The Price of a Mile - The Battle of Passchendaele - Sabaton History 058 [Official]

So tell me what's the price of a mile? The Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 is often remembered as a dismal and dreadful campaign. Fighting over endless mud, waterlogged shell-holes and unrecognizable, bombed out ground, the battle became a slog where everybody was just miserable. Hundreds of thousands of men became casualties for the advance of a handful of miles.
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[@thedarkestknight2540]

Do a song about the Somme

[@Silviu86syd]

@@thedarkestknight2540 Listen to 1916

[@thedarkestknight2540]

@@Silviu86syd I did its sad

[@PiscatorLager]

"There's no price for a mile" perfectly sums up the pointlessness of war, throughout human history. I actually printed it on a shirt (although I don't wear it in public any more, as I strongly dislike all those unofficial fake band shirts out there).

[@alexandrah9824]

Piscator Where’s this greatness I’ve been told? Liebe grüße Alex 🤘🏻Prost 🍻

[@W1Robur]

The legend himself arrives

[@char2c584]

SEE CAROLUS RISE! anyway i 100% agree with you

[@crissto8591]

at this point, i'm pretty sure you've reached official level. All that's missing is a partnership

[@afkbeto]

Funny enough war has been one of the main driving force behind societal changes.

[@sanitarycockroach9038]

Sabaton History is officially assigning homework. We've ascended to true history class bois!

[@totallynotalpharius2283]

Wtf I like homework now

[@SabatonHistory]

It always has been

[@fortusvictus8297]

@David Irvin poor guy, haven't been 'educated on education' enough yet to know you don't get to pick your lessons, nor do you get to bring in outside materials into your classes lest you be and minimum reprimanded by your peers and bosses and worst sued by the big corporations that own the material you 'stole' to teach people...more freedom in private schooling and tutoring, but good luck finding the market for private school and tutoring help for history.

[@Oeggonom]

@@fortusvictus8297 Lol so let him show this to change this shit. In Germany it wouldnt be that hard to show these videos. This would be the most epis homework: Please find out what the price of one mile advancement in ww1 was.

[@sebbi8360]

@@Oeggonom yeah, in Germany they can use most things as long as it kinda aligns with the governments plan and teachers have a special right to use copyrighted material for educational purposes

[@rachelg9644]

Love this song. "All is gone, there is no glory to be won" "What's the price of a mile?"

[@wintermanthenforcer]

I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, And whistled early with the lark. In winter trenches, cowed and glum, With crumps and lice and lack of rum, He put a bullet through his brain. No one spoke of him again. You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you'll never know The hell where youth and laughter go.

[@alexandrah9824]

Winterman My respect to you 👍🏻great !!! Liebe grüße Alex 🤘🏻

[@old-moose]

I used to have a WW1 veteran talk to my Canadian history about the war. He was quite willing to Vimy Ridge and most of the war but when anyone asked about Passchendaele his eyes would fill with tears and say he had to leave. Towards the end of his life, he was talking about his wife, who died from the Spanish flu, and why he never remarried. He said the he had died at Passchendaele and now his "body was catching up to his soul."

[@wintermanthenforcer]

@@old-moose Probably he lost his friend there.

[@cheekibreeki2electricbooga582]

Winterman he problem saw so many horrors and saw many a friends and people dead, mutilated, swallowed by mud, or disappear in the blink of an eye in from an artillery shell.

[@old-moose]

@@wintermanthenforcer Not one. He was the only one out of 46 boys from the same Newfoundland town alive at the end of the war. (Something I found out from his sister after his death. He could never bring himself to go home after the war.)

[@archstanton6102]

The story about drowning in the mud resonates with what my great-grandfather said. He fought a Ypres and died in 1985. On his death bed in hospital he was crying about leaving horses to drown in the mud there. That was his most vivid memory of his life.

[@liamgavinwells]

Your great grandfather had to actually live through the swamps of sadness

[@funnycrab8309]

I am sorry for your loss, and the fact that he had to live through that.

[@theoriginalchefboyardee1740]

The technical price of a mile: “6 miles of ground has been won, half a million men are gone.” So 500,000 men / 6 miles = ~83,333 men per mile.

[@jamesodonnell8290]

"Absolute bargain"- Sir Douglas Haig, October 1917

[@theoriginalchefboyardee1740]

James O'Donnell that is beautiful and cursed at the same time

[@oneofthetwobucksfansonyout2717]

@@jamesodonnell8290 LMFAO

[@heikkiremes5661]

52 people dead per each METER gained. Jesus.

[@AHappyCub]

Or about 52,083 men per kilometer if my math is correct

[@percamihai-marco7157]

"This is modern war" - a quote from Indy Neidell at The Great War

[@SabatonHistory]

All time classic.

[@williamjeffersonclinton69]

That was such a great series. Only series on KZbin I never missed a notification for. Still never gets old to rewatch.

[@percamihai-marco7157]

@@williamjeffersonclinton69 Right now, I'm watching The Great War. After I finish this great show, I will continue with Between Two Wars and finally World War 2

[@williamjeffersonclinton69]

@@percamihai-marco7157 that is a solid plan there. Between Two Wars is another great series as well. Enjoy.

[@sagnik2693]

In a foreign field he lay, Lonely soldier unknown grave, In his dying words he prays, Tell the world of Paschendaele.

[@Daniel-fo2qf]

Relive all that he's been through Last communion of his soul Rust your bullets with his tears Let me tell you 'bout his years

[@deathmachine1178]

Laying low in a blood filled trench Kill Tim 'til my very own death On my face I can feel the falling rain Never see my friends again

[@Lttlemoi]

Smell the fear and the feeling of dread, Soon be time to go over the wall, Rapid fire and the end of us all.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

"did you read the book Doug ?" "I wanted to but Conrad ate it"

[@AlexKS1992]

Shit dude I see you all over the place.

[@B1smarkk]

Lyrics of this song really got me.... Six miles of ground has been won, Half a million men are gone

[@totallynotalpharius2283]

That puts a knot in my gut

[@dasmitch161]

My grandfather was a soldier who fought for Ypres, he was wounded outside of Passendale and that was his war. I went over in 2017 for the 100 year celebration of the battle and found the people of Ypres extremely friendly and still thankful for the sacrifices made by the soldiers who fought for their freedom. If you're ever near southern Belgium go to Ypres and visit the Menin Gate (and Tyne Cot and Messine too if your a Kiwi) and stay for a last post ceremony, at 8pm every night. A must do. I would like to see a Great War channel special about the different war memorials and cenotaphs that have been erected , the Menin Gate would be a great start Indy, Flo, Sparticus and the crew!!

[@dasmitch161]

And Jesse. I forgot about Jesse

[@tjerkvenema3018]

*80.000 men dying for one mile* WWI generals: I see this as an absolute win!

[@bloodrave9578]

Death Korps of Krieg- Happy gas mask sounds

[@Ander01SE]

**Stalin:** "I'll take 40!"

[@riktorGaming]

Can't help it but to feel the chills of this melody, the true horrors of war can only be imagined by those of us lucky enough to never have fired a gun or March in a uniform (Costa Rica has no army).

[@martinshadowax7]

This was the first song I heard from sabaton, one of my friends posted it on his fb. From there on I was hooked with the band, its a great song about a terrible battle, even that I love the song cant stop thinking about all those young mens. Lets hope never again the price of a mile is gonna be so terrible. Great video guys btw, have a good week

[@tacocat7822]

“Laying low in a blood filled trench Kill time 'til my very own death On my face I can feel the falling rain Never see my friends again" - Paschendale by Iron Maiden Credit: Rotting Jacko for the concept of using song lyrics by Maiden

[@Klaevin]

in my opinion, one of the most underrated songs from sabaton. honestly, I don't know how Joakim sings it without his voice cracking I listen to sabaton because I like how power metal sounds big and awesome, in the same way that the battles they talk about are big and awesome. Panzerkampf almost sounds like the tanks are battling all around you and in Price of a Mile, you can hear the thousands of boots marching towards half a million deaths

[@chikitabowow]

What i love about this channel is the variety of episodes, like you get one episode about feudal Japan and then one about the first world war. Thumbs up!

[@SabatonHistory]

Cheers!

[@erinbunbury9210]

The one that started it all for me. And I admit, I have cried before because of this song. Still utterly my favorite Sabaton song, though.

[@DanTheYoutubeAddict]

Thank you. This is my favorite Sabaton song and I was hopeful that you would eventually get to it. This battle is infamous for the shear amount of mud and how horrible it was for the allies.

[@roaringchicken4219]

Definitely have to plug Knight SGC's music video for Price of a Mile. Knight's visuals and Sabaton's music together made the only heavy metal song that brought me to tears!

[@crissto8591]

oh i've been waiting for this one. WHo needs sleep, sabaton history is on

[@PogChampionPrime]

Finally. Some good flipping context on KZbin

[@tristandedrie8436]

As someone who lives in Ypres (Vlamertinge) and who's family has lived in Ypres municipality, including Passendale (Passchendaele), for over 150 years, hearing "The price of a mile" at the "sportpaleis" in Antwerp during "The great war" tour was truly a special moment. Thanks for the legendary songs guys! And Indy, keep up the great history lessons brother!

[@DoraFauszt]

One of my all-time favorite Sabaton songs, I loved it that you took it on your setlist for this tour! Made me shed a few tears of joy in the audience :')

[@ayrie09]

This is one of my favorite Sabaton Songs and it always, without fail, breaks my heart. I don't even want to imagine what that battle have been like...

[@sennegouwy5870]

Hey just wanted to let you know I live in Kemmel a few miles away from Ypres and I love this song.

[@Merida62]

The combination of Joakim's deep dark voice and the lyrics always give me goosebumps and tears when I listen to this song. Being Flemish I appreciated it very much that this song was on your setlist in Antwerp last month. Great stage decoration as well : the sandbags, the barbed wire, the tank of course and the details such als "Passchendaele" on one of the poles...❤❤❤

[@obiwankenobi3375]

as someone who lost two people at Passchendaele on the first day this always haunts me to think how they thought during this battle

[@lucianosilvestri4289]

I'm graduating as a history teacher, my first class will be about this video and the song

[@SabatonHistory]

That will be great!

[@EvilAnarchy]

I just bought 3 Lyn MacDonald books because of this video.... DAMNIT INDY

[@jessejamespeterman9071]

Great episode guys. All those lives lost. Thank you for remembering them.

[@nipulkradmsinatagras8293]

Thank you once again for sharing history on one of my favorite Sabaton songs.

[@SabatonHistory]

You're welcome!

[@nicholaszaborny423]

Vary good video and Sabaton history rocks and great video

[@pruts3323]

I just love that my land gets some more attention, because we can still see the scars left from it

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

The Price of a Mile is legitimately the only Sabaton song to break my heart everytime I hear it. 500,000 young men dead for literally no reason.

[@toonvandenbroeck1697]

hi my name is toon, i'm from belgium and this song is legit one of my favorite sabaton songs ever!, infact i'm trying to write a World War I story based on the battle of Passchendaele it's one of the most down right brutal and miserable battle's from the War, and i want to write a story about from first-person narritive from a young belgian soldier anyway. greetings from belgium, never forget.

[@SabatonHistory]

Thanks for your support! We wish you the best of lucks with your story 🤘 Greetings from Sweden!

[@toonvandenbroeck1697]

@@SabatonHistory thanks!, hopefully it will be a good story. I have recently been really interested in World War one. Visited the "westhoek" it's just fascinating, i have a possible title for the story "Echoes of Passchendaele"

[@danm936]

The Art of war is my favorite Sabaton album overall and that's a very hard choice to come by.

[@godfatherofbloedniss]

just imaging to be in that hell... pure nightmare... price of a mile is like angels calling and union. a song you can listen to for ages and it not get booring. one of the masterpieces sabaton made

[@6th_Army]

Pegamagabow invokes the spirits of the win- Oh, wrong Passchendaele story.

[@camulusmagnus]

Not only did Currie demand the time to prepare, but he also predicted that it would cost the Canadian Corps 16,000 casualties in order to take Passchendaele; he was almost correct: total Canadian casualties were 15,674.

[@naverilllang]

passchendaele: the battle where boys became soggy lumps of forgotten flesh

[@Death_Korps_Officer]

_"The Jerries smelt different in death"_ Jesus Christ, I cannot imagine that picture. And even after seeing the photos and pictures, I still can't imagine how much horror they endure.

[@rorrodeh]

Joakim's accent is one of my favorite parts of every vid he's in

[@MagiconIce]

Thanks again for the great research for the background and content and because we're thankful: Look out for yourself guys, although we love the content, it is not worth it, if traveling to your filming location and meeting means to risk getting Corona, that would be so unnecessary. Thanks again, happily waiting for the next video, even if takes more than one week, take care guys, Greetings from Germany!

[@SabatonHistory]

Thank you! We will be careful :)

[@TokarevArtyom]

Finally! That song should`ve been as one of first on this channel

[@apexpredator2443]

There is a game that is heavily based on this it's called ad infinitum a horror game I bought and what's wired to me was when he said mud and quagmire and strong points that was in the prologue in the game play the game and just be amazed by it and see the nightmares of war

[@henrypulleine8750]

Some clarification is needed here, as the premise of this video seems to be how many men lost their lives per mile of ground gained. Leaving aside the fact that this bizarre obsession with casualties per mile demonstrates a complete failure to understand Allied strategy in the war, there is a fundamental misunderstanding of the difference between casualties and fatalities. British casualties during the Third Battle of Ypres were 244,000 men. That is to say men who were killed, wounded (to any degree), missing or taken prisoner. Of that total, perhaps 70-80,000 were killed. Assuming roughly similar fatalities on the German side (i.e. 500,000 casualties, of which 160,000 died). That equates to 26,700 dead per mile. That is the price of a mile. By equating casualties with lives lost, you are including as 'lives lost' unwounded prisoners, men who were injured to a minor extent and those with more severe injuries but still who survived the war. Do not forget that about 70-80% of men wounded returned to duty. As a final point, casualties at 'Passchendaele' per day were fewer than during the 1944 Battle of Normandy. Perhaps your next video could be about the futility of the D-Day landings? And how hundreds of thousands of men became casualties for an advance of just a few miles?

[@rileytheflamingwookiecooki5646]

Awesome.

[@punggung666]

The germans should have said "don't try it, I have the high ground!".

[@claudiapelizzon4305]

Some much more sincere that a metal band is writing lyrics about warfare rather than silly satanism

[@PonyBoy1776]

We miss Indy on the Great War channel :(

[@SabatonHistory]

he's doing 'World War Two' and 'TimGhost History' too though!

[@boom350ph]

10:44 the greatest general in ww1 the man who has the greatest strategy

[@TC-yv3ud]

With an average human life going for 10 million usd the true price of a mile is 750,000,000,000 usd

[@hiroprotagonest]

I second the suggestion of The Art of War! "The victories of good warriors are not noted for cleverness or bravery. Therefore their victories in battle are not flukes. Their victories are not flukes because they position themselves where they will surely win, prevailing over those who have already lost." I don't think Sabaton sings much about times where a well-equipped force will take a short battle and win cleanly, but they are good victories.

[@ShiverMeTimbers93]

Listening to this the first time made me feel incredibly sad and despaired. Staring at the void while *those* things went through my mind wasn't fun. Not at all.

[@miketaylor5212]

when you are trading the lives of 80,000 souls per mile it cant be called a victory the allies just possed the battlefield after the horrific slaughter .

[@noaho8080]

finally Canada gets the recognition it deserves in WWI. Ive seen way to many videos talking about the war where they ignore all the sacrifices Canadians made.

[@oleplanthafer7034]

The price of a mile cost Germany the war (Paaschendael was the beginning of the end, according to General Ludendorff).

[@badeaivan6817]

I remember listening to this song some years ago for the first time. It was running allong with some footage from the Great War.The emotional effect it put on me was ...just wow.

[@DoraFauszt]

I kinda wonder, if Ludendorff read The Art of War?

[@thurin84]

maybe the "art of war for dummies"

[@serbianslav5494]

Why does the song end with an fadeout?

[@iVETAnsolini]

Omg.... homework lol.

[@mrnovel]

One question: So, what is price of the mile?

[@stewm1267]

Ah to be a General or Field Marshall. Isolated from reality and the horrors they unleashed. No doubt comforted by gratuitous amounts of alcohol and food living in mansions. Nothing could be further from the living hell these poor men and animals had to endure. At least us Canadians had a General who actually cared about this troops. Too bad Sir Arthur Currie was an exception, rather than the rule, for how the decision makers of that war acted.

[@eruantien9932]

Not just Canada, it was a thing across the officer cores of the British and the Dominions; 78 officers of General rank died on active service in WW1, and a further 146 wounded or captured. Perhaps "cared" is too strong a term, but they most certainly knew exactly what the reality of the situation was. (Actually, on that note 12% of privates and NCOs in the British Army were killed, compared to 17% of officers; if you wanted to survive the war, it was safer to be an enlisted man).

[@georgeregister4050]

The price of a mile is about 83333 men

[@thurin84]

and 83333 mothers broken hearts.

[@LadyYautjaSpacePirate]

Do the one when Bin Laden was taken out! That one is memorable! PS watch Zero Dark Thirty

[@Xrisus94]

"good luck everyone"

[@Numorfutinca]

What"s the price of a mile .. And other easy phraees to say to your taxi driver

[@kevinconrad6156]

I like to hear a musician say they are doing research and not just a little.

[@totallynotalpharius2283]

Regular bands : ugh we partied to hard last night Sabaton : so we partied hard last night , stole a tank, and wrote a 1000 word paper on infantry tactics on the western front

[@TheDoctorFromArknights]

@@totallynotalpharius2283 "uh 2 Tanks Actually, Wait a minute, no, 3 Actually, Make that 3 Tanks"

[@howardbaxter2514]

@@TheDoctorFromArknights and a boat. A massive boat. Like a very massive boat that is… German? Interesting.

[@historybuff1848]

Mmmm. And a plane.

[@rottenotter714]

"In a foreign field he lay Lonely soldier, unknown grave On his dying words he prays Tell the world of Paschendale"

[@Co_St_2-5-1-0]

Ah, I see... a man of culture.

[@bagoa2981]

nice

[@ele7864]

IRON MAIDEN

[@zlatko8051]

Laying Low in a blood filled trench

[@Tokito935]

Coc and ball torture

[@belisarius6949]

J.R.R Tolkien was fighting in these Quagmires and it inspired the Black Marshes from Lord of the Rings, which was a horrific Marsh littered with hundreds of deads orcs, elves and humans.

[@ComissarYarrick]

IIRC Tolkien himself denied direct paralels between events of world wars and stroy of his great book, tho yes, some similarities are just strikeing.

[@stc3145]

The black fields of Mordor kinda looks like the wet muddy Countryside

[@TheIfifi]

@@ComissarYarrick yeah he denied it.. still I am not convinced of this.

[@michimatsch5862]

TheIfifi when you create stuff it is usually based on your memories albit usually subconsciously.

[@TheIfifi]

@@michimatsch5862 thats my thought

[@TheMmus]

This episode really had an impact on me. Indy's passionate way of storytelling quite well raised my blood pressure and made me remember how disgusting it feels when your shoes are soaking wet, and yet it is unimaginable how these men, being constantly wet for the rain and mud, kept going on despite all the death around them. The price of a mile was unthinkable, incomprehensible and still true. Sabaton History, I thank you for another great history lesson (even though it left me craving for wine)!

[@SabatonHistory]

You're welcome!

[@lexingtonbrython1897]

Gods, yeah this song and the video only make me symapthise even more with those who had to deal with a fate worse than death. War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!

[@PiscatorLager]

Wine? Where?

[@lexingtonbrython1897]

@@PiscatorLager What's the price of it though?

[@TheMmus]

@@PiscatorLager In my fridge ❤️

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

_"We couldn't understand why, in the name of God, anyone ordered an attack like that over terrain like that"_ That's what happens if your General is sitting comfortably in his command post, completely ignorant of the literal hell you and your brothers-in-arms are going through.

[@bolesawbierut708]

Hey

[@belisarius6949]

@Necroglobule The maps the generals had were probably still pre-war. They thought Paeshendale was beautiful fields rather then a quagmire of death.

[@lillithyukiutacrow2532]

@@belisarius6949 and here we see why up to date Intel is IMPORTANT =_=

[@GayCheesetuber]

I think I remember reading in a newspaper cartoon from the time this little gem General to a soldier "What's the difference between training and a real battle?" Soldier "absence of the general Sir"

[@lillithyukiutacrow2532]

@@GayCheesetuber Grimm... might use it as a joke

[@96Vano]

Now THAT'S war: unforgiving, grim, brutal and ruthless. That's why we need Sabaton. They don't let us forget.

[@naverilllang]

Well, not really. That was _that_ war specifically. But trench warfare was really a thing that only existed in WWI. This way of fighting over large fronts to capture territory is an entirely modern construct. It used to be that battles would be fought over just a day. Towns weren't besieged by long term artillery bombardment, but usually just forced to surrender when surrounded and out of food. Technology has vastly outpaced our ability to cooperate.

[@ReinbouDash]

"Six miles of ground has been won Half a million men are gone." Probably one of the most powerful lines in the song..

[@Bexora_bc]

Not going to lie: I gagged a little at the part about walking through the bog and knowing that when you felt more solid ground you knew it was a person. Those poor men (on both sides) lived a literal living nightmare. Amazing episode / song ❤

[@nothereneverhere640]

For me it was the entire history section of the final solution video but damn I was almost right there with you.

[@howardbaxter2514]

@@nothereneverhere640 I mean, the Final Solution was absolutely horrible and incomprehensibly bad, but I find the events of WWI and battles like this to be more scarring and hellish. Like you are not just fighting humans, but also every aspect of Mother Earth. You don’t know whether or not you will be alive in the next second, let alone the next minute or day. You don’t know if you are going to get blasted to pieces, ripped to shreds by the jail fire of bullets, suffocated to death by gas, crushed by tanks, or drown in the mud. Heck, you don’t even know if you will be able to open your eyes again the second you close them. The mental toll has to be insane, and can definitely be seen in how WWI veterans came out of the war. Hundreds of thousands reportedly suffering from “shell shock”, some of which NEVER recovered, including one of my own ancestors. Like I said, the Holocaust is an absolute tragedy, and I truly hope it never happens again (sadly, I can almost guarantee it will), but personally, I find WWI overall and it’s major battles like Battle of Passchendaele to be even more hellish.

[@aelakaraminassian9065]

Same... i did not pick the right episode to watch while having lunch 🥴

[@Tytoalba777]

“Read the Art of War and see how it relates” Ha. I’ve literally done this for every single historical Sabaton song, from _Primo Victoria_ to _End of the War to End All Wars_ I’ve even got a custom playlist for this. Let me tell you, it’s difficult to not just throw every song from the Last Stand into the “throw your soldiers where they cannot escape, and they will prefer death to flight” section

[@Tytoalba777]

@@sigma2653 on my Itunes :P

[@Tytoalba777]

@EmoSigma Fret not. Here's the whole list, in order, as I listen to them: The March to War (always good as the first song) “Sun Tsu says: the Art of War is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life or death, a road either to safety, or to ruin” Sun Tzu Says-Ghost Division Dominium Maris Baltici-The Lion from the North Seven Pillars of Wisdom Reign of Terror Blood of Bannockburn Coat of Arms Carolus Rex Rise of Evil “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” The Art of War “Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.” Great War Panzer Battalion Screaming Eagles Counterstrike No Bullets Fly Poltava A Ghost in the Trenches Inmate 4859 40:1 The Ballad of Bull “By holding out baits, he keeps him on the march; then, with a body of picked men he lies in wait for him.” Unbreakable Saboteurs Panzerkampf White Death Wolfpack In the Name of God Uprising “Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing; therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions.” The Nature of Warfare (if listening on youtube, that means finding Cliffs of Gallipoli and pausing right before the piano riff into the song proper. Alternatively, you can probably also just pause before the introduction of the next "lesson" and then play that right before Talvisota. It's not a perfect playlist, but one has to make do.) Midway Gott mit uns Wehrmacht The Future of Warfare Night Witches Killing Ground Shiroyama Cliffs of Gallipoli There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must be not attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested…” Talvisota 1 6 4 8 Rorke's Drift Back in Control Last Dying Breath “Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.” Union (Slopes of St. Benedict) 82nd All the Way Primo Victoria The Carolean's Prayer The Red Baron Glorious Land Aces in Exile Devil Dogs Smoking Snakes Winged Hussars Swedish Pagans Long Live the King “Throw your soldiers into positions whence there is no escape, and they will prefer death to flight” The Price of a Mile Sparta Fields of Verdun Stalingrad To Hell and Back Hill 3234 Resist and Bite The Last Stand Angels Calling Diary of an Unknown Solder-The Lost Battalion “A Kingdom that has once been destroyed can never again come into being, and the dead can never come back to life” Firestorm The Attack of the Dead Men We Burn The Final Solution A Lifetime of War Into the Fire Attero Dominatus Hearts of Iron Nuclear Attack Ruina Imperii “Hostile armies may face each other for years, striving for the victory which is decided in a single day.” A Secret (basically just for the lesson) The End of the War to End All Wars Dead Soldier's Waltz Light in the Black In Flanders Fields

[@totallynotalpharius2283]

What does it say about Swedish Pagans?

[@exudeku]

@@totallynotalpharius2283 they are marching ashore

[@lorens7958]

Now can you put soldier of heaven for “throw your soldiers where they cannot escape, and they will prefer death to flight” or maybe Christmas Truce if that counts

[@Paveway-chan]

"Passchendaele, 1917... No-man's land. Not a great place to be."

[@blazikenking]

What is so great about war?

[@MilsurpMikeChannel]

This is the song that introduced me to Sabaton... I was listening to Passchendaele by Iron Maiden one night and KZbin suggested this song. After this and checking out a few more songs, I ordered Primo Victoria through Carolus Rex that night (Heroes was still a month or two out from being released).

[@SabatonHistory]

...and the rest is history!

[@SabatonHistory]

...and the rest is history!

[@vicious2802]

...and the rest is history!

[@commentsectionman6231]

... and the rest is history!

[@beefcleavebeefcleave6449]

... and the rest is history!

[@kerlongsjorlejov1945]

I have been waiting for this one. I have seen this song on Wacken, Graspop and in Antwerp, a month ago now. The background of that song was amazing. One of the older songs and yet, one of the more haunting ones. I am happy you played it there and the background during Antwerp, that was just. My breath was taken away. It's also in my home country and I really want to visit the museums and all. Two years ago, there was one focus on it and the battle during the summer. For the answer. There is no price for a mile.

[@herbieklein2271]

It was my favorite song since I started listening Sabaton in 2013

[@REDACTED882]

"I died in hell. They called it Passchendaele"

[@Sorain1]

There's an ancient joke about the Devil seeing a bunch of happy men in hell and in anger asking them why they were smiling. The men just tell him "This isn't the front."

[@ryan52743]

"6 miles of ground has been won, half a million men are gone." That's one of the saddest lines in any song in my opinon. It always makes me teer up, because I know this was a real event, not something made up. Those were real men on both sides suffering in a pointless war.

[@theflyingdropbear2009]

agreed, it really depicts the senseless slaughter of young men, it's difficult to imagine what those soldiers went through. it was hell on Earth and those that survived were never the same again, they lost a part of themselve on those battlefields.

[@Shortfuse39]

It was this song that made me research my families involvement in the war. Turns out I had many family members in the Great War, my great grandfather fought with the Army Cyclist Corp 1916/17 in Egypt and then finished the war at the Somme with the Royal Engineers. Thankfully a lot of them came home. Even my grandmother didn't know where they were or what they did, none of them talked about it. I'm told a cassette tape exists of my cousin interviewing my GG-father about the war, but I have never heard it. I can't listen to this song with out the tears falling. If you want to know more about the war, please... please... watch "They Shall Not Grow Old" by Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings director). Color footage and actual recounts from the veterans of what it was like from the start to the end. It was a different time and they did what they did because no one knew of any other way. What is the price of a mile? Too damn much!

[@flamingrubys11]

alot of my family were mercenaries or soldiers dating pretty far back our avergae life expectancy was to around 30 at most 40 during the 1900s

[@dutchessfury]

This song made me cry when I first heard it years ago and to this day, I still get choked up every time I hear that riff. Love the video. Seriously, you guys deserve so much more acknowledgement for what you guys do. Love the attention to detail and the passion. Thank you for everything you do. 🤘

[@SabatonHistory]

you're welcome!

[@半蔵-x5h]

Always happens to me as well. Quite a few Sabaton songs choke me up.

[@alexandrah9824]

Hey!!! You are not alone!!! Liebe grüße Alex🤘🏻

[@old-moose]

If only Sabaton had been putting emotional depth in to history (they call it writing songs) back before I retired; I would have had a way to get my students to feel history.

[@hellionshark3197]

Six miles of ground has been won Half a million men are gone And as the men crawled the general called And the killing carried on and on How long? What's the purpose of it all? What's the price of a mile? The first time I heard this song, I was not interested in ww1 or ww2 - as a 17-year-old smug teen who cared mroe about medieval shit. And that part of the lyrics was the moment I realized they were talking about people. Not about some political shit, but about a price paid in death. I researched Passiondale after that and it became one of my favorite songs. It still is 13 years later. I am happy they are playing it live again. I listen to it every time I am whining about something insignificant - it sobers me up. Fucking hell I wasn't ready for this episode. But it's okay I like my coffee with tears in the morning. haha

[@marekschwarzmann1638]

this is the quite emotive, strong and (unfortunatelly) almost forgotten song from older album.. good job you reminded it to us! (and played it on concerts!) I've beet to Paschendaele and seen those battlefields.. cant imagine the horrors that used to happen there...

[@disgruntledwelsh3817]

Story about the battle of Paschendale: One of the dead was one Ellis Evans who came from north Wales. He had sent a poem into a national competition known as the "Eisteddfod". He won and of course when his name was called he didn't appear. In honour of this man a black shawl was draped over the chair giving that Eisteddfod the name of "Eisteddfod y gadair ddu" or Eisteddfod of the black chair.

[@halo3pro584]

YES WE ASKED AND WE RECIVED!!! Price of a mile is my favorite song and I'm happy you are going over the history of it. I'm hoping you play it when you come to grand Rapids michigan.

[@SabatonHistory]

You're welcome!

[@gregoireboily3355]

Wow thanks for thats great episode. Im wondering if you will do an episode about 7734, im quite confused with the lyrics...

[@SabatonHistory]

We probably will.

[@gregoireboily3355]

@@SabatonHistory Thanks bros!!!

[@MagiconIce]

Wasn't 7734 just a "typical" Power Metal Song, basically ridiculing the genre, because of the nonsensical lyrics and yet still the music sounding badass and epic, so a bit self-ironic, since Power Metal is the original background of Sabaton? If you mean it really well, I guess you could call it an homage :D

[@Battleship009]

@@SabatonHistory I'm also confused with Claws of an Eagle part of Aces in Exile.

[@catetmax1812]

@@Battleship009 Ace In Exile talk about the Allied air force during the battle of Britain. What I mean by Allied air force is : 1- The Polish air force 2- The Schecolovakia air force 3- The Canadian air force You have different reasons for being in exile: 1- "Exile means to be away from one's home being threatened with imprisonment or dead upon return". Polish and Schecoslovakia 2- You can be in Exil if you are voluntary, I means if you are voluntary to go fight in a foreign country for a foreign country that's mean you are in exile. Canadian Sorry for my english, it's my second language.

[@WorldArchivist]

:40 Germans: It's over Britain, I have the high ground! British: You underestimate my power!

[@Tokito935]

Germans: Don't try it

[@tyberfen5009]

When the unspoken rule about not shooting at stretcher bearers was mentioned, I kinda had to smile, as it showed a glimpse of humanity within hell

[@kevincass9917]

I felt the same way, but then I felt horrified by the accounts of the soldiers hearing their comrades drowning in the mud. I can’t imagine how traumatic that must be...

[@MDMetal]

Joakim: "There's gonna be a test on that." Me: Challenge accepted. 🤘😁🍺

[@PR0AC3]

One of the greatest sabaton songs

[@thurin84]

At last, he broke down, and wept. “Good God,” he sobbed. “Did we really send men to fight in that?” General Kiggell, Haig’s Chief of Staff lions led by donkeys.

[@henrypulleine8750]

And a complete myth...

[@jlaws8740]

As Count Dooku once said, I've been looking forward to this.

[@danielf4000]

Does commenting early on a Sabaton HIstory video mean you get a like? If anything still an awesome video, never disappoints!

[@SabatonHistory]

No it doesn't. But here's a comment!

[@theflyingdropbear2009]

Was at the Western Front earlier this year, such a beautiful part of the world, while touring I gained that foreboding sense of dread as I entered a place where so much suffering had taken place, but there was one place that haunts me the most, that would be Polygon Wood, while walking down that narrow path, I could feel the ominous gaze of long dead soldiers, I could hear the explosions the gun fire and in some instances the yelling of men and it was raining that day. I even told my tour guide about that, all she said was, you're not the first one. I want to go there again, but not alone, Polygon Wood after my tour in Janurary is a part of the Western Front still scares the shit out of me.

[@gleisbauer25]

Imagine how hard it was there when everyone stopped shooting at stretcher parties just because everybody was seeing them as the only way out of that hell.

[@johannesfoerster8975]

Sabaton history is my absolute favourite youtube channel because it mixes my two favourite things sabaton and history

[@SabatonHistory]

Cool! Have you seen Indy's other channels as well? TimeGhost History and World War Two!

[@johannesfoerster8975]

@@SabatonHistory yes i do watch them aswell and absoluty enjoy them

[@achedrick1]

As short as the art of war is I’d love nothing more than to literally have that lady do a literal whole audiobook version of the art of war. It’s like an hour.. the art of war is also like an hourish… make it work guys.