The ammo storage hit was when Bismarck sank the British battlecruiser HMS Hood. It literaly detonated the entire backside. The Bismarck itself was destroyed by an entire fleet just hammering salvo after salvo into it after it's rudder was disabled by a lucky torpedo hit that forced the Bismarck to drive straight into the British fleet. It went down like a mammoth hunted by an entire tribe.
The Bismarck didn't sail into the fleet. He could still turn since the engines were still operational and he was heading for Brest. Although because they had to compensate for the jammed rudder by turning off the engines on that side, and that dropped the maximum speed down to 10 knots. The British fleet lost Bismarck but then the German admiral broke radio silence and the British headed for Bismarcks location. Bismarck, most likely, wouldn't sink after the 3 torpedoes from the British CA, if he wasn't scuttled. (Bismarck was referred to as "He" and it was one of very few ships to be called that).
@@lkvideos7181 Had the rudder not been disabled Bismarck would have made it back to port since he had more armor (44% armor mass. More than any other battleship in the world to this day), better armaments (gun caliber doesn't matter all that much when you get to those calibers. An accurate, high quality. 380mm gun can do way much more damage than an inaccurate 460mm gun, like the ones on Yamato and Musashi) and was also faster than most battleships and battlecruiser in the world at the time, being able to reach speeds exceeding 30 knots. Bismarck was already badly damaged by both canon fire from HMS PoW that caused flooding in the bow and a disabled rudder limiting speed to 10 knots. Bismarck was the tankiest ship to have ever sailed and could easily duke it out with HMS KGV and HMS Rodney (if noo cruisers are present) alone if he wasn't damaged during previous encounters with planes and ships. He was better armored than both USS Iowa class and Yamato class and had also better guns than them too.
@@tntfreddan3138 " Bismarck was already badly damaged by both canon fire from HMS PoW that caused flooding in the bow ...." That's my point. It would have never made it regardless of wheter it received more torpedo hits or not ...
Oh man!! You are gonna LOVE Sabaton! My faves are (in no particular order): Great War Fields of Verdun (great video!) Red Baron Night Witches Ghost Division Attack of the Dead Men the list just keeps going... I got to see them live last year in Los Angeles. They were amazing! They actually have the drum kit perched on top of a real tank! Oh, and the drummer is married to Floor Jansen. 💜
99% of their songs are about historic events and peaple. They have their own YT channel called Sabaton history were they talk about the songs and the events. Its the drummer Hannes that is married to Nightwish singer Floor Jansen. they have a daughter called Freja. There are so many great song that they have done. Ghost Division live ( German 7th panzar division), Great war, Seven pillars of wisdome, Carolus rex, 82 all the way, Final Saloution, Blood at bannockburn, Last stand, Fields of verdune and so on :)
“From the mist, a shape, a ship, is taking form And the silence of the sea is about to drift into a storm Sign of power, show of force..” una nave che dall’ombra prende forma... canzone wow
I have a personal connection to this ship, I had a Grandfather that served as an Engineer aboard him. I have enjoyed how Sabaton has helped kids and others learn about parts of history they otherwise might not ever know. As to his sinking, My grandfather recalls helping to make sure all the scuttling charges where set and passing along the last order to the oilers and other engineering crew before he had to go to the bridge to assist in efforts to keep the ship afloat. The last order was if they lost contact for any length of time or it was apparent the ship was in danger of falling in to enemy hands the charges where to be set off. After the ship rolled many men in the water reported seeing spouts of smoke flame and debris shooting out of vents, seawater intakes and other openings as the charges where ignited by the trapped crew in the engine room. This is also now confirmed by the latest deep scans of the interior of the ship. There is a predictable pattern of damage caused by a ship that experiences explosive decompression as it sinks and water tight compartments are burst by the tuns of force exerted by the shear force of the water pressure. Bismark has nun of this. The outer hull is over 90% intact with no serious damage from the heavy pounding he received. All the damage was to the superstructure with minor hull damage aside from the stern area that collapsed when it hit the ocean floor. He was Not sunk by the British. Now this in no way takes away from the heroism and ability of the Royal Navy, there ships or the brave crews that fought in the battle. However the distinction must be made to give credit to those brave men that died doing there duty even in such horrible and frightening circumstances. To paraphrase the end of the video, All those that fought regardless of what nation deserve respect for there service and sacrifices.
That said, the guns weren’t working, the last shot fired was from the third turret and most of the commanders were likely dead by the time it was scuttled and only 400 managed to get off the ship out of 2000 giving the impression that there was probably a huge amount of damage inside the ship. If the Royal Navy didn’t sink it, they certainly disabled it. Although most accounts seem to show it lower in the water and it likely would have sunk anyway if he hadn’t been scuttled, just would have taken a lot longer. Of course, I can’t imagine how hellish it must have been to have been on the ship under such conditions. To get out of that alive was one hell of an achievement.
Coyote J it’s a shame to hear that, my grandfather served on HMS King George V, so the opposite side of things, but he died in the 70’s, so a good while before I was born
KMS Bismarck hit the Magazine of HMS Hood (the 'bullet chamber') sinking her in minutes at the Battle of the Denmark Strait, she was then hunted down by HMS Ark Royal, HMS Rodney, HMS King George V, and associated support vessels. Sabaton do History, every single song is a war story. The band Ex Deo do the same thing with Roman history. HMS Rodney's guns where going completely through Bismarck, as she closed, the shells entered one side of the ship, went through it totally, and exited the other side before exploding, 16in guns can do that. This video was made in association with Wargaming (the makers of World of Warships and World of Tanks. )
Welcome to the World of Sabaton!!! Glad you got to this song and this was a great reaction. and yeah.. Metal and history.. their music should be used in schools to teach history, I know if they would have done that I would have paid attention in class...
The video is a masterpiece. The one thing they did while editing it was intersperse the sinking of the Hood with the scuttling of the Bismarck. Great reaction, you've earned a sub.
My Grandpa worked as an Engineering specialist for the Bloom-N-Voss ship yards and helped design some of the Fire Control systems used in Bismarck and Tirpitz. He joined the ship as an Engineering Officer a week after his christening. He still had his journal on him when he was rescued. He lived till 1965, I was born in 67 so I never got to meet him and the Journal was lost or stolen before I was born. However he translated a lot and told my Dad many stories. My favorites where the more off handed ones, like the ones about Oscar the cat, or the night they saved a Swedish Fishing boat. There where others but my point is I see points in the video and it makes some of the stories flash in my mined. For me its a little haunting but I love it because its helping to keep the History alive.
"I'm gonna do all the videos"--[clicks subscribe]"--that they have." Dude, I feel you. So many of their songs nearly bring me to tears. What they sing about, it's real.
Thank you to World of Warships for creating the amazing battle scene for this video. All the ships and fighting were created using CGI, then used Live Action actors placed into the scene. This is just one example of some of World of Warship's amazing battle scenes they can make. BTW- World of Warships is a free to play warship game.
Germany in the two world war is know for their advancement in weapon and scientist first guided bomb, first balistique missile , first use and developpement of reaction plane, most heaviest tank , first developement and massive use of the assault riffle , best machinegun (still used today in a modern form)... But it was also their downfall since they never ended resarch even when the price was monstruous ( maus with his 188 t and 4000l/100 km, shwerer gustav with his 1 shot /30 minute ,v3 constantly bombeb) . Well what they have created where used in all contry (stg44 ancestor of the kalachnikovs ,v2 ancestor of all missile and rocket with his inventor working on the american spatial project after the war.)
A great song. Fantastic in composition. Loved it. Some others: Attack of the Dead Men Red Baron Both from WW-I Am not sure if you did the first, if so I missed it.
I consider Sabaton the "modern Saxon", a band who also love History, most Cruzade and Middle Age. Sabaton writes about war and epic battles and horrible chapters in our history, but they do it with class and respect for the history. They are world class story tellers and often tell stories of war from different perspectives. I learned about WWII from the German perspective with the song Hearts of Iron and Ghost Division and Wehrmacht and Rise of Evil or from the Polish perspective with the songs Uprising, 40:1, and Prisoner 4859, or from the Russian perspective with songs like Stalingrad, Panzerkampf, and Attero Dominatus. I learned about Simo Haya and Lauri Allen Tourni who were Finnish hero’s and I never knew of the Winter War before I knew Sabaton. And I have only scratched the surface of their large catalog of historical events. This band has re-ignited my love of history. The songs and stories are all there for you to learn and expand your knowledge of history. Thank God for this band!
That hit you're talking about on the Bismarck is one that hit the bridge. It killed or mortally wounded just about everyone there. There was a picture of the wreck that clearly showed the shell strike. I haven't been able to find it, but it either peeled open the top of the armored bridge or cut a path through the deck outside and either went in through the thick armored door or near it. In either case, the door was open and it was the hit the took out the ship's command. On a related note, other pictures showed that the main armor belt stopped almost every hit it took, save for one or two larger caliber hits. The armor was very effective. The British also made an error by moving in close. That caused them to do direct fire which hit either the thick armor belt or, as one source I read put it, "uselessly flayed the superstructure and the crew on deck". That means the shells were not hitting in a way that would sink the Bismarck nor get into the vitals. Had they remained at a distance they could have used plunging fire. This was the preferred tactic because the shells came down at an angle. This would allow them to potentially avoid the armor belt and hit the much thinner deck armor. This would increase the chance of a shell getting into the vitals. However, plunging fire was less accurate because of the range involved, so the the British might have closed in in a hurry to sink the Bismarck. The big explosion was the previous day on the HMS Hood. It used to be believed that a shell from Bismarck hit the torpedoes on Hood. However, a more likely theory based on where shells were actually seen to hit and their results is that a shell hit a magazine for a secondary battery on the deck. This ignited the ready ammunition and this then exploded leading to a chain reaction done into the magazines inside the armor. That one went up and probably cause other magazines to explode as well. This may have happened for the same reason several British ships blew up in the Battle of Jutland in WWI. The British favored rapid fire and to facilitate that the crews broke regulation and left blast shutters open and also stored ammunition and propellant in the places it shouldn't have been. That made the lot much more vulnerable to catastrophic chain explosions.
It took around 2800 shells and 4 torpedoes (although he turned over and sank before the last 2 could hid because Bismarck was scuttled by his own crew).
Bismarck was hit by 900 14-16 inch shells and hundreds of smaller shells as well as a total of 12 torpedoes , Including a torpedo from the British battleship HMS Rodney (the only time in history that a battleship scored a torpedo hit against another battleships) And you are correct the Bismarcks crew did scuttle their ship , but in truth the British fleet had destroyed Bismarck.
LOL LOVE your reaction. EXACTLY how I felt when my son showed me Carolus Rex. Then more and more videos and live stuff. He took me to a concert last year. BEST CONCERT EVER!!!!! Took us 5 hours to get there but I'd do it again in a heartbeat. GOOOOO IF YOU CAN if they show up in your neck of woods. SERIOUSLY you WILL NOT be disappointed.
Great that you found Sabaton. I saw them live in January 2020 in Berlin and it was awesome. Yes, their songs are about historic facts and the Sabaton history channel is worth to look after. As far as I know the video for the song Bismarck was made with the CGI company who also makes the game "World of Warships". Keep on looking to more Sabaton songs like: - Great War / Fields of Verdun / 82nd all the way / To hell and back / A lifetime at war / Night witches / 40:1 / The price of a mile / The Last Stand / The Attack of the Dead Man / Seven Pillars of Wisdom - just to name a few
Hell yes they do metal and history. 20 years of doing so. Check out their history channel too. Sabaton History on UA-cam. It has about 60 episodes digging into the history behind their music. Amazing stuff.
One small thing: The Bismarck is not references as a "she", but exceptionally as a "he". Sabaton took care of that oddity in the lyrics. "He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas" Sabaton have a second channel: Sabaton is all about military history. Great songs, great lyrics that are well researched. You'll have fun discovering both channels The Sabaton History Channel where they put their songs into their historical context.
In actuality, it's only refered to as he only by it's crew and captain. The others, official logs, and the führer himself still referred to it as 'Die Bismarck' which is feminine. I guess the song is from a crew perspective. Judging from the video setting and lyrics.
Amaryllis Lütjen Wow. I did not know that. Exception to the exception. The idea the chorus is from the captain and crew‘s perspective makes sense to me. Thx for clarifying. Always glad when I learn something new
Virtually every song other than a handful( mainly from when they first started) are about either battles, heroes, or historical events. Given your stated love of history your gonna love Sabaton
The best part of this clip (which also, was made in partnership with World of Warships, the CGI and budget are mostly theirs) is that it's the story of the old man IN THE CLIP, who at the time of recording was the last survivor and the compass was truly given to him by the Captain
The Bismarck was the second biggest Battleship (the Tirpitz from the Bismarck class was even bugger) in Nazi time. It was the moast feared Ship it shot a lot of enemys ships. In its last battle (in the atlantic together with the prince eugen) it sunk after getting shot at by over 2000 grenades(not all hit). It had the moast powerfull guns: 8 × 38 cm SK C/34(L/65) (1.004 shots) 12 × 15 cm SK C/28 (L/55) (1.288 shots) 16 × Flak 10,5 cm (L/65) (6.825 shots) 16 × 3,7 cm SK C/30 (L/83) (34.100 shots) 18 × Flak 2,0 cm L/65 (44.000 shots) The big Guns were fist bult as artelerie and heavy stationair guns but than they just got built on to the Bismarck
From the mist, a shape, a ship, is taking form And the silence of the sea is about to drift into a storm Sign of power, show of force Raise the anchor, battleship's plotting its course Pride of a nation, a beast made of steel Bismarck in motion, king of the ocean He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas To lead the war machine To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine The terror of the seas The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine Two thousand men, and fifty thousand tons of steel Set the course for the Atlantic with the Allies on their heel Firepower, firefight Battle Stations, keep the targets steady in sight Into formation, the hunt has begun Death and damnation, the fleet is coming He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas To lead the war machine To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine The terror of the seas The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine At the bottom of the ocean, the depths of the abyss They are bound by iron and blood The flagship of the navy, the terror on the seas His guns have gone silent at last Pride of a nation, a beast made of steel Bismarck in motion, king of the ocean He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas To lead the war machine To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine The terror of the seas The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine To lead the war machine Rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine The terror of the seas Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine To lead the war machine Rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine The terror of the seas Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine
Haha I love your name on Instagram “Ragnar Lothbrok” I’m the biggest Vikings fan out here so I added “Lodbrok” on fb & my IG 😂 Anyways great reaction my guy! Sabaton is one of my favorite bands! 🤩
As others have said, the Bismarck destroyed the HMS Hood when a shell penetrated and detonated its ammunition storage (the word you're looking for is "magazine", think of the ammo storage on a firearm). You can hear this alluded to in the radio broadcast at the beginning of the music video. Bismarck himself lost his radar in that engagement when the shockwave from his own guns damaged the equipment. Later, a lucky torpedo hit from one of the Swordfish aircraft damaged and jammed Bismarck's rudder so he could no longer steer. The British fleet pounded the ship, but incredibly didn't sink him - his guns were disabled and bridge destroyed, so his own crew scuttled the ship to prevent him from falling into British hands. The old trawler captain in the music video is said to be Bernhard Hauer, the last of the ~100 German sailors who survived the sinking. Notice him holding the compass given to him by the dying officer. I'm personally not sure if the man in the video is really him or an actor. But the real man himself sadly passed away shortly after the recording of this video in 2018.
I recomend attero dominatus (the battle of berlin from the russian pov) and hearts of iron (the same battle from the german 12th armys pov) they might be fitting right now considering the time of the year. Both by sabaton.
I'm really glad that you liked them Great reaction btw And there's lots of great songs that I couldn't put on a list so ild recommend doing the ones that peak your curiosity
Sabaton collaborated with War Gaming, the creators of World of Warships, to create this video. So it is all designed specifically for the song. Sabaton is my all time favorite Power Metal band. I love history and metal, so I get both with them. Their band is all about war history of different eras.
A few other points that I didn't see mentioned yet in the other top comments: -The scenes of the band playing really were filmed on a small trawler in the North Atlantic. They said that it was very cold and miserable, but you can't really be a power metal band & not film a video because of the weather. 8D -A small compass features heavily throughout the video. The coordinates etched onto it denote the actual location of the wreckage of Bismarck, which was found in 1989. -114 members of Bismarck's crew survived and were rescued, out of more than 2,200 on the ship. The young German sailor who is pulled from the water holding the compass given to him by Bismarck's captain is meant to represent Bernhard Heuer, the last surviving member of the crew. Likewise, the old captain who takes Sabaton out on the small boat and who still has that compass is also meant to be Heuer, although the actual Bernhard sadly died in 2018 (at the age of 95). -Others have touched on this, but the action depicted in the video is very much historically accurate. From the Fairey Swordfish bi-plane which dropped the torpedo that disabled Bismarck's rudder, to its first salvo straddling the intended target (HMS Rodney), to the numerous shell and torpedo hits suffered by Bismarck afterwards, and even down to the stricken ship listing heavily to its port side. -The song and video were released as a single, and not part of an album. This was done both to celebrate Sabaton's 20th anniversary as a band, and as a "thank you" to their fans (the Bismarck was one of the most requested song subjects by their fan base).
Not sure if there's any truth to it, but I saw in a comment that the old guy with the boat was actually one of the survivors of the Bismarck's crew. He died shortly (months?) after filming the video. If it's actually true, it adds a new dimension to the song.
Yo, man! Thank you very much for this reaction!!! You probably don't understand me, but I love Sabaton songs so much, that every time I hear any of them (especially after long break from their music), it really makes me cry. When I heard Bismarck's first riff, I almost go off crying, thank you very much once more and greetings from new Russian subscriber!!!
What you are thinking about at 8:56 was actually the shell the Bismark shot at the Battlecruiser HMS Hood, the Bismark sank the Hood by hitting her Magazine where the ammo was stored, causing a massive explosion that ripped the ship in half, causing the Hood to sink in minutes, taking all but 3 of her crew with her.
the one who blew up cause they hit the ammunition storage was HMS Hood sank by Bismark. she sank cause she was hit by 5 other battleships with EVERYTHING they had, and maybe thatt was even enough since the last studies on the wreck suggest the real cause was the crew scuttled it
Here is a list of my favorite sabaton songs: Red baron, Primo Victoria, Lion From The North, Carolus Rex, Winged hussars, Resist and bite, Fields of verdun, Last stand, 7734, Hearts of Iron, Bismarck, Swedish Pagans, 40:1....
There probably is a comment about tgis already but in case there isn't, I thought I'd let you know. This video was made specifically for this song. Wargaming, a big company video game company worked, together with the band for this music video. That's why the video quality is so damn good
The old man with the compass in the video was the last man still alive of the actual Bismarck crew Bernhard Leuer. He was really given that compass by the captain who had engraved the Bismarcks last coordinates into it, so people would know where she rested. Sadly Bernhard passed away shortly after making the video in his mid 90ties.
If you like History and Metal Sabaton is your band, they are an amazing band! Oficial videos or live they kick ass! Almost all their songs are about war history, some points: the drummer is the housband of Floor Jansen of Nightwish, the singer Joakim collab with Babymetal in the last álbum of them the song is called Oh Majinai! It's a pirate metal song the audio is good but live is something else one of the most fun and happy song of the new álbum please react to more Sabaton and Babymetal, great reaction btw 🤘😎🤘 one great song is Sabaton Uprising live in Woodstock (Poland) 2012 the song is about the Warsaw Uprising agains the Germán army in the WWII a very epic performance for an epic song!
i am pretty sure someone else has mentioned it before but you realy should check the sabaton-history channel. they dive deeper into the background of every of thier songs. if you are interessted in history then this channel is a must.
Since you are interested in history, a small historical fact about the Bismarck: Unlike almost every other ship who are mostly called "she" the Bismarck was called "he" by its captain, he thought that such a huge beast didn't deserve to be called a "she" because it was way too powerful to be called female. So he insisted on calling the Bismarck a "he". And as other comments already mentioned, the guys of Sabaton have their own history channel where they tell a bit about the historical event that each song is about. It is called Sabaton History. For history interested persons it is quite a must look. ^^
Actually Johnny Horton's "Sink The Bismarck" was the first song about the hunt for the Bismarck, then came "You must sink the Bismarck" and now "Bismarck - Sabaton" Fun fact: Bismarck was always referred to as a he, instead of a she like ships are being called as usually. Günter Lütjens was really sexist, and so he referred Bismarck as a "he". Hitler also called it a "he", because of Lütjens calling him/her a "he". I got this information from Sabaton History, war Documentaries and some books about it. Epic reaction dude, this song is still one of my faves!
That hit you were talking about at 8:50 was on the forward fire control radar dish. I've watched the Extra History videos about this battle several times :D
The recoil of the 4 380mm twin cannons that the Bismarck was outfitted with damaged the radar system which ultimately lead to the ambush of the Bismarck.
Haha i love your reaction when you realised that Sabaton is a metal band that do music about military history! You sir have a bright future getting to know Sabaton :)
One of our neighbors who died years ago was one of the surviving members of the Bismarck crew. He was pretty miserable the rest of his life. Poor soul.😢
@Alex N Channel This video was made from a Computer Programmer Company from russia. Called "Wargaming" it was for promotion, to release the german Battleship Tech Tree into their game, if i remember right.
Little correction: Bismarck was, without a doubt, the rightful pride of the German fleet... Like his sistership Tirpitz. But at that time there were bigger ships. Japanese Yamato and his sistership Musashi. And by the way, the first and second pair of ships have almost the same fate. In any case - thanks for the adequate response to the appearance of this beautiful Bismarck ship from the sea fog.
Thank you so much for start reacting to out favorite band Sabaton !!! I thing you just found GOLD since you like military history and ALL of their songs are about battles and military history events all over the world. They even has a "history chanell - where they are describing all of what they are singing about and the history behind the songs. I will be following you as long as you continuing to react to Sabaton! :-)
Sabaton has done 9 albums passed 20 years about diffrent wars and topics, from heroes, special moments or last stands and so on! And their official videos are high quality and best live videos are from Woodstock 2012 with the older songs! Thanks for the reaction. And please do "Screaming Eagles" official video as 2nd reaction
Yeah. Just react to them all! Attack of the Dead, Fields of Verdun, Night Witches, Ghost in the Trenches, Red Baron... I love your reaction to Bismarck! Carry on!
8:45 you got confused with the Hood, one of the Bismarck's shells went into the magazine of the hood and caused the ship to explode. the actual fate of the Bismarck was when the Bismarck was turning away from the torpedo bombers one of the torpedo's hit the rudder of the Bismarck which damaged it and cause the ship to go in a constant left turn. because of this damage the Bismarck was a sitting duck and thus the British navy caught up and fired hundreds of shells at the Bismarck. only 114 crew members of the Bismarck survived, the British navy would have collected more but due to them spotting a U-Boat more than 1,000 men sank with the Bismarck.
fun fact: the bismarck wasn't critically damaged enough to sink. they scuttled her as only the 3rd turret was still serviceable. Edit: they know this because she slipped under the waves. In this video it shows her capsizing. This was because the crew allowed water in through the front of the ship.
If you look closed you will see the boat that they playing on is seen when the planes is in the air. And the clock in beginning is the same clock at the end.
The Royal Navy did try to save as many of the Bismarcks crew as they could but they got reports of German U-boats in the area and had to abandon the ones they couldn't save.
Need to correct your title. Iron Maiden is one, if not one of the first metal bands to write about history. Listen to The Trooper, Where Eagles Dare, Aces High, and Alexander the Great to name a few. Sabaton does a great job with what they do too.
Johnny Horton gota sink the bismarck is another song about it. Also The British knocked out the ranger finder and Disabled the rudder, The Ammunition was never hit on the Bismarck. She was sunk by her own crew to prevent the hulls capture by the British. 115 or so out of the 2000+ crew survived.
one song that i learned history from (i know all the years still hehe) is iron maiden alexander the great. amazing song and history lesson put together...
Only about 126 members of Bismarcks crew were picked up as survivors , and by the way Bismarck was hit by over 900 heavy shells and 12 torpedoes , Bismarck took more damage than any battleship in history , Tirpitz (Bismarcks sistership) was hit by 6ton bombs to sink it , the Germans built BLOODY TOUGH SHIPS.
Sabaton is a war history-themed band.
Basically all of their songs are based on history of war.
Be an organ and marrow donor ASAP and adopt and donate to bed nets
Not all their songs.
Barring a couple covers, and even then they are usually related.
The ammo storage hit was when Bismarck sank the British battlecruiser HMS Hood. It literaly detonated the entire backside.
The Bismarck itself was destroyed by an entire fleet just hammering salvo after salvo into it after it's rudder was disabled by a lucky torpedo hit that forced the Bismarck to drive straight into the British fleet. It went down like a mammoth hunted by an entire tribe.
"I cannot sink it with cannon fire!" - Arguably the most shocking line ever heard by the British Admiralty
The Bismarck didn't sail into the fleet. He could still turn since the engines were still operational and he was heading for Brest. Although because they had to compensate for the jammed rudder by turning off the engines on that side, and that dropped the maximum speed down to 10 knots. The British fleet lost Bismarck but then the German admiral broke radio silence and the British headed for Bismarcks location. Bismarck, most likely, wouldn't sink after the 3 torpedoes from the British CA, if he wasn't scuttled. (Bismarck was referred to as "He" and it was one of very few ships to be called that).
@@tntfreddan3138 Yeah but it's still unlikely it would have survived being chased and shot at by so many ships.
@@lkvideos7181 Had the rudder not been disabled Bismarck would have made it back to port since he had more armor (44% armor mass. More than any other battleship in the world to this day), better armaments (gun caliber doesn't matter all that much when you get to those calibers. An accurate, high quality. 380mm gun can do way much more damage than an inaccurate 460mm gun, like the ones on Yamato and Musashi) and was also faster than most battleships and battlecruiser in the world at the time, being able to reach speeds exceeding 30 knots. Bismarck was already badly damaged by both canon fire from HMS PoW that caused flooding in the bow and a disabled rudder limiting speed to 10 knots. Bismarck was the tankiest ship to have ever sailed and could easily duke it out with HMS KGV and HMS Rodney (if noo cruisers are present) alone if he wasn't damaged during previous encounters with planes and ships. He was better armored than both USS Iowa class and Yamato class and had also better guns than them too.
@@tntfreddan3138 " Bismarck was already badly damaged by both canon fire from HMS PoW that caused flooding in the bow ...."
That's my point. It would have never made it regardless of wheter it received more torpedo hits or not ...
Oh man!! You are gonna LOVE Sabaton! My faves are (in no particular order):
Great War
Fields of Verdun (great video!)
Red Baron
Night Witches
Ghost Division
Attack of the Dead Men
the list just keeps going...
I got to see them live last year in Los Angeles. They were amazing! They actually have the drum kit perched on top of a real tank!
Oh, and the drummer is married to Floor Jansen. 💜
Adding a couple to the list...82nd all the way, ShiroYama, A Ghost in the Trenches, Carolus Rex,
Its a prop tank, not fit for combat. Jocke said so himself in a short interview here on youtube
I was lucky enough to see them in October, last year. It’s was like a religious experience
@@MarkusxJxKeetz LOL! In October, you say? In Hollywood, by chance? I also saw them in October, at the Wiltern.
@@AGDinCA Nah, in Chicago~
War Gaming, makers of World of Warship supplies the models, this was made specifically for the video.
They have their own history channel in which they talk about their songs.
And the history that inspired the songs.
Is your profile pick from Bikermice from mars?
@@davidhenriksson285 :D yes it is.
@@haptori Nice
name of the channel plz?
99% of their songs are about historic events and peaple. They have their own YT channel called Sabaton history were they talk about the songs and the events. Its the drummer Hannes that is married to Nightwish singer Floor Jansen. they have a daughter called Freja. There are so many great song that they have done. Ghost Division live ( German 7th panzar division), Great war, Seven pillars of wisdome, Carolus rex, 82 all the way, Final Saloution, Blood at bannockburn, Last stand, Fields of verdune and so on :)
“From the mist, a shape, a ship, is taking form
And the silence of the sea is about to drift into a storm
Sign of power, show of force..” una nave che dall’ombra prende forma... canzone wow
I have a personal connection to this ship, I had a Grandfather that served as an Engineer aboard him. I have enjoyed how Sabaton has helped kids and others learn about parts of history they otherwise might not ever know. As to his sinking, My grandfather recalls helping to make sure all the scuttling charges where set and passing along the last order to the oilers and other engineering crew before he had to go to the bridge to assist in efforts to keep the ship afloat. The last order was if they lost contact for any length of time or it was apparent the ship was in danger of falling in to enemy hands the charges where to be set off. After the ship rolled many men in the water reported seeing spouts of smoke flame and debris shooting out of vents, seawater intakes and other openings as the charges where ignited by the trapped crew in the engine room. This is also now confirmed by the latest deep scans of the interior of the ship. There is a predictable pattern of damage caused by a ship that experiences explosive decompression as it sinks and water tight compartments are burst by the tuns of force exerted by the shear force of the water pressure. Bismark has nun of this. The outer hull is over 90% intact with no serious damage from the heavy pounding he received. All the damage was to the superstructure with minor hull damage aside from the stern area that collapsed when it hit the ocean floor. He was Not sunk by the British. Now this in no way takes away from the heroism and ability of the Royal Navy, there ships or the brave crews that fought in the battle. However the distinction must be made to give credit to those brave men that died doing there duty even in such horrible and frightening circumstances. To paraphrase the end of the video, All those that fought regardless of what nation deserve respect for there service and sacrifices.
That said, the guns weren’t working, the last shot fired was from the third turret and most of the commanders were likely dead by the time it was scuttled and only 400 managed to get off the ship out of 2000 giving the impression that there was probably a huge amount of damage inside the ship. If the Royal Navy didn’t sink it, they certainly disabled it. Although most accounts seem to show it lower in the water and it likely would have sunk anyway if he hadn’t been scuttled, just would have taken a lot longer.
Of course, I can’t imagine how hellish it must have been to have been on the ship under such conditions. To get out of that alive was one hell of an achievement.
If your grandpa is still alive - please give him my regards. My grandpa went down with the Bismark - so they were comrades.
R.I.P. Grandpa
@@vyren2030 My Grandpa died I think in 62 or 63 I wasn't born yet. Yes R.I.P. He always thought of and missed his ship mates.
Coyote J it’s a shame to hear that, my grandfather served on HMS King George V, so the opposite side of things, but he died in the 70’s, so a good while before I was born
The drummer is married to Floor Jansen of Nightwish.
I said the same thing..."WHOA! THERE SHE IS!!!" EXACT SAME! When the Bismarck emerges from the fog...that was BAD ASS.
KMS Bismarck hit the Magazine of HMS Hood (the 'bullet chamber') sinking her in minutes at the Battle of the Denmark Strait, she was then hunted down by HMS Ark Royal, HMS Rodney, HMS King George V, and associated support vessels. Sabaton do History, every single song is a war story. The band Ex Deo do the same thing with Roman history. HMS Rodney's guns where going completely through Bismarck, as she closed, the shells entered one side of the ship, went through it totally, and exited the other side before exploding, 16in guns can do that. This video was made in association with Wargaming (the makers of World of Warships and World of Tanks. )
@UCuhB1xyF_qC6hZMyL8DV3GA don't worry about it, I had to look it up, sorry if I sounded hostile.
Welcome to the World of Sabaton!!! Glad you got to this song and this was a great reaction. and yeah.. Metal and history.. their music should be used in schools to teach history, I know if they would have done that I would have paid attention in class...
Andre De Ath yea cuz such a large percentage of kids love metal. Dipshit.
The video is a masterpiece. The one thing they did while editing it was intersperse the sinking of the Hood with the scuttling of the Bismarck. Great reaction, you've earned a sub.
"I love combining heavy metal and history"
Well.. sabaton did make a few songs on that theme... like 200
My Grandpa worked as an Engineering specialist for the Bloom-N-Voss ship yards and helped design some of the Fire Control systems used in Bismarck and Tirpitz. He joined the ship as an Engineering Officer a week after his christening. He still had his journal on him when he was rescued. He lived till 1965, I was born in 67 so I never got to meet him and the Journal was lost or stolen before I was born. However he translated a lot and told my Dad many stories. My favorites where the more off handed ones, like the ones about Oscar the cat, or the night they saved a Swedish Fishing boat. There where others but my point is I see points in the video and it makes some of the stories flash in my mined. For me its a little haunting but I love it because its helping to keep the History alive.
"I'm gonna do all the videos"--[clicks subscribe]"--that they have."
Dude, I feel you. So many of their songs nearly bring me to tears. What they sing about, it's real.
Thank you to World of Warships for creating the amazing battle scene for this video. All the ships and fighting were created using CGI, then used Live Action actors placed into the scene. This is just one example of some of World of Warship's amazing battle scenes they can make. BTW- World of Warships is a free to play warship game.
Germany in the two world war is know for their advancement in weapon and scientist first guided bomb, first balistique missile , first use and developpement of reaction plane, most heaviest tank , first developement and massive use of the assault riffle , best machinegun (still used today in a modern form)... But it was also their downfall since they never ended resarch even when the price was monstruous ( maus with his 188 t and 4000l/100 km, shwerer gustav with his 1 shot /30 minute ,v3 constantly bombeb) . Well what they have created where used in all contry (stg44 ancestor of the kalachnikovs ,v2 ancestor of all missile and rocket with his inventor working on the american spatial project after the war.)
A great song. Fantastic in composition. Loved it.
Some others:
Attack of the Dead Men
Red Baron
Both from WW-I
Am not sure if you did the first, if so I missed it.
I consider Sabaton the "modern Saxon", a band who also love History, most Cruzade and Middle Age. Sabaton writes about war and epic battles and horrible chapters in our history, but they do it with class and respect for the history. They are world class story tellers and often tell stories of war from different perspectives. I learned about WWII from the German perspective with the song Hearts of Iron and Ghost Division and Wehrmacht and Rise of Evil or from the Polish perspective with the songs Uprising, 40:1, and Prisoner 4859, or from the Russian perspective with songs like Stalingrad, Panzerkampf, and Attero Dominatus. I learned about Simo Haya and Lauri Allen Tourni who were Finnish hero’s and I never knew of the Winter War before I knew Sabaton. And I have only scratched the surface of their large catalog of historical events. This band has re-ignited my love of history. The songs and stories are all there for you to learn and expand your knowledge of history. Thank God for this band!
You got to check out Sabatons other channel "Sabaton History". They talk alot about the history behind there songs, and the real history events.
That hit you're talking about on the Bismarck is one that hit the bridge. It killed or mortally wounded just about everyone there. There was a picture of the wreck that clearly showed the shell strike. I haven't been able to find it, but it either peeled open the top of the armored bridge or cut a path through the deck outside and either went in through the thick armored door or near it. In either case, the door was open and it was the hit the took out the ship's command.
On a related note, other pictures showed that the main armor belt stopped almost every hit it took, save for one or two larger caliber hits. The armor was very effective. The British also made an error by moving in close. That caused them to do direct fire which hit either the thick armor belt or, as one source I read put it, "uselessly flayed the superstructure and the crew on deck". That means the shells were not hitting in a way that would sink the Bismarck nor get into the vitals. Had they remained at a distance they could have used plunging fire. This was the preferred tactic because the shells came down at an angle. This would allow them to potentially avoid the armor belt and hit the much thinner deck armor. This would increase the chance of a shell getting into the vitals. However, plunging fire was less accurate because of the range involved, so the the British might have closed in in a hurry to sink the Bismarck.
The big explosion was the previous day on the HMS Hood. It used to be believed that a shell from Bismarck hit the torpedoes on Hood. However, a more likely theory based on where shells were actually seen to hit and their results is that a shell hit a magazine for a secondary battery on the deck. This ignited the ready ammunition and this then exploded leading to a chain reaction done into the magazines inside the armor. That one went up and probably cause other magazines to explode as well. This may have happened for the same reason several British ships blew up in the Battle of Jutland in WWI. The British favored rapid fire and to facilitate that the crews broke regulation and left blast shutters open and also stored ammunition and propellant in the places it shouldn't have been. That made the lot much more vulnerable to catastrophic chain explosions.
My contributiion to requests:
- Lion from the north
- The Last Stand
- NIGHTWITCHES!!!!!!!
It took around 2800 shells and 4 torpedoes (although he turned over and sank before the last 2 could hid because Bismarck was scuttled by his own crew).
Bismarck was hit by 900 14-16 inch shells and hundreds of smaller shells as well as a total of 12 torpedoes , Including a torpedo from the British battleship HMS Rodney (the only time in history that a battleship scored a torpedo hit against another battleships) And you are correct the Bismarcks crew did scuttle their ship , but in truth the British fleet had destroyed Bismarck.
@@michaelworsley3341 look wikipedia please and read.
LOL LOVE your reaction. EXACTLY how I felt when my son showed me Carolus Rex. Then more and more videos and live stuff. He took me to a concert last year. BEST CONCERT EVER!!!!! Took us 5 hours to get there but I'd do it again in a heartbeat. GOOOOO IF YOU CAN if they show up in your neck of woods. SERIOUSLY you WILL NOT be disappointed.
Thanks, yes I really hope that I can see them
Great that you found Sabaton. I saw them live in January 2020 in Berlin and it was awesome.
Yes, their songs are about historic facts and the Sabaton history channel is worth to look after.
As far as I know the video for the song Bismarck was made with the CGI company who also makes the game "World of Warships".
Keep on looking to more Sabaton songs like:
- Great War / Fields of Verdun / 82nd all the way / To hell and back / A lifetime at war / Night witches / 40:1 / The price of a mile / The Last Stand / The Attack of the Dead Man / Seven Pillars of Wisdom - just to name a few
Hell yes they do metal and history. 20 years of doing so. Check out their history channel too. Sabaton History on UA-cam. It has about 60 episodes digging into the history behind their music. Amazing stuff.
One small thing: The Bismarck is not references as a "she", but exceptionally as a "he". Sabaton took care of that oddity in the lyrics. "He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas" Sabaton have a second channel:
Sabaton is all about military history. Great songs, great lyrics that are well researched. You'll have fun discovering both channels
The Sabaton History Channel where they put their songs into their historical context.
In actuality, it's only refered to as he only by it's crew and captain. The others, official logs, and the führer himself still referred to it as 'Die Bismarck' which is feminine. I guess the song is from a crew perspective. Judging from the video setting and lyrics.
Amaryllis Lütjen Wow. I did not know that. Exception to the exception. The idea the chorus is from the captain and crew‘s perspective makes sense to me. Thx for clarifying. Always glad when I learn something new
@@ShadowhispersBand Yea, you may still call it He tho as like many others. Since the calling She is only mostly used in German.
Virtually every song other than a handful( mainly from when they first started) are about either battles, heroes, or historical events. Given your stated love of history your gonna love Sabaton
The best part of this clip (which also, was made in partnership with World of Warships, the CGI and budget are mostly theirs) is that it's the story of the old man IN THE CLIP, who at the time of recording was the last survivor and the compass was truly given to him by the Captain
It's so nice to see a reaction from someone who actually knows a bit about history and has fun with it. Good job.
The Bismarck was the second biggest Battleship (the Tirpitz from the Bismarck class was even bugger) in Nazi time. It was the moast feared Ship it shot a lot of enemys ships. In its last battle (in the atlantic together with the prince eugen) it sunk after getting shot at by over 2000 grenades(not all hit). It had the moast powerfull guns:
8 × 38 cm SK C/34(L/65) (1.004 shots)
12 × 15 cm SK C/28 (L/55) (1.288 shots)
16 × Flak 10,5 cm (L/65) (6.825 shots)
16 × 3,7 cm SK C/30 (L/83) (34.100 shots)
18 × Flak 2,0 cm L/65 (44.000 shots)
The big Guns were fist bult as artelerie and heavy stationair guns but than they just got built on to the Bismarck
From the mist, a shape, a ship, is taking form
And the silence of the sea is about to drift into a storm
Sign of power, show of force
Raise the anchor, battleship's plotting its course
Pride of a nation, a beast made of steel
Bismarck in motion, king of the ocean
He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas
To lead the war machine
To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
The terror of the seas
The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine
Two thousand men, and fifty thousand tons of steel
Set the course for the Atlantic with the Allies on their heel
Firepower, firefight
Battle Stations, keep the targets steady in sight
Into formation, the hunt has begun
Death and damnation, the fleet is coming
He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas
To lead the war machine
To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
The terror of the seas
The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine
At the bottom of the ocean, the depths of the abyss
They are bound by iron and blood
The flagship of the navy, the terror on the seas
His guns have gone silent at last
Pride of a nation, a beast made of steel
Bismarck in motion, king of the ocean
He was made to rule the waves across the seven seas
To lead the war machine
To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
The terror of the seas
The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine
To lead the war machine
Rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
The terror of the seas
Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine
To lead the war machine
Rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
The terror of the seas
Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine
Haha I love your name on Instagram “Ragnar Lothbrok”
I’m the biggest Vikings fan out here so I added “Lodbrok” on fb & my IG 😂
Anyways great reaction my guy! Sabaton is one of my favorite bands! 🤩
Thank you, yeah I love Vikings and I even got a tattoo of the show
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@@AlexNChannel let me suggest you to react FFDP Blue on black featuring Gilbert Sheperd and May....i'm sure you'll ejoy it so much
As others have said, the Bismarck destroyed the HMS Hood when a shell penetrated and detonated its ammunition storage (the word you're looking for is "magazine", think of the ammo storage on a firearm). You can hear this alluded to in the radio broadcast at the beginning of the music video. Bismarck himself lost his radar in that engagement when the shockwave from his own guns damaged the equipment. Later, a lucky torpedo hit from one of the Swordfish aircraft damaged and jammed Bismarck's rudder so he could no longer steer. The British fleet pounded the ship, but incredibly didn't sink him - his guns were disabled and bridge destroyed, so his own crew scuttled the ship to prevent him from falling into British hands.
The old trawler captain in the music video is said to be Bernhard Hauer, the last of the ~100 German sailors who survived the sinking. Notice him holding the compass given to him by the dying officer. I'm personally not sure if the man in the video is really him or an actor. But the real man himself sadly passed away shortly after the recording of this video in 2018.
I recomend attero dominatus (the battle of berlin from the russian pov) and hearts of iron (the same battle from the german 12th armys pov) they might be fitting right now considering the time of the year. Both by sabaton.
I'm really glad that you liked them
Great reaction btw
And there's lots of great songs that I couldn't put on a list so ild recommend doing the ones that peak your curiosity
Thanks for the suggestion they are amazing
You have a loooooong list of amazing songs ahead, congrats 😜
Sabaton collaborated with War Gaming, the creators of World of Warships, to create this video. So it is all designed specifically for the song. Sabaton is my all time favorite Power Metal band. I love history and metal, so I get both with them. Their band is all about war history of different eras.
Yes, the video is theirs. The quality is craaazy. Nice reaction brother!
A few other points that I didn't see mentioned yet in the other top comments:
-The scenes of the band playing really were filmed on a small trawler in the North Atlantic. They said that it was very cold and miserable, but you can't really be a power metal band & not film a video because of the weather. 8D
-A small compass features heavily throughout the video. The coordinates etched onto it denote the actual location of the wreckage of Bismarck, which was found in 1989.
-114 members of Bismarck's crew survived and were rescued, out of more than 2,200 on the ship. The young German sailor who is pulled from the water holding the compass given to him by Bismarck's captain is meant to represent Bernhard Heuer, the last surviving member of the crew. Likewise, the old captain who takes Sabaton out on the small boat and who still has that compass is also meant to be Heuer, although the actual Bernhard sadly died in 2018 (at the age of 95).
-Others have touched on this, but the action depicted in the video is very much historically accurate. From the Fairey Swordfish bi-plane which dropped the torpedo that disabled Bismarck's rudder, to its first salvo straddling the intended target (HMS Rodney), to the numerous shell and torpedo hits suffered by Bismarck afterwards, and even down to the stricken ship listing heavily to its port side.
-The song and video were released as a single, and not part of an album. This was done both to celebrate Sabaton's 20th anniversary as a band, and as a "thank you" to their fans (the Bismarck was one of the most requested song subjects by their fan base).
Not sure if there's any truth to it, but I saw in a comment that the old guy with the boat was actually one of the survivors of the Bismarck's crew. He died shortly (months?) after filming the video. If it's actually true, it adds a new dimension to the song.
"OMG HERE SHE IS" the excitement. I love it. So cute.
Yo, man! Thank you very much for this reaction!!! You probably don't understand me, but I love Sabaton songs so much, that every time I hear any of them (especially after long break from their music), it really makes me cry. When I heard Bismarck's first riff, I almost go off crying, thank you very much once more and greetings from new Russian subscriber!!!
Loved the IRON MAIDEN in RIO concert in the background! \m/
Отличный мужик и знает историю!!!!! Удачи!
What you are thinking about at 8:56 was actually the shell the Bismark shot at the Battlecruiser HMS Hood, the Bismark sank the Hood by hitting her Magazine where the ammo was stored, causing a massive explosion that ripped the ship in half, causing the Hood to sink in minutes, taking all but 3 of her crew with her.
Your reaction at the moment that the Bismarck appears out of the fog was great.
the one who blew up cause they hit the ammunition storage was HMS Hood sank by Bismark.
she sank cause she was hit by 5 other battleships with EVERYTHING they had, and maybe thatt was even enough since the last studies on the wreck suggest the real cause was the crew scuttled it
Here is a list of my favorite sabaton songs: Red baron, Primo Victoria, Lion From The North, Carolus Rex, Winged hussars, Resist and bite, Fields of verdun, Last stand, 7734, Hearts of Iron, Bismarck, Swedish Pagans, 40:1....
There probably is a comment about tgis already but in case there isn't, I thought I'd let you know. This video was made specifically for this song. Wargaming, a big company video game company worked, together with the band for this music video. That's why the video quality is so damn good
The old man with the compass in the video was the last man still alive of the actual Bismarck crew Bernhard Leuer. He was really given that compass by the captain who had engraved the Bismarcks last coordinates into it, so people would know where she rested. Sadly Bernhard passed away shortly after making the video in his mid 90ties.
If you like History and Metal Sabaton is your band, they are an amazing band! Oficial videos or live they kick ass! Almost all their songs are about war history, some points: the drummer is the housband of Floor Jansen of Nightwish, the singer Joakim collab with Babymetal in the last álbum of them the song is called Oh Majinai! It's a pirate metal song the audio is good but live is something else one of the most fun and happy song of the new álbum please react to more Sabaton and Babymetal, great reaction btw 🤘😎🤘 one great song is Sabaton Uprising live in Woodstock (Poland) 2012 the song is about the Warsaw Uprising agains the Germán army in the WWII a very epic performance for an epic song!
i am pretty sure someone else has mentioned it before but you realy should check the sabaton-history channel. they dive deeper into the background of every of thier songs. if you are interessted in history then this channel is a must.
oh, forgot to say i loved ur reaction, and ur love for history
Since you are interested in history, a small historical fact about the Bismarck: Unlike almost every other ship who are mostly called "she" the Bismarck was called "he" by its captain, he thought that such a huge beast didn't deserve to be called a "she" because it was way too powerful to be called female. So he insisted on calling the Bismarck a "he".
And as other comments already mentioned, the guys of Sabaton have their own history channel where they tell a bit about the historical event that each song is about. It is called Sabaton History. For history interested persons it is quite a must look. ^^
Great lyrics in all songs from them. Musically lalala.
Actually Johnny Horton's "Sink The Bismarck" was the first song about the hunt for the Bismarck, then came "You must sink the Bismarck" and now "Bismarck - Sabaton"
Fun fact: Bismarck was always referred to as a he, instead of a she like ships are being called as usually. Günter Lütjens was really sexist, and so he referred Bismarck as a "he". Hitler also called it a "he", because of Lütjens calling him/her a "he".
I got this information from Sabaton History, war Documentaries and some books about it.
Epic reaction dude, this song is still one of my faves!
That hit you were talking about at 8:50 was on the forward fire control radar dish. I've watched the Extra History videos about this battle several times :D
The recoil of the 4 380mm twin cannons that the Bismarck was outfitted with damaged the radar system which ultimately lead to the ambush of the Bismarck.
Haha i love your reaction when you realised that Sabaton is a metal band that do music about military history! You sir have a bright future getting to know Sabaton :)
116 from 2200 managed to escape. There was also a cat called Unsinkable Sam
Alex.. You just found your holy grail! Welcome to one of the best swedish metal bands ever 😎
there was another song done in 1960 by Johnny Horton called Sink the Bismarck, which was mostly about the chase after the Bismarck
Such a great band. I love them so much, and the respect they give to the people that died in history.
One of our neighbors who died years ago was one of the surviving members of the Bismarck crew. He was pretty miserable the rest of his life. Poor soul.😢
@Alex N Channel This video was made from a Computer Programmer Company from russia. Called "Wargaming" it was for promotion, to release the german Battleship Tech Tree into their game, if i remember right.
If u want History + Metal, Sabaton is the way to go :)
You, sir, have a very good taste in music. Keep it up, man.
Rise of Evil, To hell and back, great songs of Sabayon, you should be to hear it.
Little correction:
Bismarck was, without a doubt, the rightful pride of the German fleet... Like his sistership Tirpitz.
But at that time there were bigger ships.
Japanese Yamato and his sistership Musashi.
And by the way, the first and second pair of ships have almost the same fate.
In any case - thanks for the adequate response to the appearance of this beautiful Bismarck ship from the sea fog.
Nice to see a Sabaton reaction
finally a reaction by someone who appreciates both metal and history
Thank you so much for start reacting to out favorite band Sabaton !!! I thing you just found GOLD since you like military history and ALL of their songs are about battles and military history events all over the world. They even has a "history chanell - where they are describing all of what they are singing about and the history behind the songs. I will be following you as long as you continuing to react to Sabaton! :-)
Sabaton has done 9 albums passed 20 years about diffrent wars and topics, from heroes, special moments or last stands and so on! And their official videos are high quality and best live videos are from Woodstock 2012 with the older songs! Thanks for the reaction. And please do "Screaming Eagles" official video as 2nd reaction
Yeah. Just react to them all! Attack of the Dead, Fields of Verdun, Night Witches, Ghost in the Trenches, Red Baron... I love your reaction to Bismarck! Carry on!
Pride of Sweden 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪 SABATON 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪
Another good man from US!
UA-camr: I'm gonna do all the videoes!
Me: 0.o
Also me: Subscribes
Lol yeah
The video: Props of having a theme that spawns video games and teaming up with a developer.
There is another song about the Bismarck. It's a country song called Sink the Bismarck by Johnny Horton
8:45 you got confused with the Hood, one of the Bismarck's shells went into the magazine of the hood and caused the ship to explode. the actual fate of the Bismarck was when the Bismarck was turning away from the torpedo bombers one of the torpedo's hit the rudder of the Bismarck which damaged it and cause the ship to go in a constant left turn. because of this damage the Bismarck was a sitting duck and thus the British navy caught up and fired hundreds of shells at the Bismarck. only 114 crew members of the Bismarck survived, the British navy would have collected more but due to them spotting a U-Boat more than 1,000 men sank with the Bismarck.
“There wasn’t anything like this in the world” Yamato and musashi, allow us to introduce ourselves
You reaction was amazing you deffinetly need to make some more sabaton reactions
You love history and songs…. ah yes, i guess you will fall in love with sabaton cuz both history and songs from them are great
fun fact: the bismarck wasn't critically damaged enough to sink. they scuttled her as only the 3rd turret was still serviceable.
Edit: they know this because she slipped under the waves. In this video it shows her capsizing.
This was because the crew allowed water in through the front of the ship.
Sounds like they are the band for you. You should also check out Sabaton history channel. They discuss the historical stories behind the music
This is like hobby for me...who has found Bismarck this week :D
Great Reaction!!
You’re actually very correct in fact the admiral in command of the ship actually made the decision to scuttle the ship
Thats a surprise seeing as he and the rest of Bismarck's command staff had been wiped out an hour before by a salvo of 16in shells from HMS Rodney.
If you look closed you will see the boat that they playing on is seen when the planes is in the air. And the clock in beginning is the same clock at the end.
The Royal Navy did try to save as many of the Bismarcks crew as they could but they got reports of German U-boats in the area and had to abandon the ones they couldn't save.
Need to correct your title. Iron Maiden is one, if not one of the first metal bands to write about history. Listen to The Trooper, Where Eagles Dare, Aces High, and Alexander the Great to name a few. Sabaton does a great job with what they do too.
Johnny Horton gota sink the bismarck is another song about it. Also The British knocked out the ranger finder and Disabled the rudder, The Ammunition was never hit on the Bismarck. She was sunk by her own crew to prevent the hulls capture by the British. 115 or so out of the 2000+ crew survived.
They did the video collaborating with the game studio Wargaming. They have their own tank in World of Tanks.
one song that i learned history from (i know all the years still hehe) is iron maiden alexander the great. amazing song and history lesson put together...
Only about 126 members of Bismarcks crew were picked up as survivors , and by the way Bismarck was hit by over 900 heavy shells and 12 torpedoes , Bismarck took more damage than any battleship in history , Tirpitz (Bismarcks sistership) was hit by 6ton bombs to sink it , the Germans built BLOODY TOUGH SHIPS.
The armor arrangement is called turtle-back armor.
Wargaming.net collaborated with Sabaton for 2 music videos, this song for World of Warships and Primo Victoria for World of Tanks
Plis do More sabaton !! Loved your reaction