82ND ALL THE WAY // Sabaton // Historian Reaction

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[@historygeek0018]

My best recommendation is the song To Hell and Back. It's about Audie Murphy, the most decorated U.S. soldier of all time, and his fight with PTSD.

[@HeyNobody_OG]

One of my favourite songs that one is

[@p3chv0gel22]

A SHORT MAN FROM TEXAS

[@f22roro8]

my fav

[@boostfrog]

Integrating his own poetry into the lyrics is what really gets me about To Hell and Back. Just such a well done song, trying to honor everything he achieved, even the musical allusion to his movies.

[@diefranzi]

@@p3chv0gel22 A MAN OF THE WILD

[@vincentsantangelo3920]

germans: "lets charge him with out bayonets, he can't shoot all of us" York: "Its HIIIIGH NOON"

[@theimmortaldavefuckinmiller]

“How iz ze six men doing” “Sir ze men Ez dead”

[@swamihernandez5408]

1 thing I wanna point out is that he was in the *328th* not the *338th* , this was an error when recording, when doing live performances they correctly say *328th* . The 338th is part of the 85th Infantry Division.

[@MDMetal]

This song was the only time I caught Sabaton doing an OOPS. "Joined the ranks as a private assigned to 338th" should be "328th" for York's regiment in the 82nd. Credit where credit is due, they realized their mistake and corrected it in their Live performances. They're still my favorite band. 🤘😁🍺

[@swamihernandez5408]

Can you do Devil Dogs? Really good song talking about the Marines and the Battle of Belleau Wood, and how they gained their nickname of "Teufel Hunden" - Devil Dog.

[@Tastatur13]

It's "Teufelshunde" in german.

[@swamihernandez5408]

@@Tastatur13 yeah lol thanks for correcting me.

[@kaistasch1507]

Gotta say Yorks Story is quite a inspiring one

[@cana0]

There is a SabatonHistory epusode about him, very cool

[@atomicsquid9836]

Certified badass.

[@Drag0nvil]

How about a reaction to the sabayon history episode on 'inmate 4859' Sad as the content of the story is, in a way it is really impressive what the guy attempted to do. Making that one of the history episodes which stuck to me the most. And to me the song just like Witold underappreciated

[@JacobLDere]

Another fact is that Witold Pilecki's report was the first, that informed Allies about the Holocaust

[@sonlen796]

One of my favorite minor anecdotes about this song is that the Alvin York memorial held a commemoration ceremony honoring his service, and Sabaton sent a signed copy of the album which is now framed in the museum. At the ceremony they presented the signed album to the family, which included several descendants and also I believe York's son, and they listened to the song. Imagine your dad does something really cool 100 years ago and you get to hear a metal band from Sweden right a song about your dad.

[@Lucas-Stl]

Now I have to recommend Amaranthe’s cover of this song for a compare. Also went through your library as far as I could so I’m not sure but, Ima suggest Sabaton’s Devil Dogs. 😁

[@antondemeyer5755]

the amaranthe one is a straight up banger. Totally recommend too

[@rockycockatoo7944]

I'd recommend panzerkampf and aces in exile, but anything by sabaton is awasome, loving the historian take on sabaton songs

[@wilholloway2924]

If he eventually does Panzerkampf, I'd love to see him watch the Radio Tapok video after.

[@mikkaelrodriguez1770]

The 82d is actually on an 18 hr and wheels up constant readiness, just FYI the reason why they are The All Americans, is because they were the first Airborne unit that actually had members from every state and background. Former and very proud member of the 80 deuce. Airborne ALL THE WAY!!!!!

[@johnthomas2485]

No, they got the nickname in WW1 because while most units were raised from National Guard units and were quite regional, some PR type noticed the 82 Infantry had soldiers from every state and a story was written in the papers.

[@blackstone777]

Knowing Sgt York's story, it's incredible to me how he had to make a decision: fight or die. He wrestled with his faith up to that one point. from what I understand, the "turning point" was when he saw friends of his being cut down by machine guns. I can imagine him, shaking with anger and fear. In his head, saying to himself "what do I do?" his conflict between non-violence and faith in God vs taking action against an enemy who will kill him and his friends.....and springs into action to save his men.

[@davidwoodard4113]

I've been a history nut since I was a kid. Mostly Arthurian legends and WW2. I joined the Army partly to learn what it was to be a soldier so I could understand the history I read better. I learn something new everyday and I love it.

[@johanmilde]

I just realised that with the M1911 only holding 7+1 bullets, York was either really good at making his shots count - or he managed to reload while being charged. Impressive either way.

[@kiplingslastcat]

I grew up hero worshiping Alvin York. I had never heard this song before. It gave me chills and brought a tear or two to my eye. Thanks for sharing this with me.

[@TYinNH]

Shiroyama and the last stand of the Samurai!! Great song but a really sad story.

[@valentinlemaire9699]

I think "Resist and Bite" could be a good one too!

[@matsi1944]

Belgian heroes

[@Chris09978]

Dude, the 40 men was soo good that Germans legit asked them, where’s the rest of ya, Belgians just said look around you we were all Another fact about them holder the Belgian border was that they had a second order from the command center and it was basically to retreat but since that the Germans cut off their communications and never reached the 40 who were fighting

[@p3chv0gel22]

My girlfriend was writing an essay about the role of the USA in the argonne during WWI, when i came in the room, headphones on, singen 82nd all the way

[@p3chv0gel22]

@Wesley Maxfield i think it was something like "As much as i like Sabaton, just shut the f&#€ up, i need to think"

[@Drag0nvil]

@@p3chv0gel22 poor unlucky bird :(

[@clairlestrange]

Sabaton did quite a few songs about individual people, and all of them are great. For example there's 'the red baron' (which you already covered), 'to hell and back' about Audrey Murphy, 'white death' about, well, the withe death (I think his actual name was samu häya), 'soldier of three armies' about lauri törni and 'inmate 4859' about witold pileki. There's also 'Hearts of iron' which is more or less about Walter wenck and the whole carolus Rex Album where everything is about the rise and fall of Karl the XII of Sweden.

[@diefranzi]

White Death was Simo Häyha :D

[@tbayspotting]

@vth it’s HMCS Haida from discord and I get what you are talking about with the areas of expertise. I can barley name facts about the civil war, however ask me anything regarding the European theatre in wwii and to an extent the pacific theatre I can answer. Great speech on that and I’m looking forward to more reaction videos. As well if you do do the last stand it’s a great song music wise. Idk a whole lot about the actual events that it’s based on though

[@russcohen471]

I learn so much from you. You're doing just fine. Your delivery of information is outstanding!

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Thanks Russ!

[@niklazandersson5631]

Smashed the like button :) Awesome content, awesome music. Joakim`s voice packs a punch, rarely you hear a metal singer with this deep voice. Most of them are high pitched.

[@tweetert.9978]

Alvin York's bravery is awesome! Great history

[@ivanmabilin1021]

knowing that you don't know everything is the sign of your humbleness and knowledge I just hope that you were my history teacher

[@PetterVessel]

Imagine being the german army surrounded by Alvin York!

[@kennethmc2601]

The crazy part about killing 6 charging germans with a 1911 is that a 1911 only holds 7 rounds.

[@carls8286]

Another great reaction, thanks. "Devil dogs" would be awesome. :)

[@another_blacktomcat]

Just fyi as you said "there is probably a sabaton history for that" - actually there is one for every single (history) song (so excluding the first album) :)

[@vincenziofaciana6411]

You said you were from northeast Ohio. Sabaton has a video for devil dogs and some of the clips are from their show in Cleveland. Also shows the uss cod. Don’t know if it’s the best for a reaction but could be cool to check out on your own time. Great video btw.

[@callmespider8566]

You have to react to "World War Two animated: Western Front 1940" by Eastory it is a pretty good and detailed video about the invasion of france 1940 :)

[@bigguy9242]

Awesome video! I have a suggestion, A Ghost In the Trenches!! Awesome song, about Francis Pegahmagabow from Canada, I think you’ll like it!

[@redacted483]

Wow he remembered that switching to a secondary is faster than reloading

[@Matt_Baer]

Them boys from the hills of Tennessee are just built differently

[@justanunluckyirishmaninabl5178]

Last night I had watched Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, and I couldn't help but notice the main heroine had a few things in common with Sgt. York. *Spoiler warning!* They are both revered as larger than life heroes by their respective peoples and are known to hold a strong pacifist ideology. There was also a moment in each of their stories when they witnessed someone near to them die which made them SNAP! For Nausicaa early in the film, the sight of her bedridden father, lying on the floor with several stab wounds, sent her into a fit of fury and she killed four of the invading soldiers before coming to her senses in absolute shock and horror of everything that happened at that point. A close friend of York's was shot and killed right in front of him which led to the machine gun nest feat.

[@Krzysztof.l.Polak.84]

Very good comment on the fact that historian may not know something, and some people are suprised by this - one of first things we were literraly told at the beginning of our course (also did history studies :)), was that we should be familiar with basics of most, but be dedicated to some specific areas of our true interest, if we want to be reliable and serious historians and researchers.

[@bacco0447]

Have you already covered swedish pagans?

[@n1ko354]

If u havent Do a reaction to primo Victoria by sabaton

[@theparadigm8149]

1:44 It takes a courageous man to know a lot of things, but it takes an even more courageous man to admit that they don’t know everything! 👏 👏 👏 Well done, Chris. Your humble attitude is contagious

[@TheCourier006]

Six Kaiserboos: *charges to him* Alvin with a M1911: "Those bayonets can't stop my .45!"

[@Qutut]

I highly recommend the song "Panzerkampf" about the Battle of Prokhorovka (Part of the Battle of Kursk, the largest Tank Battle in history)

[@erika_itsumi5141]

Hey man, glad to see another great video. Take a look at Sabaton "Devil Dogs" one of there new ww1 songs

[@coffeepigeon2203]

As a Marine I recommend Devil Dogs, I'd love to see you react to that song and your perspective

[@bear499]

If I remember right, I believe York was actually a conscientious objector and did not want to get involve in the war, but his status was denied and had to enlist. I believe there was an incident in his younger life where maybe a friend or family member was killed and he had sworn off violence as a result going from being a rowdy drunk to a pacifist up until the war.

[@georgewashington8872]

yay my request thankyou so much

[@alucardonus]

You wont get many requests but Far from the fame is must-react song. 😉

[@The-Chief-Sweep]

Nice video

[@extradarlas1941]

When someone is assigned to the 82nd there’s a 60-70% chance your goin to airborne school. Along with air assult

[@bohicagaming4462]

and if you go to air assault at Campbell there's a 100% chance you're gonna get hazed lol.

[@theeducatedgrunt2087]

I served in the 325th Airborne infantry regiment of the 82nd Airborne Div for 9 years including two combat deployments... I stood on the shoulders of giants.... AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY!

[@ExtraXBanana]

I feel like you have to do The Lost Battalion next seeing how it covers the story of another US division during this same offensive. If I remember right to I believe the story of York was actually not well known until well after the war due to being over shadowed by the story of the Lost Battalion.

[@NorthgateLP]

Just a quick heads up: The Last Stand reaction is missing from the Sabaton Music Reaction playlist.

[@tritonics3118]

My recommendation would be Sabaton's '' Smoking Snakes '' it's about 3 Brazillian FEB Soldiers who fought against a bigger number of wehrmacht soldiers until they ran out of ammo. When they did, the fixed their bayonets and charged at the Group of Enemy Soldiers. Because of the Bravery of the Soldiers, the germans buried them with a cross saying '' Drei Brasilianische Helden '' (Three Braziliian Heroes)

[@FIN_Kryptonite]

You've been flooding my recommendations, but to be honest, not in the bad way. I've watched most of those recommendations out of curiosity, and actually enjoyed them. I guess I'll subscribe.

[@Vijay007-]

Attempt number 2) Sabaton 1648 song next? One of them is in Engslich and describes the point of view of the Czechs defending Prague. One of them is in Swedish and describes the point of view of the Swedes attacking Prague.

[@PrimeHollow150]

You might like looking at the song Inmate 4859.

[@Drag0nvil]

My thoughts exactly, but then hopefully the Sabaton history version which adds more context and weight to the story.

[@mollof7893]

Good I watcjed this , I heard Amaranthe's cover of this at first and bearly understood anything.

[@lupo1501]

A couple suggestions would be primo Victoria. About d day. Winged hussars. About the cavalry charge that freed Vienna. To hell and back. About Audie Murphy. Carolus Rex. About him and his reign.

[@devinmorse3607]

Personally, I have always felt that the Army's Audie Murphy Club should be the Alvin York Club. SGT York actually earned his MOH as an NCO, whereas Murphy was promoted to LT by the time he earned his MOH.

[@BoggedOne]

Give Ex Deo a listen! They are a Roman themed heavy metal band. I would listen to "The Final War (Battle of Actium)" or "Teutoburg (Ambush of Varus)". Great band!

[@dkoz8321]

My fave is the 1st work of Sabaton, I heard. "Back In Control". About 1982 South Atlantic crisis. We know it as The Falklands War, or just Falklands. Argentines call it Islas Malvinas. But its Falklands Islands. I kind of wish "Iron Lady" film dealt more with that in detail. Maybe a followup , film concentrating on South Atlantic Crisis. My request is for OP to cover this topic.

[@jacobthedestroyer8811]

panzerkampf - ghost division - wolf pack -the lost battalion - shiroyama - primo victoria

[@dkoz8321]

101st is Air Assault today. But both can jump. Along with my favorite US Army Division, the glorious 10th Mountain , out of Ft. Drum , NY.

[@colvamoon6962]

I cant remember if this is true, but, when the Germans charged at him, didn't he shot the guy farthest from him each time, so that they wouldn't stop to shot him?

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

That could be. I wonder if that can be confirmed somewhere.

[@colvamoon6962]

@@VloggingThroughHistory LionHeart Filmworks. Alvin York. 'That's the way we shoot wild turkeys at home. You see, we don't want the front ones to know we're getting the back ones. And then they keep on comin, till we get them all.'

[@axion5384]

Primo Victoria or the last stand btw found u yesterday and I’m in love with your videos🙂

[@SpawnOfJenova]

One of the things I love about this song if how they note the changes of the 82nd's motto. "82nd All the Way. Death from Above what they now say." I know quite a few boys from the 82nd from when I was in, and they still treat York like he was God's second son haha.

[@teemup9247]

Nice reaction!! You should do the winter war, the song and the history ofc. Soldier of 3 armies is also amazing story.

[@dandybus1582]

Don’t sweat the shit talkers, my friend. If you’re looking for something new, I’d recommend Atun-Shei’s “Checkmate, Lincolnites!” series. It’s a series focusing on Civil War history with many cited references. I personally don’t agree with everything he says, but man they are entertaining!

[@Cigarolly]

If you think Alvin York is the greatest WW1 soldier, check out Albert Fernand Séverin Roche’s story. He protected a trench while all of his friends were dead, he capture more of a thousand Germans etc !

[@azarth8805]

You should react to Seven pillars of Wisdom, it's about Lawrence of Arabia. Another one I'd recommend is Back in control which is about the battle for the Falkland Islands.

[@alithanna]

Interesting little tidbit hiding in the song. The 82 infantry (All American)'s motto was "All the Way." When they became the 82 airborne, they changed their motto to "Death From Above." Adds a little bit of meaning to the bridge. It's also interesting that he had to be talked out of being a conscientious objector before his famous mission. You might want to do "Battle of Bull" about Sgt. Leslie "Bull" Allen (absolutely a conscientious objector) or "Cliffs of Gallipoli" which is more of a tribute instead of a song about the battle.

[@diefranzi]

You need to do "Inmate 4859". Its about Witold Pilecki, he went to auschwitz (under a different name) and organized a resistance group. Then, he could flew from auschwitz and wanted to inform the allies about what happens there. The western allies didn't believe him and the soviets thought he was a traitor. On his flight, he met the man, whose name he took to be undercover in auschwitz and afterwards this man was captured and tortured. Amazing story, that sadly only a few know about. Another great song would be "The last Battle" which is about the Battle of Castle Itter (Tirol, Austria, aka the area where i grew up). After hitler's death, soldiers of the Wehrmacht, Amercians and Austrian resistance fighters grouped up to fight against the WaffenSS which were hiding themself and french prisoners from dachau (former cc) in the castle. This was the only time, americans and germans fought together (against other germans). Also, it shows that not all Wehrmacht Soldiers were nazis.

[@DokDo1995]

I'd recommend A ghost in the Thenches...Its about Francis Pegahmagabow and an all arround good song...

[@nunocosta9088]

Hello, I have all respect for sergeant York and the 82, was very impressive. But have you ever heard about the soldier millions? He was just one soldier that at 9 of April of 1918 in the battle of La Lis did something at least as impressive, he was in despaired situation, the allies ware retreating and fallen by the thousands. And this guy decide to stay behind so that the others could escape alive. He manages to fight alone, the Germans for 3 days, while everybody else was retreating. Not only manage to keep the germans at bay but even also made them given up to take that position. The story doesn't end there... you can check up more information here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An%C3%ADbal_Milhais There's no Sabaton music for him yet, but if you want something to talk about in your vlog, you can check him (also known has the forgotten WWI hero).

[@mattipihlaja6745]

There's nice coverage in Sabaton History, as there is comment section floodrd already. I listened to book of Alvin, I believe it was called something like Sgt York and his people. There he talked about that pistol shooting. He said he decided to start from last man charging at him. That way others wouldn't see their comrades fall, and wouldn't panic and shoot him. Ps. Try Talvisota or Soldier of three Armies or White Death (have to add this, since Im from Finland 😁)

[@johnmurphy7250]

I recently bought Sgt. York's war diary that was published by his family

[@antondemeyer5755]

please do resist and bite ! It's about a small belgian force who went up against the entire invading german force in 1940 and were suprisingly effective. Also the song is super catchy !

[@pervertbismarck5067]

My my. I'm here to recommend the Cliff of Galipoli again. Please be noticed.

[@billporter7736]

You should visit York's home sometime. The park rangers there built a demonstration World War i trench on the property and use it for programs about World War I. Another cool York story is that one of the conditions for use of his story for the movie was that he would be played by Gary Cooper. Cooper agreed and won the Oscar for Best Actor for it. One day York visited the set and saw Cooper smoking a cigarette. York immediately had production halted until Cooper apologized. They have the apology on display in York's house (it's an autographed publicity photo of Cooper as York with the apology on it) and they show it as part of the tour.

[@ichidoriyou7472]

Please react to Last Dying Breath, last defence of Belgrade in WW1, the last stand that allowed the Serbian King, army and the people to escape Serbia to the Albanian mountains and to Greece

[@SaintBriars]

the record/MV mistakenly attributes Alvin York to the 338th, they are aware they made this mistake and rectify it when singing this song live

[@raikbarczynski6582]

and heres the bullet to all asking for the 82nd Airborne song. there isnt one. this song is about the 82nd Infantry Division wich later became the 82nd Airborne

[@knightlife98]

He talked about taking those Germans out, as he learned to take Turkeys out while hunting them. Making sure to shoot the farthest one, first. The closest one, being the last one taken out. That is amazing to me, because I just know my thinking process would be completely reverse!

[@GamingOrc1]

Im from Germany and most of the things like the Story of York was unkown to me. To be fair, back when i was in Shool things like History wasnt the thing i was realy interested in at all ^^ Since im listening to Songs like this i started Google whats up to it. The way Sabaton makes they're Videos shows the impact of what a single man can do even of hugh scales like a World War. The Bismark and the Red Baron where Germans and we covered them in History class but aside of that i at least learnd pretty much nothing there. Again this might be because i had no interest in it. But after all thats what makes this Band kinda special even if some points are not super accurate, it makes people wonder what else there is to it.

[@GrAYvTrAnE]

I read, but I cant quote because frankly I'm too lazy to cite right now. But when York came back to the states and started doing his tour he was asked how he capped all 6 of those Germans charging him and he said something to the affect of "Well back home when you go on a turkey shoot you start with the last turkey, because the lead turkeys wont see their friends fall and they'll continue to charge instead of running away"

[@50calBeowulf]

“Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.” Heraclitus

[@twintailedfox5254]

it would be quite a surprise for me if someone from America knows more about german history besides WW2 and WW1 add: i dont meant it in an offending way cause it is of course natural to know more about his own history and the country you live in tho i have to admit that when it comes to germany it only gets narrowed down on WW1 but mostly WW2 but still i like this videos from you greatings from Germany :)

[@tomson1567]

Maybe check out Inmate 4859. Its pretty cool !!!!

[@invadergirness7817]

Hey I know people are bringing up the Lost battalion song, but if you do react to it. Make sure to find one that combines it with the Diary of an Unknown soldier. Its a short intro video that builds up for the start of the song and explains some of the... different percussion elements in the song.

[@siervodedios5952]

I remember me and the men's fellowship at church watched the movie "Sergeant York" which was based upon his life, him coming to faith in God and Christ, and his heroic feats during his service in WW1. Very powerful movie, one of my favorites.

[@Amh088]

How about Winter war and Soldier of three armies? Both from Sabaton. Some Finnish history!

[@Ashitaka-fw1bh]

yo dude, a lil recommendation - keep doin this military stuff because people like me are lovin it, and you're gonna be gettin a whole lotta views and stuff

[@desgarcia8048]

the Battle of Yutong 1000 filipino soldiers vs 40000 chinese soldiers

[@DanielDavis1973]

The All Americans predates it being an airborne division. If I remember right, it referred to when it was first formed in WW1 it had members from all 48 states.

[@g.gordon8117]

Im retired 82nd ABN....as the story goes during WWI (If memory serves) it was found that in the infantry unit that there were men from every state and territory at the time and hence the term All American was born .

[@HeyNobody_OG]

If we are at WW1 you should check out Devil Dogs and Ghost in the Trenches

[@dkoz8321]

Hill 223 refers to its surveyed height, above sea level in meters. Naming hills after their elevation is a common military practice.

[@mercy9375]

For reactions, the lost battalion and panzerkampf might be good

[@ninjamice7319]

i like that the say ¨its 82nd all the way death from above what they now say¨ because when they changed to 82 air borne divison they also changed their motto from ¨all the way¨ to death form above

[@dcbluenose1873]

Alvin York is the most reluctant Chad in US military history

[@infynity8015]

hero is not in war the 'heroes always die First'. But legends never die..

[@deecap71]

The last battle...about the battle of Castle Itter, the lost battalion about, well the lost battalion in ww1, and the price of a mile about the battle of passchendaele.