Steel Commanders - Tanks and Panzer! - Sabaton History 106 [Official]

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  • čas přidán 23. 09. 2021
  • From the first landships of the Great War to the massive armor-battles of Prokhorovka and El-Alamein - the introduction of the tank to the battlefield had changed warfare forever. Impregnable to small-arms fire, they crushed barbed-wire and field fortifications underneath their tracks, paving the way for the infantry's advance. In independent formations they surged forward at the head of the offensive, outmaneuvering the enemy's defenses and wreaking havoc in their lines. From the Mark V to the T-34, from the Tiger to the Centurion, - the evolution of armor is the history of Steel Commanders.
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Komentáře • 422

  • @SabatonHistory
    @SabatonHistory  Před rokem +14

    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

  • @xx_insert_cool_username_he6876

    "We crashed a tank through a wall"
    *PRIMO VICTORIA INTENSIFIES*

    • @jimdude7782
      @jimdude7782 Před 2 lety +20

      when the winged tanks arrive

    • @USSAnimeNCC-
      @USSAnimeNCC- Před 2 lety +13

      Comrade stood side by side to stop the Nazi charge

    • @Randomdudefromtheinternet
      @Randomdudefromtheinternet Před 2 lety +15

      THEY’RE THE PANZER ELITE… BORN TO COMPETE… NEVER RETREAT

    • @DemoDaBoi
      @DemoDaBoi Před 2 lety +10

      @@Randomdudefromtheinternet ghost division

    • @mitchnewara3229
      @mitchnewara3229 Před rokem +1

      I’m laughing my fucking ass off. 🤣

  • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
    @Big_E_Soul_Fragment Před 2 lety +347

    13:41 Oh yes, part 2 about tank development during the Cold War, please.

    • @princeofmoskova
      @princeofmoskova Před 2 lety +9

      +1

    • @robertortiz-wilson1588
      @robertortiz-wilson1588 Před 2 lety +3

      Yes please

    • @Raiden_9889
      @Raiden_9889 Před 2 lety +6

      I really hope they talk about mbt-70/Kampfpanzer 70 , where Germany and America built a tank together. when they both backed out , from the two joint designs we got the Leopard 2 and the M1 Abrams .

    • @noneyourbuissness4641
      @noneyourbuissness4641 Před 2 lety +3

      @@Raiden_9889 leopard 2 not 1 as the leopard 1 pre dates it by a bit but yeah that would be neat

    • @Raiden_9889
      @Raiden_9889 Před 2 lety +2

      @@noneyourbuissness4641 thank you for that , I did type in the wrong one

  • @stewm1267
    @stewm1267 Před 2 lety +266

    Sabaton and a song/video about tanks goes together better than beer and pizza.

    • @a10-tv17
      @a10-tv17 Před 2 lety +10

      How about all 4 together >:)

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron Před 2 lety +3

      Better than the needle and spoon even..

    • @Daddle1337
      @Daddle1337 Před 2 lety +3

      almost as good as a Bratwurst und ein großes Bier

    • @stewm1267
      @stewm1267 Před 2 lety

      @@a10-tv17 can anyone handle so much awesome?

  • @_heinrich_i
    @_heinrich_i Před 2 lety +510

    Always great to see a new Sabaton History, especially when it is about everyone's favorite subject TANKS!!

  • @thescollard8764
    @thescollard8764 Před 2 lety +378

    Another great episode! I loved the song, especially all the callbacks to previous Sabaton songs in the lyrics ("over trench and wire" from The Future of Warfare and "fields of Prokhorovka" from Panzerkampf). A Part 2 to this focusing on tank development from 1945 "to today" would be great.

    • @SabatonHistory
      @SabatonHistory  Před 2 lety +121

      Thank you for the suggestion!

    • @Paveway-chan
      @Paveway-chan Před 2 lety +63

      Steel Commander 2: T-54 bogaloo

    • @osmacar5331
      @osmacar5331 Před 2 lety +21

      @@Paveway-chan Steel Commanders 2: Challenger 2, get it right

    • @antoniocenteno1483
      @antoniocenteno1483 Před 2 lety +6

      "The beggining of a victory" transaltes to "Primo Victoria" and is mentioned just after Overload

    • @osmacar5331
      @osmacar5331 Před 2 lety

      @@antoniocenteno1483 it can also mean first victory, or prime victory

  • @pkfiremkice1883
    @pkfiremkice1883 Před 2 lety +157

    Indy: Despite the Tiger’s excellent optics and armor, they were technically flawed with unreliable transmissions and underpowered engines.
    Some poor german soldier on the eastern front: HANZ! ZE TRANSMISSION BROKE!

  • @sirprise9548
    @sirprise9548 Před 2 lety +68

    Im an easy person: sabaton releases, i watch and love

  • @Donbasos14
    @Donbasos14 Před 2 lety +122

    Was wondering when this one would come out, happy to see it!
    Edit: "Great War 2, trench war boogaloo". Nice one

  • @corydismuke9231
    @corydismuke9231 Před 2 lety +7

    "Great War 2 trench war boogaloo" that a phrase i never thought I'd hear and I love it

  • @SimonvanTilburg
    @SimonvanTilburg Před 2 lety +69

    Indy drives with Pär through a wall in a tank. Indy : I am completely fine.
    Indy walks then against a tree.
    The lesson : Don't mess with nature😂😂😂

  • @Frolaire
    @Frolaire Před 2 lety +20

    Absolutely love Steel Commanders, was an absolute blast hearing it live.

  • @mindwarp42
    @mindwarp42 Před 2 lety +101

    Where swimming comes from: amphibious tanks. Helps when this is posted within a day of Drachinifel's video about Imperial Japanese Army ships, which ironically showed an Imperial Japanese Navy amphibious tank at the beginning (the Type 2 Ka-Mi light amphibious tank, which was inspired by an IJA design), so it was on my mind. The Allies had amphiibious tanks as well (the Duplex Drive or "Donald Ducks", for example). Maybe this could be mentioned if you do a part 2. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Great video even without this info, and I hope Indy was checked for a concussion after the crash (currently dealing with vertigo for unknown reasons myself, I completely understand Indy's inadvertant George of the Jungle theme reenactment 😉).

    • @PanzerMan332
      @PanzerMan332 Před 2 lety +4

      Man, I can't comprehend getting into one of those steel coffins and trying to cross open water onto a beach. I remember reading about one soldier on D-Day watch a tank dip below the waves for a second and just disappear. Never came back up.

    • @fazole
      @fazole Před 2 lety +3

      @@PanzerMan332
      Life is cheap in war. Your choice is to storm through a meteor shower of lead or go fwd behind some armor. Heck, a torpedo could have eliminated you before you even got to England!

  • @ussmidway5600
    @ussmidway5600 Před 2 lety +39

    Over the years, the most common division of tanks was by weight. In this classification, the following were distinguished:
    light tanks - weighing 5-20 t (e.g. T-26, PzKpfw I, 7TP),
    medium tank - Masina 20-45 t (e.g. T-34, PzKpfw V Panther, M4 Sherman),
    heavy tank - 45 t on top (e.g. IS-2, PzKpfw VI Tiger, T26 Super Pershing).
    main tank (combat, linear) - generator of tanks distinguished after World War II, usually the main model of tanks (e.g. T-72, Leopard 2, M1 Abrams).
    Tanks were divided less often according to the caliber of armament:
    tanks with light armament - caliber up to 50 mm (e.g. PzKpfw III),
    tanks armed with a tank - caliber up to 85 mm (e.g. T-34/85)
    tanks with heavy armament - caliber up to 152 mm (eg KW-2).
    These classifications were spaced apart in different groups [5] that were excluded between different tanks, and the no longer produced heavy tanks became blurred.
    Due to the medieval tactical tanks, they are divided into:
    special tanks, intended, thanks to the special provision for performing special tasks (tanks due to their armament, equipment), some armies are distinguished by airborne tanks.
    Niekiełg the name that describes the vehicle is part of a de facto tank. An example is anti-aircraft tanks, tanks are a form of counter-rotating guns.

  • @MayBeSomething
    @MayBeSomething Před 2 lety +11

    "You know what, Indy? I want to talk about TANKS!"
    I've been waiting for this episode since the song dropped. Let's go!

  • @Zeroless
    @Zeroless Před 2 lety +123

    Indy suddenly sounds more American "STEEL COMMANDER"

    • @gidi3250
      @gidi3250 Před 2 lety +8

      Well he is an American from Texas if I remember.

    • @Zeroless
      @Zeroless Před 2 lety +5

      @@gidi3250 yes I know. I mean more than usual

    • @GCKMimi
      @GCKMimi Před 2 lety +9

      Our favorite historian is going native after getting his Swedish citizenship ;) Oh well, we love him for it

    • @fazole
      @fazole Před 2 lety

      @@GCKMimi
      Amerika taxes you no matter where you live or work...unless you're a CEO of a billion dollar company.

    • @GCKMimi
      @GCKMimi Před 2 lety +2

      @@fazole .... that has literally nothing to do with what I said

  • @jamessapp4989
    @jamessapp4989 Před 2 lety +8

    Tanks and Panzer, would that be a reference to the AWESOME anime show Girls und Panzer?

    • @dragonmaster613
      @dragonmaster613 Před 2 lety +2

      I see you are a man of culture.

    • @LOeuffy
      @LOeuffy Před 2 lety +1

      Panzer Vor!

    • @charlessapp1835
      @charlessapp1835 Před 2 lety +1

      @@dragonmaster613 My brother is only a man of culture because I showed him the show.
      Also, Yukari is my spirit animal.

  • @LOeuffy
    @LOeuffy Před 2 lety +11

    All the flags of the victors of WWII behind Indy Neidell, including Free France's flag, beautiful.

  • @Agimam
    @Agimam Před 2 lety +4

    I ove how Tank started out as a covername and just ended up sticking around and defining an entirely new class of vehicles that has developed into one of the biggest and most diverse classification in the span of a few decades.

    • @Sorain1
      @Sorain1 Před rokem +2

      More proof that people just use whatever works and it sticks. (Also see kleenex, band-aid etc.)

  • @lillypillie6469
    @lillypillie6469 Před 2 lety +8

    Love the song and the history behind it!
    Your my favorite band and I was happy I could have seen you preform in the Netherlands.
    Now I did have a question about a topic no one has covered ever yet. The 80 years war of independence of the Netherlands against the Spanish.
    It’s quite interesting and quite amazing story behind a small weak country taking on a dominant world power as Spain in that time period.
    I don’t know if you can look into it nor do I expect you guys could make anything out of that part of history but it would atleast be worth learning some history as not only Netherlands fought in that war but also nearly all European powers against the growing power of Spain
    Anyway I wish you all a amazing weekend and best wishes to the whole band! 💜

  • @karlmikhailtibule1481
    @karlmikhailtibule1481 Před 2 lety +17

    Yes, Steel Commanders was so great for promoting a World of Tanks stuff

  • @Slash7FPV
    @Slash7FPV Před 2 lety +19

    Got my ticket for the upcoming Hannover concert today ;-)
    Hope to meet you guys again after we met in Falun 2013 (I´m the motorcycle guy who visited you together with my wife just before you had to enter the tourbus to denmark. Cuban cigar and icecream included ;-))

  • @zachsmith1676
    @zachsmith1676 Před 2 lety +112

    I'm of the belief that the "3 key components of tank design" isn't quite right... it should be 4 key components; Mobility, Firepower, Protection, Production Capability
    Tiger and Panther are an example of tanks which score really low on Production Capability, the Design is good but the German industrial base couldn't really meet the production demands of the design. Sherman and T-34 are good designs in their own right but more importantly the industrial base for their respective countries could definitely meet the production demands of the design. I.e having the best tank on paper doesn't mean crap if you can't reliably produce the thing...
    just my opinion, you're welcome to disagree with me.

    • @whysoserious8666
      @whysoserious8666 Před 2 lety +12

      Absolutely, logistical support and reliability is probably more important than armor and firepower. A tanker is more mechanic than soldier and spends more time doing maintenance on his tank than on the firing range.

    • @VayleGW
      @VayleGW Před 2 lety +15

      @@whysoserious8666 I might add that another important factor is crew survivability. Although the M4 Sherman suffered from less thick armour than some other late WW2 tanks, the tank had the lowest casualty rate of tankers throughout the war, with less than 1 tanker dying per tank destroyed.
      It's easy building a new tank, though it might take time... however training new experienced crew is a whole different thing.

    • @whysoserious8666
      @whysoserious8666 Před 2 lety +6

      Sabaton needs a song or at least a verse in a song about breaking track, greasing road wheels, and waiting for parts to add to the story of armored warfare.

    • @xcritic9671
      @xcritic9671 Před 2 lety

      Production capability is already an intrinsic factor of all the other components, if you wanted to in the 1940's you could spend enough money to have a tank that does 50kph with 100+mm of armor and a high velocity gun. On the flip side if you wanted to just attach shed roofing to a tractor and mount machine guns on it you could do that too.
      Really the production of a tank doesn't mean anything towards how good or bad the "design" is, but rather how effective that design is going to be for the country that's producing it, that's why the U.S. today can make tanks that cost 9 million per unit while 3rd world countries have to make do with Soviet hand-me-downs.

    • @fazole
      @fazole Před 2 lety +2

      When you add production capability you get beyond the qualities of the tank and into logistics. IF the Germans had been able to produce 50,000 tanks, they still wouldn't have had enough fuel to run them. So for them, quality had to be emphasized over quantity.

  • @thedoctorofstyleirondeadpaul

    Tank you for another excellent video

  • @itz_ex0_279
    @itz_ex0_279 Před 2 lety +16

    Nobody:
    Sabaton: *”PANZER VOR!”*

  • @DEIMIKK
    @DEIMIKK Před 2 lety +22

    The things we are told as Mechanized infantry: speed, bald moves and agressiveness are the qualities which makes you what you are and how feared as a force you can be. But this is all in vain if you forget to keep the tanks updated on the pace and location. Tanks are the embodyment of the qualities that make a mechanized unit.
    Edit: I would love it if you guys would ever make a song about mechanized infantry: panzerjägers, panzergrenadiers or any other mechinfantry. We don't really have a song for ourselfs :/

    • @ollikoskinen1
      @ollikoskinen1 Před 2 lety +1

      As a Finnish man who served a panssarijääkäri in the Army (basically a Panzergrenadier), I agree!
      I got a bit of respect from couple of my current coworkers, who served at the same garrison but in the artillery and AA. They thought our company as the tough bastards of the garrison.

  • @marko243
    @marko243 Před 2 lety +11

    I am willing to bet there will soon be a Pt.2 about the armoured knights, the "tanks of the past".

    • @Sorain1
      @Sorain1 Před rokem

      French Heavy Calvary: Pretty much Tanks.
      English Longbowman: Pretty much Anti-Tank weapons.

  • @terbin4487
    @terbin4487 Před 2 lety +7

    I’ve said time and again, Sabaton is the best. History and metal combined into a single, glorious entity.

  • @dkart96
    @dkart96 Před 2 lety +23

    If only Gaijin would do a collab with Sabaton. That would be lit.

    • @GoodOldJakey
      @GoodOldJakey Před 2 lety +4

      Imagine a Tiger 1 with the sabaton logo coming at you

    • @__DwiPurna
      @__DwiPurna Před rokem

      Oh hi dkart you like sabaton too?

  • @Deusvult19874
    @Deusvult19874 Před 2 lety +4

    I've always loved the look of the MARK V tank yes it's slow but looked badass.

  • @corbandonlon8912
    @corbandonlon8912 Před 2 lety +42

    I really wanna see sabaton do a song about the bob semple, which was developed by new Zealand and was discovered to be more powerful than the atomic bombs america used on japan

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron Před 2 lety +1

      What! /who? Bob Semple is a person, developed by New Zealand?

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher Před 2 lety +9

      @@DaveSCameron
      Assembled in secret, educated to the highest degree, when his country needed a tank, Bob Semple answered the call.

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron Před 2 lety +1

      @@eldorados_lost_searcher Yes but who is he?

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher Před 2 lety +15

      @@DaveSCameron
      Apparently comments with links are deleted. Oh well.
      He was the Director of Public Works for New Zealand during WWII.
      Britain wouldn't send tanks to New Zealand for defense, so he designed a tank based on a tractor, slapped some corrugated steel around it, stuck a couple of machine guns on it, and called it good. When he was criticized for creating such an overpowered monstrosity, he basically said, "Well, I don't see you coming up with something better."

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron Před 2 lety +2

      @@eldorados_lost_searcher ah I see I'm grateful and really hadn't heard of his previously. 😊

  • @aviationgaming1564
    @aviationgaming1564 Před 2 lety +10

    “Should we have tanks that are multi-gunned and has impenetrable armor”
    Germany and the Soviet Union: I’ll take your entire stock

  • @lilwyvern4
    @lilwyvern4 Před 2 lety +6

    My favorite modern band with my favorite history crew. Every video is a treat. You always look like you're having such fun when you film these.

  • @ShinSheel
    @ShinSheel Před 2 lety +2

    - Tanks is a mighty weapon, but it is as strong as the one who commands it... *feels uncomfortable*
    Rommel: No, no, he has a point

  • @jimdude7782
    @jimdude7782 Před 2 lety +5

    The best way to enjoy history is Sabaton and Indy Neidell. Keep up the great work gentlemen!

  • @ForgottenHonor0
    @ForgottenHonor0 Před 2 lety +13

    Yes! Indy, you are my favorite historian, ever!

  • @ladyzapzap9514
    @ladyzapzap9514 Před 2 lety +1

    Found this channel today, have been bingeing all my favorite songs. tanks are a favorite topic.

  • @Submarine_2010
    @Submarine_2010 Před 2 lety +14

    This is unrelated but is there any way you could restock those Red Baron hoodies? I was going to get one and thought what better time than now? (With that free t shirt deal) but when I looked it’s just sold out in small

    • @SabatonHistory
      @SabatonHistory  Před 2 lety +7

      Please, follow our Merchandise Social Media to be one of the first to know when it happens

  • @MacOriginalGamer
    @MacOriginalGamer Před 2 lety +6

    "Great War II - Trench War Boogaloo"
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @rali7583
    @rali7583 Před rokem +1

    0:26
    Is that... a man standing on top of a tank in uneven terrain?? thats either madness or extremely cool.

  • @erik21430
    @erik21430 Před 2 lety +2

    Okay, I've got an idea for a new Sabaton History episode. Tell the tale of the longest Sabaton set ever played. Brilliant!

    • @SabatonHistory
      @SabatonHistory  Před 2 lety +1

      Denver's one a few days ago was quite epic! Almost 3 hours

  • @macblackadder93
    @macblackadder93 Před 2 lety +2

    I'm surprised that Guderian wasn't mentioned in the song. He has a book called Attention Tank, or in his native tounge: Achtung Panzer. It explained in part where his influence lied. Fuller was one of his inspirations, and he also went to Sweden. I need to get around re-reading the book.

  • @Bang-Ai146
    @Bang-Ai146 Před 2 lety +1

    Finally Sabaton make this video.

  • @viggoboii1134
    @viggoboii1134 Před 2 lety +7

    I don’t think this video is public, i only saw it because of your CZcams post in my feed. Make sure to fix this issue

  • @battlesofantiquity7449
    @battlesofantiquity7449 Před 2 lety +2

    Didn’t get a notification for this till now

  • @Harv72b
    @Harv72b Před 2 lety +1

    I thought the nose story would involve a tank copula. Busted my nose good on the "padding" around an M-113's driver's hatch when I found an unexpected wadi. Letting go of the lats & bracing only goes so far.

  • @VosperCDN
    @VosperCDN Před 2 lety +1

    Tanks for the video, and all the history/stories behind the song.

  • @ironwarmonger
    @ironwarmonger Před rokem +2

    After the Second Battle of El Alamein and the first use of the Sherman Tank, a British officer was heard to have said: "Napoleon was defeated on the fields of Waterloo, Hitler will be defeated on the drafting boards of Detroit".

  • @yuuyjaaj6721
    @yuuyjaaj6721 Před rokem

    This song instantly became my second favorite Sabaton song, first place being To Hell and Back

  • @insertaliashere1379
    @insertaliashere1379 Před 2 lety +1

    Seeing you guys in October! Can't f!*king wait.

  • @zacscurlockshobbies2133
    @zacscurlockshobbies2133 Před rokem +2

    I love this so much. But to be fair. Some of the first Steel Commanders were the ironclads of the American Civil War. Such as the USS Monitor and the CSS Merrimack which were the first ironclads built and the first to see action at the battle of Hampton Roads in 1862. Which changed Naval Warfare forever. Keep up these amazing videos guys.🤘🤘🤘🤘

    • @Sorain1
      @Sorain1 Před rokem +1

      That's actually kind of an interesting take on it really. It was the closest ships came to being essentially a (modern design of) tank on the sea. The fact they basically lacked the weaponry to take each other out kind of reflects how much more weight you can bring in armor on water compared to land. There has to be a song worth of material in that particularly famous battle.

  • @encyclopath
    @encyclopath Před 2 lety +1

    Tanks for the memories

  • @randallstephens8273
    @randallstephens8273 Před 2 lety +1

    Can’t wait for the rest of the album to finally come out!

  • @fearthefeathersvlogs6831

    “Great War 2: Trench War-Boogaloo” Damnit Indy, never change 😂😂

  • @geraldarmstrong5646
    @geraldarmstrong5646 Před 2 lety +1

    Can't wait to see the Christmas Truce episode

  • @rogermoore00
    @rogermoore00 Před rokem

    I have recommended your channel to students. 47% of them failed the test however 100% of them developed good taste in music.

  • @plaguemask8599
    @plaguemask8599 Před 2 lety +3

    This is pog

  • @godfree4all
    @godfree4all Před 2 lety +1

    Hello Sabaton! I am fan from Mexico, iv'e been listening to your music for 2 years now, and I love you guys as much as I love history. I saw one of your videos that if you ever wanted song suggestions we type it in the comments, i doubt this will gain tranction but here is a suggestion for a song.
    it's 1846, the mexican-american war is in full swing. American forces have pushed south towards the mexican valley and the capital, however they would have to go through the city of Monterrey. General Zachary Taylor needs the city not only to move forward but also to capture it and use is a supply hub. at his command he has 6000 american soldiers (including 2000 cavalry) along with 40 artillery pieces. Mexican forces on the other hand have around 4000 regulars 2000 cavalry and 48 pieces of artillary, including the imfamous St. Patricks batalion "Los San Patricios" lead by Brigadier commander John O´Reilly. who was origanlly part of the american army but defected to the mexican cause for equal rights (cause americans at that point in time were still very racist and xenophobic towadrs everyone practically). But him and his batalion held out in the city of Monterrey for three days along with the mexican forces, for three days Taylor Tried and failed to take even the outer defenses held out by St Paticks batalion numbering about 300-800 men. However on the third day mexican general Pedro Ampudia declared capitulation of the city, right when Taylor was about ready to fall back before General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna´s army arrived, but Santa Anna was delayed from logistical issus, so Pedro surrendered the city inflicting 531 casualties on the american forces while only having 361 casualties of his own. This only prooved that this batalion wasnt messing around, because of the defense of monterrey they were given the "cruz de honor de la angostura" (a medal of bravery to put it that way) ordered and given by Santa Anna himself.
    After monterrey the St. Patricks batalion would fight in many battles including the battle of Buena vista in Feburary of 1847 where they anihaleted an american batalion counterattacking their positions, by opening point blank artillary fire in to american lines, hell they even captured two american artillary pieces to use against the americans in the valley. Again Taylor was about to concede defeat and pull back, one of his soldiers yelled out "Sir all is lost we can´t break through!" Taylor only replied "I know"but to his surprise, the mexican army was falling back because of political termoil in Mexico City. Needles to say Captain O´Reilly was pissed along with most his batalion, victory was so close yet so far.
    The last battle they would fight would be the battle of Chuburusco in August 20 1847 where O´Reilly, his batalion of 250 and 1150 other mexican militia and soldiers numbering in 1400 men held out against the American horde of 8500 men lead by general Winfield Scott, needles to say they had no chance to retreat and they couldn´t surrender, so they fought for hours even until the defenders ran out of ammo they still fought, stealing americna guns from the ground hoping to fire, bayonets fixed and a melee would proced for only minutes at a time sudenly BAM one of the poweder storages blew up because of a lucky artillary round, by sun set, the defenders where exhausted surrounded and with no amunition and the St. Patricks batalion was fianlly captured and silenced but at a cost 21 american oficers and 245 americans were either killed or wounded whilst 238 mexicans were killed or wounded, most of them were artillary men. When Genral Twiggs entered the field to accept mexican surrender General Perdro María Anaya famously said "Si hubiera parque, no estaría usted aquí" if their were no field you wouldnt be here.
    Those who survived the battle where taken as prisoner up till the capture of Mexico City and fall of Chapultepec castle, where in three diferent days the survivng St. Patricks batalion members were marked as deserters with the letter D with hot iron on the 9th 10th and 13th of september of 1847 16, 4 and 31 members of the St. Patricks batalion where excuted, whether it be by volley or hanged, the surviving members including O´Reilly went into hiding and retired from military life for good.
    In august 31st 1850 O´Reilly would pass away and at the same time the St. Patricks batalion was disbanded completly.
    P.S. soryy if its a little bit long but, i gotta squeez as mucb mexican history into this, there is a lot i didnt mention but i hope you get the picture. You guys are awsome love your music keep it up. Cheers form mexico :D

  • @climax050
    @climax050 Před 2 lety +1

    It’s hard to describe the pure childish excitement I get when a new sabaton song comes out, it’s about the coolest thing ever (tanks, duh) and then I learn the lyrics and get ready to learn the history from this channel and Indy, damn I love this channel! 🤘

  • @mrbaab5932
    @mrbaab5932 Před 2 lety +2

    Future Sabaton songs "Drone Commander" and "Rocket Private".

  • @Demolitiondude
    @Demolitiondude Před 2 lety +13

    Let's put indy in a tiger.

  • @armandlebayon6634
    @armandlebayon6634 Před 2 lety +1

    "Great war 2 trench warfare bugaloo" I completely lost it was hilarious

  • @johnmarkes2038
    @johnmarkes2038 Před 2 lety +1

    Can't wait to see Sabaton in St. Louis!

  • @midnightstudio3742
    @midnightstudio3742 Před 2 lety +2

    I would absolutely love to see a part 2 taking things up to today! Fantastic content as always!

  • @TriggeringOpinionsandFacts

    Could’ve sworn I subscribed, awesome stuff. Listened to these videos all throughout my driving through QROO Mexico

  • @famousplan2693
    @famousplan2693 Před 2 lety +1

    The sabaton history channel has better history then the history channel, change my mind.

  • @nikosvaiopoulos4121
    @nikosvaiopoulos4121 Před 2 lety

    Uploading this at my birthday
    Isnt that just a gift

  • @windwulfboi
    @windwulfboi Před 2 lety

    My favorite channel to learn something. Love you guys!

  • @artu3296
    @artu3296 Před 2 lety +1

    As a tank fan, both the song and this video gives me chill 😬

  • @Echo2-2
    @Echo2-2 Před 2 lety

    I am always happy to see a new Sabaton History Video

  • @execalibur4293
    @execalibur4293 Před 2 lety +1

    This video makes me happy. Thank you

  • @-konrad-
    @-konrad- Před 2 lety +1

    From the Mark 1 to the VIII Maus and conceptually to the Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte

  • @kaitlinsmith1984
    @kaitlinsmith1984 Před 2 lety

    Thank you Sabaton for coming to St. Louis, thank you for an awesome show, we hope to see you again

  • @lordmilchreis1885
    @lordmilchreis1885 Před 2 lety

    Good to see you guys back!

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Před rokem

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!

  • @nicholaszaborny423
    @nicholaszaborny423 Před 2 lety +1

    Santon history rocks keep it up

  • @heppan_7498
    @heppan_7498 Před 2 lety +39

    Fun fact. The "Pershing" isn't a "Pershing" it's acually a "Super Pershing" bc the "Pershing" is the M26

    • @TheGreatThicc
      @TheGreatThicc Před 2 lety +3

      The Super Pershing was literally just a normal Pershing with extra armour weilded to the front and gun mantlet.

    • @Kyle-gw6qp
      @Kyle-gw6qp Před 2 lety +1

      I think you've got some things confused...

  • @Pprokop87
    @Pprokop87 Před 2 lety +1

    Charles de Gaulle also wrote a book about tanks and armor warfare. Just like Erwin Rommel. And The Steel General, Patton read those and many more.

  • @hscollier
    @hscollier Před 2 lety

    TANKS! Can’t do much better than have stories about Tanks! Tanks, and Vikings!

  • @TheDoctorFromArknights
    @TheDoctorFromArknights Před 2 lety +1

    Been waiting on this Episode since the Release

  • @boratunastopmotion
    @boratunastopmotion Před 2 lety +1

    Very good, I missed your History videos a lot.

  • @AOIXenocide
    @AOIXenocide Před 2 lety

    FINALY got to see Sabaton Last night (23/Sep) after missing them 4 times in a row (last time with tickets in hand). Fantastic show. in Minneapolis. I WILL see Sabaton again but when they are the headliner. Thanks for a fantastic show. This song was so FUN to hear live.

  • @user-cu6qq9bp2t
    @user-cu6qq9bp2t Před 2 lety +6

    Excellent analysis. But I was expecting to hear about Italian and Japanese advances on tanks in the interwar years and during the second World War. I know, at least I think I know they were not as improving and advanced as the other powers mentioned in the video but I'd like to hear about them as for the advances since the second world War until today. Maybe in a part 2 possibly.

    • @creatoruser736
      @creatoruser736 Před 2 lety +1

      Nah. You're going to need to go to a different channel that specializes more in obscure topics like that.

  • @eule0509
    @eule0509 Před 2 lety

    Yessssss - new episode. Much appreciated!

  • @destro6971
    @destro6971 Před 2 lety

    Tanks for another great video!!!! 😜

  • @brandonportman-secuur3144

    Loving the inclusion of the Red Ensign at the desk! #OhCanada 🇨🇦🇨🇦

  • @oneshotme
    @oneshotme Před 2 lety

    Enjoyed the video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

  • @sgtsnake13B
    @sgtsnake13B Před 2 lety

    IT RETURNS!!!!!

  • @SEAZNDragon
    @SEAZNDragon Před 2 lety +1

    So Sabaton had their own tanks? You know I would pay money to seen the animated versions of the Time Ghost Army and Great War crews animated and driving their own tanks too.

    • @mister_jayHD
      @mister_jayHD Před 2 lety +1

      Primo Victory was the first one in WoT (and in my opinion the better one) with the Sabaton crew and unique voiceline. STRV K is the second on with slightly different voicelines and a soundtrack version of Steel Commanders playing at the beginning of the game.

  • @bekgilbert6562
    @bekgilbert6562 Před 2 lety

    Can't wait to you guys next Saturday in Everett, WA! I bought my dad and I tickets to see you guys as an early Veteran's Day to him. He served in the 3rd ID, same as Audie Murphy, who To Hell And Back is about.

  • @darthhyoh7117
    @darthhyoh7117 Před 2 lety +1

    Meanwhile in somewhere in 2007.
    .
    “Tank beats Ghost”.
    “Tank beats Hunters.”
    “Tanks beats everything!!”
    “Aw Man I can do this all day”.

  • @gharkun
    @gharkun Před 2 lety

    damn it now i have to binge this channel!

  • @gatling216
    @gatling216 Před 2 lety +1

    Woohoo! Been waiting for this one.

  • @thePankakeManne
    @thePankakeManne Před 2 lety

    That title though. 10/10

  • @danielbarath2649
    @danielbarath2649 Před 2 lety

    How can somebody dislike this ?

  • @mikehall5815
    @mikehall5815 Před 2 lety

    Thanks guys!💪

  • @MLK_Sold_Black_america_out

    Thank you sabaton.i was in the us army for three years as a tank driver.19k. I was with 3rd infantry division,2nd brigade,1-64 armor.
    1-64AR back in WW2 was the 758th,the first all black tank unit

  • @JaredOtto
    @JaredOtto Před 2 lety

    100th like! Thank you for doing a video on this song! I always love learning about Tanks!

  • @loyalpiper
    @loyalpiper Před 2 lety

    Here we go

  • @MatthewMoudy
    @MatthewMoudy Před 2 lety

    This song was released while my company was in the middle of gunnery, great to listen to right before our table 6