A history lesson set to music

Sabaton tells stories... That's the key of this band.

Sabaton-En livstid i krig- The great tour- Live Gothenburg. React to that and enjoy 🙂

And down a rabbit hole we go...

For a Sabaton fan like myself, seeing their expression transform to fear and excitement at the "pride of a nation, a beast made of steel" was a true joy

Sabaton tells the story of the German warship Bismarck, which at 50,000 tons was both the heaviest battleship at the time and totally illegal due to treaties limiting the size of new ships to 35,000 tons. She was designed to be able to hunt down and sink any lesser ship and fast enough to run away from any serious threat. In her first battle she fought the British battlecruiser HMS Hood and blew it in half with a lucky shot, killing all but a few sailors on board, while taking minor damage that forced her to return to port for repairs and reduced her speed. The entire British fleet was ordered to "Sink the Bismarck" at all costs. She almost made it back to France when a lucky torpedo hit by an obsolete plane jammed her rudder and forced her to sail in a circle, waiting for the end. A number of British warships converged and pounded her to scrap with hundreds of artillery shells, but the hull stayed afloat until a combination of British torpedoes and flood valves opened by her own crew finally sent the Bismarck to the bottom. There were few survivors.

The name painted on the boat. Primo Victoria. That is also a song by Sabaton. An awesome song. Check out that video. Got a tank in it.

Sorry for this Wall of text :) In the beginning of the Video, you can hear the Radio in the beginning, when the are driving is talking about How the Bismarck have blown the "The might cruiser Hood" That lead to the British Navy got the message that Bismarck must be destroyed at all costs and lead to Battle of The Denmark Strait. The Kriegsmarine was Nazi Germanys Navy. The Video was made with help from the company behind "World of Tanks" that needed some material to their game "World of Warships". And yes Sabaton really played on a boat in the "middle of nowhere". "From Wiki" (just a short version). Bismarck was the first of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. Named after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in July 1936 and launched in February 1939. Work was completed in August 1940, when she was commissioned into the German fleet. Bismarck and her sister ship Tirpitz were the largest battleships ever built by Germany, and two of the largest built by any European power. In the course of the warship's eight-month career under its sole commanding officer, Captain Ernst Lindemann, Bismarck conducted only one offensive operation, lasting 8 days in May 1941, codenamed Rheinübung. The ship, along with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, was to break into the Atlantic Ocean and raid Allied shipping from North America to Great Britain. The two ships were detected several times off Scandinavia, and British naval units were deployed to block their route. At the Battle of the Denmark Strait, the battlecruiser HMS Hood initially engaged Prinz Eugen, probably by mistake, while HMS Prince of Wales engaged Bismarck. In the ensuing battle Hood was destroyed by the combined fire of Bismarck and Prinz Eugen, which then damaged Prince of Wales and forced her retreat. Bismarck suffered sufficient damage from three hits to force an end to the raiding mission. The destruction of Hood spurred a relentless pursuit by the Royal Navy involving dozens of warships. Two days later, heading for occupied France to effect repairs, Bismarck was attacked by 16 obsolescent Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers from the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal; one scored a hit that rendered the battleship's steering gear inoperable. In her final battle the following morning, the already-crippled Bismarck was severely damaged during a sustained engagement with two British battleships and two heavy cruisers, was scuttled by her crew, and sank with heavy loss of life. Most experts agree that the battle damage would have caused her to sink eventually. The wreck was located in June 1989 by Robert Ballard, and has since been further surveyed by several other expeditions.. All Sabaton songs are about historical events, mainly Battles, Heroes/ Act of Heroism / Famous last stands etc. You should really check out their History Channel, The have a Historian (Indy Neidell) talking about the story behind their songs, and Indy is really amazing storyteller and they do have a video about Bismarch and how this Video was made). Ps. Sabatons drummer Hannes van Dahl is married to Floor Jansen from Nightwish :)

The actual Bismarck stood a very good chance, even against all those ships. What doomed Bismarck was a single lucky hit by a torpedo dropped from a Fairey Swordfish (the biplanes shown in the video), which disabled Bismarck's rudder and left the ship unable to steer. Because of that the Germans were caught in the middle of the ocean, unable to fire accurately at the British fleet sent to hunt them down. In the end, Bismarck was struck by more torpedoes and several _hundred_ shells, and still didn't sink--the crew finally scuttled Bismarck (intentionally sank the ship) so that it would not fall into British hands.

The name of the boat that was painted was Primo Victoria another song of theirs. Sabaton is an awesome band. all their songs are about soldiers, and they have a great respect for Poland and 40:1 40 to 1 and uprising are good songs to react to. thanks for finally listening to Sabaton, glad you liked them.

Captain of the _HMS Hood:_ *Why do I hear boss music?* Bismarck: *Because I was made to rule the waves across the Seven Seas!*

You are only a few who noticed the old guy was the kid rescued by the British. He was the last survivor of the battleship Bismarck.

Trivia information, Floor Jansen from NightWish is married to the drummer of Sabaton 🤘

"Sabaton. The best history lesson you will ever headbang to." - Me 🤘😎👍

sabaton! nice! they have great songs!

I would not have thought anymore that you would still fulfill my music wish. Thanks for that and also a thumbs up.

Yay! Finally some Sabaton! I knew you'd get to them sooner or later! They're fantastic!

8 more albums of history to go. Also check Sabaton History Channel for the background to the event sung about...

Sabaton is awesome

When you started to hammer along with Joakim, that gives me life. Great reaction, now do more! Like the animated story of the Night Witches.

Great video! I was lucky enough to see Sabaton live last year, and they played Bismarck towards the end. I will never forget that performance. If Sabaton ever comes to your area, absolutely go see them! Their live shows are pure gold!

Check "Screaming Eagles" and check "82nd All The Way" which Amaranthe did a cover of. Both versions are excellent.

Always good to see people actually having fun listening to music. Great video as always

Oh, Gods! it's been a long time since I've been waiting for your reaction to this song. And 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! Thank you very much girls again, for the wonderful reaction, and welcome to SABATON! I hope this reaction won't be the last for this beautiful band 😊💖👍🤘

The name they gave the boat was ”primo victoria”, another one of their songs. Wargaming, a gaming company, made a collab with Sabaton and made this epic video for them in exchange for advertisement for their game ”World of Warships”. Wargaming did the same thing with ”primo victoria” for the game ”World of Tanks”.

You ladies sure do love your metal music. Can't blame you though! Fun reaction!

the guy with the watch was the son of a member of the battleship Bismarck

I would like to congratulate you two young ladies on your power of observation that puts many a grown man to shame. I have watched probably a couple dozen reaction videos to this song and almost nobody catches the significance of the compass. Some even think it is a pocket watch. You were also right about Sabaton telling a story. That is what they do, they teach history, from ancient times to the modern day. Granted, most of their songs are about war and battles, but they do not glorify it, nor do they take sides. Listening to and watching Sabaton is a fun way to learn about history. Sabaton themselves love history so much that they also have a Sabaton History Channel on KZfaq. During each episode (over 90 so far) a member of the band and an actual historian discuss the story behind one of their songs, or a topic related to it.

Love the reaction ! Give us more :D

Glad I finally saw this awesome reaction! It was funny how the part that Mia singled out was also my favorite part.

I also love Sabaton! Maybe a tip for international Monday the scorpions are a German band good songs are still loving you,rock you like a hurricane,big city nights, the zoo I think you will love it!

Carolus Rex by Sabaton. Their best song.

Great Reaction and Great Video Girls.

The name on the boat is "Primo Victoria", which, BTW, is another Sabaton song.

Love your reaction!!

Sabaton are a military historical power metal band. Their albums have covered military conflicts and regiments all over history, to ancient Greece (Sparta), the Swedish Empire under Gustavus Adolphus and King Karl XII (the album Carolus Rex), and especially the two World Wars (their latest album is called The Great War).

Yes!! More Sabaton! Thnx!

WOW! Powerful stuff. A war movie, in a form of music video. I have to thank you twice. One for another terrific reaction viedeo, but to bringing this Swedish Metal band to my attention. I will surely have to pay more attention to these guys. Great stuff!

You can tell from my Avatar that Sabaton are up there as one of my favourite bands. I saw them in February last year at Wembley Arena before Covid kicked in. I loved your reaction to them and hope you do some more of their songs. You should also check out their Guitarist other band Majestica.

You girls are cool . Thanks for reactin 👍

Dope

More sabaton please!!! Love You girls from Argentina!!!

You should listen the other music of Sabaton called " The Last Stand " its awesome

From Sabaton you should hear "The Great War", "82nd All The Way" & "The Attack of the Dead Men"

Real life war music

Yo kids out there. Listen to Sabaton and learn history !!🤘

Hey guys y’all need to check out the Sabbaton video No Bullets Fly. It will touch your heart strings

You notice the compass the old man hold in beginning of video..the same compass did the injured Admiral of Bismarck hand over to the young guy rescued.

sabaton is known for their awesome guitar solos

They are the best way to hear history.

They painted "Primo Victoria". It's another song, and one of my favorites, of theirs. Check that one out. Many of their songs deal with historic battles and warriors.

These girls rock out! Hard

As the next song by Sabaton I would suggest a live version. Their energy on stage is simply awesome! Or something new for another International Monday: Blind Guardian - The Bard's Song/Vallhalla (live)

Sabaton is known for making the stories as they are: horrible and sad. The story of Bismarck includes atleast 4000 casualties in the fights you saw in the video. Then we can add the casualties on the convoys that Bismarck attacked.

You should listen to Johnny horton sink the Bismarck

You two girls are awesome! Love your enthusiasm for the older music. I enjoy your channel very much. You should totally check out Freight Train by Nitro. You'll enjoy the ride!

Sabaton- my favorite history teacher 🥰

And so it begins

Una canción muy fuerte chicas no la conocía así que GRACIAS su reacción dulce e inteligente como siempre abrazo desde Argentina

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Bismarck was hunted down and sank by the Royal Navy in retaliation for Bismarck sinking the battlecruiser HMS Hood during WW2. The Royal Navy sent every committed unit they had and it took everything the Royal Navy had to sink the Bismarck. Bismarck put up a valiant fight but was ultimately sank in the North Atlantic. At the time Bismarck was built and to this day still is one of the largest Battleships ever built in Europe.

The Bismarck sank the pride of the British navy, with only a handful of survivors, we then sank the Bismarck, with more horrendous loss of life, both are now war graves, this song is a great story song, but it is no laughing matter, Sabaton deserve a hit with this. But we must remember them!

The bismarck was a monster of a ship 50000 tone's of Germans finest steel with 2000 men on board the disition was made to skutl the ship rather than letting it fall into enemy hands only about 100 of his crew could be saved

You should totally do "Nightwitches the animated story" by Sabaton that Video is fantastic. Thanks for a great reaction. This made my evening after working hard all day.

You girls are precious! Greetings from the land of the Vikings Sweden =)

HAY MIJA'S TRY BLIND GUARDIAN ( SKALDS AND SHADOWS, AND OR, CARRY THE BLESSED HOME ) GOOD STUFF!!!!!!!!! THANX ASTA...

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, just like you saw here, perhaps not always but, watching to the very end is frequently well worth it. Animated STORY videos (short history lessons with music videos in them) No bullets fly Night witches Lady of the dark Red baron first soldier epic videos. Bismark, about the sinking of the ship Defence of Moscow, self explained. 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. these are just some, there are plenty more.

AWESOME! Great job, ladies! So, you might want to check out anther channel that is linked with Sabaton's music channel, it helps learn real world history. All the members of the band are history buffs, so they use their music as a gateway in order to get people interested in the past, get them to learn history. All of the band's stuff is awesome! And just as a curious little side thing, Sabaton's drummer is married to Floor Jansen, the lead singer of Nightwish. Together they have a daughter named Freja, she's about three and a half now. :)

you girls really know your music.

loved the reaction, tnx guys. fun fact, the drummer is married to floor jansen of nightwish (lucky bastard, hehe). and yes, it was the same compass, it plays a big role in this story, hehe

Also check out The Red Baron and Attack of The Dead Men. Those two along with Bismarck are my top favorite of their songs

they painted Primo Victoria on the side, which is a nod to one of the songs one of their albums of the same name.

Ladies this was your 1st history lesson from Sabaton, the best history class you will ever have is a Sabaton concert. Here after the German battleship Bismarck sank the British battleship HMS Hood and only 3 sailors out of 1600 survived she was hunted by the British Navy. They sank Bismarck and only 115 of her sailors survived out of 2500+. This was one of the most important battles of World War II. I would recommend Night Witches LIVE (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rquEZMSFx8-snqM.html) where young girls not much older than you flew old bombers for the Russian Air Force against the advancing Nazi armies and fought them with valor and courage rarely seen. Sabaton has a history channel where you can learn of the events that each of their songs are about, highly recommend it. Stay safe and we love your channel!!!

Directly a song called Bismarck by also by Johnny Horton is bluegrass song which is a form of gospel music

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Their drummer is Floor's (Nightwish) husband. :-)

Great Job Ladies!!!! 😁🌹

sabaton is a power metal band

The old man you see in beginning and end of video is surviver from Bismark

I would recomend "En livstid i krig" live version. the official video have subs in english but the aduince are really going a powerfull mode =)

Im from Sweden - so SABATON rules !!!!

Hello ladies. I would recommend Celtic Frost, perhaps the song 'Morbid Tales' or 'Inner Sanctum' or their cover of 'Mexican Radio'.

nice video!!!!

MORE SABATON PLEASE

Wait and see UPRISING LIVE FROM WOODSTOCK POLAND !

All their songs are historically accurate as well Very nice reaction Also Sabatons drummer is married to Floor Jansen of Nightwish if you like that band

The intro always reminds me of the x-men animated intro song.

Welcome to sabaton world where your history knowledge will be sky high 🤘 Song must recommended : The last stand Sparta Shiroyama To hell and back Primo victoria Carolus rex Carolien bon 40:1 Uprising

Very good reaction from you to :) I highly recommend you to react to "En Livstid i Krig - Live Gothenburg" by the same band. They play live in front of a massive swedish crowd, the song is very emotional and the crowd is great! Just remember to put on subtitles.

Hood vs Bismarck epic and legendary

Glad both of you, liked tbe song Check out The last stand by Sabaton

Sabaton-En livstid i krig- The great tour- Live Gothenburg or Sabaton - Swedish Pagans - Live at Wacken Open Air 2019

The Bismarck was the biggest Battleship Germany had to offer at that time and was easily able to outgun every single allied ship. In the operation Rheinübung the Bismarck should break out into the atlantic to raid convoys and starve britain into submission. The Bismarck and another german ship the prinz Eugen then encountered the pride of the english navy, the battlecruiser hood accompanied by the hms prince of whales. The Bismarck managed to sink the Battlecruiser Hood with a well placed shot and the pride of the royal navy was gone in 3 minutes. After that the english sent every ship they had to offer after the bismarck to hunt her down and sink her. The bismarck leaked oil and a huge oil trace was left behind her so when the bismarck tried to get back to german soil, it was spotted by allied aircraft and chased to the bitter end. After a torpedo damaged her rudder, she couldnt manouver and was sitting ducks. When the allied ships reached her the Bismarck was sunk after taking more than 400 shells. To show how impressive that was remember that an euqally huge ship mentioned before, the hood was taken down with a single shot of the Bismarck. Hope i was able to illustrate how it went down in this short explanation. Have a great day.

Helllllllo Mia helllllo Juliet wow what a track your right it’s the sound of war and very real to me I grew up on films and stories about The BIZMRK ww2 most powerful ship before she was eventually sunk by us it destroyed lots of our best ships it took a massive effort by us to finish her of her sister ship Tirpitz was sunk in a Norwegian enclave they really were terrifying ships almost indestructible they had bigger guns and could sink ships from over 20 miles away if you ever get s chance away from your busy schedule watch a film called Bismarck it’s an English film it’s got everything Romance a bit of comedy and loads of action and above all it’s true great reaction ladies always good to see you two having fun stay safe stay well look forward to the next one T

that ships horn gives me goose bumps every time.

Bonne chanson. Belle réaction.

Cradle of Filth - Her Ghost in the Fog

The old guy with the compass was the last living survivor of the Bismarck when this video was made. He has sense pasted away. Sabaton is all about military history of all warring nations. After every song you react to, you should study the history behind the song. You will surprise the hell out of your teacher with the knowledge you learn, that is, if they still teach real history.

The drummer (Hannes van Dahl) of Sabaton is married to the lead singer (Floor Jansen) of Nightwish. Sabaton is all about historic war events

You'll really enjoy with Myrath - Believer. This video seems like Prince of Persia) arab music mixed mithe metal is amazing!