After a few weeks of World Wars, we're going back to yet another big war. Gott Mit Uns is about the Battle of Breitenfeld where the Swedes and their allies fought the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Year war. We have done some non-modern episodes in the past, and while we thought that these would be harder due to the lack of modern photographs and film, they are really fun to make. We hope you like the result of our work! Drink enough water, cheers and Rock on!! 🤘🤘 If you would like to gain early access to our Sabaton History episodes and actively support this awesome project that we are so passionate about, you can do so by joining our Patreon community. There are some pretty cool perks when you become part of the Patreon family. Find out more and join here 👉 www.patreon.com/sabatonhistory
Yes🤘my greatest respekt for your work and songs ihr lieben Jungs von Sabaton and lieber Indy.Dankeschön🤘😘👍 ....and water to drink ist immer gut😊.LG Alex an meine großartigen Soldaten des Metall🤘
My favorite little story about "Gott Mit Uns" is that in WW1 the Germans had signs with that written on it so the British wrote their own signs that said "We Got Mittens Too"
@Knasterreal1 The Waffen-SS had in general no "Gott mit uns" on their buckles but "Unsere/Meine Ehre heißt Treue" (Our/My honor is loyality). Christianity was not really celebrated in the SS because of its original role as an elite force with inspiration and motivation taken mainly from paganism. However the regular Army in WW1 and WW2 wore buckles with the motto "Gott mit uns".
@@SabatonHistory "Hi, I'm Indy Naidell. Up to this point in history, bow was somewhat neglected. But this week, everything changes. This week Welsh longbowmen will earn their place in history. This week, Agincourt happens." 😁😁😁
During their last Cleveland show, Joakim had the crowd choose between Poltava and Gott Mit Uns. We chose Gott Mit Uns. When he told us to cheer for either English or Swedish, the cheers for English were so quiet that he yelled "What the fuck!?" When he asked if we wanted Swedish, the whole crowd ROARED. The funny part was that nobody knew any of the lyrics except for "GOTT MIT UNS!"
He did that at the show this past weekend. He asked who wants it in English and the cheers were very low. He laughed and said "I think I know where this is going." "Who wants it in Sweedish" we all erupted. It was such a great show!!
@@sebastianb.3978 I saw them in Pittsburgh last night, he kept giving Tommy and chris the finger because they kept sticking guitar picks to his forehead. Said fuck to the cloud a few times and then was promptly signaled by the crowd that gott mit uns should be sang in swedish
I remember when I saw Sabaton in Atlanta last year, Joakim walked off for a beer break and left the rest of the band to play Gott Mit Uns. It was some funny shit.
Am I the only one who wants an HBO TV series about the Thirty Years War? Three seasons, one for each decade, each focusing on one character: a soldier, a priest, and an innocent civilian? That'd be badass!
I watched a Swedish drama-doc about it. It was about a German mercenary whose diary has been preserved. He fought first for the Catholics then for the Swedes.
Sabaton History If Sabaton ever releases an album with a song about the Alamo, I NEED Sabaton History video about it. I mean I know the story pretty well being Texan and all, but I think it’s a story others would find interesting.
"Noch ein Bier" means "one more beer" for all ya non german speaking peps. I haven't heard them explaining that, if they did im sorry for beeing so deaf.
Yeah yeah yeah. As a Dane I'll have you know we softened them up for you! Our expedition was TOTALLY not a massive military failure, like 95% of our other campaigns. Jokes aside, really great video. I love the drums in particular in this song.
In the English Civil War, they spoke about giving salvos in "the Swedish manner". Also the battle cry advised to be used by the Roman army in the "Strategikon" attributed to the Emperor Maurice (written around 600 AD) is "Nobiscum Deus", latin for "God is with us".
Hello and greetings from germany! I life in Saxony-Anhalt, where Magdeburg is the capital. The battle of Breitenfeld is about an hour driving from the town where I life :D It´s a shame that in school, we don´t even talk about this battle. Keep it up and thanks mates :)
Before the album, I requested Battle of Breitenfeld as a song on the Sabaton forums. While I am convinced this post had absolutely nothing to do with them picking the topic, I still feel this is "my song" and alongside Midway one of my favourite Sabaton Songs ever.
Carolus rex is becoming one of my favorite albums in sabaton's discography and this is easily the catchiest song of the album and I love the story behind it.
Somr of those pictures of the begining of the video are from Ferrer-Dalmau a famous spanish painter, I recommend you to check out his other paints, they are breathtaking.
I really did learn more from this channel and Sabaton’s music, than I did from all of my history teachers throughout middle and high school. That really says something about how unique and incredible this band is.
When Pappenheim scouted outside of Leipzig and confronted Gustavus causing Tilly to march out of the easily defendable Leipzig where his troops happy with excessive plunder were to Breitenfeld he said something along the lines of "This man will be the death of me". And to be honest, Pappenheim did more damage to Tilly's reputation than Tilly could dream of, just look at Magdeburg.
Should have at least mentioned Gustaf Horn by name, as his command on the left flank basically saved us and won the battle! Anyway great video, love the channel! Gott mit uns!
@@itsmemrnukki yes that is true but i was referring to the actual croat unit in 30 years war, because they wore the cravats(neckties) first and in 1630 approximately they were hired by the french who were really interested in cravats and they started wearing it fashionably(nobility). I probably explained this horribly but i hope you get the point :)
Gott mit uns was probably the second song from sabaton I've heard. I leaned the lyrics to the swedish version and it's the main reason i started learning swedish.
I'm loving the huge amount of Sabaton content that's been coming out lately from both channels. Btw what's up with the hat? Is Pär a Swedish cowboy now?
I've always been kind of negative to the Swedish Empire Era or at least unapolagetic. While in school it was just hastily mentioned as the age when Sweden was a powerfull nation and blah blah blah. But when I did some research on the subject and got the numbers and facts the image changed considerably. By percentage we caused as more damage to Europes population as the Nazis and Soviets did combined during that era. The polish population namnes our invasion of Poland as the Swedish Deluge not as a war. This has taught me a very important lesson in history and certainly older history, always view it with an impartial and apolitical eye and sort out the pieces with as much objectvivty as you can. So many people shout today about glorious pasts and mighty ancestors but theu always seem to forget about the true facts about the horrors of war and the misery it causes. There are multiple eyewitnesses accounts from this periods which alows us to come really close to the people who lived in those days, a number of them is mentioned by the historian Dick Harrison in his book about the war ( link here I hope you understand swedish czcams.com/video/Y3m_DwChOiU/video.html). That being said I really love the song and espacially the work you do Sabaton History!
When time goes by, it gets harder to see wars as the terrible things they were. Dressed in silly outfits with weir weapons, and without many accounts of the horrific individual experience, its easy to lose yourself in simple imagery and stories that were turned into a heroic national narrative in the 19th century or later. Too bad i can't read Swedish as I'd love to read that account. Thanks for the comment! - Joram
And the Estonians talk about Swedish rule as the golden years when things inproved. All great nations of europe did damage to each others populations, it's impossible to avoid when engaging in warfare. The later half of the Swedish imperial years I would say is something to be proud of, as the Swedes avoided warcrimes and atrocities as much as possible and punished raping soldiers with death. We sure as fuck were better than the english or russians.
A great account of this battle as well as an awesome alternate history series is Eric Flint’s 1632. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in the 30 years war and Gustav II Adolf.
Really good work on the battle map. I wrote an essay last semester on the Thirty years war, and greatly enjoyed learning about the period between the defenestration of Prague and the peace of Westphalia, and how it's impacted the culture of the region afterwards
A famous german Proverb is "alter schwede" which translates to "old swede " and discribes somthing outstanding or suprising and it comes from old swedish veterans who stayed in germany after the 30 year war. I tink its cool that after almost 500 years this battle still echos within the german language.
Eric Flint's book (and the forum at Baen Books dedicated to keeping Eric's universe in line with history/possible tech) was my entrance into Sabaton. I believe I had heard tracks before reading the books, but the solid link to historical figures and events was something that Got Mit Uns brought home.
Nice to see more with a bit of differentiated than your last album. I heard Gott Mit Uns only once. Back in my first concert. Thobbe introduced this one and without Joakim. Damn. That is three years ago and still. What a fun concert that was. Got some great pics from you guys on Graspop. And when my place is cooling down and my room is no longer a sauna, I will be sure to send you guys a few pics. Waited ten hours for you guys at Graspop last Sunday. But damn me. You were worth it. See you at Wacken. And guys, please. I do hope White Death is on your setlist there. Or when you pass by again in Belgium. Either is good. And it is funny to see the concerts of Wacken. That's over a month. This is gonna be good.
Sabaton History time of the year I guess. Funny thing is that I find the heat more annoying at home than I did in my tent at Graspop. Also got a nice color. Ten hours waiting for you. Wasn't alone btw'
What? Gustavus was alive during the events of europa universalis 4. Which already has a sabaton DLC with lion from the north among other songs. You can even get him in game as well as events pertaining to him.
Funny thing about this channel. It's the only popular history channel on CZcams that has no Sabaton lyrics in the comments. I guess it has it in the video, but still.
i really dont know where to put requests for future songs, but i would love to hear you sing about the battle of lechfeld in 955. Great military victory against quite large odds against Otto, and it really made him something of a father of the german nation, if you ever could name someone with how it worked out through the centuries.
That's really interesting, I'm born and raised in Magdeburg and we heard about the "bloody wedding" when our city got burned down on just a few survivors which hid themselves in the Catholic churches , but I didn't know that the reason for this was that we believed in the sweds
About Pappenheim's cavalrymen. They weren't be a cuirassiers, they were a schwartze reiters and they're weren't intended for melee attacks. Their main tactic was a caracole, which consists in shooting enemy's ranks for long time.
I heard that during the Great War, the British would joke among themselves that because the German soldiers were wearing a belt with Gott mit Uns on its head - calling them 'Hun' ('uns) was a correct way
That contributed to the popularisation of it, but its use seems to originally lie in the Kaiser's 'Hun Speech' in 1900, where he addressed German troops who were departing to suppress the Boxer Rebellion in China: "Just as a thousand years ago the Huns under their King Attila made a name for themselves, one that even today makes them seem mighty in history and legend, may the name German be affirmed by you in such a way in China that no Chinese will ever again dare to look cross-eyed at a German.”
I wish there was a specific song about the sack of Magdeburg - I've lived there for a few years and the scale of it is just insane - it was one of the most important cities in Germany before the sack with 35.000 inhabitants before the sack in 1931 - and with 20.000-25.000 being outright killed during the sack and a lot of buildings being destroyed people fled the city and even 8 years later the "city" only had 450 inhabitants. It's a small wonder that the city bounced back from that and is a state capital today
I was recently in saxony and drove through a village called breitenfeld (in the vogtland near markneukirchen) and thought, wait you knlw that name and thought it was the breitenfeld named in the song. turns out, there are multiple breitenfelds and the one woth the battle is near leipzig, a good hour of driving away fro where I was
Definitely interesting. Are you familiar with the 1632 series of novels by Eric Flint? It's an alternate history that occurs when an american coal mining town is mysteriously transported back in time to the middle of the thirty years war. The first book is simply entitled 1632, but there are many, many more written by Eric Flint with a whole host of coauthors.
You guys can read minds. Yesterday and today I was watching documentaries about the 30 yeas war and thought you guys should make a Video about carolus rex or Gott mit uns or something. 👍👍👍
Last time Sabaton was in Cleveland Ohio I think it was July of 2017 they played Gott Mit Uns and I think we kind of surprised Joachim because that crowd all wanted to hear it in swedish not in English. Oh and Noch ein Bier!
GottMitUns is one of my favorites, idk why i just feel like it has sort of a band of brothers and you got your friends on your side, idk i just like the song.
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After a few weeks of World Wars, we're going back to yet another big war. Gott Mit Uns is about the Battle of Breitenfeld where the Swedes and their allies fought the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Year war. We have done some non-modern episodes in the past, and while we thought that these would be harder due to the lack of modern photographs and film, they are really fun to make. We hope you like the result of our work! Drink enough water, cheers and Rock on!! 🤘🤘
If you would like to gain early access to our Sabaton History episodes and actively support this awesome project that we are so passionate about, you can do so by joining our Patreon community. There are some pretty cool perks when you become part of the Patreon family.
Find out more and join here 👉 www.patreon.com/sabatonhistory
Yes🤘my greatest respekt for your work and songs ihr lieben Jungs von Sabaton and lieber Indy.Dankeschön🤘😘👍 ....and water to drink ist immer gut😊.LG Alex an meine großartigen Soldaten des Metall🤘
Do you improve your map? They were magnifique !
Thank you very much for that fantastic episode! Greetings from Magdeburg! 🤘
Uncle Indy, great episode. I'm sure the lion would be proud.
@AlastrionaCatskill
FROM THE OLD WORLD'S DEMISE
SEE AN EMPIRE RISE
FROM THE NORTH REACHING FAR
HERE WE ARE
My favorite little story about "Gott Mit Uns" is that in WW1 the Germans had signs with that written on it so the British wrote their own signs that said "We Got Mittens Too"
If that's true, that's hilarious.
This sounded too hilarious to be true so I had to look it up. Can't find any real sources but quite a lot of anecdotal evidence of this happening.
@@Bizzaromoon The only first hand recounting of this I heard in They Shall Not Grow Old from a British Veteran. I like to think it's true.
It even persisted into WWII where i believe it was the waffen ss or normal infantry that had it on their belt buckles too
@Knasterreal1 The Waffen-SS had in general no "Gott mit uns" on their buckles but "Unsere/Meine Ehre heißt Treue" (Our/My honor is loyality). Christianity was not really celebrated in the SS because of its original role as an elite force with inspiration and motivation taken mainly from paganism. However the regular Army in WW1 and WW2 wore buckles with the motto "Gott mit uns".
"My ancestors are smiling upon me, imperials. Can you say the same?"-Gustavus Adolphus
Hail Talos
@@Thomas.Wright he was a true son of skyrim
@@kriegguardsmen5823 yoooo when will i be rebirth too become emperor of the mankind
NOCH EIN BIER!
NOCH EIN BIER!
NOCH EIN BIER!
NOCH EIN BIER!
NOCH EIN BIER
NOCH EIN BIER!
Still patiently waiting for Aces in Exile
My friend what about primo Victoria
You have made a decree, my Emperor. And a heart as well, so it will be.
Is that a sign?
In the sky above the isles. Aces in Exile prevail. *insert badass opening riff*
As the Omnissiah wills it!
Cowboy Pär is the best variant of Pär
What about helium Pär?
@Belagerungsmörser the Sheep Trash taste! Everyone knows pretty sailor Pär best Pär.
I was actually going to ask, "What the hell is going on, that's not an army helmet."
No live on stage is the best variant of Pär
He looks like Rob Zombie lol
Just came here to say i love you indy and i love you sabaton
Thank you very much! Love you too!
@@SabatonHistory Thank you my brothers
...no homo?
@@ee-fq2dj gay pride month
@@ee-fq2dj ... Acording to twitter it was lad, sorry if i hurt your feelings
At 14:23 Joakim is in the crowd and on stage simultaneusly! That is some inseption s**t right there :)
He have learned the power of instant teleportation
@@JojokimVT indeed
Learns to teleport. Only wanted to be a tank * sad Joachim *
"This is getting out of hand! Now there are two of them!"
actually it wasn't just two of them. I was watching the live stream and saw there were at least three or four Joakims.
When you run out of ideas, Indy should do "This week in 30-years war". :D I'd watch that.
Why not go bigger? How does the Hundred Years' War in real time sound?
@@SabatonHistory "Hi, I'm Indy Naidell. Up to this point in history, bow was somewhat neglected. But this week, everything changes. This week Welsh longbowmen will earn their place in history. This week, Agincourt happens." 😁😁😁
Sabaton History why not just do world history week by week?????
@@sladjanteodosin4607 stop stop I can only get so erect!
@@SabatonHistory
Bigger? Lets go smaller!
What about Anglo-Zanzibar War in Real Time?
I fucking love this song. Because of the album I learned so much about European history!
Awesome!
@@SabatonHistory That's what She said.
NOCH EIN BIER
AS WE ALL DRINK UNITED
ALL TOGETHER *NOCH EIN BIER*
Gott mit uns
As we all stand united
All together NOCH EIN BIER!!!!
NOCH EIN BIER!
je mehre Bieren desto besser
"Tilli himself was wounded, but was able to escape"
Is this Mount and blade?
*Count of Tilli was wounded, but managed to escape.*
Uuuh, haven't played that in WAY too long...
During their last Cleveland show, Joakim had the crowd choose between Poltava and Gott Mit Uns. We chose Gott Mit Uns. When he told us to cheer for either English or Swedish, the cheers for English were so quiet that he yelled "What the fuck!?" When he asked if we wanted Swedish, the whole crowd ROARED.
The funny part was that nobody knew any of the lyrics except for "GOTT MIT UNS!"
I for the live of me can't picture Jaokim using profanity
He did that at the show this past weekend. He asked who wants it in English and the cheers were very low. He laughed and said "I think I know where this is going." "Who wants it in Sweedish" we all erupted. It was such a great show!!
@@sebastianb.3978 I saw them in Pittsburgh last night, he kept giving Tommy and chris the finger because they kept sticking guitar picks to his forehead. Said fuck to the cloud a few times and then was promptly signaled by the crowd that gott mit uns should be sang in swedish
That's not Par, that's the Swedish Rob Zombie.
Exactly!
I am so glad I'm not the only person that sees that...
I'll never be able to unsee that, and I don't want to!
I remember when I saw Sabaton in Atlanta last year, Joakim walked off for a beer break and left the rest of the band to play Gott Mit Uns. It was some funny shit.
Noch ein bier!
I remember this
Hydration is VERY important.
Damn, sabaton history keeps getting better and better, and indy is a near genius, we watch his videos at school :)
Thanks! we try our best to keep improving :)
@@SabatonHistory keep it up, you guys are great!
I wished we watched Indy at school
@@hotfortniteguy7831 honestly. more of us would love history if they had.
Am I the only one who wants an HBO TV series about the Thirty Years War? Three seasons, one for each decade, each focusing on one character: a soldier, a priest, and an innocent civilian? That'd be badass!
OooOOoohhhhHHHhhh
I watched a Swedish drama-doc about it. It was about a German mercenary whose diary has been preserved. He fought first for the Catholics then for the Swedes.
Would love the see a HBO or Netflix movie or series about the swedish side of the 30 year War or The great Northen War!
Always was among my favorite tracks but had no idea of the back story. Glad to see this!
Thats what we're here for:)
Sabaton History
If Sabaton ever releases an album with a song about the Alamo, I NEED Sabaton History video about it. I mean I know the story pretty well being Texan and all, but I think it’s a story others would find interesting.
@@ReformedSooner24 and Pär needs to dress like this during it
GastCyning
Agreed
"Noch ein Bier" means "one more beer" for all ya non german speaking peps. I haven't heard them explaining that, if they did im sorry for beeing so deaf.
Yeah yeah yeah.
As a Dane I'll have you know we softened them up for you!
Our expedition was TOTALLY not a massive military failure, like 95% of our other campaigns.
Jokes aside, really great video. I love the drums in particular in this song.
Hey, when you guys do naval expeditions, they tend to work out great! Just don't attempt any landings, though...
@@Tytoalba777 I'll have you know we did great as vikings!
Then people figured out where we lived and that was kinda the end of that....
Haha ja det kan vi lide at tænke XD
@@TheIfifi yeah they ended up sending monks and preachers our way XD
@@gubbikiller yeah they got here too eventually….
Y'all played the Swedish version at the first show I went to, in Charlotte, North Carolina back in 2017, I think. Sounds great live.
In the English Civil War, they spoke about giving salvos in "the Swedish manner". Also the battle cry advised to be used by the Roman army in the "Strategikon" attributed to the Emperor Maurice (written around 600 AD) is "Nobiscum Deus", latin for "God is with us".
This is easily top 5 sabaton songs
Hello and greetings from germany! I life in Saxony-Anhalt, where Magdeburg is the capital. The battle of Breitenfeld is about an hour driving from the town where I life :D It´s a shame that in school, we don´t even talk about this battle. Keep it up and thanks mates :)
Thats a shame. Such a missed opportunity to make history relatable..
@@SabatonHistory Indeed
All time favourite Sabaton song, so happy you guys covered it!
Glad you liked it!
Winged Hussars next? We need Sabaton in Costa Rica!! lml
Just here to say that I'm really happy that this series is doing well and that you guys are churning these episodes so fast! Rock on Indy and Sabaton
Thanks! We appreciate the support.
Before the album, I requested Battle of Breitenfeld as a song on the Sabaton forums. While I am convinced this post had absolutely nothing to do with them picking the topic, I still feel this is "my song" and alongside Midway one of my favourite Sabaton Songs ever.
I don't know, but it's a nice thought
Carolus rex is becoming one of my favorite albums in sabaton's discography and this is easily the catchiest song of the album and I love the story behind it.
Cool! Thanks!
Jag älskar hur Pär uttalar Carolus Rex!
Somr of those pictures of the begining of the video are from Ferrer-Dalmau a famous spanish painter, I recommend you to check out his other paints, they are breathtaking.
Thanks for the recommendation!
Came here to say that I really dig the animations of the formations maneuvering on the battlefield. These videos just keep getting better and better!
Thanks a lot!
I live in Magdeburg and its nice to see someone finally talking about it.
I just recently learned that Magdeburgisierung is a German word
@@SabatonHistory Yeah, we sometimes even use it here!
I really did learn more from this channel and Sabaton’s music, than I did from all of my history teachers throughout middle and high school. That really says something about how unique and incredible this band is.
Thanks!
Flanks: charge without Tilly's orders and get destroyed
Tilly: "I'm surrounded by idiots!..."
Literally
When Pappenheim scouted outside of Leipzig and confronted Gustavus causing Tilly to march out of the easily defendable Leipzig where his troops happy with excessive plunder were to Breitenfeld he said something along the lines of "This man will be the death of me".
And to be honest, Pappenheim did more damage to Tilly's reputation than Tilly could dream of, just look at Magdeburg.
AS WE DRINK UNITED, NOCH EIN BIER!!!!
This was my first Sabaton song.
Mine is lion of the north
@@rockhard6699 Nice
Should have at least mentioned Gustaf Horn by name, as his command on the left flank basically saved us and won the battle!
Anyway great video, love the channel! Gott mit uns!
Thank you Indy for mentioning the Croat cavarly it means a lot to us croats, and fun fact about them, they were the originators of necktie
And the inventors of a mechanical pen :)
You jerks won't let the poor Bosnians swim... :(
@@proudtitanicdenier4300 You know what Neum is, right? If not...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neum
Unless this was a joke, then in that case, woosh me
@@itsmemrnukki yes that is true but i was referring to the actual croat unit in 30 years war, because they wore the cravats(neckties) first and in 1630 approximately they were hired by the french who were really interested in cravats and they started wearing it fashionably(nobility). I probably explained this horribly but i hope you get the point :)
@@martinmarkovic544 Yeah, I know, I did my history homework.
Gott mit uns was probably the second song from sabaton I've heard. I leaned the lyrics to the swedish version and it's the main reason i started learning swedish.
The played the song last year in Wisconsin in swedish. One of the coolest things ive heard
I'm loving the huge amount of Sabaton content that's been coming out lately from both channels. Btw what's up with the hat? Is Pär a Swedish cowboy now?
No he just bought a hat
@@SabatonHistory Ok 🤠
Swedish cowboys are the best kind of cowboys.
Fika in the Old West :)
I could watch and listen to Indy talk about history all day long. Great work as always!
Thanks! Good to hear you're enjoying it
Definitely a favorite of mine! Back story is just as good as the song you created for it! Thanks guys!
You are very welcome!
I've always been kind of negative to the Swedish Empire Era or at least unapolagetic. While in school it was just hastily mentioned as the age when Sweden was a powerfull nation and blah blah blah. But when I did some research on the subject and got the numbers and facts the image changed considerably.
By percentage we caused as more damage to Europes population as the Nazis and Soviets did combined during that era. The polish population namnes our invasion of Poland as the Swedish Deluge not as a war. This has taught me a very important lesson in history and certainly older history, always view it with an impartial and apolitical eye and sort out the pieces with as much objectvivty as you can.
So many people shout today about glorious pasts and mighty ancestors but theu always seem to forget about the true facts about the horrors of war and the misery it causes. There are multiple eyewitnesses accounts from this periods which alows us to come really close to the people who lived in those days, a number of them is mentioned by the historian Dick Harrison in his book about the war ( link here I hope you understand swedish czcams.com/video/Y3m_DwChOiU/video.html).
That being said I really love the song and espacially the work you do Sabaton History!
When time goes by, it gets harder to see wars as the terrible things they were. Dressed in silly outfits with weir weapons, and without many accounts of the horrific individual experience, its easy to lose yourself in simple imagery and stories that were turned into a heroic national narrative in the 19th century or later. Too bad i can't read Swedish as I'd love to read that account. Thanks for the comment! - Joram
And the Estonians talk about Swedish rule as the golden years when things inproved. All great nations of europe did damage to each others populations, it's impossible to avoid when engaging in warfare. The later half of the Swedish imperial years I would say is something to be proud of, as the Swedes avoided warcrimes and atrocities as much as possible and punished raping soldiers with death. We sure as fuck were better than the english or russians.
@@Puckosar War will produce atrocities and crime.
@@Puckosar so that is why eesti wants to be nordic?
A great account of this battle as well as an awesome alternate history series is Eric Flint’s 1632. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in the 30 years war and Gustav II Adolf.
It's a weird period with guns and armour it seems
Gott Mit Uns!
Love this song & the Carolus Rex album as a whole!
Really good work on the battle map. I wrote an essay last semester on the Thirty years war, and greatly enjoyed learning about the period between the defenestration of Prague and the peace of Westphalia, and how it's impacted the culture of the region afterwards
Thanks a lot!
The Lion from the North vs the Two-Headed Eagle
A famous german Proverb is "alter schwede" which translates to "old swede " and discribes somthing outstanding or suprising and it comes from old swedish veterans who stayed in germany after the 30 year war. I tink its cool that after almost 500 years this battle still echos within the german language.
Wasnt this the first battle tilly had lost in a long while?
First read about this in 1632 by eric flint. Good book.
Eric Flint's book (and the forum at Baen Books dedicated to keeping Eric's universe in line with history/possible tech) was my entrance into Sabaton.
I believe I had heard tracks before reading the books, but the solid link to historical figures and events was something that Got Mit Uns brought home.
Nice to see more with a bit of differentiated than your last album. I heard Gott Mit Uns only once. Back in my first concert. Thobbe introduced this one and without Joakim. Damn. That is three years ago and still. What a fun concert that was.
Got some great pics from you guys on Graspop. And when my place is cooling down and my room is no longer a sauna, I will be sure to send you guys a few pics. Waited ten hours for you guys at Graspop last Sunday. But damn me. You were worth it. See you at Wacken. And guys, please. I do hope White Death is on your setlist there. Or when you pass by again in Belgium. Either is good.
And it is funny to see the concerts of Wacken. That's over a month. This is gonna be good.
Our office is a Sauna as well..
Sabaton History time of the year I guess. Funny thing is that I find the heat more annoying at home than I did in my tent at Graspop. Also got a nice color. Ten hours waiting for you. Wasn't alone btw'
This really just makes me want a Lion of the North DLC for Hearts of iron IV
Isaiah Belter till it costs 50 plus tax
What? Gustavus was alive during the events of europa universalis 4. Which already has a sabaton DLC with lion from the north among other songs. You can even get him in game as well as events pertaining to him.
Robert Harris just like an focus tree or expansion for the northern countries is what he’s talking about
Just play Eu4 smh
Probably one of the best sabaton songs
Funny thing about this channel. It's the only popular history channel on CZcams that has no Sabaton lyrics in the comments. I guess it has it in the video, but still.
I love this dude
Can't wait for more Carolus Rex videos. My fav album
i really dont know where to put requests for future songs, but i would love to hear you sing about the battle of lechfeld in 955.
Great military victory against quite large odds against Otto, and it really made him something of a father of the german nation, if you ever could name someone with how it worked out through the centuries.
Sadly, we're only the humble producers of the Sabaton History channel. I'm afraid song request s here won't reach Sabaton
Keep up the awesome work Indy and sabaton!
🤘🤘🤘
That's really interesting, I'm born and raised in Magdeburg and we heard about the "bloody wedding" when our city got burned down on just a few survivors which hid themselves in the Catholic churches , but I didn't know that the reason for this was that we believed in the sweds
All together
*noch ein Bier!*
What does it mean
@@666bambucia Translated it would mean "one more beer!"
It's a version of Gott mit uns they sing in Germany sometimes ^^
Gott Mit Uns is undoubtedly my Favorite Sabaton song.
It's really good to know the story behind one of my favorite Sabaton's song ! Thanks Guys !
You're welcome!
This is my favorite song and the one that made me become a Sabaton fan, although I did not know the story behind it, great video as always ❤
Awesome! Thanks and you're welcome!
My primary school teacher: "Learning hystory its not funny!!"
Sabaton: "Excuse me!?"
Excuse us?
I agree, Gustavus Adolphus had a nice beard. I style mine in a similar style.
because of Gustavus?
Mines style is like the depictions of vikings... and considering my beard is a golden red colour its fitting
About Pappenheim's cavalrymen. They weren't be a cuirassiers, they were a schwartze reiters and they're weren't intended for melee attacks. Their main tactic was a caracole, which consists in shooting enemy's ranks for long time.
Circle and Shot in European version
Par finally going full cowboy look I see.
These videos are brilliant! A great partnership has been forged between Sabaton and Indy Neidel!
We agree! Thanks!
This here is my favourite song of Sabaton.
Thank you so much for doing this history channel
Thank you so much for watching it! We love the reactions!
One of my favorite songs
Can't wait to see you guys in Atlanta
I heard that during the Great War, the British would joke among themselves that because the German soldiers were wearing a belt with Gott mit Uns on its head - calling them 'Hun' ('uns) was a correct way
That contributed to the popularisation of it, but its use seems to originally lie in the Kaiser's 'Hun Speech' in 1900, where he addressed German troops who were departing to suppress the Boxer Rebellion in China:
"Just as a thousand years ago the Huns under their King Attila made a name for themselves, one that even today makes them seem mighty in history and legend, may the name German be affirmed by you in such a way in China that no Chinese will ever again dare to look cross-eyed at a German.”
I wish there was a specific song about the sack of Magdeburg - I've lived there for a few years and the scale of it is just insane - it was one of the most important cities in Germany before the sack with 35.000 inhabitants before the sack in 1931 - and with 20.000-25.000 being outright killed during the sack and a lot of buildings being destroyed people fled the city and even 8 years later the "city" only had 450 inhabitants. It's a small wonder that the city bounced back from that and is a state capital today
This series will never get old!
On 0:20 is a spanish Tercio. I think is Rocroi by Dalmau, the best historical painter nowdays
I was recently in saxony and drove through a village called breitenfeld (in the vogtland near markneukirchen) and thought, wait you knlw that name and thought it was the breitenfeld named in the song.
turns out, there are multiple breitenfelds and the one woth the battle is near leipzig, a good hour of driving away fro where I was
This was the first Sabaton song I ever heard, and still my favorite!
Can’t wait for your cover of back in control ☺️
I need to listen to this song, eventually.
Now I have something to watch while waiting for the great war. About 6 hours left
Definitely interesting. Are you familiar with the 1632 series of novels by Eric Flint? It's an alternate history that occurs when an american coal mining town is mysteriously transported back in time to the middle of the thirty years war. The first book is simply entitled 1632, but there are many, many more written by Eric Flint with a whole host of coauthors.
My favorite song, finally.
This video is a gem.
Best Sabaton album!
Pär looks like a Swedish Rob Zombie. Love it, Pär should wear cowboy hats more often! 🤘
You guys can read minds. Yesterday and today I was watching documentaries about the 30 yeas war and thought you guys should make a Video about carolus rex or Gott mit uns or something. 👍👍👍
why Par looking like Rob Zombie about to bust out Dragula?
Last time Sabaton was in Cleveland Ohio I think it was July of 2017 they played Gott Mit Uns and I think we kind of surprised Joachim because that crowd all wanted to hear it in swedish not in English.
Oh and Noch ein Bier!
In Charlotte, North Carolina the audience voted for Swedish lyrics, too.
The rotating pistol fire is a tactic, the caracole, not a discipline issue.
My favorite album!
GottMitUns is one of my favorites, idk why i just feel like it has sort of a band of brothers and
you got your friends on your side, idk i just like the song.
Great collab!
Thanks!
Thousands of soldiers, hundreds of cannon
All together GOT MITT UNS
In Prague we shout "Jeste jedno pivo." which means the same. And since you are in the 30 years war, I hope you will do episode on 1648 as well.
One of my fav songs!!!🤘🤘🤘
Pär rocking a Running Wild shirt! You guys are awesome in so many ways!!
Theres only six words I may say
GOTT MIT UNS,
NOCH EIN BIER
Or, maybe, "Noch ein bier"?...
Максим Ряховский there was already one of those comments. 😂
@@themightyorange1604 yeah. But still 😁
AS WE ALL STAND UNITED