Sabaton - Historian Reacts to "Bismark" (The official video)

[@tvaettis0653]

The captain carved the coordinates into the compass when he realized they were not going to make it (irl too). Just before he died he gave the compass to the kid who grew up and was the older man in the video. I believe he is the son of the kid that was on the ship, as the sailor passed away a few years ago.

[@HistoryBuff]

Ahhh ok! Thanks!

[@tvaettis0653]

History Buff happy to clear things up a little 😁

[@Kevichkovil]

Okay I have to correct you a little bit. So the old man(the captain of the fishers boat) is the son or grandson of the "kid" that you see. Because if i am correct from what I found online the "kid" passed away in 2015 at the age of 103 years old. So yes the captain of the fishers boat is supposed to be a direct family member. So he passed the compass forward to his children/grandchildren

[@HistoryBuff]

@@Kevichkovil yea, I thought that captain looked a bit young

[@tvaettis0653]

Kevichkovil ah, thanks!

[@marianogonzalez1977]

Wargaming, the russian videogame company who made the game "World of Warships" hepled in creating such an amazing movie like video. They're kind of good at that. They periodically release historical videos about naval warfare of that period of time.

[@againnodans8138]

Actually it's not russian, main office at Minsk, Belarusian)))

[@tor6684]

@@againnodans8138 They have their headquarter in Nicosia, Cyprus. (so they can go around all "obstructive stuff/laws" Belarus, Russia, the EU, or whoever, might come up with)

[@marianogonzalez1977]

Thanks for the input.

[@Belnick6666]

@@againnodans8138 calling a Belarusian russian is for them about the same as calling germans a na**

[@ВладимирБабичев-ц3ш]

@@Belnick6666 Tell me, are you trying to imply that russian equal to nazi? By the way, where are you from? I'm asking it just for fun, to know whose rear end is burning.

[@jancmyon4240]

Welcome to the "Panzer battalion". As you already know Sabaton is about war history and they try to be so accurate in their storytelling as possible. And I can promise you won't be disappointed. I would recommend: Final solution (music video) Night Witches (animated video AND live from The Great Tour)Edit: I saw that you already did that one but do the live version just for fun Livstid i krig (live Gothenburg with captions on) (1618-1648) Shiroyama (1877) The Last Stand (1527) Boold of Bannockburn (1314) The Last Battle Fields of Verdun Screaming Eagels 82nd All the Way

[@jimmykungberg308]

Shiroyama was my old favourite before Bismarck came out, and Blood Of Bannockburn :D

[@gerritrookworst3701]

Did someone say "Handsome Italian"?

[@MaskinJunior]

The story of the locket is that the old man in the beginning of the video is the young sailor who got it from the Admiral of the Bismarck who engraved the last position for him as the Bismarck was sinking. It is not really a locket it is a compass.

[@ignorance112]

Great to see another Sabaton reaction from you

[@jankro1]

The coorfinates of Bismark were engraved on the cover of the pocket watch

[@jamesrose1460]

My father happened to get to meet Jock Moffat, the Swordfish pilot who torpedoed the Bismark, damaging her rudder, forcing her to turn North into the Prince of Wales and the Rodney. He related the story of when he Torpedoed the ship...he said he heard this voice saying, "No now Jock...no now!" Swordfish had a crew of three...pilot, gunner and radio/navigator. The voice was the Radioman, with one foot on the wing, hanging on his safety wire to look out past the engine...guiding him with a better view in the rainstorm. His guide told him to drop...and they got the lucky hit. The rudder strike was a fluke. The Hood was destroyed by the Bismark. Of the 1408 men..3 survived. The burning ship was the Bismark. All four of her turrets destroyed....she was wallowing...until the British Destroyers moved in and torpedoed the wreck to sink her. Kreigsmarine is German for "War Fleet" Battle of the Atlantic I have also read Moffats book...which is a fantastic.

[@HistoryBuff]

Wow! Amazing information! Thank you for all that!

[@theirishviking9278]

for reference pretty much every instance of damage dealt to any ship in this is as accurate to what they could find historically form the Hood getting hit in the rear at 10:27 to the turret guns falling out of the bismark as it sinks at 17:11

[@huey-fan8335]

The ships silouhette is clearly a KGV type Battleship, and only Prince of Wales was the only one near Bismarck! So it's not Hood, it's Prince of Wales!

[@theirishviking9278]

@@huey-fan8335 why are you yelling?

[@huey-fan8335]

@@theirishviking9278 BC your statement is as false as it can get ...there is no Hood in this Video, what you mentioned at 10:27 is HMS Prince of Whales getting straddled

[@theirishviking9278]

@@huey-fan8335 .... do you know what the side profile of the bismark is? cause that ain't it

[@huey-fan8335]

@@theirishviking9278 as I mentioned earlier....this is a KGV class ship, HMS Prince of Whales to be precise....

[@thsmuller]

The wreck of Bismarck was discovered on 8 June 1989 by Robert Ballard, the oceanographer responsible for finding RMS Titanic. Bismarck was found to be resting on her keel at a dept of approximately 4,791 m (15,719 ft), about 650 km (400 mi) west of Brest. 48°10′N 16°12′W

[@hertzeid]

The ship on fire is the Bismarck itself. The Hood was sunk before the actual clips begin. You hear it mentioned on the radio as the band boards the fishing vessel they borrow. The Hood was destroyed by a single armor piercing shell penetrating into the forward magazine. Due to the British sailors focusing heavily on rapid fire, it is thought that they ignored rules for keeping the bulkheads between various ammunition and powder stores closed. This resulted in a massive explosion that ripped the Hood apart. Only 3 sailors of the 1500 man crew survived.

[@Deilwynna]

5:35 - initially, it was the hswms gotland (the seaplane tender/light cruiser) that spotted bismarck and prinz eugen going out of towards the north sea, gotland radiod back to swedish navys hq, the british caught the radio transmission as well so they knew about bismarcks journey out of the baltic sea and danish belt through swedens radio comms

[@coyotej4895]

In 1933 One of my Grandfathers was hired on at the big Bloom and Voss Ship yards in Hamburg. He was to help develop and build the Fire Control systems that would be put on Bismarck and Tirpitz. He was then assigned to Bismarck after the Launch and went with the ship to sea as one of the Engineering Officer. He survived because he was above working on the Fire control systems when the general order to abandon ship was passed. After making sure all Water tight doors where Open and the scuttling charges where set in his section he was told to see to his repair party, being as by that time the guns where all out of action he helped his men abandon ship. I never got to meet him. I did here many of the stories he told my Dad. They where many and ranged from funny to horrific and heroic.

[@HistoryBuff]

That is absolutely incredible! Make sure you write those stories down to pass down through many more generations!

[@coyotej4895]

@@HistoryBuff We did. His journal and other papers where sent to museums as well upon his death in 1964. Some used by Dr. Ballard to help him fiend and then dive on the wreck.

[@jacobthompson800]

It's actually theorized that the ship was scuttled. Meaning the air hatches where opened to sink the ship. The captain thought the ship would be unsinkable after about 4 or 5 hours or just constant shelling from British ships. It just so happened that two cruziers fired Torpitos at the near same time. When the wreck was discovered everything was intact but it's main 4, 15mm canons where miles apart.

[@Sarge80]

Its scary to think that the Bismarck was mere hours away from aircover, that 1 torpedo hit changed everything.

[@AGDinCA]

LOL!! I never, never say Nightwish Army. I always say Nightwish family. But, I don't get into the weeds on these kinds of things. I'm a big fan of Nightwish and Sabaton, plain and simple.

[@HistoryBuff]

Yea, that was kind of meant to be a joke, maybe even a little poke at the fervency of the NW army.

[@AGDinCA]

@@HistoryBuff And that's completely warranted, in my opinion. 👍

[@Templarofsteel88]

As a sidenote here, the name they gave the boat ar 8:50 is taken from an older song by the band ( from the older set up of the band) the end text said wars know no nation this video is dedicated to those who fought to the bitter end in the battle of the atlantic.

[@WaywardVet]

Winston Churchill hearing you say "they had a little battle" after the Hood is sunk. SINK THE BISMARCK!!!! *Slams phone down*

[@joshingoodnaturedly4923]

I believe the skipper encountered in the first half of the video is the grandson of a Bismarck survivor

[@shawnengles8771]

Youre talking about the prince of wales and hood in the battle of Denmark strait. The hood lost all but 3 sailors when the aft magazines detonated and ripped the ship in half

[@dementiagaming4098]

Sabaton has a song called the last stand and it's about the sack of Rome, thought you might be interested

[@bliblivion]

this video clip was made in colaboration with the video game "World of Warships" this is why it look so good (money plus a team who's job is to modelise Warship in 3D)

[@PilgrimjGaming]

Minor corrections. It was known as battle of Denmark strait. Battle engaments hms hood and hms prince of whales. Hms hood was sunk by bismarck massive shell. Hms prince of whales escape the battle with minor dammage. Which would be sunken off asian pafic off india . Planes are called sword fish torpedo bomber pre ww1 crop duster planes. Bismarck rutter system was damamge by torpedo bomber. Only way the bismarc was found by oil slick it was producing . Bismarck first shell that inpacted was magine capartmet causing the turrets to explode . Then torpedo hell out bismarck. Kreigs marines was german navy. As luffwaffa was germany airforce. Tirpz was bismarck sister ship. Night witches was all female russian bomber they used night tactics and night flights .

[@heatherwheeler8330]

The ship being shown blowing up is the USS Hood, based on the two smoke stacks seen on the ship.

[@89Keith]

Correction, HMS Hood

[@corinna007]

I would recommend a double reaction "Carolus Rex" about King Carl XII of Sweden, once to a lyric video of the English lyrics (or maybe the Swedish version with an English translation), and then to the official live version where they performed the Swedish version in Stockholm. One of my favourite bands, Apocalyptica, was on tour with them and joined them on stage.

[@Calumetto]

Well, to answer your question, using "army" when your posts may be seen by those formerly and presently in the military gets "touchy." Knowing that, I think most Sabaton fans tend to sidestep military designations in an effort to be deferential.

[@mike28003]

As a prior military member I can care less if they call it an army.

[@charliefoxtrott1048]

Nice reactions! If you are interested in the Middle Ages, their album Carolus Rex covers the history of Sweden and middle Europe from 1630 to 1730. There is also a song about the sack of Rome called The Last Stand. Afaik the is no offical Sabaton Army, but here in Europe we have a lot of Fan Clubs like the Sabateurs, the Swedish/Sabaton Pagans and others. If you wanna do some MURICA relatet reactions then you shall react to Panzer Batalion (my first experiance in 2005 with them ;o) ) Midway, To Hell and Back and Screaming Eagles (the first two as Lyric-Vids by Piscator, the other two as official Vids. Nice work.. Have fun with your Sabaticion XD

[@pochopayaso5949]

I think that coordinates on the comapass is the area where mighty bismarck sunked Edit. 1st bismarck sunked the hood. Then allies bombared bismarck through sea and air

[@argantyr5154]

The Video was made with help from the company behind "World of Tanks" that needed some material to their game "World of Warships". And yes Sabaton really played on a boat in the "middle of nowhere".

[@MaskinJunior]

It is CGI. But it is pretty high level since this is made in collaboration with World of Warships, so they probably had lots of good CGI-models of ships.

[@Belnick6666]

about the compass, might that been the location of there Bismarck was sunk? ~ 4809N 01607W. at a depth of roughly 15,715 ft / 4,790m

[@tvaettis0653]

So hyped for this journey! If you want to see some live performances, you could check out some amazing videos from Woodstock: Ghost division Uprising 40:1 The price of a mile White death Primo victoria

[@oriongabriel6966]

13:48 Old video but wanted to mention it, the ship on fire is the bismarck, since it was peppered with HE until the steel was literally melting. The hood didn't catch on fire. What happened was that the bismarck got a lucky hit right in an ammunition locker which made such a violent explosion that it got cut in half. Sad they didn't show it in the music video but that might have confused viewers. Cheers! :) Edit: yeah you corrected it but still, hood went boom immedietly

[@YelanBlueDice]

History is always twisted so that a winner is always found, a compilation of various sources of information it is said that the Bismarck was not sunk by the allied forces, it is true that they caused great damage to the battleship but they failed to sink it, Ernst Lindemann he decided to sink it himself to prevent them from getting the Bismarck technology when he saw that he couldn't reach Brest.

[@annikahausen_]

You might enjoy Rammstein - Deutschland. I'm German and even I didn't capture all the History and clues and little details, even after watching it 10 times 😅 it's a great overview of German history though. Can highly recommend

[@arihaukipuro9674]

Nice react. Please react Sabaton White Death. He was finnish sniper who was world best sniper through WW2. Killed over 500 russians before his wounded. He used only Iron sight, no scope. Thanks.

[@LianteakaLia]

I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but one thing to look into if you're looking at Sweden is Systembolaget. It has a connection to both history, politics and culture. Here's a wall of text about it! ;) Sweden, like many countries has a bit of a complicated relationship with alcohol. Clean drinking water wasn't always a thing and many times in history, alcohol was an alternative choice of drink since the water wasn't exactly good for you. And then there's all the other reasons people drink. In the 1700s every rule regulating alcoholic consumption was abolished and this led to a huge drinking boom in Sweden. We drank a lot. So much that the swedish government decided to intervene in the early 1900s after a big rise in sobriety movements. It ended with a complete government regulated monopoly on Alcohol that has lasted to this day. In Sweden, you can only get alcohol up to 3,5% in regular stores. For anything above that you have to go to Systembolaget. The government regulated chain of stores and only seller of hard liquour in the entire country. For anything 3,5% and under, the age limit is 18. To drink alcohol in bars and resturants the age requirement is also 18. To buy alcohol at Systembolaget you have to be 20 years old. Another limitation is the fact that Systembolaget aren't allowed to use regular marketing tactics like campaign prices and sales and their commercials are about responsible drinking rather than trying to promote the products. Norway and Finland has a similar system I belive but the laws regulating it can vary. I think the limit on alcohol in regular stores in Norway is 4,5% for example. There's a lot of different oppinions here about Systembolaget but one thing I do like about it, is the huge variety of alcohol you can get. Even if your closest store might not carry the type you want, you can just order it to that store. And if you want something that they don't actually offer, you can do a private import straight from the brewery/destillery/winery etc and then pick it up at your local store. (As long as the company ships to Sweden ofc.) And the staff are often very knowlegable and have their own customer support they can call if they can't answer a question. I always ask them for help with picking out beer or wine to go with whatever food I want to make and at least in my local store, they haven't steered me wrong yet. :) So there's a bit of information for you about Systembolaget. It's something I would encourage you to look further into since it has quite a fascinating history. And it's something that's rather different from many other countries.

[@einarthormodster95]

Don't worry, you did a great reaction to this video!

[@arbi1202]

that sunk battle ship is the bismark after the north sea battle between bismark and hms hood and hms prinse of wales after the defeat of british they send all their fleet on persuit of bismark that it self was damaged by the previous battle they fond it i guesse near a french coast and sunk it how ever it faught to the last breath and gain the upmost respect of the admiral of the royal navy

[@Pandemic270]

So there were only two ships built by the Germans in the Bismarck class. Bismarck and Tirpitz. Both ships were sunk during the war. This music video was produced by the company that makes World of Warships. All of the ships are CGI.

[@Katan-i7i]

If you want to have fun learning about the Bismark... Look up Seconds from Disaster: Bismark Lots of info and background stuff.

[@hunterleite9923]

The ship destroyed is the hood but the ship on fire is the Bismarck

[@damienmaynard8892]

How to be the coolest history teacher ever? Play a Sabaton video every lesson! HMS Dorsetshire fired the final torpedoes into Bismarck. They also rescued some survivors but had to leave because there was a U-Boat in the area. U-74 was there and rescued some more survivors. Metal is Family! Sabaton's drummer, Hannes Van Dahl, is married to Floor Jansen of Nightwish! Prinz Eugen as USS Prinz Eugen took months of neglect, 2NUKES and more months of neglect to sink! Tough ship! 3 men survived the sinking of HMS Hood - one was the uncle of my best friend.

[@tundra345]

Who belongs to the Sabaton army. Who belongs. Like this comment if you belong to the Sabaton army

[@josmetaldesu5033]

The hood lost all butt there were 3 survivors..The bismarck had a crew of 2065 and there were 114 survivors..

[@lennartschneider9971]

The Viedo u watch is was make By Wargaming / WorldofWoldships they make this with sabaton ;)

[@malundy]

Man, music has come a looong way since Johnny Horton sang Sink the Bismarck in 1960 (yes, I'm that old).

[@NapoleonVIII]

The Nazis called their Navi mostly "Reichsmarine" (Imperial Navi), but it was also called "Kriegsmarine"

[@ryanodriscoll]

It's probably one of those easy in hindsight things, but the Bismarck was too powerful for her own good. She was a floating target. Not just because if left unchecked, Bismarck could have inflicted huge damage, but also because taking her down would be a huge symbolic victory. And it was. The British Navy of course had a long and illustrious history of launching the biggest and baddest ships, but when they were doing that, they were launching them into an already world dominating navy. Not to crap on the Kreigsmarine by any measure, but the climate into which they launched the Bismarck was very different. Rather than the show of force they were going for, they launched a prize.

[@Geefater79]

The Bismark was never the world's largest battleship. Not even when launched, since HMS Hood, which he sank with one hit, was bigger than him. The world's largest battleship ever was the Yamato.

[@WAKIZASHI158]

It says Battle of the Atlantic last part of the video Comrade

[@TristanJohn-f1n]

Kriegsmarine means "War Navy" and KMS means "kriegsmarine schiff" (you already might or might not know what it means)

[@MegaDog555]

We love and are theSabaton panzer battion army

[@HistoryBuff]

Nice!! Good to know!

[@demopem]

A tip about Swedish pronunciation (of names): Pär is pronounced with an æ-sound, like "hair" in English.

[@HistoryBuff]

Ahh thanks!

[@pierresoder7671]

Joakim: Chuck Liddell?

[@tancar2004]

Other's have suggested and I agree a great song to do is "Uprising" it's about the Warsaw uprising in 1944. You could either do the video which is awesome! or the live at woodstock version which they play the song in Warsaw in front of a 500,000 Polish metalheads going crazy

[@vinde2117]

might have been mentiond but, germany and germans was not the natzi, but natzi was germans. in a way its like saying that all of usa are the us navy / army, yes they are a part of usa but just a part

[@HistoryBuff]

Yes, this was discussed at length. I'm not sure exactly what I said that you are questioning but a lot of the comments came from my saying the krigsmarine was the nazi navy. I still stand by this because the term and concept was established by the nazi leaders as a middle finger to the restrictions placed on them by the treaty of Versailles and it only lasted as long as their reign did so...yea...the nazi navy

[@lennartfu7738]

By the Hood 3 People surive

[@stamasd8500]

About the Nightwish Army and the Sabaton family, you should know that there's quite a bit of overlap... I for one have double allegiance. Also, meet another member of Sabaton: Hannes van Dahl, the drummer - and husband of Floor Jansen. :) As for recommended music, my favorite Sabaton album is Carolus Rex. It tells the story of the 30 years' war and of the Great Northern War, and of the two Swedish kings involved in them, Gustavus Adolphus and Charles XII. I prefer the Swedish version of the album as the English lyrics aren't that punchy (and I don't even speak Swedish :) )

[@oneshotonekillsniper2228]

They used CGI both the Bismarck and his sistership Turpitz were sunk and the Bismarck class was one of the few ships with Him instead of her as the Kriegsmarine said that the Bismarck was too powerful to be female

[@MegaDog555]

It’s the coordinates cuz they really scuttled the Bismarck

[@jackgrove4621]

the guys a true nord

[@theslav-combineempire2997]

So, did you find the boat?

[@sixtuspettersson6059]

Sabaton History ; Finnish war hero *White Death* Simo Häyhä Worlds deadliest sniper 7-800 kills in 100 days !! and *Soldier of 3 Armys* Lauri Törni / Larry Thorn. another War hero from Finland/Germany/USA !!

[@ThisDangOriginalDude1944]

I suggest probably "The Red Baron" and "Devil Dogs"

[@2910karlijn]

you have the Panzer Battalion as just the main fandom, but there's also the Sabaton Witches Division Female Fans Regiment. and almost every country has their own Battalion. the Dutch Battalion, the Belgium Boar Battalion, the Amarican Panzer Battalion, the British Metal Machine, and many more. you can find all of them on the official Sabaton site

[@HistoryBuff]

Nice!!!

[@aniketsworld5932]

It was not prince of Wales that ended up fleeing. It was King George V

[@jonasjohnsson2130]

Yes thats it. Its the son of the young saylor.

[@lillzico77]

Do Ghost and Amon Amarth. I guess you know they are also swedish bands.

[@yeettheheat]

Fun fact: The song says: "he was made to rule the seven seas" This would normally be incorrect since ship are mostly referred to as "she", but in the case of the Bismarck, the crew actually called it a "he" (probably out of respect given that the ships namesake is Otto von Bismarck, the man who practically founded Germany).

[@katarinaducouteau5729]

Germans refer to their ships as "He" instead of "She". Just like how Germany is refereed to as the "Fatherland" instead of the "Motherland" like other nations (Mostly Russia) do

[@annikamyren3026]

Germany was only allowed to have 100.000 soldier , no heavy maskiner , no warships and no tanks . They trained in secresy on fields whit papertanks whit 4 soldier under runnng formation on the fields ....

[@pvtread5207]

Had Bismarck not sunk ww2 could have very well ended so much differently

[@suzonlommel3737]

Check out the Sanabton history channel.

[@rogoth01themasterwizard11]

the story of the pocket watch from the actual Bismarck is that at the time the officer in charge called for it to be scuttled he carved into it the co-ordinates of the approximate location of where it would be sunk as a sort of obituary 'here lies RMS Bismarck', the man at the helm of the fishing boat is the son of the real life sailor who received the pocket watch onboard the Bismarck and he has kept it (the one used in this video is a replica), there's only a handful of people who know where the Bismarck is actually located and they have kept it secret out of respect to the dead as it is considered a war grave, the diver who discovered the titanic is the one who also found the exact location of the Bismarck. the ships used in this music video are all 'real' in the sense that they are exact cgi model replicas of what the various ships looked like at the time, you have Bismarck firing against the HMS prince of wales at the start, the torpedo bombers and the various cruisers of the royal navy bearing down on Bismarck towards the end of the fight etc, and it was all done by the makers of the game 'world of tanks'/'world of warships' etc, they collaborated with Sabaton to create this music video.

[@PilgrimjGaming]

Fun fact is bismarck location is not far from titanic. Ballard crew found the Bismark first in 1989 while he discovered titanic in 1986. Fact is Bismark is setting in sailing position with most of the ship mainly intact. While most of turrets was blown off and scattered. if you look at the ship it front two turrets have been completely been blown off. Due brittish navy impacting the magazine compartment In middle of the ship. But pride of german navy flag is still visible at front of the ship. 80 some odd years later. Tirpiz sister ship of Bismark. Was behemoth of the ship to that was later sunken by brittish raf dam busters. Off Norwegian coast where it was sunken. Bismark was Hitler prized ship of kriegs marines. Also mention it was his favorite ship .

[@inkplot6718]

"Do all their guitars match their pants?" is currently my favourite take on sabaton.

[@moetucktuck]

Until the pink Hello Kitty guitar comes out

[@TheMedicalDemon]

If you React to 'Uprising' by sabaton, I suggest reacting to the music video and the Live Woodstock version of it.

[@dukerollo1116]

Definitely the video

[@georgebeswick7549]

Woodstock is insane...

[@Belnick6666]

i love how he say "did you find the BOAT?" is super swedish english lol

[@annikamyren3026]

Verkligen svensk dialekt

[@lenasoderberg2583]

@@annikamyren3026 dalarna.... damn i cant even write it without hearing it in dialect

[@greaper1976]

well there's the Sabaton Pantzer Battalion ... and it seems like every country has their own fanclub where they use a song title or lyric for their name. The video was made by Wargaming for World of Warships, so it's almost all CGI with actors. They have a short "making of" video on their channel. The video was after the Hood got sung, they only mentioned the Hood getting blown up in the intro. The Burning ship was the Bismarck. .. at the end it said Battle of the Atlantic. The locket is a compass, and it's there to link the ship captain of the "Primo Victoria" to the survivor of the Bismarck, like it's the same guy. A good idea would be to do a video of the song, and then a separate video on the history channel video of that song.

[@VikingReacts]

That would be a cool skin indeed! Yo-àh-keem by the way ;). Good one bro!

[@HistoryBuff]

Thanks! my brain keeps wanting to say "wa-keem"

[@erikenqvist9081]

Yo-ah-kim.

[@gillandianyt3920]

Hi Viking! Those were huge battleships.

[@Calumetto]

"Do all their guitars match their pants?" Loved that. LOL. ••• thanks for the video.

[@Vagabound]

You said reacting is not easy. Well it depends on how you want to react. There are lots of self called "reactors" and all they do is whipping their heads and say here and there things like "oh that's great", "that sounds good", "awesome". When it comes to Nightwish (no Nightwish video here I know) they might ad "oh she's tall", "wow she can sing" and for sure "I have goosebumps". That can't be so hard 😂😉 But I know what you mean and that's why I follow your and a few other reaction channels where the reactors really have something to say 😊 Btw I like the term "family" more then "army" too. That's why I never joined the so called "Nightwish army" because I don't want to be part of any kind of army. I love their music but be part of an army!? Thank you but no thank you. I believe a few years ago it was a "Nightwish family" too. Not sure when and why that "family" turned into an "army". Anyways... good and interesting reaction to that song. Funfact: In Germany we say "Die Bismarck" which is female because the artikel isn't bound to the name of the ship but to the ship itself. So it stayed female even the name is not from a woman. And I remember years ago I spoke with my grandpa about ww2 and he also said "Die Bismarck" so it wasn't a thing to turn it male in his time (ww2) either. Would be interesting to know where you got this information?

[@terryhiggins5077]

Pretty sure it comes from a supposed quote from her captain (Ernst Lindemann) that a formidable ship such as Bismarck, should be called “he” as befitting it's strength and power. The only evidence to support this come from one of the high ranking survivors of the Bismarck, recalling a half remembered conversation with Lindemann, so validity of this is tenuous at best. Somehow this statement got into the pop cultural zeitgeist of the english speaking world and now everybody incorrectly thinks the Bismarck was male. I hope that answers your question.

[@Vagabound]

@@terryhiggins5077 Thank you for your answer. So that means in the english speaking world the "Bismarck" is male while in Germany it's female!? That's kind of funny in a weird way 😂 Every day something new to learn and yes i guess that answers my question 😊

[@terryhiggins5077]

@@Vagabound Its a bit more complicated than "it is" only those that know of the Bismarck via pop culture thinks its Male, everybody else correctly refers to her as a female. But it has become something of a meme at this point.

[@HistoryBuff]

It was actually said on the Sabaton History Channel. Thank you for you comments about my style of reacting. Its funny because I looked at a few other reactors to this song (one was even a "historian/history teacher") and they are mostly 9 minutes. HOW CAN YOU COVER THIS SONG IN 9 MINUTES!? The video itself is almost that long!

[@HistoryBuff]

Also, that Sabaton Army bit was meant to be funny, actually poking a little fun at the NW army which can be a little overbearing at times.

[@mattipihlaja6745]

Hello from Finland also. There is bunch of song from Finland in Sabaton repertoire. Talvisota, Soldier of Three Armies, Whitedeath.

[@tvaettis0653]

Yes, Primo Victoria is another song of theirs and the name of their first album released in 2005. Like this video, the official video for Primo Victoria was made by the game company Wargaming (this one for World of Warships and the other one for World of Tanks). However, the other video is very high volume, making it hard to hear the vocals. That might be something to take into consideration.

[@LianteakaLia]

I agree. I love the video and it's super cool but I think it works better as a promotion video for the game rather than a music video as the content of the video doesn't really have too much to do with the song. And yes, the sound effects are very loud. For a promo video, it's perfect, as a music video, not so much. :) But it's worth a check after you've heard the song I think, just for the epicness.

[@tvaettis0653]

Tiny Lia totally agree!

[@srg08]

The live version is the very best way for first time listening ( out of personal opinion I prefer to see 750k people singing and jumping at the song then the showcase of Sabaton skin for the tank)

[@jean-marcpaganowl8268]

The made a song for World Of Warship and as an exchange they provided ship videos. The Captain of the ship is a descendant of the one that survived the sinking. He carved the coordinates on it so he would know where to find the Bismarck

[@andrewniehoff8612]

Welcome to the fandom and to answer your question Kriegsmarine: '"War Navy"' German WW 2 designation for their navy.

[@miafranlund6982]

I suggest that U now experience Sabaton live. They are always giving great performances and interacts with the crowd. Uprising live woodstock with an epic crowd of over 500.000 ppl and En livstid i krig live Göteborg 2020, its in Swedish so put caps on (highly emotional with great lyrics)

[@Myomer104]

At the beginning, when they are getting out of the vehicles, the voiceover comes from a couple of Movietone News episodes, which can be found on the DVD version (or at least one of them) of "Sink the Bismarck!", a 1960 movie about the battle. Also, yes, the Kriegsmarine was the Nazi navy, its name translating almost literally as "War Navy." The ending screen reads "War knows no nation. This video is dedicated to those who fought to the bitter end in the Battle of the Atlantic."

[@mannistef]

I am both in the Nightwish Army and the Sabaton Army. And I love history so I think I will like your channel. Greetings from Iceland.

[@HistoryBuff]

ICELAND!! I think that's a first!

[@Sannoz]

Best way to join a "Sabaton Army", Sabaton Cruise is a big thing every year for 10y+. They rent a cruise boat and 2500 fans buy tickets and goes on a 24h cruise with the band 🤟 Been lucky to attend 3 times 🇸🇪

[@HistoryBuff]

😱😱😱😱😱 THERES A CRUISE!?

[@unowestlund1848]

@@HistoryBuff Yes, and they have their own three day festival Sabaton Open Air.

[@matsv201]

@@HistoryBuff its really common in scandinavia events rening a Cruise Ferry. Its a line ship that works as a cruise ship

[@davidfence6939]

Now imagine a Sabaton cruise on one of the new mega ships with like 6000 fans :D

[@LianteakaLia]

I would love to see a double reaction to the song Uprising. First the official music video with captions to really get into the story of it. And then the live performance from Woodstock 2012 because it's an absolutely epic live performance. The two of them together, I think, really gives you the full picture of both the story and what it means to their fans, the Polish fans especially. :)

[@St4rrk_YT]

they had released the royal guard so if vou react this!!!!!

[@connydely1460]

Great reaction!There is a all female Sabaton fan club called Sabaton Witches Division. The Belgian fanclun is called Boar Battalion. React yo Resist and Bite, and you will get why

[@aaronbriant3697]

at the time of Bismark's launch he was the largest Battle ship but a couple years after the Japanese launched the super battleship Yamato that became the largest battleship ever. Bismark was about 50000 tones Yamato was approximately 75000 tones

[@pierresoder7671]

Coin? Compass!

[@warrior7ra]

It's not a locket it's a compass, the compass of Capt Lindermann CO of the Bismark given to the ships boy who gave it to his son who is ferrying Sabaton to the wreck site.

[@johncenashi5117]

Hey so, the German Navy were never really Nazis. Niether were the wermacht. Yes Nazi party ruled at that time but that does not make their Army or Navy Nazis. I think its atleast flawed to call them that. Its not WRONG. But it just dsnt feel right to me.

[@HistoryBuff]

I hear you. I ended up discussing this at length in some of the previous comments. Looking back at my other 2 videos, I noticed I used the term "germans" when I talked about the soldiers, etc. The "nazi navy" was kind of a flub on my part and I apologize.

[@srg08]

A few thing to clarified if you don’t mind. 1) Kriegsmarine = German Marine/naval not a nazi group per se. 2) At the end of the WW1 the restriction and fines was not given to Hitler but to the German country/people 3) hitler was part of the army that fought and his rise to power but was not in charge at the moment of WW1. If I’m wrong please inform me.

[@HistoryBuff]

Thank you. I was aware of 2 and 3. I realized the way it came out sounded like it was Hitler who was responsible and present at the treaty of Versailles. I meant, he originally played by the "rules" then broke them

[@srg08]

@@HistoryBuff I’ve seen a lot of people not making the difference between a German soldier and a nazi and worse, lump them all together with is quite sad to hear. ( by what I heard a lot of German soldier did not approve of hitler and his party but they were soldier and had to follow order “soldier follows order for that what they do). FYI i’m Canadien and got a few gamer friend in German. I just don’t like the generalizations of groups when referring to a nationality of soldiers, for me those that tends to make generalizations become a lot less interesting. For the record I’m not saying that of you are like that “I have not seen many thing from you to make that jugement call” .. Btw welcome into the Sabaton great rabbit holes, enjoy the ride.

[@HistoryBuff]

@@srg08 In studying history, I know one of the major flaws one can make is to make generalizations about a group of people, especially linking the present to the past. Discussing ww2 war stories gets tricky because it may be better to call the officers (and even those on the front lines) "nazis" because to call them "Germans" may cause more harm and resentment. I will definitely try to be extremely mindful of this.

[@srg08]

@@HistoryBuff it’s truely troublesome when the lazy people that can’t make the different between German soldiers that only want to defend their country and doesn’t support their leaders ideology and the SS Nazi soldiers that idolize the ideal of those leader for “reasons”. And then there is Sabaton and their fans and the “normal people” who knows and make a conscience decision to make that difference when talking about the two side of WW2.

[@HistoryBuff]

@@srg08 its pretty similar to my family. I had an ancestor who fought for the confederate army in the Civil War. He didn't own slaves. He probably wasn't even fighting for the purpose of keeping slavery legal in the south. Nevertheless, he was in the Confederate army, fighting under that "purpose" and chain of command whether he agreed with it or not. I'm sure a majority of German soldiers didn't agree with what Hitler ordered, if they even knew half of what was happening. You're right though, it is so incredibly complicated and pretty easy to say the wrong thing. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what you mean. Are you saying the german soldiers following orders from Hitler's officers should not be called Nazis? Or even, "the nazi army/navy", etc? If not, what would you say is the proper way to address them? I love these discussions btw 😁

[@Katan-i7i]

Love the Cuthulu Funko Pop in the background. LOL. I love this video, it's totally awesome.

[@HistoryBuff]

Glad you enjoyed it! I've done some Lovecraft videos lately. Unfortunately, the original content tends to get relatively few views

[@translaterinokripperino5824]

You've got listen to "The royal guard" - their newest song. The music video is of great production and is also nice "introduction" to the "Swedish War history" and army discipline. Sweden had a lot of political power in 17th century Europe, which of course was riddled with conflict. This period was captured in the 2012 album "Carolus Rex" (a Latin nickname given the Karl XII). "The Royal Guard" and "Livgardet" (which is the Swedish version of the song) are singles from this year which sort of carries on in the same line as that album. The song celebrated the 500 year anniversary of the forming of "Livgardet", which were, and still are, a regiment of highly trained soldiers sworn to protect the king at all costs. The infantry regiment has a long history of fighting and winning battles where the odds were severely stacked against them, the reason for this was because of the high quality of soldiers. The Swedish army was a clear example of quality over quantity, Sweden was forced into such a "predicament" thanks to their relatively small population. The king would also serve next to them in battle. The names are pronounced: "Joe-á-Kim" and "Pear".

[@yeettheheat]

Yeah nah, the ships are definitely CG. After WW2 there were no new Battleships built (excluding the HMS Vanguard wich was still meant to be finished during the war) and the existing ones only saw little action. This was because: 1.Aircraft carriers being the main figthing force on the sea (this became clear after the battle of midway), they could send their aircraft much further than a Battleship could shoot. Thus making them ideal for attacking an enemy fleet, even when being out of radar range. 2. Battleships are expensive to build and maintain and when one gets sunk it's a huge cost in both life's and morale. 3. Though some US Battleships like the USS Wisconsin did serve in the Korean War performing shore bombardments, by the end of the cold war most of the battleships the US Had were placed in the reserve, up for scrapping or being refit to museum ships. Also sorry for potential spelling mistakes, English isn't my first language and I'm putting a lot of faith in the autocorrect rigth now.

[@jespereriksson4651]

The Singer's name is pronounced more as "Jo-A-kim, most Joakim are called "Jocke" though And YES you HAVE to do a video for "Primo Victoria" it's the song about D-day or Operation Overlord. 6th of june 1944. Probably the MOST important point of a war the Sabaton has made a song about. Attero Dominatus and Hearts of Iron might also qualify for this about the taking of Berlin. And also yes the "Kriegsmarine" was the german navy of the 2nd world war.