Diary Of An Unknown Soldier - Lost in the Great War

Diary Of An Unknown Soldier - Lost in the Great War - Sabaton History 063 [Official]

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4 жыл бұрын

The bells rang on Armistice Day 1920 in the 11th hour, and two minutes of silence followed. One minute for the soldiers that had fought in the Great War and had come back. The second for those who did not. Those unfortunate souls that had been left behind. They had died like so many others, but had been denied a final resting place due to the violence of war. They had vanished, without a trace, without an identity. Those men where the Unknown Soldiers.
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Written by: Markus Linke and Indy Neidell
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Produced by: Pär Sundström, Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Creative Producer: Joram Appel
Executive Producers: Pär Sundström, Joakim Broden, Tomas Sunmo, Indy Neidell, Astrid Deinhard, and Spartacus Olsson
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@SabatonHistory 4 жыл бұрын

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@Disbandeddeath1 4 жыл бұрын

I would love too learn more about the forgotten war the Korean war

@alexandrah9824 4 жыл бұрын

I love Panzer !!! 😊Liebe grüße Alex 🤘🏻🍻😎

@funcanal2982 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks to Wargaming, and now keep balancing the tanks😉 And thanks to the Sabaton history team for doing there thing, it's greate guys. Keep doing it. 👍

@JeanLucCaptain 4 жыл бұрын

YOU GOT STOCKHOLME SYNDROME AND CAME TO MINSK!

@JeanLucCaptain 4 жыл бұрын

@Randy Jackson yaa do don't they basically full er up with napalm and light the fuze?

@coleboone8826 4 жыл бұрын

“Your name is unknown your deeds immortal .” Tomb of unknown soldier in Moscow

@sirllamaiii9708 4 жыл бұрын

-hearts of iron 4 loading screen

@JeanLucCaptain 4 жыл бұрын

T-34 pulled out of a swamp 70 years later: engines starts the first time. Russian Soldiers are Immortal, Russian Tanks are invisible.

@BioHunter1990 4 жыл бұрын

“Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God.” -Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington, VA.

@enema6222 3 жыл бұрын

Time to make Changes Soviet soldiers were born in civil war and starvation, in political persecution, in a nutshell, in chaos. Only to die in WW2 and hide by the government for the wounds they got from war... it doesn’t take must to start hating communism when you start reading a bit about those times

@Big_E_Soul_Fragment 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, yes, my favorite musical instrument. _The machine gun._

@Asumokagos 4 жыл бұрын

I heard that _the artillery_ was what everyone listened to back in the day.

@understand6970 4 жыл бұрын

@@Asumokagos Laugh in Tchaikovsky

@SasukeUchiha-pv4xn 4 жыл бұрын

@@understand6970 can you explain who is this person and what does he have to do with artillery :)

@dunndudebemelol 4 жыл бұрын

@@SasukeUchiha-pv4xn Russian classical composer. The 1812 overture used cannons. There is a version of it by the JDF who use howitzers for this on youtube. So it's an old example of using artillery as an instrument

@mariusdufour9186 4 жыл бұрын

@@SasukeUchiha-pv4xn Well, he's a famous 19th century Russian composer. His '1812 Ouverture' is written for Marching band, Symphonic Orchestra, and Cannon battery, with the latter firing volleys of blanks to add some punch to the musical climax of the piece.

@-socialcredit 4 жыл бұрын

Sabaton: Everyone gets a Sabaton History Diary of an Unknown Soldier: Even me? Sabaton: *Did I stutter?*

@DGARedRaven 4 жыл бұрын

Which, to be honest, is quite a good statement. No soldier dies without being remembered, one way, or the other.

@BioHunter1990 4 жыл бұрын

Remember forever the honorable dead. Their glory is not in war, but in memory.

@orphancloud1132 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad that they honored those who died and no one knows the names of. No one should die forgotten.

@thenexus8384 Жыл бұрын

Sabaton: "especially you"

@PedroMDIX 4 жыл бұрын

"We will never forget your deeds. May the gods forgive us for forgetting your name."

@nuttyjawa 4 жыл бұрын

Ok Indy you got me teared up on this one. Every year we watch the Ceremony, so much respect is still given

@adenkyramud5005 4 жыл бұрын

The only thing that matters is that we do not forget his name. We already lost too many names.

@nuttyjawa 4 жыл бұрын

@@adenkyramud5005 for myself that name is John D Knox, Stoker 2nd Class - HMS HOOD

@adenkyramud5005 4 жыл бұрын

@@nuttyjawa lost in the battle against Bismarck?

@nuttyjawa 4 жыл бұрын

@@adenkyramud5005 Yup

@SabatonHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Something different this time. Since we already have two episodes about the fighting in the Argonne, we thought this time we'd talk about the sacrifice and the legacy of the "Unknown Soldier". Of those who fought and died but were not fortunate enough to have a last known resting place. We hope you still enjoy the episode!

@WorldArchivist 4 жыл бұрын

But of course I still enjoyed the episode! You guys always provide awesome content!😁

@arkane_cold831 4 жыл бұрын

What if you started making songs about the Vietnam war? I dont know if you guys did but I heard theres amazing stories about it too.

@MDMetal 4 жыл бұрын

Got a suggestion for you, as far as new subject matter. A "Beasts of War" or "Animals at War" album would be awesome! I can think of 2 animal soldiers who deserve songs, right now. Sergeant Stubby, a pitbull who served in WW I and was the U.S.A's first, and still most highly decorated wardog, and Wojtek, of course. The soldier who just happened to be a bear. Love your music and seeing you guys live. Hoping this quarantine gets lifted soon! 🤘😁🍺

@kararamesplaylists9294 4 жыл бұрын

i was always fascinated about roman history ,they have a great culture and mighty battles for example how scipio africanus was the only one who could defeat hanibal barca and other stuff you might consider this option

@Damien.D 4 жыл бұрын

@@MDMetal If Sabaton makes a song about Wojtek, it will be an all out Polish Pride hysteria *again* :P More seriously it's an incredible story and there are other famous war animals that deserve a song. Cher Ami, female messaging pidgeon, helped in saving the lost bataillon, despite her injuries (leg lost to ennemy fire).

@exudeku 4 жыл бұрын

Choose your soundtrack: •Artillery Shells •Screams of the Damned •Machinegun fire •The eerie winds

@AbdulwahidANur 3 жыл бұрын

Machine Gun Fire

@kampfgeist7703 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@aaronwebber2983 4 жыл бұрын

I went to the tomb of the unknown soldier in Arlington National Cemetery in high school. Having been there and watching this I have to say you did an amazing job with this video (as usual).

@SabatonHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@bradwine228 4 жыл бұрын

I have also been there, though I went back when I was eight. I can still recall every detail of that day. Even then, it was something that really spoke to me. Just like this video. At first I was just listening along as I was doing a Sudoku, but something had me start paying attention to Indy as he spoke, and it broke me. It's been a few minutes since the video ended and I'm only just now breaking the silence I fell into, though I still have tears in my eyes.

@howardbaxter2514 4 жыл бұрын

I also remember visiting the tomb back in high school during a lacrosse road trip. It was amazing and humbling seeing the tomb lie there and the memorials marking WWI, WWII, and the Korean War.

@BioHunter1990 4 жыл бұрын

A question for you, on that same trip...did you go to the Wall?

@benpurcell4935 3 жыл бұрын

I went there in Eighth grade. Though it’s now known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers because the bodies of three or four different soldiers now reside in the monument.

@malocuillandre1344 4 жыл бұрын

"Fun" fact : Troughout all her History, France knew huge and great construction projects (castles on the Loire, the Haussmann's parisian buildings, the Eiffel Tower...). The biggest was, of course, the Versailles Palace. But the second one, by the size, the cost, ans the national engagement to get the job done, was actually beginnt in 1918. It was the construction, in each of the +35 000 cities, towns and villages of France, of at least one "monument aux morts", a statue, a stone, where all the names of all the men from the city, the town or the village, who died. This project was running long after WW1, because some of the soldiers died days, months, even years after the armistice, and then came WW2, Indochina's War, and Algeria's war, with each time more name to grave on these monuments. Sometimes, one of this monument was not enough, so the city built several, but at the end, all of the known soldiers who died during a war has his name graved on stone in the centre of his hometown.

@misfit666_usmc6 4 жыл бұрын

Something about Indys voice, along with the band, you can always hear the passion and love they put into this. Even in these times of hardship around the world, it's nice we still get this. SFMF

@mileenz681 4 жыл бұрын

After the episode "The Price of a Mile", this one was even more emotional to watch... And I agree with Indy, it doesn't matter who wrote the diary. Every year (this year being 75 years after liberation) on May 4th, here in The Netherlands we remember all fallen soldiers and everyone involved in any war, for 2 minutes in silence... Just before we do, I will watch this episode again ❤ Story well written and told!! Now, I have to go and watch the Metal Crüe episode to find my smile again ;)

@adenkyramud5005 4 жыл бұрын

I think it does matter. Not for what is written in it but to remember the soldier who wrote it and honor his sacrifice

@lexingtonbrython1897 4 жыл бұрын

@@adenkyramud5005 The entire point is that we don't know who said soldier is; and to honour all soldiers who were lost in this tragic war. This one soldier could have been any random Tommy or any random Kraut - why place preference over one known soldier over another lost one?

@adenkyramud5005 4 жыл бұрын

@@lexingtonbrython1897 I would not call it preference. I just think that we already lost too many names to history, we should not forget more.

@russby3554 4 жыл бұрын

I must say, you sir, are a master of story telling. Your description of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior moved me to tears though I'm not English nor (to my knowledge) had any family in the Great War.

@russby3554 4 жыл бұрын

@@marialindner9692 I love the Great War Album but lately its made me morose. When you really listen to the lyrics of Attack of the Dead Men and Great War you realize that those numbers weren't just numbers. Each was someone who never went home and died in ways we shudder to imagine.

@adenkyramud5005 4 жыл бұрын

@@marialindner9692 yeah our schools don't teach us the important stuff. Maybe they are afraid, maybe it's just because our government has been more to the left and less patriotic for a long time. But I think we need to teach our kids to respect the people who were ready to give everything they had for their country, no matter what side they fought on. I love history, it was one of my favorites in school. But there's so much that was left out just to put an extra focus on how bad the nazis were, as if it wasn't already stated enough in previous classes. We barely even learned about what lead to the rise of the nazis.

@Ninyel94 4 жыл бұрын

Here in Italy we have in Rome the "Milite ignoto", ignoto=unknown milite=soldier, to remember the fallen, every year on 25th of April (liberation from Fascism), 2nd of June (Republic Day) and 4th November (National Unity and Armed Forces Day), highest offices of the state pay homage depositing a laurel wreath on the Monument in a very touching cerimony

@reichbunny713 4 жыл бұрын

Lmao “liberation”

@emilymiller3362 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for reminding everyone that the war dead includes those that never came home.

@charlottestratton4690 4 жыл бұрын

We can only Hope That Men the that Died Found Peace. Friend or Foe. All have Respect.

@BioHunter1990 4 жыл бұрын

I have a friend who’s grandfather was out in a hunting trip with his father one year. During their trip his father collapsed and his teenage son carried him back to the truck and inexperienced drove them home. By that time his father was beyond saving...a long term victim of the gas in the First World War. That young man would later go on to serve as a solider in Douglas MacArthur’s honor guard. He passed away a few years ago. The name of his own father is unknown to me and many...not a missing dead, but a lost casualty of a war of nothing but tragedy.

@christophershepherd9509 4 жыл бұрын

Here in Australia we have rememberence day on the 11th of November and at 11 am on that day we have a minute silence for all soldiers from all wars that lost there lives so that we could live. LEST WE FORGET

@TrooperVey 4 жыл бұрын

They certainly had a knack for ceremony back then - honestly made me tear up. Thank you for making this, high quality & respectful as ever

@Triskaan 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the idea of burying the Unknown Soldier (le Soldat Inconnu) beneath l'Arc de Triomphe was a stroke of genius from our (French) government. Funnily enough; Indy, you've called him "le Poilu Inconnu" and it's the first time I heard him called that way. Nowadays we all know him as le Soldat Inconnu. And TIL it's Jon Schaffer narrating the intro... I'm ashamed of not knowing that earlier !

@malocuillandre1344 4 жыл бұрын

Oui, moi aussi j'ai mal compris la première fois qu'il l'a dit, puis j'ai du écoute 3 fois la deuxième fois, avant de comprendre que le U de poilu et d'inconnu s'était transformé en OU ^^' Poilou Inconnou Ce serait presque drôle si ça n'était pas tragique (un soldat inconnu, pas un accent anglais)

@emilyrattini8462 3 жыл бұрын

...hoo boy, the Jon Schaffer thing did NOT age well.

@TheMmus 4 жыл бұрын

Wow.. I was listening to this just today and hoping you guys would make an episode about this in the near future! This was really something, I'm almost out of words... When Indy said, that for the mourning people that anonymous soldier gave a slim chance, a glimpse of hope it would be one of their loved ones, I shed a couple of tears. I feel like I've learned something important today. Keep up the good work, and I hope you're all doing well!

@SabatonHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Yes Indy did a great job here again!

@TheMmus 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed he did. He's the right man for the job 👍

@Damien.D 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMmus I hope he's well paid.

@TheMmus 4 жыл бұрын

@@Damien.D I'm sure he's making a decent living. But I've been wondering, does he have a day-job in Stockholm in addition of making these videos or is this his full-time job

@adenkyramud5005 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMmus I would guess that he does this full time since he doesn't just work on this channel.

@Monnimiesxdlol 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for very touching episode. Haven't felt this moved in a while. In Finland we have a term called Sankarihaudat (roughly translated to "Graves of the Heroes") which is basically a cemetery for those who died in the war. There is a tomb of unknown soldier (Tuntemattoman Sotilaan hauta) in every one of these cemeterys.

@jefferyboyes 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been catching up with all of your videos after finding this channel. I’m not sure why this was the last one I viewed but after watching it it seems appropriate. I generally don’t get emotional but this segment brought a few tears for all of the fallen from so many conflicts. You all do humanity a great service. Thank you, kindness.

@SabatonHistory 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words Barnaby, we're glad that our music manages to have such a profound impact on you.

@kerlongsjorlejov1945 4 жыл бұрын

Funny how things are as you're not filming in your own studio and that you were talking about the tour in Russia. Now, a couple weeks later, we all know how that went. That introduction was something I always heard back when you started touring. It's one great introduction.

@TiredCzech 4 жыл бұрын

How did the tour in Russia go? I expect not too well cause of Corona, but I haven't heard anything.

@kerlongsjorlejov1945 4 жыл бұрын

Matěj Čepera from what I read on social media, they could do a few until it was shut down. So a lot of them were canceled.

@TiredCzech 4 жыл бұрын

@@kerlongsjorlejov1945 that sucks.

@kerlongsjorlejov1945 4 жыл бұрын

@@TiredCzech Saw them in February in Antwerp so I was lucky but yeah, a lot of things suck. No festivals this year.

@TiredCzech 4 жыл бұрын

@@kerlongsjorlejov1945 Wish I could have seen them in Prague... Almost got the ticket as well... Maybe next time

@IanKath 4 жыл бұрын

Damn you! It was on the internment of The Unknown Australian Soldier on 11 November 1994 where I wept thinking of all those lost lives. You've made me weep again

@erikscheelar7525 4 жыл бұрын

I know it's probably a long shot but it would be great to see the other members on this show too! Great video as always!

@SabatonHistory 4 жыл бұрын

We don't have such plans yet - but we might:)

@erikscheelar7525 4 жыл бұрын

@@SabatonHistory there's lots of songs left! Haha Still waiting to hear one of my favorites.

@SabatonHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Stay tuned and hopefully you won't be waiting much longer :)

@erikscheelar7525 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, I'm not going anywhere, I've been a hussar level Patreon since day 1

@JojokimVT 4 жыл бұрын

A Swedish Pagans episode with Indy Neidell and Joakim featuring Tommy.

@maxmustermann2060 4 жыл бұрын

When I was in London, I stood at the grave of the unknown soldier in the Westminster Abby!

@adenkyramud5005 4 жыл бұрын

If I ever get there I really need to learn how to do a proper British salute. Anything else wouldn't be enough for those who gave so much.

@gwtpictgwtpict4214 4 жыл бұрын

@@adenkyramud5005 Additional to G M's comment. For a British Army salute it's long way up, short way down. Meaning your right arm is raised outstretched to the side until it's horizontal, at that point the arm is bent smartly at the elbow to bring the fingertips to the temple. Count of three and then drop the arm down to your side. You need to be wearing a hat. Saluting without a hat is bad and the shouty man will shout at you. That's how it was taught to me when I played soldiers at university nigh on 40 years ago anyway.

@adenkyramud5005 4 жыл бұрын

@@gwtpictgwtpict4214 thank you very much, I really don't want the shouty man shouting at me.

@archstanton6102 4 жыл бұрын

When I toured the cemeteries of Ypres I looked for our family name. My great-grandfather had fought there. The only 1 I found was in my brother's full name in a German cemetery.

@ClaireBevan-gm3vf 8 ай бұрын

The 2 minutes which we all still do is so important, and so ingrained in us. I remember when I was 4-5 asking my mum why we had to do it. It was the first time I started to understand what war is. I cried, I still have tears every remembrance day

@lexingtonbrython1897 4 жыл бұрын

This episode really made me cry. Rest in peace, oh valiant soldiers. Sent to your death for a horrific war. Gone, but never forgotten.

@romainvincent8918 2 жыл бұрын

I cried hard in this episode. I am not a student of history like you Indy but I love to learn about history. I am french and as such we have what we call "the duty of memory" a duty to remember the horrors of our past most notably the 2 world wars. Every year i watch the ceremony here in Paris and i have been to the tomb lf the unknown soldier a few times. But never have i shed a tear in his presence, this year i believe things will be different. Thank you Sabaton for singing about heroes and incredible battles against impossible odds and thank you Indy for going in depth to detail what Sabaton sings about. Thank you all for all that you do. ❤️ I'll see you Sabaton in March 2022 in paris just like i saw you in February 2020 before Covid in Paris ❤️

@SabatonHistory 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! See you in a few months

@MDMetal 4 жыл бұрын

Getting Jon Shaffer to narrate "Diary of an Unknown Soldier" was pure genius! Been an Iced Earth fan for over 20 years now. Gotta say that Sabaton is still my all-time favorite band, but Iced Earth comes in a close second. Keep up the awesome work, guys! 🤘😁🍺

@JojokimVT 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't expect a video on this ´´song´´. At this rate, you'll probably do a video on ´´Dominium Maris Baltici´´. Also,´´Diary of an Unknown Soldier´´ is on The Last Stand, not The Great War

@SabatonHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Fixed!

@JojokimVT 4 жыл бұрын

@@SabatonHistory Nice

@CAepicreviews 4 жыл бұрын

"At this rate, you'll probably do a video on 'Dominium Maris Baltici'" I mean that would be a video on the surrounding history of Sweden and it's unraveling from the Kalmar union and into eventual dominion over the Baltic sea - So that wouldn't be a bad video.

@Bexora_bc 4 жыл бұрын

❤ Wonderful job!! This Diary of an Unknown Soldier and In Flanders Fields episodes have both incited such deep feelings in me and brought tears to my eyes while watching. Thanks guys ❤

@SabatonHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Bex! Stay safe!

@terrorcop101 4 жыл бұрын

If you guys were to make a song about unknown soldiers, I'd love to see the lyrics cobbled together from real life diaries and letters, similar to the poetry you used to make To Hell and Back. Great job on this and on the history.

@SabatonHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@terrorcop101 4 жыл бұрын

@@SabatonHistory No, thank you.

@Jstck1 4 жыл бұрын

In a college music class presentation I played Unknown soldier and Lost Battalion right after this other guy did a presentation on Rhiana

@howardbaxter2514 4 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@sukhoisu-24fencer3 4 жыл бұрын

Rhiana?! You gotta be fucking kidding me! Sabaton has more talent and intellect than her. That pisses me off to no end.

@oscarlamuela4344 4 жыл бұрын

I have to say that, i do not know how or why, but i got so emotive with this video... For years I thought that the tomb to an unknown soldier was a symbol, not a real literal tomb, and let alone the history behind the body buried there. Thank you very much for this, keep up the good work

@Shortyland05 4 жыл бұрын

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them."

@pargaras 6 ай бұрын

Watching this episode and the other episodes about the end of the Great War have become part of my remembrance day tradition

@SabatonHistory 6 ай бұрын

That sounds like a brilliant tradition!

@Pufinir 4 жыл бұрын

Every time I'm on vacation in other countries I always visit the cemetery of the soldiers from WW1 and WW2 and if I am in a smaller town I visit the memorial places

@the_shuffle 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't know this. I always listen to "Diary of an unknown soldier" before i Listen to "The lost Battalion". Without it, it is not the same. And the Information you gave us, makes the song so much more meaningful!

@raijinarthur1143 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, this made me almost cry. It was difficult to continue watching, to be honest.

@BioHunter1990 4 жыл бұрын

“It was a funeral procession worthy of a field marshal.” No, it was a funeral procession worthy of a soldier...revered by field marshals...and envied by kings. For neither can stand in the boots of a solider slain in service of his country. And we the living are not worthy of that.

@dominicnevins2144 3 жыл бұрын

I remember back when I was in the 8th Grade (2009) I went with my grade school class to an annual 8th grade trip to Washington DC. One of those days we went to Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. I was about 3, maybe 3.5, meters from where the Honor Guard performed the Changing of the Guard. 11 years later, looking back, it still gives me goosebumps. Watching this and listening to the Diary Of An Unknown Soldier track just takes everything to a whole new level. Bravo you guys. Bravo.

@AngryPeach 4 жыл бұрын

Ideas for new content for the Sabaton History Channel: 1. Cover more songs from an individual perspective, like you did in Aces in Exile Pt.2. I think it would be very interesting to hear more personal stories/poems from the people that fought. 2. Sabaton stories! Remember the first episode about 40:1 where Par mentioned that the Arch Bishop gave the band a sword from the treasury of Poland?Or when Indy and Tommy sang together on the piano? Maybe a once in a while episode with such stories would be a great addition. 3. Maybe cover songs from another's country/side perspective? Like you could cover the Battle of Stalingrad from the perspective of the Romanian/Hungarian/Italian troops that also fought there. Or cover the Attero Dominatus song from the perspective of the Polish troops that also helped. 4. Get Floor Jansen from Nightwish to talk about the Shoemaker song. It's about Eugene Shoemaker, who's got an insane story. 5. This goes hand in hand with number 4, but maybe once in a while you could cover historical songs that are not necessarily made by Sabaton. Iron Maiden(Alexander the Great), Metallica(Creeping Death), Powerwolf(Armata Strigoi, Christ and Combat) got a few songs about history. I imagine this idea would prove more difficult to actualize, or maybe it wouldn't be 100% appropriate, it's just a suggestion.

@atlas9852 4 жыл бұрын

On the topic of things that are Sabaton related but not songs, this was a very ambitious Idea, but I had the Idea of going through all the countries that fought in either WW1 or WW2 and doing a video based on a hero of that particular country. That way we could bring to light some of the people who deserve a lot more recognition than they got.

@chrysostomospindis4104 4 жыл бұрын

I think it is a good idea to film some episodes in some museums related with some songs showing at the same time some objects which used in the battles or the war you covered. Thank you for giving us such an amazing content from this channel I am waiting for you to come to Athens

@Mr100roj 4 жыл бұрын

Siege of Leningrad. I would love Sabaton to make a song about it. And having an SH episode about it would be awesome too!

@mr.cramps2117 2 жыл бұрын

This legitimately made me emotional when I heard the story.

@SabatonHistory 2 жыл бұрын

It's normal, it's an epic story

@Nekonymous 4 жыл бұрын

I'd like to hear more about the "neutral" countries of the two wars. Not a lot is mentioned about them even though many such countries (like sweden for example) played a part one way or another despite being considered neutral.

@RannonSi 4 жыл бұрын

Not to mention that the knowledge of what they/we (in my case, I guess) is very fragmented.

@TheNecromanerXIII 4 жыл бұрын

That was Schaffer’s voice?!?! That’s awesome! I would die of happiness if I could see Iced Earth and Sabaton play together.

@cparty7790 3 жыл бұрын

Step 1: Watch the video. Step 2: Try not to cry. Step 3: Cry alot. Sabaton should do a song about the elusive onion cutting ninjas.

@V1K1NGofDOOM 4 жыл бұрын

Would love too see a video about Sabatons history, like how the members met and how the band started out :) It might not be so history related but still :P

@shaunlomax1 4 жыл бұрын

I live in the UK. In school we went to the Somme and as part of the trip we were encouraged to use the commonwealth remembrance service to look up our ancestors. I found out that my great great uncle, James, fought and died in the first days of the Somme with the Kings own Liverpool Regiment. His body has never been identified / found so instead his name is listed with 73,000 others on a monument for those whose remains have not been found at Thiepval. During the trip, I actually found his name on the monument. My own grandad never knew this part of his family history so it was interesting to share it with him later on.

@WinVisten 4 жыл бұрын

"Fader och Son, som aldrig kommer hem" is a lyric that sums this up well. F

@debbygeorge7140 4 жыл бұрын

This is a very emotional episode. Not gonna lie when i say that i cried. From now on whenever someone glorifies , I'm gonna send them this

@profharveyherrera 4 жыл бұрын

I don't know why this episode (and In Flanders Fields) moves me so much, my country didn't fight in the Great War, we were on our own civil war. Maybe is because the story is so inherently human anybody in the world could relate to it. Our national anthem (I'm from Mexico) was written in a time of turmoil and foreign invation, and is a call to arms. The last verses talks about the fallen sons of the motherland (translation): For thee the olive crown, for them a glorious memory, for thee the victory laurel, for them an honour grave

@martingothberg3593 4 жыл бұрын

In my opinion this short intro is the most powerful/emotional part of the entire The Last Stand album

@rickyhunt4075 4 жыл бұрын

Man these last few sabaton history episodes have gotten me

@x2ernal357 4 жыл бұрын

An Album on Alexander the Great would be epic Songs could be on: Chaeronea, Granicus, Issus, Siege of Tyre, Gaugamela, Persian Gates, Hydaspes and Munitny at Opis and for the final song you could have it on the death of Alexander and the destruction of his empire through ambitious generals. It would be really cool because his life was a life of juxtaposition, he was the greatest tactitian alive but went mad towards the end, selfless but believed he was decended from Zeus. Not only this but you haven't done many songs on Ancient warfare so personally, i think it would be a welcome change :D But regardless, keep doing what you are doing, keep up the good work :D

@a-highlander5955 4 жыл бұрын

Still waiting patiently for Ghost Division...

@konradmack2152 4 жыл бұрын

THEY ARE THE PANZER ELITE

@ziomeke5580 4 жыл бұрын

BORN TO COMPETE

@the_shuffle 4 жыл бұрын

NEVER RETREAT!

@superwolf2852 4 жыл бұрын

GHOST DIVISION

@henrik1220 4 жыл бұрын

LIVING OR DEAD

@Damien.D 4 жыл бұрын

It's not a song, and it's the most emotional episode of Sabaton History ever.

@aksisarchonprime2335 4 жыл бұрын

17 minutes for an intro to a song. Amazing.

@Arcturuspb666 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing episode, it brings me tears. Honor to the Soldiers that fall in Battle

@heinolvendahl8167 4 жыл бұрын

you must have many soldiers and veterans as fans. Have some exciting / funny stories from meeting these fans?

@NegiTaiMetal011 4 жыл бұрын

Who would've thought they'd make an episode about an intro. But as it turned out, this is quite a meaningful and touching episode. This feels like a theme for tombs of the unknown soldier(s).

@bastinian8211 4 жыл бұрын

In Serbia, we have Monument to the Unknown Hero, which is similar thing to those monuments from UK and France. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_Unknown_Hero

@rorrodeh 4 жыл бұрын

In any "normal" video, the numbers and statistics sanitize things in a way that makes everything seems as just a concept. When its a biographic song the characters are larger than life and have that sense of mythology like of ancient Greek heroes such as Heracles, Achilles, etc. This video describes something that seems more... human, something more relatable that many more people can connect to in one way or another. This is one of those videos that made my eyes well since the idea that anybody could be in that coffin made me think of any close friend or family member being there. Great job, you guys!

@SabatonHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! :) The idea of the Unknown Soldier really is genius.

@ashenwuss1651 4 жыл бұрын

Apparently, I didn't turn my volume down when switching over to this from music. There ya go, Indy. Your voice is more than tolerable on full blast, with earbuds in. Ah. That sweet resonant voice to neutralize the dissonance of war

@bobby_bretwalda 2 жыл бұрын

I was struggling to keep it together and then the king himself placed wreaths on the coffin. My great grandmother lost a brother to the Great War and her husband came home a very different man. I wager nearly every family in Britain today lost a brother, a cousin, a nephew or an uncle who never had a chance to have children of his own. Cut down in the prime of his life. May their sacrifice never be forgotten.

@luckyassassin1 2 жыл бұрын

I'm American but my family had a book that tells our history since we came to the US in the 1820s. When the great war happened the book shows a large portion of the family dying off. 1 died on a boat in the English Channel and several in the trenches and few came back.

@braxtonclark9546 4 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this episode. It really completely summarizes the exact reasons I want to be an archaeologist of European military history. Because there are s many soldiers whose stories remain untold, because there are so many families who never got closure. This goes even more so for the soldiers of the German Empire, who were likely never given the courtesy of removing their own troops from French soil.

@DominicMecciaMusic 4 жыл бұрын

I have one questin? Who was chopping up an onion next to me while I was watching the video?

@konradmack2152 4 жыл бұрын

Sabaton ninjas

@DominicMecciaMusic 4 жыл бұрын

@@konradmack2152 Damn those Sabaton ninjas .

@luffegasen7711 4 жыл бұрын

It was the ninjas! It's ALWAYS those damned, onion-cutting ninjas!!! :´-)

@Warhoe 4 жыл бұрын

Love Indy's "Foreword": Does it really matters which army He served with...?!

@xanpenguin754 4 жыл бұрын

That brought years to my eyes. We shall forever remember the unknown soldiers who gave their lives.

@kgrass976 4 жыл бұрын

Be cool if Sabaton did a song about the 20th Maine Infantry Regiment defense of Little Round Top at the battle of Gettysburg. Even with out ammunition the charged down the hill to meet the Confederates head on after repelling attacks days prior. This little regiment from Maine was key in the Union winning the battle of Gettysburg. Being born in Maine and serving in the Maine National Guard in a unit that is carrying on the 20th Maine name is a true honor. Not sure if you guys will see this post but wanted to give an idea for a song anyway! Cheers and keep rocking Sabaton! 🤘

@user-yw6ix3ep4d 4 жыл бұрын

You can send them song ideas on their website: www.sabaton.net/do-you-have-a-good-idea-for-a-song/

@tommcdonald1873 4 жыл бұрын

Think of what George Butterworth would have created as his reaction to the war. But he lies either in an unmarked cemetery grave or in a farm field in Pozieres. You did a great job mentioning John MacCrae and Wilford Owen in In Flanders Fields covering how music and art changed due to war would be a great subject potentially to cover provided their a sing to cover it.

@7gibbens 4 жыл бұрын

I hope and pray that you guys remain safe and well during this extremely threatening time particularly in Sweden🙏🇸🇪

@ziomeke5580 4 жыл бұрын

On April fools next year you could do a episode on The Secret from The Art of War

@hohooooooooify 2 жыл бұрын

You guy's done got me teared up shit as a American this really hit's me hard it's hard to comprehend how many men's final moments ended in such a way they will never be remembered in the fullest glory of a soldier again they simply fall into a category of unknown warriors/soldiers remembered as a legion of men who will never be found but be remembered as a whole no matter enemy or ally all unknowns have my respect

@WorldArchivist 4 жыл бұрын

Random girl: How can you not cry during Titanic!? Have you ever shown emotion!? Me: *plays this episode and In Flanders Fields* Great work btw!😁

@moneyman1995100 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve never cried during Titanic. But I have during this!

@Sylvan1510 4 жыл бұрын

Sabaton: "What Song you want to see something about?" Me: "Yes." Seriously I'd like to have every piece of song covered but I'd be intrested in a short version of the Album "The Art of War" as an own topic since it's not only about battles and strategic moves but also about the Book and I'd like a Video about the Author and its book with its teachings. :) Thank you for everything. :)

@ziomeke5580 4 жыл бұрын

Sylvan1510 They could even invite the author of The Art of War, I mean wouldn’t that be *epic*

@Sylvan1510 4 жыл бұрын

@@ziomeke5580 Uhm... this is a joke, right? He's dead for like 2000 years? :0

@ziomeke5580 4 жыл бұрын

Sylvan1510 Yes, it’s a joke

@Sylvan1510 4 жыл бұрын

@@ziomeke5580 Argh ofc it was... blind from time to time.. :D Ty

@TAKAT0NIC 4 жыл бұрын

The Last Stand album was the first album I ever heard from Sabaton and it was completely by chance in an unrelated music discord channel. I don't think anything will ever hit me quite as hard as hearing Diary of an Unknown Soldier lead into The Lost Battalion for the first time did. Thank you very much for this video.

@crackcoursehistory4566 4 жыл бұрын

Very important to me. America civil war. Something about the first Minnesota volunteer regiment. Around 282 men knowingly charged headfirst into 1500 Confederate soldiers incharged with not winning but only holding the line for 15 minutes until help could arrive. Without their sacrifice the whole union line on the second day at the battle of Gettysburg. Taking a 80% casualty their story inspires me to keep pushing forward when times get tough.

@eberbacher007 4 жыл бұрын

This is the content why we love this Channel

@kirumdas 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best episodes so far

@warvole 4 жыл бұрын

This was an amazing idea, i have not felt so emotional in a long time, thank you for remembering even the unknown casualties of this event!

@AO968 4 жыл бұрын

Sabaton should do more with Jon Schaffer/Iced Earth. Jon has shown to have an interest in history with Iced Earth, and Judging by what Pär's said, he seem to enjoy Sabaton's work, so this looks like a match made in heaven to me. I get it, Jon is a busy dude, as are the Sabaton guys, and getting both bands to do something together requires some proper planning, but a guy can dream, can't he? As for what to do when you run out of songs to talk about, I would like to hear more about the writing process behind the songs, as that's been quite lacking in some videos on this channel, IMO. As much as I enjoy hearing Andy talk about the history behind the songs from an actual historian perspective, I'm also interested in hearing more about what goes on behind the scenes when a band starts coming up with ideas for songs, how they come up with the actual lyrics, etc., and that seems to take a backseat sometimes.

@alexamerling79 4 жыл бұрын

Perfect intro into the Lost Battalion.

@Waterwurm 4 жыл бұрын

I just finished watching this episode and I still have tears running down my cheeks. I grieve for all the lives lost in all the wars,all the stories untold and I'm so glad we have people like Indy Neidell and bands like Sabaton to share bits of the stories from all sides and all walks of life. I've been to two Sabaton concerts and just watching them perform I can tell that they truly love what they do,then to hear them in Sabaton History you can tell they care about the subject matter of their songs and go to great lengths to do it justice. So thank you so much for sharing history with us.

@Blaklege63 4 жыл бұрын

always a great little history lesson.

@ItJuM856 4 жыл бұрын

This hit different

@vinmarwhesliebuizon1055 3 жыл бұрын

Yo you can't run out of songs, the history in the Pacific is waiting for your ideas my man

@lux_wil 4 жыл бұрын

Ok You did it again, you made a video so sad yet so beautiful that I am now sitting in my room crying

@IFDFAdmiralY11 4 жыл бұрын

The one thing I have to say about this intro part . . . they sell it separately on Amazon. Not only did I not realize it was two separate songs when I bought it a while back, but it made me think the audio file had an issue, because it wouldn't play the rest of the song. Lost Battalion feels incomplete without it, and I wish they weren't sold separately like that.

@TheNinjaGumball 4 жыл бұрын

This is quite possibly the greatest episode of Sabaton History you guys have put out. Truly an amazing video

@chriscopeland3951 4 жыл бұрын

I just love this channel

@lilwyvern4 4 жыл бұрын

Finally caught up with the newest episode. Found your channel a little over a week ago, and damn have I loved it! It helps to put things in perspective. These countless men may not have agreed with the reason for the war, but all of them did their best given the circumstances. It's an existence I can't even fathom, and despite how miserable I can be sometimes, clearly these poor sods had it even worse. Millions slaughtered for the privilege of a handful who never knew their names.

@SabatonHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you and welcome! :)