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This fan made music video included scenes from one of more war movies, presumably depicting Polish soldiers defending their country. How things played out was through a fan made youtube video. Initially Sabaton was not overly popular in Poland, but a song like вЂњ40:1вЂќ would logically strike a chord with Polish fans. The history of the song вЂњ40:1вЂќ is also interesting. This comparison to the three hundred Spartans is included in SabatonвЂ™s вЂњ40:1вЂќ chorus: This battle is sometimes referred to as the Polish Thermopylae. Yet somehow, they managed to drag the fighting out for three days.

Making matters force, the GermanвЂ™s were attacking with more then three hundred panzer tanks and the Polish soldiers had no anti-tank weaponry. While the actual numbers of the soldiers in the battle are unknown, Polish folklore holds the ratio to be something in the range of forty to one in their disfavor. The real-life event that is the story for вЂњ40:1вЂќ is the Battle of Wizna. I have linked the video so there is no need for me to recap everything Indy and Par tell us, but here is a quick summary. It just so happens the first episode on вЂњSabaton HistoryвЂќ is about вЂњ40:1.вЂќ I did not know any of the major battles, so when I first heard вЂњ40:1вЂќ I was not caught off guard by the history lesson. For example, I knew the Polish forces put up a good fight against the Nazis, but were ultimately overwhelmed, but I did not know to what extent. So, I knew a little bit about PolandвЂ™s military history, naturally I know a lot more now since listening to Sabaton. The resilience of the Polish people is truly incredible, and the fact that Poland even exists as a country is testament to that. The Pols have seen war more, or less, nonstop not just battles the Germans and Russians, but also the Austrians and the Swedish and probably everyone else in the region. So not everyone realizes how much worse it really was for Poland.

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The Warsaw patch being the start of World War Two gets a fair amount of attention, and that is pretty much it.

In the education system I grew up with, Poland mostly gets talked about as a prime victim of warfare, sandwiched between Germany and Russia, two mega powers vying for control of Polish land. Now, I have good working knowledge of European history, better then most, but inferior to any actual historian, but even before Sabaton started taking me to school, I did know that Poland was a warrior nation.

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The formula for the series is they take a Sabaton song and discuss it in two parts first historian Indy Neidell talks about the historical event depicted in the Sabaton song, then Sabaton member, will talk about the songвЂ™s history. Needless to say, I have learned a lot by listening to Sabaton I suspect a lot of people have.ДЄfter twenty years of educating the metal masses about military history, what is the logical next step? Sabaton did something intelligent, they started their own history channel on, simply called вЂњSabaton HistoryвЂќ. Do you think when Joakim Broden and Par Sundstrom started Sabaton back in 1999 they knew they would end up being educators almost as much as they are metal musicians? It is possible that was the intention all along. Ah Sabaton, I have learned so much about military history thanks to thee.

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