As others have said, probably one of their best songs, both musically and lyrically. "It's about the men, who fought for them, what peace can they expect?" is an absolutely amazing line, gives me chills every time I hear it. Thank you for the reaction, Jammer!
Finally! I love how Sabaton played JS Bach's Air as guitarsolo. It's fitting. And a salute to general Walter Wenck that saved his people instead of following his order to fight to the last man standing.
This song was made for the paradox game hearts of iron i think or inspired by it and thanks to the efforts of the 9th and 12th armies 250,000 civilians were able escape berlin safely and away from the soviets
Due to a deal between the allies and soviet most of the 9th army was handed over to the soviets, many of which decided to end their own lives rather than having to deal with what the soviets would do to them
I mean sure the soviets weren’t nice, but they been through absolute hell. The German soldiers never gave the Soviet prisoners of war mercy, the soviets were either 💀 on sight (mainly the female Soviet prisoners) or put into a concentration camp to work and starve. So why should the soviets give the Germans a nice blanket and hot food? Yknow like. The western allies gave the Germans a whole 5 star camp, even those who did commit war crimes So many Soviet soldiers lost their entire families, their homes. And not just them, but Jewish people, polish people etc. if America or Britain was invaded and had all that happened to the countries Germany invaded. Those western allies wouldn’t be so kind either
If you have ever watched Piscator's video of this song, he actually translated the German lyrics of this song --into German! LOL! "Nicht ein Schlacht" is incorrect German grammar-- since Schlacht is a noun, the correct German would be "Keine Schlacht", since Schlacht is feminine in the German language you have to add an e to the end of the word kein. The word kein or keine negates nouns while nicht negates verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. And since Rettungsaktion is also feminine, the correct German would be "eine Rettungsaktion". So the end result would be "Keine Schlacht, Eine Rettungsaktion". I tried singing the song with the correct German and it actually works if you don't make a pause between Schlacht and eine. Try it, it actually works! It is a little more awkward than the actual lyrics so I understand why they picked the words they did to keep the cadence correct.
Also, when Joakim sings "To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine" he left out one syllable from Kriegsmarine on purpose because it wouldn't fit properly; when you pronounce Kreigsmarine in German, the last e gets pronounced as a short "a" or "ahh" in English so it should sound like "Kreegsmareenah" for all you English speakers.
“Try to save Berlin in vain” do they mean the Germans? But either way I do like that Sabaton doesn’t dehumanise the Germans. They know it was more than one box, per say, not all Germans were n-zis. There were just different groups with different mindsets. I guess it’s more complicated.
This Song is based on the Battle of Berlin when High Kommand said the 12. Army should fight to the bitter end to save the Führer. Insted General Walter Wenk dexided to help Refugees to flee the City and surrender to the West.
As others have said, probably one of their best songs, both musically and lyrically. "It's about the men, who fought for them, what peace can they expect?" is an absolutely amazing line, gives me chills every time I hear it. Thank you for the reaction, Jammer!
"Those who made it cross without a loss have reason to reflect"
Finally! I love how Sabaton played JS Bach's Air as guitarsolo. It's fitting. And a salute to general Walter Wenck that saved his people instead of following his order to fight to the last man standing.
Easily one of their top 10 songs. The lyrics are world class..It raises so many questions to reflect on. Especially these days.
One of my favourite songs of Sabaton, and great history behind this song.
Great reaction as always 😁
This song was made for the paradox game hearts of iron i think or inspired by it and thanks to the efforts of the 9th and 12th armies 250,000 civilians were able escape berlin safely and away from the soviets
Due to a deal between the allies and soviet most of the 9th army was handed over to the soviets, many of which decided to end their own lives rather than having to deal with what the soviets would do to them
"we faught the wrong enemy"
There's a documentary of this too, at least 1 I have seen. Nobody wanted to surrender to soviets.
I mean sure the soviets weren’t nice, but they been through absolute hell. The German soldiers never gave the Soviet prisoners of war mercy, the soviets were either 💀 on sight (mainly the female Soviet prisoners) or put into a concentration camp to work and starve. So why should the soviets give the Germans a nice blanket and hot food? Yknow like. The western allies gave the Germans a whole 5 star camp, even those who did commit war crimes
So many Soviet soldiers lost their entire families, their homes. And not just them, but Jewish people, polish people etc. if America or Britain was invaded and had all that happened to the countries Germany invaded. Those western allies wouldn’t be so kind either
if you have not done it yet, Sabatons cover of Kingdom come is fantastic
If you have ever watched Piscator's video of this song, he actually translated the German lyrics of this song --into German! LOL!
"Nicht ein Schlacht" is incorrect German grammar-- since Schlacht is a noun, the correct German would be "Keine Schlacht", since Schlacht is feminine in the German language you have to add an e to the end of the word kein.
The word kein or keine negates nouns while nicht negates verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. And since Rettungsaktion is also feminine, the correct German would be "eine Rettungsaktion".
So the end result would be "Keine Schlacht, Eine Rettungsaktion".
I tried singing the song with the correct German and it actually works if you don't make a pause between Schlacht and eine. Try it, it actually works! It is a little more awkward than the actual lyrics so I understand why they picked the words they did to keep the cadence correct.
Also, when Joakim sings "To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine" he left out one syllable from Kriegsmarine on purpose because it wouldn't fit properly; when you pronounce Kreigsmarine in German, the last e gets pronounced as a short "a" or "ahh" in English so it should sound like "Kreegsmareenah" for all you English speakers.
Great reaction as usual
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hey jammer, could we get another gloryhammer reaction? haven't had one of those in a while
“Try to save Berlin in vain” do they mean the Germans?
But either way I do like that Sabaton doesn’t dehumanise the Germans. They know it was more than one box, per say, not all Germans were n-zis. There were just different groups with different mindsets.
I guess it’s more complicated.
This Song is based on the Battle of Berlin when High Kommand said the 12. Army should fight to the bitter end to save the Führer. Insted General Walter Wenk dexided to help Refugees to flee the City and surrender to the West.
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