This song is about the Battle of Wizna during II World War, also called Polish Thermopylae

If you want to hear some of polish history by Sabaton you must hear "Uprising", "Inmate 4859", "Winged Hussars" and "Aces in Exile"

Sabaton is a Swedish band that sings about historical military events, battles and persons. There are several other songs from Sabaton from Woodstock I can recommend. Ghost division, about Rommels Blitzkrieg attacks, and Uprising, about the Polish resistance against the Germans during WWII. Always overload of energy from the band and the audience!

Byłam i trzymałam flagę na festiwalu 💪❤

After this song, the entire audience - 700 k people sang the polish national anthem. I always get goosebumps, when i listen to this

Hi, I'm polish and I've heard this song many times before. And every time I feel pride and sorrow and I cry EVERY TIME.

Dziękuję Tobie, Przyjacielu za propagowanie polskiej historii i nie tylko. Gdybym Cię spotkał... gdziekolwiek na Świecie, masz u mnie moją pezyjaźń, szczerą dłoń i... dobrą wódkę (choć sam jej nie piję). Pozdrawiam i wiele zdrowia życzę.

I was there and saw it live. Energy of the crowd and Sabaton was unreal. Like every other Woodstock basically :) Priceless memories that will stay with me till the end of my days.

I was there under the flag.... It was really hot with everyone jumping and going crazy, but oh man it was so worth it... Will never forget it ❤️

I'm a big fan of the Sabaton 😍 I always wanted to be there and always regretted that I couldn't 🥹 watched this Woodstock on the internet many times 😄 Generally great performance 💪

Sabaton has few other songs from Polish history: - Aces on Exile - The Uprising - Winged Hussars - Inmate 4859 And also, about Holocaust, the song Final Solution. That's about Jews, but huge part of them were Polish Jews.

Awww, I love Sabaton, every single song 🥰

Bog Honor Ojczyzna- Greetings from USA!

Woodstock Festival is the largest free festival in Europe. Then, at the end of the Sabaton concert, the entire crowd sang the Polish anthem. There were 500,000 people at this festival and imagine what an impression it makes when such a crowd sings the anthem of their own country.

Their performance at the same concert of "uprising" is even better. It's about Warsaw uprising so you can imagine how people from that city reacted.

Sabaton is from Sweden but they like Polish history

We in Poland love Sabaton

Raginis, Leonidas from Poland.

"The song "40:1" by Sabaton is a tribute to the heroes of the Battle of Wizna, in which fewer than 600 Polish soldiers held off over 30 000 German soldiers for 3 days in September 1939. The song's title "40:1" refers to the overwhelming odds of the battle and the lyrics tell the tale of the brave Polish soldiers defying the odds against them and ultimately prevailing. The chorus of the song encapsulates this message, with lyrics such as "Spirit of Spartans/ Death and glory/ Soldiers of Poland/Second to none/ Wrath of the Wehrmacht brought to a halt." Through the song, Sabaton shows tribute and respect for the Polish soldiers for their courage, bravery, and heroism in the face of such extreme odds."

Everytime I hear this song, and Uprising, I just cant hold my tears back. What a song. What a tribute. Respect to Sabaton!

Kochana ojczyzna ♥️ kochani rodacy ♥️

Something to keep in mind about Pol'and'Rock (Woodstock) festival is that its a one in a lifetime event even for big artists. You rarely get to rock in front of a 500K - 750K crowd that most likely sings alongside you your songs.

Bitwa pod Wizną oprócz 40:1 wsparcie Niemcy mieli lotnictwa, czołgów, moździerzy, i do niewoli trafiło od 0 do 3 Polaków bunkry cichły jak wszyscy zginęli w środku 😢😢😢😢

If you want to know everything about the story described in the song, watch Sabaton 40:1 history Chanel ;)

i was there, it was an awesome and unforgettable experience. I admire Sabaton for topic they are talking about in most of their songs. World needs them.

Thank you! Cool 👍👍👍

'Uprising' next

👍👍🔥🔥tak właśnie 👍👍🔥🔥

You said in one moment something like "wonder how crazy guys under this flag must be right now".. well it as hot as f..k but everyone still enjoyed performance and bounced and all party stuff. Yes I was in this crowd, in middle of red Polish flag stripe away from scene and little on left from its center. It was amazing performance of Sabaton. At this time I was 18 and it was my favorite band. My patriotism, interest over history of Poland and WWII and this type of music accumulates in this band. So I had to go to Brudstok (Polish joke name of this festival eng. Dirtstock). Two thing about things you said also - crowd is so packed because -at the time - it was highest amount of people on performance of one band in whole history of Woodstock. Sabaton thanks to 40:1, later thanks to Uprising from "nobody knows some metal band" became in Poland stars. Maybe still not many people likes metal music but their singing about our history was big case in Poland. Main TV stations, radio stations, hell even news websites and newspapers were making news about them. We Poles like when some foreigner say something good about Poland. In 2012 they were main band for whole festival. Sabaton guys told earlier that Poland is a country where their music gets biggest popularity at first, because we care about our history. And about this flag - earlier that year Euro 2012 took place in Poland and on Ukraine. This big flag was shown on fan stands during third match of our team against Czechia. Administrator and promotor of Woodstock borrowed this flag from owners especially for this performance and did not tell anything to guys from Sabaton. This flag was surprise for them and some kind of "thank you" for singing about our history and promoting it.

I have been there, at the right edge of the flag, proud as I have never been before. We laught, roared the lyrics and cried of emotions so strong one couldn't contain it :D that concert was one of the better ones :)

Yes!!!! Sabaton is great!! You must do "Inmate 4859" and "Uprising" by Sabaton. Much history of Poland right there!

Battle of Wizna

Excellent reaction. All the videos of Sabaton at Woodstock are awesome and are typical of Sabaton concerts, regardless of size. They go all out for the entire set, have a lot of interaction with the crowd, and are obviously having the time of their lives on stage. I saw them in Oct 2022 at the Ryman Theater in Nashville (2700 capacity) with Epica opening and it was the best show I have ever been to.

You can learn about the history behind this song from the Sabaton History channel on youtube. Here is a link to the first episode, about song 40:1 on the Battle of Wizna in 1939 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h9aSa8qFuLO5kqM.html

Thanks for this video. This is really great band. And they do such a good job, for the people to remember about historical events and heroes.

Yeah Sabaton ! Finally!

SABATON - Uprising (OFFICIAL LIVE) WOODSTOCK

'Uprising' (the Warsaw Uprising) at the same Woodstock concert is worth watching. Sabaton also has a history channel that provides a background to their songs. My favourite Sabaton song about Polish battles is the "Winged Hussars'

Sabaton have channel to explain history for all his song and have more for Polish history songs the best is uprising i think in live and late check Sabaton history channel :)

Do check out their performance in Gothenburg for 'En livstid i krig'. Its in Swedish but use the subs. Also a really amazing performance! You will be blown away, I can promise you that... And dont forget to check out their official Sabaton History Channel if you want to learn more about the event in the song. Good reaction!

Been there live, absolutely stunning energy. It was back when there was so much hype about Sabaton cause they were singing about event (in 40-1) that even Poles have forgotten. Band single-handedly revived interest in history across the nation. That was something that really rarely happens - foreigners speaking about our history in such a detail. That's why they've gotten really big here, really fast. Also: Woodstock happens usually at the end of July and beginning of August, including August 1st, which is anniversary for Warsaw Uprising, hence the flag. Ideal considering, that they also have a song about Uprising, which they sang at the exact same festival. Whats more, if I remember right, the flag was actually supposed to go up during Uprising, but it was accidentally deployed early 😂

It was about the battle of Wizna that took place between 7th and 10th September 1939, when the Polish army fought with German Werhmacht. Around 700 Polish soldiers defended the fortified line against 40 000 German soldiers. The commanding officer of the Polish forces was Władysław Raginis. At the end he refused himself to surrender and he committed suicide by detonating a grenade on his neck, not wanting to be taken by Germans. The battle is often called "The Polish Thermopylae" (as a very small number of soldiers defended the piece of homeland with great courage against the vastly larger number of enemies, like in the ancient battle of Thermopylaebetween Persians and Spartans).

11k viewers, you make positive energy 💚 good to all in this crazy times

Next for you it should be (from the same concert): ghost division, and Uprising. These three videos are about the most Polish thing you will ever find online.

I love that You put on my recemendation.. It was a great gig :D

I was there, that concert is still one of the best ones I've attended

Finally you got it! I was waiting for it! Thank you for your great reaction! I love your envolving in music and honest comments on this Woodstock 2012 concert. For me it's the best concert ever! Sabaton made their first video on concert then. You can watch it with the band's comments on their history before the amazing concert. On YT by Nedeljko Nikolin: SABATON Woodstock, FULL concert,Cały koncert 2012 (2 hours) There is Krecioła TV channel which has a great film for you to react of this huge flag and what happened later. It's in Polish but you can ask your viewers to tell you about all of things you want from here. It's: SABATON na scenie! Making off Woodstock 2012, odc.19/20. Strong emotions guaranteed. I have chills every time I watch it 🙂 I think Stormtroopers is a very fast Sabaton's song but The Nightwitches is probably the fastest (it's got an animated story, long, the best option). Especially for you, I'd recommend: Blood of Bannockburn - from the Scottish history :-) lyric video Today, you are one of my favourite youtubers. When I notice your new film, I stop doing anything but watch it! Thank you :-)

Love Sweden 🇸🇪 from Poland 🇵🇱

I was at Woodstock in 2013, it was something beautiful ;) over 500,000 thousand people and 3 days of mega party :)

i always get goosebumps when i hear it...

I attended this one as well. Even though the band is Swedish this song became very viral in Poland as we are really proud when mentioned or noticed abroad. This whole flag thing was meant to be a surprise for the band, so the organiser borrowed it from the polish football fans as it was the biggest one in Poland at that time and was sewn especially for the Euro 2012 Poland-Ukraine. All in all it went pretty well that's why you can see the disbelief on the guitarist's face :) BTW The surprise almost didn't work out because people who were responsible for unfolding the flag got confused and started doing it during another song. Fortunately someone understood the mistake and only 1/4 was unfolded at the wrong time.

Sabaton also has a history channel called Sabaton History where they talk about the events that they sing about.

Other Sabaton songs not related to Poland: 1916 (Cover of Motorhead song about the battle of the Somme) En livstid i ktig (A lifetime in war) live in gothenburg. About Swedish soldiers in the 30-years war (but applicable to every soldier ever.) Caroleans prayer: About the religous mindset and resolve of the Carolean soldier during the great nordic war of 1700-1709.

Thank you my friend for giving such a big interest in my homeland history

Nice finding you here in this bottomless amazing rabbithole brother ❤

Pozdrowienia z Polski❤

I was there. I've been a fan of the band ever since. The flag was from the Euro 2012 football championships that took place in Poland and Ukraine that year.

You did it! What I suggested thank you :)

You should watch more sabaton my favourite album is either art of war or carolus rex they also have a history channel where they go in depth about the history and a little about the song itself

I would really like to see you react to Sabaton's song Blood of Bannockburn, about Robert the Bruce and the fight against the English at Sterling castle.

If you like listening to the guitar, you must listen to Marcin Patrzałek playing.

thank You again :))))

It's about battle of wizna en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wizna

Sabaton didn't know about this flag was suprise for them from Poland ❤ I was there under this flag was my 1st Woodstock 😊😊

welcome to metal, mate (that's 750 000 ppl btw)

I have always tears in eyes seeing or hearing songs or videos like sabaton did or other historic chanels

To jeszcze czasy, kiedy na tym festiwalu były flagi Polski. Teraz zobaczyłbyś jedynie flagi tęczowe, niemieckie, i Eurokołchozu.

The most important song of the modern Polish history for me

Sabaton, a swedish band who makes songs about historical war moments.... they are amazing, but it's really insane how big they are in Poland.

Battle of Wizna. The flag is from Polish football fans. First it was shown during European footbal championships.

song is about battle of Wizna in 2WW when 42 000+- germans (tanks*, artilerys and planes attack bunkers with 750+- PL defenders with handguns*) all die like Spartans in Termopiles... 700 000 peoples in concert and after this PL anthem for thx... u have all in "Sabaton History serie".

My favourite Sabaton song is En livstid i Krig. Their performance of it ,in Gothenburg as a part of The Great Tour , is epic. If you want to listen to it, listen to the Swedish version with the English subtext. This song is both powerful and moving.

Sabaton ? YEAH ! New sub here

I always wanted to be there...

everytime i hear that song i have tears in my eyes

You did an episode about Witold Pilecki. You should listen to the song created by Sabaton about him. Inmate 4859

As people have commented before me, you should react to Sabatons' song Uprising live from the same concert. It is epic!

Kocham Sabaton, ponieważ kocham power metal + jeszcze uczą historii....❤

Now that you have FINALLY reacted to Sabaton lol and you have already watched a video about The Winged Hussars it is time to react to Sabatons song Winged Hussars!!!

great reaction, more please. Sabaton is a Swedish band with a loooong list of history based music. Sabaton also has an award winning history channel that gives background to over 100 if their songs (not music award, academic, aimed at education of the public) . Sabaton videos are often have dedictions and/or messages at the end, perhaps not always but... watching to the very end is frequently well worth it. Animated STORY videos (short Animated history lessons with music videos in them) No bullets fly Night witches Lady of the dark Red baron first soldier Epic ORIGINAL videos. Bismark, about the sinking of the ship Christmas truce, about the spontaneous truce in some parts of the western front during Christmas 1914 40:1, about polish soldiers, badly outnumbered (just under 750 in all) facing 42 000 germans, they where BADLY outgunned desperately defending against the German invasion 1939 (with odds actually close to 55:1 they held for 3 DAYS when ammunition and supplies ran out. Uprising, the Warsaw Uprising against the nazi germans during 1944. To hell and back, they tell the story of Audie Murphy (highly decorated) and his struggle AFTER the war, so about PTSD and drug addiction that returning soldiers can face. Fields of verdun, the 300+ day long battle fought there. Price of a mile, about the battle of Passchendaele Screaming Eagles, about the battle of the bulge Live performances 40:1 from poland Uprising from poland En livstid I krig live from Göteborg Sweden (in Swedish but there are subtitles) , very heavy again, about thoughts of a young man going to war. Two covers that are good Defence of Moscow, self explained 1916 about the devastating battle of the somme in ww1, casualties topped 1 milion if you count both sides, all for 6 miles of ground, these are just some, there are plenty more.

Zaczynam wierzyć w polską młodzież.

I was there! :D And very close to the stage too. We had to get there hours before and listen to other bands, which were great as well

Hell yeah! I was there!🎉🎉🎉

"We Do Not Beg For Freedom, We Fight For It"

Been a fan of Sabaton for almost 20 years now and finally saw them live in April... this is a HUGE rabbithole with so many amazing songs and stories to explore and react to.. always make sure to check out their "Sabaton History" channel, too, where they talk about the stories behing the songs! For just SOME other songs to explore, let me request "Swedish Pagans" live at Wacken 2019, "En Livstid I krig" live at Gothenburg, "No bullets fly", official animated video, "Hearts of Iron" and from the newer songs "Bismarck" official music video, "Valley of Death" , Stormtroopers" and "Lady of the Dark", official animated video. Thanks for your great reactions, always a pleasure to watch! Greetings from Northern Germany :)

2012 i was there, the concert was Epic

The best of my heritage-Polish History and a Swedish Metal band. 🤘🏼 You need to listen to “Uprising “

As a Scot, you will be needing to hear their "Blood of Bannockburn". This particular festival has a really good performance of "Uprising" too, which is another one of their songs about Poland in WW2.

Fun fact.. When they started the song it was the anniversary of this event.

Hi. If you like music you should definitely check Marcin Patrzałek. He is a genius of a guitar. Many people ara saying he is the best guitar player ever. For the beginning maybe "Carmen Habanera" on one guitar...

thank you

I was there, half milion people on this concert and our flag , fantastic memories

rate- Perfect "Go away"

Thank You

Sabaton have songs about history from almost al over the world.

We are proud

40:1 refers to the Battle of Wizna in 1939. I was at that concert under that giant flag :) If I remember correctly, there was a heavy downpour that day and part of the field turned into a lake :)

"Because We Do Not Beg For Freedom, We Fight For It" - remeber it also (but not only) in the context Battle of Britain - and polish pilots - 40:1 is nothing unusual ... P.S. *but we want to encourage Europe and NATO to AVOID mistakes from the past*

Fun fact: I was at the 2013 Concert. It was, by far, one of the WILDEST times I've ever had in my life.

You should also check out the band's song SABATON " Uprising"❗