The actual quote was in part never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many (entire population of Great Britain) to so few (the pilots)
1st verse: As Polish pilots got to UK from invaded Poland, most of 303 were already pilots of Polish airforce. But since they were not trained in England, English sent them to the training. They had probably more capable to fight in air than their instructors. I think there was a 'bit' of prejudice in play. In the bridge part "few" is again referring to "few" from Churchill's speech. Even that in original sense "few" ment all the airforce, fighter pilots took it as their own. As for curios incident on Polish pilots: One pilot had to abandon his Spitfire and bail out over England. He got stuck on the tree and farmers charged towards him with pitchforks and clubs, as their thought he was German. ( Since Polish used their own uniforms) Pilot shouted 1st thing that came to his mind "Get off, you w*nkers!". That settled the farmers "Oh he is one of ours! Get him down"
Same for the men from the Czechoslovak airforce who had escaped occupied Czechoslovakia the year before and relocated to France, and then crossing the channel once France fell.
Hurricane, not Spitfire. The rest - true. At first he was so shocked by the accident (being shot down, not crowd with the pitchforks) that he forgot how to speak english.
There was definitely a good amount of prejudicee but it was also their fighting styles. The Poles and the Czechs were very individualistic in combat, which makes sense with their anger, which made them more reckless than the Brits and the Canadians. Sending them to training was a means of having them fall in line and value their personal safety in combat in a way which made them more likely to keep fighting.
@@AIHumanEqualityThey certainly were as reckless as the rest, but far more likely to follow British doctrine than the poles who were looking to kill every German pilot regardless of the risk
Dave: In regards to the exiled section: By 1940 when the Battle of Britain happened most of mainland Europe had fallen to Nazi control. The Polish and Czech pilots were exiled from their home countries, as in they couldn't go home because they'd be immediately arrested by the Nazi's. So they signed up for the RAF (British Airforce) to keep fighting from their homes.
As a brit the sacrifices of the pilots in the battle of Britain is close to my heart, my family fought it the black watch and desert rats the lion and the eagle fighting it out
in one of the history videos Indy tells a story about a polish fighter getting shot down over Britain and when the local brits came with pitchforks and other sharp weapons he used his best English voice and said fuck off so they wouldn't assume he was a German.
Josef František was Czech and fought alongside the poles in 303 squadron his nickname was the lone wolf and had the most victories during the Battle of Britain he is also my great third cousin he died on October 8th 1940 I was born October 8 2002.
Are you Chech yourself? I know one, and I was shocked that he never even heard about Josef Frantisek. He learned about Frantisek from me, and he was as much surprised listening about him, as I was surprised that he didn't know Josef's story.
The lyrics refer to their training at the beginning. Polish pilots were put to training, and although they already "earned their wings", they were already fighter aces before they even arrived in the United Kingdom, and they were already by far better fighter pilots than their British instructors. They were on axile because they couldn't return to their countries since Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia already conquered their lands.
It was actually some pilots from the US and other former colonies of Britain however the majority of the pilots who were exiled was from Poland and other eastern European countries
Even (probably) the commanding officer of these fighter pilets was not British. Air Chief Marshal Sir Kieth Park, who commanded of the No. 11th group that protected London and was Dowding's second in command, was a New Zealander that fought as a flying ace in the RAF during WW1 as well as pilot instructor before being given his commands before and in WW2. He is also likely one of the main reasons many of the pilots that survived their time did. This is because he was the one that determined that non-essential data should be filtered out on radar (against the rest of air command's belief) and managed to get it accepted by presenting the result of unsanctioned tests he conducted to Dowding, which greatly improved radar as a tool for the pilots and ensured they received the information they needed to fight without being overwhelmed by too many potential targets (that mostly were not the enemy).
Those pilots were treate like underdogs as thay didn't speak english and othere stuf. When brits were in big big truble thay let tham fly and thay became the best scoring squodrons in RAF...
It doesn't matter how many times I listen to a Sabaton song or what song it is, I get goosebumps every time! Joakim's voice is a big part of that, he just sings each song in a unique way. Thank you for always making reactions!
They most certainly didn't have to be there. People from all over Europe who's countries were invaded and conquered by the Germans deciding to carry on the fight even though victory was not certain. Then you had people from outside of Europe and the British empire like America who weren't even in the war but decided to join because it was the right thing to do. You're right, none of them had any business being there, so they made it their business.
Dear friend, France and Great Britain have betrayed us. Despite agreements on support, they gave Poland and Czechoslovakia for the price of peace with Hitler. The pilots of 303 Squadron did not come to the British Isles to defend them. They came to kill Nazis. For revenge. Poland was left alone, on October 6, 1939, the September Campaign ended. We lost, in order to be able to continue fighting, the soldiers had to emigrate. For example, to England
These pilots in exile were likely key to the British winning the Battle of Britain. The reason this is important is because British air power prevented the Nazis from invading the mainland of the UK. That incredibly important win may not have been possible without the Poles, Czechs, Canadians, New Zealanders and others coming to the desperate defense of their ally. They helped make the allied victory possible in the long run!
that was best part of song when they quote Winston Churchill after the Battle of Britian i know for fact that quote was on top 5 quotes from ww2 from him. Also if you did not know this there is Arleigh Burke class Destroyer name after him Winston Churchill .
Brodén's father, Ulf Olof Brodén, is from Sweden and his mother, Anna, is from former Czechoslovakia. He holds dual citizenship in Sweden and the Czech Republic.[2] He has said that he became a metalhead when he was three or four years old because of the music video for Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It".[3] He was a competitive swimmer in his youth.[4]..
I had two relatives in WW2, one was in the army, Artillery, the other fought as a pilot in No 71 squadron of the RAF, made up of US Volunteers. While the song doesnt mention americans, they were there, and I'm proud my grandpas brother was a part of the defense of the Isle.
the reference to exiles means they fled Nazi German Tyranny, they flew to strike back at invaders occupying their homelands. Poland* 145-146 New Zealand 127-135 Canada 112 Czechoslovakia* 84-88 Belgium* 28-30 Australia 26-32 South Africa 22-25 Free France* 13-14 Ireland 10 United States 9-11 Southern Rhodesia 3-4 Barbados 1 Jamaica 1 Newfoundland 1 Northern Rhodesia 1
SO glad you're doing Sabaton!!! When you search for the videos to react to, they have some videos with historical explanations at the beginning. If you can, react to those. The context makes the songs hit harder!
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Dave, you should watch Battle of Britain from 1969. IMO it's the best movie about the Battle of Britain. The Messerschmitts they are using are from Spain (Spain got a licence to produce Me 109s from Nazi Germany, so they had plenty for the movie. ^^ ).
I wish you would react to The Final Solution, but not the official video. Out there are from several conserts recordings on Sabaton doing this song acoustic, I think the best version is from Krakow. But you'd better arm yourself with tissues, it's a very heavy song about the holocaust
You should really really react to the song Carolux Rex, it is one of my favorite sabaton song or if not the favorite Sabaton song. Having their classic epic heavy metal but also epic choir in the background. It's really epic to me also as I'am a Swedish person myself. It's lyrics are also really awesome. Being about the famous and of Swedens great kings, Charles XII(the 12th). Who became king at 15 and was tactical genius.
Imagine being a wife to one of these men, and your husband tells you that he is going to die very close to god. You ask why. Why you? He says, I am a chosen one and my name and my sacrifice will live on forever. You and our boy will also be rewarded because we share the last name. 😢❤
I don't know if it's been mentioned, but the claw of the eagle refers to the flag of Germany during the war (refer to Defense of Moscow where they mention something along the lines of bringing him the eagle on a plate.) And to show they were the same thing (I think), they mentioned the claw of the Reich. If I'm wrong in my interpretation, please correct me.
If Nazi's airforces dominated in Britain coast and sea around, German commando would start operation "Lion of the Sea" and reach British island. However! Those brave men from Polish, Chekhoslovakia and Canada made really miracle and stoped German airforces, which were more.
Could you please React to HammerFall - Hammer of Dawn (Official Music Video) or Venerate Me (Visualiser), This band is fire! catchy and melodic!, if you got good headphone or speakers, then it gonna be good
After watching few others of your reaction to Sabaton songs I do not expect much, but... wow. Your absolute lack of any historical knowledge is astounding. And terryfing. "Eastern europeans helping the Polish" - wow. Just wow. Poles ARE eastern europeans (at least by some definitions). Song is about foreign pilots (it named Poles, Czechoslovaks and Canadians in particular, but in reality it is about much more than just those 3) participating in the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940. It is called Aces in Exile cose many of those pilots (f. eg. Poles and Czechoslovaks) was in UK cose they flled they home countries after Germany invaded and conquered them in during 2 years before the battle. This is why he mention vengance several times. He did not say about "they already fighted before, but they come fight some more". He talk about them already being skilled pilots, veterans, but still wassend to basic training. Poles of 303 squadron had fight before in Poland and France, but they do not know english, do not know how Royal Air Force operate, used diferent styles of planes in the past, so they spend 2 months in training - partially in clasrooms or learning formations on bikes. All while the battle was raging on above them and RAF suffer heavy losses. Claw of the Reich - it is about they enemies, the Germans. Reich = Germany.
The British have tried to minimize the role of foreign pilots in the RAF (Poles, Czechs, Americans, French, Belgian, etc), as if the Brits had won the Batlle of Britain by themselves.
This song is amazing and strange for me because it has mostly really nice parts but also some parts that could've been better. For example for me it felt like the solo wasnt fast/energetic enough after that build up of when they sang "Sent to the sky to die". Im comparing this with other great songs of them.
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The ending lyrics are a quote from Winston Churchill 'In all of history never before has so much been owed to so few'
The actual quote was in part never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many (entire population of Great Britain) to so few (the pilots)
@@marksheridan4421It’s a quote that perfectly summarized the Battle of Britain, with those brave men holding the line
1st verse: As Polish pilots got to UK from invaded Poland, most of 303 were already pilots of Polish airforce. But since they were not trained in England, English sent them to the training. They had probably more capable to fight in air than their instructors. I think there was a 'bit' of prejudice in play.
In the bridge part "few" is again referring to "few" from Churchill's speech. Even that in original sense "few" ment all the airforce, fighter pilots took it as their own.
As for curios incident on Polish pilots: One pilot had to abandon his Spitfire and bail out over England. He got stuck on the tree and farmers charged towards him with pitchforks and clubs, as their thought he was German. ( Since Polish used their own uniforms) Pilot shouted 1st thing that came to his mind "Get off, you w*nkers!". That settled the farmers "Oh he is one of ours! Get him down"
Same for the men from the Czechoslovak airforce who had escaped occupied Czechoslovakia the year before and relocated to France, and then crossing the channel once France fell.
Hurricane, not Spitfire. The rest - true. At first he was so shocked by the accident (being shot down, not crowd with the pitchforks) that he forgot how to speak english.
There was definitely a good amount of prejudicee but it was also their fighting styles. The Poles and the Czechs were very individualistic in combat, which makes sense with their anger, which made them more reckless than the Brits and the Canadians. Sending them to training was a means of having them fall in line and value their personal safety in combat in a way which made them more likely to keep fighting.
@@clicheusername7182As someone who was raised and lives in Canada I don't believe Canadian pilots wouldn't be reckless in combat.
@@AIHumanEqualityThey certainly were as reckless as the rest, but far more likely to follow British doctrine than the poles who were looking to kill every German pilot regardless of the risk
Dave: In regards to the exiled section: By 1940 when the Battle of Britain happened most of mainland Europe had fallen to Nazi control. The Polish and Czech pilots were exiled from their home countries, as in they couldn't go home because they'd be immediately arrested by the Nazi's. So they signed up for the RAF (British Airforce) to keep fighting from their homes.
As a brit the sacrifices of the pilots in the battle of Britain is close to my heart, my family fought it the black watch and desert rats the lion and the eagle fighting it out
Hi from Czech republic
in one of the history videos Indy tells a story about a polish fighter getting shot down over Britain and when the local brits came with pitchforks and other sharp weapons he used his best English voice and said fuck off so they wouldn't assume he was a German.
Apparently he said 'get off you w**kers' which worked.
I like to think the villagers heard some rude guy telling them to "fuck off" in English and just went "definitely one of ours."
@@clicheusername7182Yep that would work in Denmark too.
Josef František was Czech and fought alongside the poles in 303 squadron his nickname was the lone wolf and had the most victories during the Battle of Britain he is also my great third cousin he died on October 8th 1940 I was born October 8 2002.
Are you Chech yourself? I know one, and I was shocked that he never even heard about Josef Frantisek. He learned about Frantisek from me, and he was as much surprised listening about him, as I was surprised that he didn't know Josef's story.
@@1ramyus I am Czech, my family is mostly Czech, German and Swedish.
The lyrics refer to their training at the beginning. Polish pilots were put to training, and although they already "earned their wings", they were already fighter aces before they even arrived in the United Kingdom, and they were already by far better fighter pilots than their British instructors. They were on axile because they couldn't return to their countries since Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia already conquered their lands.
It was actually some pilots from the US and other former colonies of Britain however the majority of the pilots who were exiled was from Poland and other eastern European countries
Everyone leaves out that Canada was in the Battle of Britain. Sabaton ofc being the GOAT of music made sure to include us. 🤘
Even (probably) the commanding officer of these fighter pilets was not British. Air Chief Marshal Sir Kieth Park, who commanded of the No. 11th group that protected London and was Dowding's second in command, was a New Zealander that fought as a flying ace in the RAF during WW1 as well as pilot instructor before being given his commands before and in WW2.
He is also likely one of the main reasons many of the pilots that survived their time did. This is because he was the one that determined that non-essential data should be filtered out on radar (against the rest of air command's belief) and managed to get it accepted by presenting the result of unsanctioned tests he conducted to Dowding, which greatly improved radar as a tool for the pilots and ensured they received the information they needed to fight without being overwhelmed by too many potential targets (that mostly were not the enemy).
This was my favorite sabaton song for a while. Very underrated, imo. A lot of the lines give me chills.
Those pilots were treate like underdogs as thay didn't speak english and othere stuf.
When brits were in big big truble thay let tham fly and thay became the best scoring squodrons in RAF...
"Claw of the Eagle" refers to the eagle and swastika logo of the Luftwaffe.
It doesn't matter how many times I listen to a Sabaton song or what song it is, I get goosebumps every time! Joakim's voice is a big part of that, he just sings each song in a unique way. Thank you for always making reactions!
They most certainly didn't have to be there. People from all over Europe who's countries were invaded and conquered by the Germans deciding to carry on the fight even though victory was not certain. Then you had people from outside of Europe and the British empire like America who weren't even in the war but decided to join because it was the right thing to do.
You're right, none of them had any business being there, so they made it their business.
"Never before in the field of human conflict has so much been owed, by so many, to so few"
Dear friend, France and Great Britain have betrayed us. Despite agreements on support, they gave Poland and Czechoslovakia for the price of peace with Hitler. The pilots of 303 Squadron did not come to the British Isles to defend them. They came to kill Nazis. For revenge. Poland was left alone, on October 6, 1939, the September Campaign ended. We lost, in order to be able to continue fighting, the soldiers had to emigrate. For example, to England
These pilots in exile were likely key to the British winning the Battle of Britain. The reason this is important is because British air power prevented the Nazis from invading the mainland of the UK. That incredibly important win may not have been possible without the Poles, Czechs, Canadians, New Zealanders and others coming to the desperate defense of their ally. They helped make the allied victory possible in the long run!
that was best part of song when they quote Winston Churchill after the Battle of Britian i know for fact that quote was on top 5 quotes from ww2 from him. Also if you did not know this there is Arleigh Burke class Destroyer name after him Winston Churchill .
My parents were children in England when this was happening, so this song is special to me.
Brodén's father, Ulf Olof Brodén, is from Sweden and his mother, Anna, is from former Czechoslovakia. He holds dual citizenship in Sweden and the Czech Republic.[2] He has said that he became a metalhead when he was three or four years old because of the music video for Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It".[3] He was a competitive swimmer in his youth.[4]..
I had two relatives in WW2, one was in the army, Artillery, the other fought as a pilot in No 71 squadron of the RAF, made up of US Volunteers. While the song doesnt mention americans, they were there, and I'm proud my grandpas brother was a part of the defense of the Isle.
Sabaton is living proof that you can be a badass metal god and a history nerd at the same time!!😄
Poland Fell and they wanted to keep fighting the Nazi's is how i see it
the reference to exiles means they fled Nazi German Tyranny, they flew to strike back at invaders occupying their homelands. Poland* 145-146 New Zealand 127-135 Canada 112
Czechoslovakia* 84-88 Belgium* 28-30 Australia 26-32 South Africa 22-25 Free France* 13-14 Ireland 10 United States 9-11 Southern Rhodesia 3-4 Barbados 1 Jamaica 1
Newfoundland 1 Northern Rhodesia 1
The documentary of the battle of Britain is great one
I like the fact that i get to listen to stuff i normally wouldnt listen and just finding new bands to listen on my own through your reactions
Sabaton did a song for the czeck Pilots in the RAF as well! "Far from the Fame"! would be great to do a Part 2, right? ;)
SO glad you're doing Sabaton!!! When you search for the videos to react to, they have some videos with historical explanations at the beginning. If you can, react to those. The context makes the songs hit harder!
Is this you first time seeing one of my sabaton reactions? If so. I’ve been doing this for a while. Here’s all of em!
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Dave, you should watch Battle of Britain from 1969. IMO it's the best movie about the Battle of Britain. The Messerschmitts they are using are from Spain (Spain got a licence to produce Me 109s from Nazi Germany, so they had plenty for the movie. ^^ ).
I wish you would react to The Final Solution, but not the official video. Out there are from several conserts recordings on Sabaton doing this song acoustic, I think the best version is from Krakow. But you'd better arm yourself with tissues, it's a very heavy song about the holocaust
You always point out great things I seem to miss. Great job as usual professor! Stay safe!
You should really really react to the song Carolux Rex, it is one of my favorite sabaton song or if not the favorite Sabaton song. Having their classic epic heavy metal but also epic choir in the background.
It's really epic to me also as I'am a Swedish person myself.
It's lyrics are also really awesome. Being about the famous and of Swedens great kings, Charles XII(the 12th). Who became king at 15 and was tactical genius.
Ofcourse you should react to the english version and not swedish to have been feeling.
Also as swede i prefer english than the swedish lyrics.
Like ur Reaction, Dave! As always so good, man🤟
Imagine being a wife to one of these men, and your husband tells you that he is going to die very close to god. You ask why. Why you? He says, I am a chosen one and my name and my sacrifice will live on forever. You and our boy will also be rewarded because we share the last name. 😢❤
still waiting for your reaction to sabatons white death
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I don't know if it's been mentioned, but the claw of the eagle refers to the flag of Germany during the war (refer to Defense of Moscow where they mention something along the lines of bringing him the eagle on a plate.) And to show they were the same thing (I think), they mentioned the claw of the Reich. If I'm wrong in my interpretation, please correct me.
Attero Dominatus, not Defense of Moscow
If Nazi's airforces dominated in Britain coast and sea around, German commando would start operation "Lion of the Sea" and reach British island. However! Those brave men from Polish, Chekhoslovakia and Canada made really miracle and stoped German airforces, which were more.
Could you please React to HammerFall - Hammer of Dawn (Official Music Video) or Venerate Me (Visualiser), This band is fire! catchy and melodic!, if you got good headphone or speakers, then it gonna be good
ask me about the battle of britain
What about some blind guardian. I suggest the song: the last candle. Its not very reacted on yt so it would be cool if you checked it out
Last I’ve seen on a map….Canada is not Eastern European…..
After watching few others of your reaction to Sabaton songs I do not expect much, but... wow. Your absolute lack of any historical knowledge is astounding. And terryfing.
"Eastern europeans helping the Polish" - wow. Just wow. Poles ARE eastern europeans (at least by some definitions).
Song is about foreign pilots (it named Poles, Czechoslovaks and Canadians in particular, but in reality it is about much more than just those 3) participating in the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940. It is called Aces in Exile cose many of those pilots (f. eg. Poles and Czechoslovaks) was in UK cose they flled they home countries after Germany invaded and conquered them in during 2 years before the battle. This is why he mention vengance several times.
He did not say about "they already fighted before, but they come fight some more". He talk about them already being skilled pilots, veterans, but still wassend to basic training. Poles of 303 squadron had fight before in Poland and France, but they do not know english, do not know how Royal Air Force operate, used diferent styles of planes in the past, so they spend 2 months in training - partially in clasrooms or learning formations on bikes. All while the battle was raging on above them and RAF suffer heavy losses.
Claw of the Reich - it is about they enemies, the Germans. Reich = Germany.
The British have tried to minimize the role of foreign pilots in the RAF (Poles, Czechs, Americans, French, Belgian, etc), as if the Brits had won the Batlle of Britain by themselves.
You should make a album tier list when you are done with all albums!
This song is amazing and strange for me because it has mostly really nice parts but also some parts that could've been better. For example for me it felt like the solo wasnt fast/energetic enough after that build up of when they sang "Sent to the sky to die". Im comparing this with other great songs of them.