This episode is one of the few which shows the humanity in the German army. As with all conflicts, this was not a binary where it was the ‘good guys’ versus ‘the bad guys’. And before anyone else says it - some people will probably complain how we frame the Soviets as the bad guys. We chose to tell this story from a neutral perspective, but fact is that many German civilians feared what the Soviets would do to them, and preferred to live under American occupation. This might be considered anti-soviet, but it simply is how many Germans viewed the Soviet army and one of the reasons why Wenck and his 12th created a corridor for the civilian refugees to escape into American occupied territories. We’re happy to have a reasonable and research-based discussion in the comments, but we won’t tolerate any extremism or revisionism. Another note: while this episode is about a moment where the German army thought for humanity instead of against it, it nowhere near proves any sort of clean-Wehrmacht myth - and we won’t tolerate any comments of that sort either. And with that, I will leave you. Enjoy the video! 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
Well, the fact that German soldiers and civilians rather wanted to be occupied by Americans than Soviets, has some base at least...from the stoires of my grandparents and others, rape and violence were committed more often by Soviet soldiers than American soldiers. Of course I don't say that EVERYONE of them were like that - my grandparents actually told stories about very humane acts of Soviets too. But, I think that's undeniable that Soviet soldiers allowed more to themselves, and their officers didn't always sanction those acts strictly.
@@tejesedeny Exactly, what was the point of this comment in the first place. Many had good reason to fear the Soviet army based and preferred the Americans. Although experience tells me that this will provoke a lot of comments blaming us for being pro-nazi and anti-Soviet, while this was just what motivated the Germans to act as they did.
Just like with Counterstrike, there are multiple facets of this story. The stories from the Soviets did not fabricate themselves. Under the Americans, they just had a higher chance of making it out alive. That is just how it is. And guys. You yourselves made it clear that some Whermacht were either decent guys or just forced to follow orders. Plenty of examples from your songs.
@@classymutt1384 There is a german movie called "Downfall", which is about the last days in the Führerbunker and the last days of Adolf Hitler. It's one of the best movies I ever watched. But sadly, you might be correct
Le Di Chang As a German myself I can tell you that film is heavily dramatized. Also the conspirators knew their plan had no hope of actually bringing about peace. Either they would fail and be killed and the war would go on or they would succeed and plunge Germany into civil war and the war would go on.
By the way: this song and the first UA-cam-fan-made videos of it, with an interview of the german 12th army officer Paul Rettich, were nearly all banned and censored on UA-cam-Germany from 2016 to summer 2019... Again... these videos, which iam talking about, are undiscoverable on UA-cam Germany ...again...
My grandpa was captured at Berlin age 17. He was in captivity for 2 years and then released. He was a really funny guy and made friends with the russians, which in return got him chocolate and extra bread and this is how he survived he said.
@@communistpotato3204 yeah. His brother died in Russia and his sister fled to England and then to Canada where she lives to this day. Now we have half the family living in Canada.
My great grandfather was captured by the Russians in ww1 and sent to forced labor. But he soon became friends with the Russians because he was a master copper smith, and he could build a distillery cauldron anywhere, out of anything :)
@@scratchy996 my great grandpa also ended up in Russian captivity. He was there for seven years, but came back when my grandma was around 10. He took his own life shortly after, he couldn't cope with the PTSD
@@ericolsen5592 Bit late, but I think he might be referring to the "Steiner could not mass enough forces for an attack." Scene in Downfall where Hitler ranted at his subordinates. Steiner probably could not mass enough forces because the 12th could not to support him.
@@АрсенНемов-й9в at least we can freely read about our past crimes. Isn't it illegal in Russia to acknowledge the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and the soviet invasion of Poland during WW2?
@@uvbe german does not mean nazi. Or does every American carry the blood of the nukes and bomber harris or the Soviet conscript carry every drop of bloody of the gulags and genocides. Grow up
Soviet forces expected to be around a million, turns out the soviet forces were stronger and larger than anticipated. Status: FUBAR 12th Army: No retreat, no prisoners, no missing. We liberate the people of Berlin, to hell with orders. *Achievement Unlocked: Hearts of Iron* All joking/memes aside, I have nothing but the utmost respect for the 12th Army.
@@АрсенНемов-й9в thats kinda obvious, Indy already explained that most of the 12th are just teenagers, elders, and walking wounded that are exhausted and hungry while the 9th was almost destroyed fighting (its honestly impressive that the 9th managed breakthrough in the first place), they were no match for the Soviets that have endless men and firepower, in the of the end though the people they save far outweighs their dead
They still have this as a standing order in the Bundeswehr to this day. If you believe you're being ordered to commit an atrocity you are expected to disobey the order. Doesn't matter if the order is by the book and technically legal, a Deutsche soldat answers to his conscience first.
Everytime Steiner is mentioned, the only thing I can think of is the movie Downfall. Also I respect your dedication for historical accuracy that you have to reupload over an incorrect birthyear. Kudos to everyone.
This is my favourite Sabaton song! The song is excellently written and performed and it has great music that gets stuck in my head. Most of all, I absolutely love the theme of soldiers making great sacrifices to save lives! This song, No Bullets Fly, Ballad of Bull and other such songs about the humanity of soldiers who choose honour over glory are the ones I treasure the most, even if the gloriously action packed songs about awesome battles are great too. I bought the movie Dunkirk last weekend in preparation to watch it after the next episode on the WW2 channel and I got goosebumps when I read the words "400,000 men couldn't get home, so home came for them". I hope Sabaton makes a song about the Dunkirk evacuation one day, btw. That's just how I am. I get slightly teary-eyed and goosebumps from these kinds of stories. It's the same as when I see videos of twenty-something people working together to save a dog that is stuck in a drainage pipe. It warms my heart in all the right ways. :')
If only humanity had more people with state of mind like yours through out history, and it all would be a whole different kind of story, definitely a better story. Sacrificing yourself, and helping someone who is not able to do it himself is the top of the charts of honor. I salute to those soldiers who did that kind of things, and put themselves into even greater danger of being disregarded from their command just to help others. There was soldiers in that time of war, and in peace times those are Firemen, Policemen and Rescuemen which do the ultimate sacrifice just to keep others out of harms way. My favourite song is also No Bullets Fly, it shows that being human is in front of being, in this case, German, Russian, English or any other. Code of honor is sense that shoud be thought in every school and every possible place and time. Thanks to the Sabaton, people are being presented with part of history from every corner of the world and in every possible moment from atrocities of war time, and is a constant massage to learn from our ancestors mistakes, and keep the world a better place or us and for our children. Keep up the good work Sabaton and Indy. Also Best Regards to KaptenN. :-)
“Buildings are just buildings. What actually makes a city is the inhabitants who live in them” Technically Berlin was saved, just not the German High Command
@@michaelf.bender3718 nothing directly about booze, only stuff i like to listen to while drinking booze. on my channel i have a playlist called scrunk which was my trying to spell drunk while drunk and those 9 songs i like when consuming liqour and brew
I just love the fact that paradox who are one of favorite game developers and sabaton one of favorite bands who both make things about history came together and this amazing song. Also HOI4 has two sabaton sound tracks
Not another song. Just an addendum to the story of the German military saving hundreds of thousands of civillians. I was commenting on Hearts of Iron being another great song from the Heroes album.
Operation Hannibal. The only reason people talk so much about Dunkirk is that Hannibal, with the much greater efforts involved, was carried out by the 'defeated evil guys' and thus ignored.
@@Sol_Invictus_ Yes, and in the Soviet Union, the Germans saved about 20 million civilians from living under Soviet captivity. Finally "saved" from life.
@Ammo 22 I'm not sure, but Sabaton recently signed to a new label, which resulted in YT reuploading all of their songs under a new publisher. I guess a lot of people saw the videos being reuploaded and mistook it for UA-cam's algorithm accidentally deleting it for the subject matter.
Except they retreated as late as possible which resulted in stranded divisions Dunkirk seemed like luck the Germans not advancing this seems like all skill
@@silvanbezemer7554 There´s a older version opened two days ago for patreon supporters, but there was a mistake in a date , it was quickly pointed for some viewers , not only the mistake also the reason behind it. The channel made another video faster than a bullet correcting it, and not only making a statement on the description or in the comment section.
This is without doubt one of my favourite Sabaton songs. It tugs my heartstrings, to know that in a time where so much was so wrong, someone still did the right thing. Also; is there a book list of all the books you guys have read concerning the song topics?
When you look around & read a situation, see your orders as hopeless, & recognise a far better job you could do instead. Cannot deny the heart in people who decide it's better to save innocent civilians than to throw life away as tank fodder. Respect
This song seriously gets me to tear up time and time again, simply thinking about the desperation many of the soldiers and civilians must have felt and how sabaton describes so very nicely that at this point in the war it just wasnt about Hitler or ideologys anymore but about the people, soldiers and civilans alike.
Gotta really thank Alex. She sent me a link so I could watch this at holiday place. Hearts of Iron is one of the songs that I found incredible. You guys did an admirable job covering this battle and it is an incredible story. Thank you guys for making this video. One more from the album Heroes. And for you guys personal touch, you gotta find new ways to get around. Games are a perfect medium for that.
I heard "hearts of iron" on pandora, and came to youtube to see the video. Next thing I knew, I saw the video that told the history behind the song. Love the song, great story, and since I love world history, I love how you guys teach it by doing songs about it. Hopefully one day you guys will write sons about hispanic american history, like war of the triple alliance, mexico's fifth of may, and stuff like that. I think it would be cool, but if not, that's ok. Either way, yourur songs are freaking awesome and having a special channel to tell the stories behind those songs, I can not describe the awesomeness of it. Looking to hear and see more songs and videos from you guys.😍😁😄😀
I discovered Sabaton through Hearts of Iron 4. I was playing as the Soviet Union and I declared the war on Finland. Suddenly, I heard the music slowly creeping in. It soon exploded into: FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL IN SILENCE CAST THEIR SPELLS, EXPLOSIVE VIOLENCE Out of nowhere, I had unquenchable thirst to purge the world from the oppressive burgoise.
Sabaton should make a song about the Barbary wars, especially since Sweden was involved Maybe even the time the US helped some North Korean sailors fight against Somali pirates as a parody song or something
Germans sitting in a foxhole as the Americans march closer and closer, all while chanting “BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL” must’ve been terrifying.
I think stories like those interesting, because they show that even though all nazis were germans, not all germans were nazis, there were people that were just militarymen that wanted to serve their country and people to their best efforts.
This song is one of my favorite sabaton songs because it shows that despite all the negativity surrounding the Nazis, there were some good guys in the Wermacht who put the people above the reich
Some people ask "Why wasn't everyone punished after ww2?" And there is the answer. There were bad guys and evil monsters. There were good guys and heroes. And there were those who genuinly just followed orders. But how do you tell apart who is who? That is the problem. Interestingly Sabaton also made a song about that "Wehrmacht".
This is one of my favourite songs! Every time I hear it it gives me goosebumps. I love how you used the Bach music in there too, it works so well. As always, it's great seeing the full story behind the song.
I really want to see you do a video on "The Last Battle" with Castle Itter. Another testament to the fact that not all Germans were swastika-wearing fanatics.
to think my grandfather was one of those last minute soldiers that were pulled in from the youths to fill the ranks of those armies, and how he probably only survived because of this move from Wenck... when great events like this and your personal history mix like that, thats when you truly begin to see the greatness of such men, who give up their "honor" to safe lives. its just so unbelievable that without him i probably wouldnt be alive today, and i do feel like he deserves some kind of massive "thank you" for that
My favorite song from the "Heroes" album. Not only does it sound humbly amazing, but the history it is telling is one that shows humanity, bravery, and tenacity of the German army.
I listened to this song so many times when I writing on the Hitler Youth, it captured the feel and hopelessness of the end of their war. "Who could ever have believed, seems like nothing's been achieved."
The most Underrated Sabaton Song ever and Mr.Neidell, I really really liked how you told this Story today and i accept your invite for a peacefull and objective discussion. I think Wenck is a German War Hero. First of all he disobeyed Hitlers Orders and rescued not just Civillians but also the Young Soldiers of his Army but he also took the wounded with him , Children,Red cross personal and many many more. The Wehrmacht wanst good, Sabaton History is right about that. But Walter Wenck in this Moment of the War was maybe the most human Soldier and General of them All. The Americans didnt wanted the civillians, The russians were also not really caring. But walter Wenck did Care for the Civillians. Wenck shouldnt be associated with the Wehrmacht for this but, rather we should see him as a hero who didnt cared about Hitler, about the reich, about the final victory. Wenck Cared about the People who were facing death and Destruction, Wenck cared more about the German Civillians than Hitler. He was a realist and a humanist. As Sabaton history Said correct we simply cant view it from a black white perspektive here because every side in this story has black and white sides. But Walter Wenck in this Case, Had an Overwhelming Light side and if you look at the situation from the time back then Wenck had only young and old soldiers, wenck didnt had a choice like we would have today. But all these lost young lives were not lost in vain because these young people created a corridor for other people to live on. The Dark side of the Wehrmacht always gets connected with him immediatley, but in this Moment he wasnt a General of the Wehrmacht. he was a General of the German People and that must be said here. With the moment of his disobey of hitlers orders he was a traitor and no longer in the wehrmacht. And to Disobey Hitler is for me an act of heroism in World War 2. Wencks Story simply is Lost in the , Which is also justified, bad image of the Wehrmacht. But for Me Wenck wasnt in the Wehrmacht anymore at this point. He was a real Soldier who understand that his Job was to protect the Civillians, i might not no the full after story, but i think the situation at the elbe wasnt in His hand anymore and surely he despised the american actions, i mean he too the civillians all the way with him , why he shouldnt care for them afterwards.. Finally a word about the Soviets. Before you argue that they should have surrenderd to the soviets then. dont look at the situation from our View. but from theirs. And clearly the german civillians were scared ofthe soviets, as He said , people were killing themselves when they were handed over to the soviets, that certainley has a reason. It might require more depth to look at the soviet Counterassault for this to understand the german perspective for that. But it cant be said that they should have surrenderd to those who they were scared off.
I don't know which army exactly he fought in because he never talked about it but I know that my grandfather was in one of the armies on the Eastern front who pushed towards the West to get into American and not Russian captivity. Since he never talked about it during his lifetime (like many of the ones who fought in the war) it's nice to hear in more detail about those final days of the war around Berlin.
To add to this, if you want to support Sabaton buy their music rather than streaming through Spotify or something. Spotify is pretty shit for creators since it's something like 1000 streams of a song can only buy half a cup of coffee.
I am one of the many people who found sabaton through paradox games. Instead of HOI4 it was EU4 but still, I always felt as though adding music about history to game about history was genius marketing as you are introducing 2 different things that, to an audience that has an interest on a topic such as history, having that linking bridge between them with a sign saying "hey if you like this then you'll like this". I just thought that was a great thing for both Sabaton and people with an interst in history and music find out about the, and poiteintally sabaton fans that havent heard of the game. Anyway can't wait to see you guys in October. Fly safe.
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This episode is one of the few which shows the humanity in the German army. As with all conflicts, this was not a binary where it was the ‘good guys’ versus ‘the bad guys’. And before anyone else says it - some people will probably complain how we frame the Soviets as the bad guys. We chose to tell this story from a neutral perspective, but fact is that many German civilians feared what the Soviets would do to them, and preferred to live under American occupation. This might be considered anti-soviet, but it simply is how many Germans viewed the Soviet army and one of the reasons why Wenck and his 12th created a corridor for the civilian refugees to escape into American occupied territories. We’re happy to have a reasonable and research-based discussion in the comments, but we won’t tolerate any extremism or revisionism.
Another note: while this episode is about a moment where the German army thought for humanity instead of against it, it nowhere near proves any sort of clean-Wehrmacht myth - and we won’t tolerate any comments of that sort either.
And with that, I will leave you. Enjoy the video!
Cheers!
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Find out more and join here 👉 www.patreon.com/sabatonhistory
Well, the fact that German soldiers and civilians rather wanted to be occupied by Americans than Soviets, has some base at least...from the stoires of my grandparents and others, rape and violence were committed more often by Soviet soldiers than American soldiers. Of course I don't say that EVERYONE of them were like that - my grandparents actually told stories about very humane acts of Soviets too. But, I think that's undeniable that Soviet soldiers allowed more to themselves, and their officers didn't always sanction those acts strictly.
@@tejesedeny Exactly, what was the point of this comment in the first place. Many had good reason to fear the Soviet army based and preferred the Americans. Although experience tells me that this will provoke a lot of comments blaming us for being pro-nazi and anti-Soviet, while this was just what motivated the Germans to act as they did.
@@SabatonHistory Haters gonna hate...just stay historically accurate and objective as you are, I love you guys this way.
Just like with Counterstrike, there are multiple facets of this story. The stories from the Soviets did not fabricate themselves. Under the Americans, they just had a higher chance of making it out alive. That is just how it is.
And guys. You yourselves made it clear that some Whermacht were either decent guys or just forced to follow orders. Plenty of examples from your songs.
Awesome video! Love every minute of each episode can't wait for the next song!
My grandmother's family made it out of Berlin, thanks to the sacrifice of the 12th army. I salute you.
Glad she made it
GODS SPEED!
Wenck exemplifies those men in the Wehrmacht who did not fight for Hitler but fought for their country and people.
Im glad to hear that :)
@@robertcbarry this is an amazing comment
I think Walther Wenck deserves a lot of respect. Hell, there should be a film about this.
Or a video game
There never will be, sadly. Hollywood would never dare show a German in a positive light.
@@classymutt1384 There is a german movie called "Downfall", which is about the last days in the Führerbunker and the last days of Adolf Hitler. It's one of the best movies I ever watched. But sadly, you might be correct
@@classymutt1384 ugh Valkyrie?
Le Di Chang As a German myself I can tell you that film is heavily dramatized. Also the conspirators knew their plan had no hope of actually bringing about peace. Either they would fail and be killed and the war would go on or they would succeed and plunge Germany into civil war and the war would go on.
By this point in the war " the optimistic ones was learning English
The pessimist Russian "
At least they are learning the language
@@hihowareyou969 a humorous comment adept?
Realist learning both languages, also French:)
@@ИванРусский-ц5о well said товарищ
@@ИванРусский-ц5о I bet a lot of Frogs spoke German at that point too
STEINER!!!!??? WHERE IS STEINER?????
my fuhrer, steiner...... steiner did not mobilise for his attack....
*sudden shaking of hand*
Everyone except for Keitel, Jodl, Krebs, and Burgdorf leave the room
@@Arbiter099 DAS WAR EIN BEFIEHL! DAS ANGREIF WAR EIN BEFIEHL!
*STARTS YELLING LOUDLY IN GERMAN AND THROWING PENCILS*
When you watched the movie and now you ain't confused while reading this comment
HOW DARE THEY IGNORE MY ORDERS EVEN THE SS WAS LYING!
Such an underrated song and story.
Vladimir Ostojic it’s one of my favourites
@@papafritz4872 mine also, it such a fascinating story and song
More like overrated
@@autisticgamer4949 why? I think its great
By the way: this song and the first UA-cam-fan-made videos of it, with an interview of the german 12th army officer Paul Rettich, were nearly all banned and censored on UA-cam-Germany from 2016 to summer 2019... Again... these videos, which iam talking about, are undiscoverable on UA-cam Germany ...again...
My grandpa was captured at Berlin age 17. He was in captivity for 2 years and then released. He was a really funny guy and made friends with the russians, which in return got him chocolate and extra bread and this is how he survived he said.
Pretty lucky man
@@communistpotato3204 yeah. His brother died in Russia and his sister fled to England and then to Canada where she lives to this day. Now we have half the family living in Canada.
My great grandfather was captured by the Russians in ww1 and sent to forced labor. But he soon became friends with the Russians because he was a master copper smith, and he could build a distillery cauldron anywhere, out of anything :)
@@scratchy996 my great grandpa also ended up in Russian captivity. He was there for seven years, but came back when my grandma was around 10. He took his own life shortly after, he couldn't cope with the PTSD
@big wolf so... what?
Protecting civilians from harm is the mark of a real leader.
Without his actions, we would not have the heavily memed scene in Downfall.
Never heard of it but I want to know more
Actually that rant is about Steiner's counterattack, fyi
Bismarck Bismarck There was something about Wenck too
@@ericolsen5592 Bit late, but I think he might be referring to the "Steiner could not mass enough forces for an attack." Scene in Downfall where Hitler ranted at his subordinates. Steiner probably could not mass enough forces because the 12th could not to support him.
@@CommanderRion I now know what he's talking about
Soviet archives still not fully available. How surprising...
*Sweats nervously in war-crimes.*
All westernies are same...
@@АрсенНемов-й9в Okay, Ivan
It took forever for the Soviets to admit they massacred Polish POWs at Katyn.
@@АрсенНемов-й9в at least we can freely read about our past crimes. Isn't it illegal in Russia to acknowledge the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and the soviet invasion of Poland during WW2?
Much respect to that Commander who saved countless lives
You: "I am the Senate!"
Me, a Jedi master on the council: "Not yet."
He also ended countless lives. He was a fucking nazi soldier.
@@uvbe german does not mean nazi. Or does every American carry the blood of the nukes and bomber harris or the Soviet conscript carry every drop of bloody of the gulags and genocides. Grow up
@@uvbe "Hurr durr Wehrmact are the same as SS, Hurr durr"
He literally enlisted in the nazi army and participated in the war. By killing people.
Love hearts of Iron!! Both the Paradox game and the Sabaton song
same here!
*dlc intensifies*
When you play Hearts of Iron and listen to Hearts of Iron
The sabaton dlc makes it so much better
dude since i play with the sabaton track on hoi4 its suddently way easier to achieve world domminance
Soviet forces expected to be around a million, turns out the soviet forces were stronger and larger than anticipated.
Status: FUBAR
12th Army: No retreat, no prisoners, no missing. We liberate the people of Berlin, to hell with orders.
*Achievement Unlocked: Hearts of Iron*
All joking/memes aside, I have nothing but the utmost respect for the 12th Army.
Most of the 12th and 9th armies were destroyed or captured. Only a small part was able to "escape". So they rather lost more
@@АрсенНемов-й9в the ninth army yes but about 104 thousand Germans surrendered
@@АрсенНемов-й9в and and no the twelfth Army not get destroyed surrender to the Americans
@@1TruNub keyword most
@@АрсенНемов-й9в thats kinda obvious, Indy already explained that most of the 12th are just teenagers, elders, and walking wounded that are exhausted and hungry while the 9th was almost destroyed fighting (its honestly impressive that the 9th managed breakthrough in the first place), they were no match for the Soviets that have endless men and firepower, in the of the end though the people they save far outweighs their dead
9:05 “had to listen to the guidelines of his conscience” I’m gonna remember that quote forever.
They still have this as a standing order in the Bundeswehr to this day. If you believe you're being ordered to commit an atrocity you are expected to disobey the order. Doesn't matter if the order is by the book and technically legal, a Deutsche soldat answers to his conscience first.
Everytime Steiner is mentioned, the only thing I can think of is the movie Downfall. Also I respect your dedication for historical accuracy that you have to reupload over an incorrect birthyear. Kudos to everyone.
Thanks! We'd rather not of course, but this was just plain stupid.
Der Untergang was the best movie regarding the Third Reich that I ever watched. It basically shows that in the end, they were all humans.
@@ultramanJR not all
Downfall parodies are just too good
Next week has to be Primo Victoria. I mean it's the 6th of June (the big 75)
Holy damn, haven't even thought about that, that's genius!
Harry Lagom not gonna lie though d day seems to be more important than 6/6
@Harry Lagom Either about Carolus Rex or Long Live the King
@Harry Lagom they aleeady did The Carolean's Prayer, go check it out :)
@Harry Lagom swedish pagans would be an interesting episode as well
I applaud you for your correcting even a small mistake. This is a truly great and underrated song
nice 420 likes
Me accidentally buying that soundtrack is how I got into Sabaton, so glad I did.
This is my favourite Sabaton song!
The song is excellently written and performed and it has great music that gets stuck in my head.
Most of all, I absolutely love the theme of soldiers making great sacrifices to save lives!
This song, No Bullets Fly, Ballad of Bull and other such songs about the humanity of soldiers who choose honour over glory are the ones I treasure the most, even if the gloriously action packed songs about awesome battles are great too. I bought the movie Dunkirk last weekend in preparation to watch it after the next episode on the WW2 channel and I got goosebumps when I read the words "400,000 men couldn't get home, so home came for them". I hope Sabaton makes a song about the Dunkirk evacuation one day, btw. That's just how I am. I get slightly teary-eyed and goosebumps from these kinds of stories. It's the same as when I see videos of twenty-something people working together to save a dog that is stuck in a drainage pipe. It warms my heart in all the right ways. :')
If only humanity had more people with state of mind like yours through out history, and it all would be a whole different kind of story, definitely a better story. Sacrificing yourself, and helping someone who is not able to do it himself is the top of the charts of honor. I salute to those soldiers who did that kind of things, and put themselves into even greater danger of being disregarded from their command just to help others. There was soldiers in that time of war, and in peace times those are Firemen, Policemen and Rescuemen which do the ultimate sacrifice just to keep others out of harms way. My favourite song is also No Bullets Fly, it shows that being human is in front of being, in this case, German, Russian, English or any other. Code of honor is sense that shoud be thought in every school and every possible place and time. Thanks to the Sabaton, people are being presented with part of history from every corner of the world and in every possible moment from atrocities of war time, and is a constant massage to learn from our ancestors mistakes, and keep the world a better place or us and for our children. Keep up the good work Sabaton and Indy. Also Best Regards to KaptenN. :-)
I think every one cried when they hear this song a little bit
“Buildings are just buildings. What actually makes a city is the inhabitants who live in them”
Technically Berlin was saved, just not the German High Command
By that quote cities like London, Paris, Stockholm, Frankfurt, and Berlin don't exist anymore.
@@saddamhussein3849 exactly... Now every major european city is "the worlds" city and "diverse"... All that happened because the axis lost...
"Technically Berlin was saved, just not the German High Command"
Sooooo, WIN/WIN really.
@@antidegeneracy7769 that's a good thing . Paris isn't gone it's just different
@@totallynotalpharius2283 The europeans in Paris are no more... You think this is good?
With Steiner's counteroffensive, everything will be back under control
Nein,Nein,Nein,Nein!
Wait, this isn't extra history
Mein Führer... Steiner....
Oh god I knew HOI4 gonna be in here somewhere.....*laughs away in fascist Bhutan*
Thunder Dragon Empire
THE THUNDER DRAGON RISES
Laughs in Lucemburgian oh wait
I have yet too play as a minor power.
lol
@@13BadassMetal that’s all I do. My friends get mad at me cause I play as Albania and iceland
Soldier Of 3 Armies and Lauri Allan Torni next? Sabaton tweeted about Lauri's 100th birthday this week.
I supose Primo Victoria will be next, because next thursday is the 75th anniversary of D-Day
but that's just a guess
I like ur 21st birthday playlist
@@6yap2 Thanks! Do you have any song suggestions?
@@michaelf.bender3718 nothing directly about booze, only stuff i like to listen to while drinking booze. on my channel i have a playlist called scrunk which was my trying to spell drunk while drunk and those 9 songs i like when consuming liqour and brew
I'm with many others here that this is one my favorite underrated songs from Sabaton. What a story.
I just love the fact that paradox who are one of favorite game developers and sabaton one of favorite bands who both make things about history came together and this amazing song. Also HOI4 has two sabaton sound tracks
The Kriegsmarine also saved another 250K from living under Soviet captivity. Another great song from the Heroes album.
"Living" might not be the most accurate description.
Which song is it?
Not another song. Just an addendum to the story of the German military saving hundreds of thousands of civillians. I was commenting on Hearts of Iron being another great song from the Heroes album.
Operation Hannibal. The only reason people talk so much about Dunkirk is that Hannibal, with the much greater efforts involved, was carried out by the 'defeated evil guys' and thus ignored.
@@Sol_Invictus_ Yes, and in the Soviet Union, the Germans saved about 20 million civilians from living under Soviet captivity. Finally "saved" from life.
Hearts of Iron is a song that consistently is able to bring me nearly to tears
Me too
I bought the Sabaton music pack in Europa Universalis IV which was also from Paradox.
Best DLC ever 😍
Do Rise of Evil next, time to really mess with UA-cam's algorithm.
@Ammo 22 I'm not sure, but Sabaton recently signed to a new label, which resulted in YT reuploading all of their songs under a new publisher. I guess a lot of people saw the videos being reuploaded and mistook it for UA-cam's algorithm accidentally deleting it for the subject matter.
@Ammo 22 maybe because Rise of Evil is about Hitler and the Nazis rise to power
This, of all people were the greatest moments that even soldiers can choose humanity over glory.
IDK Why but just imagining such an event makes me sad and cry
Umm, thanks Soviets for accidentally indirectly letting the citizens across.
This event should be talked about more. Salute to Wenck and his men.
Could almost call the song "Reverse Dunkirk".
Eric Olsen or the Dunkirk of Berlin
Except they retreated as late as possible which resulted in stranded divisions Dunkirk seemed like luck the Germans not advancing this seems like all skill
In both ways actually ( because it was the germans rescuing the civilians, instead of the civilians rescuing the British. )
This song always gives me the chills.
Not a lot of channels make the effort to correct their numbers!
can you explain what happened?
@@silvanbezemer7554 There´s a older version opened two days ago for patreon supporters, but there was a mistake in a date , it was quickly pointed for some viewers , not only the mistake also the reason behind it. The channel made another video faster than a bullet correcting it, and not only making a statement on the description or in the comment section.
@@nomaryako Wow! that's indeed impressive. Points out (again) that Sabaton is the best band ever. Thanks for explaining!
i came across the sabaton through hearts of iron IV as well , i am glad i did !
Yeah same
The continued preservation of history and the fact that my favorite game developers and favorite band are the ones doing it almost made me cry.
Name more iconic duo, i'll wait: paradox's history games (most hearts of Iron IV) and sabaton
This is without doubt one of my favourite Sabaton songs. It tugs my heartstrings, to know that in a time where so much was so wrong, someone still did the right thing.
Also; is there a book list of all the books you guys have read concerning the song topics?
This one and Smoking Snakes were the songs that made me discover Sabaton. Greatly underrated, but still one of my favorites.
I Love the Game and the Band.
Great!
Guy had some big balls to stand up to the Führer like that! Great story and episode guys!!
Probably the saddest sabaton's song... F for the German heroes
@Mks claro mano, sou fanzão deles
I got an instant World At War flash back 6:05
This is one of the main reason “Heroes” is my favorite album, such a great song and great story, much like all the other songs on Heroes
8:39 - WTF was Bruce Willis doing there? (the leftest guy at the front)
Well, Bruce Willis is of German origine
Die Hard but Der Untergang
He was born in Germany :)
When you look around & read a situation, see your orders as hopeless, & recognise a far better job you could do instead. Cannot deny the heart in people who decide it's better to save innocent civilians than to throw life away as tank fodder. Respect
One of my favorite sabaton song
It is very powerful.
the "hold the corridor!" part always chokes me up
This song seriously gets me to tear up time and time again, simply thinking about the desperation many of the soldiers and civilians must have felt and how sabaton describes so very nicely that at this point in the war it just wasnt about Hitler or ideologys anymore but about the people, soldiers and civilans alike.
This is the first sabaton song i've heard.
One of my favourite , very underrated.
This is my first also)
I’ve prayed for this day! A amazing video for one of my favourite Sabaton songs!
8:40 Hey what's Bruce Willis doing there?!
such a strange feeling to hear your hometown (wittenberg) being mentioned in a sabaton video ^^
love the work u do on this channel thanks for all that
Yeah it’s usually only written about
M8 I'm from tangermünde so I fell you
Also Wittenberg ist doch historisch genug! :D
Gotta really thank Alex. She sent me a link so I could watch this at holiday place. Hearts of Iron is one of the songs that I found incredible. You guys did an admirable job covering this battle and it is an incredible story.
Thank you guys for making this video. One more from the album Heroes.
And for you guys personal touch, you gotta find new ways to get around. Games are a perfect medium for that.
Sehr gerne Evert🤘Liebe grüsse Alex:)
I heard "hearts of iron" on pandora, and came to youtube to see the video. Next thing I knew, I saw the video that told the history behind the song. Love the song, great story, and since I love world history, I love how you guys teach it by doing songs about it. Hopefully one day you guys will write sons about hispanic american history, like war of the triple alliance, mexico's fifth of may, and stuff like that. I think it would be cool, but if not, that's ok. Either way, yourur songs are freaking awesome and having a special channel to tell the stories behind those songs, I can not describe the awesomeness of it. Looking to hear and see more songs and videos from you guys.😍😁😄😀
I discovered Sabaton through Hearts of Iron 4.
I was playing as the Soviet Union and I declared the war on Finland. Suddenly, I heard the music slowly creeping in.
It soon exploded into: FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL IN SILENCE
CAST THEIR SPELLS, EXPLOSIVE VIOLENCE
Out of nowhere, I had unquenchable thirst to purge the world from the oppressive burgoise.
Meanwhile, Finland:
NEW HERO UNLOCKED: Lauri Torni deployed!
IT'S THE END THE WAR HAS BEEN LOST
KEEPING THEM SAFE TILL THE RIVER’S BEEN CROSSED
@Harry Lagom HOLDING THEIR GROUND 'TILL THE FINAL PLATOON
HURRY UP WE'RE WAITING FOR YOU
MEN OF THE 9TH AND CIVILIANS TOO
Sabaton should make a song about the Barbary wars, especially since Sweden was involved
Maybe even the time the US helped some North Korean sailors fight against Somali pirates as a parody song or something
Would that count as an Alestorm diss track?
@@jaytea4093 what's that?
sacul xela Alestorm is a pirate themed metal band led by Christopher Bowes. I recommend their song “Drink” for any newcomers.
8:53 that general kinda looks like Bill Nye.
Germans sitting in a foxhole as the Americans march closer and closer, all while chanting “BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL” must’ve been terrifying.
And his name is William
William Simpson, the Alliance guy
Best and favourite song of this album, amazing story
I think stories like those interesting, because they show that even though all nazis were germans, not all germans were nazis, there were people that were just militarymen that wanted to serve their country and people to their best efforts.
Not all Nazis were German, however. There were several SS units raised from other countries such as Denmark and Hungary.
This song is one of my favorite sabaton songs because it shows that despite all the negativity surrounding the Nazis, there were some good guys in the Wermacht who put the people above the reich
Some people ask "Why wasn't everyone punished after ww2?" And there is the answer. There were bad guys and evil monsters. There were good guys and heroes. And there were those who genuinly just followed orders.
But how do you tell apart who is who?
That is the problem. Interestingly Sabaton also made a song about that "Wehrmacht".
Watching a video about a song called Hearts of Iron, while listening to Hearts of Iron, while playing Hearts of Iron...
Awesome
CrazyDoc _SW
It’s frickin warts of Iron
I would love to hear Hearts of Iron in an acoustic version, like the Final Solution they sang live.
I literally listened to that song and thought to myself "Sabaton History should make a video about this" today. Awesome.
This is one of my favourite songs! Every time I hear it it gives me goosebumps. I love how you used the Bach music in there too, it works so well. As always, it's great seeing the full story behind the song.
This song never fails to put a lump in my throat.
I really want to see you do a video on "The Last Battle" with Castle Itter. Another testament to the fact that not all Germans were swastika-wearing fanatics.
they did do a video on that recently
@@Ultiminati I saw it. It was awesome
They have done one.
to think my grandfather was one of those last minute soldiers that were pulled in from the youths to fill the ranks of those armies, and how he probably only survived because of this move from Wenck... when great events like this and your personal history mix like that, thats when you truly begin to see the greatness of such men, who give up their "honor" to safe lives. its just so unbelievable that without him i probably wouldnt be alive today, and i do feel like he deserves some kind of massive "thank you" for that
My favorite song from the "Heroes" album. Not only does it sound humbly amazing, but the history it is telling is one that shows humanity, bravery, and tenacity of the German army.
I discovered Sabaton trough Hearts of Iron too, cheers from Romania !
Hearths of Iron and Attero Dominatus are the same song just from diferent prespectives
I completely forgot this song existed but damn now it's on repeat!
Once again an uplifting moment in a hellish week braught from watching these videos thanks guys
This has been my absolute favourite sabaton song since that album was released.
I listened to this song so many times when I writing on the Hitler Youth, it captured the feel and hopelessness of the end of their war. "Who could ever have believed, seems like nothing's been achieved."
sabaton music pack in hoi 4 is legit the only music ive bought in the past 15 years lol
*Sees video in recommended*
My body is ready.
The war has been lost, hold the river until the civilians are across
Splendid work guys , keep it up!!
Waiting for the Winged Hussars to arrive!!!
My grandfather was one of the soldiers who fought at Berlin against the soviets
I also discovered Sabaton through hoi4, and now they're one of my favourite bands. Keep up the awesome work!
Amazing song, this story is so moving and brought me to tears the first time I heard it.
Never have I ever clicked on a video before I even realised what it was XD
this is the ultimate crossover of the paradox games, sabaton and youtube history channels.
Omfg one of my very very very fav sabaton song!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Keep up the good work.. indy and sabaton 🔥🔥😘
This is my absolute top notch favorite sabaton song and gives me chills every single time. I love the story so much. Thank you sabaton!!!
Shouldn't y'all do Attero Dominatus for this one?
Makes you wonder why no Movie exists on this. Seems like a perfect character for a great movie.
Right?! 🤘
The most Underrated Sabaton Song ever and Mr.Neidell, I really really liked how you told this Story today and i accept your invite for a peacefull and objective discussion.
I think Wenck is a German War Hero.
First of all he disobeyed Hitlers Orders and rescued not just Civillians but also the Young Soldiers of his Army but he also took the wounded with him , Children,Red cross personal and many many more.
The Wehrmacht wanst good, Sabaton History is right about that. But Walter Wenck in this Moment of the War was maybe the most human Soldier and General of them All. The Americans didnt wanted the civillians, The russians were also not really caring. But walter Wenck did Care for the Civillians.
Wenck shouldnt be associated with the Wehrmacht for this but, rather we should see him as a hero who didnt cared about Hitler, about the reich, about the final victory.
Wenck Cared about the People who were facing death and Destruction, Wenck cared more about the German Civillians than Hitler. He was a realist and a humanist.
As Sabaton history Said correct we simply cant view it from a black white perspektive here because every side in this story has black and white sides.
But Walter Wenck in this Case, Had an Overwhelming Light side and if you look at the situation from the time back then Wenck had only young and old soldiers, wenck didnt had a choice like we would have today. But all these lost young lives were not lost in vain because these young people created a corridor for other people to live on.
The Dark side of the Wehrmacht always gets connected with him immediatley, but in this Moment he wasnt a General of the Wehrmacht. he was a General of the German People and that must be said here. With the moment of his disobey of hitlers orders he was a traitor and no longer in the wehrmacht. And to Disobey Hitler is for me an act of heroism in World War 2. Wencks Story simply is Lost in the , Which is also justified, bad image of the Wehrmacht. But for Me Wenck wasnt in the Wehrmacht anymore at this point. He was a real Soldier who understand that his Job was to protect the Civillians, i might not no the full after story, but i think the situation at the elbe wasnt in His hand anymore and surely he despised the american actions, i mean he too the civillians all the way with him , why he shouldnt care for them afterwards..
Finally a word about the Soviets. Before you argue that they should have surrenderd to the soviets then. dont look at the situation from our View. but from theirs. And clearly the german civillians were scared ofthe soviets, as He said , people were killing themselves when they were handed over to the soviets, that certainley has a reason. It might require more depth to look at the soviet Counterassault for this to understand the german perspective for that. But it cant be said that they should have surrenderd to those who they were scared off.
Maybe the German people shouldn't have supported Hitler
Where was Welnck's moral conscience during Krystallnaucht?
“No deserters, No prisoners, No Missing.”
I actually discovered Sabaton thanks to Europa Universalis, been a fan ever since.
I love Pär's swedish accent
Thanks! 😎
I don't know which army exactly he fought in because he never talked about it but I know that my grandfather was in one of the armies on the Eastern front who pushed towards the West to get into American and not Russian captivity. Since he never talked about it during his lifetime (like many of the ones who fought in the war) it's nice to hear in more detail about those final days of the war around Berlin.
Few warriors on any side talked about it with civilians. They just couldn't explain it to them.
Another great video! It’s so heartbreaking seeing those young lives wasted for a hopeless cause that was crumbling around them
You just can't download Sabaton illegal.
Buy it or stream it! They deserve it!
To add to this, if you want to support Sabaton buy their music rather than streaming through Spotify or something. Spotify is pretty shit for creators since it's something like 1000 streams of a song can only buy half a cup of coffee.
I am one of the many people who found sabaton through paradox games. Instead of HOI4 it was EU4 but still, I always felt as though adding music about history to game about history was genius marketing as you are introducing 2 different things that, to an audience that has an interest on a topic such as history, having that linking bridge between them with a sign saying "hey if you like this then you'll like this". I just thought that was a great thing for both Sabaton and people with an interst in history and music find out about the, and poiteintally sabaton fans that havent heard of the game.
Anyway can't wait to see you guys in October. Fly safe.
The next one simply must be about Primo Victoria
There’s no way they’ll overlook the 75th anniversary of D-Day
It drops exactly on the D day
This is one of if not my favourite songs, means more than all the others.