the battle of osowiec isnt obscure at all. the forgotten sentinel? yah, thats obscure and information is extremely scarce. but the battle of osowiec is well known and well documented
@@fukumarkzuckerburg well documented? Most of the documentation was destroyed on both sides. Even losses cannot be calculated fairly due to this reason.
My grandfather fought in Stalingrad (german side) He got wounded when a russian grenade exploded in a building they were holding, most of his friends died right there splattering across the room. he was lucky and only got hit by shrapnell that stuck in his arm and leg and was sent home mere days before stalingrad got overrun
@@OrkarIsberEstar So I have a question. What did he think about Nazis during that time? I know a lot of people weren't aware of what was going on in the concentration camps. So I'm curious how he felt about everything else about the Nazi party. Like did he support the economic policies etc. Things like that.
@@CALLE92JOHANSSON many soldiers already hope for peace though they cause destruction, they merely cause it in hope that no one else should experience it ever again
And your grandfather didn’t say how many innocent souls he destroyed on a foreign land (my grandfather was in the Red Army, and I saw with my own eyes what kind of genocide the Germans had arranged for the Slavs)
@@ЛучшийТрап not all the Germans shared the view, a soldier fights for some semblance of purpose, and the glory of the German nation-state was the biggest purpose that united all of them, not everyone wanted to take part in the genocide and war crime, it isn't fair to those who are innocent to declare someone guilty of something that they may never have done, and ultimately these plans were orchestrated by the insane man who wrote his manifesto whilst in prison and his colleagues, the German people followed this because it gave them hope for redemption of their nation after the humiliation of the Great War
The song Wolfpack is very detailed So does No bullets fly There are songs that set the theme of the event, and but most describe quite well what happened
So for WW2 Sabaton Songs + History: Panzerkamph + History Video No Bullets Fly + History Video Battle of Berlin + History Video Night Witches - doesn’t have History Video but just a good song overall For WW1 I’d say: 82nd all the way + History Video Lost Battalion + History Video Devil Dogs + History Video Gallipoli + History Video
Absolutely, the story of Franz Stigler and Charlie Brown and the rest of the crew of the "Ye Olde Pub" is a very interesting one. A very heartwarming one
I’m very glad you continue to do videos in conjunction with the Sabaton history uploads - I have been keeping Up to date with them every week as I’m a huge history buff and fan of them. It is a great project they are working with
The last Stand does not have Sabaton History video yet, so I would leave it for later. 82nd All the way does, also, that song is a banger...so I second that.
6:50 the first few lines refer to this, “fresh from Moscow, over Volga came To comrades aid” They’re talking about the Siberian troops I think. Edit: “a single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic” - Jospeh Stalin (MAYBE)
16:33 I think a good leader, while they should care about military strategy more, should also make their soldiers feel emotionally invested. Strategy is more important in a war, but morale is more important in a battle.
how this apply depends on rank you are in, when you are far back drawing on the map, caring about soldiers won't do much, when you are platoon leader, this is where caring about morale should be high priority
""One Death Is A Tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic." I don't see it that way. Mad respect to all the soldiers who gave their lives to shape the world we live in today.
I remember a story of a British battalion(?) that fought in the African and Italian campaign but in Normandy served poorly, at least on paper, with far more losses than in their first engagements. The British concluded with evidence from other studies that a unit can only serve effectively in two major campaigns before burning out.
Also flame clothes were heavily used in Stalingrad because of the ability of the Flames to suck air out of areas and to get between cracks and stone work
19:45 Is that the square that you defend in Call of Duty 2 last mission of Stalingrad campaign?Being in the house on the left with sniper rifle, taking out Jerries pushing through the square and MG gunners popping out in the windows of the houses on the right?
8:30 to quote stalin"The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic" much love keep doing what you do people need to know about the history of the world as that is what brought us here today
about what you talked about at the end, sabaton wasnt what got me into history, it was more my late grandpa, games and school that got me interested in it. the first 3 call of duty games were more history focused, specially cod1 with its missions in normandie (as a soldier in 101st airborne division) during the d day, then later on as same soldier holding out in bastogne during the battle of the bulge, also bf1942 with its battlefields/maps based on historical areas, like el alamein, midway, omaha beach, market garden, etc
also, the british metal band, iron maiden, helped getting me interested in history with songs like the trooper (crimean war), run to the hills (the british vs the native americans) and alexander the great
By the way, you can still check out history from a few bands other than Sabaton: there's Iron Maiden and Iced Earth, though each of them only have a few.
Ah yes, Stalingrad is just one of many battles never once mentioned in my history class. But you know what? Even though it was so abridged (as is any class topic on a World War), it was so fascinating that I had to learn more. It was inevitable that I would one day be drawn to Sabaton. I was amazed to find one of their CDs at FYE (yes, FYEs still exist) after years of no luck. I think thats a sign that more and more people are being drawn to this power metal band and they'll continue to grow.
I hope you get to see more Sabaton History videos that aren't always WW2-related. They got great stories to tell and to go to other than just the 20th century. Of course the World Wars are fascinating, yet it's a nice change of pace and get to learn more to check out other wars, including from the old centuries. However there's also more than just Sabaton History or Simple History; there's lots of history channels to choose from. Speaking of which, check out the new RUclips history channel "I Am".
Are you saying Stalingrad is fan made? Stalingrad is in the Sabaton album Primo Victoria. Sabaton doing an album entirely based on one war is a new thing. Their albums were previously about a bunch of disconnected events, with very little in common. I think Carolus Rex is the first album with a large focus on the theme. The only other one I can think of is the newest album, The Great War.
@@PsychShrew what I'm saying is that sabaton has just one album that's based around one war battle or event as far as I know if primo victoria is also one well I'm wrong thanbut I'm not sure entirely
Had one guy try to tell me that Vietnam was America's bloodiest war, and he was shocked when I told him that more americans died two battles of World War II than all of the Vietnam war. He didn't believe me until he looked it up.
I'm not American so I'm not certain, but isn't America's deadliest war the civil war? It had ~655,000 American casualties (total, both sides) compared to 521,915 in both World Wars combined
For example the battle of gettysburg had 51,000 dead, the battle of Okinawa saw around 48,000 us troops dead, while the entirety of vietnam saw 58,000 us troops dead.
It begs noting men with hope fight on better than those who are disheartened and give up. Symbolism is a key part of war strategy as it inspires the men to go further without surrender or to surrender sooner if they feel all they fight for is lost.
Par is the guy with the long hair and hat, Joachim is the guy with the mohawk and sunglasses. They're basically the members of the band responsible for all of the songs.
At 15:14 when he says for the men on boats there was no going back, it was either facing the enemy or the ever watchful commissars of NKVD, he’s talking about Russians not having a choice, not Germans. NKVD is an acronym for The People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs which primarily dealt with crime/police work and prisons/labor camps, including both ordinary public activities and secret police. So what he’s saying is that they were there and would arrest or, most likely, shoot anyone who’d turn back and run (desert).
There are two kinds of retreat. A retreat decided by the soldiers. Or a retreat organized by the officers or group leaders of a platoon, regiment or division. A retreat by the soldiers is ofter chaotic and panicked and are also, quite often, executed during fighting while an organized retreat is, most often, done during a break in the shelling and firing and can, potentially, save a lot of men to fight another day.
That is great song and also when they mention Russians having advantage during winter was because of Winter war most likely. They were noobs and had way too much casualties and learned from it.
When it comes to Sabaton Songs + History videos, The Lost Battalion is probably my favorite. they are all awesome to be honest. Pär and Joachim are just cool guys, and Indy Neidell....fuck I'd pay to sit in his history class.....
Actually Volgograd is apparently renamed Stalingrad for one day every year on the the anniversary of that battle. At least I was told that. I’m from Moscow so I can’t confirm.
Hey i really love your video's! I'd highly recommend the final solution from sabaton! I think you love the song, it also tells a great part about the last part of ww2
actually in the nine circles of hell the lowest level of hells is completely frozen, so the colder than hell line makes sense edit: the third circle also has constant icy rain
The battle of Stalingrad has the 4th highest casualty count for a single battle in all of human history Also, when he says “Mratnimiat!” That’s Swedish backwards, saying Ta I Min Tarm which means “Take My Guts”
Can you take a look at the finale battle? It’s about the battle of castle Itter, and it’s one of the most bizarre situations in the entire war. The Germans surrendered to the advancing allies and they held the castle along with recently freed French resistance pows against the SS. The order of battle included soldiers from the Wehrmach, fighters from the Austrian Resistance, American troops and French resistance including former prime ministers and a tennis star against the SS.
One song I very strongly recommend is Uprising, by Sabaton, it has an official music video and is about the Polish resistance to Nazi occupation in Warsaw. Lyrics and music video are both great, the video even features snippets of footage recorded in Warsaw during the war.
Stalingrad was absolutely nessary as the main driving force of the campaign was to secure the oil wells that the nazi war machine needed, heck the majority of the german army that invade russia wasn't motorized due to the oil shortage. What was wasteful was the Moscow campaign, the French invasion of russia 100 years prior shown that taking out moscow will not cause the russians to surrender.
Because St. Petrogard was the capital city and the russians have burnt down the city before the french came and thats why the french army lost their whole army before even fighting them
you tell Napoleon and the Teutonic Order which the Russians let under the ice)))let the Finns say thanks that the Soviet government destroyed the Cossacks
we are the only nation at that moment that destroyed more than one empire .... only the Byzantine empire paid us tribute. it was we who gave the finals statehood ... they didn’t have it .... and it was the Finns who fought on the side of Nazi Germany as almost and all of Europe
Keep the Sabaton reactions coming! But how about a change of topic from WW2 to something else? For example Swedens Great aera of Power (Swedish: Stormaktstiden) around the 1600ds/1700ds. I recomend the Carolus Rex album (the whole album is about it). All of the songs from this album is freaking awesome so you can pick wichever you want but i would recomend Carolus Rex, The Caroleans Prayer or 1648. A Lifetime of War and Gott Mit Uns are also two werry good songs from the album. Keep in mind that the album exists in two languages (Swedish and English) so dont pick the wrong version ( when it comes to the Lyric Videos on youtube it usually says Swedish Version or English Version after the name of the song so it wont be a problem). Google translate dont usually work well on music.
This song I think is as close as Sabaton has ever gotten to singing death metal. :) Certainly, Stalingrad was one of the bloodiest and longest battles of World War II, ending in one of the biggest midwar surrenders in history, but Verdun has it beat for length and the Somme has it beat for casualty counts.
Can someone post the coordinates of red square in Stalingrad because I've been trying to figure out where it is for the past few months and can't find it
A good chunk of Sovjet oilfields were south of Stalingrad and Volga would have been a great position to hold once the sovjets had been pushed away. In alot of sense the southern campaign that ended up in Stalingrad were of greater strategic value than Moscow.
Fervor can be very, very powerful in war. It should not dictate strategic warfare, but it can decide the tactical situation. Especially in today's armies; nobody wants to be charged by madmen with rifles and shotguns.
Wasn't the actual goal of army group south to take the oil fields in the Caspian sea region but then Hitler made the mistake of diverting resources need in taking those which they desperately needed to try and capture Stalingrad but in the ended they failed to do so and in doing so also list the ability to seize the needed oil fields. Army group center and North were tasked with capturing Moscow but were haulted just 10 miles from it's gates and were picemealed for reinforcements to help in Stalingrad that were usless in the end because their forces were completely surrounded by the time they got near and from that point on fought a retreating war all the way to Berlin.
Stalingrad was the more important target simply because of the open land on the other side of the Volga from the city to pretty much the pacific which as we all know was the favorable ground for the Germans hence the success of Barbarossa, also the plan was to sing north west behind Moscow when Stalingrad was captured
well, gerries were quite close, peace talks past stalingrad in sweeden, and if gerries followed that madman hitler plan to go for oil, and then think about moscow, maybe they could peace out before they could exhaust themselves
Wojszach the premise is that the Soviets simply had too much industry, land and manpower to defeat. I also remember an Alternative history video where Cody believed that even if the US was never attacked and Japan went for Russia instead, they would still lose because the industrial might would have been too much to defeat. The Axis were good at shock warfare, but not longevity.
Thing was that Soviet Economy was barely working during 1943, and this is why Stalin insisted so much on peace talks, he refused because he didn't wanted "independent Ukraine" but pre war situation. If Caucasian oil was in German hands he would probably have no other choice, if Russia peaced out of the war, there could be fighting chance to finnish buisness in Britian and Africa. My main point is hooking on value of Caucasian oil for Russian industry and Sweedes claiming that there were peace talks in 43. You can't just go over Ural,because it's too far,and some angry Poles are destroying a lot of your supplies which barely work anyway. Winning with Russia would count even by grabbing some land(in this example, Ukraine was proposed and some Polish territiory(but im not vertain on any other claim than Ukraine) and peacing out, just like it was done in 1917, Germany won against them once,and were close to doing it twice
Listen to more songs by sabaton, I’d recommend the Swedish songs that are in English (Carolus rex) it’s great, it’s about when Sweden was a huge empire
Sabaton is so great and they're so good at not being political about obviously Very political things and being anti-war but pro-soldiers It feels a bit crazy that I've sat down with these dudes backstage long ago in my little town in the north of sweden bcs I was a roadie for our metal fraternity club who'd arrange heavy-black-death metal concerts there, they weren't so big then3w that they didn't appreciate some help from us. It wasn't even that long ago Proud to be swed bcs of these guys
Not music but I loved Enemy at the Gates. And yes it's a fictional account of a real person but damn. The opening where you see the Russians paired up. One was given the rifle, the other a clip for it. I love shooting my Mosin Nagant. And yeah, I've watched the movie with my rifle across my lap. Make no mistake. Stalingrad was a brutal campaign.
Metal works great for war imagery. The nature of the aggression that metal brings. However. I feel like you should listen to the ballad of bull by them. It's a very slow piece in comparison. However. it illustrates it's message well.
I think the oil in the caucasus was more important than moscow and I think the russian generals agreed. Hitler probably should've gone for the caucusus at the start of barbarossa instead of moscow imo.
Hitler needed to win stalingrad, that would have granted access to the oil in the caucasus to continue their campaign, hitler didnt want to risk an attack to moscow without the fuel, little did he know that he lost much more trying to take that city
if you want to react to some more bands that have history in their music check out 'Iron Maiden', their song 'Run to the Hills' or 'The Trooper', would be a good starters. They're a British band with a lot of WW2 influence.
The Germans went south to occupy the Caucasian oilfields as they were running short of oil due to naval blockade by the Allies. Germany tried to produce synthetic oil but it wasn't economically feasible.
The problem with blitzkrieg in this case was that it was a tactic to overrun targets and then move on. Stalingrad was different. They had to take and hold it and their tactics weren't made to fit this style of fighting. If they had just done what they always did they would've been much more successful. The Wehrmacht wasn't ready for that, the soldiers thought it would be the same as every other battle. And there lies the crucial mistake that cost them everything
Yeah the blitzkrieg tactic actually created the fortress Stalingrad. That and also the unrelenting waste of human lives poured into the city by the Sovjets. It was a totally useless battle.
@@peo4989 yep, German tactics weren't great but soviet tactics more or less didn't exist at all, they just threw more people at the Germans than the Germans had ammunition for lol "you see Ivan, if you keep throwing people at enemy, enemy will at some point run out of bullets."
You should totally react to Attack of The Dead Men by Sabaton. It's such a obscure topic made awesome by Sabaton
He should wait till they release the history video first.
the battle of osowiec isnt obscure at all. the forgotten sentinel? yah, thats obscure and information is extremely scarce. but the battle of osowiec is well known and well documented
@@fukumarkzuckerburg well documented? Most of the documentation was destroyed on both sides. Even losses cannot be calculated fairly due to this reason.
My grandfather fought in Stalingrad (german side)
He got wounded when a russian grenade exploded in a building they were holding, most of his friends died right there splattering across the room. he was lucky and only got hit by shrapnell that stuck in his arm and leg and was sent home mere days before stalingrad got overrun
@# my grandfaher? yes i talked to him multiple times about it. he died 6 years ago from ehart failute at age 94
@@OrkarIsberEstar So I have a question. What did he think about Nazis during that time? I know a lot of people weren't aware of what was going on in the concentration camps. So I'm curious how he felt about everything else about the Nazi party. Like did he support the economic policies etc. Things like that.
@@CALLE92JOHANSSON many soldiers already hope for peace though they cause destruction, they merely cause it in hope that no one else should experience it ever again
And your grandfather didn’t say how many innocent souls he destroyed on a foreign land (my grandfather was in the Red Army, and I saw with my own eyes what kind of genocide the Germans had arranged for the Slavs)
@@ЛучшийТрап not all the Germans shared the view, a soldier fights for some semblance of purpose, and the glory of the German nation-state was the biggest purpose that united all of them, not everyone wanted to take part in the genocide and war crime, it isn't fair to those who are innocent to declare someone guilty of something that they may never have done, and ultimately these plans were orchestrated by the insane man who wrote his manifesto whilst in prison and his colleagues, the German people followed this because it gave them hope for redemption of their nation after the humiliation of the Great War
The song Wolfpack is very detailed
So does No bullets fly
There are songs that set the theme of the event, and but most describe quite well what happened
So for WW2 Sabaton Songs + History:
Panzerkamph + History Video
No Bullets Fly + History Video
Battle of Berlin + History Video
Night Witches - doesn’t have History Video but just a good song overall
For WW1 I’d say:
82nd all the way + History Video
Lost Battalion + History Video
Devil Dogs + History Video
Gallipoli + History Video
They really should make a history video for Night Witches. Incredible song, great story!
the lost battalion is actually why Leanardwood is nicknamed Lost in the Woods.
I'm assuming by Battle of Berlin, you mean Attero Dominatus.
their song smoking snakes actually became part of the official army set list in some regiments here in brazil.
That's interesting. Makes sense though, what better way to hype up troops than songs abiut heroes from the country they represent
Wow, that's pretty cool lol.
Can you do No Bullets Fly next? Its a very cool story of two pilots doing what was morally right in a grave situation.
Absolutely, the story of Franz Stigler and Charlie Brown and the rest of the crew of the "Ye Olde Pub" is a very interesting one. A very heartwarming one
I first read about that story in one of Uncle John's Bathroom Readers, of all places.
I’m very glad you continue to do videos in conjunction with the Sabaton history uploads - I have been keeping Up to date with them every week as I’m a huge history buff and fan of them. It is a great project they are working with
Please do The Last Stand and 82nd All the Way by Sabaton
The last Stand does not have Sabaton History video yet, so I would leave it for later.
82nd All the way does, also, that song is a banger...so I second that.
@@Wanys123 82nd All The Way and A Ghost In The Trenches are two of my favourites.
13:12 Pär Sundström is his name. He's the bass player but somehow takes up most of the space on the stage and emits so much energy. Love it.
You Remind me so much of my history teacher. He really got me into history in 5th grade. Bet your as good as a teacher as he was.
They're definitely immortalizing the stories that should be remembered. Before Sabaton, I didn't know these events...but now, I will never forget.
You should react to the videos they have done on gallipoli. Cliffs of gallipoli
I love that smile on his face in the thumbnail, its like "yeah i did it, im listening to more sabaton"
I know that in my own case, I found your channel while listening to Sabaton, and have been slowly bingeing on the whole channel since. So, thanks!
6:50 the first few lines refer to this, “fresh from Moscow,
over Volga came
To comrades aid”
They’re talking about the Siberian troops I think.
Edit: “a single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic” - Jospeh Stalin (MAYBE)
Stalin did say that
@@KionTheLion I think it was either Stalin or Zhukov that said "quantity has a quality all of its own".
@@eruantien9932 It was Napoleon.
Hell yea, we want more Sabaton.
Also please do the shiroyama reaction :D
16:33 I think a good leader, while they should care about military strategy more, should also make their soldiers feel emotionally invested. Strategy is more important in a war, but morale is more important in a battle.
how this apply depends on rank you are in, when you are far back drawing on the map, caring about soldiers won't do much, when you are platoon leader, this is where caring about morale should be high priority
""One Death Is A Tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic." I don't see it that way.
Mad respect to all the soldiers who gave their lives to shape the world we live in today.
Сталин этого не говорил, это ложь.
I remember a story of a British battalion(?) that fought in the African and Italian campaign but in Normandy served poorly, at least on paper, with far more losses than in their first engagements. The British concluded with evidence from other studies that a unit can only serve effectively in two major campaigns before burning out.
I recommend eastory eastern front for the bigger picture.
BOB Those videos are excellent. I learned so much.
Also flame clothes were heavily used in Stalingrad because of the ability of the Flames to suck air out of areas and to get between cracks and stone work
I love these reactions to sabaton history vids. More to come I hope!
19:45 Is that the square that you defend in Call of Duty 2 last mission of Stalingrad campaign?Being in the house on the left with sniper rifle, taking out Jerries pushing through the square and MG gunners popping out in the windows of the houses on the right?
8:30 to quote stalin"The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic" much love keep doing what you do people need to know about the history of the world as that is what brought us here today
that's a misattribute actually.
about what you talked about at the end, sabaton wasnt what got me into history, it was more my late grandpa, games and school that got me interested in it.
the first 3 call of duty games were more history focused, specially cod1 with its missions in normandie (as a soldier in 101st airborne division) during the d day, then later on as same soldier holding out in bastogne during the battle of the bulge, also bf1942 with its battlefields/maps based on historical areas, like el alamein, midway, omaha beach, market garden, etc
also, the british metal band, iron maiden, helped getting me interested in history with songs like the trooper (crimean war), run to the hills (the british vs the native americans) and alexander the great
Really love these videos, keep up the good videos!
By the way, you can still check out history from a few bands other than Sabaton: there's Iron Maiden and Iced Earth, though each of them only have a few.
2:35 A lot of depiction of Hell comes from Dante. While the top circles are hot, the bottom (9th circle) of hell is frozen over.
Ah yes, Stalingrad is just one of many battles never once mentioned in my history class. But you know what? Even though it was so abridged (as is any class topic on a World War), it was so fascinating that I had to learn more. It was inevitable that I would one day be drawn to Sabaton.
I was amazed to find one of their CDs at FYE (yes, FYEs still exist) after years of no luck. I think thats a sign that more and more people are being drawn to this power metal band and they'll continue to grow.
Love the video. With respect from Russia.
Now do Panzerkampf/Night Witcher/Soldier of 3 Armies
I hope you get to see more Sabaton History videos that aren't always WW2-related. They got great stories to tell and to go to other than just the 20th century. Of course the World Wars are fascinating, yet it's a nice change of pace and get to learn more to check out other wars, including from the old centuries. However there's also more than just Sabaton History or Simple History; there's lots of history channels to choose from.
Speaking of which, check out the new RUclips history channel "I Am".
Indeed. I would love to see The Carolean's Prayer.
I dont recall there being a ww2 sabaton album so it is probably a fan made one. And his name is Pär.
Also, Stalingrad is Tsaritsyn right?
Yes indeed that's the case
Are you saying Stalingrad is fan made? Stalingrad is in the Sabaton album Primo Victoria.
Sabaton doing an album entirely based on one war is a new thing. Their albums were previously about a bunch of disconnected events, with very little in common.
I think Carolus Rex is the first album with a large focus on the theme. The only other one I can think of is the newest album, The Great War.
@@PsychShrew what I'm saying is that sabaton has just one album that's based around one war battle or event as far as I know if primo victoria is also one well I'm wrong thanbut I'm not sure entirely
@@toast2300 Nah, only The Great War and Carolus Rex are based on a single specific theme.
@@PsychShrew ok
Do The Last Stand please
Yes
No sabaton history video
I think we should probably wait until Sabaton History makes a video about it?
Had one guy try to tell me that Vietnam was America's bloodiest war, and he was shocked when I told him that more americans died two battles of World War II than all of the Vietnam war. He didn't believe me until he looked it up.
I'm not American so I'm not certain, but isn't America's deadliest war the civil war? It had ~655,000 American casualties (total, both sides) compared to 521,915 in both World Wars combined
@@PsychShrew exactly, a surprising number of people i have meet think vietnam was bloodier.
For example the battle of gettysburg had 51,000 dead, the battle of Okinawa saw around 48,000 us troops dead, while the entirety of vietnam saw 58,000 us troops dead.
Let me guess The hurtgen forest battle? Lol american forces doing their own stalingrad against german lines.
It begs noting men with hope fight on better than those who are disheartened and give up. Symbolism is a key part of war strategy as it inspires the men to go further without surrender or to surrender sooner if they feel all they fight for is lost.
I heard you say “no surrender” and had some terrifying flashbacks to the Protestant paramilitaries in Northern Ireland during the troubles.
Par is the guy with the long hair and hat, Joachim is the guy with the mohawk and sunglasses. They're basically the members of the band responsible for all of the songs.
So far all I’ve seen are your reaction to Sabaton videos. I need to check out your other stuff.
Please react to the song " attack of the dead men " by Sabaton. It's amazing trust me
Great reaction videos, from someone that knows about history, makes it even more interesting.
Norse mythological hel is cold.
I want you to do "The price of a mile " I really like the Sabaton videos
At 15:14 when he says for the men on boats there was no going back, it was either facing the enemy or the ever watchful commissars of NKVD, he’s talking about Russians not having a choice, not Germans. NKVD is an acronym for The People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs which primarily dealt with crime/police work and prisons/labor camps, including both ordinary public activities and secret police. So what he’s saying is that they were there and would arrest or, most likely, shoot anyone who’d turn back and run (desert).
28:57 :
Mr Terry: Ewh, those are hooves.
Me: Oh thank fuck, those aren't human ears.
Nice cameo on the Sabaton history video by The Great War channel guy!
He is actually the guy who does all the history explainations in Sabaton History.
There are two kinds of retreat. A retreat decided by the soldiers. Or a retreat organized by the officers or group leaders of a platoon, regiment or division. A retreat by the soldiers is ofter chaotic and panicked and are also, quite often, executed during fighting while an organized retreat is, most often, done during a break in the shelling and firing and can, potentially, save a lot of men to fight another day.
Give a Russian an ushanka and 30 bottls of Vodka and he'll survive the Russian winter.
Do white death by sabaton they have history video too :)
That is great song and also when they mention Russians having advantage during winter was because of Winter war most likely. They were noobs and had way too much casualties and learned from it.
When it comes to Sabaton Songs + History videos, The Lost Battalion is probably my favorite. they are all awesome to be honest. Pär and Joachim are just cool guys, and Indy Neidell....fuck I'd pay to sit in his history class.....
Actually Volgograd is apparently renamed Stalingrad for one day every year on the the anniversary of that battle. At least I was told that. I’m from Moscow so I can’t confirm.
Hey i really love your video's! I'd highly recommend the final solution from sabaton! I think you love the song, it also tells a great part about the last part of ww2
When i looked how long this is I was like how the hell
actually in the nine circles of hell the lowest level of hells is completely frozen, so the colder than hell line makes sense
edit: the third circle also has constant icy rain
"Death is the answer. No ppl no problems" - Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili
The battle of Stalingrad has the 4th highest casualty count for a single battle in all of human history
Also, when he says “Mratnimiat!” That’s Swedish backwards, saying Ta I Min Tarm which means “Take My Guts”
Can you take a look at the finale battle? It’s about the battle of castle Itter, and it’s one of the most bizarre situations in the entire war.
The Germans surrendered to the advancing allies and they held the castle along with recently freed French resistance pows against the SS.
The order of battle included soldiers from the Wehrmach, fighters from the Austrian Resistance, American troops and French resistance including former prime ministers and a tennis star against the SS.
One song I very strongly recommend is Uprising, by Sabaton, it has an official music video and is about the Polish resistance to Nazi occupation in Warsaw. Lyrics and music video are both great, the video even features snippets of footage recorded in Warsaw during the war.
Please react to Rise Of Evil by Sabaton, It's a very interesting song that sounds pretty awesome about the rise of the Nazis.
Stalingrad was absolutely nessary as the main driving force of the campaign was to secure the oil wells that the nazi war machine needed, heck the majority of the german army that invade russia wasn't motorized due to the oil shortage. What was wasteful was the Moscow campaign, the French invasion of russia 100 years prior shown that taking out moscow will not cause the russians to surrender.
Because St. Petrogard was the capital city and the russians have burnt down the city before the french came and thats why the french army lost their whole army before even fighting them
@@okano.638 yes, leaders getting just quacking away from Moscow to somewhere else, not like it would happen in 2nd world war
Russians didnt know how to fight in winter until Finland taught them the hard way.
*look back through history* you sure about that mate?
you tell Napoleon and the Teutonic Order which the Russians let under the ice)))let the Finns say thanks that the Soviet government destroyed the Cossacks
we are the only nation at that moment that destroyed more than one empire .... only the Byzantine empire paid us tribute. it was we who gave the finals statehood ... they didn’t have it .... and it was the Finns who fought on the side of Nazi Germany as almost and all of Europe
The goal wasn't the city itself, but the Caucasus oil fields.
My personal favorite metal song that his based on a historical event is Aces High by Iron Maiden. I would recommend this song.
Keep the Sabaton reactions coming! But how about a change of topic from WW2 to something else?
For example Swedens Great aera of Power (Swedish: Stormaktstiden) around the 1600ds/1700ds. I recomend the Carolus Rex album (the whole album is about it). All of the songs from this album is freaking awesome so you can pick wichever you want but i would recomend Carolus Rex, The Caroleans Prayer or 1648. A Lifetime of War and Gott Mit Uns are also two werry good songs from the album. Keep in mind that the album exists in two languages (Swedish and English) so dont pick the wrong version ( when it comes to the Lyric Videos on youtube it usually says Swedish Version or English Version after the name of the song so it wont be a problem). Google translate dont usually work well on music.
Van you react to Cliffs of Gallipoli or the White Death by Sabaton?
In the winter Germany could barely keep their tanks running cause apparently it was so cold that the fuel was freezing
This song I think is as close as Sabaton has ever gotten to singing death metal. :)
Certainly, Stalingrad was one of the bloodiest and longest battles of World War II, ending in one of the biggest midwar surrenders in history, but Verdun has it beat for length and the Somme has it beat for casualty counts.
3:53 this is exactly what was in USSR, USSR government denied existence of God, but population didn't do that
I thought there was one building in the city that changed hands 43 times or something insane like that
Can someone post the coordinates of red square in Stalingrad because I've been trying to figure out where it is for the past few months and can't find it
You should do Coat of Arms next, it's about when the Italians invaded greece through Albania.
A good chunk of Sovjet oilfields were south of Stalingrad and Volga would have been a great position to hold once the sovjets had been pushed away. In alot of sense the southern campaign that ended up in Stalingrad were of greater strategic value than Moscow.
Fervor can be very, very powerful in war. It should not dictate strategic warfare, but it can decide the tactical situation. Especially in today's armies; nobody wants to be charged by madmen with rifles and shotguns.
Wasn't the actual goal of army group south to take the oil fields in the Caspian sea region but then Hitler made the mistake of diverting resources need in taking those which they desperately needed to try and capture Stalingrad but in the ended they failed to do so and in doing so also list the ability to seize the needed oil fields. Army group center and North were tasked with capturing Moscow but were haulted just 10 miles from it's gates and were picemealed for reinforcements to help in Stalingrad that were usless in the end because their forces were completely surrounded by the time they got near and from that point on fought a retreating war all the way to Berlin.
That moment when you're not watching the original video
Stalingrad was the more important target simply because of the open land on the other side of the Volga from the city to pretty much the pacific which as we all know was the favorable ground for the Germans hence the success of Barbarossa, also the plan was to sing north west behind Moscow when Stalingrad was captured
do something from the carolus rex album
Could you do Germany Could Not Win WWII by Potential History
well, gerries were quite close, peace talks past stalingrad in sweeden, and if gerries followed that madman hitler plan to go for oil, and then think about moscow, maybe they could peace out before they could exhaust themselves
Wojszach the premise is that the Soviets simply had too much industry, land and manpower to defeat. I also remember an Alternative history video where Cody believed that even if the US was never attacked and Japan went for Russia instead, they would still lose because the industrial might would have been too much to defeat. The Axis were good at shock warfare, but not longevity.
Thing was that Soviet Economy was barely working during 1943, and this is why Stalin insisted so much on peace talks, he refused because he didn't wanted "independent Ukraine" but pre war situation. If Caucasian oil was in German hands he would probably have no other choice, if Russia peaced out of the war, there could be fighting chance to finnish buisness in Britian and Africa.
My main point is hooking on value of Caucasian oil for Russian industry and Sweedes claiming that there were peace talks in 43. You can't just go over Ural,because it's too far,and some angry Poles are destroying a lot of your supplies which barely work anyway.
Winning with Russia would count even by grabbing some land(in this example, Ukraine was proposed and some Polish territiory(but im not vertain on any other claim than Ukraine) and peacing out, just like it was done in 1917, Germany won against them once,and were close to doing it twice
And tbh im quite happy that German generals disobeyed orders, because i doubt my ancestors would qualify to 5% of Poles Germanic enough to survive
Primo Victoria is great, it's about D Day
I wish he reacted to the fan made one with the movie well fitted for this song
do Sabaton Future of Warfare, Ghost Division, Panzerkampf, Panzer Battalion, Red Baron, Aces in Exile, Midway, Firestorm, and Night Witches
Listen to more songs by sabaton, I’d recommend the Swedish songs that are in English (Carolus rex) it’s great, it’s about when Sweden was a huge empire
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White Death and the Historical video by Sabaton
You should do Uprising by Sabaton.
Please do Night Witches and Attack of the Deadmen
Sabaton is so great and they're so good at not being political about obviously Very political things and being anti-war but pro-soldiers
It feels a bit crazy that I've sat down with these dudes backstage long ago in my little town in the north of sweden bcs I was a roadie for our metal fraternity club who'd arrange heavy-black-death metal concerts there, they weren't so big then3w that they didn't appreciate some help from us. It wasn't even that long ago
Proud to be swed bcs of these guys
Not music but I loved Enemy at the Gates. And yes it's a fictional account of a real person but damn. The opening where you see the Russians paired up. One was given the rifle, the other a clip for it. I love shooting my Mosin Nagant. And yeah, I've watched the movie with my rifle across my lap.
Make no mistake. Stalingrad was a brutal campaign.
you should do one for uprising
Operation Paul Bunyan the dmz axe murder by plainly difficult its 7:47 long. No one has done a reaction video of this incident yet.
Metal works great for war imagery. The nature of the aggression that metal brings. However. I feel like you should listen to the ballad of bull by them. It's a very slow piece in comparison. However. it illustrates it's message well.
How about a Sabaton song that’s not about WW2? I’d recomend Counterstrike. The song is about the Six Days War of 1967 and its awesome!
You should look up Panzerkampf it is about Battle of Kursk, biggest tank battle in history 😁
Please do To Hell and Back, it is just an incredible song about PTSD.
I think the oil in the caucasus was more important than moscow and I think the russian generals agreed. Hitler probably should've gone for the caucusus at the start of barbarossa instead of moscow imo.
Hitler needed to win stalingrad, that would have granted access to the oil in the caucasus to continue their campaign, hitler didnt want to risk an attack to moscow without the fuel, little did he know that he lost much more trying to take that city
How come you stopped reacting to Sabaton?
if you want to react to some more bands that have history in their music check out 'Iron Maiden', their song 'Run to the Hills' or 'The Trooper', would be a good starters. They're a British band with a lot of WW2 influence.
awesome!
The Germans went south to occupy the Caucasian oilfields as they were running short of oil due to naval blockade by the Allies. Germany tried to produce synthetic oil but it wasn't economically feasible.
The problem with blitzkrieg in this case was that it was a tactic to overrun targets and then move on. Stalingrad was different. They had to take and hold it and their tactics weren't made to fit this style of fighting. If they had just done what they always did they would've been much more successful. The Wehrmacht wasn't ready for that, the soldiers thought it would be the same as every other battle. And there lies the crucial mistake that cost them everything
Yeah the blitzkrieg tactic actually created the fortress Stalingrad. That and also the unrelenting waste of human lives poured into the city by the Sovjets. It was a totally useless battle.
@@peo4989 yep, German tactics weren't great but soviet tactics more or less didn't exist at all, they just threw more people at the Germans than the Germans had ammunition for lol "you see Ivan, if you keep throwing people at enemy, enemy will at some point run out of bullets."
@@adenkyramud5005 You're wrong... Check out 'Soviet Squad Tactics' by Military History Visualised
Do fields of verdun by the same guys