We're back with a fantastic, new video today about the song Light in the Black! It is something else, as we're not talking about one specific event or battle. In fact, this army's reason d'etre is to avoid any battles, or at least protect the harmless from their effects. In any case - it makes for an interesting episode, which, and we cannot stress this enough, we wouldn't have been able to make without our Patrons. Even supporting us with a dollar a month helps us tremendously (and grants you access to early access to our episodes). Please consider supporting us on www.patreon.com/sabatonhistory! Cheers, the Sabaton History Team
@starfuryms5824 жыл бұрын
Gotta say, I'm highly disappointed in the history section if this video. Some glaring inaccuracies. The UN did not have a dedicated peacekeeping force until 1956, when they formed the UNEF (Emergency Force) during/shortly after the Suez crisis. Every mission b4 that was just a hodgepodge collection of guys from different countries sent out to observe and broker peace deals that never worked. Also very disappointed that you did not once mention Canada in a tale about UN Peacekeepers. The entire idea was put b4 the general assembly by Canada's Secretary of state for external affairs at the time (Lester B Pearson, who would later go on to become Canada's Prime Minister), and Canadians have made up a significant portion of every mission to date, (usually around 10% of the forces on any given mission, despite our smaller population and minuscule standing army). It is also quite common for Canadian Generals to be put in command of peacekeeping missions, despite other countries contributing more men and material due to their larger resources. Overall, I'm not convinced you did a thorough enough job researching this topic b4 making the video, and I sincerely hope you will learn from this in future, and use those lessons to help improve the quality of videos going forward. That being said, I do love the work you've done, and absolutely love Sabaton's music. Keep it up. PS. Here's a link to some info on Canada's involvement with the UNEF: www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/peacekeeping
@rossw97644 жыл бұрын
Starfury MS Soorie?
@Drachenkonig24 жыл бұрын
So if all of those time travelers where to go back and kill hitler as a baby one of the domino affects would be that the UN is never formed. That would mean without intervention; one of the larger conflicts the UN would have brokered peace for (or prevented all together). May have spiralled out of control. Ultimately resulting in a different War to End All Wars, Germany creating atomic bombs, and a United Nations anyway.
@JeanLucCaptain4 жыл бұрын
the UN was clearly set up to fail. the absurd rules governing them give so little leeway that they are unable to do anything useful. it must then be pure coincidence that UN Peacekeeping got hijacked by Imperialist forces almost from the start.
@kordellchism61354 жыл бұрын
Love the song and also the video if I may and I know it’s probably the wrong channel can you guys do a song about the brown water navy during the Vietnam war again I know long Chanel but I hope this message gets some notice
@troglodyte014 жыл бұрын
"The darkest point for UN Peacekeeping was in the Balkans in the 1990's..." Rwanda: Are we a joke to you?
@AfroMidwestern4 жыл бұрын
My reaction sumed up
@Alte.Kameraden4 жыл бұрын
@Nooboleon Nooboleon Well technically the aftermath of WWII had plenty of mass killings so.... I would say more along the lines of Post Cold War not Post WWII.
@Alte.Kameraden4 жыл бұрын
@Nooboleon Nooboleon Russia's invasion of Hungary during the 50s prisoners on both sides were executedin cold blood. Post War occupations of the Baltic States USSR deported hundreds of thousands to slave labor camps which didn'tend until Stalin's death. Post War occupation of Poland was so bad in the early years some claimed it was even worse than the German one which itself was already one of the most brutal occupation in modern history. The massive ethnic cleansing of Eastern Europe which between 8 to 14 million ethnic Germans were deported to East Germany, labor camps or flat out murdered lasted until the 50s as well. If you include stuff outside of Europe it gets considerably worse as well. But you can argue most of these are remaining ripples from WWII but honestly an eye for an eye argument never holds water.
@dr.history35673 жыл бұрын
What about Lebanon
@Citieskylines3 жыл бұрын
Yeah but what about ur mom
@Death_Korps_Officer4 жыл бұрын
Pär: *tells the story of how he almost died* Indy: Hey Alex, how you're doing? *says with a big grin* Alex in the background: *laughs nervously*
@Hammerhead5474 жыл бұрын
I would say that the darkest moment of the united nations would be Rwanda in 1994 when General Romeo Delaire desperately wanted to use his forces to stop the bloodletting during the worst part of the genocide and was not told to stand down but was also ordered to do nothing to prevent the continuing violence.
@frankishe234 жыл бұрын
He still suffers from PTSD from it, and it very nearly killed him, but he recovered enough to eventually become a senator and run a charity.
@RoutaAskel4 жыл бұрын
That is the problem when politicians get to determine ROE. People not aware what the reality in the field is and no understanding of the horrors going on
@lavrentivs98914 жыл бұрын
He barely had enough people to guard the refugee camps he was ordered to guard. Even with a wider mandate he wouldn't have had the manpower to really do anything, not without extra forces and no major powers cared enough to send any.
@adamedwards19374 жыл бұрын
And what happened to the Belgian paratroops was shocking, probably also contributed to UN reticence.
@rwandaforever67444 жыл бұрын
You are right. Not only had he to watch the slaughter from his compound, but he told the UN about this happening several weeks iun advance. He had someone inside of the government of Habyarimana feeding him more and more damning information. About the plans of ethnic cleansing, about the Interahamwe training to kill civilians, about the order of several million machetes from China, about Hate Radio. And he sent it all to the UN...and they did nothing. If you come to Kigali today, be sure to visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial. You will find the whole story, the original cables he sent. And what happend after he was ordered to leave. About 1mio people died in 100 days of murder. Sabaton should write a song about that conflict. About the 50000 people lured to Murambi and killed within 3 days. About the 250000 that died in and around Kigali and are now buried beneath the memorial. Even when the RFP took back the country bit by bit and drove the genocidaires to the west, while the French pressed in from that side. But then they opened a corridor and let the murderer flee to the DRC. They said, it was for the refugees. Who knows. But France to this day does not extradite known genocidaires to Rwanda. Think about that what you like. The most impressive part of the story is how Rwanda came back from that. There was a country torn, destroyed, all trust was gone, the population reduced and scattered, the dead, the victims or rape and violence, the murderer in custody, all levels of administration gone, no judges, no doctors, no teachers.....but just 25 years later Rwanda is a positive country, with a growing economy that conquered the hate and the suffering and is ranked as one of the top 5 developed countries in Africa. You could not have predicted this in 1994. I'm not from Rwanda, but have been there quite often and worked with the CNLG to keep the memory alive. Every annual commemoration (Kwibuka) has the motto: Remember. Unite. Renew. And that is what happend and keeps happening. I am astonished every time I visit, how the country has changed for the better. If you have the chance, visit Rwanda. You will not be disappointed. And Sabaton: Write a song about that conflict (which has been brewing for decades and was, of course, started by European colonialism).
@truesoprano21524 жыл бұрын
I love it when you guys bring attention to older, underrated songs! Also, that was an amazing story.
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Every song deserves its own background coverage - no matter how old or new!
@truesoprano21524 жыл бұрын
@@SabatonHistory Agreed!
@deptusmechanikus73624 жыл бұрын
IMAO this is one of their best songs
@jamesharding34593 жыл бұрын
@@deptusmechanikus7362 Agreed
@sarpbakrsoy81254 жыл бұрын
"So the guy does run away. He doesn't kill you, obviously." No, Indy. The guy did actually kill Pär, he just came back from the dead Osowiec style. This guy we see is him revived.
@type-103 жыл бұрын
He respawned just like the Russians.
@JojokimVT4 жыл бұрын
What I wanted from the interview: The reason why they choose the UN of all things to write a song about. What I got: A story from Pär on how he broke his arm and that he, for some reason, remembers the guy who broke his arm after sleeping a few hours. Oh and that Swedish doctors doesn't care about damages made to your body if you are a metal dude. Still, they encourage you, but don't listen to them if they say ´´Sure your arm is broken, but you can still use your fingers´´ Oh and great video on such an underrated song
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
Well, at 12:50 you get the reason for why they chose the UN. And that story is pretty awesome too!
@alithanna4 жыл бұрын
You may want to check the Churchill subtitles around 2:00 into the episode. It sounds like there maybe word or two that are incorrect. Also, the voice track is out of synch with the video track. Keep an eye on Indy and you'll see it
@flambelk44894 жыл бұрын
The anecdote was surely worthwhile though.
@JohnDoe-zx1ck4 жыл бұрын
Well, to be fair, Par appears to have not expected that either.
@mats74924 жыл бұрын
these stories are great
@austinbrown65934 жыл бұрын
Doctor: “You’re a metal guy, so you can take the pain.” Pär: “Yeah, sure.” Me: “Because that’s entirely how pain tolerance works.” 🤣
@Erik-wm6ee4 жыл бұрын
My grandfather was a UN soldier in Congo during the sixties and has told me some really fascinating stories.
@pedrobarbosaduarte3704 Жыл бұрын
please share
@toop1337 Жыл бұрын
Please do share
@rokos.12398 ай бұрын
Is he Irish? Can you share the story?
@nolanwelch35214 жыл бұрын
I wish they woulda mentioned the Irish peace keepers in the Congo in the 60’s. The siege of Jadotville. It’s a really cool story.
@siegeunit46424 жыл бұрын
Freakin awesome
@jameschastain12293 жыл бұрын
That would make an interesting song, about the battle and what was done afterwards as well.
@daveholiman10443 жыл бұрын
There is a movie about it on Netflix. I will have to watch it.
@OskarOH4 жыл бұрын
Honestly, Light in the Black is such an underrated song.
@randomuser54434 жыл бұрын
It’s a song that fits into a different style that the rest of their songs fill
@davidty20063 жыл бұрын
So it joins The Last battle in being underrated?
@ryanw11124 жыл бұрын
I love this song! “Will our deeds be remembered? Are they written on stone or in sand?” Such powerful words to me.
@Death_Korps_Officer4 жыл бұрын
Proud son of a Blue Beret peacekeeper. My father went two times into Chiprus and one time in Haiti (after the huracane and the earthquake shattered the island). He was trained for war, but he decided to be a soldier of peace. He is now a mechanic professor, where he is still doing what he loves most: repairing, teaching, rather than destroy.
@yokiweyy47704 жыл бұрын
damn, what's up with par's majestic beard? that is truly a sight to behold
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
It's that viking heritage
@terafilip9994 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite songs honestly, as they said, the part where you ask yourself "was it worth is?" is really powerful in meaningful. Also I just want to point out that they said the quote "evil can only triumph if good people stand by and do nothing." only a few minutes after they said how the UN forces stood by and did nothing.
@AfroMidwestern4 жыл бұрын
Well there is one time where is the UN did absolutely nothing but good still won
@gzer0x4 жыл бұрын
I saw General Roméo Dallaire speak once and it was... heartbreaking to hear, and later research, how the UN reacted
@gibby_crusader4 жыл бұрын
This song is a masterpiece, it warms my heart as my mother was in a Bosnian peacekeeping mission when she was in the US Army in the mid 90s. You guys are wonderful
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@LeutnantJoker4 жыл бұрын
The UN may in fact be useless in a lot of situations when the major powers end up vetoing eachother... however... I never served as a blue helmet when I was in the service but I was on a small excercise with the partnership for pieace nations. Do not underestimate how important it is for members of the military to work witheachother and have that experience. I am almost 100% sure that every soldier in the world knows exactly what it means to put that barret or helmet on. it's a symbol of peace and responsibility to protect people and it forces you to work with other nations that you otherwise might have issues with. it brings people together, it brings soldiers together. Soldiers that might one day be called upon to fight eachother and who just might say 'no' in extreme cases because they have worked with the other side towards pieace and instead might get rid of a bad government. Or maybe it would just be telling their friends about how the other side thinks and that they were working just as hard toward the peace as everybody else was. Even a symbol that is sometimes helpless still means something and can change a few peoples' minds. I would have been very honored to serve with the blue helmet on, even if sometimes you cannot prevent certain things. I think every soldier who ever served with the blue helmet on, has a unique perspective on conflict and peace and sometimes those guys are all you need to prevent something bad from happening, sometimes it's those guys that change some minds that matter. Just my 2 cents.
@cristianvillanueva87824 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@jamesgenoverdi19394 жыл бұрын
Took my hat off for you, good sir.
@KossolaxtheForesworn4 жыл бұрын
I didnt go through army so I can join the blueberries in iran so US can have their oil. I will stick at home and wait to be invaded so I actually have a reason to fight and die. other than greedy capitalist fucks over the atlantic.
@AfroMidwestern4 жыл бұрын
But really we should expect this from the countries that completely ignored a genocide of their own people I'm talking about the Armenian Genocide not any type of Nazi conspiracy theory. And they ignored it so the Turks could be our allies
@bobw16784 жыл бұрын
I appreciate the sentiment but your thesis rests on a false presumption. Military partnerships like that are almost always the product of local security agreements, not the UN. We train with european soldiers bc of NATO, for example. We train with Nigerians, Saudis, Colombians, etc because we have mutual strategic interests in their regions and those nations ASK us to help. The UN actually has literally no say on military cooperations between individual nations. The UN doesnt have a military, there are no "UN training missions," something happens, the UN asks nations for troops, nations choose to participate and if they do, great, if not, no repercussion. Then when the UN goes in there and supposedly "stops the fighting," all they really do is push the fighting elsewhere - they dont STOP the fighting. They stand on street A, and all the militias just moved their fight to street B and the UN watches and says "not our jurisdiction, we cant do anything." See Somalia, where the UN really just stood aside in their "green zone" and let the militias pretty much do whatever in the rest of the city. That's not peacekeeping, that's feckless military adventurism that doesnt even TRY to solve the problem, and in many cases actually makes it WORSE.
@albinandersson11544 жыл бұрын
Many of your songs (or 99 % of them) can get the heart racing. But Light in the Black is one of those that really can get into the heart and make you fell the message behind it. The final solution and Rise of Evil has the same power. Maybe its not a top favourite but its really one of your more beautifull works.
@HajekOn4 жыл бұрын
Well the song is perfect and so is story behind it. But look at Pär's majestic beard. It's incredible! See you and your beard in Prague!
@truesoprano21524 жыл бұрын
I think it's almost at the point where small animals can live inside of it!
@HajekOn4 жыл бұрын
TrueSoprano That’s not what I meant
@jamesharding34593 жыл бұрын
The single greatest failing of the UN Peacekeepers is the requirement that they be invited in, and the restrictions on their ability to use force. If they’re going to stand between civilians and those who would do them harm, they damn well need to be able to do what’s needed to do so. What happened in the Balkans was inexcusable, and must not be allowed to happen again.
@JellothePallascat4 жыл бұрын
The battle of the Medak Pocket was where the Canadian Peacekeepers held against the Croatians. And fought an overnight battle halting the Croat advance. Cool Canadian History does a good podcast about it.
@2SSSR24 жыл бұрын
My second most favorite song. And cheers for actually honoring blue berets.
@nobelissimos87194 жыл бұрын
Too bad most of them are pedos and human traffickers now. Fuck globalists.
@kayagoksoy4 жыл бұрын
"But remember, evil can only triumph if good people stand by and do nothing." As in when they had to stand by and watch thousands were killed in Bosnia.
@LivingCrusader4 жыл бұрын
And Rwanda.
@lavrentivs98914 жыл бұрын
@@LivingCrusader The UN had a small presence in Rwanda where they kept refugees safe. What did the rest of the world do at the time?
@lavrentivs98914 жыл бұрын
Read about the "Sheriff of Vares", the nordic UN battallion didn't stand idly by.
@nicklehne74864 жыл бұрын
And Yugoslavia ...
@666bambucia4 жыл бұрын
And they got medals for that, an example of this are the Dutch (or Danish, can't remember which exactly) for standing down in Yugoslavia
@josephreynolds23744 жыл бұрын
This video has genuinely just helped me plan for an essay I have to write tomorrow on the effectiveness of UN peacekeeping. Thanks Indy & Sabaton 😂
@suran396 Жыл бұрын
I k ow it was a couple of years ago, but how did the paper turn out?
@josephreynolds2374 Жыл бұрын
@@suran396 I can't remember the grade for that exact essay, but I got an A overall at the end of the course, so pretty well I guess😁👍🏻
@suran396 Жыл бұрын
@@josephreynolds2374 Great! My son has been receiving extra credit in French by giving Friday history lessons and he uses some Sabaton songs, too. Fields of Verdun, etc. Also, Ibtook him to his first rock concert in the fall (SABATON!!!) and he got extra credit in orchestra for attending a live music performance
@HistoryMonarch19993 жыл бұрын
This song gives a new appreciation to these men. I don’t see too much “lol UN peacekeepers useless” but I do still, despite taking part in actual combat especially around mali, and seeing people praising them for helping in their places form medical help to fending off insurgents. It can’t be easy when it comes to being careful how they intervene in conflicts, and being mostly about giving aid. And the fact they do get casualties in combat. I wish these men well
@rc591912 жыл бұрын
They need to be put on trial it's UN Peacekeepers that have more than once sold women into slavery and would only distribute food to them if the local women would sleep with them.
@tomicbranislav34 жыл бұрын
Still have my Blue Beret..... Serbian Army Contigent in Lebanon, South Sudan and Kongo..... Had my first combat experiance in S. Sudan protecting Red Cross aid workers..... 99% of any combat operations are not reported on at all because of the bullshit ROE and posibility of veto.... I was engaged in 539 combat operations during my tours in S. Sudan and Kongo... not a great time but I meet so many amazing fellow soldiers from other countries
@Foralltosee16234 жыл бұрын
12:03 Damn that quote by Indy was epic. Made the whole video for me
@galis43834 жыл бұрын
My father was a blue beret in the Balkans in the 90s. He was stationed on an outpost on the Croatian border. Four guys including himself. I always feel touched when I listen to this song because even though I know that he felt that it was useless, I still find the ideals behind UN beautiful. Sadly enough, the ideals are only beautiful thing about the UN.
@shivampaliwal81623 жыл бұрын
My father was a part UNPKF (Peace Keeping Force) in Bosnia-Herzegovina, sadly 2months after he and his troops left the massacre in Kosovo happened.
@somewierdoonline24024 жыл бұрын
9:46 it's almost like giving less supplies to peacekeeping forces makes them less effective lol
@Emerald-Aholic4 жыл бұрын
Light in the Black is my favorite Sabaton song. Largely because of how underrated it is. Nobody really talks about it. Which is why i love it even more.
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
And now we are talking about it again!
@frankpolly4 жыл бұрын
I needed sources for a school paper about the UN. this is going in.
@papajohns94974 жыл бұрын
Somebody mentions the break of Yugoslavia. the comment section blows up
@lexingtonbrython18974 жыл бұрын
Yep, i've already seen inter-Slav fighting in the comments. It's like WW1 down here!
@patricksvarietycorner57004 жыл бұрын
Patition to rename the Balkins to the Powderkeg
@deptusmechanikus73624 жыл бұрын
Fucking religion crap.
@lazarzivanovic52103 жыл бұрын
@Anglo Saxon91 lmao , ok mr perfect lol
@FRODOGOOFBALL4 жыл бұрын
Thank You for featuring this song! It's one of my favorites. I fell in love with it when I saw an AMV of Light in the Black with video from Gate: Jieitai Kano Chi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri.
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
Our pleasure! Cheers!
@hordynighthawk3254 жыл бұрын
Siege of Jadotville is great movie about UN it shows how it worked at its beginings
@wisemankugelmemicus17014 жыл бұрын
How it failed, really. The Irish were abandoned by the UN so they fought on their own. Then they were captured when they ran out of bullets. Although that movie is pinpoint accurate, it's crazy.
@hordynighthawk3254 жыл бұрын
@@wisemankugelmemicus1701 Irish did not failed, they fought as lions and held ground. The UN left them to bleed. It was UN fuck up. I love the movie. It praise the Irish soldiers for their heroism.
@ramblingrenegade63464 жыл бұрын
@@hordynighthawk325 he's saying it shows how the UN failed as opposed to the absolute madmen who held on against all odds. I think what's more fucked however is how the men were only recognised for their actions recently because apparently you can't award people if they surrender, even if they're fighting non-stop with no way out up until that point
@hordynighthawk3254 жыл бұрын
@@ramblingrenegade6346 I agree It was Fail because the UN should be led by military HQ of sort, not political operatives who know shit about wafare. I mean UN soldiers should have HQ with proper general. Politicians can give order to do stuff, but generals and military personal should be ones in charge on the missions. UN is not working because the UN units are not threat to proper army. They are Light troops or motorised troops only. So no heavy guns mostly. UN units need more rights.
@lavrentivs98914 жыл бұрын
@@wisemankugelmemicus1701 The irish forces weren't abandoned, the other UN forces (swedish, indian etc.) couldn't break through the enemy forces.
@epicwarfare52954 жыл бұрын
''Evil can only try if good people stand by and do nothing'' True
@MilsurpMikeChannel4 жыл бұрын
The most accurate song about the UN is Megadeth's United Abominations. My question about the Par beatdown story... did the guy have a mohawk and aviator sunglasses?
@Fanofsabaton4 жыл бұрын
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@KlaustheViking4 жыл бұрын
Not Megadeth's best album, but I like that song and Washington is Next
@Fanofsabaton4 жыл бұрын
Fuk the U.N., putos.
@bostonianful4 жыл бұрын
@@Fanofsabaton piss off asswipe.
@Jeffersonian14 жыл бұрын
I was beginning to wonder if anyone would mention the child-rape, the sex-for-food, the standing-around-watching genocide-by-machete....
@grafspee454404 жыл бұрын
"and even those smallest or I guess, underestimated countries can contribute to peace in their region" Luxembourg shall live on!!!
@Voron_Aggrav4 жыл бұрын
10:20 which also in turn lead to the Dutch government stepping down over this, as Dutch forces where mostly responsible for being incapable of protecting the enclave, I love this song
@felwinter55284 жыл бұрын
Edmund Burke said, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
@Handles-Suck-YouTube4 жыл бұрын
This song means a great deal to me. My grandfather volunteered for the Congo Crisis '62-'63, his service including the attack on Kaminaville, the capital of the Katanga province. My uncle was present in the Balkans, though he doesn't say more than that.
@elkingoh4543 Жыл бұрын
Malaysia is one of most active in international Peacekeeping mission. We involved almost all conflict in 80s and 90s, in the story "Black Hank Down" only shown American perspective of the Mogadishu. In Reality there is own Malaysian and Pakistani perspective on the story or a story how Malaysian army saved an Italian officer at Mogadishu. Thanks brother
@cryofthewolfmagazine4 жыл бұрын
Sabaton is one of the best bands on the planet. They have a rising maiden-esque following.
@K967774 жыл бұрын
If UN didnt help South korea in 1950, my country people must in suffer under the brutal communist regime until today and I never know KZbin and great songs of Sabaton. So really thank you UN forces.
@earendilthemariner55464 жыл бұрын
Where can i get a jacket like Indy's? Also, Pär is beard goals
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
I'm afraid it's not for sale at the moment
@MetalLord20014 жыл бұрын
everyone knows sabaton history. like if you want it to be on the spotify podcast, isn't it handy?
@crazeyesyes31764 жыл бұрын
Do a song about the UN force in Siege of Jadotville
@magnusthered49734 жыл бұрын
It’s crazy how none died but they killed hundreds My mind says this luck of the Irish
@Jerkfaceman4 жыл бұрын
light in the black is one of my favorite sabaton songs great to hear the history behind it.
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
Our pleasure! Did you like the video!
@leethear33034 жыл бұрын
This was the most wild, unfortunate, random band story I ever heard... from the former band mate to the doctor... crazy stuff... thanks for sharing this
@goldeneagle30884 жыл бұрын
Honestly the UN should adopt a more aggressive military policy
@lucasward95064 жыл бұрын
fr tho. Whats the point of having a military force that is supposed to keep the peace and protect the innocent if it isn't allowed to keep the peace or protect the innocent.
@Dimetropteryx4 жыл бұрын
Which would cause 90% of the member states to leave and move everyone back to square one. Whose policy should it enforce? Some random member state's? The Security Council's? The UN in its current form and the work it is able to do are nothing short of miracles, even when you take its shortcomings into consideration.
@Lewd-Tenant_Isan3 жыл бұрын
What the UN _should_ do is strictly enforce more aggressive human rights protection policies. The UN should focus on benefiting the civilians and the innocents rather than take sides or just stand by and watch. The UN should also be more responsible for their forces, if they are in grave danger, they _must_ be supported at all costs. The Seige of Jadotville should not have happened if the UN bothered to help their own soldiers...
@Jarod-vg9wq2 жыл бұрын
The peacekeepers in these missions are not to blame for the missions failures, they were placed in complex situations, with sometimes Very conflicting rules of engagement.
@johnnyguitar6639 Жыл бұрын
True.But those orders are given so the people at the top will have their back free. There Are no leaders military or otherwise leading by example anymore. Those days are gone
@stitch626aloha3 жыл бұрын
LIGHT IN THE BLACK is the song that got me hooked on Sabaton, soooo THERE!!!
@Triskaan4 жыл бұрын
Fallen into the past and yet still one of my fav Sabaton songs to this day.
@kerlongsjorlejov19454 жыл бұрын
It might be one of the oldest songs of yours but damn, do I like it. This song makes a lot clear and for some who say, the United Nations are useless, eighty years of peace. That is not useless. And the blue helmets are good guys to write about. And this video is something that should be shown in every classroom.
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@autistiumhydroxide36144 жыл бұрын
Well since major powers can act wherever and whenever they please, the UN are pretty useless when it really matters. I agree that, the humanitarian aid is of huge significance though.
@kerlongsjorlejov19454 жыл бұрын
@@autistiumhydroxide3614 And 80 year of peace? It's been 1945 that we had a major war in Europe. That is a record. It can be better but it can be worse.
@thallan4 жыл бұрын
@@kerlongsjorlejov1945 we have had 0 years of peace, since a single country is hellbent on keeping the middle east as a hellhole.
@kerlongsjorlejov19454 жыл бұрын
@@thallan The Middle East is not Europe. And a lot of countries there also wage war against each other or internally.
@mikoyanig55124 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite early songs from sabaton and it pulled on my heart strings a bit. It's a very powerful song.
@jacobfarley4344 жыл бұрын
Pretty wild, I finally watched Siege of Jadotville this weekend, and have had Light In The Black stuck in my head all week, then this drops. I hoped the UN involvement in Katanga would be mentioned
@3k04t94 жыл бұрын
This is by far my favorite song ever, it’s so fucking heavy
@riktorGaming4 жыл бұрын
Just on the past weekend my wife and I were discussing the possibility of the UN intervening in a crisis, very nice to know more about this topic, as always great stuff from you guys, now off to listen to this song on repeat for the next 3 days.
@PowermadNavigator4 жыл бұрын
Very good video and very informative. True, a lot of people are quick to write off the UN these days. Human mentality often dictates that we remember that one failure rather than the several acts of good that preceded or followed it. It's a long series of ups and downs for sure. I dunno, I really liked this song and was just listening to it yesterday... a few times.
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the support! And it sure is complicated as Indy describes
@Aeyekay04 жыл бұрын
Best video on this channel honestly. So randomly interesting with the broken arm story lol
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Adam!
@mats74924 жыл бұрын
this channel is amazing.. stories, not only about the songs, but personal things from the band as well.. Keep it up!
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@hsguitars48284 жыл бұрын
Pär wearing Running Wild shirts on more than one occasion in these episodes makes me incredibly happy. Such a good band
@cosminasimona4 жыл бұрын
So glad you did a video about this lesser known gem of a song. It is actually one of my favourite songs from Sabaton.
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
Every lesser known gem will be covered! Glad you liked it!
@lilandry4 жыл бұрын
I am listening this song almost everyday on our rock radio in Ukraine.
@mandoschMUh4 жыл бұрын
This song is easily one of my all time favorites by Sabaton. Didn't see the relation between Pär's story and the song, tho....must have been a pretty shitty feeling to know that a "friend" tried to beat you to death...glad you got out of it relatively unscathed, mate!
@RepairCat4 жыл бұрын
The story is related to the recording of Attero Dominatus.
@DamyPanny4 жыл бұрын
Well... he had a flash and suddenly remembered the guy during the night. So...A light in The black (just a weak joke eheh)
@MrMarkusaa4 жыл бұрын
This keeps getting better and better all the time, awesome work guys. This should become part of history teaching in Finland... you know youtube age and all.
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Markus!
@HistoryMonarch19994 жыл бұрын
I think I knew this before but I always realized that being the UN or a peacekeeper, especially if your main goal is not to take sides unless forced too, would be hard. I see people complain of course but then again it’s usually the same people who complain about sovereignty. I finally looked up successes that wasn’t just military so I knew that, it had more good for it than useless, like the UN itself. basically nothing is ever simple, it does need changes but we also still need it
@ryanvandermeijs7534 жыл бұрын
0:54 hey that’s dutch on the top left that’s my language It means union of peoples
@bavtie14 жыл бұрын
The Srebrenica disaster they talk about also heavily involved Dutch UN troops. They were the ones guarding the enclave.
@robl9564 жыл бұрын
Bastiaan Wiltjer and they were left by the UN general (French Guy) and the Dutch politicians. They wern’t alloud any airsupport. So there was no chance to fight of the serbs. Also the commander was not a tough Guy, but his men praised him.
@demetripetrenko27834 жыл бұрын
PÄR AND HIS GOD THOR LIKE BEARD!!! FEAR HIS BASS! FOR PÄR IS A HISTORY METAL GOD! 🌩🎸🌩 Haha love you Sabaton! SABATON HISTORY FOREVER!🤘
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
THANKS!
@chubbyGrimblr4 жыл бұрын
A friend running away and hanging out with his friend because a stranger started to beat the fuck up out of his bandmate is, like... One of the most rock and roll stories to have rock and rolled.
@remoreyes80054 жыл бұрын
Since they talked about the UN and Indy mentioned Bosnia, I'm hoping the next episode is "We Burn"
@christossymA3A24 жыл бұрын
UNinvolved in peacekeeping
@maxwelljacobs27153 жыл бұрын
You know a Sabaton history episode about shadows would be awesome
@noneofyourbusiness94894 жыл бұрын
The UN: Cholera epidemics are our specialty.
@Xeonise4 жыл бұрын
Wow, definitely didn't see that coming either. You know, it's good Pär didn't say who it was, I doubt anything good would have come of that. Huge respect.
@kingdraconias4 жыл бұрын
I certainly haven't forgotten this song. It's one of my all time favorites. :D Thanks for telling such an underrated story in such an awesome way. No one does that better than Sabaton.
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Our pleasure indeed! Glad you liked the video
@kingdraconias4 жыл бұрын
@@SabatonHistory YOU JUST MADE MY DAY! :D THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I GOT A REPLY FROM YOU GUYS! YOU ROCK!
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
Glad to be of help - rock on!
@adamedwards19374 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see a Sabaton song about the last stand of the Irish in Jadotville on a UN Mission.
@jumi93424 жыл бұрын
Man, Indy is a real man of words. He really changed my mind on the UN topic.
@geddyhamblen37514 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best videos to date! Well done!
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@shivampaliwal81623 жыл бұрын
10:44 you see the Indian UNPKF contingent, we have been the biggest contributor to UNPKF in terms of men, women and material! Proud of our commitment to global peace and upliftment and protection of the disenfranchised.
@fin42044 жыл бұрын
Pär seems so nice, Why would someone ever attack him
@kryoruleroftheninthcircleo41514 жыл бұрын
Some people are just monsters.
@irishexplorer78624 жыл бұрын
A light in the black is one of my favorite songs from Sabaton, it's the song I choose to expose my friends to Sabaton.
@Ludwig_Perpenhente4 жыл бұрын
Imagine being so badass that you make a song about The United Nations Peacekeeping Forces
@thedrifter27904 жыл бұрын
I'm somewhat of a 'new' listener in the sense that the only new album I've seen was The Great War.. Despite this, I really have a fondness for A Light in the Black! I always loved this song and it just.. It just sounds good, and... It speaks to me I suppose, anywho, I love Sabaton, and I love Indy!
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it! How'd you like the video then?
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it! How'd you like the video then?
@thedrifter27904 жыл бұрын
Oh! Oh my! I didn’t expect a reply- I generally as a rule of thumb tend to like most every Sabaton History video, especially since it combines the best of both worlds. As for the video, I’m curious if perhaps the Serb-Muslim conflict is something worth covering a some point especially with the UN. As strange as it sounds I’d like to hear you talk about the more personal perspective of the commander whose hands were politically bound, only able to what I have heard to be stand unarmed in the face of the militants, but aside from that it was a fascinating video as always! Also, I’d like to put fourth a petition to make the Spanish word, “Sabado” which means “Saturday” to “Sabaton.” Edit: I believe I was actually thinking of the Rwandan Genocide, apologies. Or maybe I am not?
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
Well, we certainly appreciate the support! If Sabaton ever made a song on the Yugoslav Wars it would indeed be very interesting to cover and discuss it. As for the petition: That's the most awesome idea we've heard in a long time!
@hellionshark31974 жыл бұрын
I don't know how this song is so underrated. It's one fo my favorites! I don't think the UN is useless like many seem to - their job is to do their best to stop a war not join it. And their duty is to the common people. but OMG it's so damn slow! Especially compared to how fast-paced the world is now. I get that it's a lot of countries and. a lot of bureaucracy and the main goal s to keep the peace, which means you can't just go in, guns blazing and help the "good" side, but damn, untill they actually act shit, most of the time, has already hit the fan and dried up... But overall I think the world is better with the work they do than it would be without it. Btw, It's time for Pär to make a storytime channel
@DC-ru5xz4 жыл бұрын
Let’s just agree that we all remember Par’s story much more so than the UN history lesson
@exudeku4 жыл бұрын
Im proud of both Filipino and Puerto Rican Peacekeepers! Small nations are vicious! Mabuhay!
@KristianVirtanen4 жыл бұрын
High respect. I know these guys who are peacekeepers somewhere in the world, definately way too underrated soldiers. They dont make new kill records nor receive medals of honors. But if they leave, there is lots of peoples who will quickly miss them and the shit starts to hit the fan
@rc591912 жыл бұрын
They're full of criminals did you not see what they have been doing and are still doing in Bosnia and across Africa? They sold women into human trafficking rings and forced local women to sleep with them in exchange for food.
@acediadekay37934 жыл бұрын
Everybody whom are interested in war movies should watch No Man's Land (2001 film). It's an incredibly intense movie about a Serbian soldier and a Bosnian soldier traped together in the middle of No Man's Land and The UNs inability to help them. It really highlights the fact that: even if you wants to help, sometimes you just can't (do to the very nature of the complicated politics The UN abides by) The film won the Oscar and the Globe for Best Foreign Language Film 2001, and very well deserved.
@lordvaderiffic85984 жыл бұрын
This song for me reminds me of sleeping lmao. Cause once I was listening to sabaton late at night, and fell asleep during it and when I woke up this song was playing
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
"Light in the Black" could also be the title of a nighty-night song so it's not the far-fetched. Good luck falling asleep to "Sparta" though...
@CarTubeShorts4 жыл бұрын
Indy: mentions the balkans Balkan people: it's showtime
@HistorysRaven2 жыл бұрын
Since this is a video on UN forces, may I suggest doing a song, or researching, about the Irish Army UNOC "A" Company during the Siege of Jadotville in September 1961? "A" Company was 155 soldiers sent to the Congo during the "Congo Crisis" and survived a five day siege where they faced a force of ~3000 mercenaries. Zero Irish lives were lost during those five days and Commandant Patrick Quinlan only surrendered after the last bullet was fired.
@jamesharding34594 жыл бұрын
My idea for a correction of the UN Peacekeeper mandates: whenever there’s a conflict going down that the UN intervenes in, UN troops are to forcibly stand between them. Any side that starts doing anything “not ok,” they get *f*cked up*
@saudade78424 жыл бұрын
Or maybe a mandate to intervene directly in any severe human rights violations like genocide, mass murder, mass rape, and other such crimes.
@kristopherhall9714 жыл бұрын
The issue with this is that if the Peacekeepers had more ability to decide to intervene no country would be willing to let them come in. The leader of a country doesn’t want to invite in a multinational force that will get rid of him/her for human rights abuses. The only way the Peacekeepers can intervene is with this limited ROE, otherwise no country would agree to it. Cause of that, Peacekeepers are only really a way to slow the bleeding and save some lives rather than stop a conflict or atrocity. The way I see it, all their “failures” would have been worse had they not been there. It’s not like those conflicts wouldn’t have happened if they didn’t exist or intervene. Even if they didn’t manage to fully stop it, if they helped some people, it’s a success.
@---tr8fx4 жыл бұрын
"the league of nations" would have been a better name :pepesad:
@stewm12674 жыл бұрын
I'm damned proud of all Canadian and international Peacekeepers. They have a damn near impossible job and they somehow do it. Want a good read about some of what they have to deal with, read Lt. General Romeo Dallaire's Shake Hands With The Devil.
@GRAHFXENO4 жыл бұрын
I really hope Sabaton makes a song about Roméo Dallaire and the Rewandan Genocide one day
@b1laxson4 жыл бұрын
A double double for all of them.
@javanbybee48224 жыл бұрын
I love shake hands with the devil, it sums up the near imposible job the UN peace keepers have
@nash3timemvp4 жыл бұрын
You might to educate yourself on the UN's grand plans before you start throwing praise around.
@olegdzyuba24894 жыл бұрын
@@nash3timemvp What are you talking about
@007848654 жыл бұрын
May i just add that the UN denied Serbia the same protection from NATO aggression during the bombing of Belgrade in 99, also no Serb was protected against operation Storm in Croatia and the albanian warcriminals in Kosovo.
@sonofrivadin36844 жыл бұрын
Nobody cares for Serbia or Serbs
@smarterthanyoure4 жыл бұрын
Considering all baltic slavs do is just point at each other and blame the other, while none take the blame for anything. Gonna be honest, who cares.
@truegrit20604 жыл бұрын
Song request: a song about Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders.👍
@truegrit20604 жыл бұрын
@Col. Commissar Ibram Gaunt I didn't know they had a rival band. I've been a fan of theirs for only 2 years ish now.🎸
@SabatonHistory4 жыл бұрын
If you want they have a special form on their website for song ideas: www.sabaton.net/do-you-have-a-good-idea-for-a-song/
@KlaustheViking4 жыл бұрын
Custer's final stand would of been a good song for The Last Stand album. But Id like that to be on an album.
@danielreshef52994 жыл бұрын
Nick A. Uh...I think you meant “Custer.”
@KlaustheViking4 жыл бұрын
@@danielreshef5299 My bad, lmao
@darksurvivor454 жыл бұрын
An interesting and sadly accurate book about one the biggest failure of the UN, the Rwanda Genocide, I Advise is "J'ai serré la main du Diable" ("I shook the hand of the devil") which is about the biography of Roméo Dallaire, French-Canadian commanding officer of the operation. It is truly sad and horrible to see that the UN wasn't able to do something, even the high command tell Roméo Dallaire to do absolutely nothing. The book is in French but I think it is lso available in English.
@ferrjuan4 жыл бұрын
If only there were UN peacekeepers there to protect Par from getting assaulted with a crowbar!