A History Teacher Reacts | Sabaton - "Bismarck"

[@TheHegeyCast]

"That singer looks like he could punch a hole in that ship" Nice

[@johnnygreen91]

He's ganna break his kneecap lol

[@TacticalBaguette]

Want to like but it's 69 and you said nice Edit: no they liked it oof

[@bastik.3011]

@@johnnygreen91 yeah kinda his signature move ^^

[@samlevy9897]

Unless the ship was made of his leg

[@sinisternightmare]

He's punching an imaginary midget. :-D

[@mcglynn20]

Yes! Finally, Sabaton! Also, yes, this is their personal niche. Almost every song is Military History.

[@6666Imperator]

it might be inspired by history but at least in this song you are not actually learning anything historical except there was once a big battleship that was feared and eventually sunk :D

[@kaldunaaa]

@@6666Imperator Which is why they have a channel, Sabaton History, that further explains the stories behind the songs.

[@6666Imperator]

@@kaldunaaa maybe but then he should maybe react to that instead of the song ;) At least I don't see how your comment counters mine.

[@kaldunaaa]

Paul Mutzel He actually did react to the channel recently, he watched both the music video and the history lesson about Verdun.

[@6666Imperator]

@@kaldunaaa both are completely different historical moments, so I stay with my opinion that the song "Bismarck" does not really give much history content.

[@pohjantuulet247]

Historical theme: **Exists** Joakims right leg: *"Ah shit, here we go again"*

[@ditzfough]

I giggled like a little school girl from this

[@matthewrobinett1012]

Traditionalist Doomer hahahahahahahahahb brah

[@IlMagnete]

Traditionalist Doomer HAHAHAHAHHA

[@tonicesar3704]

HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAH

[@takafumiarisawa70]

I like to imagine Joakim's leg is penpals with Lindemann's knee.

[@lonwolf7922]

As for the saving him part. There are some unspoken laws in warfare. In this case, if a battleship is sinking, you are not allowed to harm or kill the survivors whilst they are in the water. Same with a dog fight. If a jet is shot down and the pilot is alive and parachuting down, enemy pilots are not allowed to kill him on the ground or whilst going down. It's not an official law but more in the sense of dignity in war. A fair fight, like the song "No bullets fly". There is no honor is shooting down a plane with no defenses.

[@mennograafmans1595]

Sadly there are always those who ignore those "rules" and people thinking that there are no rules in war. Soldiers are humans too, not monsters.

[@jamestheprotogen7554]

according to the genver convention you are not allowed to shoot at aircraft personel when they jump because of an emergency.

[@dankllamas6984]

@@mennograafmans1595 im pretty sure the nazis didnt give a shit especially during the second half of the war

[@santiagoperez2094]

@@dankllamas6984 the only known case of such a pilot that ignored this is an US pilot, so git gud. In fact, a lot of whermacht tankers where mistreated and tortured because ss panzer units used the same ground forces symbols.

[@dankllamas6984]

@@santiagoperez2094 I m pretty sure gassing prisoners is a war crime of some kind

[@CrapsterZ]

A few cool little tidbits: The Bismarck is referred to with male pronouns in the song exactly as he was in real life, because his captain insisted such a powerful warship could not be referred to as a lady. The orientation of her guns in the video is true to how they were when Bismarck was sunk in real life. All the battle damage she sustained was historically accurate as well. The Swordfish biplanes that damaged her are also a fun fact: being outdated WW1 era planes also meant the advanced targeting systems of the Bismarck's anti aircraft guns were unable to track the slower planes since they were designed to shoot down faster planes. Similarly, the canvas fuselage meant any rounds that hit the planes would overpenetrate and do minimal damage to the aircraft. The radio at the start also reports on how Bismarck sunk the HMS Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy, and the subsequent British response to dedicate their fleets in the Atlantic to sinking the Bismarck

[@solidsnake8330]

@Knasterreal1 Well it cuts to different part of the battle but the Bismarck when caught was torpedoed and shot up

[@HeroGuitar94]

@Knasterreal1 it is unclear how the Bismarck really sank. Some say the crew detonated a bomb. Others think it was indeed the torpedo. We will never now for sure.

[@PsychShrew]

Also important note, while Swordfish may be considered WW1 *_era_* planes, they were not actually made in WW1. If I remember correctly, they were made in 1934.

[@SgtSplatter782]

@Knasterreal1 the torpedoes hit the Bismarck's rudder. He couldn't turn worth a damn without the rudder and it was nearly impossible to do with just the propellers

[@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe]

​@Knasterreal1 In the final fight RN and Polish ships still launched torpedoes to Bismarck. And even if the Bismarck doesn't sunk by those torps it doesn't mean those torps not hit the ship, but caused no or minimal damage. Even the Swordfish planes hit Bismarck more than one time, BUT only the one which hit the Rudder caused anything. And even that planes pilot thinked it was uneffective until he returned to Ark Royal and got the info. (We can see his face on the video as he angry after the uneffective hit).

[@smilyboi9847]

“Is this gonna be the Bismarck?” Bismarck: TRIGGERED

[@dynamo1796]

I stopped watching after he said "I don't know really much about Bismarck or the specifics". Okay, so WTF is the point of this being a "History Teacher Reacts" then? Could just be any old person reacting. His whole point of difference is to bring knowledge of the history to his review and it was clear from the point where he said "is this gonna be the Bismarck?" that he hadn't even done a quick google. Again, what is the point of this video?

[@jamescurfman3284]

@@dynamo1796 The band are just a bunch of epic badasses who are interested in History and like to make sure that people become educated. Pretty simple concept. The entire point of Sabaton's music videos is that History can be boring but this band made it interesting to learn about. Their music would get people interested so they will go look things up and study for themselves. Some points of Mister Terry reacting to this video is that first, NOBODY knows EVERYTHING about History, not even a History Teacher and second, this gets an even larger audience interested in studying History. People who Mister Terry knows may not know about Sabaton, but they will when he starts showing this stuff off.

[@taozeng9758]

Bismarck: 😡😡😡😡😡😡

[@hermiemostert245]

@@dynamo1796 have you ever heard of Otto von Bismarck? Perhaps if you read up you would understand why he said what he said

[@TheAviationGuyID]

@@dynamo1796 jesus fucking christ i have never seen anyone that dumb except you

[@Gabriel-he6ih]

Bismarck: **exists** Swordfish: *Im gonna torp this ship's whole career*

[@ZeRyFryGuy]

Swordfish be like: THE FUTURE IS NOW OLD MAN!!!

[@e5a]

not sure if u can call the swordfish “the future”

[@HMSVanguard46]

@@e5a a fellow azur lane person

[@fluent4530]

Essa OWARI DA

[@bismarck4993]

*SCREAMS IN BISMARCK*

[@nitt3rz]

All of Sabaton's music is based on history, most of it war, but they did an album about the Swedish empire (1628-1707), called Carolus Rex.

[@omegraptorch3624]

With the lord my protector! Make them bow to my will!

[@braken63]

Long Live Carolus!

[@AnnRose142]

"They're kind of a metal band" Yeah, kind of. 😅

[@michaelgoldsmith9359]

Love the line Bound by iron and blood As that was part of Bismarck’s (the chancellor not the ship) famous speech where he talks about uniting Germany

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

"kinda of like a metal band" As a history teacher, I'd think you'd do a little bit of research on the band and what they do lol Don't get me wrong, I love your videos just thought it was a little humorous. And yes. Bismarck displaced 49,500 tons fully loaded and was crewed by 2,065 men. Only around 400 managed to live to abandon ship and out of them, only 114 would live, mostly due to the British abandoning the rescue effort due to a possible U-Boat sighting. One of the men picked up by the Brits died of his wounds and 5 of the 114 were picked by a U-Boat and a German trawler.

[@Rybo-Senpai]

Well I wouldn't blame the British for abandoning the rescue operation given the Germans did the same thing off the coast of Africa regarding a Passenger liner where 3 Uboats were engaged in rescue operations but had to break off after the Americans decided to attack the Uboats and in turn the survivors of the Liner the lead Boat had sunk, the ships survivors were made up of British Soldiers, Italian POW's being transported and a mix of civilians including Women and Children. During the rescue operation Vichy French ships were on route to assist as were it is claimed some Nearby British Warships but ultimately due to the actions of the US Army Airforce operating from the Ascension Islands, then and now British Territory and a B24 Liberator on Patrol, the officer in charge of US Forces ordered the aircraft to attack, forcing the Germans hand... As the Germans had done to the British after the sinking of Bismark... Sadly in War there are challenges that I feel today it would be difficult to judge as we for the most part have no experience of such events on such a scale. Most who had some experience in war of that scale.. Are sadly already passed or just about too, as it currently stands I believe and I could be wrong. All original members of Easy Company as seen in Band of Brothers have sadly passed on while some of the men who joined the company after the start of combat operations as Replacements are surviving.

[@mariopalenciagutierrez4318]

Don't forget the cat!

[@Rybo-Senpai]

@@mariopalenciagutierrez4318 oh ofcourse the cat!

[@franciscoguinledebarros4429]

And the old man in the video, along with the compass, were actually survivors of the Bismarck, I've heard the man died after the filming tho, but the story in the video is the story of the guy in it

[@epajarjestys9981]

@@franciscoguinledebarros4429 That's a retarded bullshit story spread by retards on every fucking KZbin video about this song. Every person with more than two brain cells can tell that the man in the video is far too young to have been an active participant in World War 2. He is an actor. It seems that he is supposed to depict the last survivor, though, I guess, who got the compass from his captain before leaving the ship or something.

[@molealto]

"He's gonna break his kneecap" - you, sir, have just discovered Rule 1 of Sabaton. Jocke's right knee is made of more metal than 2000 Bismarcks.

[@007racerdude]

History Teacher reacts to Bismarck... "I don't know much about the history of the bismarck".... *FACEPALM*

[@panzer2781]

Here one of those teachers who know nothing and Google everything in class

[@tomiarema7820]

"Bismark" it is Bismarck

[@007racerdude]

@@tomiarema7820 oh look how apt a Grammer nazi on a video abiut a nazi warship

[@Sepilein1]

just because he is a history teacher he doesnt need to know the whole history of everything because he probably has stuff he has to talk about?. I mean i as a german had the main subject "Adolf Hitler and the WW" i think about 4 out of 6 years on my school (not like college). Would my class rather have known something about the bismarck? Probably not because we were Teenagers and couldnt appretiate other things just told from books. Nowadays with the easy acces to internet for everybody and the Videos from Sabaton our History Teacher would have been a fking legend if he played the song and then talked about it...atleast for the metalheads in our class and probably even for the others because that is what awakes interest if you ask me. Our Physics/Math teacher was that brilliant 15 years ago and thats why the classes he teached had the best scores from the school in his subjects for years.

[@jaxusr235]

Omega Videos Incorrect. I’m fairly certain due to a divide between Hitler and the Kriegsmarine admirals that Nazi’s were not allowed to join the German Navy. The Bismarck is a German ship.

[@Heptarch7]

"You can't hurt it... I dunno, that singer might be able to punch a hole through it." :D Classic.

[@DavidKazuma]

“Is this gonna be the Bismarck” Gee I don’t know man probably not

[@letterman1994]

There have been several things named bismarck. otto von bismarck for example and it is a German name so anything named Bismarck could be covered.

[@ragingsaviorkami9862]

@@letterman1994 The ship was named after Otto, I believe.

[@letterman1994]

@@ragingsaviorkami9862 It was indeed named after Ottp Von Bismarck but I was stating what I said to help clarify that it was Terry's first impression that based on the first frame they were going to be talking about the ship and not Otto Von Bismarck. The original comment seemed to merely point out that he said "about the bismarck" when what terry truly said was "about the ship" because he said earlier "it could be a couple different things". So I was merely pointing out that the original comment was sarcastic and could be seen as snide. This was misconstrued by the commenter getting the exact wording wrong and I was merely pointing out the discrepancy in it.

[@yeetbruh7056]

Holy shit otto your back 121 years is a long time

[@DavidKazuma]

Jack Raiden yes

[@edoardoprevelato6577]

Please react to their best songs Attero Dominatus Primo Victoria White Death Aces in Exile

[@ezilesrameis3845]

Don't forget Uprising

[@benselectionforcasting4172]

@@ezilesrameis3845 *The Winnged Hussars Arrive*

[@MultiM4rty]

Screaming Eagles Devil Dogs Back in Control Seven Pillars of Wisdom Ghost Division Panzer Battalion ... I'll stop now

[@imperatorodaenathus9329]

Might as well list all of them

[@NearlyH3adlessNick]

@@imperatorodaenathus9329 One does not simply listen to just one Sabaton song

[@michellemelville8979]

I'm not really sure how you could do a reaction video to a song that you admit you don't know much about. Surely you would do some homework on the subject first to know the historical value of the song and story. I never liked history much in school and dropped it as an elective when I could but as an adult I got a passion for military history specifically via a passion of building models. I researched the hell out of what I was building. Books, online articles, The History Channel etc. *shrug* I believe the images of Bismarck and video came from a partnership with a company that makes video games. I forget their name though. But from memory this isn't the only video they have collaborated in. One thing that surprises me is that nobody seems to notice the significance of the pocket watch. Watch the last moments of the video again. And yes the Royal Navy did rescue survivors for as long as it was safe for them to do so. Over 100 were rescued as opposed to HMS Hood where only 4 lived to tell the story of the catastrophic sinking. I'm sure you as a teacher would advise your students to do their homework before submitting a presentation on a subject yet it feels like you went into this cold. You could do some research on the band to know who they are, what they write and sing about etc and still have a fresh unbiased opinion on the content.

[@larrysucks1273]

I agree, going into this I thought he was going to point out key points of the music video and talk about their importance and was a bit disapointed. Especially so since the bismark is an incredibly important ship not just in terms of naval war history, but to the entirety of ww2 since, if the bismark got out into the atlantic that would have been it, the germans would have eventually pushed the british back and cut the us supply line and would have effectivley won the war. And considering the bismark sunk the hood with relative ease that assumption isn't too far off (though to be fair the hms hood was an old ship, especially around the time ww2 came around).

[@dragonhearted7761]

@@larrysucks1273 lmao that wouldn't have happened if US wanted in there's nothing german could do even if germany took england after getting the Bismarck out into the atlantic cutting of Britains supplied they would just get fucked by Usa and Ussr in the end

[@allianzsaint4336]

@@dragonhearted7761 these is tonnes Germany could do once they took England if they took it The full plan of the kriegsmarine would go on and they would have had the biggest and strongest navy in the world blocking any ships the uss would send while they took Russia and the battles in Africa would end to You can kinda see England in ww2 as the last line of defence

[@jamescurfman3284]

Not a pocket watch, but a Compass. :)

[@harleythomas701]

Why do so many people not see Britain as being an important factor to the victory of ww2

[@Warriorking.1963]

The pursuit of the Bismarck is considered one of the most thrilling and exciting naval operations of all times, and this video - for a music video - actually goes a surprisingly good job of telling it's story. If you listen to the radio at the start, you'll hear the commentator say how Bismarck sank the battlecruiser Hood. The first firefight you see is taken from that action, the Battle of the Denmark Straits, the Hood has been sunk, and Bismarck is exchanging gunfire with HMS Prince of Wales. The next action you see shows Swordfish biplane torpedo aircraft flying off HMS Ark Royal, attacking the Bismarck, with one torpedo slamming into her stern. This torpedo was the battleship's nemesis, jamming her steering gear and leaving her uncontrollable. The final firefight is when the British finally sank the German battleship, including the torpedoes being launched from the cruiser HMS Dorsetshire and hitting Bismarck, the last weapons to be fired against her. Officially this cruiser was credited with sinking the Bismarck, although this was only a technicality, as she was the last ship to hit her during the final battle. This video was all made for the song, and the ships are really accurate! Indeed, while I don't pretend to be an expert, I have studied this ship quite a lot, and I can't see anything misplaced on the ship in the video, compared to what she was like in real life. The only slight criticism I would make is in the final battle, you see a ship with four triple turrets fire at Bismarck. There were no cruisers like that in the final action. The nearest was HMS Sheffield, but she was part of Force H (along with the previously mentioned Ark Royal), and didn't take part. It would also have been nice if they had included the battleship HMS Rodney in the final battle. Her 16" guns proved to be totally devastating, with one of their shells taking out both Bismarck's main forward turrets. Still, I suspect the money involved in making this video was already nothing to sniff at, and adding Rodney would have added yet more expense.

[@masonworker2670]

You should react to their new song Attack of the dead men, I think it’s their best song in this album. Also all their music is based off battles, wars etc

[@DarkShadow-681]

Bismarck is a single, dude. It's not part of the Great War album.

[@LeoJQian]

The cool thing is; the locket/pendant/pocket watch the Bismarck captain gives the sailor is the same one the captain of the band's boat looks at at the end of the video. This signifies that they are the same person or related.

[@aughhhhhhhhhhhh]

Me: speaks with my friend in middle of class History Teacher: stop talking .... i wonder what u talk about? Me: Bismarck History Teacher: what is that? Me : Are you supposed to learn me to something

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

"learn me to something" How about grammar?

[@GamingEntertainment12]

I mean a history teacher should probably do know about Otto von Bismarck and will think you mean him

[@KaasKopGameplay]

@@GamingEntertainment12 Expect for me xd

[@jakerosenberg3767]

@@KaasKopGameplay It's Otto Von Bismarck aka madlad Bismarck

[@patrickpersianni5314]

What people don’t understand it took the whole British navy to track it down and sink it, they dump all missions and track the Bismarck down, Bismarck destroyed the Atlantic shipping lanes, if tripitz, Bismarck sister ship was with her , the British didn’t have a chance with u-boat back up

[@royalnor]

Terry: Do they have some big sponsors, or maybe they're bigger than I knew? Sabaton: Yes

[@labulldog5]

History teacher reacts. Also history teacher: “Ok, gotta wait for the guitar solo” “Ok, now ship is going down...” “Wow, is that how many men were on the ship?” “Long hair...yup def. a metal band” “Also, I don’t know much about this ship.” 🤣🤣🤣. No, really???

[@winchelseabeach4863]

Fun fact the old captain is the kid that gets rescued because he has the same compass and/or watch

[@tristinjudd2595]

The story of Bismark and her sister ship Turpitz is amazing!!! You can learn about it via KZbin search "Extra History Bismark"

[@AntiNubDevice]

A history teacher, and he doesn't know what a Sabaton is/how to say it? That made me chuckle.

[@thrownswordpommel7393]

Maybe he's not specialized in medieval warfare? Not everyone is.

[@ekramer2478]

@@thrownswordpommel7393 That is not medieval, it is WWII! 1939-1945.

[@Highlander1518]

E Kramer2 erm, I think the user was referring to a ‘Sabaton’ a medieval piece of armour, covering the foot.

[@ekramer2478]

@@Highlander1518 Sorry. Yes good point but there is still also his total cluelessness on the time period that the video itself represents.

[@Highlander1518]

E Kramer2 Did you originally comment something different? 🤔

[@pneumonianakey]

Fun fact: this video was made a year after the death of the last surviving member of bismarck, the boat guy is his son.

[@sovietchadster907]

Kriegsmarine: 'war marines' literally translates to that. It was the navy for the Reich but was disbanded after WW2

[@007racerdude]

Sabaton over here teaching a History Teacher about history. LOL

[@flieger7213]

Mediocrity and stupidity knows no limits---just being pretentious to get more subscribers...

[@Lancista]

The Video is created by Belarusian gaming studio called Wargaming and they have video game simulator called World of Warships!

[@arch_2076]

Still love how the bismarck took hours on hours of constant shelling and just didn’t wanna sink so they grabbed torpedoes

[@Paul20661]

Awesome,came to this video in the recomanded,I'm a huge Sabaton fan,seeing them in concert this summer,subbed, greetings from Romania

[@lawpete556]

"Where's this band from?" they're a swedish band

[@dreem1walker]

Sabaton is from the middle parts of Sweden called Dalarna. They are "snowed in" on war history and love to glorify whatever they can of historic events.

[@r_ramendump9681]

Bismarck was built by the kriegsmarine (German Navy) to keep the atlantic under German rule, it had the job of blowing up ships that escorted supplies across the atlantic or just British warships in general, the pride of the British Navy, the HMS Hood was sunk by the Bismarck, whilst the accompanying ship, prince of wales was heavily damaged, that was the first contact between the Bismarck and the British. Knowing the ability of the Bismarck, the British wanted to sink it immediately, and hunted down the Bismarck, finally sinking it with a mix of outdated swordfish torpedo bombers, and cannon fire from British warships. The Bismarck was ultimately sunk because his own crew scuttled him, and yes "him" is used, the Bismarck goes by "him" and not "she", the captain asked that the Bismarck be viewed as a "he" in light of the ships power and might. The Bismarck had a sistership called the tirpitz, which was even harder to sink.

[@corey8704]

Next time at least look up the story before doing a reaction.

[@StrakanDocrusReakal]

Dont be to harsh on him, people can do a crap ton of research but still not know much about a specific ship.

[@corey8704]

@@StrakanDocrusReakalOther than being a ship lacked even the basic idea of what was going on. Wasn't being harsh, but this was no ordinary ship either.

[@Keksde]

I agree with you. It wouldve been okay for any other Person, but as a History Teacher I at least expected him to do some research about the History of the Bismarck, the circumstances etc. The Bismarck is a legendary ship, hardly any deep research is necessary to find these Information's.

[@averylividmoose3599]

@@Keksde yeah even by glancing over a report or story about the battle of the Denmark strait it's pretty easy to get a grasp on it

[@unknow11712]

@@Keksde you mean 1 of the 2 battleship germany tryed to produce , that as made , had to start running around in the northen sea hiding till the allies started to look for it seriusly and litteraly bombed the shit out of it 2 time , before finaly confronting it with a whole fleet to destroy it ? .... more than legendary its depressing ... one of the side of germany ingenuity with all that progress they didn't considerate that battleship stopped being usefull after ww1 .

[@humorless_9462]

Let's react to Sabaton- Upraising or to Inmate 4859 they are amazing

[@mrthomas2847]

The 2002 documentary Expedition: Bismarck, directed by James Cameron and filmed in May-June 2002 using smaller and more agile Mir submersibles, reconstructed the events leading to the sinking. These provided the first interior shots. His findings were that there was not enough damage below the waterline to confirm that she had been sunk rather than scuttled. Close inspection of the wreckage confirmed that none of the torpedoes or shells had penetrated the second layer of the inner hull. Using small ROVs to examine the interior, Cameron discovered that the torpedo blasts had failed to shatter the torpedo bulkheads

[@miafranlund6982]

A little info... The old man with The compass was the last man alive of the crew from Bismark, Bernhard Heuer. He was really given the compass from the captain who engraved Bismark coordinates into it. Bernhard passed away shortly after making the video in hos mid 90ies.

[@apairofpliers8565]

“Is this gonna be about the Bismarck?” Me: *stares at title intensely*

[@89Keith]

To be fair, it could have been about otto von Bismarck just by looking st title

[@robertswisher6311]

I had heard about the Bismark as a child: a song by Johnny Horton called the sinking of the Bismark and an old movie called the Sink! the Bismark (1960, so was very excited to see Sabaton had a song about one of the largest battleships in history.

[@p3chv0gel22]

Funny thing: My Girlfriend is a history teacher here in Germany, she didn't know about Sabaton, i showed her this music Video And now we want to go to a Concert, when C is over

[@thesouthernservesthesouth25]

The Swedish band Sabaton was sponsored by the war game World of Warships for this song,and most of the battle scenes are from the video World of Warships made to announce the KMS Bismarck was going to be a playable ship in the game.

[@IsfetSolaris]

From the mist, a shape, a ship, is taking form...

[@bismarck4993]

Hanz : SIR VESELL AHEAD! What is it? Hanz : It's a fishing ship.

[@seankauder9721]

Sabaton partnered with a video game called "world of warships" to produce the video. Part of the reason they were able to spend so much on production. They're from Sweeden btw

[@timgo5829]

Sweden is responseble for giving the world: Sabaton Europe ABBA Roxette Pewdiepie Spotify Minecraft Candycrush the three point seat belt (every car seatbelt) and even fucking zippers Now that's a lot of stuff.

[@creeperkiller0955]

This may be a bit late since this was uploaded a year ago. But if youndidnt already catch it the captain of the boat that the band is on has the pocket watch that the Bismark commander had that wrote the coordinates that the Bismark sank at. The guy was the young sailer that was rescued at the end.

[@der_eisenbahnfotograf2089]

Sabaton is a music Band who Sings the history of World War II

[@darthbricksempire3606]

Trainspotter Regional and other wars aswell, ww1 and the siege of Vienna for example

[@BattlestarDamocles]

Bismarck's operational career lasted just nine days. She sank the largest ship in the British Royal Navy, the battlecruiser HMS Hood, but then was hunted down and sunk by the Royal Navy. The battleships HMS King George V and HMS Rodney basically pounded her to a wreck. The cruiser HMS Dorsetshire hit her with torpedoes and the German crew probably opened the sea cocks too to scuttle the ship.

[@MrPugdy]

The point of a history teacher reacting is that they're supposed to know something about it. I could've made a reaction video like this. "Random guy that doesn't know much about the Bismark reacts!"

[@anaveragehumanbeing3669]

Mr Pugdy Well I mean the title is kind of misleading, but a war historian is different from a history teacher. History isn’t just 1939 to 1945, it goes back thousands of years, and to expect a person to know facts about a single ship in a world war, in all of world history, is kind of ridiculous, granted it is one of the largest ships ever created. You can’t really blame a history teacher about this, history teachers often don’t even teach WW2. They teach about things like Rome, Greece, etc, things that have completely affected history, religion, and technology. The Bismarck, on the other hand, was ship during WW2 that sunk 1 WW1 era upgraded dreadnought and then it sunk. History is more than just WW2, let alone a single ship. But yeah, if your gonna title history teacher reacts to Bismarck, people would usually infer they know lots about it, that’s pretty misleading if you think it had a crew of 50 lol.

[@blackshield1696]

@@anaveragehumanbeing3669 Well, the thing that triggered me the most was the fact, that a (history) teacher wasn´t able to do 20 minutes of basic research before reacting. I mean come on man, some plain facts about Sabaton and the Bismarck aren´t rocket science. Additionally i was kind of shocked about the fact, that he, who obviously studied a history related subject, wasn´t able to bring on some basics about the time frame. I thought someone who teaches something should at least be somewhat interested in the matter. And yes, WW2 is only a small part of human history but the timeframe covered by most history classes, somewhere starts with ancient Greece and ends with the End of the Cold War. For the most part only 5 or 6 "major" eras in between are addressed and thats it. So the chance that WW2 is a major topic is quite high and therefore briefly thematizing the Bismarck isn´t that far fetched- although it´s definitely no need. To end it. I have no grudge against him and nobody must be ashamed if he doesn´t excactly knows whats going on all the time. But please, do your research...

[@anaveragehumanbeing3669]

Blackshield I mean when you react to something you generally don’t research beforehand, which leads to a genuine reaction. And history is usually taught from the start of mankind, the first civilizations, and such, ww2 and the Cold War era is usually taught in college and sometimes in High school, I don’t think he is a college professor or H.S. History teacher, but please correct me if I’m wrong. And I said that I think the title is misleading and some of the things he thought were just plain ridiculous too, I’m just stating that you can’t expect someone to know a lot about a era, let alone a battle. And I’m not entirely sure on what you mean by do your research, are you saying that to me or the history teacher.

[@mario18041994]

@@anaveragehumanbeing3669 its still a joke. Every history teacher needs to know at least a little bit about ww2.

[@adamgardner3768]

Calling the Bismarck a “boat” 😂

[@DefinitelyNattox]

The Bismarck was a gigantic battleship that was built by the Kriegsmarine during WWII. After destroying a British ship, the HMS Hood, the British Navy redirected much of its effort towards finding and destroying the Bismarck.

[@MysteryInc01]

Love your videos...please react to Potential History: Germany could not win ww2

[@davidbrown4449]

There is all sorts of history about the Bismark and the battles she fought. When the Bismark first opens fire in the video, she is targeting the HMS Hood. The Swordfish Biplane that dropped the first torpedo is what sealed the ships fate. Although it did not penetrate the armor belt, the concussion of the blast jammed the rudders, the Bismark could only cruise in a circle, allowing the British navy to catch her and finish her off. Also, there is a scene where the Bismark fires one last salvo as she was capsizing. The company that does World of Warships did the CGI just for this video. BTW, Sabaton is a Swedish band.

[@jonathanandersson3402]

”Where is this band from? Tell me in the comments.” Wears a shirt saying “Viking” 🙄

[@andrewp6387]

Kriegsmarine means "War Navy" in Germam. Also, that torpedo strike you saw the plane hit struck and jammed the rudder of the Bismarck, so it was always in a slight right turn and thus heading slightly away from the german naval base they wanted to get to for repairs

[@ZimowHD]

"I dont know a ton about this story" yeah I can tell. You as a history teacher dosen't know that the german navy was called kriegsmarine... I understand that as a history teacher you can't know everything about history and all the wars. But you need to know the facts about ww2 since that is the biggest war the world has ever seen.

[@ZimowHD]

@PBJMan even I who dont teach history at all knows more. Its common knowledge to know shit like that. Espacially if you are an history teacher

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

@@ZimowHD ah yes, the teacher that teaches the stone age needs to know about a battle ship.

[@PapaScho]

Yeah they focus on historical settings for their tracks. The Bismarck was one of two "bismarck class" warships constructed for the Nazi Navy (The Kriegsmarine) in 1936 Named after Otto Von Bismarck it was said to be unsinkable. Of course it did eventually sink after a hunt from two aircraft carriers, thirteen cruisers and twenty one destroyers after they were deployed to hunt and sink the already wounded Bismarck. Its wreckage was found roughly 4,791 m west of Brest in France.

[@ThorDragnarok]

The Bismarck had a full crew of about 2200. At the time of sinking, 114 survived. It was customary for survivors to be rescued by combatant ships, to be taken as prisoners of war.

[@pedrobarreiro88]

the owner of the PRIMO VITORIA boat, was the man that was rescue by the mans of KRIEGSMARINE. the captain of Brismark give a compass to the boy and in the end of the videoclip we can see the man taking of the pocket the same compass ( sorry my poor english )

[@dustinshadle732]

The place used for the attack were swordfish. They really show a big picture. The entire cd was well researched, even sgt york was done well.

[@rjrosa132]

Sabaton is pretty big but where they’re getting the budget for the music video is from a game company called wargamming. The company collaborated with the band to promote their game World of Warships. Sabaton makes all their songs based on historic battles, wars, and military figures. Bismarck and Tirpitz were both the flagships of the German navy, the Kriegsmarine, both were greatly feared and it took multiple ships and planes just to bring down the Bismarck alone. As a last act of defiance the Bismarck pointed its guns to the sky as it sunk and you can still see it where it sank.

[@KamuiPan]

I laughing how he pause the video in the exact moment that there's a shot of the bald signs from the singer LOL.

[@mrgoldnoob4272]

BTW guys, if you carefully look on the compass in the end, u maybe will see Coordinates, where was bismark sunk :)

[@FoxLosst]

I think the captain of their boat was the sailor who escaped the Bismarck. He had the compass the captain gave the sailor with the coordinates of the sinking etched into it.

[@balysatm379]

This is not from a movie. Sabaton just has an absolutely INSANE production value.

[@MPHIY17]

The production quality was high because they were partnered with the studio responsible for World of Warships which is a fairly successful free to play game.

[@warbacca1017]

5:55 actually those were ww1 Era planes cause that's what the British had available. Fun fact though, what made those planes outdated was exactly what made them an almost perfect counter to the bismark

[@matforsbon]

From a History teacher on the most powerful battleship of WWII "I don't know much about Bismarck" My God!

[@novustalks7525]

The production quality is incredible

[@HairySteveUK]

Bismarck was hunted down after it sank HMS Hood and gave HMS Prince of Wales a severe paddling, Churchill ordered everything in the area after it, there were 2 aircraft carriers, 5 battleships and goodness knows how many cruisers and destroyers looking for it. Admiral Lutjens was heading for France so they could repair the damage taken in the fight against Hood and Prince of Wales when they were attacked by HMS Ark Royal's Swordfish torpedo bombers which were able to fly lower than the Bismarck's AA guns could aim. One of them scored a lucky hit on the rudder and jammed it so the Bismarck was reduced to going in large circles, allowing the King George V and Rodney to catch up. These two battleships pummelled the Bismarck into scrap, the Rodney was armed with 3 turrets each with triple 16" guns and fired over 400 rounds at the Bismarck at point blank range. Eventually the Bismarck's stern broke off where it had been weakened by the torpedo strike (although some sources say it was scuttled). It was obviously a very capable and dangerous ship, which is why the Royal Navy were forced to send everything they had to get rid of it.

[@haydenhazelrig4550]

"Thing was inpenitrable" Swordfish naval bombers: are you sure about that

[@abluerx7371]

Impenetrable to most British ships the swordfish only jammed the rudder

[@daleA91]

So all the lyrics if the video pertaining to her characteristics is accurate it is the Bismarck. After sinking the HMS hood she gets engaged by planes launched from the HMS Ark Royal and takes a torpedo to her aft starboard side which locked her rudder at 12° meaning she was stuck turning in a massive circle,then the HMS king George and another engaged from 12 miles and took 45+ mins to disable her monster guns then spent 3 hours and over 500 shells to finally sink her.

[@dangen86]

"He's gonna break his kneecap" :D cracked me up. Nice vid man.

[@Ollioxis]

The videoclip was made using the 3D models provided by World Of Warships (War Gaming). The band hase a collaboration with War Gaming (in World of Tanks).

[@natashavesper]

Nice example of a song to review by Sabaton would be Attack of the dead men: this is a very powerful song about Ocovets battle. I was surprised that teachers at school told us absolutely nothing about this event.

[@PepperMcSalt735]

Sabaton is a Swedish Power Metal band, whose songs revolve around famous historical events.

[@juuhan]

Sabaton is Swedish power metal band from Falun, Sweden and makes a lot songs about wars and conflicts.

[@jerrylambert2532]

Not sure if you realize it but the sailor who was pulled out of the water was the old captain later on the ship

[@Day_Walker540]

I would recommend the British classic “Sink the Bismarck!” It earns its title from Winston Churchills direct order and tells the story of the hunt and dethroning of the kind of the waves.

[@ShionWinkler]

Fun fact, the German AA guns were designed to hit newer, faster planes, which is why when the Swordfish came to torpedo the Bismarck it's AA guns were all but useless as the shells detonated to far ahead of the planes because the Swordfish flew about half the speed of newer (at the time) planes.

[@s.v.o.579]

The music video was made in cooperation with wargaming. It’s a game studio that made the game World of Warships, hence the high quality.

[@robertlinscott1551]

That compass of that captain is instrumental in this video. It has importance!

[@keanuviaene1148]

Sabaton is power metalband from Sweden. All their songs are history related. Mostly war history. They also have a youtube channel, Sabaton History.

[@singingguitar899]

1. They are from Sweden And a fun fact I saw this band yesterday at Stuttgart the show is was amazing 2. The Albums are all about any Historical Events

[@Zenniter]

P.S. if you didn’t get it the rock band is present day they were going to location of the sinking and the old man was the solider who was abroad this is shown by the dog tags

[@thelieutenant7732]

I believe this was a collaboration with the team behind the video game World of Warships hence the quality of the ships and planes

[@aceanimations3214]

The dude saying "I know that Bismarck is the boat, but I don't think they can make a whole about a boat" And then "huh, so it was about the boat" (probably paraphrased)

[@henningehn2808]

This band is from the small town named ”Falun” in Sweden. I’m also from Sweden!🇸🇪

[@mafiaseargent]

He didn't catch the story of video and that the tugboat captain was the sailor from the Bismarck at the end with the pocketwatch.

[@sdkmusic2859]

I recommend the song "beast of Gevaudan" from Powerwolf,that was made from the french mythology and history,or the song "Armata strigoi" which is from the Romanian mythology

[@ITriggerWokeSJWS]

as a self-proclaimed WW2 nut Sabaton is my fav metal band, I've watched a ton of ww2 documentaries and done quite a bit of research and love how Sabaton is able to turn history and facts from the most brutal period in modern history into sick songs, kudos

[@rumfilleddrunkard]

Sir if I may make a couple comments. During World War Two the Bismark class Fast Battleship carried approximately 2,000 Sailors and Naval Officers (100 odd Naval Officers, and 1,900 odd Sailors), the Biskmark was not heavily penetrated by the engaging ships during the final engagement, as the battlecrusers and small ships sent against it did not have heavy enough guns. Kriegsmarine is the German name for the Navy, and the reason the English Royal Navy pulled the Sailor (Enlisted as can be seen from uniform) out of the water was due to a code of conduct that has been accepted across the world for several hundred years (no later then then mid 1700 [qualifier: European nations I do not know outside of that]) and is still practiced among military ships (after engagement) and civilian ships.

[@Joe_Mama661]

"Long hair, gotta be a metal band" Never have I been so offended by something I 100% agree with

[@geripepu]

It felt so wrong, but it was indeed so right. Come on Mr. Terry...

[@ancientmingyu0604]

Face Omg Same 😂😂😂😂

[@yannicks9794]

Or a old rock band, Axl Rose and his band mates had also long hair. But I agree, mostly metal bands

[@DarssDantBasch]

Me too

[@seanlanders4180]

@@yannicks9794 guns n roses are a metal band lol hair metal

[@thequestion6493]

They also have a Channel called Sabaton History were they explain the history behind their songs

[@michaelrivera2212]

just made that comment mysefl but im glad someone elsee also did xD im subbed to that channel myself

[@reverend3578]

they do? why is this the first time I heard about that.....well, guess I know where the rest of my day is going to go....

[@ncrranger6409]

Great now I’m staying up all night

[@David-oy2sx]

They Also do he occasional video with 'the great war' channel. And Indy nidell appears on sabaton history frequently too.

[@cookiezr4milk429]

nice rook

[@darkiee69]

I think every Sabaton fan giggles a little when they see that they rename the boat Primo Victoria.

[@queek5389]

bad luck to rename a ship

[@dsfdggsdgdfdfhhdfhhdhd]

That's literally the album's name ._.

[@Slimboy025]

@@dsfdggsdgdfdfhhdfhhdhd bad luck? XD

[@B1RDSEYE]

Ever see that family guy clip where joe peter Cleveland and quagmire are on running a small fishing boat, and quagmire passes out from drinking too much, and then Peter says, “let’s draw on his face,” and joe just starts giggling like a little schoolgirl? That’s how I imagine we giggle.

[@MasterChiefSamus]

THROUGH THE GATES OF HELL. Sorry, it's automatic by now. I need help =/

[@dreamglar6707]

1.They have some sponsors such as "Wargaming" 2.Actually this band is bigger than you think 3.They're from Sweden

[@adrickherregodts4194]

4. They seem to know more about history then Mr. Terry

[@aterblood6850]

5. And singer is half Czech and half Swedish

[@olafgurke4699]

Addendum to 2. The Great War was on number one of the Album Charts in Germany a few weeks ago.

[@mrnissan3262]

Edge L0rd 6. Roon is scary as hell

[@abbyhammitt7271]

I am going too see there 2020 show

[@Vertigo556]

"He's gonna break his kneecap" Little does he know, Joakim's knees are made of titanium

[@richardmillhousenixon]

Forget Titanium, Joakim was born with kneecaps made of pure Tungsten

[@iqbalhadi8800]

In sabaton, we usually use kneebang instead of headbang

[@allanlikesmen]

I mean, no one else can bang his knee to the beat of a song :^ And it's not titanium, it's Brodenium, a rare metal only found in Joakim Broden.

[@truberthefighter9256]

@@allanlikesmen Honestly, Till Lindemann does it too. But Joakim is very extreme and unique.

[@RobertDownedU_Jr]

@@truberthefighter9256 but I think Lindemann started it. He did it when his kneecap poped out at a show

[@phookphook9143]

Title should be: "Sabaton teaches history teacher about the Bismarck"

[@panzer2781]

Sad thing is that he is a history teacher

[@HSmarc]

​@@panzer2781 i think it's okay, as a teacher you dont have to know everything and the bismarck is commonly not a big deal in history lessons, but i hope he takes this as a chance to inform himself a bit more about this aspect of ww2 and the history of this ship

[@zehunter6664]

I've not see any history teacher...

[@bjornefellhanded9708]

Thank you. That's much more like it. This ignoramus knows fuck all about this aspect of history.

[@JAGJustAGuy3]

Seriously though. This is the most epic naval battle I have heard of. Why is this not widely known?