 he did add some “points” for the good save and attempt to continue Edit: improvised*
The video we all Bulgarians were waiting for! Thank you so much for that, the song, your big respect for us, and for every concert. I remember your first gig, I went there for Hammerfall, haven't heard of Sabaton before, but you just rocked and stole the show. You were so happy with the BG fans on this first encounter, and I am a big fan since then. After the second show, I remember a friend of mine wrote you an e-mail for an idea for a song about Bulgarian history. He mentioned THIS very battle! He is so happy now, that after so many years you have heard his request, which is a request of many others. Thank you Sabaton, thank you Indy!
The great war channel is just not the same without you. So glad you do this thing with Sabaton! My favorite ww1 historian and one of my favorite metal bands all in 1 video. Like chistmas in July :)
Thank you very much for this episode and the song Valley of the Death. I really love it. I am from Pleven (Bulgaria) where the 9th division is/was from. You are welcome to visit us any time of the year! Wish you all the best! :)
On a hill just outside Veliko Turnovo there's a church with the most metal paintings I've ever seen. Nice little town. And Bulgaria is often surprisingly metal.
It's the _Second_ Battle part that's the real kicker. Classic WW1 'assault the meat grinder with your face again, but win this time' stratuuuuurgy. Suddenly all those mutinies make perfect sense. "So, lemme get this right. The nation known as the Prussia of the Balkans has a garrison in this mountainous area which can reasonably be described as 'defender's wet dream ground', they've had six months to survey the location and dig in, they have interlocking strongpoints on the peaks, artillery in place with observation posts on the high ground, gunnery solutions on every rock and bush in the area, and they have German military advisors who've been given all the barbed wire they can eat and instructions to 'go nuts'. And you want us to attack it _again_ ?"
I have always thought it inaccurate as well. Prussia, although great militarily, cannot compare to the military record of Bulgaria, as Bulgaria is much older and has fought many more battles against very tough opponents. Bulgaria has defeated in battle the Romans, Mongols, Hungarians, Serbs, Arab Caliphate, Russians, Ottomans, English, and French in its history. With that level of opponents in your bracket, there could hardly be a comparison. Bulgaria is simply a much older country and with enough time Prussia could have equalized.
That was an amazing episode. I was at the show this summer and then learned they are coming to my home town Veliko Tarnovo and could not believe. A friend of mine who works in the military school got me an autographed photo, it's so cool. Thank you, guys, for writing this song and debuting it in Bulgaria!
"the tank was not shootable because of the dry season..." Ah, fond memories of running around trying to put out fires in the Golan Heights every summer live fire training exercises. IDF tanker here
I was fortunate enough to witness the premiere of Valley of Death at Hills of Rock festival in Plovdiv. I had quite the adventure the week prior, drove across the country, from town to town, had some stuff to do. It was an exhausting week, and to be fair, I went to the festival for Slipknot. Attended all three days though, and I gotta say, Sabaton threw an amazing show to close out the festival. It was awesome. I wasn't a fan, but witnessing this, they definitely got my respect and next time they come back to Bulgaria, I would definitely go see them again.
I was really looking forward to when this episode would be released, it is a very cool topic that is never mentioned but definitely deserves to be shared.
Great episode! Was really interesting finding out about a fascinating yet often-overlooked front of the First World War. As someone who has been to Bulgaria and knows some Bulgarians, I have to say Par that I don't think the Bulgarians would mind waiting 10 years for this song. From what I've heard from the Bulgarians I know, there's a joke among them that they're always late. Hell, their king even survived an assassination attempt because he was late. Though I guess I may be part-Bulgarian considering how long it took me to watch this episode 😄. Oh well, that just means I can feel patriotic while listening to this song.
14:06 - I love it too :) Greetings from Bulgaria and thousands THANKS for doing this great song and honor our grandfathers that took place in this memorable events! You have my full respect for that! Waiting for 10 years was definitely worth it!
So glad that you guys made this video! I’ve been anxious for it ever since I heard this awesome and epic song! And the story is just as awesome! Keep up the good work!
Upon first listen I wasn't a huge fan of the song but it has grown on me over the months. Really love the solo, so now it's time to sit back, turn the heater up in my car and enjoy my morning before work. Thanks Sabaton 🤘
Maaaaannn... Is that all the rakia that they gave you? Hit me up next time you are in Bulgaria cuz what you got there ain't planty. Also thank you so much for making a video about our country. Also thanks for the song. Да живее България!
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The fighting on the Macedonian Front is often overlooked when one thinks of the Great War, and it was even scoffed at by some at the time, who called the Entente Army of the Orient the 'Gardeners of Salonika', but it was of great importance, defended brilliantly by the Bulgarians, and its collapse heralded the end of the war.
What else do you think is overlooked about the Great War that deserves more focus?
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How indigenous people did a lot of the recognition work and had to renounce their native right in order to join the fight. Once they got back they had basically no recognition for their efforts and where not given any of the veterans care.
When I listen to this music, I always feel under siege from przemyśl (I'm Hungarian). Everyone underestimates this siege, even though it was the Stalingrad of the First World War. If the Russian troops had managed to break through here, the way to the central part of Europe would have been open to them. By the time the fortress fell, they were so exhausted that they could not continue their advance. The success is largely due to Hungarians and Poles.
@@flyfamille5671 This is a very good point! I think an additional focus on the New Zealand and Australian Aboriginal peoples who fought side by side from Gallipoli to the Western Front, all the way to Istanbul!
Quite some historians see the Bulgarians as the most capable ally of the German Empire, when it comes to carrying their weight. Thanks guys, for delivering all these lesser known stories and battles to us! Whenever I manage to visit Bulgaria and the Balkans again, I'll try exploring the valley and some of the surrounding area.
@@007Marke I wonder if like some battlefields such as the Somme and Passiondaile there are still bullet casings or other small relics there? I can only imagine how much is at the bottome of Lake Doiran
My grand grandfather fought at Dorian. Returned safe after the WWI.
Вечна Слава на Героят.Моят и той се прибира от касапницато в Добро поле ранен и углошава от паднал снаряд до него.Почина 1988г на 98г служел е в 10 Беломорски полк.Имаше грамота и медал от Цар Фердинант погребахме го с медалът му..Велики са били нашите предци.Зяжалост сега сме бледа сянка на тях
2 of mine as well!
Ураааа!
We eventually were enemies of Bulgaria during the Great War but they defineltely were a worthy and strong opponent. Battles during the second Balkan war and WW1 were truly fierce.
I think that Sabaton premiered the song in Bulgaria two days after they had played here in Greece. Peace only among us neighbors. Greetings from 🇬🇷🇬🇷
Bravo file mou!
@@vladimirtemnyalov7059
Ευχαριστώ 👋 Thank you very much.
Thank you for those words neighbour! To be honest - > we or at least I am ashamed of what we did in Serbia and nowadays FYROM....we are all Balkan brothers and especially today it is vital to stay strong and stay united! I truly love both you Greeks and our Serbian brothers!!!!!! ❤🔥
I have been thinking for a while what should I do, if the NATO SCUM decides to initiate a conflict between us as a succession of Ukraine and......UPON FIRST SIGNS AND THE MOMENT I SMELL THAT FILTHY HAND OF THE TREE LETTER WONDERFUL MORAL GUYS -> I AM FLEEING TO SERBIA STRAIGHT AWAY!!!!!!! It is not far and I would rather help or protect US BALKAN CITIZIENS, rather than some IMPERIALISTIC FILTHY TURDS........
I believe that, if exactly we three nations manage to unite or cooperate closely, despite our differences -> THE "COLLECTIVE WEST" will have a very serious entity to consider/keep in mind!!! 🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃
I deeply respect all of you neighbours and I think they are deliberately keeping us opposed to each other...never able to negotiate with one another.......I SALUTE YOU WITH A WONDERFUL RAKIJA IN MY HAND, I AM SORRY AND ASHAMED FOR WHAT WE DID TO ALL NEIGHBOURS DESPITE IT BEING IN THE LONG LONG PAST AND I LOVE YOU ALL MY BALKAN BROTHERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cheers from Sofia and much love to you all!!!! 💓=🤍💚❤+💙❤🤍+💙🤍
@@Veselinius_III
Very kind words. I agree with many of your points. Thank you dear friend. Peace to you, merry Christmas and a happy New Year. I salute you with OUZO in my hand. Greetings from 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷❤️👋🙏☦️☦️👍.
@@ΚοινωνικόςΟρθολογιστής Merry Christmas to you as well and God bless you and your family dear Orthodox neighbour! ❤☦
It's over Britanakin, I have the high ground..... This was Bulgaria's 5th war since 1878. The Pleven guys were of high level.
Bulgarians holding the line! Facing wave after wave they’ll never surrender
They attack Bulgaria held them back!
As a Brit, I can't help but respect the Bulgarians for resisting so many attacks by the strongest empire in history. Rest in peace to the British and Bulgarian troops who fought and died in this battle 🇬🇧❤️🇧🇬
Amen ❤🩹
@@aleksk4151 👍
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Mr.Sherman .I,m Bulgarian
Respekt for you and brave British people.Only great and worthy people respect that brave and worthy opponent.Rece and pece all Heroes in Doiran and WW1 Bulgaria 🇧🇬 ❤ 🇬🇧
@@stanbatakarata6081 thanks for your kind words
Fantastic! I have a Steyr Produced, 1912 Bulgarian Contract M95 MANNLICHER Stutzen carbine rifle with original Bulgarian ammunition, en-bloc clips and Bulgarian bayonet, that saw action here at the Battles of Doiran! So happy Sabaton did a song and now a Sabaton History Channel episode about this incredible defence in the Great War! I'll keep marching on to your great score, and may there be an encore with many more episodes to come! Thanks Par, Indy and all the rest of the Sabaton Team!!! Love from Adrian in Canada!
Man am I jealous. That's gotta be the best personal armory out there
I think the closest to WWI gun I own is a Mauser-produced Luger P08 from 1921
So that's where those rifles went... try guessing if it's legal to own and use a working one in Bulgaria right now.
@@PowermadNavigator
I'm guessing it falls under the old adage that if you want to own and shoot a gun you should join the army?
Bulgaria Ukraine and Austria exported a ton of these rifles here to Canada in the 1960s 70s and 80s. But we could never get ammunition for it so they used to be absolutely dirt cheap. Now ammo is made commercially in Serbia by PRVI partisan. As far as I know they are actually using the original military dies and equipment from Bulgaria in the 30s that they bought sometime ago! It's not cheap roughly 45 Euros per box of 20
@@Jungles_of_Lustria your assumption is quite spot on. The older Mannlicher models that used black powder, non-Spitzer ammo might just be different in status, but you still can't take one hunting.
The Partisan factories make good stuff, Serbia has been outpacing our firearms production of late. 45 Euros is quite, quite hefty, however.
Great video! Proud to be Bulgarian. Дълбок поклон и вечна слава на героите! Да живее България!
Да живее България! Поздрав от Израел/Русия
Браво на Сабатон ! Да живее България. Вечна слава на героите !
@@Pajserbrigada 1999
@@Pajserbrigada друже, сањам каква би титански јака Балканска заједница имати..али хоћемо ли икада научити како
I am British and this is my favourite Sabaton song. SO UNDER RATED this song (and this battle).
Once I've read a book for the battle based on true events. It's about two soldiers, one of them veteran from WW1 and the two Balkan wars and a new private, never seen a battle before, stuck on a machine gun nest. They managed to hold a big enemy attack and spend the next two days in the nest both of them wounded. They were found by the help of the pigeon, found by general Vasov himself.
What's the name of the book?
@@alexfoskett8595 "Angels over Doiran" (Ангели над Дойран). It's not very famous
@@АнтониоМарлевски thank you
@@АнтониоМарлевски Is it sold online? I looked it up and couldn't seem to find it.
@@fizpop01 you can still order it online from Bulgarian bookstores or find a copy on second hand online sells but it's not translated to other languages.
Every time I hear more about how well the Bulgarians fought, I am more and more confinced that the Bulgarians deserved to win the war.
We`ve always had a strong army .. the problem comes from always having weak, greedy, stupid government. We have a saying about Balkan wars, WW1, WW2 "While our army won almost all of their battles and never lost a flag, the government lost every single one"
@@skyshatter3633 If I can give and advice never get lead by sheep always try and get lead by wolf
You my friend got yourself a bottle of homemade rakija.
Like Germany?
@@joaolucaslages7792 No, because Germany didn't do that well for their size.
I never thought I'd see rakia on this show.
And in the proper container, as well.
Наздраве!
Bulgaria loves you guys. Thank you for the amazing song and the premiere night ooh my. It was incredible!!! Дълбок поклон и вечна слава на героите!
Thanks,from Bulgaria.Healt and happynes and hope,for peace,again
Although we were often on the opposite sides we're very fond of our eastern neighbours. Ferrocious adversaries in war, dear, warmhearted people in peace...pozdravi Bugarskoj iz Srbije.
Поздрави!
Поздрави за Сърбия ❤ cheers 🍻
хвала брате : ) Поздрави из Бугарска за Србия !
pozdravi!
Поздрави и от България! Това, което написа за нас, е точно така. И бъди сигурен, че в мирно време (а и не само) българите наистина сме сърдечни хора и нямаме лоши чувства към вас. Нещо повече - добре дошли сте в България. Бил съм в Сърбия и съм видял също добро отношение към мен като българин.
I am an American descendant of ethnic Bulgarians from the region of Macedonia, who fought in defense of their native land, on the Macedonian Front of World War One. The Doyran (Doiran) Battles of 1917 and 1918 were victories for the Bulgarian Army. I respect the memory of all of the heroic men --- of the Bulgarian Army as well as their equal heroic opponents of the British and Greek military forces. Rest in Peace.
You are Macedonian not Bulgarian
@@ministryofinformation2067 He is what he said.Go cry now
@@ministryofinformation2067 cope
@@ministryofinformation2067 Само защото Сърбите ви промиха мозъците не променя реалноста. Seethe harder.
There is nothing heroic about being bulgarian
I always have chills when i hear this song or when i hear someone talking about Doiran front!
Вечна памет на героите от Дойран! 🇧🇬
They call that battle "The little Verdun" in Eastern Europe. The moment when Bulgaria hold the two of the biggest empires in the world - France and Britain. There are also Sebrian and Greek troops. After the flank was breached at Dobro Pole and the army had to leave the position at Doiran, for two days the enemy did not dare to attack a completely empty position. As a Bulgarian commander said to the men: "Behind us is Bulgaria, our homes, our families, we must protect them". English major was recorded saying to his troops: "Learn to die like the Bulgarians, then you can defeat them." Bulgaria had 850 000 strong military, at about 5 million population, imagine that...
Thank you for that amazing song! What an incredible feeling it was witnessing it live and hearing all of us proudly singing along! Long live Bulgaria!!! 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬
I've worked alongside some of the Bulgarian Army previously, great guys. All super professional. If I recall correctly, there is only one military university in Bulgaria, so that is where some of the officers I talked to came from as well.
Used to be 6 now are only 3 & the rest 3 are faculties to the largest one in Veliko Tarnovo! Recently the Air Force Academy in Dolna Mitropolia was restored from faculty to university again!
Im proud that my great grandfather took part in this battle to defend our country from the enemy and it has survived it receiving medal of honour from Kaiser Wilhelm II . English and French are still holding grudges :-)
_Our Own Little Verdun._ 🤘🔥
_Благодаря Ви Sabaton!_ 🇧🇬🌹🇸🇪
My great-grandfather fought at Doiran and was later POV in the Albanian mountains. He was released and came on foot back to Bulgaria, but was never the same man after the horrors of war.
Thanks for sharing that!
Браво,дядо ти!
Обичам!
Bulgaria preformed really well during The Great War. I enjoyed the Salonika Front while watching TGW. So glad Sabaton made this song! 🤙
Thank you for the episode and greetings from Bulgaria. I was at your show when the song premiered and I sang my lungs out to it. Hope you guys visit us again in the future - we have a big fan community here dedicated to Sabaton. Also try that rakia you have there, I'm certain it's good. Поздрави от България и поклон и вечна слава на героите!
This song makes me a Bulgarian Patriot, and i'm not even close to be Bulgarian!
Best song on the album and easily the best Guitar solo on any Sabaton song
Best of wishes from Bulgaria!
It was an emotional show for us too, patiently won’t be the word I would describe it though. I know for sure there were loads of emails pushing for a song about Bulgaria.
But to premiere it here was something special, not to mention slightly changing the lyrics just for this performance - it did hit right in the feels. A huge thank you for the song, for your dedication to Bulgarian fans and a personal thank you to a special polar bear for the set list from that show 😅
We shall await your return
Loved the story at the end! I think the Polish cavalry saber is my favorite one, but being invited to the military academy and being treated to a show just for the band is a very close second!
Just came back from Veliko Tarnovo last week.
3rd visit, there is a range nearby as well. Love that town and Bulgaria in general.
Go to Plovdiv next time, you won't regret it.
❤love from Bulgaria
Go to Pliska, Veliki Preslav, Shumen, Madara and Varna's halcolithic necropol... The oldest sites, they are all near Tarnovo.
As one of the patient Bulgarians, I am very thankfull for this song and video. This song is amazing and always hits close to home.
Him: There's plenty of Rakia to drink
Bulgarians: Damn, this won't even get me through the winter
Ohhhh i've been waiting for this one. As a Bulgarian i actually learned a lot about that part of our history because of that song. Before that i knew that general Vazov existed, but that was about it.
For the record your pronunciations are decent. And yes, that is a little bit of rakia.
We appreciate your feedback Nikola 😉
i didn't know much about this battle so it's always cool to learn from you guys. joakim in a tank looking like a child with his best present ever made my day lol! you were so lucky!
ps. damn bulgaria's army looks badass af! just like in WWI, pretty underrated imho.
LONDON has a lot of pride . The British have a lot of Pride how Great, Glorious and Invincible they are. But When the BULGARIAN general was invited to visit London after the end of WW1 , all the British empire and Commonwealth flags were lowered in front of Him !!! this is true and the British said "Make way, here walks the Victor of Doiran!"
I feel Inspired as a BULGARIAN 💪
Ураааа!
The souls of Bulgarian soldiers in Yuoglotalibania ,ex-Yugoslavia do not rest in Peace. In 1966 Yuogotalibans desecrated and annihilated all Bulgarian soldiers' graves and monuments including those for who died in Doiran and those who died liberating South Yugoslavia from German troops retreating from Greece and their Serbian and Albanian allies(ss division Prince Eugen and Balistas) in 1944 -October -November. My 23years old grandfather was killed in the Kosovo operation fighting the Serbian SS division Prince Eugen, Germans troops and Balistas (Albanian military nazis allies). His grave was annihilated, and the memory of him also. Few people know that Bulgarian army pushed Germans and their allies from that part of the world. The Bulgarian soldiers were killed 3 times,one in battle,second when graves were destroyed and third when memories of them were annihilated A monument memorial was rebuilt in Doiran in 2019(because North Macedonia wants in the EU). I doubt it will stand longer with the state of mentality of Yugotalibans in Northern of Macedonia.They destroy anything, which brings memory for Bulgarians. Thank you for your work to remember soldiers who fought and died.
Much respect from Bulgaria! We loved the song and we can't wait to hear it live again!
I have been waiting for this for a LONG TIME! Thanks so much
What is the name of the Sabaton tribute band?
@@lionellines6351 Unbreakable. Their keyboards player is a childhood friend of my best friend. Dunno if they're still active, but they were pretty big around here a few years ago.
A bulgarian here , thank you guys so much for making this amazing song about the bulgarian strength !
Seeing Par with that damadzhana Rakia makes me really laugh, balkan people will undeersrand. Than you Sabaton for this song, it rеaly worth the wаiting!!!
Редакция!
*Im from Macedonia, the funny thing is my great great grandfather from my mother's family side fought for Bulgarian Tsardom and my father's side fought for the Serbian Kingdom and the great great grandfather from my Serbian friend (father's side) fought for the Bulgarians. It's like my profile states Balkan madness and that's why war in the Balkans is so tragic, because in the Balkans from the black Sea to the Vardar valley until Triglava we are all a big family.*
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нямаше да е така ако русия не ви беше обещала на сърбия! тя осъществи този план чрез интернационала! сега езика ви прилича повече на сръбски отколкото на български след 40 години в югославия
@@tonipetkov И слънцето да вземе да гръмне пак Русия ще обвиниш, а като сам си подмокриш гащите явно няма кой друг да е виновен освен братушките.
@@peterdenov4898 Недей коментира бягай за русия
@@basic7593 стой си като като санитар в Германия и не се връщай
This is my favorite song on the album, and one of my favorite songs ever. The story is great, it's a joy to sing along with, and the instrumental feels like flying.
Beautiful piece, I sincerely hope I get to see you guys play it live someday. Also it's about the Balkans, which is my favorite geographical region that isn't America. I badly want to go there.
Rock on, gentlemen! 🤘🤘
We appreciate your message, thank you and see you soon hopefully!
@@SabatonHistorythank you for the song, Bulgaria loves you, come back again, always welcome in BG always!
My Great Grandad was briefly on this front with the Kings Royal Rifle Corps before being invalided home. It was a bit of an eye-opener seeing KRRC cap badges in the Bulgarian Museum of History.
One thing to bear in mind, the Serbian army was effectively operating in exile.
Glory ,Honor and Respect for all Heroes.R.I.P .Mr.Edwards yours Grandad , Hero.
12 years. It was worth the wait. You even said it will be about Doiran back then, but I was losing hope :D I thought the interviewer made some shit up :D
Thank you for this song. It is badass!
Also, we are the Oprah of Rakia - You get Rakia, and you get rakia, everyone gets Rakia. I find it funny that you still keep the one in the keg the BG battalion gifted you 13 years ago. Must be great to drink now :D
Now, keep in mind that the nation that had built the best defenses of any front was ALSO the nation whom before had one of the best offense strategies, demonstrated in the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War, the 1st Balkan War, and in 1915 to end Serbia. The fact this transition from excellent offense to excellent defense even happened speaks volumes about the expertise of Bulgarian command.
If you want more information about wars you miss in school
Listen to sabaton and sabaton history
Great idea 😎
"Тhey were Bulgarians - bearded, scary, black ragamuffins. I saw them with my own eyes, through from afar, covered in hair, with hellish eyes. Just stepped into their trenches and like from underground jumped monsters, cried out savage shouts and like rabid wolves rushed, rushed straight towards us - with knives, bombs and yataghans. We were pushed back and those bogles, shouting like hellish creatures, started chasing us, shooting, throwing bombs, slaughtering whomever they catch. I fought in other battles, at Somme and at Verdun, but such a great and furious people l have not seen anywhere else. God, God, France, where did you send us?" - The diary of Sergeant Olivier Gers, French 54th Infantry Regiment.
Sabaton videos should be played in school as they explain history better than, the history curriculum in schools.
Sabaton History in conjunction with Indy’s Great War and WWII in real time series.
"Sabaton should be played in schools" mfs during history lessons: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Another great history lesson. The Battle of Doiran was epic as the song. I actualy live in Veliko Tarnovo and missed you guys.The news spread that you are in the city came too late to me :( . Keep up the good work guys and enjoy the rakia. Nazdrave :)
Thank you for the honoring video.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the song, it means everything for us bulgarians, to be seen and respected from other nations and people! I am sure of that.
The fact that you got rakija in this traditional bottle, is just incredible, xaxaxa ^_^
The city is called Veliko Turnovo, so it was spelled rightly. And yes it was the medieval capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire.
Thank you for your message indeed 🤟
The British were supposed to break through the defenses of Doiran.
Sounds like they were smashing their faces into a brick wall until they got tired of the squishy sound.
sound like a plan to me🤣
This and Versailles are my personal favorites off of War to End all Wars. Salute to the bravery of the Bulgarian defenders.
Well I think that the first domino was knoked out a year or 2 earlier when the German HQ didn't let the Bulgarians to advance any fearther cus they were afraid that if they push the 5 nation army in the sea it might be relocated on the western front.
Yup, and Austria didn't let us pursue the retreating Serbs so that we couldn't get access to the adriatic coast. We could have easily capture and destroy the whole Serbian army and take Salonica after. But it is what it is.
Winning their Battles so they can lose the whole war. Два пъти родината ни пати заради некадърни командири на чужди армии. Да живее България!
On the contrary. You can thank the British (who were secretly negotiating with the Bulgarians in London at the time) for not allowing the Serbs to preventively attack the mobilising Bulgarian army in the automn of 1915. At that time it was clear that the Bulgarians would attack Serbia from the back, especially since the Serbian armies were in the North and West, fighting the German and Austro-Hungarian armies. This strategic error of the British did cost couple of thousand men at Dorian but it cost couple of hundred thousand men to the Serbs.
@@bb9xc Serbia had no free force to do anything in Bulgaria.
@@georgitodorov4048 Well in fact all of their armies were retreating from the joint Austro-Hungarian and German attack. They were going south, not far from the Bulgarian border. Just a word from the Brits and it would have been 1913 all over again. And you know what happened in 1913, right?
Awesome! I will mention this interview at national TV soon! Thanks for honoring our gradfathers!
Thank you Sabaton for honor the Bulgarians and general Vladimir Vazov who lead our troops in these battles. You are surely forgiven for the 10 years delay with this song.
I still remember the moment when the song started and then whole crowd shouted "DUG IN DEEP EQUIPPED FOR ATTACK". These memories still give me chills!
Glad to see you had fun after the show in Veliko Turnovo!
Hope this is not the last song you make about our small country!
Reminds me of when I did a kata to Shiroyama in a tournament with my katana. Usually you don’t see people do entire songs but I did all of Shiroyama. I spent months practicing and trying to sync it all up, adding or removing parts to fit the song better, and if the introduction took longer or less time as the song played in the background I had different sort of improv lines that I would do to not lose sync with the song.
I don’t want to hoot my own horn but I did amazing, and the audience was loving it, however I messed up one part when I was doing a flashy sort of movement as if I was swinging the blood off the sword. Like most weapon katas you see are very restricted and traditional like they don’t look at all like if you’re actually fighting people, they look boring and wholesome. Not this time, you could see me simulating like decapitations and grappling and just looked more like an actual samurai in nasty, imperfect combat rather than a dude practicing moves :| so the judges really liked that. Back to what I was saying though, I did that move and the tip of the sword got a bit closer to my hakama than I expected and clipped my right ankle and I just see the tip of the sword a bit red, just a slight sight of reddish. I didn’t stop, I kept going, despite my ankle now burning up 😂 and I could see blood coming off from beneath the hakama. After I finished the judges asked to see my hakama and my sword. They came up and saw the blood on the mats and my hakama down low cut open in a perfect slice and my ankle oozing blood. They took my sword and looked at it and saw it was a live blade and their face was like disappointed and was like “I’m sorry but you’re disqualified” :| and turns out you’re not allowed to use “real” weapons in tournaments :| I was like “there’s people using thick wooden bo staffs and nunchucks, are you going to disqualify them? Those are real weapons and everyone here knows how to maim someone with them, so why aren’t they disqualified.” They told me it wasn’t the same and that if it wasn’t a real blade I would’ve definitely won, they told me they’ve never seen a kata as “brutal” as mine, and that everyone usually does like robotic looking katas of like perfected techniques that will just never work or really be used in a fight but that I was the only one that wasn’t afraid to show like what looked like a choreographed fight between samurai. I knew one of the judges and he was like “that part where you did that hip throw and then took your tanto and it looked like you slit someone’s throat, that shit was fire, I gave you 9 points just for that.”
But indeed the rules quite clearly, in bold, said “no live or sufficiently sharpened blades are allowed for any and all types of bladed weapon.”
So my sensei and I took the L and went on 😂
Is there a video of this? Sounds awesome!
@@KingKalashnikov no, I stopped filming most of my tournaments when I became like a blue belt 😂 just too many to be constantly filming.
I also got entangled on my hakama during my black belt test and fell forwards into a shoulder roll while tucking the sword between my arm and torso, all improved, but I could’ve really like speared myself that day… given it was like hour 6 of what turned out to be a straight 8 hour physical exam, sensei understood my situation and let me restart the kata 😂 he did add some “points” for the good save and attempt to continue
Edit: improvised*
I have 3 songs I want a Sabaton song about.
1. The siege of Port Arthur
2. The death of Monarchism in a post WW1 world.
3. The tale of the IJN Yamato.
The video we all Bulgarians were waiting for! Thank you so much for that, the song, your big respect for us, and for every concert. I remember your first gig, I went there for Hammerfall, haven't heard of Sabaton before, but you just rocked and stole the show. You were so happy with the BG fans on this first encounter, and I am a big fan since then. After the second show, I remember a friend of mine wrote you an e-mail for an idea for a song about Bulgarian history. He mentioned THIS very battle! He is so happy now, that after so many years you have heard his request, which is a request of many others. Thank you Sabaton, thank you Indy!
Videos like that make me proud I am a Bulgarian!!!🇧🇬🤘
i love these guys !❤!It make me proud to be bulgarian!
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@SabatonHistory ❤ Great lesson Mr.Indy Neidell .Greeting from Bulgaria 🇧🇬
The great war channel is just not the same without you. So glad you do this thing with Sabaton! My favorite ww1 historian and one of my favorite metal bands all in 1 video. Like chistmas in July :)
Very interesting video on the Valley Of Death, which is one of my favorite songs on The War To End All Wars!
I think this song is very underrated on the album. While I pretty much love all of your music I just think this one is amazing.
Thank you very much for this episode and the song Valley of the Death. I really love it. I am from Pleven (Bulgaria) where the 9th division is/was from. You are welcome to visit us any time of the year! Wish you all the best! :)
On a hill just outside Veliko Turnovo there's a church with the most metal paintings I've ever seen. Nice little town. And Bulgaria is often surprisingly metal.
Love you all and love my Bulgarian AK! Thanks for the video, the history, and the song!
The vocals of this songs are unbelievable, getting even better knowing the history and some backstage of the song.
Great history video. Thanks for it. I am proud to be bulgarian. Поклон пред нашите герои дали живота си за отечеството! Да живее България.🇧🇬🦁💪
Fantastic episode. Thanks to both of you for this truly outstanding presentation.
Our pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it! 🤘
Still worth it to support this channel
It's the _Second_ Battle part that's the real kicker. Classic WW1 'assault the meat grinder with your face again, but win this time' stratuuuuurgy. Suddenly all those mutinies make perfect sense.
"So, lemme get this right. The nation known as the Prussia of the Balkans has a garrison in this mountainous area which can reasonably be described as 'defender's wet dream ground', they've had six months to survey the location and dig in, they have interlocking strongpoints on the peaks, artillery in place with observation posts on the high ground, gunnery solutions on every rock and bush in the area, and they have German military advisors who've been given all the barbed wire they can eat and instructions to 'go nuts'. And you want us to attack it _again_ ?"
yes, that is an perfect sounding plan to me🤣
i find your lack of offensive spirit disturbing
-Luigi Cadorna
I have always thought it inaccurate as well.
Prussia, although great militarily, cannot compare to the military record of Bulgaria, as Bulgaria is much older and has fought many more battles against very tough opponents. Bulgaria has defeated in battle the Romans, Mongols, Hungarians, Serbs, Arab Caliphate, Russians, Ottomans, English, and French in its history. With that level of opponents in your bracket, there could hardly be a comparison. Bulgaria is simply a much older country and with enough time Prussia could have equalized.
British generals: "According to this document, this is the correct way. And I wrote it, so it must work!"
@@vaniostand many others as well.
That was an amazing episode. I was at the show this summer and then learned they are coming to my home town Veliko Tarnovo and could not believe. A friend of mine who works in the military school got me an autographed photo, it's so cool. Thank you, guys, for writing this song and debuting it in Bulgaria!
"the tank was not shootable because of the dry season..."
Ah, fond memories of running around trying to put out fires in the Golan Heights every summer live fire training exercises.
IDF tanker here
Am Israel chai. Stay strong, brother.
Yessss another sabaton history episode!!! My day is made
Can't wait for more
Waited a long time for a song about us.
Благодаря Ви!
Probably the most replayed song from the album for me. Really kicka**.
You said it right - best defense in any war… Thank you
I love watching the history behind the music on this channel. Great video!
I was fortunate enough to witness the premiere of Valley of Death at Hills of Rock festival in Plovdiv. I had quite the adventure the week prior, drove across the country, from town to town, had some stuff to do. It was an exhausting week, and to be fair, I went to the festival for Slipknot. Attended all three days though, and I gotta say, Sabaton threw an amazing show to close out the festival. It was awesome. I wasn't a fan, but witnessing this, they definitely got my respect and next time they come back to Bulgaria, I would definitely go see them again.
Дълбок поклон пред българските герои!
I was really looking forward to when this episode would be released, it is a very cool topic that is never mentioned but definitely deserves to be shared.
Great episode! Was really interesting finding out about a fascinating yet often-overlooked front of the First World War.
As someone who has been to Bulgaria and knows some Bulgarians, I have to say Par that I don't think the Bulgarians would mind waiting 10 years for this song. From what I've heard from the Bulgarians I know, there's a joke among them that they're always late. Hell, their king even survived an assassination attempt because he was late. Though I guess I may be part-Bulgarian considering how long it took me to watch this episode 😄. Oh well, that just means I can feel patriotic while listening to this song.
awesome :D Your next song about Bulgaria has to be about Shipka
Once again I feel so much smarter after watching a Sabaton video. Thank You.
Probably my favorite Sabaton song, but i mean all your songs are my favorite!❤
This has got to be one of the most badass songs Sabaton has produced.
Sabaton history taught us well
14:06 - I love it too :) Greetings from Bulgaria and thousands THANKS for doing this great song and honor our grandfathers that took place in this memorable events! You have my full respect for that! Waiting for 10 years was definitely worth it!
best solo on the album
Thank you so much for the song and for this video!
Finally, I have been waiting for this one for some much time and I have to say that this episode was worth the wait! Love from Bulgaria
So glad that you guys made this video! I’ve been anxious for it ever since I heard this awesome and epic song! And the story is just as awesome! Keep up the good work!
Thank you Gage!
This is my favorite Sabaton song. Glad to finally have a Sabaton history video about the events it describes!!
My favourite song from the album!!!
Upon first listen I wasn't a huge fan of the song but it has grown on me over the months. Really love the solo, so now it's time to sit back, turn the heater up in my car and enjoy my morning before work. Thanks Sabaton 🤘
I love seeing a new upload from sabaton history, im guaranteed to learn something
Maaaaannn... Is that all the rakia that they gave you? Hit me up next time you are in Bulgaria cuz what you got there ain't planty. Also thank you so much for making a video about our country. Also thanks for the song.
Да живее България!
You may have invaded us but I still love you guys greetings from Serbia love to Bulgaria.
Well, say "Thank you!" to Milan I. We haven't forgotten 1885. Just don't play the "Why us?" game please :)
I've learned more from Sabaton and Sabaton history than I ever did in a history class.
We like to think of it as complementary lessons 😉
Nice. I got here within an hour of this video being posted.
As always, I enjoy your content. Hope to see more from ya.
That must have been one of your favorite shows. To premere a song in the nation. Talk about emotional fucken hell