Everytime i see this video i got tears in my eyes, god bless your father, he was a true hero. A man with moral, integrity and mercy in such dark times. All the best to you and your family.
It is an amazing story, and i can see why they kept it secret for so long, the leaders does like soldiers to be friends with the enemy. But what your father did was an amazing act of valor and courage, as mentioned in the video i am sure he would have been executed if he had been reported for aiding the enemy, i hope this story will live in our memories for a long long time.
When Stigler took off, he initially saw an easy target that would secure him his Iron Cross. As he came up behind the bomber, he hesitated on firing because the tail gunner wasn't shooting at him. Getting closer, he saw the gunner was slumped over and dead, and seeing how damaged the plane was, it was a miracle she was still flying. His squadron commander in North Africa said that if he caught any of his men shooting at a man in a parachute, he'd kill them himself. Stigler, seeing how this plane was limping, equated it to the crew's parachute and he refused to fire. At first, he motioned for Charlie to land in Europe, and upon refusal, motioned to turn north to neutral Sweden. When Charlie didn't do that, Franz decided to remain in formation with the bomber to keep the coastal AA guns from shooting at it. It wasn't common, but not so rare that the Germans would fly captured B17s with escort to be taken apart and looked over, so the AA crews would be a lot less likely to shoot at them if Franz was there. Once over the Channel, Franz broke off after a salute and returned to his airfield.
What the video doesn't show, is that Sabaton took the time to personally meet with the Stigler family at that concert. Franz Stigler's commander had told him that if they ever shot at a man in a parachute, he would shoot them himself. Franz felt that shooting a plane so badly damaged, and unable to fight back, was akin to that. 'Honor in the Sky'. If he had shot it down, that would have given Franz enough points for Germany's Iron Cross award. 'Said goodbye to the cross he deserved'. Charlie took Franz to a reunion, Franz felt out of place and thought he shouldn't be there. Charlie told him that everyone there was family to the men he spared. Another song with an animated story video, and one of my favorite Sabaton songs overall, is "Night Witches".
that commander was, iirc, Adolf Galland. i read his biography, and those were his actual word. "If I ever see one of you shooting at a pilot on a 'chute, I'll get into my plane and shoot you out of the sky myself."
“To save another enemy” Reminds me of this true story. The only German soldier ever to get a memorial made by the Americans Friedrich Lengfeld died at 23 years old to save the life of an American soldier badly wounded in a minefield in 1944. Friedrich told his men to cease fire and let the Americans come get him. But they never did, an hour went by, and he decided to go try save the American soldier. With a medic team behind. He got close, but stepped on a mine himself and died at the hospital later on. His country would shame him for this act of putting his life at danger for the enemy,but the Americans gave respect. “Deeds, not words” is written on his headstone and I think it also applies here too. There was no words spoken, only deeds.
I cry every time I hear this song. Franz Stigler, who showed compassion and mercy to the British bomber and the men. Watching the 2 have a special reunion was amazing. Franz Stigler daughter reacting to Sabaton video about her father wow. Sabaton teaching history that i maybe sure not everyone knows about is amazing. They make incredible music and wonderful videos.
After “ye olde pub” had landed back in England, awards were to be given to the crew but once high command heard of how a German pilot had saved an enemy, they instantly covered up any such story. In the case of Franz, he never said a word about what happened after he landed back in Europe. If he had said anything, it meant punishment or death… Skipping ahead, when Charlie found out about Franz, the German air magazine reported Franz to the German government who called him a traitor. His neighbors in Canada obviously shunned him because of his affiliation with the nazis. But as Franz had always said, “you would never understand”
The next step in your Sabaton journey might be to do the history channel behind the song and then the song.Or vice versa.The Sabaton history channel is truly amazing.Great reaction brother 👊
Earlier that day, Stigler had already shot down a B-17, when he responded to this aircraft, he felt dishonor if he shot it down. He risked his life 2 times I believe because the B-17 did not shoot at him and when the B-17 refused his offer to land safely and be prisoners of war in Germany he had to escort the plane so Coastal Gun Batteries wouldn't shoot seeing the German fighter.
Adam Makos and his co-author Larry Alexander wrote a book about the story of the men who flew alongside each other on that special day. It tells the story of the lives of the two men before, during and after the war. The name is: "A higher call".
The back story is Stiglers CO told his men if they shot at a helpless pilot who bailed out he (the co) would personally shoot them. Stiglers sahid he saw this as the same scenario
Gets me crying every time! Another very strong animated STORY video is _Night_ _Witches,_ and another music video to watch is _1916._ With the latter, watch at least the start of the post-song section, which includes the historic detail; whether you keep watching through the credits depends on how much you are enjoying the playing at that point. Personally I always stay for credits at the cinema, so our general approach is somewhat different... 🤣
Every time I see this video, I cry, every single time. It's unbelievable how lucky they were to fly to England. in between, however, there was a war with artillery batteries and all. if someone on the moon had decided to shoot anyway.. the story is incredible. thank you so much for doing this.
The German anti air ground gunners, the world best at the time didn't shoot the old pub, because they didn't wanted to shoot one of their own with stigler flying in between them. They were taught if they ever got cough shooting down someone using a parachute tu get out their own general would shoot them. Franz looked at this plain as if it was a crew on parachutes.
The Sabaton and Yarnhub animated videos are so good. This one and Night Witches especially, I've never been able to watch them and have a dry eye by the end of them.
Not meaning to give you a hard time about missing the Floor outro, but I would suggest you re-view the Christmas Truce video from the beginning and continue through credits to the hotel end. Floor of not, it is a moving and majestic conclusion to an already powerful song/video.
Great reaction!🤘 You better get used to get emotional.. This what Sabaton do. They tell stories too important to be forgotten. They really deserve a Nobel Prize for it. (Literature or Peace, or both, I'm not sure).
This one got me right in the subscribe feels. I'm not huge on power metal but Sabaton does it...different? Very few storytellers better in the metal universe imo
Like the Micah 6:8 cap BTW (In the nineties I went to see a band called "Drives Like Yehu" because I knew they would be "fast and furious" because in 2 Kings 9:20 it says: "the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously" LOL)
Master of the Air was about the 1st 6 months of the 8th Air Force over Germany. I read the book twice. Yarn Hub has a lot of videos worth watching. This and Night Witches was their 1st collaboration with Sabaton. And don't be surprised if Stigler daughter replys here. She is still active on these reactions.
Am I correct if I say that the army pilots of these era was superstar like our sports players ? The only difference is that the majority of them only have one fatal defeat 🖐️
Great production quality Teck! The Sabaton boys are telling some amazing stories. Helping us all to remember humanity on both sides. Nightwish has a song that humanizes soldiers as well. Conscientious objector after experiencing the horror? Check out "10th Man Down" live from Buenos Aires 2018. No subs for lyrics. ruclips.net/video/v7i0hiGdfgU/видео.html - 🎼 NIGHTWISH 🎶 10th Man Down 🎶 Live in Buenos Aires 2018 🔥 4K REMASTERED
There are so many little details in this video that aren't really touched on by the song or the narrator. I really reccomend watching the Sabaton History Channel episode for this one, and not even that one tells all the details. Like others have said, Franz was told never to shoot at a man in a parachute, and took that to mean this badly damaged bomber plane as well. If he had shot it down he would have earned the Iron Cross, since it was based on number on planes shot down and a bomber counted as three planes, the exact number he was missing to earn the medal. The Germans on the ground seeing Franz flying alongside the bomber, would have assumed he was escoring a captured plane. It wasn't entirely unheard of for enemy planes to go down in German occupied territory, and then be flown elsewhere by German pilots. To prevent their pilots from getting shot down by friendly fire, German planes would fly escort next to them. In the video when Franz signals Charlie to follow him, he is pointing towards Sweden. Since we were neutral in the war, sometimes damaged planes belonging to the Allies would emergency land in Sweden. If I remember correctyly there was something like 150 planes where the crew survived, or mostly survived, by the end of the war (I don't think those 150 include the ones that crashed and where everyone were killed). I wonder how many more stories like Franz and Charlies there were during the war, not just in the air.
@@572Btriode I cannot control what RUclips does with my videos. Once I post the video, it's out of my control. Because there is copyright content inside reaction videos, the revenue for those ads rightfully go to the artist who owns the content. Any attempt to block their rightful revenue could result in a strike that I'm not willing to take.
@@572Btriode I appreciate that. But I'm not inclined to pay $13.99/mo to save others from seeing ads. That's of no benefit to me, as a content creator, who already receives very little from ad revenue. Unless I'm missing something.
subscribe, bla bla bla, patreon bla bla bla, these things just puts me off, I just fast forward to the accual video. We who watch youtube alot knows all that, you don't have to over explain how it works. if many of your videos makes me want to subscribe I will do it. my advice is, do the pitch after the reaction.
@@teckreactions Total change of times. In the past, apparenle, Catholicism was totally against drums as it could lead to a state of ecstasy that was reserved for worshiping god. Anyways, if my sources are correct this led to Gregorian chants. Glad that there now is a place for drums, even if I'm personally not that religiously inclined.
Ye should definetly watch next the animted version of song The Night witches Talk 🧙♀🪖🛩🔇🔇💣💣💥💥🔥, about Girl POWER! And, YES, Sabaton has an own specific YT- channel for its accurate historical stuff for and about their songs, called SABATON HISTORY CHANNEL! As Joakim from Sabaton says: "Klick, klick, klick on the Subscribe -button, Go and check it out and get the F6%&# OUT OF HERE!!!"
Thank you for your reaction - very kind words
🧡💙 Thank YOU for allowing your father’s story to be told. God bless you.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
What a great man❤️❤️❤️
Everytime i see this video i got tears in my eyes, god bless your father, he was a true hero. A man with moral, integrity and mercy in such dark times. All the best to you and your family.
It is an amazing story, and i can see why they kept it secret for so long, the leaders does like soldiers to be friends with the enemy.
But what your father did was an amazing act of valor and courage, as mentioned in the video i am sure he would have been executed if he had been reported for aiding the enemy, i hope this story will live in our memories for a long long time.
When Stigler took off, he initially saw an easy target that would secure him his Iron Cross. As he came up behind the bomber, he hesitated on firing because the tail gunner wasn't shooting at him. Getting closer, he saw the gunner was slumped over and dead, and seeing how damaged the plane was, it was a miracle she was still flying. His squadron commander in North Africa said that if he caught any of his men shooting at a man in a parachute, he'd kill them himself. Stigler, seeing how this plane was limping, equated it to the crew's parachute and he refused to fire. At first, he motioned for Charlie to land in Europe, and upon refusal, motioned to turn north to neutral Sweden. When Charlie didn't do that, Franz decided to remain in formation with the bomber to keep the coastal AA guns from shooting at it. It wasn't common, but not so rare that the Germans would fly captured B17s with escort to be taken apart and looked over, so the AA crews would be a lot less likely to shoot at them if Franz was there. Once over the Channel, Franz broke off after a salute and returned to his airfield.
Incredible
@@MythicFool ❤️❤️❤️
Nice reaction.
What the video doesn't show, is that Sabaton took the time to personally meet with the Stigler family at that concert. Franz Stigler's commander had told him that if they ever shot at a man in a parachute, he would shoot them himself. Franz felt that shooting a plane so badly damaged, and unable to fight back, was akin to that. 'Honor in the Sky'. If he had shot it down, that would have given Franz enough points for Germany's Iron Cross award. 'Said goodbye to the cross he deserved'.
Charlie took Franz to a reunion, Franz felt out of place and thought he shouldn't be there. Charlie told him that everyone there was family to the men he spared.
Another song with an animated story video, and one of my favorite Sabaton songs overall, is "Night Witches".
That's incredible
Talking about animated videos.
Lady of the dark, Red Baron, First Soldier.
that commander was, iirc, Adolf Galland. i read his biography, and those were his actual word. "If I ever see one of you shooting at a pilot on a 'chute, I'll get into my plane and shoot you out of the sky myself."
Brown was living in Washington state, Stigler was living in British Columbia. They were so close already, even without knowing it.
“To save another enemy”
Reminds me of this true story. The only German soldier ever to get a memorial made by the Americans
Friedrich Lengfeld died at 23 years old to save the life of an American soldier badly wounded in a minefield in 1944.
Friedrich told his men to cease fire and let the Americans come get him. But they never did, an hour went by, and he decided to go try save the American soldier. With a medic team behind. He got close, but stepped on a mine himself and died at the hospital later on.
His country would shame him for this act of putting his life at danger for the enemy,but the Americans gave respect.
“Deeds, not words” is written on his headstone and I think it also applies here too. There was no words spoken, only deeds.
I have seen this video hundreds of times and i still cry every time
Me too. ✌❤
I cry every time I hear this song. Franz Stigler, who showed compassion and mercy to the British bomber and the men. Watching the 2 have a special reunion was amazing. Franz Stigler daughter reacting to Sabaton video about her father wow. Sabaton teaching history that i maybe sure not everyone knows about is amazing. They make incredible music and wonderful videos.
It was very moving.
*American bomber
I tear up EVERY time I watch this video...
ya same, bought me the book about the story, such great stuff
Hello again. You have hit the jackpot with Sabaton
It is a special one and yes it gets you every time. Every time!
After “ye olde pub” had landed back in England, awards were to be given to the crew but once high command heard of how a German pilot had saved an enemy, they instantly covered up any such story. In the case of Franz, he never said a word about what happened after he landed back in Europe. If he had said anything, it meant punishment or death…
Skipping ahead, when Charlie found out about Franz, the German air magazine reported Franz to the German government who called him a traitor. His neighbors in Canada obviously shunned him because of his affiliation with the nazis.
But as Franz had always said, “you would never understand”
As a wounded combat veteran. Thing I learned. The hardest thing to keep alive in war is your humanity.
Thank you for your service 🫡
The next step in your Sabaton journey might be to do the history channel behind the song and then the song.Or vice versa.The Sabaton history channel is truly amazing.Great reaction brother 👊
@@anderswiik7432 I concur!
Always do the song first and history video afterwards, because the history videos include snippets/spoilers of the songs.
Can't watch this video without tearing up. And I have watched it and reactions to it hundreds of times.
The No Bullet's Fly music video just keeps on giving.
This is a fantastic heart wrenching song and thank you for your heartfelt analysis
Thanks!
Earlier that day, Stigler had already shot down a B-17, when he responded to this aircraft, he felt dishonor if he shot it down. He risked his life 2 times I believe because the B-17 did not shoot at him and when the B-17 refused his offer to land safely and be prisoners of war in Germany he had to escort the plane so Coastal Gun Batteries wouldn't shoot seeing the German fighter.
Adam Makos and his co-author Larry Alexander wrote a book about the story of the men who flew alongside each other on that special day. It tells the story of the lives of the two men before, during and after the war.
The name is: "A higher call".
Yeah, this story always gets me. Hard not to get emotional.
"A higher Call" is a book about this specific event. I think there is a movie in the making currently by the same name.
The back story is Stiglers CO told his men if they shot at a helpless pilot who bailed out he (the co) would personally shoot them. Stiglers sahid he saw this as the same scenario
Especially Sabaton vids has to watch until the whole end! Also the Motörhead-tribute of "1916".
Yep
Crying by Sabaton ? No deal .. I do it often (like by NW)..
Greetings from NW-Army-Germany and SabatonFan
Greetings!
You have to read the book "A Higher Call" it covers this whole story. Fanz Stigler was an amazing man.
Gets me crying every time! Another very strong animated STORY video is _Night_ _Witches,_ and another music video to watch is _1916._ With the latter, watch at least the start of the post-song section, which includes the historic detail; whether you keep watching through the credits depends on how much you are enjoying the playing at that point. Personally I always stay for credits at the cinema, so our general approach is somewhat different... 🤣
I only stay if I know there is something there.
This video gets me every darned time! Great reaction. Your new setup is great too.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Mankind has lost if humanity is lost.
Every time I see this video, I cry, every single time. It's unbelievable how lucky they were to fly to England. in between, however, there was a war with artillery batteries and all. if someone on the moon had decided to shoot anyway.. the story is incredible. thank you so much for doing this.
Maybe Mrs. Jovita Theren-Stigler will answer to your comments to this Video. She sometimes does that...
Oh wow
The German anti air ground gunners, the world best at the time didn't shoot the old pub, because they didn't wanted to shoot one of their own with stigler flying in between them. They were taught if they ever got cough shooting down someone using a parachute tu get out their own general would shoot them. Franz looked at this plain as if it was a crew on parachutes.
The Sabaton and Yarnhub animated videos are so good. This one and Night Witches especially, I've never been able to watch them and have a dry eye by the end of them.
Really loved your reaction.
Thank you so much 😁
That's what Real men make cry.❤
Not meaning to give you a hard time about missing the Floor outro, but I would suggest you re-view the Christmas Truce video from the beginning and continue through credits to the hotel end. Floor of not, it is a moving and majestic conclusion to an already powerful song/video.
Auto-correct got me above. No hotel involved.
And ... Thanks for the great reaction to No Bullets Fly!
Yeah, get's me every time. Good reaction. I think I'd better go and put the onions away now.
This was amazing.
You HAVE to react to ‘1916’ by Sabaton (a Motörhead cover, a song about really serving your country and how it is) also….. ‘Bismarck’
👍An awesome performance and song. 🖖❤
Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron sabaton made a song about him too) said a murder remains a murder even in war and he shot down 80 planes.
Great reaction!🤘 You better get used to get emotional.. This what Sabaton do. They tell stories too important to be forgotten. They really deserve a Nobel Prize for it. (Literature or Peace, or both, I'm not sure).
Incredible.
First time i am on your channel and my commentary now is just after the intro....wtf is this intro?! It's so good! Did you do this yourself?
Hey! I made the video, but the music is from my friend, Jared Brandon. His RUclips page is linked in each video. Subscribe to his channel!
pumpin out videos like a real factory😂😂😂😂
Going for five a week right now.
😢❤
This one got me right in the subscribe feels. I'm not huge on power metal but Sabaton does it...different? Very few storytellers better in the metal universe imo
Like the Micah 6:8 cap BTW
(In the nineties I went to see a band called
"Drives Like Yehu"
because I knew they would be "fast and furious"
because in 2 Kings 9:20 it says:
"the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously" LOL)
Thanks!
@@teckreactions
It is a great encapsulation of the covenant of G*d with the children of Israel. One of my favorite bits of the Hebrew Scriptures.
@@johncrwarner Mine too!
Master of the Air was about the 1st 6 months of the 8th Air Force over Germany. I read the book twice.
Yarn Hub has a lot of videos worth watching. This and Night Witches was their 1st collaboration with Sabaton.
And don't be surprised if Stigler daughter replys here. She is still active on these reactions.
I'll check them out.
Watch the comment segment. Stigler´s daughter, Jovita, often comments.
That would be cool!
Not the same mission, this mission was to slow down the ammunition production
Got it.
As METAL of a story and ending as you’re ever going to get, yes???? You just can’t make that sh-t up.
Am I correct if I say that the army pilots of these era was superstar like our sports players ? The only difference is that the majority of them only have one fatal defeat 🖐️
Great production quality Teck! The Sabaton boys are telling some amazing stories. Helping us all to remember humanity on both sides.
Nightwish has a song that humanizes soldiers as well. Conscientious objector after experiencing the horror? Check out "10th Man Down" live from Buenos Aires 2018. No subs for lyrics.
ruclips.net/video/v7i0hiGdfgU/видео.html - 🎼 NIGHTWISH 🎶 10th Man Down 🎶 Live in Buenos Aires 2018 🔥 4K REMASTERED
Thanks!
Healthy 2025
I don't believe in God, religion or all this Bible stuff, but I agree with you about what you said about war in general.
Sad to hear that the ending of Christmas Truce did not add anything to your experience.
I've heard Floor sing many times. I listened to it after the fact. I don't feel it provided any meaningful value other than beautiful vocalizations.
@@teckreactions Yes, you said that you have heard Floor sing many times.
💚✌️
girl power next Sabaton lady of the dark animated story video and tell me she doesnt look like Floor
You may get a visit from Jovita herself, she likes to add a comment to most reactors of this song.
I would be so honored.
🤘😊🇫🇮💙🪄🎼✨💯👍
Dude, why did you add that apostrophe into the song's title?
Oh. I just noticed that. I’ll fix it. Thanks!
Sounds like the story of the Memphis bell
The b-17 Memphis bell or belle was the last one home with one engine and crashed landed with on the run way
There are so many little details in this video that aren't really touched on by the song or the narrator. I really reccomend watching the Sabaton History Channel episode for this one, and not even that one tells all the details. Like others have said, Franz was told never to shoot at a man in a parachute, and took that to mean this badly damaged bomber plane as well. If he had shot it down he would have earned the Iron Cross, since it was based on number on planes shot down and a bomber counted as three planes, the exact number he was missing to earn the medal. The Germans on the ground seeing Franz flying alongside the bomber, would have assumed he was escoring a captured plane. It wasn't entirely unheard of for enemy planes to go down in German occupied territory, and then be flown elsewhere by German pilots. To prevent their pilots from getting shot down by friendly fire, German planes would fly escort next to them. In the video when Franz signals Charlie to follow him, he is pointing towards Sweden. Since we were neutral in the war, sometimes damaged planes belonging to the Allies would emergency land in Sweden. If I remember correctyly there was something like 150 planes where the crew survived, or mostly survived, by the end of the war (I don't think those 150 include the ones that crashed and where everyone were killed). I wonder how many more stories like Franz and Charlies there were during the war, not just in the air.
Next live Sabaton, Ghost Division, Live Oberhausen or if you wat continue exploring videos Nightwitches or Lady Of The Dark. Thanks!!
Yes! I’d love to see some live videos.
Night Witches Please about the female Russian pilots the Germans feared.
Oh wow.
As I said on an other comment above, definitely do Night witches; Also the animated video.
SABATON give the best history lessons ?
Pretty great
Dude. You need to get adblock or RUclips subscription...
I edited out the ad, didn’t I?
@@teckreactions You did, but Ublock origin does it for free. Takes it 3 or 4 videos for it to learn and that's it.
@@572Btriode I cannot control what RUclips does with my videos. Once I post the video, it's out of my control. Because there is copyright content inside reaction videos, the revenue for those ads rightfully go to the artist who owns the content. Any attempt to block their rightful revenue could result in a strike that I'm not willing to take.
@@teckreactions OK, but I watch a lot of YT and never get an ad in anything. That said, the EU privacy laws are quite strict and I am in the EU area.
@@572Btriode I appreciate that. But I'm not inclined to pay $13.99/mo to save others from seeing ads. That's of no benefit to me, as a content creator, who already receives very little from ad revenue. Unless I'm missing something.
subscribe, bla bla bla, patreon bla bla bla, these things just puts me off, I just fast forward to the accual video.
We who watch youtube alot knows all that, you don't have to over explain how it works. if many of your videos makes me want to subscribe I will do it.
my advice is, do the pitch after the reaction.
That’s why fast forward exists.
...when we humanize humans...
Been there, done that. I much prefer this approach!
rl
11B4V
🤘👹🤘
You don’t prefer to look at humans as humans?
Rangers Lead the Way!
What is worship drummer? Is your so called "god" planning to go to war again? Does it need people to play war drums?
A worship drummer is someone who plays drums for a Christian praise and worship group. Thanks for asking.
@@teckreactions Total change of times. In the past, apparenle, Catholicism was totally against drums as it could lead to a state of ecstasy that was reserved for worshiping god. Anyways, if my sources are correct this led to Gregorian chants. Glad that there now is a place for drums, even if I'm personally not that religiously inclined.
Get RUclips Premium, nerd
I know nothing about it.
And if this doesn't demonstrate why you should watch Sabaton video to the very end you are even more arrogant
I watched it to the end. Why the insult?
Ye should definetly watch next the animted version of song The Night witches Talk 🧙♀🪖🛩🔇🔇💣💣💥💥🔥, about Girl POWER!
And, YES, Sabaton has an own specific YT- channel for its accurate historical stuff for and about their songs, called SABATON HISTORY CHANNEL! As Joakim from Sabaton says: "Klick, klick, klick on the Subscribe -button, Go and check it out and get the F6%&# OUT OF HERE!!!"