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From what I've heard, the last survivor from the Bismark was supposed to be in the video but his health was rapidly declining (he actually passed away before the video came out) so his son played the role instead (with his father's compass)

Ok, so Bismark was one of the biggest battleships in WWII, it was a German ship, it was sunk (or scuttled) as you saw. This video was made in cooperation with the gaming company World of Warships. Sabaton sings mostly about real events, persons or battles in war history, a few songs are more concept songs about war. If you don't know the story, you can check their history channel where they explain it. Since you're from Belgium, you should check the song "Resist and Bite". It has a really cool sound, and it's about 40 Belgian soldiers in WWII.

The drummer is married too Floor in Nightwish. You have to see, En livstid i krig, live Gothenburg, with CC!

Fun Fact: When Bismarck shot his first volley the shockwave so powerful the radar system got destroyed.

Thanks for having me buddy, loved every reaction... I mean second of it

Here's a quick version of the meaning of the song. Germany in WW2 had a Battleship named Bismarck, and on it's first and only mission, it sunk the pride ship of Britain, which lead to a hunt to sink the Bismarck from the Allies, which after being surrounded and wounded, it later the crew sank the ship themselves or scuttled the ship.

Definitely worth checking out their other songs, the Primo Victoria that was painted onto the ship at the beginning references another of their songs by the same name

When the Bismarck emerges from the fog…that was BADASS.

Correction.. with love… Hannes(drummer of Sabaton) and Floor Jansen (Singer of Nightwish both lives in Sweden together since many years back. Sabaton is from Sweden and Nightwish is from Finland. We are very close neighbours so not so far away to go in between our countries.

So a bit of a dramatic and tragic story about the most famous ship of the Second world war-the Bismarck, which went on its first and last voyage (like the Titanic), which ended in its death. 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 Bimark - 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. The ship's cat Oscar, nicknamed "Unsinkable Sam"by the British, was also rescued from Bismarck. This cat survived the sinking of 3 ships-the Bismarck itself, the SS Cossack (HMS Cossack) and the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, the same one that caused fatal damage to Bismarck, in the Achilles heel of the invulnerable battleship. 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!

I'm not surprised that they added a little bit off movement in the video, if you watched their history channel they tell you about how cold it was out there! If you are going to do No bullets fly it has to be the animated story.

Bismarck had a sister too, Tirpitz. She was sunk by British bombers i Norway without ever having been in battle. Bismarck had a crew of 2065 people, 115 survived.

Thanks for reaction! I learned about the existence of Sabaton from our singer Radio Tapok. He covers many songs, translating them into Russian. In general, I really respect Sabaton. Unrealistically cool guys! Their songs are very powerfull and historically interesting, so as their videos.

Welcome to Sabaton... Where every song is very distinct. Once you have some experience, you can identify the songs by the first 30 seconds.

Ah, missed the start of the premier... well, it was definitely a great reaction with lots of interesting points from you both. And a nice tip for a new band to check out too.

Now you need a live. 40:1 from Polish woodstock comes to mind. Bring back your metalhead fried for that one.

Hahahaha my new years boys! Fun one broskis

The mighty Bismarck! King of the ocean! It took the entire Royal Navy to sink it or atleast damage it to the point where The Bismarck got scuttled. One alone against an entire fleet. The Kriegsmarine = The German Navy. I read somewhere that The Bismarck, pretty much was the Deathstar of the Atlantic warships. Pretty awesome. Imagine if Bismarcks sistership, the Tirpitz had been there at the time, were Bismarck went to sea. I bet those two truly would have been a sight of terror to behold. I highly suggest watching the Sabaton History Channel and look for the Bismarck video.

fun fact from Bismarck ship,the guy at beginning who acting captain of fisherman boat is the actual guy who survive the sink of Bismarck.........

About the rolling r's, that's the swedish accent you're hearing.

Well, i've learned a lot aobut things in history thanks to Sabaton. They have a channel called "Sabaton History", where a band member teams with an historian, and the historian tells the detail about the historical event, and then the band member tells some details about the song and videos. Hell, you could do a double react, like, first the song, then the history, or vice-versa. Oh and if you're going to do No bullets fly, make sure its the official Animated Story Video, it's like 8 minutes more or less. And on the same vein, you should check out Night Witches! (again, the animated story video, about 8 minutes long again) :3

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First of all great reaction of Sabaton "Bismarck"! It seems you and your friend like this video maybe future fans? What some have probably already said is that this particular video is made in collaboration with Wargaming's World of Warships and they have a song / video "Steel Commanders" that are Wargaming's World of Tanks. You have opened a floodgate of good songs and videos in future and I want to recommend Sabaton History Channel. There you can see the stories behind the songs and videos and get a real history lesson. Welcome to the Sabaton family! Also I want to point out that Bismarck was a German battleship that was the second largest ship during World War II that weighed 50,300 tons and had a crew of about 2,200 men. Afterwards the sinking of the Bismarck just over 100 sailors survived of the 2,200-man crew. The largest battleship was the Japanese Yamato size of both her guns and displacement, displacing 72,000 tons and had a crew size of about 3,332 men. Just a factoid from a Sabaton fan. Have a great day/evening and take care!

Tipje voor Sabaton, altijd even de backstory checken 🤗 ze hebben altijd een tof verhaal. Deze gaat inderdaad over die enorme boot, die overigens nog dieper op de zeebodem ligt dan de Titanic, leerde ik van de week via een KZfaq video die ging over ‘hoe diep is de oceaan’ of zo iets (je leert nog eens wat in de kerstvakantie 😅) PS Floor en Hannes wonen in Zweden en niet in Finland 😉

KMS Bismarck was the largest and most powerful battleship in the Kriegsmarine and in 1941 she was sunk/scuttled(together).

The story of the battleship Bismark is a tragedy of arrogance. Arrogance that the rudder design was not changed when they realized they'd be venerable to torpedo attack, arrogance that the radar systems were not tested during firing exercises, arrogance that the ship was sent out of a fool's errand with only a heavy cruiser as escort. It was an amazing ship when it was built, but they had to known that the Royal Navy would NEVER let it into the North Atlantic.

The drummer, Hannes Van Dahl, is married to Floor Jansen (singer of Nightwish) and they live in Sweden on the west coast.

by the way - the Kriegsmarine is the German navy under the Third Reich. Thank you very much for your reaction and welcome to Sabaton 👍😁

You've got to add Ghost Division and Rourke's drift to that workout playlist!

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almost every song has subtitles, turn it on

Floor and Hannes live in Sweden.

The brandnew german Battleship Bismark left Harbor in Denmark Street north of Britain heading the Atlantic Ocean with his (yes, his not her, firts and i guess only ship ever pronounced male) Escort 'Prinz Eugen' - they were spotted by the Flagship of the british Navy, the HMS Hood, back then the guessed most powerfull Warship. it took not even 3 minutes for Bismarck and Prinz Eugen to sink the Hood and badly damage her Escort 'Prince of Wales'... after that it took a nearly 45 hours chase by the complete british Navy when Bismark, lightly damaged by the previous battle let Prinz Eugen escape to Atlantic while heading towards a german occupied french harbor for repairs. But the british Navy finaly got Bismark before the Safe zone and sunk her - but it took nearly 90 minutes, not just 3 with constant hits to get that Monster, 50.000 tons of steel, sunk, and only was possible because of a lucky Torpedo Hit at the (dont know the word in english, sorry, "Ruder" in german), so that Bismark could only do circles on Sea ;)

Thank you to World of Warships for creating the amazing battle scene for this video. All the ships and fighting were created using CGI, then used Live Action actors placed into the scene. This is just one example of some of World of Warship's amazing battle scenes they can make. BTW- World of Warships is a free to play warship game. You can see more of the Bismarck in their mini documentary too called Naval Legends. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bbFpda2Z0dqUqqM.html

Regarding kriegsmarine is in german navy, there is rolling r in the word 🙂

The WW2 German Battleship Bismark was sunk by the British fleet.

Show him En Livstid I Krig live in Gothenburg with captions ON ❤️

If you want a bad ass cool feeling solo, defense of Moscow by sabaton

for a german like it hurts a little bit if someone doesnt knows the bismark like it was our pride

Bismarck is a battleship and the flagship of the kriegsmarine which is the german navy during ww2, it is one of the most powerful battleship of the time, but its a pity that its the era of the aircraft carriers and the airforce

Welcome to Sabaton. Historical metal. If you wanna know more go to Sabaton History channel, every song they sing is based on actual events, and is explained there. I recommend "UPRISING" official music video or live from Woodstock Poland 2012.

Bismark was one of the smaller Battleships planned by the Krigsmarine (german navy of ww2) however after it was sunk by the allies the program was cancelled and the larger planned vessels were never built, 2 ships of its type was however built, the Bismark, and the Tirpitz, the Tirpitz was also sunk after haveing been attacked several times the germans beached her in a fjord in norway and used her as a gun placement untill it was attacked again and sunk, the bismark was actualy undone by an outdated warplane in the form of a lucky strike from a "swordfish torpedo bomber" the torpedo of said bomber struck and deteonated at the aft of the rudder control room, destroying rudder the rudder control mechanism as well as the control room, leaving the rudder in a fully turned state and the ship incapable of anything but sailing in a circle, after that it was attacked by the british fleet and sunk, however there is some debate as to the actual sinking of the vessel, as it is belived that the vessel may have not in fact been sunk by the british but rather scuttled by its captain by leaving the watertight bulkhed doors open and then opening up the seachest inlet manifold flooding the engine room and any other room connected to it.. although it is unclear if it is true or just a story that it was scuttled..

whenever you feel free to do a past Sabaton song, please, feel free to check out the Sabaton History Channel on youtube to learn more about the song, since they have history bits about all of their songs, cept for the Metalizer album and their newest one "Soldier of Heaven", which should be due out anytime now

this is the German warship Bismark and one of the sister ship is the German Tirpitz in the wwII. the proud of a german nation!

No disrespect or condescending - Just curious what country you guys are from and why your education system didn't show the basics of WW2 . Once again , certainly no disrespect . Your education system probably focused on localised history . Which makes nothing but sense really

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They Lives in Sweden🇸🇪

What I have read It had to be sunk for whatever cost. IT was already hard enough to get supply convos to England. Having IT roaming there could have exchausted Britan and changed WWII . Same thing was with Tirpitz..letting IT leave that Norwegian Harbour would have been disastorous.

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IF u want information of THE bakgrund taket a look in sabatons history chanel

the Bismarck was a WWII Kriegsmarine {Nazi Germany} Battleship

funny thing the bismarck is deeper than the titanic... but in far better condition than titanic

they doint teach ww1-ww2 in history class in Belgium?

Guys you need to read some history then you understand the video. Check SABATONS HISTORY CHANNEL.

Nononono, they live at the swedish westcost, Floor now speaks perfekt swedish with a typical west coust accent

The "Bismarck" , and her sister ship "Tirpitz", were the 2 largest and most powerful battleships ever built in Europe and they were the pride of the kriegsmarine (Germany's militari navy) during Ww2. The "Bismarck" set sail in May 1941 to reach the Atlantic and destroy merchant convoys, but she was intercepted by the British and during a brief fight, destroyed the former flagship of the British fleet and pride of the Royal Navy, the worldwide famous battlecruiser "Hood", by penetrating her armor and detonating her aft main ammunition magazine and killing all 1900 members of her crew except for 3 men, and heavily damaged the battleship "Prince of Wales". This enraged the prime minister Winston Churcil who ordered all his ships in the Atlantic to abandon their operations and destroy the Bismarck. In total more than 40 ships participated to the hunt, making it the biggest naval hunt in history. Meanwhile Bismarck, who had received a hit during the first battle, was leaking fuel and was trying to reach the French port of Saint Nazaire, in occupied France, for repair. After 6 days of playing cat and mouse with the British, Bismarck was attacked by airplanes launched from the aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" and hit by a torpedo in the stern, which jammed her rudders during evasive manuvers, meaning that she was forced to sail in circles, just a few miles away from reaching air cover. In the end battleships "King George V" and "Rodney", along side the heavy cruisers "Norfolk" and "Dorsedshire" fought the already doomed battleship and, during the following 90 minutes completely destroyed her. However, despite having all her guns destroyed, and having received more than 400 hits (out of the 2800 shells that the British had fired at her) her armor was still intact and the ship was still afloat. So the british launched another 4 torpedoes and she disappeared beneath the waves. After inspection of the wreck however it had been discovered that the torpedoes did no significant damage thanks to the battleship's excellent armor, and that Bismarck had been scuttled by her crew. Of the 2200 men that served on her, only 114 survived. The old man seen in the video is the son of the last survivor, who died in 2018, 1 year before this song was released

I wish respect of religious holidays was a thing on the battlefield. Not religious for the reaosns on belief, but for the culture of the nation they fight against. If nothing else to pay respect to their opponents.

Guys you need to studie history. Check SABATONS History channel then you understand there videos. I thought eveyone knew what Bismark was.

You must both know the story of the German battleship, Bismarck? The biggest battleship to ever sail the sea. It was sunk during WWII by the British. They are looking for the wreck of the ship. Don't you learn any history in school over in Belgium? You like the drums. The drummer is Hannes van Dahl, the husband of Floor Jansen from Nightwish. Custom made guitars.

Not to be that guy. But come on! The hunt for Bismarck and her sister Tirpitz are WWII history 101!

They always use real props.

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Seriously. No knowledge of WW2 History? Bismark was Germany's most powerful battleship. This is about the allies chase to destroy the Bismark before she reached the open seas and could attack the allies supply convoy.

Kriegsmarine= Navy

"What is a Bismark"? Bad education, or bad parenting?

Kriegmarine = german navy

"Don't know the meaning of this video" One suggestion do as many other reaction channels do, first google the band and the song and everything will be clear what it's all about.

Guys, what a shame. You know absolutely nothing about historical context of this song. Bismarck is a German Battleship, which served in German Navy or Kriegsmarine. And this battleship was sunk by British Royal Navy in 1941, if i don't mistake.

Kriegsmarine is the name of the German Navy

whats a Bismarck? lol