From what I've heard, the last survivor from the Bismark was supposed to be in the video but his health was rapidly declining (he actually passed away before the video came out) so his son played the role instead (with his father's compass)
Ok, so Bismark was one of the biggest battleships in WWII, it was a German ship, it was sunk (or scuttled) as you saw. This video was made in cooperation with the gaming company World of Warships. Sabaton sings mostly about real events, persons or battles in war history, a few songs are more concept songs about war. If you don't know the story, you can check their history channel where they explain it. Since you're from Belgium, you should check the song "Resist and Bite". It has a really cool sound, and it's about 40 Belgian soldiers in WWII.
I can definitely see that, it indeed gives me vibes of a very high quality game!👌 I’ll check out their backstory channel as well, thx!😉 Thx for the suggestion also!
@@richardgoddard37 When I was on a lan party a lot of people where actually playing it. So when you mentioned the game that was the first thing that came to mind. Really a lot of people played it, but I'm more a FPS kind of guy... but it looked cool!
It wasn't just one of the biggest. It was literally the 2nd biggest piece of floating metal in WW2. The only bigger ship was the Japanese Yamato. However in terms of raw firepower one could argue that Bismarck had Yamato beat.
So a bit of a dramatic and tragic story about the most famous ship of the Second world war-the Bismarck, which went on its first and last voyage (like the Titanic), which ended in its death. Bismarck (KMS Bismark) - German battleship, the lead ship of the same class, was still no less famous for its brother-Tirpitz. Bismarck is one of the most legendary ships of the Second world war, as well as being the largest battleship in Europe and one of the largest in the world along with the Japanese Yamato and the American Missouri. Bismarck was launched in 1939 and commissioned in 1940. Bismarck's first (and last) campaign began on may 22, 1941. Then Bismarck, along with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen (KMS Prinz Eugen) was to break through the Danish Strait into the Atlantic and begin to sink convoys going to Britain. The first German squadron was discovered by the British cruisers Suffolk and Norfolk (HMS Suffolk and HMS Norfolk) on the evening of 23 may. The British battleship Prince of Wales (HMS Prince of Wales) and the battlecruiser hood (HMS Hood) went to intercept Bismarck. During the battle, Bismarck received several hits, at the same time 5 Bismarck's volley hit directly into Hood's artillery cellars. Hood was torn in two by a massive explosion. Of the 1,477 crew members, only 3 survived. Among the dead was the commander of the British squadron Lancelot Ernest Holland. The Prince of Wales tried to continue the battle, but to no avail and soon disappeared in a smoke screen as one of the shells from Bismarck hit the command post of the Prince of Wales, thereby killing half of the officers, by the way the second shell fired from Bismarck hit the Prince of Wales, but did not explode, the British then pushed him into the sea. Bismarck had one of the generators disabled, two fuel tanks were breached, and there was a trim on the bow and a roll on the starboard side. Gunther Lutyens (commander of the German squadron) decided to lead the Bismarck to the French port of Saint-Nazaire for repairs. Prince Eugen was ordered to continue raiding. Bismarck was chased by the entire British fleet in the region. Bismarck's injuries were not very serious, but they caused Bismarck to lose one of his main advantages - speed. The British lost Bismarck several times, but due to the fact that the British intercepted a radio message sent to Bismarck, it was possible to establish the approximate location of the ship. Bismarck left little to the French Brest. Also, when approaching the coast of occupied France, Bismarck could use Luftwaffe aircraft (Luftwaffe - aviation of the Third Reich) to cover. Only compound H, based in Gibraltar, was able to detain Bismarck. This unit included the aircraft carrier Ark Royal (HMS Ark Royal). On the morning of may 26, the Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers flew to the site of the last sighting of the Bismarck. Approximately in the same area was the cruiser Sheffield (HMS Sheffield). The Swordfish pilots mistook Sheffield for Bismarck and torpedoed it. The new magnetic fuses of the torpedoes did not work, and the cruiser remained intact. After this incident, the British changed the magnetic fuses to contact ones. By evening, Sheffield had made visual contact with Bismarck and the Swordfish torpedoes were back in the air. Swadeshi was flying very low and slowly, because of this, the crews of Bismarck simply could not distinguish from the sea. The Suodfishes themselves were biplanes that were obsolete even before they were put into service. The British achieved two or three torpedo hits. One of these hits was fatal for Bimark - in an attempt to evade the torpedo, Bismarck turned to the left and because of this, the torpedo, instead of hitting the main armored belt, hit the poorly protected aft compartment and tightly jammed the rudders. By morning, orders were given to stop the cars - Bismarck was in the zone of action of German bombers, who did not give Bismarck any help. Bismarck was approached by the British battleships Rodney (HMS Rodney) and King George V (HMS King George V). Bismarck's fire was focused on Rodney, but due to the roll and inability to evade enemy volleys, accuracy was very low. After 44 minutes, all 4 towers of the Bismarck group stopped firing. In order to somehow save some of the surviving crew, after being shot by British ships, captain Ernst Lindemann, who survived the bombing, ordered the engine room to be blown up, the kingstons opened and the ship abandoned. After the fuses were installed, 9 minutes later an explosion was heard from the depths of the wounded Bismarck, which contributed to the final sinking and roll of the battleship on Board. At this point, the cruiser Dosertshire (HMS Dorsetshire), firing 3 torpedoes at the immobilized Bismarck. Bismarck went to the bottom without lowering the battle flag. Of the 2,220 crew, only 114 people were saved - 111 people were saved by the British, and 3 people by the German submarine U-74. Captain Ernst Lindemann himself, as told by the surviving sailors, did not try to make attempts to escape, but on the contrary drove away all the sailors who tried to save him, threatening to shoot (this is so for intimidation), as a result, captain Lindemann heroically went to the bottom with his ship, the last time he was seen at the stern, when he said goodbye to the surviving sailors. The ship's cat Oscar, nicknamed "Unsinkable Sam"by the British, was also rescued from Bismarck. This cat survived the sinking of 3 ships-the Bismarck itself, the SS Cossack (HMS Cossack) and the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, the same one that caused fatal damage to Bismarck, in the Achilles heel of the invulnerable battleship. By the way after a dive expedition James Cameron, it has been proven that the British torpedo and shells are unable to contribute to the sinking of Bismarck, ie breaking was not detected by torpedoes at the armored belt, but below waterlinie was exactly cut out of the side, this proves that Bismarck scuttled by the Germans themselves when they blew the bottom of the ship and opened the seacocks and not British!
Thanks for giving the whole story on this. Because when you watch something afterwards you always want to know the full story, so thanks! I don't know a lot about ships the only stuff I know that I can think of right now is... Titanic, Koersk & the battle for Pearl Harbor. Again thanks for making time and explaining this!
Most ships around the world are refereed to as SHE/Sister ships where Bismarck and Tirpitz where refereed to as HE/Brother ships. One of the only pairs of ships to be considered Male in comparison to all the others being Female
that's right, it was the captain of zur see Ernst Lindemann who wished to call his ship the battleship Bismarck exactly the male pronunciation - He, since he was very large and strong, which did not suit a woman.
Definitely worth checking out their other songs, the Primo Victoria that was painted onto the ship at the beginning references another of their songs by the same name
Here's a quick version of the meaning of the song. Germany in WW2 had a Battleship named Bismarck, and on it's first and only mission, it sunk the pride ship of Britain, which lead to a hunt to sink the Bismarck from the Allies, which after being surrounded and wounded, it later the crew sank the ship themselves or scuttled the ship.
I'm not surprised that they added a little bit off movement in the video, if you watched their history channel they tell you about how cold it was out there! If you are going to do No bullets fly it has to be the animated story.
@@AngelesBustamanteM Ohhh Demon's & Wizards this really goes back waaaaaay back. What about Blind Guardian? Valhalla is just a masterpiece in it's own way. Oh didn't knew they had a concert when that thing (capitol) unfolded. I hope you see them soon /m\
@@KtsjingTUBE of course i love Blind Guardian, who doesn't? 😅 D&W released an album in 2020 played live in many places like Wacken 2019, but after what Schaffer did Hansi left the band so D&W died again 😭
Correction.. with love… Hannes(drummer of Sabaton) and Floor Jansen (Singer of Nightwish both lives in Sweden together since many years back. Sabaton is from Sweden and Nightwish is from Finland. We are very close neighbours so not so far away to go in between our countries.
Thanks for reaction! I learned about the existence of Sabaton from our singer Radio Tapok. He covers many songs, translating them into Russian. In general, I really respect Sabaton. Unrealistically cool guys! Their songs are very powerfull and historically interesting, so as their videos.
Bismarck had a sister too, Tirpitz. She was sunk by British bombers i Norway without ever having been in battle. Bismarck had a crew of 2065 people, 115 survived.
Ah, missed the start of the premier... well, it was definitely a great reaction with lots of interesting points from you both. And a nice tip for a new band to check out too.
It was actually my first movie on youtube I checked in premier. Was like a little kid with popcorn... I'm happy that you enjoyed both our intakes on this and I hope you check out Iced Earth they are really really GOOOOOOOOOOD
They weren't really as powerful as the myth would say. It got such a name because it sunk HMS Hood, the flagship of the Royal Navy, but although the Hood had similar belt armour and armament, it was an old WW1 ship, well past it's service date, and suffered from less armour against plunging shots, which where it's death. The HMS Prince of Wales that was with it on the other hand was actually more than a match for the Bismarck, being better armoured, having more guns and being more technologically advanced. Unfortunately the technology had teething issues and it was crewed with a new crew, leading to jamming of it's armament and misuse of it's advanced radar aiming. The few shots it did get off showed frightening accuracy and the capability for it's guns to penetrate the thickest armour on the Bismarck. Sending the bulk of the RN after it was more symbolic than necessary (although it was a big effort to locate, track and catch it).
@@KtsjingTUBE if you want one that is more or less created a cult following of its own look up Last Stand, it's a song that works way too well for basically conquering the world. Oh and a note just as a among friends... Driving while listening to Sabaton gets speeding tickets among other things.
@@leechowning2712 haha thanks for putting a smile on my face 'hope the speeding ticket' isn't that speedy/expensive. Replying to this comment while listening to 'Disposable Heroes' by Metallica, just lovely....
The mighty Bismarck! King of the ocean! It took the entire Royal Navy to sink it or atleast damage it to the point where The Bismarck got scuttled. One alone against an entire fleet. The Kriegsmarine = The German Navy. I read somewhere that The Bismarck, pretty much was the Deathstar of the Atlantic warships. Pretty awesome. Imagine if Bismarcks sistership, the Tirpitz had been there at the time, were Bismarck went to sea. I bet those two truly would have been a sight of terror to behold. I highly suggest watching the Sabaton History Channel and look for the Bismarck video.
It wasn't the entire Royal Navy - at the time the Royal Navy was the most powerful in the world. It had over 15 battleships and battlecruisers, 7 aircraft carriers, 66 cruisers, 164 destroyers and 66 submarines. Bismarck and Priz Eugen were engaged by planes from HMS Ark Royal (one of which critically damaged Bismarck's steering gear) and she was engaged in her final battle by the battleships King George V and Rodney along with the heavy cruisers Norfolk and Dorsetshire. More a small task force than an entire navy.
Well, i've learned a lot aobut things in history thanks to Sabaton. They have a channel called "Sabaton History", where a band member teams with an historian, and the historian tells the detail about the historical event, and then the band member tells some details about the song and videos. Hell, you could do a double react, like, first the song, then the history, or vice-versa. Oh and if you're going to do No bullets fly, make sure its the official Animated Story Video, it's like 8 minutes more or less. And on the same vein, you should check out Night Witches! (again, the animated story video, about 8 minutes long again) :3
@@alexrisk7129 ok sorry I remembered that there was still one of them today maybe Luftwaffe ? I don't remember so if you can correct me I would be happy
The story of the battleship Bismark is a tragedy of arrogance. Arrogance that the rudder design was not changed when they realized they'd be venerable to torpedo attack, arrogance that the radar systems were not tested during firing exercises, arrogance that the ship was sent out of a fool's errand with only a heavy cruiser as escort. It was an amazing ship when it was built, but they had to known that the Royal Navy would NEVER let it into the North Atlantic.
The brandnew german Battleship Bismark left Harbor in Denmark Street north of Britain heading the Atlantic Ocean with his (yes, his not her, firts and i guess only ship ever pronounced male) Escort 'Prinz Eugen' - they were spotted by the Flagship of the british Navy, the HMS Hood, back then the guessed most powerfull Warship. it took not even 3 minutes for Bismarck and Prinz Eugen to sink the Hood and badly damage her Escort 'Prince of Wales'... after that it took a nearly 45 hours chase by the complete british Navy when Bismark, lightly damaged by the previous battle let Prinz Eugen escape to Atlantic while heading towards a german occupied french harbor for repairs. But the british Navy finaly got Bismark before the Safe zone and sunk her - but it took nearly 90 minutes, not just 3 with constant hits to get that Monster, 50.000 tons of steel, sunk, and only was possible because of a lucky Torpedo Hit at the (dont know the word in english, sorry, "Ruder" in german), so that Bismark could only do circles on Sea ;)
Welcome to Sabaton. Historical metal. If you wanna know more go to Sabaton History channel, every song they sing is based on actual events, and is explained there. I recommend "UPRISING" official music video or live from Woodstock Poland 2012.
First of all great reaction of Sabaton "Bismarck"! It seems you and your friend like this video maybe future fans? What some have probably already said is that this particular video is made in collaboration with Wargaming's World of Warships and they have a song / video "Steel Commanders" that are Wargaming's World of Tanks. You have opened a floodgate of good songs and videos in future and I want to recommend Sabaton History Channel. There you can see the stories behind the songs and videos and get a real history lesson. Welcome to the Sabaton family! Also I want to point out that Bismarck was a German battleship that was the second largest ship during World War II that weighed 50,300 tons and had a crew of about 2,200 men. Afterwards the sinking of the Bismarck just over 100 sailors survived of the 2,200-man crew. The largest battleship was the Japanese Yamato size of both her guns and displacement, displacing 72,000 tons and had a crew size of about 3,332 men. Just a factoid from a Sabaton fan. Have a great day/evening and take care!
Thank you to World of Warships for creating the amazing battle scene for this video. All the ships and fighting were created using CGI, then used Live Action actors placed into the scene. This is just one example of some of World of Warship's amazing battle scenes they can make. BTW- World of Warships is a free to play warship game. You can see more of the Bismarck in their mini documentary too called Naval Legends. ua-cam.com/video/7K9BJhlt0zo/v-deo.html
Tipje voor Sabaton, altijd even de backstory checken 🤗 ze hebben altijd een tof verhaal. Deze gaat inderdaad over die enorme boot, die overigens nog dieper op de zeebodem ligt dan de Titanic, leerde ik van de week via een UA-cam video die ging over ‘hoe diep is de oceaan’ of zo iets (je leert nog eens wat in de kerstvakantie 😅) PS Floor en Hannes wonen in Zweden en niet in Finland 😉
Inderdaad. Der Bismarck was een der meest gevreesde schepen van het Duitse leger. ( op de duikboten na natuurlijk). Er is nog steeds een beetje discussie of de Britten het schip tot zinken hebben gebracht, oftewel de Duitsers zelf het schip tot zinken brachten om geen geheimen prijs te geven, omdat het schip onbestuurbaar was weg beschadigd roer.
Hi! Well, we turned them on, but because of some technical issue, my screen record failed, so I had to use the original video, which is without subtitles😅
Bismarck is a battleship and the flagship of the kriegsmarine which is the german navy during ww2, it is one of the most powerful battleship of the time, but its a pity that its the era of the aircraft carriers and the airforce
Bismark was one of the smaller Battleships planned by the Krigsmarine (german navy of ww2) however after it was sunk by the allies the program was cancelled and the larger planned vessels were never built, 2 ships of its type was however built, the Bismark, and the Tirpitz, the Tirpitz was also sunk after haveing been attacked several times the germans beached her in a fjord in norway and used her as a gun placement untill it was attacked again and sunk, the bismark was actualy undone by an outdated warplane in the form of a lucky strike from a "swordfish torpedo bomber" the torpedo of said bomber struck and deteonated at the aft of the rudder control room, destroying rudder the rudder control mechanism as well as the control room, leaving the rudder in a fully turned state and the ship incapable of anything but sailing in a circle, after that it was attacked by the british fleet and sunk, however there is some debate as to the actual sinking of the vessel, as it is belived that the vessel may have not in fact been sunk by the british but rather scuttled by its captain by leaving the watertight bulkhed doors open and then opening up the seachest inlet manifold flooding the engine room and any other room connected to it.. although it is unclear if it is true or just a story that it was scuttled..
What I have read It had to be sunk for whatever cost. IT was already hard enough to get supply convos to England. Having IT roaming there could have exchausted Britan and changed WWII . Same thing was with Tirpitz..letting IT leave that Norwegian Harbour would have been disastorous.
whenever you feel free to do a past Sabaton song, please, feel free to check out the Sabaton History Channel on youtube to learn more about the song, since they have history bits about all of their songs, cept for the Metalizer album and their newest one "Soldier of Heaven", which should be due out anytime now
The "Bismarck" , and her sister ship "Tirpitz", were the 2 largest and most powerful battleships ever built in Europe and they were the pride of the kriegsmarine (Germany's militari navy) during Ww2. The "Bismarck" set sail in May 1941 to reach the Atlantic and destroy merchant convoys, but she was intercepted by the British and during a brief fight, destroyed the former flagship of the British fleet and pride of the Royal Navy, the worldwide famous battlecruiser "Hood", by penetrating her armor and detonating her aft main ammunition magazine and killing all 1900 members of her crew except for 3 men, and heavily damaged the battleship "Prince of Wales". This enraged the prime minister Winston Churcil who ordered all his ships in the Atlantic to abandon their operations and destroy the Bismarck. In total more than 40 ships participated to the hunt, making it the biggest naval hunt in history. Meanwhile Bismarck, who had received a hit during the first battle, was leaking fuel and was trying to reach the French port of Saint Nazaire, in occupied France, for repair. After 6 days of playing cat and mouse with the British, Bismarck was attacked by airplanes launched from the aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" and hit by a torpedo in the stern, which jammed her rudders during evasive manuvers, meaning that she was forced to sail in circles, just a few miles away from reaching air cover. In the end battleships "King George V" and "Rodney", along side the heavy cruisers "Norfolk" and "Dorsedshire" fought the already doomed battleship and, during the following 90 minutes completely destroyed her. However, despite having all her guns destroyed, and having received more than 400 hits (out of the 2800 shells that the British had fired at her) her armor was still intact and the ship was still afloat. So the british launched another 4 torpedoes and she disappeared beneath the waves. After inspection of the wreck however it had been discovered that the torpedoes did no significant damage thanks to the battleship's excellent armor, and that Bismarck had been scuttled by her crew. Of the 2200 men that served on her, only 114 survived. The old man seen in the video is the son of the last survivor, who died in 2018, 1 year before this song was released
Worth noting that on paper the hood (although an outdated WW1 ship) and Prince of Wales where certainly a match for the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen. The hood had similar firepower, albeit with a slower fire rate and similar hull armour, but fatally not much deck armour. The Prince of Wales on the other hand was actually better armoured all around than the Bismarck, had more guns (1 inch smaller, but proved enough to penetrate the Bismarck's strongest armour and was more accurate than the Bismarck's guns) and had more advanced technology in it's fire and damage control systems. If running at full power it would have been capable of taking on the Bismarck and escort alone. The issue was it's technology was new, and so was it's crew, which led to issues with it's guns jamming, slow loading and misuse of the radar assisted aiming. In reality the Bismarck and Tirpitz where never the most powerful ships in Europe, They where just the greatest threat to an already stretched thin Royal navy when added to existing forces, and got lucky by taking out their most famous ship, the Hood, which was outdated and tired. The King George class however was more advanced, better armoured, had better range, and more deadly firepower, but suffered from teething issues due to incorporating so much new technology and inexperienced crews. Then near the end of the war there was the HMS Vanguard which was bigger than the Bismarck and a little smaller than the Tirpitz (displacement) but was much more advanced than either, being the last and most modern battleship built in the world (to date).
@@MrEsphoenix I agree with most of what you said, but the prince of Wales didn't use radar assisted artillery at Denmark straight, her equipment wasn't goot enough at that point in the war, her accuracy was also lacking: she hit Bismarck at the beginning but then failed to score any more hits, and her shells penetrated Bismarck's bow not the main armor. In term of accuracy the tirpitz (during an excercise against the Hessen in 1941) proved to be one of the most accurate battleship ever, hitting her 9 times at around 25km, with a maximum dispersion on 112 meters (same as the uss Iowa) and scored an hit percent of 7.5 (higher than any other battleship ever did), and this was in 1941, before she received all the upgrades to her radar. Also yes vanguard was comparable, but her guns were modernized ww1 era 15 inch guns, they were alright, but not better than those on the Bismarcks
@@willghezzi From what I've saw it had it's targeting radar systems added less than a month before the battle in its May refit. The issue was the crew didn't know how to use it properly. Either way, it wasn't in play for the first battle. I never said it penetrated it's thickest armour in that battle. The damage was found on the wreck later, and would have been done by the HMS Rodney, as well as penetrating similar armour in other battles. It's guns are considered one of the most effective naval cannons used in WW2, with fantastic accuracy. The fact they where first used in WW1 doesn't matter. A gun is just a metal tube. The ammo, targeting and assuming systems where all upgraded to modern standards.
@@MrEsphoenix I never said that the guns on vanguard were bad, they were, as you said, upgraded with all recent technology. But a gun is not only a tube, the construction technique helps a lot. For example the british used a semi rigid structure while the Germans used the "all steel" rigid structure. This allowed the Germans to outmatch the british guns in terms of how much stress the barrel could take. If you go look at the stats (particularly on navweaps) you will find that the 15 inch mounted on Bismarck could penetrate almost 100mm more than the 16 inch on Rodney, and the same thing goes for the 15 inch guns. The British weapons were good, but the German ones were better. And another demonstration of this is the fact that the 11 inch on scharnhorst could penetrate slightly more side armor than the 14 inch on the king George V
@@willghezzi Didn't see you'd mentioned the vanguard to be honest, my bad. I was talking about the 14 inch guns of the HMS Prince of Wales. No point comparing penetration particularly, as it doesn't show the full story (and often gives penetration values of their use when they where first in service, which get's improved upon greatly as their service live goes on). We're not talking about tanks, but ships. Over matching armour too much can lead to more overpenetration shots and failed detonations (which happened when the Prince of wales hit the bow of the Bismarck, and the shells went strait through the other side with minimal damage), but you want enough penetration to get through the armour reliably, which was proven the 14Inch guns could do. There is no real match with the Vanguard it was the last battleship built in the world, and the most advanced, I only brought it up as a counter point to the Bismarck and Tirpitz being the most powerful ships built in Europe. The guns it used where tested by America as the most accurate and reliable guns used in WW2 and it holds the record as the longest range hit in the war. With the new supercharged rounds and improve elevation of the MK1(N) RP12, they could match the range of the German guns (but they could actually reliable hit a target at a much longer range), yet had much better accuracy and a more powerful and reliable round. Not to mention they where fitted on an all around more powerful, better armoured and more survivable ship, with more advanced radar, that was slightly faster than the Bismarck. The Bismarck and Tirpitz where very impressive, but over rated, as many German vehicles came to be. It got lucky in it's first fight and unlucky when it tried to flee, but it could not have gone toe to toe with the royal navy. It was a threat because it was fast, and when added to the existing fleet the RN would have struggled to keep it in check and protect it's supply convoys, not because it could take on any fight without concern.
You must both know the story of the German battleship, Bismarck? The biggest battleship to ever sail the sea. It was sunk during WWII by the British. They are looking for the wreck of the ship. Don't you learn any history in school over in Belgium? You like the drums. The drummer is Hannes van Dahl, the husband of Floor Jansen from Nightwish. Custom made guitars.
I wish respect of religious holidays was a thing on the battlefield. Not religious for the reaosns on belief, but for the culture of the nation they fight against. If nothing else to pay respect to their opponents.
Seriously. No knowledge of WW2 History? Bismark was Germany's most powerful battleship. This is about the allies chase to destroy the Bismark before she reached the open seas and could attack the allies supply convoy.
No disrespect or condescending - Just curious what country you guys are from and why your education system didn't show the basics of WW2 . Once again , certainly no disrespect . Your education system probably focused on localised history . Which makes nothing but sense really
i didnt know much about history if it wasnt for history channel and sabaton (and a bit of iron maiden) also tbf, history classes in sweden (where i live) isnt going into much details about ww1 and ww2 either, not much into anything outside of scandinavian/nordic history actually. the history classes taught me pretty much only about monarchs of scandinavian/nordic countries, what years they ruled and what they did. they did mention ww1 and ww2 but pretty much only mentioned them, which nations were involved, during which years they happened and only a few of the big events from the wars such as the d-day and attack on pearl harbour but no real details about them, wasnt until i saw documentaries about it on history channel that i learned more and then even more when i heard songs from sabaton (and iron maiden) thats based on real history where i then looked up more info about it. anime and games have introduced me to certain historical events and such as well, like the kantai collection anime got me way more interested in naval history and specific historical warships to the point i started watching drachinifels history videos and even spent many hours reading about them
None taken actually. My previous teachers had some certain (history) topics they spoke about but didn't came to all of it eventually. I was in a class where most people actually didn't pay attention and for me history was a class I was all eyes-ears since I love to discuss and learn about it. The only problem is battles that took place on the sea, the teachers never mentioned it. The only battle that they did mention was D-day (half sea/half beach) but basically that's it... They will speak like you said about the main topics(history) that everyone wants to know or hear. Anyway again thanks for the comment! Grtz from Belgium
@@KtsjingTUBE I hear you guys , it was somewhat similar for me in high school . Only class I was fully engaged in , and wanted to learn more . I can imagine it would be difficult for any history teacher , regardless of country , as they are bound by curriculums and mostly uninterested students
@@vinteren4734 yeah history for me was like... candy to a kid or more like a bedtime story. The education system is getting worse and worse that's for sure, but let's keep it on history side since that's more fun and entertaining to talk about. So for me like I said it had to be the main history topics or half of the class was in ZzZ mode. I think this is the beauty of this song/video-clip that artist like 'Sabaton' not only do they give us good music. They also teach us something in return. It's the circle of life =)
Your channel is awesome. Fantastic music. I subscribe. Please react to Monica Naranjo - Europa. She's amazing, one of the best voices female in the world. An incredible music metal /rock /opera. A greeting from Spain 😎. Link 👇
"Don't know the meaning of this video" One suggestion do as many other reaction channels do, first google the band and the song and everything will be clear what it's all about.
@@claptrap4084 the allies dissolved the Kriegsmarine 1945 :) 1956 the Bundesmarine was foundet. =) and i think now it sounds not so hard, Kriegsmarine means "War Marine" =D
@@claptrap4084 Nope :) Wehrmacht on english means "armed forces" its also an old word for streitmacht, that means also "armed force or military force" :) The german word for War is Krieg, marine is the same as in english. :)
Guys, what a shame. You know absolutely nothing about historical context of this song. Bismarck is a German Battleship, which served in German Navy or Kriegsmarine. And this battleship was sunk by British Royal Navy in 1941, if i don't mistake.
Good evening, Sabaton Army! Let's enjoy this one!
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Let me know your suggestions for the next one from them! 😉
Honestly I love all their songs....but if there is 1 I have to recommend it would be Attack of the Dead Men
Defence of Moscow is awesome, is a single they released last year, has an interesting story, it's full power metal 🤟
To Hell and Back, Fields of Verdun, No Bullets Fly ( the animated STORY version) , Ghost Division ( official live woodstock)
next suggestion...... all of their music.....j/s
En lisvtid i krig (live in gothenburg) 2020, it is in swedish but have english subtitles! :), and then all of their songs ofc.
From what I've heard, the last survivor from the Bismark was supposed to be in the video but his health was rapidly declining (he actually passed away before the video came out) so his son played the role instead (with his father's compass)
I heard rhat also but as i understand its just BS, theres no such thing
@@TheJonasbz Except Joakim himself told the story during an interview for the Great War album. Are you calling him a liar?
@@Bazerald777 What interview? you got a link?
God bless them both. 🙏 They don't make men like that generation anymore.
Ok, so Bismark was one of the biggest battleships in WWII, it was a German ship, it was sunk (or scuttled) as you saw.
This video was made in cooperation with the gaming company World of Warships.
Sabaton sings mostly about real events, persons or battles in war history, a few songs are more concept songs about war.
If you don't know the story, you can check their history channel where they explain it.
Since you're from Belgium, you should check the song "Resist and Bite".
It has a really cool sound, and it's about 40 Belgian soldiers in WWII.
I can definitely see that, it indeed gives me vibes of a very high quality game!👌 I’ll check out their backstory channel as well, thx!😉
Thx for the suggestion also!
Woehoew I guessed it right, also thanks for explaining it btw.
Oh cool to know that it as in cooperation with a video game. Nice to also mention this!
@@KtsjingTUBE it's a pretty good game too.
@@richardgoddard37 When I was on a lan party a lot of people where actually playing it. So when you mentioned the game that was the first thing that came to mind.
Really a lot of people played it, but I'm more a FPS kind of guy... but it looked cool!
It wasn't just one of the biggest. It was literally the 2nd biggest piece of floating metal in WW2. The only bigger ship was the Japanese Yamato. However in terms of raw firepower one could argue that Bismarck had Yamato beat.
The drummer is married too Floor in Nightwish. You have to see, En livstid i krig, live Gothenburg, with CC!
Yeah indeed, for some reason I forgot to mention her name :p
Thx for the suggestion!
@@YBPlaysMusic also, Resist and bite, live Antverpen, Great War, Carolus Rex and many many more 👍👌
Also they live in Sweden not Finland :)
Fun Fact: When Bismarck shot his first volley the shockwave so powerful the radar system got destroyed.
So a bit of a dramatic and tragic story about the most famous ship of the Second world war-the Bismarck, which went on its first and last voyage (like the Titanic), which ended in its death.
Bismarck (KMS Bismark) - German battleship, the lead ship of the same class, was still no less famous for its brother-Tirpitz.
Bismarck is one of the most legendary ships of the Second world war, as well as being the largest battleship in Europe and one of the largest in the world along with the Japanese Yamato and the American Missouri.
Bismarck was launched in 1939 and commissioned in 1940. Bismarck's first (and last) campaign began on may 22, 1941. Then Bismarck, along with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen (KMS Prinz Eugen) was to break through the Danish Strait into the Atlantic and begin to sink convoys going to Britain. The first German squadron was discovered by the British cruisers Suffolk and Norfolk (HMS Suffolk and HMS Norfolk) on the evening of 23 may. The British battleship Prince of Wales (HMS Prince of Wales) and the battlecruiser hood (HMS Hood) went to intercept Bismarck. During the battle, Bismarck received several hits, at the same time 5 Bismarck's volley hit directly into Hood's artillery cellars. Hood was torn in two by a massive explosion. Of the 1,477 crew members, only 3 survived. Among the dead was the commander of the British squadron Lancelot Ernest Holland.
The Prince of Wales tried to continue the battle, but to no avail and soon disappeared in a smoke screen as one of the shells from Bismarck hit the command post of the Prince of Wales, thereby killing half of the officers, by the way the second shell fired from Bismarck hit the Prince of Wales, but did not explode, the British then pushed him into the sea. Bismarck had one of the generators disabled, two fuel tanks were breached, and there was a trim on the bow and a roll on the starboard side. Gunther Lutyens (commander of the German squadron) decided to lead the Bismarck to the French port of Saint-Nazaire for repairs. Prince Eugen was ordered to continue raiding. Bismarck was chased by the entire British fleet in the region. Bismarck's injuries were not very serious, but they caused Bismarck to lose one of his main advantages - speed. The British lost Bismarck several times, but due to the fact that the British intercepted a radio message sent to Bismarck, it was possible to establish the approximate location of the ship. Bismarck left little to the French Brest. Also, when approaching the coast of occupied France, Bismarck could use Luftwaffe aircraft (Luftwaffe - aviation of the Third Reich) to cover. Only compound H, based in Gibraltar, was able to detain Bismarck. This unit included the aircraft carrier Ark Royal (HMS Ark Royal). On the morning of may 26, the Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers flew to the site of the last sighting of the Bismarck. Approximately in the same area was the cruiser Sheffield (HMS Sheffield). The Swordfish pilots mistook Sheffield for Bismarck and torpedoed it. The new magnetic fuses of the torpedoes did not work, and the cruiser remained intact. After this incident, the British changed the magnetic fuses to contact ones. By evening, Sheffield had made visual contact with Bismarck and the Swordfish torpedoes were back in the air. Swadeshi was flying very low and slowly, because of this, the crews of Bismarck simply could not distinguish from the sea. The Suodfishes themselves were biplanes that were obsolete even before they were put into service. The British achieved two or three torpedo hits. One of these hits was fatal for Bimark - in an attempt to evade the torpedo, Bismarck turned to the left and because of this, the torpedo, instead of hitting the main armored belt, hit the poorly protected aft compartment and tightly jammed the rudders. By morning, orders were given to stop the cars - Bismarck was in the zone of action of German bombers, who did not give Bismarck any help. Bismarck was approached by the British battleships Rodney (HMS Rodney) and King George V (HMS King George V). Bismarck's fire was focused on Rodney, but due to the roll and inability to evade enemy volleys, accuracy was very low. After 44 minutes, all 4 towers of the Bismarck group stopped firing. In order to somehow save some of the surviving crew, after being shot by British ships, captain Ernst Lindemann, who survived the bombing, ordered the engine room to be blown up, the kingstons opened and the ship abandoned. After the fuses were installed, 9 minutes later an explosion was heard from the depths of the wounded Bismarck, which contributed to the final sinking and roll of the battleship on Board. At this point, the cruiser Dosertshire (HMS Dorsetshire), firing 3 torpedoes at the immobilized Bismarck. Bismarck went to the bottom without lowering the battle flag. Of the 2,220 crew, only 114 people were saved - 111 people were saved by the British, and 3 people by the German submarine U-74. Captain Ernst Lindemann himself, as told by the surviving sailors, did not try to make attempts to escape, but on the contrary drove away all the sailors who tried to save him, threatening to shoot (this is so for intimidation), as a result, captain Lindemann heroically went to the bottom with his ship, the last time he was seen at the stern, when he said goodbye to the surviving sailors. The ship's cat Oscar, nicknamed "Unsinkable Sam"by the British, was also rescued from Bismarck. This cat survived the sinking of 3 ships-the Bismarck itself, the SS Cossack (HMS Cossack) and the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, the same one that caused fatal damage to Bismarck, in the Achilles heel of the invulnerable battleship. By the way after a dive expedition James Cameron, it has been proven that the British torpedo and shells are unable to contribute to the sinking of Bismarck, ie breaking was not detected by torpedoes at the armored belt, but below waterlinie was exactly cut out of the side, this proves that Bismarck scuttled by the Germans themselves when they blew the bottom of the ship and opened the seacocks and not British!
Thanks for giving the whole story on this. Because when you watch something afterwards you always want to know the full story, so thanks!
I don't know a lot about ships the only stuff I know that I can think of right now is... Titanic, Koersk & the battle for Pearl Harbor.
Again thanks for making time and explaining this!
Yeah it would have been an unthinkable blow to morale if the British had captured the ship so they had no choice but to scuttle it.
Most ships around the world are refereed to as SHE/Sister ships where Bismarck and Tirpitz where refereed to as HE/Brother ships. One of the only pairs of ships to be considered Male in comparison to all the others being Female
that's right, it was the captain of zur see Ernst Lindemann who wished to call his ship the battleship Bismarck exactly the male pronunciation - He, since he was very large and strong, which did not suit a woman.
@@thesaltyengineer6086 Russians, Spanish and French refer to their ships as male as far as I know.
When the Bismarck emerges from the fog…that was BADASS.
Agreed.
Definitely worth checking out their other songs, the Primo Victoria that was painted onto the ship at the beginning references another of their songs by the same name
Here's a quick version of the meaning of the song. Germany in WW2 had a Battleship named Bismarck, and on it's first and only mission, it sunk the pride ship of Britain, which lead to a hunt to sink the Bismarck from the Allies, which after being surrounded and wounded, it later the crew sank the ship themselves or scuttled the ship.
I'm not surprised that they added a little bit off movement in the video, if you watched their history channel they tell you about how cold it was out there!
If you are going to do No bullets fly it has to be the animated story.
Thanks for having me buddy, loved every reaction... I mean second of it
I too like Iced Earth, but what I love even MORE is Demon's & Wizards
@@AngelesBustamanteM Ohhh Demon's & Wizards this really goes back waaaaaay back.
What about Blind Guardian? Valhalla is just a masterpiece in it's own way. Oh didn't knew they had a concert when that thing (capitol) unfolded.
I hope you see them soon /m\
@@KtsjingTUBE of course i love Blind Guardian, who doesn't? 😅
D&W released an album in 2020 played live in many places like Wacken 2019, but after what Schaffer did Hansi left the band so D&W died again 😭
Correction.. with love… Hannes(drummer of Sabaton) and Floor Jansen (Singer of Nightwish both lives in Sweden together since many years back.
Sabaton is from Sweden and Nightwish is from Finland. We are very close neighbours so not so far away to go in between our countries.
Oh ok, I thought I heard Floor say in one of her videos it was Finland, but I could be wrong😛 thx!
@@YBPlaysMusic she lived there while single but then moved to Sweden to be with Hannes
Thanks for reaction!
I learned about the existence of Sabaton from our singer Radio Tapok. He covers many songs, translating them into Russian.
In general, I really respect Sabaton. Unrealistically cool guys! Their songs are very powerfull and historically interesting, so as their videos.
Do me a favor and check out Iced Earth as I suggested in the video if you love history you will love this band!
Radio Tapok's Defence of Moscow is a BANGER !!!! Absolutely love it, Sabaton's cover is awesome
Bismarck had a sister too, Tirpitz. She was sunk by British bombers i Norway without ever having been in battle.
Bismarck had a crew of 2065 people, 115 survived.
There’s footage of the air raid against her too..British developed 10,000 pound (4,500 kg) bombs to use against her.
Ah, missed the start of the premier... well, it was definitely a great reaction with lots of interesting points from you both. And a nice tip for a new band to check out too.
It was actually my first movie on youtube I checked in premier. Was like a little kid with popcorn...
I'm happy that you enjoyed both our intakes on this and I hope you check out Iced Earth they are really really GOOOOOOOOOOD
They weren't really as powerful as the myth would say. It got such a name because it sunk HMS Hood, the flagship of the Royal Navy, but although the Hood had similar belt armour and armament, it was an old WW1 ship, well past it's service date, and suffered from less armour against plunging shots, which where it's death. The HMS Prince of Wales that was with it on the other hand was actually more than a match for the Bismarck, being better armoured, having more guns and being more technologically advanced. Unfortunately the technology had teething issues and it was crewed with a new crew, leading to jamming of it's armament and misuse of it's advanced radar aiming. The few shots it did get off showed frightening accuracy and the capability for it's guns to penetrate the thickest armour on the Bismarck.
Sending the bulk of the RN after it was more symbolic than necessary (although it was a big effort to locate, track and catch it).
Welcome to Sabaton... Where every song is very distinct. Once you have some experience, you can identify the songs by the first 30 seconds.
yeah it was my first experience and it won't be my last, that's for sure!
@@KtsjingTUBE if you want one that is more or less created a cult following of its own look up Last Stand, it's a song that works way too well for basically conquering the world. Oh and a note just as a among friends... Driving while listening to Sabaton gets speeding tickets among other things.
@@leechowning2712 haha thanks for putting a smile on my face 'hope the speeding ticket' isn't that speedy/expensive.
Replying to this comment while listening to 'Disposable Heroes' by Metallica, just lovely....
The mighty Bismarck! King of the ocean!
It took the entire Royal Navy to sink it or atleast damage it to the point where The Bismarck got scuttled.
One alone against an entire fleet.
The Kriegsmarine = The German Navy.
I read somewhere that The Bismarck, pretty much was the Deathstar of the Atlantic warships. Pretty awesome.
Imagine if Bismarcks sistership, the Tirpitz had been there at the time, were Bismarck went to sea.
I bet those two truly would have been a sight of terror to behold.
I highly suggest watching the Sabaton History Channel and look for the Bismarck video.
It wasn't the entire Royal Navy - at the time the Royal Navy was the most powerful in the world. It had over 15 battleships and battlecruisers, 7 aircraft carriers, 66 cruisers, 164 destroyers and 66 submarines. Bismarck and Priz Eugen were engaged by planes from HMS Ark Royal (one of which critically damaged Bismarck's steering gear) and she was engaged in her final battle by the battleships King George V and Rodney along with the heavy cruisers Norfolk and Dorsetshire. More a small task force than an entire navy.
Now you need a live. 40:1 from Polish woodstock comes to mind. Bring back your metalhead fried for that one.
About the rolling r's, that's the swedish accent you're hearing.
Now I wonder what about the French RRRRRR?
or maybe it can be a pirate RRRRRRRRRR anyway I'm getting in to much Rated R in this comment section haha
He doesn't use that rolling r when he is talking english, only when he sings
Well, i've learned a lot aobut things in history thanks to Sabaton. They have a channel called "Sabaton History", where a band member teams with an historian, and the historian tells the detail about the historical event, and then the band member tells some details about the song and videos. Hell, you could do a double react, like, first the song, then the history, or vice-versa.
Oh and if you're going to do No bullets fly, make sure its the official Animated Story Video, it's like 8 minutes more or less. And on the same vein, you should check out Night Witches! (again, the animated story video, about 8 minutes long again) :3
If we ever teamup again we will def. check it
fun fact from Bismarck ship,the guy at beginning who acting captain of fisherman boat is the actual guy who survive the sink of Bismarck.........
Hahahaha my new years boys! Fun one broskis
KMS Bismarck was the largest and most powerful battleship in the Kriegsmarine and in 1941 she was sunk/scuttled(together).
The drummer, Hannes Van Dahl, is married to Floor Jansen (singer of Nightwish) and they live in Sweden on the west coast.
by the way - the Kriegsmarine is the German navy under the Third Reich.
Thank you very much for your reaction and welcome to Sabaton 👍😁
I think kriegsmarine is still the name of german navy
Thank you for checking and commenting!
@@alexrisk7129 ok sorry I remembered that there was still one of them today maybe Luftwaffe ? I don't remember so if you can correct me I would be happy
Luftwaffe refers to the air force of Nazi Germany
The story of the battleship Bismark is a tragedy of arrogance. Arrogance that the rudder design was not changed when they realized they'd be venerable to torpedo attack, arrogance that the radar systems were not tested during firing exercises, arrogance that the ship was sent out of a fool's errand with only a heavy cruiser as escort. It was an amazing ship when it was built, but they had to known that the Royal Navy would NEVER let it into the North Atlantic.
SABATONNN YOOOOO!!
The brandnew german Battleship Bismark left Harbor in Denmark Street north of Britain heading the Atlantic Ocean with his (yes, his not her, firts and i guess only ship ever pronounced male) Escort 'Prinz Eugen' - they were spotted by the Flagship of the british Navy, the HMS Hood, back then the guessed most powerfull Warship. it took not even 3 minutes for Bismarck and Prinz Eugen to sink the Hood and badly damage her Escort 'Prince of Wales'... after that it took a nearly 45 hours chase by the complete british Navy when Bismark, lightly damaged by the previous battle let Prinz Eugen escape to Atlantic while heading towards a german occupied french harbor for repairs. But the british Navy finaly got Bismark before the Safe zone and sunk her - but it took nearly 90 minutes, not just 3 with constant hits to get that Monster, 50.000 tons of steel, sunk, and only was possible because of a lucky Torpedo Hit at the (dont know the word in english, sorry, "Ruder" in german), so that Bismark could only do circles on Sea ;)
Welcome to Sabaton. Historical metal. If you wanna know more go to Sabaton History channel, every song they sing is based on actual events, and is explained there. I recommend "UPRISING" official music video or live from Woodstock Poland 2012.
First of all great reaction of Sabaton "Bismarck"! It seems you and your friend like this video maybe future fans? What some have probably already said is that this particular video is made in collaboration with Wargaming's World of Warships and they have a song / video "Steel Commanders" that are Wargaming's World of Tanks. You have opened a floodgate of good songs and videos in future and I want to recommend Sabaton History Channel. There you can see the stories behind the songs and videos and get a real history lesson. Welcome to the Sabaton family!
Also I want to point out that Bismarck was a German battleship that was the second largest ship during World War II that weighed 50,300 tons and had a crew of about 2,200 men. Afterwards the sinking of the Bismarck just over 100 sailors survived of the 2,200-man crew. The largest battleship was the Japanese Yamato size of both her guns and displacement, displacing 72,000 tons and had a crew size of about 3,332 men. Just a factoid from a Sabaton fan. Have a great day/evening and take care!
The WW2 German Battleship Bismark was sunk by the British fleet.
Thank you to World of Warships for creating the amazing battle scene for this video. All the ships and fighting were created using CGI, then used Live Action actors placed into the scene. This is just one example of some of World of Warship's amazing battle scenes they can make. BTW- World of Warships is a free to play warship game. You can see more of the Bismarck in their mini documentary too called Naval Legends. ua-cam.com/video/7K9BJhlt0zo/v-deo.html
Tipje voor Sabaton, altijd even de backstory checken 🤗 ze hebben altijd een tof verhaal. Deze gaat inderdaad over die enorme boot, die overigens nog dieper op de zeebodem ligt dan de Titanic, leerde ik van de week via een UA-cam video die ging over ‘hoe diep is de oceaan’ of zo iets (je leert nog eens wat in de kerstvakantie 😅) PS Floor en Hannes wonen in Zweden en niet in Finland 😉
Inderdaad. Der Bismarck was een der meest gevreesde schepen van het Duitse leger. ( op de duikboten na natuurlijk). Er is nog steeds een beetje discussie of de Britten het schip tot zinken hebben gebracht, oftewel de Duitsers zelf het schip tot zinken brachten om geen geheimen prijs te geven, omdat het schip onbestuurbaar was weg beschadigd roer.
almost every song has subtitles, turn it on
Hi! Well, we turned them on, but because of some technical issue, my screen record failed, so I had to use the original video, which is without subtitles😅
Bismarck is a battleship and the flagship of the kriegsmarine which is the german navy during ww2, it is one of the most powerful battleship of the time, but its a pity that its the era of the aircraft carriers and the airforce
Bismark was one of the smaller Battleships planned by the Krigsmarine (german navy of ww2) however after it was sunk by the allies the program was cancelled and the larger planned vessels were never built, 2 ships of its type was however built, the Bismark, and the Tirpitz, the Tirpitz was also sunk after haveing been attacked several times the germans beached her in a fjord in norway and used her as a gun placement untill it was attacked again and sunk, the bismark was actualy undone by an outdated warplane in the form of a lucky strike from a "swordfish torpedo bomber" the torpedo of said bomber struck and deteonated at the aft of the rudder control room, destroying rudder the rudder control mechanism as well as the control room, leaving the rudder in a fully turned state and the ship incapable of anything but sailing in a circle, after that it was attacked by the british fleet and sunk, however there is some debate as to the actual sinking of the vessel, as it is belived that the vessel may have not in fact been sunk by the british but rather scuttled by its captain by leaving the watertight bulkhed doors open and then opening up the seachest inlet manifold flooding the engine room and any other room connected to it.. although it is unclear if it is true or just a story that it was scuttled..
Thanks for all the info, really appreciate it!👌
Floor and Hannes live in Sweden.
You've got to add Ghost Division and Rourke's drift to that workout playlist!
Regarding kriegsmarine is in german navy, there is rolling r in the word 🙂
What I have read It had to be sunk for whatever cost.
IT was already hard enough to get supply convos to England. Having IT roaming there could have exchausted Britan and changed WWII .
Same thing was with Tirpitz..letting IT leave that Norwegian Harbour would have been disastorous.
If you want a bad ass cool feeling solo, defense of Moscow by sabaton
Show him En Livstid I Krig live in Gothenburg with captions ON ❤️
for a german like it hurts a little bit if someone doesnt knows the bismark like it was our pride
this is the German warship Bismark and one of the sister ship is the German Tirpitz in the wwII.
the proud of a german nation!
Europe: land of world wars & good musicians
the Bismarck was a WWII Kriegsmarine {Nazi Germany} Battleship
whenever you feel free to do a past Sabaton song, please, feel free to check out the Sabaton History Channel on youtube to learn more about the song, since they have history bits about all of their songs, cept for the Metalizer album and their newest one "Soldier of Heaven", which should be due out anytime now
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The "Bismarck" , and her sister ship "Tirpitz", were the 2 largest and most powerful battleships ever built in Europe and they were the pride of the kriegsmarine (Germany's militari navy) during Ww2. The "Bismarck" set sail in May 1941 to reach the Atlantic and destroy merchant convoys, but she was intercepted by the British and during a brief fight, destroyed the former flagship of the British fleet and pride of the Royal Navy, the worldwide famous battlecruiser "Hood", by penetrating her armor and detonating her aft main ammunition magazine and killing all 1900 members of her crew except for 3 men, and heavily damaged the battleship "Prince of Wales". This enraged the prime minister Winston Churcil who ordered all his ships in the Atlantic to abandon their operations and destroy the Bismarck. In total more than 40 ships participated to the hunt, making it the biggest naval hunt in history. Meanwhile Bismarck, who had received a hit during the first battle, was leaking fuel and was trying to reach the French port of Saint Nazaire, in occupied France, for repair. After 6 days of playing cat and mouse with the British, Bismarck was attacked by airplanes launched from the aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" and hit by a torpedo in the stern, which jammed her rudders during evasive manuvers, meaning that she was forced to sail in circles, just a few miles away from reaching air cover. In the end battleships "King George V" and "Rodney", along side the heavy cruisers "Norfolk" and "Dorsedshire" fought the already doomed battleship and, during the following 90 minutes completely destroyed her. However, despite having all her guns destroyed, and having received more than 400 hits (out of the 2800 shells that the British had fired at her) her armor was still intact and the ship was still afloat. So the british launched another 4 torpedoes and she disappeared beneath the waves. After inspection of the wreck however it had been discovered that the torpedoes did no significant damage thanks to the battleship's excellent armor, and that Bismarck had been scuttled by her crew. Of the 2200 men that served on her, only 114 survived. The old man seen in the video is the son of the last survivor, who died in 2018, 1 year before this song was released
Worth noting that on paper the hood (although an outdated WW1 ship) and Prince of Wales where certainly a match for the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen. The hood had similar firepower, albeit with a slower fire rate and similar hull armour, but fatally not much deck armour. The Prince of Wales on the other hand was actually better armoured all around than the Bismarck, had more guns (1 inch smaller, but proved enough to penetrate the Bismarck's strongest armour and was more accurate than the Bismarck's guns) and had more advanced technology in it's fire and damage control systems. If running at full power it would have been capable of taking on the Bismarck and escort alone. The issue was it's technology was new, and so was it's crew, which led to issues with it's guns jamming, slow loading and misuse of the radar assisted aiming.
In reality the Bismarck and Tirpitz where never the most powerful ships in Europe, They where just the greatest threat to an already stretched thin Royal navy when added to existing forces, and got lucky by taking out their most famous ship, the Hood, which was outdated and tired. The King George class however was more advanced, better armoured, had better range, and more deadly firepower, but suffered from teething issues due to incorporating so much new technology and inexperienced crews. Then near the end of the war there was the HMS Vanguard which was bigger than the Bismarck and a little smaller than the Tirpitz (displacement) but was much more advanced than either, being the last and most modern battleship built in the world (to date).
@@MrEsphoenix I agree with most of what you said, but the prince of Wales didn't use radar assisted artillery at Denmark straight, her equipment wasn't goot enough at that point in the war, her accuracy was also lacking: she hit Bismarck at the beginning but then failed to score any more hits, and her shells penetrated Bismarck's bow not the main armor. In term of accuracy the tirpitz (during an excercise against the Hessen in 1941) proved to be one of the most accurate battleship ever, hitting her 9 times at around 25km, with a maximum dispersion on 112 meters (same as the uss Iowa) and scored an hit percent of 7.5 (higher than any other battleship ever did), and this was in 1941, before she received all the upgrades to her radar. Also yes vanguard was comparable, but her guns were modernized ww1 era 15 inch guns, they were alright, but not better than those on the Bismarcks
@@willghezzi From what I've saw it had it's targeting radar systems added less than a month before the battle in its May refit. The issue was the crew didn't know how to use it properly. Either way, it wasn't in play for the first battle.
I never said it penetrated it's thickest armour in that battle. The damage was found on the wreck later, and would have been done by the HMS Rodney, as well as penetrating similar armour in other battles. It's guns are considered one of the most effective naval cannons used in WW2, with fantastic accuracy. The fact they where first used in WW1 doesn't matter. A gun is just a metal tube. The ammo, targeting and assuming systems where all upgraded to modern standards.
@@MrEsphoenix I never said that the guns on vanguard were bad, they were, as you said, upgraded with all recent technology. But a gun is not only a tube, the construction technique helps a lot. For example the british used a semi rigid structure while the Germans used the "all steel" rigid structure. This allowed the Germans to outmatch the british guns in terms of how much stress the barrel could take. If you go look at the stats (particularly on navweaps) you will find that the 15 inch mounted on Bismarck could penetrate almost 100mm more than the 16 inch on Rodney, and the same thing goes for the 15 inch guns. The British weapons were good, but the German ones were better. And another demonstration of this is the fact that the 11 inch on scharnhorst could penetrate slightly more side armor than the 14 inch on the king George V
@@willghezzi Didn't see you'd mentioned the vanguard to be honest, my bad. I was talking about the 14 inch guns of the HMS Prince of Wales. No point comparing penetration particularly, as it doesn't show the full story (and often gives penetration values of their use when they where first in service, which get's improved upon greatly as their service live goes on). We're not talking about tanks, but ships. Over matching armour too much can lead to more overpenetration shots and failed detonations (which happened when the Prince of wales hit the bow of the Bismarck, and the shells went strait through the other side with minimal damage), but you want enough penetration to get through the armour reliably, which was proven the 14Inch guns could do.
There is no real match with the Vanguard it was the last battleship built in the world, and the most advanced, I only brought it up as a counter point to the Bismarck and Tirpitz being the most powerful ships built in Europe. The guns it used where tested by America as the most accurate and reliable guns used in WW2 and it holds the record as the longest range hit in the war. With the new supercharged rounds and improve elevation of the MK1(N) RP12, they could match the range of the German guns (but they could actually reliable hit a target at a much longer range), yet had much better accuracy and a more powerful and reliable round. Not to mention they where fitted on an all around more powerful, better armoured and more survivable ship, with more advanced radar, that was slightly faster than the Bismarck.
The Bismarck and Tirpitz where very impressive, but over rated, as many German vehicles came to be. It got lucky in it's first fight and unlucky when it tried to flee, but it could not have gone toe to toe with the royal navy. It was a threat because it was fast, and when added to the existing fleet the RN would have struggled to keep it in check and protect it's supply convoys, not because it could take on any fight without concern.
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For history, check out sabaton history
Guys you need to read some history then you understand the video. Check SABATONS HISTORY CHANNEL.
Nononono, they live at the swedish westcost, Floor now speaks perfekt swedish with a typical west coust accent
I must have confused Finland with Sweden then😅
@@YBPlaysMusic How than now even is possible???? ;)
funny thing the bismarck is deeper than the titanic... but in far better condition than titanic
You must both know the story of the German battleship, Bismarck? The biggest battleship to ever sail the sea. It was sunk during WWII by the British. They are looking for the wreck of the ship. Don't you learn any history in school over in Belgium? You like the drums. The drummer is Hannes van Dahl, the husband of Floor Jansen from Nightwish. Custom made guitars.
The Tirpitz, Yamato and Musashi all had more displacement than the Bismarck.
@@cervik2035 And HMS Vanguard, although that came later at the end of the war.
Guys you need to studie history. Check SABATONS History channel then you understand there videos. I thought eveyone knew what Bismark was.
I wish respect of religious holidays was a thing on the battlefield. Not religious for the reaosns on belief, but for the culture of the nation they fight against. If nothing else to pay respect to their opponents.
IF u want information of THE bakgrund taket a look in sabatons history chanel
Not to be that guy.
But come on! The hunt for Bismarck and her sister Tirpitz are WWII history 101!
They Lives in Sweden🇸🇪
Seriously. No knowledge of WW2 History? Bismark was Germany's most powerful battleship. This is about the allies chase to destroy the Bismark before she reached the open seas and could attack the allies supply convoy.
No disrespect or condescending - Just curious what country you guys are from and why your education system didn't show the basics of WW2 . Once again , certainly no disrespect . Your education system probably focused on localised history . Which makes nothing but sense really
i didnt know much about history if it wasnt for history channel and sabaton (and a bit of iron maiden)
also tbf, history classes in sweden (where i live) isnt going into much details about ww1 and ww2 either, not much into anything outside of scandinavian/nordic history actually. the history classes taught me pretty much only about monarchs of scandinavian/nordic countries, what years they ruled and what they did.
they did mention ww1 and ww2 but pretty much only mentioned them, which nations were involved, during which years they happened and only a few of the big events from the wars such as the d-day and attack on pearl harbour but no real details about them, wasnt until i saw documentaries about it on history channel that i learned more and then even more when i heard songs from sabaton (and iron maiden) thats based on real history where i then looked up more info about it.
anime and games have introduced me to certain historical events and such as well, like the kantai collection anime got me way more interested in naval history and specific historical warships to the point i started watching drachinifels history videos and even spent many hours reading about them
@@Deilwynna no worries , certainly no disrespect intended . They are some great bands to learn from and to rock out to . Respect 👍
None taken actually. My previous teachers had some certain (history) topics they spoke about but didn't came to all of it eventually.
I was in a class where most people actually didn't pay attention and for me history was a class I was all eyes-ears since I love to discuss and learn about it.
The only problem is battles that took place on the sea, the teachers never mentioned it. The only battle that they did mention was D-day (half sea/half beach) but basically that's it...
They will speak like you said about the main topics(history) that everyone wants to know or hear. Anyway again thanks for the comment!
Grtz from Belgium
@@KtsjingTUBE I hear you guys , it was somewhat similar for me in high school . Only class I was fully engaged in , and wanted to learn more . I can imagine it would be difficult for any history teacher , regardless of country , as they are bound by curriculums and mostly uninterested students
@@vinteren4734 yeah history for me was like... candy to a kid or more like a bedtime story. The education system is getting worse and worse that's for sure, but let's keep it on history side since that's more fun and entertaining to talk about. So for me like I said it had to be the main history topics or half of the class was in ZzZ mode.
I think this is the beauty of this song/video-clip that artist like 'Sabaton' not only do they give us good music. They also teach us something in return.
It's the circle of life =)
they doint teach ww1-ww2 in history class in Belgium?
"What is a Bismark"? Bad education, or bad parenting?
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They always use real props.
Kriegsmarine= Navy
"Don't know the meaning of this video" One suggestion do as many other reaction channels do, first google the band and the song and everything will be clear what it's all about.
Kriegmarine = german navy
Kriegsmarine is the name of the German Navy
it was, in world war 2 under the lead of the Wehrmacht. ;) now its calles Marine or German Marine =)
@@NaX619 I thought that was basically the same thing. And Kriegsmarine was roughly that in German
@@claptrap4084 the allies dissolved the Kriegsmarine 1945 :)
1956 the Bundesmarine was foundet. =)
and i think now it sounds not so hard, Kriegsmarine means "War Marine" =D
@@NaX619 then wouldnt it be Wehrmarine? Because I know Wehrmacht means "War Machine"
@@claptrap4084 Nope :) Wehrmacht on english means "armed forces"
its also an old word for streitmacht, that means also "armed force or military force" :)
The german word for War is Krieg, marine is the same as in english. :)
Guys, what a shame. You know absolutely nothing about historical context of this song. Bismarck is a German Battleship, which served in German Navy or Kriegsmarine. And this battleship was sunk by British Royal Navy in 1941, if i don't mistake.
Well Boris, that is a big reason why I do these reactions, so that I also learn a lot about backstories and sometimes that means history as well!🙂
whats a Bismarck? lol