FIRST TIME HEARING SABATON - Bismarck (Official Video) | Reaction
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Welcome to the Sabaton Army. Sabaton only writes songs about history, not ongoing conflicts. They don't take sides except with the individual foot-soldier. One great example of this is their cover of Motörhead 1916. Stunning music video.
I’m going to check that out soon. I appreciate your comment 🙏🏼
@@BlakersReacts Hello. Lovley reaction as always 😊👍 Welcome to Sabaton Army/Family! I got an idea of what you should do if you feel like it! And that is to react to all Sabaton's songs in all the albums they have! What I mean is to go all in with Sabaton, Even if it will take time as you react to other music too!😊 But it makes absolutely nothing if it will take time if you decide to do this journey! I am sure you would have loved it and not regretted it! 😉
I want to recommend songs to you!😎 You can skip the ones you have already reacted to if you want!
The valley of death 😉
Dreadnought 😉
Soldier of heaven 😢
Stormtroopers 😉
Steel commanders 😉
Kingdom come
Defense of Moscow
Fields of verdun
A ghost in the trenches
Great war official video 😉
Devil dogs
82nd all the way
Seven pillars of wisdom 😉
All guns blazing
The last battle
Shiroyama
7734
Man of war
Hearts of iron
Killing ground
The Carolean's Prayer
Long live the king
Metal ripper
White death
Coat of arms
The final solution 😢
The price of a mile 😢
Cliffs of Gallipoli
Metal Crüe
Nightchild
Back in control
In the name of god
Metal machine
Purple heart 😢
Wolf pack
Panzer battalion.
Remember that it's perfectly okay to show emotions and cry when listening to music in reaction videos, etc. I love your channel ❤️ Sabaton has been my favorite band since they were formed in 1999 in Falun here in Sweden!🇸🇪 Warm and kind greetings from a big Sabaton fan in northern Sweden (Västerbotten) 🇸🇪🇸🇪
The captain of the boat is the actual son of the survivor portrayed in the video.
Whaat reading that kind of gave me chills. That’s awesome!
boat?
its a ship!
@@BlakersReactsits not real of course but he was supposed to be a survivor and he made it to a german destroyer less whatever than a British one I suppose. from what I remember only like one tenth of the people on the ship survived it was really sad
Sabaton guitarist Tommy Johansson just recently announced he is leaving Sabaton for a solo career. He’s an amazing singer as well as a multi-instrumentalist. Check out his cover of She’s Gone (Steelheart cover) it’s 🔥🔥🔥
The drummer from Sabaton, Hannes, is married to Floor from Nightwish 😊
Well, that makes me like them even more ha
Internet rumor is the swinging legs seen for a split second as the band ascended the stairs in the intro belong to said Floor Jansen.
@@alancarter41And it's a pity that it's really just a rumour and its only pair of empty pants on a laundry line.
If they gave her a cameo they would give her an actual face role, like they have done in the past for a lot of people like for exsample Indy Neidell or that actual Polish General (Waldemar Skrzypczak) who wanted to be in the official music video for "Uprising" back in the day (he played a Polish resistance leader in that video).
Floor has never even been on a Sabaton music video set, as far as I've heard and I'm sure there would be some cool photos and stories from her if she had
(or from Sabaton guys).
Sorry to jump on you like this, but this is literally a false story going around... fun to imagine sure, but false.
@@miiah7475 I was going to ignore your diatribe but realized yuor inaccuracies must be addressed. Please note.
1. In the video, a boor can clearly be seen and the pants legs are positioned at an orientation impossible unless there is a leg in them. So much for your empty pants snark.
2. Did you ever consider that it might have been a spur of the moment action. Sabaton has a sense of humor and is known for little Easter eggs they never explain.
3. Unless you have access to her itinerary or personal knowledge, there is no way you know if Floor has been on a Sabaton video location or not. Since fan videos have shown her at Sabaton concerts, it is quite possible she traveled with her husband to a shoot.
We don't know if the rumor is true, and may never find out, but why make such a big deal about it.
Finally, I am not sure what inner demons drive you, but maybe you should address them soon.
Hannes is doing awesome job in his one. Crash, ride and hi hat work. I know how to play drums a bit....his other hand is doing things and other other things. No need to say...floor this and that. He is really good himself without notion his wife.
Next, try “no bullets fly” animated video, it’s great!
Thanks for the suggestion.. I’ll check that out next!
@@BlakersReacts The animated story video, with yarnhub collaboration, always do the longer versions.
Its not from a movie. Its for the music video
They fired nearly 300 Torpedos and around 4000 artillery shells on the Bismarck. After a hit on the rudder she could no longer be steered and could only travel in a wide circle.
Due to the damage to the wreck, it is now assumed that the crew sank the Bismarck themselves.
Welcome to the Sabaton rabbit hole and all it's related rabbit holes of wich you will learn more as you delve deeper into the world of Sabaton.
all of Sabaton's songs are based on historical facts and they tell the stories with no bias or glorification
here's a few more suggestions
Christmas Truce - ua-cam.com/video/HPdHkHslFIU/v-deo.html
No Bullets Fly (animated story video) - ua-cam.com/video/dslO-3GgenY/v-deo.html
Lady of the Dark (animated story video) - ua-cam.com/video/3AsRfcrZeUE/v-deo.html
The Unkillable Soldier - ua-cam.com/video/b4vj_WB5w_k/v-deo.html
have fun, you're going to enjoy your new rabbithole (and always watch the videos all the way to the end 😉)
I appreciate the links! Thanks for watching and commenting!
I concur......
Very good reaction and welcome to the world of military history taught by metal music 😊
Sabaton is a Swedish that makes music about war and soldiers from all over the world, without taking sides. They celebrate the bravery and sacrifices of any soldiers, having the phrase ‘lest we forget.’
If you want to dig deeper, here's a small list of songs to react to, if you want. There're many others and I'm sure others will suggest them.
1916 (Motorhead cover) ua-cam.com/video/HgGhhnQB1gw/v-deo.html
Night Witches (Animated story) ua-cam.com/video/5YPo8zDkvy4/v-deo.html
Lady of the Dark (Animated) ua-cam.com/video/3AsRfcrZeUE/v-deo.html
Soldier of Heaven ua-cam.com/video/LYI3eegIJlI/v-deo.html
The Red Baron ua-cam.com/video/0qeARqCAK2g/v-deo.html
Christmas Truce ua-cam.com/video/HPdHkHslFIU/v-deo.html
En Livstid i Krig (Turn CC on) ua-cam.com/video/WBs3G1PvyfM/v-deo.html
No bullets Fly (Animated story) ua-cam.com/video/dslO-3GgenY/v-deo.html
One note: Please ALWAYS play their videos to the end. There's usually some dedication or other information at the end.
I appreciate you! Thanks so much for the list and links!
Be sure to check out Sabaton's channel called "Sabaton History" on UA-cam. They have videos where a famous historian explains the historic events and people in the songs.
Sweet, thanks for that!
Important to add that their explaination is not always 100% accurate which is a shame considering how many people watch this
@@globus9710 Not sure what they don't get accurate, but then it is history, so nothing can be known with 100% accuracy. I'm sure they do the best they can with the limited information available.
@@ImadeGodmybitch Well, they tell myths that are not true from time to time. Like in a episode about Warsaw Uprising
@@globus9710 Well even myths in history are often inspired by real events, just embellished as time goes on and as it is retold by each generation. Until there is no way to separate myth from history. The story may not be 100% true but some things are lost to the sands of time. So we can't really fault Sabaton for thinking an event was true if there is no sure way of knowing one way or the other, or at least which parts are actually true or not. By the way which is your favorite Sabaton song? For me it's sort of a toss-up between The Carolean's Prayer and Lion from the North.
Excellent reaction. Sabaton uses themes of individual and group examples of heroism, sacrifice, and humanity that emerge from the chaos and horror of war. They do not glorify war of take sides, instead they simply tell historically accurate stories that should never be forgotten. Props to Sabaton for going out on a small trawler on the open sea to film the band segments instead of using a green screen in a nice warm and dry studio.
Interesting factoid: Without the actions of America, the Bismark would likely have escaped the British. After the Battle of the Denmark Strait, where the Bismark sank the HMS Hood, the British assumed he would return to Norway and focused their search there instead of France. The US Coast Guard Cutter Modoc, assigned to rescue operations off Greenland, had rushed to the scene of the battle to assist and spotted the silhouette of the Bismark as he fled south and radioed the information. The next sighting of the Bismark was by US Navy Ensign Leonard Smith. Smith was "on loan" secretly training the British to fly the PBY Catalinas they had purchased in 1940 and his sighting allowed the British to chase, catch, and destroy the Bismark. Yes, I understand the Germans actually scuttled him, but he was a wreck by then.
Awesome comment! I appreciate you explaining more of the backstory to me. Also, this is one of the coolest music videos I’ve seen. Like you said, the open sea vs a green screen 👌
@@BlakersReacts Sabaton rarely does things halfway. To film "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" they went on location to Tunisia. After filming the band was in a bad car crash. Some of the band was injured badly enough they had to cancel some concerts.
As a side note here. The name they gave the boat at 2:53 is taken from an older song by the band, from the older setup of the band.
If you want another awesome song from Sabaton you should react to en livstid i krig (a lifetime of war) live Scandinavium Gothenburg.
The album Carolus Rex they had released during that time is about a part of Swedish history called the era of great power (stormaktstiden in Swedish) from when Sweden was a much bigger nation with ambitions of expanding.
The album was released with both a Swedish and English version, the difference being that the Swedish one tells the story from our/a Swedish soldier's view while the English one is more from an outside observer's.
It is the Swedish version they played at that show so be sure you have the subtitles on, I was at that show and all I can say is that you will not regret it.
The leadsinger from nightwish is married with the Drummer from sabaton
"Christmas Truce" is another of their songs whose video is as awesome than this one and even more meaningful! Brotherhood of men at its best, into one of the worse scenarios of WW1.
Let that video roll until the very end too: the outro is chef's kiss and we will see if you can guess who the guest singer is... 😉😉😉
Greetings from Italy! 👋🇮🇹🖖
Thanks for the suggestion.. gotta check that out soon!
Yes, we know who she is. But the two songs are totally different.
Sabaton and Yarn Hub also have some really good collabs as well.
When the Bismarck emerges from the fog….THAT was badass.
Can you imagine, even if you were on a civilian ship with nothing to fear? That monster looms out at you, and you can't help but feel chills down your spine.
@@reliantncc1864 I’ve tried imagining that for probably 43 years now lol. Awesome name by the way. Miranda class all the way.
@@detroitpolak9904 Thanks, I'm a big fan of the Excelsior class too. Great era for ships.
@@reliantncc1864 I got a few of the Eaglemoss ones. Galactica and Pegasus too. Don’t have Reliant, but I do have the Enterprise-B Excelsior-class.
Thank you for your reaction. Bismarck and the cruiser Prinz Eugen sailed out on commerce raiding planning to attack British shipping. The Royal navy intercepted with a number of ships included the Battle cruiser HMS Hood and the more modern battleship HMS Prince of Wales. Hood suffered a magazine detonation and blow up while Prince of Wales had technical problems and decided to hang back following the German ships rather then directly engaging. The battle has caused an oil leak from Bismarck and the lack of fuel as well as the oil leaving a trail made it impossible to continue commerce raiding. With some clever actions they managed to exit Prince Eugen to go on with the mission without being followed while Bismarck tried to go back to port and the British units lost track of it. Bismarck was found again and had to be slowed down with Swordfish torpedo planes which hit a rudder with a torpedo. This forced Bismarck to sail in a circle. Bismarck ended up in a hailstorm of close range fire from various British ships, some battleships, which is the end battle that you see in the video and Bismarck sunk.
The way I learned this is from the channel Drachinifel; video "Bismarck, Operation Rheinübung - First and Last Voyage of the Bismarck", highly recommended. When it concerns the rescue of German sailors from Bismarck, that video provides that HMS Dorsetshire, a heavy British cruiser, did start working on rescue and saved some German sailors but there was a U-boat alarm, possible for a U-boat approaching to try to find Bismarck´s log, and the risk for a cruiser being a sitting duck tragically forced HMS Dorsetshire to abort the recue.
Just a note, Swordfish planes were actually two seat, but such a minor detail aside, it is a great video by Sabaton.
Have fun! :)
Welcome to Sabaton, They also has their very own "Sabaton History Channel" on youtube were they give the history on the song topic and a little behind the scene of doing the song. - ua-cam.com/video/r5D3wSqdIG4/v-deo.htmlsi=pmN603IF6WY6J7Mv
so with 10 Albums you got plenty to check out from Official Music / Lyric / Live / Animated Story videos & history channel video's. and they cover many events from Vikings to the 1st Gulf War
What.. that’s awesome. Thanks for letting me know!
@@BlakersReacts their cover of Motorheads "1916" is 1 of their newer songs and a must watch
Hello from Russia. eternal memory to the sailors of the cruiser Hood!!!.
Finding out of Hannes and Floor, is how I did heer of Sabaton. Love the bands both. ❤
9.40 - the events shown in the r the battle of the Denmark straight, the ark-royal air strike, n the Bismarck's last stand.
the battle of the Denmark straight - Bismarck accompanied by the Prinz Eugen fought the hood n prince of wales. the hood was sunk but the wales managed to hit the Bismarck causing an oil leek forcing her to separate from Eugen n head to France for repairs n manages to avoid the British for 3 days.
ark-royal air strike - by the time the British find her again they realize that if they didn't stop her that day she would escape n they would have try again, n the only way was a carrier strike. fortunately one of the planes torpedoes managed to hit Bismarck in the stern blowing off 1 of her rudders n jamming the other one into her central propeller resulting in ether her trapped circling or heading straight in her last maneuvered turn at the mercy of the current.
last stand - the king George v, Rodney, Norfolk, n Dorsetshire pound the Bismarck for about 2 hours, during witch the they take out all 4 heavy turrets n score a hit on the bridge killing all the command crew. with the ship still afloat with no one in charge n unable to fight despite the damage she's ordered scuttled n abandon. after she goes under the British rescue just over 100 survivors before being scared off by a passing U-boat.
What a great way to keep history alive with music and the video was amazing showing the sailor watch from hand to hand ❤❤❤
Naval and Mlitary history is my thing - my Dad was RAN. On HMAS Australia. Love that people are learning history this way. The guys froze making this video - Joakim was probably bashing his leg to make sure it was still there! HMS Dorsetshire fired the last torpedoes into Bismarck and rescued some survivors but had to leave because there was a U-boat in the area, which rescued some more and called a German trawler to get the rest. Try Sabaton's "Night Witches" or "No Bullets Fly" animated!
Thank you, this is great, two of the best bands in one place. Greatings from Finland
Glad you enjoyed it. Maybe next check out Christmas Truce, another great video to a song of a wonderful true story in history. Let that one play out too, as Floor, from Nightwish, contributes vocals in the credits. Enjoy!
Nightwish! Sabaton! Try No Bullets Fly from Sabaton next. Great Story! 🤘🎸
Welcome to the wonderful world of Sabaton! I highly recommend checking out Christmas Truce next.
Graphics are made by Wargaming, a producer and developer of games like "World of Tanks" and "World of Warships". Great games and stunning graphics here again!
I appreciate the info. Crazy good graphics!
And yes, it's been made exclusively for this song. Sabaton insists on high quality graphics and film shots in their videos.
@@BlakersReactsyou need to do "steel commanders" made by the same team that made the Bismark video
Fun fact the graphics designers behind World of Warships and World of Tanks do these graphics. Which is why they look so amazing.
great reaction, more Sabaton please.
Sabaton is a Swedish band with a loooong list of history based music.
Sabaton also has an award winning history channel that gives background to over 120 if their songs (not music award, academic, aimed at education of the public) .
Sabaton videos are often have dedictions and/or messages at the end, perhaps not always but... watching to the very end is frequently well worth it.
Animated STORY videos (short Animated history lessons with music videos in them)
No bullets fly, enemy showing mercy to injured aircrew in a nearly wrecked aircraft barely still flying, even escorting them to safety.
Night witches, Young (17-28) female bomber pilots in ww2 fighting the Nazi despite the discrimination they faced and being given obsolete equipment, aircraft ...
Lady of the dark, female fighting alongside men during ww1 and being highly respected and even more decorated.
Red baron, the famous fighter pilot of ww1
first soldier, unlikely French hero in ww1.
Epic ORIGINAL videos.
you just saw Bismark, about the sinking of the ship
Christmas truce, about the spontaneous truce in some parts of the western front during Christmas 1914
40:1, about polish soldiers, badly outnumbered (just under 750 in all) facing 42 000 germans, they where BADLY outgunned desperately defending against the German invasion 1939 (with odds actually close to 55:1 they held for 3 DAYS when ammunition and supplies ran out.
Uprising, the Warsaw Uprising against the nazi germans during 1944.
To hell and back, they tell the story of Audie Murphy (highly decorated) and his struggle AFTER the war, so about PTSD and drug addiction that returning soldiers can face.
Fields of verdun, the 300+ day long battle fought there.
Price of a mile, about the battle of Passchendaele
Screaming Eagles, about the battle of the bulge
Live performances
40:1 from poland
Uprising from poland
En livstid I krig live from Göteborg Sweden (in Swedish but there are subtitles) , very heavy again, about thoughts of a young man going to war.
Two covers that are good
Defence of Moscow, self explained
1916 about the devastating battle of the somme in ww1, casualties topped 1 milion if you count both sides, all for 6 miles of ground,
these are just some, there are plenty more.
If you listen to the radio in the car in the beginning you can her them saying "...blew up the battlecruiser Hood". That's the only ship that Bismarck sank before the onslaught of the Allied forces. But the Hood was the pride of the British Navy so it was a huge accompishment for Bismarck nevertheless.
and HMS Hood was sank from a single hit!
The video was made possible with the help of the developers of the game "world of warships".
Yes a game studio gave us Hollywood quality special effects, one could even say better than Hollywood because they do have far fewer resources and created this masterpiece.
Another video that is very impressive is for the song "No bullets fly", it's an animated video, and i actually believe it is a fan-made video? (not 100% sure of that)
That video is also highly professional and shows the story they sing about, in every bit of detail you'd want to see from such a video, just as incredible as this video is.
After Rammstein, Sabaton make the best videos.
As for saving sailors, being immersed in water in that oart of northern Atlantic around that time of year 8s COLD (5-6 degrees Celcius) would give an hour or so before death from hypothermia and unconscious in half an hour (meaing you DROWN), dexterity would be gone in five minuteS
Try Sabatons song ” No Bullets Fly” animated video.. true story.. about a german and an american pilot….and a bet you that maybe tears of pride will fall from you…care to bet against me?
Wow that was pretty awesome! This music video was amazing. I wonder how much they spent on it? Or maybe they did get permission to use footage from a movie? Idk but either way it was an awesome song.
Every part of this was sooo good
Thanks to a collaboration with an online videogame company, World of Warships I think it's called but I'm not 100% sure about the name...
👋🇮🇹🖖
@@flaviovergottini652 oh wow that’s so cool!
@@flaviovergottini652 Correct... just like the music video for Steel Commanders were made for the same online videogame company, just with World of Tanks instead :)
The Bismarck set sail from Norway on the 21st of May, 1941 and met the British warships Hood and Prince of Wales on the 24th in the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland where the Bismarck blew up the British battlecruiser Hood. Three days later, the British caught up to the Bismarck (27th May) because Swordfish torpedo bombers from the aircraft carrier Ark Royal got a hit on Bismarck which jammed its rudder, causing it to travel in circles. The British battleships King George V and Rodney pummelled the Bismarck into scrap and then the cruiser Dorsetshire fired torpedos (shown in the video) and the scene from the video shows the Bismarck going down.
Dorsetshire rescued about 110 people from the Bismarck's crew of 2000 before reports of a U-boat in the vicinity caused her to break off rescue operations and leave the rest of the survivors to drown.
The compass that the German officer gave to the seaman is the same compass that the skipper of the boat carrying Sabaton has. The sailor was his father or grandfather (I don't remember which).
They would never have sank the Bismarck if they did not have a the rudder stuck, going in a circle. They could have got a way of the rudder was not stuck do to an attack.
For more history background i recommend the Sabaton history channel here on YT!
" I'm excited to hear more"...he said, as he fell into the Sabaton rabbit hole
1.30 - what made the Bismarck famous was the fear she caused n the effort put into sinking her based on the treaties set after would ww1 n the position of Brittan when it was deployed. after ww1 the nation set limitations on thier military to prevent an arms-race, however in the 1930s some nation including Germany stated going going against them, the Bismarck and her sister ship the Tirpitz were among them, while counties like Brittan n France were still were, meaning Germany had the more powerful ships. fast-forward to may 1941 Germany managed to advance to the English channel leaving Brittan alone n relying on surplices from the u.s. witch they had to protect them selves from Germanys smaller ships n subs. not wanting these 2 ships out in the open to make thing more difficult they hunted the Bismarck down for over a week when she deployed just to protect the supply convoys. as for Tirpitz she was kept in Norway until November 1944 when the r.a.f. managed to bomb n sink her.
The Bismarck sank the British battlecruiser HMS Hood. The rescued some German sailors but stopped when U-boats were detected in the area. 2000 men perished with the Bismarck.
Bro, Sabaton has an entire album called The Art Of War and they have a quote from Sun Tzu before every single song. These guys are AWESOME! The History Channel partnered with them and they have a youtube channel called Sabaton History where they discuss the real history behind every song. Welcome to the Sabaton Army.
The energy of the boys of
SABATON, brings the
HISTORY to life .... INCREDIBLE!
The Video and the performance and music are AMAZING 💪🏽💪🏽
Sabaton are my
History - Books 📚
👉🏼 The CAPTAIN of this SHIP⚓
is the SON of a Bismarck SURVIVOR and portrays his FATHER 🤎
Thank you so much, from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Hi Blake. Yes we have much graet music and bands in sweden, you can listen to Sabatons 40 to 1, and 1915, Cristmas truth. Carulos Rex (Our swedich king Carl xII ) and many more, and the guitarist Tommy Johansson will live the band because he have a band too called Majestica and he even do covers and plays all instruments, He plays guitar, piano, base, drums, acordion. flute and a couple more. He has one nelodie i think you absolutly should listen too that is, You rise me up, one octave higher. kj.
The HMS HOOD was the British equivalent ( prior the the Bismarck ) which lost the faceoff when the British finally found the Bismarck.
You should know that Sabaton has there own history channel. O. that channel do they talk more about each song, and the history behind it.
So if you want to know more about one of the songs you listened to, then go there and let them teach you more.
They are amazing, and there latest drummer, Hannes, is married to Floor in Nightwish.
The reson why it looks so good is becouse they partnered up with Wargaming a gaming company that focus on historical warfare through there games World of Tanks, World of Warship and War Thunder (aircraft)
They showed how the ship was hunted aswell as what sealed its fate. That torpedo hit they showed wasent there just for show, The Bismarck toke a torpedo hit from 1 of those planes that crippled its rodder and was forced to sail in a big circle and the Britsh navy then surrounded it and unloaded everything they hade at it. Even after 400 shells hitting the ship and several torpedo hits the ship refused to sink and after all 4 turrets got destroyed unable to fight back anymore its belived that the Admiral ordered the crew to scuttle the ship themself by opening up compartments and they flooded the ship themselfs.
Sabaton songs focus on historical conflicts and heroes in those conflicts without taking any political stance or showing favor to any side in the conflict.
Subscribed:) You are in for many, many treats with Sabaton, and their history channel! Hard to recommend songs, as they are all great; but listen to "To Hell and Back," "Soldier of Heaven," "Race to the Sea," "Attack of the Dead Men," "Father," "Cliffs of Gallipoli," just to name a few. "I've watched a lot of reactors, and it's so interesting to listen to what they say. Thanks for you noticing that the band honored history, and that's exactly right!. Lots of people, and many schools, dishonor history, especially if they don't like it.
Thanks from sweden on your reaction to Sabaton 😊
Welcome to the wonderful world of History Metal Masters. They put a lot of effort in getting each story correct, so they also provide a more comprehensive background about the event on their Sabaton History Channel,
youtube.com/@SabatonHistory?si=dNsqPQD4Lu2DUVwu
First, in the events leading up to KMS Bismarck's sinking, you have to understand the context. The following are historical facts from the German archives.
In 1940, when Bismarck was commissioned as the flagship of the Kriegsmarine, the German Navy, it's original mission was simply to be the flagship. This was the original intent from Adolf Hitler. Admiral Karl Döenitz, however, disagreed, and without Hitler's permission, sent the Bismarck out to combat the Allied convoys from the US that were Lend-Lease materiél being sent to Great Britain.
In Bismarck's first engagement, he battled and sank HMS Hood of the British Royal Navy, which was the Royal Navy's flagship. Prime Minister Winston Churchill was so angry he ordered the British Admiralty to send every available ship to sink Bismarck.
With the HMS Suffolk and HMS Norfolk shadowing Bismarck, they tracked Bismarck well enough to radio the HMS Ark Royal, one of the first aircraft carriers, Bismarck's location. Sending it's air fleet of 20 Swordfish bi-plane torpedo-bombers after Bismarck, the planes were ineffective against Bismarck's thick midsection armor plating. Bismarck, however, had issues with it's AA guns. First, they had severely limited the elevation of the AA guns, which meant that the range of AA protection was ineffective. Second, the planes being shot at were old World War I-era bi-planes, made out of cloth and wood -- which meant that even if hit, the plane was not damaged enough to be knocked out of the air. Most AA rounds would, unless it hit the engine or fuel tank, simply pass through the plane.
That being said, the second engagement of Bismarck spelled its doom. Prior to launching the Bismarck, German naval engineers had warned Döenitz and other naval commanders that one of Bismarck's weaknesses was an exposed stern, and exposed steering linkages and chains. The second engagement saw Bismarck get hit with, I believe, four torpedoes, along with main cannon fire. Again, three torpedoes were ineffective, but one torpedo and two direct hits on Bismarck's stern resulted in a steering system that could only turn one way.
After the sinking of HMS Hood, the Royal Navy sent out 16 escort ships, Norfolk, Suffolk, and two battleships and two heavy cruisers, among them HMS Rodney. Four days from making port in France, the Royal Navy attacked Bismarck. For over three hours, he was relentlessly fired upon. Suffering damage to his fire control stations, main 15" gun turrets, radar, and a direct hit to his bridge, Bismarck had over 4500 shells fired at him from Rodney alone, who had to be ordered to stop firing when Bismarck finally sank beneath the waves. Out of over 2,000 men on board, I believe only 117 German sailors survived the sinking. The man in the video, who is holding a compass with Bismsrck's last known coordinates in it, is a descendent of the last survivor of Bismarck's sinking. The reason for giving his ancestor the compass is that he was an enlisted man on the bridge while serving on Bismarck, in all probability the equivalent of a petty officer in the US Navy.
Later inspections of the Bismarck wreckage show that Bismarck did not sink because of external damage, but rather because his crew scuttled him to keep the Enigma machines, German code machines, from falling into Allied hands. They scuttled the ship by essentially superheating the boilers, which would have blown apart Bismarck's hull when the supercooled Atlantic Ocean seawater hit that hot metal. Similiarly, this happened with HMS Titanic when she sank in 1912.
“Wolfpack” has an awesome video. It features scenes from the movie Greyhound.
Guitar solo you liked belongs to Tommy Johansson.Few months ago he leaved Sabaton by the way.But he has his own channel and every friday(today too )he's posting a new cover because he's not only multi- instrumentalist but also amazing singer with amazing voice and have his own band named Majestica.
www.youtube.com/@SabatonHistory/videos
if you wanna hear a sabaton song about a semi modern conflict check out their song named panzer battalion
Welcome to the world of Sabaton. You have a lot of good stuff to look into. But I must also send a tip about guitarist Tommy Johansson youtube channel. He makes absolutly great covers. Sadly he has informed that he will leave Sabaton this year.
For the record . Bismarck sank the British Battlecruiser. Hood. 1400 men sank with her. Bismarck lost over 2000 men when she was sunk. Combined this is similar to the allied losses on D day. Battleships became deathtraps
Heh, I'm pretty sure this band will be like candy for you... So many historical events absolutely worth telling and remembering packed into music you apparently like 🥰
While I fully agree with pretty much all recommendations I've seen so far, especially "Christmas Truce" due to the filmmaking (they worked with actual filmmakers for it - and it shows) and "No Bullets Fly", there are _so_ many more interesting events to tackle. "The Lost Batallion", "Winged Hussars", "Shiroyama", ... One big bag with lots of pieces of candy 😋
Sabaton - Dreadnought, next please, guitar solo the best
Over 400 direct hits,several torpedoes and a lucky shot were necessary to sink this beast.it's first shot damaged their own radar system,that's how strong the double guns were.forget about the Yamymoto,he truly was the King,just with insufficient support.thank god,in hindsight
I like to call Sabaton "Valor Metal"
White death history version and if you want then check out the live in woodstock 2012.
THE deadliest sniper ever, simo häyhä used a rifle which was originally made before ww1 but he used it during ww2 and got insanely good with it.
I dont want to spoil much but like one video put it; he got call of duty numbers in real life
The comment you made at the end about rescuing enemy sailors and/or leaving them to drown, both happened in this case. HMS Dorsetshire (the British Cruiser shown in the video at 6:41) was ordered to pick up survivors. About 300 of the 2000 German sailors jumped overboard before it sank. However a German submarine was hunting the Dorsetshire so the Dorsetshire left after only rescuing about half the Germans and left the rest behind.
This is the Film made about this Battle. ua-cam.com/video/9uAUNBSwWpI/v-deo.html
Welcome to Sabaton…. ☺️ Pax! /ToZ
Recommendations: Christmas Truce, 1916, Soldier of Heaven, Last Stand, and if you feel really really daring The Final Solution.
Better if you listen animated story about "no bullets fly". " night witches " . "lady in the dark ". "Attack of dead men".
You have to react to ”Christmas truce”, and pay atention to the end credit cause its Floor who sings that.
You mean Christmas Truce .
@@dennisthemenace671 Of course, autocorrection you know...
Sabaton har en historiekanal på youtube 🍻
Check Sabatons history channel
I think youll really like wolfpack, its another song about the Kreigsmarine!
you should check out "The Last Stand" by them
sabaton lady of the dark animated story video or sabaton no bullets fly animated story video or sabaton night witches animated story video or sabaton the red baron animated story video lots to catch up on enjoy 🐕
It survived a little over a week
Try 1916 by Sabaton
check out their history channel...
bismark did take 1 ship out only " HMS Hood "
Check out en livstid i krig 2020 live in gothenburg with subtitle on,, goosebumps
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