SABATON - Screaming Eagles *Veteran Reacts*

[@tomi_9212]

83 year and 3 days since Winter war started between USSR and Finland. In that was a world most succesful sniper Simo Häyhä with over 500 dead enemy. Sabaton song White Death tells a story of this man.

[@alancarter41]

Every Sabaton song is based on actual events (at least since their first album, which was more generic metal). They also have a channel (Sabaton History) where they examine the history behind each song. There are no bad Sabaton songs, and whether you watch their epic music videos or their insane live videos all are high quality. The drum riser for the live shows is a tank (they have 2, Audie and Walter) and the mike stands are rifles. And you are correct, the German commander, Generalleutnant Freiherr von Lüttwitz requested Bastogne's surrender. Brig. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe, acting commander of the 101st, responded, "NUTS!" Thoroughly enjoying your journey with Sabaton. Since it is December, I highly recommend "Christmas Truce."

[@Killerpixel11]

It's even better than that. McAuliffe first thought the Germans wanted to surrender. Someone clarified and he just mumbled "nuts..." and nothing else. Since that was all he said, that's what got transferred to the Germans in response.

[@alancarter41]

@@Killerpixel11 Actually more deep than that. According to those present when McAuliffe received the German message, he read it, crumpled it into a ball, threw it in a wastepaper basket, and muttered, "Aw, nuts". The officers in McAuliffe's command post were trying to find suitable language for an official reply when Lt. Col. Harry Kinnard suggested that McAuliffe's first response summed up the situation pretty well, and the others agreed. The official reply was typed and delivered by Colonel Joseph Harper, commanding the 327th Glider Infantry, to the German delegation. It was as follows: To the German Commander. NUTS! The American Commander. The German major appeared confused and asked Harper what the message meant. Harper said, "In plain English? Go to hell." The choice of "Nuts!" rather than something earthier was typical for McAuliffe. Captain Vincent Vicari, his personal aide at the time, recalled that "General Mac was the only general I ever knew who did not use profane language. 'Nuts' was part of his normal vocabulary.

[@martinkarlsson9446]

Welcome to Sabatonfamily! You have to listen to En livstid i krig, live Gothenburg with CC! Nice reactions ! Sorry for my spelling

[@lionfromthenorth4580]

Great reaction, guys!🤘 Welcome to an awesome rabbit hole! 😄 I agree to all Sabaton suggestions in this comment section. You can basically pick any Sabaton song and you'll love it. I'd recommend "Christmas Truce" (official music video) to begin with.

[@0KeepRockin0]

You have to laugh. Asking an airborne division to surrender just because they are surrounded. Men literally trained to drop in behind enemy lines, their very job is to be surrounded.

[@daolman8226]

So true lol

[@Revament]

I can recommend "Sabaton - 82nd all the way".

[@boogie-mid2540]

Sabaton - The price of a mile 👌

[@Killerpixel11]

"They got us surrounded, the poor bastards."

[@2104dogface]

You guys so need to check out the Sabaton History think you guys would love it. Well seeing as you covered the 101st seems right you do "82nd All the Way" (WW1 Sgt. York ) also for a back to back who did it better for that song then do Amaranthe's cover (another Swedish band who has toured with Sabaton)

[@dorlonelliott9368]

10 + albums of Sabatonic Metal to go - History taught with Metal...

[@chrisgertz8250]

One must watch video for you would be Christmas Truce. Amazing song and video.

[@daolman8226]

I'm thinking it might be the next one, soooo many request for it.

[@timhousley6845]

gentleman trust me just wait you're about to see and here what excellence in art is supposed to be on this planet as a long time metalhead I'm still just on that journey so please enjoy cuz trust me it's a long and fun ride

[@mingchun6243]

I love your Sabaton reactions. My husband got me into Sabaton when we just met and it has been my go to music ever since and I often watch reactions to it before sleeping. Just came across yours today and I am really glad I did. I love that you pause and add your peace of mind whenever something catches your attention. Too many reactors just silently watch the entire song and then say like 3 sentences to it. If I wanted that, I'd just go watch the original video. I am here for other people's thoughts and feelings on the song and tiny snippets of information and experiences they can add to it and you guys do exactly that and it also seems very genuine. Probably, as more people find these reactions you'll get a lot of comments that you are pausing too much(seen it all before). If that's the case, please don't listen to them!!!

[@daolman8226]

Thank you so much, I'm loving this group and ill keep doing what I'm doing. I'm here to learn about all these groups and please the viewers also.

[@tibortrunger9765]

Great reaction Sabaton- Hill 3134

[@jafissherse8137]

You must definitely check out the Sabaton History Channel. They explain the historical story behind each of their songs. Especially since they have songs about the history of battles, acts of heroism, real heroes, etc. historical events often not known to everyone. They have songs related to specific countries, and when they tour there, they always play them. I've been to a few of their concerts in Poland and we fans from Poland always go crazy when they play 40:1, Uprising or Winged Hussars. I'm sure it's the same when they play Screaming Eagle, Lost Battalion, 82nd All the Way, To hell and back in the USA. Brilliant reaction. 👍

[@Alrapter]

Don’t forget Devil Dogs as well for us in the U.S.

[@MegaDog555]

sabaton no bullets fly animated story video watch til end

[@jafiralameshmam3069]

sabaton devil dogs reaction please

[@najroe]

I can recommend you to listen to "en livstid i krig" live from Göteborg Sweden (it is in Swedish but there are subtitles) The song describes the thoughts and feelings of a fictional soldier going to war during the "30 year war" but I think it would be fairly representative of most soldiers anywhere and at any time in history when they are going to battle. Below is One line from the song (badly translated by me). Mere youth, barely a man when duty called, if I will ever see my home again, that I do not know.

[@jadyv4980]

Check out Talvisota by Sabaton, its about the Winter War 1939 (Finland vs Soviet Union). Its a great song and the lyrics are imo also applicable to the Ukraine war rn.

[@jeremydavis8256]

you should also dive into their channel SabatonHistory where they talk about many of their songs and the events that inspired them in depth! Also side note: the instrumental at the end is called "The Dead Soldiers Waltz". They played it during the intermission when I saw them in Dallas, TX in 2015, same energy there as they put into this music video. Kickass concert!

[@daolman8226]

yes I've watched some of it, awesome! thank you!

[@robinkarns7512]

You're saying it right now. And they do do their research and sing about true things

[@daolman8226]

Thank you for the comment! Sabaton is unreal!!! love em!!

[@phil_tony_corky]

Welcome to the sabaton rabbithole, where every stop on your journey will astound you. That being said if and when you watch " no bullets fly" watch the animated version. Their song "bismarck" the official video has some great graphics, still not sure how they did them.

[@mrlizardtx]

There's a very emotional metal song about PTSD by a band called Death Dealer called 22 Gone Today

[@fenrisulfur842]

Welcome to Sabaton ;) Since its this time of the year again, have you ever heard of the legendary "Christmas Truce" of 1914? Listen to Sabatons Song about this rare event of humanity during war👍

[@cobhc1986]

I’m glad to see you’re enjoying this band and I look forward to seeing more of them on this channel.

[@gugge6343]

Greatings from Sweden *Subbed*

[@pedroconcha1715]

most ppl watching to reactions of sabaton know what a foxhole is :D, if you like sabaton you should react to "en livstid i krig" live in gothemburg

[@Asa...S]

Yeah, and don't forget to press the subtitles button!

[@finztroll]

You might want to check out the sabaton history channel where they show the events behind each song along with some trivia from the band members about the song itself. You're in for quite a ride if you want to explore the whole rabbit hole 😄

[@wastedangelematis]

nice seeing you react !!!

[@Zabiru-]

Subbed, looking forward to your Sabaton rabbit hole journey and it is certainly.. interesting. I'll make no specific song requests as I bet you're going to get absolute tons of them anyway. Later down the line, I might, all I'll say for now is that the Animated videos they did in collaboration with Yarn Hub are really cool, and not to shy away from Live vids, especially any of the later ones. Old content is a bit of a mixed bag, least of all due to bit rates and such. This line-up is the old one (members), of which some split off and later formed a band called "Civil War". Potentially also worth checking out at some point. Greetings from the Baltic Coast of Sweden

[@daolman8226]

Thank you so much, I literally was getting ready to do another one just before I read your comments lol

[@nordiccucumber7740]

You should react to Sabaton - En livstid i krig (Live - The great tour - Gothenburg) it’s an amazing performance

[@mikaelengdahl4135]

You should give "Devil dogs" and "Lost battalion" a reaction aswell....Cheers from Sweden

[@mikaelengdahl4135]

heck....everything with Sabaton....

[@pipelineaudio]

82nd All the Way for you and Devil Dogs for your Marine friends

[@fenrisulfur842]

since you stopped the video with a flame...check out "Into the fire" by Sabaton, its about a GI just deployed in Vietnam, on the first mission in the jungle

[@freedomhiking4050]

hahahaha love it... you have no fucking clue whats awaits you ;) Semper Fidelis from Sweden

[@daolman8226]

Hell...I'm excited lol

[@Richie8406]

8:00 They go through this quickly in "Band of Brothers", the Germans had winter gear, the Americans didn't. FUBAR? Happened again in Iraq with plating. What are you gonna do?

[@Richie8406]

forgot and r on through. Love fast type ;)

[@fenrisulfur842]

funfact: Sabaton is french, its the armoured shoe of a medieval Knight^^

[@generichardson4771]

sabaton history is their history channel check it out

[@andreanecchi5930]

Try 82 all the way or the unkillable soldier

[@Keiichisaotome]

To the German Commander. NUTS! The American Commander. In Band of Brothers, I think it was the last episode Winters goes to talk to a General McAuliffe.

[@pipelineaudio]

Hope you guys have been watching the Sabaton History Channel as well, the Larence of Arabia is awesome

[@tor7619]

Devildogs is another great song to check out🤘

[@thamor4746]

You guys should really watch "Band of Brothers" made by HBO, one of the best world war 2 TV shows ever made. The story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord to V-J Day. PS. Just want to point out, that this band is from Sweden and they have nothing do with Ukraine or Russia. Talking about the actual band that is making this music. They do songs of historical war or battle events. Like the first song you guys reacted "Uprising" was about Polish (Poland, next to Germany country in Europe) Warsaw is their capital city and the civilians rose in rebellion against the Nazi occupiers, and this was insinuated by the Russians telling them that they will come help them, but they just used the Polish civilians to their own advantage and had no plans to come and help them.

[@daolman8226]

I've heard allot about it, I'm Gonna have to check it out! Thank you

[@thamor4746]

@@daolman8226 Just added some points not sure did anyone point out to you about Sabaton is from Sweden and has nothing do with Ukraine or Russia =)

[@daolman8226]

@@thamor4746 Yes they did, Thank you though!

[@jurajvucaj1819]

12:51 Nuts=Not understanding terms of surrender

[@NomadicPhoton]

I'd also like to recommend the Last battle and Primo Victoria.

[@ZackeTheBrute]

When rescued from Bastogne not a single paratrooper where of the option that rescue was needed. Everybody has seen Band of Brothers right?

[@Bernstgunnar1]

Foxhole in Swedish is fighting grave (skyttegrav)

[@ullis5125]

Ofc they made research..

[@spyrelionsol7683]

The reaction starts at: 3:30

[@ericg9802]

Granted it's a song for the corps but check out devil dogs or a song for the Norwegians called the saboteurs

[@NomadicPhoton]

Saboteurs is great.

[@FrostedVanity]

Good reaction. If I may make a suggestion. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5O1fKB4jrebY7c -It's a bit different than what you've reacted to so far, but I think you will enjoy it. Also, a side note. As a viewer, it's kind of hard to hear you talk, and the music, without turning my volume up really really high. Other than that, keep up the good work!

[@jimmilidberg2744]

3+

[@TheMarktimusPrime]

Nuts the Nazis shall hear

[@MrShucklers1]

My grandfather was 101st in Bastonge.