"Night Witches" (Animated Music Video) by Sabaton | A History Teacher Reacts

[@MrTerry]

🤘

[@Ivnnih2774]

You rock

[@ClassicGuy2004]

You have a good channel.

[@TheCanadianGuy56]

No bad terry *squirt gun* no headbang, he's bald that's mean. You gotta knee bang to Sabaton. Don't make my mop head start banging

[@marxel4444]

Sabaton history reactions when!? Also they made a (Animated Story Video) enhanching it even more!

[@erenkavilcioglu]

I dont usually use emojis but... here it goes🤘

[@BananenBaron]

To hear that you actually play Sabaton in class just gave me a big smile. You are truly a awesome teacher

[@samfire3067]

Great war. We have made the great sacrifice.

[@Alice_Bedlam]

*an

[@jeremiahkivi4256]

"We're hit, we're going down. But I'm still dropping these bombs." -Every War Thunder player ever.

[@robertpeel3771]

Yeah i would know

[@prajwalpingali]

Yeah that's me! 😂 Hit the ground? DOESN'T MATTER! UNLOAD THE RACK!

[@person_in_the_void]

Only war thunder bomber pilots would understand

[@squidcraft3878]

XD so true

[@erichvondonitz5325]

wdym? I am the bomb

[@Naffurie]

Dont remember her name, but the leader for the Night Witches went after the war and looked and found I think every single crashsite of her pilots that had fallen during the war. Amazing story, and I love Sabaton for telling the world of their and others story.

[@AetherealKnox]

Yevdokia Rachevich was her name

[@Naffurie]

@@AetherealKnox ah yes, thats it :D thanks^^

[@dirmusloner7963]

Marina Raskova is the founder (she meet Stalin himself and convinced him for accepting women in Soviet airforce (especially night witches) Marina Raskova 1st Commander and founder of night witches Yevdokiya Bershanskaya the 1st Deputy Commander.

[@dirmusloner7963]

@@AetherealKnox I think the name you tell is the commisar not the commander

[@AetherealKnox]

@@dirmusloner7963 I did not know that, thanks for the extra info. However, the answer I gave was still correct, Ms Rachevich went to every single place in which her witches crashed to pay her respects

[@greaper1976]

Please do Sabaton - No bullets fly (Animated story). that one is one hell of a rollercoaster

[@StevenMRA]

SAME comment I left!

[@kevinconrad6156]

Yes, they would cut the engine when over target to be quit.

[@snugglecity3500]

Not just quite but silent. They would he indistinguishable from a mortar or breeze.

[@AGDinCA]

Animated Story Video!! You missed so much with this one. Go watch it; you'll love it! They give the background, in addition to the music video. _No Bullets Fly_ animated story video next!!

[@reygonzalez4719]

Great war, The last stand, to hell and back, for whom the bell told, and the red baron are the Sabaton songs I love hearing the most.

[@simonwest9450]

Shutting off the engines allowed them to sneak up on their targets. The wooshing sounds of them flying overhead was likened to that of witches on broomsticks, hence their name

[@Nghting]

And they primarily attacked at night hence "Night" Witches

[@Istinon]

Just imagine being a soldier on watch in the nighttime, mostly listening for engine noises which would give you a few minutes to prepare and get the flak up and suddenly you, if you are lucky enough, see planes gliding onto your position and you know that death is coming on silent wings

[@samfire3067]

Pray for the emperor brother. The emperor protecs. Warhammer 40k

[@Jolle187]

I highly recommend reacting to Sabaton - No Bullets Fly animated story. Also by Yarn Hub. Really cool story.

[@NetherTaker]

You've gotta do No Bullet's Fly's animated story video! Such an amazing story!

[@MrTerry]

I think I will!

[@melkor3496]

@@MrTerry Watch the Sabaton history video for it too if you have time.

[@Pawniac]

3:46 The plane used by the Witches was a Po-2, a crop-duster turned bomber as the need arose during WW2. Even in 1929, the plane was quickly considered outdated, due to its relatively underpowered engine (which, didn't really matter for crop dusting) and even more so in 1939-onwards where we saw the plane become more and more prevalent in the battlefield. However this underpowered engine, and the fact that the Po-2 was a biplane, allowed it to have a really good gliding ability. Moments before reaching their target, in pitch black darkness, the Witches would idle their engines to reduce the audible noise of their planes, while flying at tree level, and glided with ease to their unsuspecting targets. The Po-2 had a really low stalling speed and it was a perfect fit for this silent night bomber role. (It is also the *ONLY* biplane to be credited with shooting down a Jet; An F-94 Lockheed Starfire was lost by trying to reduce its airspeed to intercept a Po-2 and stalled out.) Also, it should be noted that the pilots were not issued parachutes until 1944, due to how low the Witches would fly, resulting in a very high death rate once they'd been shot down. 7:12 I am not aware of a documented story where a Witch would have shot at a plane with her pistol, however, it is not unlikely, as they were only issued pistols for self defense and the Po-2 had no offensive armament, only a single 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun, behind the pilot, which was controlled by a gunner. There is a story about American pilot Owen J. Baggett who is claimed to have shot down a Japanese Ki-43 fighter, with only his M1911 sidearm pistol, however, this story is disputed and contradicted by Japanese wartime records, so do take it with a grain of salt.

[@georgios9697]

Man I love Yarnhub. Would love more from them. Either No Bullets Fly for more Sabaton, or any of their animations, really. Would appreciate your commentary on them.

[@Spinozathecat]

They actually have an animated story version of this song and no bullets fly

[@snbks4ever]

love to see you rocking out in the beginning of the video Mr Terry

[@spenkerdetanker9067]

if you like this animated one, you should check out the no bullets fly animated story. It's not only an amazing story but also has some amazing bonus content at the end. Also I would've liked to see you putting the whole intro to the video aswell, it gives some great context to these stories.

[@22gamefreak]

Bismarck was my first as well! instantly hooked me.

[@scottmcintyre2809]

You should do "No Bullets Fly", same group doing the animation, just make sure you watch the full animated story video.

[@Tucnak2o0]

Check out the song "No bullets fly", it has the same animation style and includes a bit of history about the B17 bombers and the 2 pilots

[@F-Dog2842]

This last week I literally was getting back into sabaton and then you post this.

[@chrisigoeb]

Your literally the choolest guy I know. Please more Sabaton! The Animated story of no bullets fly, its really awesome

[@adriangrunhofer117]

You're right. They cut their engines to glide the planes in as quietly as possible in an event to avoid protection. Especially because the Po-2, which is the Biplane that they flew was already heavily outdated and slow for WW2 standards, that's why they took to Nightbombing and tried their best to go undetected.

[@Ouka981]

Two of my favorites, that have a real impact to me for at least American WW2 history, is Screaming Eagles (the battle of the 101st airborne to hold Bastogne without any reinforcements) and No Bullets Fly (The story or Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler). The latter is one that really shows that who you face as a soldier isn't just a monster, but another human being.

[@lordalphamax1188]

More Sabaton, I beg of you.

[@PetterVessel]

Have you reacted to No bullets fly (animatet STORY version)? That's my favourite!

[@MTTT1234]

Who know, in a year or so, you might get on stage with the band, Sir! Keep making such awesome videos!

[@Rishech]

The engine thing was a tactic they implemented: no engine means almost no sound, which significantly boosts stealth. However, this was a high risk move: failure to start it back would mean 100% crash. Some stories talk about engines being started only a few meters above earth. This method also created a (likely untrue) story about their name: the only sound that could warn you about the Night Witches was a quiet "Swooosh" of the plane itself, kinda like a witch on a broomstick. Cute, but most likely false. Also, yes, their planes had no dogfight capability, so they were given handguns. While I know nothing about anyone actually using them (let's be realistic, you are NOT winning a fight against a plane with a handgun), I don't think it's difficult to imagine someone firing them as a desperation move. Reason for both of those tactics is the fact that they were given the worst crop planes, very much outperformed by anything. Enemy bullets could set their wings on fire; they only had stars, compass, and maps for navigation; bombs could jam and someone would have to go and physically push them. The fact that they were this efficient with such horrible equipment is what brought them their fame, and 588th regiment being the only all-female by the end of the war out of 3 all-female regiments established just added to the level of insanity. Edit: addition about handguns and planes

[@justmerc1642]

The planes' low top speed was an added bonus, since it was lower than the stall speed of the German planes. A pursuing German interceptor would have a hard time matching the Night Witch's maneuvers or would potentially overshoot.

[@Terentatek007]

Sabaton is such a great live band. The last time I saw them was at Wacken in 2019. Check the show out. They played over 2 stages. It was just awesome.

[@Vr4nj3s]

No bullets fly animated video story, you are going to love that, and watch out for those onions

[@MrWobert]

Mr. Terry I fell asleep to one of our videos tonight bc that’s how I sleep and woke up 5 hours later and one of your videos were still playing. I was watching you for over 5 hrs when I was sleeping. You made some $$$$ your welcome 😂

[@Kitsune1989]

To give the short story. When the night witches were originally formed they were laughed at. They were given uniforms that didnt fit and old planes that were considered to loud and slow to be effective. Led by Yevdokiya Bershanskaya who turned the old plane's disadvantages into advantages. Their slower speed meant they could make tighter turns then the other planes used at the time. Their light build meant that idling the engine meant they could glide in noiselessly. Their design made it incredibly difficult for the unsophisticated radar of the time to pick up on them. They would sleep during the day and fly out at night often making multiple runs. Keep in mind that these were all very young volunteers late teens to early twenties. Many of their pilots flew over 800 missions before the wars end. But due to their slow speed were denied the chance to fly with the rest at the end of the war. Fun fact: The nazis hated them so fucking much that it was automatic to give the Iron Cross to any german who brought one down. My g-g-gran was a night witch and she still has her plane. Picture a female crazy russian yoda and you arent far off. Older then dirt but shes still alive.

[@argantyr5154]

There is a longer animated version of this one, in the beginning they talk about the turning of the engines, and what happen to the regiment after the war.

[@declandorsey9662]

always love to see sabaton on the channel

[@Theflywhiteboy12]

Never did I ever think that another person extremely interested in history would love Sabaton. Sabaton is awesome, saw them live at Louder Than Life a couple of years ago. Amazing group of guys, and I love their pretty ridiculous, yet amazing, take on history in the rock and roll genre.

[@TiroNafussa]

Terry, now you should do the animated video of No Bullets Fly, made by the same guys who did this

[@littlegrabbiZZ9PZA]

They cut power to be more quiet. The fairly unique combination of a very high efficiency propeller and ridiculously low stall speed (

[@Koda89]

The Night Witches merch is totally worth it! I got the t-shirt. It is freaking awesome!

[@ESG1]

Solid vid, thanks man!

[@FaylunaRaRa]

I'd suggest you check out this video which is a music video about Charlemagne dealing with the pagan Saxons... It's got Christopher Lee as Charlemagne singing... Christopher Lee also played Saruman in The Lord of The Rings (and lived a pretty interesting life, participating in WW2)... Anyway, the song is called "The Bloody Verdict of Verden"

[@AO968]

He also collaborated with Rhapsody of Fire, signing a duet with Fabio Lione (called " The Magic of the Wizard's Dream"), and voiced the Wizard King on 6 of their albums henceforth until his death.

[@FaylunaRaRa]

@@AO968 Christopher Lee was such a cool dude... There's also videos you can find of him reading The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (and I think other stories by him) along with the poem Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll... And his voice was just amazing... Deep and powerful, yet also conveying vibes of grandfatherly wisdom...

[@cyboot214]

Hey Sabaton did put a new song out with a music video !! it's Livgardet (it's in swedish though)

[@gilad7964]

7:13 yes alot also germans

[@Xn7000]

Have you checked out Grave Digger's medieval trilogy? I haven't listened to the first two albums yet, but Tunes of War is an amazing album focusing around the wars for Scottish independence.

[@tinachandler3091]

The Nacht Hexen. Oh hell yes! The one who lost her friend fired on the plane that took her out, even though she knew it would have no effect. Yes, they did turn them off in order to sneak up on German positions. So they be came gliders. They flew generally flew canvas, sticks and metal villages. I wish you could have seen the extended version,it had so much more of the history. The commander of the unit, after the war, went and searched out the location of all her downed pilots No Bullets Fly Shiroyama Primo Victoria

[@moldveien1515]

Quick summery, soviet female bomber regiment, famous for turning off their propellers to glide sliently, the sound of them reminded the germans of witches broomsticks, hence their nickname, "nacht hexen" aka night witches.

[@DimitrisPsarelis]

They were Soviet women pilots (volunteers) that flew with very small wooden planes. The whooshing sound the wooden plane made just before they got bombarded was the reason they were named night witches, like a witches wooden broomstick. It was also the only sound as they shut their engines down for the reason you noticed. The planes were so small each one carried only 2 women and 2 bombs, so they can't be found by a radar and didn't use radios to not be able to be found by radio locators. One of them did 1008 missions.

[@Flokarl1]

Hey!!!! You know that Sabaton just (2 weeks ago) released a new video. "LIVGARDET" Its a hymn and a tribute to the Swedish Royal Guards , who a re celebrating their 500 year birthday this year!!! One of the oldest military units still active. Through the years they have been in many wars ...always protecting the Swedish king and Sweden. Maybe thats your next reaction??

[@chrisigoeb]

Honestly not too much of a fan of this one (and its not because its in Swedish, I speak it)

[@kevinconrad6156]

They are coming the States later this year but as the backup band for Judas Priest. I'm going to the Phoenix show.

[@Koda89]

Thanks for sharing this. Just saw that my city is one of the stops for the tour! Definitely going to go!

[@Nem01]

That the commissar took it upon herself to find the crashsides of each of 'her girls' that was downed always gets me.

[@saintmichaelsarchangel2644]

Yes she is turning off her engine to reduce noise and to slow down the aircraft to give them a slightly larger drop window

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

YESSSSSSS Night Witches!!!!!! Love their WW2 stuff but prefer their WW1 songs. 82nd All the Way, Attack of the Dead Men, and the Lost Battalion are my favorite of their WW1 Songs

[@ugrasergun]

animated story video is much better I believe, maybe reacting to that would be better.

[@asapmimic1289]

Another great sabaton song is “the last stand.” It’s about the Swiss guard who protected the pope in 1527. Amazing song. Then “primo Victoria” is another great song.

[@jansandman6983]

I used to have a teacher in college who also plays a metal music from his tiny speaker while teaching in our class, but it was not a sabaton music he's playing it was sepultura :D

[@N1ghtStalkerNL]

So confused when the video started and it wasn't the animated story video. You should really consider the animated stories of Night Witches and No bullets fly. They give so much context.

[@dirmusloner7963]

Soviet union in ww2 has 3 all women refmgiments 1. 586 fighter Aviation Regiment. 587 bomber a Aviation regiment amd 588 night bomber regiment (night witches) in the tactics of attack "night witches" has the tactic to idling the engines before the enemy hears the sound that means its too late.

[@danielnystrom7310]

I got almost the same tshirt, mine got thors hammer on front tho and text on back 😁

[@roadstarman58]

Star Media EN channel has a Russian series call The Night Swallows about the Night Witches.

[@dominik4770]

The Nightwitches have been a band of russian women pilots. Women were allowed to fight in the red army but due to pretty bad engines they had to use planes that have formerly been used for agricultural and civilian purpose. Their engines are very loud so they used the night and just flew up high and then turned their engines off and dropped on their enemies. The german soldiers called then "Nachthexen" which translates to Nightwitches because everything was silent and they just came out of the darkness. The second problem those women had was the very low capacity of bombs they could carry so after every bombing they had to hope their engines would start again and then turn around reload and fly back as shown in the Video.

[@1musamune]

dude there was a story version of this made that gives some narration before and after the song in my opinion that makes it better.

[@robertpeel3771]

Also yes they did to make their plane's unknown to the Germans

[@ex-navyspook]

Yup, they would turn off the engines so they couldn't be heard as easily; apparently the name "Night Witches" was given to them because all the Germans could hear was the wind on their wings, which wasn't much. They also weren't given parachutes because, flying so low, they were dead if they got shot down.

[@darthtyranus378]

there's an animated story video too

[@StrakanDocrusReakal]

Yes, their bombers shut off their engine to be silent.

[@hibikishimizu3289]

if you want some more info on the Night Witches, The History Guy and Today I Found Out both did videos on them

[@st4r658]

Please watch the animated story video

[@maxhenriksson432]

they are called the night witches cuz when they turned of the engines it made a noise like a witches broom

[@LadyGhoost]

I love your reactions to songs like this and ERB, furthermore, I feel like it would be awesome if you reacted to the musical Hamilton. Would love to hear what you think of it, and to learn more facts about the people, time and so. :)

[@Skumgummiii]

I am seriously envious of that tmnt: turtles in time arcade cabinet

[@glennwatson8826]

There is a "pre-story to this video" that explains a lot about their tactics. You should go watch that one... New Subscriber btw. ;-)

[@lolloblue9646]

Takes far more bravery to go into battle to defend your home with outdated equipment and little chance of success than with state of the art equipment as the continent's seemingly-unstoppable titan.

[@gilad7964]

4:00 to have a perfect aim with bombs you need to be in a certain speed

[@thedogpound1977]

i liked the animation story to music very cool

[@TheLeaderX1]

you should watch the No Bullets Fly next

[@alexberthgen1962]

You missed the story version! Need to go back and react to the animated story! Also watch No Bullets fly aninated story! And watch the full story. Tears guaranteed

[@AmarettoTheFurry]

Turning off the engine was one lowering air speed to make it easier to hit their target and two to sneak up

[@StrakanDocrusReakal]

SABATON!!!

[@amethystgamer852]

pog

[@TheMcgreary]

champ

[@metroidhunter965]

So, I’m a lot late. But the history of the ‘Night Witches’ The Soviet Air Force had several regiments. A female Major in the USSR used her contacts to get Stalin to approve the formation of three all-female regiments. Among these regiments was the 388th. These women were given basically sub par everything (even the food, I mean, it is Communist Russia after all). Ill-fitting uniforms originally meant for men that they had to pack with rags (for the boots) and make additional belt holes so that they could make the pants fit which were exceptionally baggy. That’s not *THE* highlight though. The planes they were given was little more than crop dusters. No mounted weapons means that they were a sitting duck if they got into a dogfight, though the 388th knew there were inherent advantages, most notably a lower stall speed than fighter planes. So, the 388th decided to strap these crop dusters up with droppable munitions, go out on night missions, and kill the engines as they closed in on their target area. They would glide in, drop their payload, and (in a perfect world) glide back to a safe distance where they can reignite their engine and fly back to re-up and re-arm. These bombing runs were so effective, that the Germans called them “Nachthexen” or “Night Witches” because the gliding sounds of the planes sounded like a witch’s broomstick flying across the sky at the witching hour.

[@postal105]

check out sabatons newest single Livgardet but just know the song is in swedish.

[@DreamMarko]

Yeah, they're turning engines to be stealthy.

[@connorbosley4431]

This is going to be a weird suggestion, but it's in the same vein as sabaton, so hear me out, Horrible histories songs. Recommendations, the dick turpin song, evil emperors, born 2 rule, boudicca song, the borgia family, charles dickens song, and charles 2nd king of bling Horrible histories was a british educational sketch show. It also had songs, many of which were humourus, educational, and also parodies

[@Nem01]

You should watch the animated story video.

[@corpselight7989]

I dont know if this was universally accurate, but I remember hearing that pilots in ww2 were basically issued a pistol with enough ammo to off yourself if your plane ignited or downed, so you didnt suffer or get captured. Not sure how accurate that is, but I definitely remember learning that a few years ago. Either way, that would be bad af of the pilot to blast off at the enemy pilot lmao. Thats some willpower.

[@christophermorin9036]

Yeah, they flew high until they were relatively near the target, then they cut engines and glided in to bomb.

[@nebraskaonewheel]

the bomb dropping wasnt just to complete the mission it was so they diidnt explode when they crashed

[@thewanderer1618]

I’m not certain, but I believe the “pistol scene” was a genuine thing that happened

[@pokebreeder2517]

how come you didn't do the full video?

[@mallc8874]

More sabaton plz

[@snugglecity3500]

In ww1 due to how agile the planes were and terrible the guns were sometimes pillts would pull up next to each other and exchange rifle/pistol fire.

[@chrisyyy2730]

Do No bullets fly by Sabaton and yarnhub

[@experiem2prime196]

Can you react to "A 12,000 Year Old Comet Landed On TED Talks...The Younger Dryas Impact" by Bright Insight

[@simasima9455]

Do The Battle of Miday

[@dynamosaurusimperious6341]

Well rhis is poggers

[@randomcrapstudios8398]

Noice

[@JimboLana]

Students in your class is very lucky

[@СергейСлободской-ы5ю]

Oh... Joakim and his indestructible knee... Don't be worried about him - he's fine. He is molesting his leg constantly...

[@chrishaydt7354]

Man I wish my history teachers were cool.

[@HistoryMonarch1999]

Did you know they made a lego music video

[@judshi]

That aircraft can't turn off engine in sky

[@Brandon0406]

Then why were they able to turn it off? This isn't a fairytale.