Sabaton - Historian Reacts to "Night Witches" (The Animated Story)

[@Disabled_fandom]

Sabton is awesome, here is a short list of great Sabaton songs. Highly recommended! Songs about the Swedish empire. Carolus Rex Lion from the North En Livstid i Krig (Live at Gothenburg)" Remember subtitles. :D The Carolean's Prayer Ruina Imperii Songs about WW1 & WW2. Great war Attack of the dead Hell and back Uprising Price of a mile Coat of arms Panzerkampf Bismarck

[@HistoryBuff]

Awesome info! PINNED!

[@ralflukas9695]

Great list but I would like to add some more: "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" - Lawrence of Arabia, WW1 "Cliffs of Gallipoli" - Battle of Gallipoli, WW1 "Red Baron" - Manfred von Richthofen, WW1 "82nd all the way" - Sgt. Alvin York; WW1 "Winged Hussars" - The siege of Vienna in 1683 "Swedish Pagans" - The Swedish Vikings

[@c.a.sahlin7836]

Considering a mentioned medieval interest, then perhaps add: "Blood of Bannockburn" (Battle of Bannockburn - 1314) "The Last Stand" (Sack of Rome - 1527) "Winged Hussars" (Siege of Vienna - 1683)

[@HistoryBuff]

@@c.a.sahlin7836 definitely going to have to research that. The only significant "sacking of rome" I'm familiar with was in 410

[@IKMcGwee]

To help out, Sabaton has a history channel and an episode that covers every song. So if any song topic you want to learn more about, check out its Sabaton History ep. They do play bits of the song through the history, so if you want to be blind to the song, I suppose either song-history or watch muted and read subtitles. As for interesting songs/stories it'd say try Smoking Snakes. About Brazil in WW2

[@ЮрийДолотов-л9в]

The Night Witches were volunteers, not mobilized. The soviet command was very reluctant to admit women to the front line, and they had to work very hard to be allowed to form the 588th regiment.

[@sumelar]

Mobilized doesn't mean drafted.

[@poscotod6572]

@@susannea4196 Плюс этот "историк" заявил что им специально выдали хлам бипланы.) Просто эти самолеты, хоть и устаревшие, идеально подходили для ночных бомбардировок, потому что могли летать на низких высотах с малой скоростью.

[@justlittleoldme]

They helped save the Heugh Battery museum in Hartlepool, UK from permanent closure. Listening to them is the best history lesson!

[@kieranscollectibles4894]

I would definitely recommend the Sabaton song Inmate 4859. It’s about Witold Pilecki, a Polish officer who volunteered to go to Auschwitz, set up sabotage cells, escaped, wrote the first report of what was going on there (it was ignored), fought in the Warsaw Uprising, and then executed by the Communists as part of the Polish resistance to them. It should be a movie. There is a great book about him called The Volunteer.

[@bellerain381]

Oh yes!!! My brother and I LOVE that song and To Hell And Back! Brother is a WW2 buff and Sabaton is our favorite band!

[@isaiahwelch8066]

Hey History Buff! I would recommend reacting to two songs: Defense of Moscow and Final Solution. As for Night Witches, this story is now truly history, as the last Night Witch was laid to rest in 2017. May these women, and their story, never be forgotten. #MayThe588thLiveForever Edit: In case you were wondering, the reason that the Commissar (equivalent to a regimental colonel) went out looking for her "lost girls" was because of Soviet military protocols, which stated that due to the unknown status of those who were MIA, the Soviet Union could not be sure if they had died, deserted, or had defected. Therefore, any personnel declared MIA would not receive the medals and awards due them for military service. So the Commissar made sure that her girls got the post-humous awards they deserved, creating an immaculate record, and in the process, telling the story of the final fates of her girls -- of which none survived, due to not having parachutes until 1944, and the planes being made of wood and cloth.

[@HistoryBuff]

Wow! Great info!

[@heedoei]

I don’t know that much about Sabaton, what I know is: they are indeed from Sweden, they make songs about battles and war related stories, they have their own history channel and when I heard “no bullets fly” I knew I had to hear more!

[@HistoryBuff]

Are you saying that should be the next one maybe?

[@heedoei]

@@HistoryBuff yes please 🙂

[@heedoei]

The animated version again

[@andrewludwig9251]

@@HistoryBuff Don't do any research on this song "No Bullets Fly" at all ! The video explains it all. When you see the end , your jaw will drop!

[@HistoryBuff]

@@andrewludwig9251 ahhh. Ok. I'll make sure this is my next one then and no research makes it easier!

[@damienmaynard8892]

The story of Lilya Litvyak and the 586th Fighter Regiment is also worth looking at! As is the 587th Day-bomber Regiment. Yes. the Po-2's (also known as U-2's!) were slow but they were in production from 1928 to 1959 with ~30,000 produced! The Germans even copied the Soviets by putting training Arado 76 aircraft into Night "Nuisance" Regiments. In total, 261 people served in the 586th regiment, of whom 32 died of various causes during the war including plane crashes, combat deaths and tuberculosis. Twenty-eight aircraft were written off. In total the regiment collectively accumulated 28,676 flight hours, dropped over 3,000 tons of bombs and over 26,000 incendiary shells, damaging or completely destroying 17 river crossings, nine railways, two railway stations, 26 warehouses, 12 fuel depots, 176 armored cars, 86 firing points, and 11 searchlights. In addition to bombings, the unit performed 155 supply drops of food and ammunition to Soviet forces.

[@isaiahwelch8066]

That is amazing! Not only is it a legendary story, but it shows to what lengths the Soviets went to, to push out the German Wehrmacht and Panzer divisions. Truly incredible.

[@dimasbagus7551]

What i do love about Sabaton, they are really living the history. I am a history geek myself, excited about them. They romanticizing the heroism, the feel of the battle, the patriotism. And yes they are colaborating with historian KZbinrs, like this song and "No Bullets Fly" they colaborating with Yarn Hub for the animation and some history information (i do recommend you to react to "No Bullets Fly" next, for chronological order of they collaboration with Yarn Hub). They also sing about the late Middle Ages, like "The Last Stand". Yes they are Swedish, so many Swedish history song that they made, even they write the song about 500th aniversary of Swedish Royal Army in their song "Livgardet" for some context to listen "Livgardet", turn on your subtitle, cz it's in Swedish. So glad, to see historian geek like me reacting to Sabaton.

[@HistoryBuff]

Yea, you're the second one to say "no bullets fly" next. Another told me to do no research so that'll be an easy one!

[@jean-marcpaganowl8268]

Sabaton does have a History Channel. With a historian to describe the history. Sabaton does explain the origins of the song and hpow it came to be. They are from Sweden. Check out Swedish Pagan live

[@abnurtharn2927]

When you get awarded with "Hero Of The Soviet Union", you know you have done something great. Those videos also have subtitles, just in cause something can be a bit difficult to hear.

[@BigTexan59]

When you dig into the women who made up the Night Witches, there were many incredible individual stories. The animated video touched on one of them, but didn't quite finish it. One of the pilots had been hit with shrapnel from an AA blast. The shrapnel went through her forehead, killing her instantly. The Po-2's had two cockpits, and two control sticks to fly the plane. The Navigator took control when the pilot was killed, but was unable to control the plane because the dead pilot's body was leaning on the foward stick. The navigator grabbed the dead woman by the collar and pulled her body back, freeing up the stick, and was able to fly the plane back to base, holding on to the dead woman the entire way. The Night Witches were incredibly brave and amazing women.

[@MountainMetal]

First rate reaction, mate. I inherited a history library from my Greatest Generation dad, (in the history book business for at least 50 years), British and (primarily) Scottish history, family history and heraldry, at one time called the top collection of its kind in the world in private hands. Some of the books are nearly 300 years old, and it contains more Scottish family histories than all the booksellers in Scotland combined. Appreciate you.

[@HistoryBuff]

Omg, that is incredible!!!! I would really LOVE to chat with you, or even "interview" you on zoom and post the video to talk about everything you have! Let me know if you may be interested.

[@Sergei_Agarkoff]

Great reaction of the historian to the historical events based song. Hope, you will find interesting the Sabaton's "Attack of dead men" about the Osowiets fortress defenders, which could withstand against the chlorine attack. And it was closer to your favorite medieval times: the First WW. Then I may recommend to watch the RadioTapok's Russian cover on it: it is accompanied the episodes from similarly named short movie, and this combination tickles the nerves much stronger.

[@DudeFromWisco]

12:40 You are correct, you will often times both in music and live hear all members of the band assist with vocals. Its something I really, really enjoy about sabaton and doesnt seem to be done all that well outside of a few german metal bands. Orden Ogen to name

[@КоньвпОльто-щ7щ]

У нас воевали все, мужчины, женщины, дети 27 000 000 погибших в войну. Дети герои Валя Котик или Зинаида Портнова это наш свет на который мы ровняемся.

[@Fathertime0623]

You should react to the live performance of Sabaton at Woodstock Poland 2012, specifically the songs - Ghost Division (about the German 7th Panzer Division in World War II), Uprising (about the Warsaw uprising in Poland) and 40:1 (720 Polish infantrymen VS. more than 40’000 German soldiers). The audience was more than 550,000 people.

[@evenstar5167]

I completely understand the power metal and childhood reference. I was born in 83 and I feel exactly the same way. I've loved Sabaton for years, you are about to have a really good time!

[@pickboaa]

Its so good that songs like this makes us recognise history, i mean i live in Sweden and we had to read alot about ww2 during school and yet ive never even heard of the Night Witches before this song. These badass women really deserves to be recognised.

[@cuillinguy]

I only got into Sabaton a few months ago and I’m so glad I did. Looking forward to gigs starting again as I want to see them.

[@heathermaloney6200]

This band is absolutely amazing in concert! If you can see them in concert, they are well worth the money.

[@angiewegenerdjmetalamazon4468]

I'm (amongst other things) a radio DJ and I have an elderly listener (she is over 80 years old) who keeps requesting this song. I always love to comply, I love the song myself.

[@PeTTs0n88]

"Dude, I bet their concerts are epic" - oh you're in for a ride. A ride and a half. ^^ I bet you've heard this once or twice, but 40:1 from Woodstock Poland (now Polandrock)... it's... beyond words. En Livstid i krig from Gothenburg is also great, in a very different way. But man, you're in for a treat when digging through this rabbit hole.

[@HistoryBuff]

Thanks! Already saw En Livistid I Krig. Super epic!!

[@heatherwheeler8330]

There of stories of them having to sometimes donkey kick the bombs out the back of the plane, they also had no parachute.

[@heatherwheeler8330]

They had no parachutes, and only a hand pistol for protection, it was thought that if they were hit, they would just glide to the ground. There are stories of the women, going onto properties and stealing wooden posts and fencing to create landing and taking off points, since the planes were so light and small they could take off from pretty much anywhere, there were reports of the women bring arrested for stealing posts. yes they all sing the lead singer is Scandinavian and the band is from Sweden. Side note, many women would have to Donkey kick the bombs out the back, of the plane, since the planes were so rickety and couldn't support the equipment usually used to mechanically drop the bombs on the targetes.

[@VerchielxKanda]

The other one that's only 3 minutes long is just the music video. This one has information before and after the music video. Sabaton is a Swedish band. =) I remember an interview of one of the surviving Night Witches and she said that if you dug a finger into the plane, the cloth would rip. It was that flimsy. She was proud of the title Night Witch. She also spoke fondly of a girl who survived seven flights out. Their commander went to find the girls remains, mainly cause they were called traitors until she found proof of their passing.

[@Natala781]

I can always be sure to find a great historical-themed channel via Sabaton reactions :)

[@HistoryBuff]

NICE!!! welcome!!

[@miafranlund6982]

As a Sabaton fan for over a decade I really apreciate your reaction. Its always Nice to see ppl discover this Swedish band. Their music is 99% based on history. Other epic songs: No bullets fly animated story Screaming Eagles official video 82nd all the way official video Devil dogs official video Bismark official video Carolus Rex swedish lyrics(about the crowning of Karl XII). Lion from the North Ruina imperi (the downfall of the swedish empire) actually the whole Carolus Rex album deals with the 30 year war. Great War official video Epic live: En livstid i krig live Göteborg 2020 (its in Swedish so put caps on) Uprising live woodstock 40:1 live from woodstock Swedish pagans live Wacken That will keep U busy for a while 😂 Also... Sabaton History Chanel, where they speak about the history behind every song.

[@HistoryBuff]

Thank you very much for the rundown! I already did "no bullets fly". I plan on recording Bismark tonight.

[@Slick-ng5kf]

I am also a history fan and an 80s kid who grew up loving metal like you. These guys rock and love history to boot. I love the drum hits (I always took that as the bombs hitting the targets consecutively as they would with release like they did). I agree with the romanticism of war/battle these guys bring into the music and the admiration and respect they have for the warriors involved. 🤘. Subscribed

[@HistoryBuff]

Thanks for the SUB!!!

[@heatherwheeler8330]

Also ,wtf , these women were younger than me , they were 17 to 26, which alone is super crazy

[@brandnewrock8375]

Wanna see an epic performance with Sabaton ?? Pls watch Sabaton at Woodstock Poland 2012, in front of 750.000 totally crazy people hearing Sabaton sing about Poland and Warzaws Uprising... total goosebumps all over.. trust me 👍

[@HistoryBuff]

750k!? That's like a small nation!!

[@brandnewrock8375]

@@HistoryBuff Yeah i know... but its true believe it .. just watch it and you see the ocean of people

[@christophercollins9333]

Like watching Metallica in Russia before 1.6 million that show was CRAZY energy. 40:1/uprising is insane... but Sabaton tells tales of heroism and history from all sides (allies and axis in regards to WW1 and 2)... pretty amazing band. New subscriber - enjoy the journey!

[@czechemperortextstory2926]

That dropping of bomb from pushing it from biplane by night witch is because they loaded more bomb than they could attach to the plane

[@VikingReacts]

Well done mister :). I thought this would be one for you andni seem to have been right :)

[@HistoryBuff]

You were SO right!

[@leftyme4568]

On the Sabaton history channel they explain the history behind all their songs. You should check that out, and maybe do videos on that too. Happy to have found your channel.

[@Crazael]

9:04 Yes, it's a music video. But Sabaton have always been really into teaching history as well. So much so, they even made a separate channel all about doing just that.

[@Nem01]

The fact that the commissar took it on herself to find the crashside of each of 'her girls' always gets me.

[@jamesrose1460]

I never knew of the Night Witches until I got the chance to visit the Russian Air Museum at Monino, outside Moscow, in 1993. In one of the buildings had a pair of Po-2 in the 588th colors. That was amazing. Having discovered Sabaton about 2 years back when I came accross "When the Winged Hussars arrived." as it was about Sobieski's rescue and lifting the Siege of Vienna, September 11, 1683, routing the Muslim invasion of Europe (The real reason they chose 9/11/2001 to attack us...because of that black mark on Muslim history) I then got into "Last Battle", "Bismark", "Blood of Bannockburn"....and then found this...which rekindled my memories of the monument in Monino. This was the first shirt of theirs I bought as well. I since have gotten "Soldier of Heaven" & "Great War" shirts. I even bought their boardgame...being the guys are gamers...but beyond starting to read the rules...it is in a box to move. I am looking for the thing because they asked me for a review. (I feel bad I have not gotten to it.) Welcome to the family...my friend.

[@CatOnACell]

In the US we had the WASP corp with my Grandmother, they were the test pilots for the new WW2 planes, trained the pilots on the new planes, and delivered the planes to their military bases. there's a story of my grandma almost having to turn around because the base she was delivering a B17 to wasn't responding to her until she was almost out of gas, only when they said "listen lady we cant talk right now were waiting for an important B17 delivery" could she get through that she was the pilot of the B17.

[@bauglirbah]

The point you make in the end about romanticism is definitely the greatest strength about Sabaton. They know how and what to be romantic about when it comes historical events that were not always not black and white. A recurring theme is always "we remember you", seen in this song in the line "tell their story". It makes you able to see the greatness and humanity of all sorts of events and make you consider the things people were going through even if it was a war you might not have much of a connection with. Some songs I would request is "Hearts of Iron" about the German 12th army trying to evacuate Berlin at the end of the war, "Smoking Snakes (legendado edition)" about the (underrated, both as a song and a story,) Brazilian forces in WWII, or "the Lost Battalion" or "Screaming Eagles" or any of the other Sabaton songs about US military history with a cool dose of US patriotism that would be hard for an actual American band to pull off just due to the perceived bias, but Sabaton does it well.

[@HistoryBuff]

Hey Jonas, If you haven't already, check out my video about Carlous Rex. I was very disturbed to find out that many view Sabaton as "Neo-nazi" because they romanticize war and are patriotic about their country. It is truly sad that we live in a world where "patriotic = racist" (for select countries that is). I talk about this quite a lot in that video.

[@HrLBolle]

the Polikarpov PO-2 is ,I believe, the only bi-plane credited with killing a jet fighter

[@jmetallover]

Everything that Sabaton does is EPIC and if you ever get a chance to see them LIVE, take it it will be an experience you will never forget. A story here that should be taught in history classes and yet like these women tossed aside and forgotten but not by Sabaton. Hey if you are a child of the 80's and love power metal why not check out the all female Japanese Power metal band Lovebites. They have taken all the glory of 80's metal (Metallica, Judas Priest, Helloween, Black Sabbath, etc...) and elevated to a whole new level. Power, Speed, Thrash, Rock, Ballads and even classical piano (yes classical piano) is stunning with this group of insanely talented women. They look like petite models going to a fashion show, but let them strap on high heels (which they play in) and white dresses so they can be seen on stage (all of them are between 4' 9" - 5' 2") and they will blow you away. LIVE is the true way to appreciate the talents so try Holy War LIVE (kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJikqaN7paqWpNE) and while I love Sabaton especially for their songs, if you love guitars then the double lead of Midori and Miyako will knock you out, one the very best playing duos especially LIVE, no one battles, riffs, harmonizes or trades off lead like these two women and at speeds that are insane. Give them a listen as all their songs are in English (Asami their vocalist does have an accent that takes some getting used to but her vocals are amazing) and the backbone of Miho/bass and Haruna/drums are so insane as they drive the band from start to finish.

[@HistoryBuff]

That sounds pretty great! I really love band maid! Kind of like that?

[@jmetallover]

Rock with Punk/Metal influences go for Band Maid. Metal (Power, Speed, Thrash, Rock, Ballads and classical piano then Lovebirds. Heavier than BM and the best guitar duo especially LIVE.

[@jmetallover]

@@HistoryBuff If you want Rock with Punk/Metal influences then Band-Maid, but if you want Metal (Power, Speed, Thrash, Rock, Ballads and piano) then LOVEBITES is your choice especially LIVE, anything from their concerts of 2019 or 2020 will blow you away.

[@chipcheeze1344]

The Unkillable Soldier is very unusual especially the ending. good story, and music.

[@Commander23251]

This video was a collaboration between sabaton and a KZbin channel called Yarn Hub that does wonderful animated historical features

[@fredericsvensson2858]

You are in for a treat my friend 😊

[@lionfromthenorth4580]

From one history buff to another: Great reaction!🤘 I see one or two lists with requests. No objections here, do them all!😁🤘 Since you mentioned their live shows, you should check out the live version of "Night witches" from Leipzig, 2020. (And yes, their live shows are awesome!💪) Welcome to a new rabbit hole! Greetings from Sweden! 🇸🇪

[@spartiate567]

I like this video very much. One inaccuracy: The Night Witches could not dodge away from German fighters in daytime. The German could open fire from a hundred yards are more where if the 'woman turned tightly, the German only had to shift his plane a little bit to keep it in his sights. The only exception was if there was cover at ground level where the lower speed could be used to evade the Germans. In one of my favorite incidents, one of the best woman pilots of the 588th was called for a special mission. A Big Shot needed to be flown away from the front in a hurry, so they figured that one of the Night Witches had the best chance of slipping out of German fighter range in daytime. Well, she was caught by a BF-109. Without cover she would have been a sitting duck. The German could have dropped her from hundreds of yards away where she could make as tight turn as she wanted and from 200 yards away all the German would have to do to get them would be slightly shift his aim to follow her. However, (1) She was already flying very low. She spotted the German while he was still out of range. And (2) She was flying over a large Russian town, and (3) She was a badass Queen pilot. She dropped down to doorknob level , turned into a street perpendicular to the course of the German, so she was mainly shielded by the (single story!) buildings. The German had to circle around and come to where he could fly along the street she was in. But as soon as she saw him she made a 90-degree turn--which would not help up in the open, but she turned into another street at 90 degrees from the first one. The German fired at them as best he could, but her evasive maneuvers were so effective he only a second or so of firing from too far away. Plenty of bullets and cannon shells made near-misses. I don't know if they got any hits. But they were unwounded and the plane was fully operational when the German ran out of ammunition and had to leave. My favorite part of this is that the Big Shot, who had been arrogant and pushy, was a whimpering puddle who had to be helped out of the plane a the end. Not used to gunfire whistling past his ears, not to mention the insane flying of that Queen pilot. Giggle. As for making their final approach with engines off, that was a common method for nighttime attacks. It was especially effective for the Night Witches. More powerful aircraft were often detected by their loud engine noises even when far away. Our Witches, with their tiny engines, could get much much closer before cutting their engines. Then their open cockpits' very high visibility, and above all their very low speed, meant they could make exceptionally accurate approaches while gliding. In spite of their small numbers, they were able to mess with the morale of whole armies, who never knew when their camps would be attacked.

[@Jonsson474]

The Sabaton family is spreading the word about your channel. Excellent reaction.

[@HistoryBuff]

Great to hear! I've got a long journey ahead!

[@technicklive6311]

Of you wonder about the history saboton often says a summery in their pinned with a link to a source on where you can read more.

[@PetterVessel]

If you want to see them do a live show, then react to En livstid i krig live from Gothenburg. Make sure you got the subtitle enabled if you want to understand what they're singing about. This song is about a orphan kid, growing up with military training and sent out to the thirty year war. (1618-1648) This song is great, and the live preformance epic.

[@tahwsisiht]

Power Metal! Cool! I was born a decade before 1978. I just thought I like hard rock or metal. Now I learned, I like power metal! Here is something I googled about female pilots: "Amelia Earhart may have been the most well-known woman pilot of her time, but she was neither the first nor the last to achieve great heights in the world ..." Also, they are called aviatrices. :)

[@Rhawin]

It warms my heart to see a new Sabaton fan be made live :D

[@HistoryBuff]

Dude, wait till you see the merch I ordered!!

[@Rhawin]

@@HistoryBuff What did you buy? the shirt the flag the hoodie and the tank? :D

[@HistoryBuff]

@@Rhawin I actually got a sweet camo hoodie and my plan is to put a new patch on it when I finish an album. They have tons of patches!

[@meriotheart]

Not sure if someone else already mentioned (or in the video for that matter), but they (sometimes) had to climb out of the plane mid fall to turn the motor back on. At the beginning they didn't carry parachutes, but later on they did I think. I also heard that there is a Russian film/series about them

[@terryhiggins5077]

@History Buff I completely agree with your reasoning on the whole "80's soul" of power metal, I may have been born in 90 but i knew nothing other than Ratt, ACDC, Def Leopard, Poison, Iron Maiden, etc growing up (along with 70s/80s/90s country). As for Sabaton they are hands down my favorite band, and any song they do is worthy of a listen. Granted some are better than others (I'm looking at you Shotgun lol), but not a single one of them is bad. The fact that they keep these stories alive through song is just mind blowing. It gives them (the stories) a sort of immortality. After all just how many people are actually remembered throughout the millennia? Not many, but names like Caesar, Agamemnon, Alexander, and Leonidas etc are, in part because their deeds were recorded, and have achieved a form of immorality through this. Edit: Sorry for the rambling and you earned a new Sub.

[@HistoryBuff]

Great points!! Thanks for the sub!! Some people may not get what I mean about NES games sounding like power metal. Check out what I just found! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXqxm6aYaNWfjas

[@terryhiggins5077]

​@@HistoryBuff Now that brings back memories. I used to play contra on the NES so much i wore out the contacts on the cartridge

[@jani_koski]

The album where this song is from (Heroes, 2014) is probably my favourite one from Sabaton. Just ever so sligthly topping Carolus Rex, I think the only reason for that are the awesome and almost tearjerking stories (am I weird? :D these heroic deeds just hit me in the feels everytime) of these Heroes of world war II. Saw you reacted also to No Bullets Fly and will watch it after this :D I'd recommend every song from the album of course but at least Inmate 4859, Resist And Bite and Hearts of Iron are a must from storywise. Would be also a cool video idea from Sabaton songs to react to all three Finland related songs in one video ;D

[@HistoryBuff]

Yea, I like your finnish idea! That will make my Nightwish subs VERY happy!

[@lakelili]

There were women pilots in WWII - they were the delivery pilots flying them from the factories in North America to Britain. In Canada the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) flew Hurricanes, Mosquitoes and Spitfires - which was described as "a real lady's aricraft!" to Britain. In the US, the WAFS accounted for 80% of all ferrying missions, delivering over 12,000 aircraft. They freed around 900 male pilots for combat duty.

[@heatherwheeler8330]

These women were incredible, they faced discrimination, exhaustion, starvation and the cold, the planes had open cockpits , so they were exposed to cold temperatures and cold only climb so high. Burning to death was also a very real risk they faced every time they went up.

[@kovadlinka8118]

8:05 it's not true, in air force of USA serve nearly thousand women pilots, but nor in frontline wings... they serve as pilot of post or cargo planes in deep background or flew over with new combat planes on airfield closer to frontline (still hundreds or thousands mile away from frontline), when they hand over them to combat pilots

[@leftyme4568]

From the depths of hell in silence Cast their spells explosive violence Russian nighttime flight perfected flawless vision, undetected!

[@Nem01]

If you haven't already check out the live performance in poland Woodstock 2012 750k crowd.

[@argantyr5154]

Sabaton sings about Battles, Heroes, Famous last stand. They do have their own History Channel kzbin.info/door/aG4CBbZih6nLzD08bTBGfw Where a band member(Varies who it is) and a Historian Indy Neidell talks about their songs, what is the story behind, how they came up with the idea etc. you should really check that out. As Joakim (their Singer) have said, why would be sing about made up stories, when History are full of amazing events. And you are right, they are amazing live examples of this are "40:1 & Uprising" from Woodstock 2012 in Poland. They are big in Sweden, but HUGE in Poland. Sabaton uses some of the other members as backing Vocals, but its mainly Joakim that sings. One of my favorite songs are Attack of the Dead Men, from WW1, or inmate 4859 (a true Hero, that must be forgotten). There are as you said in the beginning two versions of this song, this one with the story telling before and after the song, the other one is just the song. The same goes for the Song, No Bullets fly.

[@kizunadragon9]

There is a memorial to them in Russia, the inscription reads "Beloved daughters of the motherland"

[@greaper1976]

Sabaton is a swedish band that writes and sings about Actual historic events, battles, moments of heroism and wars. They are currently recording their 10th studio album. Nice thing about them is that their video's never blocked so it's KZbin safe. (except for some Wacken video's that gets blocked by Wacken) If you really want to go down the Sabaton rabbit-hole, I would recommend these: (These are all from the Sabaton Channel, and they never block videos so it's safe to use) [live at Woodstock 2012]: 40:1 and Uprising [Great Tour Live Videos]: En Livstied I Krieg (make sure to turn subtitles on), Red Baron, Swedish Pagans, Primo Victoria, Fields of Verdun, Devil Dogs & Angels Calling [Lyric videos]: Attack of the dead men, In Flanders Fields, 82nd All the way, Sparta, Shiroyama and The lost betallion [Music Video's]: Bismarck, Livgardet (make sure to turn subtitles on), Fields of Verdun, Rourke's Drift, Screaming Eagles, Uprising & Seven Pillars of wisdom [Animated History Video's]: No Bullets Fly (not animated music video's, the animated history/story video's) [Covers]: Kingdom Come - Deliverance and I'm sure people told you but in case, Sabaton have another channel (Sabaton History Channel) where they do a deep dive into the history behind the songs with Indy Nidell. Then they have the Metal celebration trilogy: Metal Machine (lyrics made up of out of song names) kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6e1i6ukbMpmnsU Metal Crüe (lyrics made up out of band names) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJOuqJmipcd2j80 Metal Ripper (lyrics made up out of song lyrics) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIKxh6WXgtmBm9U

[@HistoryBuff]

Wow, that is really a lot to get through but I can't wait! Please answer me this: what is the best way to approach each song? Should I research first (the event, not the song of course) or go into each one fresh?

[@greaper1976]

@@HistoryBuff well it does help if you know what the song is about. Their website has a blurp and the lyrics to each song. The blurp should tell you what you need to know before hearing the song. That's the way I used to do it when I did reactions many moons ago

[@HistoryBuff]

@@greaper1976 excellent! Thank you!

[@danielrupp7578]

En Livstid I Krig live in Gothenburg is the next one you should check out. It is in Swedish; you'll want English subtitles for the full effect. Might give you another perspective of this amazing band.

[@HistoryBuff]

NICE!

[@danielrupp7578]

@@HistoryBuff it'll be right in your wheelhouse too. It's about the 30 year war in Europe.

[@HistoryBuff]

Oh boy, better dust off the cobwebs!

[@andrewludwig9251]

@@HistoryBuff En Livstid i krig is the most ANTI-WAR song you could ever imagine.

[@HistoryBuff]

@@andrewludwig9251 I kind of wish I expounded a little more on my comment about "romantic view of war" but the video was already getting long. I imagine they have a very realistic and well-rounded understanding of warfare in both the good and the bad and express each accordingly. I have an extreme fascination of historiography and the way people remember and re-tell history. Everyone is so incredibly sensitive nowadays and it's good to see the glorious, the ugly and everything in-between presented in such a cool way!

[@andrenilsson6067]

A metal head historian, what can you not like about that? You get a thumbs up from me :-)

[@willghezzi]

Great reaction man, really enjoyed this, you should really listen to Bismarck, it's such a kick ass song whit one of the most beautiful stories of naval warfare of Ww2, the video is amazing and the music is even better, and it's also a fan-favorite so I highly recommend it

[@malundy]

This band is amazing. It's hard for me to get my head around songs based on B-17s and Russian female bomber pilots. I'm now a fan and look forward to your reactions about them.

[@dorlonelliott9368]

9 albums to go. Each song has a Sabaton History Channel [sometimes 2-3] episode about the story behind the song.

[@ja37d-34]

Growing up in the 80s was the best.. ;) (1980 here)

[@seanaries4323]

They are amazing. I have a huge sabaton playlist now haha. Check out white death or coat of arms! Subscribed also! Loved your reactions. Also their song the last stand I think is about the crusades

[@HistoryBuff]

Crusades!!?? Thats also my specialty!

[@geraldkamp662]

And the Winged Hussars arrived!!!

[@alexmcginnis2577]

During ww2 USA did have female pilots that only flew transport planes up until 44 I believe but they were never anywhere near the front or combat zones. They also serve as instructors for the first few years as well.

[@Kraakesolv]

Another 78-model! Loved this, subscribing.

[@HistoryBuff]

Lol, 78 model? You too!?

[@StevenMRA]

If you want, try "Winged Hussars" by Sabaton - and there's a movie "Day of the Siege " - as a history nerd, you'll LOVE it (I'm a history nerd too). Hope I've given you some good stuff to enjoy when you're offline, brother.

[@niclasliljeberg]

Great reaction! Just subscribed so i can follow you on your journey with sabaton! Greetings from sweden! 🇸🇪

[@HistoryBuff]

🙏🤘🤘🤘

[@captcumshot3461]

No good sir, you stumbled upon a gold mine👍🏽👏🏽🤘🏽😎

[@HistoryBuff]

Lol, that YT name tho!!! 🤣😂🤣😂

[@gratius1394]

You may find it interesting that Po-2 is the only biplane with confirmed jet kill. During Korean War American F-94 Starfire stalled and crashed while attempting to intercept Korean Po-2.

[@brennanhearn6342]

Sabaton are amazing. One of their songs is my family's anthem, and in our opinion should be the Polish national anthem. Uprising. Know this is a late comment, but if you still haven't seen that video yet, totally do.

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

Fun fact, sabaton have their own history channel, as for where to go next.. Well anything coming from sabaton is a go, but I will recommend " firestorm" and " lifetime of war"

[@HistoryBuff]

Thanks for the info but I also have a fun fact. I've covered about 10 more sabaton songs since this one, each time referencing their history channel. Thanks for watching!

[@md8683]

Id love to hear your reaction to the video "the impossible hugeness of deep time" welcome to youtube glad to find you early on, im ready for the journey :)

[@HistoryBuff]

Oooooooo I'm thinking that will be moved up on the list!

[@HistoryBuff]

I just took a look at it and I've actually seen it before. Incredibly fascinating. I think instead, I'll put it up as a link in the description along with a few other similar videos.

[@lxperron610]

I just looked up what "rodina" means in Russian and it apparently means "motherland." So the line "rodina awaits" means motherland awaits is a really cool line

[@Murlocdude93]

Sabaton is from Sweden, and we do roll our r here

[@akersjon278]

Since you're a history buff I'd say you should do double reactions, first the Sabaton history channel video about the song, and then the music video. You can start these reactions with a disclaimer that the music starts after a short history lesson covering the lyrics of the song and your take on those and if the viewer is only interested in your music reaction they can jump ahead to a specific time stamp... There are many music reactors on KZbin. But that's not the case with genuine history buffs that also love power metal, and that will therefore give both equal weight... BTW: For a super awesome live performance watch "En Livstid I Krig" (A Lifetime At War), live in Gothenburg. Switch on captions as it is in Swedish...

[@HistoryBuff]

I might go that route. Honestly, there are so many recommendations, albums, performances, etc. I really have no clue how to proceed

[@rasungod0]

Sabaton has songs about Medieval western Europe BTW.

[@lotuswraith]

Someone else has probably mentioned this, but Sabaton has their own history channel on KZbin where they discuss a lot of the stories and history behind the songs they make. The band does a lot of research when they write their songs and they like to share that knowledge. The next song you should check out is "No Bullets Fly;" you won't need to research, it's all in the animated video. :)

[@HistoryBuff]

Lol, it's almost like you had a vision. Check out my other videos!😁

[@lotuswraith]

@@HistoryBuff I'm actually watching it now. :) Great minds and all that. lol

[@HistoryBuff]

🤘🤓

[@letheas6175]

Perhaps a bit underrated, but could you react to sabaton - Cliffs of Gallipoli? It's such a powerful song. Still not medieval Europe, but it's getting closer, right? Isn't that convincing enough? Ps love the reaction! Love history, this seems like a nice channel so subscribe to:)

[@HistoryBuff]

I couldn't be happier that you think so!

[@2012dilandau2012]

Hi, friend! I could highly recommend you react to EVERY Sabaton song, they're singing about history, great fights, wars, and such a historical staff, you'll be happy and satisfied. And, they have also songs about medieval times, western Europe and so on. Subscribing now to your channel, bro! HIGHLY RECOMMEND to continue reacting to that band! )))

[@jays106]

once you start down the sabaton rabbit hole it's impossible to get out lol

[@tigeriussvarne177]

One of my Opas was at the Ostfront, I wonder if he was afraid of the Nachthexen. Sadly, he lost his leg in the Ukraine and never talked about the war. Great reaction.

[@HistoryBuff]

Oh now that I see it written out, that makes sense Nacht Hexen. So "hexen" is German for "witch", someone who performs hexes!

[@tigeriussvarne177]

@@HistoryBuff Correct! But they dont "hexes", they "hexen". Yeah, the adjektiv is the same as the name, so Hexen hexen. ;) German is a tough language.

[@viikmaqic]

We roll our R's in Swedish sometimes, it sounds good

[@HistoryBuff]

Agreed!

[@NatashaAvtonomova]

Привет из России . Пусть будет мир во всем мире !

[@heatherwheeler8330]

The lead signer is Scandinavian.

[@danielrupp7578]

They released an entire album in swedish... also released the album in english.

[@dorlonelliott9368]

I consider those to be 2 albums: Music is same, words are not.

[@creepycutiegoth4113]

I love the chanting they put in the song bc it's sounds like a incantation sung by witches. Also women rule!!!! XD

[@HistoryBuff]

Yes they do, don't they?

[@tahwsisiht]

War is horrible, but it gives birth to those who stand up to aggressors or stand up for the vulnerable. It doesn't make war "romantic", it creates a reality between the image of a "strongman" or a story of the "admirable" and what actually happens when things get real. And reality can be repressed for decades, like this one. This story doesn't glorify the Soviet Union, but human sacrifice as an individual who made a decision to do the right thing. The same Soviet Union was the one who looked down on their female counterparts, giving them male uniforms, old airplanes, not giving them the recognition they deserved etc. I think we should learn how important individual responsibility is. Not to "go with the flow", but take responsibility and think behind what the "story of the masses" at your time. The story of a German citizen who saves Jewish people, hunted, ostracized, scapegoated neighbors or acquaintance. The story of a Jewish Israeli who is trying to find peace and justice with Palestinian people. The stories of individuals who dare to look behind image and creat their own reality. Regardless if it is popular or not, but based on integrity and justice. Regardless if it hurts your reputation or not, it is about conscience. Conscience is about being a human, not about your interest, your country, your political view, your religion etc. Something that is bigger than that. Your country can be on the wrong side of history, people using your religion can bring suffering to others, your gender can be used to take advantage of the other gender, your "story" may create an enemy so you can look glorious. It is only your conscience that makes a difference between right or wrong. Your conscience is the one who ask you to make sure: are you really on the right side?

[@tahwsisiht]

If we take responsibility, we may not end up in wars with others. Meetings in no man's land to "play together". Live and let live. Let's write our stories with respect to ourselves while we have respect for others too.

[@MustaLaatta]

Nightwish army Finland 🤘🇫🇮 Good choice

[@DeValiere_]

"From Hell in Silence"

[@HistoryBuff]

"from the depths of hell in silence" and yea...I edited in the correction. Thanks

[@luisnunes3863]

All of the band members except the drummer sing. Arguably Tommy, one of the guitarists, is the most acomplished singer in the band. Live? Try 40 to 1 in Poland or Ein Livstig i Krieg. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHimlYWCjNCqnqM and kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXPWZHpnhdusnK8 Since you're into power metal, I'll add Swords in the Wind by Manowar (about a viking funeral) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpyznXWcbpaMqcU and Dawn of Victory (talk about romantic view of war from a fantasy perspective). kzbin.info/www/bejne/qInPi419p8d4fbc

[@MegaDog555]

From Sweden 🇸🇪 start ghost division live Woodstock Poland 800,000 people crowd

[@megamanbrandon]

Hey history Buff! Good stuff man

[@HistoryBuff]

Lol, there he is!

[@anderslofgren8235]

Mate, not Ellis Island, "From the depths of Hell in silence..." hehehe

[@HistoryBuff]

Lol, right. One of the few times I actually edited in my correction

[@iolioesem7485]

Wellcome to Sabaton family So , there was 3 all-female regiments in soviet air army , one was for heavy bombers , one for day regiment , and one night regiment (the 588) , all 3 regiments was only female from mechanics till the pilots all females only For the Sabaton , try to see the Sabaton history chanel , there are all the songs amd the history behind the song , believe me deserve the time Enjoy the journey

[@HistoryBuff]

Wow, thats great! America was definitely behind the times