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Post by lordroel on Apr 9, 2020 13:26:32 GMT
In Flanders Fields – Sabaton History 062
"In Flanders fields the poppies blow, between the crosses, row on row." These words, written by John McCrae in his famous war poem "In Flanders Fields", immortalize death and dying in the Great War like only a few others. It is said, that shortly after the death of his dear friend, McCrae looked over the parapet and onto the battlefield once more. In all the mayhem, the smoke, the exploding shells and the dead bodies on the ground, he saw that the little red flowers, the poppies, still grew. After a strong wind, their pedals would fly across the field, and lay there strewn, like the blood that was shed by the soldiers that had to die there.
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Post by lordroel on Apr 16, 2020 13:27:27 GMT
Diary Of An Unknown Soldier – Lost in the Great War – Sabaton History 063
The bells rang on Armistice Day 1920 in the 11th hour, and two minutes of silence followed. One minute for the soldiers that had fought in the Great War and had come back. The second for those who did not. Those unfortunate souls that had been left behind. They had died like so many others, but had been denied a final resting place due to the violence of war. They had vanished, without a trace, without an identity. Those men where the Unknown Soldiers.
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Post by lordroel on Apr 25, 2020 11:07:36 GMT
Soldier of Three Armies Pt. 1 – Winter War – Sabaton History 064
Started out as a reserve, soon promoted well deserved, and the legend has begun.
Lauri Allan Törni, the soldier of three armies. Born and raised in Viipuri in Finnish Karelia, Lauri Törni grew up into a world of tensions, of class-consciousness and conflicting ideologies. Boxed in between the Soviet Union and Germany, Finland was preparing for war of survival. The Winter War would be the first place for Lauri Törni to see battle and begin his legacy as a born soldier.
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Post by eurowatch on Apr 25, 2020 11:22:56 GMT
The episode was very late this week.
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Post by lordroel on Apr 25, 2020 11:25:00 GMT
The episode was very late this week. I think it is the virus being fault in this. |
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Post by lordroel on Apr 30, 2020 13:43:35 GMT
Soldier of Three Armies Pt. 2 – Continuation War - Sabaton History 065
With a bounty on his head, the Red Army wants him dead, Soviet enemy number one. Second part of the Lauri Törni trilogy. The Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union was over, but the world was further tumbling down into war. Finland saw itself trapped between two power blocks. A new arrangement with Nazi Germany gave men like Lauri Törni an opportunity to train with the newly established Waffen-SS. But it was an opportunity with lasting consequences.
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Post by lordroel on May 7, 2020 13:39:59 GMT
Solider of Three Armies Pt. 3 – Vietnam War – Sabaton History 066
Crossed the water a new start, war still beating in his heart, a new legend has been born.
Arrested by the Finnish secret police and tried for treason, war-hero and living legend Lauri Törni realized that his home country held no more future for him any longer. Törni made a run for it. Towards a new country, a new life and a new name. And a new war.
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Post by lordroel on May 14, 2020 13:41:54 GMT
Fields of Verdun II – The Guns of Verdun – Sabaton History 067
The Meat-Grinder. Dead Man's Hill. The Bone-Mill. Verdun has many names, as it went down into history as a place of death and destruction. Never before did so many light and heavy artillery guns fire on such a small battlefield. It was the end of the classical field battle and instead turned into a 10 month siege that was fought not by flesh and blood, but by steel and chemistry.
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Post by eurowatch on May 21, 2020 13:28:41 GMT
Angels Calling Pt. 2 – Guns, Gas and Steel – Sabaton History 068
The shadow of trench warfare is a long one. In fact the soldiers at the front did not just rely on their guns and grenades alone, but on a wartime industry to keep them fighting. Everything had to be produced in the millions. Not only rifles, cartridges and shells, but boots, helmets, spades and everything else that was used on a daily basis. The Great War was a war that thrived on a nation-wide war-economy, the likes of which had never been seen or tried before.
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Post by lordroel on May 28, 2020 13:30:26 GMT
Night Witches Pt. 2 – Female Soldiers – Sabaton History 069
Quarantined Sabaton History is back! And this week we talk about female badass warriors of the Second World War! From a Soviet sniper to a French resistance fighter, many women chose to volunteer for the front and fight alongside the men. These are some of their tales.
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Post by eurowatch on Jun 4, 2020 13:37:52 GMT
The Ballad Of Bull – Leslie "Bull" Allen – Sabaton History 070
Sometimes war is killing, sometimes it’s saving lives. This week we turn a soldier who became a hero, not for killing his foes, but for saving his fellow men. Medic Leslie "Bull" Allen's story is a story about courage in the face of fire. The battle for Mount Tambu in 1943 in Papua New Guinea was vicious and bloody, and the field was soon littered with many wounded men crying for help. Without much regard for his own safety, "Bull" Allen stormed forward into the fray. 12 times he went, and 12 times he came back with a wounded soldier on his back.
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Post by lordroel on Jun 12, 2020 13:46:36 GMT
1648 Pt. 2 – War and Disease – Sabaton History 071
War and Plague. Just two horsemen of the apocalypse but never really far away from each other. Where armies march, disease usually follows. From the earliest records of time to modern day, epidemics and contagious diseases are the cause of uncountable deaths. Pandemics like the Spanish Flu or the Bubonic Plague killed millions of people around the world. To survive, mankind had resort to quarantines and plague houses, and put its trust to physicians and the evolution of modern medicine.
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Post by lordroel on Jun 18, 2020 13:34:32 GMT
Hill 3234 – The Soviet-Afghan War – Sabaton History 072
t happened during the last stage of the Soviet-Afghan War.
Already withdrawing its forces, Soviet High Command needed to display its might one last time by recapturing the vital Satukandav Pass. But to achieve that goal, the commanding heights surrounding the pass had to be held against continuous Mujahideen attacks.
In the Battle for Hill 3234, an outnumbered force of Soviet paratroopers held their own against relentless attacks from the Afghan rebels.
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Post by stevep on Jun 19, 2020 10:56:48 GMT
Hill 3234 – The Soviet-Afghan War – Sabaton History 072t happened during the last stage of the Soviet-Afghan War. Already withdrawing its forces, Soviet High Command needed to display its might one last time by recapturing the vital Satukandav Pass. But to achieve that goal, the commanding heights surrounding the pass had to be held against continuous Mujahideen attacks. In the Battle for Hill 3234, an outnumbered force of Soviet paratroopers held their own against relentless attacks from the Afghan rebels.
Interesting thanks. It does sound very much like Pakistani forces were leading the attack, if not possibly making up much of the numbers. Especially if as said this was a major step change in how organised and equipped the attackers were.
A bit disappointed that people like bin Laden were mentioned as leaders of the resistance. From what I've read while he made visits and provided funds - the advantage of a very rich father - he kept well away from any fighting and was most noticeable for trying to get the guerillas to murder the westerners who were helping them. There were plenty of other, more significant leaders, most noticeably Ahmad_Shah_Massoud, the Lion of the Panjshir Valley, who rejected the reactionaries of the Taliban and fought them until they successfully managed to murder him.
I'm also rather intrigued given the scale and organisation of the attack that the relief force, mainly rear area support staff with little fighting experience and heavily laden with supplies were able to reach the besieged troops without themselves getting massacred as it sounds like they were pretty much defenceless as they approached. That does sound odd unless the Afghans had called off the attack and were withdrawing before they arrived.
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Post by lordroel on Jun 19, 2020 14:40:20 GMT
Hill 3234 – The Soviet-Afghan War – Sabaton History 072t happened during the last stage of the Soviet-Afghan War. Already withdrawing its forces, Soviet High Command needed to display its might one last time by recapturing the vital Satukandav Pass. But to achieve that goal, the commanding heights surrounding the pass had to be held against continuous Mujahideen attacks. In the Battle for Hill 3234, an outnumbered force of Soviet paratroopers held their own against relentless attacks from the Afghan rebels. Interesting thanks. It does sound very much like Pakistani forces were leading the attack, if not possibly making up much of the numbers. Especially if as said this was a major step change in how organised and equipped the attackers were. A bit disappointed that people like bin Laden were mentioned as leaders of the resistance. From what I've read while he made visits and provided funds - the advantage of a very rich father - he kept well away from any fighting and was most noticeable for trying to get the guerillas to murder the westerners who were helping them. There were plenty of other, more significant leaders, most noticeably Ahmad_Shah_Massoud, the Lion of the Panjshir Valley, who rejected the reactionaries of the Taliban and fought them until they successfully managed to murder him. I'm also rather intrigued given the scale and organisation of the attack that the relief force, mainly rear area support staff with little fighting experience and heavily laden with supplies were able to reach the besieged troops without themselves getting massacred as it sounds like they were pretty much defenceless as they approached. That does sound odd unless the Afghans had called off the attack and were withdrawing before they arrived.
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