I love the depiction here; Ambassador Grazzi is depicted as an evil person who is angered when the Prime Minister/ our National Leader Ioannis Metaxas rips the ultimatum in two: In truth Grazzi wrote in his book "I left that house with the utmost respect to that elderly man who chose sacrifice over capitulation and with an utter shame and disgust of the occupation that I have chosen". It is a nice representation of moral conflict when you know what is right against that what you have to do. The 28th of October is a glorious day, one to be remembered for aeons. Many thanks to Sabaton for reminding the rest of the world!!
After doing some research i will conclude that Greece saved Europe from Hitler. After Italy and Albania invaded Greece, the greeks defended like Spartans, Macedonians, Cretes, all over again, and won. Italy needed Germanys help to conquer Greece, so in April 1941, the Germans invade with 600 000 soldiers, that originaly where going to Russia (Soviet) Those 600 000 troops could have been crucial in the continous advance in Russia. Respect to Greece.
Austrian History It's not that there's been a vast ammount of casualties on the side of the Nazis. What resulted in their defeat was that due to the greeks and i think serbians stalling them out they ended up fighting against the USSR during the winter
It was the Italians war to lose, had Italy not invaded and rather with Hitler prepared for the invasion of the soviet union could've ended better, or not, we wont know for sure.
UnknownManX Yugoslavia was technically in the same sort of deal. Still both of our countries fought bravely, and died side by side, and ultimately won the WW2, as we've occupied the Axis troops long enough on the Balkan front, so that the USSR could get some more time to prepare.
My favorite story about this is what happened on the Italian border with France when the Greeks forced the Italians to retreat into Albania. The French put up a sign that said "Soldiers of Greece, this is French territory! Do not pursue the Italians beyond this point!"
FAMOUS QUOTES ABOUT THE GREEKS IN WWII: Adolf Hitler: "For the sake of historical truth I must verify that only the Greeks, of all the adversaries who confronted us, fought with bold courage and highest disregard of death.. " (From speech he delivered to Reichstag on 4 May 1941) Winston Churchill: "The word heroism I am afraid does not render the least of those acts of self-sacrifice of the Greeks, which were the defining factor in the victorious outcome of the common struggle of the nations, during WWII, for the human freedom and dignity. If it were not for the bravery of the Greeks and their courage, the outcome of WWII would be undetermined." (Paraphrased from one of his speeches to the British Parliament on 24 April 1941) "Until now we used to say that the Greeks fight like heroes. Now we shall say: The heroes fight like Greeks." (From a speech he delivered from the BBC in the first days of the Greco-Italian war) Joseph Vissarionovich Tzougasvili Stalin: "I am sorry because I am getting old and I shall not live long to thank the Greek People, whose resistance decided WWII." (From a speech of his broadcast by the Moscow radio station on 31 January 1943 after the victory of Stalingrad and the capitulation of marshal Paulus) Charles de Gaul: "I am unable to give the proper breadth of gratitude I feel for the heroic resistance of the People and the leaders of Greece." (From a speech of his to the French Parliament after the end of WWII) Maurice Schumann Minister of the exterior of France 1969-1973, member of the French Academy 1974: "Greece is the symbol of the tortured, bloodied but live Europe.. Never a defeat was so honorable for those who suffered it." (From a message of his he addressed from the BBC of London to the enslaved peoples of Europe on 28 April 1941, the day Hitler occupied Athens after Greece fought a 6-month war) Moscow, Radio Station to Greece: "You fought unarmed and won, small against big. We owe you gratitude, because you gave us time to defend ourselves. As Russians and as people we thank you." (When Hitler attacked the U.S.S.R.) Georgy Constantinovich Zhoucov 1896-1974 Marshal of the Soviet Army: "If the Russian people managed to raise resistance at the doors of Moscow, to halt and reverse the German torrent, they owe it to the Greek People, who delayed the German divisions during the time they could bring us to our knees." (Quote from his memoirs on WWII) Benito Mussolini: "The war with Greece proved that nothing is firm in the military and that surprises always await us." (From speech he delivered on 10/5/1941) Sir Robert Antony Eden, Minister of War and the Exterior of Britain 1940-1945, Prime Minister of Britain 1955-1957: "Regardless of what the future historians shall say, what we can say now, is that Greece gave Mussolini an unforgettable lesson, that she was the motive for the revolution in Yugoslavia, that she held the Germans in the mainland and in Crete for six weeks, that she upset the chronological order of all German High Command's plans and thus brought a general reversal of the entire course of the war and we won." (Paraphrased from a speech of his to the British parliament on 24/09/1942) Sir Harold Leofric George Alexander, British Marshal during WWII: "It would not be an exaggeration to say that Greece upset the plans of Germany in their entirety forcing her to postpone the attack on Russia for six weeks. We wonder what would have been Soviet Union's position without Greece." (Paraphrased from a speech of his to the British parliament on 28 October 1941) George VI, King of Great Britain 1936-1952: "The magnificent struggle of Greece, was the first big turn of WWII" (Paraphrased from a speech of his to the parliament in May 1945) Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States of America: "On the 28th of October 1940 Greece was given a deadline of three hours to decide on war or peace but even if a three day or three week or three year were given, the response would have been the same. The Greeks taught dignity throughout the centuries. When the entire world had lost all hope, the Greek people dared to question the invincibility of the German monster raising against it the proud spirit of freedom." (Paraphrased from speech he delivered on 10/6/1943) "The heroic struggle of the Greek people... against Germany 's attack, after she so thunderously defeated the Italians in their attempt to invade the Greek soil, filled the hearts of the American people with enthusiasm and moved their compassion." (Paraphrased from a speech of his on 25/04/1941) NOTES: On 10 April 1941, after the capitulation to Germany, the northern forts of Greece surrender. The Germans express their admirations to Greek soldiers, declare that they were honored and proud to have as their adversary such an army and request that the Greek commandant inspect the German army in a demonstration of honor and recognition! The German flag is raised only after the complete withdrawal of the Greek army. A German officer of the air force declared to the commander of the Greek Eastern Macedonia division group, lieutenant general Dedes that the Greek army was the first army on which the stuka fighter planes did not cause panic. "Your soldiers" he said, "instead of fleeing frantically, as they did in France and Poland, were shooting at us from their positions." The Greeks originally surrendered to the Germans only (which makes sense). Mussolini learned about it and got pissed, demanding that the Greek Army surrender to the Italians as well. He ordered additional attacks against the Greeks who were then in the process of surrendering to Germany. The Greeks resisted, and defeated the Italians once more. After the embarrassment to Mussolini, Hitler relented and had General Dietrich convince General Georgios Tsolakoglou to include Italy as well in the surrender. And here's a very old quote from ancient times: AESCHYLUS: "BECAUSE ONLY WE (THE GREEKS), CONTRARY TO THE BARBARIANS, NEVER COUNT THE ENEMY IN BATTLE" Here's a little history lesson on the Greeks in WWII. The Greeks resisted longer than any other country before being occupied by the Nazis. Read this, it should make you feel Proud to be Greek! After you have finished reading, feel free to post other reasons why you are Proud to be Greek. DURATION OF RESISTANCE (in days): Greece 219 Norway 61 France 43 (The superpower at the time) Poland 30 Belgium 18 Holland 4 Yugoslavia 3 Denmark 0 (The Danes surrendered to Hitler's motorcyclist who was conveying Hitler's request to the Danish king for the crossing of the Nazi armies. The Danish king indicating submission surrendered his crown to the motorcyclist) Czechoslovakia 0 Luxenburg 0 TOTAL GREEK CASUALTIES IN WWII BY COUNTRY: Albanians killed 1,165 Greeks Italians killed 8,000 Greeks Bulgarians killed 25,000 Greeks Germans killed 50,000 Greeks TOTAL LOSES IN POPULATION PERCENTAGES: Greece 10% Soviet Union 2.8% Holland 2.2% France 2% (The superpower at the time) Poland 1.8% Yugoslavia 1.7% Belgium 1.5%
@@_empiree9338 are you sure that time serbia was in yogoslavia Let see the resistanse In days DURATION OF RESISTANCE (in days): Greece 219 Norway 61 France 43 (The superpower at the time) Poland 30 Belgium 18 Holland 4 Yugoslavia 3 Denmark 0
Nop Serbs did it this is why they took Macedonia from Bulgaria after ww2 bcs Yugoslavia was with the Soviets and we were against them.When Soviets won they took Thrace and gave it to Greece and Macedonia was given to Yugoslavia.
Converted to Greek Orthodox from Roman Catholic. I could never in my life ever deny anything ELLINIKI. I always loved Greece, from watching 300 as an 8 year old, to now worshiping the Lord in Greek. Greece will never die. Descendants of the heroic hoplites and genius inventors, to the heirs of the Roman Empire. Long live Greece!
we are probably poor now in many categories , but our spirit we never brake by some traitors . we are greek . we will beat these traitors one day . and i'm sure this day will come .
Bill Gultch Repaying debt involves borrowing it first. I can e-mail you specifics that most of the loans were never, have never reached/received by Greece. EU "gave" us the money, and took it back by forcing us to have contractors from Germany, France (Never Greeks) to build up the unnecessary infrastructure (utilized by them not even paying taxes - The airport company being one of them), sinking us deeper and deeper due to the true "family" bonds that tie us. Unnecessary weapons systems, Siemens bribes, the list is endless. But you have to be open minded to accept those facts, instead of constantly accusing us. The economy has a 2.3% increase, but the interest rates that they bribed the foul politicians to agree are sucking life out of the country's economy. Every country that was attacked in WWII got attack compensation. Greece lost 520.000 people due to famine, bombings, executions, and troops. The only country that was never compensated for its losses was Greece - despite being left alone by the British - showing allies how to win wars against Italians and Germans. On top of that the German occupational loan sunk further Greece into depression. So when asking for money, repayment, etc - first tell all the other countries to fulfill their side of the bargain and obligations, and trust me we will too.
Helari So your goverment gave a loan to greek goverment and they knew already there should be a risk. There is always a risk in investments and it is increased when we talk about giving loans to a country with economic crisis. So you should blame your own goverment for its stupid decisions. Your goverment wanted to make profit from an almsot bankrupted country but now we are gonna bankrupt for real and no money can be paid.
If leonidas and his 300 spartans listened to Sabaton, they would have killed Xerxes and his 1-Million army at one single day :D hahah. Tumbs up for Sabaton !
My favorite line in the song is how they mention that the 300 men left a pride to uphold, freedom of death in effect, one of the most accurate lines in my opinion, having visited Thermopylae before
Greek, Polish, Norwegian, Yugoslavian, Belgian, French, Czech and other countries heroes - thank you! Your fearlessness and courage will never be forgotten!
Viktor Archipov >and other countries Besides, I think that those smaller nations deeds seems less known than those of the ones you've listed. We should pay more attention to those acts of bravery, I think.
We are all brothers now Giovanni lets all fight the islamists invaders lets forget the past and all unite for a free Europe before our lands become like Syria. Brothers in arms now. Greetings from Greece Patra
Marco, if you read Mussolini's speech on November 18th 1940 at Palazzo Venezia you'll see that the fascist dictator also attacked the Italian intellectuals who were opposing the war against Greece. Not everybody in Italy justified him.
As rival i mean a friendly rivalry as two boxers on the ring of culture and war, and about that idiot of Benito, of course he would say such things. He didn't realise that Italy was founded whith the roman republic as a model. imperialism, dictetorship and fascism is always been the wrong way for both Italy and Rome
AND ONE HUUUUUUUUGE THANKS TO MY FAVOURITE BAND,SABATON BECAUSE THEY DONT SAY THAT ###### WORD "GREECE'' AND THEY SAY THE BEAUTIFULL AND THE ORIGINAL WORD,HELLAS!
Today is the 80th year since the beginning of war between Hellas and Italy. Greeks shown that they'll fight to the last, never surrender and never retreat. Big thanks to Sabaton for this beatiful song! Glory to Hellas and greeks - heroes of WW2!
Despite their incompetent leadership, the Italians were far from helpless. They still had quality soldiers right up till the end. The Greeks worked hard for their defence
I like to think that the marksman at 1:16 is my Papou. He was eventually captured by the Germans in Northern Greece and imprisoned, and when they finally released him he had to walk all the way down to Southern Greece. Never got to meet him, but everyone says he was a great, hardworking man.
Either we havent any money to live or we have traitors for politicians, at war time all Greeks will became a bunch. Either we will live free citizens or we will die. We can't live as slaves. So in a case of a real war everyone of us will take a weapon to protect our homes, our cities, our lifes. There is no surrender, there is no retreat...
as for the germans...they used 150000 troops to invade balkans and attack Greece in a position that there was no Greek army at all, except from a local guard of 8000 men, with no antitank guns, no airforce and not any real artillery support... when the germans won,with their elite panzer ss divisions, they salute the few Greek fighters they had left alive and they gave them the honor to go back to their homes with their weapons. and thats the only time germans allowed any opponent to do that! and there was a reason for that. so dear germans...learn YOUR history better. also, we are the only nation, you never repaid for the war damages and for the "loan" you force us to give u back then. we want our money back!
As a chilean, i can say much, except for: Yapo rubio ctm quítale la deuda a los pobres qliaos por la chucha, ni les pagaste las weas y querí que ello te paguen a ti? Anda a cagar careraja
Elgar We have experience, you have the cause. We stand ready. Constantinople will be Christian once again! Along with Asia Minor, given back to its former owner. Greece.
Such a sad moment for Italian history. We followed an ambitious and violent leader, who got himself involved in a war we were not prepared to win and in doing so we made ourselves responsible for many terrible deeds. People always talks about German violence, but we did our part in destroying the world. I admire so much those people who found the strength to resist and save us all... Thank you Greece, Poland, Russia, England and its colonies, France, USA, Italian resistance, French resistance, and to everybody who found himself brave enough to fight for mankind.
+Fabio Comazzi Wars bring always sadness and sorrow. It's not Italians people fault, what happened in WWII. I know many of my copatriots will disagree, but it's not either Germans people fault. (unnecessary information, i'm a Greek immigrant in Germany, so i know Germans people mentality). In WWII, Greece had a triple occupation. And facts as well as tails has, that Italian occupation was the most friendly one to local people. And let's not forget, what Italian soldiers in Greece suffered a lot from Nazis, after Italy's surrender in 1943. Personally, i like history and i can get much deeper to the subject, but i think it doesn't matter. What matters is that we all belong to the EU today and we have to work together for a better future for Europe.
Keep in mind that events portrayed in this video are a simplification of reality and that every person killed in battle is a tragedy no matter who holds his strings. Resistance is admirable and unjust aggression is always doomed when forced upon free men. Heroism lives in the heart regardless of nationality or creed. Be excellent unto each other.... AH, imagine a world where everybody thinks like this... But nah, people prefer killing each other great video sir
well, things are simple really. When fascists invade your country it is your duty and honor to defend it, you cannot surrender. What you say is irrelevant here because this is a song about DEFENDING your country. There is no other option when you are invaded. So you better go and preach to those who WAGE wars, not to those who are defending their families and their freedom.
And more when Greece was the only fascist nation IN THE WORLD face...... the fascists Italians and Germans! Because even if we have dictatorship we know who is the real enemy. And Metaxas knew it. Even if he was Dictator.
Rafael Freire the government of Spain even though it was a dictatorship and was assisted by hitler in the Spanish civil war and sent volunteers to Germany in ww2 it wasn't fascistic or at least that's what the said
*Lyrics:* At dawn envoy arrives, morning of October 28th "No day" proven by deed Descendants of Sparta, Athens and Crete Look north, ready to fight Enemies charge from the hills To arms, facing defeat There's no surrender, there's no retreat Time after time, force their enemies back to the line Call to arms banners fly in the wind For the glory of Hellas Coat of arms reading "Freedom or death" Blood of king Leonidas Air raid pounding the land Bombers are flying both day and night Endure six days of rain Dropped by invaders, bomb raid in vain Strike hard, the tables have turned Drive them back over the hills At arms, just like before Soldiers, civilians, Hellas at war By their own hand forced the enemy out of their land Call to arms, banners fly in the wind For the glory of Hellas Coat of arms reading "Freedom or death" Blood of king Leonidas Just like their ancestors ages ago Fought in the face of defeat Those three hundred men left a pride to uphold Freedom of death in effect Then, now again Blood of heroes saving their land Call to arms, banners fly in the wind For the glory of Hellas Coat of arms reading "Freedom or death" Blood of king Leonidas Call to arms, banners fly in the wind For the glory of Hellas Coat of arms reading "Freedom or death" Blood of king Leonidas
The spirit of Leonidas and his noble brothers run strong in these men. Alas, no such warrior spirit lies in the hearts of men within the 21st Century. The age of heroes has long since died
bro some many spelling mistakes 1. Sunrender? its Surrender 2. Solider its Soldier 3. Kistory its History 4. Attasck its Attack 5. rein? its Nein nein in english it means no
I like this version better, because I think they cut out too much when they made the official video. But I really like the shaking that they added during the aircraft part, in the other video. I wish someone would make a version of this that included the camera shake, but was otherwise identical to this version. It makes the bombs seem more powerful, and the Greeks tougher for having endured the bombs.
I liked this version because they didn't show the band. The song was awesome but they are minstrels when they sing of such things and should give all the glory to the warriors.
+Schrodinger Excidium That implying that there is still war in Europe or that the Italian and Greek governments are enemies, wich they are not, Italy and Greece both joined together by their desire of not being sucked dry of money by Merkel and friends.
I once heard someone say this about Sabaton’s music that it makes you patriotic for a country that isn’t yours I definitely feel that when hear songs like this.
***** Man, i know mucher than you think. Dont look me as im stupid. I have spirit, i have brain, i have a big heart. AND, i want to know more and more from the history. Sry for bad english. But, you are intelligent but cant understand me..:[
Geez what's up with all you countryrepresentatives? Saying people are this or that. Come on. You can't categorize people by nationality. That's just where you come from. You're being unreasonable. Pew pew. BTW: Sorry about commercials popping up. I've said no to ads but look here they are again. Can't find where to remove them. Help apreciated. Be cool.
poodie56 sorry for my ridiculously late reply. I am quite shocked by the nationalism in the comments so I steer clear usually. I respect pride but dreams of glory don't feed starving children. As how to check ideals I mean. Been working professionally sInce 1998. Don't consider myself exceptionally talented. I mean, this animation is nothing to brag about. The drawings and animations are done in Flash. These days I'm tinkering with aftereffects but Flash is like drawing with fat felt pens. My whole concept for this video was to make it into childrens TV propaganda in a society that worships war and sacrifice. Seems to work.
The interessting Fact is that Greece was one of the few countries where resistance against several opponents (Germany, Italy, Bulgaria and Albania ) could afford. The Axis just won in Greece and (Ex-)Yugoslavia, because Germany must came to help Italy to conqouer the Countries. And for the Warcrimes in the Balkan was not only Germany responsible, but also Italy, Albania, Bulgaira and Croatia. But the italian Military had good potential in World War 2, because they had good bases, good equipment and more Units than their Enemies, but they had bad Militarytraining. And this Song + the Animationmovie is just badass and nice!!!!!
Δεν αναφέρεται συχνά,δημοσίως,αλλά,ΕΚΕΙ,πάνω στην Πίνδο,είμασταν ο Λαός που,στον 2ο Παγκ. Πόλεμο,κατήγαγε τη πρώτη νίκη,παγκοσμίως!,εναντίον των δυνάμεων του Άξονα!...
It's a bit of a low quality, but that's what makes it so great. The animation is simple, and I can really explain it, but that simplistic nature really makes this video outstanding. Something about the style maybe.
imagine that Hellas had the same weapon that time. Not more soldiers only same weapon. Realty? 2 Armies against few soldiers. In number? Minimal! Still we fuck you!!!! Now think the reason they dont alloud Hellas make their own weapon.
I love the depiction here;
Ambassador Grazzi is depicted as an evil person who is angered when the Prime Minister/ our National Leader Ioannis Metaxas rips the ultimatum in two:
In truth Grazzi wrote in his book "I left that house with the utmost respect to that elderly man who chose sacrifice over capitulation and with an utter shame and disgust of the occupation that I have chosen".
It is a nice representation of moral conflict when you know what is right against that what you have to do.
The 28th of October is a glorious day, one to be remembered for aeons.
Many thanks to Sabaton for reminding the rest of the world!!
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That’s actually pretty cool
he wasnt our prime minister exactly , he was more like a dictator
1:02 Nyeeeeehh!
I think Ambassador Grazzi is more depicted like a cocky person, he was thinking that greece would be defeated or surrender that easily.
After doing some research i will conclude that Greece saved Europe from Hitler.
After Italy and Albania invaded Greece, the greeks defended like Spartans, Macedonians, Cretes, all over again, and won.
Italy needed Germanys help to conquer Greece, so in April 1941, the Germans invade with 600 000 soldiers, that originaly where going to Russia (Soviet)
Those 600 000 troops could have been crucial in the continous advance in Russia.
Respect to Greece.
Austrian History It's not that there's been a vast ammount of casualties on the side of the Nazis. What resulted in their defeat was that due to the greeks and i think serbians stalling them out they ended up fighting against the USSR during the winter
Bulgaria was also attacking us at the same time.
The Italians invaded from Albania(Albania was occupied by Italian forces before the war started) so don't pin anything on Albania.
It was the Italians war to lose, had Italy not invaded and rather with Hitler prepared for the invasion of the soviet union could've ended better, or not, we wont know for sure.
respect......huh
no one shows us respect
IN WW2 GREECE WAS THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT WAS FORSED TO FIGHT AGAINST 4 COUNTRIES
ITALY,ALBANIA,BULGARIA AND GERMANY.
THEY ONLY LOST BY THE GERMANS
GREECE ALSO HAD MORE DEADS THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY AT THAT TIME THEY LOST 1/3 OF THEIR POPULATION
UnknownManX Yugoslavia was technically in the same sort of deal. Still both of our countries fought bravely, and died side by side, and ultimately won the WW2, as we've occupied the Axis troops long enough on the Balkan front, so that the USSR could get some more time to prepare.
UnknownManX 219 days resistand when the other countries has aboyt 100 days!! First win against the axon its from the great Hellas 1941!!
UnknownManX 23 presents from the population from Hellas haw be dead from nazis,the most deads from the other country.
eh but italy .....My cuntry );
My favorite story about this is what happened on the Italian border with France when the Greeks forced the Italians to retreat into Albania. The French put up a sign that said "Soldiers of Greece, this is French territory! Do not pursue the Italians beyond this point!"
Its 100% TRUE !!! 🇬🇷
True story.
The Greeks sent the Italians falling back.
Greetings from Russia to Greece!
can You send me a link about this? XD
@@НиколайПетров-ч9ъ Russia is the invader today. Gtfo
FAMOUS QUOTES ABOUT THE GREEKS IN WWII:
Adolf Hitler:
"For the sake of historical truth I must verify that only the Greeks, of all the adversaries who confronted us, fought with bold courage and highest disregard of death.. " (From speech he delivered to Reichstag on 4 May 1941)
Winston Churchill:
"The word heroism I am afraid does not render the least of those acts of self-sacrifice of the Greeks, which were the defining factor in the victorious outcome of the common struggle of the nations, during WWII, for the human freedom and dignity. If it were not for the bravery of the Greeks and their courage, the outcome of WWII would be undetermined." (Paraphrased from one of his speeches to the British Parliament on 24 April 1941)
"Until now we used to say that the Greeks fight like heroes. Now we shall say: The heroes fight like Greeks." (From a speech he delivered from the BBC in the first days of the Greco-Italian war)
Joseph Vissarionovich Tzougasvili Stalin:
"I am sorry because I am getting old and I shall not live long to thank the Greek People, whose resistance decided WWII." (From a speech of his broadcast by the Moscow radio station on 31 January 1943 after the victory of Stalingrad and the capitulation of marshal Paulus)
Charles de Gaul:
"I am unable to give the proper breadth of gratitude I feel for the heroic resistance of the People and the leaders of Greece." (From a speech of his to the French Parliament after the end of WWII)
Maurice Schumann Minister of the exterior of France 1969-1973, member of the French Academy 1974:
"Greece is the symbol of the tortured, bloodied but live Europe.. Never a defeat was so honorable for those who suffered it." (From a message of his he addressed from the BBC of London to the enslaved peoples of Europe on 28 April 1941, the day Hitler occupied Athens after Greece fought a 6-month war)
Moscow, Radio Station to Greece:
"You fought unarmed and won, small against big. We owe you gratitude, because you gave us time to defend ourselves. As Russians and as people we thank you." (When Hitler attacked the U.S.S.R.)
Georgy Constantinovich Zhoucov 1896-1974 Marshal of the Soviet Army:
"If the Russian people managed to raise resistance at the doors of Moscow, to halt and reverse the German torrent, they owe it to the Greek People, who delayed the German divisions during the time they could bring us to our knees." (Quote from his memoirs on WWII)
Benito Mussolini:
"The war with Greece proved that nothing is firm in the military and that surprises always await us." (From speech he delivered on 10/5/1941)
Sir Robert Antony Eden, Minister of War and the Exterior of Britain 1940-1945, Prime Minister of Britain 1955-1957:
"Regardless of what the future historians shall say, what we can say now, is that Greece gave Mussolini an unforgettable lesson, that she was the motive for the revolution in Yugoslavia, that she held the Germans in the mainland and in Crete for six weeks, that she upset the chronological order of all German High Command's plans and thus brought a general reversal of the entire course of the war and we won." (Paraphrased from a speech of his to the British parliament on 24/09/1942)
Sir Harold Leofric George Alexander, British Marshal during WWII:
"It would not be an exaggeration to say that Greece upset the plans of Germany in their entirety forcing her to postpone the attack on Russia for six weeks. We wonder what would have been Soviet Union's position without Greece." (Paraphrased from a speech of his to the British parliament on 28 October 1941)
George VI, King of Great Britain 1936-1952:
"The magnificent struggle of Greece, was the first big turn of WWII" (Paraphrased from a speech of his to the parliament in May 1945)
Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States of America:
"On the 28th of October 1940 Greece was given a deadline of three hours to decide on war or peace but even if a three day or three week or three year were given, the response would have been the same. The Greeks taught dignity throughout the centuries. When the entire world had lost all hope, the Greek people dared to question the invincibility of the German monster raising against it the proud spirit of freedom."
(Paraphrased from speech he delivered on 10/6/1943)
"The heroic struggle of the Greek people... against Germany 's attack, after she so thunderously defeated the Italians in their attempt to invade the Greek soil, filled the hearts of the American people with enthusiasm and moved their compassion." (Paraphrased from a speech of his on 25/04/1941)
NOTES:
On 10 April 1941, after the capitulation to Germany, the northern forts of Greece surrender. The Germans express their admirations to Greek soldiers, declare that they were honored and proud to have as their adversary such an army and request that the Greek commandant inspect the German army in a demonstration of honor and recognition! The German flag is raised only after the complete withdrawal of the Greek army. A German officer of the air force declared to the commander of the Greek Eastern Macedonia division group, lieutenant general Dedes that the Greek army was the first army on which the stuka fighter planes did not cause panic. "Your soldiers" he said, "instead of fleeing frantically, as they did in France and Poland, were shooting at us from their positions."
The Greeks originally surrendered to the Germans only (which makes sense). Mussolini learned about it and got pissed, demanding that the Greek Army surrender to the Italians as well. He ordered additional attacks against the Greeks who were then in the process of surrendering to Germany. The Greeks resisted, and defeated the Italians once more. After the embarrassment to Mussolini, Hitler relented and had General Dietrich convince General Georgios Tsolakoglou to include Italy as well in the surrender.
And here's a very old quote from ancient times:
AESCHYLUS: "BECAUSE ONLY WE (THE GREEKS), CONTRARY TO THE BARBARIANS, NEVER COUNT THE ENEMY IN BATTLE"
Here's a little history lesson on the Greeks in WWII. The Greeks resisted longer than any other country before being occupied by the Nazis. Read this, it should make you feel Proud to be Greek! After you have finished reading, feel free to post other reasons why you are Proud to be Greek.
DURATION OF RESISTANCE (in days):
Greece 219
Norway 61
France 43 (The superpower at the time)
Poland 30
Belgium 18
Holland 4
Yugoslavia 3
Denmark 0 (The Danes surrendered to Hitler's motorcyclist who was conveying Hitler's request to the Danish king for the crossing of the Nazi armies. The
Danish king indicating submission surrendered his crown to the motorcyclist)
Czechoslovakia 0
Luxenburg 0
TOTAL GREEK CASUALTIES IN WWII BY COUNTRY:
Albanians killed 1,165 Greeks
Italians killed 8,000 Greeks
Bulgarians killed 25,000 Greeks
Germans killed 50,000 Greeks
TOTAL LOSES IN POPULATION PERCENTAGES:
Greece 10%
Soviet Union 2.8%
Holland 2.2%
France 2% (The superpower at the time)
Poland 1.8%
Yugoslavia 1.7%
Belgium 1.5%
Serbia held the Germans the most not Greeks.But its heroic to stand against army 10x times bigger than your and even push them !
@@_empiree9338 are you sure that time serbia was in yogoslavia
Let see the resistanse
In days
DURATION OF RESISTANCE (in days):
Greece 219
Norway 61
France 43 (The superpower at the time)
Poland 30
Belgium 18
Holland 4
Yugoslavia 3
Denmark 0
Nop Serbs did it this is why they took Macedonia from Bulgaria after ww2 bcs Yugoslavia was with the Soviets and we were against them.When Soviets won they took Thrace and gave it to Greece and Macedonia was given to Yugoslavia.
@@_empiree9338 look greeks hold more days the german than any other country ,look battle in crete or the days of resistance
@@_empiree9338 what macedonia ,macedonia is greek you mean the fyrom vardaska,but fyrom was in the yogoslavia look the map in 1935 of yugoslavia
Converted to Greek Orthodox from Roman Catholic. I could never in my life ever deny anything ELLINIKI. I always loved Greece, from watching 300 as an 8 year old, to now worshiping the Lord in Greek. Greece will never die. Descendants of the heroic hoplites and genius inventors, to the heirs of the Roman Empire. Long live Greece!
👍☦
Welcome brother!
Welcome Brother 🙌🏻
Thank you all.
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To friends and enemies:
HELLAS NEVER DIE, JUST RELAX FOR A WHILE AND THEN WRITE HISTORY AGAIN !!!!!!!!
For our ancestors
For their sacrifice
For the peace they have given us
For the lives that where laid down
For the history
LONG LIVE THE GREEKS
KALA TA LES
*This is Sparta!*
as a greek whos ancestors were spartans i agree
@@pinkpuppy3415με τετοια εικονα προφιλ δεν πας ουτε για τυροπιτα "σπαρτιατη"
I know Greek people, I politely warn anything hostile towards Greek people to reconsider any action. They will not surrender
Greetings from Britain! Greece is a beautiful country. People said the Greeks fought like heroes, no, the heroes fought like Greeks.
Churchill said so!
really, you should know who said that, not "people", he was the most famous british prime minister.
Lord Byron died for the freedom of that land!
Владимир Буров he died from an infection but yes he wantes Greece free
Sawlan Wilson greating from greece but if your from england and you jave the second riech emble ? :) Η ελλαδα θα νικιση τους παντες
is the farmer at the beginning actually the sniper throughout the video
Star Commando Templar yes
Yup
Pmfao didnt even notice
wait, is he from Finland?
There is a reason they say soldiers civilians hellas at war
"Hence, we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks."
- Winston Churchill
Love that ❤
we are probably poor now in many categories , but our spirit we never brake by some traitors . we are greek . we will beat these traitors one day . and i'm sure this day will come .
Kid . We refuse cause w already did . If you don't understand what i'm saying , that's totally not my problem .
Bill Gultch you have no idea what's going on really
Bill Gultch Repaying debt involves borrowing it first. I can e-mail you specifics that most of the loans were never, have never reached/received by Greece. EU "gave" us the money, and took it back by forcing us to have contractors from Germany, France (Never Greeks) to build up the unnecessary infrastructure (utilized by them not even paying taxes - The airport company being one of them), sinking us deeper and deeper due to the true "family" bonds that tie us. Unnecessary weapons systems, Siemens bribes, the list is endless. But you have to be open minded to accept those facts, instead of constantly accusing us. The economy has a 2.3% increase, but the interest rates that they bribed the foul politicians to agree are sucking life out of the country's economy. Every country that was attacked in WWII got attack compensation. Greece lost 520.000 people due to famine, bombings, executions, and troops. The only country that was never compensated for its losses was Greece - despite being left alone by the British - showing allies how to win wars against Italians and Germans. On top of that the German occupational loan sunk further Greece into depression. So when asking for money, repayment, etc - first tell all the other countries to fulfill their side of the bargain and obligations, and trust me we will too.
Helari Your money? Just one more ignorant..
Helari So your goverment gave a loan to greek goverment and they knew already there should be a risk. There is always a risk in investments and it is increased when we talk about giving loans to a country with economic crisis. So you should blame your own goverment for its stupid decisions. Your goverment wanted to make profit from an almsot bankrupted country but now we are gonna bankrupt for real and no money can be paid.
If leonidas and his 300 spartans listened to Sabaton, they would have killed Xerxes and his 1-Million army at one single day :D hahah. Tumbs up for Sabaton !
Chris Blade Johnson
Realistically:
Xerxes wouldn't have an army left to command if Sabaton played on that day
My favorite line in the song is how they mention that the 300 men left a pride to uphold, freedom of death in effect, one of the most accurate lines in my opinion, having visited Thermopylae before
Greek, Polish, Norwegian, Yugoslavian, Belgian, French, Czech and other countries heroes - thank you! Your fearlessness and courage will never be forgotten!
Viktor Archipov >and other countries
Besides, I think that those smaller nations deeds seems less known than those of the ones you've listed. We should pay more attention to those acts of bravery, I think.
România
>france
>britain fulls under "other countries"
>ok
jokes
>USSR falls under other countries.
FOR THE GLORY OF GREECE POLAND NORWAY YUGOSLAVIA BELGIUM FRANCE AND CZECH
Im italian..respect for immortal greece...ITALIAN AND GREEK MEDITERANEAN BROTHERS !!!...abbiamo sempre dominato il mondo.
Giovanni Lucignano I personaly really respect Italy, I mean, Constantinopolitans are the (in law?) descendants of Italians
Magna Grecia
Forget the past and just hate Mussolini,your government never wanted to attack us Mussolini did though,We are now pals!
Stessa cosa FRATELLI GRECI
We are all brothers now Giovanni lets all fight the islamists invaders lets forget the past and all unite for a free Europe before our lands become like Syria. Brothers in arms now. Greetings from Greece Patra
From south Italy:
Honor and ripects to ours brother and rival Greece.
Marco, if you read Mussolini's speech on November 18th 1940 at Palazzo Venezia you'll see that the fascist dictator also attacked the Italian intellectuals who were opposing the war against Greece. Not everybody in Italy justified him.
As rival i mean a friendly rivalry as two boxers on the ring of culture and war, and about that idiot of Benito, of course he would say such things. He didn't realise that Italy was founded whith the roman republic as a model. imperialism, dictetorship and fascism is always been the wrong way for both Italy and Rome
Marco Mammuth Rightly said my friend.
ΚΑΛΑ ΠΟΥ ΥΠΑΡΧΟΥΝ ΚΑΙ ΟΙ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ !!!
Πάλι καλά φίλε μου όπως και οι Έλληνες του εξωτερικού εμείς που ζούμε Ελλάδα μας λένε φασίστες επειδή αντιδρούμε
AND ONE HUUUUUUUUGE THANKS TO MY FAVOURITE BAND,SABATON BECAUSE THEY DONT SAY THAT ###### WORD "GREECE'' AND THEY SAY THE BEAUTIFULL AND THE ORIGINAL WORD,HELLAS!
Today is the 80th year since the beginning of war between Hellas and Italy. Greeks shown that they'll fight to the last, never surrender and never retreat. Big thanks to Sabaton for this beatiful song! Glory to Hellas and greeks - heroes of WW2!
Despite their incompetent leadership, the Italians were far from helpless. They still had quality soldiers right up till the end. The Greeks worked hard for their defence
I like to think that the marksman at 1:16 is my Papou. He was eventually captured by the Germans in Northern Greece and imprisoned, and when they finally released him he had to walk all the way down to Southern Greece. Never got to meet him, but everyone says he was a great, hardworking man.
Your Palou is a true hero.
Papou now IS Greece. Never forgotten!
My grandfathers also fought in Albania with the Cretan division. One of them injured and both received medals for bravery.
Either we havent any money to live or we have traitors for politicians, at war time all Greeks will became a bunch. Either we will live free citizens or we will die. We can't live as slaves. So in a case of a real war everyone of us will take a weapon to protect our homes, our cities, our lifes. There is no surrender, there is no retreat...
I'm from Poland and we win with the Bolsheviks (earlier Soviets).And we have Warsaw Battle.LONG LIVE GREECE!!
as for the germans...they used 150000 troops to invade balkans and attack Greece in a position that there was no Greek army at all, except from a local guard of 8000 men, with no antitank guns, no airforce and not any real artillery support...
when the germans won,with their elite panzer ss divisions, they salute the few Greek fighters they had left alive and they gave them the honor to go back to their homes with their weapons. and thats the only time germans allowed any opponent to do that!
and there was a reason for that. so dear germans...learn YOUR history better.
also, we are the only nation, you never repaid for the war damages and for the "loan" you force us to give u back then. we want our money back!
Yeah Greece deserves reparations for WW2. Hell, you deserve reparations for what our government is doing to you now.
Greece also deserves reparations from the Turks for the genocide and deportation of Anatolian Greeks.
DrHarnsaft Thanks Bro...I agree!
As a chilean, i can say much, except for:
Yapo rubio ctm quítale la deuda a los pobres qliaos por la chucha, ni les pagaste las weas y querí que ello te paguen a ti? Anda a cagar careraja
For the glory of Hellas! Greetings from Serbia! When you start besieging Constantinople call us to give you a hand! :D
haha we will call russia too
+Glory to Golden Dawn All the Slavs will join!
+Slavic Serbian That would be so epic.
Elgar We have experience, you have the cause. We stand ready. Constantinople will be Christian once again! Along with Asia Minor, given back to its former owner. Greece.
Slavic Serbian Nisam Grk ali bi rado pomogao.
Such a sad moment for Italian history. We followed an ambitious and violent leader, who got himself involved in a war we were not prepared to win and in doing so we made ourselves responsible for many terrible deeds. People always talks about German violence, but we did our part in destroying the world. I admire so much those people who found the strength to resist and save us all... Thank you Greece, Poland, Russia, England and its colonies, France, USA, Italian resistance, French resistance, and to everybody who found himself brave enough to fight for mankind.
+Fabio Comazzi You are so sad.
+Fabio Comazzi Indeed,the village of the parents of my father was burned by Italian forces.
+Fabio Comazzi una faza una ratsa bro...there is no hate between us..
He definitely had good taste, mate. And, I'm sorry for your lost. I'm sure he was a remarkable guy
+Fabio Comazzi
Wars bring always sadness and sorrow.
It's not Italians people fault, what happened in WWII.
I know many of my copatriots will disagree, but it's not either Germans people fault. (unnecessary information, i'm a Greek immigrant in Germany, so i know Germans people mentality).
In WWII, Greece had a triple occupation. And facts as well as tails has, that Italian occupation was the most friendly one to local people.
And let's not forget, what Italian soldiers in Greece suffered a lot from Nazis, after Italy's surrender in 1943.
Personally, i like history and i can get much deeper to the subject, but i think it doesn't matter.
What matters is that we all belong to the EU today and we have to work together for a better future for Europe.
Greetings from România my orthodox brothers ❤❤
“We are tired of that invencible axis bullshit”
-The Greeks pushing back the axis to Albania
Χρόνια πολλά σε όλους! Ζήτω η 28η Οκτωβρίου!
NATION OF HEROS!
The greaks didn’t fight like hero’s hero’s fight like greaks
Most epic moment, when at 00:40 they pass by the farmer tending his field.....little knowing what hides deep in the soul of this farmer
Το νου μας ρεμάλια, το τελευταίο που θα ήθελα να ζήσω, είναι η γενιά μας να γίνει η ντροπή του έθνους.
Keep in mind that events portrayed in this video are a simplification of reality and that every person killed in battle is a tragedy no matter who holds his strings. Resistance is admirable and unjust aggression is always doomed when forced upon free men. Heroism lives in the heart regardless of nationality or creed. Be excellent unto each other....
AH, imagine a world where everybody thinks like this... But nah, people prefer killing each other
great video sir
well, things are simple really. When fascists invade your country it is your duty and honor to defend it, you cannot surrender. What you say is irrelevant here because this is a song about DEFENDING your country. There is no other option when you are invaded. So you better go and preach to those who WAGE wars, not to those who are defending their families and their freedom.
Remember all those brave men who stood up and fought the fascist pestilence in Europe!
Greetings from Germany
And more when Greece was the only fascist nation IN THE WORLD face...... the fascists Italians and Germans! Because even if we have dictatorship we know who is the real enemy. And Metaxas knew it. Even if he was Dictator.
All the other fascist nation u know... join Axis (Bulgaria , Romania etc)
Panos Katselis Spain did't join the Axis. Some might say Portugal, Brazil or Venezuela, but they did't join as well.
Rafael Freire the government of Spain even though it was a dictatorship and was assisted by hitler in the Spanish civil war and sent volunteers to Germany in ww2 it wasn't fascistic or at least that's what the said
On this day, 79 years ago, the Hellas said 'No!'
Χρόνια Πολλά ΕΛΛΑΣ!!! 'Ότι και να κάνουν ψηλά θα είμαστε - δοξασμένοι, υπερήφανοι, νικητές!
*Lyrics:*
At dawn envoy arrives, morning of October 28th
"No day" proven by deed
Descendants of Sparta, Athens and Crete
Look north, ready to fight
Enemies charge from the hills
To arms, facing defeat
There's no surrender, there's no retreat
Time after time, force their enemies back to the line
Call to arms banners fly in the wind
For the glory of Hellas
Coat of arms reading "Freedom or death"
Blood of king Leonidas
Air raid pounding the land
Bombers are flying both day and night
Endure six days of rain
Dropped by invaders, bomb raid in vain
Strike hard, the tables have turned
Drive them back over the hills
At arms, just like before
Soldiers, civilians, Hellas at war
By their own hand forced the enemy out of their land
Call to arms, banners fly in the wind
For the glory of Hellas
Coat of arms reading "Freedom or death"
Blood of king Leonidas
Just like their ancestors ages ago
Fought in the face of defeat
Those three hundred men left a pride to uphold
Freedom of death in effect
Then, now again
Blood of heroes saving their land
Call to arms, banners fly in the wind
For the glory of Hellas
Coat of arms reading "Freedom or death"
Blood of king Leonidas
Call to arms, banners fly in the wind
For the glory of Hellas
Coat of arms reading "Freedom or death"
Blood of king Leonidas
I love Greece, greetings from France :)Constantinople must be greek ! ;)
damn right
And we will send them back to Mongolia
They're from Turkestan.
Hurricane07 Hey, i would like to talk to some french fans if it doesn't bother you
Constrinople is greek. Kosovo is serbian
and France is for the French king
althought that greece had the most wars of every other country it stills become strong
And most civil wars probably
The Marble King would be proud
WE ARE AWAITING HIS ARRIVAL...
ONE DAY HE WILL WAKE UP AND VERY ACCORDING TO THE PROPHETS CONSTANTINOUPOLE WILL BE BACK TO THE MOTHER GREECE
The spirit of Leonidas and his noble brothers run strong in these men.
Alas, no such warrior spirit lies in the hearts of men within the 21st Century. The age of heroes has long since died
sadlobster1 president Trump says and believes otherwise
Musolini : Why Greec don't sunrender!?
Solider : You know kistory when 10 000 Pers attasck 300 spartans under Leonidas rein?
bro some many spelling mistakes
1. Sunrender? its Surrender
2. Solider its Soldier
3. Kistory its History
4. Attasck its Attack
5. rein? its Nein
nein in english it means no
I like this version better, because I think they cut out too much when they made the official video.
But I really like the shaking that they added during the aircraft part, in the other video.
I wish someone would make a version of this that included the camera shake, but was otherwise identical to this version. It makes the bombs seem more powerful, and the Greeks tougher for having endured the bombs.
I liked this version because they didn't show the band. The song was awesome but they are minstrels when they sing of such things and should give all the glory to the warriors.
Hellenes will always fight, we might die, we might suffer, but surrender is not in our nature, never was, never will be.-
For anyone interested enough to read about the reason this song was most likely written
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_731
Alright I’m just gonna say it
This is a masterpiece even tho is made in flash it’s charming and gives me goosebumps when I watch it
Greece and Italy, brothers forever
but of course we still welcome them with open hands
Long live Greece! Long live Italy! STOP THE WAR !!! Peace in Europe!
+Schrodinger Excidium That implying that there is still war in Europe or that the Italian and Greek governments are enemies, wich they are not, Italy and Greece both joined together by their desire of not being sucked dry of money by Merkel and friends.
take Constantinople
Use the bosphorus tax
I know you want it
This is why people on the right, don't like the EU and the idea of peace...
For when bronies start supporting it, it loses integrity..
Glory to Europa
Thotaro Joestar That's a Planet, not a Country. Get it Right!
I once heard someone say this about Sabaton’s music that it makes you patriotic for a country that isn’t yours I definitely feel that when hear songs like this.
Sabaton effect
Long live HELLAS!,from Serb :-)
Spartans! What is your profession?
Long life Greece.
I want back the past ages! I want to be an hoplite in Hellas or to be an legionnaire in the Roman Empire.
***** Man, i know mucher than you think. Dont look me as im stupid. I have spirit, i have brain, i have a big heart. AND, i want to know more and more from the history. Sry for bad english. But, you are intelligent but cant understand me..:[
How old are you? :) you wrote very sympatic. Like a high studed guy. Im not in my form so sorry for noob comments.
HUN theNycox Me ? XD
Hugo888 No, not you. The other guy.:D
Ευχαρηστουμε πολη το συγκροτημα για την μνηα στους ηρωες μας
+Filipidis Papis Τα ΟΧΙ θελουν μεταξαδες!
Greetings from america! I love greek culture !!!
GREECE †
Proud2bGreek you pagan or what?
Is it wrong for an American to say "Let's liberate Constantinople!" ?
Frist Name Last Name No, absolutely not! Keep the spirit going!
No. That means that you really understand history.
Nah... i think that is too late gg. Byzantines had their empire but everything could change forever.
No brother
Come to greece to do it
@@nikosvaiopoulos4121 Greece is a beautiful country. I went on Thera and i really want to visit Athens and Corinth. Like the rest of the place.
This is just beautiful! Greetings to Hellas from Croatia!
Mussolini: how’s the invasion of Greece going? His generals: ah the defence of Albania? very well, Mussolini: The WHAT?!
Geez what's up with all you countryrepresentatives? Saying people are this or that. Come on. You can't categorize people by nationality. That's just where you come from. You're being unreasonable. Pew pew. BTW: Sorry about commercials popping up. I've said no to ads but look here they are again. Can't find where to remove them. Help apreciated. Be cool.
Absolute true.
Right On, Brother! National boundaries serve only to divide like-minded people.
Two questions, How much experience drawing? What program you using here?
poodie56 sorry for my ridiculously late reply. I am quite shocked by the nationalism in the comments so I steer clear usually. I respect pride but dreams of glory don't feed starving children. As how to check ideals I mean. Been working professionally sInce 1998. Don't consider myself exceptionally talented. I mean, this animation is nothing to brag about. The drawings and animations are done in Flash. These days I'm tinkering with aftereffects but Flash is like drawing with fat felt pens. My whole concept for this video was to make it into childrens TV propaganda in a society that worships war and sacrifice. Seems to work.
true but i want my children to live in thier homeland but they can not it is occupied do you condenm me for wanting to go home?
Anyone else suddenly get the sharp idea of making a second Greek empire.
I have a full revive lets find the mans grave
*third
Let’s do it! We’ll start on Wednesday
Lol
Fourth Major One!!! 🇬🇷✊🏻
1:12 if you listen closely, you can hear a "battle cry" or something
hail greece i love you!my country!!!
Very nice, song is great, animation rocks, greetings from Serbia :=) !
UCK🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱☝️
May the sun never eternally set on the Greek empire.
ΖΗΤΟ ΤΟ ΕΘΝΟΣ, ΖΗΤΩ Η ΕΛΛΑΣ
St George in the revolutionary flag gave me this chills even more
#IamProudToBeGreekAndImReadyToDieForGreece
#IamProudToBeGreek
#IamProudToBeGreek ΖΗΤΩ Η ΕΛΛΑΣ! ΖΗΤΟ Η 28 οκτωβρίου #NoDay !!!
The interessting Fact is that Greece was one of the few countries where resistance against several opponents (Germany, Italy, Bulgaria and Albania ) could afford.
The Axis just won in Greece and (Ex-)Yugoslavia, because Germany must came to help Italy to conqouer the Countries.
And for the Warcrimes in the Balkan was not only Germany responsible, but also Italy, Albania, Bulgaira and Croatia.
But the italian Military had good potential in World War 2, because they had good bases, good equipment and more Units than their Enemies, but they had bad Militarytraining.
And this Song + the Animationmovie is just badass and nice!!!!!
we have the blood of ancectors when it comes to fight we always be here to defend!
HELLAS MEANS"THE LAND OF LIGHT" IN GREEK
Δεν αναφέρεται συχνά,δημοσίως,αλλά,ΕΚΕΙ,πάνω στην Πίνδο,είμασταν ο Λαός
που,στον 2ο Παγκ. Πόλεμο,κατήγαγε τη πρώτη νίκη,παγκοσμίως!,εναντίον των
δυνάμεων του Άξονα!...
This is fucking awesome.
We are not Greeks. We are Hellenes!
Our country is called Hellas, not Greece.
George Stefanou both
Amazing animation to the last detail, how correct, awesome! This song speaks to me !
Hello to our Orthodox brothers, hail from Romania
I really love this song.... repeat, repeat & repeat again
Constantinopol need to return, as well as Crimea
ps from Russia
No way. gg Russia.
Крым наш как говорится
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It's a bit of a low quality, but that's what makes it so great. The animation is simple, and I can really explain it, but that simplistic nature really makes this video outstanding. Something about the style maybe.
Great video!!!
This song is hell good
Let's just say that when the Axis invaded Greece
They weren't expecting to fight spartans
Oh man! Very good! Love it!
Hellas until our last breath......
Let us not say that Greeks fight like Heroes but that Heroes fight like Greeks.
that was......FUCKIN AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My first sabaton video.
It was so long ago...
Teacher: today class we're going to Greece
Girls: OMG we'll have fun sunbathing on the beach
Boys: 1:26
Congratulations! Sabaton!!!Simply amazing!!!!!
I love working out to this song
GREEEK GLOOOORRYYY
1:02 that Italian soldiers face on the top right though 😂
Bro face is scared to who stand at his right shoulder start use finger to him💀💀
Found a new favorite, thank you.
Cyprus is Greek, Constantinople is Greek!
XD hahahahaa please use your brain
Go back to mongolia where you came from
Constantinople was founded by the Romans.
Keyboard Warrior Greek-Romans though
It is called Constantinople because it was founded by the Roman emperor Constantine, a Roman-Roman.
This video requires more views, its amazing
So. Badass. Greetings from Poland :D
so if you have a history project for ww2 listen to Sabaton
imagine that Hellas had the same weapon that time. Not more soldiers only same weapon. Realty? 2 Armies against few soldiers. In number? Minimal! Still we fuck you!!!! Now think the reason they dont alloud Hellas make their own weapon.
The Greeks who fought had experience from the GreekAlbanic war
Italians did not have any experience. Therefore the number of troops is not really important
XTREME GAMING WITH TONY the Greek army was made up from conscripts and I am not aware of any Greek - Albanian war
Pyrkal EPK
0:57 i like how the Grazzi's face shows that he was very cocky about it, thinking greece would just surrender or be defeated that easily