A very touching tribute to the British, Commonwealth and other countries of young men who fought and died in WW1 and other conflicts. Lest we forget the fallen on both sides 😔
This song is the most powerful anti-war message I've ever seen. "A year in the line was a long enough life for a soldier" It wasn't pride, that was their average projected life expectancy, but in reality it was much, much lower. Like four or five days for most. The fact that there were soldiers that survived the war from day one is nothing short of a miracle.
In the credits, Sabaton gave every person in the video a name and/or rank. You can't tell who is who, but every single person has a name. There are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers that remain unnamed from World War 1 alone. Some are frozen in mountains, slowly being uncovered after over a hundred years. Thankfully, many of these soldiers are being extracted and identified, and given proper honors and an honorable funeral.
All the soldiers are also named after actual soldiers from WWI, WWII, as well as the historic ones such as Leonidas and Robert the Bruce. Not counting the Knights and the Spartans, so far I've come up with: The soldier pulling himself out of the mud, at first I thought he was a member of "The Smoking Snakes" (Força Expedicionária Brasileira, FEB, nicknamed Cobras Fumantes), but doing some more research with the patch on his shoulder as well as his helmet, that's Sgt Henry Johnson of the 15th New York National Guard Regiment, aka "The Harlem Hellfighters". Medal of Honor recipient and recipient of French Croix de Guerre avec Palme, France's highest award for valor. The Medal of Honor was awarded to him in 2015. Sgt. Henry Johnson is "one of the five bravest American soldiers in the war." Theodore Roosevelt Jr. in his book "Rank and File: True Stories of the Great War" The Asian soldier with the cocked-hat, that's a Nepalese Gurka named Havildar Gurung (per the credits) who earn the Victoria Cross in the Burma campaign off WWII. Sgt Awal Nur, belonged to the most famous Indian Army regiment of 1914-18, Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides. He served in Belgium, France and East Africa from 1914 to 1917, and he was wounded three times. But his most extraordinary exploit was on His Majesty's secret service. Nur was one of 16 Indian soldiers specially chosen to join British officers on a secret Indian Army mission into Soviet Central Asia in early 1918. On the direct orders of London, the mission's goal was to stop Soviet resources in Central Asia from reaching the Germans by railway and the Caspian Sea. Lt. Audie Murphy the highest decorated soldier in US history who served in WWII. Sgt. Alvin York a humble man from Tennesse who was awarded the Medal of Honor in WWI for exceptional bravery under fire. Private McNamara was 101st Airborne, Silver star awarded due to actions during the Battle of the Bulge. I also notice a soldier with the Croix Lorraine on what looks like a French flag arm band, meaning he was a member of the 'Forces françaises libres' forces in WWII. Doing some reading I found out that a large number of French colonial troops from territories such as Chad and Senegal had joined with the 'Forces françaises libres'. I suspect that soldier is Lt Comba, but I can't find anything on him. ATS Ivy Valentine is coming up on a dead end, I found that the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) was the British version of the American WAC's, but I cannot find anything about her name. As I've been working my way through the names listed in the credits and found another one: Private George Stringer, Manchester, Awarded the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Es Sinn in Mesopotamia. Capt. Dobson, 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion, Killed on 9 July 1916 in Flanders.
@@gryphonosiris2577 Thanks for your detailed and researched writing. It was awesome how Sabaton included all these people, and the type of car in which Arch Duke Ferdinand was assassinated, setting off the entire dominoes of countries with monarchy related to Queen Victoria, who thought she would prevent wars by creating a vast network of family connections. But like lots of families, these connections did not result in peace.
This is a cover on a motörhead song. The guys standing in the door opening are Mikkey Dee and Phil Campbell, the drummer and the guitarist of Motörhead. The picture is off Lemmy Kilmister the singer of motörhead
Several of the various soldiers are from the other stories that Sabaton has done songs for. The girl coming out of the alley during the solo is probably signifying Night Witches. The convertible they all walked past is likely to signify Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The Asian guy is probably for Shiroyama. The Spartans, of course, and the WWII soldiers in the 3rd verse. Lots of symbolism in this video *IF* you know the history, and Sabaton's history. And, of course a tribute to Lemmy. Was his song originally, after all.
There's also two Americans dressed as the 101st for Screaming Eagles, the guy on horseback is Robert the Bruce, the Black soldier is for the Hellfighters, the costumes that Tommy and the drummer wear are from the Royal guard, finally the two biplanes and the bomber at the end are from The Red Baron and No Bullets Fly respectively. Finally, one of the soldiers is referred too as 'Sgt York' in the credits, which is most likely Alvin York from 82nd all the way. Also as another Easter egg - the bus at the beginning says Hammersmith. "No sleep till Hammersmith" was the album that made Motörhead famous.
The 16/18 thing was not an official government position, but for years they happily ignored the issue as it meant they could hold off on conscription for a lot longer. There was also a serious side issue that many of those that would do this came from the poor counties, especially North England (as mentioned in the video) and frankly, the governments of the UK and prior, England, never cared about the North, Welsh or Scots really so they saw these groups having disproportionate deaths of the young as "fine". (similar issues would happen to the Canadian, ANZAC, Indian and other Empire forces) After years of petition by a small group of MPs, the government finally relented and banned the recruitment of under 18s with a strict punishment and allowed for the families to report them so they would be removed from active units, however they would still be retained by the army and put into reserve training up to the point they actually turned 18 and would be sent back to the front.
A little bit of background, you had to be 18 you join the British army in ww1. However some 250,000 young boys under the age of 18 would sign up. The youngest was 12 years old. Some joined for adventure and patriotic pride others joined as they had been humiliated, groups of women would wonder the streets with feathers in their hands or bags and if they saw someone they thought was of military aged but wasn’t in uniform they would give them a feather in a way of calling them a cowered. Recurrent officers weren’t anymore help as they got extra money the more men the got to sign up, thus the would tell anyone underage that they should “go to the back of the line and when they get back to the desk they will be 18”.
youngest soldier to die on the Somme was 14 years old Private Horace Iles. he lied about his age, a16 year old died one the first day of the battle of the Somme, sure he wasnt the only one, but only one i know about. oldest who died was 67
There is a how they made it video for this video I was born in Yorkshire in Britain and every village, town and city has a war memorial to the fallen in WW1 and WW2 My school (equivalent of a High School) had in the entry lobby a war memorial to the fallen. It had a huge impact on British society and was the beginning of the end of the British Empire as the British came out of the war bankrupt as they had largely paid for the war in the West for four years deploying 5 million men in France and Belgium. One of the saddest holidays my family ever did was visiting the sites of the first world war this was in the 1970s and seeing the rows upon rows of graves in these places was devastating We also visited some Belgian medieval cities like Bruges and Ghent and discovered the beautiful medieval architecture that these cities were famous for had all been reconstructed in the 1920s after the destruction of the WW1. The problem was that the machine gun had been perfected and neither side had a strategy as to how to combat it. The British developed the tank - but they were new technology and not available for the Somme. The British developed what they call the 1919 plan but didn't get to implement it as the war ended and in WW2 the 1919 plan became the basis of the German tactics in WW2 which we call Blitzkrieg.
Thank you for reacting to this. Wait until you find out that it wasn't even the US that defeated the unstoppable German army in WWII like we were taught in school. It was the Soviet Union. It took 8-15 million soldier's lives to do it.
Lemmy n co cover song :) history repeats itself sadly as shown in the walking crowd rest easy Lem Never forgotten nor should the fallen from that battle be (had family fighting there 17 years old) biggest waste of lives that battle
A very touching tribute to the British, Commonwealth and other countries of young men who fought and died in WW1 and other conflicts. Lest we forget the fallen on both sides 😔
This song is the most powerful anti-war message I've ever seen.
"A year in the line was a long enough life for a soldier"
It wasn't pride, that was their average projected life expectancy, but in reality it was much, much lower. Like four or five days for most. The fact that there were soldiers that survived the war from day one is nothing short of a miracle.
In the credits, Sabaton gave every person in the video a name and/or rank. You can't tell who is who, but every single person has a name. There are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers that remain unnamed from World War 1 alone. Some are frozen in mountains, slowly being uncovered after over a hundred years. Thankfully, many of these soldiers are being extracted and identified, and given proper honors and an honorable funeral.
many will never be identified. buried in no man's land by artillery ... nothing left to find...
All the soldiers are also named after actual soldiers from WWI, WWII, as well as the historic ones such as Leonidas and Robert the Bruce.
Not counting the Knights and the Spartans, so far I've come up with:
The soldier pulling himself out of the mud, at first I thought he was a member of "The Smoking Snakes" (Força Expedicionária Brasileira, FEB, nicknamed Cobras Fumantes), but doing some more research with the patch on his shoulder as well as his helmet, that's Sgt Henry Johnson of the 15th New York National Guard Regiment, aka "The Harlem Hellfighters". Medal of Honor recipient and recipient of French Croix de Guerre avec Palme, France's highest award for valor. The Medal of Honor was awarded to him in 2015.
Sgt. Henry Johnson is "one of the five bravest American soldiers in the war."
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. in his book "Rank and File: True Stories of the Great War"
The Asian soldier with the cocked-hat, that's a Nepalese Gurka named Havildar Gurung (per the credits) who earn the Victoria Cross in the Burma campaign off WWII.
Sgt Awal Nur, belonged to the most famous Indian Army regiment of 1914-18, Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides. He served in Belgium, France and East Africa from 1914 to 1917, and he was wounded three times. But his most extraordinary exploit was on His Majesty's secret service. Nur was one of 16 Indian soldiers specially chosen to join British officers on a secret Indian Army mission into Soviet Central Asia in early 1918. On the direct orders of London, the mission's goal was to stop Soviet resources in Central Asia from reaching the Germans by railway and the Caspian Sea.
Lt. Audie Murphy the highest decorated soldier in US history who served in WWII.
Sgt. Alvin York a humble man from Tennesse who was awarded the Medal of Honor in WWI for exceptional bravery under fire.
Private McNamara was 101st Airborne, Silver star awarded due to actions during the Battle of the Bulge.
I also notice a soldier with the Croix Lorraine on what looks like a French flag arm band, meaning he was a member of the 'Forces françaises libres' forces in WWII. Doing some reading I found out that a large number of French colonial troops from territories such as Chad and Senegal had joined with the 'Forces françaises libres'. I suspect that soldier is Lt Comba, but I can't find anything on him.
ATS Ivy Valentine is coming up on a dead end, I found that the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) was the British version of the American WAC's, but I cannot find anything about her name.
As I've been working my way through the names listed in the credits and found another one: Private George Stringer, Manchester, Awarded the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Es Sinn in Mesopotamia.
Capt. Dobson, 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion, Killed on 9 July 1916 in Flanders.
@@gryphonosiris2577 Thanks for your detailed and researched writing. It was awesome how Sabaton included all these people, and the type of car in which Arch Duke Ferdinand was assassinated, setting off the entire dominoes of countries with monarchy related to Queen Victoria, who thought she would prevent wars by creating a vast network of family connections. But like lots of families, these connections did not result in peace.
Kuddos to Motorhead to letting Sabaton to cover this song and being part of the march and also flying the Motorhead Flag.....
Lemmy is smiling with a tear in his eye...
Youngest person that served in Ww2 was like 10-14. Lied to the recruiter and somehow became a pilot
I do believe the youngest soldier was 6.
@@Keiichisaotome that was in ww2 not ww1
@@OperatorFritz yeah it was in reply to your comment about WW2.
@@Keiichisaotome I'm dum I read ww1 not ww2. But yeah soviet 6 year old
@@OperatorFritz ok, I was bout to be surprised until you said he was a soviet.
This is a cover on a motörhead song. The guys standing in the door opening are Mikkey Dee and Phil Campbell, the drummer and the guitarist of Motörhead. The picture is off Lemmy Kilmister the singer of motörhead
Yes. RIP Lemmy and all of original Motorhead musician!
Several of the various soldiers are from the other stories that Sabaton has done songs for. The girl coming out of the alley during the solo is probably signifying Night Witches. The convertible they all walked past is likely to signify Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The Asian guy is probably for Shiroyama. The Spartans, of course, and the WWII soldiers in the 3rd verse. Lots of symbolism in this video *IF* you know the history, and Sabaton's history. And, of course a tribute to Lemmy. Was his song originally, after all.
There's also two Americans dressed as the 101st for Screaming Eagles, the guy on horseback is Robert the Bruce, the Black soldier is for the Hellfighters, the costumes that Tommy and the drummer wear are from the Royal guard, finally the two biplanes and the bomber at the end are from The Red Baron and No Bullets Fly respectively. Finally, one of the soldiers is referred too as 'Sgt York' in the credits, which is most likely Alvin York from 82nd all the way.
Also as another Easter egg - the bus at the beginning says Hammersmith. "No sleep till Hammersmith" was the album that made Motörhead famous.
Asian Soldier is a Nepalese Gurka named Havildar Gurung (per the credits) who earn the Victoria Cross in the Burma campaign off WWII.
Price of a mile has a similar theme to this song. The casualty rate for the amount of ground won was even worse, and that song hits heavy too
Thanks for the reaction.
The 16/18 thing was not an official government position, but for years they happily ignored the issue as it meant they could hold off on conscription for a lot longer. There was also a serious side issue that many of those that would do this came from the poor counties, especially North England (as mentioned in the video) and frankly, the governments of the UK and prior, England, never cared about the North, Welsh or Scots really so they saw these groups having disproportionate deaths of the young as "fine". (similar issues would happen to the Canadian, ANZAC, Indian and other Empire forces)
After years of petition by a small group of MPs, the government finally relented and banned the recruitment of under 18s with a strict punishment and allowed for the families to report them so they would be removed from active units, however they would still be retained by the army and put into reserve training up to the point they actually turned 18 and would be sent back to the front.
Thats right!
A little bit of background, you had to be 18 you join the British army in ww1. However some 250,000 young boys under the age of 18 would sign up. The youngest was 12 years old. Some joined for adventure and patriotic pride others joined as they had been humiliated, groups of women would wonder the streets with feathers in their hands or bags and if they saw someone they thought was of military aged but wasn’t in uniform they would give them a feather in a way of calling them a cowered. Recurrent officers weren’t anymore help as they got extra money the more men the got to sign up, thus the would tell anyone underage that they should “go to the back of the line and when they get back to the desk they will be 18”.
@@edwardchristensen414 I was talking specifically about the British army but yes Momčilo Gavrič was the youngest soldier to serve in ww1
Sort of funny when you think about it. Being pressganged by a group of people that would never have to see armed conflict themselves.
youngest soldier to die on the Somme was 14 years old Private Horace Iles. he lied about his age, a16 year old died one the first day of the battle of the Somme, sure he wasnt the only one, but only one i know about. oldest who died was 67
There is a how they made it video for this video
I was born in Yorkshire in Britain
and every village, town and city
has a war memorial to the fallen in WW1 and WW2
My school (equivalent of a High School)
had in the entry lobby a war memorial to the fallen.
It had a huge impact on British society
and was the beginning of the end of the British Empire
as the British came out of the war bankrupt
as they had largely paid for the war in the West for four years
deploying 5 million men in France and Belgium.
One of the saddest holidays my family ever did was
visiting the sites of the first world war
this was in the 1970s and
seeing the rows upon rows of graves in these places was devastating
We also visited some Belgian medieval cities
like Bruges and Ghent and discovered
the beautiful medieval architecture that these cities were famous for
had all been reconstructed in the 1920s
after the destruction of the WW1.
The problem was that the machine gun had been perfected
and neither side had a strategy as to how to combat it.
The British developed the tank - but they were new technology
and not available for the Somme.
The British developed what they call the 1919 plan
but didn't get to implement it as the war ended
and in WW2 the 1919 plan became the basis of the German tactics
in WW2 which we call Blitzkrieg.
The video is more like a movie and a good one. Should gett prize for good movie! Short but loded with meaning!
Thank you for reacting to this.
Wait until you find out that it wasn't even the US that defeated the unstoppable German army in WWII like we were taught in school. It was the Soviet Union. It took 8-15 million soldier's lives to do it.
This song make grown men cry😢😢😢
It is ment to feel how war is poinless!
youngest one that fought in the battle of somme was 12 years old if i remember correctly
Lemmy n co cover song :) history repeats itself sadly as shown in the walking crowd rest easy Lem Never forgotten nor should the fallen from that battle be (had family fighting there 17 years old) biggest waste of lives that battle