My grandfather said to me when I was a little boy: "If you have something to eat, then eat it immediatly. If you have alcohol to drink, then drink it directly. If you find a good girl - then love her forever." I miss him. He walked home from Stalingrad.
In Balkans he probably fought against Serbs. Austro-Hungarians were unable to defeat them 1vs1 so in late 1915 they got help from Germans and Bulgarians
Sad Fact: The phrase "Wir sind verloren" doesn't always mean "We are lost" The word "Verloren" in German can sometimes mean hope is lost or we're doomed. So in conclusion, they were chanting "We are doomed" or "we are forsaken" meaning that they knew they were going to meet their end, soon...
The word lost in English can also have those connotations, though. Maybe that’s why the translator chose the word lost, as it has so many meanings packed into it.
People might say that its evil because of its minor tone and may think “Oh its the Nazis”, but no, its a sad song sang by soldiers dying in trenches, in WW1.
The lyrical narrator says "when" not "if". Death has become certain for him. You could see the whole song as a story of a young soldier joining the army with a relatively "optimistic" outlook on the war. Only in the 3rd verse the narrator is confronted with "real" death and in the 4th he first realizes that he might die too, even tho he thinks he will probably make it. In the end he understands that his death is only a matter of time. Also see how the "we are lost" part first starts when he contemplates the possibility of his own passing.
Great analysis! I speak German so I can understand the original text and I need to tell you that if is the correct translation of wenn. But I get your point anyway!
@@samdoring5515 Ja aber "wenn" kann man so oder so sehen, also im Sinne von "falls" und im Sinne von "sobald". Und "If" wird immer für das englische "falls" verwendet, von daher hatte Floddelmel schon ganz recht ;)
@KARLOFF 998 for the Vietnamese who dead in the war of France if there is no help of the African and the Vietnamese soldier France will fall respect for our soldier
EXACTLY! I think its so eerie and creepy and sad and it sends shivers down my spine! The whole rhytm of the song, the instruments used, its so weird and eerie
Just finished reading "All quiet on the western front" by Remarque and this song fits so perfectly to the feelings of the young soldiers, RIP to all of them
@Garlic Bread lol what? Yes we fkn do.. OP's comment is right imo. I'd have translated it to "doomed" too. Edit: Verloren is mostly used for when you actually lose an object for example. The Verloren the song is using hints that they are about to lose the battle, or rather that their life is pretty much lost. -> They are doomed.
This song was born in the heads of the common soldiers and it shows. No unnecessary bravado, no excessive lyrical heroic hyperbola. War is just mud, stench of rotting corpses and constant artillery shelling. Only the thoughts of back home and the grave you might end up at any moment. The ugly naked reality of the soldier already half-buried in the trenches as if yet undecided if still alive or already dead. Lost in the space between those two states of existence. It brought tears in my eyes.
In the german language you can literally can stick any nouns together and create a new one so Kanonenorchester isnt even something special. But yeah we have way too many words.
@@jonesaffrou6014 It is, you can form unnecessarily long words and it´s super fun. Like the word Grundstücksverkehrsgenehmigungszuständigkeitsübertragungsverordnung, which is the longest recognized word in the german language.
@Dick weed UA-cam will demonetize and often take videos down relating to historic german soldiers, because they think it is supporting nazi propaganda and such, which is quite often not the case. It’s not about him “being a victim” it was him making a joke of how dumb the corporation can be sometimes. So calm down, not everything is a reason to get mad
@Dick weed ok well i can see there is no point explaining something to you. As you are so dense you probably don’t even understand what shapes are but have a nice time
@Dick weed my guy.. no one is trying to be a victim here. We were just explaining to you why he said what he said. He was making a joke, but ig some people just don’t understand satire. You are the most liberal individual person i have faced. No one attacked you, we just explained it to you. Calm tf down kid
@re e there's one german song about siege in peking that got removed once but after few re-appealed it got back on youtube, thus this show youtube will take down anything related historic german military even though it's doesn't involve anything with nazi. Also nobody here has a victim mentality, but it's a damn shame youtube keep taking this kind of video.
It's really tragic how they do that, I've been putting together a compilation of songs to honor my heritage, my family came from Prussia to America and it's really hard to find German war songs on UA-cam that haven't been banned, ironically I've found more facist German songs that aren't banned
Evan Ceier my great great grandfather and grandmother migrated from Austria-Hungary 2 or 3 years before The Great War, if it wasn’t for that decision I might not be here. Since he was in the army he would of most likely of died on either the Eastern, Southern or South Western Front.
I am Greek and I absolutely love the German language (I'm currently learning it). It has a lot more similarities with Greek than I thought, definitely more so than English, like formality plural, Dative and words like "Bibliothek" or "Klima" which are closer to the original greek than any borrowed greek word in English. Furthermore, I like German culture: Goethe, Caspar David Friedrich, Hermann Hesse, Fritz Lang and a long line of philosophers like Nietzsche, Hegel, Fichte, Schopenhauer and Heidegger to name a few. I don't know any Germans personally but they seem like a very industrious and creative people, I wish we had some German work ethic here in Greece too.
@@kaiserwilliam1755 There are only a handful of examples of trench warfare that compare to WW1 in their horrific nature. I can imagine the Iran-Iraq war was just as horrific due to other factors like the long duration which plays an important role. What made WW1 unique is the fact that trench warfare was new and neither side had prepared for it so it turned out to be a grind fest that produced mentally scarred soldiers at rates alarmingly above any other recent wars.
The closest any of us can get to understanding that is reading their first hand accounts. "Storm of Steel" by Ernst Junger is the best one I've come across so far that truly captures the horror of sustained artillery barrage. Even then, there are no words in any language to describe being under continual artillery fire for days, weeks, months. I did a tour in Iraq and experienced continual mortar/rocket fire for a 2 month period and that was pretty terrifying in and of itself, yet is like child's play compared to what WW1 was.
This song is so full of pain, loss and dejection. As a German I feel so grateful living in a time where we live in peace with our neighbors. I have friends in and from France, Austria, Poland, Russia, Netherlands, Norway, UK and love all of them. I hope war will never come back.
@@cmcphotography1 But they have a lot of things to be proud of. German had long been the language of economics and science, like for centuries before WW1. And after getting completely destroyed during and after WW2, Germans rebuilt their country and now they're the beating heart of Europe.
"Wo alle Straßen enden", in German, translates to English as "Where all roads end". The name shows us the desperation of a brutal war, where everything got destroyed and people killed. No matter what, this is where all roads end... At the end of all roads is the *death.*
Ich bin fassungslos. Ich hatte einfach spontan Lust auf Deutsche Marschmusik, also suchte ich danach und stolperte unerwartet über dieses Stück. Mir fehlen gerade wirklich die Worte, zu beschreiben, wie passend dieses Lied ist. Wie außerordentlich präzise es die Gesichter des Krieges beschreibt, die Verzweiflung und das Leid zugleich. Geschickte Verse, schöne Melodie, alles natürlich im starken Kontrast zur Thematik. Es ist wirklich rührend...
“Herzliebste uns schon trennt bereits ein ganzes langes Jahr” That line hits hard man, like being separated from the people you love for that long… that must be terrible
My great grandpa was a hauptmann (capitan) in austro-hungarian army, mountain korps, fighting in Soča (Isonzo) valley for all 12 battles. He became a capitan just because he had some education and he spoke german fluently, although he was a slovenian. My grandmother told me that when he came home he lost 3 fingers to frostbite, he never spoke about the war, he burned his uniform. I was 4 years old when he died, but i remember him whisteling this song. After his death my dad did some research about his time in the army and he found out that he and 200 other boys, all less than 20 years old, were defending a ridge from more than 800 Italians. They ran out off ammunition and started throwing rocks and boulders on Italian climbers. They got overrun and only 31 survived. He said he wasn't a hero, he said he was lucky and that he can't sleep for a single night whitout waking up. Every year he went to visit mass graves in the region and lit 2 candles, one for slovenians and one for italians. Let there be peace
No matter the side, there is always heroes in a war, your great grandpa was one of them. Wether he recognized it or not, the fact that he is one remain. Be proud of your heritage.
TRST JE NAŠ, I have great grandpa brother who fought on Soća front, but they where Croatian, he died he had his last stand fending of Italians, his arm was blown off by a grenade, he cover his position saving 10 other people, he never saw his family again, War is hell
This is probably obvious, but the reason the thoughts go out only to Father, Mother and Sister is because the brother is probably somewhere dying in the War.
Last surviving soldier who served in WW1 dies in 2012.. Last Austrailian soldier dies in 2009... Last American soldier dies in 2011... Last WW1 era soldier dies in 2013... Last soldier to serve in both World Wars dies in 2009... The line of memory is lost for WW1. How sad.
We shall remember them as peace keepers and hero's not for the war but for the chaps and lasses they fought for on the entente and central powers Not rememberd as nazis or communists or socialist or imperialist or nationalist Rememberd as young boys and girls Men amd women
Yes just don’t add the major ww1 army’s in there like france britian germany Austria Hungary Russia the and the whole British commonwealth which the Aussies where in at the time
@@BeryAb Today's UA-cam comments are not about actually commenting something related to the video, but trying to be "funny" or to get a lot of likes by commenting something in the style of a meme that actually died a long time ago. Wir sind verloren.
@Dick weed did I say every single one of them? Things change in 10 months the songs youtube don't want on the platform by a small community of German war song enthusiasts will not be on it. If you want an example go look at all of the blocked videos on Dr Ludwig's channel.
Im baffled by the amount of ignorant comments. This is not a song about invading other countries, this is a song about the losses and hardships in war.
"We are lost" "Will I be lying in a cool grave like the others?" "Looking at the corpses, who yesterday at this hour were happy and healthy" "Who knows how long the bright sun will shine for me" "I only know when I die, my mother will cry for me" Very small glimpse
@@Anubis2862 that was a joke I just wanted to make them spread little information more Hitler was born in Austria so you're from Australia you're wearing the same countries Hitler
Nachdem ich "Im Westen nichts Neues" gesehen habe, schlägt dieser Song so viel härter ins Gefühl. Das erste Mal seit Jahren, dass ich während eines Films geweint habe.
Ich kann dir das Buch empfehlen.. das hat mein Sicht auf viele Dinge stark geändert.. die neu Verfilmung ist nicht schlecht aber das Buch trifft einen nochmal anders.
War can only achieve death and suffering humanity has fought for petty reasons land,ideology and resources but at the cost of people who fight to defend their families and homeland it really is sad
what else could you do to kill time in the trenches, while waiting for the next enemy attack or to go over and die in no man's land? might as well sing to forget the hell you are in
Granted, WW1 was a senseless tragedy which could have been avoided so many times by all sides. WW2 on the other hand is the closest thing to the war between good and evil, where the Third Reich had to be stopped for the sake of Europe, even the whole world.
@@StivKobra everything is connected, if ww1 never happened or the fault of the war didn't only go to Germany, then ww2 wouldn't have either, since one of hitlers main goals was to eradicate the treaty of Versailles
@@mimathememerits a big part of history but it’s the same when somebody writes he loves the US and I ask the slavery, racism and terrorism from them aswelll?
It's important to note that "we are lost" in this context doesn't mean they don't know where they are but rather the same as "we lost 10 troops". They are saying that they have no chance
All sides Could say this But i can Get it for the Germans, They were the Ones Fighting almost everyone, The Ottomans Were Useless, So was austria Hungary Somewhat, Bulgaria was Useful was Fighting in the South west tbh
This is what war shooter games should do more: showing the gore, pain and death, the reality that war is not something glorious or Hollywood bad-ass; not adding funny skins, emotes and superpowers. That war is not just a game
@@akrepiidfiresupportvehicle2289 femboys are nice, I even am one. And it’s nice since there is no wars going on exept israel Palestine but everything else is in peace
@@agentfries1560 I dont expect someone introduce themselves as "bad" The thing is you probably is in temporary identity crisis which will pass out later. So dont worry. Youll be a man in next 7 years. About war , war is not a good thing but it needs to be done in necessary
@@agentfries1560 calling that a temporary identity crisis could get you called out, in 7 years they might still not even truly know their gender alignment
Including the deaths of innocent people yeah you're my favourite thing that was completely sarcastic the most in the deaths of WWI weren't even soldiers they were civilians rest in peace to all the people that died to
As a german I can confirm that it‘s a sad song about lost german soldiers at war who gave up their hopes to come home to our german fatherland and they fight to the death🇩🇪
Ich habe Familie in Deutschland, wohne aber in der Schweiz, bin jedoch Albaner, die Deutsche Geschichte hat mich schon seit je und her stark interessiert. Ich liebe Deutschland 🇩🇪❤️
@@imofficiallyinsane2312 Yeah, but I'm talking about the ones during the days of the Kaiser, not about the Third Reich, but some of them are from the Nazi times
Yes, the years after WWI were as tragic as the war itself because people were living in a constant stress and fear of the uncertain future "If this horrible war started for something so simple in a small part of the world, then another and more devastating war could also break out very easily at any point". The interwar period was indeed the darkest age of the 20th century. Imagine being a veteran of WWI and seeing how Europe is slowly descending to another world war and you cant do anything to stop that future.
Romania In Interwar Period: haha,economy go boom Now seriously,interwar period was really horrific for some people though sadly most ww1 survivors died of other medical problems coming to haunt them from the miserable trenches of the war.I am really sorry for all those that participied in the war,to return home find it in economical crisis (mostly us and uk were in crisis,though romania,my native land always thinks interwar period was best because romania won the world war and the economy was booming,while we won them from 1 day of fighting against Austria Hungary when 2 years before we fought but we lost hard,we barely had a lot combat so the amount of people in horror was minimal,the sentiment of the interwar being a great time just increased in romania as now there is no romanian ww1 veteran tell us else.All.romania did was stab the dead horse that was hungary at the time and stole an incredible amount of land.Even though all this happened history its history and i still love my homeland and think interwar period wasnt that bad for romania at least,though for everyone that suffered,Rest In Peace And Enjoy Your Stay In Heaven)
I personally believe that the Second World War was the worst because it claimed the lives of an estimated 70-85 million people (3% of the world’s population at the time), far more than the First World War, which only claimed the lives of roughly 20-40 million people. On top of that, the many atrocities committed by the Axis Powers, such as the Holocaust and the Rape of Nanking, were pure horrible. You should also consider that the civilian population of Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and a small bit of Australia got caught up in the brutal cross fire. (In term of nations at the time, the Soviet Union and China’s suffered the worst number of casualties, meaning that most of the casualties were Soviet and Chinese). A problem that Russia has begun suffering from 46 years after WWII ended.
November 11th shouldn't just be German and English holiday. Every country no matter thst they were a province of a big Empire should remember the First World War.
Teen girls: OMG, Billie Eilish's songs are the saddest songs ever! ToT Germans 105 years ago: I only know that if I die, the good mother will cry for me.
I am pretty sure that UA-cam deleted most schwarzbraun ist die hazelnuss’es because it’s “nazi” but no, it’s a Prussian parade March dating back to 1914 or something
@@jononpaper A good argument towards UA-cam would be that if they ban German/prussian marches because the Nazis used them, they might as well ban Hugo Boss ads, since the same company designed the Nazi uniforms.
@DYTC- s Ich finde schwarz rot gold garnicht so schlecht, die Farben hatten wir theoretisch schon im Krieg gegen Napoleon (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BCtzowsches_Freikorps) und in der Weimarer Republik. Aber die alten Farben sind natürlich auch super.
This is the most unique patriotic song I've ever heard. No bold words of false grandeur, no honeyed words to sugarcoat the battlefield. It's a sad song of loss, pain, and struggling; of being in the last place anyone wants to be facing a most certain defeat, and yet staying nonetheless to face it in an act of love for their people and their country. This is a song that deserves to be remembered.
Raiden1117 yeah, no. That’s a pretty ignorant statement, Hitler remembered and preserved the WW1 he wanted Germans to remember-glory. He ordered the burning/destruction of All Quiet on the Western Front for instance, among several other depressing WW1 literature and music.
Unlike its successor, the Great War was not a fight between good and evil, liberty and fascism. It was a fight between emperors and generals. It was a fight between opposing ideals for Europe. There was no bad side. The Central Powers were certainly the aggressors, but those on the ground did not view the Entente with contempt or hate. They simply saw them as the soldier they must shoot to kill, for the glory of their Kaiser. The Great War is such a tragic story. Millions dead for a fallen cause, in the most brutal conditions known to man. The War accomplished very little and led to the collapse of four Empires inhabited by the terrified and misguided People of Europe who wished only for security in their simple lives. Ultimately its only legacy was creating the conditions necessary for the Second World War, and caused the needless suffering and sacrifices of millions of men.
Yes, it's true what you said. WW1 was completely different from WW2. In WW1 there was no big difference concerning the imperialism and the willingness to wage war between England, Germany and France. And the Russian Tsar wanted to stabilize his rule by uniting his dissatisfied people against an external opponent. For WW1, many countries were guilty to almost the same extent. A completely nonsensical disaster that killed and maimed millions of young people before their lives even began.
Like the second comment said. Not one country was single handily responsible, the Central powers were in no world the aggressors either. Russia mobilized first andGermany told them to stand down. They did then they remobilized, Germany declares war in defence. France mobilized, Germanytold them to stand down, they ignored it. Germany declared war, Serbia provoked Austria into a war too. Knowing they had Russia and France. Austria wanted a justified revenge for the killing of the Archduke, against Belgium yes that was aggressive, Britain declared war in “defence of neutral nations” but they were going to anyways.
This is a very touching song. Although I'm from Russia,I empathise with German soldiers. They also were fighting for the good of their nation,but the Kaiser let them down as well as our Tsar-batushka did.
It's so...terrifying to think that these events aren't just words on paper, or images on a screen. These horrors actually occurred to people just like me, a mere century ago.
This song conveys exactly how soldiers at war would feel. The background effects , the voice , the lyrics . All are spot on . In the end , it is only the common soldier who prays the most for war to not break out , because it is he who loses the most in war .
Seriously. The voice isn't at all hopeful. It's angry, sad, and terribly grim. The lyrics are simply their view as soon as they get out of their foxhole in the morning, and their worries that they will never see the ones they love ever again. The lyrics are just haunting and beautiful.
@@takedashingen4674 they still should not be forgotten every war caused death and is depressing but in the end humans will always do it until we are completely destroyed.
Great to see this video back. After more than 1 year , i will still say: The soldiers are never the ones who want war but those who want war are the ones who never go to the battlefield.
This can just prove how bad the situation at war is, the tone of the song is sung in pain, the lyrics giving goosebumps to us who live under peace's umbrella, how horrible it was to be alive at that time. War can break any man, it's hell on earth. Countless of mothers burrying their son, sometimes even underage, or even never seeing them again, which is even more depressing. Let god treat these souls of the wars with care.
My grandfather said to me when I was a little boy: "If you have something to eat, then eat it immediatly. If you have alcohol to drink, then drink it directly. If you find a good girl - then love her forever."
I miss him. He walked home from Stalingrad.
Chad-father
chadpa
He walked out from hell, only to realize that part of him died in there
What a wise man
Imagine having a grandfather who walked home from Stalingrad. That's some lifetime there. What side?
Japanese: "Anyhow, the intention wasn't to let us return alive."
German: "I only know that if I die, the good mother will cry for me."
My respect from georgia🇬🇪
My respect from 🇮🇳
@@imperator791 same mera bhai
My respect from: 🇨🇦
My respect from 🇪🇸
My polish great grandpa fought for Germany in WWI. He fought in Verdun, Kurland and somewhere in balkans.
My great great uncle trained horses for the Austro Hungarian empire
@@Max-nt5zs Well, for Central European nations it was good that Germany lost the war.
@The Anti Furry Brotherhood I love your nick ahahahha,
In Balkans he probably fought against Serbs. Austro-Hungarians were unable to defeat them 1vs1 so in late 1915 they got help from Germans and Bulgarians
@@Slades_Garage but ur t34 85
Sad Fact: The phrase "Wir sind verloren" doesn't always mean "We are lost" The word "Verloren" in German can sometimes mean hope is lost or we're doomed. So in conclusion, they were chanting "We are doomed" or "we are forsaken" meaning that they knew they were going to meet their end, soon...
The same thing in french
Does it also sometimes mean we are forgotten.
@@filipjezercic9735 yes
The word lost in English can also have those connotations, though. Maybe that’s why the translator chose the word lost, as it has so many meanings packed into it.
That’s it! Kudos
"Cursed Frenchman" is such a nice translation for "verfluchte Franzmannbrut" xD
Yeah lolXD
Hahahahahhaha
what is the correct translation? :3
@@sgrizzo48 something like "accursed frenchmen-spawn"
@@MrJohnSnow thank you ^^
People might say that its evil because of its minor tone and may think “Oh its the Nazis”, but no, its a sad song sang by soldiers dying in trenches, in WW1.
@Jacob Morgan those are the type of people that i hate
@@sgrizzo48 so you mean dumb snowflakey leftys.
Germany is accused of starting ww1 ...but it was only helping the Austrians
@@mr.waffentrager4400 thank you so much lad, finally someone that actually read history, thank you so much
@@reesemckartnee8812 i mean idiots in general regardless of politics
And people say Billie Elish is sad, I almost cried when he said “I only know if i die, the good mother will cry for me”
The lyrical narrator says "when" not "if". Death has become certain for him. You could see the whole song as a story of a young soldier joining the army with a relatively "optimistic" outlook on the war. Only in the 3rd verse the narrator is confronted with "real" death and in the 4th he first realizes that he might die too, even tho he thinks he will probably make it. In the end he understands that his death is only a matter of time. Also see how the "we are lost" part first starts when he contemplates the possibility of his own passing.
Great analysis! I speak German so I can understand the original text and I need to tell you that if is the correct translation of wenn. But I get your point anyway!
The part in which i felt my eyes a little wet, was the part that said " In father, mother, sister, our thoughts only go"
too true :,)
@@samdoring5515 Ja aber "wenn" kann man so oder so sehen, also im Sinne von "falls" und im Sinne von "sobald". Und "If" wird immer für das englische "falls" verwendet, von daher hatte Floddelmel schon ganz recht ;)
"I only know that if i die, the good mother will cry for me."
Holy shit...
When France kid asking you not to united
UA-cam: "HEY, THIS IS NAZIST"
@@manutd4ever_0019 ikr
Wir sind verloren actually means we are doomed that makes this song even more depressing
@@Vetozzuyeah, it can mean either, but doomed is definitely a better word
I like how instead of glorifying war, this song shows its tragic and sad side.
Most German soldier songs especially from the old Imperial age don't glorify war
I think it's from a movie
yea so sad to hear that in Russia alle straßen enden
and real side
Many German War songs were like this, compared to their enemies. But yet we're the bad guys :(
A forgotten song
Like the German soldiers lost in Wolrd war 1
Rest in peace
All men are victoryus falling in defense of homeland
@@matsfolvik2253 for the man who force to fight a nonsense war
@KARLOFF 998 for the Vietnamese who dead in the war of France
if there is no help of the African and the Vietnamese soldier France will fall
respect for our soldier
Much respect brother
@@mr.mayhem3655 yeah
"Wir sind veloren"
That has got to be by far the most sad and terrifying sentence ever said in a song.
Eher
"ich gehe auf und nieder, beschau die Leichenscharr, die gestern um die Stunde gesund und munter war."
EXACTLY! I think its so eerie and creepy and sad and it sends shivers down my spine! The whole rhytm of the song, the instruments used, its so weird and eerie
Aber "das Herz verbrannt, im Schwertz verbannt"
How about "arise vast country, arise for a fight to the death, against the fascist horde"?
@@imrepronk5001
What
Just finished reading "All quiet on the western front" by Remarque and this song fits so perfectly to the feelings of the young soldiers, RIP to all of them
Would be nice if they had used this song in the movie.
A more accurate translation from the original German would be "No News on the Western Front" also it was a fictional story,
Give storm of steel a read. You'll love it.
Der tod erschrak vor meinen sechzehn Jahren
quite fitting for "Nothing new on the western Front"
@@bigmanpigman8058 I'd like to ask where does fiction end and reality start
having seen the old color film in school
It's translated as "We are lost" but could also very well mean "We are doomed".
Lost can also pretty much mean doomed
It pretty much means doomed. Lost is such a loose word. Doomed fits more
Yes, like sayings such as "All is lost!" which means basically doomed
@@vuki968 no it doesn't. Lost isn't a loose word here at all, the meaning is clear and the translation is fine.
@Garlic Bread lol what? Yes we fkn do..
OP's comment is right imo. I'd have translated it to "doomed" too.
Edit: Verloren is mostly used for when you actually lose an object for example. The Verloren the song is using hints that they are about to lose the battle, or rather that their life is pretty much lost. -> They are doomed.
This song was born in the heads of the common soldiers and it shows. No unnecessary bravado, no excessive lyrical heroic hyperbola. War is just mud, stench of rotting corpses and constant artillery shelling. Only the thoughts of back home and the grave you might end up at any moment. The ugly naked reality of the soldier already half-buried in the trenches as if yet undecided if still alive or already dead. Lost in the space between those two states of existence.
It brought tears in my eyes.
It wasn't made by soldiers tho it came out recently
@@Varangiangaurd Except For the first verse
This song was writting in 50s-60s...
@@dinkertop the first verse is authentic.
Everyone believe that german soldiers in the 14-18 was evil, but they just protect there country in the fear of dead
German soldiers: *expressing their pain and war fatigue with a song*
UA-cam: "I diagnose you with nazi"
it's a WW1 song as well...
ok
@suheny Haven’t seen the same comment once, made me chuckle too
@@cowzilla9982 Not the same comment, but try passing five comments without reading the same trite of "UA-cam strike nazi hurr durr" package
@@JaniHorvat1 if it’s not the same comment then it’s not a repeated comment lmao
I hate that this song got taken down a while back, but I'm genuinely surprised to see it back up.
same here
It was because of Karl Sternau
Congrats for 1 million views on this :)
Danke schön :D
Your back!!
Ludwig
BOTH OF YOU?!!!
@@BronzetheGolden yes
"Only the dead have seen the end of the war"- Plato
@Nathan Morrow Patato*
@@ducefascist7497 *Yoplaito
@@nicolataino2003*plate
@@nicolataino2003 I don't remember or know why I made this comment
Internet User good sign
Of course they have a word for "cannon orchestra" why would I even doubt it
In the german language you can literally can stick any nouns together and create a new one so Kanonenorchester isnt even something special. But yeah we have way too many words.
@@FlashlightEvolution Must be great for naming new things
@@jonesaffrou6014 It is, you can form unnecessarily long words and it´s super fun. Like the word Grundstücksverkehrsgenehmigungszuständigkeitsübertragungsverordnung, which is the longest recognized word in the german language.
@@InvertedGigachad
Can i ask, what does it mean
@@cowboymooman8776 Something like: Property traffic permission responsibility transfer prescription
German is a beautiful language, I do not understand people who think that it sounds evil.
probs coz it sounds like ur mad if u say it fast
@@Crimsrn nein, I’m learning it and it sounds really nice even when fast.
@@TheOneWhoSometimesSaysOk Because the americans sad so
@@hardbassmonkey bruh
Hitler, that’s why
German Soldier from WWI: *Sings about the horrors of war, and wanting to go home*
UA-cam: I diagnose you with N A Z I!!!
@Dick weed UA-cam will demonetize and often take videos down relating to historic german soldiers, because they think it is supporting nazi propaganda and such, which is quite often not the case. It’s not about him “being a victim” it was him making a joke of how dumb the corporation can be sometimes. So calm down, not everything is a reason to get mad
@Dick weed ok well i can see there is no point explaining something to you. As you are so dense you probably don’t even understand what shapes are but have a nice time
@Dick weed my guy.. no one is trying to be a victim here. We were just explaining to you why he said what he said. He was making a joke, but ig some people just don’t understand satire. You are the most liberal individual person i have faced. No one attacked you, we just explained it to you. Calm tf down kid
@re e there's one german song about siege in peking that got removed once but after few re-appealed it got back on youtube, thus this show youtube will take down anything related historic german military even though it's doesn't involve anything with nazi. Also nobody here has a victim mentality, but it's a damn shame youtube keep taking this kind of video.
@re e stop
Soldiers fight because they love what is behind them, not because they hate what is in front of them.
Well said.
Wise lad
This quote was made by a person wiser than me, I merely thought that it would be fitting
Corpses?
I bear witness to one of the wisest things I've seen on a comments section, even if not an original quote.
Any historical german song: *exists*
UA-cam: MUST BE A NAZI SONG. *R E M O V E D*
It's really tragic how they do that, I've been putting together a compilation of songs to honor my heritage, my family came from Prussia to America and it's really hard to find German war songs on UA-cam that haven't been banned, ironically I've found more facist German songs that aren't banned
Not necessarily nazi, UA-cam just has a grudge on patriotism in general.
Respekt dein Kanal ist 11 Jahre alt
Shooter Lado speaking facts
Evan Ceier my great great grandfather and grandmother migrated from Austria-Hungary 2 or 3 years before The Great War, if it wasn’t for that decision I might not be here. Since he was in the army he would of most likely of died on either the Eastern, Southern or South Western Front.
I am Greek and I absolutely love the German language (I'm currently learning it). It has a lot more similarities with Greek than I thought, definitely more so than English, like formality plural, Dative and words like "Bibliothek" or "Klima" which are closer to the original greek than any borrowed greek word in English.
Furthermore, I like German culture: Goethe, Caspar David Friedrich, Hermann Hesse, Fritz Lang and a long line of philosophers like Nietzsche, Hegel, Fichte, Schopenhauer and Heidegger to name a few. I don't know any Germans personally but they seem like a very industrious and creative people, I wish we had some German work ethic here in Greece too.
Guten Tag
🇩🇪🤝🇬🇷
Furthermore, you like the german social system and want to go there and not work and get money lazy greek
Basileus Justinian I, (SO GEBEN WIR IN TREUE FÜR DEN KAISER UNSER BLUT) 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷 ΠΑΝΤΑ ΠΙΣΤΗ🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
Grüße aus Deutschland, ich bin auch mit einem Griechen befreundet :)
You can't understand this song until you understand the horrors of trench warfare in WW1
What about the iran - iraq war which also had trenche warffare
So none of us gen z or millennial will ever understand the song lol
I kinda have the understanding of trench warfare, but could anyone educate me more about this? Like a description or an elaboration
@@kaiserwilliam1755 There are only a handful of examples of trench warfare that compare to WW1 in their horrific nature. I can imagine the Iran-Iraq war was just as horrific due to other factors like the long duration which plays an important role. What made WW1 unique is the fact that trench warfare was new and neither side had prepared for it so it turned out to be a grind fest that produced mentally scarred soldiers at rates alarmingly above any other recent wars.
The closest any of us can get to understanding that is reading their first hand accounts. "Storm of Steel" by Ernst Junger is the best one I've come across so far that truly captures the horror of sustained artillery barrage. Even then, there are no words in any language to describe being under continual artillery fire for days, weeks, months. I did a tour in Iraq and experienced continual mortar/rocket fire for a 2 month period and that was pretty terrifying in and of itself, yet is like child's play compared to what WW1 was.
This song is so full of pain, loss and dejection.
As a German I feel so grateful living in a time where we live in peace with our neighbors. I have friends in and from France, Austria, Poland, Russia, Netherlands, Norway, UK and love all of them.
I hope war will never come back.
aww we love you too!
This did NOT age well...
@Jose Martinez DeJesus Sadly, unless something happens, they have nothing historical to be proud of :(
@@cmcphotography1 But they have a lot of things to be proud of. German had long been the language of economics and science, like for centuries before WW1. And after getting completely destroyed during and after WW2, Germans rebuilt their country and now they're the beating heart of Europe.
@@mathiaspoelman1493 Yeah, sadly they'll be remembered for "Big bad Nazi man party" instead of all these technological wonders
"Wo alle Straßen enden", in German, translates to English as "Where all roads end". The name shows us the desperation of a brutal war, where everything got destroyed and people killed. No matter what, this is where all roads end... At the end of all roads is the *death.*
so what does this mean at 4:01
@@Archius_09 look at the fucking subtitles
@@ruka3219 he didn't understand what they meant ig
We can just hope that the road that is upon us right now ends in a peaceful death, not in a death in war.
so, rome is death??
Ich bin fassungslos.
Ich hatte einfach spontan Lust auf Deutsche Marschmusik, also suchte ich danach und stolperte unerwartet über dieses Stück.
Mir fehlen gerade wirklich die Worte, zu beschreiben, wie passend dieses Lied ist.
Wie außerordentlich präzise es die Gesichter des Krieges beschreibt, die Verzweiflung und das Leid zugleich.
Geschickte Verse, schöne Melodie, alles natürlich im starken Kontrast zur Thematik.
Es ist wirklich rührend...
Ja das Lied ist wirklich traurig aber dennoch wunderschön
Ich habe die deutsche Sprache durch ein paar Jahre gelernt. Beste Entscheidung meines Leben.
Das gleiche für mir! Ich habe einige Jahren zürück Deutsch gelernt und ich bin ganz stolz darauf.
@_𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜_ Alamanci mısın sen ?
Гутен таг
@@НикитаКругов-щ9у вие гец?
@Ameretat010 Danke, aber mein Deutsch ist immer noch schlecht. :/
Ich hatte zwei gründe:
1- Ramm
2- Stein
"Wir sind verloren."
Best way to describe The First World War.
The tragedy of continuing without knowing what he was fighting against
they were lost and lost
it says "We're Lost" xd
@@enriicoo i can see that.
Wir sind verloren.
@@GreenSmurf_ Wir sind verloren
*Wo alle Straßen enden?*
*Of course that they end at the "Straßenende"*
The Straß ends at the dealer. 4:20 vape nation.
The Real dutcheland
@@hendrikdependrik1891 That's now what that 4/20 stands for my friend ;)
If you are lucky, there's a Wendehammer At the Straßenende.
Sauber zusammengefasst, Kamerad.
“Herzliebste uns schon trennt bereits ein ganzes langes Jahr”
That line hits hard man, like being separated from the people you love for that long… that must be terrible
America in WW1: Patriotism! Pride! Power!
Germany in WW1: Ob ich bald wie die andren jung im kühlen Grabe lieg?
Bruh
@Furll b r u h
@@dklius bruh
@@elias-vh9ky bruh
Bruh
My great grandpa was a hauptmann (capitan) in austro-hungarian army, mountain korps, fighting in Soča (Isonzo) valley for all 12 battles. He became a capitan just because he had some education and he spoke german fluently, although he was a slovenian. My grandmother told me that when he came home he lost 3 fingers to frostbite, he never spoke about the war, he burned his uniform. I was 4 years old when he died, but i remember him whisteling this song.
After his death my dad did some research about his time in the army and he found out that he and 200 other boys, all less than 20 years old, were defending a ridge from more than 800 Italians. They ran out off ammunition and started throwing rocks and boulders on Italian climbers. They got overrun and only 31 survived.
He said he wasn't a hero, he said he was lucky and that he can't sleep for a single night whitout waking up. Every year he went to visit mass graves in the region and lit 2 candles, one for slovenians and one for italians.
Let there be peace
No matter the side, there is always heroes in a war, your great grandpa was one of them. Wether he recognized it or not, the fact that he is one remain. Be proud of your heritage.
TRST JE NAŠ, I have great grandpa brother who fought on Soća front, but they where Croatian, he died he had his last stand fending of Italians, his arm was blown off by a grenade, he cover his position saving 10 other people, he never saw his family again, War is hell
He's now in a better place.
Dammm thats crazy. He actually would whistle this song
My great grandfather probably did something simulat cause my family and me lives in austria since generation
May all men women and children that died during this war rest in peace
All people have a right to to rest in peace
no way someone said that they don't deserve to rest in peace and deleted his comment
some humans are terrible
@@hooparom7430 I know, I don't know why I brought it up
Near my home, in Biefang, Oberhausen, Germany, is a memorial for all warriors that died in both World War.
@@sansinator0889 yeah, there's not such thing as evil or good there is only Gray.
This is probably obvious, but the reason the thoughts go out only to Father, Mother and Sister is because the brother is probably somewhere dying in the War.
You made it even sader somehow
And thinking about it, if the father was young enough, even he might be on the front 💀
Last surviving soldier who served in WW1 dies in 2012..
Last Austrailian soldier dies in 2009...
Last American soldier dies in 2011...
Last WW1 era soldier dies in 2013...
Last soldier to serve in both World Wars dies in 2009...
The line of memory is lost for WW1. How sad.
give this man the likes he deserves
We shall remember them as peace keepers and hero's not for the war but for the chaps and lasses they fought for on the entente and central powers
Not rememberd as nazis or communists or socialist or imperialist or nationalist
Rememberd as young boys and girls
Men amd women
We will never forget them
Yes just don’t add the major ww1 army’s in there like france britian germany Austria Hungary Russia the and the whole British commonwealth which the Aussies where in at the time
@@shrekthebest9399 i wrote Australian and US soldiers because the data I found only showed the two
Has German in title
youtube: We dont do that here
What is the point of this comment?
@@BeryAb I think he's trying to make a meme about how youtube is removing a lot of german war songs even though most of them aren't the fascist ones
@@BeryAb Today's UA-cam comments are not about actually commenting something related to the video, but trying to be "funny" or to get a lot of likes by commenting something in the style of a meme that actually died a long time ago.
Wir sind verloren.
@@MarioHDG64 it actually depends on which channels you watch ( what you said holds true for most music videos though)
@Dick weed did I say every single one of them? Things change in 10 months the songs youtube don't want on the platform by a small community of German war song enthusiasts will not be on it. If you want an example go look at all of the blocked videos on Dr Ludwig's channel.
Many people may say this is a evil song but it's actually a heartbreaking one, it's about soliders in WW1,
Full of pain and harsh reality
No one says this is an evil song
@@PinguinKeks no like high commands marching song or something
@@The_Goat_Of_Football_5 whoever said that is incredibly stupid
people think im a nazi because im german but nazis died out years ago
I've never seen anyone describe the song like that
Girl 1: What is the Saddest song in your playlist.
Girl 2: IDK some love songs they remind me of my break up
Boys:
True
Based and true
For real
Fax
Fr
Im baffled by the amount of ignorant comments.
This is not a song about invading other countries, this is a song about the losses and hardships in war.
@soup at least i studied the Great War.
then there is the not like other boy
So...the hardships of invading other countries ohhhh
@@Ingen.17 you're the one to talk russian...
@@thekrimsonchin6023 hows the third reich holding up again? Haven't heard from them in a bit is all
A song which does not romanticise war but gives a small glimpse of its true reality.
"We are lost"
"Will I be lying in a cool grave like the others?"
"Looking at the corpses, who yesterday at this hour were happy and healthy"
"Who knows how long the bright sun will shine for me"
"I only know when I die, my mother will cry for me"
Very small glimpse
“Will i soon be lying in a cool grave like the others”. That hit me hard
I can understand
@@osterreichistfreiheit5078 is Erika constantly playing in Austria
@@theNCfanfromWestLothian no
@@Anubis2862 that was a joke I just wanted to make them spread little information more Hitler was born in Austria so you're from Australia you're wearing the same countries Hitler
@@theNCfanfromWestLothian r/woosh to me
Nachdem ich "Im Westen nichts Neues" gesehen habe, schlägt dieser Song so viel härter ins Gefühl. Das erste Mal seit Jahren, dass ich während eines Films geweint habe.
You the movie wasn't faithfully for the book
Grade geguckt einfach nur heftig
Ich kann dir das Buch empfehlen.. das hat mein Sicht auf viele Dinge stark geändert.. die neu Verfilmung ist nicht schlecht aber das Buch trifft einen nochmal anders.
This song... It just describes war in the most crystal clear way. No glorification, no happiness, just the death and sadness it brings told in a song.
True
War can only achieve death and suffering humanity has fought for petty reasons land,ideology and resources but at the cost of people who fight to defend their families and homeland it really is sad
ANIMEXI
this means germany is currently in statewide depression
Eren?
For people who were doomed to die and probably had actual depression, PTSD, or were incredibly traumatized or had it later, they were good singers.
This is probably the way they coped after the Great War.
Based
Knowledge is a curse
what else could you do to kill time in the trenches, while waiting for the next enemy attack or to go over and die in no man's land?
might as well sing to forget the hell you are in
@@houjisaifeddine5524it’s like when you watch youtube to ignore the fact that your parents are literally screaming at each other
This song: "tells about pain death and
the suffering of the great war"
Humanity: Let's do that again guys!
Granted, WW1 was a senseless tragedy which could have been avoided so many times by all sides.
WW2 on the other hand is the closest thing to the war between good and evil, where the Third Reich had to be stopped for the sake of Europe, even the whole world.
Wow finnally somebody who knows actual history not memes or oversimplified.
@@StivKobra makes WWI an even bigger tragedy if we think of it as a reason for the german revanchism which led to the rise of nsdap
@@StivKobra everything is connected, if ww1 never happened or the fault of the war didn't only go to Germany, then ww2 wouldn't have either, since one of hitlers main goals was to eradicate the treaty of Versailles
It’s because the ones declaring war aren’t the ones fighting in it
I like German's culture, history and achievements! Love from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿❤️🇩🇪
lol
Even the third reich?
@@mimathememerthe first one
@@mimathememerits a big part of history but it’s the same when somebody writes he loves the US and I ask the slavery, racism and terrorism from them aswelll?
@@romania5106 and the second one
This is one of the most beautiful and haunting songs I've heard in a long while
Even better with a choir
@@peterlustig6888 even better with a Kanonenorchester
this reply section is amazing lmao
It's important to note that "we are lost" in this context doesn't mean they don't know where they are but rather the same as "we lost 10 troops".
They are saying that they have no chance
More like we are doomed
@@grizz9910 was about to make the same comment
All sides Could say this But i can Get it for the Germans, They were the Ones Fighting almost everyone, The Ottomans Were Useless, So was austria Hungary Somewhat, Bulgaria was Useful was Fighting in the South west tbh
@@tonynicholson4634 Austria Hungary was 100% dogshit, they ignored whatever advice Germany gave them and came back running when they got fucked
More like being forlorn(verloren used here in a much more literal sense), in the sense of abandoned (of hope etc.)
This is what war shooter games should do more: showing the gore, pain and death, the reality that war is not something glorious or Hollywood bad-ass; not adding funny skins, emotes and superpowers. That war is not just a game
Agreed
we need a cod waw 2
@@prohacker5086 We have games about WW2: BF5 & COD WW2.
@Testicle Thief That and COD World at War, both felt gore and depressing and I love it! Other games make war feel like airsoft.
@Testicle Thief I heard "Verdun" and "Tannenberg" are quite immersive, showing the brutality of ww1 on the eastern and western front respectively.
Salute to all German speakers who can feel the actual weight of these words from your old ally 🇹🇷🤝🇩🇪
Ottoman - German Partners
Bulgaria:am I forgotten?
🇹🇷💛🇩🇪 Hail to you, our old ally
@@beefandcheese300yt4 Bulgaria was actually really good in the great first war.
🇧🇬:Oh, because I destroyed like, 5 different countries and got destroyed by the main allies??
Men now:
haha tik tok coke mentos
Men before:
I’m tired of war.. I just want to go home
2021:Femboys
1914:
@@akrepiidfiresupportvehicle2289 femboys are nice, I even am one. And it’s nice since there is no wars going on exept israel Palestine but everything else is in peace
@@agentfries1560 I dont expect someone introduce themselves as "bad"
The thing is you probably is in temporary identity crisis which will pass out later. So dont worry. Youll be a man in next 7 years.
About war , war is not a good thing but it needs to be done in necessary
@@akrepiidfiresupportvehicle2289 yeah
@@agentfries1560 calling that a temporary identity crisis could get you called out, in 7 years they might still not even truly know their gender alignment
The Germans have the best music ever.
*russians
There's a reason the French won. Superior music.
@@veltro5659 nah, Erika is better than Katyusha
@@tanaziolopez1936 I would definitely agree with that statement
@@tanaziolopez1936 they r both good to me
Ww1 had no evils. It was just poor boys and fathers sent to their graves.
the only evils were the leaders and generals who sent them there
@@gergelylaszlo5463 that one serbian guy amirite
Including the deaths of innocent people yeah you're my favourite thing that was completely sarcastic the most in the deaths of WWI weren't even soldiers they were civilians rest in peace to all the people that died to
@@theNCfanfromWestLothian what?
@@theNCfanfromWestLothian ww2 is even worst in terms of civilian death
The fact that German Empire disappears after the lyrics say;
We are lost.
We are lost...
In this context, "wir sind verloren" most likely means "we are doomed"
@@lasagna2303 impending doom
Ah yes the horrors of war:
-No-man's land
-Death and destruction
-The Fr*nch
Don’t say the f word
You mean fr*nch
@@AliFromGachaland yes thank you for censoring fr****
@@rebelfriend9006 you're welcome
those f***** fiends
As a german I can confirm that it‘s a sad song about lost german soldiers at war who gave up their hopes to come home to our german fatherland and they fight to the death🇩🇪
they died for the fatherland they died for the future I'm part German so this song is good for me
It's not about lost German soldiers it's about the tragedy of war from German soldiers perspective in late stage war
@@danielk.1679 yeah but they‘re lost because they don‘t come home
@@tea-bd3gb because there is no flag emoji for the German empire
Ich habe Familie in Deutschland, wohne aber in der Schweiz, bin jedoch Albaner, die Deutsche Geschichte hat mich schon seit je und her stark interessiert. Ich liebe Deutschland 🇩🇪❤️
Me loosing my German content be like..
did UA-cam get rid of your channel?
edit: just read your description. Damn I wondered where you went sorry to hear about it.
Hey nice to see you here xD
Damn, thanks for making so many of these kinds of songs available.
lmao
Who else has just noticed a huge portion of German songs in your playlist have suddenly gone private?
Its Sad that some people call this Song "related to nazis"
People these days know literally 0 about History
What did u except from americans
@@bloodkelp They should watch into their own Country 😂
@@wolfi4458 true. they have too many flags in the south that look like Mississippis old flag. and stupid geography and history
@@iiDTCamerican history is badass though
@@bloodkelp I'm an American and this song's tragic. Most people aren't dumbasses here. Don't let stereotypes ruin your perception of entire nations.
German boy listening this at the break.
Everyone: *N A Z I*
German person existing
Every dunce who doesn’t know history besides nazi bad:NAZI NAZI IM TELLING IM TELLING
anyone with a brain could just ask and get a good answer, unbased, uneducated idiots will automatically assume that any german wartime song is "nazi"
@@Tower_Swagman well some of german songs were from the nazi soldats or from the SS division soldiers
@@imofficiallyinsane2312 Yeah, but I'm talking about the ones during the days of the Kaiser, not about the Third Reich, but some of them are from the Nazi times
@@Tower_Swagman that's true
14 y. o. girls: omg i listen billie eilish its so deep
Some imperial german chad : *Pathetic*
facts
@@pedroneto1259 wdym Billie Eillish makes every girl on the world depressed by just breathing
@@jimmyzante2836 its just a joke don't worry
German bille elish be like: wir sind verlomen wir sind verlomen
Türk
The first world war was worse in my opinion.
Not because of the number of people that died, because of the horror, that those who survived had to see.
Yes, the years after WWI were as tragic as the war itself because people were living in a constant stress and fear of the uncertain future "If this horrible war started for something so simple in a small part of the world, then another and more devastating war could also break out very easily at any point". The interwar period was indeed the darkest age of the 20th century.
Imagine being a veteran of WWI and seeing how Europe is slowly descending to another world war and you cant do anything to stop that future.
Not to mention that almost immediately after, the great depression comes in
Romania In Interwar Period: haha,economy go boom
Now seriously,interwar period was really horrific for some people though sadly most ww1 survivors died of other medical problems coming to haunt them from the miserable trenches of the war.I am really sorry for all those that participied in the war,to return home find it in economical crisis (mostly us and uk were in crisis,though romania,my native land always thinks interwar period was best because romania won the world war and the economy was booming,while we won them from 1 day of fighting against Austria Hungary when 2 years before we fought but we lost hard,we barely had a lot combat so the amount of people in horror was minimal,the sentiment of the interwar being a great time just increased in romania as now there is no romanian ww1 veteran tell us else.All.romania did was stab the dead horse that was hungary at the time and stole an incredible amount of land.Even though all this happened history its history and i still love my homeland and think interwar period wasnt that bad for romania at least,though for everyone that suffered,Rest In Peace And Enjoy Your Stay In Heaven)
I personally believe that the Second World War was the worst because it claimed the lives of an estimated 70-85 million people (3% of the world’s population at the time), far more than the First World War, which only claimed the lives of roughly 20-40 million people. On top of that, the many atrocities committed by the Axis Powers, such as the Holocaust and the Rape of Nanking, were pure horrible. You should also consider that the civilian population of Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and a small bit of Australia got caught up in the brutal cross fire. (In term of nations at the time, the Soviet Union and China’s suffered the worst number of casualties, meaning that most of the casualties were Soviet and Chinese). A problem that Russia has begun suffering from 46 years after WWII ended.
WWI caused mustache guy way to power, so wwi caused ww2
It is November 11, 2022 for me in my country. It has been 104 years since the end of the war. May they all rest.
Lest we forget. 🏵🌹
As hungarian i think we have to remember to the ww1,2
November 11th shouldn't just be German and English holiday. Every country no matter thst they were a province of a big Empire should remember the First World War.
Teen girls: OMG, Billie Eilish's songs are the saddest songs ever! ToT
Germans 105 years ago: I only know that if I die, the good mother will cry for me.
They didn't actually say that, that verse was invented
@@theonetruepancakeman it's pretty accurate man, fidati
@@Firefox-rt9ev doesnt the pinned comment say that the last 4 verses were invented tho
@@theonetruepancakeman it does but gen z girls surely consider billie eilish the saddest singer ever.
@@Firefox-rt9ev bruh I was fucking saying that " I only know that if I die the good mother will cry for me" was invented
Shows the truth about war in general. Very deep song.
Hard to take what you said seriously with that profile picture and username.
@@theodiscusgaming3909 Why?
@@markusmetzger875 He had a completely different name and pfp before, I don't remember which ones though.
Nah not that deep for me
German soilder song: Exists
UA-cam: NO
@@AbuAbdillah1428 Accurate.
I am pretty sure that UA-cam deleted most schwarzbraun ist die hazelnuss’es because it’s “nazi” but no, it’s a Prussian parade March dating back to 1914 or something
@@jononpaper A good argument towards UA-cam would be that if they ban German/prussian marches because the Nazis used them, they might as well ban Hugo Boss ads, since the same company designed the Nazi uniforms.
I_Hate_The_Anime_FANDOM what UA-cam is doing actually seems a bit sad to me :-(
@@jononpaper I feel lucky, because I downloaded the SS marscgiert in feindesland just before youtube remowed it. It's my ringtone now.
“So I go up and down looking at corpses who yesterday at this hour were happy and healthy” …
Some people associate imperial germany with nazis. It has nothing to do with nazis at all
that doesn't mean that the Kaiserreich was good either
@@lilarose512 True
@@lilarose512 the kiaserriech was better than the nazis and better than most other colonial powers
@@lilarose512 no colonial empire was good either
@@Algerreichen agreed
The German language is a source of luxurious songs.
Agree
Teacher: We are going to Belgium
Girls: Yeah We will eat belgian waffle and chocolate
Boys:
STALIN
@Adolf Hitler Lol
oh ffs not again
*in the end we will go to russia*
hello there
Well dang, wasn't expecting that. I'm very glad I had it in a playlist.
I had it in a playlist, it got removed. I added the same song to the playlist and this comes back up but that new song goes down. Wtf
When french girl say "NO" and rejects your love
Yes
Yes
Combo breaker
Yes
Yes
Ahhh when Germany had good looking borders and a sick flag.
wir haben noch immer rot weis rot da kann man beim aufhängen weniger falsch machen 🧐
@DYTC- s Ich finde schwarz rot gold garnicht so schlecht, die Farben hatten wir theoretisch schon im Krieg gegen Napoleon (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BCtzowsches_Freikorps) und in der Weimarer Republik. Aber die alten Farben sind natürlich auch super.
And when Germans had still pride in their country and were ready to die for it.
but the alsace lorraine restera française!
@@FeliNix-qk4sd Jamais ! Niemals ! Elsaß-Lothringen bleibt DEUTSCH !
This is the most unique patriotic song I've ever heard. No bold words of false grandeur, no honeyed words to sugarcoat the battlefield. It's a sad song of loss, pain, and struggling; of being in the last place anyone wants to be facing a most certain defeat, and yet staying nonetheless to face it in an act of love for their people and their country. This is a song that deserves to be remembered.
Honestly this is one of the best after the mythic «Chant des partisans ».
This sounds to me more like an anti-war song than a patriotic song.
@@GCarty80 That's because it is!
all my friends like hip-hop lo-fi music and rap but im vibing with german songs from ww1
Based
Do u hab autism pls ?
@@TalesFromTheSlumsOfMumbai Швайне
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Edit: must've been fucking tired when i wrote this, it's quite retarded.
@@4tbf616 no friends Lord more like
"ob ich bald wie die andren jung im kühlen grabe lieg?"
terrifying
Too bad it was lost and left in the war, nice song.
Cuz of someone called Adolf Hitler. Honestly the cheek of him.
Ahmad Gamer to be fair the treaty of Versailles made Adolf Hitler inevitable
@@shahirani4762 ye
Yeah, what actually happened to this song? Did hitler try to burn it?
Raiden1117 yeah, no. That’s a pretty ignorant statement, Hitler remembered and preserved the WW1 he wanted Germans to remember-glory. He ordered the burning/destruction of All Quiet on the Western Front for instance, among several other depressing WW1 literature and music.
Girls: OMG billie eilish songs are sad
Boys: not really
Girls: i bet you don't know how to be sad
Boys:
Wo alle strazen enden. Hot Unser weg nicht auf.
@eres In WW1 both sides were guilty
iM NoT LIkE othER boYS
Hohoho hohoho
@@nonnegative7063 exactly
Such a beautiful country!!!
🇩🇪🤝🇲🇽
Almost didnt see that bird on the flag 😓
>Mexcrement IP
The most chilling line is "Will i soon be laying in the cool grave like the rest?"
Hey random muslim, i am your arch enemy. I am random karen
@@bullymaguire3867 hell nah
@@JustaRandommonarchist Now i shall use my "Get out of my country" move. Check mate
@@bullymaguire3867 im using "Ill get the taliban"
@@JustaRandommonarchist *dies
Unlike its successor, the Great War was not a fight between good and evil, liberty and fascism. It was a fight between emperors and generals. It was a fight between opposing ideals for Europe. There was no bad side. The Central Powers were certainly the aggressors, but those on the ground did not view the Entente with contempt or hate. They simply saw them as the soldier they must shoot to kill, for the glory of their Kaiser. The Great War is such a tragic story. Millions dead for a fallen cause, in the most brutal conditions known to man. The War accomplished very little and led to the collapse of four Empires inhabited by the terrified and misguided People of Europe who wished only for security in their simple lives. Ultimately its only legacy was creating the conditions necessary for the Second World War, and caused the needless suffering and sacrifices of millions of men.
Yes, it's true what you said. WW1 was completely different from WW2. In WW1 there was no big difference concerning the imperialism and the willingness to wage war between England, Germany and France. And the Russian Tsar wanted to stabilize his rule by uniting his dissatisfied people against an external opponent. For WW1, many countries were guilty to almost the same extent. A completely nonsensical disaster that killed and maimed millions of young people before their lives even began.
Like the second comment said. Not one country was single handily responsible, the Central powers were in no world the aggressors either. Russia mobilized first andGermany told them to stand down. They did then they remobilized, Germany declares war in defence. France mobilized, Germanytold them to stand down, they ignored it. Germany declared war, Serbia provoked Austria into a war too. Knowing they had Russia and France. Austria wanted a justified revenge for the killing of the Archduke, against Belgium yes that was aggressive, Britain declared war in “defence of neutral nations” but they were going to anyways.
Well, there was no bad side at the beggining, but Germany kida started the USW sooooo
What glory of what Kaiser? They are in Hell anyway, just as the Pharaoh and his Army.
@@rikkithinn7258 Glory of Kaiser Wilhelm II and they’re in Heaven actually
Uff, i just watched 1917 yesterday and i am in a WW1 mood
Just watched it
@@shadowsniper6394 Sorry, english is not my mother language
@@sr.clumsy7802 well u definitely speak it well mate respect
@@sr.clumsy7802 Father Languege you mean . Or are you a Russian spy .
Is it some germanbashing garbage or is it actually good?
Rip to those who didn't have this saved!
Fr it’s a nice song
@@fwgigan7848 yall can get it in the description of the 'World Flag Animation but every country is Fascist' video
Thx Shady Shae for the link lol
i have this saved thank god in my public music playlist number 111
@germanempire745 no need to download it or something it's in his German song playlist
This is a very touching song. Although I'm from Russia,I empathise with German soldiers. They also were fighting for the good of their nation,but the Kaiser let them down as well as our Tsar-batushka did.
hello russian guy
greetings from the philippines🇵🇭
@@elias-vh9ky Kamusta
@🏃♂C54-VCCHEI Thanks,but I'm not from Kaliningrad 😁
Soviet Union: URAAA
@🏃♂C54-VCCHEI No
4:04 that part actually touched my heart😥R.I.P
0:05 I can hear someone saying "warum warum" over and over again, which in german means "why" so the soldiers could be asking "Why? Why?"
You are right this word is spoken alot of time in the song when there is only music playing.
@@HamzaShafiq629 yep
@@XGSV2Echo I know
i hear "wir sind verloren" (we are lost)
holy shit
It's so...terrifying to think that these events aren't just words on paper, or images on a screen. These horrors actually occurred to people just like me, a mere century ago.
This song conveys exactly how soldiers at war would feel. The background effects , the voice , the lyrics . All are spot on . In the end , it is only the common soldier who prays the most for war to not break out , because it is he who loses the most in war .
Seriously. The voice isn't at all hopeful. It's angry, sad, and terribly grim. The lyrics are simply their view as soon as they get out of their foxhole in the morning, and their worries that they will never see the ones they love ever again. The lyrics are just haunting and beautiful.
People say WW2 was the deadliest but the fallen in WW1 must not be forgotten
Every single soldier in history must not be forgotten
@@Algerreichen I’m talking about the world wars
@@takedashingen4674 oh okay
@@takedashingen4674 they still should not be forgotten every war caused death and is depressing but in the end humans will always do it until we are completely destroyed.
@@longbowenjoyer2154 true
Man I love getting woken up to the sound of the *_K A N N O N O R C H E S T E R_*
German is a beautiful language.
Ah yes the KANNONORCHESTER
Kinda sounds like kan Nono rescher
it means the canons/artillery shooting loud
*KANNONORCHESTER*
You won't be when it happens
Finally back, sorry I’ve seen this but now I have spare time to comment something...
Hi Falgen
im subbed!
@@AlijaDonejkc o thank
@@fetihh hi
Any German Song: *Exists*
UA-cam: *I detect a little Nazism*
This made me cry... Such strong words, really deep lyrics. 😥😪
Top 10 emo quotes
As a soldier myself I always pray that I don't have to see the horrors seen by soldiers in ww1,2 and others
what country
@@legionofthedamned9430 Bangladesh National cadet corps 10th battalion Mainamati regiment
@@ahmedtulu9303 Apostate.
@@ahmedtulu9303 Cool
I love Bangladesh ❤️ from a distant brother in Somalia
Great to see this video back. After more than 1 year , i will still say:
The soldiers are never the ones who want war but those who want war are the ones who never go to the battlefield.
This can just prove how bad the situation at war is, the tone of the song is sung in pain, the lyrics giving goosebumps to us who live under peace's umbrella, how horrible it was to be alive at that time. War can break any man, it's hell on earth. Countless of mothers burrying their son, sometimes even underage, or even never seeing them again, which is even more depressing. Let god treat these souls of the wars with care.
Oversimplified: The Germans were basically jerks because of their tactics and they wear spiked helmets making them the bad guys
*The Germans:*
I that is the Best PfP I have ever seen.
@Azaan Naqvi I'm sure there are bad soldiers and good soldiers, most were probably forced to do such crimes by their leaders.
At least he lived up to his name
I think he was being sarcastic/said it jokingly
"Brave mother will kiss me when I get home"
-bad guys-
"Ich weiß nur wenn ich sterb' um mich die brave Mutter weint. ". 😭😭
Meisterwerk.
@@GeoNoob Ich hasse frankreich
You made this song
I'm your countryball version
Ja
@@germanempire4269 1918 ?🥺