Sabaton - Coat of Arms (Animated)

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  • This is the raw version of the video to Sabaton's "Coat Of Arms"-single released 2010.
    Drawn/animated/edited by yours truly. Due to unfortunate events I could not deliver the material in time for the release of the single but I am happy to see it was rectified with the release of the World War Live: Battle of the Baltic Sea DVD
    Kudos Sabaton.
    Disclaimer: Keep in mind that events portrayed in this video are a simplification of reality and that every person killed in battle is a tragedy no matter who holds his strings. Resistance is admirable and unjust aggression is always doomed when forced upon free men. Heroism lives in the heart regardless of nationality or creed. Be excellent unto each other.

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  • @nickpope4932
    @nickpope4932 7 років тому +237

    I love the depiction here;
    Ambassador Grazzi is depicted as an evil person who is angered when the Prime Minister/ our National Leader Ioannis Metaxas rips the ultimatum in two:
    In truth Grazzi wrote in his book "I left that house with the utmost respect to that elderly man who chose sacrifice over capitulation and with an utter shame and disgust of the occupation that I have chosen".
    It is a nice representation of moral conflict when you know what is right against that what you have to do.
    The 28th of October is a glorious day, one to be remembered for aeons.
    Many thanks to Sabaton for reminding the rest of the world!!

    • @nelihmazen1420
      @nelihmazen1420 3 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/B7eduZr_h2Y/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Nelihmazen

    • @landrylongacre6391
      @landrylongacre6391 2 роки тому +6

      That’s actually pretty cool

    • @comradedog3662
      @comradedog3662 2 роки тому +5

      he wasnt our prime minister exactly , he was more like a dictator

    • @RorytheRomulan
      @RorytheRomulan 2 роки тому +1

      1:02 Nyeeeeehh!

  • @johncate9541
    @johncate9541 5 років тому +315

    My favorite story about this is what happened on the Italian border with France when the Greeks forced the Italians to retreat into Albania. The French put up a sign that said "Soldiers of Greece, this is French territory! Do not pursue the Italians beyond this point!"

  • @franzhuschka9837
    @franzhuschka9837 7 років тому +536

    After doing some research i will conclude that Greece saved Europe from Hitler.
    After Italy and Albania invaded Greece, the greeks defended like Spartans, Macedonians, Cretes, all over again, and won.
    Italy needed Germanys help to conquer Greece, so in April 1941, the Germans invade with 600 000 soldiers, that originaly where going to Russia (Soviet)
    Those 600 000 troops could have been crucial in the continous advance in Russia.
    Respect to Greece.

    • @thotarojoestar3045
      @thotarojoestar3045 7 років тому +33

      Austrian History It's not that there's been a vast ammount of casualties on the side of the Nazis. What resulted in their defeat was that due to the greeks and i think serbians stalling them out they ended up fighting against the USSR during the winter

    • @pholkot6573
      @pholkot6573 6 років тому +38

      Bulgaria was also attacking us at the same time.

    • @charlesuzozie5747
      @charlesuzozie5747 6 років тому +13

      The Italians invaded from Albania(Albania was occupied by Italian forces before the war started) so don't pin anything on Albania.

    • @kyleschafer6275
      @kyleschafer6275 6 років тому +1

      It was the Italians war to lose, had Italy not invaded and rather with Hitler prepared for the invasion of the soviet union could've ended better, or not, we wont know for sure.

    • @gianniskagias4145
      @gianniskagias4145 5 років тому +12

      respect......huh
      no one shows us respect

  • @unknownmanx4085
    @unknownmanx4085 9 років тому +418

    IN WW2 GREECE WAS THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT WAS FORSED TO FIGHT AGAINST 4 COUNTRIES
    ITALY,ALBANIA,BULGARIA AND GERMANY.
    THEY ONLY LOST BY THE GERMANS

    • @unknownmanx4085
      @unknownmanx4085 9 років тому +60

      GREECE ALSO HAD MORE DEADS THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY AT THAT TIME THEY LOST 1/3 OF THEIR POPULATION

    • @TheAthelasProject
      @TheAthelasProject 9 років тому +55

      UnknownManX Yugoslavia was technically in the same sort of deal. Still both of our countries fought bravely, and died side by side, and ultimately won the WW2, as we've occupied the Axis troops long enough on the Balkan front, so that the USSR could get some more time to prepare.

    • @gmakropoulos11
      @gmakropoulos11 9 років тому +36

      UnknownManX 219 days resistand when the other countries has aboyt 100 days!! First win against the axon its from the great Hellas 1941!!

    • @gmakropoulos11
      @gmakropoulos11 9 років тому +4

      UnknownManX 23 presents from the population from Hellas haw be dead from nazis,the most deads from the other country.

    • @lorenzojannon4435
      @lorenzojannon4435 9 років тому +4

      eh but italy .....My cuntry );

  • @iplyrunescape305
    @iplyrunescape305 5 років тому +99

    Converted to Greek Orthodox from Roman Catholic. I could never in my life ever deny anything ELLINIKI. I always loved Greece, from watching 300 as an 8 year old, to now worshiping the Lord in Greek. Greece will never die. Descendants of the heroic hoplites and genius inventors, to the heirs of the Roman Empire. Long live Greece!

  • @amariam3872
    @amariam3872 6 років тому +202

    For our ancestors
    For their sacrifice
    For the peace they have given us
    For the lives that where laid down
    For the history
    LONG LIVE THE GREEKS

    • @papioulis12
      @papioulis12 2 роки тому +5

      KALA TA LES

    • @Copy-x2k
      @Copy-x2k 2 роки тому +5

      *This is Sparta!*

    • @pinkpuppy3415
      @pinkpuppy3415 Рік тому +1

      as a greek whos ancestors were spartans i agree

    • @ΟΡΘΗΣΚΕΨΗ
      @ΟΡΘΗΣΚΕΨΗ Рік тому +2

      ​@@pinkpuppy3415με τετοια εικονα προφιλ δεν πας ουτε για τυροπιτα "σπαρτιατη"

  • @koursaroshellas1187
    @koursaroshellas1187 9 років тому +116

    To friends and enemies:
    HELLAS NEVER DIE, JUST RELAX FOR A WHILE AND THEN WRITE HISTORY AGAIN !!!!!!!!

  • @sawlaen824
    @sawlaen824 8 років тому +309

    Greetings from Britain! Greece is a beautiful country. People said the Greeks fought like heroes, no, the heroes fought like Greeks.

    • @Jim-mj7nm
      @Jim-mj7nm 8 років тому +32

      Churchill said so!

    • @ap24085
      @ap24085 7 років тому +6

      really, you should know who said that, not "people", he was the most famous british prime minister.

    • @ВладимирБуров-в6щ
      @ВладимирБуров-в6щ 7 років тому +6

      Lord Byron died for the freedom of that land!

    • @Zzzzxzsm5
      @Zzzzxzsm5 6 років тому +4

      Владимир Буров he died from an infection but yes he wantes Greece free

    • @makiskanyt9269
      @makiskanyt9269 6 років тому

      Sawlan Wilson greating from greece but if your from england and you jave the second riech emble ? :) Η ελλαδα θα νικιση τους παντες

  • @ndeligiannis
    @ndeligiannis 7 років тому +100

    FAMOUS QUOTES ABOUT THE GREEKS IN WWII:
    Adolf Hitler:
    "For the sake of historical truth I must verify that only the Greeks, of all the adversaries who confronted us, fought with bold courage and highest disregard of death.. " (From speech he delivered to Reichstag on 4 May 1941)
    Winston Churchill:
    "The word heroism I am afraid does not render the least of those acts of self-sacrifice of the Greeks, which were the defining factor in the victorious outcome of the common struggle of the nations, during WWII, for the human freedom and dignity. If it were not for the bravery of the Greeks and their courage, the outcome of WWII would be undetermined." (Paraphrased from one of his speeches to the British Parliament on 24 April 1941)
    "Until now we used to say that the Greeks fight like heroes. Now we shall say: The heroes fight like Greeks." (From a speech he delivered from the BBC in the first days of the Greco-Italian war)
    Joseph Vissarionovich Tzougasvili Stalin:
    "I am sorry because I am getting old and I shall not live long to thank the Greek People, whose resistance decided WWII." (From a speech of his broadcast by the Moscow radio station on 31 January 1943 after the victory of Stalingrad and the capitulation of marshal Paulus)
    Charles de Gaul:
    "I am unable to give the proper breadth of gratitude I feel for the heroic resistance of the People and the leaders of Greece." (From a speech of his to the French Parliament after the end of WWII)
    Maurice Schumann Minister of the exterior of France 1969-1973, member of the French Academy 1974:
    "Greece is the symbol of the tortured, bloodied but live Europe.. Never a defeat was so honorable for those who suffered it." (From a message of his he addressed from the BBC of London to the enslaved peoples of Europe on 28 April 1941, the day Hitler occupied Athens after Greece fought a 6-month war)
    Moscow, Radio Station to Greece:
    "You fought unarmed and won, small against big. We owe you gratitude, because you gave us time to defend ourselves. As Russians and as people we thank you." (When Hitler attacked the U.S.S.R.)
    Georgy Constantinovich Zhoucov 1896-1974 Marshal of the Soviet Army:
    "If the Russian people managed to raise resistance at the doors of Moscow, to halt and reverse the German torrent, they owe it to the Greek People, who delayed the German divisions during the time they could bring us to our knees." (Quote from his memoirs on WWII)
    Benito Mussolini:
    "The war with Greece proved that nothing is firm in the military and that surprises always await us." (From speech he delivered on 10/5/1941)
    Sir Robert Antony Eden, Minister of War and the Exterior of Britain 1940-1945, Prime Minister of Britain 1955-1957:
    "Regardless of what the future historians shall say, what we can say now, is that Greece gave Mussolini an unforgettable lesson, that she was the motive for the revolution in Yugoslavia, that she held the Germans in the mainland and in Crete for six weeks, that she upset the chronological order of all German High Command's plans and thus brought a general reversal of the entire course of the war and we won." (Paraphrased from a speech of his to the British parliament on 24/09/1942)
    Sir Harold Leofric George Alexander, British Marshal during WWII:
    "It would not be an exaggeration to say that Greece upset the plans of Germany in their entirety forcing her to postpone the attack on Russia for six weeks. We wonder what would have been Soviet Union's position without Greece." (Paraphrased from a speech of his to the British parliament on 28 October 1941)
    George VI, King of Great Britain 1936-1952:
    "The magnificent struggle of Greece, was the first big turn of WWII" (Paraphrased from a speech of his to the parliament in May 1945)
    Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States of America:
    "On the 28th of October 1940 Greece was given a deadline of three hours to decide on war or peace but even if a three day or three week or three year were given, the response would have been the same. The Greeks taught dignity throughout the centuries. When the entire world had lost all hope, the Greek people dared to question the invincibility of the German monster raising against it the proud spirit of freedom."
    (Paraphrased from speech he delivered on 10/6/1943)
    "The heroic struggle of the Greek people... against Germany 's attack, after she so thunderously defeated the Italians in their attempt to invade the Greek soil, filled the hearts of the American people with enthusiasm and moved their compassion." (Paraphrased from a speech of his on 25/04/1941)
    NOTES:
    On 10 April 1941, after the capitulation to Germany, the northern forts of Greece surrender. The Germans express their admirations to Greek soldiers, declare that they were honored and proud to have as their adversary such an army and request that the Greek commandant inspect the German army in a demonstration of honor and recognition! The German flag is raised only after the complete withdrawal of the Greek army. A German officer of the air force declared to the commander of the Greek Eastern Macedonia division group, lieutenant general Dedes that the Greek army was the first army on which the stuka fighter planes did not cause panic. "Your soldiers" he said, "instead of fleeing frantically, as they did in France and Poland, were shooting at us from their positions."
    The Greeks originally surrendered to the Germans only (which makes sense). Mussolini learned about it and got pissed, demanding that the Greek Army surrender to the Italians as well. He ordered additional attacks against the Greeks who were then in the process of surrendering to Germany. The Greeks resisted, and defeated the Italians once more. After the embarrassment to Mussolini, Hitler relented and had General Dietrich convince General Georgios Tsolakoglou to include Italy as well in the surrender.
    And here's a very old quote from ancient times:
    AESCHYLUS: "BECAUSE ONLY WE (THE GREEKS), CONTRARY TO THE BARBARIANS, NEVER COUNT THE ENEMY IN BATTLE"
    Here's a little history lesson on the Greeks in WWII. The Greeks resisted longer than any other country before being occupied by the Nazis. Read this, it should make you feel Proud to be Greek! After you have finished reading, feel free to post other reasons why you are Proud to be Greek.
    DURATION OF RESISTANCE (in days):
    Greece 219
    Norway 61
    France 43 (The superpower at the time)
    Poland 30
    Belgium 18
    Holland 4
    Yugoslavia 3
    Denmark 0 (The Danes surrendered to Hitler's motorcyclist who was conveying Hitler's request to the Danish king for the crossing of the Nazi armies. The
    Danish king indicating submission surrendered his crown to the motorcyclist)
    Czechoslovakia 0
    Luxenburg 0
    TOTAL GREEK CASUALTIES IN WWII BY COUNTRY:
    Albanians killed 1,165 Greeks
    Italians killed 8,000 Greeks
    Bulgarians killed 25,000 Greeks
    Germans killed 50,000 Greeks
    TOTAL LOSES IN POPULATION PERCENTAGES:
    Greece 10%
    Soviet Union 2.8%
    Holland 2.2%
    France 2% (The superpower at the time)
    Poland 1.8%
    Yugoslavia 1.7%
    Belgium 1.5%

    • @_empiree9338
      @_empiree9338 6 років тому +1

      Serbia held the Germans the most not Greeks.But its heroic to stand against army 10x times bigger than your and even push them !

    • @johndiakakis4357
      @johndiakakis4357 6 років тому +1

      @@_empiree9338 are you sure that time serbia was in yogoslavia
      Let see the resistanse
      In days
      DURATION OF RESISTANCE (in days):
      Greece 219
      Norway 61
      France 43 (The superpower at the time)
      Poland 30
      Belgium 18
      Holland 4
      Yugoslavia 3
      Denmark 0

    • @_empiree9338
      @_empiree9338 6 років тому

      Nop Serbs did it this is why they took Macedonia from Bulgaria after ww2 bcs Yugoslavia was with the Soviets and we were against them.When Soviets won they took Thrace and gave it to Greece and Macedonia was given to Yugoslavia.

    • @johndiakakis4357
      @johndiakakis4357 6 років тому

      @@_empiree9338 look greeks hold more days the german than any other country ,look battle in crete or the days of resistance

    • @johndiakakis4357
      @johndiakakis4357 6 років тому +4

      @@_empiree9338 what macedonia ,macedonia is greek you mean the fyrom vardaska,but fyrom was in the yogoslavia look the map in 1935 of yugoslavia

  • @ChrisShredGuitar
    @ChrisShredGuitar 9 років тому +195

    If leonidas and his 300 spartans listened to Sabaton, they would have killed Xerxes and his 1-Million army at one single day :D hahah. Tumbs up for Sabaton !

    • @lordadorable1140
      @lordadorable1140 6 років тому +30

      Chris Blade Johnson
      Realistically:
      Xerxes wouldn't have an army left to command if Sabaton played on that day

  • @Russianbro777
    @Russianbro777 7 років тому +40

    I know Greek people, I politely warn anything hostile towards Greek people to reconsider any action. They will not surrender

  • @giovannilucignano2742
    @giovannilucignano2742 10 років тому +197

    Im italian..respect for immortal greece...ITALIAN AND GREEK MEDITERANEAN BROTHERS !!!...abbiamo sempre dominato il mondo.

    • @thotarojoestar3045
      @thotarojoestar3045 7 років тому +5

      Giovanni Lucignano I personaly really respect Italy, I mean, Constantinopolitans are the (in law?) descendants of Italians

    • @Arkoudeides.
      @Arkoudeides. 6 років тому +4

      Magna Grecia

    • @pholkot6573
      @pholkot6573 6 років тому +9

      Forget the past and just hate Mussolini,your government never wanted to attack us Mussolini did though,We are now pals!

    • @pat7864
      @pat7864 6 років тому +1

      Stessa cosa FRATELLI GRECI

    • @theodoreholland559
      @theodoreholland559 6 років тому +13

      We are all brothers now Giovanni lets all fight the islamists invaders lets forget the past and all unite for a free Europe before our lands become like Syria. Brothers in arms now. Greetings from Greece Patra

  • @glitch164
    @glitch164 6 років тому +37

    "Hence, we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks."
    - Winston Churchill

  • @jackmiller5675
    @jackmiller5675 10 років тому +149

    Greek, Polish, Norwegian, Yugoslavian, Belgian, French, Czech and other countries heroes - thank you! Your fearlessness and courage will never be forgotten!

    • @jackmiller5675
      @jackmiller5675 9 років тому +4

      Viktor Archipov >and other countries
      Besides, I think that those smaller nations deeds seems less known than those of the ones you've listed. We should pay more attention to those acts of bravery, I think.

    • @berzelas1065
      @berzelas1065 7 років тому

      România

    • @eliotf204
      @eliotf204 7 років тому

      >france
      >britain fulls under "other countries"
      >ok
      jokes

    • @НикитаПушкин-ю9ю
      @НикитаПушкин-ю9ю 7 років тому +1

      >USSR falls under other countries.

    • @gianniskagias4145
      @gianniskagias4145 5 років тому +3

      FOR THE GLORY OF GREECE POLAND NORWAY YUGOSLAVIA BELGIUM FRANCE AND CZECH

  • @ninja_panos2624
    @ninja_panos2624 10 років тому +171

    we are probably poor now in many categories , but our spirit we never brake by some traitors . we are greek . we will beat these traitors one day . and i'm sure this day will come .

    • @ninja_panos2624
      @ninja_panos2624 9 років тому +19

      Kid . We refuse cause w already did . If you don't understand what i'm saying , that's totally not my problem .

    • @outatisater7943
      @outatisater7943 9 років тому +15

      Bill Gultch you have no idea what's going on really

    • @chriskanza9912
      @chriskanza9912 9 років тому +11

      Bill Gultch Repaying debt involves borrowing it first. I can e-mail you specifics that most of the loans were never, have never reached/received by Greece. EU "gave" us the money, and took it back by forcing us to have contractors from Germany, France (Never Greeks) to build up the unnecessary infrastructure (utilized by them not even paying taxes - The airport company being one of them), sinking us deeper and deeper due to the true "family" bonds that tie us. Unnecessary weapons systems, Siemens bribes, the list is endless. But you have to be open minded to accept those facts, instead of constantly accusing us. The economy has a 2.3% increase, but the interest rates that they bribed the foul politicians to agree are sucking life out of the country's economy. Every country that was attacked in WWII got attack compensation. Greece lost 520.000 people due to famine, bombings, executions, and troops. The only country that was never compensated for its losses was Greece - despite being left alone by the British - showing allies how to win wars against Italians and Germans. On top of that the German occupational loan sunk further Greece into depression. So when asking for money, repayment, etc - first tell all the other countries to fulfill their side of the bargain and obligations, and trust me we will too.

    • @outatisater7943
      @outatisater7943 9 років тому +10

      Helari Your money? Just one more ignorant..

    • @outatisater7943
      @outatisater7943 9 років тому +9

      Helari So your goverment gave a loan to greek goverment and they knew already there should be a risk. There is always a risk in investments and it is increased when we talk about giving loans to a country with economic crisis. So you should blame your own goverment for its stupid decisions. Your goverment wanted to make profit from an almsot bankrupted country but now we are gonna bankrupt for real and no money can be paid.

  • @marcomammuth9536
    @marcomammuth9536 8 років тому +44

    From south Italy:
    Honor and ripects to ours brother and rival Greece.

    • @AndMakrid
      @AndMakrid 8 років тому +7

      Marco, if you read Mussolini's speech on November 18th 1940 at Palazzo Venezia you'll see that the fascist dictator also attacked the Italian intellectuals who were opposing the war against Greece. Not everybody in Italy justified him.

    • @marcomammuth9536
      @marcomammuth9536 8 років тому +5

      As rival i mean a friendly rivalry as two boxers on the ring of culture and war, and about that idiot of Benito, of course he would say such things. He didn't realise that Italy was founded whith the roman republic as a model. imperialism, dictetorship and fascism is always been the wrong way for both Italy and Rome

    • @AndMakrid
      @AndMakrid 8 років тому +2

      Marco Mammuth Rightly said my friend.

  • @SuperMario-it5kp
    @SuperMario-it5kp Рік тому +14

    My favorite line in the song is how they mention that the 300 men left a pride to uphold, freedom of death in effect, one of the most accurate lines in my opinion, having visited Thermopylae before

  • @lordadorable1140
    @lordadorable1140 Рік тому +19

    Despite their incompetent leadership, the Italians were far from helpless. They still had quality soldiers right up till the end. The Greeks worked hard for their defence

  • @darkxarchon
    @darkxarchon 4 роки тому +13

    I like to think that the marksman at 1:16 is my Papou. He was eventually captured by the Germans in Northern Greece and imprisoned, and when they finally released him he had to walk all the way down to Southern Greece. Never got to meet him, but everyone says he was a great, hardworking man.

    • @monsterhunter66
      @monsterhunter66 4 роки тому +4

      Your Palou is a true hero.

    • @dimitriscsd
      @dimitriscsd 11 місяців тому +1

      Papou now IS Greece. Never forgotten!

    • @johntsolakidis740
      @johntsolakidis740 7 місяців тому +1

      My grandfathers also fought in Albania with the Cretan division. One of them injured and both received medals for bravery.

  • @lordadorable1140
    @lordadorable1140 8 років тому +275

    is the farmer at the beginning actually the sniper throughout the video

  • @eugenthespy9018
    @eugenthespy9018 4 роки тому +15

    Today is the 80th year since the beginning of war between Hellas and Italy. Greeks shown that they'll fight to the last, never surrender and never retreat. Big thanks to Sabaton for this beatiful song! Glory to Hellas and greeks - heroes of WW2!

  • @berzelas1065
    @berzelas1065 7 років тому +46

    Greetings from România my orthodox brothers ❤❤

  • @thelegit2468
    @thelegit2468 7 років тому +20

    AND ONE HUUUUUUUUGE THANKS TO MY FAVOURITE BAND,SABATON BECAUSE THEY DONT SAY THAT ###### WORD "GREECE'' AND THEY SAY THE BEAUTIFULL AND THE ORIGINAL WORD,HELLAS!

  • @Fabioman6
    @Fabioman6 9 років тому +164

    Such a sad moment for Italian history. We followed an ambitious and violent leader, who got himself involved in a war we were not prepared to win and in doing so we made ourselves responsible for many terrible deeds. People always talks about German violence, but we did our part in destroying the world. I admire so much those people who found the strength to resist and save us all... Thank you Greece, Poland, Russia, England and its colonies, France, USA, Italian resistance, French resistance, and to everybody who found himself brave enough to fight for mankind.

    • @ApollonianSoldier
      @ApollonianSoldier 9 років тому +5

      +Fabio Comazzi You are so sad.

    • @giannislainas5187
      @giannislainas5187 9 років тому +4

      +Fabio Comazzi Indeed,the village of the parents of my father was burned by Italian forces.

    • @harrypyotr6253
      @harrypyotr6253 8 років тому +3

      +Fabio Comazzi una faza una ratsa bro...there is no hate between us..

    • @Fabioman6
      @Fabioman6 8 років тому +7

      He definitely had good taste, mate. And, I'm sorry for your lost. I'm sure he was a remarkable guy

    • @pentalofoz
      @pentalofoz 8 років тому +5

      +Fabio Comazzi
      Wars bring always sadness and sorrow.
      It's not Italians people fault, what happened in WWII.
      I know many of my copatriots will disagree, but it's not either Germans people fault. (unnecessary information, i'm a Greek immigrant in Germany, so i know Germans people mentality).
      In WWII, Greece had a triple occupation. And facts as well as tails has, that Italian occupation was the most friendly one to local people.
      And let's not forget, what Italian soldiers in Greece suffered a lot from Nazis, after Italy's surrender in 1943.
      Personally, i like history and i can get much deeper to the subject, but i think it doesn't matter.
      What matters is that we all belong to the EU today and we have to work together for a better future for Europe.

  • @blackburnpl6576
    @blackburnpl6576 9 років тому +22

    I'm from Poland and we win with the Bolsheviks (earlier Soviets).And we have Warsaw Battle.LONG LIVE GREECE!!

  • @hurricane3197
    @hurricane3197 8 років тому +356

    I love Greece, greetings from France :)Constantinople must be greek ! ;)

    • @gettingdown3716
      @gettingdown3716 7 років тому +11

      damn right

    • @dimostychalas9716
      @dimostychalas9716 7 років тому +19

      And we will send them back to Mongolia

    • @harunal-rasid854
      @harunal-rasid854 7 років тому +5

      They're from Turkestan.

    • @melodiecarpentier940
      @melodiecarpentier940 7 років тому

      Hurricane07 Hey, i would like to talk to some french fans if it doesn't bother you

    • @thisissparta4371
      @thisissparta4371 7 років тому +14

      Constrinople is greek. Kosovo is serbian
      and France is for the French king

  • @beerglass8374
    @beerglass8374 9 років тому +298

    For the glory of Hellas! Greetings from Serbia! When you start besieging Constantinople call us to give you a hand! :D

    • @goldeneagle8721
      @goldeneagle8721 9 років тому +23

      haha we will call russia too

    • @michelemisamauri9559
      @michelemisamauri9559 8 років тому +24

      +Glory to Golden Dawn All the Slavs will join!

    • @gilbert2097
      @gilbert2097 8 років тому +10

      +Slavic Serbian That would be so epic.

    • @beerglass8374
      @beerglass8374 8 років тому +20

      Elgar We have experience, you have the cause. We stand ready. Constantinople will be Christian once again! Along with Asia Minor, given back to its former owner. Greece.

    • @gilbert2097
      @gilbert2097 8 років тому +2

      Slavic Serbian Nisam Grk ali bi rado pomogao.

  • @MLWA450
    @MLWA450 11 років тому +28

    Either we havent any money to live or we have traitors for politicians, at war time all Greeks will became a bunch. Either we will live free citizens or we will die. We can't live as slaves. So in a case of a real war everyone of us will take a weapon to protect our homes, our cities, our lifes. There is no surrender, there is no retreat...

  • @giannisellhnas-johngreco
    @giannisellhnas-johngreco 10 років тому +169

    ΚΑΛΑ ΠΟΥ ΥΠΑΡΧΟΥΝ ΚΑΙ ΟΙ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ !!!

    • @hellas3145
      @hellas3145 5 років тому +21

      Πάλι καλά φίλε μου όπως και οι Έλληνες του εξωτερικού εμείς που ζούμε Ελλάδα μας λένε φασίστες επειδή αντιδρούμε

  • @user-vp3rr1zl4v
    @user-vp3rr1zl4v 8 років тому +64

    NATION OF HEROS!

    • @brianstabile165
      @brianstabile165 3 роки тому +7

      The greaks didn’t fight like hero’s hero’s fight like greaks

  • @themobstar58
    @themobstar58 10 років тому +46

    Keep in mind that events portrayed in this video are a simplification of reality and that every person killed in battle is a tragedy no matter who holds his strings. Resistance is admirable and unjust aggression is always doomed when forced upon free men. Heroism lives in the heart regardless of nationality or creed. Be excellent unto each other....
    AH, imagine a world where everybody thinks like this... But nah, people prefer killing each other
    great video sir

    • @ap24085
      @ap24085 7 років тому +5

      well, things are simple really. When fascists invade your country it is your duty and honor to defend it, you cannot surrender. What you say is irrelevant here because this is a song about DEFENDING your country. There is no other option when you are invaded. So you better go and preach to those who WAGE wars, not to those who are defending their families and their freedom.

  • @JandorGr
    @JandorGr 10 років тому +100

    Χρόνια πολλά σε όλους! Ζήτω η 28η Οκτωβρίου!

  • @chriskanza9912
    @chriskanza9912 9 років тому +41

    Χρόνια Πολλά ΕΛΛΑΣ!!! 'Ότι και να κάνουν ψηλά θα είμαστε - δοξασμένοι, υπερήφανοι, νικητές!

  • @deepblue3835
    @deepblue3835 8 років тому +49

    Remember all those brave men who stood up and fought the fascist pestilence in Europe!
    Greetings from Germany

    • @panoskatselis2434
      @panoskatselis2434 8 років тому +2

      And more when Greece was the only fascist nation IN THE WORLD face...... the fascists Italians and Germans! Because even if we have dictatorship we know who is the real enemy. And Metaxas knew it. Even if he was Dictator.

    • @panoskatselis2434
      @panoskatselis2434 8 років тому

      All the other fascist nation u know... join Axis (Bulgaria , Romania etc)

    • @rafaelfreire7214
      @rafaelfreire7214 8 років тому

      Panos Katselis Spain did't join the Axis. Some might say Portugal, Brazil or Venezuela, but they did't join as well.

    • @maxdiak5954
      @maxdiak5954 7 років тому +1

      Rafael Freire the government of Spain even though it was a dictatorship and was assisted by hitler in the Spanish civil war and sent volunteers to Germany in ww2 it wasn't fascistic or at least that's what the said

  • @UwU-xk5cx
    @UwU-xk5cx 5 років тому +11

    “We are tired of that invencible axis bullshit”
    -The Greeks pushing back the axis to Albania

  • @boarsheadcarmen
    @boarsheadcarmen 10 років тому +20

    I like this version better, because I think they cut out too much when they made the official video.
    But I really like the shaking that they added during the aircraft part, in the other video.
    I wish someone would make a version of this that included the camera shake, but was otherwise identical to this version. It makes the bombs seem more powerful, and the Greeks tougher for having endured the bombs.

    • @OgreMECH
      @OgreMECH 10 років тому +3

      I liked this version because they didn't show the band. The song was awesome but they are minstrels when they sing of such things and should give all the glory to the warriors.

  • @egooidios5061
    @egooidios5061 Рік тому +4

    Most epic moment, when at 00:40 they pass by the farmer tending his field.....little knowing what hides deep in the soul of this farmer

  • @KRYPTIA-mp4ol
    @KRYPTIA-mp4ol 11 років тому +81

    as for the germans...they used 150000 troops to invade balkans and attack Greece in a position that there was no Greek army at all, except from a local guard of 8000 men, with no antitank guns, no airforce and not any real artillery support...
    when the germans won,with their elite panzer ss divisions, they salute the few Greek fighters they had left alive and they gave them the honor to go back to their homes with their weapons. and thats the only time germans allowed any opponent to do that!
    and there was a reason for that. so dear germans...learn YOUR history better.
    also, we are the only nation, you never repaid for the war damages and for the "loan" you force us to give u back then. we want our money back!

    • @drharnsaft1005
      @drharnsaft1005 5 років тому +16

      Yeah Greece deserves reparations for WW2. Hell, you deserve reparations for what our government is doing to you now.

    • @fatherelijahcal9620
      @fatherelijahcal9620 4 роки тому +10

      Greece also deserves reparations from the Turks for the genocide and deportation of Anatolian Greeks.

    • @SpartanLeonidas1821
      @SpartanLeonidas1821 4 роки тому

      DrHarnsaft Thanks Bro...I agree!

    • @UnthinkingBoulder1
      @UnthinkingBoulder1 2 роки тому

      As a chilean, i can say much, except for:
      Yapo rubio ctm quítale la deuda a los pobres qliaos por la chucha, ni les pagaste las weas y querí que ello te paguen a ti? Anda a cagar careraja

  • @egooidios5061
    @egooidios5061 5 років тому +7

    For anyone interested enough to read about the reason this song was most likely written
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_731

  • @darksparkle6087
    @darksparkle6087 4 роки тому +10

    *Lyrics:*
    At dawn envoy arrives, morning of October 28th
    "No day" proven by deed
    Descendants of Sparta, Athens and Crete
    Look north, ready to fight
    Enemies charge from the hills
    To arms, facing defeat
    There's no surrender, there's no retreat
    Time after time, force their enemies back to the line
    Call to arms banners fly in the wind
    For the glory of Hellas
    Coat of arms reading "Freedom or death"
    Blood of king Leonidas
    Air raid pounding the land
    Bombers are flying both day and night
    Endure six days of rain
    Dropped by invaders, bomb raid in vain
    Strike hard, the tables have turned
    Drive them back over the hills
    At arms, just like before
    Soldiers, civilians, Hellas at war
    By their own hand forced the enemy out of their land
    Call to arms, banners fly in the wind
    For the glory of Hellas
    Coat of arms reading "Freedom or death"
    Blood of king Leonidas
    Just like their ancestors ages ago
    Fought in the face of defeat
    Those three hundred men left a pride to uphold
    Freedom of death in effect
    Then, now again
    Blood of heroes saving their land
    Call to arms, banners fly in the wind
    For the glory of Hellas
    Coat of arms reading "Freedom or death"
    Blood of king Leonidas
    Call to arms, banners fly in the wind
    For the glory of Hellas
    Coat of arms reading "Freedom or death"
    Blood of king Leonidas

  • @sadlobster1
    @sadlobster1 6 років тому +10

    The spirit of Leonidas and his noble brothers run strong in these men.
    Alas, no such warrior spirit lies in the hearts of men within the 21st Century. The age of heroes has long since died

    • @monsterhunter66
      @monsterhunter66 6 років тому +1

      sadlobster1 president Trump says and believes otherwise

  • @jimvlaz6899
    @jimvlaz6899 8 років тому +24

    althought that greece had the most wars of every other country it stills become strong

  • @iordainbreathnach5852
    @iordainbreathnach5852 8 років тому +34

    The Marble King would be proud

  • @ioannischaros3630
    @ioannischaros3630 8 років тому +36

    Το νου μας ρεμάλια, το τελευταίο που θα ήθελα να ζήσω, είναι η γενιά μας να γίνει η ντροπή του έθνους.

  • @jamesmccoy3079
    @jamesmccoy3079 Рік тому +6

    I once heard someone say this about Sabaton’s music that it makes you patriotic for a country that isn’t yours I definitely feel that when hear songs like this.

  • @schrodingerexcidium5045
    @schrodingerexcidium5045 9 років тому +70

    Long live Greece! Long live Italy! STOP THE WAR !!! Peace in Europe!

    • @Mateo-oq7ui
      @Mateo-oq7ui 9 років тому +16

      +Schrodinger Excidium That implying that there is still war in Europe or that the Italian and Greek governments are enemies, wich they are not, Italy and Greece both joined together by their desire of not being sucked dry of money by Merkel and friends.

    • @knifepony
      @knifepony 7 років тому +6

      take Constantinople
      Use the bosphorus tax
      I know you want it

    • @intuendaecivilization9365
      @intuendaecivilization9365 7 років тому

      This is why people on the right, don't like the EU and the idea of peace...
      For when bronies start supporting it, it loses integrity..

    • @thotarojoestar3045
      @thotarojoestar3045 7 років тому +3

      Glory to Europa

    • @Victor-056
      @Victor-056 7 років тому

      Thotaro Joestar That's a Planet, not a Country. Get it Right!

  • @axolotlboi5298
    @axolotlboi5298 3 роки тому +7

    Alright I’m just gonna say it
    This is a masterpiece even tho is made in flash it’s charming and gives me goosebumps when I watch it

  • @charlessaint7926
    @charlessaint7926 5 років тому +7

    On this day, 79 years ago, the Hellas said 'No!'

  • @marekszojer5410
    @marekszojer5410 4 роки тому +9

    Musolini : Why Greec don't sunrender!?
    Solider : You know kistory when 10 000 Pers attasck 300 spartans under Leonidas rein?

    • @LanceChua9743
      @LanceChua9743 Рік тому

      bro some many spelling mistakes
      1. Sunrender? its Surrender
      2. Solider its Soldier
      3. Kistory its History
      4. Attasck its Attack
      5. rein? its Nein
      nein in english it means no

  • @evanwilliams8620
    @evanwilliams8620 7 років тому +60

    Anyone else suddenly get the sharp idea of making a second Greek empire.

  • @combineoverlord4291
    @combineoverlord4291 7 років тому +24

    Greece and Italy, brothers forever

    • @gianniskagias4145
      @gianniskagias4145 5 років тому +1

      but of course we still welcome them with open hands

  • @BoxyTheSpaceDog
    @BoxyTheSpaceDog 10 років тому +19

    Long live HELLAS!,from Serb :-)

  • @aquilalesouverainistefranc3265
    @aquilalesouverainistefranc3265 10 років тому +174

    Long life Greece.

    • @rinardis6020
      @rinardis6020 9 років тому +3

      I want back the past ages! I want to be an hoplite in Hellas or to be an legionnaire in the Roman Empire.

    • @rinardis6020
      @rinardis6020 9 років тому

      ***** Man, i know mucher than you think. Dont look me as im stupid. I have spirit, i have brain, i have a big heart. AND, i want to know more and more from the history. Sry for bad english. But, you are intelligent but cant understand me..:[

    • @rinardis6020
      @rinardis6020 9 років тому

      How old are you? :) you wrote very sympatic. Like a high studed guy. Im not in my form so sorry for noob comments.

    • @aquilalesouverainistefranc3265
      @aquilalesouverainistefranc3265 9 років тому

      HUN theNycox Me ? XD

    • @rinardis6020
      @rinardis6020 9 років тому

      Hugo888 No, not you. The other guy.:D

  • @prodromospeios
    @prodromospeios 5 років тому +9

    Hellenes will always fight, we might die, we might suffer, but surrender is not in our nature, never was, never will be.-

  • @finisend
    @finisend 5 років тому +12

    Greetings from america! I love greek culture !!!

  • @filipidispapis1805
    @filipidispapis1805 9 років тому +10

    Ευχαρηστουμε πολη το συγκροτημα για την μνηα στους ηρωες μας

    • @filipidispapis1805
      @filipidispapis1805 9 років тому +2

      +Filipidis Papis Τα ΟΧΙ θελουν μεταξαδες!

  • @daylight1Q84
    @daylight1Q84 9 років тому +48

    GREECE †

  • @falconlord9981
    @falconlord9981 8 років тому +22

    Very nice, song is great, animation rocks, greetings from Serbia :=) !

    • @cheguevara9715
      @cheguevara9715 3 роки тому

      UCK🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱☝️

  • @KieranDuffy1878
    @KieranDuffy1878 4 місяці тому +4

    Mussolini: how’s the invasion of Greece going? His generals: ah the defence of Albania? very well, Mussolini: The WHAT?!

  • @lilkrvavica4436
    @lilkrvavica4436 4 роки тому +7

    This is just beautiful! Greetings to Hellas from Croatia!

  • @ΓιωργοςΣτρατηγος-δ7θ
    @ΓιωργοςΣτρατηγος-δ7θ 9 років тому +22

    hail greece i love you!my country!!!

  • @thetau4866
    @thetau4866 3 роки тому +8

    May the sun never eternally set on the Greek empire.

  • @charlessaint7926
    @charlessaint7926 9 років тому +18

    Spartans! What is your profession?

  • @warriorman1708
    @warriorman1708 4 роки тому +3

    The interessting Fact is that Greece was one of the few countries where resistance against several opponents (Germany, Italy, Bulgaria and Albania ) could afford.
    The Axis just won in Greece and (Ex-)Yugoslavia, because Germany must came to help Italy to conqouer the Countries.
    And for the Warcrimes in the Balkan was not only Germany responsible, but also Italy, Albania, Bulgaira and Croatia.
    But the italian Military had good potential in World War 2, because they had good bases, good equipment and more Units than their Enemies, but they had bad Militarytraining.
    And this Song + the Animationmovie is just badass and nice!!!!!

  • @kyawthu755
    @kyawthu755 4 роки тому +6

    Let's just say that when the Axis invaded Greece
    They weren't expecting to fight spartans

  • @homocarnivorous9959
    @homocarnivorous9959 4 роки тому +2

    St George in the revolutionary flag gave me this chills even more

  • @northernmonkey8759
    @northernmonkey8759 6 років тому +7

    Let us not say that Greeks fight like Heroes but that Heroes fight like Greeks.

  • @HarryHuhtanen
    @HarryHuhtanen  11 років тому +46

    Geez what's up with all you countryrepresentatives? Saying people are this or that. Come on. You can't categorize people by nationality. That's just where you come from. You're being unreasonable. Pew pew. BTW: Sorry about commercials popping up. I've said no to ads but look here they are again. Can't find where to remove them. Help apreciated. Be cool.

    • @VanadiumInc
      @VanadiumInc 10 років тому +1

      Absolute true.

    • @caderly123
      @caderly123 10 років тому +7

      Right On, Brother! National boundaries serve only to divide like-minded people.

    • @poodie56
      @poodie56 10 років тому +2

      Two questions, How much experience drawing? What program you using here?

    • @HarryHuhtanen
      @HarryHuhtanen  8 років тому +1

      poodie56 sorry for my ridiculously late reply. I am quite shocked by the nationalism in the comments so I steer clear usually. I respect pride but dreams of glory don't feed starving children. As how to check ideals I mean. Been working professionally sInce 1998. Don't consider myself exceptionally talented. I mean, this animation is nothing to brag about. The drawings and animations are done in Flash. These days I'm tinkering with aftereffects but Flash is like drawing with fat felt pens. My whole concept for this video was to make it into childrens TV propaganda in a society that worships war and sacrifice. Seems to work.

    • @Oklahomie_Friendly
      @Oklahomie_Friendly 7 років тому +3

      true but i want my children to live in thier homeland but they can not it is occupied do you condenm me for wanting to go home?

  • @fristnamelastname5549
    @fristnamelastname5549 7 років тому +141

    Is it wrong for an American to say "Let's liberate Constantinople!" ?

    • @t3rm1nat0rxii2
      @t3rm1nat0rxii2 6 років тому +18

      Frist Name Last Name No, absolutely not! Keep the spirit going!

    • @aigagros88
      @aigagros88 4 роки тому +18

      No. That means that you really understand history.

    • @gabry94ita42
      @gabry94ita42 4 роки тому +3

      Nah... i think that is too late gg. Byzantines had their empire but everything could change forever.

    • @nikosvaiopoulos4121
      @nikosvaiopoulos4121 4 роки тому +7

      No brother
      Come to greece to do it

    • @gabry94ita42
      @gabry94ita42 4 роки тому +3

      @@nikosvaiopoulos4121 Greece is a beautiful country. I went on Thera and i really want to visit Athens and Corinth. Like the rest of the place.

  • @elindweller841
    @elindweller841 7 років тому +1

    Amazing animation to the last detail, how correct, awesome! This song speaks to me !

  • @konstantinos4660
    @konstantinos4660 8 років тому +14

    #IamProudToBeGreekAndImReadyToDieForGreece

    • @souvlakilover1055
      @souvlakilover1055 8 років тому +2

      #IamProudToBeGreek

    • @12oslove78
      @12oslove78 8 років тому +2

      #IamProudToBeGreek ΖΗΤΩ Η ΕΛΛΑΣ! ΖΗΤΟ Η 28 οκτωβρίου #NoDay !!!

  • @ademoknightmain7238
    @ademoknightmain7238 5 місяців тому +3

    1:12 if you listen closely, you can hear a "battle cry" or something

  • @TheRealGuys3000
    @TheRealGuys3000 10 років тому +9

    This is fucking awesome.

  • @snowbud13
    @snowbud13 12 років тому +1

    It's a bit of a low quality, but that's what makes it so great. The animation is simple, and I can really explain it, but that simplistic nature really makes this video outstanding. Something about the style maybe.

  • @faiko3602
    @faiko3602 10 років тому +4

    This song is hell good

  • @tolissis5702
    @tolissis5702 4 роки тому +8

    HELLAS MEANS"THE LAND OF LIGHT" IN GREEK

  • @Line_of_Sight
    @Line_of_Sight 5 років тому +6

    Hello to our Orthodox brothers, hail from Romania

  • @AchiDian
    @AchiDian 7 років тому +1

    I really love this song.... repeat, repeat & repeat again

  • @irakliskitidis
    @irakliskitidis 8 років тому +61

    ΖΗΤΟ ΤΟ ΕΘΝΟΣ, ΖΗΤΩ Η ΕΛΛΑΣ

  • @stschannel5215
    @stschannel5215 2 роки тому +2

    My first sabaton video.
    It was so long ago...

  • @georgestefanou9971
    @georgestefanou9971 9 років тому +101

    We are not Greeks. We are Hellenes!
    Our country is called Hellas, not Greece.

  • @captainrazerxd7229
    @captainrazerxd7229 8 років тому +11

    that was......FUCKIN AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @mrbigck81
    @mrbigck81 10 років тому +4

    Great video!!!

  • @rinardis6020
    @rinardis6020 9 років тому +4

    Oh man! Very good! Love it!

  • @cloackedindark7981
    @cloackedindark7981 8 років тому +5

    we have the blood of ancectors when it comes to fight we always be here to defend!

  • @raniatzioba4590
    @raniatzioba4590 4 роки тому +2

    Congratulations! Sabaton!!!Simply amazing!!!!!

  • @nikossinos1140
    @nikossinos1140 8 років тому +7

    Hellas until our last breath......

  • @dokkisse9075
    @dokkisse9075 3 роки тому

    Found a new favorite, thank you.

  • @dtommerica765
    @dtommerica765 6 років тому +4

    I love working out to this song

  • @PCGamerLysandros
    @PCGamerLysandros 11 років тому +2

    Oh and btw, the reason we spend more than 4-5% of our GDP in military equipment is because we also have very ''friendly'' neighbours, namely Turkey for their still persistent jingoism (look up the recent 1974 invasion of Cyprus, or the multitude of violations of our air and naval space over the years) or the so-called ''Republic of Macedonia'', which ironically enough ''borrows'' our history with our economic support (we have invested heavily in Skopje over the years)

  • @nikoclesceri2267
    @nikoclesceri2267 6 років тому +3

    The saddest part about this is that once the Germans showed up the Hellas just couldn’t win. They put up a fight against both them and the Italians but it was impossible to win against the krauts because they couldn’t match them in man, air and armor but nevertheless still a proud story to tell your kids

  • @the_mad_bear3683
    @the_mad_bear3683 6 років тому +4

    Greetings from Croatia comrades, BOW TO NO ONE!

  • @ArtySSt
    @ArtySSt 8 років тому +56

    Constantinopol need to return, as well as Crimea
    ps from Russia

    • @anantachonnambat6701
      @anantachonnambat6701 8 років тому +1

      No way. gg Russia.

    • @igzom819
      @igzom819 5 років тому

      Крым наш как говорится

    • @cheguevara9715
      @cheguevara9715 3 роки тому

      🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇽🇰🇽🇰🇽🇰🇽🇰🇽🇰🇽🇰🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇹🇷🇹🇷

  • @steliosbyzantium9869
    @steliosbyzantium9869 6 років тому +7

    Greetings to all of our European supporters !!

  • @thelegit2468
    @thelegit2468 7 років тому +6

    GREEEK GLOOOORRYYY

  • @USSTexasfan
    @USSTexasfan 5 років тому +8

    Teacher: today class we're going to Greece
    Girls: OMG we'll have fun sunbathing on the beach
    Boys: 1:26

  • @Michaduo
    @Michaduo 12 років тому +4

    So. Badass. Greetings from Poland :D

  • @dimitrisbompolas
    @dimitrisbompolas 10 років тому

    Αφιέρωμα στην 25η Μαρτίου 1821 (Melanthe - Kings of Might + Greek Subs)
    Here is an epic video dedicated to the Greek Revolution on March 25th 1821. The song is called "Kings of Might" by Melanthe.

  • @SwordlordRoy
    @SwordlordRoy 11 місяців тому +4

    Happy Oxi Day!

  • @TheSynchronizer
    @TheSynchronizer 12 років тому +1

    This video requires more views, its amazing