SABATON - BISMARCK - Historian Reaction (and first time watching Sabaton)

Other Sabaton Reactions:
No Bullets Fly - • Sabaton - NO BULLETS F...
Winged Hussars - • WINGED HUSSARS // Hist...
Attack of the Dead Men - • ATTACK OF THE DEAD MEN...
The Red Baron - • SABATON - THE RED BARO...
The Final Solution - • THE FINAL SOLUTION // ...
Night Witches - • NIGHT WITCHES // Sabat...
Screaming Eagles - • SCREAMING EAGLES // SA...
Panzerkampf - • A Historian Reacts - P...
Fields of Verdun - • FIELDS OF VERDUN // Sa...
The Last Stand - • THE LAST STAND // Saba...
Uprising - • UPRISING // Sabaton //...
Rorke’s Drift - • RORKE'S DRIFT - Sabato...
40:1 - • 40:1 - SABATON // Hist...
Shiroyama - • Historian Reacts // SH...
Sparta - • SPARTA - Sabaton // Hi...
The Lost Battalion - • THE LOST BATTALION - S...
82nd All the Way - • 82ND ALL THE WAY // Sa...
Devil Dogs - • DEVIL DOGS - Sabaton /...
The Last Battle - • A Historian Reacts - T...
Blood of Bannockburn - • Historian Reaction // ...
Join the brand new VTH Patreon for exclusive supporter rewards - / vth
If you want to see more of this, make sure to hit LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and leave a comment! And if you'd like to have more input into the future of the channel, consider joining my patron team. Thank you in advance!
Patreon - / thehistoryguy25
Updated link for Discord - / discord
Twitter - / thehistoryguy25
For business inquiries contact: [e-mail]
#WorldWar2 #Reaction #GermanHistory
Sabaton Bismarck Reaction

[@mats7492]

The actor playing the captain of the fishing boat was the son of that actual young sailor that survived the sinking of the Bismarck. Sabaton is known for such details

[@LivingWithSpinaBifida]

that's really cool!

[@warringtonfaust1088]

Years ago, some Scandinavians crossed over in long boats and visited Rhode Island. I spoke with a captain (Ragnar, of course) he told me that they started out with a descendant of Leif Erickson. He was a drunk, so they dropped him in Greenland.

[@TheAllKnowNoble]

Another detail, at 4:40 the British ship firing looked to be a heavy cruiser, it had maybe 8 inch guns give or take. Don’t think those could’ve done much against the main belt armor, but as seen a second later could definitely do something to the conning tower.

[@kube129]

@@TheAllKnowNoble I'm pretty sure that the ship you noticed was a light cruiser armed with 6 inch guns because it had 3 guns per turret and British heavy cruisers never had triple turrets.

[@lucromel]

I suspected something was going on with that locket/watch.

[@alexlambert-cole9789]

Fun fact; during the annual Sabaton Christmas Cruise in 2019, due to the popularity of the song, the band was given permission by the German government and navy to lay a wreath where the cruise crossed one of Bismarck's routes.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

That's really cool. Thanks for sharing

[@mikefilipkowski5445]

Never knew that

[@fjoergyn]

No fun, its awesome.

[@ryanhampson673]

Girlfriend: Do you prefer baths or showers? The boys in the tub: KING OF THE OCEAN HE WAS MADE TO RULE THE WAVES ACROSS THE SEVEN SEAS!!

[@JaredOtto]

Funny. I actually used to do naval battles in the tub😂

[@zydg7787]

@Thomas Bouker sameeeee

[@Poglavnik088]

@@JaredOtto same here

[@healingpotionthatkillsyoui1844]

The men in the tub*

[@kg6tzq]

So True

[@177SCmaro]

"You'll never find the Bismarck in that little boat." Bismarck's ghost looms out of the fog with his guns raised. 😳............

[@paulschauer6273]

Oh...........shit

[@ABZ98990]

Yeah... That was badass

[@eisen5896]

the Bismarck found them

[@tsuaririndoku]

You’ll never find the Bismarck. Bismarck Finds You

[@fadelraya2226]

Bismarck is never sink... She commends her final mission guarding the seas in an eternal patrol

[@generalsaufenberg4931]

the hood story, is in the radio broadcast, right at the start

[@survivaltopia7880]

And we can see typical silhouette of the hood in the crosshairs in the beginning of the video.

[@robertrobinson2649]

@@survivaltopia7880 The Hood was sunk on 24 May 1941, 3 days prior to The scuttling of the Bismarck 27 May 1941.

[@cjmpaja]

@@survivaltopia7880 that's not the HMS Hood. The ship in the crosshairs is the HMS Prince of Wales, a King George V class battleship. HMS King George V herself appears much later on...

[@TheMemeDynamics]

@@cjmpaja Yeah. That part. "At the bottom of the ocean, the depths of the abyss."

[@Masterfighterx]

@@cjmpaja How is it POW though, POW took off, damaged, as Hood was destroyed and we never see Hood.

[@jamesdelantar9681]

radar dudes:Sir a vessel spotted on miles away Captain:battleship? Radar dudes: no a band of people singing with backlights on

[@totemofundying3125]

We gotta check that out, I need some distraction before the next battle

[@ZaHandle]

Gotta get some morale boosted

[@marsimunmanijo8564]

Get the out of here

[@TeylaDex]

it's the bossbattlemusicboat ^^

[@Sephyricon]

For a moment there I thought I heard... singing?

[@adaminop]

Seeing people find Sabaton for the first time is one of the greatest joys in life

[@toddv7257]

yes

[@monika.alt197]

As a person who has just discovered Sabaton today, I can confirm.

[@wheelcha1rman2]

It's so wonderful!

[@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269]

Jesus Christ is the greatest joy in life amen 🙏!

[@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269]

+ Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved." Amen 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The man in Luke 16:24 cries: ". . .I am tormented in this FLAME." In Matthew 13:42, Jesus says: "And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." In Matthew 25:41, Jesus says: "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting FIRE,. . ." Revelation 20:15 says, " And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE."

[@historygeek0018]

Sabaton creates the greatest music of all time. I discovered Sabaton back when I was obsessed with Bismarck. This was the song that started my obsession with the greatest band ever.

[@yeoldeyoungin9745]

I just found out about this band a few months ago and since I’m a military history nerd (and a soldier)...I’ve been in heaven. Best band!

[@ghostarmy1106]

Yeah, never heard of them untill wargaming announced that they made a collab with sabaton which resulted in the 'Bismarck' music Video. Now i am basically obsessed with them

[@oriongabriel6966]

Same. xd

[@inflames0777]

I watched them live pretty early on alongside Amon Amarth. They were kind of unknown back then. I had to keep following their music after that show

[@recreationalbeltfedmachine844]

same

[@jenstoddard6179]

Bismarck, a rare species, a male in the ocean!

[@whitworthlime8793]

I know it's stupid but it bugs me when he said she I'm like noooooooooo

[@wd4077]

Ships in germany are feminie xD

[@whitworthlime8793]

@@wd4077 nah the german ships were referred to as male

[@wd4077]

@@whitworthlime8793 yea you right but i mean the language.. even if its a male name it gets feminized by the article.. german language is complicated

[@whitworthlime8793]

@@wd4077 yeah haha there's a reason I never took a language at school. Thanks for being respectful though bud 👍

[@grayscribe1342]

A tip for any reactor. We live in the age of post credit scenes, so watch until the video ends or you might miss something. Sabaton puts a message after the song, often (not always) about the historic background of the song. Uncidentally I hope you take a look at Sabatons 'Fields of Verdun'.

[@samthemaniac6284]

The first part of the song actually showed the destruction of HMS Hood

[@bosunbones.8815]

You have a time stamp in mind? HMS Hood had some noticeable superstructure between the turrets which is missing in the King George V class- and in the ships that I can identify. Considering the video was made by the World of warships guys, that's not a mistake they'll make.

[@spook404]

@@bosunbones.8815 i Believe he is refering to 2:50 . however i think someone said something about it not being hood in the comments of another reaction video possibly about it being another destroyer im not sure tho

[@bosunbones.8815]

@@spook404 The ship profile you see at 2:50 is definitely a King George V class Battleship.

[@jdkirgaming5142]

Yeah if the Hood is shown at all it’s at 3:00 firing at the Bismarck. Apart from that she doesn’t appear again

[@ZZMonkeysUncleZZ]

@@jdkirgaming5142 That's not the Hood either. You can tell by the large conning tower that it's a King George V class.

[@TheCrimsonFckr]

My Grandfather was part of the Taskforce sent to sink Bismarck. He said that they went down with their Guns firing and their Colours blazing like the Sun. The bravest thing he'd ever seen.

[@Dom-fx4kt]

Nice one man, my cousin, 2 genrations removed back lead the swordfish squadron which disabled the rudder of the Bismarck. Lt Commander Eugene Esmonde VC, RIP. And RIP to the crews of the Bismarck and Hood that perished beneath the waves.

[@micromedia26]

can you say a name sir? i mean just for history purpose...which Ship he served?

[@invadegreece9281]

@@Dom-fx4kt dang

[@promnightdumpsterbaby9553]

The kriegsmarine gave Britain their worst naval defeats historically.

[@benc.3128]

@@promnightdumpsterbaby9553 English armada was a bigger loss

[@dorlonelliott9368]

You missed the end dedication: "War knows no nation. This is dedicated to those who fought to the bitter end in the Battle of the Atlantic." This was released 1 year after the last surviver of the Bismarck died - the 19 year old sailor who shown being rescued with the compass. The fishing boat skipper is his son.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Oh wow. Thank you for sharing that. When I saw the suggested videos pop up I assumed the content was over.

[@dorlonelliott9368]

@@VloggingThroughHistory Not an issue. 50% of the reactions I've seen to this song miss the dedication and only a third catch the compass theme or the memorial wall to his father's Bismark service in the beginning.

[@O_Schwartz]

I only just realized the intelligence and historical knowledge going into one of the lines in this song. 4:58 "They are bound by IRON AND BLOOD" There was a quote by Otto Von Bismarck, The Iron Chancellor "The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by IRON AND BLOOD."

[@CheesyKnobby]

The Hood's demise is in the intro. If you listen closely, the radio tells about the destruction of the Hood.

[@HrLBolle]

also the ships silhouette is clearly visible

[@Nacoli_Tomahawk]

I can hear:" who blew up the mighty battlecruiser Hood"

[@dutchthespitfire3204]

@@Nacoli_Tomahawk It was also in the trailer for the song as a spoiler

[@knockonrock7013]

You didnt notice the compass the old man hold in beginning? The same compass was handed over from Bismarks Admiral to the young guy rescued.

[@littlegamer00]

O-o

[@neooblisk0084]

The compass had the cordinates ingraved on it

[@fluent4530]

Pretty sure it wasn’t It just had Bismarck’s location engraved into it The save location it’s sitting at today

[@dibelek1]

this compass belongs to Captain Jack Sparrow

[@knockonrock7013]

@@dibelek1 Hahaha...long time in use then..)

[@crazywarriorscatfan9061]

I can't believe that you've never watched Sabaton before. But now you have, good!

[@kaldunaaa]

Sabaton has a history channel with an actual historian describing the topics for the songs. Would be awesome if you reacted to it.

[@cristiaolson7327]

Sabaton History is awesome. My son learned more about the Great War & WW2 from that channel than he did in his World History class. I think I probably did too. Enjoyable music creates a level of engagement with the subject that textbooks simply cannot provide for many people. As much as I enjoy history (and reading), it definitely sticks in my brain better with a sweet backing track.

[@TeaMMatE11]

@@cristiaolson7327 The problem is most history courses don't focus on battles. The main ones to pay attention to are the same ones always portrayed in media: -Pearl Harbor -D-Day -Stalingrad They mostly focus on the overviews of why these wars happened vs how the armies and navies got to that point. Standardized testing practically has killed this possibility. I would 100% guarantee that interest in history would shoot up if it wasn't treated as "useless" or as a list of facts.

[@p3chv0gel22]

@@TeaMMatE11 or (in my case), you skip from 1933 to 1989, because your school didn't have a single History teacher for a few months

[@stg-tf4ns]

3:55 the Hood is actually already taken out when the video begins, you can hear something like "which blew up the mighty battlecruiser Hood" in the radio at the beginning, I guess they intended to focus on the hunt for bismark

[@callousTelegnosis]

Fun fact: fans been wanting a song about Bismarck, then a war game company asked the same. Sabaton put the 2 together and made the song as a single, the game company helped in making the video.

[@jinyuliu2871]

that's World of Warship's OP art department for ya :)

[@eriadin]

HMS Hood's destruction was actually mentioned in the intro, the radiocaster described the Bismarck as a ship that "blew up the mighty battleship Hood"

[@joacimsvensson5623]

Moreover: 2:51 is the HMS Hood taking fire. I know it´s all not included but more than just a reference - They built it. Might´ve been obvious idn.

[@bamatrainfan]

Night witches animated story video is another good 1 to watch

[@wyattl.4023]

No Bullets Fly is a tear-jerker

[@aprilvoecks5877]

A tiny tidbit: the stencil where they (temporarily, I'm sure) rename the boat they're performing on: Primo Victoria is the name of their second album, which is their first album about military history. The first track is also called Primo Victoria.

[@jamierobinson6287]

My great grand father was one of the few survivors of the hood, and I am good fan of sabaton because of this song.

[@the1fab]

He got all of mine respect. He mby got the chance to see the Bismarck. If my sentence arent right, im sry, but Im German, so my English is not the best.

[@imagine4110]

My grandfather didn’t see the Bismarck but he flew a bomber in D-day he was a tale gunner

[@the1fab]

@@imagine4110 That's also damn sick. Which bomber did he flew?

[@arch_2076]

@@the1fab don’t worry about your English bud, it’s understandable so you’re doing something right 😃

[@the1fab]

@@arch_2076 Thanks man, thats great to hear^^

[@bobbyscott5162]

The first battle you watched was JUST after Hood had blown up. Bismarck and HMS Prince of Wales are exchanging fire. If you watch closely, the next shot of Bismarck shows that he is down by the bow. This is historically accurate because Prince of Wales scored a hit on Bismarck's fuel tanks in the bow. He was leaking oil and took on a few thousand tons of sea water.

[@georgepeterthony9011]

Hey, thanks for checking it out. they did show the hood in the first engagement. it was the ship with an iconic gap in the midsections superstructure. you see the Hood in the video at 2:40 though they didn't show it sinking which is a shame. basically, you could spin a wheel to decide on your next Sabaton song cause almost all they sing about is military history, Screaming eagles, the Final Solution, or uprising, are songs that come to mind though.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Someone said it's also mentioned near the beginning on the radio

[@vinegarlove8664]

Its not a Hood, its a Prince of Wales, man

[@jessikamckinney5042]

Prinz Eugen was detached from Bismarck during the operation to raid Allied merchant shipping, but this was cut short due to engine troubles. Having survived the atomic blasts, Prinz Eugen was towed to Kwajalein Atoll, where she ultimately capsized and sank in December 1946.

[@09stoneheart]

It was thought for 60 years that the Bismark being scuddled was just a German invention to make up for a defeat. Then expeditions to the Bismark's wreck revealed, astonishingly, that the British did not cause enough damage to sink him. They were only able to damage the superstructure. Neither the shell hits or the torpedoes did the behemoth in. It could only have been the Bismark's crew flooding him on purpose.

[@martinroner5688]

Insert superior German engineering meme here 🤣

[@acheronstark7149]

The visual damage isn't the only thing that confirms the scuttling. The expedition saw there was little to no crushing caused by water pressure. another indication that watertight doors and interior piping were opened.

[@hockett-dc7uy]

The British sailors all said it went down very evenly as if her valves were opened

[@yochitoranaga]

the hood was already sunk by the time the song starts. You can hear the news of its destruction in the 40's style of radio news broadcast as the crew unloads their gear from the truck. The song covers the second half of Bismarck's voyage, the vengeful hunt for it after Hood's demise.

[@bamagrad99]

I love all the attention to detail! They even showed the turrets falling out when the ship capsized.

[@UncleDon226]

My favorite detail is how young all the sailors were. We have a notion to imagine sailors as crusty old men like the admirals here, but the truth is they were often just boys who were drafted. Great respect to the history. Thats why I love Sabaton.

[@tweetert.9978]

I play crusader kings and a fellow player suggested I give Sabaton a listen when I asked him what kind of music he listens to while playing. I checked out this video first because the music video preview looked neat. FELL IN LOVE. Sabaton is by far my favorite band and has made my love of history into something I'm passionate about again. Enjoyed your reaction, it brought back my memories of mine. :)

[@larjohnsonrfl6161]

Just a fun fact about this video....the old man that Sabaton talked to about a ship was the oldest living sailor from Bismarck. Also, the compass was the one from the Bismarck. The man was 90 something in this video, even though he doesn’t look like it, and died shortly after this video was made

[@Marpurrsa]

a thing i love about the music video is that at 7:42 you can see the turret falling out of its base which is a good attention to detail as warship turrets usually are just dropped into place in the boat and are held in by gravity

[@linkblade0]

Most of the time, learning history in school is so dull and bland. They teach dates and countries. However, history becomes fascinating when you start to study events and people in history. That's why I love Sabaton. I've learned more about WWI from them than I ever did in school. History would have been amazing if the teacher had come in played a song like Bismark and said. "Today we will continue learning about WWII with focus on the war in the Atlantic." and then proceeded to discuss specific events and historical figures that influenced the war in that arena. I would have been hooked.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

I couldn't agree more! I think probably many people feel that way

[@SPECTRA_87]

Just noticed how the fisherman was the lad pulled to safety at the end. He didn't find the Bismarck, he never left....

[@HrLBolle]

no he never left his station and crew, although his body did

[@TheButterflyChaos]

It's fun to go back and see your first Sabaton reaction knowing how much you've explored further

[@thegoosegaming4337]

The cruise of the Bismarck is one of the most insane and sad parts of the war. On the hood only three survived and on the Bismarck that number was only 115. Another great song about the event (more so the tragedy of it) is Nautical disaster by the Tragically hip

[@ZZMonkeysUncleZZ]

The Bismarck's death was also very long and drawn out. The Royal Navy was harassing Bismarck constantly with destroyers, leading to fatigue among the crew. By the time Bismarck was sunk, it wasn't much more than a hulk, burning from stem to stern, having nearly all its weapon systems knocked out. With almost the entire crew dead, there wasn't really anyone to run damage control or to attempt to continue fighting.

[@undertakernumberone1]

@@ZZMonkeysUncleZZ Damage Control? Why would they run damage control? They scuttled the ship. Otherwise it'd taken quite a while for the Bismarck to sink.

[@ryanp5790]

@@undertakernumberone1 he’s talking about during the fight. Like the first comment says, there came a point where the weapons systems were blown to shit and damage control teams couldn’t keep up with the amount of damage Bismarck was taking. That’s when the decision to scuttle and abandon ship was made. Damage control teams don’t just give up. The ship is their home

[@HrLBolle]

what saddens me even more is the fate of Bismarck's companion the Prinz Eugen resting polluted for all eternity in the waters of bikini

[@selonianth]

@@ZZMonkeysUncleZZ That's not really true. There was a lot of crew still alive after she sunk. They would've been rescued too, by the RN, but a Uboat was detected nearby and the ships left rather than risk being torpedoed.

[@spirosgreek1171]

some Sabaton songs i suggest are: Swedish Pagans, A Lifetime at War, Coat of arms and the Attack of the Dead Men

[@Jonas_S-fy1ep]

No bullets fly

[@russcohen471]

Attack of the Dead Men!!!!!!!!

[@Hitman2b]

ghost division is nice too

[@vladimirjeger]

Primo Victoria, Christmas Truce and The Last Dying Breath

[@hiddenwoodsben]

the visuals are amazing. that from-behind-view of the swordfish with the bismarck not just filling but BEING the backdrop, tracers everywhere and that eeriely beautiful, soft staccato of the guns ablaze... gj, sabaton

[@logangamble1890]

The Bismark is the story of how one should never underestimate the Royal Navy and make the error pissing it off into vengeance levels.

[@GodOfChaos_HeXa]

well yeah but the bismarck is also the story that you shouldnt send 1 battle cruiser and 1 battleship out alone and then send a damaged battleship back to harbour without escort im pretty shure if the germans would have waited until the other ships were repaired it would have been a other story

[@Ruebi87]

I learned more about history from Sabaton than I did in school. I think it's really great that the band doesn't just make music. She takes the time to explain everything and work on the historical facts. Especially her collaboration with Indy Neidell is really good. Which is really a good historian. The story behind "No Bullets Fly" brings tears to my eyes again and again.

[@RaptureZJ88]

It would be cool to see you doing a history podcast with other history dudes. Talking about events and y'all opinions on their impact and such.

[@Mauler818]

Love your work mate 👏

[@ZZMonkeysUncleZZ]

HMS Sheffield was also involved in the final actions against the Bismarck. She can be seen in this video at 4:40 with the triple-barrelled turrets.

[@Kraechtshammer]

I really like the detail that the guy they're riding with actually is supposed to be the sailor from the Bismarck who got rescued.

[@Seaofblaze]

Bismark coming out of the fog.... God damn Sabaton knows how to send the chills

[@BDLBM]

This song and video introduced me to Sabaton as well. I was instantly a fan.

[@excubitor3440]

Didn't see it in the comments, so just want to point out - the old fishing trawler captain in the vid is the last survivor of the Bismarck, Bernhard Heuer, who died shortly after filming. The young German sailor you see being handed the compass from Lutjens (I think) is supposed to represent Heuer.

[@agp11001]

Heuer died over a year before the video was released, I've read somewhere (as well as here in the comments) that it's actually Heuer's son. Comparing the trawler's captain to pictures of Heuer also doesn't add up, to be honest.

[@alexgitano]

Oh man a history buff who has never listened to sabaton? I'm gonna subscribe to follow this new path that you're embarking into!

[@rjm_17]

Sabaton got me into history and they make really good freaking music!

[@fnglert]

The video is done by Wargaming, the producer for World of Warships. As for why the Hood didn't feature more in the video, the song is about Bismarck, not Hood.

[@snepderg]

Ayyy, Bismarck was my first Sabaton song too! I found them through Spotify and I've been addicted since.

[@gregorylumban-gaol3889]

Sir, this is a part most missed. On 8:43 you can see the Bismarck’s bow submerged. The reason is why during the battle against Hood and Prince of Wales, a few hits from the Prince of Wales hit the Bismarck’s bow causing it to flood.

[@HeyNobody_OG]

History teacher: Today we are going to learn about WW2. Me(who listens to Sabaton all the time): Bring it On Lol

[@arch_2076]

“I was born ready for this”

[@tomat05]

Teacher: "why did Germany fail in WW2" Me and the boys who play hoi4: "Ok so basically monarchist Italy made an alliance with Nepal and they both invaded Germany but then Fascist Britain defeated them all which is why there is no Great Nepalese Empire"

[@benrodir2]

@@tomat05 uncultured non-historic players, lol

[@SpiderEyes7521]

I love this song, i super happy he did a reaction on one of my favourite songs

[@Heavy4th]

Fun detail: The compass that the guide uses in the end is the same one that Lütjens or Lindemann hands the sailor while dying hinting to the guide being a relative to the sailor. :)

[@Dingusdoofus]

Screaming Eagles, Primo Victoria, To Hell and Back, and a few others are really good if you are looking for music videos.

[@cheeseninja1115]

some recommendations for sabaton songs: 82nd all the way, Attack of the dead men, primo Victoria, resist and bite. As well the polish Woodstock festival has some good ones like Uprising, 40:1, and Ghost Division. Sabaton has some really good songs imo

[@liamswanson340]

I just saw you did this, and now you’re my favorite KZbin!!!

[@user-jr6ru7yo8n]

If you recall the radio broadcast at the beginning of the video... they did mention the loss of the Hood. I really love this video... First time I saw it, I actually flinched at the shell flying past.

[@jdkirgaming5142]

Yes Bismarck is definitely my favourite Sabaton song. Few notes: Prince of Wales was very heavily damaged by Bismarck (during the Battle of the Denmark Strait) as well as Hood being sunk. Prince of Wales had a lot of her engineers on board at the time because she was having issues with her turrets and guns, which heavily affected her battle effectiveness. Therefore it was actually Rodney, King George V, Norfolk and Dorsetshire who worked together in the Bismarck’s last stand. In the video they show a Town/Crown Colony class cruiser engaging Bismarck, however the only cruisers who came into contact with the Bismarck was the Norfolk and Suffolk shadowing her and then the Dorsetshire fighting her later on. So they got that wrong. But everything else was perfect and it’s an amazing song!

[@Wanys123]

The video is made by WarGaming, using models from their game World of Warships. At the time the video was made, no British heavy cruiser was in the game. As of now, they have Surrey(which was supposed to be the third Norfolk subclass County, first two being Norfolk and Dorsetshire, so they would have used that) and London+Devonshire (which could substitute for Suffolk). They went with what they had at the time. You could argue HMS Sheffield and HMS Southampton were present in the chase, however neither of them participated in the final battle iirc. Funnily enough, HMS Ark Royal was shown for the first time in this clip, making its way into the game only around month later, around anniversary of Battle of Denmark Strait/Sinking of Bismarck.

[@jdkirgaming5142]

@@Wanys123 that would make sense, thanks for the info

[@hypedpanther6464]

Wales' shells actually broke into Bismarcks turret armor quite a few times

[@hypedpanther6464]

@@Wanys123 is it wrong to be attracted to myself

[@venomtailOG]

From what I learned, the Bismark was actually refered to as a "He" and not like a "She" that just about every other navy does. That's why in the song lyrics Sabaton also mentions the Bismark as a He.

[@val_strax_]

Only the captain, Ernst Lindemann, called her a she. So both is okay, I guess. And "Der Bismarck" sounds stupid if you are german

[@justsomeguyonyoutube3258]

Both "He" and "She" is correct. For traditional way "She" is correct. But from historical point of view,"He" is correct. I follow the historical way. You really sometimes had to call the Bismarck an "It" if you don't want to start a gender comment war about the Bismarck...

[@gooeyboba9838]

OMG lol Bismarck was my first song too! I was recommended this band today and I. Fell. In. Love!!

[@erichvondonitz5325]

In Sabaton, you dont find the Bismarck, the Bismarck finds you

[@Belnick6666]

04:18 the British fleet did not "take it down" They damaged the rudder yes, Bismarck could only go in circles and it was too much of a job to repair while under heavy bombardment. They have investigated the wreck of Bismarck and even when under #"¤#¤ amount of bombardment from the British fleet, only 2 penetrations was found, way above the waterline where the armor was much weaker than where the pen needed to be to create a problem. They also discovered that ALL torpedo walls on the Bismarck were UNDAMAGED which means none of the "direct hit" torpedoes did any damage that would have sunk Bismarck. The surviving crew always said that they placed charges on the inside to prevent the ship falling into enemy hands and the investigation of the wreck show that they were telling the truth all this time.....If 1 hour of that heavy bombardment, including the 406mm!!!!! cannons from HMS Rodney only did that little damage I wonder how long it would have taken if the crew themselves had not sunk it...3 more hours? return to port to get more ammo and return to bombard Bismarck? or perhaps board it? Had they rudder not been hit im pretty sure Bismarck would have escaped to lose another day :o

[@christophermatera1425]

Great War, Attack of the Dead Men, Flying High, The Last Stand Just to name a few

[@christopherjones1937]

Wow never heard of them but loved the video and the song!!!

[@happydayt.8687]

Very good Video! Best regards from Germany!🇩🇪

[@mattwise8597]

If you like the effects so much in this video, I suggest you try the game that they are using for some of it. World of Warships Legends. That is the game that is being used for a lot of special effects including the Bismarck oh, great video by the way

[@danielnystrom7310]

Sabaton cant find bismarck?! Sabaton - hold my beer.... Great reaction again. Thanks

[@Trek001]

*raises hand* Don't forget the _Piorun_ that broke formation, closed in to point blank range and identified its nationality to the _Bismarck_ by signal lamp before opening up with everything it had including the anti aircraft machine guns. Given that _Piorun_ was at _Bismarck_ for some time which would have worn down the crew, its presumed that if they had had a good night's rest then the _Bismarck_ might have put up more of a show and just *might* have made it

[@straitjacket8319]

Good review .The last one I saw couldn't believe they were even history teachers

[@sparta311]

I think that World of Warships commissioned them for the video or sponsored it or something like that.

[@arch_2076]

The ships CGI I believe is from Wargamings assets

[@carronade2456]

You should watch the Red Baron next.

[@Cavancola1]

You called

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

I’d just like to mention that the name of the boat their on is revealed in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment as Primo Victoria, which is another of their songs, and quite a good one at that. I just loved that Easter egg!

[@richardmcguigan7834]

these guys are great dude!

[@ghostarmy1106]

A german historian analyzed the music video completely, finding historical refferences in every Single line and in every scene that got shown or wasnt shown (he interpreted the lack of an exploding hood as avoiding any political meaning or not making it propaganda)

[@robb5828]

why propaganda or political?Then don't show the Bismarck sinking if it's propaganda.....

[@jsminipro]

Here is some great Sabton songs about Swedish history and one cool thing is some of the Swedish and English versions has difference viewpoints from kings, soldiers, civilians. Etc In no order Lion from the North / Lejonet från Norden The Carolean's Prayer / Karolinens Bön A Lifetime of War / En Livstid i Krig long live the king / konungens likfärd Carolus Rex / Carolus Rex swedish version

[@WayneBorean]

They have their own history channel too. It’s worth checking out. Great band - and yes they have a 64 year old fan!

[@JonathanLawson]

I always found it amazing that the guy who found the ship took until 1989 to find it considering everything we knew about its maiden/final journey.

[@DeltaComp]

I love listening to Sabaton in Hearts of Iron 4.

[@kelvinth117]

same here got the mod too

[@andrewshraga7301]

I can't believe I missed so many times that the old boat captain was the boy with the pocket watch ...

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

I didn't catch that either.

[@markmeier2781]

@@VloggingThroughHistory If I am right Sabaton actually hired the son of the real “Funkmaat”(Communication serviceman) to play the exact role of his father in this vid. Also they didn´t show the sinking of the hood intentionally because of the respect for the sailors died there and they do not what to be seen as glorifying all of this violence in the war.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

@@markmeier2781 Yes I read somewhere that the man is the son of the survivor. Makes sense with the Hood.

[@markmeier2781]

@@VloggingThroughHistory You missed also a lot of detail. For example the first encounter of the B with British ships was in the mids of a fog bank (two cruisers if I am right) which is symbolised by the appearance out of the fog in the beginning. Also the sinking of the Hood was mentioned in the very beginning by the news they had on in the car.

[@HrLBolle]

@@markmeier2781 the Cruisers names are Norfolk and Suffolk if my memory is correct and the encounter happened in the Denmark strait somewhere between Iceland and Greenland the northern most route into the Atlantic and leading right into the northern convoy route.

[@matthiascorvin272]

Just now finding these Sabaton reactions of yours and figured I'd mention that I believe the first part of the song with the Bismarck firing its guns was it sinking the HMS Hood and then moving onwards to the Swordfish attacking it.

[@MidnightmoonRR]

Fun fact: This was a fairly well disguised advert for World of Warships. Wargaming paid for and created pretty much the entire SFX

[@hokutoulrik7345]

A funeral hymn for the crew of the Bismarck and the sailors who fought in the Battle of the Atlantic.

[@jdkirgaming5142]

YEEETT

[@Cursed110011]

A little info on the music video itself for you History Guy. Sabaton actually didn't spend money on the Bismarck video, at least not outside the music production costs. The music video itself was made in collaboration with Wargaming who used their World of Warships engine and CGI trailer materials to create the video for them as a promotion of both the band and the game.

[@coolpilot7819]

Ok this is my favorite sabaton song because not only is it pretty good but it’s the song that got me into sabaton because at the time i was looking up a bunch of stuff about Bismarck and it got recommended

[@prashantsarkar821]

Love the reaction. Please check out Swedish Pagans, Attack of the Dead Men and 82nd All The Way.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Did Attack of the Dead Men yesterday!

[@xtinctx8557]

N1 reaction. Look into the night witches from sabaton and yarnhub animated history Musik combination long but worth

[@FL_Cordis]

Everytime i see this clip and music i got goosebumps

[@OsoAloc]

Amazing video...they even show how the Bismarck lost his turrets while sinking.

[@erniethegod1630]

Fun fact: German ships are in masculine so Bissmarck is he, you can this in the song too!

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Actually that is not a fact. There's no consensus on this and pretty much everyone NOT on board Bismarck called the ship "she" at the time. Calling Bismarck 'he" was only known after it was sunk, when the surviving ranking officer stated that the Captain felt such a powerful ship should be a "he" and required the crew to use the masculine.

[@Noname-ur4ct]

@@VloggingThroughHistory the Tirpitz is know as a she- the "lonely Queen of the North"

[@Noname-ur4ct]

@@VloggingThroughHistory and the old guy wasn't Ballard, he was meant to be a survivor- the young man you can see swimming at the end

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

@@Noname-ur4ct correct and the actor playing him is the real life son of the last survivor of Bismarck.

[@D4rkn3ss2000]

2:53 "They put money into this!" - Wargaming: "yeah we put some into this" - WoT and WoWS players: "and were did all that money come from, eh?" - Wargaming: *Makes it rain* I HAVE LITERALLY NO IDEA *makes it rain more*

[@azurblueknights]

Eh... quite honestly I doubt they actually put a whole lot of money into this particular video. Most of the effects they used are already present in the game, just super scaled up for this work of art.

[@alucardonus]

The guy at the start of video is son/grandson to that sailor who got that pocket compas from captain. There are coordinates of the ship at the moment they decided to sink the ship.

[@lordnaarghul]

Fun bit of info on this: Wargaming, the gaming company, provided a huge chunk of the special effects and sounds used in this video. They're from the game "World of Warships" however they went with a very basic color scheme for the Bismarck instead of the yellow-topped turrets Bismarck actually showed. The sound of the cannons firing is directly from the game, and I believe from the Bismarck itself. This video was also a backhanded preview of HMS Ark Royal that Wargaming snuck in before releasing it as a premium ship.

[@luanx1guri531]

Bismarck would have survived when her rudder didnt break because she could sail in to safety water then

[@werner.x]

That's the big irony of warfare. The most modern ship in our navy, unable to maneuver due to an obsolete tiny aircraft with a single torpedo.

[@justsomeguyonyoutube3258]

Operation Cerberus with Bismarck would be very interesting.

[@ryanc9586]

The most powerful beast of steel taken down by a dinky wooden plane

[@bluethunderbolt9631]

The reason for that is actually quite funny : the motor-assisted turret rotation mechanisms on the AA guns of the Bismark were too fast for the evasive maneuvers of the Swordfish, while the manual rotation mechanisms were too slow. And the shots that did hit would just pass through without exploding due to the fabric-covered frame of the Swordfish. Ironically, it was the Swordfish's obsolescence that saved it. Well, that, and it was super versatile. That as well.

[@ryanc9586]

@@bluethunderbolt9631 Not to mention the pilot's stress levels probably didn't help as they knew they were practically saving the entire war

[@ninjamice7319]

i like the detail on the compass witch has the cordinates of the bismarck

[@grandadmiralyamato9694]

the video is a coop between World of warships and Sabaton, the Hood was not featured as she was not in the game so in first engagement they subbed it for the warspite as that ship was in the game.