Love your reactions. You mention that the Red Baron flew the triplanes late in his carrer but he actually hated it, he prefered the biplane. Most of his kills were on biplanes, only 19 out of the 80 in the triplane.
@Yuri DeKhed There was a lot of interest from the German manufacturers and High Command to push out the latest weapons. Sources vary a little in the true support he gave to the plane but, you can find info stating that he wasn't impressed by it after tryng and even returned to his previous Albatros afterwards.
the true figure is not fully known, but no record from either side credits him with less than 80. thats 80 that either side was able to bare witness to and confirm.
Even crazier, there was a French pilot (don't remember his name) who, before the interrupter gear was developed, actually attached deflector plates to his propeller to keep from shooting his propeller off
That was roland garros, he had a sort of interruptor gear but it didn't work perfectly, so he added the deflectors on the prop to prevent it from shattering when the interruptor gear failed.
The comment on the insignias on the planes is quite brilliant. Very much like medieval knights and unlike this video fights in the air were not that bloody as you expect. Many dogfights resulted in both pilots returning home. Back at base, at any particular battle most pilots on both sides knew full well who the pilots on the other side were, if not by name by emblem, and would thoroughly discuss weaknesses and tactics against specific pilots at base, feeling both pride when they take them down as well as sadness over the loss of an enemy who they at this point knew better than some of their own friends.
Funny enough, a "Kill" didn't technically mean to kill the pilot. A kill could be counted as causing the enemy pilot to parachute out or simply be forced to land. There's even a story where the Red Baron shot down a British plane, both pilot and gunner survived and landed the plane only to be met by the Baron as he also landed. The two pilots, upon learning who shot them down, asked for his autograph. Another thing required to earn a kill, was a witness. If someone flying with you or someone on the ground didn't see you shoot down a plane, you didn't shoot down a plane.
That's also due to the mentality these pilots had. Most of them were noblemen or upper class people and they literally thought of themselves as knights of the air. They wanted to see themselves as better as the front soldiers in the trenches who fought to the death in mud and artillery bombardements, so the pilots just wanted to shoot down the enemy's planes. Actually killing the enemy pilot was considered bad sportsmansship, which is actually almost surreal when you think about it. These guys were participating in one of the worse wars in human history and they cared about being a good sport. How crazy is that?
@Yuri DeKhed Exactly. "Noble ideas" don't survive long on the battlefield and if someone who doesn't shoot to kill survives until the end of the war its the exception not the rule. Also the idea of "noble or honorable combat" is largely fiction. Its based on miyths about knights and chivalry, but those are romantized stories not actual accounts of how knights lived and fought back then. A proper knight was more of a savage mercanery. Doesn't mean he did not have some ideas about honor, everybody considers themselves to be at least partially good, but an idea like sportsmanship certainly rarely entered the equation. In the beginning of the war you might be more merciful and lenient, to uphold your idea of yourself as a decent human being, but if your country is losing and millions of your countrymen have been killed after a 4 year conflict I wouldn't bet too much on that "noble breeding" to act as a gurantee of mercy or honorable conduct.
the red baron actually got most of his kills on a biplane. The triplane became more famous because of the publicity stunts of Fokker and the propaganda that accompanied both the machine and the plane. But really, by the time he pilots the Fokker dr1, he was already an accomplished ace. interesting fact: Richthofen's red triplane actually had light blue undersides. He had the undersides of all the planes of his flying circus squadron painted sky blue. I don't recall why exactly, but I can think of two reasons: apparently, light underside and dark upperside can help improve aerodynamism... I doubt it was known at the time though. The second reason was probably for a "stealthy" approach, or at least as stealthy as it could be those days. Dog fighters favored approaching from above as it provided high-energy maneuvers and a certain degree of surprise.
@Yuri DeKhed your profile picture just explains your reasoning for posting. Calm your tits. He was pointing out that the Red Baron was given a fully military burial by the same Allied Forces he fought against. His comment was not disrespectful, nor was it ignorant. He was pointing out a solid fact. If you have a problem with that, please tell us.
8:55 Did you know that Max Immelmann, another German flying ace, almost crashed when the mechanism of his machine gun malfunctioned and shredded his propeller?
Also the man that von richthoven looked up too Oswald Boelcke, he died because another german pilot clipped his airplane which send him spiraling down. Crazy stuff happened in those days.
Fun fact: The Red Baron was burried four times, first by the allies and later the french moved his body to another location. After WW 1ended his body was returned to Germany and burried in Berlin. During the nazi regime his grave was used as propaganda with honor guards from Luftwaffe. Finaly after the end of WW2 he got the final resting place in the family plot at South Cemetery in Wiesbaden.
fun fact: When planes was used in WW1 the plane itself was only 11 years old. That means we figured out how to fly properly just a couple of years before WW1.
The British pilots didn't even have parachutes since the high command thought that that would encourage them to abandon their aircraft when it got hit. Most of Manfreds kills where made in a Albatross, the biplane in the movie. And the balloons was also used for artillery spotters. The airplane pilots started to shoot them down with incendiary rounds since they where filled with hydrogen gas. And I think this is a fan made video, with clips from the movie The Red Baron.
Also recon, Observers for artillery direction in the balloons. Actually it was Fokker [Dutch] that came up with the interrupter. They were mortar bombs originally.
The red baron like in this video is flying a albatross which is what he got the majority of his kills with he only used the triplane near the end and which he died in.
From what I know, the Germans actually supplied their pilots with parachutes, the Entante (the British in particular) did not supply their pilots with parachutes. There was this belief that it was both cowardly and that the lack of a parachute encouraged their pilots to fly better as an incentive. This is based on what information I and my friends have dug up over the years.
This video looks like it uses clips from a German-made movie about the Red Baron released in 2008. Not quite certain, it's been years since I last saw the film, and some parts of the video aren't as familiar as others. Love the song, a great tribute to a great man.
There was another guy who mounted metal plates to his propeller and was then captured by the Germans. Roland Garros I believe his name was. Anthony Fokker invented the Interrupter mechanism which you described. Just thought I’d add a little more information. Great reaction btw.
Good video, fun fact in WW1 the parachute wasn't used by pilots so your in a flimsy wooden and canvas aircraft, no parachute, your throttle was a on and off switch if I recall oh and no brakes except for your tail that was your brake as you skid down a runway. Daredevils of the sky is very accurate lol
You would think that the balloons thing die out after WWI, but in Vietnam war, up all the way to 72, NVA still use balloons as a deterrence against USAF to defend static targets like bridge or powerplants :D they force the aircraft to fly higher into AAA, then missiles
So he flew the famous Fokker DR.1 a lot less than his biplane Albatross D. III, which he flew for the most of the war. I believe he died in his Fokker. Another fun fact is that he actually wanted to fly the Fokker Monoplane! All three wing types!
both World Wars, Axis pilots had to achive 10 aerial victories to get the title "Ace". Germany and France made a pact where they decied the number should be 10. Then french, british, americans realized their pilots would never achive that number, so they reduced to to 5. Luftwaffe kept that number at 10 even in WW2.
Manfred von Richtofen actually flew a bi-plane for most his career, but since Fokker had a huge PR stunt with him when revealing the tri-plane, that's kinda what he got known for, even though he apparently didn't like the plane very much
You're a good man Charlie Brown for the Snoopy reference! This is one of my favorite Sabaton tunes, the Great Tour version is fire, this version using clips from the movie is fire and the music video they put out is fire. Good call on the synchronizer gear but into the early stages of WW2 many fighters still were built with fuselage weapons: BF 109, Brewster Buffalo, P36 Hawk, Yak-3, Macchi C202, Zero until they needed heavier armament to attack bombers then wing weapons dominated (although the Zero had a cannon in each wing as well.) Enjoyable reaction!
One of the most famous personal insignia was Cavallino rampante (prancing horse), now known as logo of Ferrari, originally it was personal insignia of Italian WW1 fighter pilot Francesco Barraca.
During the ww2, the british planes had call-signals. They called themselves A Arthur, B Bernie, C Charlie etc. Then the american came along with their plane names like Teasy Nun, Long Legged Anne, Busty Bumpers etc. The brits was shocked! :D
Initially, fixed machine guns on fighter aircraft were placed on the upper wing to fire over the propeller arc. Later, after the interrupter gear was developed, the guns were mounted on the engine cowling.
"Four in a day shot down with engines burning" goes along the song but it doesnt even begin to tell how bad ass this ace was, he got shot, his engine burted to flames, 1 bulet goes trough one of his lunges and one scraches his head, making him bleed and loosing vision in one eye, and the son of a gun shot down 4 enemies before he was forced to land. A true monster of the sky if there was ever one.
Red baron is my favourite sabaton song so it is amazing seeing your reaction and learning new facts that happened in ww1 with the old fighters. One song I'd recommend is Soldier of 3 Armies
blimps were also used during WWII. i've only heard about them being used over cities though. the blimp is held in place with thick caple, a plane hit's it and is cut in two pieces. german pilots were told no air defenses would be present blimps included in moscow when they were sent there unlike london. accounts do however say that it was heavily defended with blimps hanging very high and even in double linked(one hanging above the 1st one also atacched together with caple)
Near the end, just noticed that the Baron, had a bandage already on his head when he was going down, love that touch, since every time he was injured , he would not stay down too long. Also it is well excepted that the Australian ground army was the one who shot down Richtovens plane.
There were actually two more possibilities with weapons on the plane. Before the synchronizer was developed, there were two more methods how you could have a stable shooting platform. One of them was having the machine gun in front of the propeller. I'm not sure how often this was done, but there was at least one type which used this (Voisin Type III), the problem was that this required to put the propeller in the middle or back of the plane which did limit the abilities of the plane. The second option was to have the same position of machine gun (above engine), with no synchronizer, but with a sort of metal shield mounted at the back of the propeller. The latter option was particularly insane option when you think about it (just think of the stress put on the propeller, or just think of the idea of relying on a piece of metal to hold against who knows how many bullets) and was used on Morane-Sauliner Type N. Second thing which I wanted to mention was that the blimps, zeppelins, baloons, etc. were not filled with helium. They were filled with hydrogen, which made them extremelly prone to burning from incendiary rounds or flak.
There is a military aviation museum near Virginia Beach Virginia. In the world war 1 hangar there are two Fokker dr-1 triplanes. One of those triplanes has Lothar Von Richthofen's colors. He was the brother of the Red Baron. The baron himself caught his brother a butcher. If the baron was on your six there was a chance he would let you go if you knew you were going down. Lothar would keep shooting until he knew you were dead.
There are some crazy stories of pilots back then too like one where a pilot was at the top of a loop and he passed out and fell out of the plane. He came back to falling to the ground and mordaciously the plane had continued the loop and he landed back ontop of it and got back in. Whether this is exaggerated or not its pretty crazy.
Actually, most of the victories Red Baron has on Albatros plane, biplane. He flies triplane Dr1 not so often (his JagSquadron has both), he does not like it (was slower but more nimble, but Red Baron likes fast attack and run tactics). But he is recognized because he was killed in it. And these balloons are not defense balloons, are observation balloons. In trench warfare, army need know where shot from artillery landed. As radio was mostly too heavy for the plane, Balloons with telephone line was in use. This was a priority target for fighters, but a very dangerous one because if planes are spotted, balloons were pulled to the ground with many anti-aircraft guns in proximity. These scenes are from the movie Red Baron, one of the more historically accurate ones.
Only two bands really give me shivers: Sabaton and Nightwish. I can also use the songs of both to help me regulate my mood; I suffer from anxiety and depression, but I can choose songs from these two bands and feel better in short order. I wonder if anyone will do a Snoopy music video to this XD
Cool reaction! The eagle on the yellow plane (Manfred's brother's plane) is not the family crest but the Prussian eagle, insignia of the kingdom of Prussia where the von Richthofens are from.
What I love about Sabaton songs IS their unbiased way to show different stories. Finns, Russian, German, British, American or whatever. They all were soldiers doing their best no matter of politics behind those wars.
The scences of the Video are taken from the german Film "The red Baron" made in 2008 with Matthias Schweighöfer as Manfred von Richthofen. Also starring Til Schweiger, this is my clue to identify this. Von Richthofen famous triplane was comissoned to service in August 1917. In September von Richthofen flew his first attacks and shot down some british planes. But Von Richhofen gets his flying license December 1915. The scenes flying him a biplane must be taken from film sequences happening before the triplane enters service.
Manfred Von Richtofen was the Ace of Aces for a reason. the army might have owned his plane, but He OWNED the sky. this was the era when the pilots were still the Knights of the Air, honour and respect was the code they all lived by. the ones that didnt got hunted down quickly.
Hey! New viewer here, I love your reactions to Sabaton videos, I've learned so much from watching your videos and i've always had a slight interest in WW1 and WW2 stuff but you've got me completely hooked now!!! It's been fascinating to watch your stuff and learn about things like the Bismarck and The Red Baron, can't wait to watch more!!!! Thanks for the content
The pilot of the yellow plane was his younger brother, who had over 40 kills of his own. He actually took over as the Red Baron for a short while, as Richthofen recovered from an injury.
you may already know this, but Lothar Von Richthofen, Manfred's younger brother also served with him and would rack up something like 40 kills as well. I believe there is a close up shot of the person that played him in the movie where all of the clips came from at 12:27.
These pilots were the knights of air battles, before they got laser swords and hyper speed. Much respect and by the way they got to go in battles often after someone said "Here is the stick to fly and now do your best."
Richtofen's high kill totals were mostly due to targeting lone aircraft, often reconnaisance and bomber aircraft. The majority of his kills were the two seater aircraft which were slower and less maneuverable. During the World Wars, the allies had a phrase. Beware the Hun in the Sun. German pilots would dive on a formation of allied aircraft usually using the sun to mask their approach, as the aircraft could achieve higher speeds in a dive than in a climb or level flight. Richtofen was famous for this. He abhorred dogfighting, in the classic sense. As the confined spaces and densely packed aircraft reduced the chance of survival. After a few initial kills went unconfirmed by his higher ups, Richtofen started landing next to his downed opponents to cut off either the serial numbers or roundels from the planes he shot down.
apparently they had a game called "balloon popping" where they took the risks to destroy the blimps. There was an allied pilot that loved to do this so much that the Germans got tired of it and decided to set a trap specifically for him where they loaded the balloon with tons of explosives so when he went to destroy the blimp it would explode killing him. The only problem was that the Germans were so excited about their trap that they talked about it too much and the pilot was notified. Instead of refusing to go he said that since they went to the effort of building this trap for him specifically he might as well go and check it out. When he arrived however the blimp was only halfway up and still very close to the ground with many officials there to watch the trap be set, instead of flying away he decided "what the hell" and went in to attack it which succeeded and the thing blew up in a mass explosion that killed the people on the ground and hurled his plane upwards but he ended up surviving.
Does anyone know about the doctor who remade the actual Red Baron Plane? he spent nine years building in tribute to his hero the Red Baron. Dr Peter Brueggemann, 53, emulated German fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen when the replica Fokker Dreidecker Dr.1 fighter took off from Felthorpe airfield in Norfolk. Got the title 'the Red Baron of Norfolk' for his troubles.
While he did fly a tri-plane towards the end, apparently he didn't like it that much, but it being given to him by the head of Fokker himself as a form of publicity stunt, that plane became the one he was most recognised for flying.
I didn't realize that he was buried with honors by the *allies*, imagine being a warrior so awesome and good at your job that the enemy that you were slaying if just like 'GG,WP"
Fun fact about the red baron( Manfred von Richthofen) Back in the days u needed visual confirmation for ur "kills" so another pilot or ground troops had to witness it. Von Richthofen landed his plane on the battelfield and cut some of the canvas( i think their crest or little emoji how u called it ) out of his "kills" so he had physical proof an diddnt rely on ground troops confirmation
The Iron Cross isnt used by German armed forces anymore - theyve adopted the Badge of Honor of the German Armed Forces which resembles the Prussian Military Merit Cross. Some countries in Europe like Estonia f.e do have military awards called the Iron Cross though.
Loved your reaction, Sabaton are just awsome. And you can make a double reaction of both, so you dont have to flip a coin to choose? 😁Gott mit uns next? About the battle of Breitenfeld 1631, a turningpoint in the 30 year long war. And you can add a coverversion of the same song by Feuerschwanz since you love easy pronounced names 😂😀. Their cover are a little different, but still metal with some medevial instruments added
Erich Hartmann was the most successful German fighter pilot in World War II with 352 confirmed kills! He alone shot down more planes than the most famous Allied fighter pilots combined!
Another crazy thing is that he was so respected that the allies asked the german high command if they can bury him in german land and they even was able to get the germans to let a allied plane fly to the funeral and drop a reef as a sign of respect and mourning. Which goes to show how respected he was even by his enemy
I highly recommend "Sabaton - Midway (Music video)" created by Knight SGC Archive as well (there is no Official Music Video for this one) and it is about the Battle of Midway in World War II in which the Japanese planned a surprise attack to capture the island of Midway and the Americans learned of the plans and set up an ambush on the Japanese Fleet from the direction they didn't suspect them (subtitles work for this video and I recommend them). I posted this comment on one of your earlier reaction videos but I decided to post it one more time on a newer video.
By the time the Red Baron was killed he was flying a triplane how ever he also flew several biplanes as well. It all boiled down to the squadron he was with in his career
Yes, but not all of them were. He's right about the cable thing, but most were artillery observation balloons especially towards the beginning of the war.
Love your content. So Many Sabaton songs that are so good. Attack Of The Dead Men, Blood Of Bannockburn, The Last Stand, To Hell And Back, Primo Victoria. You should check out Metal Crue and/or Metal Machine. o7 from an Air Force vet. Thank You for your service
Question for you: Do you know so much about these planes because your an airplane nerd or just a history nerd in general? I like sabaton but honestly half the reason I listen to them is the stories they tell. Speaking of which, if you love history go check out timeghost history or their ww2 channel. Indy from timeghost does sabaton history. They go into SO much detail it's amazing.
My great-grandfather was a German soldier stationed on the west frond in the First World War. He saw the real Manfred von Richthofen in action. he wrote in his diaries that he see the crashed Airplanes  Mein Urgroßvater war Deutscher Soldat im Ersten Weltkrieg stationiert an der west frond er hat den echten Manfred von Richthofen in Action gesehen
You are both right and wrong. The triplane he is known for was actually the last plane he flew and it got him his last 3 kills I believe. The plane he got most of his kills and fame was the biplane albatross 2. which totaled 80 kills in all of his career beating the closest pilot by 30 kills
I've read a Smithsonian magazine that cited wind tunnel tests showing that the middle wing on his tri-plane produced very little lift, due to the velocities under the upper, and over the lower. Good concept, but needed more space between them. (NOT trying to bust your balls.)
von Richthofen only switched exclusively to the Dr.I triplane very late. That model was actually grounded shortly after introduction because the wings tended to break. So he switched back to other models until that was fixed. "Only" got 19 of his 80 kills in the triplane.
guy no1:so listen you guy,here is your plane,"cardboard",canvas, wire and a lot of faith... guy no2:wha...what about safety? guy no1:we dont do that here!
one of my favorite World War I jokes: A British pilot is receiving an award from the King for becoming an ace in a single confrontation. after receiving his reward the King said "So, my boy, why don't you describe for us the action that earned you this award." "Well, yer majesty," the pilot replied, "I wuz flying trou a cloud bank, an I comes out of it an' der were Fokkers above me and Fokkers below me, Fokkers to da left ah me and Fokkers to da right ah me-" At this point the pilot's commanding officer jumped in: "Your- your majesty, my apologies. You must understand: a Fokker is a type of German aircraft. *Isn't that right, pilot*?!" The pilot looked at him, a bit confused for a moment, and replies "Well, yessir, dey are, but dees fokkers were in Messerschmitts."
Love your reactions. You mention that the Red Baron flew the triplanes late in his carrer but he actually hated it, he prefered the biplane. Most of his kills were on biplanes, only 19 out of the 80 in the triplane.
@Yuri DeKhed There was a lot of interest from the German manufacturers and High Command to push out the latest weapons. Sources vary a little in the true support he gave to the plane but, you can find info stating that he wasn't impressed by it after tryng and even returned to his previous Albatros afterwards.
It makes you wonder what he could've done in a DVll.
@@darkiee69 As I understand he did contribute with a lot of input to it's design...
No wonder I thought that is a weird inconsistent
It would appear that in the video he starts in a biplane and then later is seen in a triplane
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80 confirmed kills. They debate if the number is higher.
the true figure is not fully known, but no record from either side credits him with less than 80. thats 80 that either side was able to bare witness to and confirm.
Even crazier, there was a French pilot (don't remember his name) who, before the interrupter gear was developed, actually attached deflector plates to his propeller to keep from shooting his propeller off
That was roland garros, he had a sort of interruptor gear but it didn't work perfectly, so he added the deflectors on the prop to prevent it from shattering when the interruptor gear failed.
The comment on the insignias on the planes is quite brilliant. Very much like medieval knights and unlike this video fights in the air were not that bloody as you expect. Many dogfights resulted in both pilots returning home. Back at base, at any particular battle most pilots on both sides knew full well who the pilots on the other side were, if not by name by emblem, and would thoroughly discuss weaknesses and tactics against specific pilots at base, feeling both pride when they take them down as well as sadness over the loss of an enemy who they at this point knew better than some of their own friends.
air combat in ww1 was still quite chivalrous, the pilots respected eachother and the ones that didn't got hunted pretty quickly.
Funny enough, a "Kill" didn't technically mean to kill the pilot.
A kill could be counted as causing the enemy pilot to parachute out or simply be forced to land. There's even a story where the Red Baron shot down a British plane, both pilot and gunner survived and landed the plane only to be met by the Baron as he also landed. The two pilots, upon learning who shot them down, asked for his autograph.
Another thing required to earn a kill, was a witness. If someone flying with you or someone on the ground didn't see you shoot down a plane, you didn't shoot down a plane.
That's also due to the mentality these pilots had. Most of them were noblemen or upper class people and they literally thought of themselves as knights of the air. They wanted to see themselves as better as the front soldiers in the trenches who fought to the death in mud and artillery bombardements, so the pilots just wanted to shoot down the enemy's planes. Actually killing the enemy pilot was considered bad sportsmansship, which is actually almost surreal when you think about it. These guys were participating in one of the worse wars in human history and they cared about being a good sport. How crazy is that?
@Yuri DeKhed Exactly. "Noble ideas" don't survive long on the battlefield and if someone who doesn't shoot to kill survives until the end of the war its the exception not the rule. Also the idea of "noble or honorable combat" is largely fiction. Its based on miyths about knights and chivalry, but those are romantized stories not actual accounts of how knights lived and fought back then. A proper knight was more of a savage mercanery. Doesn't mean he did not have some ideas about honor, everybody considers themselves to be at least partially good, but an idea like sportsmanship certainly rarely entered the equation. In the beginning of the war you might be more merciful and lenient, to uphold your idea of yourself as a decent human being, but if your country is losing and millions of your countrymen have been killed after a 4 year conflict I wouldn't bet too much on that "noble breeding" to act as a gurantee of mercy or honorable conduct.
@Yuri DeKhed
Imagine talking down to someone just because they don't believe the same things as you, couldn't be me.
@Yuri DeKhed
Imagine denying something when there is literal evidence of it right there, couldn't be me
@Yuri DeKhed
Continuing to deny the obvious? I see.
the red baron actually got most of his kills on a biplane. The triplane became more famous because of the publicity stunts of Fokker and the propaganda that accompanied both the machine and the plane. But really, by the time he pilots the Fokker dr1, he was already an accomplished ace.
interesting fact: Richthofen's red triplane actually had light blue undersides. He had the undersides of all the planes of his flying circus squadron painted sky blue. I don't recall why exactly, but I can think of two reasons: apparently, light underside and dark upperside can help improve aerodynamism... I doubt it was known at the time though. The second reason was probably for a "stealthy" approach, or at least as stealthy as it could be those days. Dog fighters favored approaching from above as it provided high-energy maneuvers and a certain degree of surprise.
you know he is badass when the Enemies give full military honors ...
@Yuri DeKhed He didn't say that.
@Yuri DeKhed I think it was just an innocent comment, so chill.
@Yuri DeKhed your profile picture just explains your reasoning for posting. Calm your tits. He was pointing out that the Red Baron was given a fully military burial by the same Allied Forces he fought against. His comment was not disrespectful, nor was it ignorant. He was pointing out a solid fact. If you have a problem with that, please tell us.
@Yuri DeKhed So no reason to be an ass about it. Your comments simply aren't required.
@Yuri DeKhed Wow, I truly know what an ass is now...
8:55 Did you know that Max Immelmann, another German flying ace, almost crashed when the mechanism of his machine gun malfunctioned and shredded his propeller?
Also the man that von richthoven looked up too Oswald Boelcke, he died because another german pilot clipped his airplane which send him spiraling down. Crazy stuff happened in those days.
Fun fact: The Red Baron was burried four times, first by the allies and later the french moved his body to another location. After WW 1ended his body was returned to Germany and burried in Berlin. During the nazi regime his grave was used as propaganda with honor guards from Luftwaffe. Finaly after the end of WW2 he got the final resting place in the family plot at South Cemetery in Wiesbaden.
80 kills is a lot - but German ace Erich Hartmann shot down 352 allied aircraft in WWII. Sabaton rock !!
Russian aircraft actualy.
@@michaeld.uchiha9084 the russians were part of the allied forces.
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Different planes, different tech, different context...completely incomparable.
@@mamavswild also he was a nazi, soooooooooooooooooooooo
fun fact: When planes was used in WW1 the plane itself was only 11 years old. That means we figured out how to fly properly just a couple of years before WW1.
The British pilots didn't even have parachutes since the high command thought that that would encourage them to abandon their aircraft when it got hit.
Most of Manfreds kills where made in a Albatross, the biplane in the movie.
And the balloons was also used for artillery spotters. The airplane pilots started to shoot them down with incendiary rounds since they where filled with hydrogen gas.
And I think this is a fan made video, with clips from the movie The Red Baron.
React to Sabaton Rorkes drift. Some south african history
Also recon, Observers for artillery direction in the balloons.
Actually it was Fokker [Dutch] that came up with the interrupter.
They were mortar bombs originally.
The red baron like in this video is flying a albatross which is what he got the majority of his kills with he only used the triplane near the end and which he died in.
From what I know, the Germans actually supplied their pilots with parachutes, the Entante (the British in particular) did not supply their pilots with parachutes. There was this belief that it was both cowardly and that the lack of a parachute encouraged their pilots to fly better as an incentive. This is based on what information I and my friends have dug up over the years.
This video looks like it uses clips from a German-made movie about the Red Baron released in 2008. Not quite certain, it's been years since I last saw the film, and some parts of the video aren't as familiar as others. Love the song, a great tribute to a great man.
There was another guy who mounted metal plates to his propeller and was then captured by the Germans. Roland Garros I believe his name was. Anthony Fokker invented the Interrupter mechanism which you described. Just thought I’d add a little more information. Great reaction btw.
Good video, fun fact in WW1 the parachute wasn't used by pilots so your in a flimsy wooden and canvas aircraft, no parachute, your throttle was a on and off switch if I recall oh and no brakes except for your tail that was your brake as you skid down a runway.
Daredevils of the sky is very accurate lol
You would think that the balloons thing die out after WWI, but in Vietnam war, up all the way to 72, NVA still use balloons as a deterrence against USAF to defend static targets like bridge or powerplants :D they force the aircraft to fly higher into AAA, then missiles
So he flew the famous Fokker DR.1 a lot less than his biplane Albatross D. III, which he flew for the most of the war. I believe he died in his Fokker. Another fun fact is that he actually wanted to fly the Fokker Monoplane! All three wing types!
To be fair he started out in a biplane and when the tri-planes came out they came to him to help design them
both World Wars, Axis pilots had to achive 10 aerial victories to get the title "Ace".
Germany and France made a pact where they decied the number should be 10. Then french, british, americans realized their pilots would never achive that number, so they reduced to to 5.
Luftwaffe kept that number at 10 even in WW2.
Manfred von Richtofen actually flew a bi-plane for most his career, but since Fokker had a huge PR stunt with him when revealing the tri-plane, that's kinda what he got known for, even though he apparently didn't like the plane very much
You're a good man Charlie Brown for the Snoopy reference! This is one of my favorite Sabaton tunes, the Great Tour version is fire, this version using clips from the movie is fire and the music video they put out is fire. Good call on the synchronizer gear but into the early stages of WW2 many fighters still were built with fuselage weapons: BF 109, Brewster Buffalo, P36 Hawk, Yak-3, Macchi C202, Zero until they needed heavier armament to attack bombers then wing weapons dominated (although the Zero had a cannon in each wing as well.) Enjoyable reaction!
One of the most famous personal insignia was Cavallino rampante (prancing horse), now known as logo of Ferrari, originally it was personal insignia of Italian WW1 fighter pilot Francesco Barraca.
During the ww2, the british planes had call-signals. They called themselves A Arthur, B Bernie, C Charlie etc. Then the american came along with their plane names like Teasy Nun, Long Legged Anne, Busty Bumpers etc. The brits was shocked! :D
"Before there was Sabaton, there was Snoopy." I'm a fan already!
Initially, fixed machine guns on fighter aircraft were placed on the upper wing to fire over the propeller arc. Later, after the interrupter gear was developed, the guns were mounted on the engine cowling.
"Four in a day shot down with engines burning" goes along the song but it doesnt even begin to tell how bad ass this ace was, he got shot, his engine burted to flames, 1 bulet goes trough one of his lunges and one scraches his head, making him bleed and loosing vision in one eye, and the son of a gun shot down 4 enemies before he was forced to land. A true monster of the sky if there was ever one.
"soldier from horse back to the skies" was a reference to _The Red Baron_ initially being in the Cavalry prior to joining the Luftwaffe
Red baron is my favourite sabaton song so it is amazing seeing your reaction and learning new facts that happened in ww1 with the old fighters.
One song I'd recommend is Soldier of 3 Armies
anyone else find it adorable to fond this big buff man get all giddy about nerding out
blimps were also used during WWII. i've only heard about them being used over cities though. the blimp is held in place with thick caple, a plane hit's it and is cut in two pieces. german pilots were told no air defenses would be present blimps included in moscow when they were sent there unlike london. accounts do however say that it was heavily defended with blimps hanging very high and even in double linked(one hanging above the 1st one also atacched together with caple)
Near the end, just noticed that the Baron, had a bandage already on his head when he was going down, love that touch, since every time he was injured , he would not stay down too long. Also it is well excepted that the Australian ground army was the one who shot down Richtovens plane.
There were actually two more possibilities with weapons on the plane. Before the synchronizer was developed, there were two more methods how you could have a stable shooting platform. One of them was having the machine gun in front of the propeller. I'm not sure how often this was done, but there was at least one type which used this (Voisin Type III), the problem was that this required to put the propeller in the middle or back of the plane which did limit the abilities of the plane. The second option was to have the same position of machine gun (above engine), with no synchronizer, but with a sort of metal shield mounted at the back of the propeller. The latter option was particularly insane option when you think about it (just think of the stress put on the propeller, or just think of the idea of relying on a piece of metal to hold against who knows how many bullets) and was used on Morane-Sauliner Type N. Second thing which I wanted to mention was that the blimps, zeppelins, baloons, etc. were not filled with helium. They were filled with hydrogen, which made them extremelly prone to burning from incendiary rounds or flak.
There is a military aviation museum near Virginia Beach Virginia. In the world war 1 hangar there are two Fokker dr-1 triplanes. One of those triplanes has Lothar Von Richthofen's colors. He was the brother of the Red Baron. The baron himself caught his brother a butcher. If the baron was on your six there was a chance he would let you go if you knew you were going down. Lothar would keep shooting until he knew you were dead.
There are some crazy stories of pilots back then too like one where a pilot was at the top of a loop and he passed out and fell out of the plane. He came back to falling to the ground and mordaciously the plane had continued the loop and he landed back ontop of it and got back in. Whether this is exaggerated or not its pretty crazy.
Actually, most of the victories Red Baron has on Albatros plane, biplane. He flies triplane Dr1 not so often (his JagSquadron has both), he does not like it (was slower but more nimble, but Red Baron likes fast attack and run tactics). But he is recognized because he was killed in it. And these balloons are not defense balloons, are observation balloons. In trench warfare, army need know where shot from artillery landed. As radio was mostly too heavy for the plane, Balloons with telephone line was in use. This was a priority target for fighters, but a very dangerous one because if planes are spotted, balloons were pulled to the ground with many anti-aircraft guns in proximity. These scenes are from the movie Red Baron, one of the more historically accurate ones.
Only two bands really give me shivers: Sabaton and Nightwish. I can also use the songs of both to help me regulate my mood; I suffer from anxiety and depression, but I can choose songs from these two bands and feel better in short order. I wonder if anyone will do a Snoopy music video to this XD
Cool reaction! The eagle on the yellow plane (Manfred's brother's plane) is not the family crest but the Prussian eagle, insignia of the kingdom of Prussia where the von Richthofens are from.
Smash Into Pieces - All Eyes On You (Acoustic Version) is a great song to start a reaction journey to an amazing band
What I love about Sabaton songs IS their unbiased way to show different stories.
Finns, Russian, German, British, American or whatever.
They all were soldiers doing their best no matter of politics behind those wars.
The scences of the Video are taken from the german Film "The red Baron" made in 2008 with Matthias Schweighöfer as Manfred von Richthofen. Also starring Til Schweiger, this is my clue to identify this.
Von Richthofen famous triplane was comissoned to service in August 1917. In September von Richthofen flew his first attacks and shot down some british planes. But Von Richhofen gets his flying license December 1915. The scenes flying him a biplane must be taken from film sequences happening before the triplane enters service.
Manfred Von Richtofen was the Ace of Aces for a reason. the army might have owned his plane, but He OWNED the sky. this was the era when the pilots were still the Knights of the Air, honour and respect was the code they all lived by. the ones that didnt got hunted down quickly.
Hey! New viewer here, I love your reactions to Sabaton videos, I've learned so much from watching your videos and i've always had a slight interest in WW1 and WW2 stuff but you've got me completely hooked now!!! It's been fascinating to watch your stuff and learn about things like the Bismarck and The Red Baron, can't wait to watch more!!!!
Thanks for the content
The balloons were observation not air defense, and this is form the movie red baron and the first half he has a bi plane
Yeah but there are air defense balloons too. So both of you are right.
@@michaeld.uchiha9084 yes that is true
As the song progresses he goes from the biplane to the triplane I noticed
The pilot of the yellow plane was his younger brother, who had over 40 kills of his own. He actually took over as the Red Baron for a short while, as Richthofen recovered from an injury.
you may already know this, but Lothar Von Richthofen, Manfred's younger brother also served with him and would rack up something like 40 kills as well. I believe there is a close up shot of the person that played him in the movie where all of the clips came from at 12:27.
These pilots were the knights of air battles, before they got laser swords and hyper speed. Much respect and by the way they got to go in battles often after someone said "Here is the stick to fly and now do your best."
Great reaction as always! Love your Sabaton reactions, very interesting to hear your input. Now, promise you will go watch the live version as well! 😁
Richtofen's high kill totals were mostly due to targeting lone aircraft, often reconnaisance and bomber aircraft. The majority of his kills were the two seater aircraft which were slower and less maneuverable.
During the World Wars, the allies had a phrase. Beware the Hun in the Sun. German pilots would dive on a formation of allied aircraft usually using the sun to mask their approach, as the aircraft could achieve higher speeds in a dive than in a climb or level flight. Richtofen was famous for this. He abhorred dogfighting, in the classic sense. As the confined spaces and densely packed aircraft reduced the chance of survival.
After a few initial kills went unconfirmed by his higher ups, Richtofen started landing next to his downed opponents to cut off either the serial numbers or roundels from the planes he shot down.
apparently they had a game called "balloon popping" where they took the risks to destroy the blimps. There was an allied pilot that loved to do this so much that the Germans got tired of it and decided to set a trap specifically for him where they loaded the balloon with tons of explosives so when he went to destroy the blimp it would explode killing him. The only problem was that the Germans were so excited about their trap that they talked about it too much and the pilot was notified.
Instead of refusing to go he said that since they went to the effort of building this trap for him specifically he might as well go and check it out. When he arrived however the blimp was only halfway up and still very close to the ground with many officials there to watch the trap be set, instead of flying away he decided "what the hell" and went in to attack it which succeeded and the thing blew up in a mass explosion that killed the people on the ground and hurled his plane upwards but he ended up surviving.
Does anyone know about the doctor who remade the actual Red Baron Plane? he spent nine years building in tribute to his hero the Red Baron. Dr Peter Brueggemann, 53, emulated German fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen when the replica Fokker Dreidecker Dr.1 fighter took off from Felthorpe airfield in Norfolk. Got the title 'the Red Baron of Norfolk' for his troubles.
I went to Sonisphere at Knebworth and Before the Iron Maiden set Bruce Dickenson flew a mock dog fight in Bi and Triplanes
While he did fly a tri-plane towards the end, apparently he didn't like it that much, but it being given to him by the head of Fokker himself as a form of publicity stunt, that plane became the one he was most recognised for flying.
I didn't realize that he was buried with honors by the *allies*, imagine being a warrior so awesome and good at your job that the enemy that you were slaying if just like 'GG,WP"
Out 7 hours and I'm the first?? OK!!! Love me some Sabaton!!!!
Fun fact about the red baron( Manfred von Richthofen)
Back in the days u needed visual confirmation for ur "kills" so another pilot or ground troops had to witness it. Von Richthofen landed his plane on the battelfield and cut some of the canvas( i think their crest or little emoji how u called it ) out of his "kills" so he had physical proof an diddnt rely on ground troops confirmation
The Iron Cross isnt used by German armed forces anymore - theyve adopted the Badge of Honor of the German Armed Forces which resembles the Prussian Military Merit Cross. Some countries in Europe like Estonia f.e do have military awards called the Iron Cross though.
very informational video reaction, thanks for that
Loved your reaction, Sabaton are just awsome. And you can make a double reaction of both, so you dont have to flip a coin to choose? 😁Gott mit uns next? About the battle of Breitenfeld 1631, a turningpoint in the 30 year long war. And you can add a coverversion of the same song by Feuerschwanz since you love easy pronounced names 😂😀. Their cover are a little different, but still metal with some medevial instruments added
When it comes to Sabaton, try for the live versions every time. At least if they're the official :-)
The biplane was the plane in wich he had the most kills, the tri plane was just the last few months i believe
best reaction ever. I am drunk as fuck , but you managed to really catch me and give me information. Thank you!
Count Baracca had an horse on his plane. Today you can see it on Ferrari
Erich Hartmann was the most successful German fighter pilot in World War II with 352 confirmed kills! He alone shot down more planes than the most famous Allied fighter pilots combined!
Another way you can find out about the red baron is by watching The movie Fly Boys. If I remember right it is based on a true story during WW1.
Another crazy thing is that he was so respected that the allies asked the german high command if they can bury him in german land and they even was able to get the germans to let a allied plane fly to the funeral and drop a reef as a sign of respect and mourning. Which goes to show how respected he was even by his enemy
I highly recommend "Sabaton - Midway (Music video)" created by Knight SGC Archive as well (there is no Official Music Video for this one) and it is about the Battle of Midway in World War II in which the Japanese planned a surprise attack to capture the island of Midway and the Americans learned of the plans and set up an ambush on the Japanese Fleet from the direction they didn't suspect them (subtitles work for this video and I recommend them). I posted this comment on one of your earlier reaction videos but I decided to post it one more time on a newer video.
By the time the Red Baron was killed he was flying a triplane how ever he also flew several biplanes as well. It all boiled down to the squadron he was with in his career
actually the blimps were for artillery observation near the front lines.
Yes, but not all of them were. He's right about the cable thing, but most were artillery observation balloons especially towards the beginning of the war.
Found your channel on a whim. I do not regret subscribing.
6:00 : "Tod von oben!" means "Death from above!" --- U R Welcome 82nd ;-)
This is not the official music video, and all the fotage are from the German movie "The Red Baron". But it's still the best video for the song :D
Love your content. So Many Sabaton songs that are so good. Attack Of The Dead Men, Blood Of Bannockburn, The Last Stand, To Hell And Back, Primo Victoria. You should check out Metal Crue and/or Metal Machine. o7 from an Air Force vet. Thank You for your service
in world war 1 manfred von richthofen had the most kills with 80 kills in world war 2 it was eric hartmann with 352 kills
The scenes are all from the movie The Red Baro . Great movie as well btw
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your right he started out albatros fighter then moved to triplane later
pssssst .. if you have a choice between two Sabaton video's, just do both.. it's short songs after all and nobody will complain. just a thought
this case it wasnt 2 its was the same one, just live and music video
@@thesage1096 yeah. I meant if there's 2 video's of the same song, might as well do both
Question for you: Do you know so much about these planes because your an airplane nerd or just a history nerd in general? I like sabaton but honestly half the reason I listen to them is the stories they tell. Speaking of which, if you love history go check out timeghost history or their ww2 channel. Indy from timeghost does sabaton history. They go into SO much detail it's amazing.
My great-grandfather was a German soldier stationed on the west frond in the First World War. He saw the real Manfred von Richthofen in action.
he wrote in his diaries that he see the crashed Airplanes

Mein Urgroßvater war Deutscher Soldat im Ersten Weltkrieg stationiert an der west frond er hat den echten Manfred von Richthofen in Action gesehen
@Yuri DeKhed I am now 15 years old. My great-grandfather was 19 when he was called up in 1915.

It was a tri-plane, lol said it before you lol. I love your channel.
You are both right and wrong. The triplane he is known for was actually the last plane he flew and it got him his last 3 kills I believe. The plane he got most of his kills and fame was the biplane albatross 2. which totaled 80 kills in all of his career beating the closest pilot by 30 kills
Great video!
you should check out price of a mile, it's my favorite sabaton song and its about the 3rd battle of ypres (Passchendaele)
I've read a Smithsonian magazine that cited wind tunnel tests showing that the middle wing on his tri-plane produced very little lift, due to the velocities under the upper, and over the lower. Good concept, but needed more space between them. (NOT trying to bust your balls.)
von Richthofen only switched exclusively to the Dr.I triplane very late. That model was actually grounded shortly after introduction because the wings tended to break. So he switched back to other models until that was fixed.
"Only" got 19 of his 80 kills in the triplane.
Only mentioned "only" to state that contrary to popular belief most of his kills were not on the mithical triplane ;)
Erich Hartmann was a german ace in WW2 and had over 350 kills
Til Sweiger and Matthias Sweighofer hope i have his last name correct, where awesome in that movie.
the RAF's insignia still looks like a bigass target to me.
Can't change my mind, lol.
Sad fact= the man in the burning plane in 14:11 was the red baron's only cusion and that made him really angry
Just an FYI: the “shooting between the propeller “ tech you’re talking about is called an “interrupter gear”.
must say that i LOVE your videos
guy no1:so listen you guy,here is your plane,"cardboard",canvas, wire and a lot of faith...
guy no2:wha...what about safety?
guy no1:we dont do that here!
it was 82 kills .he got 2 kills the day he did die ,so hes kill score was 82
one of my favorite World War I jokes:
A British pilot is receiving an award from the King for becoming an ace in a single confrontation. after receiving his reward the King said "So, my boy, why don't you describe for us the action that earned you this award."
"Well, yer majesty," the pilot replied, "I wuz flying trou a cloud bank, an I comes out of it an' der were Fokkers above me and Fokkers below me, Fokkers to da left ah me and Fokkers to da right ah me-"
At this point the pilot's commanding officer jumped in: "Your- your majesty, my apologies. You must understand: a Fokker is a type of German aircraft. *Isn't that right, pilot*?!"
The pilot looked at him, a bit confused for a moment, and replies "Well, yessir, dey are, but dees fokkers were in Messerschmitts."
You know your an ace when even your enemies buries you with full military honors
*you're
You should react to FAR FROM THE FAME its really nice and strong story about czech fighter pilot in WW2. Love your reactions.