The Most Powerful Version: Sabaton - Fields of Verdun

[@thatrabidpotato8800]

"To my son: Since your eyes closed, mine have never ceased to cry." - anonymous plaque placed on the north casemate of Fort Vaux at Verdun postwar by an anonymous French mother. Since destroyed by vandals.

[@TheTiberianWolf]

Destroyed by vandals? Explain please?

[@thatrabidpotato8800]

@@TheTiberianWolf I'd have thought it was self explanatory. The plaque was defaced and destroyed by vandals.

[@МаркоПетков-к8к]

@@thatrabidpotato8800 Shows how little people in Europe care about history nowdays and even more than that..

[@BlackDeath1973]

@@TheTiberianWolf they should be impaled on a spike and displayed in public.

[@livingdeadgirl5691]

@@BlackDeath1973 Nah, they should get put in a room and try to explain why they did it to ppl that lost family members from both sides(Axis and Allies) why they think it is ok to do that. Try explaining a Ukrainan grandma that survived Holdomor,Ww2 and other wonderful things why you think Communisam is cool. Or a Holokaust survivor why you were laughing during Shindlers list(it happend in my class) We can go on and on but some ppl think they are better then older generations and will never learn until it happends to them.

[@jumi9342]

There are reasons why Verdun is still known in Germany as the "Blutmühle von Verdun" while most other ww1 battles don't really get any space in german hirstory.

[@lukeskywanker7839]

I don't speak German may you educate me.

[@jumi9342]

@@lukeskywanker7839 blood mill of Verdun

[@lukeskywanker7839]

@@jumi9342 Ohhh, thanks mang.

[@11Survivor]

In France it's also used as the holotype for World War 1's horrors.

[@30cal23]

the battle of passchendale where the germans were defeated by a colonial power

[@DarthNoox]

What's the difference between Verdun and Hell? Hell is kinder

[@C0ldD1rective]

This is so underrated its not funny.

[@were-doggo7398]

In Hell, you burn forever. In Verdun, you burn till you die.

[@TToxicom]

hell had less mud

[@danieliglesias7119]

Hell is filled with dead people who did something to deserve said place, Verdun is filled with dead people who did nothing to deserve said punishment

[@bustedcogitator8954]

@@were-doggo7398 oh you poor person you subscribe to the modern version don't you

[@agentcoxack7368]

That intro. I can just see text; “On the 21st of February, 1916, the German 5th Army attacked the French-held defences of Verdun.” Ending with “It was the longest battle of the war.”

[@manuelortiz2563]

It could be better: "On the 21st of February, 1916, the German 5th Army attacked the French-held defences of Verdun, a rain of artillery shells opened the battle and the French were ready for the attack..." At the end: "THEY SHALL NOT PASS"

[@S_O_U_P]

On the 21st of Febuary, 1916, the German 5th army attacked the allied city Verdun. As the last line of defense against the Germans before they took Paris both sides fought hard. The battle would open with hundreds- if not thousands of shells of artillery, the first to come. The battle would last over 300 days and through it all hundreds of thousands of soldiers- French, British and German would be killed or lost, being shot, drowning in their trenches from being to wounded to move being blown to pieces, or losing their lungs to German gas. The French would stand strong and win the hellish battle with 4 words on their mind. "They shall not pass."

[@anthonymartino9748]

the longest battle in history thus far. Verdun should not be ignored by any single person in existence, there is always A chance that it could happen again

[@EdwardAdams-e9s]

​@@manuelortiz2563 better NGL

[@MorphexSlots]

1:12 " A million shells were fired." This is actually a massive understatement. The germans launched about two million shells in their opening bombardment, the entire battle over the course of 10 months estimates between 40 and 60 million shells. Just puts the hellish experience into perspective.

[@rachaelstewart3730]

Amen, true but our Anzac fought in gallopi since arrived there

[@BlueWolf-zm3rg]

Actually the the 1 year of the battle both side combined fire a total of around 25 million shells

[@TheTiberianWolf]

I think thats talking about *the opening barrage*

[@Whydoiecenneedthis]

That’s 4 shells every square meter

[@MiluxF1]

actually, the opening bombardment DID consist of about 1.2 million shells. this was per the first 48 hours, though, and over 2 million more would be fired throughout the next two months.

[@Momo_Kawashima]

Germans: we'll pass from Verdun- French: how about NO?

[@akhaaneb9710]

Germany: **Proceeds to pass anyway*

[@rrows5803]

@@akhaaneb9710 I think you forgot the "Nobody tried to help France, while they were the only one who were able to attack them first and hold them off for quiet some time first. All they needed was, help from ONE other country, this country was England, England that just ran away like a bunch of pussies while the French soldiers died to cover their ass and to protect their country" part.

[@akhaaneb9710]

@@rrows5803 Now that's Heroism...

[@suffer3828]

@@rrows5803 you forgot to mention that they held off the Germans for almost an entire year

[@akhaaneb9710]

@@suffer3828 the longest active battle in modern history...

[@Argentoratum68]

*"Pour la France en avant !"* - Unknow French officier, August 4 1916 while ordering the charge *"For France ! Forward !"*

[@iehgijebg]

pour the france and advance sound better

[@alexandrecds1597]

Non. Pour la France c'est mieux.

[@twistusvonhasburg4000]

@@alexandrecds1597Vive la France Honneur a la Patrie!

[@alexandrecds1597]

@@twistusvonhasburg4000 et à tout les braves ! Vive la France éternelle !

[@dervhein-prv]

@@twistusvonhasburg4000 Ils disaient pas ça les Anglois à Waterloo, malheureusement =(

[@coolguywithahat0127]

Why does this image look like it would be a Hoi4 loading screen?

[@dispensergoinup]

Looks like the Great War mod to me

[@troyklein6379]

@@dispensergoinup yeah

[@onion599]

HoI4 La Resistance alternative loading screen.

[@dispensergoinup]

@Luke Paci wtf else, listening to sabaton

[@leak5005]

"giraffes are heartless creatures"

[@GuerrillaPM]

Germans: "We will defeat the French by passing through Verdun!" French guys: *Non*

[@mihaelsenolt5378]

Ww2 was a different story....

[@GuerrillaPM]

@@mihaelsenolt5378 yeah but Verdun happened in ww1

[@gluty20GamerElite]

@@mihaelsenolt5378 during ww2, it was the Vichy headquarters without the agreement of the French president, who decided to remove the 750,000 soldiers and 5,000 tanks on the Maginot line to prevent Charles de Gaulle from attacking, that's why that the Battle of France, it happened with only one million French, of whom 450,000 will die on the Maginot Line, because the staff refused to send reinforcements and especially refusing aviation. There was a very violent battle on Stonne, a French victory which could have reversed the war, except that at this time the general staff signed the armistice without the agreement of the army.

[@Soleill3]

@@GuerrillaPM We should not forget that during WW1 France lost 1.5millions of men from 18 to 40 years old. How do you think they can do a second bloody world war just 20 years later ? And the trauma all the french people have to endure made them believe in peace whatever the consequences have to be.

[@matiasezequielgalvan1826]

France be like: you activated my trap card

[@UnitedK0ndom]

Verdun showed how much fighting spirit the french had.The french might not have had the best army but they still had a strong will to fight. Respect the french

[@kilianaudibert8509]

Unfortunately we have lost this spirit now France is a cowardly country our ancestors unfortunately died for nothing

[@UnitedK0ndom]

@@kilianaudibert8509 true

[@cpt.bigbrain5954]

FUN FACT: the conditions at verdun were so bad that the french army there almost revolted several times. this actually lead to more rights/laws given to soldiers that outlawed many previous "motivational" practices.

[@StricosGames]

My grandpa who fought in the resistance by the name "le colonel" Even without being a real one have written one things in his memories that touch me : if our army fail, they know france have another army to win the war, the french peoples. And i think it's the truth.

[@gluty20GamerElite]

@@kilianaudibert8509 you shame those who still believe in it, those who believe they are cowards, want to be cowards and are naysayers whose history will have gone well, this kind of person who will support the Vichy regime for example

[@Der_Koten]

FIELDS OF VERDUN AND THE BATTLE HAS BEGUN NOWHERE TO RUN FATHER AND SON FALL ONE BY ONE UNDER THE GUN THY WILL BE DONE AND THE JUDGEMENT HAS BEGUN NOWHERE TO RUN FATHER AND SON FALL ONE BY ONE FIELDS OF VERDUN

[@michaelzelft8668]

3:41 The Best Part

[@jamesgroccia644]

As the battle started on that day, from a hundred miles away, A million shells went flying, and the green hills turned to gray! The bombardment lasted all day long, yet the force was standing strong! Heavily defended, But the trap's been sprung, And the battle's begun!

[@atomicmegalodon1413]

Its "thy will be done" Thy meaning you/your

[@slooeverysunday7065]

@@jamesgroccia644 DECEND INTO DARKNESS 303 DAYS BELOW THE SUN FIELDS OF VERDUN

[@sneakysasquatch6014]

I get chills everytime he says father and sons fall one by one fields of verdun

[@DoubleSlothgaming]

So powerful I can still hear the German artillery

[@C0ldD1rective]

So can I, but probably for a different reason....

[@notthew4y]

that's not artillery that's just joakim hitting his knee

[@DoubleSlothgaming]

@@notthew4y that makes alot of sense

[@jamesmijares6366]

Look outside... Not only can you hear it- it's there.

[@imlostandneedanswers1310]

@@C0ldD1rective orks....

[@TheGuyWithTheSniper]

Germans: "We'll just move through Verdun." French: "The fuck you will."

[@RiccardoCardella-n3s]

That's the France i know

[@thesupersonicstig]

0:00 - 0:55 “The year is 1916 and the Great War has begun. The trenches of Verdun are full of fathers and sons of the French Army. As they lie in wait, they prepare to ambush the advancing Germans. Little did they know that this battle would not last a day, not a week, not even a month or two. They could never have known they would be fighting the longest, bloodiest battle in history. From the 21st of February all the way through to the 18th of December, the French would loose 162,440 men in order to hold back the Germans. It was said, “They shall not pass!””

[@FrozenLord66]

I wished the narrator of the history version of the album Said that then what we got instead then it gives more info of the background of the song

[@callsigndobermanairsoft4209]

honestly dissing france's military is like calling the kid who stood up to the bully and lost a wuss they held out and i really respect that

[@potatomine6678]

The people just don't care about what they did back in the great war and the Napoleonic Wars. They don't care about those days cause they know how a nation was winning 1v5s like nothing

[@Ienteredmynamecorrectly-lt3nu]

They won though. In fact in parts of the 18th and 19th century France was the strongest military force in existence. They fought all of Europe several times.

[@oqo3310]

Tbf overall France was more of a bully during that time period

[@BSasafrasK]

but the French were on the side of the aggressors in the Great War, Germany answered a defensive treaty.

[@grayrobber]

France having the most battles and wars won in history: People constantly making France immediately surrendering jokes:

[@notavalible1574]

This whole channel needs more attention... Amazing

[@songbreakerworkbench]

Thank you!

[@aeonblade64]

The transition between the into music and the original song was kinda awkward, but otherwise this is great.

[@wonderdakka]

I can agree with that

[@colinmasterson666]

True the transition is a bit too long. But I prefer to see it as the first soldier to be shoot as the battle begins seeing their whole life flash by their eyes as they fall to the ground in slow motion before time speeds back up and the battle continues around their now lifeless body.

[@rufusrufus1750]

That’s how quick hell breaks loose. There’s no smooth transition you’re just thrown in. At least that’s how I interpret lmao

[@codyperez6481]

I agree

[@novainfinity6930]

@@colinmasterson666 damn that’s a to think about it

[@edwinstafford287]

where'd you get the background photo? It's nice.

[@songbreakerworkbench]

Here's a link: www.artstation.com/artwork/RGrQW

[@edwinstafford287]

@@songbreakerworkbench Thank you.

[@Dubliner-un9lw]

Looks like HOI4 artwork

[@vandansonkar7819]

@@Dubliner-un9lw hoi4 is ww2 not ww1

[@Uchigatana-MHFZZ]

@@vandansonkar7819 I mean, it does still look like a HoI4 pic

[@demonickiller6315]

Germans: let's go through Verdun! 20-minute adventure!! Frenchmen: *_no_*

[@Hockey-gn2tj]

When he says “it was said they shall not pass” it gives me chills every single time

[@PhoenixT70]

Name me a more apocalyptic battle than Verdun. You can't. The town and fields were just destroyed. It's been more than a century, and parts of the battlefield are still off limits thanks to unexploded ordnance, gas shells that never burst, and arsenic levels a thousand times the normal levels. Verdun was so hellish, it destroyed the land it was fought on for generations yet to come. Think about that for a bit. EDIT: Okay, can people say something other than Passchendaele? There have been at least a dozen replies to that effect. Be original, people.

[@akriegguardsman5238]

I will take that as a challenge

[@akriegguardsman5238]

To name a more apocoliptic battle

[@theobarretoteles4206]

Stalingrad: Oh hello

[@PhoenixT70]

@@theobarretoteles4206 You can still live in Volgagrad today, can you not? EDIT: Spelling.

[@ntfdbrs2562]

Hiroshima

[@brodypullishy932]

The transition from the intro the song proper is whiplash inducing

[@Nuka0420]

Does need work I admit

[@ryverwynd3134]

Just imagine this battle lasted for an entire I can only imagine the inescapable hell soldiers on both sides went through. So much anger hatred death and pain focus here if there were ever to be a battlefield that would be haunted it would be Verdun.I hope those men rest they suffered enough in that living hell.

[@brentkalmbacher9092]

It is haunted. There are places there you can hear them still in the trenches the sound of rifle bolts and mgs being used. You can see odd spirit lights still waging war....

[@ryverwynd3134]

@@brentkalmbacher9092 That's rather sad those poor souls reliving that unending hell over and over.

[@benisaten]

The full orchestra version is beautiful. Original is a beauty on its own. Respects to all who never made it home. From 🇨🇦.

[@ZETH_27]

What's the difference between war and hell you ask? In hell only the damned stand to suffer. In war, the soldiers, as well as the women, children and innocent civilians, are all punished.

[@egoravdeev670]

punished for what exactly

[@HivefleetMagoladon]

Hawkeye: War isn't hell. War is war and hell is hell, and of the two, war is worse. Fr. Mulcahy: How do you figure that, Hawkeye? Hawkeye: Easy, father. Tell me, who goes to hell? Fr. Mulcahy: Sinners, I believe. Hawkeye: Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell, but war is chock full of them. Little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for a few brass involved, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.

[@mshaqed2538]

Last time I checked hell wasn't run by idiots, which does differ it from WW1

[@anonguy772]

@@egoravdeev670 Nothing, that's what makes war worse. A shitload of people who did nothing to deserve the horrors of war have to go through them regardless :/

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

@@egoravdeev670 Punished for nothing..

[@romanpercic9010]

Germans: it will be easy we will just march through Verdun Gandalf: YOU SHALL NOT PASS! French: To the Death......

[@nrw64]

WW2 was just the Speedrun. Germany knew how it went from then on.

[@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332]

*Insert french surrender joke* Is french surrender the boomer meme of history memes ?

[@mrdamocles1528]

Yes a 100% *YES*

[@Cactus_fucker]

Yes. I can’t name a single time the French surrendered without putting up at least a little bit of a fight

[@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332]

@Peter Parlee-Carr Then thank the Anglo-Americans for saving Germany from dismantlement at the end of WW1, and for always backing it in Hitler's murder spree through Europe leading up to the war. Of all the nations in the world, America and the UK are the most responsible for WW2 after Germany.

[@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332]

@Peter Parlee-Carr It has been proven that Germany could pay it's war reparations as although the total amount seems astronomical they were allowed a lot of time to pay them, so in total reparations were only a small part of the annual budget. Not only that but german wealth in industry and resources was left untouched by the war. The reasons why the economy crashed was because the governement refusing to pay out of pride defaulted on it's payments, which lead investors not to believe in them anymore and lead to a crash.

[@ikillstupidcomments]

@Peter Parlee-Carr The sad thing is that if the British and French hadn't backed down over Czechoslovakia, Hitler's forces could have been crushed early. If Germany had tried to fight the war in '37-'38, even on a single front, they would have been crushed. They still hadn't built up enough materiel or men to take Western Europe /or/ the Soviets until a few years after that point. A French/British force could have rolled straight into Western Germany basically any time before mid 1940. If Germany had been trying to fight Britain, France, and the Low Countries in the west, Poland and Czechoslovakia in the east, and Denmark and Norway in the north all at the same time instead of piecemeal, the war would have come to an abrupt end. Chamberlain goes down in history as one of the most blind and cowardly leaders of all time for damn good reason.

[@panzerkampfwagenviiimaus9571]

**Reload chauchat LMG with malicious intent**

[@m4a3e8sherman3]

t o n k

[@eugeneoliveros5814]

*Jams*

[@uwskie8672]

*loads field artillery with laughter*

[@Balls128]

*Grabs Lebel and charges the Huns

[@winchelseabeach4863]

**chauchat proceeds to jam**

[@lepatriote7531]

Mon arrière grand-père y était 🇫🇷. Paix à tout nos soldats tombés pour la France 🕊🇫🇷

[@furicd446]

J'ai un immense respect pour tous ces hommes. On ne doit pas oublier

[@geokou7645]

The comment: One of the most emotional texts I’ve read. The person’s pfp: *FORTNITE WALTER WHITE*

[@grandmaj9150]

Eating chicken soup has never been so awesome

[@KetamineUser69]

Agreed

[@SheriffJoe420]

This makes me wanna get a baguette and travel back in time to join the battle of Verdun

[@scottishbananaclan]

Hail the Kaiser

[@parodyclip36]

@@scottishbananaclan Why would you? In ww1 the Kaiser didn't do shit. Team Bismarck the true hero

[@lemmino1846]

Do you not know how hellish and dystopian the battle or verdun was?

[@SheriffJoe420]

@@lemmino1846 nyes'nt, and besides *it's my life* If I die, I fucking die.

[@ShadesMF]

I imagined a ww1 french soldier beating up germans with a baguette in the trenches, lol

[@charlessaint7926]

*Ils ne passeront pas!*

[@lordmilchreis1885]

*Crossaint!*

[@mokka1115]

@@lordmilchreis1885You a little confused, but you've got the spirit.

[@mshaqed2538]

Patein then: Ils ne passeront pas! Patein 21 years later: * insert France surrender joke *

[@brandonarmienti7734]

@@mshaqed2538 it wasn't Petain who said that. It was General Robert Nivelle who said it after he replaced Petain as commander of French forces fighting in Verdun.

[@mshaqed2538]

@@brandonarmienti7734 As far as I'm aware, sources may vary. I like to think its Petain because this line was later used as an anti fascist battle cry, which makes the whole thing a lot more ironic.

[@asneakyfrenchman3866]

(Probably) Every nation had a shining moment. Verdun shows the determination, tenacity, and grit they posses when defending a significant piece of their land.

[@Clay5652]

I have found this song is ideal for creating an image of a massive, bloody battle. No matter what technology or age i imagine, its always a hellish image. In other words, great work.

[@zeusaxelflores8213]

In horizon blue 1919, we held verdun on the last objective for 20 minutes, against the germans, the germans outnumbered us, and outgunned us, but we held cause 'ILL NE PASSERONT PAS!' Was shouted by one of my team mates who was an officer when he whistled on 19 of us

[@alexirichard3381]

Ils ne sont pas passés. Vive la France, Gloire a nos Héros

[@alexirichard3381]

@Soldat Kaiyodo Ah j'avais pas vu ^^'

[@ifyoureadthisyouregay2478]

laughs in maginot line (joking)

[@jaajboi786]

@@ifyoureadthisyouregay2478 c'est vraiment po gentil ;_;

[@ifyoureadthisyouregay2478]

@@jaajboi786 please English

[@ifyoureadthisyouregay2478]

@Soldat Kaiyodo ma ora parlo io nella mia lingua francesaccio notredam 2006 Berlin. Paris conquered

[@derekschweigert7790]

The background is audio adds so much juice to the climaxes of the songs. Chills all song long. Amazing job.

[@lexsamreeth8724]

I want the entire song done in the somber tone. It would be a perfect theme for one of the gods in our D&D setting - Maurn the Weary, god of militiamen and conscripts. It's said that after a battle, he will busy himself with guiding the families of common soldiers to where they've fallen, and carrying their souls across the Bone River on his back. As you might expect, he's often described as a war god that hates war.

[@inquisitor9207]

Might be a bit late but if you want a more somber tone (still not fully) you should check out Apocalyptica’s cover of the song

[@ShadesMF]

I dont actually know the differences between the original and this versión. But this one is 300% better

[@magnusm4]

Background strokes of deep instruments and damn awesome choir singers in the background.

[@ShadesMF]

@@magnusm4 i always thought about the first one bit i didnt hear the choir singers

[@skyrocks12]

what's the difference between war and Hell? there are no innocent souls in Hell.

[@Firewall5176]

That's the sad truth too.

[@Firewall5176]

@Harutyun Tatlyan True

[@astrocatsoft]

How do you know? You was in Hell?

[@imapopo2924]

@@astrocatsoft If innocent souls are condemned to Hell, then I believe Saint Peter has some explaining to do.

[@thesupersonicstig]

Or trenches

[@jratman4047]

Plenty have said what a great song it is, so I'm just going to mention one thing I really like about this track. Lyric: "And the judgement has begun, nowhere to run" What was General Erich von Falkenhayn's code name for the Verdun offensive? Operation Gericht (Judgement) Maybe it wasn't intended, but I like to think it was.

[@slayer35st64]

It usually is intended with sabaton.And it seems a little too perfect to be otherwise

[@Dinosaurs847]

Ik this comment is months old, but Gericht would mean "Court" instead of Judgement, Judgement would be "Beurteilung" or simply "Urteil"

[@jensmixedcompendium1258]

I must say I am thoroughly enjoying your videos thus far. I'm surprised you don't have thousands of views bud, this stuff's great!

[@Justin-re5gb]

Because the people that view his stuff are cultured good sir

[@jensmixedcompendium1258]

@@Justin-re5gb Couldn't agree more! ;)

[@Dagoth_ballin]

Same

[@rangertalion302]

This aged well

[@SomeoneThatExists-rj5oo]

This definitely did not age well

[@joonasvilen8759]

I love the sort of echo in this version,dont know how to describe it. Amazing.

[@captain-generalothinus3640]

Me, listening to the original version: Yeah, it's good Me, 2 Years later listening to the lyric version, clear of background effects: *I can still hear their screams, the gunshots everywhere.... Am I still human to comprehend this?* (Note: I'm referring to that even without the background effects, I could still hear those when listening, since I also listened to the original version which as background effects, also based on history papers of this battle)

[@h8m812]

have already almost cried once when i heard this song for the first time. that was the original, this version made me actually fell a tear, that was amazing, well done :D

[@liampruitt939]

I love the way it adds a bit of imagery to the song when you first her it. Especially at the beginning.

[@liambridgeman4529]

As a imperial guard player, this shall be blasted into my brain before battle. God bless the men that endured this hell hole o7

[@JustarLad]

That orchestra solo in the beginning was absolutely fire

[@helfighter]

Btw, it's Apocalyptica cover on Fields of Verdun

[@firefox5714]

The transition from (Violin?) to the real song sounds like the soldiers of Gallipoli, waiting in the trenches before the whistle blows and the men charge out of the trenches and into no mans land under heavy fire, mix that with the Gallipoli mounted horseback cavalry charges.

[@Paquito910]

Theacher: ¡Kids, we'll go to French Countryside! The Girls: ¡HOW CUTE; MILK, FLOWERS AND WINE! *THE LADS:* 01:37

[@furicd446]

Un grand respect pour tous ces soldats ❤️. Merci sabaton pour cette merveilleuse chanson 👍. Un immense respect à vous qui nous permettez de ne pas oublier notre histoire et bien d'autres.🤘🇨🇵🇸🇪

[@wickedmelon2429]

no joke, reminds me of when i broke my headphones and it had this echoing thing mode that got enabled which was good, cause *echoes are epic*

[@yutub-m2o]

Je suis français et tire chapeau bas a tous ces ancetres s'étant battu que ce soit a verdun la marne birhakeim dien bien phu et j'en passe il ne faut jamais oublier ces hommes et femmes s'étant battu pour notre nation!

[@GhostVenomZ]

3:38

[@sheldon-cooper]

I agree

[@grizzlyowlbear3538]

The sound quality of this on headphones is *FRESH*

[@leanbean8962]

hearts of iron i think would be really cool.

[@user-lp1qz7gj6w]

Iam high and then the whole thing makes more sence ! Really great, deserves more attention

[@archdukefranzferdinand762]

Bismark?

[@hungergames188]

@@archdukefranzferdinand762 in motion King of the ocean

[@TheItalianSauron]

Respect for all the people who fought and died in that battle...

[@reflexivecontrol3279]

Good remix!!! I really like it!

[@songbreakerworkbench]

Thanks!

[@andsoiderparound9909]

Your song is wonderful its just a shame that i can sing it out since i get all emotional as if i was there with them. Keep it up.

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!!

[@outbackthief7688]

Salute to those who endured the hellish conditions of Verdun

[@30cal23]

"they shall not pass" Robert Nivelle during the battle of verdun

[@Cobra-King3]

try to play the intro at 0.75 speed, sounds emotional, like on a funeral, the funeral of ~700,000 and thousands of Civilians nearby

[@LEO_OfficerRaphaツ]

Add also the Orchestra version add them and it would be a perfect combination

[@racheldodd3]

Every time I hear a sabaton song like this one I can't help but think about what these must have went through and it makes me sad, sorry if get anyone else upset over this

[@grayrobber]

I remember when I was vaguely interested in ww1 when I was 9, due to me playing toy soldiers. I heard about a battle, called Verdun. I was curious, so I looked it up. The first image I saw…it confused me at first (I didn’t properly grasp what exactly ww1 was like) then disturbed me. A colourized photo of a French soldier, slumped up against the inside wall of a half destroyed building . His entire lower body, was gone. Organs spilling out. Eyes vacant. On the left side of the building, was a field of bodies. Entangled in wire, drowned in the mud. Cool beans.

[@Hilversumborn]

Verdun was worse than Hell.

[@matheuspavelski8403]

*than

[@rrows5803]

@@matheuspavelski8403 We don't give a shit, everyone understood what he wanted to say.

[@istiruparguments6662]

@@matheuspavelski8403 *then

[@matheuspavelski8403]

@@istiruparguments6662 than is used when you're talking about comparisons; then is used when you're talking about something relating to time.

[@px1_]

Wrong, verdun *is* hell. Same with gallipoli. And the somme. If you read dantes inferno(the book which most scholars use as a representation of hell) there are a lot of similarities between the two, read for yourselves. "The land was barren lacking any life. Its dead carcass strectched across miles of suffering and anguish. It drove virgil mad turning on his former friend. The two sat at opposite ends. Dante wanting to decend to the third ring with virgil stopping him. He had lost count of how many times he toiled to breakthrough,"-fourth ring of hell, dantes inferno.

[@uglule9047]

trop de frisson d'un coup... Vive la France

[@cacapupumerda]

I'm just gonna say tha i got goosebumps while listening to this.

[@FranklinCharon]

The thing on the French soldier's rifle is most likely a rifle grenade for those who don't know what the cylinder thing is.

[@sander6438]

Begin is like a soldier thinking back to the past and when the music start all hell break lose

[@theoldtree2595]

Ever considered doing something like this to Midway by the same band?

[@zlataribar]

Underrated

[@dviesel2604]

I cannot stop bobbing my head to this masterpiece. Please make Defense of Moscow and Christ and Combat please

[@polishcameron]

The French fought with more ferocity and Iron Will at Verdun then the Russians at Stalingrad and that's saying something because Stalingrad was bloody

[@shdx7764]

Thats debatable

[@polishcameron]

@@shdx7764 well the French held out for 303 day with nearly no food and little water and still fought to the end

[@IIIAnchani]

Over a hundred years ago: Verdun. Today: Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Mariinka. The battle for the Donbass will be remembered as modern day Verdun.

[@souradeepmitra7128]

Yes , this song is highly applicable for those battles as well. Indeed they are the modern day Verdun.

[@denisplay8258]

Not even close. No gas attacks, no massive attack of artillery, no millions of death

[@LeetleToady7]

I don't think any of those battles had artillery firing millions of shells in the opening bombardment

[@NotHippyJustLazy]

"The only thing the French are good at is surrendering." The French were an incredible nation all throughout history. They just happened to run into the German Panzer line which.. like.. flattened all of Europe. Even the Russians had a hard time fighting them off.

[@FangTheManokit]

And the time when a Char B1 bis encounterd a line of panzer III's and dominated them all

[@saechabashira8380]

Quite literally the main reason the USSR didn't fall like France was because of its size. The Soviets had a lot of land to fall back to, to regroup and rebuild. France had colonies, sure... but they kinda were on the other side of the sea, and the Italian Navy wasn't really a weak one.

[@potatomine6678]

the people forget the french spirit and what they did back in the Napoleonic wars, which is an eternal shame.

[@theeditingneverends]

My thinking is: this is one song, but Sabaton separated the primary track from secondary on purpose, for us to discover that both of them are much better together.

[@philippmuller-litz401]

omg, this was uploaded yesterday!! good job dude!! 🤘

[@songbreakerworkbench]

Thank you!

[@philippmuller-litz401]

anytime! always love me some Sabaton

[@gabor9838]

I would really like to hear the full orchestra cover

[@oh_mybricks3375]

Just search for "Fields of Verdun - Apocalyptica cover"

[@Wafflemarine22]

The Death Korps of Krieg would respect those who survived this fight.

[@stefanmckinstray3995]

Seeing an Adrian helmet with a cover looks so cool The Adrian has to be my favorite helmet

[@MurdochMMQCR]

FIELDS OF VERDUN

[@SheriffJoe420]

*AND THE BATTLE HAS BEGUN*

[@MurdochMMQCR]

@@SheriffJoe420 NOWHERE TO RUN FATHER AND SON

[@ultrafaroecunt6014]

@@MurdochMMQCR FALL ONE BY ONE UNDER THE GUN

[@bennytheclone1199]

@@edgaralvizo5664 AND THE JUDGE HAS BEGUN

[@unitedastro8355]

@@bennytheclone1199 NO WHERE TO RUN

[@antonyjoz3573]

Love all Sabaton works

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

THE FRENCH WENT THROUGH THIS ABSOLUTE HELL for 4 years NONSTOP on their own land and people wonder why they had no stoumach for it in ww2?

[@mivapusa]

Rifle-grenades were already invented in WW1? I thought it was a 1930's invention

[@sheldon-cooper]

There were experimental rifle grenades in ww1 however like a lot of weapons from then they didn't see wide use

[@Freedmoon44]

WW1 saw the invention of countless prototype on and off the battlefield, even though rifle grenade didnt see a wide use they already existed, that and many other catapult and mortar made with what little they had to send grenade to the other side

[@costantinemf4207]

best remix ive ever heard yet

[@andrewkelley9405]

This American used to mock France for quickly they fell in WW2. Then Sabaton released this song. Then I researched VERDUN. I no longer mock the French; under any and all circumstances.

[@andrewkelley9405]

Ifs been a year k so. I’m drunk. But I have not changed my stance. War. Is. Hell.

[@elbr3376]

The refrain has this choir esq effect that just makes it sound like thousands are singing at the same time

[@greenhawk_1495]

"We shit on paper and threw it over our hole, one of our men stood up and died with his trousers down, just 10 feet from the hole. After we ran out of paper and food, we drink our piss. We still survived Hell, while others didn't." - A frenchman who survived The Battle of Verdun

[@igorgorelov9526]

Don't forget that French also participated in the bloodiest one-day battle - Borodino. Yeah. French, Germans and Russians are champions in fierce battles. Spilled a lot of each other blood.

[@Yaketur]

If I had a dollar for every bad music Song Breaker Workbench made, I'd be homeless

[@mistercomment8060]

You've earned your Channel Name.

[@mshaqed2538]

Honestly, I think that the funniest thing that happened after Verdun was that Petain's line ("they shall not pass!") became an anti-facist line, while he became a facist.

[@mshaqed2538]

@one one *Gandalf to the fascist Balrog

[@Azraeltheangelofdeath]

Actually it was Robert Nivelle who said "they shall not pass" kind of ironic considering he was the same man who sent hundreds of thousands to be butchered by the German lines during the Nivelle offensive

[@mshaqed2538]

@@Azraeltheangelofdeath I think that the origin is disputed between Nivelle or Petain, but I like to think that it's Petain because its more ironic

[@c_emperor]

@@mshaqed2538 It's Robert Nivelle but it's true that it's much more fun to think it's Pétain

[@Arrowspear]

Half a million lives at stake* THOUSANDS OF FEET MARCH TO THE BEAT! Intense artillery*

[@victorhidalgo8660]

idk what the hell chanched on this song but i love it

[@hatchmaster_5745]

That opening sound straight out of Frostpunk, love it.

[@LEO_OfficerRaphaツ]

They shall not pass.

[@RockoDucko21]

In Peace, Sons bury their Fathers. In War, Fathers bury their Sons. -Herodotus