HOW?? Veterans Reaction to SABATON "The Unkillable Soldier"  

Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, a soldier who was shot in the head, face stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; was blind on his left eye as well; survived two plane crashes; and tore off his own fingers when a doctor declined to amputate them and still lived to old age around 80-85 ?. really an Unkillable soldier so a good title of the He served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War.efter the first WW he wrote:Frankly I had enjoyed the war

The video is very tongue-in-cheek rather than 100% historically accurate, but it is based on real guy who survived more than what 99.999999% other humans do.

The first time he was wounded was in 1903 during war in Africa. The japanese commander in Singapore surrendered to him in 1945. The words at the end of the video are his own.

I know this is an older video but if you want as accurate to the unbelievable stats that he had here they go He served in 5 wars Survived 5 separate plane crashes Was shot 12 times during wars (13 if you count the time he got shot in the ass in India for being rude to a servant) Survived an artillery barrage that cost him his left arm Was thrown off a train in his 50s/60s chased it down and killed the two men attacking it who threw him off (keep in mind this wouldn’t be expected of a healthy 50/60 year old let alone one with extensive leg and hip damage, and a missing arm) Survived in three different POW camps One of the aforementioned shots he took was from close range behind him and blew off the back of his skull (if memory serves me right he was more pissed that he couldn’t style his hair the way he usually liked more than he was about having his brains go everywhere) Another one of the aforementioned shots he took was to the groin (he’d later go on to father two children) Told Mao (to his face) that he “hates commies” and wished that he could kill him (and survived that) And finally to top off this irony after turning in his retirement papers, all he had to do was walk down a flight of stairs and he’d no longer be a soldier; so he ended up falling down every stair from the top to the bottom broke his back, his pelvis, and I believed fractured a leg (he was well into his 60s at this point) He then went on to live to see colored tv and died peacefully in his bed about 20 years after that. Each and every single one of the points could be delved into so much further, my personal favorite is about his eye, you see most things have him being shot twice during that specific battle and that one cause him to lose his eye and the other caused him to lose part of his ear (which he’d later have shot off completely), which while technically correct it isn’t completely accurate, you see he was actually shot three times. It just so happens one of those was a ricochet, this ricochet sliced open his eye but he could still see through it for the most part…until three minutes later where he got it shot out completely. Absolute mad lad.

Sir Adrian fought in almost every war the british Empire had at hand, from the 2nd Boer war in 1902 to WW2, so many chances to catch a bullet, a shrapnel or a bajonett. And he took every chance xD

Nice to see you back! Sir Adrian was dead set to serve..no matter what. I mean..the dude fought from the Boer war 1899 to the end of WWII. He was in Japan at the end of it all. Six decades of serving. He earned som serious respect and got some serious awards and decorations to prove it.

So the saving the day lyric is probably from the action where he won the Victoria Cross, During the Battle of the Somme he was in command of the 8th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. While the 8th Gloucesters and the rest of the 57th Brigade were fighting to hold a German counter attack at the village of La Boisselle, the commanders of the other three battalions in the Regiment were killed, so he took command of the other battalions too and they held the village. And all the while he had to act as his own runner to get orders to the battalions because he didn't have any.

Thank You for Your Service. Sabaton are German soldiers, Sir Adrian is English. He also fought in WWII. Retired after injuring his back, when he fell down the stairs. Lived to the age of 83. New to your channel and glad you like Sabaton. I went through almost all your reactions, and I like your style. Sabaton is a great band and they know how to surprise their fans. Gotta love'm.

just a tangential comment, I salute every nurse and medic everywhere, they are truly heroes, imagine what THEY see day in day out, only the very worst of war and suffering and still have the strength to keep patching ppl up EVERY DAY!

Sir Adrian was wounded several times over his career. His left eye was shot out, his left hand was mutilated and was amputated, and his leg took fragments from a grenade. The dude was HARDCORE! 🤘🏼👊🏼💪🏼

Would you believe this guy lost his eye before WW1 and still decided to fight and then fought in WW2?

Slightly surprised that they didn't notice the tuny detail of Ardian using his shoulder to cock the hammer on his single action service pistol. Can't cock it after you have your left arm amputated. Sabaton is SO good!

While it has been pointed out the song itself is a bit tongue in cheek, in many ways his life is more remarkable. He was born to Irish parents living in Belgium (although there is a theory he may be the illegitimate son of the Belgian King) He studied at Oxford and signed up for the British Army and served in a number of conflicts including the Boer War and both World Wars. On top of being shot in the eye, through his skull, hip, leg, ankle and ear. In WW1 alone he was injured severely 8 times and they were mentioned in dispatches 6 times. In the video it showed his arm was amputated, what it didn't mention was that once when a doctor refused to amputate his fingers, he simply ripped them off. He was shot down in a plane twice. He made 5 attempts to escape from a POW camp, including seven months tunnelling. Once he managed to evade capture for eight days pretending to be an Italian Peasant, despite the fact he couldn't speak Italian, had an eyepatch a missing arm, multiple injuries and scars .. all of which would make him stand out like a sore thumb.... he was 61 at the time.

ty for fighting for us and our freedom honor and gloy to all our men and women who fight for us and honor and gloy to all others who defed there countary

Hey, great to see you back with a Sabaton reaction!🤘 This guy was a definition of a badass! 💪 You did recognize Indy Neidell (host of Sabaton History..) starring as the "unkillable soldier"? 😁 Looking forward to your history reactions to the last releases! 🤘 Cheers!🍻

Not sure how I'm just now seeing this. I watched a ton of your videos for a couple weeks there. Love the channel and hope you're doing well. Excited to discover this 2 years after the fact because this music video is amazing and the story is amazing

Awsome song and I really like your quick reaction !

Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart: Frankly I had enjoyed the war and why do people want peace if the war is so much fun

Epic song 🎧 ❤️🙏🌎 blessings brothers

The video isn’t really meant to be super historically accurate. More of a joke about the german soldiers (the sabaton guys) trying over and over again to kill him yet he just won’t die.

Great reaction. And much respect for your service from your allies in Germany. I sadly couldn't serve because of a severe disability, but my younger brother served as a paratrooper and had only the highest praise for his American brothers in arms!

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

It's even more badass than the video shows. When he got blown up, he lost two fingers, and the other two were hanging on by the tendons. Doctors wouldn't cut them off, so to avoid gangrene, he RIPPED them off. I'll say that again, he RIPPED them off. The man RIPPED his fingers off to avoid gangrene.

this man story gives me goosebumps

The fact this channel doesn't have a million subs is mind boggling

i love the detail at 08:11. the one armed man version of reloading a revolver. nobody is picking that up.

that was a good music video , you know who played Sir Aidrian carton de Wiart in the music video. ITs our guy who does Sabaton History with them Indy Neidell.

What's up V3T and Raven I am here and can't wait to hear this

dude went on to fight in world war 2, lived through even more injurys and eventually died of age

🔥 Nice History Lesson in this one as well.

All I'll say is God wanted this man alive for something.

Lt.Gen. Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO the most badass Soldier to ever live

you need to read the history of this man, it is crazy, he was one of the higest decorated men in the world, and injuries are so numerouse it is crazy.

I highly suggest you react to "1916" by Mötörhead. "We all volunteered, and we wrote down our names, and we added 2 years to our ages"

It still baffles me that there isn’t a movie about this guy yet.

That is some serious winter face fur :-)

What a madlad

He makes you fight even more

LT.gen adrian carton de wiert was shot several times in the torso arm stomach leg ankle hip & ear, his left eye was shot out, his left hand was so grossly mutilated that his doctor refused to amputate & adrian bit two of his fingers off himself thats when the doc amputated , his leg had fragments of a grenade. man survived 2 plane crashes & 2 world wars , he also fell down the stairs of the HQ building Post WW2 & broke his back and lived to the ripe old age of 80 years old. man was tougher then a barrel of nails & i salute him 💪O7 if theres any facts here thats wrong please feel free to correct me .

Real unsung heroes are the fellows who dragged his ass back to be patched.

Sad that nobody so far has noticed that he's firing and re-cocking the hammer of his pistol all with one hand near the end of the video.

He also tunneled out of a POW camp with one arm and one eye.

"Really did he just survive that" I know right

sabaton new album is out :)

To survive these wounds was even harder with the medical limitation at this time. He also survived plane crashes.

he didnt do it for his country, he just loves war that much reminds me of olaf's prophecy in league 'you will never die in combat'

I can not die. I am not dead enough

If you wanna differentiate between the nations, in WW1 Germans had spikes on their helmet and wore mostly black with a hint of red. I think the Allies typically wore brown and khaki uniforms, and their helmets were not as cool.

Check sabayon history lads…they explain the history behind the songs

this guy lived until 83 and died in the 60s look at the infographics vvideo about him

A the Belgian-Irish terminator his dad was a Belgian and his mom Irish.

At the start of WWII, the Germans specifically bombed De Wiart's house to try and kill him

Death wanted no part of Sir Adrian

You should check out Tommy Johansson's Disneyton singing Sabaton lyrics to Disney tunes.

First uvu

Sir Adrian fought for the British Empire

The man is more gangsta than 50 Cent

Tis but a scratch!

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My only Question is: Did he marry that Nurse after he did such strange things to meet her? Edit: Man he got KILLED

Den war King was even Lion from Norh . In France the King called him a sun King but Gustav den andre Adolf called him beacuse the sun most go down on the night but the Lion must not do that ! He tog Skåne from Sweden for always now and swedish Bohuslän who was belong to Denmark. We have krigat med Denmark 32 Times and Norway I think 22 times but never to Finland beauques Finland and Swerige was one country! 1800 talet was Finland one land. How many Times we fight with Ryssland are many. Its was peace about 100 yers I not really sure There? Norge belongs to Sweden and Norge was togheter when we was Union. Denmark Sweden and Island Grönland and Norway and Färöarna . We wont pay taxes to Germany and we dont like that they have so much to bestämma över . 1810 ljust we Bernadotte to be King in Sweden and norway blev one land and Denmark one land. One time we låg i world with Poland Ryssland and Denmark ! Our king was married with Napoleons Sister. We sweden think that this King who was a good world King . Shall go to Moskva and insted he go to Norway. But there we say that this King going to Moskva, we want not have them to neigborgs and they took Finland only östersjön imellan oss. Oj sorry that I write so very much ! 🫢🫣 Louise in Sweden !

9:20 u cant stop the song at this point everrrr bro rookie mistake

This video, as others have pointed out, has strong undercurrents critiquing "historical" computer game shooter, the character (historically) is unkillable, in the video he persistently respawns while a special nurse makes him heal, he goes up ranks each respawn, he uses a variety of weapons despite historical inaccuracies. Sabaton is utilising a genuine unkillable military figure to caricature the lazy design of supposedly historical first person shooter war games, at least in my estimation.