Thursday, April 18, 2019

My Life As A Historian: Sabaton History Channel

If you haven't subscribed to Sabaton's history channel on YouTube, go fix that right now. You get a video like this every week, and the stories are fantastic and real.

As the scientific masterminds of the early 1940's discover the destructive capabilities of splitting atoms, some of them try to weaponise it. One special product is important in the creation of such a weapon: heavy water. The Norwegians have a plant that produces heavy water at Vemork. The Allies, desperate to slow down the German progress towards the development of a nuclear weapon, decide to sabotage it. The Sabaton song 'Saboteurs' is about the dangerous mission that is conducted by the British and Norwegians in the winter of 1940 to sabotage the Norwegian Heavy Water production for the Nazi's.

This is why I love Sabaton. They not only have a passion for music, but also for history, and they get that their music is far superior for spreading knowledge of history than the sad-sack suckfest that is public schooling in most of the world today. This is how you make it matter, by bringing to life and showing how its impact reverberates down the years to you.

Godspeed, Sabaton. You're doing the Lord's work here.

1 comment:

  1. Love them, love the new channel, great stuff.

    Had some other commentary here: https://thelastredoubt.com/sabaton/

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