Vet Reacts to Night Witches - Female Soviet Pilots - Sabaton History 050

[@VerchielxKanda]

I remember an interview with a surviving Night Witch. She was proud of the title and spoke fondly of a girl who had survived several flights out. Queens. Every last one of them. Their commander went to go find them, as they were considered traitors and defectors, since they never came home. She managed to find them all, accomplishing her goal before she passed.

[@daroy1233]

I think a video format where you react to both music and Sabaton history in one video would be really cool. Plus you would be watching Sabaton history while still being in the mindset the song puts you in.

[@trentoncrew3985]

I've been waiting for someone to do sabaton that way

[@obud3777]

R.I.P. Major Marina Raskova Mother of the Night Witches, Hero of the Soviet Union

[@najroe]

yes please, story video. I think you understand what we mean about knowing the background history matters as it elevate the feel of their songs

[@AmericansLearn]

Absolutely

[@michaelnolan6951]

Thanks for this reaction! You see why we felt that your first reaction to this song left the story untold!

[@32a34a]

One thing that these ladies did that was truly balls out nuts was during their bombing runs which of course were low and well extremely slow sometimes the bomb would not release thus necessitating the navigator having to crawl out on the wing and release it by hand. The amount of courage it took to do that has to be immense.

[@alancarter41]

Great reaction. Good to see more reactors looking at the story behind the song. And props to Sabton for not only creating music that tells these incredible and often unknown stories but also for supporting their history channel.

[@AmericansLearn]

Absolutely. The devil works hard but Sabaton works harder

[@785boats]

It's a fantastic channel. If only history was taught like that in school.

[@melkor3496]

Love the Sabaton History reactions.

[@kennethfarrand-collins6405]

Good react mate, bloody well done. Did not know about Sabaton History, will now look into it. Keep reacting. Hi from Down Under.

[@miiah7475]

Subbed just for your Sabaton History & Sabaton song reactions 😊🤘

[@Ancient_War]

Sabaton! History! Sabaton History! Love when you do reactions/learning with Sabaton and I’d love to see content on the Yarn Hub animated stories. I enjoy your videos. Thank you for the great content.

[@FrogmanAnime]

Hi kit. Just letting you know that Sabaton history has a part 2 for this song. It focuses on female soldiers fighting in WW2. There are some of these episodes that have more than one episode devoted to it like the Soldier of 3 Armies, it has three separate Sabaton history chapters to it because he did fight in three armies as such there is a episode dedicated to each army.

[@miafranlund6982]

The history behind this song is truly amazing, badass women!!! Do the animated story if you want, but now you know the history. I would like to suggest a song about another hero. The song is Inmate 4859 and tells the story of Polish Witold Pilecki.

[@trentoncrew3985]

That erie intro is my ringtone what a great song, there are no bad sabaton songs

[@jays106]

the animated version with yarnhub actually does go into the history of the night witches

[@Roach_Dogg_JR]

I would love if you did Great War (The song and history video). It’s my favorite Sabaton song and imo, one of their most poetic and poignant. It is inspired by the battle of Passchendale, but is really about all of wwi and all war in general. It tells the story of a soldier questioning their purpose and whether their sacrifice is worth it

[@varnasblade]

I'm pretty sure the first episode will be the last one Kit does lol

[@johngillespie3409]

Right 🤣 gonna be last

[@Pavel-Geleznov]

"canvas wings of death", strong line

[@klazman7757]

Also interesting story i would recomend is Far From The Fame (also Sabaton history)

[@michaelginnis521]

Sabaton is super fun live if you get the chance SEE them you will have a BLAST

[@AviationnerdA350-90]

This song was amazing.! ❤❤

[@trentoncrew3985]

Every time some dingbat calls themselves a bad bitch i introduce them to the 588th night bomber regement der nauct hexen

[@uwedragesser2313]

Mein Vater kam mit 17 Jahren 1942 an die Ostfront in den mittel und Südabschnitt der Deutschen Linien er war bei dem entsatz Versuch dabei die 6.Armee in Stalingrad. Zu befreien, vorher war seine Einheit beim Marsch zum Kaukasus dabei nach Stalingrad in den zwei Schlachten um Charkow . Er erzählte mir das man Nachts kaum Ruhe finden konnte,weil man jederzeit damit rechnen musste einen Besuch von den Nachthexen in ihren Rollbahnkrähen ( Deutsche Landser Bezeichnung ihrer Flugzeuge) zu bekommen. Was sie aber noch mehr fürchteten waren die Frauenkampfbattallione der Roten Armee, Scharfschützen , Infanterie, sie ergeben sich niemals und sie machten auch keine gefangenen,sie waren mehr gefürchtet als NKWD EINHEITEN ( die Vorgänger des Speznaz )

[@rianavermeulen4316]

Amazing ❤❤❤❤

[@NatashaAvtonomova]

Мне понравился документальный сериал Неизвестная война , посмотрите , много документальных кадров и рассказов свидетелей 🔥🌹🌍.

[@SwedishWarGoat.]

You guys are not going to believe me. I saw Hannes Van Dahl at the supermarket today. I must admit, I got a little bit starstruck. 😀

[@tanktop8572]

I saw Floor in Falun once. And yeah starstruck for sure.

[@SwedishWarGoat.]

@@tanktop8572 cool! I haven't seen Floor yet, but a friend met her a couple of times at the same supermarket. He used to work there and she had packages from her record label delivered to her that he handed over. My brother saw her and her daughter at McDonald's last year too. Floor and Hannes live about 10-15 minutes away from where I live so I have high hopes to see her one day too. 😀

[@AmericansLearn]

That is awesome!

[@pontiacfan76]

I would not think Russia did this to be progressive. But a end to a means.

[@johngillespie3409]

Communism, lots of women in the military. China and North Korea do it too. Probably why American male dominated society doesn't like them.

[@FuFightersStudio]

Technically it was a communist ideal. There is a big empasis on equality between men and women in there so this was in some ways a token political move.

[@melkor3496]

I’m late so you probably won’t see this but I really hope and can’t wait for you to react to the history video the song Uprising.

[@wesleymartin1554]

You might also want to watch a fictional Russian TV series called Night Swallows as it is based on the Night Witches.

[@666johnco]

I watched a video by Mark Felton 3 years ago called 'Captured Soviet Female Soldiers - How Did the Germans Treat Them?' It turns out that from near the start of the German Campaign in Russia orders were issued to the German army, thats the army not the SS, to shoot all captured Russian female military prisoners, only those serving in medical units were spared. Female soviet soldiers faced the danger of rape before execution as well. The SS sent their female prisoners to Ravensbruck concentration camp and to Auschwitz. So Night Witches were not just in danger from the NKVD if they were shot down on the German side of the lines,

[@taylorhilton8855]

The night witches were not onlt known by that name (nachthexen to the Germans) but the Soviets affectionately referred to them as their "Swallows"

[@naphackDT]

If the enemy gives you a badass title, USE IT.

[@jays106]

the version the did with yarnhub is much better i think as it gives more info on the night witches though this dives more into the general job of women as aviators

[@jacob1107]

Stopping to comment here about the history channels. I'm a big fan of Fall of Civilizations, I need to watch more Hardcore History (Dan Davis). For quick overviews Oversimplified is pretty great. For one REALLY QUICK overview, history of the world (I guess) is pretty great. If you like ancient history I can give you another podcast.

[@AmericansLearn]

We've done History of the World (I guess) but thanks for your other suggestions!

[@Pavel-Geleznov]

German high command hated night witches so much, they are offered "Iron Cross", highest German award, for every shut down plane

[@johngillespie3409]

Probably could've waited on the russian heroes with the current situation going on, should've started with the first one. Polska 🇵🇱

[@czescwaszejpamiecizonierze7427]

I mean the animated story video is just shorten, less informative combination of history behind the song and a music video, so seeing that you already reacted to the song and sabaton history I don't really see the point of wasting an upload on it. However for the future reactions whenever you have a choice between lyric video and animated story video, go for the animated one with subtitles on.

[@cyberneticbeast]

you must understand that if the Nazis had captured the night witch alive, then nothing good would have awaited her. You can imagine what can be done to a woman on the battlefield, and even the one who bombed you at night.

[@tatianaprotcencko9481]

Nazists called them Night witches, Soviet people called them Ночные ласточки - Night swallows

[@zianser]

You really think that shut down experienced pilots was shot by commissars? Filtration - yes. That's standard at all wars, but shoot a specialist? Who won the war?

[@sergsilvestr1217]

Nooo . It’s not accurate statement regarding being prosecuted and shut, if anyone happened to be on enemies territory. My grandfather was captured Germaine , as a POW. He spent eighteen months in concentration camp. After being liberated by Soviet forces, he was interrogated and released. But to tell the truth, he never, until his death, couldn’t get a good, well paid employment position.

[@melkor3496]

Please don’t react to a sabaton history video before you’ve reacted to the song for that history video.

[@ГалинаШишкина-д2э]

Этот мужчина рассказываюший о наших героических пилотах или не знает историю или врёт: девушки не брали парашюты,чтобы было больше места для снарядов,одежды в начале для них просто не было,так как женщин у нас в Армии просто не было,наших женщин ни кто ни когда не унижал,не очень его приятно слушать,женщины у нас гордые и в глаз могут дать любому,кто попробует обидеть!!! У вас так много пропаганды про СССР,что даже бывает смешно слушать,расстрелять,Гулаг и так далее,вы думаете мы в тюрьме жили?!😂

[@Wanjek89]

This should be female role models, not the likes of Nicky Minaj or so