Sabaton - The Caroleans Prayer (REACTIONS) Swedish Metal Band Scandinavian Rock| HISTORY

[@andrewludwig9251]

In case you were wondering about what "the whites of their eyes" means, the Swedes were not allowed to fire their muskets until they could see the white part of their enemies eyes. Most experts believe this distance was only about 20-30 yards! They Swedes knew that beyond that range, misses were very common. They would shoot one round at close distance and then immediately close the gap and rush in with bayonets and they absolutely rolled over enemies that way! Many military experts still study the tactics of the Caroleans to this day and apply it to modern warfare!

[@secularnevrosis]

They were also considered to be one of the best drilled musketeers of the time, and used some of the best muskets that was avaible. Common descriptions of the time was that the Caroleans could shoot 3 salvos before the opponents had fired their second. "The white of their eyes.." is even older than this. Gustav II drilled his cavalry to fire their first pistol and then the second "When they saw the white of their eyes" and drop it so that they just had enough time to draw the sword before they crashed into the enemy. At Gustav II time this was unheard of, charging into the enemy wasn't normally what the cavalry did at the time. He also changed the way infantry and artillery worked together. He was after all the inventor of "modern" warfare.

[@supersasukemaniac]

from what Sabaton said in there history video. They would close to 100 meters then the first rank would fire. The ranks would then cycle, the first rank would fix bayonets. then would close to 50 meters the second rank would then fire, then charge for hand to hand combat.

[@kristoffer-2614]

Gotta love the way they actually incorporated the entire Lord’s Prayer. I mean obviously they would considering what the song is about and the title of the song but it’s still really awesome. This song is actually the only reason for me knowing the Lord’s Prayer. If this song didn’t exist i wouldn’t really know it. Sure i probably knew it back when i was doing my Confirmation back in whenever that was but after that i totaly forgot about it again.

[@jorgenandersson424]

That’s just a great song, the whole album ”Carolux Rex” are just epic, clearly their best album so far! Again, I still waiting for the ”Lion from the North” (from the same album) include the intro when you play it. You can chose the english and dutch lyrics video! Keep up the good work. Best regards from Sweden 🇸🇪

[@mrblakkwell5669]

Agree :)

[@PositiveCrunch]

Next weekend Wyatt will be back home and I imagine we may get to Seven Pillars and Lion. We were suppose to the past weekend, but it went nuts, Then most of what we shot was Banned on KZbin.... Ugh

[@tvaettis0653]

Positive Crunch yay seven pillars 😻🎉🎉

[@Shigawire]

This is such an underrated song - but probably one of my top 5 favorite Sabaton songs. Cheeeeers from norway, with a Tuborg beer.

[@PositiveCrunch]

Cheers my friend.

[@ensvenskgrabb2834]

Obviously the swedish versions are better, but I highly recommend just react to the whole album. English or swedish. It's super good! Great vid!

[@PositiveCrunch]

Thank you

[@cmillivol98]

I’m even american and I got confused when the first words weren’t “bortom Svea rikes gränser”😂

[@unowestlund1848]

From about 1630 the regions made a deal with the crown to have a regiment of 1200 men. At first they used to draft anybody with out a job, but after a lot of criticism it was changed to voluntary service. Back then Sweden was a very religious country, and the soldiers put their trust in god to see if they would survive the battle or not. Even priests participated in battle to boost the moral of the soldiers. Carolean tactics was as you mention, to march towards the enemy like a walk in the park, and when they saw the white in their enemys eyes (about 100 feet) they fired their muskets, and then charged with swords and pikes.

[@PositiveCrunch]

Thank you

[@argantyr5154]

"Back then Sweden was a very religious country, and the soldiers put their trust in god to see if they would survive the battle or not" This part shows the Viking heritage of the Swedes.

[@ThomasVanhala]

@@argantyr5154 Well most Swedish people living in Sweden at that time was immigrant from other parts of Europe Just a tiny fraction of people ancestry was from the Norsemen and most of them did not do any viking. But it is true that Norsemen what was out viking in Europa did not fear death that much based on religion as if your died a hero's death you be transported to Valhalla for a eternity of parties. If you look at moderns parables you realism it might not be that good of a thing as people not afraid to die for a promise of a great reward in a paradise. That is the differences between Vikings and the Caroleans as they looked at it as "If I die in combat is is gods will and who am I to argue against god." They did not expect a grand reward in heaven.

[@argantyr5154]

​@@ThomasVanhala I did not know that the Caroleans was Immigrants from other parts of Europe. My point was, the belief of the predetermined outcome was similar. Before a Battle the "leader" of the Viking Army would say/shout "Odin ejer jer alle "(Odin owns you all), meaning the outcome was determined in advance. Vikings did very much believe in Fate (Remember the "Nornes").

[@ThomasVanhala]

@@argantyr5154 Most Swedish not only the Caroleans, A common trait in Swedish people is the high cheek bone and that is something we got from the Walloons. By the time of the Caroleans we did not even have 50% of Norseman blood. The only people in the world that is some what close to the Norseman is the people of Island. "Odin owns you all" it was Odin shouted after throwing his spear Gundnir before the battle again the Vanir. So it is more just reciting the religious story as inspiration. Yes the Norns have a lot to do with fate but after you died on the battlefield you still have Valkyries choosing if you go to Freyja Afterlife field or to Odin's the feast hall of Valhalla to party on all night and eat of Saehrimnir. It was a quota 50/50 and that gave the vikings a reason to perform well.

[@toro55ful]

This song is one of my favorites from Sabaton! Great reaction!! That riff and chorus are so good!! In their channel Sabaton History they already have the video that explain the Carolean's and their tactics prety good material. 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

[@PositiveCrunch]

Thank you. Yes, we try and promote their website and Channel. Each Reaction we go in blind, So only knowledge that we may have from Comments or life in general. After we check it out. Great stuff.

[@Jonsson474]

They Swedish prayer in the song is actually the Lord’s Prayer. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

[@furgendaz2874]

I agree with the young guy this was awesome. Hope u enjoyed your stay in Sweden come back one day!

[@PositiveCrunch]

Can't wait to get back!

[@detskalldaltas133]

I love ur Son. Remaind me of my Sons for 20 years ago. I give all my hart for Black Sabbath.

[@PositiveCrunch]

Thank you

[@andreasgaming9765]

Great reaction could u do runi imperi by sabaton?

[@PetterVessel]

That is a great song!

[@RickyMogen]

Dead By April - Memory Dead By April - Losing You Dead By April - Piece Of Mind Another band from Sweden

[@SheriffJoe420]

Aight the beginning of the vid was actually pretty cute and wholesome xD

[@PositiveCrunch]

😁

[@JaneSmith-rx6kx]

Oh good, the monday upload. That means y'all are ok. Heard you had a Hurricane. Btw,the don't shoot until you see the whites of the eyes was a Desperate measure to save bullets,they were running out.

[@PositiveCrunch]

We are good. It hit Louisiana and Texas.

[@bondeboy2715]

That is definetly not the reason as to why they fired at such a close range.

[@davidpower7874]

Don't just like, subscribe to support people who support great music.... Love from Amsterdam.. Great reaction guys, I'm still slowly getting through your back uploads and will do until the end.

[@weirdo165]

the tactic used by the caroleans was called "Gå-På" literally translater "Go-on" source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroleans good reading =) thanks from sweden for a awsome react video!

[@PositiveCrunch]

Thank you

[@tvaettis0653]

Looked for this the first thing I did when I woke up in the morning but it hadn’t been uploaded yet so had something to look forward to in the afternoon 🤘

[@PositiveCrunch]

🤘🤘

[@guanoapes771]

I fucking love your videos, keep up the good work dudes!👍

[@OneJazzyBoye]

You absolutely need to listen to Long Live the King.

[@emiljohansson9364]

You should check out english version of Gott mit Uns or Killig Ground also by sabaton.

[@pavelslama5543]

Caroleans were probably best utilized by the king Charles the XII, who was famous for giving emotional heroic and patriotic speeches before each attack and charging together with his men, which was in time when leaders did not tend to fight in hand to hand combat anymore.

[@pyrebird7567]

The Caroleans were soilders under the kings Karl XI and Karl XII (latinized as Carolus Rex) during Swedens time as a great power, and were known as some of best in Europe. Karl XII reguarly beat armies 2x, even 3 and 4x, bigger then his own. One thing that made them more effective was that when they called to war, certain areas (depending on thier poputation and size) were expected to field a number of soilders, but the difference with the Caroleans were that it wasn't just ayone who could answer that call. They were some of the earliest profesional soilders whose job it was to go and train in army drills even during peace time (very unusual at the time) and when they weren't doing that their village was responsible to have a small home with some fields to farm on for them to live on (called a soldatstorp, I think they were part of the tax system, but I'm not sure) and when they were away on drills or in war the community were responsible of taking care of it until they returned. Those drills made the Caroleans disciplined and skilled. Acoording to what I've read about them it was very common for infantrymen to know how artillery functioned and how he should fight if he's on horseback and vice-versa, which made them very flexible. Their weakness, which is what made the training nessicary in the first place, was size. It takes time to train a soldier and Sweden had a much lower population then many other European powers at the time, which meant it was important for them to loose as few as possible. That meant they needed to be fast and keep their momntum on the battlefield. Some of their tactics were Gå-På (go-on), a very aggresive infantry tactic based on shock methods, and Knä-om-knä (knee-by-knee), a unusally tight cavalry formation used for charges. Carolus Rex is a great concept album that sings about Swedens time as a great power, and I'd recommed listening to it in order, and also checking some of the songs out in swedish because they have 2 variants on the album. Some songs aren't that different, just translated but. for example, in english "A Lifetime of War" talks more in overview of the Thirthy Years' War, while in swedish "En Livstid i krig" talks about the war from the perspective of a single swedish soilder.

[@Wolf-hr7cu]

Now the Swedish version please 🇧🇻🤘🇸🇪

[@miiah7475]

The Carolean's Prayer is REALLY high on my favorite Sabaton list. It's epic, and the fade in the end :) The Carolus Rex album is interesting (I love it), as a finn I'm trying to figure out if I can claim it as "my" history since we were part of the empire back then... not sure how being a whole new nation these days works into it. In case I can't claim it you could do either "Talvisota", "White Death" or "Soldier of 3 Armies" for us finns ;)

[@jonaskarlsson5453]

as long as you shout hakkaa päälle as you charge in to claim it i think most of us swedes would approve ;)

[@StergiosMekras]

Last time I heard this song, I was bringing the restored Roman Empire (by way of Byzantium) over to the New World.

[@ricknesar1627]

Love that you visited my hometown buddy! Hope you got the chance to visit the Karl XII statue in Kungsträdgården. It´s located less than half a mile from the Royal castle. You just got yourselves a subscriber! If you liked this song you might wanna react to, Rise of Evil, next! (( Packers Nation, Stockholm Sweden

[@PositiveCrunch]

Stockholm was the greatest "City" I have ever experienced. I have so many stories and Memories.

[@PositiveCrunch]

and... WELCOME TO THE FAMILY!!!

[@hex1c]

Please react to Sabaton - Great War Sabaton - The Last Battle Sabaton - Sparta Sabaton - Winged Hussars Sabaton - Seven Pillars of Wisdom

[@tvaettis0653]

Great! Haven’t really hear this in english before, only swedish! Next: Long live the king??

[@tvaettis0653]

Also: For that one, whenever we get to it, please english too 😄

[@caroleanify8117]

React to 1648, you can do swedish version with english sub or the english version, the swedish version is a bit darker. Keep being awesome guys!

[@PositiveCrunch]

Thank you my friend!

[@revan_alva2077]

Might ask for a reaction to Amon Amarth guardian of Asgard live at summer breeze

[@Shigawire]

You may not know this, but the Swedish empire (1600s) actually had several fortifications or colonies in the Americas. "Fort Christina" (now Wilmington) for example. They failed miserably in their endeavours and ambitions. But this just shows how big they once were. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Kartskiss_%C3%B6ver_Nya_Sverige.png

[@davidhenriksson285]

Wonder how much Sabaton indirectly are behind adding Sweden to Age of Empires 3 hd! :D

[@bernardtuinenburg8746]

David Henriksson, there is also a game called The 30 year war

[@davidhenriksson285]

@@bernardtuinenburg8746 Cool

[@hex1c]

Microsoft needed boss music in-game ;)

[@tompabay8721]

🤟💯😁

[@PositiveCrunch]

🤘😁🤘

[@1891726]

Already as a 15-year-old in 1697, he was allowed to take over as monarch for Sweden in a huge empire in a collection of Nordic empires that included both Finland, Estonia, large parts of present-day Latvia and large parts of northern Germany. After a seven-month guardianship. At the age of 18, he was involved in a major war, the Great Nordic War. it was not a war he had started it was a war he was forced into. Russia Denmark Poland and the German state of Saxony declared a joint war against Sweden. In the blink of an eye he defeated the Danes in 1700 he as an 18 year old led the army at Narva in Estonia he defeated between 5 and 10 times as big here Russian here. He then turned down the Poles against Saxony after six years he had defeated them too and he could once again turn his gaze eastwards towards Russia. One unfortunate day, November 30, 1718, Charles X11 lay in a moat where the fortress of Fredriksten was besieged. A bullet in the head put a stop Karl X11 life he was 36 years old exactly half his life 18 years out of 36 years he had been in the field he had thus spent half his life defending Sweden

[@PositiveCrunch]

Fascinating history and figures

[@1891726]

@@PositiveCrunch Thank you, Here are King Karl's biggest victories. 1, Battle of Narva in 1700. Sweden, Strength 10 537 man 37 cannons dead: 667 wounded: 1,247 Russia, Stryka: 37,000 men Cannons: 195 Capitulated: 20,000 Deaths: 9000 captured: 700 Wins Sweden The Battle of Holowczyn was a field battle that took place during the Great Nordic War and was fought on July 4, 1708. Swedish troops under King Charles XII's command forced Russian troops to retreat to the city of Holowczyn in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (today's Haloŭtjyn in Belarus). After six years of warfare, in which the Swedish troops forced both Denmark-Norway, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Electorate of Saxony into separate peace, Charles XII began a campaign against Russia in 1707, with the aim of capturing the Russian capital Moscow and forcing Tsar Peter I to peace . After several months of difficult march, the Swedish main army arrived on the river Vabitj, which was guarded by a Russian army of about 40,000 soldiers under the command of Field Marshal Boris Sheremetev and Prince Alexander Menshikov. On July 14, Charles XII's battalions and field marshal Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld's squadrons, a total of 12,500 soldiers, crossed the river and attacked an individual Russian position under the command of General Anikita Repnin. As the Russian troops were separated from each other, and lacked a unified command, they could not stop the Swedish attacks and were forced to retreat. Sweden Strength: 12,500 men and 28 cannons Deaths: 260 Wounded: 1000 Russia: 40,000 men Deaths: 977 Wounded: 675 Send feedback History Saved Community

[@petrihalonen2855]

Is better in Swedish, looses a bit in the translation, i think.

[@peterlarsson5051]

Please do en livstid i krig live Gothenburg, sabaton please

[@AlexGNR]

Yessss let's go (It is english and Deutsch, which is German, you insulted me as a Dutchman) Ahead, facing the lead An army of Swedes, performing God’s deeds Showing no fear, their judgement is near Making their sacrifice When the king and his men Their enemies sight, prepare for the fight Banners held high, ready to die Hear how they praise the Lord Edit: react to Sabaton: Karolinens Bön Live next Also: 3:39 when I first heard it (in Swedish) I got goosebumps and still get them each time German is like See, Ze, Sich Der Konig While Dutch is: Meer, De, Zie de koning Official Translation of the Swedish part: Our Father, who art in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done, As it is in heaven on earth Give us today our daily bread And forgive us our debts Fun fact: the female voice in the choir is actually Floor Jansen www.sabaton.net/discography/carolus-rex/the-caroleans-prayer-english-version/ *Historic fact* In 1682, King Charles XI started to reorganize the Swedish army, which proved to be rather weak in the Scanian wars. Each province was bound by contract to raise and supply a regiment of 1200 men, called Caroleans. They were trained to not open fire until they could see the white of their enemies eyes.

[@PositiveCrunch]

Yikes! I just realized what I said.... I apologize to the Dutch people Thanks for hanging in there after that my friend

[@AlexGNR]

@@PositiveCrunch No problem, we Dutch are more tolerant than you think ;)

[@PositiveCrunch]

@@AlexGNR I've know a few Dutch, Great folks

[@AlexGNR]

@@PositiveCrunch Yeah, what is also so great about us is that the government did not have to enforce a hard lockdown, we could just let people keep distance by keeping them warned of the virus and it's dangers. People follow the advices very well, only thing is since we like to be independent a f we are now once again complaining about the distance. We Dutch are indeed a great folk, after this whole situation ends you should really check our country out. If you want I can reccomend a few Dutch songs too Here are the songs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnOZZ2yJnLKojNk (Niet of Nooit Geweest, one of our biggest hits ever and I love this song) Broek uit op je Hoofd (also a running gig in Holland when it comes to Sabaton being a guest): kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJOacqJ5m8yUhac 'T Dondert en Het Bliksemt: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3O8epados6pobc (I was at this show if im right, or it was 2 years later) Kwestie van Geduld - Rowwen Hèze: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHLVm4tnbK99n6s (This is Limburgs) Kedeng Kedeng (Per Spoor) - Guus Meeuwis: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooTbmWCLgJx0r9U Het is een Nacht (Levensecht) - Guus Meeuwis (one of the biggest Dutch hits EVER): kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3q7Y4aQjJl8npo Ill keep it there Also react to this (2001): kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKjJgH5ua5aHn9E Sabaton Masters of The World (live) We got Joakim take his pants and shirt off: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXyxnpJqhbx7hac

[@everett880]

Wyatt is probably the reincarnation of Carolus Rex! ✊

[@lottanissen890]

Now You have to react to Carolus Rex ✊✊🇸🇪🇸🇪

[@PositiveCrunch]

Check out our Playlist, It's there waiting on you. Enjoy

[@ricknesar1627]

So much better in Swedish

[@PositiveCrunch]

Will have to check it out

[@PhoenixT70]

For the record, "Deutsch" is not Dutch. It is German. European languages are... very strange. This goes for EVERYONE here, not just @Positive Crunch.

[@PositiveCrunch]

I know.. It was a mistake. Just over excited to get to the video.

[@PhoenixT70]

@@PositiveCrunch It's not really a problem, I'm just kind of a grammar Nazi. Wait... maybe Nazi isn't the best term in this context... oh, whatever. Thanks for the heart!

[@PositiveCrunch]

@@PhoenixT70 😂😂😂 I'm the same.

[@hakankarlsson191]

The Swedish version of the song is so much better. But maybe that´s just because I´m Swedish.

[@PositiveCrunch]

Though we didn't do a video, we did listen to it (alot) and yes... I 100% agree. Swedish version is the better option.

[@skullair52]

Check your po box 😉

[@PositiveCrunch]

Nice! We did Friday for the first time. Nothing yet, Just Junk Mail, LOL. Will check again Tomorrow or Monday. We shot a funny first time to the Box Video that will show up soon. Thank you in advance Dude.

[@skullair52]

@@PositiveCrunch it was a box so check the counter, i mailed it like 10 days ago🤘