My Life As A Historian: Sabaton History Returns w/ The Swedish Royal Guard

Quoting the video:

"From the devastated battlefield of Poltava to the long exile in the Ottoman Empire, Livgardet never abandoned their King. Even when King Karl XII. found himself surrounded by thousands of foes, the remaining four men of his Royal Guard stood by his side. Pistols raised and sabers drawn, the Swedes fought through smoke and fire in the Kalabalik at Bender, protecting their King's life with their own."

You'll find the videos for Livgardet and The Royal Guard here and here respectively.

Indy tells the tale very well, some you see weekly on his World War 2 channel, such that I am astonished that no one's bothered to make a film about it yet- not that Current Year mainstream Western media could be trusted with it. It's as thrilling a tale now as it was then. The only issue I see with making a film adaptation is that neither Sweden nor Turkey would be keen on doing so given their present political establishments; both groups, for their own reasons, want to avoid this story like it had the Plague.

But, because it is a matter of historical record, that story can be told in narrative format without legal concerns. A solid book is good, but given the visual media dominance of global pop culture I think it would be better done as a comic, and by "comic" I mean Manga.

An enterprising mangaka, looking for safe (in Japan) but real subject matter, could follow the example of the creator of Legend of Galactic Heroes and The Heroic Legend of Arslan as well as the man behind Vinland Saga: dramatize this event (not that you need to here), deliver on the aesthetics, pace and plot for effect, and wait for the money and acclaim to roll iny. We're still talking about Arslan and LOGH, and of the latter new adaptations are still being made. A similar thing happens with Japanese history far enough back to be safe to engage (e.g. Rurouni Kenshin, Golden Kamuy).

And since so munch anime and manga builds off light novels, a solo creator working through Japan could start there instead of trying to do manga immediately- just get ready to make that leap when you have the demand.

And that is a process indies in the West can follow--and have to--if we want to rebuild when the pozzed mainstream finally collapses.