Firestorm - Strategic or Terror Bombing? - Sabaton History 098 [Official]
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- At the end of July 1943, Hamburg burned. A fleet of British heavy bombers had dropped thousands of incendiaries over the city, turning it into a hearth of unprecedented dimensions. Numerous major fires merged together into a single storm of fire. Structures combusted under the immense heat, as strong winds drove the inferno through the streets at rapid speed. Craving for more oxygen, the firestorm sucked human bodies into the flames and immediately incinerated or mummified them. Thousands of others died slowly of carbon monoxide poisoning in their shelters. By the end of the raid, 60% of Hamburg had been burned out and more than 35,000 of its inhabitants were dead. But while the Germans were shocked to disbelief, for the British the firestorm has worked as intended. And this was just the beginning.
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Why Dresden? Because Germans lived there. I had an uncle I never got to meet die in that war (yes, I'm an older guy), because of the Holocaust, because of the brutality of the Nazis, and because Hitler was elected by German citizens, I have no problem at all with these bombings.
"The atom bomb, so the argument went, might actually be more humane."
That sent chills down my spine...
Yeah.... Jeez....
Same
Yeah, pretty much. Total war is indeed total. Although imo I think Harris's quote about reaping the whirlwind applied to Japan as well. It is indeed terrible, but the Axis leader's were the ones that dragged their nations into war, committed genocide, and then refused to surrender, willing to sacrifice the populace to avoid justice for a little while longer.
Not only because they so nonchalantly defended the use of a weapon they didn't really understand yet and dismissed the possible outcome for it's victims but also because they aknowledge that firebombs are in fact not exactly the most humane in the first place ...
Except, it's not the case.
The aftermath of the firebombing, while horrendous, was still lesser than the atom bomb's.
I absolutely love that Joakim is wearing a Monty Python shirt. And it's honestly one of my favorite skits of all time.
*Sad Spanish Inquisition noises*
Mayby a song about ancient Rome is finally coming?
Joakim, if You're reading it - write that down, write that down! :D
Right? I want that shirt so bad.
Why is this written 1 day a ago?
This video was uploaded one hour a ago
"What did the Romans ever do for us?" "Toilets"
But the Japanese took the idea and ran with it
@@slacksviii9824 Behold. The watered shitter that moistens thy butt!
Brought Peace?
@@ChIpMuNkDeLtA Peace? Shut up!
@@Meirstein Yes, from August to Marcus Aurelius there was 200 yere long peace cald pax romana, which is astonishing for the time to only have war with neighbors for that long on that massive area.
In 1946, American analysts reviewed the destruction from the atomic bomb in Nagasaki, and concluded "the damage was not nearly as bad as in Hamburg".
The "atomic bomb" was just a firestorm from regular bombing.
>be me
>have a ton of homework with deadline ruthlessly approaching
>sabaton history releases a video
>homework can wait
Same bro
Who knows, maybe something SH says in this video can apply to your homework. If not, oh well.
Atleast Sabaton History is educational so it's acceptable.
Что мы говорим домашней работе? Тоже что богу смерти, не сегодня.
First part: "In total war, there are no true 'good guys'. The best you can get is a light grey."
Second part: "Hey Joakim, how massive do you think the Hulk's dong is?"
LOL
This is "almost every single song"
The last one - SWEDISH PAGANS
If we are lucky, they will save that song for the 100th episode, which is just in 2 weeks.
@@JojokimVT and the last one of 2020
WooOO'oh, wooOOoo'oh...
Quoth Tommy and Thobbe: "I wanna play Swedish Pagans"
and it's nearly 100 of them jeez.
Time for a *_Beasts of War_* album, guys!
Hannibal's elephants
The Great Emu War
Sergeant Stubby (America's first and most highly decorated war dog)
Cher Ami (the pigeon that saved the 77th in the Argonne)
Wojtek
etc.
Don't forget unsinkable sam
And for B sides, songs about Nils Olav (a penguin) and William Windsor (a goat)
Definitely would love to hear something for Stubby and Wojtek! :D
Saturn the gator
I think there's a statue somewhere in the USA of a marine with four legs and a horse's head. He would take himself back to the supply train, where they'd load up ammunition and then he'd walk himself back to the front line. Sergeant Reckless.
Last one to wait: SWEDISH PAGANS!!!
(This is how to trigger Joakim off)
Another way to trigger Joakim is to include Tommy in that episode
@@JojokimVT And as a special guest, Thobbe too!
Having Tommy in a sabaton history episode would be interesting.
wooooh-woooooooooh-woooooooh
@@Thomas.Wright Ah, I see you are a fellow person of culture as well, comrade.
Joakim seems to learn only really essential and useful sentences of other languages :D
Noch ein Bier
@@mats7492 Arguably the ONLY sentence anyone needs to know.
14:10 "Death from above" -Sun Tzu, Art of War
Talking about Bomber Harris there always reminds me of a line from his American counterpart in the Pacific Theater, Curtis LeMay who organized similar incendiary attacks against Japanese residential districts and civilian targets that were well beyond declared sacrosanct by international treaties like hospitals and emergency services. If I remember it came about after the war, 1950 or so. And he said something to the effect of: "If we hadn't won the war me and my ilk would have been tried as the greatest war criminals in history."
He's not wrong. When it comes down to it, the only crime in war is to lose.
That interview section had some of the biggest whiplash I've ever experienced in Sabaton History. Going from a depressing topic like carpet bombing to Sun Tzu riding a flying carpet, the phone call skit with Indy, and the talk about the Incredible Hulk's package was certainly an experience. I think I was genuinely laughing at some points during the discussion, like when Pär (yes, with an 'ä') butted in.
#JoakimKilledPär
I too have this great power : ä ë ï ö ü ÿ, I have them all !!!
"If it is strategic when you do it to your enemy, but terrorism when your enemy does it to you, that is all the answer you need to your question."
Whose quote is that
@@stastu6484 mine, though i'm sure someone smarter than me has said something like it before.
@@Unknown_Genius true, but the issue isn't people being terrified, its the use of terrorism as a tactic, or more accurately hypocritically labeling something terrorism when the enemy does it, but then turning around and justifying the same act or worse as "strategic" when you do it.
The Brits blasted the hell out of the Nazis for bombing civilians, calling absolutely evil...but then suddenly it was morally okay to not just bomb civilians, but to deliberately bomb them in such a way as to maximize the loss of human life? Even in war there must be standards and morals. If it was acceptable for the allies to firebomb civilians, then Hitler did nothing wrong when he did the same. And if Hitler was evil for bombing civilians...then the allies too committed great and terrible evil.
@@Unknown_Genius true. not that that stops anyone from insisting they're the good guys when they're just as horrible as the "bad guys."
I believe the difference is "if you do it during the war is strategic, if you do it in times of peace it is terrorism"
This is gonna be an Arthur “ fire up the lancers” Harris video isn’t it?
Good ole bomber Harris
DO IT AGAIN BOMBER HARRIS
Arthur "You want total war? I will make your sore" Harris
Arthur "send the hun to the sun" Harris
Arthur “doing his round with a 1,000 pound” Harris
I didn't even realize the regular songs were through already
Can we get a history of ‘Camouflage?’ Telling the stories of literal ghosts in warfare
That’s a cover of really old song
@@gendumthegreat805 Yeah but there are true stories in that regard someway, including a japanese soldier lost in the jungle who thought WWII wasn't over until the late 50's
@@Damien.D even one who fought until the 70s
I think operation wandering soul and psychological warfare would be a match for the song camouflage
Man, I fear the day the channel runs out of songs, tho there are still topics Sabaton could cover, Seven Years War, Napoleonic Era, Franco-Prussuan War, Sengoku Jidai, Roman Empire, 100 years war, man humanity has a long history...
Or american Revolution (but make sure the tea u droppin in water isn't shown to british people) or pearl harbor or Force Z (was it force Z I can't remember) or maybe the battle of jutland.
I always thought this was about the us firebombing Japan, damn
Jfc me too...
it could apply to both cases
I thought it was about both
The blitz for me
I confused this song with Nuclear Attack.
If you are finished with all regular songs of the albums, that can mean one thing: Time for a new album :)
They missed a couple though-"Swedish Pagans," but also "Glorious Land." I'm interested in the stories behind those songs.
I left the room for 45 seconds and the subject went from an album's play to inviting the Hulk to have relations in the kitchen.
Still more historical than The History Channel.
I hate to say it, but I'm learning more history from a heavy metal band than some guy standing in a classroom with 20-30 kids
Hate to say it? Dont you mean you *love* to say it?
@@claytonplays8722 yes
That is because the american school system is horrible. I am obviously assuming your an american so if I am wrong just ignore this comment.
@@beng6480 I am, and I agree
A normal conversation: *exists*
Indy: but what is the Hulk packing tho? 🤔
"Messups in the high command", understatement of the century, the army and navy where pretty much literally at each others throats
"We can't get an illustration of flying carpets dropping bombs."
You underestimate the power of the Internet, Indy.
I have the absolute blessing of having a German keyboard so that I can easily type PÄR with the correct umlaut XD
#JoakimkilledPär
PAR
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PAR
PAR
PAR
PAR
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PAR
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PAR
Nearly done. Always wondered why this track wasn't covered in lineups. Now, I know.
SUN TZU ON A FLYING CARPET IS THE BEST THING I'VE SEEN ALL YEAR! I choked on my tongue I laughed so hard. And then the mixups with the Dutch language followed by the corrections, despite the subject being incredibly horrifying (I never knew the US firebombed Tokyo, we never learned that in school, I only ever learned we bombed HIroshima and Nagasaki), I laughed so much during this episode.
Thank you guys so much for adding levity to the video despite the serious nature of the song. It always makes me smile, even if I'm havin a tough time right now cause I've had 5 finals this month with my 5th and final one tomorrow. I'll keep soldiering on, but these videos are always a bright spot in my week.
XD
It's time for:
"History of Sabaton."
"History of Rockstad:Falun/Sabaton open air."
Special: "History of Indy and Spartacus."
And as a curveball: "History of Sabatons hometown Falun."
I own a bass and an ä-key so I guess I am qualified and will be expecting a call. #JoakimKilledPär
#joakimKilledPär
Copy and paste but I only got a trumpet
I can play a piano if you guys need one #Sabaton #JoakimKilledPär.
I have pads if you need some pads. Or a tuba
I tune my bass in ä-key.
I can play the drums if that helps
One of my more favorite songs from The Art of War album, not just for its adrenalin pumping music, but also the dreadful and terrifying lyrics. Seriously if you guys ever performed this song live again, you better have sirens going off when the lyrics "the sirens scream out loud" come up. That would just send chills down my spine.
Also, did anyone else expect this song to be about Napalm bombing runs during Vietnam? At least at first glance?
>did anyone else expect this song to be about Napalm bombing runs
that's just natural. anglo crimes against humanity have no end.
I think the effect would be better if the sirens went off before the start of the song imo.
Even as a german I never heard about this. Thank you for covering this
Edit: especially the Hamburg part. Dresden I knew
You should do Shadows and make the history part about the history of the Nazgul
That would be interesting in more ways than one. Tolkien (may he rest in Piece) could be incredibly vague; the history of the Nazgul is one such instance. What we know for certain: they were once Men who were given Nine of the Rings of Power, three were Numenorian lords, one was an Easterling, four others are unknown, and their leader was once the Witch King of Angmar, and is the greatest of the Nazgul. The Nazgul were Sauron's chief minions, and were essentially unkillable so long as Sauron was around. They were sent from Mordor to hunt Frodo and the Ring; later on, the Witch King of Angmar led Sauron's forces at the Siege of Minas Tirith and the Battle of the Pellenor Fields, where a prophecy regarding said King came into effect: he technically was not killed by a man, anyway you look at it. When the One Ring was destroyed, so were the Nazgul. That is what we know for certain. It would be cool to watch a video about possible theories though.
Intoo the middle earth... The Mordor Army marched!!
16:30 poor Pär...
- "How many war crimes do you wish to commit?"
- "Yes!"
Welcome to the Allies, you can commit warcrimes and get away with it
@@Drache191200 that's why I love the allies hahahahahaha
@Sacred Squadron SAS The allies did much worse things? Yes, I totally agree
@Parthenax nobody gives a shit about allied war crimes because the allies won. That's it. Nothing else. The same would be true for the axis if they had won. When it comes right down to it, the only crime in war is to lose because the victors get to choose the narrative.
You could do an episode about Shadows. It could cover the writing of and\or the cultural impact of Lord of the Rings. It could also be a Bio Special of sorts for Tolkien.
Yeah that would be awesome, and Indy could mention Tolkien's impact on rock and metal as any rock or metal band worth their salt has a song about LOTR. Or In Amon Amarth's (who Sabaton covered Twilight of the Thunder God from) case named their band after Tolkien's works.
Yes! That would be amazing!
16:50 Looks at bass: *My time has come!*
You mean :
my time has come
@@rodiguezelio2707 Good Idea!
Did you ever do an Episode about the song Camouflage? Or is it not invluded because it's a bonus track?
No, because camouflage is a cover of a Stan Ridgeway song from back in the 80s
It is a cover. But it's a great song. They should do it
@Kiryan cover with a wrong lyric mind you
@@camilogonzalez5576 not only that, it’s a cover for a song with a fictional premise
@@micahdadbeh5955 sure, but it would be a chance to talk about Vietnam, PTSD, drugs and the American soldiers, mythology of the war...
Now this was dark. Indy gave me the chills summing up "An atom bomb might have actually been more humane."
But anyhow, what I'm mostly thinking about right now, is Neuken in de Keuken.
I came to that same conclusion diving deeper in the wars.
This was a war completely driven by hatred by all involved.
All the combative countries have deliberately targeted civilians, the only limitations being the capabilities of the war machines themselves.
What is the difference between 1000 bombers dropping 100,000 lbs vs one bomber with one bomb, the destruction levels being the same.
To me that is probably the scariest thing about nuclear weapons: It was just a cheaper way to do what they were already doing.
As Sweden Neuken in de Keuken this sound so funny lol
I can binge watch and listen your history vids indefinitely! SUBSCRIBED.
You know what this means right, Sabaton needs to do another album to keep Indy busy.
I adore this song, always makes me put my foot down just a little bit while driving.
Officer you don't understand Sabaton was on.
Thank you for doing one of my favorite songs from Sabaton
I saw a Reddit comment about a Dutch poem of the bombing of Rotterdam.
"Reminds me of a Dutch poem about the German bombing of Rotterdam in 1940, made as a reaction to a German poster telling us that the Allied bombers are merciless:
Er kwamen vliegers aangevlogen,
There, the pilots came flying over,
Haast als lammetjes zoo zacht;
Oh, as soft as lambs;
Die hebben vol van mededoogen,
They, filled with compassion,
'n Bezoek aan Rotterdam gebracht.
visited Rotterdam.
Ze lieten daar hun bommen vallen,
There, they dropped their bombs,
Door liefd' en teederheid bezield......
filled with love and tenderness....
De vliegers, die genade kennen,
The pilots who know mercy,
Die hebben Rotterdam vernield!
they destroyed Rotterdam!
Daar werd een ziekenhuis getroffen,
There, they hit a hospital,
(waarop een Roodekruisvlag stond!)
(which was flying a Red-Cross flag!)
Daar was het, dat men alle eischen
There it was, that all requirements
van Recht en van Beschaving schond.
to be Just or Civilized, were ignored.
Daar stonden duizendtallen huizen
There stood thousands of houses
In weinig tijds in vuur en vlam......
shortly after turned into fire and flame...
De vliegers, die genade kennen,
The pilots who know mercy,
Die bombardeerden Rotterdam!
they bombed Rotterdam!
Daar werden vrouwen, grijsaards, kind'ren
There women, elderly, children
Door dat GENADIGE geweld,
through that MERCIFUL violence,
Bij 't ijdel vluchten door de vuurzee,
while fleeing through a sea of fire,
Door vallend steen ter neer geveld.
were killed by falling rocks.
Daar vluchtten angstig opgejaagden
There the frightened refugees fled
Over de vuur'ge straten voort......
through the burning streets...
De vliegers, die genade kennen,
The pilots who know mercy,
Die hebben duizenden vermoord!
have murdered thousands!
Vanuit de Rotterdamsche puinhoop
From the ruins of Rotterdam
Stijgt fel en rauw de schelle kreet,
fierce and raw the loud cry goes up,
‘Zie en onthoud, wat hier geschied is,
'See and remember, what happened here,
Wie hier genade gelden deed!’
who subjected us to their mercy!'
Die kreet weerklinke allerwege
That cry went up everywhere
Door ons geknechte Nederland:
through our subjugated Netherlands:
De vliegers, die genade kennen,
The pilots who know mercy,
Die hebben Rotterdam verbrand!
have burned Rotterdam!"
Edit: everything in quotes was not written by me.
I'm glad that none of this is being forgotten.
These crimes against civilians like in Dresden will never be forgotten!
@@swampy81 not crimes. These people needed to be bombed.
@@Kyle-gw6qp A city full of refugees...don't talk nonsense
@@swampy81 refugees of which country? Civilians of which country? The war had to be won. The end definitely justifies the means.
@@Kyle-gw6qp Refugees from Silesia maybe? Do you have any idea about what you are commenting? The Hague Convention was already valid at that time. You are really not the brightest candle on the pie.
I demand "shadows" next 😂
Yes.
Ash nazg durbatulûk
Ash nazg gimbatul
Ash nazg thrakatulûk
Agh burzum-ishi krimpatul
As a Tolkien nerd, I agree 100%
I where on the Sabaton cruise that year when you played 7734.. The thing is, I was so extremely surprised that you played it, (because it's one of my top three favorite Sabaton songs) that it took me half way trough the song to enjoy it to the max.
This is the first time they gave a warning that is how good this song is
No. They have given a warning before
No. They have given a warning before
I have been waiting for this for so longggggg
Britain designed some crazy shit during and before the war. The first nuclear weapons program, the earthquake bombs, radar, cavity magnetron for radar, proximity fuzes, first jet engine, etc.
Stalin was right when he said that the war was won with “British brains, American brawn, and Russian blood”.
Britain’s Tube Alloys project was sent over to America where it was renamed the Manhattan Project. Britain needs more recognition!
I love this editor so much!
Indy: We've done e'm all!
Meanwhile Glorious Land crying in a corner
maybe its part of the current batch?
5:35
I live in Cologne. Shocking that it was a war zone 80 years ago
Right? I spent a summer in Koeln and its amazing how it looks now compared to 1945.
@@alexamerling79 Yup
And there was that one tank duel that is decently well covered in that city as well.
for a pretty much tiny event its one of the most well known ones.
@@davidty2006 I remember reading about that.
I think you missed The Hammer Has Fallen
Please cover that too I love the song
Please keep on coming with the history episodes! Maybe go into further detail of existing songs which you already covered? Looking forward to sabaton history each week!!
Started dark ended light. Every Sabaton history episode
Such a dark chapter in history and yet I can't stop giggling at that quote on Joakim's t-shirt! I love that scene and that movie xP
I’m from the Netherlands and I just watched this episode. It was really fun hearing you guys mention a tour you did in the Netherlands and trying to speak Dutch! I will see you for the first time in March next year! I’m VERY excited!
Arthur Harris had the same realization a lot of commanders that saw combat in their youth came to: The longer you try to prolong the conflict in hopes of reducing casualties, the more blood is spilled.
Soo you butcher civilians to save your soldiers? Is that what this lesson is?
If so, I guess Al Quaida are the true heirs of Arthur Harris.
One of my favourite Sabaton song! Good history behind the song, and Indy Neidell it’s an awesome storyteller!!! I like him very much! Great job to Indy and Sabaton history channel!!!
You know you’ve got an obsession when you at least recognize all the Metallizer songs when they mention them.
Sabatons show of Heroes on tour at Amsterdam, was by far the most amazing show I have ever seen! BROEK UIT, OP JE HOOFD! \m/.
History rocks keep it up 👍
The warning at the beginning of this video was so you don't get hit with a ban hammer from evil CZcams?🤔😥
Probably
No , just because prevent kid to watch
And youtube only punish axis crimes, ally crimes doesn't even care.
Don't need a bunch of Karens mass reporting videos.
I think the pictures of kids and adults burned to a crisp might have something to do with it. It’s not something everyone can handle seeing.
A great song from my favourite sabaton album.
Could you guys do the Sabaton song Shadows and just talk about Lord of The Rings history
Fire arrows weren't a thing used to light the enemy on fire. They blow out when the arrow is loosened due to the speed. Even if they hadn't blown out, it would be hard for the arrows to light anything on fire. There were specially designed fire arrows that didn't blow out, but they were most likely used for signalling.
This just means they needed to release another album, maybe even make it a double album. In this case, we all win, more awesome Sabaton songs and more episodes of Sabaton history.
"Sun Tzu said to use fire to confuse the enemy and put them into disarray, not turn a city into literal hell!"
Arthur Harris: "HAHA! Hamburg? More like, Hamburn!"
Therapist: every dream has meaning
My dreams: 14:08
I actually like ''collecting'' songs I heard live and i always love when they play something unexpected :)
Not doubting any right the Allies hat to go to war. But considering an attack on Tokyo as retaliation for an attack on a military target just does not sound just...
We were targeting the Japanese and german means to make war, i.e. factories and assembly lines hitting their civilians was all but unavoidable, pearl harbor was an attack purely on military targets because the couldn't attack our infrastructure effectively and wanted to avoid antagonizing us by hitting our civilians intentionally, compare that to nazi germany who chose to attack london and other cities INSTEAD of legitimate military targets like airfields and radar site's sacrificing strategic needs so they could directly target civilians. Make no mistake allied strategic bombings were strategically necessary to shorten the war and entirely justified. The only reason japan never targeted our civilians is because they were never able to after pearl. Look at what they did to civilians in the islands, and those people were technically part for the Japanese empire.
@@anna-lenaeggenstein541 I am aware of that stuff but again it was for a reason, to get rid of the damn and disrupt production. Yes civilians were killed in the hundreds of thousands, and I'm not trying to say it was entirely just or morally good but I do think it was necessary. Don't get me wrong it was still a horrible things but main point is just that as awful as all this stuff was I think it was ultimately justified. But more than that I don't think thus stuff should be compared to nazi war crimes because of the motivation, allies committed war crimes to try and end the war, nazis committed war crimes to exterminate "undesirables"
I'm not gonna argue its a good thing or a moral thing, just like dropping the bomb on hiroshima and nagasaki it was a bad thing but it had to be done to end the war.
@@evanceier8577 Undesirables that backstabbed their nation for years. They worked with the bolsheviks and got what they deserved. Fire bombing white European city to dust has no excuse.
@@cloudtail im gonna choose to assume you're joking and not actually a straight up nazi.
Great history lesson!
Seriously, I would not care what songs you guys would sing!
I love them all! Even Metalizer!
Can't wait to see what happens next
Its the evolution of war. WW2 saw an unprecedented fast track of military technology, while unfortunately strategy and tactics were not in place to employ these weapons without mass loss of life. Also in hindsight its easy to say it was unnecessary but fighting such a determined enemy can cause extreme reactions especially with people like Harris in charge.
Well the problem with bombing during that time was the fact that you would have been lucky to land your bombs within a mile of what you were targeting.
Plus, this sort of mass strategic bombing was a natural progression of total war. It would have happened eventually one way or another cause that's just the nature of total war.
Strategy or terror?
well rather tragedly. Those two are not mutually exclusively.
"If I destroy a FW190 it will take one week to replace, but if I kill a worker, it will take 18 years to replace"A Higher Call
Actually most of the production lines were sent underground by this time of the war. Even though the numbers were not significant they continued being unmolested
I love this song- my favorite one!
They covered Amon Amarth's 'Twilight of the Thunder God' as a bonus track on one of their albums. Would love to see it here - an episode on Norse history and folklore - the battle of Ragnarok!!
Could be a double episode with Swedish Pagans being told about as well.
The answer? Yes. Its both. There cannot be one without the other.
Never expect going from carpet bombings to the Hulk's junk
I’m still waiting for the camouflage episode. It’s a bonus song but it’s great.
Yeah but it's a cover, and not related to any peculiar historical fact. Just about vietnam war and PTSD, which is a very broad topic that should be covered.
Birds of war!
Finally tell us if it really is about Chaos Raptors from Warhammer 40k.
Sabaton History-Shadows!
And What par said speeder
Can you make episodes about the bonus like Glorious Land and Camouflage ?!
Glorious Land was a bonus? Sounded like part of the actual album, fit well with the theme
Glorious land wasn't a bonus afaik, it just didn't cover any historical topic but rather a concept
Camouflage is a cover done by sabaton
All War is terrible, no matter which Nation or cause you are fighting for. The hardest is blending back into society, without feeling uncomfortable. Its very hard to change your way of thinking after years of combat, patrols, reconnaissance, and much worse. I wish nations had better psychological help for the reprogramming of a soldiers thinking, and coming to terms with what they may have done or seen over those years, usually far from home. I know veterans of any Nation, know what im trying to say.(Im obviously not a professional in Psychology/Psychiatry, or very good at putting my thoughts into words🤷♂️) It really helps if you someone that sticks by you, after you come home. Feeling different and alone, with only your thoughts and memories, constantly reminded by nightmares, is hard to do without feeling loved by someone you trust. IDK how to explain things, but I hope it made some sense, for anyone that read this. If not, I apologize.
Would be a cool one for 7734, reading through youtube comments on the song theres a ton of different peoples interpretations of the song and it would be interesting to see some of those and yours explored as a song that could pottentially have a few different meanings/fit with them.
I live near Hamburg and just last week an unexploded WW2 bomb was disarmed in my town. Today they announced another one was found, so that‘s going to be taken care of some time in the next weeks. Fitting for that Video to come out today
There is the song The Hammer has Fallen maybe that could be a song you take a look in
BROEK UIT OP JE HOOFD! Finally seeing the Dutch Sabaton tradition mentioned. I was at the Amsterdam Great War show and was introduced to it. Great to see and hopefully the guys tackle dutch history soon!
This song is just underrated
Regarding the question implied by the title, I would argue that terror bombing is, in fact, a strategy, and that firebombing tactics used in Hamburg and Tokyo were both. Terror bombing is an inhumane strategy, and it is now a war crime to do so as of the Protocol 1 amendment to the Geneva Conventions in 1977, as it involves deliberate targeting of civilians. It's also debatable if it's a particularly effective strategy - it was used in WWII by both German and British air forces, and while bombings of places like Warsaw were effective for the Germans, the Blitz seems to have largely just steeled Britain's collective stiff upper lip rather than breaking them. The British also had relatively little success with their efforts on a morale front.
One could argue that Britain's resolve would have been broken had the Luftwaffe been able to effect their campaign of terror bombing more effectively, and that Britain's only failed due to the fact that people feared the Nazi Party more than they did the bombs, but one could also take the simpler opinion that it did not work. The only instance that I can think of where one can unequivocally state that terror bombing worked as a strategy was the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki - both cities were picked because they had been left relatively intact by bombing campaigns to date, enabling effective assessment of the bombs' destructive potential from the air, but this also implies they were not major strategic targets as such a strategic target would have been targeted in bombing raids being planned by Air Force generals when they were not yet privy to what the Manhattan Project was about to give them. But even here, one could argue it was less the impact of terror bombing in the traditional sense so much as the Japanese realizing that a bomb that destroys most of a city in a single blow, that can be delivered to the next city every few days is not a fight you can win - that their surrender was less one of terror than one of pragmatism finally winning out over their honour codes. Or it could be that the Japanese were already considering the Potsdam ultimatum and Hiroshima and Nagasaki were one hell of a good argument in favour of accepting its demand for unconditional surrender.
(The Potsdam ultimatum was a message sent from the allies to Japan, demanding unconditional surrender and threatening "prompt and utter destruction" otherwise. They did translate it into Japanese before sending it, which...may or may not have been a good thing - that one's hard to figure. However, since it was a public demand, the Japanese press knew about that, and one of them asked the Japanese PM about it, to which he responded with a phrase that includes " _Mokusatsu_ ". In English, this has a variety of meanings depending on context. The dictionary definition is "take no notice of, treat (anything) with silent contempt, ignore [by keeping silence], remain in a wise and masterly inactivity," but in press conversations, and in the phrase used, the total meaning is the equivalent of saying "no comment" in English. Which doesn't mean "I'm deliberately ignoring it," so much as "I don't want to tell you (the press) anything." Which is perfectly reasonable: any inkling of the idea of surrendering is something you want to make sure is announced properly, not blurted out in response to a question at a press conference. Thing is, the Americans got ahold of it, translated it using the dictionary definition of _Mokusatsu_ and read it as a middle finger raised in their direction. Of course, everyone who knows the truth of what the Japanese government was doing with the Potsdam ultimatum during those days before the bomb fell is dead, and they took that secret to their graves. We have no way of knowing how Japan would have responded. We know that they had no chance from a strategic perspective even without the atomic bomb - in addition to American efforts that had been relentlessly advancing despite Japan's vigorous opposition that had proceeded almost non-stop since the Battle of Midway, Soviet forces were being redeployed from Europe for developing Soviet invasion plans...but WWII's European theatre shows that having no strategic path to victory is by no means a predictor that a country will surrender.)
The atomic bombs were not the main reason Japan surrendered. The main reason they surrendered is cause the Russians were going to invade. They knew that if Russia invaded and conquered the continent they would have killed the emperor and turned Japan Communist. That was utterly unacceptable to Japans government and since the allies were offering to allow the emperor to stay in place if they surrendered, it was the better option for them by far.
There's so many undetonated bombs in Europe that the treat can still come to live, its like every bombing campaing was planned to keep going even after the war if you stop to think about It, no one can predict such an event after the bombings, especially those with civilian targets
I love how they go from talking about thousands dying in a firestorm and the question of whether it was ethical or not to talking about whether or not the Hulk has a massive Schlong or not within minutes
Aw I really love Metalizer, it has a different feel to it than the history albums which I love too. My favorite Metalizer songs are Endless nights and Dream Destroyer
After the episode about SWEDISH PAGANS! I'll totally be down for having an episode on 7734. I love both versions and I can listen to the guys just talking about it regardless if there's no history bit.
I know it is sort of a cover, but by when could we expect the video for "Långa bollar på Bengt"?
Awesome.
I remember the moment i heard the intro of hellriders in that show in the netherlands. was absolutely awesome. unfortunately i was the only in my group to recognize it. Broek uit, op je hoofd!