First Time reacting to Bismarck! By Sabaton!!!

[@chriso6719]

They went out in a boat. The name painted on that boat, Primo Victoria, is the name of their debut album(2nd album recorded, first released due to issues with 1st record label). The title track is about D-Day at Normandy. The older guy with the watch at the beginning, is the son of the last survivor of the Bismarck, who passed away about a year before this came out. The Bismarck went down fighting the British in May of '41, not too long after sinking the British battlecruiser HMS Hood. Bismarck took over 400 shell hits, and multiple torpedo hits. Some say the British sank it, some say the Germans scuttled it. A crew of over 2200, only 114 survived. Only 3 out of almost 1500 on the Hood survived. The video was made in conjunction with Wargaming, the company that makes the World of Warships game. There was a 1960 British movie called Sink the Bismarck, and a 1960 song by that name by Johnny Horton. The song was not used in the movie. Next for Sabaton, check out one of the animated story videos by Yarnhub: Night Witches, No Bullets Fly, The Red Baron, or Lady of the Dark.

[@amygoodson-catlady]

Chris, didn't they take this boat out to the resting place of The Bismarck? I can't imagine Par would want any less... educate me, please!

[@chriso6719]

@@amygoodson-catlady Hey Amy, I believe you are correct.

[@alancarter41]

Bismark also inflicted serious damage to the brand new British battleship HMS Prince of Wales, which was sunk by Japanese aircraft off the coast of Malasia in 1942.

[@amygoodson-catlady]

@@chriso6719 OH cool! I thought I'd stored that fact away correctly, but wasn't sure...

[@amygoodson-catlady]

@@alancarter41 Lol...that's the fun thing about Sabaton reactions...the comments are stocked with interesting info!

[@amygoodson-catlady]

Friend, you will really enjoy The Sabaton History Channel! Episodes go in-depth with the stories told in each song. I love that the band maintains that 2nd YT channel...love to learn new stuff!

[@peterkensborn8035]

Really second that. You will learn not just about the event but also some background of the doing the video. Really interesting.

[@argantyr5154]

And Indy Neidell is such an amazing storyteller.

[@mrlizardtx]

The captain of the boat is the actual son of the guy portrayed in the video being rescued from the Bismarck.

[@markwelch3219]

Tommy Johansson..We keep telling you.

[@marinamucic908]

Today he has the perfect opportunity to react to Tommy's cover of Thunderstruck

[@michaelnolan6951]

This was the first Sabaton song (and music video) I ever saw, and it immediately impressed me with it's historical accuracy. Yes, the threat to merchant shipping in the Atlantic from the fast modern battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz was real and and after the destruction of HMS Hood the Royal Navy to concentrated ships on the area around the Bismarck. As we saw in the video she was crippled by Swordfish torpedo planes (open cockpit biplanes) launched from the carrier HMS Ark Royal which damaged her rudder and left her going in circles long enough to be cornered and heavily damaged by by the oncoming RN ships. Her damage was so bad it would have probably been fatal, and her captain scuttled the ship in order to save lives among his crew and prevent being boarded by the British. The threat of the Tirpitz was the reason for the insane and suicidal commando raid on St Nazaire, the site of the drydock for French ocean liner the SS Normandie, and the only drydock on the Atlantic coast that could fit the Tirpitz (The Greatest Raid of All.) This action resulted in 5 Victoria Crosses (1 recommended by by a German officer) and it meant that Tirpitz only ever operated in in the Baltic and in Norwegian waters, where she could be supported by land based aircraft and never used her big guns against Allied shipping.

[@studuckson]

It's a contentious subject on whether the Bismarck was scuttled or not.....there is evidence to say it wasn't. Anyway it was a floating wreck and would of sunk even if it wasn't scuttled.

[@daolman8226]

Awesome, thank you.

[@buttonanastasia]

Great reaction video. NIGHT WITCHES by Sabaton next. Or, Lady of the Dark. :) Sabaton is such a cool band. As a lady and fan of history I love all their songs, but the songs about women warriors are awesome (for me, at least). Anyhoos, still some cool history to learn.

[@JBeachill]

War knows no nation. This video is dedicated to those who fought to the bitter end in the Battle of the Atlantic.

[@janihaavisto79]

Firstly, video was shot in that boat, and they had a generator for the lighting, but obviously they didn't play those guitars there in real. Saltwater and electricity won't mix so well. They all would have hair standing up from shocks. Drummer might of "played" in a sense that everyone had the beat right. Song itself was done in studio.

[@daolman8226]

LOL fair point! Thank you.

[@vlinder6329]

Everything about SABATON is AMAZING and is my history books 📚 Bismarck was a German Battleship and one of the biggest ever built in Europe. Commissioned in August 1940 and sunk in May 1941 after an intense hunt in the North Atlantic. No day without SABATON and NIGHTWISH 🤘 💥 Thanks friend, that was fantastic! Greetings from the rainy 🌧️☔🌫️ Netherlands 🇳🇱

[@user-xm5sn2ts8u]

Glory to Ukraine! Greetings from Ukrainian Crimea! Thank you for your support! Visit us after the war, we will be glad to see you on our sunny beaches)

[@daolman8226]

Thank you and thank you for that info, very helpful!

[@ThaAngelus1]

Sabaton has a history channel where they go through the story about each song. Strong recommend.

[@ullis5125]

En livstid i krig- Live from Gothenburg… ❤

[@frednone]

'Sink the Bismark was a movie staring Kenneth Moore. It was actually fairly acurate up to the Battle of the Denmark Strait where Bismark sank the Hood, after that not so much."

[@alancarter41]

This video was made in cooperation with World of Warships video game, hence the awesome CGI. And yes, they went out into I believe the Baltic to film this. Sabaton does not do things by half measures. They even have a video that shows how this video was made. They have 2 other videos made in cooperation with gaming companies, "Steel Commanders" and "Kingdon Come" (cover of a Manowar song). Like others, I recommend you check out the Sabaton History channel where the story behind the song is discussed in detail. Actually, you might consider reacting to them. Great reaction and keep rocking.

[@argantyr5154]

In the beginning of the Video, you can hear the Radio in the beginning, when the are driving is talking about How the Bismarck have blown the "The might cruiser Hood" That lead to the British Navy got the message that Bismarck must be destroyed at all costs and lead to Battle of The Denmark Strait. From Wikipedia Bismarck was the first of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. Named after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in July 1936 and launched in February 1939. Work was completed in August 1940, when she was commissioned into the German fleet. Bismarck and her sister ship Tirpitz were the largest battleships ever built by Germany, and two of the largest built by any European power. In the course of the warship's eight-month career under its sole commanding officer, Captain Ernst Lindemann, Bismarck conducted only one offensive operation, lasting 8 days in May 1941, codenamed Rheinübung. The ship, along with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, was to break into the Atlantic Ocean and raid Allied shipping from North America to Great Britain. The two ships were detected several times off Scandinavia, and British naval units were deployed to block their route. At the Battle of the Denmark Strait, the battlecruiser HMS Hood initially engaged Prinz Eugen, probably by mistake, while HMS Prince of Wales engaged Bismarck. In the ensuing battle Hood was destroyed by the combined fire of Bismarck and Prinz Eugen, which then damaged Prince of Wales and forced her retreat. Bismarck suffered sufficient damage from three hits to force an end to the raiding mission. The destruction of Hood spurred a relentless pursuit by the Royal Navy involving dozens of warships. Two days later, heading for occupied France to effect repairs, Bismarck was attacked by 16 obsolescent Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers from the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal; one scored a hit that rendered the battleship's steering gear inoperable. In her final battle the following morning, the already-crippled Bismarck was severely damaged during a sustained engagement with two British battleships and two heavy cruisers, was scuttled by her crew, and sank with heavy loss of life. Most experts agree that the battle damage would have caused her to sink eventually. The wreck was located in June 1989 by Robert Ballard, and has since been further surveyed by several other expeditions.

[@christophersims3319]

The Bismarck scored a direct hit in the magazine of HMS Hood the Royal Navy flag ship. It exploded and sank in minutes. It was priority one to sink the the Bismarck for moral. A plane with a torpedo scored a lucky hit on Bismarck’s rudder cropping it. The British fleet shelled them from distance for hours. But in the end The crew of the Bismarck scuttled the ship so it wouldn’t fall into Britain hands. The line bound by iron and Bloods refers to both crews of the Hood and Bismarck resting together in the Atlantic

[@melkorlapich802]

Wouldn’t iron and blood refer to the famous speech given by Otto Von Bismarck

[@alancarter41]

The odd thing is the Germans knew about his flaw (poor steerage way if the rudder was damaged) but ignored it, feeling the odds were slim it could happen.

[@thamor4746]

I suggest react to Sabaton song and then react on their Sabaton History Channel for that song so you learn the history behind it.

[@detroitpolak9904]

When the Bismarck emerges from the fog at 4:01…THAT was badass.

[@spikenelson6669]

lifetime of war live..the whole crowd sings with them..its epic

[@promnightdumpsterbaby9553]

Your American flag roll out banner is awesome!

[@christophschmedes5975]

Bismark by sabaton is the song of a German Battel sHip in WW2 the Ship became the Name from Otto von Bismark

[@whiskeypenguin5241]

You will love Devil Dogs and Hell Fighters by Sabaton. Definitely watch them!

[@daolman8226]

Thank you, I will do that.

[@warwickeioncampbell4737]

apparently there was a communication break down when the bismark passed through the english channel and was spotted by reconnaissance planes but the message did not get through for several later. there was a film made using allied warships made to look like them. The mighty jingles (former navy officer? and had met the survivor of the hood sinking) has a in depth review of the world of warship game when it was introduced.

[@daolman8226]

That's to cool, thank you for the info.

[@liamc9998]

To my knowledge, Hitler actually didn’t want Bismarck to be sent out to raid the incoming convoys to Britain within the the Atlantic. He heavily feared that if it was lost it would be a huge propaganda and morale defeat.

[@recepkaskaya2980]

Moreeeeee Sabatonnnn

[@spikenelson6669]

the drummer hannes in married to floor

[@warwickeioncampbell4737]

The british warship was the biggest war ship before the Bismark and its sister ship the tirpitz. as a threat they did not pose as much as they could have. the tirpitz was blockaded in a fiord in Norway. The bismark was damaged as much by storms as the british warships. The hood may have been sunk by a lucky shot entering at the water ling during a turn and the shell exploded in a magazine room setting of the 4 inch shells and the fire from that setting of the main shell shell. Drachinfel has a documentary on the sinking of the hood.

[@daolman8226]

Good info, Thank you very much.

[@ТушканчикПолевой]

Please next reaction Sabaton Dreadnought, also on the theme of naval battles, enlightened by the dreadnoughts of the Battle of Jutland

[@SYNtemp]

Hello, please don't stop the videos too early, here you missed the "final message"... no tragedy but still.

[@daolman8226]

I have to keep that in mind with Sabaton from now on, most of their songs have a message at the end, My bad. Thank you.

[@miafranlund6982]

Yes they are playing out on the boat. If you are interested in the making of the video...Here is a link for it; kzbin.info/www/bejne/naPXl5x_fsqGa9E

[@daolman8226]

Thank you so much

[@Mike_Judas_Priest_Kalsek]

Wanna hear another great band that has flown under the radar for most people? I've seen them called "The best band you've never heard of before" and I have also said that about them as well. They're an American band that's been around for almost 30 years with the same members, making kickass rock 'n roll (with hints of other genres) that is well worth investigating. Please check out Clutch...the song Electric Worry is a good place to start (also, please do the studio version or you might not get the awesome harmonica parts, as the guy who plays it is a guest and doesn't appear in the live versions I've seen). Cheers!

[@daolman8226]

Hecks yea!! I will check it out. Thank you!

[@mingchun6243]

I'd love for you to react to the Sabaton History episodes to the song as well. Sure, the videos will be much longer but those are often my favorite Sabaton reactions especially if the person reacting has some background knowledge that gives interesting new viewpoints and opinions. Also, I highly recommend Wolfspack and Last Battle. In my opinion two of the most underrated Sabaton songs. And the story behind Last Battle ist just surreal.

[@daolman8226]

Thank you, If I start the movie reaction channel I will do those. Sounds great.

[@Nem01]

Nice reaction.

[@schefflergaming5748]

It was founded out that the Germans sunk it but opening up to sea chests. Also if you watch the lyrics video on this song it has more in depth of it.

[@Mike_Judas_Priest_Kalsek]

Your mic needs to be turned up a tad...very hard to hear you and when I turn it up so that I can hear, the music is waaaaaay loud haha! Not a big issue, I still enjoy your reactions. I agree with other comments that you should do some Tommy Johansson reactions as well...he's awesome! Cheers!

[@daolman8226]

Yea, its a new mike and I'm still trying to get the sound right, Thank you.

[@emiliajojo5703]

Bismarck was 10 years ahead,at least.

[@blake86303]

If my memory serves, the Dam Busters(those bi-wing planes) torpedoed Bismarck and damaged the rudder so bad it could only sail in circles, so basically a sitting duck.

[@andsoiderparound9909]

You're thinking about the wrong squadron, the Dam Busters were a Royal Air force squadron that (Given the name) destroyed a German dam which is the RAF squadron No. 617. The one that attacked the Bismark was a Royal Navy Naval Air Squadron No. 825 from HMS Victorious and Naval Air Squadrons No. 810, 818 and 820 from Ark Royal.

[@70yroldgit]

IT IS A MOVIE

[@daolman8226]

Thank you.

[@bobsuisse2]

Hey. I hope you will try Epica soon. And please react to another fantastic Power Metal Band. Blind Guardian "The Bard's Song and Valhalla" Wacken live 2016. It is the HYMN of Metal and I promised you have never seen a crowd like this ;D

[@daolman8226]

Thank you, I did one Epica and I just wrote those down, Thank you again.

[@bobsuisse2]

@@daolman8226 blocked? 😕

[@daolman8226]

@@bobsuisse2 Yea, for all use, in all countries, and that sucks cause I really liked that group.

[@mrmelkor5111]

Where is your friend?

[@daolman8226]

Rusty? He will back in some more videos.

[@therealmagineer]

You gotta learn to play Sabaton videos until the end, man. Yeah, I know, it's boring to watch another 10 seconds with ambient sound only but the whole "War knows no nation" message gets kinda lost with impatient viewers. Nothing too important, I guess, but it really IS a drinking game - one out of ten viewers don't watch their reaction videos till the end (some of them even cut Floor off at the end of "Christmas Truce"). Spoils the fun of watching a bit ...

[@MrShucklers1]

The royal navy juggernaut was The Hood, the Bismarck sunk The Hood. The only reason Bismarck was sunk is because they caught a torpedo in the rudder which left the without ability to steer.

[@-Griffin-]

The Sabaton List with story of each songs (When official lyrics video are not detailed enough, I take fanmade which are very accurate !=> - "The attack of the dead Mens (official lyrics video): 1915 WW1, russian has been gassed by German... they "revived" and destroyed the German forces => kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3KplaqlrrOHaJY - "Lady Of The Dark": the most decorated woman soldier in history (official Animated 12/2022) =>kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXLWg5mZp7-Yi6c (ps: the ANIMATED clip are the best of sabaton, they team up with an historic chanel to do it (Yarn-Hub) ! The great thing is there is a contextualisation of the song, all this animated ! ) - "The Red Baron": With his red plane, he is the greatest ace of all time (official ANIMATED clip11/2022 ) => kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqLIcoWneKZ-aMk - "No bullet Fly": When a german pilot show mercy for a B17 (official animated clip) ==> kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqTPgGBpfMyYpLs - "Fields of Verdun": The biggest battle of World War 1, the Germans VS the French (official clip): kzbin.info/www/bejne/roGbeGCCrLyBpJI - "Dreadnought": The first modern Battleships created in WW1 (fanmade with real footage of Dreadnoughts !) =>kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYjEmHaspNeCpck - "Rise of Evil": Adolf Hitler's legal rise to power (Accurate fanmade with clips of the movie who told this story) => kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6KUY2Opf8qcqbs - "Father", creator of Toxic gaz and chemical warfare, first World War (Official lyrics video) ===> kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqnOloKhlruFgtE - "Night Witches": The only all-female bomber regiment..... the most decorated of the war thanks to their unstoppable tactics (official ANIMATED clip) => kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4qzoGuwedCpr5Y - "SPARTA": 300 spartans vs hundreds of thousands Persians (fanmade with clips of the movie :p )=> kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYrUp6eEn8l_frc - "Shiroyama": 1877, the last battle of the Samuraï, swords vs guns (fanmade video with clips of "the last samurai", a movie about this battle even it's not 100% accurate, carful, it's a little graphic) => kzbin.info/www/bejne/d16ckIeLpb57mMU - "Defence Of Moscow": Operation barbarossa.... the invasion of Russia, 1 million soldiers vs 1 million soldiers (official clip)=> kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4XNiZSkgc-jirc -"Hellfighter": Black Harlem battalion who left the segregation to fight with the French in the trenches. They were treated as equals and became the "hellfighter" because they never retreated, never took prisoners and were the first to cross the Rhine during the first world war (official lyrics vidéo) ==> kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6Cpqmmjg9mXptE - "The Last Battle": At the end of WW2, german soldiers guard important French dignitaries imprisoned in a castle. Knowing that the SS were coming to kill these French, they freed them and decided to protect them... with the help of American troops and fought together ! (official lyrics video) ===> kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKjJe6aBm6ihl68