There are many battleship stories, Admiral Lee in USS Washington of Guadalcanal Vs Kirishima, HMS Warspite, The Battle of the North Cape with KMS Scharnhorst- Vs HMS Duke of York......but I'd like to see one about the attack on the Italian Battle Fleet at Taranto, where the Swordfish of HMS Illustrious swwp in at the dead of night and attack Battleships like the angels of death.....that's the signal which confirms to the IJN that a torpedo attack on Pearl Harbour might work.
All navies of the world : "WE MUST BUILD BIGGER AND BIGGER BATTLESHIPZ!" Poland, single handedly charging the Bismark with the ORP Piorun light destroyer : "Trzy salwy na cześć Polski! I AM A POLE!" ^^'
If sabaton had fun writing about the battleships, they should write for the unsung heroes of Taffy 3, the tin can sailors that gave a savage beating to the japanese center force
@@bobolobocus333 same to what was done to the warspite, but we have the hindsight of today when back then they were broke, scrap metal was valuable in a broken economy and the concept of the museum ship still wasn't around as well as maintaining such vessels, now a new enterprise cvn 80 is to be built
Sabaton partnering with the Military museums of the US for a tour, where they exclusively play sets from the decks of Battleships and Carriers, would be mega
Bismarck is definitely 10/10 in aesthetics, unlike Yamato, Iowa, Richelieu and Littorio, which all score about 9/10, and the rest scoring even less than that.
Not even its historical context, the song is just brutal and intimidating by itself; the constant tempo is unmoving, neither slowing or quickening, but you can feel a certain weight in the sound. I love it!
Kaiser Willy: I've done it! I have built an armada that can match the British! Alfred von Tirpitz: And you'll let me use it against them to break the blockade Kaiser: Alfred von Tirpitz: And you'll let me use it against them to break the blockade
Grand fleet: 29 Dreadnought battleships and 9 battlecruisers German high seas fleet: 17 Dreadnought battleships and 5 battlecruisers. Wouldn't call that a match for the british.
Burkard Freiherr von Müllenheim-Rechberg, who was a gun coordinator at Bismarck, wrote a book about the ship and their first and last sailing, rescue and being a POW afterwards. If you're proficient in german reading, get it, it's a stunning piece of history!
The fact the nagato only sank over a day after the second atomic bomb was detonated underwater is really a testament to how strong battleships were getting
The USS Nevada took the same punishment plus an additional 5 days of bombardment from the Iowa and other ships, then an ariel torpedo finally sunk her.
@@heppan_7498The Prinz Eugen was not run aground. She survived the two atomic bombs, surviving on concentrated German spite. They decided to tow her home, but discovered a leak. They could not get crew aboard to fix it because she was highly radioactive. They took to Kwajalein Atoll where the leak persisted and she capsized, also probably out of spite. She sits there to this day with her ass out to the world as a middle finger out of spite... The Prinz Eugens "Career" in the US was filled with spite. As soon as the Americans took over and her German crew left for home she started having problems. I would say she was homesick... But what she did was out of spite. She surived the war out of spite, broke down out of spite, survived two atom bombs out of spite, and sank out of spite. The best way to describe that ships career was Spite contained in heavily armed metal package. She's one of my favorites.
@@kampfer3146I think what we did to Nagato, Navada, Saratoga, Pennsylvania, and Prinz Eugen was a mistake. They served faithfully. They didn't deserve that, Nagato and Prinz would've been perfect museums in their home countries today. I get why the testing was necessary... But using our war prizes feels like unnecessary salt in the wound. Especially to Nagato who was one of the legendary Big 7.
In Germany sparkling wine is taxed via the Schaumweinsteuer, introduced in 1902 to finance the Imperial Navy. It's still in effect today, although no Dreadnaughts remain, sadly.
Most were scrapped after Versailles, and almost all Dreadnaughts and Battleships in Europe were scrapped by 1970. Hard truth was they were old and militarly irrelevant . Also war the war was so devastating that steel was badly needed and a single Battleship has enough strength for a town essentially.
@@pedrofelipefreitas2666 not disagreeing. But that wasn’t that case or even a concern back then. For example by the time the British public wanted to preserve some of the BBS it was too late, they were all towed to the scrapyard. Only Belfast a medium size cruiser remains.
Bismark had a sistership. Tirpitz It was stationed outside the Norwegian town of Alta late in ww2. Ended up "upside-down" outside the town of Tromsoe. Sadly werry forgotten in history.
When it comes to battleship, the thing about them is that they are quite unique. Its hard to find a battleship which has more than 4 copies, and even those are a bit different. When it comes to tanks and planes, well, even the mighty Tiger had about 1400 brothers. When it comes to Bismarck, there was just one similar ships, and even that has visible differences. Hood was entirely unique... Its not just one of many, its THE ship, the one you see on other historical photos, in some cases even THE one you can visit today...
This might sound a bit too philosophical, but might that have something to do with the fact that (battle)ships are small societies? Hundreds to thousands of men living in a relatively small area, with no other place to go. While a tank or a plane will be personalized/customized, but at the end of the day the driver or pilot gets out of the vehicle, while sailors live on a ship for weeks or even months.
Thats the reason that stories like Azure Lane exists. These ships are almost always one of a kind, and often lasted for decades, for example HMS Warspite.
When it comes to capital ships. Many of them are unique to the point that we talk about them like a person. If a tiger is lost its a tank but when Musashi was destroyed we remember the name not the class. Its that ship not one of the yamatos
A battleship ship is like a person, it has a history, a personality, it has a name. So they're more relatable than a "panzerkampfwagen iv" or a "m4a1", they're the "Bismarck" or the "Iowa", there's only one ship with a given name simultaneously in service. They're also the combined history of hundreds or thousands of people, who served, fought, died, repaired, killed and shared a deep bond in that machine.
My great-grandfather was a U-Boat Commander in WW2 and he has instilled a big interest and fascination with warships and naval warfare in me. And my favorite ship is probably the Bismarck and my favorite battle is the battle of denmark straight
Say what you want about Sabaton. They never fail to entertain and speaking as someone who has spent most of my life studying history in general and WW2. These guys care about the accuracy of the facts the present. Which can not be said for many channels here on RUclips. From a guy who loves history and your music. Thanks guys for making my life a bit brighter and interesting. Every time you release a track or video. On the history behind the songs. Scotland loves you. If I had the power I would make you all honorary Scotsman. Just to say thank you for your work.
To heck with bringing a battleship to the stage. Use a battleship AS the stage! See if they'll let you host a smaller concert on the USS New Jersey or USS Missouri. Sabaton on top of the rear turret, the crowd on the deck below. The levels of epic would cause a singularity.
As a Navy veteran, these songs bring me a lot of pride and happiness! But I will point out that Sabaton lacks songs about naval battles, at least to the extent of land and air battles. We sailors need to get some more credit! Keep doing what you're doing! Love you guys!
Both Bismarck and Dreadnaught hold a very powerful place in my heart for they are what made come to respect the ships of every nation that severed, fought and sank with those lives aboard them who made their sacrifices but also further made me into the Sabaton fan I am today. I hope that we'll get to see more songs of other battleships from Sabaton very soon.
A naval album could be interesting, Pacific theatre comes to mind. Also, performance on one of old battleships would be cool. A song about the Navajo Codetalkers would be awesome😇
You could try to make the Battleship New Jersey in the United States a stage and then the audience could be either on the ship as well or on the dock watching you play from a stage setup on the Battleship NJ. The Battleship Nj is a museum now in NJ that has it's own relatively large RUclips channel that you could try to contact to setup a show like that.
Don't forget World of Warships/World of Warships Legends, War Thunder... just a thought. Both Dreadnought and Bismarck are the best songs when it comes to warships. And it's amazing that Virbis Unitus, the Pan-European battleship in World of Warships to be given a recognition. I do wonder if the Yamato class battleships will receive the same detailed recognition in the Sabaton History channel?
Please do an album on the Pacific theater with so many stories many of them naval. Pearl Harbor, The Navajo Windtalkers, the Japanese battleship Yamato etc maybe even a new re-armed version of Midway.
@@benterbenter9281you could say the same about Bismarck, hood was a really outdated ship, and the song still kicks ass. Yamato also died in a rather spectacular way, she took such a pounding to sink that any ship would probably have sunk with just half the bombs and torpedos.
Idea: Sabaton should rent an Aircraft-Carrier and do a World (Port) Tour! Or "flood" some Arenas up to 60 cm/2 feet and play from the deck of a Type VII U-Boat lookalike in the middle of thet lake while the crowd can use all the stands and go "surfing"!
@@ladyzapzap9514 While the last of it's class the USS Texas is a small vessel in comparison to other warships that came after. 100 years ago, she was biggest and baddest with a boiler system that rivals even those of today. An engendering wonder to be certain. She is still in drydock for repairs. Her future has been uncertain, but news have come up that she may be staying in Galveston's pier 21 alongside The Elissa, another magnificent vessel. I hope that will be the case.
They are epic in scale, you don’t really realize how big they actually are until you’re in front of them. And the Alabama and her sister ships are still smaller then the Iowas.
7:12 I will never not picture Christopher Walken when Joakim sings 'unrivalled firepower' in Dreadnought. Unintentional though it may be, it will always be one of my favorite "growls" from any song, in any genre, ever. Hell, whenever I read that phrase now, I also hear it. And sadly for those around me, sometimes I apparently sing it. Sincere apologies to those at the library that one time. 🤫😎
As a Navy veteran, i appreciate how they bring to light the risks and courage to face them on the sea. A lot of people dont have a clue what its like to deploy on a warship.
In 1988 I was in the USA Marines I got lucky I was stationed on the great battleship BB63 USS MISSOURI. Marines we know every inch of the ship. One war game our battleship battle group had to defend Hawaii against a large Navy & Marines amphibious battle group. I was on the bridge. I can still feel when our ship going over 35 knots, firing harpoons and tomahawk missiles & torpedoes. (Pretend) The 16 in & 5 in turrets were manned. We were rolling threw the enemy swinging the huge 16 in from ship to ship mock firing at enemy battle group.She still had more speed to give. I wished we had cameras and video cameras like now. It still would not give the feeling inside of us.
Only discovered this channel when i went to see the movie. Met Par and Joakim. Absolutely love what they do and have done. I've learnt more about history through Sabatons music than i ever did in school. Love that you find all the small battles and unknown historical figures and bring them to life. Been binge watching these video's all week
Best naval Stageriser idea: -Get a big tank on stage (the water filled sort) -have a nutshell type rowboat float on top -insert Hannes and his drums -hope he does not get seasick
If you remember Cher did a video on the Mighty Mo!!! As well as having the sailors from the Missouri in the video. Should do one of yhe Arizona and the heroes of that ship during the Pearl Harbor attack.
We all think of battleships as these huge, hulking beasts and obvious to the world. The notion of Revenge sneaking up on a beach sounds ridiculous until you look at Massachusetts in her final resting place. She just appears out of nowhere Wildcard BB song: Washington's stand against the IJN at Guadalcanal. With South Dakota lost and powerless, her hull lit with the punishment of the Kongo class, and Enterprise still licking her wounds after Santa Cruz, Washington strode into Ironbottom Sound, sniped Ayanami, and sent the Imperial Navy fleeing for their lives. Alone in the dark.
I'm so glad my home state of North Carolina bought our namesake battleship and converted it into a museum! It's amazing! If you're ever in this area of the east coast, you have to check it out.
... Viribus Unitis... (thinks) ohhhhhhhh, the Tegetthoffs... 😅 Also, oh lord, the old "was Hood a battlecruiser or a fast battleship in the end" debate... However, the Nagato class was not the first Japanese designed and built battleship. They were doing that as far back as the Kawachi class, plus the succeeding Fusou and Ise classes, where all three classes were still in service in WW II (although Settsu was a target and decoy ship by then). Pär, just do a destroyer stage instead of a battleship. Smaller, but still big and badass enough in comparison to a tank. There's enough that are museum ships for inspiration.
The last proper battleships to see service were the Iowa's in the 90's. Those two (Iowa, and Missouri I believe) served in desert storm. The Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial has recently found a document that shown how certain people were that she'd be reactivated again, not that this will happen as a Submarine has taken the name.
I was going to suggest visiting the BB-35 Texas since she's in drydock, but you guys did that. The next time you're in Texas, if possible go to Corpus Christi and visit the CV-16 Lexington aircraft carrier. I've been there once and if I remember right, they still have a spot on the lower deck where a Zero crashed into her.
always a happy day when I see a new episode. was even more surprised to hear on the radio that Sabaton would be playing as guest at a Judas Priest show next year near where I call home, Mobile, AL US. also kind of fitting that this episode is about battleships as there happens to be one set up as a museum a stone's throw from the venue, the U.S.S. Alabama, which I recommend touring time permitting. for now i will say keep up the excellent work you fine folks are doing with the episodes, to the band keep making excellent music and stay safe in your travels and touring.
I have Sabaton and World of Warships to thank for the fact that I know about all the battleships mentioned in this video. I have a special liking for one not mentioned, the Scharnhorst, at least in its in-game form. However, it didn't survive the war, being sunk in 1943. I was interested to learn that the Nagato actually survived the war and that it took two underwater atomic bombs to sink it.
When I was in Rotc we got to go to Norfolk naval base in Virginia and we got to get on the Uss Enterprise CVN 65 aircraft carrier before it got decommissioned and scraped and the movie top gun I believe they said shot a small part on the deck its on the opening scene of the movie thank u guys for all the history info really enjoy it and all ur songs!
I love Bismark, but Dreadnought is My favorite Boat Song because it reminds me of my favorite battleship...the USS Texas...I loved being able to visit the USS Texas whenever I wanted. I can't wait until she gets her new berth.
We really need to have songs dedicated to the Yamato Classes, and Iowa Classes. I mean, KMS Bismarck and HMS Dreadnought, and dreadnoughts in general, both have their own songs
On representing the character of the nation, the three España-class battleships (1912) really represent the Spanish character: though of small size, they packed quite a punch (8 305mm main guns with a weight of around 16500 tons) with a very ingenious design that allowed for maximum efficiency for weapon emplacement. They were designed to punch above their weight, but ultimately never did, and their history is also a great metaphor for Spain: the first of them was scuttled in the 1920s during an accident, and the other two suffered similar fates during the Spanish Civil War (in which they fought in opposite sides) ultimately due to the lack of resources. Their turrets were placed on the shores of the ports of Cádiz and Cartagena, defending their country even after being sunk. And, now that I'm thinking about modern Spanish naval history, I have to mention an anecdote which gave a very famous motto (in Spain), namely "rather honor without warships than warships without honor" (Mejor honra sin barcos que barcos sin honra). This sentence is atributed by Méndez Núñez, captain of the first Spanish ironclad (Numancia), during the Spanish-South American war, though it comes from the mishmash of two sentences (similar to that famous Yamamoto quote of "waking a giant" after Pearl Harbour): originally, when the fleet was sent to the South Pacific the dispatch from the Spanish Ministry of the Navy read that "they should rather die gloriously on enemy waters than return Spain with neither honor nor shame", to which Méndez Núñez replied (as a kind of "take that") by ending the dispatch in which he anounced the arrival of the Spanish fleet with a phrasing that translates to "better to have honor without a Navy than to have a Navy without honor". The second was a response after the decisive naval engagement of El Callao, which was kind of like Jutland: though it was tactically indecisive, since Spain already held the initiative, it was a strategic victory for Spain. The US threatened to enter the war on the side of Chile and Bolivia, to which Méndez Núñez replied with a letter basically daring the US to do so that contained the sentence "the Queen, the Government and I would rather have honor without warships than warships without honor".
I loved the song Bismarck, when Dreadnought was released. I was so excited! Still both are my favorites among many. I still believe battleships show fear & power. Always dreamed to see the Iowas again reactivated for the Modern Navy again, atleast Wisconsin or New Jersey anyway..(I know i've seen why they cant, seen comments & videos from Many including to talking to actual Navy admirals and logistic officals) i still believe though. I would love to see Sabaton perform on USS New Jersey. Music video, concert, a special of sorts! Anything would be a great way to welcome her back after she goes to drydock for maintenance. (When she does anyways)
Perform concerts aboard a battleship. Also in the hangers or carriers. I'd love to see songs about the battle of Tsushima, the Battle of Le Te Gulf, the life of HMS Warspite!
Got to disagree about the sentiment "Hood was just a battlecruiser, she wasn't comparable to Bismarck". On the contrary. Apart from Bismarck being newer, they were relatively comparable and the graphics often shown how Bismarck sank Hood have a way too high angle for the shells, requiring as the naval historian Drachinifel likes to say high angle mortars. In truth, the British had an advantage over the Germans, considering it was 1 battleship and 1 heavy cruiser vs 1 equally post treaty battleship and a ship that's arguably more a fast battleship than a battlecruiser (I once more refer to Drachinifel, he made a good video about that topic), alongside 2 heavy cruisers (Norfolk and Suffolk) in pursuit with the possibility of reinforcements. And Hood's sinking was also a pretty lucky shot, since it most likely landed in the water a few meters away from Hood's hull and penetrating under water in the weaker torpedo protection, ending up in an engine room, rolling aft towards a 4.5 inch magazine and exploding. In truth, Hood's main design flaw allowing for this was it's bow wave, which formed a depression there, reducing the amount of water a shell had to travel through, enabling this. I once more refer to Drachinifel about this. Because actual, the "no one disagrees about them being battlecruisers" in the same group of "roughly similar capital ships", the QEs, Rs, Admirals (Hood and the 3 not completed others) and Renown and Repulse. All had the same turret design, the Renowns 3 of them, the others 4 (so 6 vs 8 barrels) were too weak to fight Bismarck and Tirpitz. Hood had the speed, the armament and the armour to fight another battleship, especially if supported by a 2nd battleship like Prince of Wales, the Renowns were mostly useful for fighting cruisers and scouting for the main battle line. In the 1920s the US Navy even concluded that Hood was superior to all their battleships excluding the Colorados and that's only because they had 16 inch guns. And even then with the caveat that because of her superior speed Hood could choose whether to engage or not. The simple truth is, what doomed Hood was delayed maintenance since she was needed in the early months of the war, King George V and PoW were pretty much just entering service when Hood was sunk, PoW famously still had yard workers on board to prepare some stuff to fight and awful luck, something Bismarck later also showed with the torpedo hit from Ark Royal to her rudder. And the battlecruiser designation is basically just "This capital ship is faster than 25 knots." Which in a world where even "fast" battleships like the QEs made only 23 was fast. Even the KGVs and Vanguard were originally designated as battlecruisers because of this, before the more sane heads concluded that they were truly battleships
Can we have a video about the Battle of Trinidad, November 1914? Cunard liner RMS Carmania, serving as an armed merchant cruiser, engaged the Hamburg-America liner Cap Trafalgar. While both ships severely damaged themselves in the fight, Carmania claimed the win. What makes this fight memorable is Carmania was disguised as Cap Trafalgar, and vice versa. On the topic of merchants at war, *When will we get a video about Old Reliable Olympic* ?
get with a museum that is a battleship (recommending to pick one thats in a state of decay and needs money for repair!) and build a "stage" on the bow or stern of the vessel and have an open air concert! (to entice organizations and foundations to allow it offer them a crazy percentage of profit to help motivate people from the local area to go to! obviously i'd assume it'd be minus costs to set up and run but i can imagine a show generates several ten's of thousands of dollars but i don't know the business side but that'd be enough for some serious repairs for some of these old aging vessels!)
I would have liked to witness a big-ass naval battle sometime, like standing in the coast of Spain and watching Trafalgar, or on the Nile Delta. A spectacle of its own I think would be an actual battleship battle, like HMS Hood vs Bismarck engaging in a long-range duel.
I think its a damn shame that a ship as historically significant and badass as the "Grand old lady" Warspite doesnt have a song dedicated to her yet. I might be a bit biased as a northern norwegian, but there was never a finer ship than her.
I hope sabaton will write a song about the war winner, the global power house. The air craft carrier. They get outshined by battleships, despite being the most important asset any country can own. Because he who rules the sea, rules the world. And he who has carriers, owns the seas.
I remember the ending quote the Narrator said in the History Channel show DOGFIGHTS: The Hunt For The Bismarck "The tragic fate of the Bismarck is proof; that the sea is now controlled...from the sky.."
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If you cannot take a battleship to the stage, take the stage to the battleship
Agreed! I hope they come when they finish the USS Texas’ restoration!
I was thinking exactly the same! I would probably fly extra to america to see a Sabaton concert on ab Battleship!
Sabaton on the ship. The fans on a platform slightly lower than the battleship. That'd be a show for the century.
Yes there’s some good one that they could perform on
There are many battleship stories, Admiral Lee in USS Washington of Guadalcanal Vs Kirishima, HMS Warspite, The Battle of the North Cape with KMS Scharnhorst- Vs HMS Duke of York......but I'd like to see one about the attack on the Italian Battle Fleet at Taranto, where the Swordfish of HMS Illustrious swwp in at the dead of night and attack Battleships like the angels of death.....that's the signal which confirms to the IJN that a torpedo attack on Pearl Harbour might work.
All navies of the world : "WE MUST BUILD BIGGER AND BIGGER BATTLESHIPZ!"
Poland, single handedly charging the Bismark with the ORP Piorun light destroyer : "Trzy salwy na cześć Polski! I AM A POLE!"
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If sabaton had fun writing about the battleships, they should write for the unsung heroes of Taffy 3, the tin can sailors that gave a savage beating to the japanese center force
I wonder if they'd like the Yorktown-class Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6). What happened to her after the war was a crime.
@@bobolobocus333 same to what was done to the warspite, but we have the hindsight of today when back then they were broke, scrap metal was valuable in a broken economy and the concept of the museum ship still wasn't around as well as maintaining such vessels, now a new enterprise cvn 80 is to be built
Dam that
THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC
Was considered one of the most important battles of the war that deserves a song
A battleship does not come to a stage, a battleship IS the stage.
= Go concert on Texas
Sabaton partnering with the Military museums of the US for a tour, where they exclusively play sets from the decks of Battleships and Carriers, would be mega
Ah yes the world’s third largest navy, Americas fleet of museum ships.
I'll always have a place for Bismarck, but there's something about Dreadnaught that's absolutely awesome. Love them both
Love them both. Slight edge for Bismarck but Dreadnought is amazing in its own right.
Bismarck is definitely 10/10 in aesthetics, unlike Yamato, Iowa, Richelieu and Littorio, which all score about 9/10, and the rest scoring even less than that.
Not even its historical context, the song is just brutal and intimidating by itself; the constant tempo is unmoving, neither slowing or quickening, but you can feel a certain weight in the sound. I love it!
I agree. My favorite part is near the end where they mention Jutland. The "fleet of the high seas" and "grand fleet"
Aye aye, capt'n
Kaiser Willy: I've done it! I have built an armada that can match the British!
Alfred von Tirpitz: And you'll let me use it against them to break the blockade
Kaiser:
Alfred von Tirpitz: And you'll let me use it against them to break the blockade
Grand fleet: 29 Dreadnought battleships and 9 battlecruisers
German high seas fleet: 17 Dreadnought battleships and 5 battlecruisers.
Wouldn't call that a match for the british.
Burkard Freiherr von Müllenheim-Rechberg, who was a gun coordinator at Bismarck, wrote a book about the ship and their first and last sailing, rescue and being a POW afterwards. If you're proficient in german reading, get it, it's a stunning piece of history!
Is there an English translation????
The fact the nagato only sank over a day after the second atomic bomb was detonated underwater is really a testament to how strong battleships were getting
The USS Nevada took the same punishment plus an additional 5 days of bombardment from the Iowa and other ships, then an ariel torpedo finally sunk her.
Look into prince eugen then. Survived bombings of ports in Germany and then both nuclear bombs but was accidentally run aground
@@heppan_7498The Prinz Eugen was not run aground. She survived the two atomic bombs, surviving on concentrated German spite. They decided to tow her home, but discovered a leak. They could not get crew aboard to fix it because she was highly radioactive. They took to Kwajalein Atoll where the leak persisted and she capsized, also probably out of spite. She sits there to this day with her ass out to the world as a middle finger out of spite... The Prinz Eugens "Career" in the US was filled with spite. As soon as the Americans took over and her German crew left for home she started having problems. I would say she was homesick... But what she did was out of spite. She surived the war out of spite, broke down out of spite, survived two atom bombs out of spite, and sank out of spite. The best way to describe that ships career was Spite contained in heavily armed metal package. She's one of my favorites.
@@kampfer3146I think what we did to Nagato, Navada, Saratoga, Pennsylvania, and Prinz Eugen was a mistake. They served faithfully. They didn't deserve that, Nagato and Prinz would've been perfect museums in their home countries today. I get why the testing was necessary... But using our war prizes feels like unnecessary salt in the wound. Especially to Nagato who was one of the legendary Big 7.
Don't forget that the (by then) USS Prinz Eugen survived being nuked twice!
In Germany sparkling wine is taxed via the Schaumweinsteuer, introduced in 1902 to finance the Imperial Navy. It's still in effect today, although no Dreadnaughts remain, sadly.
Most were scrapped after Versailles, and almost all Dreadnaughts and Battleships in Europe were scrapped by 1970. Hard truth was they were old and militarly irrelevant . Also war the war was so devastating that steel was badly needed and a single Battleship has enough strength for a town essentially.
Yet another abuse doen by the government. If they will not use the money for something cool, like dreadnaughts, then that tax should be abolished!
@@greenknightofwar7024they serve much better as museum pieces than chairs or chains.
@@pedrofelipefreitas2666 not disagreeing. But that wasn’t that case or even a concern back then. For example by the time the British public wanted to preserve some of the BBS it was too late, they were all towed to the scrapyard. Only Belfast a medium size cruiser remains.
The battleship can be the stage. There's a lot of room on those decks.
Bismark had a sistership. Tirpitz
It was stationed outside the Norwegian town of Alta late in ww2.
Ended up "upside-down" outside the town of Tromsoe.
Sadly werry forgotten in history.
"The Lonely Queen of the North" also took part in what was probably the ballsiest move of WWII. Sailing up the English Channel.
@@bobolobocus333 she didn’t take part in the Chanel run. That was Prinz, Schanhorst, and Gnesienu.
Sadly? If anything the Scharnhorsts are sadly forgotten. Better designs and more successfull.
When it comes to battleship, the thing about them is that they are quite unique. Its hard to find a battleship which has more than 4 copies, and even those are a bit different. When it comes to tanks and planes, well, even the mighty Tiger had about 1400 brothers. When it comes to Bismarck, there was just one similar ships, and even that has visible differences. Hood was entirely unique... Its not just one of many, its THE ship, the one you see on other historical photos, in some cases even THE one you can visit today...
This might sound a bit too philosophical, but might that have something to do with the fact that (battle)ships are small societies?
Hundreds to thousands of men living in a relatively small area, with no other place to go.
While a tank or a plane will be personalized/customized, but at the end of the day the driver or pilot gets out of the vehicle, while sailors live on a ship for weeks or even months.
Thats the reason that stories like Azure Lane exists. These ships are almost always one of a kind, and often lasted for decades, for example HMS Warspite.
When it comes to capital ships. Many of them are unique to the point that we talk about them like a person. If a tiger is lost its a tank but when Musashi was destroyed we remember the name not the class. Its that ship not one of the yamatos
A battleship ship is like a person, it has a history, a personality, it has a name. So they're more relatable than a "panzerkampfwagen iv" or a "m4a1", they're the "Bismarck" or the "Iowa", there's only one ship with a given name simultaneously in service.
They're also the combined history of hundreds or thousands of people, who served, fought, died, repaired, killed and shared a deep bond in that machine.
If you visit Oslo, you might encounter roadworks where the holes are covered by steel-plates. Those steel-plates are from the Tirpitz.
Are you for real?! 😮
@@allfather5845 Yes, and the use of the plates is mentioned in the Norwegian Wikipedia-article.
My great-grandfather was a U-Boat Commander in WW2 and he has instilled a big interest and fascination with warships and naval warfare in me. And my favorite ship is probably the Bismarck and my favorite battle is the battle of denmark straight
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Say what you want about Sabaton. They never fail to entertain and speaking as someone who has spent most of my life studying history in general and WW2. These guys care about the accuracy of the facts the present. Which can not be said for many channels here on RUclips. From a guy who loves history and your music. Thanks guys for making my life a bit brighter and interesting. Every time you release a track or video. On the history behind the songs. Scotland loves you. If I had the power I would make you all honorary Scotsman. Just to say thank you for your work.
It's always our privilege Craig 🤘 Thank you so much for your message
My favourite battleship remains HMS Warspite, she has such a impressive career and truly was a beast all the way to the end, definitely worth a song!
The grand old lady, she was truly unique along with her sister HMS Queen Elizabeth.
If we get a song about the Grand Olde Lady, it has to reference "The Subject".
I don't know who is my favourite - both Enterprise and HMS Hood are both best girl of their respective navies for me.
Please please I love her so
I absolutely adore bismarck and dreadnought, but I really think you guys should do a song about Taffy 3!
They absolutely need to
The should do a song for each of these ships:
USS Johnston
USS Samuel B Robert
USS Hoel
Piorun
USS Laffy
@@benterbenter9281 USS Enterprise (CV-6)
@@benterbenter9281 HMS Warspite
To heck with bringing a battleship to the stage. Use a battleship AS the stage! See if they'll let you host a smaller concert on the USS New Jersey or USS Missouri. Sabaton on top of the rear turret, the crowd on the deck below. The levels of epic would cause a singularity.
As a Navy veteran, these songs bring me a lot of pride and happiness! But I will point out that Sabaton lacks songs about naval battles, at least to the extent of land and air battles. We sailors need to get some more credit! Keep doing what you're doing! Love you guys!
Indy Neidell's voice is oddly perfect, i enjoy putting on the "Stalingrad Map Special" for an hour while cleaning lol
we need a song about the USS Enterprise (CV-6)
Hell, they could probably make a whole album following the enterprise
Call it the song the grey ghost
And Warspite, possibly also Dresden, or Seeadler.
Definitely. One about USS Laffey and the Battle Off Samar would be good as well.
Absolutely
Pride of a nation, a beast made of steel! Great stuff guys! Bismarck is my favorite song.
I am watching this in the bismarck shirt
@@aldrixalkemadus i have two of those Bismarck shirts lol
Both Bismarck and Dreadnaught hold a very powerful place in my heart for they are what made come to respect the ships of every nation that severed, fought and sank with those lives aboard them who made their sacrifices but also further made me into the Sabaton fan I am today. I hope that we'll get to see more songs of other battleships from Sabaton very soon.
USS New Jersey, My favorite Battleship. Sunk an Island back in the Korean War.
Now that they're not regular things, it's always so fun to wake up and have my phone tell me "New Sabaton History". :)
A naval album could be interesting, Pacific theatre comes to mind. Also, performance on one of old battleships would be cool.
A song about the Navajo Codetalkers would be awesome😇
You could try to make the Battleship New Jersey in the United States a stage and then the audience could be either on the ship as well or on the dock watching you play from a stage setup on the Battleship NJ.
The Battleship Nj is a museum now in NJ that has it's own relatively large RUclips channel that you could try to contact to setup a show like that.
As soon as I saw the thumbnail of this video, I could already hear the music from Bismarck in my head lol 😂
Can I point out that an acapella Sabaton sea shanty would be kinda EPIC? Indu could lend his dulcet tones to mix. Please and thank you. 😁
I was an infantryman back in the day, but "Dreadnaught" is still a total banger! 🍺😎
Don't forget World of Warships/World of Warships Legends, War Thunder... just a thought.
Both Dreadnought and Bismarck are the best songs when it comes to warships. And it's amazing that Virbis Unitus, the Pan-European battleship in World of Warships to be given a recognition. I do wonder if the Yamato class battleships will receive the same detailed recognition in the Sabaton History channel?
Hey you could always bring the stage to the battleship
Please do an album on the Pacific theater with so many stories many of them naval. Pearl Harbor, The Navajo Windtalkers, the Japanese battleship Yamato etc maybe even a new re-armed version of Midway.
Taffy 3 and the USS Johnston
The Yamato effective did nothing. The only battle was that against Taffy 3 where it fled.
@@benterbenter9281you could say the same about Bismarck, hood was a really outdated ship, and the song still kicks ass. Yamato also died in a rather spectacular way, she took such a pounding to sink that any ship would probably have sunk with just half the bombs and torpedos.
You'll have to film a video for Dreadnought on the deck of the Battleship Texas once it gets out of drydock.
Idea: Sabaton should rent an Aircraft-Carrier and do a World (Port) Tour! Or "flood" some Arenas up to 60 cm/2 feet and play from the deck of a Type VII U-Boat lookalike in the middle of thet lake while the crowd can use all the stands and go "surfing"!
Okay so Sabaton needs to perform on a battle ship and hand out sailor hats 😌
Well, the Texas is definitely a contender for that. It’s commonly referred to as the last dreadnaught
@@ladyzapzap9514 While the last of it's class the USS Texas is a small vessel in comparison to other warships that came after. 100 years ago, she was biggest and baddest with a boiler system that rivals even those of today. An engendering wonder to be certain. She is still in drydock for repairs. Her future has been uncertain, but news have come up that she may be staying in Galveston's pier 21 alongside The Elissa, another magnificent vessel. I hope that will be the case.
I toured the USS Alabama in '77, in awe of the size and how solid it felt. Spent the day and still did not see everything.
I toured it 3 years ago and my experience was much the same. Spent the whole day and still didn't see everything!
They are epic in scale, you don’t really realize how big they actually are until you’re in front of them. And the Alabama and her sister ships are still smaller then the Iowas.
if you cant take the battleship to sabaton, take sabaton to the battleship! hold a concert on a battleship!
7:12 I will never not picture Christopher Walken when Joakim sings 'unrivalled firepower' in Dreadnought. Unintentional though it may be, it will always be one of my favorite "growls" from any song, in any genre, ever. Hell, whenever I read that phrase now, I also hear it. And sadly for those around me, sometimes I apparently sing it. Sincere apologies to those at the library that one time. 🤫😎
As a Navy veteran, i appreciate how they bring to light the risks and courage to face them on the sea. A lot of people dont have a clue what its like to deploy on a warship.
It's our privilege to do so 🙂 Thanks for your support!
Aircraft carriers are impressive but nothing conveys raw power more than the heart stopping sound of a battleships main guns fireing
The unholy trinity Bismarck, admiral graffe spee, and the Triptitz
History lessons is best treasure.
New sabaton history and a job interview.
Now if it would quit raining today would be perfect!
I said holy battleship when I first saw the USS North Carolina.
I LOVE the song Bismark.
In 1988 I was in the USA Marines I got lucky I was stationed on the great battleship BB63 USS MISSOURI. Marines we know every inch of the ship. One war game our battleship battle group had to defend Hawaii against a large Navy & Marines amphibious battle group. I was on the bridge. I can still feel when our ship going over 35 knots, firing harpoons and tomahawk missiles & torpedoes. (Pretend) The 16 in & 5 in turrets were manned. We were rolling threw the enemy swinging the huge 16 in from ship to ship mock firing at enemy battle group.She still had more speed to give. I wished we had cameras and video cameras like now. It still would not give the feeling inside of us.
Now that's METAL. Best place for a good old history lesson 🤘
17:42, How about having a concert on a battleship or Carrier?
Only discovered this channel when i went to see the movie. Met Par and Joakim. Absolutely love what they do and have done. I've learnt more about history through Sabatons music than i ever did in school. Love that you find all the small battles and unknown historical figures and bring them to life. Been binge watching these video's all week
Thank you so much for your kind feedback, we're so happy to read you are enjoying our material 🤘
Oh I'd love to have one of those hats!
Best naval Stageriser idea:
-Get a big tank on stage (the water filled sort)
-have a nutshell type rowboat float on top
-insert Hannes and his drums
-hope he does not get seasick
Battleships are also a great influence in Sci-Fi and high space fiction. Even Star Wars was influenced by the Battleship.
Star blazers was an awesome anime.
Bismarck and Dreadnought is one of my favorite songs, and was waiting a Sabaton History video about it. Thank you Sabaton
It's our privilege 😎
If you remember Cher did a video on the Mighty Mo!!! As well as having the sailors from the Missouri in the video.
Should do one of yhe Arizona and the heroes of that ship during the Pearl Harbor attack.
The stage built as a battleship... And the crowd in lifeboats then...? Floating around...? 😁
We all think of battleships as these huge, hulking beasts and obvious to the world. The notion of Revenge sneaking up on a beach sounds ridiculous until you look at Massachusetts in her final resting place. She just appears out of nowhere
Wildcard BB song: Washington's stand against the IJN at Guadalcanal. With South Dakota lost and powerless, her hull lit with the punishment of the Kongo class, and Enterprise still licking her wounds after Santa Cruz, Washington strode into Ironbottom Sound, sniped Ayanami, and sent the Imperial Navy fleeing for their lives. Alone in the dark.
I'm so glad my home state of North Carolina bought our namesake battleship and converted it into a museum!
It's amazing! If you're ever in this area of the east coast, you have to check it out.
Finally! I listen to this song everyday at work.
... Viribus Unitis... (thinks) ohhhhhhhh, the Tegetthoffs... 😅 Also, oh lord, the old "was Hood a battlecruiser or a fast battleship in the end" debate... However, the Nagato class was not the first Japanese designed and built battleship. They were doing that as far back as the Kawachi class, plus the succeeding Fusou and Ise classes, where all three classes were still in service in WW II (although Settsu was a target and decoy ship by then).
Pär, just do a destroyer stage instead of a battleship. Smaller, but still big and badass enough in comparison to a tank. There's enough that are museum ships for inspiration.
“Carriers don’t have the big guns”. By no means traditional carriers Ise and hyuga would like to chat
Saratoga and Lexington have entered the chat
Love your "Little Sailor Boy" outfit!
The last proper battleships to see service were the Iowa's in the 90's. Those two (Iowa, and Missouri I believe) served in desert storm. The Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial has recently found a document that shown how certain people were that she'd be reactivated again, not that this will happen as a Submarine has taken the name.
Wisconsin and Missouri were in Dessert Shield and Storm.
I was going to suggest visiting the BB-35 Texas since she's in drydock, but you guys did that. The next time you're in Texas, if possible go to Corpus Christi and visit the CV-16 Lexington aircraft carrier. I've been there once and if I remember right, they still have a spot on the lower deck where a Zero crashed into her.
They did mark on the superstructure where a zero hit.
Honestly I wished they saved USS Enterprise instead of Lexington.
@@greenknightofwar7024 I agree.
always a happy day when I see a new episode. was even more surprised to hear on the radio that Sabaton would be playing as guest at a Judas Priest show next year near where I call home, Mobile, AL US. also kind of fitting that this episode is about battleships as there happens to be one set up as a museum a stone's throw from the venue, the U.S.S. Alabama, which I recommend touring time permitting. for now i will say keep up the excellent work you fine folks are doing with the episodes, to the band keep making excellent music and stay safe in your travels and touring.
Y'all should reach out to the battleship museums in the US to see if you can set up concerts... particularly the Texas
I have Sabaton and World of Warships to thank for the fact that I know about all the battleships mentioned in this video. I have a special liking for one not mentioned, the Scharnhorst, at least in its in-game form. However, it didn't survive the war, being sunk in 1943. I was interested to learn that the Nagato actually survived the war and that it took two underwater atomic bombs to sink it.
When I was in Rotc we got to go to Norfolk naval base in Virginia and we got to get on the Uss Enterprise CVN 65 aircraft carrier before it got decommissioned and scraped and the movie top gun I believe they said shot a small part on the deck its on the opening scene of the movie thank u guys for all the history info really enjoy it and all ur songs!
I think Sabaton needs to do a song about the Iowas- as they were the last battleships. I'd have a mock up of a 16-inch turret
I love Bismark, but Dreadnought is My favorite Boat Song because it reminds me of my favorite battleship...the USS Texas...I loved being able to visit the USS Texas whenever I wanted. I can't wait until she gets her new berth.
We really need to have songs dedicated to the Yamato Classes, and Iowa Classes. I mean, KMS Bismarck and HMS Dreadnought, and dreadnoughts in general, both have their own songs
I was at your show in philadelphia last october. I was hoping you had a chance while on tour to cross the river and see the uss new jersey in port
On representing the character of the nation, the three España-class battleships (1912) really represent the Spanish character: though of small size, they packed quite a punch (8 305mm main guns with a weight of around 16500 tons) with a very ingenious design that allowed for maximum efficiency for weapon emplacement. They were designed to punch above their weight, but ultimately never did, and their history is also a great metaphor for Spain: the first of them was scuttled in the 1920s during an accident, and the other two suffered similar fates during the Spanish Civil War (in which they fought in opposite sides) ultimately due to the lack of resources. Their turrets were placed on the shores of the ports of Cádiz and Cartagena, defending their country even after being sunk.
And, now that I'm thinking about modern Spanish naval history, I have to mention an anecdote which gave a very famous motto (in Spain), namely "rather honor without warships than warships without honor" (Mejor honra sin barcos que barcos sin honra). This sentence is atributed by Méndez Núñez, captain of the first Spanish ironclad (Numancia), during the Spanish-South American war, though it comes from the mishmash of two sentences (similar to that famous Yamamoto quote of "waking a giant" after Pearl Harbour): originally, when the fleet was sent to the South Pacific the dispatch from the Spanish Ministry of the Navy read that "they should rather die gloriously on enemy waters than return Spain with neither honor nor shame", to which Méndez Núñez replied (as a kind of "take that") by ending the dispatch in which he anounced the arrival of the Spanish fleet with a phrasing that translates to "better to have honor without a Navy than to have a Navy without honor". The second was a response after the decisive naval engagement of El Callao, which was kind of like Jutland: though it was tactically indecisive, since Spain already held the initiative, it was a strategic victory for Spain. The US threatened to enter the war on the side of Chile and Bolivia, to which Méndez Núñez replied with a letter basically daring the US to do so that contained the sentence "the Queen, the Government and I would rather have honor without warships than warships without honor".
For an interesting look at Bismarck V Hood Drachinifel has a very good one about it
"You sunk my battleship!"
I went to the USS Iowa last year. Beautiful ship, best day ever.
As to this song, it appears that Hood may have been hit but a shell which came in below the waterline under the belt armour.
A Sabaton show at USS North Carolina, would be awesome!
I hope to hear another song about Battleships! The entire Pacific front has so many great stories about these MIGHTY machines!
I loved the song Bismarck, when Dreadnought was released. I was so excited! Still both are my favorites among many.
I still believe battleships show fear & power. Always dreamed to see the Iowas again reactivated for the Modern Navy again, atleast Wisconsin or New Jersey anyway..(I know i've seen why they cant, seen comments & videos from Many including to talking to actual Navy admirals and logistic officals) i still believe though.
I would love to see Sabaton perform on USS New Jersey. Music video, concert, a special of sorts!
Anything would be a great way to welcome her back after she goes to drydock for maintenance.
(When she does anyways)
Instead of bringing a battleship to the stage. The battleship SHOULD BE THE STAGE.
I literally can't watch anything else when a new Sabaton History comes out. This, then life.
You got your priorities well sorted out 😎
Perform concerts aboard a battleship. Also in the hangers or carriers.
I'd love to see songs about the battle of Tsushima, the Battle of Le Te Gulf, the life of HMS Warspite!
Got to disagree about the sentiment "Hood was just a battlecruiser, she wasn't comparable to Bismarck". On the contrary. Apart from Bismarck being newer, they were relatively comparable and the graphics often shown how Bismarck sank Hood have a way too high angle for the shells, requiring as the naval historian Drachinifel likes to say high angle mortars. In truth, the British had an advantage over the Germans, considering it was 1 battleship and 1 heavy cruiser vs 1 equally post treaty battleship and a ship that's arguably more a fast battleship than a battlecruiser (I once more refer to Drachinifel, he made a good video about that topic), alongside 2 heavy cruisers (Norfolk and Suffolk) in pursuit with the possibility of reinforcements.
And Hood's sinking was also a pretty lucky shot, since it most likely landed in the water a few meters away from Hood's hull and penetrating under water in the weaker torpedo protection, ending up in an engine room, rolling aft towards a 4.5 inch magazine and exploding. In truth, Hood's main design flaw allowing for this was it's bow wave, which formed a depression there, reducing the amount of water a shell had to travel through, enabling this. I once more refer to Drachinifel about this.
Because actual, the "no one disagrees about them being battlecruisers" in the same group of "roughly similar capital ships", the QEs, Rs, Admirals (Hood and the 3 not completed others) and Renown and Repulse. All had the same turret design, the Renowns 3 of them, the others 4 (so 6 vs 8 barrels) were too weak to fight Bismarck and Tirpitz. Hood had the speed, the armament and the armour to fight another battleship, especially if supported by a 2nd battleship like Prince of Wales, the Renowns were mostly useful for fighting cruisers and scouting for the main battle line. In the 1920s the US Navy even concluded that Hood was superior to all their battleships excluding the Colorados and that's only because they had 16 inch guns. And even then with the caveat that because of her superior speed Hood could choose whether to engage or not.
The simple truth is, what doomed Hood was delayed maintenance since she was needed in the early months of the war, King George V and PoW were pretty much just entering service when Hood was sunk, PoW famously still had yard workers on board to prepare some stuff to fight and awful luck, something Bismarck later also showed with the torpedo hit from Ark Royal to her rudder. And the battlecruiser designation is basically just "This capital ship is faster than 25 knots." Which in a world where even "fast" battleships like the QEs made only 23 was fast. Even the KGVs and Vanguard were originally designated as battlecruisers because of this, before the more sane heads concluded that they were truly battleships
its so nice that you from sabaton and sabaton history care so much about your songs
thank you so much ✌✌
I would love to see a Sabaton concert on the USS Alabama which is a museum ship in Mobile, Alabama.
You guys should visit the USS Intrepid in New York. It's amazing.
Maybe a Battleship Turret, with walkways down each barrel?
Can we have a video about the Battle of Trinidad, November 1914? Cunard liner RMS Carmania, serving as an armed merchant cruiser, engaged the Hamburg-America liner Cap Trafalgar. While both ships severely damaged themselves in the fight, Carmania claimed the win.
What makes this fight memorable is Carmania was disguised as Cap Trafalgar, and vice versa.
On the topic of merchants at war, *When will we get a video about Old Reliable Olympic* ?
Felt extra obligated to watch this episode of Sabaton History due to being in NJROTC
Instead of bringing the battleship to the stage, bring the stage to a battleship.
Dang I JUST finished building COBI's Bismarck when this released!
Perfect timing! Feel free to share it with us if you wish 🤘
get with a museum that is a battleship (recommending to pick one thats in a state of decay and needs money for repair!) and build a "stage" on the bow or stern of the vessel and have an open air concert! (to entice organizations and foundations to allow it offer them a crazy percentage of profit to help motivate people from the local area to go to! obviously i'd assume it'd be minus costs to set up and run but i can imagine a show generates several ten's of thousands of dollars but i don't know the business side but that'd be enough for some serious repairs for some of these old aging vessels!)
I would have liked to witness a big-ass naval battle sometime, like standing in the coast of Spain and watching Trafalgar, or on the Nile Delta.
A spectacle of its own I think would be an actual battleship battle, like HMS Hood vs Bismarck engaging in a long-range duel.
Get a copy of the Bee Gees album Trafalgar. They have the entire battle scene on the cover.
Just when I'm about to write an essay about Battleships (Dreadnoughts specifically), this video comes out. Sabaton never dissapoints 🤘
Always there to give a helping hand 😉
Let's goo all the songs! I've been watching these for so long!
in otherwards battleships were essentially a worldwide stick measuring contest for the empires of the time
I think its a damn shame that a ship as historically significant and badass as the "Grand old lady" Warspite doesnt have a song dedicated to her yet. I might be a bit biased as a northern norwegian, but there was never a finer ship than her.
I hope sabaton will write a song about the war winner, the global power house. The air craft carrier. They get outshined by battleships, despite being the most important asset any country can own. Because he who rules the sea, rules the world. And he who has carriers, owns the seas.
USS Enterprise
I remember the ending quote the Narrator said in the History Channel show DOGFIGHTS: The Hunt For The Bismarck
"The tragic fate of the Bismarck is proof; that the sea is now controlled...from the sky.."
Just a thought have you ever considered putting on a concert on a battleship, something like the New Jersey or Missouri or something like that