To be complete, the skipper of the trawler is played by the son of the last Bismarck survivor, the watch with the coordinates is part of the artifacts saved from Bismarck.

“Lest We Forget”- is Sabaton’s mantra. They are not political but sing about sacrifices, heroics on mostly military history . Sabaton History is their UTube channel and explains the history of a lot of their songs. I do suggest you do the animated STORY videos of Night Witches or my personal favorite No Bullets Fly. These animated story video are a combination of Sabaton music video and Sabaton History. Do make sure you play the entire videos thru especially No Bullets Fly as it is a unbelievable story with a incredible ending. Good luck on your journey with Sabaton but the magic of Sabaton is not how great their music is, learning about the sacrifices of a few so all of us can be free and happy is the greater message! Rock On Stay Safe!🙏🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

The intro to this video always gives me goosebumps... The Bismarck had a sister ship called the Tirpitz... Story behind it's sinking is pretty amazing too

As someone who's more than a bit familiar with the story of the Bismarck, they did it justice. I loved seeing all the little historical accuracies like the hit on the bridge, the cruisers opening fire, the swordfish planes ...

2:12 The co-ordinates shown in the compass lid are the actual coordinates where the Bismark sank. 3:37 That shot of the Bismark coming out of the mist is my favorite shot in a Sabaton video.

Bismark is a great song but for the anniversary of D-Day I would do Sabaton - Primo Victoria. It's specifically about D-Day. Or Iron Maiden - The Longest Day, another song about D-Day.

Here's a few historically accurate notes about the music video (specifically) for Bismarck, in as short a form as I can make them: The Bismarck was a modified version of a WW1-era battleship design, the Bayern. The original design would have looked relatively modern in WW2, but it suffered a major problem in the stern, where it would be very easy to disable or cripple the ship's ability to steer if a torpedo hit was sustained in certain parts of the rear. While an immense amount of work went into modernizing the design (such as advanced new fire control systems, better ammunition management, and lessons learned in WW1), the Bismarck retained elements of its predecessor's literal Achilles Heel. The Bismarck's demise was a stroke of bad luck, as it were, when an attacking Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber (a slow, old, fragile but beloved biplane) happened to land a torpedo in exactly the right spot, completely jamming the ship's rudder in position, and dooming the ship to a gentle turn (from which it could not deviate, meaning it could not dodge incoming attacks or set a course for somewhere safe) until it was intercepted. In the video, this moment is captured during the air raid on the ship, though the underlying reason it's so serious isn't exactly obvious. The turrets on warships tended (and I believe this is still in practice) to be named alphabetically, from bow to stern, A, B, C, D, etc. Bismarck's four main gun turrets were further nicknamed Anton, Bruno, Caesar, and Dora. In the course of its final engagement with the Royal Navy, three of the four turrets were disabled by British fire, leaving only one turret still active; Caesar. As depicted in the video, the last guns seen firing before the ship is abandoned are indeed those of Caesar, one of my favorite details they included. German and British accounts of the ship's sinking differ slightly, and Sabaton graciously leaves the ship's fate a little bit open to speculation, in respect to the stories of sailors and commanders of both sides. Royal Navy accounts attribute the ship's sinking to torpedo hits from a British vessel, while German records say that the ship was intentionally scuttled by executive order. The British torpedo attack is clearly shown in the video here, though any indication of scuttling seems to be absent, leading a casual viewer to believe the torpedoes dealt the killing blow. Considering the ship doesn't immediately sink in Sabaton's presentation, there's clearly some time passing wherein the opened ports could be filling the ship with water. My own impression of the story is that both stories are true in equal part; the British did send a cruiser in for a torpedo attack, which hit the Bismarck, but there's not much reason to doubt the scuttling order was also given and carried out. The account shown here leaves it up to the viewer to decide. As opposed to what we in the US and a number of other nations tend to do in referring to ships colloquially as feminine, the Bismarck (named for Otto von Bismarck) was expressly referred to as 'he' or 'him', as a 'king of the sea'. Sabaton reflects this in their lyrics, showing how much respect they have for the truth; it's such a minor detail, and I imagine only historians would bat an eye if they called the ship 'Queen of the ocean', and said 'she was made to rule the waves,' but the fact that they use such accurate references in their music reflects the passion they have for history, and how fervently they wish for people to remember where mankind has come from, so that we might never perpetrate these kinds of events again. Sabaton actually runs their own history channel (Sabaton History), where they dive into the stories behind many of their songs, both historical background and their own experience in creating the music. If any of the stories in their songs catch your fancy, there might just be a nice, concise Sabaton History episode out there about it, and I would absolutely recommend checking it out.

Time for "en livstid i krig", live in gothenburg. Turn on captions though.

If you REALLY want to be blown away, you should really check out "SABATON - En Livstid I Krig (Live - The Great Tour - Gothenburg)" So EPIC and provides a clear window into exactly what Sabaton is ALL about.

I did know a bit about the Bismark before this song...but only because of an old country album my grandparents had with a song "Sink the Bismark" by Johnny Horton.

You need to check out the Sabaton History Channel not only will give you the history of the song subject, but then a member of the band usually it's Joakim or Pär, they explain the songwriting process.

You still havent done 'Ghost Division'?! That is one of the essential Sabaton songs, specially the official live video from Woodstock (Poland) 2012!

As a kid as young as 6 I knew about the Bismarck. Mainly because my father had an old board game about the Bismarck made by AH. I had thought it was common knowledge growing up because most of my friends also seemed to know about the ship. Also there was a movie made about it called the Sink the Bismarck 1960 I think, which by the time I was 10 or so I had seen and I think that is how most of my friends knew about it. Later in life I always found it strange how anyone younger did not know about it. I know its a generational thing and that as time passes things that I grew up with become less known. Plus I guess kids growing up in the 70s and 80s were more exposed to the old war movies and stuff.

We need more Sabaton, they are incredible, my favourite band :) Their new album is amazing.

One thing that puts you above most reactors to Sabaton is, it seems like you can actually find relation to the story being told and why the song is formed. This doesn't look like just a bunch of agreeable vague noncommittal noises every time something that seems like it's important flashes by your eyes. Good stuff

I am a military historian as well as a proud lover of Sabaton and their music. Just a quick note, when you saw that biplane drop a torpedo that hit Bismark in it's aft, that is what sealed Bismark's fate. It damaged their rudder, jamming it in a turn. This kept the battleship from being able to make it to France, it's intended port. It allowed the British navy to catch and batter the Bismark. It is still debated if the British actually sank the ship, or if the German's scuttled it themselves.

I recommend 'En Livstid i Krig' live at Gothenburg, have the subtitles on

I love their song No Bullets fly ( animated story ) so very much. It shows that some soldiers in war stay human and get friend with the enemy they have to kill by their leaders. It has the most important message for me. :)

Bismark had a brother, Tirpitz and they were truly scary. They were true beasts of the sea

Long live the Bismark. I know it’s sunken in the sea but man was it a great warship. It was sooooo awesome

The hit on bismarcks rudder in the video wasn't just for show, it actually took a single torpedo to the rudder and a known design flaw was it could not steer with its rudder disabled so it sailed in circles till the fleet arrived

You should react to "En livstid i krig" live in Gothenburg (with captions) You should also check out some of Tommy's stuff (Tommy Johansson the guitarist). He has a really great singing voice. He has his own band Majestica where he sings lead. He also does covers of old power metal songs and ABBA songs... And Disney-versions of Sabaton songs 😁

Sabaton is incredible they can honor the memories of these heroes without glorifying war

Really unique band! Obviously, I love Metal, but I also love history. There are true historical facts in their songs, even little known ones. Guys really made an incredible job researching the facts and turn it into great music, totally unbiased. Most historians could learn that from them. Suggestion to history teachers: give this to kids to listen and maybe history will be more interesting for them.

Good job , did you notice the boy rescued from the water from the bismark after it was sank was either father or grandfather of old guy's with the boat in the beginning (The pocket watch )

They have several songs about US military too....82nd All The Way, Screaming Eagles and Devil Dogs to name a few. But one that i would like to see you react to is the music video for To Hell and Back. It is about Audie Murphy who served in the US Army. And the music video depicts his battle with PTSD and drug addiction.

That guitar solo is just amazing, and it brings the story forward i think, then the pickup at the end in 2 steps is also superb.

You should defenitely react to Cliffs of Gallipoli and The price of a mile. They are really emotional.

Most of the scenes with the ships from WWII were provided by the Video Game World of Warships. All of the ships seen in this video are available in that game so I think it's super cool that Sabaton chose to go this route.

Bismarck (KMS Bismark) - German battleship, the lead ship of the same class, was still no less famous for its brother-Tirpitz. Bismarck is one of the most legendary ships of the Second world war, as well as being the largest battleship in Europe and one of the largest in the world along with the Japanese Yamato and the American Missouri. Bismarck was launched in 1939 and commissioned in 1940. Bismarck's first (and last) campaign began on may 22, 1941. Then Bismarck, along with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen (KMS Prinz Eugen) was to break through the Danish Strait into the Atlantic and begin to sink convoys going to Britain. The first German squadron was discovered by the British cruisers Suffolk and Norfolk (HMS Suffolk and HMS Norfolk) on the evening of 23 may. The British battleship Prince of Wales (HMS Prince of Wales) and the battlecruiser hood (HMS Hood) went to intercept Bismarck. During the battle, Bismarck received several hits, at the same time 5 Bismarck's volley hit directly into Hood's artillery cellars. Hood was torn in two by a massive explosion. Of the 1,477 crew members, only 3 survived. Among the dead was the commander of the British squadron Lancelot Ernest Holland. The Prince of Wales tried to continue the battle, but to no avail and soon disappeared in a smoke screen as one of the shells from Bismarck hit the command post of the Prince of Wales, thereby killing half of the officers, by the way the second shell fired from Bismarck hit the Prince of Wales, but did not explode, the British then pushed him into the sea. Bismarck had one of the generators disabled, two fuel tanks were breached, and there was a trim on the bow and a roll on the starboard side. Gunther Lutyens (commander of the German squadron) decided to lead the Bismarck to the French port of Saint-Nazaire for repairs. Prince Eugen was ordered to continue raiding. Bismarck was chased by the entire British fleet in the region. Bismarck's injuries were not very serious, but they caused Bismarck to lose one of his main advantages - speed. The British lost Bismarck several times, but due to the fact that the British intercepted a radio message sent to Bismarck, it was possible to establish the approximate location of the ship. Bismarck left little to the French Brest. Also, when approaching the coast of occupied France, Bismarck could use Luftwaffe aircraft (Luftwaffe - aviation of the Third Reich) to cover. Only compound H, based in Gibraltar, was able to detain Bismarck. This unit included the aircraft carrier Ark Royal (HMS Ark Royal). On the morning of may 26, the Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers flew to the site of the last sighting of the Bismarck. Approximately in the same area was the cruiser Sheffield (HMS Sheffield). The Swordfish pilots mistook Sheffield for Bismarck and torpedoed it. The new magnetic fuses of the torpedoes did not work, and the cruiser remained intact. After this incident, the British changed the magnetic fuses to contact ones. By evening, Sheffield had made visual contact with Bismarck and the Swordfish torpedoes were back in the air. Swadeshi was flying very low and slowly, because of this, the crews of Bismarck simply could not distinguish from the sea. The Suodfishes themselves were biplanes that were obsolete even before they were put into service. The British achieved two or three torpedo hits. One of these hits was fatal for Bismarck - in an attempt to evade the torpedo, Bismarck turned to the left and because of this, the torpedo, instead of hitting the main armored belt, hit the poorly protected aft compartment and tightly jammed the rudders. By morning, orders were given to stop the cars - Bismarck was in the zone of action of German bombers, who did not give Bismarck any help. Bismarck was approached by the British battleships Rodney (HMS Rodney) and King George V (HMS King George V). Bismarck's fire was focused on Rodney, but due to the roll and inability to evade enemy volleys, accuracy was very low. After 44 minutes, all 4 towers of the Bismarck group stopped firing. In order to somehow save some of the surviving crew, after being shot by British ships, captain Ernst Lindemann, who survived the bombing, ordered the engine room to be blown up, the kingstons opened and the ship abandoned. After the fuses were installed, 9 minutes later an explosion was heard from the depths of the wounded Bismarck, which contributed to the final sinking and roll of the battleship on Board. At this point, the cruiser Dosertshire (HMS Dorsetshire), firing 3 torpedoes at the immobilized Bismarck. Bismarck went to the bottom without lowering the battle flag. Of the 2,220 crew, only 114 people were saved - 111 people were saved by the British, and 3 people by the German submarine U-74. Captain Ernst Lindemann himself, as told by the surviving sailors, did not try to make attempts to escape, but on the contrary drove away all the sailors who tried to save him, threatening to shoot (this is so for intimidation), as a result, captain Lindemann heroically went to the bottom with his ship, the last time he was seen at the stern, when he said goodbye to the surviving sailors. By the way after a dive expedition James Cameron, it has been proven that the British torpedo and shells are unable to contribute to the sinking of Bismarck, ie breaking was not detected by torpedoes at the armored belt, but below waterlinie was exactly cut out of the side, this proves that Bismarck scuttled by the Germans themselves when they blew the bottom of the ship and opened the seacocks and not British! Thanks for the great reaction, love it🥰 By the way, I advise you to listen to a new composition from the new album Sabaton - Drednought, this song can be said to be the second version of Bismarck👍

One of our neighbors who died years ago was a surviving member of the Bismarck. He was pretty miserable the rest of his days. Poor soul.😢

I've recently just found Sabaton but I'm completely taken by their music and the historical lessons they tell!!!

Hannes is a great and very intelligent drummer. I always focus on his playing at live shows. He never overplays but manages to throw in excellent and unexpected fills. Love his live drumming.

Sabaton history is a youtube channel where someone explains the history of a song :D

Great job, Aileen! The history nerd in me squeezes out a little tear when hearing the Bismarck referred to as an obscure historical episode... 😥🤘😁 For a really obscure episode that Sabaton put to song, try the Last Stand, it will take you all the way back to 1527... Some really forgotten episodes of WWII are in Coat of Arms, Resist and Bite, Night Witches... A really important point of that war is Defense of Moscow or Ghost Division. If you want to go back to Manowar, they have just out a video for Swords in the Wind, a description of a viking funeral. The essential Iron Maiden historical songs are The trooper, Aces High, Paeschendale and Alexander the Great.

I love how you touched on the drums and bass here, because the importance of beat and tempo is so incredibly important in creating the perfect atmosphere to what you want to accomplish with a song or score. Even a single Bpm of the tempo can shift the feeling a song completely.

I remind you 😉 A must see, En livstid i krig, live Gothenburg with CC!!

I am loving that I discovered your channel, love seeing more people enjoy Sabaton! An absolute classic by them is The Last Stand, hope to see more Sabaton in general tho

Sabaton in amazing and their songs are real bangers. Whenever I listen to their songs on the way to work or on the way home it relaxes me and makes me think of the senseless killing at wartimes. I´m grateful of having been discovered Sabaton some years ago.

I love the story of the Bismarck. A massive battleship, the largest the world had ever seen, built in flagrant defiance of international law that cut it's teeth by sinking nothing less than the flagship of the British navy, the legendary HMS Hood. Immediately after, every naval radio channel echoed three words on repeat, and every ship in range turned to follow Winston Churchill's one succinct order. "Sink the Bismarck. Sink the Bismarck. Sink the Bismarck." In the end they managed to disable it but the damned ship still wouldn't go down. The British hammered it for nearly an hour until the hull was glowing hot, firing over 2800 shells before a final torpedo attack took it down. Over an hour of naval battle was ended in 15 seconds as the Bismarck finally, FINALLY went down and of the 2,200 men that served aboard the Bismarck only 114 lived to tell of it.

Oh wow I can't believe I haven't seen this reaction from you. Epic song. I will watch every Sabaton reaction video on the internet.

Saw them at Wembley for the first time this year, now a fan, fantastic live performance

You know it’s good metal when you make the “face”

This song is fantastic. Grazie Aileen

Thanks for sharing some good heavy music

Bismarck's first and last sortie lasted just nine days. The only thing of note she achieved was sinking the battlecruiser Hood, which was 20 years old at that point. And after that happened, the Royal Navy was focused solely on hunting down Bismarck and destroying her.

That watch from that sailor captuered by the allies was the watch the shoremaster displayed.

Seeing the band play this song live was on if the greatest and will forever be one of my greatest experiences with this band

Hey Aileen :) It´s once again .. like always :D ... really awesome to watch a reaction video of yours. You probably know this already but Sabaton have their own History KZfaq-Channel. Called Sabaton History. I often look things up there when I come across something very interesting that I haven´t heard of before. Thank you again for your awesome videos and have a great day! Greetings from Germany :)

Bismark resting at the bottom of the sea with 2000 of its crew. There is another Bismark song by Johnny Horton. It’s called Sink the Bismark

You got a new sub! Anyone that reacts and listens to Sabaton is cool in my book~

A bit of historical trivia regarding the Bismarck: The Royal navy had an old battle-cruiser (essentially a lighter battleship) called HMS Hood, which was the pride of the royal navy. The royal navy were aware of the threat the Bismarck could pose to British shipping and sent the Hood along with another ship to intercept the Bismarck. During the fight, it is believe a shell from the Bismarck managed to enter the magazine of the Hood and blew the ship up. Britain's pride was severely dented as Britain prided itself on having the strongest navy in the world and now the pride of the navy had been sunk with apparent ease. Due to the outrage, Churchill vowed Britain would throw all of it's resources into destroying the Bismarck. For days afterwards, numerous ships of the navy and various aircraft were ceaselessly tracking the Bismarck. for days the Bismarck was hounded by whatever the British could throw at it but nothing was enough. Eventually the British put together a small fleet of ships and aircraft, which were old WW1 biplanes with torpedoes attached. For hours this combined force relentlessly attacked the Bismarck and pretty much everything Britain had in the area was chucked into the fight with the sole intention that, if the Hood was sunk, the Bismarck would go down with it. Eventually the British sunk the Bismarck and were able to get revenge for the sinking of the Hood. The Bismarck was not sunk purely for the strategic value, it was sunk for revenge and to restore national pride.

3:37 I swear this song gives me chills everytime I hear it

The only thing that tops a Sabaton video is a Sabaton live performance.

All of their songs has a video explaining the even the song is based on. On their other channel, Sabaton History. They have covered so many iconic and/or infamous stories from several era of war. Such a good way to learn history

Come for the metal, stay for the history

Another great reaction!🥰🥰🥰Hope you doing ok😊See in the next one 😘

Yes always the drums 🥁 ALWAYS 👌🏼😁🤩

The little mention of Iron and Blood...a little reference to the Chancellor Bismarcks "Iron and Blood" Speech.

As a lovely brit has put it to me Bismarck was the big dude that walked into a bar, knocked out a regular(British flagship Hood) and then panicked when the entire bar started standing up

Who got more interested about the cruise of Bismarck it is good to see "Sink the Bismarck" 1960. It shows how the giant ships were operated.

The old guy is actually the son of the solider that got rescued 🤘🏻 and the pocket watch is the real deal

Can't wait to see them live on graspop metal meeting 🤘😈🤘 would be my 8 time or so but stil great show 🤘😈🤘

Withdrawal by Bitterwood is a pretty cool song to check out. The music video is also pretty dope.

onthis day june 6th is the 78th anniverary of D-Day (the 1944 invasion of France ) you should do Sabaton "Primo Victoria" along with the Sabaton History for it in honor of all those who stormed the beachs and jumped into the darkness to free Eroupe

As a side note here, the name they gave the boat at 2:21 is raken from an older song by the band (from the older set up of the band)

Fun Fact about the wreck of the Bislarck. Its REMARKEBLEY intact considering its a sunken War ship. And it stands upright as if it was given the Allied forces this last middle finger. It isnt on its side ore upside down. No it stands in defiance too the bitter last, its not even broken in two ore anything.

At the time, the Bismarck was the highest priority Target of the British Royal Navy, nothing had more priority, that is how dangerous the ship was, after it got hit by a lucky torpedo the rudder was damaged, and it basically went in a circle, it took the combined efforts of the European Royal Navy to sink it, and reportedly they only managed after they fired hundreds of shells at it to the point where some eyewitnesses said the ships armour was glowing red from all the impacts and ricochets, and it takes an ungodly amount of shells for that to happen. They also don't go into detail about it but the Bismarck also sunk the Hood which was the Royal Navy's poster child, the most famous of them all, 3 people survived, out of 1418, that also shows just how dangerous of a ship it was.

Aileen, I know this isn’t about Sabaton, but I just watched your video on Rammstein “Adieu” and wanted to recommend their song “Nebel” on the Mutter album. It is a powerful ballad on loss that I think would resonate with you.

Christmas Truce from their new album is great for a ballad (it's about the Christmas Truce in WW1 in 1914)

Very nice reaction! Welcome to the Sabaton family! Sabaton had a collaboration with Wargaming who also help produce this awesome video. Sabaton wrote this song as a standalone single for Wargaming's World Of Warships and the Bismarck is in the game. Sabaton has collaborated with them before when they themselves released the Primo Victoria tank in the World Of Tanks. I heard the rumors that Steel Commanders is a collaboration again but World of Tanks! And yes when the Atlantic Bismarck was the king of the sea also footnote is that the ship Tirpitz was the twin ship of Bismarck. So there were two of that class of battleships.. But in Pacific Ocean, the Japanese Yamato class was the king of the sea. But it was bigger than Bismarck even though they did not sail in the same sea. I do not know if anyone has told you that Sabaton has its own history channel where you can find out their thoughts and when they actually wrote the songs. And you also get a good story lesson by Indy Neidell in part. I hope to see more of your reactions! Have a good time everyone and take care!

My favorite song of all time

I recommend listening and reacting to Sabaton's music video - 40-1 in the live version, where in the middle of the show that was in Poland, a Polish flag was extended in the middle of the audience, which is one of the most beautiful moments I've ever seen in one of their concerts, apart from that they already made a song called Smokking Snakes in honor of the Brazilian soldiers who were present in the second world war, by the way I am Brazilian and I love the band and also for the history class in which the band transmits in their songs

Great reaction 🤟 I really recommend their older song "Screaming Eagles" official video, in my view as a fan for 20 years of them is my favourite song they made 🇸🇪

That is what makes them great. They bring the stories to life and make a person want to learn more of what the song is about. They are bringing history to life for a lot of people. A lot of the history they sing about is not taught in mainstream schools. Unless you are really into history and liked to research it. The US school systems only give you a slanted one sided and very biased version. I really enjoy checking out the Sabaton History channel after I listen to the music. It gives you a mini history on what the song is about.

The historical accuracy in this video is nothing short of incredible. The battleship Bismarck, along with the other vessels shown in the combat sequences, is depicted using incredibly detailed (and accurate) digital models created by WarGaming for their video game, World of Warships (they were a major partner in the production of this video). If you take the time to read up on Bismarck's short service history, you'll be able to recognize the various events depicted in the video, exactly as they occurred. Even the coordinates inscribed on the captain's compass match exactly with those where Bismarck was eventually found, in 1989.

The real story of Battleship Bismarck has all the elements of a blockbuster movie. One has to imagine the crew listening to their leaders already gloryfying their imminent death in the radio at the eve of Bismarcks last stand. According to survivors, the crew didnt really like that and while they saluted germany before the battle, not one saluted Hitler anymore. And then later on the survivors were taken on board by their former enemies. Bismarcks story has drama, action, tragedy, human errors and heroic deeds on both sides and in the end a moral lesson. It is really, really stunning, a screenwriter couldn't have done it any better than history itself in this case.

They released this video one year to the date after the last Bismarck survivor died.

as someone who was awestruck by this story my father told me years ago, i began reading up a little, and a year or so ago, i saw the first videos of the Bismarck on the sea floor. a few months after that, i found out they found the HMS Hood, and saw the wreckage on the sea floor. i believe the video is call "in search of Bismarck and HMS Hood, it's about an hour long and really unbelieve able. i hope you can see it sometime.

Sabaton have a history channel where they talk about their songs and the story behind them Final Solution is by me the best of their writing.. souch a touchy subject, yet well done

"taken down" by the Bismarck crew yea...the allied did no damage that caused it to sink, they damaged the rudder so it could only go one way, but none of the tornedo walls were damaged and the only penetrations of the thick armor was way above the water line(where the armor is much thinner)

Highly recommend to the sabaton history channel. ooh boy indy kills it. They explain the history behind the songs really well.

Im not sure if i am right on this, but the Fairey Swordfish bi-planes were the doom of Bismarck. The Bismarck´s automated AA system was based on radar and it was able to keep up the track with the fastest planes of that time but Brittish Navy was still using bi-planes as ,,torpedo bombers" and those were much slower than it was usual for that time, it was pretty much WW1 era bi-plane. Fun fact, same bi-planes destroyed the Italian Navy at Taranto in 1940.

the devs of the game World of Warships helped with this video, as they take their historical accuracy very serious, great game too haha. The Bismarck had a sister ship aswell named the Tirpitz, she was sunk by British bombers. and St. Nazaire in France was the only dry dock in the world big enough to hold both ships, the first ever British commandos blew it up, it wasnt fixed until decades after the war. I also reccomend the song attack of the dead men.

Just add Bismarck to my play. I'm road trip Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦 ready

Noice. Was wondering if you were going to review this one. It's my favorite Sabaton song.

i love this song as british born we were always brought up on HMS Hood, seeing them sing about the bismark reminds you that the germans also lost ppl in that battle.

9:22 i tought my phone vibrated loool love your look and you made me in to sabaton more and more. but hey im from sweden so i can enjoy the whole package and the song "En livstid i krig" cause the english version isnt even half as good as in swedish. but hey you are maybe like me, i listening to rammstein in dutch, but in sweden we can understand dutch a bit more. i went to dutch lessons in class for a year but it sucked so bad and i wish i took more english lessions instead casue im really bad at it like you can see in the comment.. love your reaction videos keep em coming guuurrrllll fridens pepparkakor 🍄♠🎸🎸🎼🎹🎺🥁🎥🎥☣☢🏴‍☠🏴‍☠🏴‍☠

To better understand this part of the Battle of the Atlantic, I recommend a 1960 movie 'Sink the Bismarck'. It is free here on YT. The USS Iowa class were built with lessons learned from the Bismarck. All 4 of them are now museum ships. USS New Jersey BB62 has a popular YT channel. USS Missouri, upon which the Japanese surrender was signed, is moored within sight of the USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor.

you can learn more about any of their songs on their History Channel they have on KZfaq, where they talk a bit more about the history of what each song is about, just search for the Sabaton History Channel then scroll for the song your looking for

I’m just starting to learn about Sabaton, do I’m not really familiar with their catalog. But, them singing about historical events isn’t new. Iron Maiden has been doing songs about history, literature, poetry, war, battles, pop culture for almost their entire career. Some examples: Run to the Hills- about colonialism and mistreatment of native Americans The Trooper- about the Crimean War Rime of the Ancient Mariner- a classic epic poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Prisoner- about the British TV series Quest for Fire- based on the movie about early humans seeking fire. Murders in the Rue Morgue- Based on the poem by Edgar Allan Poe Paschendale-based on a WWI battle Where Eagles Dare-based in the movie about a military raid on a castle Seventh Son of a Seventh Son- about the ancient mythology of clairvoyance Flight if Icarus- based on the story in Greek Mythology There are many, many mire examples, but that’s just what comes to mind quickly. Basically, listening to Iron Maiden is an education in arts, history and literature. Glad that Sabaton is following that educational path.

its a testament that churchill said that the bismark used to give him nightmares due to its firepower,. when it sunk the hood the royal navy pretty said, drop everything and find and sink her as they respected her firepower. tirpitz her sister ship was bombed so much she never got into the war. read up on how many bombing missions the RAF sent against her, its insane but again a testament to how much of a threat they through she was (i think i was something like 180 bombing missions against her, and at least 1 mini sub attempt to mine her.

I'm not sure if you caught it but the young man in the video is the same as the old man........the pocket watch gives it away. Crazy powerful

You should check out their Channel Sabaton History where They go back and Tell the Stories of what Their Songs are about and the History behind Them.

Should really check out No Bullets Fly. Easily my top pick from their albums

This is why i lve Sabaton. When you hear them play, you can tell theyre passionate about what theyre singing about. The heroes and events in history that should never be forgotten about, even those within evil regimes that still did amazing things. No Bullets Fly being a prime example of that. Franz Stigler was by all means a Nazi, and we all know "Nazi = evil", but this man, this legend not only refused to shoot down an Allied B17 bomber, killing the crew, but escorted them over German airspace and to safety, knowing full well that if anyone ever caught him he would be tried and executed as a German traitor. Sabatons catalogue is full to the brim of incredible stories, and that song in particular is one id love for you to react to, but you MUST do the animated story version, as it pairs the song with a retelling of the story itself. I challenge you to not get emotional by the end of it.

It's a brief shot, but the scene of _Rodney_ closing in flanked by _Norfolk_ and _Dorsetshire_ was fuckin incredible.

U know that Sabaton has a history channel, right? They tells the history about the things they sing about. There is a Sabaton history education video about the Bismark and how it became a song

You should listen to one of Paddy and the Rats' songs. They are a hungarian rock band, focusing mostly on this irish / pirate style of music. (The lyrics are in english). I would be happy to see your reaction!

We had a massive fleet. Not in count but quality. Bismarck, Scharnhorst, Tirpitz, Gneisenau. Far stronger than other countries' fleets. Just based on facts like this, it is something we can be proud of