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Time to make Changes Soviet soldiers were born in civil war and starvation, in political persecution, in a nutshell, in chaos. Only to die in WW2 and hide by the government for the wounds they got from war... it doesn’t take must to start hating communism when you start reading a bit about those times
@@SasukeUchiha-pv4xn Russian classical composer. The 1812 overture used cannons. There is a version of it by the JDF who use howitzers for this on youtube. So it's an old example of using artillery as an instrument
@@SasukeUchiha-pv4xn Well, he's a famous 19th century Russian composer. His '1812 Ouverture' is written for Marching band, Symphonic Orchestra, and Cannon battery, with the latter firing volleys of blanks to add some punch to the musical climax of the piece.
Something different this time. Since we already have two episodes about the fighting in the Argonne, we thought this time we'd talk about the sacrifice and the legacy of the "Unknown Soldier". Of those who fought and died but were not fortunate enough to have a last known resting place. We hope you still enjoy the episode!
Got a suggestion for you, as far as new subject matter. A "Beasts of War" or "Animals at War" album would be awesome! I can think of 2 animal soldiers who deserve songs, right now. Sergeant Stubby, a pitbull who served in WW I and was the U.S.A's first, and still most highly decorated wardog, and Wojtek, of course. The soldier who just happened to be a bear. Love your music and seeing you guys live. Hoping this quarantine gets lifted soon! 🤘😁🍺
i was always fascinated about roman history ,they have a great culture and mighty battles for example how scipio africanus was the only one who could defeat hanibal barca and other stuff you might consider this option
@@MDMetal If Sabaton makes a song about Wojtek, it will be an all out Polish Pride hysteria *again* :P More seriously it's an incredible story and there are other famous war animals that deserve a song. Cher Ami, female messaging pidgeon, helped in saving the lost bataillon, despite her injuries (leg lost to ennemy fire).
I went to the tomb of the unknown soldier in Arlington National Cemetery in high school. Having been there and watching this I have to say you did an amazing job with this video (as usual).
I have also been there, though I went back when I was eight. I can still recall every detail of that day. Even then, it was something that really spoke to me. Just like this video. At first I was just listening along as I was doing a Sudoku, but something had me start paying attention to Indy as he spoke, and it broke me. It's been a few minutes since the video ended and I'm only just now breaking the silence I fell into, though I still have tears in my eyes.
I also remember visiting the tomb back in high school during a lacrosse road trip. It was amazing and humbling seeing the tomb lie there and the memorials marking WWI, WWII, and the Korean War.
I went there in Eighth grade. Though it’s now known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers because the bodies of three or four different soldiers now reside in the monument.
"Fun" fact : Troughout all her History, France knew huge and great construction projects (castles on the Loire, the Haussmann's parisian buildings, the Eiffel Tower...). The biggest was, of course, the Versailles Palace. But the second one, by the size, the cost, ans the national engagement to get the job done, was actually beginnt in 1918. It was the construction, in each of the +35 000 cities, towns and villages of France, of at least one "monument aux morts", a statue, a stone, where all the names of all the men from the city, the town or the village, who died. This project was running long after WW1, because some of the soldiers died days, months, even years after the armistice, and then came WW2, Indochina's War, and Algeria's war, with each time more name to grave on these monuments. Sometimes, one of this monument was not enough, so the city built several, but at the end, all of the known soldiers who died during a war has his name graved on stone in the centre of his hometown.
Something about Indys voice, along with the band, you can always hear the passion and love they put into this. Even in these times of hardship around the world, it's nice we still get this. SFMF
The 2 minutes which we all still do is so important, and so ingrained in us. I remember when I was 4-5 asking my mum why we had to do it. It was the first time I started to understand what war is. I cried, I still have tears every remembrance day
I have a friend who’s grandfather was out in a hunting trip with his father one year. During their trip his father collapsed and his teenage son carried him back to the truck and inexperienced drove them home. By that time his father was beyond saving...a long term victim of the gas in the First World War. That young man would later go on to serve as a solider in Douglas MacArthur’s honor guard. He passed away a few years ago. The name of his own father is unknown to me and many...not a missing dead, but a lost casualty of a war of nothing but tragedy.
After the episode "The Price of a Mile", this one was even more emotional to watch... And I agree with Indy, it doesn't matter who wrote the diary. Every year (this year being 75 years after liberation) on May 4th, here in The Netherlands we remember all fallen soldiers and everyone involved in any war, for 2 minutes in silence... Just before we do, I will watch this episode again ❤ Story well written and told!! Now, I have to go and watch the Metal Crüe episode to find my smile again ;)
@@adenkyramud5005 The entire point is that we don't know who said soldier is; and to honour all soldiers who were lost in this tragic war. This one soldier could have been any random Tommy or any random Kraut - why place preference over one known soldier over another lost one?
I must say, you sir, are a master of story telling. Your description of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior moved me to tears though I'm not English nor (to my knowledge) had any family in the Great War.
@@marialindner9692 I love the Great War Album but lately its made me morose. When you really listen to the lyrics of Attack of the Dead Men and Great War you realize that those numbers weren't just numbers. Each was someone who never went home and died in ways we shudder to imagine.
@@marialindner9692 yeah our schools don't teach us the important stuff. Maybe they are afraid, maybe it's just because our government has been more to the left and less patriotic for a long time. But I think we need to teach our kids to respect the people who were ready to give everything they had for their country, no matter what side they fought on. I love history, it was one of my favorites in school. But there's so much that was left out just to put an extra focus on how bad the nazis were, as if it wasn't already stated enough in previous classes. We barely even learned about what lead to the rise of the nazis.
I cried hard in this episode. I am not a student of history like you Indy but I love to learn about history. I am french and as such we have what we call "the duty of memory" a duty to remember the horrors of our past most notably the 2 world wars. Every year i watch the ceremony here in Paris and i have been to the tomb lf the unknown soldier a few times. But never have i shed a tear in his presence, this year i believe things will be different. Thank you Sabaton for singing about heroes and incredible battles against impossible odds and thank you Indy for going in depth to detail what Sabaton sings about. Thank you all for all that you do. ❤️ I'll see you Sabaton in March 2022 in paris just like i saw you in February 2020 before Covid in Paris ❤️
Here in Italy we have in Rome the "Milite ignoto", ignoto=unknown milite=soldier, to remember the fallen, every year on 25th of April (liberation from Fascism), 2nd of June (Republic Day) and 4th November (National Unity and Armed Forces Day), highest offices of the state pay homage depositing a laurel wreath on the Monument in a very touching cerimony
Thank you for very touching episode. Haven't felt this moved in a while. In Finland we have a term called Sankarihaudat (roughly translated to "Graves of the Heroes") which is basically a cemetery for those who died in the war. There is a tomb of unknown soldier (Tuntemattoman Sotilaan hauta) in every one of these cemeterys.
I’ve been catching up with all of your videos after finding this channel. I’m not sure why this was the last one I viewed but after watching it it seems appropriate. I generally don’t get emotional but this segment brought a few tears for all of the fallen from so many conflicts. You all do humanity a great service. Thank you, kindness.
Here in Australia we have rememberence day on the 11th of November and at 11 am on that day we have a minute silence for all soldiers from all wars that lost there lives so that we could live. LEST WE FORGET
Wow.. I was listening to this just today and hoping you guys would make an episode about this in the near future! This was really something, I'm almost out of words... When Indy said, that for the mourning people that anonymous soldier gave a slim chance, a glimpse of hope it would be one of their loved ones, I shed a couple of tears. I feel like I've learned something important today. Keep up the good work, and I hope you're all doing well!
@@Damien.D I'm sure he's making a decent living. But I've been wondering, does he have a day-job in Stockholm in addition of making these videos or is this his full-time job
Damn you! It was on the internment of The Unknown Australian Soldier on 11 November 1994 where I wept thinking of all those lost lives. You've made me weep again
Yeah, the idea of burying the Unknown Soldier (le Soldat Inconnu) beneath l'Arc de Triomphe was a stroke of genius from our (French) government. Funnily enough; Indy, you've called him "le Poilu Inconnu" and it's the first time I heard him called that way. Nowadays we all know him as le Soldat Inconnu. And TIL it's Jon Schaffer narrating the intro... I'm ashamed of not knowing that earlier !
Oui, moi aussi j'ai mal compris la première fois qu'il l'a dit, puis j'ai du écoute 3 fois la deuxième fois, avant de comprendre que le U de poilu et d'inconnu s'était transformé en OU ^^' Poilou Inconnou Ce serait presque drôle si ça n'était pas tragique (un soldat inconnu, pas un accent anglais)
I remember back when I was in the 8th Grade (2009) I went with my grade school class to an annual 8th grade trip to Washington DC. One of those days we went to Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. I was about 3, maybe 3.5, meters from where the Honor Guard performed the Changing of the Guard. 11 years later, looking back, it still gives me goosebumps. Watching this and listening to the Diary Of An Unknown Soldier track just takes everything to a whole new level. Bravo you guys. Bravo.
Funny how things are as you're not filming in your own studio and that you were talking about the tour in Russia. Now, a couple weeks later, we all know how that went. That introduction was something I always heard back when you started touring. It's one great introduction.
If you guys were to make a song about unknown soldiers, I'd love to see the lyrics cobbled together from real life diaries and letters, similar to the poetry you used to make To Hell and Back. Great job on this and on the history.
I have to say that, i do not know how or why, but i got so emotive with this video... For years I thought that the tomb to an unknown soldier was a symbol, not a real literal tomb, and let alone the history behind the body buried there. Thank you very much for this, keep up the good work
“It was a funeral procession worthy of a field marshal.” No, it was a funeral procession worthy of a soldier...revered by field marshals...and envied by kings. For neither can stand in the boots of a solider slain in service of his country. And we the living are not worthy of that.
On the topic of things that are Sabaton related but not songs, this was a very ambitious Idea, but I had the Idea of going through all the countries that fought in either WW1 or WW2 and doing a video based on a hero of that particular country. That way we could bring to light some of the people who deserve a lot more recognition than they got.
Ideas for new content for the Sabaton History Channel: 1. Cover more songs from an individual perspective, like you did in Aces in Exile Pt.2. I think it would be very interesting to hear more personal stories/poems from the people that fought. 2. Sabaton stories! Remember the first episode about 40:1 where Par mentioned that the Arch Bishop gave the band a sword from the treasury of Poland?Or when Indy and Tommy sang together on the piano? Maybe a once in a while episode with such stories would be a great addition. 3. Maybe cover songs from another's country/side perspective? Like you could cover the Battle of Stalingrad from the perspective of the Romanian/Hungarian/Italian troops that also fought there. Or cover the Attero Dominatus song from the perspective of the Polish troops that also helped. 4. Get Floor Jansen from Nightwish to talk about the Shoemaker song. It's about Eugene Shoemaker, who's got an insane story. 5. This goes hand in hand with number 4, but maybe once in a while you could cover historical songs that are not necessarily made by Sabaton. Iron Maiden(Alexander the Great), Metallica(Creeping Death), Powerwolf(Armata Strigoi, Christ and Combat) got a few songs about history. I imagine this idea would prove more difficult to actualize, or maybe it wouldn't be 100% appropriate, it's just a suggestion.
Getting Jon Shaffer to narrate "Diary of an Unknown Soldier" was pure genius! Been an Iced Earth fan for over 20 years now. Gotta say that Sabaton is still my all-time favorite band, but Iced Earth comes in a close second. Keep up the awesome work, guys! 🤘😁🍺
I didn't expect a video on this ´´song´´. At this rate, you'll probably do a video on ´´Dominium Maris Baltici´´. Also,´´Diary of an Unknown Soldier´´ is on The Last Stand, not The Great War
"At this rate, you'll probably do a video on 'Dominium Maris Baltici'" I mean that would be a video on the surrounding history of Sweden and it's unraveling from the Kalmar union and into eventual dominion over the Baltic sea - So that wouldn't be a bad video.
❤ Wonderful job!! This Diary of an Unknown Soldier and In Flanders Fields episodes have both incited such deep feelings in me and brought tears to my eyes while watching. Thanks guys ❤
Be cool if Sabaton did a song about the 20th Maine Infantry Regiment defense of Little Round Top at the battle of Gettysburg. Even with out ammunition the charged down the hill to meet the Confederates head on after repelling attacks days prior. This little regiment from Maine was key in the Union winning the battle of Gettysburg. Being born in Maine and serving in the Maine National Guard in a unit that is carrying on the 20th Maine name is a true honor. Not sure if you guys will see this post but wanted to give an idea for a song anyway! Cheers and keep rocking Sabaton! 🤘
When I toured the cemeteries of Ypres I looked for our family name. My great-grandfather had fought there. The only 1 I found was in my brother's full name in a German cemetery.
An Album on Alexander the Great would be epic Songs could be on: Chaeronea, Granicus, Issus, Siege of Tyre, Gaugamela, Persian Gates, Hydaspes and Munitny at Opis and for the final song you could have it on the death of Alexander and the destruction of his empire through ambitious generals. It would be really cool because his life was a life of juxtaposition, he was the greatest tactitian alive but went mad towards the end, selfless but believed he was decended from Zeus. Not only this but you haven't done many songs on Ancient warfare so personally, i think it would be a welcome change :D But regardless, keep doing what you are doing, keep up the good work :D
In any "normal" video, the numbers and statistics sanitize things in a way that makes everything seems as just a concept. When its a biographic song the characters are larger than life and have that sense of mythology like of ancient Greek heroes such as Heracles, Achilles, etc. This video describes something that seems more... human, something more relatable that many more people can connect to in one way or another. This is one of those videos that made my eyes well since the idea that anybody could be in that coffin made me think of any close friend or family member being there. Great job, you guys!
I think it is a good idea to film some episodes in some museums related with some songs showing at the same time some objects which used in the battles or the war you covered. Thank you for giving us such an amazing content from this channel I am waiting for you to come to Athens
I didn't know this. I always listen to "Diary of an unknown soldier" before i Listen to "The lost Battalion". Without it, it is not the same. And the Information you gave us, makes the song so much more meaningful!
The Last Stand album was the first album I ever heard from Sabaton and it was completely by chance in an unrelated music discord channel. I don't think anything will ever hit me quite as hard as hearing Diary of an Unknown Soldier lead into The Lost Battalion for the first time did. Thank you very much for this video.
I am an Australian who loves your metal and i would be amazed if you could do a song on the battle of Long Tan. A battle of amazing fortitude and determination, of courage in the face of uncountable odds and pure mate ship through hard ship that has made Australia what it is today. You are amazing artists painting stories of the past and I love the the Sabaton History channel it has opened my eyes. THANK YOU
Sabaton should do more with Jon Schaffer/Iced Earth. Jon has shown to have an interest in history with Iced Earth, and Judging by what Pär's said, he seem to enjoy Sabaton's work, so this looks like a match made in heaven to me. I get it, Jon is a busy dude, as are the Sabaton guys, and getting both bands to do something together requires some proper planning, but a guy can dream, can't he? As for what to do when you run out of songs to talk about, I would like to hear more about the writing process behind the songs, as that's been quite lacking in some videos on this channel, IMO. As much as I enjoy hearing Andy talk about the history behind the songs from an actual historian perspective, I'm also interested in hearing more about what goes on behind the scenes when a band starts coming up with ideas for songs, how they come up with the actual lyrics, etc., and that seems to take a backseat sometimes.
Finally caught up with the newest episode. Found your channel a little over a week ago, and damn have I loved it! It helps to put things in perspective. These countless men may not have agreed with the reason for the war, but all of them did their best given the circumstances. It's an existence I can't even fathom, and despite how miserable I can be sometimes, clearly these poor sods had it even worse. Millions slaughtered for the privilege of a handful who never knew their names.
@@adenkyramud5005 Additional to G M's comment. For a British Army salute it's long way up, short way down. Meaning your right arm is raised outstretched to the side until it's horizontal, at that point the arm is bent smartly at the elbow to bring the fingertips to the temple. Count of three and then drop the arm down to your side. You need to be wearing a hat. Saluting without a hat is bad and the shouty man will shout at you. That's how it was taught to me when I played soldiers at university nigh on 40 years ago anyway.
Think of what George Butterworth would have created as his reaction to the war. But he lies either in an unmarked cemetery grave or in a farm field in Pozieres. You did a great job mentioning John MacCrae and Wilford Owen in In Flanders Fields covering how music and art changed due to war would be a great subject potentially to cover provided their a sing to cover it.
Regarding the ideas you ask us to cover in the channel related to both Sabaton and history, may I suggest Sabaton's cover of "For Whom the Bells Tolls" and the Spanish Civil War? Since it was a civil war, Sabaton will not ever write a song about it, so it's the closest a Spaniard will get to a Sabaton History episode unless they change this or make an album about Napoleon or about former Global Empires lol
I really enjoyed this episode. It really completely summarizes the exact reasons I want to be an archaeologist of European military history. Because there are s many soldiers whose stories remain untold, because there are so many families who never got closure. This goes even more so for the soldiers of the German Empire, who were likely never given the courtesy of removing their own troops from French soil.
You once mentioned that you get a lot of ideas for songs from fans. A lot of individual stories, like inmate 4859, for example. If you run out of songs, I'd like to learn more about those individuals you heard about. We covered a lot of general stuff in history class in school, but sadly not all that much about a single person. And it makes those wars way more tragic and personal in my opinion, if you have names and stories about those people instead of general information. So I'd really love to learn more about those people :)
I'd like to hear more about the "neutral" countries of the two wars. Not a lot is mentioned about them even though many such countries (like sweden for example) played a part one way or another despite being considered neutral.
Who would've thought they'd make an episode about an intro. But as it turned out, this is quite a meaningful and touching episode. This feels like a theme for tombs of the unknown soldier(s).
Really enjoying the history clips. My great uncle was a prisoner of war in World War I. Maybe you could consider doing a piece on this aspect of WWI which is rarely mentioned. I have a postcard he sent his family from Kreigesgefangenenlager Neuhammer ct Luic where he was imprisoned. He tells them he is settled now for the winter and has a permanent job! It all sounds very normal when clearly it was far from being so.
Another great video! For what to do with the channel in future I'd love some guest appearances by other metal bands that sing about history, maybe some criminally underrated bands FIRST if you do so. Desert are a TOP NOTCH band that comes to mind, mentioned in your video on Counterstrike of course, and I was SHOCKED to see how obscure they are at least if youtube and social media are any metric.
I live in the UK. In school we went to the Somme and as part of the trip we were encouraged to use the commonwealth remembrance service to look up our ancestors. I found out that my great great uncle, James, fought and died in the first days of the Somme with the Kings own Liverpool Regiment. His body has never been identified / found so instead his name is listed with 73,000 others on a monument for those whose remains have not been found at Thiepval. During the trip, I actually found his name on the monument. My own grandad never knew this part of his family history so it was interesting to share it with him later on.
Would love too see a video about Sabatons history, like how the members met and how the band started out :) It might not be so history related but still :P
I think it'd be really cool for more shout outs to museums, landmarks, etc, relating to the song and the history of each episode to promote those places and for people to find them, themselves, especially if theyve helped in some form with the research of a song or something
I would love to hear a song about USS Enterprise or also known as the Grey Ghost (and others) but it’s the ship that fought from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa. The most decorated cv in us history with 20 battle stars and the presidential unit citation. Love this channel and love the band too first song was Primo Victoria thought a song with enterprise would be a fine addition to your many songs and Bismarck would not be the only ship with a song.
I don't know why this episode (and In Flanders Fields) moves me so much, my country didn't fight in the Great War, we were on our own civil war. Maybe is because the story is so inherently human anybody in the world could relate to it. Our national anthem (I'm from Mexico) was written in a time of turmoil and foreign invation, and is a call to arms. The last verses talks about the fallen sons of the motherland (translation): For thee the olive crown, for them a glorious memory, for thee the victory laurel, for them an honour grave
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them."
You guy's done got me teared up shit as a American this really hit's me hard it's hard to comprehend how many men's final moments ended in such a way they will never be remembered in the fullest glory of a soldier again they simply fall into a category of unknown warriors/soldiers remembered as a legion of men who will never be found but be remembered as a whole no matter enemy or ally all unknowns have my respect
Going to The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier here in the U.S., and seeing the changing of the guard is a is a real moving experience. I know you have not done a song on the subject, but could you do history video on the battle of Jutland from World War I? The largest naval battle in modern history.
Apparently, I didn't turn my volume down when switching over to this from music. There ya go, Indy. Your voice is more than tolerable on full blast, with earbuds in. Ah. That sweet resonant voice to neutralize the dissonance of war
The one thing I have to say about this intro part . . . they sell it separately on Amazon. Not only did I not realize it was two separate songs when I bought it a while back, but it made me think the audio file had an issue, because it wouldn't play the rest of the song. Lost Battalion feels incomplete without it, and I wish they weren't sold separately like that.
I was struggling to keep it together and then the king himself placed wreaths on the coffin. My great grandmother lost a brother to the Great War and her husband came home a very different man. I wager nearly every family in Britain today lost a brother, a cousin, a nephew or an uncle who never had a chance to have children of his own. Cut down in the prime of his life. May their sacrifice never be forgotten.
I'm American but my family had a book that tells our history since we came to the US in the 1820s. When the great war happened the book shows a large portion of the family dying off. 1 died on a boat in the English Channel and several in the trenches and few came back.
We know Par is a big naval history buff.... how about a video on “Trafalgar” or the history of the ship “Wasa” I believe she was Swedish too. Or something on Jack Aubrey ? Just my two cents worth... thank you for another impactful learning experience .. job well done to EVERYONE involved
I'd love to see you guys either write a song or make a video about the Navajo Codetalkers in general or just in World War Two! It's an amazing story, one that would be great for your style! Could be part of a WWII themed album?
That would be awesome! Very few know, yet alone understand, the Navajo's contributions to WWII. Even the movie "Windtalkers" doesn't really portray their efforts to the fullest.
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I would love too learn more about the forgotten war the Korean war
I love Panzer !!! 😊Liebe grüße Alex 🤘🏻🍻😎
Thanks to Wargaming, and now keep balancing the tanks😉
And thanks to the Sabaton history team for doing there thing, it's greate guys. Keep doing it. 👍
YOU GOT STOCKHOLME SYNDROME AND CAME TO MINSK!
@Randy Jackson yaa do don't they basically full er up with napalm and light the fuze?
“Your name is unknown your deeds immortal .”
Tomb of unknown soldier in Moscow
-hearts of iron 4 loading screen
T-34 pulled out of a swamp 70 years later: engines starts the first time. Russian Soldiers are Immortal, Russian Tanks are invisible.
“Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God.” -Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington, VA.
Time to make Changes Soviet soldiers were born in civil war and starvation, in political persecution, in a nutshell, in chaos. Only to die in WW2 and hide by the government for the wounds they got from war... it doesn’t take must to start hating communism when you start reading a bit about those times
Ah, yes, my favorite musical instrument. _The machine gun._
I heard that _the artillery_ was what everyone listened to back in the day.
@@Asumokagos Laugh in Tchaikovsky
@@understand6970 can you explain who is this person and what does he have to do with artillery :)
@@SasukeUchiha-pv4xn Russian classical composer. The 1812 overture used cannons. There is a version of it by the JDF who use howitzers for this on youtube. So it's an old example of using artillery as an instrument
@@SasukeUchiha-pv4xn Well, he's a famous 19th century Russian composer. His '1812 Ouverture' is written for Marching band, Symphonic Orchestra, and Cannon battery, with the latter firing volleys of blanks to add some punch to the musical climax of the piece.
Sabaton: Everyone gets a Sabaton History
Diary of an Unknown Soldier: Even me?
Sabaton: *Did I stutter?*
Which, to be honest, is quite a good statement.
No soldier dies without being remembered, one way, or the other.
Remember forever the honorable dead. Their glory is not in war, but in memory.
I'm glad that they honored those who died and no one knows the names of. No one should die forgotten.
Sabaton: "especially you"
Ok Indy you got me teared up on this one. Every year we watch the Ceremony, so much respect is still given
The only thing that matters is that we do not forget his name. We already lost too many names.
@@adenkyramud5005 for myself that name is John D Knox, Stoker 2nd Class - HMS HOOD
@@nuttyjawa lost in the battle against Bismarck?
@@adenkyramud5005 Yup
"We will never forget your deeds.
May the gods forgive us for forgetting your name."
Something different this time. Since we already have two episodes about the fighting in the Argonne, we thought this time we'd talk about the sacrifice and the legacy of the "Unknown Soldier". Of those who fought and died but were not fortunate enough to have a last known resting place. We hope you still enjoy the episode!
But of course I still enjoyed the episode! You guys always provide awesome content!😁
What if you started making songs about the Vietnam war? I dont know if you guys did but I heard theres amazing stories about it too.
Got a suggestion for you, as far as new subject matter. A "Beasts of War" or "Animals at War" album would be awesome! I can think of 2 animal soldiers who deserve songs, right now. Sergeant Stubby, a pitbull who served in WW I and was the U.S.A's first, and still most highly decorated wardog, and Wojtek, of course. The soldier who just happened to be a bear.
Love your music and seeing you guys live. Hoping this quarantine gets lifted soon! 🤘😁🍺
i was always fascinated about roman history ,they have a great culture and mighty battles for example how scipio africanus was the only one who could defeat hanibal barca and other stuff you might consider this option
@@MDMetal If Sabaton makes a song about Wojtek, it will be an all out Polish Pride hysteria *again* :P
More seriously it's an incredible story and there are other famous war animals that deserve a song. Cher Ami, female messaging pidgeon, helped in saving the lost bataillon, despite her injuries (leg lost to ennemy fire).
Choose your soundtrack:
•Artillery Shells
•Screams of the Damned
•Machinegun fire
•The eerie winds
Machine Gun Fire
Yes
I went to the tomb of the unknown soldier in Arlington National Cemetery in high school. Having been there and watching this I have to say you did an amazing job with this video (as usual).
Thanks!
I have also been there, though I went back when I was eight. I can still recall every detail of that day. Even then, it was something that really spoke to me. Just like this video. At first I was just listening along as I was doing a Sudoku, but something had me start paying attention to Indy as he spoke, and it broke me. It's been a few minutes since the video ended and I'm only just now breaking the silence I fell into, though I still have tears in my eyes.
I also remember visiting the tomb back in high school during a lacrosse road trip. It was amazing and humbling seeing the tomb lie there and the memorials marking WWI, WWII, and the Korean War.
A question for you, on that same trip...did you go to the Wall?
I went there in Eighth grade. Though it’s now known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers because the bodies of three or four different soldiers now reside in the monument.
"Fun" fact :
Troughout all her History, France knew huge and great construction projects (castles on the Loire, the Haussmann's parisian buildings, the Eiffel Tower...). The biggest was, of course, the Versailles Palace. But the second one, by the size, the cost, ans the national engagement to get the job done, was actually beginnt in 1918. It was the construction, in each of the +35 000 cities, towns and villages of France, of at least one "monument aux morts", a statue, a stone, where all the names of all the men from the city, the town or the village, who died.
This project was running long after WW1, because some of the soldiers died days, months, even years after the armistice, and then came WW2, Indochina's War, and Algeria's war, with each time more name to grave on these monuments. Sometimes, one of this monument was not enough, so the city built several, but at the end, all of the known soldiers who died during a war has his name graved on stone in the centre of his hometown.
Something about Indys voice, along with the band, you can always hear the passion and love they put into this. Even in these times of hardship around the world, it's nice we still get this. SFMF
The 2 minutes which we all still do is so important, and so ingrained in us. I remember when I was 4-5 asking my mum why we had to do it. It was the first time I started to understand what war is. I cried, I still have tears every remembrance day
Watching this episode and the other episodes about the end of the Great War have become part of my remembrance day tradition
That sounds like a brilliant tradition!
I have a friend who’s grandfather was out in a hunting trip with his father one year. During their trip his father collapsed and his teenage son carried him back to the truck and inexperienced drove them home. By that time his father was beyond saving...a long term victim of the gas in the First World War. That young man would later go on to serve as a solider in Douglas MacArthur’s honor guard. He passed away a few years ago.
The name of his own father is unknown to me and many...not a missing dead, but a lost casualty of a war of nothing but tragedy.
After the episode "The Price of a Mile", this one was even more emotional to watch... And I agree with Indy, it doesn't matter who wrote the diary.
Every year (this year being 75 years after liberation) on May 4th, here in The Netherlands we remember all fallen soldiers and everyone involved in any war, for 2 minutes in silence... Just before we do, I will watch this episode again ❤
Story well written and told!!
Now, I have to go and watch the Metal Crüe episode to find my smile again ;)
I think it does matter. Not for what is written in it but to remember the soldier who wrote it and honor his sacrifice
@@adenkyramud5005 The entire point is that we don't know who said soldier is; and to honour all soldiers who were lost in this tragic war. This one soldier could have been any random Tommy or any random Kraut - why place preference over one known soldier over another lost one?
@@lexingtonbrython1897 I would not call it preference. I just think that we already lost too many names to history, we should not forget more.
I must say, you sir, are a master of story telling. Your description of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior moved me to tears though I'm not English nor (to my knowledge) had any family in the Great War.
@@marialindner9692 I love the Great War Album but lately its made me morose. When you really listen to the lyrics of Attack of the Dead Men and Great War you realize that those numbers weren't just numbers. Each was someone who never went home and died in ways we shudder to imagine.
@@marialindner9692 yeah our schools don't teach us the important stuff. Maybe they are afraid, maybe it's just because our government has been more to the left and less patriotic for a long time. But I think we need to teach our kids to respect the people who were ready to give everything they had for their country, no matter what side they fought on. I love history, it was one of my favorites in school. But there's so much that was left out just to put an extra focus on how bad the nazis were, as if it wasn't already stated enough in previous classes. We barely even learned about what lead to the rise of the nazis.
I cried hard in this episode. I am not a student of history like you Indy but I love to learn about history. I am french and as such we have what we call "the duty of memory" a duty to remember the horrors of our past most notably the 2 world wars. Every year i watch the ceremony here in Paris and i have been to the tomb lf the unknown soldier a few times. But never have i shed a tear in his presence, this year i believe things will be different. Thank you Sabaton for singing about heroes and incredible battles against impossible odds and thank you Indy for going in depth to detail what Sabaton sings about. Thank you all for all that you do. ❤️
I'll see you Sabaton in March 2022 in paris just like i saw you in February 2020 before Covid in Paris ❤️
Thank you very much! See you in a few months
Thank you for reminding everyone that the war dead includes those that never came home.
We can only Hope That Men the that Died Found Peace. Friend or Foe. All have Respect.
Here in Italy we have in Rome the "Milite ignoto", ignoto=unknown milite=soldier, to remember the fallen, every year on 25th of April (liberation from Fascism), 2nd of June (Republic Day) and 4th November (National Unity and Armed Forces Day), highest offices of the state pay homage depositing a laurel wreath on the Monument in a very touching cerimony
Lmao “liberation”
Thank you for very touching episode. Haven't felt this moved in a while. In Finland we have a term called Sankarihaudat (roughly translated to "Graves of the Heroes") which is basically a cemetery for those who died in the war. There is a tomb of unknown soldier (Tuntemattoman Sotilaan hauta) in every one of these cemeterys.
I’ve been catching up with all of your videos after finding this channel. I’m not sure why this was the last one I viewed but after watching it it seems appropriate. I generally don’t get emotional but this segment brought a few tears for all of the fallen from so many conflicts. You all do humanity a great service. Thank you, kindness.
Thank you for your kind words Barnaby, we're glad that our music manages to have such a profound impact on you.
Here in Australia we have rememberence day on the 11th of November and at 11 am on that day we have a minute silence for all soldiers from all wars that lost there lives so that we could live. LEST WE FORGET
They certainly had a knack for ceremony back then - honestly made me tear up. Thank you for making this, high quality & respectful as ever
Wow.. I was listening to this just today and hoping you guys would make an episode about this in the near future! This was really something, I'm almost out of words... When Indy said, that for the mourning people that anonymous soldier gave a slim chance, a glimpse of hope it would be one of their loved ones, I shed a couple of tears. I feel like I've learned something important today. Keep up the good work, and I hope you're all doing well!
Yes Indy did a great job here again!
Indeed he did. He's the right man for the job 👍
@@TheMmus I hope he's well paid.
@@Damien.D I'm sure he's making a decent living. But I've been wondering, does he have a day-job in Stockholm in addition of making these videos or is this his full-time job
@@TheMmus I would guess that he does this full time since he doesn't just work on this channel.
Damn you!
It was on the internment of The Unknown Australian Soldier on 11 November 1994 where I wept thinking of all those lost lives.
You've made me weep again
Yeah, the idea of burying the Unknown Soldier (le Soldat Inconnu) beneath l'Arc de Triomphe was a stroke of genius from our (French) government.
Funnily enough; Indy, you've called him "le Poilu Inconnu" and it's the first time I heard him called that way. Nowadays we all know him as le Soldat Inconnu.
And TIL it's Jon Schaffer narrating the intro... I'm ashamed of not knowing that earlier !
Oui, moi aussi j'ai mal compris la première fois qu'il l'a dit, puis j'ai du écoute 3 fois la deuxième fois, avant de comprendre que le U de poilu et d'inconnu s'était transformé en OU ^^'
Poilou Inconnou
Ce serait presque drôle si ça n'était pas tragique (un soldat inconnu, pas un accent anglais)
...hoo boy, the Jon Schaffer thing did NOT age well.
I remember back when I was in the 8th Grade (2009) I went with my grade school class to an annual 8th grade trip to Washington DC. One of those days we went to Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. I was about 3, maybe 3.5, meters from where the Honor Guard performed the Changing of the Guard. 11 years later, looking back, it still gives me goosebumps. Watching this and listening to the Diary Of An Unknown Soldier track just takes everything to a whole new level.
Bravo you guys. Bravo.
Funny how things are as you're not filming in your own studio and that you were talking about the tour in Russia. Now, a couple weeks later, we all know how that went.
That introduction was something I always heard back when you started touring. It's one great introduction.
How did the tour in Russia go? I expect not too well cause of Corona, but I haven't heard anything.
Matěj Čepera from what I read on social media, they could do a few until it was shut down. So a lot of them were canceled.
@@kerlongsjorlejov1945 that sucks.
@@TiredCzech Saw them in February in Antwerp so I was lucky but yeah, a lot of things suck.
No festivals this year.
@@kerlongsjorlejov1945 Wish I could have seen them in Prague... Almost got the ticket as well... Maybe next time
This legitimately made me emotional when I heard the story.
It's normal, it's an epic story
This episode really made me cry. Rest in peace, oh valiant soldiers. Sent to your death for a horrific war. Gone, but never forgotten.
If you guys were to make a song about unknown soldiers, I'd love to see the lyrics cobbled together from real life diaries and letters, similar to the poetry you used to make To Hell and Back. Great job on this and on the history.
Thank you!
@@SabatonHistory No, thank you.
I have to say that, i do not know how or why, but i got so emotive with this video... For years I thought that the tomb to an unknown soldier was a symbol, not a real literal tomb, and let alone the history behind the body buried there. Thank you very much for this, keep up the good work
Man these last few sabaton history episodes have gotten me
“It was a funeral procession worthy of a field marshal.” No, it was a funeral procession worthy of a soldier...revered by field marshals...and envied by kings. For neither can stand in the boots of a solider slain in service of his country.
And we the living are not worthy of that.
On the topic of things that are Sabaton related but not songs, this was a very ambitious Idea, but I had the Idea of going through all the countries that fought in either WW1 or WW2 and doing a video based on a hero of that particular country. That way we could bring to light some of the people who deserve a lot more recognition than they got.
Ideas for new content for the Sabaton History Channel:
1. Cover more songs from an individual perspective, like you did in Aces in Exile Pt.2. I think it would be very interesting to hear more personal stories/poems from the people that fought.
2. Sabaton stories! Remember the first episode about 40:1 where Par mentioned that the Arch Bishop gave the band a sword from the treasury of Poland?Or when Indy and Tommy sang together on the piano? Maybe a once in a while episode with such stories would be a great addition.
3. Maybe cover songs from another's country/side perspective? Like you could cover the Battle of Stalingrad from the perspective of the Romanian/Hungarian/Italian troops that also fought there. Or cover the Attero Dominatus song from the perspective of the Polish troops that also helped.
4. Get Floor Jansen from Nightwish to talk about the Shoemaker song. It's about Eugene Shoemaker, who's got an insane story.
5. This goes hand in hand with number 4, but maybe once in a while you could cover historical songs that are not necessarily made by Sabaton. Iron Maiden(Alexander the Great), Metallica(Creeping Death), Powerwolf(Armata Strigoi, Christ and Combat) got a few songs about history. I imagine this idea would prove more difficult to actualize, or maybe it wouldn't be 100% appropriate, it's just a suggestion.
Got choked up listening to this episode. Good job Indy
Getting Jon Shaffer to narrate "Diary of an Unknown Soldier" was pure genius! Been an Iced Earth fan for over 20 years now. Gotta say that Sabaton is still my all-time favorite band, but Iced Earth comes in a close second. Keep up the awesome work, guys! 🤘😁🍺
I didn't expect a video on this ´´song´´. At this rate, you'll probably do a video on ´´Dominium Maris Baltici´´. Also,´´Diary of an Unknown Soldier´´ is on The Last Stand, not The Great War
Fixed!
@@SabatonHistory Nice
"At this rate, you'll probably do a video on 'Dominium Maris Baltici'"
I mean that would be a video on the surrounding history of Sweden and it's unraveling from the Kalmar union and into eventual dominion over the Baltic sea - So that wouldn't be a bad video.
❤ Wonderful job!! This Diary of an Unknown Soldier and In Flanders Fields episodes have both incited such deep feelings in me and brought tears to my eyes while watching. Thanks guys ❤
Thanks a lot Bex! Stay safe!
Be cool if Sabaton did a song about the 20th Maine Infantry Regiment defense of Little Round Top at the battle of Gettysburg. Even with out ammunition the charged down the hill to meet the Confederates head on after repelling attacks days prior. This little regiment from Maine was key in the Union winning the battle of Gettysburg. Being born in Maine and serving in the Maine National Guard in a unit that is carrying on the 20th Maine name is a true honor. Not sure if you guys will see this post but wanted to give an idea for a song anyway! Cheers and keep rocking Sabaton! 🤘
You can send them song ideas on their website: www.sabaton.net/do-you-have-a-good-idea-for-a-song/
One of the best ones yet! 👍
Keep up the great work guys!
Thank you! Yeah we still got some topics to cover!
Step 1: Watch the video.
Step 2: Try not to cry.
Step 3: Cry alot.
Sabaton should do a song about the elusive onion cutting ninjas.
Wow, this made me almost cry. It was difficult to continue watching, to be honest.
When I toured the cemeteries of Ypres I looked for our family name. My great-grandfather had fought there.
The only 1 I found was in my brother's full name in a German cemetery.
An Album on Alexander the Great would be epic
Songs could be on: Chaeronea, Granicus, Issus, Siege of Tyre, Gaugamela, Persian Gates, Hydaspes and Munitny at Opis and for the final song you could have it on the death of Alexander and the destruction of his empire through ambitious generals.
It would be really cool because his life was a life of juxtaposition, he was the greatest tactitian alive but went mad towards the end, selfless but believed he was decended from Zeus.
Not only this but you haven't done many songs on Ancient warfare so personally, i think it would be a welcome change :D
But regardless, keep doing what you are doing, keep up the good work :D
In any "normal" video, the numbers and statistics sanitize things in a way that makes everything seems as just a concept. When its a biographic song the characters are larger than life and have that sense of mythology like of ancient Greek heroes such as Heracles, Achilles, etc.
This video describes something that seems more... human, something more relatable that many more people can connect to in one way or another. This is one of those videos that made my eyes well since the idea that anybody could be in that coffin made me think of any close friend or family member being there.
Great job, you guys!
Thank you very much! :) The idea of the Unknown Soldier really is genius.
I think it is a good idea to film some episodes in some museums related with some songs showing at the same time some objects which used in the battles or the war you covered. Thank you for giving us such an amazing content from this channel I am waiting for you to come to Athens
I didn't know this. I always listen to "Diary of an unknown soldier" before i Listen to "The lost Battalion". Without it, it is not the same. And the Information you gave us, makes the song so much more meaningful!
This is a very emotional episode. Not gonna lie when i say that i cried. From now on whenever someone glorifies , I'm gonna send them this
The Last Stand album was the first album I ever heard from Sabaton and it was completely by chance in an unrelated music discord channel. I don't think anything will ever hit me quite as hard as hearing Diary of an Unknown Soldier lead into The Lost Battalion for the first time did. Thank you very much for this video.
I am an Australian who loves your metal and i would be amazed if you could do a song on the battle of Long Tan. A battle of amazing fortitude and determination, of courage in the face of uncountable odds and pure mate ship through hard ship that has made Australia what it is today. You are amazing artists painting stories of the past and I love the the Sabaton History channel it has opened my eyes.
THANK YOU
Thanks! They have a special form on their website for song ideas: www.sabaton.net/do-you-have-a-good-idea-for-a-song/
Nice work Indy.
Sabaton should do more with Jon Schaffer/Iced Earth. Jon has shown to have an interest in history with Iced Earth, and Judging by what Pär's said, he seem to enjoy Sabaton's work, so this looks like a match made in heaven to me. I get it, Jon is a busy dude, as are the Sabaton guys, and getting both bands to do something together requires some proper planning, but a guy can dream, can't he?
As for what to do when you run out of songs to talk about, I would like to hear more about the writing process behind the songs, as that's been quite lacking in some videos on this channel, IMO. As much as I enjoy hearing Andy talk about the history behind the songs from an actual historian perspective, I'm also interested in hearing more about what goes on behind the scenes when a band starts coming up with ideas for songs, how they come up with the actual lyrics, etc., and that seems to take a backseat sometimes.
Finally caught up with the newest episode. Found your channel a little over a week ago, and damn have I loved it! It helps to put things in perspective. These countless men may not have agreed with the reason for the war, but all of them did their best given the circumstances. It's an existence I can't even fathom, and despite how miserable I can be sometimes, clearly these poor sods had it even worse. Millions slaughtered for the privilege of a handful who never knew their names.
Thank you and welcome! :)
When I was in London, I stood at the grave of the unknown soldier in the Westminster Abby!
If I ever get there I really need to learn how to do a proper British salute. Anything else wouldn't be enough for those who gave so much.
@@adenkyramud5005 Additional to G M's comment. For a British Army salute it's long way up, short way down. Meaning your right arm is raised outstretched to the side until it's horizontal, at that point the arm is bent smartly at the elbow to bring the fingertips to the temple. Count of three and then drop the arm down to your side. You need to be wearing a hat. Saluting without a hat is bad and the shouty man will shout at you. That's how it was taught to me when I played soldiers at university nigh on 40 years ago anyway.
@@gwtpictgwtpict4214 thank you very much, I really don't want the shouty man shouting at me.
Think of what George Butterworth would have created as his reaction to the war. But he lies either in an unmarked cemetery grave or in a farm field in Pozieres. You did a great job mentioning John MacCrae and Wilford Owen in In Flanders Fields covering how music and art changed due to war would be a great subject potentially to cover provided their a sing to cover it.
That was Schaffer’s voice?!?! That’s awesome!
I would die of happiness if I could see Iced Earth and Sabaton play together.
Siege of Leningrad. I would love Sabaton to make a song about it. And having an SH episode about it would be awesome too!
Regarding the ideas you ask us to cover in the channel related to both Sabaton and history, may I suggest Sabaton's cover of "For Whom the Bells Tolls" and the Spanish Civil War? Since it was a civil war, Sabaton will not ever write a song about it, so it's the closest a Spaniard will get to a Sabaton History episode unless they change this or make an album about Napoleon or about former Global Empires lol
I really enjoyed this episode. It really completely summarizes the exact reasons I want to be an archaeologist of European military history. Because there are s many soldiers whose stories remain untold, because there are so many families who never got closure. This goes even more so for the soldiers of the German Empire, who were likely never given the courtesy of removing their own troops from French soil.
You once mentioned that you get a lot of ideas for songs from fans. A lot of individual stories, like inmate 4859, for example. If you run out of songs, I'd like to learn more about those individuals you heard about. We covered a lot of general stuff in history class in school, but sadly not all that much about a single person. And it makes those wars way more tragic and personal in my opinion, if you have names and stories about those people instead of general information. So I'd really love to learn more about those people :)
I'd like to hear more about the "neutral" countries of the two wars. Not a lot is mentioned about them even though many such countries (like sweden for example) played a part one way or another despite being considered neutral.
Not to mention that the knowledge of what they/we (in my case, I guess) is very fragmented.
Who would've thought they'd make an episode about an intro. But as it turned out, this is quite a meaningful and touching episode. This feels like a theme for tombs of the unknown soldier(s).
This hit different
Really enjoying the history clips. My great uncle was a prisoner of war in World War I. Maybe you could consider doing a piece on this aspect of WWI which is rarely mentioned. I have a postcard he sent his family from Kreigesgefangenenlager Neuhammer ct Luic where he was imprisoned. He tells them he is settled now for the winter and has a permanent job! It all sounds very normal when clearly it was far from being so.
Another great video! For what to do with the channel in future I'd love some guest appearances by other metal bands that sing about history, maybe some criminally underrated bands FIRST if you do so. Desert are a TOP NOTCH band that comes to mind, mentioned in your video on Counterstrike of course, and I was SHOCKED to see how obscure they are at least if youtube and social media are any metric.
17 minutes for an intro to a song. Amazing.
This is quite possibly the greatest episode of Sabaton History you guys have put out. Truly an amazing video
Amazing episode, it brings me tears. Honor to the Soldiers that fall in Battle
It's not a song, and it's the most emotional episode of Sabaton History
ever.
I live in the UK.
In school we went to the Somme and as part of the trip we were encouraged to use the commonwealth remembrance service to look up our ancestors.
I found out that my great great uncle, James, fought and died in the first days of the Somme with the Kings own Liverpool Regiment. His body has never been identified / found so instead his name is listed with 73,000 others on a monument for those whose remains have not been found at Thiepval.
During the trip, I actually found his name on the monument. My own grandad never knew this part of his family history so it was interesting to share it with him later on.
This is the content why we love this Channel
Would love too see a video about Sabatons history, like how the members met and how the band started out :)
It might not be so history related but still :P
Sometimes it's all just too much and I can't help but cry for men long dead and battles long over. Fantastic video, good work guys.
Thanks a lot Anton
In my opinion this short intro is the most powerful/emotional part of the entire The Last Stand album
I think it'd be really cool for more shout outs to museums, landmarks, etc, relating to the song and the history of each episode to promote those places and for people to find them, themselves, especially if theyve helped in some form with the research of a song or something
I would love to hear a song about USS Enterprise or also known as the Grey Ghost (and others) but it’s the ship that fought from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa. The most decorated cv in us history with 20 battle stars and the presidential unit citation. Love this channel and love the band too first song was Primo Victoria thought a song with enterprise would be a fine addition to your many songs and Bismarck would not be the only ship with a song.
Sabaton never fails to make me cry
I don't know why this episode (and In Flanders Fields) moves me so much, my country didn't fight in the Great War, we were on our own civil war. Maybe is because the story is so inherently human anybody in the world could relate to it.
Our national anthem (I'm from Mexico) was written in a time of turmoil and foreign invation, and is a call to arms. The last verses talks about the fallen sons of the motherland (translation):
For thee the olive crown, for them a glorious memory, for thee the victory laurel, for them an honour grave
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them."
Love these videos. Keep them coming. I now want to go to the tomb of the unknown soldier in Arlington.
You guy's done got me teared up shit as a American this really hit's me hard it's hard to comprehend how many men's final moments ended in such a way they will never be remembered in the fullest glory of a soldier again they simply fall into a category of unknown warriors/soldiers remembered as a legion of men who will never be found but be remembered as a whole no matter enemy or ally all unknowns have my respect
always a great little history lesson.
The last two episodes were very emotional. Keep on the good work guys.
Thank you, we will! :)
@@SabatonHistory
I thank you for the great work. I am a loyal supporter.
you must have many soldiers and veterans as fans.
Have some exciting / funny stories from meeting these fans?
God dang it Indy you made me cry
Going to The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier here in the U.S., and seeing the changing of the guard is a is a real moving experience. I know you have not done a song on the subject, but could you do history video on the battle of Jutland from World War I? The largest naval battle in modern history.
Apparently, I didn't turn my volume down when switching over to this from music. There ya go, Indy. Your voice is more than tolerable on full blast, with earbuds in. Ah. That sweet resonant voice to neutralize the dissonance of war
The one thing I have to say about this intro part . . . they sell it separately on Amazon. Not only did I not realize it was two separate songs when I bought it a while back, but it made me think the audio file had an issue, because it wouldn't play the rest of the song. Lost Battalion feels incomplete without it, and I wish they weren't sold separately like that.
I was struggling to keep it together and then the king himself placed wreaths on the coffin. My great grandmother lost a brother to the Great War and her husband came home a very different man. I wager nearly every family in Britain today lost a brother, a cousin, a nephew or an uncle who never had a chance to have children of his own. Cut down in the prime of his life. May their sacrifice never be forgotten.
I'm American but my family had a book that tells our history since we came to the US in the 1820s. When the great war happened the book shows a large portion of the family dying off. 1 died on a boat in the English Channel and several in the trenches and few came back.
Yo you can't run out of songs, the history in the Pacific is waiting for your ideas my man
Great intro. I was recently wondering if there would be an episode on this.
We know Par is a big naval history buff.... how about a video on “Trafalgar” or the history of the ship “Wasa” I believe she was Swedish too. Or something on Jack Aubrey ? Just my two cents worth... thank you for another impactful learning experience .. job well done to EVERYONE involved
Wow. This was a great video. WWI was a horrible event in human history. So much devastation and so much loss for so many nations.
This episode made me cry. Well done.
Thank you :)
I'd love to see you guys either write a song or make a video about the Navajo Codetalkers in general or just in World War Two! It's an amazing story, one that would be great for your style! Could be part of a WWII themed album?
That would be awesome! Very few know, yet alone understand, the Navajo's contributions to WWII. Even the movie "Windtalkers" doesn't really portray their efforts to the fullest.
One of the best episodes so far
"Fader och Son, som aldrig kommer hem" is a lyric that sums this up well.
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