ANZAC = Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. It's taught here in Australia and New Zealand, the British were in Command and the solders were 'cannon fodder'. Its a huge thing here, dawn services and commemoration even though there are no more true ANZAC's left, time took them. They sang this song there and the united voices singing it back at them was awesome!!!
Loved your reaction! The Turks and the Anzac developed a strange bond of mutual respect during that battle (see the Sabaton History channel for that) and Sabaton was invited to play in Turkey for one of those memorial days. I remember Joakim talking about it and I think it was around 2006.
True. I did read somewhere about that they used to throw gifts, cigarettes and snacks between the trenches and they also had ceasefires where they helped each other to bury the dead. Both sides knew that the other side just followed order and there were no real hate between the soldiers.
Sabaton history is in two parts. The first is an overview of the battle. The second is more of a reflection, like the song. The lyrics will make more sense after part 2.
( I took the comment from another video, because I liked this historical fact) Parts of the lyrics a directly from Kemal Atatürk, founder of modern turkey, or inspired by him. His quote is craved into a stone near Anzak Koyu Beach, which is even named after the former enemys. "Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives ... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours ... You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well." , if I can recommend four songs : the last stand , the unkillable soldier , Winged Hussars , the final solution
Loving these reactions. I would recommend songs but I'd have to put their whole catalog. Have yet to hear a bad song from Sabaton. I just hope you react to a whole lot of them
I love this song im Australian and it holds a special place for me alot of anzac troops died for nothing because of idiot comanders and i respect the turks for defending their homeland so much and the first president of turkey made a speech on anzac day you should really look at the speech to understand the foes to friends part
Looking at the Gallipoli campaign: logistics, troop numbers, experience, fortifications, armament etc of both sides, there was 0% chance of any type of success, strategic or tactical. Allies were undersupplied, green, and vastly under equipped. The Ottoman forces had terrain advantage, were well entrenched and fortified, and although the Allies had a tech advantage, it was only slight, and nullified by the fact that the ottomans had home field advantage and could supply and rearm their forces faster. Almost every indicator said retreat and save your strength and men, not wasting them on a lost cause. Churchill said send in the Aussies and Kiwis to die.
Gallipoli is often considered to be the beginning of Australian and New Zealand national consciousness; 25 April, the anniversary of the landings, is known as Anzac Day, the most significant commemoration of military casualties and veterans in the two countries, surpassing even Remembrance Day (Armistice Day). The Allied effort was yet another example of the total idiocy of the Allied generals and their total disregard for their soldiers. The campaign was plagued by ill-defined goals, poor planning, insufficient artillery, inexperienced troops, inaccurate maps, poor intelligence, overconfidence, inadequate equipment, and logistical and tactical deficiencies at all levels. The only positive was it gave the planners of Normandy and the Pacific landing a great example of what not to do still influences United States military philosophy. Another great reaction, looking forward to your analysis of the Sabaton History Channel episode.
Gallipoli  Ari Burnu Memorial, Gallipoli. The inscription is a quote attributed to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first President of the Republic of Turkey. It reads: Those heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country to of ours. You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well. Atatürk, 1934
Great reaction, glad you got too this 1. so this is the lyric video, the official music video is also worth watching. some great movies / shows cover this battle Mel Gibson's "Gallipoli" then the 5 part (10 hrs)show with Paul Hogan "Anzac's: The War Down Under" covers some time there. also the 2015 tv series "Gallipoli" all worth watching.
In addition to its religious significance, Constantinople/Istanbul held control of the Bosporus Strait, which the Ententé powers wanted access to so they could access the Black Sea with their warships and troop transports to aid Russia from the south-east, who were hard pressed by the Germans and the Austro-Hungarians. Naturally, the Ottomans were not exactly keen on giving up control of the strait, so the Ententé had to take it by force. I believe it was also the first major battle where the ANZAC forces were deployed in significant numbers, and it was a real test of fire. However, the commanders of the operation had underestimated the Ottomans, in a number of ways, and what was supposed to have been a quick and decisive strike at Gallipoli to then expand further inland towards Constantinople never really got off the coastal area/peninsula. Conditions on the beaches were very rough indeed. They will go into more detail about it in the History episodes about it, but let's just say the commanders kept pushing the operations at Gallipoli way past the point where they should have called it quits to retreat and regroup. And so more lives were wasted.
I wouldn't say that this song was written from a subjective position. If anything it's very objective just because of what happened. This battle wasn't one with glory or hope. It was a year long funeral for far too many. Even worse was how young the ANZACs were. Australia had only been Australia for something like 15 years, it was our first fight. Many kids lied about their age to fight, maybe young teenagers. Not just 16 year olds who lied to fight, but younger. There is nothing subjective about this song, it truly was a waste of life.
Look up the battle of the Nek at Gallipoli for a definition of true futility. Where incompetence and blind adherence to following orders resulted in mindless and needless slaughter of Australians from the 3rd Light Horse Brigade.
Great reaction, thanks! The loses of young men were pointles as well as in today's Ukraine + hundreads of civilians 😞 Maybe you'll react to 40:1 from this album soon. It's about Polish soldiers resistance at the begining of the ww2 in September 1939. The lyric video is ok, but there is also a good official music video and a great live from Woodstock, Poland, 2012 :-) Why don't you join them together?
Landing troops at Gallipoli is one of the dumbest military operations ever. You could have showed the plan to an 8 year old and they would have had problems with it. They landed troops without anything you could consider real landing craft, just barges pulled along by other boats and they dropped the kids off on a beach surrounded by a horseshoe of cliffs with only a couple reasonable paths up they would have to be funneled into. The fact Winston Churchill ever got a job doing anything after this is amazing to me. Edit: that is an extremely oversimplified version of it, but it was just a mind boggling bad plan from the start
@@1320crusierthere were plenty of amphibious landings before Gallipoli and between Gallipoli and Normandy that were not failures let alone doomed to fail.
You are missing too much backstory to correctly interpret anything this song tries to tell. But I lost the motivation to explain it all at "Turks are Arabs". Sabaton History channel has a two-parter on this song, watching those will help.
So the album is called "The art of war" and it's based on Sun Tzus book by the same name, and there's one track per chapter (13 in all). This song was chosen to represent chapter 7; Maneuvering an Army. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_War
ANZAC = Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. It's taught here in Australia and New Zealand, the British were in Command and the solders were 'cannon fodder'. Its a huge thing here, dawn services and commemoration even though there are no more true ANZAC's left, time took them. They sang this song there and the united voices singing it back at them was awesome!!!
Loved your reaction! The Turks and the Anzac developed a strange bond of mutual respect during that battle (see the Sabaton History channel for that) and Sabaton was invited to play in Turkey for one of those memorial days. I remember Joakim talking about it and I think it was around 2006.
True.
I did read somewhere about that they used to throw gifts, cigarettes and snacks between the trenches and they also had ceasefires where they helped each other to bury the dead.
Both sides knew that the other side just followed order and there were no real hate between the soldiers.
Sabaton history is in two parts. The first is an overview of the battle. The second is more of a reflection, like the song. The lyrics will make more sense after part 2.
Really enjoy your reactions to the Band.
Thanks for the shout-out….the Gallipoli campaign is taught in Australian schools. When you watch the documentary it will make sense.
Strong song and great reaction❤
( I took the comment from another video, because I liked this historical fact) Parts of the lyrics a directly from Kemal Atatürk, founder of modern turkey, or inspired by him.
His quote is craved into a stone near Anzak Koyu Beach, which is even named after the former enemys.
"Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives ... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours ... You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well." , if I can recommend four songs : the last stand , the unkillable soldier , Winged Hussars , the final solution
Loving these reactions. I would recommend songs but I'd have to put their whole catalog. Have yet to hear a bad song from Sabaton. I just hope you react to a whole lot of them
Great reaction guys 🇸🇪🇸🇪🤟🤟
Great reaction! I like how you really pay attention to the lyrics and show passion about history, subbed!
Please do 1916 Sabaton's newest video.
as usualm a great reaction
I love this song im Australian and it holds a special place for me alot of anzac troops died for nothing because of idiot comanders and i respect the turks for defending their homeland so much and the first president of turkey made a speech on anzac day you should really look at the speech to understand the foes to friends part
Looking at the Gallipoli campaign: logistics, troop numbers, experience, fortifications, armament etc of both sides, there was 0% chance of any type of success, strategic or tactical. Allies were undersupplied, green, and vastly under equipped. The Ottoman forces had terrain advantage, were well entrenched and fortified, and although the Allies had a tech advantage, it was only slight, and nullified by the fact that the ottomans had home field advantage and could supply and rearm their forces faster.
Almost every indicator said retreat and save your strength and men, not wasting them on a lost cause. Churchill said send in the Aussies and Kiwis to die.
Gallipoli is often considered to be the beginning of Australian and New Zealand national consciousness; 25 April, the anniversary of the landings, is known as Anzac Day, the most significant commemoration of military casualties and veterans in the two countries, surpassing even Remembrance Day (Armistice Day). The Allied effort was yet another example of the total idiocy of the Allied generals and their total disregard for their soldiers. The campaign was plagued by ill-defined goals, poor planning, insufficient artillery, inexperienced troops, inaccurate maps, poor intelligence, overconfidence, inadequate equipment, and logistical and tactical deficiencies at all levels. The only positive was it gave the planners of Normandy and the Pacific landing a great example of what not to do still influences United States military philosophy. Another great reaction, looking forward to your analysis of the Sabaton History Channel episode.
Gallipoli

Ari Burnu Memorial, Gallipoli.
The inscription is a quote attributed to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first President of the Republic of Turkey. It reads:
Those heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country to of ours. You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
Atatürk, 1934
Union is so good though
Great reaction, glad you got too this 1. so this is the lyric video, the official music video is also worth watching. some great movies / shows cover this battle Mel Gibson's "Gallipoli" then the 5 part (10 hrs)show with Paul Hogan "Anzac's: The War Down Under" covers some time there. also the 2015 tv series "Gallipoli" all worth watching.
8:04 "Ottoman Turks were arabic" a.k.a. How to trigger a whole nation :)
In addition to its religious significance, Constantinople/Istanbul held control of the Bosporus Strait, which the Ententé powers wanted access to so they could access the Black Sea with their warships and troop transports to aid Russia from the south-east, who were hard pressed by the Germans and the Austro-Hungarians. Naturally, the Ottomans were not exactly keen on giving up control of the strait, so the Ententé had to take it by force.
I believe it was also the first major battle where the ANZAC forces were deployed in significant numbers, and it was a real test of fire.
However, the commanders of the operation had underestimated the Ottomans, in a number of ways, and what was supposed to have been a quick and decisive strike at Gallipoli to then expand further inland towards Constantinople never really got off the coastal area/peninsula. Conditions on the beaches were very rough indeed.
They will go into more detail about it in the History episodes about it, but let's just say the commanders kept pushing the operations at Gallipoli way past the point where they should have called it quits to retreat and regroup. And so more lives were wasted.
I wouldn't say that this song was written from a subjective position. If anything it's very objective just because of what happened. This battle wasn't one with glory or hope. It was a year long funeral for far too many. Even worse was how young the ANZACs were. Australia had only been Australia for something like 15 years, it was our first fight. Many kids lied about their age to fight, maybe young teenagers. Not just 16 year olds who lied to fight, but younger. There is nothing subjective about this song, it truly was a waste of life.
next Art of War ;)
Look up the battle of the Nek at Gallipoli for a definition of true futility. Where incompetence and blind adherence to following orders resulted in mindless and needless slaughter of Australians from the 3rd Light Horse Brigade.
Great reaction, thanks! The loses of young men were pointles as well as in today's Ukraine + hundreads of civilians 😞
Maybe you'll react to 40:1 from this album soon. It's about Polish soldiers resistance at the begining of the ww2 in September 1939. The lyric video is ok, but there is also a good official music video and a great live from Woodstock, Poland, 2012 :-) Why don't you join them together?
You should do the Sabaton song Sarajevo next its about how ww1 started.
Landing troops at Gallipoli is one of the dumbest military operations ever. You could have showed the plan to an 8 year old and they would have had problems with it.
They landed troops without anything you could consider real landing craft, just barges pulled along by other boats and they dropped the kids off on a beach surrounded by a horseshoe of cliffs with only a couple reasonable paths up they would have to be funneled into.
The fact Winston Churchill ever got a job doing anything after this is amazing to me.
Edit: that is an extremely oversimplified version of it, but it was just a mind boggling bad plan from the start
The lessons learned in blood at Gallipoli lead to the victory at Normandy.
@@1320crusierthere were plenty of amphibious landings before Gallipoli and between Gallipoli and Normandy that were not failures let alone doomed to fail.
You are missing too much backstory to correctly interpret anything this song tries to tell. But I lost the motivation to explain it all at "Turks are Arabs". Sabaton History channel has a two-parter on this song, watching those will help.
So the album is called "The art of war" and it's based on Sun Tzus book by the same name, and there's one track per chapter (13 in all).
This song was chosen to represent chapter 7; Maneuvering an Army. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_War
I highly recommend reading 'the Art of War.' The philosophies of Sun Tzu are easily applied to everyday life as well as military operations.