No Bullets Fly - Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler - Sabaton History 016 [Official]

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5 жыл бұрын

Heroism isn’t always measured in blood or danger. Sometimes, to spare your foe is the honourable thing to do. A dramatic example comes in the shape of the American Charlie Brown and German Franz Stigler. Brown was flying his heavily damaged B17 ‘Flying Fortress’ bomber home after a demanding bombing run on Bremen when Franz Stigler in his fighter plane caught sight of its tail. This story is about the encounter between the two enemies and the song that Sabaton wrote about it, called ‘No Bullets Fly’.
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@SabatonHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Hey all! I hope you all enjoyed the short bits of ‘the Red Baron’ that we showcased last week in our 15th episode! We continue the series with our take on ‘No Bullets Fly’, about a very remarkable encounter between two enemys. This has been requested a lot, and here it is! About that: we record our episodes in group If you ask (or in some cases demand) that we do ‘this song next’, you should know that we can’t take your preferences into account. We will get to all the other songs eventually. Instead, use your energy to ask a meaningful question in the comments! Cheers!! If you would like to gain early access to our Sabaton History episodes and actively support this awesome project that we are so passionate about, you can do so by joining our Patreon community. There are some pretty cool perks when you become part of the Patreon family. Find out more and join here 👉 www.patreon.com/sabatonhistory

@kerlongsjorlejov1945 5 жыл бұрын

The song that started this adventure by introducing me to you guys. This is just awesome.

@sgtRedFireFox 5 жыл бұрын

Yes I love this story and even though they they were at war they still found the humanity in each other and the book is just amazing

@johnchristian434 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful almost sounded like a fictional story but it was real made me cry👏👏👏

@michaelf.bender3718 5 жыл бұрын

@@kerlongsjorlejov1945 their cover of Metallica's "For Whom The Bell Tolls" started the adventure for me and introduced me to Sabaton!

@michaelf.bender3718 5 жыл бұрын

How about Soldier Of 3 Armies and Lauri Allan Torni?

@SixWingZombi 5 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine being a Sabaton fan and then suddenly hearing your grandpa's old war story sung at you? That had to be the coolest moment of that guy's life.

@bernardtuinenburg8746 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if they would ever do a song about my great great great great grandfather, Michiel de Ruyter

@adenkyramud5005 5 жыл бұрын

@@bernardtuinenburg8746 write his story down, send it to them and maybe it will happen. If it's a spectacular story then they'll probably cover it one day, but they can only cover stories they know of so let them know lol

@kriegwhatever 5 жыл бұрын

@@bernardtuinenburg8746 "RAID ON THE MEDWAY" sounds like a legit Sabaton song title

@flare9757 5 жыл бұрын

How about having a song sung to you that matches a story that a Veteran told you almost 6 years ago. I cannot imagine how that kid must feel.

@adenkyramud5005 5 жыл бұрын

@@flare9757 must be a crazy feeling remembering all of that... btw for the empire!

@TheIfifi 5 жыл бұрын

"True heroism isnt knowing when to take a life, but when to spare one." -Tolkien

@flare9757 5 жыл бұрын

TheIfifi Not true enough.

@willblucat3335 4 жыл бұрын

Not to seem like a jerk, but the line is "True courage isn't knowing when to take a life, but when to spare one."

@jordonburk284 4 жыл бұрын

@@willblucat3335 Well you are TECHNICALLY correct, which as we all know is the best kind of correct.

@Numberyksi 4 жыл бұрын

@@willblucat3335 Im not Native English speakers, so ... i cant see any difference on your sentence and between original on this threahd... ,can you plz explain what is what you mean ?

@willblucat3335 4 жыл бұрын

@@Numberyksi The original English version of the book uses courage, not heroism, they can be used similarly, but have different meanings in English.

@PiscatorLager 5 жыл бұрын

By far my favorite story on the Heroes album

@freiherrbaronvonschaefer 5 жыл бұрын

hello there

@miyamotomusashi805 5 жыл бұрын

Look who's here.

@MilsurpMikeChannel 5 жыл бұрын

As far as I am concerned, I consider much of your work the "official" videos for Sabaton's songs :).

@kerlongsjorlejov1945 5 жыл бұрын

Hey, look we have here. You really helped me out with the songs that I listened to when I began to listen to Sabaton. Good to see you around here, King.

@kerlongsjorlejov1945 5 жыл бұрын

@@MilsurpMikeChannel You can say that.

@submarineinthesky8946 5 жыл бұрын

Sometimes it takes more courage to spare a life than to take one.

@TheCanonApologist 5 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful.

@tankmaster6562 5 жыл бұрын

The American bombers took between 300.000 to 600.000 civilian lifes in Germany.

@submarineinthesky8946 5 жыл бұрын

@@tankmaster6562 I don't doubt it. War is when someone figures out reasons to make perfectly good people kill each other. It's little moments like this (franz stigler sparing the d00d) that make me proud of humanity.

@tankmaster6562 5 жыл бұрын

You are right, but in saving a 10 soldiers he unleashed a hole bombing crew to citys and factorys. And please don't understand me false, the 10 soldiers have also family and loved ones but they are soldiers and knew the risks they take by signing up for the air force.

@submarineinthesky8946 5 жыл бұрын

@@tankmaster6562 'spose I can't deny that. Still, I suppose a big picture vs little picture sort of thing. One bomber or not, the wheels of the war machines would keep on spinning, and planes would keep on going down, cities would keep on being leveled. Franz knew this pretty well and tried to get them to land, then tried to get the crew to land in neutral sweden where they'd be interned. But Charlie Brown in company either refused or didn't understand frantic hand signal, and Franz Stigler's honour kept him from shooting down a damaged bomber, which would be no better than shooting wounded men.

@osmacar5331 5 жыл бұрын

How sabaton gets their ideas Pär: Am gonna do an internet

@PilotTed 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@PilotTed 5 жыл бұрын

Well I'm going to do a book... wow

@ericolsen5592 5 жыл бұрын

Am gonna do an internet

@alexandrah9824 5 жыл бұрын

KZfaq!! x:)🤘Ww two by Indy

@spazbauer 5 жыл бұрын

Dammit i shouldnt have read that while drinking fanta

@TheGreatThicc 5 жыл бұрын

Fun fact for those who don't know: A clip from an interview they did together shows both of them tearing up quite a bit and Franz said "I love you Charlie" (as a brother, obviously) and they stayed really good friends until their deaths

@Dosudro 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've seen that interview and when the clip of Franz showed up, I teared up again as it refreshed my memory. Such a powerful story.

@bennytsai4065 5 жыл бұрын

i heard they were became fishing buddies after that...

@devinaschenbrenner2683 5 жыл бұрын

Because of seeing that interview i can't sing along to that song without crying. It makes it personal and tangible. Not something that you just read about

@brucegoldy4973 4 жыл бұрын

That's beautiful

@Numberyksi 4 жыл бұрын

@@devinaschenbrenner2683 Damn... i havent seen the interview. but now i really have to try find it out.

@thomasveerman4532 5 жыл бұрын

Step 1: Watch the video Step 2: Try not to cry Step 3: Cry a lot Honestly No Bullets Fly can move me to tears any day of the week.

@luistruemmler8008 5 жыл бұрын

Thomas Veerman really glad that im not the only one many manly tears were shed due to this story

@americanpanzer4163 5 жыл бұрын

Step 4: Become Dehydrated Step 5: Drink Water Step 6: Cry More Step 7 : Repeat Steps 4-7

@thomasveerman4532 5 жыл бұрын

@@americanpanzer4163 somewhere in in there should probably be a step to give a short salute

@americanpanzer4163 5 жыл бұрын

@@thomasveerman4532 that is Step 3.5 to be done while Crying

@RAIDERZNATION100 5 жыл бұрын

Im glad im not the only one. Such a good song.

@Big_E_Soul_Fragment 5 жыл бұрын

Those interviews with Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler are fantastic! May their souls rest in peace.

@IIARROWS 5 жыл бұрын

I don't understand what Franz answers about what he felt when they met. Anyone can help me?

@lojzek91 5 жыл бұрын

I understood it as "I felt happy like I never was... It wasn't easy."

@IceLordCryo 5 жыл бұрын

You could feel just how much it meant to Franz to learn that Charlie survived. The pure emotion transcends antiquated video formats. A true hero.

@terrorcop101 5 жыл бұрын

Here here and amen.

@alexandrah9824 5 жыл бұрын

#RESPEKT ja LG Alex aus Deutschland

@MDMetal 5 жыл бұрын

You're a good man, Charlie Brown. You're a good man, Franz Stigler. RIP Aviators. Brothers. Heroes. Foes. Friends. My eyes just started sweating a bit.

@jabiliuson1270 5 жыл бұрын

mine too, just a sweat full of testosterone, definitively not crying

@harbl99 5 жыл бұрын

It's really dusty, that's all. "They will never understand."

@csears0824 5 жыл бұрын

I'll stand with.

@flare9757 5 жыл бұрын

It is a shame that more German Soldiers did not get a chance to be real people, and show how human they were. The German Wehrmacht should not be remembered as Nazis, but rather as Soldiers following orders and fighting for their home.

@stephenroberts4895 4 жыл бұрын

Every time I listen to “No Bullets Fly” and the story behind it, I often get a bit teary-eyed. Just an amazing story.

@lukum55 5 жыл бұрын

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” ― G.K. Chesterton

@xr88yu 3 жыл бұрын

Good quote.

@Darkrunn 5 жыл бұрын

*many kids voices* It's the code of the air, Charlie Brown! *piano music*

@Civic-mw4jj 5 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@jesusisherelookbusy 5 жыл бұрын

[sees ME 109 outside cockpit window] "Good grief..."

@kyriss12 5 жыл бұрын

Bang bang Red Baron bang bang.

@Pingu4708 3 жыл бұрын

Dammit, snoopy must’ve time travelled again!

@thesunskimmer5348 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@randomlyentertaining8287 3 жыл бұрын

"They'll never understand." -Pretty much every veteran when a non-veteran criticizes them for something they did in war. Also if I remember right, Stigler got his feelings about shooting at men in parachutes at least in part from one of his commanding officers from Jagdgeschwader 27, Gustav Rödel, during his time fighting in North Africa who told his men, "If I ever see or hear of you shooting at a man in a parachute, I will shoot you myself." hence why Stigler said, "To me, it was just like they were in a parachute. I saw them and I couldn't shoot them down."

@Cosmopean Жыл бұрын

@uNnHkP8mza calling the evil ones incompetent is doing a disservice to the war and the victims of the Nazi atrocities. The problem is that the evil ones were way too competent, if they had been incompetent I'd have a lot more relatives.

@MonsterhunterFTWWTF 5 жыл бұрын

I'll be real, I started tearing up when Indy talked what the people around Franz Stigler said about him. How he was a traitor; a Nazi. Those cold-hearted people will never understand... A man who sacrificed glory, in order to save a helpless enemy is a special kind of breed of individual. I know I wouldn't be able to make the same decision. I don't think many people could; that's why Stigler is a hero amongst heroes for me. Respect.

@SuperMrDeathlord 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like you can see when he says it faith in humanity die. :( Aholes gonna be aholes i guess, RIP Stigler a true hero.

@Daidan0 Жыл бұрын

it's because the german military during wwii gets stereotyped into being all nazis. when really not all of them were. it was really more like 10% actually were. and the remainder weren't officially in the party or followed their beliefs. it's an example of guilty by association. and most soldiers in wwii didn't serve willingly. they were more or less drafted into the military. or in more simpler terms. "all nazis were german but not all germans were nazis"

@sovietapples6122 5 жыл бұрын

I did a history report on this story and got called a neo nazi. Respect to both pilots.

@sovietapples6122 5 жыл бұрын

Yep

@mikatu 5 жыл бұрын

people don't understand that most Germans fighting in the war weren't nazis

@flare9757 5 жыл бұрын

The bulk of the German Military were just following orders and fighting for their home.

@joseph3982 4 жыл бұрын

Are you serious?

@eggdrasilwarthog6507 4 жыл бұрын

@@mikatu Well most of them where to a larger or lesser degree complicit with the nazis

@hopefulwarrior4953 5 жыл бұрын

After they finally met Charlie and Franz stayed friends until their deaths. Such a touching story.

@bernardtuinenburg8746 5 жыл бұрын

They also died only a few months apart

@p3chv0gel22 3 жыл бұрын

@@bernardtuinenburg8746 8 Months, to be precise

@ghr501able 5 жыл бұрын

It's nice to see honorable men still act honorably even in moments of war and when the moment and benefits of acting dishonorably seem like the easiest thing to do.

@noobster4779 5 жыл бұрын

Well i wouldnt call bomber crews honorable. There job itself consisted of dromping bombs mainly on civilians who cant defend themself. There is a reason bomber crews found by german civilians often ended up dead.

@javanbybee4822 5 жыл бұрын

@@noobster4779 its called war, the germans bombed london and killed innocent civilians

@harbl99 5 жыл бұрын

@@noobster4779 -- "As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me. They do not feel any enmity against me as an individual, nor I against them. They are ‘only doing their duty’, as the saying goes. Most of them, I have no doubt, are kind-hearted law-abiding men who would never dream of committing murder in private life." -- George Orwell

@csears0824 5 жыл бұрын

We can judge quite comfortably now can't we

@dryalga4000 5 жыл бұрын

"A good soldier is never supposed to disobey his orders, no matter what. And yet, there are extreme times when a soldier must remember a higher duty and must be a good human being instead. People make mistakes regardless of rank, you need te courage to disobey an order you believe is wrong, especially when lives are at stake. In war it's the only way you can live with yourself....once the bloodshed is over." - Admiral Juzo Okita, Spacebattleship Yamato 2199

@BenersantheBread 4 жыл бұрын

"-it would have been the same as shooting a parachute. I just couldn't shoot." *No Bullets Fly's intro starts* Damn onion cutting ninjas...

@charliespurr7325 3 жыл бұрын

Lol I commented this just a few seconds ago.

@northernleigonare 3 жыл бұрын

@Kabuki Kitsune one is a BF109

@ForkLefts 2 жыл бұрын

I almost cried Yeah that's a lie, i cried

@nathanaelhavlik4293 4 жыл бұрын

Stigler deserves a US medal in my book, just for him. As an American, I hold Stigler in very high esteem. He did what very few people would there. He fought for his country bravely, though the ones running it were wrong. He did his duty, and showed mercy where it could not be expected.

@corneliusmaze-eye2459 2 ай бұрын

That would be very inappropriate. You don't award your own medals to people of other nations.

@ArkadenUniverse Ай бұрын

@@corneliusmaze-eye2459 that happened in WWII tho. Audie Murphy got 1 Belgian medal and 3 French medals - as an American

@ArielKahane 4 жыл бұрын

Charlie Brown became a pilot to avenge Snoopy's death at the hands of the Red Baron

@thenexus8384 2 жыл бұрын

Wrong war but great comment

@Ometecuhtli Ай бұрын

Well Hitler became Hitler because of what happened in WWI so the story checks out.

@panzerwafflez7228 5 жыл бұрын

Now if only enemy fighters treated me like this in War Thunder in my B17... ;-;

@NIkonEX- 3 жыл бұрын

PanzerWafflez lol

@ZaHandle 3 жыл бұрын

@William Jacobs plot twist: he was listening to no bullet fly at the time

@miyamotomusashi805 5 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorites war stories. I'm planning on reading the Higher Call soon.

@quintusantonius9375 5 жыл бұрын

It's totally worth it. My first time reading the book, I finished super quickly (2-3 days) just because it's so fascinating and the author makes the story easy to follow.

@countrytownify 5 жыл бұрын

You won’t regret reading it. It’s an amazing story.

@chasemathis2016 5 жыл бұрын

Just do it. You'll thank yourself.

@pontiacfan76 5 жыл бұрын

Exellent book you will not be disappointed.

@Lonewolf8012 5 жыл бұрын

Its an Amazing book, i had the audio book at first, i loved so much i got the hardcopy aswell.

@Scorehound 3 жыл бұрын

Sabaton is costing me a lot of money... Every time I learn an amazing story because of their songs, I end up buying a book associated with the subjects of their songs. Best damn rock band on Earth. Instead of doing songs about women, guns, violence, sex, drugs and evil, here we have a band that writes songs that honor humanity - the sacrifice, the courage, the valor and the humility of us. I've learned so much about our history and the brave men, women and heroes that shaped our civilization I feel like I'm back in school. It's amazing. They're amazing.

@SeanLewis-df3ht Жыл бұрын

couldn't agree more

@6tony1gray4 Жыл бұрын

They are modern day bards

@flare9757 5 жыл бұрын

I remember meeting a veteran who was a member of a bomber crew who remembered a story of one of the aircraft in his bomber wing. He didn’t have specifics or names, but the story matches up exactly. It is amazing how... human two combatants can be during a war. It is important to remember that the vast bulk of the German Military during WW2 were not Nazis. They were just soldiers fighting for their country. I believe that Stigler was not in the minority, but rather in the majority, except that he got a chance to prove it. Most of the German Military did not get these chances.

@kevinmoore2474 3 жыл бұрын

Rommel would have had a chance to had the assassination attempt on hitler thatbhe was involved with was succesful

@Ometecuhtli Ай бұрын

1. Assassination attempt on Hitler is succesful 2. Hitler replaced with an actually competent general. 3. Allies: Oh sh....

@bodavidson2804 3 жыл бұрын

"He knew that they were dead men, unless HE helps them......" That bit tears me up. That's when he decided to do more than just let them get away

@Metalisalearning77 5 жыл бұрын

Loved much of Sabatons discography but "Heroes" is one album that can have lumps in my throat due to real stories mentioned here

@p3chv0gel22 3 жыл бұрын

Well, every Sabaton Song is about real Stories But i know, what you mean. "Heroes" is something Special

@Death_Korps_Officer 5 жыл бұрын

No bullets fly was the first Sabaton song that made me cry. The other song that had done that aswell was the Lost Battalion. Such powerful stories of bravery, sacrifice and human beings.

@siristheslayer1923 5 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget about Bull

@borisborkovic8894 2 жыл бұрын

Dont forget cliffs of gallipoli

@Psycho_Yoshi 5 жыл бұрын

This is a great reminder that not all Germans in WW2 were monsters, it shows us it was the people in command and even some in command were honorable. This does give me hope in human character. Another great video Sabaton History!

@Mandilore89 5 жыл бұрын

In all honestly, I think a large number of Germans weren't monsters in Nazi Germany. I think they were told to follow orders without question or else be punished! Most of them didn't have a choice! That's why post Nazi-Germany, family members of former Nazi high command are DESPISED. Almost every German I ever met hate the Nazi Party than anyone else!

@peterroberts7832 5 жыл бұрын

Most of the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe forces had no idea about the Holocaust so yeah saying that all the German forces were genocidal monsters is just wrong

@lvd8122 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but waht the German army did in the east shows that there still was a lot of hatred and disregarded for human lives within the German people at the time.

@lavrentivs9891 5 жыл бұрын

@@lvd8122 Yeah, many years of hatred and propaganda, being told that the peoples in the east are subhuman, will have an effect on most people. Didn't hurt that german soldiers had access to pervitin (a form of amphetamin) either.

@bernardtuinenburg8746 5 жыл бұрын

Officers in the german army were being threatened that if they didn't carry out their duties, their families would suffer in the concentration camps. They really had no choice but to obey

@Nuclear_Gandhi 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, Peanuts is more intense than I remembered

@FlightSimHistorian 5 жыл бұрын

The B-17G we used to keep at my local air museum has been modified and repainted to resemble "Ye Olde Pub".

@bernardtuinenburg8746 5 жыл бұрын

I thought the Pub was a late model B-17 E, but I'm not quite sure

@FlightSimHistorian 5 жыл бұрын

@@bernardtuinenburg8746 hence the modifications. removal of the chin turret under the nose for one.

@TurboSeth 3 жыл бұрын

Erickson collection Madras Or?

@Ben-ny5xz 5 жыл бұрын

This is such a touching story, and that is why I love this song. Thanks again guys!

@SabatonHistory 5 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Thanks a lot for the support!

@littlegamer00 3 жыл бұрын

@@SabatonHistory make a song about the B-2

@Zakatak-mf4iq 5 жыл бұрын

It's amazing enough that this even happened, but the fact that they both survived the war, AND met each other in person, against all odds, is incredible. Ok top of that, they became really good friends, and died within a few months of each other. In way the idea of them being "lost brothers" rings really true, it's as if fate destined them for it.

@TheSingleTrucker 5 жыл бұрын

The ole girl kept her human crew alive, those that she could. Steigler wasn't a nazi. He was an Airman in the Wehrmacht. He was defending the skies and citizens below. Sometimes those two get confused when describing Germans in the war. Great story and vid, Sabaton!

@patt0riz0r 5 жыл бұрын

4:44 Me-262: Don't mind me. Just doing some testing.

@vegasspaceprogram6623 5 жыл бұрын

Im not the only one who noticed

@Skyhawk1998 5 жыл бұрын

Called 109s 190s and showed a 262 instead of a 109 at one point. Whoopsie.

@flare9757 5 жыл бұрын

Pilot: “BF-109s incoming.” Gunner: “That is not a BF109, THATS NOT A BF-109 AT ALL!”

@wm565 3 жыл бұрын

Franz Stigler did end up flying Me-262s, just not during this incident.

@tejesedeny 5 жыл бұрын

I always like to hear stories of humanity in terrible wars. Thank you very much for this, awesome episode as always. It's so cool the two pilots could meet finally.

@pontiacfan76 5 жыл бұрын

The book is awesome.

@tejesedeny 5 жыл бұрын

@@pontiacfan76 I don't think it's sold in my country, not even in English, but I'll buy it somewhere if I can.

@pontiacfan76 5 жыл бұрын

I think I still have it someone is boring it from me right now.

@kyriss12 5 жыл бұрын

That’s one of the reasons I’m so fond of the ww1 Christmas truce. Also the one about the slide and axis units that teamed up to fight off a bunch of starving wolves.

@Brettbren 3 жыл бұрын

*The humanity shown by these two gentlemen is nothing short of beautiful. May they rest in peace knowing that their legacy lives on in this excellent song.*

@MrWildcat28 5 жыл бұрын

Anyone else wanna see Hearts of Iron next? I’ve read a little about it and I really wanna learn the full story ^_^

@Austin1723 5 жыл бұрын

I've always wanted them to cover that one

@omegraptorch3624 5 жыл бұрын

That song could easily be made into a video game: You start of as a german soldier, eager for war at the beginning. But then he sees the horrors of the eastern front, the horrors of the Holocaust and then fights in the battle of Berlin, helping the civilians. THe game then ends with our now old protagonist standing in Berlin, watching the Reunification of East and West Berlin.

@AHappyCub 5 жыл бұрын

@@omegraptorch3624 I support this

@adenkyramud5005 5 жыл бұрын

@@omegraptorch3624 holy fuck now I want to play that game... this would probably be the best game of the last decade God dammit

@SabatonHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Its closer than you think

@quintusantonius9375 5 жыл бұрын

I read "A Higher Call" before I discovered Sabaton, and was ecstatic to discover they had a song covering this event. Stories like this are why I enjoy studying history: even though they were on opposite sides of a terrible conflict, some men still showed incredible kindness to others, even though nobody would have expected them to do so.

@Tres_24 5 жыл бұрын

And this shows what many seem to forget about World War 2... There soldiers on both sides. Not every German soldier was a nazi or part of the SS. In fact many people, soldiers and civilians alike, just conformed to the regime at power, for refusing could have dire consequences. Soldiers at the front lines more often than not weren't even aware of what was going on back at home. Franz Stigler was just a soldier doing his duty and doing what he deemed right. Hearing that he was called both "traitor" and "nazi" makes me sad. It shows how blind some people were (and still are) even after the war had ended. I salute Pär, Indy and everyone involved in the making of the songs and the episodes on this channel. They show again that you just want to tell a story. Whag people will make of it is up to them. Keep up the great work and all the best wishes to you guys!

@SabatonHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for your wise and kind words! You're absolutely right that the humanity in war is often forgotten

@ryannoonan6594 5 жыл бұрын

I just got told the day I get home from deployment and I'll be back in the states just in time for the Great War, then this releases just out standing, nice job guys!!!

@SabatonHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Sounds a little grim though. Home just in time for the Great War..

@ryannoonan6594 5 жыл бұрын

@@SabatonHistory didn't quite think of it that way but is does 😂

@JJ-kl7eq 5 жыл бұрын

I love the visualizations included such as the snowflakes in the beginning of the video. You can always count on this channel to be a Stigler for detail.

@kglguy 5 жыл бұрын

You can have a like for that. Well played.

@brentlareaux8419 4 жыл бұрын

"True courage is not knowing when to take a life, but when to spare one"

@michaelt.5672 4 жыл бұрын

The paintings of the wounded B-17 with the Bf-109 alongside it always strike a chord with me. An instrument of death turned into a guardian and saviour.

@siimkruusmann3695 5 жыл бұрын

YEAH, FINNALY NO BULLETS FLY, you can do night witches next

@plutotheplanet5341 5 жыл бұрын

The women who personally pissed Hitler of? Hell yeah!

@jvtagle 5 жыл бұрын

What Battlefield 5 should’ve done

@howardbaxter2514 5 жыл бұрын

Pluto, the planet both the Night Witches and Night Swallow pissed Hitler and the Germans off.

@Frozen_Angel 5 жыл бұрын

Franz Stigler = hero. It was the perfect album for a song about him to be included.

@homefront1999 5 жыл бұрын

2:28 " *YOU GOT A HOLE IN YOUR LEFT WING!* "

@Nonameisback999 5 жыл бұрын

The story of this song is honestly one of the most wholesome and heartwarming stories I've heard before, may franz and Charlie rest in peace, god rest their souls

@jimdude7782 3 жыл бұрын

To be completely honest stories like these is what prevents me from losing all hope in humanity

@HrkeksRapid500mg 5 жыл бұрын

The photo at 14:35 is just so pure. Look at them having fun with those little planes.

@mihkeltarvis8729 5 жыл бұрын

I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING!!!!!!!!!!!

@p3chv0gel22 3 жыл бұрын

No. WE are crying. Everyone together

@MilsurpMikeChannel 5 жыл бұрын

I like the story, but I can also see why even 40-50 years after it happened, some Germans could be mad at Stigler. We were never bombed whereas hundreds of thousands of people died from B-17 and Lancaster bombs in Germany. My grandparents pretty much never forgave the Japanese because my great uncle (grandpa's brother) was a survivor of the Bataan Death March and POW for most of the war... He weighed 90lbs when his camp was liberated... I can see how some Germans in the 80's and 90's, still with tangible connections to the war would be angry with Stigler since Brown did finish his tour. Stigler acted honorably in the moment... But I can see the other side.

@Kay2kGer 5 жыл бұрын

indeed, its just so difficult to be in this situation. duty to protect your homeland from bombing civilians, but also your personal honor and chance to suffer from PTSD. war sucks

@profharveyherrera 5 жыл бұрын

You are right, war is never a black and white issue, old grudges may even spark new conflicts

@GhostRider659 5 жыл бұрын

I'm from Germany and I've spent some time on that time in history, and from what I've read, there's a difference between the American day bombing and the mostly British night bombing in that the Americans were at least aiming at industrial and military targets, whereas the British were just aiming at cities, and killing and dehousing civilians was actually a stated goal for them. I don't mind Stigler letting a crippled B-17 go. It'd be a different story with a Lancaster.

@EradWir 5 жыл бұрын

Its not like shooting him the B17 down would have acomplished anything than kill 10 guys the bombs were already gone the bomber was probably beyond repair and the dead would be useless as other american would just take their place.

@MilsurpMikeChannel 5 жыл бұрын

This was Brown's first mission, and he ended up finishing his tour meaning he flew at least 24 more missions. It took around a year and many resources to train a pilot (just ask the Japanese after Midway about loss of well trained pilots can do)... again, I am saying I can see why some, especially those with a tangible connection to the war, could be mad.

@MrSasioo 5 жыл бұрын

Loved the story in this song so much, that I bought Adam Makos's "A higher call". Gotta admit, I haven't read something that great in a long time. Nice video as always. Keep it up! P.S: How about Inmate 4859 next?

@maximaldinotrap 5 жыл бұрын

How about Aces In Exile.

@Kamina.D.Fierce 4 жыл бұрын

I actually discovered this song in an AMV. I listened to it a bunch but eventually got curious and looked up the story... The next day i drove to a bookstore and bought the book. I got home... I read 300+ pages nonstop on the first day and the rest on the second. I have since re-read the book many times. It is my favorite book and war story. Thank you Saboton for bringing me to this great story.

@chriskuemmerle462 5 жыл бұрын

Sabaton was never just the sound of awesome music. When you learn the stories behind the music it makes listening that much more meaningful. You guy truly are the best!

@thurin84 5 жыл бұрын

damn! id heard of the story online, but, damn! i never knew the details of how rough they had it. those b-17s were built tough. ye old pub brought her boys home. herr stigler may have been on the wrong side of history, but he was on the right side of humanity. thank you for bringing renown to these brave men!!!!!!!

@AmyHerstein Жыл бұрын

When I was in high school, I knew it all (read young, arrogant, and stupid), and had the privilege of interviewing a World War II veteran named Frank as a history-class project. Frank had fought in Europe and earned his Purple Heart there, so I suppose that in my infinite brilliance, I subconsciously expected that he'd hate the Germans. I'm ashamed to admit I was, at the time, ready to sympathize with him if he had. So much for a deep intellect on my part. Fast-forward from the week I got the assignment in class to my interview. One of the stories he told that stands out for me is that a German soldier approached him and some comrades, unarmed, so that he could surrender to them. He was all of about fifteen or so years old, Frank said, and "he just wanted to go home." He was hoping that the Americans would show him some compassion. Somehow, Frank's story penetrated my brain, and I've never forgotten about it. It resonated with me in a way I cannot lay a finger on, and several years later, when I read A Higher Call, I thought of him and the lesson his words had managed to teach me. I think that his story made me more open to accepting that human is human, regardless of political cause or who is on whose side during war. Charlie and Franz were heroes, but more importantly, you can see something simpler in their story: good people. I am therefore very glad that you've written this song. It needed to be written and should always be remembered by soldiers, by politicians, and by people like me who started off fairly obtuse and have the decency to realize that they can always learn something if they open up to it. Maybe I can't undo what a little prig I was, but I could improve, and I very much hope that I have.

@TheTaintedWisdom 4 жыл бұрын

Referring to Franz Stigler as a Nazi through and through would be utterly absurd. Someone loyal to the cause of the Nazis wouldn't hesitate to take a kill, let alone one that would garner praise. Sparing an enemy is merciful. Sparing an enemy that literally just bombed your *home?* That's nigh unthinkable. Doing all that, then risking your *own* life escorting them to safety, knowing that if anyone ever found out his life might be forfeit?!? That's only about the single *furthest* descriptions of the actions of some heartless Nazi.

@weeb3244 5 жыл бұрын

I tear up every time I read "A Higher Call". To anyone who hasn't read it, please do. It gives the backstory necessary to truly show (to the highest degree possible without actually BEING Franz Stigler) why he did what he did, and how much it meant to both of them

@lavatun 3 жыл бұрын

"A hero need not speak for himself, for when he is gone the world will speak for him."

@Thomas.Wright 2 жыл бұрын

And that goes double, when instead they sing songs about his deeds.

@lavatun 2 жыл бұрын

"Look to the fallen dead for what may lie ahead of your journey. Be it doom or glory, those that have gone before you will leave lessons in their wake."

@loganb7059 3 жыл бұрын

4:36 in the book ‘A Higher Call’ there is a note at the bottom of the page when it gets to this part. The Fw190 pilot here is killed. A few days earlier his first child, a daughter, had been born. That page hit me like a gut punch. In a lot of war stories it’s so easy to forget that the enemies are human beings too. Just about every death is a tragedy.

@cynicaloptimist970 5 жыл бұрын

God I love this story. This is a story I heard about long before they made a song, and i take pride in that, whenever I tell anyone about it, they're always astonished. I actually wrote an essay about ethics and morality where this story was a big part. And then... Sabaton makes a f**king song about it! I thought I was gonna have tears in my eyes... Thank you for this, Sabaton!

@EJStormful 3 жыл бұрын

I'm impressed by that story and by the fact, sabaton adopted this in a song, which came to ears of Stigler s grandson, a fan from sabaton. What a touching form to honor the wonderful grandfather of Mr. Stigler Jr.

@olivierpelletier9643 3 жыл бұрын

I watched your animated story video (No bullet fly) and learned about this event. I was curious to know more about the story of Charlie Brown and Frantz Stigler and read the whole story on the net. I almost shed a tear. I love how you find and tell stories of past war events. Some people think youre gratifying war but not at all. You sing history as it is and that is great. Some things such as this honorable action from Frantz should not be forgotten. It shows that humanity still existed even during those times. One passage of the story I liked is the fact that Frantz's superior once told him "If I ever see you shoot on a pilot in parachute, Ill shoot you myself" ...this reflection crossed Frantz mind when he saw that crippled bomber and thats why he did not shoot it down. And to think that they found each other and became best friends until their death ....wholesome.

@SignedWithBlood 5 жыл бұрын

I read the book based on this song, just because Sabaton did too. Quite the read, amazing story, great song.

@Bexora_bc 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! What an amazing story! ❤ You guys are awesome and i'm sure the families you write about are speechless at the quality of honor you give to their relatives.

@SabatonHistory 5 жыл бұрын

We have a reaction video from the daughter of Franz Stigler that will go up on Sabatons facebook page this week!

@Bexora_bc 5 жыл бұрын

@@SabatonHistory😍😍 I can't wait to see it!!!!

@gfdx3214 2 жыл бұрын

No Bullets Fly is my favourite song of the entire Album, and one of my favourite songs overall It has such a good mix of good music and a fitting story with it's own sense of epicness

@SabatonHistory 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your message, we are glad you enjoyed it.

@ArisztidZ 5 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite WWII stories. Along with that, I can imagine Stigler's grandson replaying this song a bazillion times at top volume, going to school and saying "SABATON WROTE A SONG ABOUT MY GRANDAD!!!" Well, ok, I know that, if I had been that kid, that's what I would have done.

@EIBBOR2654 2 жыл бұрын

Frans Stigler is 100% right with his response to those that called him a trader or a Nazi. They could never understand. Unless you have served time in the military as a career or in combat, you could never understand. Military life is a different world, as different as night and day. It is that way with every military throughout the world. As long as I've served, there is no way that I or any military member can really describe that life, the pride, the miserable times and places, the hurt, the joy, the mind numbing monotonous boredom broken by shear moments of panic and fear, the hate thrown at you, how you feel so out of place in a room full of people and so much more that could fill many books. Everyone's experience is their own but shared with many and it is what brings us together. Someone once told me that those that make a career out of military life, or spend time in combat, you can adjust to civilian life but you can never really fit in to that life. He was right, he was a neighbor and served as an SS Soldier, an NCO during WWII. As seen here, even enemies that have seen the horrors of war can become closer than family.

@erika_itsumi5141 5 жыл бұрын

YES!!!!! I actually requested this one. Thank you so much for doing this one

@mikepack1845 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video! Haven't heard the song yet so I'm going to have to listen to it!

@johnchristian434 5 жыл бұрын

You've got a lot to catch up on

@RAIDERZNATION100 5 жыл бұрын

Finished the book about a month ago and the story is amazing. Im glad to see Sabaton made a song in tribute of Franz Stigler and Charlie Brown.

@SabatonHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Cool! Lots of people reading that book here!

@skipskip600 5 жыл бұрын

This is one of the most emotional hidden stories about bravery, camaraderie and respect. I am very glad to hear it had a happy ending! Congratulations for telling these stories Sabaton! and props to Indie - you seemed a lot more emotionally expressive in this episode.

@SabatonHistory 5 жыл бұрын

it Is a very emotional story after all..

@iclisious 5 жыл бұрын

This is the kind of TRUE valor that brings a tear to the eye of even a man as hard as I. May they both forever Fly where no bullets fly and no shadows fall.

@B1smarkk 5 жыл бұрын

And another great episode of Sabaton history! This is so good project and even better song from my favorite Sabaton album. Thank you so much

@rosskardon7195 8 ай бұрын

The true of Franz Stigler saving an American B-17 that was too disabled to fight back should be made into a movie!

@riderstrano783 5 жыл бұрын

Both of those men deserved to be remembered as and honored as heroes

@30769s 5 жыл бұрын

this is my all time favourite story from WW2! Thank you for covering it! Also thanks Sabaton for making this song all those years ago!

@aragon991 5 жыл бұрын

this song actualy made me buy the book and it is a great book to read

@kevinphelps9577 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love what you guys are doing. Yes war is a miserable, violent thing but we forget about the stories like this. Heroism, honor, and valor are things that people who have not been in combat can understand. Please keep going down this road. Semper Fidelis from a former U.S. Marine

@eviltwinzak 3 жыл бұрын

I discovered my physics professor at the university was a Sabaton fan when while chatting about ww2 and we were both trying to one up each other with stories of courage, chivalry and valor from both sides. I noticed a pattern in the stories and asked him if the knew of a band called Sabaton. He chuckled and confirmed. At 67yo this man was a LEGEND. He sadly passed away in 2019. This is one of the stories we shared.

@halometallicalover27 5 жыл бұрын

I was ecstatic to see that you did a video for this story. It's always been one of my favorites, and it always brings me to tears. You guys are the best. Keep up the kick-ass work!

@timetellersunion3711 3 жыл бұрын

So I found out while reading “A Higher Call” Today, I found out my grandma’s brother, “Michael Buffalino” has a sad connection to Franz Stigler, when he was shot down during a raid, I don’t blame anyone, I understand it’s following orders, and a similar fate may have happened to German bombers, many pilots never thought of killing a human, just a machine, so I don’t blame anyone, but it’s a sad, but cool, to know that Franz is intertwined in my family’s history. Jesus bless you all and stay safe

@pokegirl302 5 жыл бұрын

I love hearing WWII aviation stories like this, my grandfather never really talked to anyone about his time on his B-17. We only have his purple heart and the story behind it.

@Kamina.D.Fierce 4 жыл бұрын

@nadams01_65 5 жыл бұрын

This is amazing! I actually did a school project years ago on their story

@Battleship009 5 жыл бұрын

I have the book A Higher Call after I first listened to No Bullets Fly after a few times and when I read the part where they first "meet" I get the song going through my head.

@NYMetsNo1 2 жыл бұрын

Happy 78th Anniversary Charlie and Franz!

@kerlongsjorlejov1945 5 жыл бұрын

I can't believe you guys are doing this song. No Bullets Fly is the song that introduced me to you guys. And I am so happy that you guys are doing this song here with the story. I am really happy. Resist and Bite and White Death are my most favorite songs but this one is the very first and a special one for me.

@SabatonHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Of course we're doing this song! Thanks for the support Evert!

@MiguelAbd 5 жыл бұрын

This whole event is so amazing!! I love the videos of both pilots talking about it.

@SabatonHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's awesome that we got to use that! It really adds a layer that we can't usually see when talking about these stories.

@nathanielmiller6530 5 жыл бұрын

4:44 they call it a Messerschmitt 190 but that’s for sure a Messerschmitt 262. Not sure it that was actually pictures from the encounter or random pictures but either way someone messed up.

@madmarx61 Жыл бұрын

The story had me emotional when i first read about it. Sabaton is doing the world a favor as well as making history interesting. Sabaton is undoubtedly the greatest band ever for me. Indie Nydel is equally appreciated by me for the finer details. Thank you so much for everything.

@SabatonHistory Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this inspiring message and for your support 😎 Rock on!

@Kamina.D.Fierce 4 жыл бұрын

A few years back I was listening/watching AMVs on youtube and one was for this song. Initially, i was just playing it to have something to hear while i was doing other tasks, but then i started paying attention to the lyrics and i got curious. Cue going to wikipedia and finding the article about the incident. I was intrigued. I saw there was a book, and decided to go buy it. Not rent, not borrow from library. Straight up buy it. And in those days money was very tight for me, but still i bought it brand new. On the way home i stopped and read the prologue. Just from how it was introduced i thought: oooooh this is gonna be good. I binge read the book the second i got home and finished the very next day (1st time i ever did that). From then on, it became my favorite WWII story, book, and the reason i began learning more and more stories about or from WWII. (It also gave me a new metal band to rock out to and even learn of new stories from)... So thanks Sabaton, thanks Franz, and thanks Charlie.

@DC-je4pm 5 жыл бұрын

The BEST video on this channel TO DATE. Love it.

@SabatonHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@pemithmithsara7632 4 жыл бұрын

“ if you kill a killer the number of killers remain same” ~batman

@YataTheFifteenth 3 жыл бұрын

If you kill multiple killers then the number of killers decrease.

@johnmcmahon8616 5 жыл бұрын

Once again, a great presentation. The added interviews with Brown and Stigler made this story even better. Thank you Sabaton. 🤘🏼

@SabatonHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! Once again, you are very welcome!

@khorgor 5 жыл бұрын

Calling a soldier that is not killing a wounded enemy, that is not able to defend himself, a traitor is something people should be ashamed of. WW2 was a crazy conflict with a ton of amazing stories, thanks to Sabaton to creating great songs from those stories and thanks to Indy for telling the stories behind the songs. Grüße aus Deutschland and keep being awesome

@Magnus_Caramelo_55 5 жыл бұрын

Mentions a Fw-190 but shows a Me-262, how fitting

@olex2999 5 жыл бұрын

came here to see if anyone noticed that. maybe it was hitler from the future

@GottHoldNicetomeet 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah but he was showing incorrect 109s and so on as well. Its more symbolic pictures. However Franz was one of the few pilots of the JV44 and thus was one of the few german aces that got to fly the Me262 and probably the reason of showing it. He never made the iron cross of the iron crosses. And the later kills he got on B17s, he gave to rookies which were just forced into cockpit at this point of the war to have some success

@Betrix5060 4 жыл бұрын

@@GottHoldNicetomeet Showing the wrong model of 109 and showing a jet instead of a prop fighter are not the same lol.

@GottHoldNicetomeet 4 жыл бұрын

@@Betrix5060 Nice how you bypassed the second possible reason as well. Which is also whole section in his bio/book.

@andylane3739 4 жыл бұрын

ME 262 is a cool Blue Oyster Cult song.

@SheriffsSimShack 5 жыл бұрын

Do I may ask if the intro of the song is resembling an aircraft engine starting? Its so similar to the sound of a catching engine after the flywheel spooled up.

@Dalroi1 5 жыл бұрын

Such a shame Franz Stigler died 6 years before the Heroes album came out with this song on it. Still, a hell of a good innings to reach that age.

@peterbehringer63 2 жыл бұрын

Great initiative by Sabaton these history focus videos...a big appreciation salute from an American businessman currently living in Venezuela...whose father lived first hand the horrors of Soviet Union's purges and later war on Germany's Eastern Front ....and switched sides to escape to allied-occupied Western Europe at the war's end.