Men from the US 101st Airborne Division (the Screaming Eagles) were sent to defend Bastogne from approaching Nazi troops. With the town surrounded and cut off from supplies, they fought for seven days in the bitter cold before reinforcements arrived. Read more about the Siege of Bastogne 👉 www.sabaton.net/historical-facts/end-of-siege-of-bastogne/ ➞ SUBSCRIBE for more Sabaton: sabat.one/UA-cam ➞ MERCHANDISE Official Store: sabat.one/ytdshop
Punished Lawyer Morty I have to research the battle of the bugle for a school project, but I have oversimplified, potential history, and sabaton, I’m gonna ace it.
reminds me of a marine I cant remember the name of, he was tired of fighting a ton of guerilla warfare tactics so when he was told that he and his men were surrounded he replied with "they cant get away from us now!"
My great grand father fought in this battle he described as just non stop shooting germans, he said it felt like they never stopped coming, he told me about his one friend who he knew his whole life get his head blown off right next to him when he told me he started crying and he said he never cries which shows you what war can do to people mentally, he passed away in june 21, 2008
An interesting part of the story that's rarely told is that when the German plenipotentiaries arrived at the 101st's headquarters, General McAuliffe at first thought the Germans wanted to surrender to him. Surrounded or not, he felt like he had the upper hand and was handing their asses to them. When he was told that they were demanding that he surrender, he said "aw, nuts!" and then went out to check on his men. When he got back to HQ, he was told that the Germans were demanding a response. That's when he sent the one-word reply "Nuts!" back to the German general Luttwitz. One of his staff told him that his first reaction had been the best possible response he could send to such an insolent demand. Luttwitz' commander, Hasso von Manteuffel, chewed out Luttwitz when he found out that he had sent the demand in the first place. He knew the 101st was an elite U.S. unit and wasn't going to surrender just because they got cut off.
Of course it was, Montgomery was in charge, and while his PR team was excellent at telling the British how great he was, the Germans didn’t pay their BBC license, so they didn’t know.
The reply of “NUTS” when the Americans were asked to surrender is fantastic, but the British response in Arnhem was even better: *Background: The British force in Operation Marketgarden in the Dutch town of Arnhem is completely surrounded and support is weeks away. They are running low of ammunition, food and are hopelessly outnumbered. A German Officer approaches the British fortifications under flag of truce with an offer.* German: “The General sees no point in continuing this battle! He is offering you the chance to save your lives! Will you surrender?” British Officer: “We haven’t the proper facilities to take you all prisoner! Sorry!”
@@iraqimapper1595 yes it's a more british-esque grammar structure, along the same lines of say, "I haven't got any money on me", but removing the `got`, which is auxiliary and doesn't technically need to be there
This is my wife's YT account. Thanks for making this song and video! I served in D Co. 2/502d INF, 101st ABN for 6 years and loved every minute of it! I was a Tank Destroyer and served in the Gulf War as such. When I was assigned to Baumholder, Germany in 2002, the first thing I did was go to Bastogne, Belgium, it's holy ground for us. I walked the perimeter our unit held during the battle and felt the cold they felt. I've been given the order to "defend in place" which is an order no man likes to hear because it means "from this point, no further!". I talked with some of the original Veterans that fought there and were in my unit, it was like talking to a fellow Soldier, we laughed and felt each other's pain. I then served in Iraq as an Infantry NCO and death is something I pray I never see again. After 26 years on active duty, I retired in 2009. Thanks again. SFC DeVos, Kevin M. Double CIB.
My emperor what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be leading the great crusade against the xenos? Or at least making sure your sons aren't acting like little shits?
c'est une reconstitution. les troupes àméricaines de disposaient pas de vêtement adapté à l'hiver. preuve que c'est une reconstitution: certain soldat américain ont des gants. autres preuve un soldat allemand porte une casquette, ça protege moins bien qu'un casque.
"We are not surrounded, just in a target rich environment!" - A quote I have no idea came from Props to one of the best bands and best history teachers
I believe the original quote is "We're surrounded. That simplifies the problem!" From Chesty Puller, the patron Saint of the United States Marine Corps, said when speaking to his marines during the Chosin reservoir action. P.S., Sabaton, please do a song about the Chosin events. It's really suitably epic for y'all.
I believe the RAF referred to the Falklands airspace as a "target rich environment" because the Argentine planes greatly outnumbered them greatly. No source on that though.
It's a fighter pilot talk some date it to ww1 others however vary depending on what country ur from german aces say they claim it french or British say they coin the saying but all side call enemy planes as targets only true battle torn aces like the red Barron ever got true mention from both sides
I spent 10 1/2 years in the 101st as an Infantryman and fought in 3 Iraq deployments including the invasion in '03. I'm proud of the Sabaton members for honoring my division. When I see them in Dallas I'm going to find some way to give them all 101st Airborne Division challenge coins. Sabaton....based at Fort Kickass!
It seems just a bad idea cause that happened many times in Vietnam including the three day battle between 250 us soldiers and 4000 viet Kong and the us won
I am a grandson of one of the Battered Bastards of Bastogne, and the Old Man had nothing but respect for the souls of the 82nd. Hell, in Normandy, he was a part of a mixed platoon from the 82nd because of how bad the drop was. One of his best friends, was of the 82nd, and, to the day they died, he told the man, if it was not for him, the 101st would not have been formed, and, the Old Man would have died like a dog along with most of the first wave of the 29th from which he volunteered out of. He, was always confused as to why the airborne was abused, used as a common light trooper when they were trained and drilled endlessly to operate out of contact of their support. Even his older brother, a commando (By virtue of his birth of being a dual citizen of England and the US) asked him why they were trained so hard. Now, for the 82nd, they had it just as bad, if not worse than the 101st in the defence of St. Vito, a town in the region of the Ardennes, with the same mission, hold it at all cost. They held it, and bit back just as hard, alone out numbered and surrounded.
Questknight12 If I were a Battered Bastard than survived the Ardennes campaign, I'd prefer punch Eisenhower and face a prison sentence rather than receive a medal. How to do such stupid strategy? Yes, it worked, but at expense of many lives of elite soldiers. The Germans were far inferior in resources and manpower, and instead of break the line with several US Divisions, you prefer throwing some companies of paratroopers in the middle of a pair of german divisions. And you can guess, "is a distraction", but it took a month to force the Germans to retreat, and special forces like the 82th and the 101th were exploited in a wrong way.
Questknight12 I can understand than paratroopers were a new element in warfare tactics, but it doesnt have any sense order any military unit to hold against a entire army more time than the necesary, paratroopers weren't some kind of Supersoldiers. The same applies now, in WWII, and 2000 years ago. If you order a unit to hold against a larger force, allright, but procure to rush and push an assault while the enemy is concentrated on the designated unit, for the love of God, you can't leave them to fight till death, while having superior manpower and resources.
It was a solid strategy. Bastogne was a crucial road junction, without which the Wehrmacht's spearheads towards Antwerp couldn't be properly supplied. As for superior manpower and resources they are factors, not outcomes. Just look at the Eastern Front and see what sacrifice was required for victory.
I know this is an old comment, but I don't appreciate the air of elitism. The 101st and 82nd were far from being the only units to hold back the German salient. In fact those "common light troopers" who apparently "died like dogs" were the reason the 101st was able to reinforce Bastogne before the first panzer could even be heard by the paras. Respect should be had for all participants, Airborne or otherwise. Also, the 82nd was hardly involved in the defense of St. Vith, let alone held it all by themselves. Their major role was the defense of the bulge's northern shoulder around La Gleize.
This is why I love sabaton, this song accurately describes their music, loud and explosive with energy. There is always so much force into each one and I love it!
Other pop music artists: as long as I can rhyme "smile" with "while" and make the word "me" sound like "may", I am a God to the 13 year olds who watch me and don't know about auto tune.
The lyrics Crack of the lightning splitting the ground Thunder is sounding, artillery pounding Wrath of the Nazi's cast on Bastogne Facing their forces alone Alone, alone Sent from the skies jumped into the unknown The march to Berlin has begun Spearhead the charge surrounded by foes Eagles are leading the way France is still under enemy rule Push, axis retreat Thrown towards Arnhem a bitter defeat They're stretched out just one bridge too far Turn of the tide, it's breaking away Losing momentum, retreat Go to Bastogne, the crossroads must hold Stand, alone in the cold Crack of the lightning splitting the ground Thunder is sounding, artillery pounding Wrath of the Nazi's cast on Bastogne Facing their forces alone Alone, alone Dig your own foxholes or dig your own grave The storm is about to begin The siege has begun, there's nowhere to run Panzerkampfwagen emerge Tanks and mortars are shaking the ground Prey of man and machine Crack of the lightning splitting the ground Thunder is sounding, artillery pounding Wrath of the Nazi's cast on Bastogne Facing their forces alone Chill of the winter bite to the bone and Christmas is drawing near Soldiers are freezing, the death toll increasing They're dying in their holes There's no surrender, there's no retreat, the Wehrmacht is drawing near There's no reinforcements, they're fighting all alone Sent from the skies ended up in Bastogne As easy, as hard as they get Nazi command request and demand Offer surrender, declined Nuts! The generals word echo clear Nuts! The Nazi's shall hear Crack of the lightning splitting the ground Thunder is sounding, artillery pounding Wrath of the Nazi's cast on Bastogne Facing their forces alone Crack of the lightning splitting the ground Thunder is sounding, artillery pounding Wrath of the Nazi's cast on Bastogne Facing their forces alone
Since the survivors of the Bastogne siege describe it as constant shooting the drums sound exactly like a machine gun firing non stop. The video clip also helps. Just like "final solution" sabaton once again did an amazing job on combining music with immersion in the event they are describing. Excellent
Fun fact: in the second season of the show Jericho, the town militia used the "Nuts!" reply when the town was laid siege to by a larger, better-armed opposing force. It was such an important moment in the season's final arc that when the network announced it was cancelling the show, fans sent truckfulls of assorted nuts to the network headquarters in protest. Thanks to them, we got a rather rushed but fairly satisfying final season.
I remember finding this song and this band completely by accident a little under a year ago. I was searching for the official cadence of the 101st, when I stumbled upon this exact video. I then looked up Sabaton, and found my first and still only favorite Heavy Metal band. Seriously wish I could have seen you guys in Florida! Edit: I saw them on October 4th 2019!
Germans: "Yes, so how about we attack this division?" other german: "The division whos symbol is the national bird of america, and the same guys who litteraly dropped out of aircraft and beat our asses in normandy? but now they have tanks as well? The guys who are litteraly trained in operating without support and while being surrounded?" Germans: "Yes" other german: "Alrighty then"
The screaming eagles were an paratrooper division with mainly light weapons. The tanks were sent by Patton to relieve pressure from the eagles and to push the enemy back.
"Looks like you guys are going to be surrounded." "We're paratroopers, Lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded." Yes, I know that's from a TV show. Doesn't dull the point.
For the US Army this was one of the deadliest battles ever fought besides Gettysburg during the Civil War or the final offensives that took place in WW1 30 years earlier on the same grounds with so much confusion from both sides that it led to heavy losses.
1944 American boys at 17 to angry to die tells massive army to fuck off 2020 American boys at 17 need a space space to cry because words hurt. What had happened to my country
@@dag_will2615 actually I'm only in my thirties, but I grow up on stories from the old men who Fought in the gas filled trench's (It's how my great grand father met his brother in law) charged into machine gun fire fire armed with swords, bows and bagpipes From my grandfather's older friends ( Two very really people from world war II ) Fought half of China (My grand father generation) Landed on the moon (My mother watched the landing on TV) I've seen what we can do and I lement what we have become
The greatest American quirk during wartime. Picking a piece of land and deciding “this is mine now”, then proceeding to defend it from everyone and their grandma with about 5 sticks and a rock they have to share amongst themselves.
+Rekumalacono, Sweden participated on a battle of the Second World War. I think it had something to do with the iron mines they had and that, as a neutral country, "lent" to Germany... It was something like this... Hehe, I left school a few years ago.
Unguided Reaper dude they didn't have much of a military at the time if I'm remembering correctly what could they have done? Fight a war that would have caused needless casualties and destruction on their part as they fought a war they had no chance if winning?
Unguided Reaper Sweden had ammunition for about 10 minutes. I think that shows why we didn't want to be involved in the war. All our tanks, planes and canons were also very old. We wold get occupied in under a week, maybe even in a day. Some swedes also Finland during the attack from the red army and Sweden as a country helped the finns with canons, food and other important stuff.
@@Brewski_3-2 wrong. According to an interview with the general's aid when he was informed of the demand to surrender the general replied : "us surrender? Nuts!" when they were trying to think of the wording for their reply the aid said that what the general had said was appropriate. "what did I say?" "you said nuts!" so they wrote that down and gave it to the German representative. He asked "vas is das? Nuts?" and the aid replied "in plain English, go to hell!" it did not mean not understanding terms of surrender. It meant go to hell
@@joshuaplotkin8826 Yep. Back then, when people worried about their language in "mixed company" and around children, "Nuts!" was a common exclamation for a less than ideal situation that suddenly came about. Like if you accidentally dropped something and it broke - "Nuts!" Now our culture is more vulgar, most people would use "Shit!" the way they used "Nuts!"
Great music video! I love how when someone gets shot the people around then react to it in different way (getting angry, trying to see if they can be saved, ect.) It really makes the people feel more alive.
Who replies to the youtube comments? Some of the band members or a social media guy? Anyway this is a fantastic song. Every time I listen to your music it makes me want to play Day of infamy.
Nazi General: Hans, identify that group of people in the distance. Hans: sir, it is a band. General: No it cannot be. Hans: We should pull back. Sabaton is here. Sabaton: CRACK OF THE LIGHTNING IS HITTING THE GROUND! Hans: Panzerkampfwagen Emerge! Patton's Third Army when they come to relieve the siege: Why have the Nazis stopped? Sabaton: *walks through artillery fire, breaks the siege* Hans and the General's forces: *run for the hills* The American General meanwhile: NUTS
"sir, they are resisting too hard" "Use artillery" "They're not surrendering" "Damnit use tanks" "Sir they're destroying our tanks" "ASSAULT THEM WITH ALL WE HAVE" "Sir Sabaton are with them too" "I wanted to be a teacher, I never asked to be a commander"
These are the men to glorify as they gave their all to defend their homeland and earned the respect of their foes. The battles of the Ardennes across the war will never be forgotten because of men like this.
George Patton's Third Army was moving north to relieve Bastogne when they got word of General MacAuliffe's one word reply of "Nuts!" to the German's demand for surrender. Patton told his staff, "Push harder and move faster! Any man that articulate deserves to be saved!"
We had a local Screaming Eagle. His name was James "Pee Wee" Martin. He passed away at 101 years in his sleep on Sept 11th. I think he would have been honored to know there was a song commemorating him and his brothers in arms.
What I like about this video is it shows that the 101st wasn't alone in Bastone, but part of the 10th Armored Division was trapped in there. What gets left out is General McAuliffe used the elements of the 10th Armored as his rapid reaction force, and they would shore up and close an breeches in the outline. They were key to hold Bastone. McAuliffe himself didn't call it an Airborne victory he called it a combined arms victory, and made sure the elements, which included several independent artillery battalions, as the part of the 10th Armored Division also got recognized for their defense of Bastone.
My gr. grandfather was 2/327th GIR 101st Airborne WWII. He fought previously with other units in North Africa, Sicily, and Salerno. What he talked about though after the war was his time as a Screaming Eagle. He fought with them all the way until Germany when he volunteered to jump in Operation Varsity with the 17th Airborne. Love ya grandpa miss ya. T/5 George Albert Smith 82nd, 101st, & 17th Airborne Division 1915-1997
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Men from the US 101st Airborne Division (the Screaming Eagles) were sent to defend Bastogne from approaching Nazi troops. With the town surrounded and cut off from supplies, they fought for seven days in the bitter cold before reinforcements arrived. Read more about the Siege of Bastogne 👉 www.sabaton.net/historical-facts/end-of-siege-of-bastogne/
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I'm wondering if you would do a song on VT-8 at midway.
It's at 69.
"They want to surrender?"
"No Sir they want us to surrender."
"NUTS!"
Not
Understanding
Terms
Of
Surrender
@@AlexGNRBetter:
Understanding
But
Dont
Giving
A
Diddly
Shit
Someone has watched a serious and totally not funny history channel
This angered Hitler, who punished the commander severely.
Punished Lawyer Morty I have to research the battle of the bugle for a school project, but I have oversimplified, potential history, and sabaton, I’m gonna ace it.
Soldier: "You know you're gonna be surrounded."
Airborne officer : "We're airborne, we're supposed to be surrounded."
gotta love the 101st
That officer was Richard Winters commanding officer of 2nd battalion
Band of Brothers is bad ass
Nice band of brothers reference
And it is still a rule that the 101st never admits that they needed to be rescued by General Patton
I have a pocket knife of the 101 division
Soldier: "They have us surrounded, Sir!"
Commander: "Those poor Bastards."
"Sir! We are surrounded!"
"Excellent! Now we can fire in all directions..."
Commander : There's 50 of us and 500 of them. We have them outnumbered!
Make 10 men feel like 100
reminds me of a marine I cant remember the name of, he was tired of fighting a ton of guerilla warfare tactics so when he was told that he and his men were surrounded he replied with "they cant get away from us now!"
Remindes me of company of heroes.
Paratroopers: We are surrounded ! Haha We are ment to be surrounded.
1:02 can we aprecciate how ideally he flipped the microphone and the catch IT ON THE GRIP
Yup! :D
too carried away with the song, didn't even notice
@@notcreativewithnames2625 same, I was too busy keeping my local chiropractor is business with my excessive headbanging.
When a swedish band consistantly makes you feel 5 times more patriotic than any american band
👍🇸🇪😀🇸🇪👌🇸🇪
Like, why!? Haha
I don't need ANY band to make me feel patriotic!!! Semper Fi.
Gonna leave the post at 76, as much as I would want to like it
Well, now that it's off 76 likes, I guess I could feel ok with liking the comment
*Me playing with army men when I was younger*
Parents: Awwww how cute
My mind:
LOL
My 1 Sherman that I made it time to be fury
When your playing grand operations in battlefield V
Yes this comment is relative.
When I saw this comment I thought Same dude Same.
My great grand father fought in this battle he described as just non stop shooting germans, he said it felt like they never stopped coming, he told me about his one friend who he knew his whole life get his head blown off right next to him when he told me he started crying and he said he never cries which shows you what war can do to people mentally, he passed away in june 21, 2008
Sorry for you're loss and for you're great grand father's loss....
Respect your pfp
Sorry for your loss, your great grandfather was a hero, also nice pfp
Great respect for him. He was a True hero.
We can only hope they are both in a better place now
imagine fighting a battle in ww2 and seeing 4 swedish dudes with high tech musical equipment screaming at the top of their lungs
"Hell ye!" -Me in this situation
A guy screaming into what appears to be a modernisation of the Stielhandgranate.
@@stuka4487 lemme guess, just more targets?
@@WarriorsofGnoblybum No sir they are neutral
@@vinz873 oh yeah right, swedes
An interesting part of the story that's rarely told is that when the German plenipotentiaries arrived at the 101st's headquarters, General McAuliffe at first thought the Germans wanted to surrender to him. Surrounded or not, he felt like he had the upper hand and was handing their asses to them. When he was told that they were demanding that he surrender, he said "aw, nuts!" and then went out to check on his men. When he got back to HQ, he was told that the Germans were demanding a response. That's when he sent the one-word reply "Nuts!" back to the German general Luttwitz. One of his staff told him that his first reaction had been the best possible response he could send to such an insolent demand.
Luttwitz' commander, Hasso von Manteuffel, chewed out Luttwitz when he found out that he had sent the demand in the first place. He knew the 101st was an elite U.S. unit and wasn't going to surrender just because they got cut off.
It's a smiliair situation to operation market garden.
@@deezboyeed6764 but for operation market garden it was a disaster
Of course it was, Montgomery was in charge, and while his PR team was excellent at telling the British how great he was, the Germans didn’t pay their BBC license, so they didn’t know.
@@izd4 Yes.
Para only operate when encircle..
Atleast the drummer came camo ready
Not just him :)
@@Sabaton o boi
What drummer? I just see magic sticks playing the drums with a band of floating guys with no legs.
They watch for replies on the video 7 years later
Orlando Yongco
Yeah, me too. What are you talking about Joe.
Critic: Sabaton can't make a badass Christmas song.
Sabaton: Hold my Panzerkampfwagen V Panther.
ist wagen by the way,not wagon."Panzerkampfwagen"
Hans, get the luger.
But which panzerkampfwagen
Cub3_4esth3tics yes
@@PineappleBuster Flak is an abbreviation for Flugabwehrkanone.
US getting trapped and encircled by the germans.
US : *I'm not locked in here with you, YOU'RE LOCKED IN HERE WITH ME!*
I'm and not stuck in a town full of Germans, YOU ARE ALL STUCK IN HERE WITH ME!
There is enough metal here to build a tank battalion to help them
It's always a good idea to have more tanks.
panzer battalion*
@@lazartejuan1061 *handsome italian
@@dovalek69420 take my like you sly bastard
@@Sabaton indeed
“We’re paratroopers..... we’re supposed to be surrounded.” Maj. Winters, Easy Co, 101st Airborne
That is in Company of Heroes and I did not know someone in real life said it
@@mosstarproductions3843 Same, but I read it in a Warhammer 40k story. It's a pretty badges quote.
The coh ver was like "we're airborne we are meant to be surrounded"
Holy true.
@@sanguiniusse434 "We are the death korps of krieg son, did you think that was just a pretty name?"
The reply of “NUTS” when the Americans were asked to surrender is fantastic, but the British response in Arnhem was even better:
*Background: The British force in Operation Marketgarden in the Dutch town of Arnhem is completely surrounded and support is weeks away. They are running low of ammunition, food and are hopelessly outnumbered. A German Officer approaches the British fortifications under flag of truce with an offer.*
German: “The General sees no point in continuing this battle! He is offering you the chance to save your lives! Will you surrender?”
British Officer: “We haven’t the proper facilities to take you all prisoner! Sorry!”
Darth Hatchet Aka: A badass seldom seen nowadays
I must admit, the two responses are very characteristic of their respective nations.
''We haven't the proper'' ? is this grammatically correct ?
@@iraqimapper1595 yes
it's a more british-esque grammar structure, along the same lines of say, "I haven't got any money on me", but removing the `got`, which is auxiliary and doesn't technically need to be there
@@iraqimapper1595 yes, in real ENGLISH not american this is perfectly fine
This is my wife's YT account.
Thanks for making this song and video!
I served in D Co. 2/502d INF, 101st ABN for 6 years and loved every minute of it! I was a Tank Destroyer and served in the Gulf War as such. When I was assigned to Baumholder, Germany in 2002, the first thing I did was go to Bastogne, Belgium, it's holy ground for us. I walked the perimeter our unit held during the battle and felt the cold they felt. I've been given the order to "defend in place" which is an order no man likes to hear because it means "from this point, no further!".
I talked with some of the original Veterans that fought there and were in my unit, it was like talking to a fellow Soldier, we laughed and felt each other's pain. I then served in Iraq as an Infantry NCO and death is something I pray I never see again. After 26 years on active duty, I retired in 2009. Thanks again.
SFC DeVos, Kevin M.
Double CIB.
As an Indian who loves history and knows about 101st heroics, nothing but utter respect to you sir.
The famous dog company from band of Brothers
This band is highly underrated
Duy Quang 1998
Not anymore
>5 years ago
kek
@@themanhimself1229 praise kek
not the case anymore is it?
Not in finland
"They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards"
"Excellent, now can attack from any side."
they got us outnumbered, the poor dumb bastards.
were paratroopers, were supposed to be surrounded.
Sir German general asking for our surrender NUTS - SIR NUTS YUP TELL HIM DEEZ NUTS
They have us surrounded! Perfect! They fell for my Trap now we can shoot anywhere and still hit them.
As it turned out.
1:01 Can we take a moment to appreciate that sick ass mic flip
no
@@empathise5327 Yes
I appreciate it. :)
@@empathise5327 then u may leave now sir. Good day
absolutely
It's honestly a shame this song isn't played more in lives with how energetic it is
My emperor what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be leading the great crusade against the xenos? Or at least making sure your sons aren't acting like little shits?
@@Cairo40000 you are a few millenia too late for that one champ. I'm just a shard now fucking around the interweb
Yes Sabaton please play this live
The fact that this video came out 9 years ago and yet has amazing quality astonishes me 😲
That videoclip was a very ambitious project. It still looks cool. 😎
Yoo
@@Sabaton and the bank cameras have 1944 quality
Make it 11
c'est une reconstitution. les troupes àméricaines de disposaient pas de vêtement adapté à l'hiver. preuve que c'est une reconstitution: certain soldat américain ont des gants. autres preuve un soldat allemand porte une casquette, ça protege moins bien qu'un casque.
"We are not surrounded, just in a target rich environment!" - A quote I have no idea came from
Props to one of the best bands and best history teachers
I believe the original quote is "We're surrounded. That simplifies the problem!" From Chesty Puller, the patron Saint of the United States Marine Corps, said when speaking to his marines during the Chosin reservoir action. P.S., Sabaton, please do a song about the Chosin events. It's really suitably epic for y'all.
Another good one is: “They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.”
I believe the RAF referred to the Falklands airspace as a "target rich environment" because the Argentine planes greatly outnumbered them greatly. No source on that though.
TopGun bar scene at the O club
It's a fighter pilot talk some date it to ww1 others however vary depending on what country ur from german aces say they claim it french or British say they coin the saying but all side call enemy planes as targets only true battle torn aces like the red Barron ever got true mention from both sides
"To the German Commander,
NUTS!
signed
The Amercian General"
Come to think of it WW2 had a lot of great comebacks between generals and commanders!
I had a copy of that in his address to the troops on Christmas day.
"A man that eloquent has to be saved." General George S. Patton ~grin~
BlazerWitt oversimplified approves.
Theze Nuts!
ist das positive oder der negative?
I spent 10 1/2 years in the 101st as an Infantryman and fought in 3 Iraq deployments including the invasion in '03. I'm proud of the Sabaton members for honoring my division. When I see them in Dallas I'm going to find some way to give them all 101st Airborne Division challenge coins.
Sabaton....based at Fort Kickass!
"You know, eagles don't actually scream it's more of a AUCK AUCK" - Indy Nidel
Joakim seemed so concerned for Indy
YES!!
God damn I remember when Indy did that haha so funny.
@@thomasmcgormley9100 that’s why they blasted him with 7 rifles recently
it also sounds like 8 rounds of 30-06.
"Sir the Germans sent a letter saying to surrender."
"They want to surrender?"
"No they want us to surrender."
"Nuts!"
Boomer
Nice oversimplified reference
Yup nuts German looks confused trooper pull out his massively large pair of brass and yells in a newyorker accsent Deez nuts
@@comrade4354 not a reference , actually happened
@@michael6774 nope, a reference, the reference is based on the real thing yes, but that exact spelling is a reference
"Men of such courage must be saved!"
-Patton
“So...are you going to make videos about history that are informative? Or are they going to be entertaining and energetic?”
Sabaton: “Yes”
A Swedish band is singing about American paratroopers fighting in Belgium againts Germans which are recreated by polish reconstruction groups
Mr.Worldwide
21 century
Pentakill
@@thomasstolentesla5838 😂
Between Bastogne and the Argonne, lets just say encircling Americans in a French forest is about as good as an idea as invading Russia in the winter.
the americans have experience being surrounded in french forests
It seems just a bad idea cause that happened many times in Vietnam including the three day battle between 250 us soldiers and 4000 viet Kong and the us won
we are extremely good at shooting everything that moves: just ask the Devil Dogs.
"sir...the enemy has us surrounded"..."those poor bastards".
@@bigdawg9515 Vietnam is not a French forest, contrary to what the French might say
"We're surrounded by enemies!"
"Oh, that's too bad...
...for them."
All of these songs give me goosebumps. I can't wait until I can see you guy's live
Hopefully soon!
@@Sabaton cuando vienes a México carnal :D
I am a grandson of one of the Battered Bastards of Bastogne, and the Old Man had nothing but respect for the souls of the 82nd. Hell, in Normandy, he was a part of a mixed platoon from the 82nd because of how bad the drop was. One of his best friends, was of the 82nd, and, to the day they died, he told the man, if it was not for him, the 101st would not have been formed, and, the Old Man would have died like a dog along with most of the first wave of the 29th from which he volunteered out of. He, was always confused as to why the airborne was abused, used as a common light trooper when they were trained and drilled endlessly to operate out of contact of their support. Even his older brother, a commando (By virtue of his birth of being a dual citizen of England and the US) asked him why they were trained so hard.
Now, for the 82nd, they had it just as bad, if not worse than the 101st in the defence of St. Vito, a town in the region of the Ardennes, with the same mission, hold it at all cost. They held it, and bit back just as hard, alone out numbered and surrounded.
Questknight12 If I were a Battered Bastard than survived the Ardennes campaign, I'd prefer punch Eisenhower and face a prison sentence rather than receive a medal. How to do such stupid strategy? Yes, it worked, but at expense of many lives of elite soldiers. The Germans were far inferior in resources and manpower, and instead of break the line with several US Divisions, you prefer throwing some companies of paratroopers in the middle of a pair of german divisions. And you can guess, "is a distraction", but it took a month to force the Germans to retreat, and special forces like the 82th and the 101th were exploited in a wrong way.
Questknight12 I can understand than paratroopers were a new element in warfare tactics, but it doesnt have any sense order any military unit to hold against a entire army more time than the necesary, paratroopers weren't some kind of Supersoldiers. The same applies now, in WWII, and 2000 years ago. If you order a unit to hold against a larger force, allright, but procure to rush and push an assault while the enemy is concentrated on the designated unit, for the love of God, you can't leave them to fight till death, while having superior manpower and resources.
It was a solid strategy. Bastogne was a crucial road junction, without which the Wehrmacht's spearheads towards Antwerp couldn't be properly supplied.
As for superior manpower and resources they are factors, not outcomes. Just look at the Eastern Front and see what sacrifice was required for victory.
Um no, St. Vith wasn't surrounded. It never was
I know this is an old comment, but I don't appreciate the air of elitism. The 101st and 82nd were far from being the only units to hold back the German salient. In fact those "common light troopers" who apparently "died like dogs" were the reason the 101st was able to reinforce Bastogne before the first panzer could even be heard by the paras. Respect should be had for all participants, Airborne or otherwise.
Also, the 82nd was hardly involved in the defense of St. Vith, let alone held it all by themselves. Their major role was the defense of the bulge's northern shoulder around La Gleize.
This is why I love sabaton, this song accurately describes their music, loud and explosive with energy. There is always so much force into each one and I love it!
Other pop music artists: as long as I can rhyme "smile" with "while" and make the word "me" sound like "may", I am a God to the 13 year olds who watch me and don't know about auto tune.
Damn straight!! Awesome music!!
The lyrics
Crack of the lightning splitting the ground
Thunder is sounding, artillery pounding
Wrath of the Nazi's cast on Bastogne
Facing their forces alone
Alone, alone
Sent from the skies jumped into the unknown
The march to Berlin has begun
Spearhead the charge surrounded by foes
Eagles are leading the way
France is still under enemy rule
Push, axis retreat
Thrown towards Arnhem a bitter defeat
They're stretched out just one bridge too far
Turn of the tide, it's breaking away
Losing momentum, retreat
Go to Bastogne, the crossroads must hold
Stand, alone in the cold
Crack of the lightning splitting the ground
Thunder is sounding, artillery pounding
Wrath of the Nazi's cast on Bastogne
Facing their forces alone
Alone, alone
Dig your own foxholes or dig your own grave
The storm is about to begin
The siege has begun, there's nowhere to run
Panzerkampfwagen emerge
Tanks and mortars are shaking the ground
Prey of man and machine
Crack of the lightning splitting the ground
Thunder is sounding, artillery pounding
Wrath of the Nazi's cast on Bastogne
Facing their forces alone
Chill of the winter bite to the bone and Christmas is drawing near
Soldiers are freezing, the death toll increasing
They're dying in their holes
There's no surrender, there's no retreat, the Wehrmacht is drawing near
There's no reinforcements, they're fighting all alone
Sent from the skies ended up in Bastogne
As easy, as hard as they get
Nazi command request and demand
Offer surrender, declined
Nuts! The generals word echo clear
Nuts! The Nazi's shall hear
Crack of the lightning splitting the ground
Thunder is sounding, artillery pounding
Wrath of the Nazi's cast on Bastogne
Facing their forces alone
Crack of the lightning splitting the ground
Thunder is sounding, artillery pounding
Wrath of the Nazi's cast on Bastogne
Facing their forces alone
Thanks, we now added them to the song description too :)
Omg they pronounced the name "Arnhem" actually like someone in the netherlands would say it..... Fuck yea
Thank you selfless soul.
From America You are respected
I am Russian and Sabaton has many great songs about my people and I love them, but this song is one of my favorites!
I've never seen a Russian comment on here
It sad how your army harmed Ukraine I know it citenzen dot feel that way but you have basically the whole world against your army
@@daledunn1267 they're against Putin not the army
@@daledunn1267 I want Putin's army safe at home drinking kvass with their mothers. Putin... He can drink kvass in hell.
@@daledunn1267 don't bring politics in here
Will forever be impressed Joakim fit "Panzerkampfwagen" into a verse so easily
Teacher: What do you know about the battle of bastogne?
ME: CRACK OF THE LIGHTNING SPLITTING THE GROUND!
THUNDER IS SOUNDING, ARTILLERIE POUNDING!
Nuts
gotta love the King of Battle!! Artillery!!
I did that with the battle of westerplatte
Teacher: huh?
@@TheDestructor04 it worked for me so, it will probably work for them
That feeling when a Swedish metal band has a music video that is more exciting and coherent than alot of Hollywood movies.
Since the survivors of the Bastogne siege describe it as constant shooting the drums sound exactly like a machine gun firing non stop. The video clip also helps. Just like "final solution" sabaton once again did an amazing job on combining music with immersion in the event they are describing. Excellent
I can’t believe I just now discovered this band I’ve been missing out for years
"How did you spend last valentine's?"
Me: 1:51
😂
You good bro?
@@rookieODST4450I feel completely empty inside, thanks for asking. And you?
nice one dude 😂
@@martinb.3997 Oh, filling the void with some Sabaton. The usual.
I have never seen a band care, not just about the history of WWII. But the sacrifice of every one who fought in it. You guys rock!
I am 16 years old, and I became a fan at 12, you guys have helped thrpugh hard times with your music. I just wanted to thank you
That Mic-flip at 1:00
Badass as fuck.
Darcmerc Yeah he does that all the time on live events 😂😂
Fucking Sick
When you sing a song like this one, even you mic is like a German hand grenade!
I misread that as Mc-Flip.
"Thunder is sounding, artillery pounding."
I just love that
Fun fact: in the second season of the show Jericho, the town militia used the "Nuts!" reply when the town was laid siege to by a larger, better-armed opposing force. It was such an important moment in the season's final arc that when the network announced it was cancelling the show, fans sent truckfulls of assorted nuts to the network headquarters in protest. Thanks to them, we got a rather rushed but fairly satisfying final season.
12 years old and still one of the best sabaton songs
I remember finding this song and this band completely by accident a little under a year ago. I was searching for the official cadence of the 101st, when I stumbled upon this exact video. I then looked up Sabaton, and found my first and still only favorite Heavy Metal band. Seriously wish I could have seen you guys in Florida! Edit: I saw them on October 4th 2019!
@Knight of Faith was about to say
IM SEEING THEM ON THE 4TH OF OCTOBER!
was bismarck for me,but other than that exactly the same here
I found them via an Area 51 parody
My discovering Sabaton was when Winged Hussars showed up on my playlist. From that point on I was hooked.
Me:**Chilling in the forest**
Some swedish band: *PANZERKAMPFWAGEN EMERGE*
The panzerkampfwagen are just the pillar men, EMERGE
Screaming eagles is a Christmas song change my mind
It’s Christmas time so we all must listen to this masterpiece🐑🌬🎂
Why not?
@@Sabaton qood question
OH 🤫
Hush
I listen to it even if it's not Christmas
Germans: "Yes, so how about we attack this division?"
other german: "The division whos symbol is the national bird of america, and the same guys who litteraly dropped out of aircraft and beat our asses in normandy? but now they have tanks as well? The guys who are litteraly trained in operating without support and while being surrounded?"
Germans: "Yes"
other german: "Alrighty then"
other german: NUTS!
The screaming eagles were an paratrooper division with mainly light weapons. The tanks were sent by Patton to relieve pressure from the eagles and to push the enemy back.
@@blackbelttaco9880 i just watched the movie Patton the other day! he is certainly one....interesting dude.
@@SealWithAGlock tried to shoot down a Meshersmit with two 45s
@El Bearsidente The bald Turkey
love the way they use german words like panzerkampfwagen and rote kampfflieger in the songs
Bro, it's crazy how this video is currently 12 years old, yet it looks new. That's how you make a thing timeless
I've been searching for this song 6 fucking years. FINALLY
Still a Master Piece even in 2022. Crazy how it’s been 11 years! Who still is coming here till this day?
"Looks like you guys are going to be surrounded."
"We're paratroopers, Lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded."
Yes, I know that's from a TV show. Doesn't dull the point.
Loved that moment.
"Chill dude, we got this."
What I think when I use paratroopers to invade Britain and France in HOI4, effectively ending WW2 with minimal losses
“Not to me”
@@natep7079 But sir we are expandable.
Sabaton: Thumbnail got changed!
Me: Aight imma watch it again!
I tought the same ^^
For the US Army this was one of the deadliest battles ever fought besides Gettysburg during the Civil War or the final offensives that took place in WW1 30 years earlier on the same grounds with so much confusion from both sides that it led to heavy losses.
SABATON IS BEST EVER...!!! Thank You for live history in your songs :-)
Fan from Czech Republic :-)
Czech Republic's a Noice Country ma duud
Fan from canada
Powiedz coś po czesku
@@obi-sanskenobi4327 polak?
Breaking News:
Americans literally too angry to die
YOU DAMN RIGHT!
HOOAH
1944 American boys at 17 to angry to die tells massive army to fuck off
2020 American boys at 17 need a space space to cry because words hurt.
What had happened to my country
@@sethgilcrist8088 ok boomer
@@dag_will2615 actually I'm only in my thirties, but
I grow up on stories from the old men who
Fought in the gas filled trench's
(It's how my great grand father met his brother in law)
charged into machine gun fire
fire armed with swords, bows and bagpipes
From my grandfather's older friends
( Two very really people from world war II )
Fought half of China
(My grand father generation)
Landed on the moon
(My mother watched the landing on TV)
I've seen what we can do and I lement what we have become
Being a Paratrooper and having served with the Battered Bastards of Bastogne of the 327th in the '80s this song holds our heritage close to heart
The greatest American quirk during wartime. Picking a piece of land and deciding “this is mine now”, then proceeding to defend it from everyone and their grandma with about 5 sticks and a rock they have to share amongst themselves.
Some German veterans of WW1 forgot to tell the German soldiers that Americans in European forests don’t surrender.
I love how a Swedish band sings about WW2, lol.
+Rekumalacono, Sweden participated on a battle of the Second World War. I think it had something to do with the iron mines they had and that, as a neutral country, "lent" to Germany... It was something like this... Hehe, I left school a few years ago.
+Rekumalacono Me too, and I like these guys, I'm so happy to met them and to know them.
+Rekumalacono you know, his mom is from Czech Republic. and we as Czech Rep. was occupied so his mother could tell him a lot.
Unguided Reaper dude they didn't have much of a military at the time if I'm remembering correctly what could they have done? Fight a war that would have caused needless casualties and destruction on their part as they fought a war they had no chance if winning?
Unguided Reaper Sweden had ammunition for about 10 minutes. I think that shows why we didn't want to be involved in the war. All our tanks, planes and canons were also very old. We wold get occupied in under a week, maybe even in a day. Some swedes also Finland during the attack from the red army and Sweden as a country helped the finns with canons, food and other important stuff.
Soldier: sir the nazis are saying we surrender
Commander: Hey bob get my typewriter and type Nuts
Commander: alright send that to them
I guess you could say they did nazi that coming
@Andrew Majewicz not all Nazis spoke German. There were Nazis all over the world. Hitler had his own division of soldiers in India.
Not Understanding Terms of Surrender 🤣
@@Brewski_3-2 wrong. According to an interview with the general's aid when he was informed of the demand to surrender the general replied : "us surrender? Nuts!" when they were trying to think of the wording for their reply the aid said that what the general had said was appropriate. "what did I say?" "you said nuts!" so they wrote that down and gave it to the German representative. He asked "vas is das? Nuts?" and the aid replied "in plain English, go to hell!" it did not mean not understanding terms of surrender. It meant go to hell
@@joshuaplotkin8826 Yep. Back then, when people worried about their language in "mixed company" and around children, "Nuts!" was a common exclamation for a less than ideal situation that suddenly came about. Like if you accidentally dropped something and it broke - "Nuts!" Now our culture is more vulgar, most people would use "Shit!" the way they used "Nuts!"
"panzerkampfwagon emerge" one of the most unexpectedly cold lines ive ever heard
1:14 I love this part so much
Fr it's so satisfying
"sir a surrendering request, what do we answer?"
"Nuts!"
"Sir we have to write something formal"
"I said nuts and nuts it is"
"...a'ight"
Listen, we are from america, so we will write nuts, and that is that
@@TheDestructor04 aw, nuts
Miss Katyusha Is Offering You A Chance To Surrender!
@@spatha2584 not again... NUTS!
@@spatha2584 Nuts!
Sabaton is the only band that could ever make the word "nuts" sound badass (in a song, it's obviously a very badass thing to say in a war scenario)
big props to the camera man for going back on time and filming this video
It’s a joke for those who are going to say ‘ no it’s a short film for this song ‘
Great music video! I love how when someone gets shot the people around then react to it in different way (getting angry, trying to see if they can be saved, ect.) It really makes the people feel more alive.
‘Nuts’
What an absolute madlad
Who replies to the youtube comments? Some of the band members or a social media guy? Anyway this is a fantastic song. Every time I listen to your music it makes me want to play Day of infamy.
Thanks for your feedback ;)
@@Sabaton , здорово !) А кто это из группы Сабатон написал ? КОГДА ВЫ БУДЕТЕ ОПЯТЬ В РОССИИ ?) 😀😉👍👍👍
@@НинаПронина-ю1к в 2020 году
This leaves us with no answers!
@@Sea-zu4bj It does give an answer. If it's a group member, they would make a sign somehow, to that question.
My grandfather was a paratrooper with the 101 82 AIRBORNE!!!! DIVISION !!!!NUTS
Easily the best christmas song ever made.
not a christmas song
@@TrollEmpire16 🤓
@@TrollEmpire16 Mentions Christmas, and the battle lasted through Christmas, its a Christmas song.
Lol
@@TrollEmpire16 it's a Christmas song, just like diehard is a Christmas movie.
I like that the first "deez nutz" joke was so epic it's still carried in the hearts of young men today
:Me and the boys playing with our toy guns when we were kids
Our parents: I wonder what's going on their heads?
Our minds:
Underrated
Thats right bro
Incrível como uma música de 10 anos atrás consegue ser tão superior a o mercado de músicas atual
Nazi General: Hans, identify that group of people in the distance.
Hans: sir, it is a band.
General: No it cannot be.
Hans: We should pull back. Sabaton is here.
Sabaton: CRACK OF THE LIGHTNING IS HITTING THE GROUND!
Hans: Panzerkampfwagen Emerge!
Patton's Third Army when they come to relieve the siege: Why have the Nazis stopped?
Sabaton: *walks through artillery fire, breaks the siege*
Hans and the General's forces: *run for the hills*
The American General meanwhile: NUTS
Emperor Palpatine SO FUCKING UNDERATED GOD
@@davivilaca3913 Yeah, it is me.
WW2 on crack
"sir, they are resisting too hard"
"Use artillery"
"They're not surrendering"
"Damnit use tanks"
"Sir they're destroying our tanks"
"ASSAULT THEM WITH ALL WE HAVE"
"Sir Sabaton are with them too"
"I wanted to be a teacher, I never asked to be a commander"
Haha,good joke)
German Commander:
We have you surrounded, surrender now.
American Commander:
Deez Nuts
As a history nerd this video bowls my blood
Вечная память всем парням, кто стражался с нацизмом!
Ух...
Гений мысли.
This is definitely SABATON's best song
I completely agree.
no u don't, GET OUT OF HERE
DON'T STALK ME
HEY I WAS HERE FIR-wait no I wasn't.
YOU WIN! >:C
Swedish pagans
I think screaming eagles music video is one of sabaton
Most action pack music video and i love it i've rewatch this like past 100
These are the men to glorify as they gave their all to defend their homeland and earned the respect of their foes. The battles of the Ardennes across the war will never be forgotten because of men like this.
NUTS stand short for
Never
Underestimate
Tank
Support
Never
Underestimate
The
States
NUTS stands short for
Don't
Fuck
With
America
@@dapperfield595 dosent even makes sense
@@BYDADVERTISINGDEPARTMENT does it have to to get the point across?
What it actually was. Not Understand Terms of Surrender
Only Sabaton can Seamlessly integrate "panzerkampfwagen" into a song.
03:20 this guy took the expression "Fire until the barrel turns red" literally.
You could probably cook some bacon on it
I played this in my ford and now it's an m4 Sherman tank.
And that's a normal thing for us.
@@Sabaton glorious that y'all reply to such posts
Thanks for the history lesson, Sabaton
George Patton's Third Army was moving north to relieve Bastogne when they got word of General MacAuliffe's one word reply of "Nuts!" to the German's demand for surrender. Patton told his staff, "Push harder and move faster! Any man that articulate deserves to be saved!"
They made one of the best ww2 movies and its only 5 minutes long.
We had a local Screaming Eagle.
His name was James "Pee Wee" Martin. He passed away at 101 years in his sleep on Sept 11th. I think he would have been honored to know there was a song commemorating him and his brothers in arms.
Russia: we have General Winter
US: We have Major Winters.
Russia: *Nervous sweating*
also Russia: we have the undead soldiers! US: we have uh.... uh...... t-t-the w-w-walking d-d-dead
@@GeneralRexCT-7567 Texan 36th Infantry Division (loads rifles with giddy happiness)
*WE CALL THAT FRIDAY NIGHT*
@@GeneralRexCT-7567 we have spiers
@@thewingedhussairs931 offering cigarettes :D
“Amateurs”
USA and Russia: “What was that, punk?!”
Finland:”Amateurs”
learning history with the online classes: 0 IQ
learning history with memes: 10000 IQ
learning history with Sabaton: 9999999999999999999999999 IQ
What I like about this video is it shows that the 101st wasn't alone in Bastone, but part of the 10th Armored Division was trapped in there. What gets left out is General McAuliffe used the elements of the 10th Armored as his rapid reaction force, and they would shore up and close an breeches in the outline. They were key to hold Bastone. McAuliffe himself didn't call it an Airborne victory he called it a combined arms victory, and made sure the elements, which included several independent artillery battalions, as the part of the 10th Armored Division also got recognized for their defense of Bastone.
My gr. grandfather was 2/327th GIR 101st Airborne WWII. He fought previously with other units in North Africa, Sicily, and Salerno. What he talked about though after the war was his time as a Screaming Eagle. He fought with them all the way until Germany when he volunteered to jump in Operation Varsity with the 17th Airborne. Love ya grandpa miss ya.
T/5 George Albert Smith
82nd, 101st, & 17th Airborne Division
1915-1997