Sabaton - Bismarck- JTMM Reacts - First Time Reaction to Sabaton!!

[@willghezzi]

The "Bismarck" , and his sister ship "Tirpitz", were the 2 largest battleships ever built in Europe (250 meters long, 36 meters wide, and displacing more than 50.000 tones) and they were the pride of the kriegsmarine (Germany's militari navy) during Ww2. The "Bismarck" set sail in May 1941 to reach the Atlantic and destroy merchant convoys, but he was intercepted by the British and during a brief fight, destroyed the former flagship of the British fleet and pride of the Royal Navy, the worldwide famous battlecruiser "Hood", by penetrating her armor and detonating her aft main ammunition magazine and killing all 1400 members of her crew except for 3 men, and heavily damaged the battleship "Prince of Wales". This enraged the prime minister Winston Churcil who ordered all his ships in the Atlantic to abandon their operations and destroy the Bismarck. In total more than 40 ships participated to the hunt, making it the biggest naval hunt in history. Meanwhile Bismarck, who had received a hit during the first battle, was leaking fuel and was trying to reach the French port of Saint Nazaire, in occupied France, for repair. After 3 days of playing cat and mouse with the British, Bismarck was attacked by airplanes launched from the aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" and hit by a torpedo in the stern, which jammed his rudders during evasive manuvers, meaning that he was forced to sail in circles, just a few miles away from reaching air cover. In the end battleships "King George V" and "Rodney", along side the heavy cruisers "Norfolk" and "Dorsedshire" fought the already doomed battleship and, during the following 90 minutes completely destroyed it. However, despite having all his guns destroyed, and having received more than 400 hits (out of the 2800 shells that the British had fired at it) his armor was still mostly intact and the ship was still afloat. So the british launched another 4 torpedoes and he disappeared beneath the waves. After inspection of the wreck however it had been discovered that the torpedoes did no significant damage thanks to the battleship's excellent armor, and that Bismarck had been scuttled by his crew (although it should be noted that many historians believe that it would have eventually sunk due to the damage received). Of the 2200 men that served on it, only 114 survived. The old man seen in the video is the son of the last survivor, who died in 2018, 1 year before this song was released

[@JTMMTV]

That's fascinating! Wow!

[@fenrisulfur842]

thanks a lot, normally this kind of feedback is my thing :P PS: Tirpitz was sunk 03.04.1944 in Altafjord. Funfakt: Today you can get first class, handmade Damascussteel Pocketknives from a Tree Brand Company, using steel from the Tirpitz. No commercial, but i love the idea

[@nocturne7371]

You stopped the video to soon. Sabaton often has interesting things at the end of their videos. In this one you missed the dedication: "War has no nation. This video is dedicated to those who fought to the bitter end in the Battle of the Atlantic.

[@JTMMTV]

I saw it as I was giving the outcome and was like oh dang it I missed it lol. Taught me a lesson not to stop it.

[@Marcelo-Vega]

"they are bound by iron and blood", Iron and Blood is the most famous speech given by German chancellor Otto Von Bismarck whom the battleship is named after. That's the thing I love the most about Sabaton's song, all the historical references you can find in them. Also the ship the band is on is called Primo Victoria, which is the name of one of their songs and album.

[@zodiachimera7557]

Welcome to the Sabaton rabbit hole. These guys are basically modern skalds, singing history so it's not forgotten. They have a wide range of sounds - from fast high energy bangers like 'The Red Baron', to epics like 'Bismarck', to even slow sweet pieces like 'Ballad of Bull' - while still sounding like themselves. I hope you get to hear and learn a lot!

[@JTMMTV]

I love learning history although learn might be a stretch due to a memory issue lol, I enjoy watching docu series about events. This has me truly excited!

[@jameshendrickson7129]

@@JTMMTV they also have the sabaton history channel where they do a short doc on every one of their songs

[@billprice8596]

Great reaction! since you are Nightwish fan, you should know Floor Jenson is married to Sabaton's drummer. She sings for them in Sabaton's Christmas Truce. You really need to see more Sabaton!

[@JTMMTV]

Yes someone had me mentioned that which is awesome. This video blew my mind!

[@helheimx]

@@JTMMTV And it will be mentioned again and again and again if you do more Sabaton videos

[@ISAFMobius18]

This is still my all time favorite Sabaton Song mainly because it's what introduced me to the band. Im a faithful player of the game World of Warships who helped make this music video, and they are the ones that got me into them. But i also enjoy this song cause its everything what makes Sabaton all wrapped up into one. the story, the visuals, the power, the emotions, all of it is here. Plus its just a badass gorgeous video with next level movie CGI and live action scenes. Shout out to World of Warships for making this happen. PS- i still recommend watching the mini documentary Naval Legends: Bismarck that was made by World of Warships themselves too. Still really cool.

[@bradk12fan]

Highly recommend Sabaton’s “No Bullets Fly” and “Christmas Truce.” Also, if you’re looking for more new bands with a different vibe or a unique sound, I highly recommend The Warning, a power trio from Monterrey, Mexico.

[@gryphonosiris2577]

Have tissues handy for both.

[@fenrisulfur842]

Sabaton does a lot of animated Videos which tell the whole story. Id recommend the Animated Story video of " No Bullets fly" or "Nightwitches". Very nice reaction btw, keep on doing, this is only the beginning of the Sabaton story ;)

[@lazarbauk1343]

I recommend these songs from them: The Unkillable soldier No bullets fly (animated version) Night witches (animated version) Stormtroopers Defence of Moscow Livgardet ....but overall all of their songs are fucking awesome

[@miguelmederos8634]

Also older songs like: Lion from the North Swedish Pegans 40:1 Panzer Battalion Primo Victoria (which was referenced in the Bismarck music video) Shiroyama Winged Hussars Screaming Eagles Wolfpack The Last Stand Ghost Division Resist and Bite Uprising

[@gryphonosiris2577]

@@miguelmederos8634 The Last Battle, Screaming Eagles, Devil Dogs, To Hell and Back, Shiroyama.

[@wildylupous]

You should watch Sabaton's video from beginning to the end. They all have important message.

[@peterkensborn8035]

Welcome to History 101. Your teachers, Sabaton. Since you already got a bunch of nice suggestions, I will only give you one more, becuase I do concure whith all the others suggested. If you are into this, then check out "En livstid i krig" from the Great Tour in Gothenburg. A fantastic live performance! In Swedish, use subs.

[@JTMMTV]

I appreciate it, I am looking forward to this trip down the rabbit hole of History 101 with Sabaton. I thoroughly enjoyed Bismarck. It just hits different and I loved it.

[@drigerdranzer7514]

King George V was firing, Rodney was firing, Dorsetshire launched torpedos and yet the hull was intact. In the end it was the crew that scuttled him to keep him away from the Brits. By the way, you should look at the part afterwards when you had your eyes closed. In a Sabaton video there is actually no place in the songs to close the eyes because sometimes they add information text in the songs and solos too.

[@JTMMTV]

Good Info to have! Thanks and yeah there is a downside to it lol.

[@davidbowles7281]

One battleship can only do so much, especially with a fuel-starved nation. Even if Bismarck had somehow survived the British, the US Navy would have eventually destroyed it easily.

[@siniteanrazvan3298]

Welcome to Sabaton, you have so many extremely good songs to listen and mega interesting stories to hear, to songs of mega power like Bismark, Sparta, ghost division and so on, to sad and slow ones, like a lifetime of war, Christmas truce and so on, the second I got involved in this band as a history and specially warfare history I got in love with them like no band or singer before and probably never will

[@JTMMTV]

Did you say Sparta? I need a minute alone lol. Can't wait!

[@siniteanrazvan3298]

@@JTMMTV yup, that's probably the most powerful song from sabaton, is not necessarily special from the lyrics pov, but the power, is simply crazy

[@JTMMTV]

@@siniteanrazvan3298 awesome!

[@DokDo1995]

And just keep in mind while listening to this song that this song/video where made as a promo for World of Warships...

[@JTMMTV]

Yeah just covered the history of this and this part blew me away!!

[@Templarofsteel88]

As a side note here, the name they gave the boat @ 2:23 is taken from an older song by the band (from the older set up of the band)

[@agpv1975]

Nice reaction, welcome to sabaton rabbit hole 😁 They have a sabaton history channel too with the history behind mostly of the songs if you want to learn more about. Btw, why mostly all start with Bismarck, its a really nice song and video, but there are so many songs to hear and all start sabaton with the same.... not a critic only its something i dont really understand.

[@JTMMTV]

Yeah I was pointed to this one first. Stormtroopers looks intriguing. Request away!

[@agpv1975]

@@JTMMTV Yes, Stormtropers its a nice song. Try "En Livstid I Krig" (A lifetime of war) from Live - The Great Tour - Gothenburg with caps on because the song its in sweden. The caps have not a nice traduction but helps a lot to understand the song. That performance its crazy.... That song its about the 30 year war in the perpective of the swedish soldier (but i think its the perpective of every soldier in every war from all the world), you cant hear that song without cry....

[@GabrielArchon]

Nice reaction man! Glad to have found you and your content. I seriously recommend you start with any of the animated videos (The Red Baron, Nightwitches, No bullets fly.), and from there the live shows also rock so much. Thank you!

[@JTMMTV]

Stormtroopers is the next one lol I'm a sucker for the title, then down the rabbit hole like I've done with a lot of bands. I appreciate the comments and I will hit those videos as well!

[@GabrielArchon]

@@JTMMTV Excellent choice, another couple of things you've probably already heard. If you can watch any and all their videos with subtitles if possible, specially in their swedish songs. Also, they do have a history channel where they have more in depth approach to the stories they tell. Anyhow, thank you and keep on going!

[@JTMMTV]

@@GabrielArchon yes definitely will. I'm already excited based off Bismarck, the melody has been in my head all morning

[@eduardklima5698]

Just a little clarification animated STORY video is the better choise

[@JTMMTV]

@@eduardklima5698 can ypu provide the link just so I make sure I grab the right one

[@kjohnson9306]

Swedish metal powered storytellers.

[@Flokarl1]

THIS is what Sabaton dies... Tell stories through Metal music (almost all their songs)...And I think you will enjoy their musicvideos too ;-)

[@pavelslama5543]

Bismarck is not the best song that Sabaton has to offer, but its hands down the best video.

[@oldmanjimh3165]

Good song. It seemed to me that it is likely that the theme and lyrics were chosen and then the music added, considering how well they all meshed.

[@shelster8516]

Hey it's ma boy JTMM. My YT be unsubbing me from different people. Missed you're face

[@JTMMTV]

SHEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I missed ya! I literally was thinking about ya this morning

[@shelster8516]

@@JTMMTV you're amazing! Was talking to Rebel and he said you'd started back up again, but I hadn't had any videos on my subs. Glad you're back and I missed my frikin hubby's face

[@promnightdumpsterbaby9553]

Kriegsmachine? Lol 😆