For the Russian front at Osowiec, retreat wasn't an option. The Russians were pulling back into a more defensible position and they needed key areas like Osowiec to hold the line so they could cover their retreat. If the Germans took the fort, they would be able to turn it on the Russians, giving them a foot hold and wreaking damage on their numbers. So, the Russians at the fort were holding the Germans back, again and again and again, until Hindenburg decided to cut losses to his men and brought in the gas. There were only 900 Russians defending Osowiec, and only 100 got back up after the gas was unleashed. Edit: Regarding the bandages, the Russians received warning from a wounded soldier who came back from No Man's Land after witnessing men in masks transporting something. Knowing that the masks meant chemical warfare, the Russian commanding officer, Lt. Vladimir Kotlinsky, told the men they were most likely going to die the next day because they had no gas masks, and told them to try and use what was available. What they had was shirts and bandages, which they wrapped around their faces in an, unfortunately futile attempt, to counter the gas. To give you a better understanding of what those 100 "dead men" went through, the mixture of chlorine and bromine gas was extremely toxic, and such a huge cloud was sent to them that the grass turned black and gun metal corroded into rust. The chemicals in chlorine are corrosive, and when mixed in an area of moisture, (eyes and lungs) it turns into acid. It also chemically burned skin that was exposed, causing some of it to fall off later. So those 100 were literally melting from the inside out; that's why they were coughing up blood, vomit and bits of lung. They were dying agonizing deaths, to the point where the best movement they could manage was stumbling and shuffling. Between their horrific appearance and the fact they just got up from one of the biggest gas clouds used in the war, that's why 7,000 Germans swore they were retreating from the living dead.

@tnwalkercowboy3871

Жыл бұрын

Man knows his history right there,

@Mr.Sparks.173

Жыл бұрын

Man I would be running my ass away from the front too. I mean that's a Russian soldier that's literally too angry to die and wants to drag my soul to hell with him. I ain't sticking around, not for all the gold in the world.

@dr.doctor4878

Жыл бұрын

Those brvae Russians are the closest real life zombies

@Daniel_Lancelin

Жыл бұрын

At that point I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of them were charging just in the hopes that they'd be shot and put out of their misery.

@user-nk1fm2ni3w

11 ай бұрын

​@@dr.doctor4878 What are you driving at, American?

This battle was probably the closest humans have ever come to “zombies” when you think about what the Russians looked like, wrapped in bandages, covered in blood, but they’re still alive coming for. If you really enjoy sabaton and want to learn more there is a Sabaton History channel that is fantastic. They tell the stories behind the songs. And to answer your question, there is no bad sabaton song.

Also one of those songs that you don't even want to think about! It's so unbelievable what happened in the war ... When Sabaton plays it live, it's one of those goosebumps moments. Take a look at one of the live versions and you will know what I mean. The bright green stage lighting with a lot of fog alone makes you shiver. And when Joakim comes on stage with a gas mask ... it's so surreal.

@supersasukemaniac

2 жыл бұрын

Even better from ther Russian stop. RADIO TAPOK joined them for Attack of the Dead Men so you see a Russian field general emerge from the smoke wearing a white face covering with red on the mouth.

I love Sabaton’s music. Some of their songs are hard to listen to. I think one of the hardest ones they have is the Final Solution.

@landynwalker448

2 жыл бұрын

Or the captions for En Livsted e Krig

@PetterVessel

2 жыл бұрын

Final Solution is a great song. Hard, raw, outrageous and emotional. Most of all, it's a important song!

@25BDominique2021

2 жыл бұрын

For me it's Final Solution and Prisoner 4859 😥

@crazyhercules9442

Жыл бұрын

The Final Solution is definitely a great song, but but for first timers it’s definitely hard to get through it. Even though I’ve listened to it many times, it still hits me different a little near midway through. I love it when Sabaton evokes emotions.

@crazyhercules9442

Жыл бұрын

@@landynwalker448 I disagree honestly. In my opinion, the Swedish version is a lot better than the English one. But they’re both great.

At 5:28 you would think that's the end of the solo but it kinda revives just like the Russian soldiers, I've always thought it was such a cool touch. Probably my all time favorite Sabaton song

The battle was outside the fort most of the dead from the chemical attack was in the trenches outside the counter attack came from the flank that didn't get the full dose. The German did not expect resistance as the Russians did not have any protective gear at all. Chemical attacks on the Eastern fronts were fairly rare as the prevailing winds went the wrong way.

Russia may have lost this battle, but those 100 men gave it their fucking go. Another great song choice, my dude. I'm still expecting, and excited, to see your reaction to Carolus Rex, and a new one to recommend, Gott Mit Uns. Keep up the good content!

@nopejhonson958

2 жыл бұрын

they technically won, Pyrrhic victory, a hundred dying men made them fully retreat till russian reinforcements could be redeployed to the position... unless I remember that wrong. later well after the battle the russians retreated from this position as the fortress was to damaged to keep functioning, so the position was ultimately lost, but this specific battle though, russian victory.

@rydercanfield3721

2 жыл бұрын

@@nopejhonson958 Honestly, either of us could be remembering wrong.

@supersasukemaniac

2 жыл бұрын

They didn't lose, at least not immediately, the Landwher retreated upon seeing the counter-charge, they later came back and took the fortress.

@cayde7207

2 жыл бұрын

Technically they won the battle as the objective was to hold the German advance while the main Russian force retreats…

If I remember correctly it was one of the first uses of chlorine gas in warfare which when it gets into lung tissue creates hydrochloric acid so yeah, they where vomiting and coughing up blood but also coughing literally their lungs up from the acid desolving their lungs. This was one of the main reasons for banning gas in warfare. It’s affects are horrific.

@lordgino2006

2 жыл бұрын

Not only was it chlorine, but they added brome to it, having for effect to stick to body tissue, gluing the gas to people. So once in the lungs, yeah you were pretty much screwed, but even those with mask, if they had a parcel of skin exposed, they would still get burnt

@Mr.Sparks.173

Жыл бұрын

The gas is also uncontrollable after release. A shift in the wind and that poison gas is going into the town just trying to get by in a war torn nation.

The parts where it slows down for the lines "And that's when the Dead Men..." help drive that shambling, lurching feeling of SOMETHING coming for you. Every time I hear it, I can't help but set aside the head bobbing for jagged jerks and shambling. I may or may not get a little too into some of the songs lol. There's also a Russian version of this song, sang by a lad who goes under the name of Radio Tapok. The music video for that helps REALLY drive home how everything looked in this instance.

I haven't checked out your videos in a few weeks. I am glad that you finally got around to one of my recommendations and my all time favorite war story. Now I am waiting on you to get to "Lion from the North." I know that the pure explosive energy of that song will get you headbanging as hard as I do whenever I listen to it.

6:30 many gasses are naturally odorless and that’s we many gases that we produce are designed to have a smell so we either identify them by that smell or at the least know it’s there also the gas used a chlorine mixture that essentially broke down the water in the lungs and turned it into I believe hydrochloric acid so talk about one hell of a painful death

@Sharingan1666

2 жыл бұрын

Just imagine the enemies' zombie-like appearance from the effects of the gas and coughing up blood and chunks of their own lungs. Truly horrifying.

The Metalizer album is just full of stuff that sounds anything but Sabaton, because it was their first attempt at writing metal so they sung about beer and chicks and motorbikes and shit like that, literally anything after that album slaps, even if i dislike some of the slower balady songs, they have a certain vibe to them

@sirboomsalot4902

2 жыл бұрын

I actually quite like some of their older songs cause a lot to it is just a mismatch of other metal songs

@alexanderbezumov3531

2 жыл бұрын

They arent by any standards bad, however all the other Sabaton songs are miles better

My 2nd favorite sabaton song first is resist and bite

Whatever your opinion about Russia and Russian military two I learned when listening to Sabaton Russia has some absolutely crazy battles and they're clearly built differently I respect them for that check out Defence of Moscow that will get your adrenaline and blood going

@cayde7207

2 жыл бұрын

The whole world was built different back then lol

Loving the Sabaton videos! A suggestion/request for another one is Seven Pillars of Wisdom. It’s about Lawrence of Arabia in WW1.

You should watch the music video and do a reaction of this song.....

Chemical warfare has made such an impact upon human civilization that certain moments like these remind you of how deadly and how lethal the truth of the matter is. A comment below says something about the effects of the gas, that’s horrific. Turning the tide of battle as an undead soldier absolutely hell-bent on killing as many German soldiers as possible was really the only thing that they could do. And it was painful, agonizing. Yet they turned the Germans back through sheer willpower and rage.

In so happy that u have reacted to this. Ive wached ur videos for 2 days now and i love em. And this is my all time favorite sabaton song

Yeah I would also be scared shitless if a hundread half dead men started charging towards me.

Stalingrad is very heavy song, please react on this song!

Flanders field is a short and operic song not really my style but not a bad song

@suntiger745

2 жыл бұрын

Technically not a Sabaton song. They use a sung version of the In Flanders Fields poem written in or shortly after WWI. :)

I'm so glad you did this song! It's one of my absolute favorites. In concert, they crank up the smoke machines and green lighting to give an eerie feel and they come out in gas masks. Joakim actually wears a whole get up that spews smoke as he sings and walks around the stage. They also worked with Radio Tapok (a Russian youtuber and musician who often covers their songs by translating them into Russian) and had him release his version of this song and accompanying music vid a day before the album came out. It was, honestly, a galaxy brain marketing move on their part that embraced another creator and musician. They also had Tapok come out on stage with them unannounced in Moscow to sing this with them. He was dressed as one of the bloodied Russian soldiers that survived the gas. You can also hear the crowd go absolutely wild as they weren't expecting a Russian voice to sing the song to them. I highly recommend watching Radio Tapok's version of this as he does an excellent job. As well as the live in Moscow when they bring him on stage and they all sing together. You don't even have to make a reaction to them. I just think you would enjoy all the extra oomph it gives the song. And it's an appreciation of Sabaton's flair for pageantry while working with others rather than squabbling with them.

You should react to the Sabaton/Radio Tapok version - Attack of the Dead Men - Live Moscow

Its truly sad that most documents of this battle were destroyed due to Hindenburg Losing the war and high ranking officer trying to reduce their sentences and The Tsars collapsing due to the Communist revolt and the USSR looked at this as a capitalist battle so they erased it from there history

as much as i love this song i feel the best part of it is actually when they introduced it moscow they brought a famous youtuber known as radiotapok out to swcretly sing in russian. if you havent already id love to see you rwact to the video

H3 could smell the mustard gas from the video

There is a version that pairs this with a Russian movie about the event

Imma come out and say it: there is NO bad Sabaton song.

Should definitely listen to Fields of Verdun.

Please do Sabaton- Midway My favourite song of the band

When/if you get around to Last dying breath by Sabaton, then i do recommend the fan video by Sava Kozarski.

Here within 6 hours! Lol.

I have a song suggestion unrelated to you challenge, it's by a band called 1914, the song is called And A Cross Now Marks His Place It is a letter from a commanding officer to the mother of a solider who died in battle AND the letter was used to make a song by the band. It's word for word as close as it can get with a song format.

This one is also awesome live

Ngl, the chorus of the song kinda gave me russian vibes... Like, I'm imagining the ghosts of dead russian soldiers singing along in the background as they march.

Please react to Stalingrad by Sabaton

Everybody gangsta... until the gas starts speaking Russian! 🤘🤘🤘 Great reaction as usual!

Chlorine gas was particularly nasty cause even if you didn’t breath it in the gas would give your skin chemical burns. Doing to your outsides what it would do to your insides

You gotta listen to this song by radio tapok its utterly brilliant even the sabaton band members were more than impressed sabaton had this guy doing this song at one of their concerts

@Queen_Homu

Жыл бұрын

The video on Tapok's channel says it was in Moscow so that was a nice treat for the people there

"The order did not changed..."

I probably noticed this before but they misspelled lead. Lead the metal.

It was actually around 600 to 700 men in that fortress only 60 to a 100 survived

KZread: history offended me

The scary thing about chemical weapons is just how much each country had stockpiled during ww2, the world is lucky none of it was ever used.

You have got to listen to the Russian version/cover of this Sabaton actually got the guys to release the Russian version even before the album released

Listen to the russian version of this song by radio tapoc the language makes this song that much more badass

Boys in the perfume aisle

you cant say more than badass from the russian soldiers in this war, keeping your insides in with bandages and still charging. So much that the opposing force tramples their own soldiers when falling back.

Make a reaction to Russian covers from Radio Tapok to sabaton songs. They are all very cool as there are many moments from the immersion films.

Please do Sabaton - Hearts of Iron It's very underplayed. Imo

It's not called bio warfare It's called chemical warfare

Image being a soldier and seeing that sight…. What do you even do at that point?

Look up the video by Simple History very informative.

moment of silence to all the people who just wants to listen to the music but he keeps pausing it for no reason and talk about something.

@whatitdodave

2 жыл бұрын

It’s almost like you can’t just go listen to the original haha. Welcome to reactions videos, where the “reason” for pausing is to provide input.

Actually modern chemical gas wouldn't be deadlier on the account of IT'S PRETTY DAMN HARD TO MAKE DEADLIER THAT THE STUFF THAT MELTS YOU FROM THE INSIDE OUT

Can you do the lost battalion whit sabaton?🤟

Sabaton only has one song written in a major key: blood of Bannockburn

Hi bro..can you react Aina Abdul from Malaysia..official lyric video..'Fool'

Facing the led??? i wish they could spell at least. LEAD the bullits dammit

Слушай и не перебивай песню про наше прошлое

@whatitdodave

9 ай бұрын

That’s not how I react.

your Voice ...

Everybody gangsters till the Russians discover respawns lmfao

I just got to say because I think it will give you more perspective on the germans sheer terror. They didn't charge the Fort, they walked because they didn't expect anything to be alive. The poison gas at the time when released would burn the grass black and any exposed medals on guns would rust and corrode immediately. Flocks of birds would drop out of the sky. It didn't only affect people it would literally rot the battlefield in minutes. If you released that and saw the effects, THEN saw men covered in blood and choking up their lungs charging you... I can only imagine.

Наши😢

Sry... can`t come up with a bad Sabaton song.

bad somg by sabaton in my opinion is christmas truce

Ded men Its crazy Russian empire osoweic

Personally my least liked song by sabaton is reign of terror. I believe it’s about the first gulf war and Suddam Husseins rule

bad sabaton song- look at their first album from before they really decided on their theme and style metalizer. which isn't bad... its just like a 6/10 in terms of their albums. I also personally REALLY dislike their song Rise of Evil, but considering the topic they would be hard pressed to make a good song out of that.

Biological warfare not any better - bacteria and viruses. very scary thing. Just look "mail with white powder" Would you kindly, react to short movie about Osowietz? By Wargaming, there are in english must be.

A bad Sabaton song, no such thing.

A bad song from sabaton for me is Birds of War

Sad part is the Russians still lost the battle.

@daniellooney8878

2 жыл бұрын

Nah they won, just had to abandon the fortress a couple of weeks later because of rest of the front.

@paratrooper321fa

2 жыл бұрын

@@daniellooney8878 they were out flanked and the fort no longer effective

@daniellooney8878

2 жыл бұрын

@@paratrooper321fa Did you even read my what I said? I know that, that does not change the fact they won on that day.

@stipuleddemon

2 жыл бұрын

Just because they had to abandon the fort a couple weeks later doesn't change the fact that the battle was a tactical victory

@daniellooney8878

2 жыл бұрын

@@stipuleddemon What part of "Nah they won" Do you not understand? I said they won!