Soldier who hated war yet killed 25 Enemies
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When the United States entered the First World War, many jumped at the opportunity to join the fighting. Others, however, were sent to the trenches against their will. Of these reluctant warriors, some would rise to the occasion and become war heroes, in spite of their hesitancy to fight. Perhaps the most famous American who served in the Great War was Alvin York.
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Show Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Script: Robert de Graaf
Narrator: Chris Kane
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IN THE DRAFT OF 1917 A MAN FROM TENNESSEE. OVERSEAS TO THE TRENCHES HE WENT FROM THE LAND OF THE FREE!
"It was told he brought two things along:
A rifle and his faith"
Joined the ranks as a private, assigned to 338th
THERE, ON THAT DAY, ALVIN YORK ENTERED THE FRAY
Joined the ranks as a private assigned to 338
@@BeanManolo SAVING THE DAY, EIGHTY-SECOND ALL THE WAY
*sabaton intensifying*
The last time i was this early franz ferdinand just got assasinated
😂😂 so true
Your wife knows all about that 😉
This is one of those men that I wished I learned about when I was younger. Really inspiring to learn about his actions and how he had the courage to compromise some of his beliefs. 👍
Never knew of this solider thanks for another amazing history video
He was followed by heroic Audie Murphy in WW2.
And Desmond Doss .
John Basilone, Carlos Hathcock, and many others
There’s a 1941 movie made on him, Sergeant York, staring Gary Cooper. He won a Oscar for his performance.
It came out just as Americans were turning in favor of fighting Germany and looking for moral justification. (Perfect timing!)
Oddly enough, learned that nugget of knowledge from the show M*A*S*H
A stipulation of York agreeing to the movie was that Gary Cooper played the lead role.
Good movie
I cannot understate how good the animation has become over all these years. I remember the classic 6-year-old videos don't even have the soldiers bolting their rifles, when in these even dead bodies are extremely detailed with fallen equipment, detailed uniforms, signs of damage on used equipment, it's just TOO GOOD!
There on that day Alvin York entered the fray saving the day 82nd all the way
There’s a great 1941 film about this man called Sergeant York. Highly recommend
If you had bothered to listen to the video all the way to the end then you would have known that movie was already recommended. But you were determined to write your comments before listening to the entire video.
Sabaton also made a dope song about him: ua-cam.com/video/0LS0Z8fgiII/v-deo.html
Good movie
Gary Cooper did a great job portraying Alvin York.
This is probably the fifth time I have made this comment, but if there were an award for attention to military arms detail, you guys would get it!
You show York with a P17 (American Enfield), everybody else, including the movie with Gary Cooper, has him with a Springfield.
Well done!
"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."-William Shakespeare
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"when the bullets start flying that's when you know who your real friends are"-my grandpa
There on that day
Alvin/Sergeant York entered the fray
Saving the day
82nd all the way
Although I have heard of the famous Alvin York before Sabaton, yet I still want to know of his story.
I remember watching the movie about him. He's one if my favorite ww1 soldiers. I even love the sabaton song about him.
Yes the old narrator
0:33 Apparently York had Benjamin Button disease, even when he was a baby he had the head of a 40 year old man.
He was so manly he was born a man.
You can still go to his church, where he's buried. I've visited his house, and spoke with his, now late, son. I even had the rare opportunity to see his car. A 1957 Pontiac.
This reminds me of the Legendary Desmond Doss, except Doss didn’t actually kill anybody
Or maybe Audie Murphy
My exact thoughts
Desmond doss laughing at the corner
Audie Murphy:😂
Freddie Mercury: You think I haven’t heard of those things before? You’re just a bully who’s too scared to go to war.
Michael Jackson: You shoulda stayed in the army dude! Shamone!
Theodore Roosevelt: You should be ashamed of your military honor!
I found the video of Sergeant York very fascinating, well done Simple History. Sergeant York is one of the greatest soldiers in US history who got recognition for his exploits despite not being the type to be in the spotlight and decided to contribute for charity works.
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I was wondering how long it would be until I saw a sabaton fan, I guess not long.
The best heroes are not those that fight because they want to. But those that fight because they must.
It's great that this man understands the terrible things about war but what's worse is most people who respect him as a soldier don't understand yet what he does. War is made by the old to kill the young. We die for the hatred of someone else.
I heard that the reason why Alvin York killed those 25 Germans was because his best friend was shot and killed.
Your spot on. Even on the Sabaton History channel (I like to call it that) even said that he lost it when a German not only took control of the HMG and killed York's best friend but also tried to kill the POWs that the German considered as traitors.
It's strange that only allies tell such stories...
Winners tell the story...
Additionally the military named the M247 Self Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun after him
My favorite part of this story is that when engaging the German machine guns, York would let out turkey calls. The Germans had never heard a turkey before would pop their head up, and he would shoot them. In Tennessee, they would have competitions where you would have to buy one shot at a turkey who is in a box with a whole big enough to stick its head out of. When you gave the turkey, call the turkey would stick its head up just long enough for you to take one shot at it. The winner to comb the turkey for their family. York later described the event as a turkey shoot. except this time the targets were a lot bigger.
I grew up in Augusta, GA, the location of Fort Eisenhower (formally Fort Gordon, previously camp Gordon). Sgt. Alvin York is quite well known in the city (also Lt Col. Jimmy Doolittle as he used the old city airport to train on taking off via a short runway). When i was a child I grew up hearing a variation of "The Duke of York" dedicated to Sgt. York.
0:33 the child has the face of middle-aged man 😂
An avid hunter once said, "thou shall not kill"
peace never means peace
Peace means peace but fake peace WAR
DJ kahled: Suffering from sucsess
These days you're not allowed to join if you'd enjoy it or be good at it.
He did write in his journal he preferred the 1903 Springfield or "American rifle" as he called it
Is there any case of Germany or other central power countries having soldiers that also did heroic deeds or took on many enemies at once since every single heroic story from ww1 is from the allied side
Like Eugene Sledge it looks like his hunting skills had been paid off.
"There on that day
Alvin York entered the fray
Saving the day"
Even though he went and was convinced that what he was doing wasn't "murder," York suffered a lot post WWI with having to take lives. He wasn't dismissive of his accomplishments but he wasn't proud of them either. I think I read somewhere that he just stated that he did what was needed to be done.
(edited to correct typing error of I versus he)
Really can be something and also can look into it.
My History teacher showed me the Movie about Alvin York, I bet when he Heard about Desmond Doss he wished he was like him
You can hate your job and still be a total fucking badass at your occupation.
I still have my All American patch.
I just read about him for school.
So, he is almost like us with the weekdays?
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The last time I was this early, I woke up in the Russo-Japanese War!
um why do the have airbourne patches ? they deff did not jump from planes in ww1. please explain
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Decades after the war, York several times refused to have a movie made about his story. He only did because he wanted money to build a Bible school.
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82nd all the way
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So much for being a pacifist.
That defeats the point of being a pacifist
Fella comments before even watching the full video
He was a pacifist but the recruiter that convinced him was knowledgeable of the bible and found verse that showed killing people and that it wasn't against god if it wasn't in the Bible ( I heard it in a podcast).
@@viet3211 Correct. He made the distinction between killing and murder there was a reference to it in the Sgt York movie, good flick by the way. York still suffered a lot after the war that is very seldom talked about.
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