A man with a thirst for war, Adrian Carton De Wiart was of Belgian heritage but fought for the British Empire during WWI. Despite being injured multiple times throughout his experiences of war, he survived and became known as the ‘man who could not be killed’. Find out more about Adrian Carton De Wiart 👉 www.sabaton.net/historical-facts/sir-adrian-carton-de-wiart-dies/ ➞ SUBSCRIBE for more Sabaton: sabat.one/RUclips ➞ MERCHANDISE Official Store: sabat.one/ytdshop
This guy was held as a prisoner of war in Italy in 1941. He spent 7 months digging a tunnel, escaped captivity, and evaded the search for 8 days by disguising as an Italian citizen. He was one-handed, one-eyed, had bruises and scars and didn't speak Italian. And he was 61. I'm speechless at such badassery.
-He was shot in the groin, face, head, ankle, leg, hip and ear -He was shot through the eye, losing it. -He lost his hand -He was wounded in the stomach -He survived two plane crashes, swimming to shore straight after one of them. -He tore off his own fingers when denied an amputation -Tunneled for months with one hand, escaped the camp-of-war, evaded capture for a week, not knowing the language but pretending to be italian. -He fell off the running train, but managed to catch up to it, get on again, and rejoin the fight -Travelled around the world (South Africa, Somalia, France, Poland, Italy, Norway, Indonesia, Ireland, Egypt, Yugoslavia, China -Was a friend and supporter of Poland, lived 15 years in wilderness, engaging in hunting and being a friend to a polish noble. -Survived 3 big wars, still got to live to 83 years of age. This man is a human incarnation of will to live and survive.
White death had the most confirmed kills. He couldn't let his countries surrendering stop him from fighting the Soviets alone. Over 500 confirmed kills. That Nazi who fought destroyed 6 Soviet tanks in his first fight with a scout vehicle. Would later single handedly charge a combined American and British division who reported they were being attacked by multiple divisions and retreated/gave up the fortified town in. To a single tank without any infantry backing them up.
During WW1 he fought both in the African and European theater of war. During his time on the western front he was wounded and send to the same field hospital so many times the nurses kept one of his private pajamas, cause he was sure to show up again.
Europe: _starts one of the most infamous wars in modern history_ Adrian Carton De Wiart: *WOOOOOH! Yeah, baby! That's what I've been waiting for, that's what it's all about!*
@@imperialguardsman5726 Imagine the Russians on a Casual patrol over parts of Occupied Ukraine having a normal day, then suddenly they see Adrian in the mist with a Glowing Yellow eye leading an Entire Army of Walking Dead German, Soviet Infantry and Tank crews, whilst Attack of the Dead Men plays Faintly in the Background *Then he Raises his Sword towards them, and the Song Gets Louder and Louder*
Looking into this guy and it's insane the things he went through. He was shot 7 times, survived two plane crashes, escaped a prisoners of war camp through a tunnel that he dug. He also tore off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them.
The Adrian wrote In his memoirs, and described the First World War with the following sentence : « Honnêtement, j'ai apprécié la guerre » meaning “Honestly, I enjoyed the war”.
Then there's the Jack Churchill (not related to Sir Winston) from Sri Lanka, who fought with bagpipes, longbow and claymore. Among other notable things, he scored the last combat kill with the longbow. Or Digby Tatham-Warter, who went into battle wearing a bowler hat and carrying an umbrella, which he used to poke a driver of the German armored car in the eye thus disabling the car.
@@theleva7 Jack Churchill was born in Colombo in British Ceylon, which is modern-day Sri Lanka sure, but his family moved to Dormansland, Surrey, shortly after he was born. and then they moved to British Hong Kong about 5 years after that. and then back to the UK 7 years after that (specifically the Isle of Man, until he graduated high school [6 years] and went to Sandhurst). its more accurate to say he was from Surrey, the Isle of Man and Hong Kong (the 3 places he was raised) than to say he was from Sri Lanka.
@@1blackice1 They probably will at some point. There's not a lot of people with "protagonist mode" enabled, some of them already got songs dedicated to them.
@@robertcrawshaw9978 that was "Mad Jack" Churchill's way of saying he was pissed the atomic bombs robbed him of the opportunity to get in a sword fight with a Japanese officer.
As this man's polar opposite, I am glad you appreciate it. A man could only dream of being what he was. But perhaps, maybe we are better not being lost to war. Who can tell, as Sabaton themselves put it in another song.
Normal soul human being: no i can handle the war I'm bloody scared. A mad man with a honey badger soul: PTSD WHATS THAT!? NEVER HEARD OF SUCH NONSENSE!!
imagine if Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg made a Band of Brothers version of some of the smaller, but really darn epic stories like when american troops and german troops fought of a bunch of waffen-ss, or this, or a bunch of other stuff
Because the current state of Hollywood is that it's been flooded with regurgitated-for-decades garbage from Marvel and DC, them having aggressive marketing campaigns and literally not giving any breathing space to something new or creative. Because Marvel and DC are deemed safe sail and everything else outside of them is risky project. Even Avatar (that movie with blue tall aliens) was at its time seen as very risky project by CEOs of Hollywood because of Marvel's and DC's lobby being so strong. I also think that history is goldmine for awesome movie material and story of Adrian would be so awesome to watch on cinema screens.
Right?? This guy`s entire life is a war/action thriller. Same with the Battle of Castle Itter. The script is all there, perfectly written by history. It just needs a budget & a cast.
@@wyattbrown1801 The man, after fighting through the entire First World War, losing an eye and biting off his own finger, wrote in his diary "I quite enjoyed the war" So yes, he was eagerly waiting for it
The Adrian wrote In his memoirs, and described the First World War with the following sentence : « Honnêtement, j'ai apprécié la guerre » meaning “Honestly, I enjoyed the war”.
you guys need to make a song for mad jack churchill. man fought with a bow and arrow and a scottish broadsword, charged into battle in his kilt and played the bagpipes before a lot of or during his battles. a famous quote of his is "any officer who goes into battle without his sword is improperly dressed". absolute legend
Or everytime he is critical condition, death comes to him , and say not yet Adrian ... Wake Up Adrian , Your fight is not over... then Adrian wake up again
This man fought in the 2nd Boer War (and didn't care which side he was on, just wanted to fight). Then fought in WW1, literally choosing not to die. Survived a plane crash in WW2 and was a POW for like 3 years and was welcomed home as a national hero. Definition of a legend.
Some people say that he was like a main protagonist in a novel, but that is inaccurate because it implies that novel protagonists can survive the kinds of things this guy went through.
@@cameronjosephvideos5942 I'm going to try it anyway. Once I heard about this guy, I knew I had what I needed for one of my MC's. I'm thinking that if I point out that it's too insane to be fictional, people might see what I'm doing.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one whose read the book. I read it because of this song, and God damn is it amazing. My favorite part is how he just kept going to the same hospital, to the point where he had his own room and personal pajamas.
@@wetwillyis_1881 Happy odyssey its a great book.. it along with seven pillars of wisdom and to hell and back... sir carton de wiat, T. E. Lawrence, audie murphy their books make for an incredible read
"Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart, VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO ( 5 May 1880 - 5 June 1963) was a British Army officer born of Belgian and Irish parents. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" in various Commonwealth countries. He served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War. He was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; was blinded in his left eye; survived two plane crashes; tunnelled out of a prisoner-of-war camp; and tore off his own fingers when a doctor declined to amputate them. Describing his experiences in the First World War, he wrote, "Frankly I had enjoyed the war."" Jesus christ.
Theres a quote about Teddy Roosevelt that fits this guy perfectly. "Death came for him in his sleep, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight"
This man was basically shot everywhere but the heart. He still survived both world wars, and only died by old age. War might be torture for most. But for a few chosen, it is a way of life.
First I hear this song, I felt its the most underwhelming song by Sabaton But lo and behold it grew in me and after 5th replay I memorized the entire lyrics. The magic of Sabaton, lads and lasses
This man could of pursued a career as a academic but chose the army as if he knew that's where he was supposed to be, he wasn't wrong. He even fought well into old age this man was truly made for war.
I strongly recommend reading "Happy Odyssey", Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart's autobiography. The song doesn't even scrape the surface of the batshit crazy life that mad lad lived. Shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; lost his left eye; survived two plane crashes; tunnelled out of a prisoner-of-war camp; and tore off his own fingers when a doctor didn't want to amputate them. You could make a whole album just about this crazy SOB. What a fucking life.
My grandfather always said that true soldiers are born, not made and that they all have a little craziness in them. Finds out about Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart. Damn he takes craziness to a whole new level.
Love how the second "EDGE OF MADNESS" at 3:37 blasts through the previous one, as if you think the last chorus would be standard, but he's very aggressively not quite done yet. It's beautiful musical symbolism and one you can wildly shake your head to as well
When Sabaton released their first video I read his wikipedia entry it was a fascinating read. The guy was insane and when I found out he wrote an autobiography I bought it and just got it yesterday. It's a very interesting read so far and I am only on the second chapter. The forward in his autobiography is written by Winston Churchill. So yes I bought and am now reading a book because of a Sabaton song.
@Tenshi Okihana I already love history was my favorite subject in school. Sabaton help expose me to some historical events and people I haven't heard of.
"The difference between nonfiction and fiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable." - Mark Twain Sums up this fucking guy pretty well I think.
Man Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart is the true definition of the word Badass. There's simply no other way to describe him. All the shit he did in WW 1 was insane, but he also did some crazy shit in the inter-war years and achieved even crazier shit in WW 2. Truly a man that loved war and was, as the song says, unkillable. Btw fucking amazing song as always.
A relative of mine, Captain Ben Wilmot MC fought at the Somme from the first day. He was just a few Hundred yards from the Lochnagar Mine when it was detonated. He gained renown among his men for leading a hand picked group of specially trained Trench Raiders into enemy lines- Winning the Military Cross in one raid against the Prussians when he and his group destroyed several dugouts. He was 20. Hi met his death at Arras after leaving the trench he captured with a box full of hand grenades that he and his Sergeant Major used to fight off a German counter attack. They were successful, and as he was admiring his work, a single shot from a sniper hit him in the heart. He was 21. A Merchant in Peace, but a Warrior in War. He has no known grave.
>fights in WW1 >not satisfied >fights in WW2 >loses his eye, his arm, ripped his own fingers off, and got multiple other injuries >survives all of them >dies at the age of 83 (i think) >”frankly, i enjoyed the war” perfect 4chan post
and survived two plane crashes, and escaped a POW camp by digging a tunnel and disguising themselves as an Italian citizen, despite missing an eye, a hand, was covered in scars, and didn't speak Italian whatsoever... at 61. he is 100% a living greentext story
@@midnightMoonlight09 also when the palne crashed into the mediterranian sea where he was captured by the italians, he had to swim about 2 miles to the shore before they got him. he carried an unconscious comrade all the time and saved his live
@@pipopoikapelaa5468 he took an oath to the king something that no british soldier can break and if they do even today you can still be exucuted for it in britain.
Both World Wars seemed to be filled with guys like this, who seem too unbelievable to be true and any movies based on them had to be toned down because people would call 'Bullshit' over the stuff they did, even though that really did it
Socilaism seeks to make everyone the same. In countries where individualism is valued you get men like Jack Churchill, Lauri Torni (Larry Thorne), Adrian Carton de Wiart, Lewis Burwell "Chest" Puller, Leo Majors, Napoleon Bonaparte, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, George Washington, Isaac Brock, Alessandro dal Borro, Benjamin Lewis Salomon, Oda Nobunaga, Digby Tatham-Warter, etc... All of these mighty men had one thing in common. They didn't let socialist losers tell them who they were, how to think, or what they should do. They valued individuality.
@@dragoneye6229 First, I assume you mean Communism, one brand of Socialism. Second, we don't know what an achieved Communist state would be, simply because we have no point of reference. The revolution always seems to get stuck at the 'dictatorship of the proletariat', the proletariat being represented (very fairly, of course) by a party or a person. Those states have leaders and decorations, both inherently incompatible with full equality. Communist Cuba was known for its baseball achievements, the USSR for its chess players, the latter also had scientists outpacing the Americans in the Space Race. Third, you think feudal Japan valued individualism? Thank you. Just in case I needed additional evidence you don't actually know what you're talking about, I consider it duly delivered. The greats of history have just that in common: they're great at... something. Leadership, tactics, endurance, athletic ability, language, science, whatever. Society will exploit these talents, or they'll muscle their way in. That's just how it goes. I wish regimes as idealistic as what you describe existed; there is no state in the world that would discover useful talent and squash it rather than putting it to use. The kindest assessment I can give your comment is that it's not good historical practice. Abandoning restraint, but not reason, I'd call it straight up disrespectful.
So basically Adrian Carton de Wiart got shot through the eye. Survived. Got shot in the back of his head, but survived again because the bullet didn't hit his spine. Gets shot again, loses his left hand. Gets severely wounded so many times that the nurses started preparing his personal pyjiamas for when he returned once again. He got severely wounded and nearly killed at least 8 times. At last, he died. At the age of 83, due to old age. What a god.
I made a D&D character for a Strahd campaign, a Ravenfolk Forge Cleric who had gone up against Strahd several times with different parties and lost 5 times before the story picks up, with him losing an eye, part of his beak, his right arm, left leg and part of the right side of his chest, with those things being patched up with his skills as a Forge Cleric, replacing the arm, leg and part of his chest with mechanical parts, giving himself a metal tipped beak and creating an eyepatch with is first company's logo on it. I thought that that character was pushing the edge of what would be acceptable or believable. Then I found out about Adrian Carton de Wiart, an actual countryman of mine (or at least half) and was like "Christ my character is a lightweight compared to what this guy did in real life!" What an absolute madman that deserves all the respect in the world.
I could only imagine what it would be like under his command in battle. I would guess that fighting alongside him would be so encouraging since you know you have a deadly juggernaut fighting alongside you.
This man took more damage than your average D&D zealot barbarian, and just like one, didn't know the meaning of the word "Die." Absolutely lovely listen, and as always, it's great to learn about the heroes that arise in one of humanity's darkest moments. Thanks for the history lesson and glorious music, may you modern bards continue to sing and proclaim the songs and deeds of those who left their mark on history.
When Theodore Roosevelt passed away in his sleep the American vice president at the time Thomas R Marshall famously said "Death had to take him while he was sleeping. If he had been awake there would have been a fight". I imagine one of Adrian's friends said something similar when he died.
All the Sabaton songs are like, at first you don't like them for some reason, but as soon as you listen again to this song and realize the lyrics, you start to really like it and constantly plays in your head until a new song comes out, which will be even more cooler and beautiful
in an attack upon an enemy fort at Shimber Berris, Carton de Wiart was shot in the face, losing his left eye. He served on the Western Front from 1915, commanding three infantry battalions and a brigade. He was also seriously wounded seven times, losing his left hand in 1915. During the Second Battle of Ypres, the Germans launched an artillery barrage in which Carton de Wiart's left hand was shattered. According to his autobiography, Happy Odyssey, he tore off two fingers when the doctor refused to amputate them.
So everyone know him because of one eye and one hand but what about this situatuon: En route home via French Indochina, Carton de Wiart stopped in Rangoon as a guest of the army commander. Coming down stairs, he slipped on coconut matting, fell down, broke several vertebrae, and knocked himself unconscious. He was admitted to Rangoon Hospital where he was treated. Just what? This man is an absolute legend he even survive this in his old age. I have no words.
The more you read about him, the more insane and unbelivable his story gets. Carton de Wiart may very well have given death the middle finger more than any other military man in recorded history.
Saw the thumbnail image. I immediately knew it was Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart. Props to the madman and props to Sabaton for chronicling his story for the newer generation!
I've been alive for 22 fucking years, been a history buff my entire life, and constantly look into our world's past for answers to my questions. And yet I've never heard of this man before today. I feel sullied that I never did, and enlightened that I do now.
Indeed. And just like so many Polish in WW2, if you are looking for a way to get into the fight, offer your sword to the crown. There will always be a vacancy.
Ah yes, adrian carton de wiart, the pinnacle of a soldier, he doesn't back down and charges head first to his enemies with his men. And a madlad who lead 3 battalions into battle. And even when shot, he'll always comes back up... Literally
Second Bore war: *ends* Sir Adrian: "alright off to fight in the great war" Ww1/great war: *ends* Sir Adrian some years later: "alright off to fight in the Polish/Soviet war" Polish/Soviet war: *ends* Sir Adrian: "alright you know the drill" Ww2: *ends* Death: "Sir, there are no more wars, come it's time for you to finally rest" Sir Adrian: "alright but only because im letting you"
A man blessed and anointed by the Morrighan, fought 4 years, survived, the kitchen sink being thrown at him, and dies at the age of 83. This is someone that looked up and said, "Make that first shot count and, put me down boy, the next one is mine."
This man was a absolute unit just looking at his life and achievements, this is someone to look up if you are sad or depressed just for the fact that this man smiled away at all the odds thrown against him and spite in the face of danger death must have been like so salty.
I'm a Filipino history nerd, i love this band because it's uploading every new video and their songs are about historical legends that don't even have attention nowadays.
A great song. As a WW1 fanatic, I really listen to her wonderfully. Interesting song idea: about Fr. Świeykowski, who took the office of mayor during the battles near Gorlice. He helped all civilians in need, demanded as much food and other important articles as possible from the Austrian and Russian troops. He was supposed to be decorated by the Austrian government but refused. His life was saved by his monkey, whom he loved very much, and he himself saved a very old painting from the church which was completely destroyed during the offensive. He himself had problems after falling from a horse (he was paralyzed on one side of his face). This did not stop him from helping people in the hard times of the war. Greetings from Poland KuK Armee korporal
I just really wanted to thank you for spreading the legend of Sir Adrian, he was an absolute badass who deserves to be included in history lessons. His entire life is a story of resilience and determination.
Imagine fighting on so many fronts, surviving so many crashes, having escaped prison and evading for 8 days despite standing out, and in your 60's you trip on a coconut hair rug and fall off the stairs breaking 3 ribs. Now that's unexpected
@@christophervanosterI think the point is falling down the stairs is what forced him to retire. If that didn’t happen. I’m pretty sure Adrian would have fought in Korea or the Malayan Emergency.
Another undying soldier, general and just brave man was Jean Rapp, general of Napoleon, talented commander and men of good/bad fortune. In all his career he was wounded total 25 times and survived. He saw combat from sands of Egypt to frozen lands of winter Russia... and was able to tell the tale.
A man with a thirst for war, Adrian Carton De Wiart was of Belgian heritage but fought for the British Empire during WWI. Despite being injured multiple times throughout his experiences of war, he survived and became known as the ‘man who could not be killed’. Find out more about Adrian Carton De Wiart 👉 www.sabaton.net/historical-facts/sir-adrian-carton-de-wiart-dies/
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An immortal soldier finds his home
@@arksonic4557 Proven under fire
@@RobertDecker417 Under trench and wire
No fear of death, He's unshakable
In the battles when he was shot
Lots of soldiers unfortunately suffer from PTSD after they witnessed war.
War however suffered from PTSD after witnessing Adrian Carton de Wiart.
you sir are a chad
Death looking at teddy Roosevelt: "One fear"
Adrian Carton De Wiart: *exists menacingly*
Death: *"Two Fears"*
Not very many. Media populism is not reality. 🧐
XD
Wait what 19 likes
War: I fear no man, but that thing... it scares me
The bloke is the equivalent of an plot armor protagonist on a novel. He always comes back more relentless and even better
This man is the quint essential FPS main character: He survives the impossible and still grows stronger at each return to the battlefield
Have you heard of Leo Majors?
@@chonklonkthetonk9513 Yeah, Major was more like Doomguy back in the days at Zwolle.
Some have called him the reincarnation of Oudinot
He was the main character of this world and we just didn't know
This guy was held as a prisoner of war in Italy in 1941. He spent 7 months digging a tunnel, escaped captivity, and evaded the search for 8 days by disguising as an Italian citizen. He was one-handed, one-eyed, had bruises and scars and didn't speak Italian.
And he was 61.
I'm speechless at such badassery.
He also survived 2 airplane crashes, tore off his fingers when the doctor refused to amputate him, fell off a train
@@OfficialFrenchGovernment Jesus Christ
@@OfficialFrenchGovernment and then got back on
Who would win, this dude or every German soldier (no guns, no other weapons just 1 vs a couple million fist to cufs)
@@stevetheheadcrab7110 You mean taking on the German army single handed?
-He was shot in the groin, face, head, ankle, leg, hip and ear
-He was shot through the eye, losing it.
-He lost his hand
-He was wounded in the stomach
-He survived two plane crashes, swimming to shore straight after one of them.
-He tore off his own fingers when denied an amputation
-Tunneled for months with one hand, escaped the camp-of-war, evaded capture for a week, not knowing the language but pretending to be italian.
-He fell off the running train, but managed to catch up to it, get on again, and rejoin the fight
-Travelled around the world (South Africa, Somalia, France, Poland, Italy, Norway, Indonesia, Ireland, Egypt, Yugoslavia, China
-Was a friend and supporter of Poland, lived 15 years in wilderness, engaging in hunting and being a friend to a polish noble.
-Survived 3 big wars, still got to live to 83 years of age.
This man is a human incarnation of will to live and survive.
Bro popped 8 totems of undying
White death had the most confirmed kills. He couldn't let his countries surrendering stop him from fighting the Soviets alone. Over 500 confirmed kills. That Nazi who fought destroyed 6 Soviet tanks in his first fight with a scout vehicle. Would later single handedly charge a combined American and British division who reported they were being attacked by multiple divisions and retreated/gave up the fortified town in. To a single tank without any infantry backing them up.
@@ErlkingHeathcliff69XDDDD
Dbd ?? @@ErlkingHeathcliff69
And yet, I irrc it was falling down a flight of stairs that finally brought him down
This lad fought in FOUR wars! Second Boer war, WW1, Polish/Soviet war, WW2 and died at the age of 83. What a legend
He fought and lived through both world wars....... *WHAT A FUCKING LEGEND*
During WW1 he fought both in the African and European theater of war. During his time on the western front he was wounded and send to the same field hospital so many times the nurses kept one of his private pajamas, cause he was sure to show up again.
@@Alex-xt1rr complete madlad
Mind you, he also got himself a Victoria Cross in WWI on top of just simply fighting in it. Doesn't get more madlad than that.
And his death was not due to his injuries. Coronary thrombosis with arteriosclerosis.
Europe: _starts one of the most infamous wars in modern history_
Adrian Carton De Wiart: *WOOOOOH! Yeah, baby! That's what I've been waiting for, that's what it's all about!*
Adrian rising from his grave to fight for ukraine: *gremlin laughter*
*WOOOOOOOO!!!*
@@imperialguardsman5726 Imagine the Russians on a Casual patrol over parts of Occupied Ukraine having a normal day, then suddenly they see Adrian in the mist with a Glowing Yellow eye leading an Entire Army of Walking Dead German, Soviet Infantry and Tank crews, whilst Attack of the Dead Men plays Faintly in the Background
*Then he Raises his Sword towards them, and the Song Gets Louder and Louder*
*whistle blows loudly*
This guy:LETS FUCKIN GOOOOOO
@@schmeatgaming853 I dont think, that soviet infantry will fight against his grandchildren
Looking into this guy and it's insane the things he went through. He was shot 7 times, survived two plane crashes, escaped a prisoners of war camp through a tunnel that he dug. He also tore off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them.
3 actually
And fell off a train
if he ever met Ernst Junger in battle, it would be remembered for generations
He's basically an OG Chuck Norris
And fell of the stairs too
The walking embodiment of the phrase:
“Is that all you got?”
Bloody madlad
I préfère the "i Can Do this all day"
@@SpaceBoyS510 a scratch ? Your harm's of
@@misschauffarde5112 or "built different
"ONLY IN DEATH DOES DUTY END!"
@@ChaplainPhantasm what is our duty?
This man is pretty much the saying "I ain't heard no bell" taken to the end degree
Bros irl Reinhardt
The Adrian wrote In his memoirs, and described the First World War with the following sentence : « Honnêtement, j'ai apprécié la guerre » meaning “Honestly, I enjoyed the war”.
The Roman Empire
The real life Black Knight from Monty Python
"Tis but a scratch."
"A scratch? Your arm's blown off!"
Then there's the Jack Churchill (not related to Sir Winston) from Sri Lanka, who fought with bagpipes, longbow and claymore. Among other notable things, he scored the last combat kill with the longbow. Or Digby Tatham-Warter, who went into battle wearing a bowler hat and carrying an umbrella, which he used to poke a driver of the German armored car in the eye thus disabling the car.
@@theleva7 Jack Churchill was born in Colombo in British Ceylon, which is modern-day Sri Lanka sure, but his family moved to Dormansland, Surrey, shortly after he was born. and then they moved to British Hong Kong about 5 years after that. and then back to the UK 7 years after that (specifically the Isle of Man, until he graduated high school [6 years] and went to Sandhurst).
its more accurate to say he was from Surrey, the Isle of Man and Hong Kong (the 3 places he was raised) than to say he was from Sri Lanka.
@@theleva7 Sabaton ever do a song on Jack Churchill? If not they should :D
@@matthiuskoenig3378 Fair enough.
@@1blackice1 They probably will at some point. There's not a lot of people with "protagonist mode" enabled, some of them already got songs dedicated to them.
“Frankly, I enjoyed the war” - Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart
Frankly, I enjoyed the song
@@robertcrawshaw9978 that was "Mad Jack" Churchill's way of saying he was pissed the atomic bombs robbed him of the opportunity to get in a sword fight with a Japanese officer.
@@GhostBear3067 their battle would've been legendary
@@PirateCat822 MEMORIES BROKEN THE TRUTH GOES UNSPOKEN I'VE EVEN FORGOTTEN MY NAAAAAAAAME
@@GhostBear3067 that would have been legendary to see
Read about him years ago, suffered multiple injuries and fought through the whole war and at the end, Overall I had a good time.
Imagine being such a legend that 100 years later bards will still shout your tale
That's basically sabaton
@@rivahoukes1554 Fr
"Shout your tale" 😄 Ye bards of old never contemplated Sabaton
Status update: Adrian Carton De Wiart has entered Valhalla.
@@immortaljanus He freaking EARNED his place there. If this were Fate, I'd wouldn't be surprised if he became a Heroic Spirit.
Death in 1963: "Do you know why I am here?"
Adrian: "Cause I let you"
Death: "yes, sir"
Adrian: "Cause i'm bored, there are no more wars to fight, anything going on in the next world?"
He beat life so he decided to restart on a harder difficulty.
New Game Plus
@@eagleotto2527 He strikes me as one of the few who if told he could reincarnate would _ask_ to be sent to another war.
I would like to submit this man as evidence that animals can reincarnate as humans.
A man with the soul of a honey badger.
I agree with that.
& Honeybadger don't give a shit!
As this man's polar opposite, I am glad you appreciate it.
A man could only dream of being what he was.
But perhaps, maybe we are better not being lost to war. Who can tell, as Sabaton themselves put it in another song.
Normal soul human being: no i can handle the war I'm bloody scared.
A mad man with a honey badger soul: PTSD WHATS THAT!? NEVER HEARD OF SUCH NONSENSE!!
Without objection, this is entered into the evidence and public record. We may proceed....
I honestly don’t know how Hollywood keeps coming out with trash when history is littered with incredible people like this…
because it would be impossible to work in a m*rvel tier quirky protagonist without this guy’s spirit fucking smiting them or something
imagine if Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg made a Band of Brothers version of some of the smaller, but really darn epic stories
like when american troops and german troops fought of a bunch of waffen-ss, or this, or a bunch of other stuff
Because the current state of Hollywood is that it's been flooded with regurgitated-for-decades garbage from Marvel and DC, them having aggressive marketing campaigns and literally not giving any breathing space to something new or creative. Because Marvel and DC are deemed safe sail and everything else outside of them is risky project. Even Avatar (that movie with blue tall aliens) was at its time seen as very risky project by CEOs of Hollywood because of Marvel's and DC's lobby being so strong.
I also think that history is goldmine for awesome movie material and story of Adrian would be so awesome to watch on cinema screens.
@Aditya Chavarkar as if 15 superhero movies per year aren't already redundant?
Right?? This guy`s entire life is a war/action thriller. Same with the Battle of Castle Itter. The script is all there, perfectly written by history. It just needs a budget & a cast.
Sir Adrian, the embodiment of "It's gonna take a lot more than that to put me down."
Probably lied on the ground in his own blood shouting "try harder!"
@@Cha-Khia "i Can Do this all day"
Sir Adrian: Then let god strike me down
(Sir Adrian gets struck by lighting)
Sir Adrian: HA NICE TRY JACK ASS NEXT TIME GIVE IT YOUR A GAME!.
@@michaelkean5969 god: stairs
Adrian: ....bitch
Sir Adrian would be Adrian the first, the king of Belgium, who was also fighting on the front lines of ww1
I don't know if this guy was incredibly brave or incredibly crazy. He makes a great story though
He was both, and he was smart.
Well, Odin comes in many forms.
I am not saying I believe in Odin. It's just that... He looks like Odin with that eyepatch.
Allfather is god of war and perseverance so....yeah it may be his avatar or the champion of Odin and Týr
"Crazy or brave, will he end in the grave, as he is giving his life, as his honor dictates".
@@patrykjaros3631 YES! YES! HELLO, SIR!
Reading that man's Wikipedia page was a journey.
Best part was finding out that he spent _15 years_ just chilling in a swamp in Eastern Poland.
Russian walks in:
_what are ye doing in my swamp_
@@cameronnewton7053 "It's MY swamp now, bitch!!!"
@@cameronnewton7053
I imagine his reply was along the lines of:
"Waiting for the next war."
@@wyattbrown1801 The man, after fighting through the entire First World War, losing an eye and biting off his own finger, wrote in his diary "I quite enjoyed the war"
So yes, he was eagerly waiting for it
His goals where beyond the understanding of us mere mortals
Frankly, I enjoyed the song.
- Every Sabaton fan
Personally not me
@@thesilverreich3947 -ever imperial german soldier seeing this man
@@thesilverreich3947 dint expect much from a germanboo
Yes.
The Adrian wrote In his memoirs, and described the First World War with the following sentence : « Honnêtement, j'ai apprécié la guerre » meaning “Honestly, I enjoyed the war”.
you guys need to make a song for mad jack churchill. man fought with a bow and arrow and a scottish broadsword, charged into battle in his kilt and played the bagpipes before a lot of or during his battles. a famous quote of his is "any officer who goes into battle without his sword is improperly dressed". absolute legend
You missed an important detail. He charged the beaches in Normandy with his sword. Thats badassery.
yeah guy was the epitome of badass.
Weird part is he’s not even Scottish lmao
@@falkeholz1459 the longbow is like the Union Jack, universally english. I'm unsure but the sword though
Isn't that the same motherfucker who brought an umbrella into battle or am i mad
"Those who try to escape death, shall meet death. Those who seek death, will become immortal."
-the guy in the song probably
he did not seek death, death made sure to stay far away until he was old enough to not be able to fight back
@@UktHrll Wrong! Death still asked for permission to finally get him. And Carton just said: "Yep, old chap, now you're allowed to get me."
Or everytime he is critical condition, death comes to him , and say not yet Adrian ... Wake Up Adrian , Your fight is not over... then Adrian wake up again
I'm thinking that, when he died, he just logged off and never touched the game again. To this day, us NPCs are still waiting for him to log back in.
He was a casual player who only showed up for the two biggest events in the game and then got bored.
Don’t worry a new update will come soon
Lol
he found a better game to play lol
Mabe, he is actualy waiting for part 3 of the campain?
This man fought in the 2nd Boer War (and didn't care which side he was on, just wanted to fight). Then fought in WW1, literally choosing not to die. Survived a plane crash in WW2 and was a POW for like 3 years and was welcomed home as a national hero. Definition of a legend.
Actually, he survived multiple plane crashes.
Can we just talk for a second on how damn catchy that galloping riff is. It has been stuck in my head for weeks.
Feel free to do so Brian 🤘🏼
It is catchy
This is such a hook and I can't wait till they come back to Houston so I can see this song live I bet the crowd hoes wild singing it
@@SabatonSabaton will you ever come to Israel I will be so happy to hear you
It fits for me since he mentions riding and a love of boar hunts at a young age
I think they really put "power" in power metal quite well. The blood just pumps away.
This is a nice way of putting it 😉
@@Sabaton As I always say to all people around me "they are fine and cool souls!".
YOU ARE COOL, SABATON! 🤘🏻
ROCK ON!
@@Sabaton And... Tell Joakim, I said hi!
@@Chrominator2004 who takes care of their youtube channel? 🤔
@@TheBrickagon I dunno! I wish I was one of the commentators of their RUclips Channel. If I knew, I would tell.
Some people say that he was like a main protagonist in a novel, but that is inaccurate because it implies that novel protagonists can survive the kinds of things this guy went through.
Agreed , MC are just sideline characters compared to that madlad
He would make a perfect video game protagonist
Truth is stranger than fiction!
Yeah, people would yell plot armour if any fictional character went through all this and survived.
@@cameronjosephvideos5942
I'm going to try it anyway. Once I heard about this guy, I knew I had what I needed for one of my MC's. I'm thinking that if I point out that it's too insane to be fictional, people might see what I'm doing.
He will never truly be dead, when the skeleton war starts he will be one of the first.
Lets hope its Skeleton with us or we are fucked considering
The death man army, Jack Churchill, ernest hemmingway and him would be there
He'll be riding on the back of Mad Jack Churchill's motorcycle shooting.
@@jakoblent4694 Don't forget Leo Major. He took an occupied town from the Germans in WW2 BY HIMSELF.
@@jakoblent4694 might as well add Digby Tatham, Wojtek, that one dentist, Tony Stein, and Desmond Dess for support
@@Ilovepeggleohyeah100 ohh god the ultimate Skeleton army
His memoirs are a MUST read. The people he met, the places he saw, and the things he did are legend.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one whose read the book. I read it because of this song, and God damn is it amazing. My favorite part is how he just kept going to the same hospital, to the point where he had his own room and personal pajamas.
@@wetwillyis_1881 Happy odyssey its a great book.. it along with seven pillars of wisdom and to hell and back... sir carton de wiat, T. E. Lawrence, audie murphy their books make for an incredible read
"Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart, VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO ( 5 May 1880 - 5 June 1963) was a British Army officer born of Belgian and Irish parents. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" in various Commonwealth countries. He served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War. He was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; was blinded in his left eye; survived two plane crashes; tunnelled out of a prisoner-of-war camp; and tore off his own fingers when a doctor declined to amputate them. Describing his experiences in the First World War, he wrote, "Frankly I had enjoyed the war.""
Jesus christ.
@@Fedorahatter My friend he is War
God invented War so men and women like Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart would be entertained.
@@TheAKgunner He invented it to keep People like him from taking over the world
This man is a video game character.
@@fastsnake1 nah he’s the protagonist
Theres a quote about Teddy Roosevelt that fits this guy perfectly. "Death came for him in his sleep, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight"
Wasn't that quote said by Roosevelt's VP?
@@Necronmage Roosevelt wasn’t president when he died so he didn’t have a vp
It was said by Thomas Riley Marshall, VP of Woodrow Wilson.
This man was basically shot everywhere but the heart. He still survived both world wars, and only died by old age.
War might be torture for most. But for a few chosen, it is a way of life.
I honestly think the worst day in Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart’s life was November 11, 1918. The day the war ended, he lost his home.
Everywhere but his heart
And that’s what kept him going
The will to fight in his heart stood strong and never wavered
I don't think so, because he quite literally enjoyed war...
He probably died in his sleep, or else he would've fought back... Again.
That's how it is.
He doesn't fear death, death fears him
Death was really busy with acumulate job to take care of a madlad in those times
@@Macharius89 Sir Adrian kept Death very busy.
@@Macharius89 i mean you're not wrong, many people died during ww1 and ww2 so I'd say death was pretty busy and forgot this madlad
He was the OG Chick Norris
He was like an avatar of death instead.
This man is the living embodiment of the saying: "Those who seek death shall live"
"I swear I killed that guy 8 times already!" - some panicked German, probably
Attack of dead men: not bad, finally a worth opponent😆😆
Me when the mosquito comes back after I'm sure i murdered it
"How many times have you died? I'm impressed."
"Dude I'm practically spawn camping this guy, why is he not dead?!" Some German probably
"He's gotta be using mods bro I swear!" -some German, panic loading his gun
I said it once, Imma keep saying it again and again....his story deserves a movie.
I know right
Nah they would turn it into shit unless Mel Gibson directs it
First I hear this song, I felt its the most underwhelming song by Sabaton
But lo and behold it grew in me and after 5th replay I memorized the entire lyrics. The magic of Sabaton, lads and lasses
Well. Pirates find each other, one way or another.
I felt the same way with Steel Commanders. At first it felt meh but it really grew on me.
We are so glad to read it grew on you 😎
@@Sabaton You lot are fine and cool souls!
Cheers on you!
It's sadly still underwhelming for me
This man could of pursued a career as a academic but chose the army as if he knew that's where he was supposed to be, he wasn't wrong. He even fought well into old age this man was truly made for war.
God: So, where did I put Satan's Bane?
Random Angel: Wait, you mean the soul we just sent to Earth?
@@JonathanToolonie God: Bruh. Guess I'll have to let it have free arbitry then. I guess.
@@JonathanToolonie God: Oh for my sake, I'll just turn on invincibility for him
This guy is the embodiment of "I didn't hear no bell"
Or maybe, this LITERAL GOD is Frank Woods from Call of Duty
This man had literal plot armor
A true anime protagonist
Or just magic power or JUST PURE LUCK!
@@Chrominator2004 pure luck is typically considered plot armour, is it not?
@@hoop6988 I did not know that. My apologies, your badjesty.
@@Chrominator2004 your welcome.
I strongly recommend reading "Happy Odyssey", Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart's autobiography. The song doesn't even scrape the surface of the batshit crazy life that mad lad lived.
Shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; lost his left eye; survived two plane crashes; tunnelled out of a prisoner-of-war camp; and tore off his own fingers when a doctor didn't want to amputate them.
You could make a whole album just about this crazy SOB.
What a fucking life.
Also jumped off a moving train while fighting
@@roncyrebello6407 and jumped back on it
That man had a serious vicious issue with adrenaline.
@@roncyrebello6407 he fell off the train I thought
@@blackvial my bad he really did fell off
this man is the definition of "I am bulletproof!"
"He outsmarted boolet"
He was more like "I don't care", because he still got many severe injuries.
Im f**cking invincible *red sun starts playing*
0:18 "Back in europe then straight to france, He's joining the allied advance!" this is in my opinion one of the best parts of the song, what a start.
My grandfather always said that true soldiers are born, not made and that they all have a little craziness in them.
Finds out about Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart.
Damn he takes craziness to a whole new level.
Love how the second "EDGE OF MADNESS" at 3:37 blasts through the previous one, as if you think the last chorus would be standard, but he's very aggressively not quite done yet. It's beautiful musical symbolism and one you can wildly shake your head to as well
I love this song, you can just imagine the wild charge.
I absolutely agree. Also, GET THE FUCK OUTTA THIS REPLY SECTION YOU BOTS
@@raf6029 report them and ignore
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This song is amazing but the dude behind it is even more amazing. Props to Sabaton and those who've fought!
@Jorj Adrian Carton de Wiart
Who*
@Jorj Ah, thank you.
This man was the quite literally the living meaning of “built different”
When Sabaton released their first video I read his wikipedia entry it was a fascinating read. The guy was insane and when I found out he wrote an autobiography I bought it and just got it yesterday. It's a very interesting read so far and I am only on the second chapter.
The forward in his autobiography is written by Winston Churchill.
So yes I bought and am now reading a book because of a Sabaton song.
What is the book called?
@@zman-wh8gj Happy Odyssey.
@Tenshi Okihana I already love history was my favorite subject in school. Sabaton help expose me to some historical events and people I haven't heard of.
That is probably the best complement they can get.
@@thepayne7862 look into what a monster Churchill was
To think there was somebody more crazier than Mad Jack himself.
"The difference between nonfiction and fiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable." - Mark Twain
Sums up this fucking guy pretty well I think.
Man Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart is the true definition of the word Badass. There's simply no other way to describe him. All the shit he did in WW 1 was insane, but he also did some crazy shit in the inter-war years and achieved even crazier shit in WW 2. Truly a man that loved war and was, as the song says, unkillable. Btw fucking amazing song as always.
Just imagine, if you are a Necromancer and you raise this guy, he would become your most OP Death Knight
Forget death knight, he would be a king of death.
@@timothyhenrichsen4979 The King of Death? Scratch that. He will be the Death itself.
@@please_be_an_operator_soon Fair enough.
A relative of mine, Captain Ben Wilmot MC fought at the Somme from the first day. He was just a few Hundred yards from the Lochnagar Mine when it was detonated. He gained renown among his men for leading a hand picked group of specially trained Trench Raiders into enemy lines- Winning the Military Cross in one raid against the Prussians when he and his group destroyed several dugouts. He was 20. Hi met his death at Arras after leaving the trench he captured with a box full of hand grenades that he and his Sergeant Major used to fight off a German counter attack. They were successful, and as he was admiring his work, a single shot from a sniper hit him in the heart. He was 21. A Merchant in Peace, but a Warrior in War. He has no known grave.
>fights in WW1
>not satisfied
>fights in WW2
>loses his eye, his arm, ripped his own fingers off, and got multiple other injuries
>survives all of them
>dies at the age of 83 (i think)
>”frankly, i enjoyed the war”
perfect 4chan post
he lost his eye and hand in the first world war actually. didnt stop him from signing up for ww2.
and survived two plane crashes, and escaped a POW camp by digging a tunnel and disguising themselves as an Italian citizen, despite missing an eye, a hand, was covered in scars, and didn't speak Italian whatsoever... at 61.
he is 100% a living greentext story
@@midnightMoonlight09 also when the palne crashed into the mediterranian sea where he was captured by the italians, he had to swim about 2 miles to the shore before they got him. he carried an unconscious comrade all the time and saved his live
@@midnightMoonlight09 it was actually 5 planes not 2 crashes
@@Jpx0999 Yeah but only 2 were he felt really in danger
This man is a bossfight. That solo is amazing 2:50
“How did this guy not die?”
* Son of Belgium and Ireland *
Ah I think I understand now
He even has war in his blood
By design he was made for the frontline!
I'm More suprised he wasn't fighting the British.
@@pipopoikapelaa5468 he took an oath to the king something that no british soldier can break and if they do even today you can still be exucuted for it in britain.
@@cloaker1619 Yeah, I know that. I just meant that it's a suprise he wasn't fighting the British, taken that hes irish.
This song fills me with happiness and power to start the day. THANK YOU SABATON!!! YOU ARE THE BEST LADS
Very Believeable.
Why there are so weird replies under my comment?
@@patrykjaros3631 Spam Bots son, they spam in response to emotional trauma
@@walker9walker98 Now that's a good meme, Exquisite.
My guy is the the literal defenition of " i ain't hear no bell"
Man he was good
Both World Wars seemed to be filled with guys like this, who seem too unbelievable to be true and any movies based on them had to be toned down because people would call 'Bullshit' over the stuff they did, even though that really did it
Ww1: Adrian Carton De Wiart, Alvin York
Ww2: Adrian Carton De Wiart, Mad Jack, Desmond Doss, Audie Murphy, Lauri Törni
@@thenexus8384 Yes!
Socilaism seeks to make everyone the same. In countries where individualism is valued you get men like Jack Churchill, Lauri Torni (Larry Thorne), Adrian Carton de Wiart, Lewis Burwell "Chest" Puller, Leo Majors, Napoleon Bonaparte, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, George Washington, Isaac Brock, Alessandro dal Borro, Benjamin Lewis Salomon, Oda Nobunaga, Digby Tatham-Warter, etc...
All of these mighty men had one thing in common. They didn't let socialist losers tell them who they were, how to think, or what they should do. They valued individuality.
That’s the thing though, someone once said something along the lines of “Fiction has to be believable, history does not.”
@@dragoneye6229 First, I assume you mean Communism, one brand of Socialism.
Second, we don't know what an achieved Communist state would be, simply because we have no point of reference. The revolution always seems to get stuck at the 'dictatorship of the proletariat', the proletariat being represented (very fairly, of course) by a party or a person. Those states have leaders and decorations, both inherently incompatible with full equality. Communist Cuba was known for its baseball achievements, the USSR for its chess players, the latter also had scientists outpacing the Americans in the Space Race.
Third, you think feudal Japan valued individualism? Thank you. Just in case I needed additional evidence you don't actually know what you're talking about, I consider it duly delivered.
The greats of history have just that in common: they're great at... something. Leadership, tactics, endurance, athletic ability, language, science, whatever. Society will exploit these talents, or they'll muscle their way in. That's just how it goes. I wish regimes as idealistic as what you describe existed; there is no state in the world that would discover useful talent and squash it rather than putting it to use.
The kindest assessment I can give your comment is that it's not good historical practice. Abandoning restraint, but not reason, I'd call it straight up disrespectful.
the only thing that could claim this man was old age even in death his memory still lives this man truly is unkillable
to steal a quote that's about Theodore Roosevelt,
death had to take him in his sleep, as otherwise there would've been a fight
This man probably would be the only immortal in the world simply because he kicked death's ass and took his place.
So basically Adrian Carton de Wiart got shot through the eye. Survived.
Got shot in the back of his head, but survived again because the bullet didn't hit his spine.
Gets shot again, loses his left hand.
Gets severely wounded so many times that the nurses started preparing his personal pyjiamas for when he returned once again.
He got severely wounded and nearly killed at least 8 times.
At last, he died.
At the age of 83, due to old age.
What a god.
If this was ancient times, you could bet this legend is sitting on a throne as the new god of war.
I made a D&D character for a Strahd campaign, a Ravenfolk Forge Cleric who had gone up against Strahd several times with different parties and lost 5 times before the story picks up, with him losing an eye, part of his beak, his right arm, left leg and part of the right side of his chest, with those things being patched up with his skills as a Forge Cleric, replacing the arm, leg and part of his chest with mechanical parts, giving himself a metal tipped beak and creating an eyepatch with is first company's logo on it.
I thought that that character was pushing the edge of what would be acceptable or believable.
Then I found out about Adrian Carton de Wiart, an actual countryman of mine (or at least half) and was like "Christ my character is a lightweight compared to what this guy did in real life!"
What an absolute madman that deserves all the respect in the world.
death decided to wait till he was sure he was dead this time
Death had to take him sleeping, had he been awake he would have fought... & Won.
death pokes his body with a stick to check his not being played@@AllyStrikesBack
So Sabaton, do you want a music video or lyric video for this song?
Sabaton: Yes
That's kinda sums up all of their lyric videos. I mean, that is why they are special.
I wish The Unkillable Soldier and Mad Jack met, would be a truly legendary friendship
Add Ernest Hemmingway for the death tried trio and we got a group
I could only imagine what it would be like under his command in battle. I would guess that fighting alongside him would be so encouraging since you know you have a deadly juggernaut fighting alongside you.
He did seem to be a bullet magnet. I guess his men thought the closer i am to this guy, the safer I'll be.
You charge with the envoy of death himself.
This man took more damage than your average D&D zealot barbarian, and just like one, didn't know the meaning of the word "Die."
Absolutely lovely listen, and as always, it's great to learn about the heroes that arise in one of humanity's darkest moments. Thanks for the history lesson and glorious music, may you modern bards continue to sing and proclaim the songs and deeds of those who left their mark on history.
More like skalds, but yes, agreed!
What damage I just keep getting possessed or charmed
Sir Adrian Carton is the reason soldiers with eye patches are badass!!
Those are pirates.
@@balazsfenyes3880 They don't count.
Leo Major approves
solid snake
@@takebacktheholyland9306 correction: Naked Snake/ Big Boss.
Older Big Boss even looks like him.
When Theodore Roosevelt passed away in his sleep the American vice president at the time Thomas R Marshall famously said "Death had to take him while he was sleeping. If he had been awake there would have been a fight". I imagine one of Adrian's friends said something similar when he died.
All the Sabaton songs are like, at first you don't like them for some reason, but as soon as you listen again to this song and realize the lyrics, you start to really like it and constantly plays in your head until a new song comes out, which will be even more cooler and beautiful
The few times there has been a Sabaton song i haven't liked, it has stuck.
Some songs i have been meh on starting out, but have grown on me.
Its called the sabaton paradox
in an attack upon an enemy fort at Shimber Berris, Carton de Wiart was shot in the face, losing his left eye. He served on the Western Front from 1915, commanding three infantry battalions and a brigade. He was also seriously wounded seven times, losing his left hand in 1915.
During the Second Battle of Ypres, the Germans launched an artillery barrage in which Carton de Wiart's left hand was shattered. According to his autobiography, Happy Odyssey, he tore off two fingers when the doctor refused to amputate them.
So everyone know him because of one eye and one hand but what about this situatuon: En route home via French Indochina, Carton de Wiart stopped in Rangoon as a guest of the army commander. Coming down stairs, he slipped on coconut matting, fell down, broke several vertebrae, and knocked himself unconscious. He was admitted to Rangoon Hospital where he was treated.
Just what? This man is an absolute legend he even survive this in his old age. I have no words.
This is the definition of "oops"
It's normal to have tears in your eyes when you listen to a story like this in a Sabaton song, right?
I would think so. Judy like how Sabaton can make me patriotic for a country I don't live in.
no, u pssy
I love the image of de Wiart at 0:47 because he looks like an elegant pirate. Absolute legend.
He kinda looks like... An austrian painter... You know who...
@@Chrominator2004 Better Moustache.
He wore it better@@Chrominator2004
The more you read about him, the more insane and unbelivable his story gets. Carton de Wiart may very well have given death the middle finger more than any other military man in recorded history.
This guy, Alvin York, Audie Murphy, and Lauri Torni would be unstoppable.
Put them all on the same side and I would absolutely feel bad for the poor fools who will face them.
Simo (not even gonna attempt to spell his last name), Desmond Doss, Roy Bennevedaz and Mad Jack as well
Add Francis Pegahmagabow to that list
*a-team theme music starts playing*
@@thenexus8384 Simo häyhä
Saw the thumbnail image. I immediately knew it was Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart. Props to the madman and props to Sabaton for chronicling his story for the newer generation!
I've been alive for 22 fucking years, been a history buff my entire life, and constantly look into our world's past for answers to my questions. And yet I've never heard of this man before today. I feel sullied that I never did, and enlightened that I do now.
Couldn't have said it better Adrian Carton De Wiart an immortal soldier. This guy was surely born to fight, this is my favourite Sabaton song.
Uwielbiam wasze piosenki można sobie wyobrazić to co kiedyś było
damn all answers are from bots
@@countrye4496 how they shot through the eye(boys)
Me and the men : we'll never die
A wielu nawet nie wie że facet pokochał Polskę a nie był Polakiem. To zaszczyt wiedzieć że taki 'świrus' uznał nas kraj za godny.
Supcio są
@@sebagab9795 patrząc na naszych ułanów co byli w stanie odwalić to nic dziwnego że polubił Polaków
A proper song for a legend.
He lived almost 20 years in Poland... He know how brave We are... in my opinion he has Ireland and Belgium blood... and Polish soul...
Indeed. And just like so many Polish in WW2, if you are looking for a way to get into the fight, offer your sword to the crown. There will always be a vacancy.
Belgium and Ireland look like the middle East nowadays and Poland looks like Romania nowadays
@@thesilverreich3947 i don't understand
@@stefanbirlog4622 the native population is changing unnaturally
Спасибо за ещё один шедевр!
Ты прям магнит для девушек самой старой профессии :D
@@Твинк-ч4н да тут все такие
Ah yes, adrian carton de wiart, the pinnacle of a soldier, he doesn't back down and charges head first to his enemies with his men. And a madlad who lead 3 battalions into battle. And even when shot, he'll always comes back up... Literally
Legendary 🤘
"i can do this all day"
This fits perfectly into his story
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'The war's over'?!"
Second Bore war: *ends*
Sir Adrian: "alright off to fight in the great war"
Ww1/great war: *ends*
Sir Adrian some years later: "alright off to fight in the Polish/Soviet war"
Polish/Soviet war: *ends*
Sir Adrian: "alright you know the drill"
Ww2: *ends*
Death: "Sir, there are no more wars, come it's time for you to finally rest"
Sir Adrian: "alright but only because im letting you"
A man blessed and anointed by the Morrighan, fought 4 years, survived, the kitchen sink being thrown at him, and dies at the age of 83. This is someone that looked up and said, "Make that first shot count and, put me down boy, the next one is mine."
This man was a absolute unit just looking at his life and achievements, this is someone to look up if you are sad or depressed just for the fact that this man smiled away at all the odds thrown against him and spite in the face of danger death must have been like so salty.
I know, If this man can smile after seeing that much death and chaos, then we too can survive what we are going on with life
I'm a Filipino history nerd, i love this band because it's uploading every new video and their songs are about historical legends that don't even have attention nowadays.
This man was a real life FMA Wrath!! And can we talk about the drums???? Hannes is KILLING it in this!!!
YES
Legendary never dies.
Sabaton killing it as always 😭👌🏼
They failed to kill Indy tho.
Of course!
Not this time, he's immortal!
As always🤝🏻
"I enjoyed the war" holy hell
this song holds a place in my heart. it was published around the same time i felt like i belong. i love this song so much
There is nothing like reading our songs really mean something to you guys. Thanks for sharing it with us 🤘
The greatest way of learning history.
Partly the greatest way. Books and Sabaton makes up the most.
A great song. As a WW1 fanatic, I really listen to her wonderfully.
Interesting song idea: about Fr. Świeykowski, who took the office of mayor during the battles near Gorlice. He helped all civilians in need, demanded as much food and other important articles as possible from the Austrian and Russian troops. He was supposed to be decorated by the Austrian government but refused.
His life was saved by his monkey, whom he loved very much, and he himself saved a very old painting from the church which was completely destroyed during the offensive. He himself had problems after falling from a horse (he was paralyzed on one side of his face). This did not stop him from helping people in the hard times of the war.
Greetings from Poland
KuK Armee korporal
War can create monsters...... but it will always create Saints and Legends
They could also do one on Micheal Collins who was the main reason Ireland got it’s independence
you can send this suggestion to their official website
@@KaiservonKrieger Definitely sounds like the sort of thing they'd be interested in.
this is what happens when a honey badger reincarnated as a human
LOL
Honey badger? Hell, this is the guy Stan Lee heard about before he came up with Wolverine
😂😂😂😂
I just really wanted to thank you for spreading the legend of Sir Adrian, he was an absolute badass who deserves to be included in history lessons. His entire life is a story of resilience and determination.
Imagine fighting on so many fronts, surviving so many crashes, having escaped prison and evading for 8 days despite standing out, and in your 60's you trip on a coconut hair rug and fall off the stairs breaking 3 ribs.
Now that's unexpected
But he survives a fall breaking 3 ribs in his 60s. Not a lot of people would survive that
Fucker still survived the ordeal till he died 83, because of age.
@@christophervanosterI think the point is falling down the stairs is what forced him to retire. If that didn’t happen. I’m pretty sure Adrian would have fought in Korea or the Malayan Emergency.
I love how triumphant this song sounds
The illustrations of Sir Adrian is absolutely amazing. Are they made exclusively for Sabaton or where can I find more of that artist?
I think this was made for the vid only
Another undying soldier, general and just brave man was Jean Rapp, general of Napoleon, talented commander and men of good/bad fortune.
In all his career he was wounded total 25 times and survived. He saw combat from sands of Egypt to frozen lands of winter Russia... and was able to tell the tale.