A celebrated Serbian war hero, Milunka Savić is one of the world's most decorated female combatants who fought in both Balkan Wars and WWI. She is known for cutting off her hair and changing her appearance to look like a man in order to take her brother’s place in the army. Read our article about her here 👉 www.sabaton.net/historical-facts/milunka-savic-dies/ ➞ SUBSCRIBE for more Sabaton: sabat.one/RUclips ➞ NEW MERCHANDISE: sabat.one/NewMerchYTC
After the war, she adopted children with disabilities and supported lot of children during their education, although she was poor and not formally educated. A hero in war, a hero in peace!
Imagine being so badass, you get a Sabaton song about your life. This woman deserves all the recognition. I am glad to finally hear of her. Fantastic work Sabaton
@@acomputer3559 That was during World War 2. She was invited to some banquet with german generals and when she refused she was put in a concentration camp for ten months.
As a History buff, I am extremely disappointed in myself for not knowing who this amazing person was, I hope this song gives her the recognition she deserves.
I was thinking of making a new character in FF14 to make play through the story again and was contemplating her name and class. I’m thinking of naming her Milunka Savic as a Paladin or Warrior.
In case you haven't found out by reading other comments, her name was Milunka Savić, she was a Serbian peasant girl who enlisted in the Serbian army by pretending to be a boy. There are many stories of her courage, bravery and mischief!
I consider myself a history buff and am incredibly disappointed in myself for never hearing of this incredible woman. RIP Milunka Savić and thank you Sabaton for another amazing song!
If she accepted French medals and everything she would be more famous, but she rejected everything and stayed in Serbia because this is her country. That's real hero. Reject better life because you love your people and your country. Too bad not many people like her.
Um yes but actually no. She also wanted to join army anyways, but cuz she was woman, she couldn't join Serbian army. That's why she cut her hair and she dressed like man. When she got injured in a battle, nurse saw that she is female.
read some about Milunka Savic. after the war she became a poor cleaning lady for the rest of her life. she was also forgotten by most historians in her lifetime. only after her death she started to get the respect she earned. sad. but as poor as she was, she did put through school more than 20 children, so it cant be too bad. she truly had a philanthropic heart.
She was offered foreign pensions, but she refused and stayed in Serbia. We can thank the stinky communists for her dissaperance during that time, since here in Serbia at that time, when Yugoslavia was formed, there were no separations in the name of "unity and brotherhood", therefore anyhing and everything that Serbs achieved, wouldn't be celebrated, so that our neighbours wouldn't envy us.
Add her name please. ~Milunka Savic~ We also have a Lady warrior in Romania: Ecaterina Teodoroiu (1915-1916 I know is first ww, still she also followed his brother's death). She died bravely in the battlefield! Dumnezeu să o odihnească în pace și să o ierte. Amin.
In our country in serbia, it is rare that a singer sings about his history, ancestors ... there are really few. I believe I will teach my children to listen to the Sabaton. Thanks!!!
They don't? I mean, as far as singing about the deeds of one's ancestors, it doesn't really get more direct than songs like "My Father is a War Criminal." It's actually kinda catchy, though I probably only think that because I don't understand the lyrics...
Im a Croat but used to date a girl who went to orhodox highschool in Zagreb, she sang in a choir so I heard a lot of old Serbian folk songs about Ottoman invasions, unfortunately dont remember the names since that was like 10 years ago. I think you just dont have many "modern" songs about historical achievements.
Milunka Savić was a Serbian war heroine who fought in the Balkan Wars and in World War I. She is the most-decorated female combatant in the recorded history of warfare. In 1912, her brother received call-up papers for mobilization for the First Balkan War. She chose to go in his place-cutting her hair and donning men's clothes and joining the Serbian army. She quickly saw combat and received her first medal and was promoted to corporal in the Battle of Bregalnica. Engaged in battle, she sustained wounds and it was only then, when recovering from her injuries in hospital, that her true sex was revealed, much to the surprise of the attending physicians. Savic was called before her commanding officer. They didn't want to punish her, because she had proven a valuable and highly competent soldier. The military deployment that had resulted in her sex being revealed had been her tenth. But neither was it suitable for a young woman to be in combat. She was offered a transfer to the Nursing division. Savic stood at attention and insisted she only wanted to fight for her country as a combatant. The officer said he'd think it over and give her his answer the next day. Still standing at attention, Savic responded, "I will wait." It is said he only made her stand an hour before agreeing to send her back to the infantry. In 1914, in the early days of World War I, Savić was awarded her first Karađorđe Star with Swords after the Battle of Kolubara. She received her second Karađorđe Star (with Swords) after the Battle of the Crna Bend in 1916 when she captured 23 Bulgarian soldiers single-handedly. She was awarded the French Légion d’Honneur (Legion of Honour) twice, as well as the Russian Cross of St. George, the British medal of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael, and the Serbian Miloš Obilić medal. She was the sole female recipient of the French Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 with the gold palm attribute for service in World War I.
@@beast1680 You probably have nothing in your war history so when you see something like this you think about that as a sci fi.. I guess you are from balkan, because "ko ce koga ako ne svoj svoga", but okay, we don't care too much for neighbours trashtalk ;)
Btw Milunka the hero lady adopted many many children after the war, her heart was big and brave, not so easy to imagine that nowadays. Thank you grandma Milunka from serbian kids from the future, to whom you provided life with your fight. Slava ti zanavek!
I am so glad Sabaton made a song about Milunka Savić, a Serbian fighter in WWI, the most decorated woman in the history of war! She was a true badass, part of the ,,Iron squadron" aka ,,Knjaz Mihajlo squadron", the elite unit of the Serbian army. Stories about her are as amazing as they are badass, as she was not just a great figther- she was a great and respected woman with a big heart, ready to help anyone!
@@nikolamajkic303 zapravo, dobar posao su odradili ovde, jer je zapravo pesma baš kakva treba da bude. Nije fora napominjati sva njena odlikovanja,već je fora da u pesmi opišu Milunku kakva je zapravo bila. Pesma je o Milunki, a ne o materijalnim odlikovanjima za koje se ona nije borila.
@@nikolamajkic303 kapiram i ja tebe, ja sam zbog Sabatona i počeo da se interesujem za ratnu istoriju koja me u školi uopšte nije zanimala. Ali poenta kod Sabatonovih pesama je ta da te navede da istražuješ o istoriji sam, a ne da ti oni sve serviraju na tacni.
@@nikolamajkic303 Sta pricas ti, za svaku pesmu postoji istorijski kontekst, i koga zanima lako moze da pronadje. Takodje cim naprave epizodu za Sabaton history bice cela njena biografija
It's not something Western media would tell you on daily basis, because you know, they want you to think that Serbs are savages. And they are good at it, because you are consuming that shit fast af
So... she's a real-life, Eastern-European, badass modern Mulan? How is this the first time I've heard about her? What the hell?! Mad respect to Sabaton for once again educating the public about the *important* parts of history that modern schools somehow "conveniently" leave out. RIP Milunka Savić - You deserve more recognition than you got, and I hope someday in the future your name will become as well-known as the likes of Simo Häyhä or Vladimir Vazov.
No! Mulan is a cartoon. This woman lived and breathed. Fought and brought honour to her and her comrades. Please don't belittle her by comparing to fictional garbage. Thank you.
given the fact the western world doesn't care for russian units very much im not surprised you didnt know russia fielded units with female soldiers, even then some resistance groups had female members as well so while she is more important to people who care to learn you also just disrespected resistance units who had women
on second look she is not from the era i was thinking of, my point however stands, a better example wouldve been jane of ark or jone of ark i cant exactly remember the spelling of her name but i think you know who im talking about
As a Serb, i am honestly thankful that you made the song about our hero, Milunka. Thank you Sabaton, for being as amazing as you are, and letting the world know of lesser talked stories and lesser known people in history. Хвала вам, Сабатон! Edit: People, please stop the hate in the comments and enjoy the music, past is past, and we are living now in the present to enjoy good music, not to spread hate.
Dikobraz, Veljko... Ovo nas ceka: "There once were two cats of Kilkenny, Each thought there was one cat too many, So they fought and they fit, And they scratched and they bit, Till, excepting their nails And the tips of their tails, Instead of two cats, there weren’t any."
@@dikobraz19 But victory does not brighten your face: For the laurel does not spring from the dunghill and the mud, He is for heroes and not for murderers. Stay angry🤍
Ваш народ целиком состоит из таких героев. Читал про балканскую войну в 90х, я поражён, как вы не сдались тогда. Белград безжалостно бомбили американцы, но вы не сдавались. Жалко, что мы единственные, кто мог вас спасти вас, тогда не пришли.
Serbian history is indeed a treasure trove of captivating tales, from the legendary Kosovo Battle to the intriguing story of the Skull Tower. It's great to see bands like Sabaton highlighting the rich cultural heritage of Serbia through their music. Tack så mycket, Sabaton!
I've said it before and I'll say it again here: You guys are absurdly good at giving otherwise obscure pieces of military history the focus and love they deserve!
Sabaton always surprise me, by making songs about something /someone , I've never learnt in school. Sabaton is truly the best history teacher we've got.
She was awarded the French Légion d’Honneur (Legion of Honour) twice, as well as the Russian Cross of St. George, the British medal of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael, and the Serbian Miloš Obilić medal. She was the sole female recipient of the French Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 with the gold palm attribute for service in World War I. 🤘
"We sang when it was hardest for us. We sang when French ships transferred us from Albania to Corfu, and we were living corpses. French sailors and officers cried listening to us, and said: "What a wonderful people!". We sang while we were dying on the island of Corfu and Vid, we sang while we were dying on the Thessaloniki front. When we sang in the trenches, the Bulgarians would stop firing. That is why we are a nation that will never fail. Serbian soldiers loved me, respected me, and they were afraid of me. Maybe that's why none of my comrades-in-arms proposed to me. They probably thought that Milunka, so dangerous in the fight, would be a bomber in marriage. " Milunka Savić
@@christiantiemann8878 orginally they dropped a couple songs a couple days before, then before that it was a few weeks, it was this day the first comment was made when they dropped the rest of the 8
This comment made me so proud as a serbian even more cos it comes from a german,you must know that we serbs and germans had great relations during middle ages,german knights fought in serbian army,your famous military leader Palman and his knights were personal guard of Serbian Emperor,also your King Friedrich Barbarosa was personal friend with our King Stefan Nemanja,we serbs had prussian military style of training up to ww1,our famous General Paulus Sturm was prussian and he fought in several wars,from Serbo-Ottoman war where he was just an officer up to WW! when he was a general and he was a commander of 3rd army and he fought the germans btw,all the best to german nation
@@slobodanstojanovic8125 hi. Ok Falkenhayn was my first account. But its still me. So I know the Preussens and other German knights went to Serbia, but I am Saxonian lol it is not exactly a joy for me, because Saxons play only an early part of German history. We were irrelevant after 13th century, and most Saxons in WW1 fought mostly on the western front (Somme, Verdun, Christmas truce). I have a lot of respect for Serbians, I dated a Serbian woman who told me about Serbia WW1 and August von Mackensen was already my "idol" because he was the "last hussar" and my ancestor was part of his unit. It's funny because my mother's idol is Falkenhayn ,he helped conquer Romania 1916, but the German high command of WW1 were never friends 😂 Mackensen was very successful, but Falkenhayn was not, so that is my name given from her LOL. My family is kinda WW1 obsessed because some of my family were officers and WW1 German battles had honest victories. I also know about the monument Mackensen made to the fallen of Belgrade. One day I will learn Serbian too
@@deutsche.1871 That was cool story to hear about your family and Saxons,also its cool that Mackensen is known as last Hussar when we know Serbs were original hussars although light cavalry,all the best to you and your family
This is amazing. Your music teaches more history than a lot of schools. The fact that you give the legacies of these heroes another chance to live on and be remembered in your songs is something we cannot be tankful enough for.
I am proud to say that my great great grandfather served in the "Iron Squadron". Thank you Sabaton so much for this and for every song you ever made, love from Serbia!
Ђе сам ово могао пропустити до сад - САБАТОНУ, СВАКА ЧАСТ! Ако је ико заслужио песму да јој се посвети, то је наша Милунка Савић - Живели, легенде! 😊💪🇷🇸
Last dying breth je pesma u kojoj je na kraju parafraziran govor majora Gavrilovica.Sto se Milinke tice, sjajno smo se zahvalili, cistila je klozete.Francuzi su joj nudili drzavljanstvo i penziju a ona je resila da se vrati kuci.
Milunka Savić and Flora Sandes, women who fought for Serbian Army in WWI. We heard how badass Milunka was, thanks to this epic song. Flora was also tough as nails, seven times decorated and officially the only British woman to serve in WWI.
Milunka Savić The Mulan of The XX Century, took her brother’s place in the army. Partly disguised as a man, she would eventually be among the most decorated soldiers of WW1
In the interwar years, Milunka Savić was practically forgotten, working part-time as a cleaner in Belgrade, raising several daughters alone after her husband left them. She was not paid a pension, and the only reward for her exploits was a plot of land near Novi Sad. This is how the homeland of Serbia pays its heroes.
Been waiting for this one. Milunka definitely deserves to have a film made about her life. Incredibly brave and heroic woman. So glad Sabaton included her on this album.
And they make movies about superheroes like Wonder Woman? I mean here we have a real 'wonder woman' who actually existed and I never heard about her before. How? Wow. Amazing story. And amazing song as well of course. Big salute and respect, lady, you absolutely deserve it.
Pop history has, sadly, oversimplified things too much in many areas. And considering the breadth of human history you can't even blame schools for having to truncate it down, but sadly it leaves far too many assuming that things were ironclad and universal. So, if you wanted to write a movie about it, you'd probably get a big "Uh-huh, sure, a woman fighting in the trenches in WWI... yeah, BS." wheras with Wonder Woman it's explicitly (superhero) fantasy so on paper Suspension of Disbelief works, whereas with Miss Savic it's real and also does not match the average person's knowledge of what happened. And to be honest, even the stuff that is within the 'popular consensus' gets vastly oversimplified and genericized to the point where it's not even the most interesting parts of it.
Well yes but she wasnt this whole soft person or a pacifist. She went to war so her brother wouldnt, she dressed as a man and wore belts to "secure her breasts" so she wouldnt stand out. She was respected amongst her male counterparts and she even joked about it where she wondered why none of them asked her to marry her, she said perhaps they were scared lmao. The sad part is she worked as a cleaner in a bank after the war...
@@jebosamvasjako Well... If photos of her person aren't fake, then I am not surprised not many people wanted to marry her. Well, maybe that's why firstly they didn't know she was a woman in the first place, until her first wound, when they found out about her sex. TL: DR, on photos she looks like a young man.
Tack , Sabaton, för att ni har ägnat en sådan fantastisk låt till Milunka. Milunkas liv var tyvärr inte lätt även efter kriget . Men hon är en symbol av ovillkorlig kärlek och hängivenhet till sina nära och sitt fosterland.
@@johngarcia2368 she is Milunka Savić, a Serbian female soldier from WW1. She took her brothers place in the army when he got killed and she acted like a male so they can let her in the army
@@gandalflotr2898 no. Mulan is cartoon character and history has never proved that she even existed. This heroine died in 1970`s , was very much alive. Recipient of the French medal of honor true patriot , hero , compassionate all wich make great warrior . And she did not go because of her brother She went because Serbia was occupied and she wanted to fight. Historical fact. You should know history of Europe better . Other song which you need to hear and which is very near and dear to my hart is Sabaton `s ` Till the last dying breath`. We never allowed ouself to be slaves . NEVER . Her name will forever be remembered.
Teacher asks if the kids know of any strong female role models. Kids: "Mulan" "Elsa" "Alita" Metalheads daughter in the back of the room, suddenly wearing sunglasses and a metalplated tanktop, slams a foot on the table and raises her hand to the sky: "RAISE! YOUR HA-AND!! FOR THE LADY OF THE DARK!!!"
@@abhishek100091 there is also no proof outside of a single poem that Mulan actually existed. There have been stories written based off that one poem, but no real historical records or artifacts that I am aware of.
She's honestly a hero, and I feel if schools taught about her, young girls would have an actual role model to look up to, instead of people like Kim Kardashian, who do more harm than good to young girls.
@@rhysandmike3373 The thing is, younger gens (so, my generation) tends to look at the rich and famous, who MOST of the times did nothing but gossip and trash talk until famous (some actually deserve respect, like robert downey jr, who did a complete 180 in his life), instead of looking up to heros, not just war heros, but their families, who have been working hard for generations just to have a stable country. Unfortunatly most of us that know history to a certain degree, know that the past is bound to happen again, just like whats happening right now between russia and ukraine, and instead of looking up to heros that sacrificed their life to the country, we look up to whoever's trending (just saying "we" doesnt necessarily mean you or me, but the newer generations) TL:DR : People look up at whoever's trending, instead of who actually fought up with honour, since apparently trending = good
You haven't heard of her, because for 50 years we lived in a communist and socialist dictatorship, where it was forbidden to speak and celebrate Serbian heroes from the First World War! Best regards!
*HISTORY TEACHERS! HERE'S A FUN CLASS PROJECT:* Have your students pick a Sabaton song, analyze it's historical context and subject, and present it to the class.
Was waiting for this so much. After reading her story once I saw the list of songs for the album, I was so surprised about how unknown she seemingly is over here because her deeds are the real deal. I'm glad she gets honored and her story told to so many new people now.
"Херој није онај ко убије више непријатеља, већ онај који спаси више живота". Милунка Савић "A hero is not the one who kills more enemies, but the one who saves more lives". Milunka Savić
At that time, the Kingdom of Serbia was one of the few countries that allowed women to take part in war conflicts. Milunka Savic was not the only woman, but she was the most decorated. Many women from Great Britain came to Serbia at that time, mostly to be nurses, and some of them became soldiers. One of them is the famous Flora Sandes, who started as a nurse and later became an officer in the Serbian army during the Great War. She was awarded seven medals.
Well this is kind of true. Serbian army didn't let them fight, at least not amidietly. All of those women were volunters, and some of them (including Milunka) were rejected at first, but joined later on behalf of senior army oficers. Serbian royal army never had fully women units, but only few women volunters, but they were very, very good fighters.
@@kolibridunavski6389 Well not really.... Četnici were reimagined as an Spec Ops Unit in the inter war period.... As for Sofija Jovanović, if I am remembering corectly, she served in the Sremski Volonteer Battalion and was one of its best soldiers... I think she was also prior service during the both Balkan Wars....
@@tomicbranislav3 Prva upotreba termina specijalna jedinica, potiče od novinara koji su posetili centar za obuku u Valjevu 1914. Centar je bio pod Tankosićevom komandom. Među novinarima su bili A.Rajs i Džon Rid. Ono što su tada videli nisu znali drugačije da nazovu. Rajsov opis je u Golgoti i Vaskrs Srbije prvi deo. Pre svega obuka u bliskoj borbi i nož, je bila mnogo ispred svog vremena, kao i upotreba u pozadini neprijatelja i sl što je sada standard sa soecijalne jedinice. Jedan od naziva je bio i jurišne čete. A između ww 1 i 2 nosili su pored jurišnih i naziv četničke.
Respect and eternal glory to the Serb hero Milunka Savić, the most decorated woman in the history of warfare! She is famous for saving enemy lives during the hardest battles her elite "Iron regiment" fought against them. Lady of the dark for example single handedly imprisonated 23 enemy soldiers. Highly skilled bomber and shooter. Combination of humanity, bravery, capability and patriotism made her a person who always did what was good, what was right completely disregarding her life in the process. Serbia bows to you, dear Milunka! Вечна ти слава и хвала, хероино српска! Живела Србија! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤❤❤🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
Dear Sabaton, In case you ever see this comment, I’m really grateful for your music, and lyrics, your melodies make me feel so powerful as if i can overcome everything, and even more, as a Serbian girl i am grateful you understand our history and show such appreciation in your work. For years you have been putting out excellent music and i hope i will be able to see you play live someday! Thank you! Lena
@@jackstod In Europe yes. They had really bloody and brutal civil war. After the war many of the men went to work abroad and well, brutalized by war they caused problems. It's kind of what happened when finns went to work in sweden and Norway after war but in a much larger scale.
@@jackstod Yeah, Serbs are to this day considered Genocidal and are very often joked about across Europe and in Americas. Many news that come out of Serbia are often completely altered from what they are (Im pretty sure that when there were protests in Serbia in 2020, it was because of the elections and whatelse, but Western media set it up as corruption and cruelty if im sure?)
Hvala prijatelju, zaista su me “pomerile” tvoje reči…znaš kako se kaže: “Svi smo mi ljudi, ali mnogo teško je naći čoveka!” E, to je tvoj slučaj!!! Svako dobro i puno pozdrava iz Novog Sada, Vojvodina, Srbija.
Yeah, you really beat kosovo so bravely. And this nationalist bullsh1t seriously gets a thumbs up from sabaton. Take inspiration from Milunka Sevic, from a person. Not a state with a dark history.
We had a "lady of the dark" also in Romania! Her name was Ecaterina Teodoroiu. She went to war to join her brothers because she didn't want to stay home alone! She fought very hard and became a sergeant in Romanian army! 🤘🤘
It reminds me of a heroine also from my country, Brazil, called Maria Quitéria de Jesus, she was the first woman to enter the armed forces in 1822 against the Portuguese, using her brother-in-law's name and pretending to be a man, her identity was revealed, but Major Silva e Castro did not allow her to leave the troops because of her facility with weapons handling and discipline in battle, Maria Quitéria had no schooling, but was experienced in hunting and fishing, as well as in the management of weapons. Unlike the girls of her time, she was independent and contradicted society's standards. After adopting her real name, Maria Quitéria changed her male uniform for skirts and accessories. Her courage in joining a male environment caught the attention of other women, who joined the troops and formed a group commanded by Quitéria. With the defeat of the Portuguese troops, in July 1823, Maria Quitéria was promoted to cadet and recognized as a heroine of Independence. Dom Pedro I gave her the title of “Knight of the Imperial Order of the Cruzeiro”.
Can't wait for Sabaton's history channel episode about Milunka! It's infuriating how little info about her is out there on the internet. I couldn't even find a proper book about her in english either. Thank you Sabaton for giving her the spotlight she deserves and for the amazing song! One of my favourites on the new album
Thank you Sabaton, she was barely mentioned up until few years ago and is one of greatest heroes of Serbia. We will forever remember our lady and her heroic deeds. Живела Србија!
Never heard her before and because of that i'm ashamed to called myself a history junkie. I have no love for war but heroes who took the arm for protecting what they hold dear even in cost of their life is so precious and must be honoured all time. Sabaton, you guys are my favourite bards and teacher of history. Please don't ever change.
Here is another one for you from Serbia, Youngest soldier in recorded history Momcilo Gavric, became soldier at eight, refused to stay behind with his whole family dead and joined the ranks of Serbian army. Enjoy.
Dude, she raised over 30 children, adopted. She had 2 daughters of her own. Source: my mother in law, who lived next door to Milunka as a child. She was a strict but just mother, just like the soldier she was. A shame how she was treated later on in life by the country she protected...
We were given an assignment at school, we got to choose what ever we wanted from the history. I was so inspired by Lady of the dark and Night witches. I ended up with the storys of the brave women, Milunka Savić, Lyudmila Pavlichenko and Marina Raskova and her girls - Night Witches. It turned out to be quite massive with all the research and not really knowing what information was correct on the foreign sites, there were many to compare with each other 😅 but how much i learned was worth all the time spent on the project. Thank you guys for making history so got damn interesting and emotional, there is so much more to it than what we learned in Elementary school. 🇸🇪
Aside for being most decorated female soldier in history she raised 2 orphan girls by one of her own and one of her cousins. After the war she was homeless. For 15 years she worked most menial jobs. She refused proposal of French government to move to France and receive French military pension. Instead in Yugoslavia she lived poorly and proudly. Through her household in years before WW2 she raised 30 children providing for them and their education. Just to put in full context what philanthropic really means in this song.
Да, всё хорошо, только чего девушка - со Спрингфилдом? Насколько я знаю, у англичан таких подразделений не было никогда. Они были только в СССР, и только во время войны. Причём относились они - к НКВД, а не к РККА.
Visit Serbia, the land of real, not fictional heroes, the land that buried empires, the land that rose from the ashes with great and glorious victories like Phoenix! Thank you Sabaton for this Master Piece ! As usual you keep making pure quality and educational content !
Ah, the Iron Squadron, THE unstoppable force of Serbian army in 3 wars... Enemy gave them that nickname after they relieved position in retreat, stopped enemy advance and then in counter attack obliterated attacking troops, capturing their command staff and artillery pieces. Toughest and most stubborn of Serbs. Most decorations by far and countless deeds of bravery. And yet when they were asked by their commander who amongst them is worthy of greatest medal, they all as one said "Milunka Savic". Now, that was recognition of a great warrior...
2nd infintry regiment, one of the best serbians regiment's in WW1. After war, regiment becomes Gard of king regimente. Only about 1/4 of regiment stay alive at end of the war.
This is not about weakness or strength. This is about bravery of one girl in order to protect his sick brother from going to war. Men will always be stronger than girls and despite that she was brave enough to head into the war being at disadvantage, surrounded by men.
As a man of Prussian descent, I know Serbia was invaded twice: 1915 and 1941. However, I admire the Serbs. August Von Mackensen: "You are not going to the Italian, French or Russian front... the Serbs are a tough, sharp, dangerous and proud people who kiss their Fatherland". From Serbia, to Albania to Greece they fought like lions.
Serbia (than still formar Yugoslavia) forses were in defense war, in 1991 -1995. -1999 NATO started agression in Serbia ,in two mounts distroing it from the air. Unfortunately, Serbia history of war is very similar to Israel, or Ireland, for example. The history of those conflicts are very old & very hard to define and understand. However,...I hope those days are left behind!
@@marijamanic4095 I know of the 1990s, my wife has Balkan ancestry (Croat-Serb). No hate intended. I am talking about WW1 Milunka. Respect the Serbians, from a Prussian
In the interwar years, Milunka Savić was practically forgotten, working part-time as a cleaner in Belgrade, raising several daughters alone after her husband left them. She was not paid a pension, and the only reward for her exploits was a plot of land near Novi Sad. This is how the homeland of Serbia pays its heroes.
@@JackSmith-ky8uo Wrong statement. It is not how Serbia pays for its heroes, it is how communism forbids Serbia to pay its heroes. It is not the same. In communist Serbia, you could not praise any Serbian national hero. You didn't learn about those people in school. There were no movies, no monuments, etc. Only Serbs couldn't go freely to a church. Serbs were systematically cut into pieces. New nations were born in Serbian national bodies, that never existed before. If you look closer at the percentage of the victims of Goli Otok you will see that a huge amount were Serbs. Almost all. The biggest repressions were done to Serbs. After the German occupation, Serbs went to communist occupation. Today we are occupied by the USA. We need a fourth uprising.
@@JackSmith-ky8uo i love how you copy and paste this same wrong and degrading statment like a bot or live rent free inside your head:) go touch some grass kid
Milunka Savic went to war under the male name Milun to protect her brothers, and no one knew she was a girl until she was wounded. The greatest woman warrior in history!
@@lukeromere5507 Probably, Mulan and Milunka are very similar , also the way she got into army by cuting her hair is also similar and i like to believe that Mulan is actually inspired by Milunka, but sadly we don't have any proof of that .
@@lukeromere5507 Mulan is actually based off a Chinese legend from somewhere between 300AD-500AD. It has not been determined whether it was a true story or not. Milunka Savic some how just managed to live the main plot points in real life.
I can't help but notice a lot of similarities between the story of Milunka Savić and Mulan from the 1998 animated disney movie, both of them disguised themselves as men to take the place of a male relative, and even after the truth was uncovered they were still able to prove they were more than qualified to fight alongside men in battle, and became legends of their respective countries.
A celebrated Serbian war hero, Milunka Savić is one of the world's most decorated female combatants who fought in both Balkan Wars and WWI. She is known for cutting off her hair and changing her appearance to look like a man in order to take her brother’s place in the army.
Read our article about her here 👉 www.sabaton.net/historical-facts/milunka-savic-dies/
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how about a new song and call it THE MEDAL OF HONOR
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Hi Sabaton. Could you write song about fighting Ukraine? About Russian's attack on Ukraine? I am from Poland and I think Sabaton's song can help!!
@@alojzzy or about NATO attack on Serbia for Kosovo(also not part of NATO) but now no can attack Russia???
@@MM-ul1zi Yea that would be a heroic song... Pure heroes...
After the war, she adopted children with disabilities and supported lot of children during their education, although she was poor and not formally educated. A hero in war, a hero in peace!
Well damn, total angel of war right there.
She had one biological daughter and adopted 3 daughters more. Also she schooled at least 30 more children.
Imagine being so badass, you get a Sabaton song about your life. This woman deserves all the recognition. I am glad to finally hear of her. Fantastic work Sabaton
I hope one day Sabaton will make a song about Albert Roche, he really deserves it
They are forgetting the fact she spent 10 months in a Nazi Concentration camp
@@maddhattergaming6863 I'm sorry. "nazi concentration camp"? WW1 don't have nazis my friend
@@acomputer3559 yep, prussia.
@@acomputer3559 That was during World War 2. She was invited to some banquet with german generals and when she refused she was put in a concentration camp for ten months.
As a History buff, I am extremely disappointed in myself for not knowing who this amazing person was, I hope this song gives her the recognition she deserves.
It's definitely never too late to find out 😉
I was thinking of making a new character in FF14 to make play through the story again and was contemplating her name and class.
I’m thinking of naming her Milunka Savic as a Paladin or Warrior.
In case you haven't found out by reading other comments, her name was Milunka Savić, she was a Serbian peasant girl who enlisted in the Serbian army by pretending to be a boy. There are many stories of her courage, bravery and mischief!
same here bro, i feel myself ashamed
2 Billion view so far, I think we are getting there.
I consider myself a history buff and am incredibly disappointed in myself for never hearing of this incredible woman. RIP Milunka Savić and thank you Sabaton for another amazing song!
same here im also angry at the fact the i never heard of her ever people need to know her name and story
Do you know of Momcilo Gavric then? He was the youngest soldier ever.
@@mellotron_scratch yeah, he was Serbian too. Him and Edward Black are tied for youngest. Though Edward was in the American Civil War
If she accepted French medals and everything she would be more famous, but she rejected everything and stayed in Serbia because this is her country. That's real hero. Reject better life because you love your people and your country. Too bad not many people like her.
She is not only one lady in Serbian uniform in WW1.
Chek for Sofija Jovanović, Flora Sends.
She enlisted to protect her brother, most decorated female soldier, and is known for sparing the enemy in the name of life. MAD FUCKING RESPECT
Um yes but actually no. She also wanted to join army anyways, but cuz she was woman, she couldn't join Serbian army. That's why she cut her hair and she dressed like man. When she got injured in a battle, nurse saw that she is female.
@@SlavaBogu11 Sense of duty, one might say
@@tyalla2008 Yes. Patriotism.
@@SlavaBogu11 Serbian Mulan
Hell yeah, and these days compassion is gone sadly brother. Thanks and stay safe.
read some about Milunka Savic.
after the war she became a poor cleaning lady for the rest of her life. she was also forgotten by most historians in her lifetime. only after her death she started to get the respect she earned.
sad. but as poor as she was, she did put through school more than 20 children, so it cant be too bad. she truly had a philanthropic heart.
She was offered foreign pensions, but she refused and stayed in Serbia. We can thank the stinky communists for her dissaperance during that time, since here in Serbia at that time, when Yugoslavia was formed, there were no separations in the name of "unity and brotherhood", therefore anyhing and everything that Serbs achieved, wouldn't be celebrated, so that our neighbours wouldn't envy us.
Add her name please.
~Milunka Savic~
We also have a Lady warrior in Romania: Ecaterina Teodoroiu (1915-1916 I know is first ww, still she also followed his brother's death). She died bravely in the battlefield! Dumnezeu să o odihnească în pace și să o ierte. Amin.
Maybe she didn't want that spot light. She did what she thought had to do.
@@pontiacfan76 You might as well say. She's the
Lady of the dark
Apparently she also adopted several war orphans and raised them by herself
In our country in serbia, it is rare that a singer sings about his history, ancestors ... there are really few. I believe I will teach my children to listen to the Sabaton. Thanks!!!
To sestro. Samo tako 😀😀
They have other songs about Serbia as well! Check out “Last Dying Breath” about the defense of Belgrade in WW1!
They don't? I mean, as far as singing about the deeds of one's ancestors, it doesn't really get more direct than songs like "My Father is a War Criminal."
It's actually kinda catchy, though I probably only think that because I don't understand the lyrics...
@@kowslayer3 we burn is also about Serbia, but wont go into details because I dont want to get burned.
Im a Croat but used to date a girl who went to orhodox highschool in Zagreb, she sang in a choir so I heard a lot of old Serbian folk songs about Ottoman invasions, unfortunately dont remember the names since that was like 10 years ago. I think you just dont have many "modern" songs about historical achievements.
Milunka Savić was a Serbian war heroine who fought in the Balkan Wars and in World War I. She is the most-decorated female combatant in the recorded history of warfare. In 1912, her brother received call-up papers for mobilization for the First Balkan War. She chose to go in his place-cutting her hair and donning men's clothes and joining the Serbian army. She quickly saw combat and received her first medal and was promoted to corporal in the Battle of Bregalnica. Engaged in battle, she sustained wounds and it was only then, when recovering from her injuries in hospital, that her true sex was revealed, much to the surprise of the attending physicians. Savic was called before her commanding officer. They didn't want to punish her, because she had proven a valuable and highly competent soldier. The military deployment that had resulted in her sex being revealed had been her tenth. But neither was it suitable for a young woman to be in combat. She was offered a transfer to the Nursing division. Savic stood at attention and insisted she only wanted to fight for her country as a combatant. The officer said he'd think it over and give her his answer the next day. Still standing at attention, Savic responded, "I will wait." It is said he only made her stand an hour before agreeing to send her back to the infantry. In 1914, in the early days of World War I, Savić was awarded her first Karađorđe Star with Swords after the Battle of Kolubara. She received her second Karađorđe Star (with Swords) after the Battle of the Crna Bend in 1916 when she captured 23 Bulgarian soldiers single-handedly. She was awarded the French Légion d’Honneur (Legion of Honour) twice, as well as the Russian Cross of St. George, the British medal of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael, and the Serbian Miloš Obilić medal. She was the sole female recipient of the French Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 with the gold palm attribute for service in World War I.
Like always serbian sci fi and mythomania is the finest!
@@beast1680 Except... you know... it's historically attested.
@@beast1680 The op's profile pic is how I feel about this.
@@beast1680 hey you probably are also ridiculous propaganda, so how should we believe you
@@beast1680 You probably have nothing in your war history so when you see something like this you think about that as a sci fi.. I guess you are from balkan, because "ko ce koga ako ne svoj svoga", but okay, we don't care too much for neighbours trashtalk ;)
Btw Milunka the hero lady adopted many many children after the war, her heart was big and brave, not so easy to imagine that nowadays.
Thank you grandma Milunka from serbian kids from the future, to whom you provided life with your fight.
Slava ti zanavek!
Fighting for the future of her people on and off the battlefield
I am so glad Sabaton made a song about Milunka Savić, a Serbian fighter in WWI, the most decorated woman in the history of war! She was a true badass, part of the ,,Iron squadron" aka ,,Knjaz Mihajlo squadron", the elite unit of the Serbian army. Stories about her are as amazing as they are badass, as she was not just a great figther- she was a great and respected woman with a big heart, ready to help anyone!
Steta sto je pesma jadna i tekst jos jadniji.nimo ne zna osim nas da je pesma o njoj.jadno sabaton jadno
@@nikolamajkic303 zapravo, dobar posao su odradili ovde, jer je zapravo pesma baš kakva treba da bude. Nije fora napominjati sva njena odlikovanja,već je fora da u pesmi opišu Milunku kakva je zapravo bila. Pesma je o Milunki, a ne o materijalnim odlikovanjima za koje se ona nije borila.
@@SN-ov8hm ma ok druze ali su onda mogli barem jednom da joj pomenu ime.ovako ispada neka random zena
@@nikolamajkic303 kapiram i ja tebe, ja sam zbog Sabatona i počeo da se interesujem za ratnu istoriju koja me u školi uopšte nije zanimala. Ali poenta kod Sabatonovih pesama je ta da te navede da istražuješ o istoriji sam, a ne da ti oni sve serviraju na tacni.
@@nikolamajkic303 Sta pricas ti, za svaku pesmu postoji istorijski kontekst, i koga zanima lako moze da pronadje. Takodje cim naprave epizodu za Sabaton history bice cela njena biografija
Turns out this soldier is the single most decorated female soldier in History. And this is literally the first time I’ve heard about her.
My thoughts exactly
Yup, Milunka Savić 💚
This is what Sabaton are stupidly good at though - giving unsung heroes their deserved time in the spotlight
It's not something Western media would tell you on daily basis, because you know, they want you to think that Serbs are savages. And they are good at it, because you are consuming that shit fast af
@@filipasceric2174 Im Croatian from Bosnia i dont have anything against you.
We need to let the past be the Past.
So... she's a real-life, Eastern-European, badass modern Mulan?
How is this the first time I've heard about her? What the hell?!
Mad respect to Sabaton for once again educating the public about the *important* parts of history that modern schools somehow "conveniently" leave out.
RIP Milunka Savić - You deserve more recognition than you got, and I hope someday in the future your name will become as well-known as the likes of Simo Häyhä or Vladimir Vazov.
SERBIAN
No!
Mulan is a cartoon.
This woman lived and breathed. Fought and brought honour to her and her comrades.
Please don't belittle her by comparing to fictional garbage. Thank you.
given the fact the western world doesn't care for russian units very much im not surprised you didnt know russia fielded units with female soldiers, even then some resistance groups had female members as well so while she is more important to people who care to learn you also just disrespected resistance units who had women
on second look she is not from the era i was thinking of, my point however stands, a better example wouldve been jane of ark or jone of ark i cant exactly remember the spelling of her name but i think you know who im talking about
@@badasscustodes1697 they just do not care about Slavs
As a Serb, i am honestly thankful that you made the song about our hero, Milunka. Thank you Sabaton, for being as amazing as you are, and letting the world know of lesser talked stories and lesser known people in history.
Хвала вам, Сабатон!
Edit: People, please stop the hate in the comments and enjoy the music, past is past, and we are living now in the present to enjoy good music, not to spread hate.
Сербия❤🇷🇸🇷🇺
I learned about her from this song. And found instant respect! Greetings from Finland.
sabaton should make song about yours famous Tractor Battalion
Dikobraz, Veljko...
Ovo nas ceka:
"There once were two cats of Kilkenny,
Each thought there was one cat too many,
So they fought and they fit,
And they scratched and they bit,
Till, excepting their nails
And the tips of their tails,
Instead of two cats, there weren’t any."
@@dikobraz19 But victory does not brighten your face:
For the laurel does not spring from the dunghill and the mud,
He is for heroes and not for murderers.
Stay angry🤍
🇷🇸 Milunka Savić 🇷🇸
Sabaton was, is, and will be my favorite band! Greetings from Serbia!
Ваш народ целиком состоит из таких героев. Читал про балканскую войну в 90х, я поражён, как вы не сдались тогда. Белград безжалостно бомбили американцы, но вы не сдавались. Жалко, что мы единственные, кто мог вас спасти вас, тогда не пришли.
@@Ilja_S спасибо брат. Слава России!
Moj isto Darko
Serbian history is indeed a treasure trove of captivating tales, from the legendary Kosovo Battle to the intriguing story of the Skull Tower. It's great to see bands like Sabaton highlighting the rich cultural heritage of Serbia through their music. Tack så mycket, Sabaton!
I've said it before and I'll say it again here:
You guys are absurdly good at giving otherwise obscure pieces of military history the focus and love they deserve!
Sabaton: Headbang and get a history lesson all at once.
Dude this song sucks wtf
@@unorthodoxspork5634 wtf
@@domcho Its boring, bad guitar and terrible vocals.
Sabaton has some amazing songs but this ain’t one of them
@@unorthodoxspork5634 i mean its ok to be wrong
Milunka Savić the most-decorated female combatant in the recorded history of warfare. Gone but not forgotten 🇷🇸☦☦🇷🇸
Lest we forget
My brother, we honoring her too! 🇷🇸☦🇬🇷
@@jackie-f5k8h Thank you brother 🇷🇸☦🇬🇷
Sabaton always surprise me, by making songs about something /someone , I've never learnt in school. Sabaton is truly the best history teacher we've got.
Thank you for your words!
@@Sabaton gracias por tus canciones!!!!
It's the best
Yes
Хвала Сабатону! Ви сте легенде!!!
Это какой язык?
@@TOODUMBTOTHINK Serbian bro
@@nikolaradic2005 Спасибо
@@nikolaradic2005 god bless you
@Срб_инЕкстремист Спасибо X2
Milunka Savic Lady of the Dark! SABATON🇸🇪❤🇷🇸FOREVER
She was awarded the French Légion d’Honneur (Legion of Honour) twice, as well as the Russian Cross of St. George, the British medal of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael, and the Serbian Miloš Obilić medal. She was the sole female recipient of the French Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 with the gold palm attribute for service in World War I. 🤘
"We sang when it was hardest for us. We sang when French ships transferred us from Albania to Corfu, and we were living corpses.
French sailors and officers cried listening to us, and said: "What a wonderful people!".
We sang while we were dying on the island of Corfu and Vid, we sang while we were dying on the Thessaloniki front. When we sang in the trenches, the Bulgarians would stop firing. That is why we are a nation that will never fail. Serbian soldiers loved me, respected me, and they were afraid of me. Maybe that's why none of my comrades-in-arms proposed to me. They probably thought that Milunka, so dangerous in the fight, would be a bomber in marriage. "
Milunka Savić
@@Pajserbrigada Tako je, to su bili italijanski brodovi, a ne francuski
Your army came and fought in our land while we hadnt entered the war but i am glad it did insead of surrendering at the border
@@PajserbrigadaТи, пајсерчино, знаш боље од Милунке Савић?
@@arenaforgamers5650 Ти, пајерчинов брате по глупости, знаш боље од Милунке Савић ко ју је возио из Албаније на Крф?
@@MarkoFTW To kaže prava istorija, a ne da bi se samo bolje rimovala pesma sa "kreće se lađa francuska"
What’s better than 1 new Sabaton song?
8 new Sabaton songs
my reaction yes lol
No 11 Songs 😂
@@christiantiemann8878 orginally they dropped a couple songs a couple days before, then before that it was a few weeks, it was this day the first comment was made when they dropped the rest of the 8
@@stephtros9029 i now 😂
@@christiantiemann8878 your now what?
As a German.. I have so much respect for Serbia. Outnumbered and surrounded on all sides, yet they fought fiercely and never gave up 🇩🇪 🤝 🇷🇸
This comment made me so proud as a serbian even more cos it comes from a german,you must know that we serbs and germans had great relations during middle ages,german knights fought in serbian army,your famous military leader Palman and his knights were personal guard of Serbian Emperor,also your King Friedrich Barbarosa was personal friend with our King Stefan Nemanja,we serbs had prussian military style of training up to ww1,our famous General Paulus Sturm was prussian and he fought in several wars,from Serbo-Ottoman war where he was just an officer up to WW! when he was a general and he was a commander of 3rd army and he fought the germans btw,all the best to german nation
German was surrounded ...
@@slobodanstojanovic8125 hi. Ok Falkenhayn was my first account. But its still me. So I know the Preussens and other German knights went to Serbia, but I am Saxonian lol it is not exactly a joy for me, because Saxons play only an early part of German history. We were irrelevant after 13th century, and most Saxons in WW1 fought mostly on the western front (Somme, Verdun, Christmas truce). I have a lot of respect for Serbians, I dated a Serbian woman who told me about Serbia WW1 and August von Mackensen was already my "idol" because he was the "last hussar" and my ancestor was part of his unit. It's funny because my mother's idol is Falkenhayn ,he helped conquer Romania 1916, but the German high command of WW1 were never friends 😂 Mackensen was very successful, but Falkenhayn was not, so that is my name given from her LOL. My family is kinda WW1 obsessed because some of my family were officers and WW1 German battles had honest victories. I also know about the monument Mackensen made to the fallen of Belgrade.
One day I will learn Serbian too
@@deutsche.1871 That was cool story to hear about your family and Saxons,also its cool that Mackensen is known as last Hussar when we know Serbs were original hussars although light cavalry,all the best to you and your family
@@stjepankaraman8367 Germany wasn't surrounded. They had powerful allies called austro-hungary just close to them.
This is amazing. Your music teaches more history than a lot of schools. The fact that you give the legacies of these heroes another chance to live on and be remembered in your songs is something we cannot be tankful enough for.
Ayyy didn't expect you to be here! 🦾😎
We are all tankful.
Especially when listening to Ghost Division or Panzer Battalion. Then we're especially tankful.
Слава славним прецима. Слава херојима, слава Милунки Савић. Хвала Сабатону на овој песми. Живела Србија.
I am proud to say that my great great grandfather served in the "Iron Squadron". Thank you Sabaton so much for this and for every song you ever made, love from Serbia!
as a serbian woman and a sabaton fan this is making me tear up. thank you!
Ђе сам ово могао пропустити до сад - САБАТОНУ, СВАКА ЧАСТ! Ако је ико заслужио песму да јој се посвети, то је наша Милунка Савић - Живели, легенде! 😊💪🇷🇸
Ja sam gora od tebe. Imam listu pesama Sabatona na mom kanalu, a tek sam danas saznala da je Sabaton napravio pesmu o mojoj junakinji.
To sam I ja isto mislo, kako nisam ikad čuo za Milunka Savič
Привет всем братьям-славянам!
Last dying breth je pesma u kojoj je na kraju parafraziran govor majora Gavrilovica.Sto se Milinke tice, sjajno smo se zahvalili, cistila je klozete.Francuzi su joj nudili drzavljanstvo i penziju a ona je resila da se vrati kuci.
Sabaton always surprises me...Thank you for singing about history and culture,may the heroes and heroines never be forgotten 🖤🇷🇸
Thanks for your support!
On this day, 49 years ago, Lady of the Dark has passed away. Eternal glory and thanks!
Mulan is a fiction figure, this LADY Milunka Savic is REAL HERO of WWI
Thank you 🇷🇸
Milunka Savić and Flora Sandes, women who fought for Serbian Army in WWI.
We heard how badass Milunka was, thanks to this epic song.
Flora was also tough as nails, seven times decorated and officially the only British woman to serve in WWI.
There were lot of them actually,some fought as chetniks before Balkan and First World War
I'd love a song about Flora.
Sofija Jovanovic.
Precisely, Flora was a Scottish.
@@МаркоСтаменковић-о3ы
I don't think they'd be singing about any Chetniks. They know their history, if the commenters don't.
Milunka Savić The Mulan of The XX Century, took her brother’s place in the army. Partly disguised as a man, she would eventually be among the most decorated soldiers of WW1
Mulan if she took her brothers place instead of her fathers and was from Serbia instead of China
And two Balkan wars before WW1
Except Mulan is almost certainly a folk tale while there is evidence of this woman existing
She took brother place to family survive.
Calculation after ww1 in Serbia: every third man stay alive.
Mostly well above 60 and small kids.
This is why I love listening to Sabaton. Through their amazing metal riffs and lyrics, we get to learn stories that history has sadly overlooked.
Thank you for your kind message
Слава нашој Милунки! Thank you Sabaton, from Republic of Srpska!
❤️
In the interwar years, Milunka Savić was practically forgotten, working part-time as a cleaner in Belgrade, raising several daughters alone after her husband left them. She was not paid a pension, and the only reward for her exploits was a plot of land near Novi Sad. This is how the homeland of Serbia pays its heroes.
@@JackSmith-ky8uo And how does your country repays? Your grandfather fought nazis and your country now supports them?!
@@dejanokuka41 yes
@@JackSmith-ky8uo Enough said. We were and we always will be on the right side of history. This time you will all burn.
Been waiting for this one. Milunka definitely deserves to have a film made about her life. Incredibly brave and
heroic woman. So glad Sabaton included her on this album.
If a film about her was to be made, it would be terrible. Hollywood would bastardise her story to push narratives and politics.
@@shawnganske8731 In the immortal words of Metallica sad but true.
She might have died without riches, but gained something more important: Immortality.
And they make movies about superheroes like Wonder Woman? I mean here we have a real 'wonder woman' who actually existed and I never heard about her before. How? Wow. Amazing story. And amazing song as well of course. Big salute and respect, lady, you absolutely deserve it.
Pop history has, sadly, oversimplified things too much in many areas. And considering the breadth of human history you can't even blame schools for having to truncate it down, but sadly it leaves far too many assuming that things were ironclad and universal. So, if you wanted to write a movie about it, you'd probably get a big "Uh-huh, sure, a woman fighting in the trenches in WWI... yeah, BS." wheras with Wonder Woman it's explicitly (superhero) fantasy so on paper Suspension of Disbelief works, whereas with Miss Savic it's real and also does not match the average person's knowledge of what happened.
And to be honest, even the stuff that is within the 'popular consensus' gets vastly oversimplified and genericized to the point where it's not even the most interesting parts of it.
Well yes but she wasnt this whole soft person or a pacifist. She went to war so her brother wouldnt, she dressed as a man and wore belts to "secure her breasts" so she wouldnt stand out. She was respected amongst her male counterparts and she even joked about it where she wondered why none of them asked her to marry her, she said perhaps they were scared lmao. The sad part is she worked as a cleaner in a bank after the war...
@@jebosamvasjako Well... If photos of her person aren't fake, then I am not surprised not many people wanted to marry her. Well, maybe that's why firstly they didn't know she was a woman in the first place, until her first wound, when they found out about her sex. TL: DR, on photos she looks like a young man.
You really don't get how it makes more financial sense to make a movie about an iconic pop culture character rather than an obscure historical figure?
@@rodycaz8984 so people like her should be just *forgotten*?
Proud to be a Serb, thank you Sabaton for making this song. I hope there will be another concert in Serbia soon
Tack , Sabaton, för att ni har ägnat en sådan fantastisk låt till Milunka. Milunkas liv var tyvärr inte lätt även efter kriget . Men hon är en symbol av ovillkorlig kärlek och hängivenhet till sina nära och sitt fosterland.
thank you SABATON for this song . Milunka Savic will live forever in Serbian history.
Hey I don’t know who she is can you tell me I’m guessing she fought in world war 1 idk
@@johngarcia2368 she is Milunka Savić, a Serbian female soldier from WW1. She took her brothers place in the army when he got killed and she acted like a male so they can let her in the army
@@foster4422 she's a ww1 Mulan
@@gandalflotr2898 no. Mulan is cartoon character and history has never proved that she even existed. This heroine died in 1970`s , was very much alive.
Recipient of the French medal of honor true patriot , hero , compassionate all wich make great warrior . And she did not go because of her brother She went because Serbia was occupied and she wanted to fight. Historical fact. You should know history of Europe better . Other song which you need to hear and which is very near and dear to my hart is Sabaton `s ` Till the last dying breath`. We never allowed ouself to be slaves . NEVER . Her name will forever be remembered.
@@foster4422 she also fought in the first balkan war, the second balkan war, the first world war and the second world war.
Thank you so much for making songs about the not well known history that deserves the spotlight, much love from Serbia!!!!
Classmates of my daughter: Mulan is so great!
My 10yo daugther: *Raise your hand for the lady of the dark*
That happens when parenting is done the right way 💯🤘
just what i was thinking!
Teacher asks if the kids know of any strong female role models.
Kids:
"Mulan"
"Elsa"
"Alita"
Metalheads daughter in the back of the room, suddenly wearing sunglasses and a metalplated tanktop, slams a foot on the table and raises her hand to the sky: "RAISE! YOUR HA-AND!! FOR THE LADY OF THE DARK!!!"
You do know Mulan was centuries ahead than this warrior? There is no comparison with that time and the early 20th century
@@abhishek100091 there is also no proof outside of a single poem that Mulan actually existed. There have been stories written based off that one poem, but no real historical records or artifacts that I am aware of.
I am disappointed that I knew nothing about Milunka Savić, what a criminally underrated hero. Sabaton did her justice with this fantastic song
She's honestly a hero, and I feel if schools taught about her, young girls would have an actual role model to look up to, instead of people like Kim Kardashian, who do more harm than good to young girls.
@@rhysandmike3373 The thing is, younger gens (so, my generation) tends to look at the rich and famous, who MOST of the times did nothing but gossip and trash talk until famous (some actually deserve respect, like robert downey jr, who did a complete 180 in his life), instead of looking up to heros, not just war heros, but their families, who have been working hard for generations just to have a stable country. Unfortunatly most of us that know history to a certain degree, know that the past is bound to happen again, just like whats happening right now between russia and ukraine, and instead of looking up to heros that sacrificed their life to the country, we look up to whoever's trending (just saying "we" doesnt necessarily mean you or me, but the newer generations)
TL:DR : People look up at whoever's trending, instead of who actually fought up with honour, since apparently trending = good
Because females were not supposed to fight in wars that's why
@@rhysandmike3373 schools only teach you bullshit false nonsense
You haven't heard of her, because for 50 years we lived in a communist and socialist dictatorship, where it was forbidden to speak and celebrate Serbian heroes from the First World War! Best regards!
Prezivam se Savić i uskoro ću da dobijem ćerku. Uopšte nemam dilemu koje ću joj ime dati.❤
Sretno ti bilo 🍀❤️
@@Sellin979 Hvala puno!
ZIVA BILA I TI I TVOJA MILUNKA
Пази се! Историја се понавља 🙂 . Да је жива и здрава!
@@kolazify Hvala buraz! Istom mjerom ti oboje uzvraćamo.
*HISTORY TEACHERS! HERE'S A FUN CLASS PROJECT:*
Have your students pick a Sabaton song, analyze it's historical context and subject, and present it to the class.
No bullets fly is a good one, a real lesson in humanity in time of war.
Ballad of Bull, as well. 1
YUUUUUSSSSSS!!!!!
Midway, I call doing Midway.
I call Shiroyama!!! If it’s already taken, then I call Devil Dogs!!!
Milunka Savić is her name! We have a reason to be proud of her.
Was waiting for this so much. After reading her story once I saw the list of songs for the album, I was so surprised about how unknown she seemingly is over here because her deeds are the real deal. I'm glad she gets honored and her story told to so many new people now.
"Херој није онај ко убије више непријатеља, већ онај који спаси више живота". Милунка Савић
"A hero is not the one who kills more enemies, but the one who saves more lives". Milunka Savić
👍 Baš lepo!!! ❤ Veliki pozdrav iz Beograda! 😊❤️🌹
Лучше не скажешь! Россия с с Вами!
@@АндрейЕрофеев-л8х Приветствую русский народ! 🕊️❤️❤️❤️
At that time, the Kingdom of Serbia was one of the few countries that allowed women to take part in war conflicts. Milunka Savic was not the only woman, but she was the most decorated. Many women from Great Britain came to Serbia at that time, mostly to be nurses, and some of them became soldiers. One of them is the famous Flora Sandes, who started as a nurse and later became an officer in the Serbian army during the Great War. She was awarded seven medals.
Sofija Jovanović, prva žena pripadnik specijalne jedinice.
Well this is kind of true. Serbian army didn't let them fight, at least not amidietly. All of those women were volunters, and some of them (including Milunka) were rejected at first, but joined later on behalf of senior army oficers. Serbian royal army never had fully women units, but only few women volunters, but they were very, very good fighters.
@@kolibridunavski6389 Well not really.... Četnici were reimagined as an Spec Ops Unit in the inter war period.... As for Sofija Jovanović, if I am remembering corectly, she served in the Sremski Volonteer Battalion and was one of its best soldiers... I think she was also prior service during the both Balkan Wars....
@@sonofrivadin3684 Some of the best actually
@@tomicbranislav3 Prva upotreba termina specijalna jedinica, potiče od novinara koji su posetili centar za obuku u Valjevu 1914.
Centar je bio pod Tankosićevom komandom.
Među novinarima su bili A.Rajs i Džon Rid.
Ono što su tada videli nisu znali drugačije da nazovu.
Rajsov opis je u Golgoti i Vaskrs Srbije prvi deo.
Pre svega obuka u bliskoj borbi i nož, je bila mnogo ispred svog vremena, kao i upotreba u pozadini neprijatelja i sl što je sada standard sa soecijalne jedinice.
Jedan od naziva je bio i jurišne čete.
A između ww 1 i 2 nosili su pored jurišnih i naziv četničke.
Thank you so much, Sabaton! You are truly a blessing to this world. Keep doing what you do the best. Greetings from Serbia! 🇷🇸
Хвала вам на овој прелепој песми, слушам је сваки дан. Јако ми се свиђа и волим што сте посветили песму нашем хероју!❤ Поздрав из Србије❤❤🇷🇸🇷🇸
Respect and eternal glory to the Serb hero Milunka Savić, the most decorated woman in the history of warfare! She is famous for saving enemy lives during the hardest battles her elite "Iron regiment" fought against them. Lady of the dark for example single handedly imprisonated 23 enemy soldiers. Highly skilled bomber and shooter. Combination of humanity, bravery, capability and patriotism made her a person who always did what was good, what was right completely disregarding her life in the process. Serbia bows to you, dear Milunka! Вечна ти слава и хвала, хероино српска! Живела Србија! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤❤❤🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
@GrownRocket5801 The last two sentences (those written in Cyrillic) mean: "Eternal glory and gratitude to you, Serbian heroine! Long live Serbia!"
Dear Sabaton,
In case you ever see this comment,
I’m really grateful for your music, and lyrics, your melodies make me feel so powerful as if i can overcome everything, and even more, as a Serbian girl i am grateful you understand our history and show such appreciation in your work.
For years you have been putting out excellent music and i hope i will be able to see you play live someday!
Thank you!
Lena
Хвала Сабатону, Бог је са Вама 🇷🇸
So, now you all know who Serbs really are.. We are not "that people" as the media presents us. Great love for you Sabaton ❤️
Serbs have bad name?
@@jackstod thanks to western media and money, yea
@@jackstod In Europe yes. They had really bloody and brutal civil war. After the war many of the men went to work abroad and well, brutalized by war they caused problems. It's kind of what happened when finns went to work in sweden and Norway after war but in a much larger scale.
@@jackstod Yeah, Serbs are to this day considered Genocidal and are very often joked about across Europe and in Americas. Many news that come out of Serbia are often completely altered from what they are (Im pretty sure that when there were protests in Serbia in 2020, it was because of the elections and whatelse, but Western media set it up as corruption and cruelty if im sure?)
Wait, Serbs are people? Like everyone else!? Welcome then, brothers and sisters!
Seriously, much love to you all. Continue to be awesome people!
"A hero is not the one who kills more enemies, but the one who saves more lives". Milunka Savić
Ja sam hrvat, ali srbi imaju najbolje ratnike. Pozdrav iz Imotskog!
Pozdrav. Balkanci su najjača rasa!
Hvala prijatelju, zaista su me “pomerile” tvoje reči…znaš kako se kaže: “Svi smo mi ljudi, ali mnogo teško je naći čoveka!”
E, to je tvoj slučaj!!!
Svako dobro i puno pozdrava iz Novog Sada, Vojvodina, Srbija.
Serbien people are bravest and proudest nation. Proud to be Serb
Yeah, you really beat kosovo so bravely. And this nationalist bullsh1t seriously gets a thumbs up from sabaton. Take inspiration from Milunka Sevic, from a person. Not a state with a dark history.
I'm not crying you're crying :') Thank you for honouring her, love from Serbia ❤
We had a "lady of the dark" also in Romania! Her name was Ecaterina Teodoroiu. She went to war to join her brothers because she didn't want to stay home alone! She fought very hard and became a sergeant in Romanian army! 🤘🤘
It reminds me of a heroine also from my country, Brazil, called Maria Quitéria de Jesus, she was the first woman to enter the armed forces in 1822 against the Portuguese, using her brother-in-law's name and pretending to be a man, her identity was revealed, but Major Silva e Castro did not allow her to leave the troops because of her facility with weapons handling and discipline in battle, Maria Quitéria had no schooling, but was experienced in hunting and fishing, as well as in the management of weapons.
Unlike the girls of her time, she was independent and contradicted society's standards.
After adopting her real name, Maria Quitéria changed her male uniform for skirts and accessories. Her courage in joining a male environment caught the attention of other women, who joined the troops and formed a group commanded by Quitéria.
With the defeat of the Portuguese troops, in July 1823, Maria Quitéria was promoted to cadet and recognized as a heroine of Independence. Dom Pedro I gave her the title of “Knight of the Imperial Order of the Cruzeiro”.
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🇷🇸❤️🇷🇴✝️
us Americans too- Deborah Sampson
Can't wait for Sabaton's history channel episode about Milunka! It's infuriating how little info about her is out there on the internet. I couldn't even find a proper book about her in english either. Thank you Sabaton for giving her the spotlight she deserves and for the amazing song! One of my favourites on the new album
Thank you Sabaton, she was barely mentioned up until few years ago and is one of greatest heroes of Serbia. We will forever remember our lady and her heroic deeds.
Живела Србија!
Respect and glory to our women!
Never heard her before and because of that i'm ashamed to called myself a history junkie. I have no love for war but heroes who took the arm for protecting what they hold dear even in cost of their life is so precious and must be honoured all time. Sabaton, you guys are my favourite bards and teacher of history. Please don't ever change.
Here is another one for you from Serbia, Youngest soldier in recorded history Momcilo Gavric, became soldier at eight, refused to stay behind with his whole family dead and joined the ranks of Serbian army. Enjoy.
I never thought there will be a song about her, big respect for sabaton from Serbia
Эх сабатон, ваши песни, ваша музыка, это то чему я искренне благодарен!
❤️☦️🇷🇸
тот самый серб бежит писать русские и сербы братья
@@человекчеловек-ъ1щ сербы и русские братья во веки веков !!!!
@@mihailojankovic6606 слава сербии !!!!! Великой стране !!!
@@ADOMIKA No, it should be bombed once again. You didn't learn anything.
Сербия есть и будет нашим братом. И вседа так было. Сабатон, спасибо за историю!
Слава Русији Z!
@@cesticvaljda Русија и Србија🤝
@@cesticvaljda ZZZZaostali u razvoju
@@cesticvaljda Украина победит фашизм 21 века🇺🇦💪🇷🇺💩
@@cesticvaljda pride for such a country is so odd to me, America is far better and yet i feel no pride for it's flag or ideals.
This is what I love about sabaton, bringing out unknown heroes. Deserve their honors.
Badass lady.
Хвала Сабатон! Greetings from Serbia!
Thank you so much for putting light on her. I never heard of Milunka Savic before your song.
Interesting fact about Lady of the Dark - after war she adopted 3 daughters, in the end she had 4 kids and was a single mother.
And she was never really remember as a hero did live a life she deserved. Onlye taken out for "honors" so politics could ride here heroic past.
I did a google on this lady; and that does explain the line " . . . with a philanthropic heart."
Dude, she raised over 30 children, adopted. She had 2 daughters of her own. Source: my mother in law, who lived next door to Milunka as a child. She was a strict but just mother, just like the soldier she was. A shame how she was treated later on in life by the country she protected...
I’m so glad Sabaton found their niche. They really bring to life so many incredible figures in history that have been forgotten.
We were given an assignment at school, we got to choose what ever we wanted from the history. I was so inspired by Lady of the dark and Night witches. I ended up with the storys of the brave women, Milunka Savić, Lyudmila Pavlichenko and Marina Raskova and her girls - Night Witches.
It turned out to be quite massive with all the research and not really knowing what information was correct on the foreign sites, there were many to compare with each other 😅 but how much i learned was worth all the time spent on the project.
Thank you guys for making history so got damn interesting and emotional, there is so much more to it than what we learned in Elementary school. 🇸🇪
Сербия❤ Sabaton... As always, masterpiece. Thank you so much!!! Learning history with you))
Русија
❤️
Aside for being most decorated female soldier in history she raised 2 orphan girls by one of her own and one of her cousins. After the war she was homeless. For 15 years she worked most menial jobs. She refused proposal of French government to move to France and receive French military pension. Instead in Yugoslavia she lived poorly and proudly. Through her household in years before WW2 she raised 30 children providing for them and their education. Just to put in full context what philanthropic really means in this song.
My 3rd old daughter loves this song. Sings along and headbangs and dances to it everytime I turn it on.
For me, this is the most powerful song of the new album. Brings tears to my eyes.
Братцы, как всегда шедевр!!! Спасибо!!!
Да, всё хорошо, только чего девушка - со Спрингфилдом? Насколько я знаю, у англичан таких подразделений не было никогда. Они были только в СССР, и только во время войны. Причём относились они - к НКВД, а не к РККА.
@@НиколайШевченко-э9ю Мне кажется это Ли-Энфилд и Мосинка
@@НиколайШевченко-э9ю WW1 Milunka Savic Serbian solider,not WW2
Respect for your deeds. Especially for this song about Milunka Savic, THANK YOU very much!
We appreciate it Goran
Visit Serbia, the land of real, not fictional heroes, the land that buried empires, the land that rose from the ashes with great and glorious victories like Phoenix!
Thank you Sabaton for this Master Piece !
As usual you keep making pure quality and educational content !
Ah, the Iron Squadron, THE unstoppable force of Serbian army in 3 wars... Enemy gave them that nickname after they relieved position in retreat, stopped enemy advance and then in counter attack obliterated attacking troops, capturing their command staff and artillery pieces. Toughest and most stubborn of Serbs. Most decorations by far and countless deeds of bravery. And yet when they were asked by their commander who amongst them is worthy of greatest medal, they all as one said "Milunka Savic". Now, that was recognition of a great warrior...
2nd infintry regiment, one of the best serbians regiment's in WW1.
After war, regiment becomes Gard of king regimente.
Only about 1/4 of regiment stay alive at end of the war.
"Girls are not equal to men, are weak"
Milunka Savic: "Hold my beer" 🔥🔥
This is not about weakness or strength. This is about bravery of one girl in order to protect his sick brother from going to war. Men will always be stronger than girls and despite that she was brave enough to head into the war being at disadvantage, surrounded by men.
Thank you Sabaton.Forgotten Serbian heroine. She was brave, humane, strong..She fought in WWI alongside male soldiers. Milunka Savic
Thank you Sabaton for another amazing song. Big big big love from Serbia. Cant wait for you to come to us again!!!!
As a man of Prussian descent, I know Serbia was invaded twice: 1915 and 1941. However, I admire the Serbs. August Von Mackensen: "You are not going to the Italian, French or Russian front... the Serbs are a tough, sharp, dangerous and proud people who kiss their Fatherland". From Serbia, to Albania to Greece they fought like lions.
Serbia (than still formar Yugoslavia) forses were in defense war, in 1991 -1995.
-1999 NATO started agression in Serbia ,in two mounts distroing it from the air.
Unfortunately, Serbia history of war is very similar to Israel, or Ireland, for example.
The history of those conflicts are very old & very hard to define and understand.
However,...I hope those days are left behind!
@@marijamanic4095 I know of the 1990s, my wife has Balkan ancestry (Croat-Serb). No hate intended. I am talking about WW1 Milunka. Respect the Serbians, from a Prussian
@@marijamanic4095 yeah, "NATO agression"
Let's forgot the genocide behavior of Serbian authorities
Cool that
Eternal glory to Milunka! May God rest her soul!
Хвала пуно на лијепој пјесми, велики поздрав од Срба ❤❤❤
@oiuet souiu ❤
Respect for my neighbour Milunka Savic...I am proud that I am born only 10 km from woman like her ...And special thanks to guys from SABATON
Literally raised my Hand for the entire Song, the moment you demanded it.
As you should 😎
shame
Oh, man... You guys deserve a monument here in Serbia!
Nemoj leba ti da dižemo spomenik živim ljudima.
In the interwar years, Milunka Savić was practically forgotten, working part-time as a cleaner in Belgrade, raising several daughters alone after her husband left them. She was not paid a pension, and the only reward for her exploits was a plot of land near Novi Sad. This is how the homeland of Serbia pays its heroes.
@@JackSmith-ky8uo Wrong statement.
It is not how Serbia pays for its heroes, it is how communism forbids Serbia to pay its heroes. It is not the same. In communist Serbia, you could not praise any Serbian national hero. You didn't learn about those people in school. There were no movies, no monuments, etc. Only Serbs couldn't go freely to a church. Serbs were systematically cut into pieces. New nations were born in Serbian national bodies, that never existed before. If you look closer at the percentage of the victims of Goli Otok you will see that a huge amount were Serbs. Almost all. The biggest repressions were done to Serbs. After the German occupation, Serbs went to communist occupation. Today we are occupied by the USA. We need a fourth uprising.
@@JackSmith-ky8uo i love how you copy and paste this same wrong and degrading statment like a bot or live rent free inside your head:) go touch some grass kid
@@JackSmith-ky8uo Communism bro, Serbs suffered the worst under it.
Milunka Savic went to war under the male name Milun to protect her brothers, and no one knew she was a girl until she was wounded. The greatest woman warrior in history!
The original Mulan, I wonder if the story’s creators took inspiration from her? The name can’t be a coincidence
@@lukeromere5507 Probably, Mulan and Milunka are very similar , also the way she got into army by cuting her hair is also similar and i like to believe that Mulan is actually inspired by Milunka, but sadly we don't have any proof of that .
@@lukeromere5507 Mulan is actually based off a Chinese legend from somewhere between 300AD-500AD. It has not been determined whether it was a true story or not. Milunka Savic some how just managed to live the main plot points in real life.
Sabaton History will have a field day for a while with all these songs.
True xD hahahaha
Well hopefully, i love indy neidell, hes such a cool dude
Ka-KAWWWWW
Sláva pre Milunka Savić a pre Srbský ľud...pozdrav zo Slovenska
Pozdrav braćo, pre Slovensko, Bratislavu, Nitru, Visoke Tatry Poprad, beautefull Senec...
Ďakujeme brať náš Slovak najlepší ste od všetkých Slovanov zdravím celé Slovensko
Děkujem Slovenský brachu
Zivela naša heroina MILUNKA SAVIC! Hvala sabatonu na ovoj divnoj pesmi❤❤❤
I can't help but notice a lot of similarities between the story of Milunka Savić and Mulan from the 1998 animated disney movie, both of them disguised themselves as men to take the place of a male relative, and even after the truth was uncovered they were still able to prove they were more than qualified to fight alongside men in battle, and became legends of their respective countries.
Thank you Sabaton for honouring our heroine Milunka Savić. Hope to see you in Serbia again soon 🤘
Their entire new album is absolutely amazing! Can’t say that about many artists these days
Thank you very much Luke