A total of 261 Russian women served as pilots during the lifetime of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment in WWII. They were nicknamed ‘Night Witches’ for their stealthy attacks. 32 of them died in service. Read more about the Night Witches 👉 www.sabaton.net/historical-facts/stalin-orders-deployment-of-night-witches/ ➞ SUBSCRIBE for more Sabaton: sabat.one/UA-cam ➞ MERCHANDISE Official Store: sabat.one/ytdshop
Fun fact: The witches were so hard to shoot down in an air-to-air engagement and caused so much grief to the German ground forces that pilots that managed to shoot one down were automatically awarded the Iron Cross. IIRC the only Luftwaffe pilot that ever shot down more than one night witch in a single night was fighter ace Josef Kociok. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Kociok For this achievement he was given the nickname "Hexenjäeger" or "Witch Hunter"
They weren't impossible to hit. Tricky yes. Impossible no. Sadly... As I recall reading somewhere there was supposedly one officer in the unit who actually got assigned a single day mission, and unfortunately, being in a fight at night and day are very very different, so she wasn't quite ready for it and got shot down. I'm not sure if she died or not though.
funfact: its a "move" invented by rammstein singer till lindemann when he had knee problems www.reddit.com/r/Rammstein/comments/3aig5i/til_the_till_hammer/
When someone says that army isn't for girls, just remind them of Night Witches. But seriously, thanks for remembering and telling our history. We Russians love Sabaton. Thanks again, and stay epic. P.S. Guys, thanks for likes. I didn't think I'll get so many! Thanks!
And when they respond with this ? I wouldnt make that claim based on the actions of 1 in 100K (if that common) . ONE unit out of an army over 20MILLION really doesnt mean a whole lot in the big picture . Guess I must be a throwback from the days when the females role was to protect the home NOT protect the public , females dont like the way men do it , great , step up and show us how it is done and when you initially FAIL then what ? NOT TO LESSEN THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THESE LADIES but IMO it lessens what they did to try to turn them into a feminazi rally post . RESPONSE ?
Well ingeneral army actually isn't a place for most women. A society can bounce back from losing a big chunk of its young men, but if it lost a big chunk of its young women that society would have very hard time recovering from that. Why? Simple human biology. Society with fewer men than women can still easily reproduce than a society with fewer women than men. Now this doesn't mean that if women want to serve they should be denied, all this means is that we should not draft women to wars like we draft men. Men, especially young men, are expandable, while young women are one if not the most valuable people to a society.
@@aleksandrpakhomov1195 Во многом да, но такие герои все равно никуда не деваются, и очень хорошо, когда о них говорят, пускай даже вместо наших историков это делают иностранные рок-музыканты
Guys! Thank you very much for the song and story you told. My great-grandmother was one of the Night Witches. 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. She did not return from a combat mission in December 1944. I watched your video and literally tears welling up in my eyes. Sorry for not very good English.
Teacher: Students, we're going on an aerial voyage. Boys: Man and machine and nothing there in between, a flying circus and a man from Prussia! Girls: From the depths of hell in silence, cast their spells, explosive violence!
There is actually a series about them- ‘Night Swallows’ it’s called. It’s all in Russian, but there are subtitles available. It’s actually all on UA-cam as well
I note: it was really important to find all the downed cars and missing girls. While they were missing, they could be considered deserters and traitors to their homeland. But Evdokia Rachkevich "returned" every fallen girl home so that the Motherland would know and be proud of them.
I am in tears watching this. The Night Witches have to be amongst the most badass woman who ever lived. If you have young daughters, teach them of the 588th. I feel like I would have benefited greatly from hearing of them before my formative years ended.
Honestly quite a shame that nowadays, women's rights activists carved such a laughable name, yet there are countless examples of women being brave and strong in history.
The final touch when the sixths member of "Sabaton", very similar to one of Yevdokia's lady-pilots, puts on her sunglasses. Exactly as she did that during the War.
The fact that sabaton actually teaches us more educational stuff with a song than teachers during the whole semesters. Who know, they might release a song on how to pay taxes
Okay, I literally just had a whole history lesson about a side of WWII that I couldn’t have imagine existed. We learned mostly about what happened between England and Germany (I’m British) and other main factors about what happened during the war and after it ended. Now I really wish that we learned about the Night Witches back in school. They all sound so brave, literally no fear at all. They deserve to be called heroes of their time. This song truly did them justice. You did a fantastic job in honouring them like this. Thank you.
Wait...so their strategy was to fricking *glide* to their targets so people didn't know about the air raid until things started exploding? Damn....that sets a new bar for bravery. Eesh.
With extremely slow planes made of wood and cloth, no radar, no parachute, and possibly controlling the planes with gloves of the wrong size ^^ And 2 of those planes had the job to draw enemy fire on purpose so the plane with the bombs was safer... So brave and so skilled.
@@Kartemest Gods, I hadn't thought of the lack of radar...that'd include the homing systems other bombers of the era used to find their target and get back to base, right? I forget how exactly that worked, but I remember that being a critical component of the navigator's job in Lancasters and Halifaxes based in Britain. Very different style of bombing...I get the impression the Night Witches were targeting bases on/near the front, not targeting cities and industrial centres, but that system seemed like it was critical for night raids almost regardless of distance.
I’ve literally learned more about the World Wars from Sabaton than any of my history classes at school. Edit: Wow. I didn’t expect my comment to blow up like this. Goes to show that Sabaton teaches us a whole lot more than school has.
Ah yeah, I have offered it to them. Alongside with the idea to make a collection of Soviet movies (in general) and several good Russian/Belarusian movies (war related too). They actually replied that the idea was interesting, and it would be possible to discuss once they are on the tour in my country. However it is difficult - first the COVID, then the Ukraine situation, which is highly politicised. Not to mention that the idea is more likely to be forgotten (they have their own matters to sort you know).
08 October 1941: Stalin issues order number 0099, creating three all-female squadrons, including the 588th Night Bomber Regiment. The pilots of the 588th would idle the engines of their Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes and glide to the bomb release point. German soldiers likened the sound of their approach to broomsticks and referred to the pilots as Nachthexen - Night Witches. The 588th flew over 23,000 sorties, dropping over 3,000 tons of bombs and 26,000 incendiary shells. The 588th was the most highly decorated female unit in the Soviet Air Force, with many pilots flying over 800 missions during the war (Irina Sebrova had the highest number of missions - 1,008) and twenty-three of the pilots were honored with the highest Soviet award, Hero of the Soviet Union. The wind will whisper when the Night Witches come…
@Kath Beck Yea she was actually very close to her pilots, which is a little unusual for a commisar..... They called her Mother because of that... She was also trained as a navigator and she took part in about 40 combat missions alongside her деточке (which is Russian for baby)
Boys: *_FLY, FIGHTING FAIR, IT'S THE CODE... OF THE AIR!!_* Girls: *_UNDETECTED, UNEXPECTED, WINGS OF GLORY, TELL THE STORY!!_* *Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.*
челик в противогазе I cant really speak Russian So basically I know one Russian word and that is hello in Russian but I don’t know how to do the Russian symbols
i actually did a whole 90 minute presentation about sabaton in my english class. 15 minutes was the band and the history, rest was explaining songs and the history behind it from my memory because i just started learning about every song on my own. teacher was a bit impressed i knew about the songs i presented from top of my head
A great song, and a true homage to an unsung group of heroines. Thank you for using your music to teach so much about history that is rarely heard. As a military history buff for 40+ years, I know there is so much yet to learn. That said. I never suspected there was such a story as this. I am not surprised at their success, and am glad to hear it. Also to hear that their commander made such a pilgrimage after the war. Keep up the great work!
@@cerebli German linguist here, you're wrong. There might be people named Hans with a z, but remember there has also been a pair of parents wanting to name their child Matt-Eagle which in German sounds like a dish with ground meat, soooo. A z in Hans doesn't make any sense with how German grammar (pronunciation/phonetics) work. Our s in the end of words makes the voiceless [s] sound, the one that gives German that cliché harsh sound. A German z is pronounced [ts]. Since the transition from n to s is quite harsh anyway, adding the /t/ (hailing from the written z) wouldn't change much. Ergo, spelling Hans as Hanz just doesn't make any sense to native German speakers. The more common variant of Hans is Hanns with two n.
As husband of a brave lady who was a rebel soldier at age15, this story resonates! This is yet another story of how out-of-date vehicles were successfully used in warfare, in a similar vein to the Fairey Swordfish fighter bombers that sealed the fate of the Bismarck.
@@alpacaofthemountain8760 If you mean about the Fairey Swordfish, one of them from HMS Ark Royal scored a direct torpedo hit on the rudder of the Bismarck as it was making a turn, locking it in to a pattern that allowed Allied ships to eventually deliver the death blows. The Fairey Swordfish was a World War I style biplane. They were also able to take a lot of damage from AA flak but continue to fly. As well as the hunt for the Bismarck, three of them defended Malta against the Italian air attacks in World War II. They were called Faith, Hope, and Charity. I understand one of them survives.
This is my absolute favorite Sabaton song, I showed it to my daughters, told them the story behind and they loved it too, now it has an animated video, awesome 😁🤘
@@Sabaton + Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved."
There have been many songs written but, few bands in this world have written songs that have words of true meaning. You guys not only Rock! But the message each song expresses is truly epic. Can't wait to see you in the States again. Hopefully you guys can make it back to Las Vegas.
After 2 days of no sleep and homework, i watched the whole thing and i cried so hard, not of sadness, not of joy, but because of respect and the feeling of pride that those women felt, i somehow feel it, though im not russian, one can truly appreciate patriotism when one searches for it. Edit:i just woke up from a nap and damn did i ramble
I live in the Kuban, we have to the history of "Night Witches" very reverent! There are monuments and streets named after the heroes of the 588th Air Regiment. Thank you for covering the heroes of my Motherland!
Каждый раз слушая эту песню я плачу. Когда я был первоклассником(2003-2004 год) к нам на классный час пришла ветеран. Это была Нина Ульяненко Захаровна. Она рассказала нам о её детстве и как училась в 3 школе города Воткинск, о войне, о том как она сперва была штурманом, а потом летчиком. Но 2005 году она умерла. Она была очень доброй старушкой. И спустя года, благодаря Radiotapok я познакомился с вами. Тем кто вспомнил о шикарных русских женщинах воевавших вместе с русскими мужчинами. Никто особо не упоминал "ночных ведьм". И вот когда вышел кавер этой песни я заплакал. Сразу же вспомнилась Нина и её рассказы. Спасибо вам огромное, Sabaton
Germans: Do you hear something? Planes fly by with the song of death. This is fricking epic, one of my favorite songs is now animated and more detailed and the song. Okay, I'm now even more in love with sabaton. Love from your neighbor country: Denmark 🇩🇰
In other words: "Thank you for remembering these heroines. But note that only the soldiers of the Third Reich called them Night Witches; Soviet soldiers affectionately called them The Little Swallows." [My mother is Russian].
“Not allowed to fly in the victory parade because their planes were so slow” For god’s sake USSR, just give them faster biplanes, biplanes look like biplanes from the ground...
That was unfair. But so was for polish fighters, that played significant part in air battle for England, and was not allowed to participate in the parade either. Or polish paratroopers, that practicaly was scapegoated for market garden. Or so many else...
Уважение вам,ребята из Sabaton!!!! И вечная память нашим предкам-гражданам и гражданкам Советского Союза. Всем тем людям-разных национальностей,разных религий и взглядов,всем тем,кто остановил фашизм.
Слушая Sabaton узнал больше истории чем от преподавателей. Группа заслуживает уважения, как минимум за вклад в культуру. Слушая очередную песню интересно детально изучить о чём поётся. Вечная память ветеранам!
I love the ending, how it implies that every fallen hero Sabaton has ever covered with their songs is an honorary member of the band. Thank you both. This is one of the first Sabaton songs I ever listened to, and I have been a diehard fan of the band ever since.
They've actually gone out of their way and contacted the families/descendants of some of the heroes of their songs. For example, after "No Bullets Fly" came out, Sabaton was contacted by Franz Stigler's daughter and they then met his family. Truly Sabaton not only takes history to heart, they treat the stories and families of those within it with respect.
@@amandeepgill5206 yeah he’d also most likely win cause the night witches are bombers. And I don’t know about you but I think it’s kinda hard to bomb a plane that’s flying.
@@amandeepgill5206 He had the faster plane. So his strategy would work perfect. WTF! The Night Witches in WW2 had worse planes then the flying circus in WW1?
As an American....I salute you Russian Night Witches. You showed incredible bravery and 32 of you made the ultimate sacrifice. You all deserve to be remembered in the tales of WW2 as true warriors. Flying Amazon’s. May your spirits fly with all who fought in the air.
@@aleksandardrekic lol. The nazi had ran and estonia declared itself independent. 3 days prior. There is still a monument in the city center for the victims.
I note: it was really important to find all the downed cars and missing girls. While they were missing, they could be considered deserters and traitors to their homeland. But Evdokia Rachkevich "returned" every fallen girl home so that the Motherland would know and be proud of them.
"Дети против волшебников: remastered" какой-то. Но художникам опять, походу, не доплатили: там анимацию сделать не смогли, тут стиль выдержать (персонажи с монотонными цветами и без света воюют с текстурированными и детализированными самолётами). Или это был авторский ход - показать, что для армии техника важнее человеческих жизней.
This story is now truly history. The last Night Witch passed away in 2017. May these girls rest easy, and rest in peace. (' ')7 Edit: And I just realized: In the very last part of the song, before the instruments stop, Sabaton brilliantly had the drummer be so light with his kick drums, and so fast, it sounds like AA guns! It literally was the same technique they did in "Final Solution," when they made the sounds of a train rolling over tracks. Bloody gorram brilliant!
Fun fact, the Night Witches had an old cattle shed that'd been commandeered by the military to be used for their bedspaces. They nicknamed it: гостиница летающей коровы (gostinitsa letayushchey korovy) which means "The Inn Of The Flying Cow"
I'm crying and I dont understand why teachers ignore facts like this in school. War is sad in every aspect, and we should honor those who fight with so much bravery.
War is extremely sad. But people like these, who go beyond everything that is expected from them, to protect everything they stand for. I cannot express the amount of respect I have for those people. They truly are the greatest generation.
Because teachers only "teach" what fits their personal agendas especially when it comes to wars like ww2 the American civil war ect. My teachers never mentioned black Confederate soldiers because it didnt fit their narrative as is the same with all of the female warriors fighting for the USSR we were taught communism bad (it is extremely evil and bloody) but we were never taught the soviets were quite progressive in who they let fight
I tell all my close friends about the Night Witches. I learned about them from Dan Carlin's amazing history podcasts. I'm just some random middle-aged dude but I think their story one of the most inspiring stories of bravery and overcoming adversity, and I feel very emotional whenever I'm doing more research into them. Long live the Night Witches.
Totally understandable, those animated songs with the backstory just hit different. For me it was "No bullets fly" the 1st after movie is so emotional and then the climax just adds on top of that
As a former history teacher, I can tell you from experience that you'll never hear about the Night Witches in an American high school. In fact, one history class I taught, the entire Holocaust received just one paragraph in the entire textbook. That's right. One paragraph. I quit the profession because I was tired of standing in front of a classroom full of kids and being forced by a heavily biased and whitewashed history curriculum things that I KNEW were inaccurate, hyperbolized, exaggerated, distorted, and just plain factually incorrect. All I can tell people is that school is just the beginning of the learning process. Don't let a classroom and a school textbook be the beginning and the end of your pursuit of knowledge. Read as much as you can -- from all sides of a position -- be a lifelong student. Because you are never too old to learn something new -- and there is no such thing as useless knowledge.
Outstanding. The sacrifice of these women is amazing. The fact their leader personally sought out their crash sites shows her dedication to the people under her command. It brought tears to my eyes.
I've heard that they flew without parashutes, this allows them to carry more bombs. Of course their chances of surviving after being hit were next to nothing. Especially on such fragile planes. They were detected once, and suffered enormous casualties under AA gunfire. Like half of the regiment in one night. Young girls. Desperate times. Eternal memory.
Actually, only 32 wowen died during wartime including other causes apart from plane crushes (e.g. tuberculosis). I couldn't say that they "suffered enormous casualties" despite all accounts. Not to demolish or understate their absolute bravery, of course. I was surprised to see such low figures though, I expected their death toll to be... horrific.
The Soviet leadership felt that the parachutes would be wasted on them. There was a shortage of parachutes and those women were viewed as expendable. Sad, but true. They weren't the only ones to get shafted, though. Things were desperate enough, they tried tried wrapping men in bales of straw and throwing them out of planes. 30% survived (note: survived means they were still breathing, unsurprisingly, they were injured). I don't think many people today can appreciate how desperate things were in the Soviet Union then. Stalin was...well, least said, soonest mended. He had purged the officer corps in the late '30s and taken out at least a third of them. Most of the ones remaining were political, not tactical thinkers. Stalin intended to stab Hitler in the back, but Hitler beat him to it. Thanks to Comrade Stalin, the Soviet Union was woefully unprepared. However, I'll say this for Russians: they don't waste time crying over spilled milk. They rose to defend their country with all they had, often their own bodies and sheer guts and determination. What is sad is so much bravery was wasted, so many lives thrown away. Russia has some truly awe inspiring people and a tendency to have truly horrible governments. Russians will tolerate a great deal, but they get a wee bit tetchy (and become something like a force of nature) if you try to invade the Rodina.
The attack of the dead men in ww1. About 100 Russians survivors of a German gas attack at Osowitch fortress, near death, with severe chemical burns, coughing up chunks of their lungs, covered in bloody rags led a charge against approximately 7,000 german troops. They were reinforced by other Russian troops, but their presence utterly terrified, and demoralized the Germans, who fled in an utter panick.
@A M Germany had the technology and better training. Russia had men, space, determination, and their immortal generals, January and February. I would also point out that there was some dissent in Russia, in part due to the brutality with which policies were implemented, however, the purge of the officer corps was simply Stalin being paranoid and falling for a German ruse. It is true that Russia did mobilize and industrialize, but at a high cost. Every country has dissedents, the USSR seemed to think that if you disagreed at all with the government (even when the government was being stupid ) , you needed to be thrown in the Gulag. That sort of thing stifled creativity and as a result they general stole a large percentage of their technology. They did develop some of their own, the Kalashnikov rifle springs rapidly to mind, but quite a bit was begged, borrowed, or stolen from the west. This is particularly sad because Russia had some very bright and creative people, but such people tend to free-thinkers, which the KGB et al frowned on. What it came down to was that the USSR simply overwhelmed the Germans with men, and, yes, millions died. Others were killed either as part of clearing the land for Germans or as suspected partisans. Both the Germans and the Russians made serious tactical blunders. Stalin failed to allow his generals to prepare for and meet the threat. Hitler failed to learn from history (he's not the first leader to have the Russian winter defeat him). He listened to the wrong people and had severe delusions of adequacy as a strategist. I have great respect for the people of Russia, but they have had lousy luck with leaders over the centuries.
From Russia with respect 🇷🇺❤️🇸🇪 We love you and your creativity❤️👑🙏🏻 You bring light to this world. The new generation must know and respect the history of this world👍🏼 Спасибо, мужики🙏🏻 Большое человеческое спасибо 🇷🇺🤝🇸🇪
И не говори. Какой гребаный стыд, что наши киношники высирают (типа Т-34) и с каким уважением шведы написали песню, как говорится, почувствуйте разницу.
There are SO many Sabaton songs that I love, but, for some reason, when I watch this video and imagine the story, it literally brings tears to my eyes. The vulnerability, bravery, courage and sacrifice from women that young just eats me up. I may never have known about this heroism had it not been for Sabaton and this song.
The story brings such heartfelt tears. I dont mean to glorify war, but i cant help but hold a zippo lighter help up high for such daring, beautiful soldiers whom fight with all their might against their foe. This includes all sides of any war, be it american, soviet, german,english, french or japanese or any other combatant. War can be, quite beautiful even in its unhumanity and darkest hours. Brave people fight, for a cause they believe in, even if it means that they will unsung, never remembered. They still are willing to place their humanity, dignity, and legacy on the line do to what they feel is truly right or that of their country and its deepest desires.
I'am forty year old russian men. This video made me proud again, about my grandparents, who went through the whole war, and cry... Thank you, Sabaton! You are the best!
I really love that their commissar decided to honor them after her service. Goes to show that even among political officers, there can be good ones that deserve respect.
As far as I have found, of all sides, and, combatants, the Nightwitches are the only unit with no MIA: Presumed dead - no known grave. All of the pilots and navigators are accounted for, and found.
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I read this with Joaquin's voice in mind 🤣
Конечно же. Слава СССР и Сталину!
82 all the way
They aren’t very stealthy with a giant heavy metal band playing wherever they go
Omg underated comment
But it'll give them one hell of an morale advantage
Fair enough
true
@@warantew993 Hell of a distraction, too.
When you're a German solider just vibing and you start hear Swedish Metal band noises.
*you're
now go to gulag
@@exudeku Now, go to gulag.*
Little did they know the PO-2 was the stronkest plane in existence.
Panik! It's the ghost division: calm.
*_Oh no_*
Now Joakim is abusing his animated knee
Old Joakim: I used to be a singer rock's band, but an arrow hit my knee.
@@jesusalfredofernandezcruz1833 also old Joakim: so I joined these knight themed guys and became a robot, shit was lit.
@@alexrecrem9094 "COME MY METAL MACHINE"
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*FLEX! MUSCLES TIGHT*
*MADE OF STEEL! FLESH DELIGHT*
@@MrTheBaron that video was so fucking great. Grailknights are the cheesiest band I know but they also make some sick music.
I think I'm speaking for the whole comment section, but we want more of these. They are amazing!
Thanks
Yes definitely
Yes
Yes please!
The animation is from Yarnhub. Go check them out they have cool stuff.
My grandmother from this 588 polk, she 19 age, memory never die...thank you Sabaton
She's the real heroe..
Salute to her from India!!
A respect for your grandmother from me
respect and mutch love and gratitude from Holland!
My sincerely respect for your grand mother 🇧🇷
Teacher: internet won't teach you anything
Sabaton:hold my history
Noone ever said that
@@prismaticc_abysswho asked u
@@antoniocostache3977 i asked him
@@Tokito935 ok
Totally true
Honestly, that ending made me cry.
Yevdokiya Rachkevich must have really cared for her soldiers.
Yevdokiya Rachkevich
Article about her on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevdokiya_Rachkevich
@@АлександрАнтипов-в2й thanks
something so touching about this story
I teared up
Damn onion ninjas
Fun fact: The witches were so hard to shoot down in an air-to-air engagement and caused so much grief to the German ground forces that pilots that managed to shoot one down were automatically awarded the Iron Cross. IIRC the only Luftwaffe pilot that ever shot down more than one night witch in a single night was fighter ace Josef Kociok. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Kociok
For this achievement he was given the nickname "Hexenjäeger" or "Witch Hunter"
He is the pilot represented on 5:36 judging by the heavy BF-110 on that scene.
He is, but he only took out 2. He's a bot🤣
Woah an Arstotzkan comrade
*shoots at the sky*
"Hey dude why did you do that?"
"Idk I was just bor-"
*plane crashes*
"Here's your iron cross"
They weren't impossible to hit. Tricky yes. Impossible no. Sadly... As I recall reading somewhere there was supposedly one officer in the unit who actually got assigned a single day mission, and unfortunately, being in a fight at night and day are very very different, so she wasn't quite ready for it and got shot down. I'm not sure if she died or not though.
Teacher: We're going to study the Soviet Union
Boys: T-34 hell ye--
Girls: UNDECTED, UNEXPECTED, AVIATION, DEVIATION
🤘👍👏
Fun fact: no woman in history has ever listened to sabaton
@@marazali1816 Except that Minneva has covered a few songs of Sabaton, and Amaranthe sang on stage with them doing "82nd All the Way!"
@@marazali1816 WeLL I Do
Accurate One
Teacher:We're going to Study The Soviet union
Boys:Yeah Stalingrad,Stalin,Lenin Communist
Girls:
I like how even animated Joakim murders his knee.
Just put a hammer there
funfact: its a "move" invented by rammstein singer till lindemann when he had knee problems www.reddit.com/r/Rammstein/comments/3aig5i/til_the_till_hammer/
Yup
Rip joakim knees
Gotta stay realistic 🤷♀️
When someone says that army isn't for girls, just remind them of Night Witches.
But seriously, thanks for remembering and telling our history. We Russians love Sabaton. Thanks again, and stay epic.
P.S. Guys, thanks for likes. I didn't think I'll get so many! Thanks!
Or Lydia Litvak (Fighter Ace), Mariya Oktyabrskaya (T-34 driver), Lyudmila Pavilchenko (Sniper)...
And when they respond with this ? I wouldnt make that claim based on the actions of 1 in 100K (if that common) . ONE unit out of an army over 20MILLION really doesnt mean a whole lot in the big picture . Guess I must be a throwback from the days when the females role was to protect the home NOT protect the public , females dont like the way men do it , great , step up and show us how it is done and when you initially FAIL then what ? NOT TO LESSEN THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THESE LADIES but IMO it lessens what they did to try to turn them into a feminazi rally post . RESPONSE ?
@@I_am_Diogenes looks like a special someone was told that they had a big ego and didn't like it
@@I_am_Diogenes Cringe Bro. Off to Reddit with you.
Well ingeneral army actually isn't a place for most women. A society can bounce back from losing a big chunk of its young men, but if it lost a big chunk of its young women that society would have very hard time recovering from that. Why? Simple human biology. Society with fewer men than women can still easily reproduce than a society with fewer women than men.
Now this doesn't mean that if women want to serve they should be denied, all this means is that we should not draft women to wars like we draft men. Men, especially young men, are expandable, while young women are one if not the most valuable people to a society.
German soldier: "I fear no man!"
*looks at female Russian snipers and pilots*
"but that... scares me."
Well he still fears no man
@@halfgecko3202 thats kinda the point.
@@xcritic9671 I know, usually when I see these things the fear is still a man
@@halfgecko3202 well most people in comment sections are really bad at on-the-spot jokes
@@xcritic9671 not denying that
Приятно видеть как иностранцы преподносят нам нашу же история лучше, чем некоторые деятели культуры...
Thanks Sabaton for all, with love from Russia
знали бы как переврата ваша история.
исправь благодарность, так живых не благодарят.
лучше вовсе убери ,если не знаешь правильной формы благодарности.
@@eplejenta а какая правильная форма? Исправлю сразу же как скажите
@@aleksandrpakhomov1195 Во многом да, но такие герои все равно никуда не деваются, и очень хорошо, когда о них говорят, пускай даже вместо наших историков это делают иностранные рок-музыканты
@@eplejenta моралисты только портят дружелюбную атмосферу тут. Поменьше придирайся, твои комментарии неуместны.
Who the hell can dislike a video before its premiere???!!!
Who the hell can dislike any Sabaton Video???!!!
Yes
Germany's dislike... xD
@@giuseppeoliveira8976 lmao yes but i am German.
Ich habe gelikt muhaha jetzt wirst du nich wissen was ich schreiebe
@@plunderbjorn2851 Just kidding... ahahhaa
Das hast du doch nicht erwartet, oder? xD im write right?
@@giuseppeoliveira8976 Moin Leute Trymacs hier
Guys! Thank you very much for the song and story you told. My great-grandmother was one of the Night Witches. 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. She did not return from a combat mission in December 1944. I watched your video and literally tears welling up in my eyes.
Sorry for not very good English.
Your English is fine, also (salutes your Great-Grandma).
Your English very well understood
I am a italian guy in Spain waiting a swedish power metal band in English with my russian friend.
It's all ok
Valla tio, estas bien?
@@Caztperovueltosirope buena pregunta xd
And you are now speaking to a french guy... *HMMMMMMMMMMM*
Mr worldwide
@@swen6390 holy s*it i was gonna write the same thing
I've never felt more proud of being a russian woman, especially because i'm neither a woman nor a russian
Yeah, Sabaton really has a talent for making people feel patriotism for countries they don't come from
@@joachim673 почему я говорю по русски?
@@joachim673 Heroism knows no borders
Also a bit less inspiring and more silly. Nazis have a tendency of bringing the whole world together for a common purpose.
This! xDD
Teacher: Students, we're going on an aerial voyage.
Boys: Man and machine and nothing there in between, a flying circus and a man from Prussia!
Girls: From the depths of hell in silence, cast their spells, explosive violence!
I agree with the bois
We boiz are c00l
Don’t call me Simp but.... both are correct
Good one!
Or boys: in the skies above the isle aces in exile prevail
Anyone has his heroes. Approved 👍
Why the hell is this story not a series like band of brothers? I would watch the hell out of it!! This story is amazing
There is actually a series about them- ‘Night Swallows’ it’s called. It’s all in Russian, but there are subtitles available. It’s actually all on UA-cam as well
@@youngpunk15 Ill check it out
Sssaaammmeeeee
@@youngpunk15 guess i better start those Russian lessons again. I have to watch it. Thank you.
@@youngpunk15 Thank you!
That the commissar spent those years tracking the fallen planes is so moving. Such passion!
that one was a punch in the gut for me. i very rarely tear up, and that nailed me
She wasn't looking for the planes, she was looking for her girls c':
I note: it was really important to find all the downed cars and missing girls. While they were missing, they could be considered deserters and traitors to their homeland. But Evdokia Rachkevich "returned" every fallen girl home so that the Motherland would know and be proud of them.
I am in tears watching this. The Night Witches have to be amongst the most badass woman who ever lived. If you have young daughters, teach them of the 588th. I feel like I would have benefited greatly from hearing of them before my formative years ended.
Honestly quite a shame that nowadays, women's rights activists carved such a laughable name, yet there are countless examples of women being brave and strong in history.
The final touch when the sixths member of "Sabaton", very similar to one of Yevdokia's lady-pilots, puts on her sunglasses. Exactly as she did that during the War.
@David Irvin this is awesome. You sound like a teacher I would've enjoyed.
The fact that sabaton actually teaches us more educational stuff with a song than teachers during the whole semesters.
Who know, they might release a song on how to pay taxes
It would be less epic, you have to admit
@@Sabaton either way, you are the first and will always be my favorite metal band of all time
@@Sabaton i like sabaton more then anything except
Spongebob
True 😂
CalLEJones_Arts .The letter has been sent $250 is at stakes. Lol
Okay, I literally just had a whole history lesson about a side of WWII that I couldn’t have imagine existed. We learned mostly about what happened between England and Germany (I’m British) and other main factors about what happened during the war and after it ended. Now I really wish that we learned about the Night Witches back in school. They all sound so brave, literally no fear at all. They deserve to be called heroes of their time. This song truly did them justice. You did a fantastic job in honouring them like this. Thank you.
Thanks for your kind words, and for appreciating our music
Wait...so their strategy was to fricking *glide* to their targets so people didn't know about the air raid until things started exploding? Damn....that sets a new bar for bravery. Eesh.
"what if they got shot down?shouldn't we give them parachutes?"
"nah,don't worry,the planes will glide down"
"what about burning?"
"oh shit!"
With extremely slow planes made of wood and cloth, no radar, no parachute, and possibly controlling the planes with gloves of the wrong size ^^ And 2 of those planes had the job to draw enemy fire on purpose so the plane with the bombs was safer... So brave and so skilled.
@@Kartemest Gods, I hadn't thought of the lack of radar...that'd include the homing systems other bombers of the era used to find their target and get back to base, right? I forget how exactly that worked, but I remember that being a critical component of the navigator's job in Lancasters and Halifaxes based in Britain. Very different style of bombing...I get the impression the Night Witches were targeting bases on/near the front, not targeting cities and industrial centres, but that system seemed like it was critical for night raids almost regardless of distance.
I think they only had maps and a compass
I had no idea they were turning engines off on purpose wtf
I’ve literally learned more about the World Wars from Sabaton than any of my history classes at school.
Edit: Wow. I didn’t expect my comment to blow up like this. Goes to show that Sabaton teaches us a whole lot more than school has.
We're complementary lessons
Very true
I told something's from the red baron to o my history teacher and blew his mind
@@nameless-bard3021 That’s so cool.
@@tankerfox1491 I know right!?
To search and make a mark of bravery of every woman pilot downed. That is the zenith of respect.
I'm pretty intereset if there is a map of all these sites. Would make for an intereseting trip over the former warzone.
F to pay respekt
Indeed.
F!
@Amore Jayzel oh wow
I feel like sabaton could make a full movie with all the songs in their albums
Ah yeah, I have offered it to them. Alongside with the idea to make a collection of Soviet movies (in general) and several good Russian/Belarusian movies (war related too). They actually replied that the idea was interesting, and it would be possible to discuss once they are on the tour in my country. However it is difficult - first the COVID, then the Ukraine situation, which is highly politicised. Not to mention that the idea is more likely to be forgotten (they have their own matters to sort you know).
08 October 1941: Stalin issues order number 0099, creating three all-female squadrons, including the 588th Night Bomber Regiment. The pilots of the 588th would idle the engines of their Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes and glide to the bomb release point. German soldiers likened the sound of their approach to broomsticks and referred to the pilots as Nachthexen - Night Witches.
The 588th flew over 23,000 sorties, dropping over 3,000 tons of bombs and 26,000 incendiary shells. The 588th was the most highly decorated female unit in the Soviet Air Force, with many pilots flying over 800 missions during the war (Irina Sebrova had the highest number of missions - 1,008) and twenty-three of the pilots were honored with the highest Soviet award, Hero of the Soviet Union.
The wind will whisper when the Night Witches come…
They will later be changed into the 46th Guard Bomber Regiment
가사 같은데...
@Kath Beck Yea she was actually very close to her pilots, which is a little unusual for a commisar..... They called her Mother because of that... She was also trained as a navigator and she took part in about 40 combat missions alongside her деточке (which is Russian for baby)
@@tomicbranislav3 "девочками" would be more accurate
@@СтаниславАлексеенко-ч4ъ yeah my Russian is a little rusty I"m afraid :D thanks for pointing it out mate
lmao thats gonna be epic
And it fucking was noch ein beer
Yes, it‘s epic
It's already an Epic
Хоть кто то помнит и другим не дают забыть. Уважение и благодарность.👍👏👏👏
I like your words funny magic people
Heh
@@thehank6947 Спасибо мужик, мы стараемся и колдуем взрыные заклятия, чуть ли не каждый день, в запас так сказать
Man that’s almost as crazy as using google translate to understand what I believe to be Russian.
Правда что. Не стоит недооценивать кого-то только из-за его пола. Немцы усвоили это на собственном горьком опыте.
Boys: *_FLY, FIGHTING FAIR, IT'S THE CODE... OF THE AIR!!_*
Girls: *_UNDETECTED, UNEXPECTED, WINGS OF GLORY, TELL THE STORY!!_*
*Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.*
boys: machine guns in a dog fight.
girls: MANIACLE WITCH CACKLING
*day before history test*
Everyone: *crash course*
Me: **intense Sabaton**
i see i am not the only one
Me : both
Sabaton легендарная группа. От их музыки кровь бурлит в венах, а от вокала тело покрывается мурашками! Спасибо вам Sabaton !!!
А кто то еще говорит что это хуже в 100000000000000 раз чем говноштерн
Uhhhhh AHHHHHHH
@@barneycalhoungaming69 что?
i understood only 2 words and both of them were sabaton
челик в противогазе I cant really speak Russian
So basically I know one Russian word and that is hello in Russian but I don’t know how to do the Russian symbols
I have learned more from sabaton, then my history teachers
like the night witches
soldier of 3 armies
the red baron
Good!
i actually did a whole 90 minute presentation about sabaton in my english class. 15 minutes was the band and the history, rest was explaining songs and the history behind it from my memory because i just started learning about every song on my own. teacher was a bit impressed i knew about the songs i presented from top of my head
Furry spotted.
FURRY!?
A furry
I’m a girl and this made me cry) thank you for remembering them and their sacrifice🙏
Well, I randomly got here.
Not dissapointed.
Never dissapointed by Sabaton.
Great work you guys!
A great song, and a true homage to an unsung group of heroines. Thank you for using your music to teach so much about history that is rarely heard. As a military history buff for 40+ years, I know there is so much yet to learn. That said. I never suspected there was such a story as this.
I am not surprised at their success, and am glad to hear it. Also to hear that their commander made such a pilgrimage after the war.
Keep up the great work!
"Hanz witches aren't real."
*"Then what are those??"*
Very brave women
Ahhhhh!
*Hans
@@JohRauh66695 hanz is a valid German name
@@cerebli German linguist here, you're wrong. There might be people named Hans with a z, but remember there has also been a pair of parents wanting to name their child Matt-Eagle which in German sounds like a dish with ground meat, soooo. A z in Hans doesn't make any sense with how German grammar (pronunciation/phonetics) work. Our s in the end of words makes the voiceless [s] sound, the one that gives German that cliché harsh sound. A German z is pronounced [ts]. Since the transition from n to s is quite harsh anyway, adding the /t/ (hailing from the written z) wouldn't change much. Ergo, spelling Hans as Hanz just doesn't make any sense to native German speakers. The more common variant of Hans is Hanns with two n.
As husband of a brave lady who was a rebel soldier at age15, this story resonates! This is yet another story of how out-of-date vehicles were successfully used in warfare, in a similar vein to the Fairey Swordfish fighter bombers that sealed the fate of the Bismarck.
Yeah was, you were probably insecure with your manhood and forced her to retire from being a soldier, a woman with more guts than you is bad right?
Evidence?
@@TheJezebelspirits Not at all. It all happened many years before I met her. I admire her bravery. Conclusions are very easy to jump to, aren't they?
@@alpacaofthemountain8760 If you mean about the Fairey Swordfish, one of them from HMS Ark Royal scored a direct torpedo hit on the rudder of the Bismarck as it was making a turn, locking it in to a pattern that allowed Allied ships to eventually deliver the death blows. The Fairey Swordfish was a World War I style biplane. They were also able to take a lot of damage from AA flak but continue to fly. As well as the hunt for the Bismarck, three of them defended Malta against the Italian air attacks in World War II. They were called Faith, Hope, and Charity. I understand one of them survives.
Oh I meant to respond to the other person@@gaufrid1956
This is my absolute favorite Sabaton song, I showed it to my daughters, told them the story behind and they loved it too, now it has an animated video, awesome 😁🤘
Thanks for supporting our music!
@@Sabaton Please come back to South America! Best wishes from Colombia🤘
fuck the night withches. they bombed tallinn to celebrate international womens day. there were no nazis in tallinn.
war crime.
@@Sabaton + Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved."
@@Sabaton Are you saved by Jesus Christ, my friend?
There have been many songs written but, few bands in this world have written songs that have words of true meaning. You guys not only Rock! But the message each song expresses is truly epic. Can't wait to see you in the States again. Hopefully you guys can make it back to Las Vegas.
Heavy metall is not rock
After 2 days of no sleep and homework, i watched the whole thing and i cried so hard, not of sadness, not of joy, but because of respect and the feeling of pride that those women felt, i somehow feel it, though im not russian, one can truly appreciate patriotism when one searches for it.
Edit:i just woke up from a nap and damn did i ramble
I live in the Kuban, we have to the history of "Night Witches" very reverent! There are monuments and streets named after the heroes of the 588th Air Regiment. Thank you for covering the heroes of my Motherland!
Каждый раз слушая эту песню я плачу. Когда я был первоклассником(2003-2004 год) к нам на классный час пришла ветеран. Это была Нина Ульяненко Захаровна. Она рассказала нам о её детстве и как училась в 3 школе города Воткинск, о войне, о том как она сперва была штурманом, а потом летчиком. Но 2005 году она умерла. Она была очень доброй старушкой. И спустя года, благодаря Radiotapok я познакомился с вами. Тем кто вспомнил о шикарных русских женщинах воевавших вместе с русскими мужчинами. Никто особо не упоминал "ночных ведьм". И вот когда вышел кавер этой песни я заплакал. Сразу же вспомнилась Нина и её рассказы. Спасибо вам огромное, Sabaton
Жалко, что этих героинь несправедливо забыла история. Если бы не Сабатон, я бы не узнал эту впечатляющую историю.
I like your funny words magic man
@@thecatalyst6212 Здесь, вы тоже можете это сделать.
@@garyd.crowley5890 do you have a fur hat
Значит земляки. Уважаю этих ребят! я из Воткинска
Germans: Do you hear something?
Planes fly by with the song of death.
This is fricking epic, one of my favorite songs is now animated and more detailed and the song. Okay, I'm now even more in love with sabaton. Love from your neighbor country: Denmark 🇩🇰
Аж слёзы на глазах навернулись.
Не у тебя одного👍🏼
same
Я понимаю что это отличная история
Аналогично!
Думал я один так растрогался 😆
Спасибо за память о таких героинях!!! Ведь "Ночными ведьмами" их назвали солдаты третьего рейха а советские солдаты их называли ласково "Ласточками"
хотя они очевидные совушки)
In other words: "Thank you for remembering these heroines. But note that only the soldiers of the Third Reich called them Night Witches; Soviet soldiers affectionately called them The Little Swallows." [My mother is Russian].
“Not allowed to fly in the victory parade because their planes were so slow” For god’s sake USSR, just give them faster biplanes, biplanes look like biplanes from the ground...
biplanes very stricted in speed. Their time was gone before WW2. And not all heroes took part in parade
Source?
@@ХомякХомяков-р6г 6:40
I'd have had them fly by first. Problem solved.
That was unfair. But so was for polish fighters, that played significant part in air battle for England, and was not allowed to participate in the parade either. Or polish paratroopers, that practicaly was scapegoated for market garden. Or so many else...
Уважение вам,ребята из Sabaton!!!!
И вечная память нашим предкам-гражданам и гражданкам Советского Союза. Всем тем людям-разных национальностей,разных религий и взглядов,всем тем,кто остановил фашизм.
fuck the night withches. they bombed tallinn to celebrate international womens day. there were no nazis in tallinn.
war crime.
wholesome
Жаль что Россия теперь стала рассадником фашизма
@@MInd724070 из какой страны пишете,дружище?)
@@Slavny4 не из России..
Слушая Sabaton узнал больше истории чем от преподавателей. Группа заслуживает уважения, как минимум за вклад в культуру. Слушая очередную песню интересно детально изучить о чём поётся.
Вечная память ветеранам!
Согласен, но меня песни побуждают на открытие истории более подробно, ибо в песне весь смысл и историю не поймёшь
Скорее наоборот... на сотни полков обычных ведьмаков был один женский
Вклад в культуру у сабатона больше, чем вклад всех российских фильмов про войну. И это меня печалит :(
@@Mirotvoreu а как же утомлённые солнцем Никиты Черенкова? Лучший фильм! 😂😂
@@vi6063 УС-2 от Усатого Шмеля на мохнатом хмеле - это шЫдЭвр. же.
Fun fact Hitler offered an iron cross to any pilot or AA gun crew who managed to kill a night witch.
Вечная память летчицам героиням! Спасибо им за победу над подлыми захватчиками!
I am a simple fan,
I saw Sabaton new video,
I hit like without doubt !
And we find that good 😉
Can’t say I saw this coming
Just like the night witches
*pat pat*
that's what she said.
I almost cried at the end. THERE was a commissar who cared for her people!
German soldiers on the Eastern Front: "Why do we hear Boss Music?"
Why we don't*
*Warum höre ich Bossmusik?
@@sjalkzjziskzkzo 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Night Witches: Why do we hear circus music?
Give Russians the shittiest equipment available, and they still find a way to scare the living shit out of whoever they happen to be fighting
Aside from a finnish farmer on skies, that is.
@@olafgurke4699 True. The Finns are the only ones who can outrussian the Russians
@@filmandfirearms that is the perfect way to describe that
@@filmandfirearms All the scandinavian countries talk shit about each other with the exception of the Finns. They scare us.
@@olafgurke4699 Финны, Вы должны быть с нами. Нам нужен ваш снег и ваши фермеры.
I love the ending, how it implies that every fallen hero Sabaton has ever covered with their songs is an honorary member of the band.
Thank you both. This is one of the first Sabaton songs I ever listened to, and I have been a diehard fan of the band ever since.
Same thoughts...
They've actually gone out of their way and contacted the families/descendants of some of the heroes of their songs. For example, after "No Bullets Fly" came out, Sabaton was contacted by Franz Stigler's daughter and they then met his family. Truly Sabaton not only takes history to heart, they treat the stories and families of those within it with respect.
@@Kamina.D.Fierce as far as i know ballad of the bull was written AFTER a member of the family informed sabaton about hte history of leslie allen
5:55 Have fun explaining that one
Soldier, where is your pistol ?
I uhm......... Threw it at a plane
Cuts to German on the ground getting his head smashed in by yeet guided pistol missile
I *y* *e* *e* *e* *e* *e* *t* *e* *d*
@@Captain_Yorkie1 the pistol knows where it is because it knows where it isn’t
@@leowood5860 by subtracting where it is, from where it isn't
@@p_filippouz or where it isn’t from where it is
Boys: AND HE'S FLYING, HIGHER THE KING OF THE SKY
Girls: UNEXPECTED, UNDETECTED, AVIATION, DEVIATION
Imagine if Manfred was put up against the night witches
Manfred would win. He's just too goddamn epic.
@@amandeepgill5206 jah
@@amandeepgill5206 yeah he’d also most likely win cause the night witches are bombers. And I don’t know about you but I think it’s kinda hard to bomb a plane that’s flying.
@@amandeepgill5206 He had the faster plane.
So his strategy would work perfect.
WTF! The Night Witches in WW2 had worse planes then the flying circus in WW1?
We cant live without your songs Sabaton! You are the best in this life!
And also history test is tommorrow, so I will listen Sabaton!))
Hey I can't believe you guys are here the only other person we need is piscator
Hi BC lol
True
Never mess with a girl who is motivated and knows her way around guns and planes
As an American....I salute you Russian Night Witches.
You showed incredible bravery and 32 of you made the ultimate sacrifice.
You all deserve to be remembered in the tales of WW2 as true warriors. Flying Amazon’s.
May your spirits fly with all who fought in the air.
Even as an German....I salute to them.
They remind me of the flying circus.
THEY DID FIGHT ON AND ON TO THE LAST DROP OF BLOOD AND THE LAST DROP OF FUEL, TO THE LAST BEAT OF THE HEART.
fuck the night withches. they bombed tallinn to celebrate international womens day. there were no nazis in tallinn.
war crime.
@@ullo-ragnartelliskivi4639 Source?
@@aleksandardrekic lol. The nazi had ran and estonia declared itself independent. 3 days prior. There is still a monument in the city center for the victims.
I note: it was really important to find all the downed cars and missing girls. While they were missing, they could be considered deserters and traitors to their homeland. But Evdokia Rachkevich "returned" every fallen girl home so that the Motherland would know and be proud of them.
то чувство, когда любительская анимация выглядит круче, чем некоторые мульты с финансовой поддержкой государства...
Любительская? Сабатон (а, конкретно, их менеджеры и правообладатели)?
Я бы сказал выглядит примерно так же.
@Da4nik yep
@Белохвост КВ и бюджет на это им могли дать явно не уровня любителя. Опять же, Сабатон. Группа, которая собирает огромные деньги.
"Дети против волшебников: remastered" какой-то. Но художникам опять, походу, не доплатили: там анимацию сделать не смогли, тут стиль выдержать (персонажи с монотонными цветами и без света воюют с текстурированными и детализированными самолётами). Или это был авторский ход - показать, что для армии техника важнее человеческих жизней.
This story is now truly history.
The last Night Witch passed away in 2017.
May these girls rest easy, and rest in peace.
(' ')7
Edit: And I just realized: In the very last part of the song, before the instruments stop, Sabaton brilliantly had the drummer be so light with his kick drums, and so fast, it sounds like AA guns! It literally was the same technique they did in "Final Solution," when they made the sounds of a train rolling over tracks. Bloody gorram brilliant!
Fun fact, the Night Witches had an old cattle shed that'd been commandeered by the military to be used for their bedspaces. They nicknamed it: гостиница летающей коровы
(gostinitsa letayushchey korovy) which means "The Inn Of The Flying Cow"
Спасибо Вам Мужики за ваши песни, спасибо что помните и не даёте забыть о Великой Войне молодым...
I'm crying and I dont understand why teachers ignore facts like this in school. War is sad in every aspect, and we should honor those who fight with so much bravery.
War is extremely sad. But people like these, who go beyond everything that is expected from them, to protect everything they stand for.
I cannot express the amount of respect I have for those people.
They truly are the greatest generation.
Because teachers only "teach" what fits their personal agendas especially when it comes to wars like ww2 the American civil war ect. My teachers never mentioned black Confederate soldiers because it didnt fit their narrative as is the same with all of the female warriors fighting for the USSR we were taught communism bad (it is extremely evil and bloody) but we were never taught the soviets were quite progressive in who they let fight
I tell all my close friends about the Night Witches. I learned about them from Dan Carlin's amazing history podcasts. I'm just some random middle-aged dude but I think their story one of the most inspiring stories of bravery and overcoming adversity, and I feel very emotional whenever I'm doing more research into them. Long live the Night Witches.
Totally understandable, those animated songs with the backstory just hit different. For me it was "No bullets fly" the 1st after movie is so emotional and then the climax just adds on top of that
As a former history teacher, I can tell you from experience that you'll never hear about the Night Witches in an American high school. In fact, one history class I taught, the entire Holocaust received just one paragraph in the entire textbook. That's right. One paragraph. I quit the profession because I was tired of standing in front of a classroom full of kids and being forced by a heavily biased and whitewashed history curriculum things that I KNEW were inaccurate, hyperbolized, exaggerated, distorted, and just plain factually incorrect. All I can tell people is that school is just the beginning of the learning process. Don't let a classroom and a school textbook be the beginning and the end of your pursuit of knowledge. Read as much as you can -- from all sides of a position -- be a lifelong student. Because you are never too old to learn something new -- and there is no such thing as useless knowledge.
Низкий поклон ребятам! С благодарностью из России!
To be honest, "die nachthexen" sounds pretty metal than it already is in English
German=Metal
Sabaton carolus rex 😭😭😻😻😻😘😘😠😍
😭😤😻😘😠😍
Radio
Честно говоря, немецкий он вообще более " Металлический" чем английский
FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL IN SILENCE
CAST THEIR SPELLS, EXPLOSIVE VIOLENCE
RUSSIAN NIGHT TIME FLIGHT PERFECTED
FLAWLESS VISION, UNDETECTED!
WERMACHT: Fool no man can beat me.
Witches: I am not man
Душу рвёт, огромная вам благодарность , герои достойны долгой памяти
Хиуаз Доспанова из Казахстана тоже была в составе "Ночных ведьм" 🙏 светлая память нашим бабушкам 🙏
спасибо! низкий поклон.
Хочу знать все подвиги моих земляков, русские и казахи всегда были как братья
И что характерно - получила тяжелейшее ранение в результате досадной аварии на аэродроме, и всего через 2 месяца вернулась в строй!
Вечная память!
Wait, a collab with Yarnhub? A surprise to be sure, but a welcomed one
The indeed
What's next? Po*nhub
@@luckyrostik7378 nah alternate history hub
I see you are a traveler as well.
@@Klaus_Klavier yes I've traveled far and wide, from the comedy filled valley of oversimplified to the history filled videos of historia civilis.
This made me feel a sense of pride while I'm not even Russian, nor a woman. Great video.
Sabaton cooperates with Yarnhub's amazing animation
We: *FLAWLESS VISION, UNDETECTED*
Powerwolf too
@@spartstar45 hey friend, the_ruzito is also here
Outstanding. The sacrifice of these women is amazing. The fact their leader personally sought out their crash sites shows her dedication to the people under her command. It brought tears to my eyes.
I've heard that they flew without parashutes, this allows them to carry more bombs. Of course their chances of surviving after being hit were next to nothing. Especially on such fragile planes. They were detected once, and suffered enormous casualties under AA gunfire. Like half of the regiment in one night. Young girls. Desperate times. Eternal memory.
Actually, only 32 wowen died during wartime including other causes apart from plane crushes (e.g. tuberculosis). I couldn't say that they "suffered enormous casualties" despite all accounts. Not to demolish or understate their absolute bravery, of course. I was surprised to see such low figures though, I expected their death toll to be... horrific.
The wikipedia page says that once they did get parachutes, a couple of them got in trouble for turning those silk parachutes into underwear
The Soviet leadership felt that the parachutes would be wasted on them. There was a shortage of parachutes and those women were viewed as expendable. Sad, but true. They weren't the only ones to get shafted, though. Things were desperate enough, they tried tried wrapping men in bales of straw and throwing them out of planes. 30% survived (note: survived means they were still breathing, unsurprisingly, they were injured). I don't think many people today can appreciate how desperate things were in the Soviet Union then. Stalin was...well, least said, soonest mended. He had purged the officer corps in the late '30s and taken out at least a third of them. Most of the ones remaining were political, not tactical thinkers. Stalin intended to stab Hitler in the back, but Hitler beat him to it. Thanks to Comrade Stalin, the Soviet Union was woefully unprepared. However, I'll say this for Russians: they don't waste time crying over spilled milk. They rose to defend their country with all they had, often their own bodies and sheer guts and determination. What is sad is so much bravery was wasted, so many lives thrown away. Russia has some truly awe inspiring people and a tendency to have truly horrible governments. Russians will tolerate a great deal, but they get a wee bit tetchy (and become something like a force of nature) if you try to invade the Rodina.
The attack of the dead men in ww1. About 100 Russians survivors of a German gas attack at Osowitch fortress, near death, with severe chemical burns, coughing up chunks of their lungs, covered in bloody rags led a charge against approximately 7,000 german troops. They were reinforced by other Russian troops, but their presence utterly terrified, and demoralized the Germans, who fled in an utter panick.
@A M Germany had the technology and better training. Russia had men, space, determination, and their immortal generals, January and February. I would also point out that there was some dissent in Russia, in part due to the brutality with which policies were implemented, however, the purge of the officer corps was simply Stalin being paranoid and falling for a German ruse. It is true that Russia did mobilize and industrialize, but at a high cost. Every country has dissedents, the USSR seemed to think that if you disagreed at all with the government (even when the government was being stupid ) , you needed to be thrown in the Gulag. That sort of thing stifled creativity and as a result they general stole a large percentage of their technology. They did develop some of their own, the Kalashnikov rifle springs rapidly to mind, but quite a bit was begged, borrowed, or stolen from the west. This is particularly sad because Russia had some very bright and creative people, but such people tend to free-thinkers, which the KGB et al frowned on. What it came down to was that the USSR simply overwhelmed the Germans with men, and, yes, millions died. Others were killed either as part of clearing the land for Germans or as suspected partisans. Both the Germans and the Russians made serious tactical blunders. Stalin failed to allow his generals to prepare for and meet the threat. Hitler failed to learn from history (he's not the first leader to have the Russian winter defeat him). He listened to the wrong people and had severe delusions of adequacy as a strategist. I have great respect for the people of Russia, but they have had lousy luck with leaders over the centuries.
Instructor: We are now going to use this as our training plane
Boys: Ugh, its so old and weak. We are gonna die on these!
Girls:
Red Baron: You call those WWI planes weak? I call them *The Flying Circus...*
@@mafia_boss_neto It's better. Po-2 also be farm plane, named "Кукурузник" - "Corn plane"
But in WW2 it sow the wrong seeds... On the nazi's heads.
@@withersv love this comment
Boys: Couldn’t we get into a tank instead?
From Russia with respect 🇷🇺❤️🇸🇪
We love you and your creativity❤️👑🙏🏻
You bring light to this world. The new generation must know and respect the history of this world👍🏼
Спасибо, мужики🙏🏻
Большое человеческое спасибо 🇷🇺🤝🇸🇪
Sure. We know and remember that Russia was an invader too.
@@januszmaj7076 That was a long time ago. And not all of us are.
@@januszmaj7076 And we also remember about Zaolzie.
7:00 literally choked me up. I had to hold back tears on public transport
*Night Witches against sourceres*
[Visual reminds me one russian 3d cartoon with a budget of dozen millions rubles - children against sourcerers]
есть такое XDDD
Ну зачем надо было напоминать про это? Хорошее настроение, ведь, было
You are going to bring PTSD to them
Несмотря, что Сабы-шведы, их песни более русские, чем многие отечественные песни
А так же более польские, чем польские)) и даже одна более еврейская чем израильские))
И не говори. Какой гребаный стыд, что наши киношники высирают (типа Т-34) и с каким уважением шведы написали песню, как говорится, почувствуйте разницу.
Fact: today marks the 102nd anniversary of the battle that earned Alvin York the Medal of Honor. 82nd all the way!
These where the true heroes of feminism. Thank you for making their story last forever instead of vanishing in the dusty history books!
They are real feminists. Their quote was “Be proud that you are a soldier but be prouder that you are a woman”
Even animated Joakim make knee banging XD. And holy shit over 2.2K likes before the premiere.
До мурашек.. Спасибо Sabaton!!
Animated Joakim slapping his knee is what makes 2020 bearable.
There are SO many Sabaton songs that I love, but, for some reason, when I watch this video and imagine the story, it literally brings tears to my eyes. The vulnerability, bravery, courage and sacrifice from women that young just eats me up. I may never have known about this heroism had it not been for Sabaton and this song.
It was a full female regiment, so refueling and rearming was also lady's duty. Bomb's weight over 50 kilos.
I would be annoyed as all hell, carrying 50 kilo around
And i'm a 90 Kilo, 1,93m man. Biggest respect for those women
@@p3chv0gel22 those girl are buff as hell that they can just smack the hell out of karens
@@danimationd8886 yes. I had never stated anything different
The story brings such heartfelt tears. I dont mean to glorify war, but i cant help but hold a zippo lighter help up high for such daring, beautiful soldiers whom fight with all their might against their foe. This includes all sides of any war, be it american, soviet, german,english, french or japanese or any other combatant. War can be, quite beautiful even in its unhumanity and darkest hours. Brave people fight, for a cause they believe in, even if it means that they will unsung, never remembered. They still are willing to place their humanity, dignity, and legacy on the line do to what they feel is truly right or that of their country and its deepest desires.
Ok guys, that was 7 minutes of constant goosebumps. I absolutely love this song, and the intro/outro was nothing worse at all!
I'am forty year old russian men. This video made me proud again, about my grandparents, who went through the whole war, and cry... Thank you, Sabaton! You are the best!
I really love that their commissar decided to honor them after her service. Goes to show that even among political officers, there can be good ones that deserve respect.
A lot of them were. But only worst are were heard beyond USSR. Most of real comissars follow "Lead by example" rule.
Women of the USSR and women of Russia today “If my man has to shoot, I will stand behind and pass the shells.”
i love the way you just put the stories before the song this also helps me learn history
Thank you!
@@Sabaton same! Your song Bismarck made me learn about warships as a whole
As far as I have found, of all sides, and, combatants, the Nightwitches are the only unit with no MIA: Presumed dead - no known grave. All of the pilots and navigators are accounted for, and found.