American's First Time Reaction to "Wehrmacht" by Sabaton
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2024
- In this video I will take a deep dive into the song "Wehrmacht" by Sabaton. I will start by watching a lyric video. Then I will watch the Sabaton History Lesson. Finally, I will watch a live performance.
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This song helped me in a debate in highschool about how the Wehrmacht shouldn't be demonized, and how the Nazis are somewhat different from the rest of the German military. I did win the debate but everyone thought I was a Nazi supporter throughout the rest of highschool but I stood by my beliefs.
Thank you for sharing your story.
The Wehrmacht took an active part in the Holocaust, why would you pick that hill to die on?
@@nonautemrexchristus5637 Its more like I made a last stand sort of speak, but I stood by defending the Wehrmacht because they were soldiers and I believe that they as a whole shouldn't be judged on the ones we see and not the ones we don't, no one is truly a saint and when you live in a country where you can be killed for disobeying state policy I can imagine that you don't have many choices.
I understand my beliefs are offensive to some people and I'm sorry but stand by them, maybe I'm stupid, but I throughout highschool was bullied and at one point threatened. Not much surprises me at this point in my life.
@@deadmanlnc2215 I was bullied at high school also, but I don't defend the organization known as the Wehrmacht, that throughout the entire war committed heinous acts of brutality across Europe.
They didn't refuse orders out of fear, they refused them because they were conditioned to be Nazis, and felt they had to go along with what their other soldiers were doing. Even if that meant leading thousands of people into a ravine and machine gunning them, they would do it.
Fun fact most wermacht soldiers werent nazis
The Clips are from "Generation War".
It follows five german friends (a medic, a singer, a jew, and two brothers who are on the front in the soviet union). It shows the suffering and heartship that SOME Germans got through in ww2. It's a german production and together with "Band of brothers" my favorite ww2 movie/series!
As a German and as a former member of the German Armed Forces: thank you for your incredible stance of the members of the Wehrmacht in the 2nd WW. It's rare for an American to have such a nuanced and objective view. /salute
Thank you.
This is something what my grandmother witness from my dads side of the family not my dad’s biological mother but rather my dads mother figure I did not realize about savaton until this year 😐and as a person in the USA my dads sister said that their mother figure figure she told me that she has witness people being shot left and right 😐my family has a PERSONAL history with ww2 😐as they were not just their suing the war…..they were BORN in it 😳I I’m curious about more about my family history with ww2 😐my aunt told me that the Germans just killed one of her siblings or something like that 😓while I don’t know yet the full story I do know my grandparents from my dads side were not just born in the war they witnessed it 😳and as someone who lives in the USA i understand the trauma not just the USA soldiers but even the German soldiers😐I know that not all Germans wanted to kill all those people but they had no choice 😓it’s like they only had they only had to choices 1 fight for me and die or betray the country and die so I feel like they did not have a choice 😓despite our differences the truth is we are only human 😐and as a USA person…to you FStad 🫡
Always important to separate the army of any nation with the politicians who give them orders.
The Wehrmacht especially. Given most of the attempts on Hitler's life came from them.
The current conflict makes this more evident than ever, yes
A lot of people forget that Germany, like most countries at the time, had the draft. A lot of those young men had no choice whether to fight or not. And if they objected to their orders, they were *shot.* It's a hard thing to ask someone, to do what's right or be killed. Especially when the propaganda machine is so strong that the 'right thing' becomes hard to discern.
My great grandfather surrendered to the Americans.
That was the first time he saw a black man .
He thought it was a Vampire because the teachers told him so .
( he was 14 yo )
That may be, no one is detracting from the horrors of the time but we see the same today, rights revoked, people afraid of neighbors. Our propaganda is efficient, ask yourself, why is immigration a bad thing, tell me when you come up with something the press hasn't already said. People are innocent no country, no war, just help those who need it
@@Somecrippledboy5 Immigration *isn't* a bad thing. *Illegal* immigration is a bad thing. Also, who do you think *make* countries and wars? If we got rid of countries, people would start forming their own factions pretty fast and probably starting a whole *lot* of wars to establish themselves.
@@brigidtheirish illegal immigration is what formed America, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador. Need I go on? People already form their own countries and wars. Conflict existed before the UN and will continue after. What we can do now is listen to legitimate claims which unfortunately may come from from parties we don’t instantly agree with but who have legitimate grievances. For instance the Israel/Palestine or turkey/kurds debate. We may not like it but these groups have earned the claims they make to their lands the same way we make claim to ours, they deserve to be listened to. This isn’t making wars we attempt to solve them through democracy
@@Somecrippledboy5 No, illegal immigration *didn't* form those countries because there *were no immigration laws* for those areas.
As for the rest, I think you meant to say *diplomacy.* Which is great when both sides are willing to listen.
The clips are from the miniseries "Generation War." It's on Amazon Prime, but I haven't seen it so I don't know if there's an English version. It's been called the "German Band of Brothers," in reference to the incredible miniseries about a company of the 101st Airborne during World War II. I highly recommend Band of Brothers if you haven't seen it.
It has English subtitles so you don’t need English language. It’s a great show I’ve seen it highly recommended it.
Perhaps one of my most favorite foreign shows I have ever seen. I watch it when it comes of Netflix occasionally.
Great serie in my mind :)
The Wehrmacht may have been the German army during ww2, but i have doubts about their support of the nazi party. Other songs Sabaton has done mention the Wehrmacht diverting from orders and Nazi leadership like in The Last Battle and Heart of Iron.
In the Last Battle they joined up with the US to repel an SS counterattack and rescue French prisoners at Castle Itter.
Yep, I mentioned that in this reaction.
Also in No Bullets Fly kind of
field marshal erwin rommel was forced to commit suicide by hitler and other nazi leaders late in the war because he had refused so many nazi orders and also allegedly tried to assassinate hitler so yea, there was wehrmacht leaders that was against the nazi atrocities
Appearently Stauffenberg was the one carrying out the assassination attempt and they just assumed that Rommel was involved and ordered him to suicide.
But the Wehrmacht was pretty much seperated from SS and SA. In fact there wasnt a lot of popularity for the war either at the beginning just the early and fast victories led to a much higher support for the upcoming events.
@@Deilwynna Eh, Erwin and Hitler were described to talk like buddies. Yes, Rommel was a great strategist and tactician, but he was a nazi in spirit too. He has some horrific accounts as well.
"People forget, the first country the Nazis conquered was their own."
Yeah. I actually had this one come up on a playlist just yesterday while walking and had a "oh yeah, forgot about this one" moment. I really like it everytime I hear it.
There isn't anything wrong with it for me, but there are so many higher on my Sabaton list.
It's a controversial song, to say the least, but that being said, it's necessary to ask this questions in order to understand history. Thank you for diving into this with open mind.
The English name of the 3 part series is Generation War.
Its in German but you can get subtitles.
The 3 one hour episodes follow a group of friends in Germany of different backgrounds and who go one to have very different experiences in the war with the Soviet Union
Its my favourite ww2 media after band of brothers
The Wehrmacht is still studied today. Countless times the Allies thought their mounting losses would make them fold but they never did. The structure of the Wehrmacht made them unbreakable in situations where most armies would fold.
The clips are from "Generation War", which comes highly recommended.
Interesting fact, the party (not sure if I can say its name) only won a plurality during the 1933 election (when they ended up coming to power) and not a majority, meaning only 43.9% of Germany actually supported them, but since they were so many other parties in that election, they ended up having the most votes.
*looks at Europe right now* YUP! people still haven't learned from history.......
They were someone’s son but most were brainwashed at young ages very sad also
Ima steal this comment is saw (with credits) (TrevorHendrix Media)
“What I find so compelling about this song is that
the chorus so vividly paints the message of the
entire song. As the booming voices of
propaganda shout at us the image that the high
command wanted us to see "Panzers on a line,
form the Wehrmacht's spine" it drowns out the
singer who says "what about the men executing
orders?". It's like the singer asks "what of the
men?" And the shouting voice of propaganda is
to say "don't think of the men. Think of the
machine. Think of the mighty panzer. Think of
the image. Think of the vision. Think of the goal.
The men are only parts of that." And yet the
singer still proclaims: "what about the men?".”
Think many already replied to you, but it reads in the lyrics video where the cinematic stuff is. It's from "Generations of War" and you can watch it with english subtitles it shouldn't be too hard to find if you really want to see it as it's really well made and it follows young german people that are forced in to the war.
This is one of my fav songs :)
A dual citizen, I was born in Germany and was later stationed there in the US Army for 2 years. I have a lot of family here and there. Considering the state of German after WW-1, it was easy for Hitler to come into power, giving great speeches and rebuilding the country and restoring their national pride. By the time most Germans knew where he was headed, it was too late to get rid of him. My German dad told me a story about how his father was a member of the 'Socialist Party' which supported Hitler, marched in parades, and went to meetings, etc. He did this publicly and therefore was above suspicion as her used his position as a shop owner to circumvent the ration system, while hiding his Jewish friends in a hidden room, in the basement of our apartment building. For many Germans (and now Russians) you have to play along to get along.
Thank you so much for sharing your story.
Very interesting story my friend.
This is the song that introduced me to Sabaton, and reignited my love for history.
I've been a silent fan of this channel since...Christmas Truce? I can't recall exactly, but it was early into your Sabaton journey.
Yeah, that was my 2nd reaction to them. Thanks for your support.
Just see the interviews with the captured Russian soldiers that are being shot now. Nearly all of them didn’t know what they were doing there and just want to end the war all and go back home.
Same went for most German soldiers during WW2
Like Miia H said in an earlier comment, this is one of my favourite songs, not very high on the list, but it's definitely on there. I also think it's important to ask the questions of how and why the Wehrmacht got from where they were at the beginning until the end.
Are you going to do reactions to the songs from their new album? You should do the reaction for Lady of the Dark with your wife like you did for Night Witches.
D O G G O
Joachim really let loose with the crouching and arm gestures there. He must wear a pad in those pants where he pounds his leg. ••• Thanks! PEACE!!!
I really enjoy this song because it never steps into the "clean Wehrmacht" myth. the German army was complicit in and direct executor of the Nazi's ideals from the Commissar Decree(legalizing murder of Soviet Political officer) to the many many warcrimes committed against African POWs and civilians in France and Russian/Slavic ones in the East not to mention the aiding of SS in rounding up jews and poles for execution. There was soldiers and some generals who saw what was happening in Poland in 1939 at the start and tried to speak out but they either lost their jobs or were told to ignore it under fear of persecution by 1941 every cog in the Nazi warmachine never acted alone no matter what the individual thought or did. It was a war of extermination whether they wanted it or not
It should not be forgotten that the german army has made a serment of allegeance to the person of their chancellor/president.
The movie is called "Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter" (Our mothers, our fathers)! Absolute recommandation. The English three part movie is called "Generation War". It shows the perspective of the ordinary people. And of course; Before and during it's release it sparked a huge controversy here in Germany, because it showed human emotions instead of, like every other movie, pure demonization of every German soldier involved.
Can you do the new Sabaton Song ‘Race to the sea?’
Did i say anything wrong?
The movie that was shown in the background of the lyrics video is from a German movie called " Unsere Mütter unsere Väter." (Our mother our father). Highly recommend giving it a watch. The movie is about 5 friends, 2 of whom are soldiers in the Wehrmacht, 1 who is a nurse, 1 who wants to be a singer, and 1 of there friend who is Jewish and a childhood friend.
Moives name is Our Mothers Ours Fathers.....or Generation war
A lot of bad press press, yes these were boys who didn't know, these days absolutely there is no open mind, this is exclusively awful there is no "2 sides" there is evil and there are victims
wehrmacht regular army, on 2 occations Wehrmacht and US Army fought the nazis together first at the Battle of Schloss Itter ( Sabatons song and history the last battle , the other occation look up operation cowboy when wehrmach and pattons cavalry unit freed the Lippizaner stalllions robbed by the SS , and german and US troops fought shoulder to shoulder and saved all the horses one of the less known and strangest episodes of WWII
Thanks for the history update.
@@TouchyReactions please react to it sometime. Sabaton: The last battle
Im so proud that you actually decided on my request. good grief im honored as a historic buff. Heres my take on it War is hell and everyone in it in a constant state of hell. Take ww2 for example were you had state funded propaganda (like today) that had monopoly on information. censoring leads to suffering remember that. Back then germans were told " we are fighting a fight for survival for europes way of life against the influence of the bolsjevisk agenda in Moscow backed by the jews" In Moscow the word said "we are under attack from the imperialist jews of germany and USA." isnt that grand!!! As a Swede i try to stay mid politics however america really screwed our pooch there recently lol. Now i say look to the past andf learn for heavens sake we are reapeating same mistakes over and over again. Big hug to u all.
doggo!😍
Majority of atrocities was committed by the Waffen SS, if remember correctly the main army was kept away from the camp's. However they ultimately shared the blame anyway.
Of course the lack of actions of the leadership that did know as said in the video was terrible.
I come from a "traditional" german army family. I have and I am serviring in the Bundeswehr. We dont inheir titlies anymore, however the german Wehrmacht was diffused between "old" prussian values and newely established "nazis". Therefor our "heroes" and "villains" and you see in our common videos. I am sorry for my bad english, I will try to to better it. It doesnt save me from saying one of my forefathers was one of the 1944 plot. God Bless the Western Deomcraties.
its from a german movie called "Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter" (Our mothers, our fathers) its available in english as"Generation War". Im german, so ive seen it in the original version, but i cant say how accurate the international version is, but its definately a movie to watch...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_War