Historian Reacts - UNKILLABLE SOLDIER by Sabaton

[@lesnyxd]

Another mind-blowing fact about de Wiart: during the interwar period he lived in Poland and was given a "lonely wooden house on an island surrounded by water and forests" in Pinsk Marshes which are now in Belarus. He spent there about 15 years hunting ducks, in the middle of nowhere. This period in his life he called ,,Happy Odyssey" :)

[@erichvondonitz5325]

iirc, he also participated in the Russian Civil War, fought off some Cossacks in a train chase

[@lesnyxd]

@@erichvondonitz5325 It was actually Polish-Soviet War. He was scouting for Poles during the Battle of Warsaw.

[@erichvondonitz5325]

@@lesnyxd oh damn, thanks for the correction

[@chrisumana7644]

Until the German High Command decided to bomb the hell out of house cause they knew who he was and didn't want his smoke.

[@Jpx0999]

@@chrisumana7644 and he survived that Anyway

[@christophervanoster]

“Hey hanz, isn’t that the one eyed Irishman you blew the hand off of last month? “ “Yes it is Gunther, why do you ask?” “Well, he’s rushing here with a sword and a bag of grenades” “Sheisse”

[@Mwraf]

I'm shocked that he survived two world wars and still lives till the sixties. Imagine seeing him on D-Day though.

[@earendilthemariner5546]

He was in China between 1943 and 1947 so he wasnt at Normandy. Plus, he was in his 60s when ww2 started (64 in 1944) so he wouldnt have fought

[@tvaettis0653]

Eärendil the Mariner was there action in China at the time? Sorry, I’m not that good at history

[@starman6468]

@@tvaettis0653 oh yeah the Chinese had the second highest death toll after the Soviets. Mainly because of the Japanese occupation

[@tvaettis0653]

Starman really? Never knew that! Doesn’t get talked about a lot, they never mentioned it in class

[@stephenelberfeld8175]

I think we have all met this type. A lifer that has fought 2 or 3 wars. Managed to control his fate just enough to avoid being unnecessarily endangered by incompetent officers.

[@devilhunter6192]

i love how you looked slightly dissappointed when u thought there was no guitar solo then got this huge smile when it started

[@saiien2]

This guy was crazy. He one time proclaimed that if the British didn't allow him to fight for them he would join the Boers to fight in this war anyway. He didn't care on which side he will fight.. he just wanted to fight. No matter where.

[@bumblebeeyellowdragon]

We call that a Viking.

[@richeybaumann1755]

I've been waiting for this... this song is amazing and I loved it the first time I heard it. Adrian Carton de Wiart was a madman and a warrior.

[@bjornrosenlund135]

agree and a lunatic and a Hero as well complicated indeed !

[@jonashansson2320]

The music video, yes, it's on the silly side. But isn't that pretty much perfect for him, and for this song? Sabaton always make sure that the music fits the story, we have seen that over and over again. The slow march into death in "The price of a mile.", the frantic push forward with "Ghost division" and the epicness of the great battle with Bismarck. And now this. Adrian loved war, he thought war was fun. So, Sabaton made a fun song for his story. As it should be. But isn't it also as it should be to make a fun music video then? I think that video portrays the mindset of Adrian perfectly. EDIT: I would not be surprised also if that fun feeling you get from this song is what turns some people off with this one. They are not expecting joy to be the feeling coming from a Sabaton song. EDIT2: Or it could be that Sabaton really doesn't like Indy... :p

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Absolutely. It fits.

[@DGARedRaven]

Yes, second that notion. The perfect example of a guy too insane for reality. :)

[@raikbarczynski6582]

@@VloggingThroughHistory just answering to get this to you: in WW 1 he was sent to the same field hospital over and over again. the nurses their had his PERSONAL pyjamas just in case he would come back there. dont remember where i read this, might have been wikipedia so take it with a grain of salt

[@Hendricus56]

About being Churchills representative in China: According to the BBC he was also a great admirer of de Wiart and wrote the preface for de Wiart's biography. Edit: Changed German Wikipedia to BBC, because that is from where it comes

[@Bazerald777]

Lmao "according to the wikipedia". Lmao.

[@Hendricus56]

​@@Bazerald777 Considering my answer with the link to the article didn't work, how about looking up the source under "Einzelnachweise", because it should be a source you have heard about (it is a small broadcasting company known as BBC)

[@melitaharris228]

Churchill did write the pre-face I have his Autobiography.

[@balintkovacs4089]

The man was half-Irish half-Belgian. Belgium was the "we will stop the whole German Empire" in World War I, and the Irish craziness requires no introduction. What else did they expect would happen?

[@jakubshepard560]

He took a part also in Polish-Soviet war and after that lived in Poland until ww2 started

[@phillee2814]

And the Polish-Czech, Polish-Ukrainian and Polish-Lithuanian wars. Officially as a "military advisor".

[@erichvondonitz5325]

@@phillee2814 fuck me this man literally fought in at least 10 countries by now

[@phillee2814]

@@erichvondonitz5325 South Africa, Somaliland, Belgium, France, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Norway, Algeria, Italy, and China. But his worst injury came when sneakily attacked by an unsecured coconut mat, which broke his back in the resultant case of stair-surfing. Fortunately the surgery to brace two broken verterae gave the surgeons the opportunity to relieve him of a large quantity of lead and iron shrapnel which he had been carrying around for some time. He also had a couple of major riding accidents and 5 or 6 aircraft crashes, from one of which he, aged 60, one handed and blind in one eye, rescued an injured crewmember and hauling him along, swam to the land which was just in sight. On landing he did suffer his only personal defeat, being captured by the Italians, but got his own back by undermining the castle in which he and other high-value allied officers were held as POWs, escaping through the tunnel and somehow evading capture for 8 days in the Florentine countryside, despite being beyond any possibily of effective disguise (63, fair skinned, one handed, badly scarred and wearing an eye patch) and not speaking a word of Italian. Seriously, if he hadn't existed, someone would have had to invent him!

[@erichvondonitz5325]

@@phillee2814 this man is clearly the most badass soldier in history

[@joshuahunt3032]

5:50 “And pulling off his own fingers when the doctor declined to remove them!” OMG, this guy’s pain tolerance must’ve been off the charts, because that’s so disturbing!

[@m4sherman340]

When he was shot in the eye, the people around him thought he just had some dust in he’s eye at first, because how nonchalant his reaction was. So he probably did have a high pain tolerance and there’s also adrenaline too.

[@professorwhat2704]

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[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Thank you kindly for those words!

[@hellermartialarts]

Such a great hard driving song, makes me want to charge across the line. I love the video with the Indy vs Sabaton aspect. I bet they had a blast doing it, I want to see the Sabaton History just for that. Great additional info, makes it all that more impressive!

[@ForgeofAule]

Even crazier is that he was released by Italy so he could bring their request for a surrender from WWII, he was probably one of the first, if not the first, allies to know of their plan to back out.

[@gamingforever9121]

Fun act about Adrian he was wounded so many times.the hospital he frequented had a pair of overnight gowns for him since they knew he would be back.

[@EpicnessYeet]

This was a great song and i love how you added the explanations for some things in this song, truly makes the song better to understand and enjoy from a truly historical perspective. Interesting story, epic song, good video!

[@josephduffy6795]

I’ve said this before but Sabaton are one of the best workout bands

[@Smelly556]

Grailknights, joakim helped get their name out there, and their whole schtickwas workout music

[@LegndOfKorra]

Some German on D-Day seeing his ass advancing probably went "nah...im out"

[@Navajonkee]

He wasn't at D-Day though. But considering that he not only lived through the Somme but also considered it fun... yea, those Germans were lucky on D-Day.

[@jordysco8724]

No idea you were a Rangers man, Glasgow Rangers are the love of my life.

[@SanguisMorthis]

The ultimate "Hold my Beer" type of person

[@VainerCactus0]

If he had lost any more of his body, he might have had to ask somebody to hold his beer all the time lol.

[@Chuck12312]

Also while being on observer train in Polish- Soviet war, he fought back on the train after being attacked by Red Calvary

[@Jelle1880]

Great video as usual, but loving that shirt :)

[@flameendcyborgguy883]

This man was the epitome of my saying: Bravery is just a controlled form of madness.

[@bluenose817]

Great video love the top

[@Arrow352]

Speaking of being born for war, it'd be interesting to see you break down soldier of three armies about Lauri Torni (aka Larry Thorne).

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

I visited his grave at Arlington. That’ll be in a video after the France series is done

[@Arrow352]

@@VloggingThroughHistory Awesome, I'll keep an eye out for it!

[@UnusualElan]

Thats such a great Sabaton song

[@blackopsfan55]

The interlude or whatever that break in lyrics is called really gave me Man of War vibes

[@holographictacosalad]

It reminded me of No Bullets Fly.

[@kieranfrancke790]

Watched it yesterday loved it. This is apart of my day now this channel and your gaming channel.

[@michaelginnis521]

This Dude literally chased Death, and death just ran away...so badass

[@Urd-Vidan]

And only when he actually rested that Death took him.

[@pascalm.801]

Yess thank you very much. You are the other Part to Sabaton. Like Sabaton makes the music and you are giving us the facts amd the side facts. Thanks.

[@steelyjedi1079]

Just imagine how invincible the US army would be if we had clones of Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart like just imagine being the enemy and seeing more of him coming at you even though you shot like 100 of him

[@hidantheimmortal1100]

Also yeah Carton De Wiart is quoted with saying “Frankly, I enjoyed the war”

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!

[@alexisrivera200xable]

I get the feeling that he might have been one of those people who are unable to feel pain. That he survived and went on to do this much is crazy people that have that usually get hurt a lot due to not being able to tell the severity of injuries. They tend to die rather young on average.

[@brandubh7046]

The first rule of war is people (especially young Soldiers) die. The second rule of war is that no one can change the first rule.

[@kristopherwilliams9031]

This man was a true berserker in every sense of the word. They fought with an outright demonic level of grit and enthusiasm never traditionally seen on a battlefield. It made them the most dangerous too all, even themselves.

[@jamesrustles8670]

If he lost a leg, he would've peg legged the frontline with a parrot

[@johannobel1691]

What you said about following Carton de Wiart over the trenches: many soldiers he commanded, weren't too happy being under his command. He was ruthless when it came towards charging german lines during those WW1-battles. Since he was fatalistic (he believed he had no influence whatsoever about the time, place and way he would die), he expected his soldiers to be as aggressive as he was. In his memoires he even said that he only took a cane into battle, no side-arm, since he didn't trust himself not shooting his own troops for not going over the edge when it was time to charge forward. So many soldiers disliked his presence, since it meant they couldn't slack a bit.

[@ootown]

Such a great song, the story of de Wiart is truly fascinating.

[@gabeify4641]

Listening to Sabaton and getting the behind the scenes of the video from OUR favorite General Secretary!

[@SaltyScotsman57]

Like your top mate

[@AKAZA-kq8jd]

Simply history has a video of this guy but it feels more graphic this man was definitely a Warrior.

[@Nednerb14]

Awesome reaction!! You should eventually do A reaction to General major. The Canadian soldier during ww2 who was kind of like a Canadian Teddy Roosevelt. Keep up the great work!

[@ConkerVonZap]

Who's crazier Adrian or Jack Churchill? I go with Churchill because the unkillable soldier still used a firearm.

[@Mwraf]

You mean Jack fought with a longbow and a saber? I still think Adrian is madman.

[@jacob8565]

'born for war' Have you done a reaction to Jack Churchill

[@epicshadowdemon1211]

Fantastic song by Sabaton, an extremely lucky & interesting persons story made into an Unkillable Beat. Would love for you to react to Sabatons Cliffs of Gallipoli sometime when you decide to make another video on them.

[@cb41503]

Biographics actually has a video on de Wiart, they do a pretty good job so maybe give it a watch

[@Smelly556]

I love reactors who know history, I saw one reactor who thought this guy was a myth

[@CeruleanChurch]

Amateur

[@DGARedRaven]

To be fair, I would've thought this guy a myth too, if I didn't know better.

[@Smelly556]

@@DGARedRaven but I mean, he’s the son of Belgium and Ireland with war in his blood, so yea

[@DGARedRaven]

@@Smelly556 With all due respect, Belgium and Ireland make up only so much of the World's population percentage.

[@Smelly556]

@@DGARedRaven I was quoting the song

[@mp1323]

I think that Monty Python based the Black Knight from the holy grail off of Adrian Carton de Wiart.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Wouldn't surprise me a bit if that were true.

[@kevinballantyne181]

No way your a rangers fan, two worlds colliding😂🤯, love from Scotland my friend

[@rjjone2853]

Love all the cool tidbits you add

[@ally_crawford]

Loving the rangers top!

[@kisierhipogkul8703]

I'd love if you would take a deep dive into Soldier of 3 armies which is about Lauri Törni, keep up ur great work bud

[@kisierhipogkul8703]

by deep dive i mean the music video and then the sabaton history which is in 3 parts about his part in the 3 armies he was in.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Gonna hold off on that one because I did a video at his grave in Arlington National Cemetery. When I get to the Arlington series, I'll do it then.

[@kisierhipogkul8703]

@@VloggingThroughHistory can’t wait for it man, keep up ur great work bud. Love your videos

[@craigkelly4278]

Like the Glasgow Rangers too nice one do not see many US Guys with my home teams top on Thanks man

[@uk-axis8769]

Glasgow rangers champions

[@yagoruizgomez4868]

This song is awsome, best reaction, thanks for posting this content, I love your channel!!

[@catherinewilkins2760]

Nelson had one arm, one eye, Douglas Barder had no legs no problem. Monty had lost a fair proportion of lung.

[@Kriegter]

Really like the faster pace of the song.

[@donathandorko]

Nice Rangers shirt. My favourite Scottish team. Rangers and Celtic are 2 giants that never get the credit they deserve. Nice Sabaton song. Sabaton and Ghost are 2 giants that never get the credit they deserve.

[@MrSaiyan17]

you absolutely need to do a video on Jacklyn H. Lucas, or his autobiography "Indestructible". TodayIFoundOut did a video on him years ago, but I feel like you could do him more justice.

[@wastedangelematis]

"TodayIfoundOut" is pretty meh channel, to the point of clickbbait, I subbed to him at his early years, smooth presentation, only to be driven away by obvious unchecked ridiculous rumours as sources....

[@tkts6672]

Fun fact: his last injury was him falling down a flight of stairs at the age of 67 he broke a bunch of his bones but still survived

[@gabrielstrong2186]

The thing I find most incredible is the fact that he lived to be 83 years old! In spite of all his injuries and the limited medical facilities at the time.

[@WhatwouldRoddyPiperdo]

I used to be huge into video game characters until I got older and more into history & real stories, for metal gear fans The guy was literally Punished Snake from MGS V 1 hand 1 eye

[@johnnash2815]

Where did you get the nifty shirt from? I'm hankering to get one myself after seeing it, love the color and design of it.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

That’s a Rangers FC jersey. Got it from their online store.

[@brianstabile165]

At the edge of madness in a time of saddens

[@thescuffedcrusaderofjerusa5651]

If you want a more in depth look into adrian carton di wiart simple history has a video on him they made a few weeks ago.

[@SwordlordRoy]

He remarked of his time commanding that he never carried a pistol with him, as he was sure he was likely to shoot the men under his command for cowardice. That said, his cane became quite a motivational tool.

[@atlanticlion9201]

If this guy was my commanding general in GTCW the war would by done by 1861

[@horizoner2361]

the man litterally just went full on rick roll on everyone that shot him, also, this man ain't the british version of theodore roosevelt, he's the embodiment of the russians that fought in osowiec fortess, except in a singular person

[@commando2113]

Well he was not british but belgian-irish .

[@phillee2814]

Simon Whistler has a great episode on Lt. Gen. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart VC on his biographics channel here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r16okKFmppWnqqs

[@krakenmckraken9128]

I actually thought the song was meh until I saw the video and learned the story. Its my most played song since the video dropped now.

[@Elileger]

Carlous rex is another example of being good at war

[@theveryworstluck1894]

I feel like this is who Nick Fury is based on.

[@notsteve]

There is another Sabaton song called A lifetime of war. its on the 30 year war

[@andyws3035]

My man with the Rangers top 💙 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧. Love from Glasgow. Great content. WATP

[@entity_error_4_0_4]

You listen to war pigs and think damn it's pretty true tho, then you hear this one and have a glimmer of hope

[@travisgilmartin3569]

Speaking of Paschendale, Iron Maiden has a song by the same name about the war! You should check it out!

[@bloodrave9578]

De Wiart was an absolute madlad

[@erick-manuelsanchez8071]

Wow, now I know where Sugimoto's character came from. (From the manga Golden Kamuy)

[@panzerwafflez7228]

Love how everytime Sabaton makes a music video about a single historical figure, they cast Indy Neidell to portray him.

[@Mixer2904]

You next should check out "Last dying breath" by Sabaton

[@ciaranmcpherson6593]

Watching from glasgow WATP

[@sovietcomarade5645]

This guy was actually nuts at one point he stopped Mao political propaganda to say will you send any men to fight

[@florenmage]

General Grant was not born only for war. The man was a Great President. His bad reputation is because of people who wanted to ruin his reputation many decades after his death. When he died Grant's funeral was massive and full or mourners. He established the justice department and crushed the KKK in his time He founded the national park system. He defended the freed slaves and reconstruction for way longer than most people. He was not a perfect guy but he does not deserve to be treated as if he was a defective president. He was better than most of his time.

[@davidlefranc6240]

Nice review .

[@graph4794]

I recommend reacting to prisoner/inmate 4859 by Sabaton about a Polish soldier who purposely went to auschwitsz to gather intel. It is a very tragic story you should definitely watch the Sabaton history video about it.

[@TechUKFRS]

Excellent video thankyou also great choice of football top

[@phantomtitan9792]

That one crazy unkillable soldier.

[@robsmith1946]

Awesome Rangers shirt man

[@Elileger]

He wrote in his diary “frankly I enjoyed the war”

[@casualgamerdads3840]

Please do White death and Soldier of 3 armies....I love these reactions

[@nyrmetros]

Let's go Rangers! And Sabaton!

[@mariosecen8403]

Amazing reaction for crazy story :D

[@vegvisir9276]

As disturbing as it might be, he was probably the most ideal soldier in history, suffering so many wounds, losing so much of his own body yet claiming he actually enjoyed it all????? A horrific ideal for a standard human being but the perfect example of a soldier.

[@rogerfrench4780]

There is a great horrible histories sketch about him. Its really funny 😁

[@souldragin5497]

the dud was a real life Monty Python chater

[@antonakesson]

This man and Madman Chuchils was warriors through and through XD,

[@tuomasheinonen6232]

Larry Thorne (Lauri Törni) also a person built for war and his hatred of communism. Check out Sabaton history about him

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

I did a video about him when I visited his grave in Arlington. It’ll be up in a month or two.

[@tuomasheinonen6232]

@@VloggingThroughHistory This is really good news, have been waiting for this alot, thank you 🤗

[@alexandercebulla2328]

Have you seen the Sabaton History episode about this legendary man?

[@neongenesis1515]

If anyone is isterested The Biographics channel has great video on Adrian Carton De Wiart.

[@renejensen7799]

Like this guy didnt survive enogh with all said here, he also survived 2 plane crashes, incredible how he survived all of this..This song surely did grow on me, at first listen i wasnt that hooked on it, but it really does grow.. the story of cause hooked me at first, just not the song itself, but yes did after a few listenings..

[@tomascostanzo3673]

He so desperately wanted a hero's death but never got it. Ironic.