great reaction, more Sabaton please. Sabaton is a Swedish band with a loooong list of history based music. Sabaton also has an award winning history channel that gives background to over 120 if their songs (not music award, academic, aimed at education of the public) . Sabaton videos are often have dedications and/or messages at the end, perhaps not always but... watching to the very end is frequently well worth it. Animated STORY videos (short Animated history lessons with music videos in them) No bullets fly, enemy showing mercy to injured aircrew in a nearly wrecked aircraft barely still flying, even escorting them to safety. Night witches, Young (17-28) female bomber pilots in ww2 fighting the Nazi despite the discrimination they faced and being given obsolete equipment, aircraft ... Lady of the dark, female fighting alongside men during ww1 and being highly respected and even more decorated. Red baron, the famous fighter pilot of ww1 first soldier, unlikely French hero in ww1. Epic ORIGINAL videos. Bismark, about the sinking of the ship Christmas truce, about the spontaneous truce in some parts of the western front during Christmas 1914 40:1, about polish soldiers, badly outnumbered (just under 750 in all) facing 42 000 germans, they where BADLY outgunned desperately defending against the German invasion 1939 (with odds actually close to 55:1 they held for 3 DAYS when ammunition and supplies ran out. Uprising, the Warsaw Uprising against the nazi germans during 1944. To hell and back, they tell the story of Audie Murphy (highly decorated) and his struggle AFTER the war, so about PTSD and drug addiction that returning soldiers can face. Fields of verdun, the 300+ day long battle fought there. Price of a mile, about the battle of Passchendaele Screaming Eagles, about the battle of the bulge Live performances 40:1 from poland Uprising from poland En livstid I krig live from Göteborg Sweden (in Swedish but there are subtitles) , very heavy again, about thoughts of a young man going to war. Two covers that are good Defence of Moscow, self explained you just saw 1916 about the devastating battle of the somme in ww1, casualties topped 1 milion if you count both sides, all for 6 miles of ground, these are just some, there are plenty more.
The Motorhead version is much simpler, but both are excellent in different ways. Lemmy wrote this after being very moved by a survivor of the Battle of the Somme crying as he described holding his friend as he died. Sabaton expanded the song to pay tribute to all soldiers throughout history who marched off to fight and die for their homelands. Sabaton has created a fitting tribute to both Lemmy and all those soldiers. RIP warriors, you are all remembered and appreciated.
Selection of some other Sabaton songs involving the British Army Bismarck - Sinking of the Battleship Bismarck in WWII Gallipoli - Battle of Gallipoli in WWI Primo Victoria - D-day landings in WWII Blood of Bannockburn - Battle of Sterling Castle in 1257 Unkillable Soldier - Honoring Adrian Carton De Wiart (Boer War, WWI and WWII) Attero Dominatus - Conquering of Berlin WWII Rorke's Drift - Anglo-Zulu war 1879 Fields of Verdun - Battle of Verdun WWI Back In Control - Falkland's War 1982 Union - Battle of Monte Cassino Italy WWII
Apart from paying tribute to soldiers throughout history, it also has nods to other Sabaton songs. Sgt. York (82nd All The Way), Robert The Bruce (Blood of Bannockburn), Leonidas (Sparta), Sgt. Henry Johnson (Hellfighters), the squadron of WW2 fighter planes (Aces In Exile), the B-17 (No Bullets Fly), the two biplanes with the B-17 (Night Witches). There are quite a few others but you get the idea.
I think this is about how mad war sometimes is. In WW1 tensions rose and tip was grand duke of of Austria-hungary killed. So relatives with high position, put young me to fight against each other. That's the case always. Lemmy meant it for anti war song and it is. I've seen many documentaries how Britts volunteers thought: it's a great adventure. Well it wasn't for sure. There are many infamous battles in western front like Verdun, Keiserschlacht which was more all fronts offensive but anyways...WW1 was pretty senseless war. Family fight to show who is better. Luckily we don't have kings in power nowadays.
The soldiers did not sacrifice themselves, they let themselves be killed because they either get killed by the enemy or by their own commanders. By getting killed by the enemy they are remembered. The homefront is forgotten, think what the families in accrington thought when their entire town was wiped out in a few days. Hundreds of men died every minute, but what about their families? Where do they go when their entire male bloodline is wiped out in a week? Where do they go to mourn thousands of deaths? The graves are unknown and likely in the middle of an active warfront. What happens when tens of thousands of men die every single day? In ww1 nothing happened. If something like this happened to russia on a similar scale they would collapse due to millions of people rioting, same with israel and every other place in war currently. War is hell, its not patriotic to go die, its not good. War should be avoided by all costs
I thought the soldiers went out in the hope that their homeland wouldn't be invaded and their families subjected to oppression. I realise not everyone thinks alike however overall most people are patriotic and did sacrifice their lives in front of the enemy so their families would be safer. I feel vast amount of soldiers are patriotic... I guess you don't believe people can be patriotic. Sad reality is you have some evil forces out their that will want to take your land and in the end you have to fight to protect your country.
@@Johnconte786 some did go out, but especially for britain in ww1 there was no threat of their homeland being invaded really. Those who knew more may have well known they either die and get forgotten or they die and might be remembered. Of course many did volunteer as it was seen as patriotic and there were lies told especially at places like passchendaele, but others a bit too. Patriotism is good but is it really worth wasting thousands of lives per hour to save a village or a river?
@@clashof6d I believe your conflating politicians with soldiers, one trains for conflict and when told it is time to defend his land he steps up. This song is dedicated to all the soldiers of allied forces who sacrificed their lives for their homeland. Song doesn't touch on politics or conspiracy theories.
You seem to miss the actual stories these soldiers tell. They volunteered for the war (no draft in England at that time), some out of patriotism, some seeking adventure and glory, some because they thought it was the correct thing to do. None " let themselves be killed by the enemy." While it is true that the poor leadership of the British officer corps resulted in far too many casualties, they did not intentionally get their soldiers killed. WW1 was a foolish war since it was started by an incompetent assassination and expanded through arrogance and pride of the aristocracy, but that is on the leaders of the country, not the soldiers. Once the war started, the need to keep your country free and independent made it necessary to fight and win. The biggest tragedy was that it solved nothing and directly led to WW2. While war is hell, they must be fought unless you are willing to live as a slave.
@@clashof6d I think that is a very shortsighted viewpoint. If the German army had not been stopped in Belgium, the next step was the invasion of Britian. As it was, the Germans came very close to defeating the French and British. If not for the heroism and resistance of King Albert of Belgium, who fought on the lines with his soldiers, the outcome of the war would have been quite different. And if you follow your advice and surrender every village or river where you might have casualties, soon you have surrendered everything.
great reaction, more Sabaton please.
Sabaton is a Swedish band with a loooong list of history based music.
Sabaton also has an award winning history channel that gives background to over 120 if their songs (not music award, academic, aimed at education of the public) .
Sabaton videos are often have dedications and/or messages at the end, perhaps not always but... watching to the very end is frequently well worth it.
Animated STORY videos (short Animated history lessons with music videos in them)
No bullets fly, enemy showing mercy to injured aircrew in a nearly wrecked aircraft barely still flying, even escorting them to safety.
Night witches, Young (17-28) female bomber pilots in ww2 fighting the Nazi despite the discrimination they faced and being given obsolete equipment, aircraft ...
Lady of the dark, female fighting alongside men during ww1 and being highly respected and even more decorated.
Red baron, the famous fighter pilot of ww1
first soldier, unlikely French hero in ww1.
Epic ORIGINAL videos.
Bismark, about the sinking of the ship
Christmas truce, about the spontaneous truce in some parts of the western front during Christmas 1914
40:1, about polish soldiers, badly outnumbered (just under 750 in all) facing 42 000 germans, they where BADLY outgunned desperately defending against the German invasion 1939 (with odds actually close to 55:1 they held for 3 DAYS when ammunition and supplies ran out.
Uprising, the Warsaw Uprising against the nazi germans during 1944.
To hell and back, they tell the story of Audie Murphy (highly decorated) and his struggle AFTER the war, so about PTSD and drug addiction that returning soldiers can face.
Fields of verdun, the 300+ day long battle fought there.
Price of a mile, about the battle of Passchendaele
Screaming Eagles, about the battle of the bulge
Live performances
40:1 from poland
Uprising from poland
En livstid I krig live from Göteborg Sweden (in Swedish but there are subtitles) , very heavy again, about thoughts of a young man going to war.
Two covers that are good
Defence of Moscow, self explained
you just saw 1916 about the devastating battle of the somme in ww1, casualties topped 1 milion if you count both sides, all for 6 miles of ground,
these are just some, there are plenty more.
The Motorhead version is much simpler, but both are excellent in different ways. Lemmy wrote this after being very moved by a survivor of the Battle of the Somme crying as he described holding his friend as he died. Sabaton expanded the song to pay tribute to all soldiers throughout history who marched off to fight and die for their homelands. Sabaton has created a fitting tribute to both Lemmy and all those soldiers. RIP warriors, you are all remembered and appreciated.
Selection of some other Sabaton songs involving the British Army
Bismarck - Sinking of the Battleship Bismarck in WWII
Gallipoli - Battle of Gallipoli in WWI
Primo Victoria - D-day landings in WWII
Blood of Bannockburn - Battle of Sterling Castle in 1257
Unkillable Soldier - Honoring Adrian Carton De Wiart (Boer War, WWI and WWII)
Attero Dominatus - Conquering of Berlin WWII
Rorke's Drift - Anglo-Zulu war 1879
Fields of Verdun - Battle of Verdun WWI
Back In Control - Falkland's War 1982
Union - Battle of Monte Cassino Italy WWII
Defiantly worth a look. Try ' No bullets fly '. Will bring a tear. Hi from Sydney! 😉 🤘🤘🤘
Apart from paying tribute to soldiers throughout history, it also has nods to other Sabaton songs. Sgt. York (82nd All The Way), Robert The Bruce (Blood of Bannockburn), Leonidas (Sparta), Sgt. Henry Johnson (Hellfighters), the squadron of WW2 fighter planes (Aces In Exile), the B-17 (No Bullets Fly), the two biplanes with the B-17 (Night Witches). There are quite a few others but you get the idea.
Thanks for sharing this, alot of information packed into a short song. I'm in the Sabaton phase, a lesson in history and great music.
@@Johnconte786 They also have a history channel on CZcams called Sabaton History, where they go in depth about what inspired each of their songs.
@@lokiodinson2326 You've made my day, heading gym now will play it there, thank you.
I think this is about how mad war sometimes is. In WW1 tensions rose and tip was grand duke of of Austria-hungary killed. So relatives with high position, put young me to fight against each other. That's the case always. Lemmy meant it for anti war song and it is. I've seen many documentaries how Britts volunteers thought: it's a great adventure. Well it wasn't for sure. There are many infamous battles in western front like Verdun, Keiserschlacht which was more all fronts offensive but anyways...WW1 was pretty senseless war. Family fight to show who is better. Luckily we don't have kings in power nowadays.
Tina Guo making her cello cry in the end...
Sabaton making your heart weep.
wir haben schon längst vergessen schau dir die welt jetzt an nichts haben wir gelernt sry thx for your reaction
The soldiers did not sacrifice themselves, they let themselves be killed because they either get killed by the enemy or by their own commanders. By getting killed by the enemy they are remembered. The homefront is forgotten, think what the families in accrington thought when their entire town was wiped out in a few days. Hundreds of men died every minute, but what about their families? Where do they go when their entire male bloodline is wiped out in a week? Where do they go to mourn thousands of deaths? The graves are unknown and likely in the middle of an active warfront.
What happens when tens of thousands of men die every single day? In ww1 nothing happened. If something like this happened to russia on a similar scale they would collapse due to millions of people rioting, same with israel and every other place in war currently.
War is hell, its not patriotic to go die, its not good. War should be avoided by all costs
I thought the soldiers went out in the hope that their homeland wouldn't be invaded and their families subjected to oppression. I realise not everyone thinks alike however overall most people are patriotic and did sacrifice their lives in front of the enemy so their families would be safer.
I feel vast amount of soldiers are patriotic... I guess you don't believe people can be patriotic.
Sad reality is you have some evil forces out their that will want to take your land and in the end you have to fight to protect your country.
@@Johnconte786 some did go out, but especially for britain in ww1 there was no threat of their homeland being invaded really. Those who knew more may have well known they either die and get forgotten or they die and might be remembered. Of course many did volunteer as it was seen as patriotic and there were lies told especially at places like passchendaele, but others a bit too.
Patriotism is good but is it really worth wasting thousands of lives per hour to save a village or a river?
@@clashof6d I believe your conflating politicians with soldiers, one trains for conflict and when told it is time to defend his land he steps up. This song is dedicated to all the soldiers of allied forces who sacrificed their lives for their homeland. Song doesn't touch on politics or conspiracy theories.
You seem to miss the actual stories these soldiers tell. They volunteered for the war (no draft in England at that time), some out of patriotism, some seeking adventure and glory, some because they thought it was the correct thing to do. None " let themselves be killed by the enemy." While it is true that the poor leadership of the British officer corps resulted in far too many casualties, they did not intentionally get their soldiers killed. WW1 was a foolish war since it was started by an incompetent assassination and expanded through arrogance and pride of the aristocracy, but that is on the leaders of the country, not the soldiers. Once the war started, the need to keep your country free and independent made it necessary to fight and win. The biggest tragedy was that it solved nothing and directly led to WW2.
While war is hell, they must be fought unless you are willing to live as a slave.
@@clashof6d I think that is a very shortsighted viewpoint. If the German army had not been stopped in Belgium, the next step was the invasion of Britian. As it was, the Germans came very close to defeating the French and British. If not for the heroism and resistance of King Albert of Belgium, who fought on the lines with his soldiers, the outcome of the war would have been quite different.
And if you follow your advice and surrender every village or river where you might have casualties, soon you have surrendered everything.