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[@ForgottenHonor0]

"The first rule of war is young men die. The second is that nobody can change rule one..." --Lt. Colonel Henry Blake, MASH 4077th

[@bl1ndrag3]

The third rule is that doc will go through hell and back to change rules one and two. This is why we loved our combat medics (doc).

[@John2r1]

4th Rule never shoot in docs general direction in front of the machine gunner. Because I or one of my fellow Grunts with a machine gun will ordain you in lead. We'll make you holier than the pope. If somehow your the bad guy that's smart enough to take cover but also somehow dumb enough to shoot at doc. Well the smaller machine gun is called the SAW he's going to try to cut through whatever your hiding behind. If he can't your getting flanked. If that's not an option well there's only so many 7.62x51mm AP whatever your behind can take fir you. And I'm going to find out how many. Yes my assigned weapon for most of my career has been either the M249 SAW or the M240. Either way that cover isn't saving anyone who tries to take out doc.

[@kabob0077]

This song and the music video _hit like a fucking sledgehammer._

[@John2r1]

Good because war isn't ment to be some kind of game. This also illustrates the reason for the saying.. “Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young. " The reason being,that .. Old warriors did not get old by accident; they got old by being wise, having the right knowledge, and being tough. Never underestimate an old man who has grown up in a rough profession or a rough environment.

[@brigidtheirish]

Isn't the Battle of the Somme where Tolkien got trench fever and basically had to sit out the rest of the war in the hospital? I knew the battle was rough, but *wow,* it's amazing he *survived.* Come to think of it, he was the only one of his friends going into the war who *did.* Damn.

[@brigidtheirish]

@@TK-Mod_Inanna Wow. Sounds awful *and* like trench fever might've saved their lives.

[@globus9710]

​@Inanna From what i remeber Tolkien himself said that its not true that war influenced world he created in any way

[@endryus4269]

@@globus9710 everything you experience affects you, especially if you see people dying in the thousands

[@Davidofthelost]

Tolkien might not have wrote these words, but Bernard Hill’s Quote: “No Parent should have to Bury their Child.” Is very fitting for this song and the war. Even if Tolkien didn’t knowingly be influenced by the war, some of it came through. The Dead Marshes are the closest to the actual battlefields. Being covered in corpses and water covering men who were not blown up. Making it look like they were just sleeping as they slowly rotted away under the water.

[@brigidtheirish]

@@Davidofthelost I think he was aware, at least on some level, of the influence the war had on the themes and imagery he used. He disliked (strongly) *allegory,* not metaphor, after all. And the dead marshes were *creepy as HELL* long before I knew what they were based on.

[@kabob0077]

I'd like to point out that this is a cover of a Motörhead song.

[@Mare_Man]

And a tribute to Lemmy Kilmister; their founder, lead singer, bass player, and primary songwriter

[@argantyr5154]

Two men with the Picture of Lemmy, are the rest Motörhead. In general there are a lot of easter eggs in this.

[@Templarofsteel88]

​@@argantyr5154 the two men in the door opening (and after) are Mikkey Dee and Phil Campbell, the drummer and the guitarist of Motörhead. The guy carrying Lemmys picture is Eddie Rocha who was Motörheads tour manager and now Sabatons.

[@vegvisir9276]

I'm glad Sabaton did a cover of this, i'm sure Lemmy would have approved of this greatly, he was a big history buff and im sure he'd love a group like Sabaton that value the stories from history as much as he did

[@gravewalker7411]

This song... man these lyrics and harrowing words gives me chills like no other. I completely understand what you are saying at the end of the video. My great grandfathers, grandfathers, and cousins served in all branches of the us military. The one family military story that sticks to me most is about my step-uncle's father, who served during the height of the Vietnam War. He was a military cook, served food and such, and he did see combat from what little I know. Yet it wasn't combat, fighting, or taking human life that... Broke him to say. It was the massive loss of human life and his inability to cope with such loss. Everyday he would work, serve food and chat with fellow soldiers. Everyday more names, faces, fathers, friends, and above all, good men would never return. Few made it out of service, most of them left crippled or scared for life, many more of them lay dead. War is Hell. Surviving after war is a whole new hell of itself. Honestly, it is no wonder that drugs in the military were so rampant during those times, the war was going FUBAR and these soldiers had no support or mental help of any kind. From what I know, he never talked about the war, only suffered from it. Severe PTSD, Alcoholism, a heroin addiction, and anger problems led to him getting killed by the cops. He died as another statistic while my mother was still a young child and her step brother a toddler. So yeah, that's what I am able to say.

[@gryphonosiris2577]

The soldier pulling himself out of the mud, at first I thought he was a member of "The Smoking Snakes" (Força Expedicionária Brasileira, FEB, nicknamed Cobras Fumantes), but doing some more research with the patch on his shoulder as well as his helmet, that's Sgt Henry Johnson of the 15th New York National Guard Regiment, aka "The Harlem Hellfighters". Medal of Honor recipient and recipient of French Croix de Guerre avec Palme, France's highest award for valor. The Medal of Honor was awarded to him in 2015. Sgt. Henry Johnson is "one of the five bravest American soldiers in the war." Theodore Roosevelt Jr. in his book "Rank and File: True Stories of the Great War" The Asian soldier with the cocked-hat, that's a Nepalese Gurka named Havildar Gurung (per the credits) who earn the Victoria Cross in the Burma campaign off WWII. Sgt Awal Nur, who did a secret mission over the Himalaya, Lt. Audie Murphy, Sgt. Alvin York, just to name a few. I also notice a soldier with the Croix Lorraine on what looks like a French flag arm band, meaning he was a member of the 'Forces françaises libres' forces in WWII. Doing some reading I found out that a large number of French colonial troops from territories such as Chad had joined with the 'Forces françaises libres'. Damn, Sabaton REALLY does their research! I suspect that soldier is Lt Comba, but I can't find anything on him. As I've been working my way through the names listed in the credits and found another one: Private George Stringer, Manchester, Awarded the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Es Sinn in Mesopotamia. Capt. Dobson, 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion, Killed on 9 July 1916 in Flanders.

[@siamihari8717]

I also think the female who came out of the alley was a Soviet 'great patriotic war' WW2 Pilot

[@gryphonosiris2577]

​@@siamihari8717 Her uniform looks British, rather than Soviet.

[@theexistentialnihilist2070]

I've never seen you brought to tears before.

[@SoCHobbit]

Lest We Forget

[@snoox27]

Good timing it's ANZAC day in Australia on the 25th. Lest we forget.

[@najroe]

more or less a casualty for every centimeter of ground if my maths checks out, over the area involved that is roughly 1 casualty for every 2 square meter of ground... insanity, that is barely a grave.

[@drigerdranzer7514]

This video is full of Easter eggs, references to other Sabaton songs. And the bus in the beginning. Hammersmith 82. Reference to Motörheads 4 day gig No sleep to Hammersmith.

[@gryphonosiris2577]

All the names in the credits are of actual soldiers, from WWI, WWII, and historical.

[@vlinder6329]

I had tears in my eyes...😢 Good homage to other soldiers dying face down in the mud as well as an Homage to *Motorhead* who recorded the song originally. Their videos are probably a better history lesson than what is taught in schools now! Sabaton is an absolutely fantastic band! Powerful song! Well done SABATON ❣️ From the Netherlands 🇳🇱

[@theprime6489]

This song is 10x past epic!

[@Tommy-5684]

"Psychologically we couldn't handle it today" you could argue that many those who fought in WW1 couldn't handle it psychologically either considering the discovery and prevalence of shellshock and the fact that many veterans of WW1 became stounch pacifists in the wars aftermath or as a result of the conflicts that stemmed from the emendate aftermath. even those that handled it better ofte retreated in to older forms like Tolkien who's poetry mimicked or retold story's of Norse and Arthurian legend and whos fiction had theams of conflict between unambiguous good vs unambiguousevil or ermst Junger who in the emidate post war period valorized his combat experiences in "Storm of steel, "Fire and Blood" "War as Inner Esperance" and "Copes 123" etc

[@grimmlight4541]

You see the man in the beginning standing back whilst they go down the trench hill before vocals kick in. He is there to shoot any deserters.

[@26th_Primarch]

This song could fit for the Imperial Guard so well...

[@shadowstrider8295]

This song has brought me to tears and I have no shame in admitting that

[@seand.g423]

Course not. Shameful would be if it _didn't!_

[@TeganRhodes]

I like how they listed the soldiers depicted at the end. Two I did not know about were Awal Nur: went on a secret mission across the Himalayas on a yak to disrupt supply lines. Havildar Bhanbhagta Gurung: 2nd Gurkha Rifles, awarded Victoria’s Cross and the Star of Nepal

[@gryphonosiris2577]

Also Sgt. Henry Johnson, who earned the Medal of Honor in WWI as a member of the Harlem Hell Fighters.

[@TeganRhodes]

@@gryphonosiris2577 there were more, just Nur and Gurung I hadn’t specifically heard about before this video.

[@gryphonosiris2577]

@@TeganRhodes I've been researching as many of the names as I can. Some I'm coming up with nothing though, just because the name is too common.

[@NovaGirl8]

Sabaton music bonks you on the with the feels hammer every time. Both highs and lows types of feels.

[@freudlindell6343]

When Old Man is brought to genuine tears over something, you know it is good.

[@jarlathquinn2628]

Wonderful song hits me in the feels

[@1981HePe]

2:11 --> Sitting here nodding.. Oh yes. It is.

[@reillyclements1673]

LETS GOO

[@lianchinlalguite7543]

Indian soldiers spotted. Satisfaction:100%

[@gryphonosiris2577]

Sgt Awal Nur, who served on the Western Front in WWI. Also the Nepalese Gurka named Havildar Gurung (per the credits) who earn the Victoria Cross in the Burma campaign off WWII. All the soldiers listed in the credits were real people, and every last one of them were heroes.

[@lianchinlalguite7543]

@@gryphonosiris2577 make it even better to know that they are all actual people who served in WW1.

[@aaronwoodward3766]

My grandpa was there At Hawaii as the pilot at the air force With the Japanese Surprise attack.

[@ingobordewick6480]

You're right, and by the way WW2 was 2 years longer and a huge number of the bodycount resulted in soldiers that don't wanted to surrender. Lots of japanese and german soldiers died because of that in the last year of WW2.

[@ReinaSaurus]

and trenchpolice shooting your back when you refuse to advance. cavalry still being used in ww2

[@marcusfranconium3392]

And this is what was happening in europe for the past 2500 years of recorded history , Not even counting dead but in percentages of european population that was whiped out

[@ironkeko4423]

Imagine the version of this but WW3

[@helldrake77777]

o7

[@kannonball5789]

Quick everyone, recommend League of Legends gameplay videos.

[@Asterion_Mol0c]

The court here is gathered here for your sentence the jury will now decide your verdict The jury: death

[@gravewalker7411]

NOOOOOO!