Sabaton - Night Witches REACTION & REVIEW! FIRST TIME HEARING!

[@Yarnhub]

Thanks for the great reaction and your comments on the animation and storytelling

[@diffyiffy243]

YARNHUB! Great video man!!!

[@janpersson9818]

You have an exceptional narrator.

[@greaper1976]

Job well done as always! Please keep doing these, I told Sabaton we need more as well..

[@Amaranthine1000]

Brilliant job, so much information explained succinctly and effectively, really emotional, bought tears to my eyes. Once again YarnHub thanks to you and Sabaton for yet another epic telling of bravery, heroism and tenacity with great music and story telling.

[@imrekalman9044]

Fun fact, the 588th Regiment only existed with this name for about a year. In early 1943 it was renamed as the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, the "Guards" indicating their elite status within the Soviet Armed Forces, only earned by units that had proven their expertise in bringing a lot of hurt to the invaders. Major Marina Raskova was a navigator, participating in a number of female aviation records in the late 1930's, for which she earned the highest award in the USSR, "Hero of the Soviet Union". In 1941 she used her Hero status and personal connections to convince J. Stalin to allow her the formation of 3 all-woman aviation regiments, 586th (fighter), 587th (fighter-bomber) and 588th (night bomber) regiments. Initially these were all-female, including ground crews, but due to losses the 586th and 587th later accepted men as well. The 588th remained girls-only. And this song is a great memento to all those ladies. It does make my eyes water every time I hear it.

[@stg-tf4ns]

little nitpicking, the prefix 'guard' was more of an honour given to units with distinguish service than an actual showcase of how elite they are military wise, although in many cases these to criteria overlapped each other

[@arsenalhistory5570]

@@stg-tf4ns the number of heroes of the Soviet Union, for the total number of the staff of the regiment, in this case speaks of elitism, just so the hero of the Soviet Union was not given, the Order of the red star, if the feat did not reach the rank of hero of the Soviet Union

[@BazzSelby]

Well, that saved me from looking it up, and pretending to be intelligent. :o)

[@arsenalhistory5570]

if you look at Kolobanov's feat, the hero of the Soviet Union was crossed out in his award documents, replaced with the Order of the red star, although he deserves it twice, they say they quarreled with their superiors

[@imrekalman9044]

@@BazzSelby You're welcome! 😉

[@LuckyRMST]

This is why Sabaton is so great, you learn so much history that many people don't really know a lot about, if anything at all. And you can rock to it at the same time! The Soviet Union was one of very few countries to allow Women into their military. In the start of the war they were rejected, but after Germany invaded in Operation Barbarossa and Soviet lost many men and had big losses, they changed opinion and allowed women into their military. In total around 800K women served in the military for Soviet Union during WW2. Many of them snipers actually, like Lyudmila Pavlichenko with over 300 confirmed kills. There were also several women only air fighting groups as said in the video, and many women were partisans doing sabotages and fighting guerilla wars.

[@arsenalhistory5570]

undoubtedly the best female sniper of both world wars, she was recalled from the front to save, it's scary to imagine if she fought on, because she was not long in the war and such results, I recommend her interview not long ago declassified

[@arsenalhistory5570]

I watched her interview, really a pro, survived,all doubts about her and gossip disappeared by themselves, and on a free hunt to shoot 300 Germans, near Sevostopol, it doesn't take much time, that's right

[@sharoncarlisle9453]

Sabaton has a new-ish song (released in October) about the 1914 Christmas Truce. The song and the video are phenomenal!

[@TaverenTech]

David, you TOTALLY have to react to 1914 Christmas Truce by Sabaton. This will evoke emotions and want to see if you pickup on the chords and where they come from.

[@sharoncarlisle9453]

@@TaverenTechright?? I guarantee tears.

[@embran8486]

When you do David, DON'T skip or fade out on the credits! It's part of the song and for good reason!

[@liamdavitt5278]

Definitely Christmas Truce

[@Sergei_Agarkoff]

Thank you for your descriptive and explaining reaction. The spoken English is not the my best ability (I'm Russian), but combination of the narration and subs was clear enough to comprehend.

[@Nem01]

That their commissar took it upon herself to find the crashsides of each of 'her girls' that was downed always gets me.

[@kathleenandbruce]

What a f**cking awesome story and song. Was a great history lesson for me. Liked the ending where she found every plane that went down. The song was great and fit the story perfectly. Liked your score, was thinking along the same line.

[@JoakimLindqvist-d2w]

Love the historical education and ofc great music

[@Nem01]

Solid reaction.

[@randymarple9830]

29 minutes and 4 seconds...he liked it a lot. This is before I played the reaction. Let's see how I did. Cool. Happy with your score...and pleased with myself!

[@kylethompson1379]

Great channel David, you come across as very personable, friendly. Happy holidays!

[@monluztrella]

Pretty sure you noticed those words because they were emphasized in the story before the song, lol. This is easily on the top 5 of Sabaton’s songs in my opinion. And yeah, singer’s name is Joakim. Some songs still need some research in order to get the full experience. For The Poet and the Pendulum, for example, I really hope you at least do a little research on the circumstances that led to its creation.

[@raikbarczynski6582]

great reaction. and yes the end of this song is a perfect description of: im not crying , you are.

[@janihaavisto79]

It's true it was more rare to see woman soldiers during WW2, however as I understand it all Slavic women are fierce soldiers and ready to fight when needed. For example in Ukraine there are women snipers ,normal soldiers, and pilot's. I just saw a documentary on that conflict there, and how much those women are appreciated in most male army. And from my own army experience, I can say that women outperform men in certain things. They focus tasks more easily. Or it looks like it on surface.

[@jeffwellman8347]

Great reaction. I love this song. The ending always gets me.

[@thestalker1126]

You should watch- fields of Verdun by sabaton if you haven't already(also make sure Captions are on.)

[@shawnski001]

I agree with you. This is exactly the type of video where you do NOT do any research beforehand. The video itself does just that. Not sure why people said you should. Lessened the impact of the video.

[@NetAndyCz]

Cannot wait to see you react to Christmas Truce:) The video is absolute masterpiece and the song is not bad either.

[@leechowning2712]

Seriously looking forward to it.

[@billattercliffe8655]

There were legendary Soviet female snipers with hundreds of kills, female fighter aces, female tank crews. Here's a Wiki entry for one the fighter aces: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Litvyak About the slow speed and tight turning, the British Swordfish torpedo bomber had the same characteristics. It made for a difficult target for fighters and anti-aircraft gunners would miss as they would lead them too much. It may have been woefully obsolete by WWII standards, but it could take off from carriers in seas that were too rough for more modern aircraft to take off and land. It doesn't matter if the plane is obsolete when it was the only one that could fly in the conditions. All that to say that the comment about them being hard to shoot down by fighters rings very true. When a Swordfish went up against a British fighter in a training exercise, the fighter stalled and crashed, killing the pilot as he tried to stay with the Swordfish. I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happened to a few Luftwaffe pilots when trying to shot down a Night Witch.

[@obud3777]

There were 800.000 women who served in the Soviet armed forces during WW2!

[@vovchikmax]

Thanks for your reaction and sorry for my english. You've asked why women were allowed to fight. First of all, in USSR women has the same rights as a men, western traits of women rights, feminism etc are alien to our country. Another reason - that was war, that was not just question about allow or not, it was question about surviving. Whole country fighting against invaders. Some in front lines, others by working in factories. Even now, in Russia every family involved in that war, every family lost their husbands, fathers, sons in that war. USSR lost about 9 millions soldiers and more than 18 millons civilians

[@metalguru4654]

Enjoyed the animation and the song, Sabaton are a band that should be heard . Interesting review and like that you explained how you like to come to a review fresh. I agree that reactors should be real not rehearsed. A great score and an honest reaction, Keep it real DH.. i

[@jmetallover]

Thank you David, a story lost to history and not found in the dusty history books, but one Sabaton can tell to remind us what the price of war is and of those that were willing to pay that price. As a vet the "thanks for your service no get lost' rings so true. These women could of flown what ever planes were in the victory parade, but instead the leaders get to enjoy the glory of victory these women paid for and now aren't even allow to share in. Great reaction and even better analysis as always. Sabaton and YarnHub create magic and seem a perfect partnership. I would suggest you do the research for Sabaton AFTER the song by going to their History Channel where Indy Neidell the historian (and metal-head) tells you about the event and the band explains how the song was written and why it was done the way it was. The one thing you will come away with is that no one researches history before they write a song like Sabaton!! Hope you are enjoying the Holidays and please stay safe!!

[@AlexBarregon]

Another dose of history from Sabaton.Great reaction especially at the end of the video just before you cut to the review 🤘🎸🎸

[@Hellscream_9999]

Great video, I love Sabatons music. Was very much of two minds when I saw this, on the one hand the animated and cinematic videos give you a much greater emotional attachment to the story being told, and the gravity of the songs usually hits harder. On the other, they're live shows cannot be topped with sheer energy and engagement. Which is a better experience for you? I'll leave that up to you as whichever one you go with, you won't be left wanting.

[@roblaw4554]

Another fine react! Others have made great points. I wonder if you would've had a similar reaction if you didn't have a combative MA background..? Absolutely not a criticism. Just trying to understand context. Cheers!

[@galadballcrusher8182]

Cloth and wood hull has another added advantage, low radar footprint because metal reflects radar waves easier than wood and cloth that absorbs most of them. Also the reason Brits made a full Bomber using wood and cloth hull.

[@keftenseversell7046]

Personally I recommend saving the research for the review portion AFTER the song! Go in fresh and unknowing. Then research, listen again, then comeback for your review. I think that would allow us as the audience to see your real, true, amazing reaction, then get your insight, revelations and understanding of it in the review! Still, even with your regrets, this was an excellent review David! Pleasure as always!

[@foguete88]

if you want to know how this happened, watch the sabaton-history episode on the night witches ;-)

[@dirmusloner7963]

The founder and the 1sr Commander of Night Bomber Regiment 588 was Marina Raskova, Marina Raskova was the reason that in sovier airforce back then was 3 all women regiments 1. 586 fighter Aviation Regiment 2. 587 bomber Aviation Regiment 3. 588 night bomber regiment Marina Raskova create those regiments after sheet Stalin himself and Stalin agreed with Raskova. The missions of night bomber regiment 588 was Crucial not only harass and destroy enemy supplies in front line BUT this night bombardment missions don't give to the enemy the time for rest. Imagine this in the battle of Stalingrad TO ALL the eastern front nazis EVERY SINGLE NIGHT HAD TO FIGHT THOS INCREDIBLE HEROIC WOMEN OF ALL WOMEN REGIMENT OF NIGHT BOMBER REGIMENT 588 ALL NIGHT. Plus night witches were flew their out dates planes with NO PARACHUTES cause parachutes includes more weight and NO OTHER offensive weaponry instead of the bombs and a handgun. SALUT, just sharing history facts, those women had balls of TITANIUM just to protect their country from invaders. And technically from their tactics of attack night witches was the first stealth Bomber's. Despite the fact that 6 months after the war were disbanded and Soviet union was like "OK, we made you fight as you wanted, but now you are women go back to the kitchen". Huge respect to all this women of 588, 587 and 586. Nazis were in fear when night witches flight against them

[@Nem01]

That the commissar took it upon herself to find the crashsides of each of 'her girls' that was downed always gets me.

[@Silber7]

That halftime chorus is really explosive in a live concert!

[@AlanWelling]

Good reveiw. You should try the Christmas Truce video by Sabaton. Be great to hear your reaction to that!

[@billattercliffe8655]

I understand your comments about not digging into the story behind the song in this case. However, if you ever get around to reacting to the "Poet and the Pendulum" by Nightwish, all 14 minutes of it, I strongly, strongly recommend you know the backstory. When I purchased the Dark Passion Play album, I had no prior knowledge of Nightwish. The album and the band just sounded interesting so I bought it. The "Poet" just baffled me plus "Bye, Bye Beautiful" and "Master Passion Greed" were totally devoid of context. It was only as I began to learn the backstory did I realize that the "Poet" was a true masterpiece and feel the gut wrenching emotions in the other two songs. If you know the backstory, have some tissues handy when you listen to the "Poet and the Pendulum".

[@PaladinZeke]

Excellent reaction. Always great to listen to Sabaton!

[@greaper1976]

Great reaction as always. As to the research, You could read the blurp on the Sabaton website after the song if you're not sure what it was about. If you are looking for something a little different, I would Highly recommend Feuerschwanz - Warriors of the world united (yes, it's a Manowar cover, but done so well!)

[@jRoy7]

Other fun ones I really like are Red Baron, Shiroyama, and Attack Of The Dead Men.

[@arayashikinoshaka]

And now sabaton?? You're spoiling me!!

[@lisafoster4468]

I've found the best thing to do is to listen to them (with subtitles, if you can) and then find the associated episode on the Sabaton History KZbin channel. :) A lot of the time, they're right, it's great to find out - but a few do state their stories: this one, No Bullets Fly, Attack Of The Dead Men (it's in the lyric video) to name the ones I can recall off the top of my head. One thing I love about Sabaton is that if you didn't know the history, they make you want to. As for the animation, Yarn Hub employs young animators who are just starting out, if I understand correctly.

[@biglew1161]

David, feelin you on the research for saboton songs. Of the videos I have seen music or the animated videos, no research needed. The video is the research. If you do a live concert reaction then maybe do some research.

[@Nem01]

Have you watched the sabaton history episode? It explains how women become pilots in that time and how the became fighter pilots.

[@Nem01]

Glad you chose the animated story video.

[@THEDavidHeretic]

I actually didn't choose anything. All requests are required to include a specific link to the exact video the requester wants me to use. This was their request, and I used the link they provided. I have ZERO say as far as what links I use for the reactions on this channel.

[@Nem01]

@@THEDavidHeretic Wow, none at all? Did ou chose to do this for your Patrone I guess?

[@THEDavidHeretic]

@@Nem01 No I have always done it this way since the channel started, even before Patreon. This channel is 100% request driven, always has been since day one.

[@Nem01]

I also always thought that I was just terrible with names, but a few years ago I was diagnosed with prosopagnosia, aka fake blindness, meaning I can't recognize people by their faces... I'm not saying you have it, but maybe something to think about...

[@Mrjobe_]

His name is Joakim Yo- (like Joe) - a - (as in aha) -keem (like keen but with an m) (Also my name 😁 )

[@Fabi72g]

Yeah you are absolutely right, Sabaton's animated videos are so well made they are pretty self explanatory, no research needed, it will ruin the experience. If after the song you will go deeper on the story, you can check the Sabaton History Channel episode of the song, they go deeper with the help of an history teacher.

[@hardcorechristopher9174]

Great

[@Metal_Auditor]

The live version of this from The Great Tour is pretty incredible.

[@stg-tf4ns]

there was also a story of a soviet woman, after her husband got killed by germans, donated all her savings, bought a tank, drive it herself and becoming a tank ace, and eventually died on the battlefield, IIRC Yarnhub made a video about her

[@littleraven28]

I love this song. And I agree you should also react to the Christmas Truce of 1914. Hehe I have to laugh about your rant on bassplayers. You still haven't reacted to Nightwish The Islander (Tampere 2015). See how far Marko is "shoved in the back" 😂 And please react to Master Pasdion Greed to hear his awesome vocals.

[@brianbutzen6703]

Technically the bass is hard to hear on The Islander though

[@littleraven28]

@@brianbutzen6703 yes, cause Marko plays the guitar on the beast, not the bass. But this is about how bassplayers are shoved in the back of the stage and are forgotten about. Marko couldn't be more in front, in this song 😂

[@honzabalak3462]

Well, actually, as far as Soviet Union (not Russia - they aren't interchangeable) goes, quite a lot of women officially fought in WW2. I'd say the Red Army had more women in ir than any other army fighting in the war. And they didn't keep them back. These women were nurses, snipers, scouts, pilots and even tank crews in some cases. Think about it, they were so eager to fight the Germans. Even if the army didn't take them in, they would become partizans and they would fight anyways. Why waste the potential?

[@saintcynicism2654]

Taking a job as a nurse was usually the easiest way to see combat, even if it wasn't really part of the job. It put them close to (if not on) the front where it would be easy to take a weapon from either the enemy or a dead or injured ally and take the fight to the Germans. In Stalingrad in particular you'd see nurses basically become a part of a unit and fight alongside them, and dear lord were they ferocious. On a big-picture level, they were also more valued than the men when it came to the roles as snipers and radio operators. The former because they were comparatively more patient and could endure longer periods of discomfort than their male counterparts and had slightly better vision, on average. The latter because (again, on average) they tended to speak more clearly and better enunciate their words when speaking--which, as you can imagine, could make quite a difference when you're reporting on the location of the enemy, calling down artillery fire, etc.

[@lonelywind3511]

@@saintcynicism2654 Some of the most effective snipers were Soviet women.

[@honzabalak3462]

@@lonelywind3511 Well, definetely more effective than Emma and her two moms.

[@Pavel-Geleznov]

@@lonelywind3511 there is one who deserves song, Lyudmila "Lady Death" Pavlichenko, most successful female sniper

[@arsenalhistory5570]

@@Pavel-Geleznov I watched her interview, really a pro, survived,all doubts about her and gossip disappeared by themselves, and on a free hunt to shoot 300 Germans, near Sevostopol, it doesn't take much time, that's right

[@alexandercebulla2328]

If you like Yarnhub and badass music, I recommend Lady of the Dark animated story. Research if you would like, but I definitely recommend.

[@embran8486]

Night Witches given just 0.1 point less than Ghost Division by David? Fine by me! Even if not many (maybe 1 or 2 in my book) can top it so far from Sabaton, two are at least now in "Amazing" realm. Totally would have expected it, even if as it's turns out just barely. I'm happy ^^

[@sagebooker]

So glad ! Try 'No Bullets fly' too !

[@LuckyRMST]

He already has :D

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Yes I already did a reaction to that song.

[@sagebooker]

@@THEDavidHeretic I'm too tired and I humbly apologize, because I'v seen that react video 😳

[@justdave9610]

Soviet Russia has always kind of been ahead of other countries as far as letting women participate in combat in modern warfare. There were some very notorious Russian female snipers during WWII including Lyudmila Pavlachenko who was credited with 309 confirmed kills.

[@MustaLaatta]

Any of you music u have listened gave u any ideas for the thing you play (mouth harmonica?😁) gave new ideas to play? Tho mouth harmonica is bitch to play if ya have lung troubles...

[@BrianR.]

Just an FYI, there were over 800,000 women in the Soviet armed forces in WW2, making up about 5% of the total force.

[@Metal_Auditor]

In Swedish, Joakim is pronounced you-a-keem. Pär (bassist) is pronounced pehr.

[@Mrjobe_]

Sounds smålänskt..

[@ДмитрийУразов-щ8ж]

Check Radio Tapok - Sabaton - Night Witches (cover)

[@obud3777]

R.I.P. Night Witch Major Natalya Meklin, Hero Of the Soviet Union

[@Hockey-gn2tj]

Can you react to the English version of The Caroleans Prayer then react to the Swedish one because they have different points of view

[@briandixon8968]

Your "The Poet and the Pendulum" reaction will suffer greatly from the your new "no research" policy. The story behind this piece is the difference between hearing and understanding.

[@AGDinCA]

_Badges? We don't need no stinking badges!_ LOL

[@philk9227]

From Sabaton's History Channel kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3zHY5J9fNmBiNk

[@neoxperson7858]

You should probably do the research after watching the song, and then go ahead with the conclusion.

[@lurkingedge]

Desperation. The Soviets were less discriminatory as a whole, while still having a lot of chauvinistic pigs individually. The Soviets desperately needed troops, especially skilled and educated. You can teach a peasant conscript which end the bullet comes out of and how the pointy end goes in the other guy pretty easily. But true marksmanship, mechanical knowledge and piloting skills, not so much. Such skills could be found in the upper echelons of the female population. All of the Night Witches were highly educated, most had college degrees, and most were already experienced pilots. And keep in mind they were the dregs of the female pilots, the better ones being assigned to medium bombers and the cream of the crop to fighters. And they did fear nothing. "No Bullets Fly" talks about the B-17's guns freezing in the sub-zero wind chill. These ladies flew in similar conditions IN OPEN COCKPITS. And not once every day or so, like the B-17s, but three or four times a night. I saw an interview with a 588th ground officer. She recounted watching a pilot return from a sortie, climb out of her plane, shaking with cold and fear, to stretch her legs while her plane was refueled and rearmed. She then took off for another attack. The officer said she did this six times. That's SEVEN bombing sorties IN ONE NIGHT. It made me reevaluate everything I have ever accomplished. Their planes were flimsy and burned like torches. Due to the Soviet stance that death was preferable to capture, they were not issued parachutes. If they survived being shot down... well, the Soviets were ok with female combatants, but the Germans were horrified. German generals illegally ordered that any of these unnatural creatures captured were to be shot immediately. Over 30,000 Russian female soldiers were executed on the Eastern Front.

[@КоньвпОльто-щ7щ]

У нас снимают фильм про "белуюб лилию" kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6ikn31rfdFma7s

[@borisgarcia817]

You didn’t hear about the sniper girl from Soviet Union? You need to read about my friend

[@NatashaAvtonomova]

🌹🌹🔥🌍🕊🇷🇺

[@TheJonasbz]

Russians women was absolutly allowed to fight

[@1982jeepcj8]

Make you a deal, no more research before the song, BUT you owe it to yourself to at minimum, do it AFTERWARDS, Start with the bands, SABATON HISTORY channel on youtube, PS the bands names are pronounced for you.

[@terencecanaday7968]

First!!! :-)