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That was fun to watch, I really missed this kind of content. Considering it was recorded in February, it also takes this whole "let's stay neutral, so we don't end up being in war with Russia" to a whole new level.
French Military: We can cut of the German advance if we flood the Yser, but it'll cut off the Belgans King Albert: Sorry what was that? I was busy flooding the Yser to spite the germans
The proposal to flood the User actually came from some local inhabitant/peasant/river worker something like that. The Belgian military picked up the idea and executed it.
One of my favourite King Albert stories from World War 1 is that, because he was the only monarch who actually fought in the trenches with his soldiers, Belgium was one of the only countries who didn't execute deserters during that war, since he knew first hand how bad conditions on the front line were. Putting himself directly in harm's way makes him a lot braver than pretty much every other monarch in that conflict. Also, I'd go with "Satoban" (suh-toe-ban).
Wasn't even just him too, his wife Queen Elisabeth volunteered as a nurse in the frontlines and sponsored them while their son also joined the army at the age of 12
Sorry to dissapoint you mate but King Peter of Serbia took part in fighting during the Battle of Kolubara while his older son was wounded during the battle of Cer
I mean, Satoban needs to be a band now A reverse Sabaton, they sing major key songs about overall positive events, some of their hits include: - Birthday Party: _"Fast as the wind, celebration has begun.."_ - Swedish Furnish: _"Swedish Furnish, bought in a store, forged in Ikea, by the hammer of Pär.."_ And many more!
Do you know "Walhalleluja" by Nanowar of Steel? That is basically your Swedish Furnish idea. Dunno about birthday party, but there is "Norwegian Reggaeton", which at least fits the party scenario.
Can we get a part II just talking about Albert I? He’s such an interesting figure to talk about in history. Not everyday you hear about a King fighting alongside in a modern war.
Indy Neidell already made one in his The Great War CZcams channel, he goes into details on King Albert's actions in WW1, as the channel also featured some other known people from the Great War
I have to agree with Indy on Attack of the Dead Men. It is such a unique song, especially since you clearly feel a zombie-like and chemical warfare tone to the song. It feels really creepy, and I love it.
Agreed. It is a song that feels really different in compared to other Sabaton songs. But also similar if that makes any sense. Anyway it is my favorite song as well!!!!
Fun fact about Albert I, the Soldier King; he was not the son of Leopold II. He was the nephew of the previous king. He really is a fascinating figure. From his upbringing, his war years till his unusual death.
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany: "Yo, Albert, I kinda want to attack France, can I go through Belgium so I can outflank him?" Albert I, King of the Belgians: "Lol, no." Wilhelm: "Sorry, what's that? I can't hear you over the sound of my army marching into Belgium!"
For the first time, Indy kinda forgot of the main focus of the song. Belgium. And the legendary king who fought shoulder to shoulder with the common man.
They should definitely do a part two covering that, just like how they have gone into more depth with other songs. Like, they should do a second video on the Unkillable Soldier and cover all the wars he fought in, and his experience in Poland and China.
The problem is that there is a huge lack of records about the specific events of battles, also the song is called race to the sea, this video is all about the race to the sea.
@@dylan_daugherty_ From the little bit of research I’ve done, it is hard to find anything on that event. Only thing I’ve found is that White Friday actually occurred on a Wednesday, and it is unknown as to whether the avalanche was malicious or incidental.
You know what the German name for Belgium is? “Speed bump” I’m surprised that Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck never came up as material for a second album about the Great War.
Let's see, how about: Soberton Sauerton Sałaton would also work, only in Polish though (Joakim with lettuce anyone?) And last but not least, the mighty... Potaton. Congrats on the new album guys, a pleasure to listen to. Also great stuff from the whole TimeGhost crew as well! edit: P.S. - on the subject of possible "food-related" titles, names and t-shirts I've also came up with Breadnought. Not a band name, I know, but just throwing it out there.
The battle of the Marne is well known because, as the French army was in a hurry, the headquarters requisitioned all the cabs of Paris to carry the soldiers. This episode is known as 'the taxis of the Marne'. The french press was in need for heroes and gave to king Albert the nickname of 'Knight-King' for his behaviour. As for Belgian neutrality, the only country that officially declared war to Belgium was Bolivia!
@@martinottesen1053 Quite anecdotic. Bolivia was allied to Germany, though not directly involved in the conflict. The declaration of war was forgotten by all parties until the 21st century, when one govt clerc found it buried in the archives. Since then the peace has been officially signed between both countries. This declaration of war was buried so deeply that several treaties of cooperation between Bolivia and Belgium were already in force since the 1950s. For the record, Germany did not declare war officially to Belgium in 1914. The Germans just took the right to pass through Belgium with their army.
wow jesus Bolivia was living dangerously in the early 1900s like wtf ? imagine having to send troops to SA and having to fight there and hold Germany back without taking away from your frontline troops AND their reserves.
King Alberts death day was yesterday and since listening to Race to the Sea I have learned a lot about him. He truly was a wonderful man inside and out.
@@True_Bits FFS... Why don't we just knock the alphabet down to 25 letters and be done with it if we're gonna be *that* 'sensitive' about even using it?
Here in Belgium they often joke when they play your songs with the name "Sabayon". That is just the best dessert. That would be great as a misspelling on a shirt
Nice to see Indy dressing up in the shirts and vest. This song is about my home. I really hope that this song becomes part of the setlist when you guys drop by in Graspop this summer.
Ah right, yeah I had a feeling that Indy hadn't really heard the new album as Soldier Of Heaven history didn't explain White Friday or Blood Mountain, which are like the main points of the song! And this one just brushed over the flooding of the rivers and the King fighting alongside his men, when again those are the main points of the song and video! Bit strange. Maybe they will do pt2's explaining those parts specifically?
It literally says in the Title “Race To the Sea Failure of the Schlieffen Plan” idk about the Soldier of Heaven but They did exactly what the Title was they explained how the Schlieffen Plan Failed so dont Hate on them for not explaining the parts of the song Edit: I checked their Song about Soldier of Heaven and it only Said Mountain Warfare
Because retelling a battle that happened 100 years ago blow for blow is impossible due to lack of records remember those boys weren't taking breaks writing down what happens that day especially when like Indy said the tactic was to always attack the same for solider of heaven plus it was a better episode to discuss Alpine warfare as a whole then say "oh yes the Italians and Austro-Hungarian sat on blood mountain for several years and alot of soldiers died" it's better to discuss it in whole especially for a 20 min video
@@Ryjxz yes that's exactly what I mean. Usually the Sabaton History episodes cover the exact events mentioned in the song. The chorus to the song includes "For king and for country, we are flooding the river. Our stand at Yser will be, the end of the race to the sea" and yet those events were barely mentioned 🤷♂️. And the video is literally all about the flooding. Still a cool, interesting episode but felt more like a 'Great War Channel' video rather than a Sabaton History one because it barely mentioned the actual event that the song is mainly referencing.
Satabon in the front with the cover of the Great War. In the back the lyrics: The Race to Finish the Other Guy Off Before He Reach the Sea! Oh no, we've Reached the Sea! Shit! Is this the Sea?
Ha ha! It is! My son loves history and his French teacher has asked him to do a weekly 15 minute presentation on different parts of French history. Guess what music is going to be some of his intros? Come on .... take a guess! Also, vote for Indy and Sabaton (for free!) for Griftie Awards!
Thank you from Belgium for the quality of your songs, their positive energy, and the fact that you are paying homage. It truly matters. Your songs honor the past and give courage for the present. Thank you - and actually I really enjoy watching your history channel. It is a such a good work. You rock 🤟🤟🤟
Awesome to watch. Love what Joakim said about the good discovery Channel and the history Channel. I appreciate you guys being so open to teaching so much history about so many countries wars and heros and so on, because that in my view really is amazing, not to include how incredible trying to write songs in general is tough but you also are telling stories and writing them about history on top. Yall should receive some sort of award for doing what you do to teach in the music that yall write becauee I feel honored to have heard of yall for the first time last year and have been listening to sabaton non stopped ever since as well as watching indie do history lessons every single chance I get. So thank you #sabaton and Mr nidel.
Hell yeah! Sabaton history covering my second favourite track of the new album (Two words. Storm Troopers) Best way to end a rotten week and start a new one on a high!
Race to the Sea. is one of my favorites from the new album and the subject sounded so interesting. I was excited for the Sabaton History episode for this song. AND OMG JOAKIM'S T-SHIRT IN THE SIGN OFF!! LOOOOOL
Sabatan really sounds pretty good imo and gosh i missed watching Sabaton History episodes, you guys rock and the decidation you put in the work is astonishing
Great episode! Fun mixed up with the historical events. 🤘🏼 My idea for the merchandise shirts: Soberton, or Satabon. Stay save gentelmen and keep on doing what you do, it makes the world a little bit brighter in this dark times. Best regards from battlestations.
Speaking of the mellatica thing, I have only ever seen Sabaton misspelled once before and it was/still is on a playlist of a channel reacting to the music, for some reason they can name their videos correct but the playlist is called "Saboton" for some reason
Wow, I love the talk through on the tactics of this. Very interesting. Mellatica ideas: Saladton Sattaton Bastabon Sabotageon Keep up the great work! Love your music!
Insert Discevory channel logo into the Sabotan Hitsory video 😆 Great video as always. Loved the maps, they were extra useful and very well done in this episode (as they usually are).
Really loved the newest album! I love the WW I songs. Race To The Sea, Stormtroopers, Unkillable Soldier, and Christmas Truce I think are the best songs on the album.
I think "race to the sea" is one of the great tongue-in-cheek/mocking names for anything in history. Ranks up there with things 'big bang' theory, which was originally meant as an insult from the steady state theory supporters. Or phoney war (I like sitzkrieg personally) for the 6 months after the invasion of Poland. It both describes the overall change in movement after the failure to capture Paris. And imo, might be mocking the commanders of both armies by saying that they were more interested in having a race to the beach, than trying to wage war. (I am the very model of a modern major general....) Sure, it does not do a great job of telling history as a series of facts..... but it does a great job capturing a glance into the past at the same time.
I know this might end up on deaf ears but I wanted to take a shot in the dark here by contacting through what i hope will reach the band Sabaton or at least one of the bandmembers. Currently we are at Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium with my girlfriend charlottes only reason to join me,which is Sabaton. When she saw there was a signing she was so excited she scratched her plans to see any pther band and stand in line for the signing. As she was over halfway and i was watching a few bands in the meantime I started to feel light in the head due to the recent heatwave that is going over the country and i started to feel like i could pass out at any time. She went out of the line to help me and place me somewhere in the shade so i would be okay but sacrificed her spot to meet her metalheroes. She has been religiously viewing both this channel and the sabaton channel almost daily. She always plays sabaton or the history channel on youtube while she is at home... Sabaton is the reason she fell in love with metal. I know I might just be one of the comments thzt will be forgotten in a heartbeat but i wanted to ask if Joakim or any of the bandmembers would have the time and heart to send her a personal message? Thank you in advance for wanting to read this post if you did.
This has always been one of those interesting what ifs to explore. Schlieffin doesn’t develop his plan to invade France through Belgium. Instead the German General Staff before WW1 develops a plan to make Alsace-Lorraine into a defensive wall with plans to hold the French there first with contingencies if the French go through Belgium so while French forces are bottlenecked into the only place they can go without risking British wrath over Belgium and the Germans throw everything at the Russians because the Russians are bigger but more disorganized and logistically backwards and the Germans studied how the Japanese beat the Russians with speed and maneuvering. And then after beating the Russians, they turn back onto the French. And all the while Germany never holds back their navy and instead uses that against France and Russia as well
Well the entire reason why they switched to the Schlieffen plan was the fact that defeating russia is a massive effort. THe japanease got it rather easy because russia couldnt supply that many troops in the far east and it was a war primarily decided in naval battle apart from a few (for the time giant) land battles. European russia was another problem altogether because, as Napoleon found out, its infrastructure sucked, there were millions of angry people there and the land is so huge your armies get streched thin easily. The switch to quickly defeat France was designed to exactly deal with the Russia problem. France had good infrastructure, germany still had accurate maps and plans of the country from the last war and the occupation period and most importantly germany had local supßeriority in menpower and arms to the french if they concentrated their main effort here. Against russia you will never gain a meaningful superiority that can decide the war while against France one battle, one breakthrough could easily decide the war. Additionally the Schlieffen plan had the benefit of immediatly knocking out french industry to a massive degree because their heavy industry was primarily in the north east of the country, the area germany would basically keep throughout the war. The problem with the Schlieffen plan wasnt its basic design but the fact there was no plan what to do if there were problems or if it didnt lead to french surrender. there wasno continengcy. A war as planned before the Schlieffen plan would have resulted in germany just starving to death long term. THe High seas fleet might dominate the french fleet in the north sea, but it cant leave it do to its supply lines. The french could still basically blockade germany by raiding in the atlantic do to germany not having the logistical reach to contest that. Nobody would go through the channel eather because every land based gun would blow the high seas fleet to pieces. And France with its full industry available and its colonial empire woulod be much stronger then in our timeline. A smaller front would actually be to Frances advantage, even if it is fighting in the mountains and hills of Elsass-Lorraine.
This is the episode i was looking forward to a lot because the story sounded fascinating, just from the song king albert and flooding sounded so cool. Had no idea how intense the early part of the war was, most of the education i had in Australia starts at the galipoli landings
Great episode! However, I noticed that the maps depicted the South of The Netherlands as being part of the German occupied territory (colored reddish). The Netherlands was neutral and not occupied or part of the alliance which included the Germans. Though there were some violations of the Dutch neutrality, it was mostly respected throughout the war :-)
The Ukranian rivers are really wide to begin with. The Don and the Dnieper drain Russia from the sea on the north all the way to the Black Sea. The vikings used them to trade with the middle east.
so if the Ukrainians manage to seize the crimean channel and opened the river. Some changes may occur that could benefit them in hypothetical questions
I have an logo idea: Do the ''Sabbaton'' idea, but change the ''Abba'' part of the logo so it resambles the ABBA logo if they have one. Or do, Idk, Sanaton or Subathon cause the Sabbaton idea would maybe infringe on ABBA's copyright
Yall are awesome! The name has been familiar but never checked you guys out. One of brandon herrara’s (ak guys) videos mentioned y’all ( I think it was the march of the dead). Checked you guys out and was blown away, the historical combined with music is a refreshing and ( damn good motivation) listen. Modern bards !
My mother never gets Sabaton right when trying to say it. She always says “Sabaterton” its a bit of a funny joke now, she says it just to annoy me now lol
I don't know what's up with CZcams, i haven't gotten any notification from Sabaton History for a while, i re-applied my notification settings just to make sure!
Oh, I missed this so much... And I must say that, I realize how much the story behind the song changes perception of the song it self 🤔 And as for merch I propose: Satabon 😉
I REALLY need to not watch this while I drink my morning coffee.... My cat really disapproves of wearing my morning beverage. You guys make history funny AND interesting. Love you guys!!!!
This is my current favorite from the album, followed very closely by Lady of the Dark and Christmas Truce. Been looking forward to this episode since the day the album was released. Thank you for all the work you guys/gals put into this series. It reignited my love of Sabaton when I found out about it around episode 60. Edit: correcting a song title.
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That was fun to watch, I really missed this kind of content. Considering it was recorded in February, it also takes this whole "let's stay neutral, so we don't end up being in war with Russia" to a whole new level.
The legend, when will you be uploading?
I was wondering when we'd see you!
The man himself showed up
Yea when u uploading?
The man, the myth, the legend...
French Military: We can cut of the German advance if we flood the Yser, but it'll cut off the Belgans
King Albert: Sorry what was that? I was busy flooding the Yser to spite the germans
Wait how did you comment 2 days ago when the vid has been poster an hours ago ?!
@@gillesmarchal5251 Patreon early access
@@cassandrapearsall4273 oh yeah make sens !
The proposal to flood the User actually came from some local inhabitant/peasant/river worker something like that. The Belgian military picked up the idea and executed it.
G*rms
One of my favourite King Albert stories from World War 1 is that, because he was the only monarch who actually fought in the trenches with his soldiers, Belgium was one of the only countries who didn't execute deserters during that war, since he knew first hand how bad conditions on the front line were. Putting himself directly in harm's way makes him a lot braver than pretty much every other monarch in that conflict.
Also, I'd go with "Satoban" (suh-toe-ban).
Wasn't even just him too, his wife Queen Elisabeth volunteered as a nurse in the frontlines and sponsored them while their son also joined the army at the age of 12
Sorry to dissapoint you mate but King Peter of Serbia took part in fighting during the Battle of Kolubara while his older son was wounded during the battle of Cer
Satoban kinda sounds like cinnoban lol
Satoban sounds like something the Germans would drive on
Hitler meanwhile in the trenches thinking, "Damn, this is lit"
I mean, Satoban needs to be a band now
A reverse Sabaton, they sing major key songs about overall positive events, some of their hits include:
- Birthday Party:
_"Fast as the wind, celebration has begun.."_
- Swedish Furnish:
_"Swedish Furnish, bought in a store, forged in Ikea, by the hammer of Pär.."_
And many more!
Lifetime of Comfort would surely be a nice song.
I'm quite partial to Sadbaton, personally.
Do you know "Walhalleluja" by Nanowar of Steel? That is basically your Swedish Furnish idea. Dunno about birthday party, but there is "Norwegian Reggaeton", which at least fits the party scenario.
Holy shit I love your creativity
Can we get a part II just talking about Albert I? He’s such an interesting figure to talk about in history. Not everyday you hear about a King fighting alongside in a modern war.
I sincerely hoped that the team would cover him in this episode, if only briefly.
Agree, would love to see a Part II just about Albert!
Indy Neidell already made one in his The Great War CZcams channel, he goes into details on King Albert's actions in WW1, as the channel also featured some other known people from the Great War
I second this.
I have to agree with Indy on Attack of the Dead Men. It is such a unique song, especially since you clearly feel a zombie-like and chemical warfare tone to the song. It feels really creepy, and I love it.
Agreed. It is a song that feels really different in compared to other Sabaton songs. But also similar if that makes any sense. Anyway it is my favorite song as well!!!!
@@funfactor4528 WTF
Fun fact about Albert I, the Soldier King; he was not the son of Leopold II. He was the nephew of the previous king.
He really is a fascinating figure. From his upbringing, his war years till his unusual death.
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany: "Yo, Albert, I kinda want to attack France, can I go through Belgium so I can outflank him?"
Albert I, King of the Belgians: "Lol, no."
Wilhelm: "Sorry, what's that? I can't hear you over the sound of my army marching into Belgium!"
King George V:Nooo I have to help France nowwwwww **starts crying**
For the first time, Indy kinda forgot of the main focus of the song. Belgium. And the legendary king who fought shoulder to shoulder with the common man.
They should definitely do a part two covering that, just like how they have gone into more depth with other songs. Like, they should do a second video on the Unkillable Soldier and cover all the wars he fought in, and his experience in Poland and China.
He also didn’t cover White Friday in Solider of Heaven
The problem is that there is a huge lack of records about the specific events of battles, also the song is called race to the sea, this video is all about the race to the sea.
Yep. That's a shame. Maybe next time?
@@dylan_daugherty_ From the little bit of research I’ve done, it is hard to find anything on that event. Only thing I’ve found is that White Friday actually occurred on a Wednesday, and it is unknown as to whether the avalanche was malicious or incidental.
You know what the German name for Belgium is? “Speed bump”
I’m surprised that Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck never came up as material for a second album about the Great War.
Its actually "Belgien"
speed bump hahaha its so funny and true. (im flemish)
Let's see, how about:
Soberton
Sauerton
Sałaton would also work, only in Polish though (Joakim with lettuce anyone?)
And last but not least, the mighty...
Potaton.
Congrats on the new album guys, a pleasure to listen to. Also great stuff from the whole TimeGhost crew as well!
edit:
P.S. - on the subject of possible "food-related" titles, names and t-shirts I've also came up with Breadnought. Not a band name, I know, but just throwing it out there.
Lmaoo Potaton
Tonight's concert...
is Potaton.
Salaton would work in Germany too, i like it.
Salaton works in Swedish as well!
'Szombaton' would be a good one in Hungarian
(Means 'On Saturday')
"Race To The Sea" is a amazing song and the Sabaton History episode did not disappoint!! Looking forward to the other new episodes!
The battle of the Marne is well known because, as the French army was in a hurry, the headquarters requisitioned all the cabs of Paris to carry the soldiers. This episode is known as 'the taxis of the Marne'. The french press was in need for heroes and gave to king Albert the nickname of 'Knight-King' for his behaviour. As for Belgian neutrality, the only country that officially declared war to Belgium was Bolivia!
Bolivia?!? just, why?
@@martinottesen1053 Quite anecdotic. Bolivia was allied to Germany, though not directly involved in the conflict. The declaration of war was forgotten by all parties until the 21st century, when one govt clerc found it buried in the archives. Since then the peace has been officially signed between both countries. This declaration of war was buried so deeply that several treaties of cooperation between Bolivia and Belgium were already in force since the 1950s. For the record, Germany did not declare war officially to Belgium in 1914. The Germans just took the right to pass through Belgium with their army.
@@jean-francoispirenne6518 ok. then it makes more sense. it just seemed completely random that out of all countries on earth, it would be Bolivia
wow jesus Bolivia was living dangerously in the early 1900s like wtf ? imagine having to send troops to SA and having to fight there and hold Germany back without taking away from your frontline troops AND their reserves.
King Alberts death day was yesterday and since listening to Race to the Sea I have learned a lot about him. He truly was a wonderful man inside and out.
It should definitely be the “Zabaton” t-shirt, sounds similar enough as the mellatica! Great episode!!!
It'll go well with zed leppelin
I fear that, considering current political events, letter 'z' is not the best choise right now
@@True_Bits FFS...
Why don't we just knock the alphabet down to 25 letters and be done with it if we're gonna be *that* 'sensitive' about even using it?
@@True_Bits Are we gonna let Putin's Petty Political Prick Wave ruin our fun?
@@ScreechingPossum I don't know man... SS Top sound equally, if not more, sketchy as a band name...
I love Jokims honesty and self awareness. I literally just want to hang out with the whole group of guys. They seem like just great people.
To me they all seem like the big brothers we all always wanted.
Jesus the map at 8:17 really does show you just how much the western front was mostly a French affair
Mhm the poilut certainly did their duty along with the ffl
I would go for Saberton
Here in Belgium they often joke when they play your songs with the name "Sabayon". That is just the best dessert.
That would be great as a misspelling on a shirt
Love it!
Sabatøn
12:22 combining all of these together, the best sabaton shirt would be "Sattabban"
Nice to see Indy dressing up in the shirts and vest.
This song is about my home. I really hope that this song becomes part of the setlist when you guys drop by in Graspop this summer.
Bassaton - A metal band that focuses on the history of bass fishing
Ah right, yeah I had a feeling that Indy hadn't really heard the new album as Soldier Of Heaven history didn't explain White Friday or Blood Mountain, which are like the main points of the song! And this one just brushed over the flooding of the rivers and the King fighting alongside his men, when again those are the main points of the song and video! Bit strange. Maybe they will do pt2's explaining those parts specifically?
It literally says in the Title “Race To the Sea Failure of the Schlieffen Plan” idk about the Soldier of Heaven but They did exactly what the Title was they explained how the Schlieffen Plan Failed so dont Hate on them for not explaining the parts of the song
Edit: I checked their Song about Soldier of Heaven and it only Said Mountain Warfare
He brings up the flooding of the river at 9:12
Because retelling a battle that happened 100 years ago blow for blow is impossible due to lack of records remember those boys weren't taking breaks writing down what happens that day especially when like Indy said the tactic was to always attack the same for solider of heaven plus it was a better episode to discuss Alpine warfare as a whole then say "oh yes the Italians and Austro-Hungarian sat on blood mountain for several years and alot of soldiers died" it's better to discuss it in whole especially for a 20 min video
@@colinplante8980 Yeah, he brings it up, and that's about it.
@@Ryjxz yes that's exactly what I mean. Usually the Sabaton History episodes cover the exact events mentioned in the song. The chorus to the song includes "For king and for country, we are flooding the river.
Our stand at Yser will be, the end of the race to the sea" and yet those events were barely mentioned 🤷♂️. And the video is literally all about the flooding. Still a cool, interesting episode but felt more like a 'Great War Channel' video rather than a Sabaton History one because it barely mentioned the actual event that the song is mainly referencing.
I like SubAtom, the album
"The war to... and all wars" is fantastic
Both my great uncles died just south of there 1st battle of Ypres. They got killed within a week of each other.
Satabon in the front with the cover of the Great War. In the back the lyrics: The Race to Finish the Other Guy Off Before He Reach the Sea! Oh no, we've Reached the Sea! Shit! Is this the Sea?
Anyone else think Sabaton should be part of school's history curriculum?
Ha ha! It is! My son loves history and his French teacher has asked him to do a weekly 15 minute presentation on different parts of French history. Guess what music is going to be some of his intros? Come on .... take a guess!
Also, vote for Indy and Sabaton (for free!) for Griftie Awards!
Yes I agree
I was just wondering when Sabaton History would upload the rest of the album. Great to see you guys again!
Also, Satabban.
A great episode, I've missed you guys! My suggestions are:
Saberton
Subaton
Sabatoon
Scabaton
Sabatoe
Sabatoe has to have a toe on the S!
Thank you from Belgium for the quality of your songs, their positive energy, and the fact that you are paying homage. It truly matters. Your songs honor the past and give courage for the present. Thank you - and actually I really enjoy watching your history channel. It is a such a good work. You rock 🤟🤟🤟
Wow, thank YOU!!
Awesome to watch. Love what Joakim said about the good discovery Channel and the history Channel. I appreciate you guys being so open to teaching so much history about so many countries wars and heros and so on, because that in my view really is amazing, not to include how incredible trying to write songs in general is tough but you also are telling stories and writing them about history on top. Yall should receive some sort of award for doing what you do to teach in the music that yall write becauee I feel honored to have heard of yall for the first time last year and have been listening to sabaton non stopped ever since as well as watching indie do history lessons every single chance I get. So thank you #sabaton and Mr nidel.
We could go for the animated version of the band, Sabatoon
Hell yeah!
Sabaton history covering my second favourite track of the new album
(Two words. Storm Troopers)
Best way to end a rotten week and start a new one on a high!
"Sabotan" is a fantastic band name, I have to say
Race to the Sea. is one of my favorites from the new album and the subject sounded so interesting. I was excited for the Sabaton History episode for this song. AND OMG JOAKIM'S T-SHIRT IN THE SIGN OFF!! LOOOOOL
Sabatan really sounds pretty good imo and gosh i missed watching Sabaton History episodes, you guys rock and the decidation you put in the work is astonishing
I was so excited for this episode after the music video came out. I can say the wait was worth it
Indy ranting about the "History" channel is something I would love to see
If all history show were this entertaining the world would be a much better place!
Great episode! Fun mixed up with the historical events. 🤘🏼
My idea for the merchandise shirts: Soberton, or Satabon.
Stay save gentelmen and keep on doing what you do, it makes the world a little bit brighter in this dark times.
Best regards from battlestations.
Speaking of the mellatica thing, I have only ever seen Sabaton misspelled once before and it was/still is on a playlist of a channel reacting to the music, for some reason they can name their videos correct but the playlist is called "Saboton" for some reason
"Should we get started about the History channel" - nice one, Joakim!
I cannot wait for the “Lady of the Dark” or “Hellfighters” episode! T-shirt idea ‘Sabreton’...
Wow, I love the talk through on the tactics of this. Very interesting.
Mellatica ideas:
Saladton
Sattaton
Bastabon
Sabotageon
Keep up the great work! Love your music!
We need a part 2 talking about King Albert
Now that’s something I never thought I needed: World War I themed metal.
Yes! I’ve been waiting for this…
Insert Discevory channel logo into the Sabotan Hitsory video 😆 Great video as always. Loved the maps, they were extra useful and very well done in this episode (as they usually are).
Switching the middle letters, Sotaban.
Really loved the newest album! I love the WW I songs. Race To The Sea, Stormtroopers, Unkillable Soldier, and Christmas Truce I think are the best songs on the album.
I think for the t-shirt you couldn't choose anything other than Sabatron!
I think "race to the sea" is one of the great tongue-in-cheek/mocking names for anything in history. Ranks up there with things 'big bang' theory, which was originally meant as an insult from the steady state theory supporters. Or phoney war (I like sitzkrieg personally) for the 6 months after the invasion of Poland.
It both describes the overall change in movement after the failure to capture Paris. And imo, might be mocking the commanders of both armies by saying that they were more interested in having a race to the beach, than trying to wage war. (I am the very model of a modern major general....)
Sure, it does not do a great job of telling history as a series of facts..... but it does a great job capturing a glance into the past at the same time.
Gotta say sobotan is my clear favorite I can come up with xP
Spending the last amount of my phones battery life to watch this...
Worth it
I know this might end up on deaf ears but I wanted to take a shot in the dark here by contacting through what i hope will reach the band Sabaton or at least one of the bandmembers. Currently we are at Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium with my girlfriend charlottes only reason to join me,which is Sabaton. When she saw there was a signing she was so excited she scratched her plans to see any pther band and stand in line for the signing. As she was over halfway and i was watching a few bands in the meantime I started to feel light in the head due to the recent heatwave that is going over the country and i started to feel like i could pass out at any time.
She went out of the line to help me and place me somewhere in the shade so i would be okay but sacrificed her spot to meet her metalheroes. She has been religiously viewing both this channel and the sabaton channel almost daily. She always plays sabaton or the history channel on youtube while she is at home... Sabaton is the reason she fell in love with metal.
I know I might just be one of the comments thzt will be forgotten in a heartbeat but i wanted to ask if Joakim or any of the bandmembers would have the time and heart to send her a personal message?
Thank you in advance for wanting to read this post if you did.
I have this strange feeling that Indy has covered this topic before.....😉
This has always been one of those interesting what ifs to explore. Schlieffin doesn’t develop his plan to invade France through Belgium. Instead the German General Staff before WW1 develops a plan to make Alsace-Lorraine into a defensive wall with plans to hold the French there first with contingencies if the French go through Belgium so while French forces are bottlenecked into the only place they can go without risking British wrath over Belgium and the Germans throw everything at the Russians because the Russians are bigger but more disorganized and logistically backwards and the Germans studied how the Japanese beat the Russians with speed and maneuvering. And then after beating the Russians, they turn back onto the French. And all the while Germany never holds back their navy and instead uses that against France and Russia as well
Well the entire reason why they switched to the Schlieffen plan was the fact that defeating russia is a massive effort. THe japanease got it rather easy because russia couldnt supply that many troops in the far east and it was a war primarily decided in naval battle apart from a few (for the time giant) land battles.
European russia was another problem altogether because, as Napoleon found out, its infrastructure sucked, there were millions of angry people there and the land is so huge your armies get streched thin easily.
The switch to quickly defeat France was designed to exactly deal with the Russia problem. France had good infrastructure, germany still had accurate maps and plans of the country from the last war and the occupation period and most importantly germany had local supßeriority in menpower and arms to the french if they concentrated their main effort here. Against russia you will never gain a meaningful superiority that can decide the war while against France one battle, one breakthrough could easily decide the war. Additionally the Schlieffen plan had the benefit of immediatly knocking out french industry to a massive degree because their heavy industry was primarily in the north east of the country, the area germany would basically keep throughout the war.
The problem with the Schlieffen plan wasnt its basic design but the fact there was no plan what to do if there were problems or if it didnt lead to french surrender. there wasno continengcy.
A war as planned before the Schlieffen plan would have resulted in germany just starving to death long term. THe High seas fleet might dominate the french fleet in the north sea, but it cant leave it do to its supply lines. The french could still basically blockade germany by raiding in the atlantic do to germany not having the logistical reach to contest that. Nobody would go through the channel eather because every land based gun would blow the high seas fleet to pieces. And France with its full industry available and its colonial empire woulod be much stronger then in our timeline. A smaller front would actually be to Frances advantage, even if it is fighting in the mountains and hills of Elsass-Lorraine.
This is the episode i was looking forward to a lot because the story sounded fascinating, just from the song king albert and flooding sounded so cool.
Had no idea how intense the early part of the war was, most of the education i had in Australia starts at the galipoli landings
Totaly the T-shirt should say Slabaton, because Sabaton is a solid slab of heavy metal.
Grat episode, great song and fascinating moment in history, expatialy the Chad King Albert.
My idea for the Mellatica, Sabaton version is Satoban.
Great episode! However, I noticed that the maps depicted the South of The Netherlands as being part of the German occupied territory (colored reddish). The Netherlands was neutral and not occupied or part of the alliance which included the Germans. Though there were some violations of the Dutch neutrality, it was mostly respected throughout the war :-)
Perfect way for me to spend my Sunday. Thank you Sabaton 🤘
oh my god the history channel
Sabatron would be a nice shirt 😅
It's Clearly Stabaton.
For the T-Shirt, it would be a dream come true for it to say "Satabon" because SATA is part of IT, and I love listening to Sabaton while working. :D
Sabathong - throwback to a bit from an old live cd: ”vi vill ha trosor å bh-ar upp på scenen, inga jävla dojjor!”
to think the Ukrainians did kind of the same thing recently in the war, I guess flooding rivers is a good idea to halt the enemy's maneouver-ability
The Ukranian rivers are really wide to begin with. The Don and the Dnieper drain Russia from the sea on the north all the way to the Black Sea. The vikings used them to trade with the middle east.
so if the Ukrainians manage to seize the crimean channel and opened the river. Some changes may occur that could benefit them in hypothetical questions
I have an logo idea: Do the ''Sabbaton'' idea, but change the ''Abba'' part of the logo so it resambles the ABBA logo if they have one. Or do, Idk, Sanaton or Subathon cause the Sabbaton idea would maybe infringe on ABBA's copyright
This and Dreadnought are my faves from the new album.
I love these episodes my history teacher lets me skip all of class to listen to these they’re so fun to listen tk
SAABATON, of course with the classic saab-font
Sadadaton
"You know, they're that band that makes those metal albums about fatherhood."
Whoa, both Discovery AND the History Channel?
Damn, shots fired.
Sabaton versus The World.
Yall are awesome! The name has been familiar but never checked you guys out. One of brandon herrara’s (ak guys) videos mentioned y’all ( I think it was the march of the dead). Checked you guys out and was blown away, the historical combined with music is a refreshing and ( damn good motivation) listen. Modern bards !
My mother never gets Sabaton right when trying to say it. She always says “Sabaterton” its a bit of a funny joke now, she says it just to annoy me now lol
Sotaban would be hilarious! And looking forward to the concert in Amsterdam tomorrow!
Love the history videos. As for the Mellatica shirt, I'd say.
Sabaston.
Like Sebastian
Finally, a new episode! I'm so happy!
I don't know what's up with CZcams, i haven't gotten any notification from Sabaton History for a while, i re-applied my notification settings just to make sure!
When Indy came on the screen and started talking, I was expecting for him to say: "I'm Indy Neidell, and this is the Great War."
Oh, I missed this so much... And I must say that, I realize how much the story behind the song changes perception of the song it self 🤔
And as for merch I propose: Satabon 😉
For King and For Country we are flooding the river!
I think the sABBAton idea is good, with the silhouette of the members of the band dressed in shiny rompers.
Asterix Obeliscus - My fav Sabaton album
This made me nostalgic for Indie doing the Great war back in the day 🙂
Sabobton is definitely the way to go
Subaton sounds really awesome
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!
You need to do a Nasabot shirt XD
Anyway great video, always appriciate the good work and the effort
I already posted a meme with that: You blend the Sabaton and ABBA logos. It's a disco band that sings about military history.
This song goes so hard
Love watching these.
My suggestion
Sadbaton
Omg a new Sabaton video!!
I REALLY need to not watch this while I drink my morning coffee.... My cat really disapproves of wearing my morning beverage. You guys make history funny AND interesting. Love you guys!!!!
This is my current favorite from the album, followed very closely by Lady of the Dark and Christmas Truce. Been looking forward to this episode since the day the album was released. Thank you for all the work you guys/gals put into this series. It reignited my love of Sabaton when I found out about it around episode 60.
Edit: correcting a song title.
Do you mean Lady Of The Dark
@@thenexus8384 Yes; my bad. That would be a quite different song I think.
@@travispollett2120 it's fine mate
That was a fun watch
That dig at the end at Discovery and History channel. Nice. Love me some Subathon History.