Last Dying Breath - The Defence of Belgrade - Sabaton History 005 [Official] 

And we're back with another video! This time we visit familiair territory for Indy: World War One. The Sabaton song Last Dying Breath is about the battle of Belgrade between the Serbian army and an Austro-Hungarian and German coalition. The speech made by Dragutin Gavrilović to his men is especially important in both this episode and in the song. Let us know in the comments what you think of the episode! We hope you like it! If you would like to gain early access to our Sabaton History episodes and actively support this awesome project that we are so passionate about, you can do so by joining our Patreon community. There are some pretty cool perks when you become part of the Patreon family. Find out more and join here 👉 www.patreon.com/sabatonhistory

Fun fact: After the battle for the Gypsy Island, Serbian soldiers buried all fallen soldiers, including enemy soldiers, with the highest military honors. They found a letter that one of the dead Austria-Hungarian officers killed in the battle for the Gypsy Island had on him. His name was August Schmidt and he was a lieutenant colonel in the AH army. The letter was unopened, so Serbian soldiers thought it was an attack order. When they opened it they found out that it was a letter from his daughter from Vienna. The Serbian soldiers, led by Major Svetomir Djukic, decided to respond to that letter. The letter they wrote read: "Dear Miss, with a heavy heart and pain in the soul, although we are enemies, we are forced to be the first to tell you the difficult news that your undead father, a hero officer and commander of the 32nd Austrian Regiment, today heroically fell at the head of his regiment, defending his Emperor, his country and his flag, and in a heavy battle on Serbian soil in Ada Ciganlija (Gypsy Island). Even though you have lost your father, you have to be proud of him, because he fell heroically and worthy of a knight-hero in the field of parts. At the same time, we inform you that we sent you 4,000 crowns with today's referral, the money we found in your late father's pocket with a letter, and we ask you to inform us about the receipt of this money because we deeply care that you receive both money and letter. We buried your father with dignity and with all honors, marking his grave with an exemplary crusader so that when the war operations are over and peace is established, you can come to Serbia with your respected family and find your father's body decently buried and the grave preserved. Receive our most sincere chivalrous condolences, that God may give you and others a long and happy life." They got a reply from Miss Schmidt after a few days: "Dear Gentlemen, I received your letter with the greatest gratitude, although it was completely fatal for me, regardless of your consolation. Indeed, this kind of attention is worthy only of Serbian hero officers, and I am eternally grateful to you for that. I also received the money, for which I also thank you. In these difficult times for our whole family, your letter is really invigorating, all the more so because our dad really ended his life with dignity. I have already given your letter to many of my friends, with tears in my eyes, to read it, and they cried together with me and admired the attention of the Serbian heroic officers. After this letter, we especially appreciate the exploits of the small Serbian army, which is worthy of all admiration." Remember this when USA & NATO try to portray the Serbs as war criminals, butchers, monsters, and genocidal people. Today we may be not worthy of our glorious ancestors, but for sure we are not even remotely close to being savages and war criminals who perform genocide and ethnic cleansing, like Western media is claiming.

Great RESPECT from Poland to Serbia. Both our nations know that all gave some, but some gave all...

Glory to the brave soldiers of Serbia! Poland salutes your Heroes.

Legitimately the best cross-over channel on youtube!

„You are not going to the Italian, or Russian, or the French front. You are going into a fight against a new enemy who is dangerous, tough, brave and sharp. You are going to the Serbian front, to Serbia, and Serbs are the people who love their freedom and who are willing to fight for it to their last. Do your best so this minuscule enemy does not overshadow your glory and compromise the success you’ve achieved so far in the glorious German army“. This is the speech that field marshal August von Mackensen held before departing for the Serbian front in autumn of 1915.

and after the battle, the germans build a monument for those brave serbians, in honor for their enemys

Foreigners who usually come and visit Belgrade, the first thing they notice is how buildings are all different with different styles. Belgrade is the most destroyed and rebuilt city in entire Europe, it has been destroyed and rebuilt 44 times, also it has seen 115 different wars through it's history!

I am from Mexico and whenever I hear this speech it gives me goosebumps. The song and speech are incredible! Truly one of the best

Greatest respect to our Serbian brothers! Greetings from Russia!

As a hungarian I appreciate the effort you made not to butcher the names (too much...), and as former enemies, I salute to the serbians bravery!

There is always something great about hearing lesser-known battles in history than the usual.

Even having no connection to Serbia or Belgrade, I always get a little choked up listening to or reading that speach.

What a terrific and scary experience, no one can claim Serbia doesn't have rich history.

I am always touched by manifestations of heroism, maybe because I am Polish ...Respect.

Blood brothers from Greece salute you Serbia

We Indians have also fought at Saragarhi just like the Serbians fought at Belgrade . India salutes you all 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

Great respect to Serbia from France.

My people were on the other side of that battle, but that doesn't mean that we are not ready to acknowledge the Serbians heroism in that war. And also in earlier centuries where we fought side by side against the ottomans. Cheers from Hungary

I feel proud of our long standing allies and brothers!! Despite not being slavs, greetings from Greece!!

Austro-Hungery: it's over serbia, I have the high ground Serbia: you underestimate my power

Forgot to mention the monument the Germans and Austro-Hungarians put up to honor the city's defenders. They were so shocked and impressed by that final fearless charge that Mackensen himself ordered that a memorial be put on the battlefield with the inscription "Here rest Serbian heroes." It's still there today.

You guys do not know how much means to us serbians

But somehow, 100 years later Serbians are still fighting for the freedom and territory. Against the same enemies...

Respect for Serbia and Belgrade from the US.

Ponosan sam što sam Srbin🇷🇸 Hvala Gospodu Bogu za to☦

As the Monument set up by Field Marshal August von Mackensen after the long siege of Belgrade said; "Here Rests Serbian Heroes"

ah serbia...graveyard of empires

Respect to all the fallen heroes by your Orthodox Brothers in Greece!

Yeah Belgrade had some outstanding battles throughout History (let it be defended by Serbians, Hungarians or whatever). A really inspirational song and speech. Greetings to our fellow Serbs out there from Hungary :)

"Ni behöver inte längre oroa er över era liv: de existerar inte längre." "Så, frammåt mot ära! För Konung och Faderland!" "Länge leve Kungen, Länge leve Belgrad!" Against those odds, I have to say I've got mad respect for the Serbs who stood up for what they believed in!

While serbian army was retreating over mountains of albania, they had to destroy any gear or weapons they couldn't carry with them, for example cannons etc this one serbian soldier, Jevto Jevtović from village of Gojna Gora in Serbia, carried out hill cannon on his back over the mountain, when french officer heard about this, he demanded to see the soldier, he took off his medal and wanted to handle it to serbian soldier, to which he replied: ,,i need no medals, i just want ammunition so i can return back to my home"

I actually have a friend from Serbia (I'm American) who's family has claimed to have an ancestor from Major Gavrilovic's Regiment, though he has never been able to find any evidence of this. I showed him the video of Sabaton performing this song with the speech at the beginning and he broke down crying at the end.

My last name is Greiveldinger but my roots are also Serbian, i'll always take side with Serbia!

Greetings from Moscow to Serbian brothers!

"Therefore, you no longer need to worry about your lives; they no longer exist." This is unspeakably amazing

This is so rare that foreigners understand our history. Thank you guys, what you do is precious!

Слава вам јунаци, слава вам дедови наши! Glory to our heroes! Glory to our grandfathers!

Certainly a story we don't hear about as much in the US. Very informative, and great job as usual!

I learned som Serbian from a girl I used to date and I got chills from that speech 😩 Živela Srbija

🇷🇸😢🇷🇸 not too many will understand my emotions now. Long live Serbia, long live Belgrade!

Proud of my HEROIC ANCESTORS! May their souls rest in eternal peace! SLAVA IM!

I think that Belgrade is only city in Europe(and probably World)who have monument built from enemy!General-Feldmarschal von Mackensen was so impressed with Serbian heroic defence of Belgrade that he ordered monument for dead Serbian soldiers!On monument stands-Here rest Serbian heroes!Monument still stands today in Belgrade

Hvala Indiju i momcima iz Sabatona za ovu kratku priču koja ima ogroman značaj za sve sadašnje i buduće fanove u Srbiji. Bila sam na tom koncertu, nemoguće je opisati emocije za vreme izvođenja ove pesme. Thank you for all, Sabaton!

Reading comments and seeing all these people from distant countries ( even those we're not allied with ) saluting us and our ancestors brings tears to my eyes and a sense of pride. Thank you in the name of all Serbs!

Сербы, русские всегда с вами!

It's very interesting of these lesser known battles and figures. We get to learn it thanks to Sabaton's research and passion for history. This is among the reasons to love Sabaton as well as Indy.

As we said: "Even when u kill us all, our graves will fight with you!"

Commander: You don't have to worry about your lives, they no longer exist Soldiers: Commander: Soldiers: Fair enough.

Finally, someone to talk about Serbia in positive light and not brag them as 'most genocidal nation that has ever existed' like that doctorate in France did. Serbia will forever be thankful to Sabaton for this as one of the few who do not remember just 10 out of 1500+ years of our history. We also wish to have as many of your concerts in Belgrade as possible. :D

The speech gives you goosebumps: "Soldiers, exactly at three o'clock, the enemy is to be crushed by your fierce charge, destroyed by your grenades and bayonets. The honor of Belgrade, our capital, must not be stained. Soldiers! Heroes! The supreme command has erased our regiment from its records. Our regiment has been sacrificed for the honor of Belgrade and the Fatherland. Therefore, you no longer need to worry about your lives: they no longer exist. So, forward to glory! For the King and the Fatherland! Long live the King, Long live Belgrade!"

Greatest respect to our Serbian brothers! Greetings from mee personal!

It seems that the Germans sent the best they had in order to destroy Serbia,they were probably pissed off because Serbia resisted for so long.

Glory to all fallen brothers who fight for justic and honor !!! Greatings from Serbian Republic ( Република СРБска )

Long live Serbia.Respect brothers

some tels, that Seribia, Like Poland in 1939, had no chances to deffend itself. But the brave Serbians showed that noone could take Their land free of the blood tax. All Hail the Brave! Long Live the Fighters!

I hope Serbians and Austrians still can be friends. You have my respect.

Actually I'm Hungarian and I was surprised why we don't really learn about this battle in school when it comes to important historic battles. It was good to hear about it now.:) \m/

Please make these videos downloadable. :) Salute to the Serbian Heroes from the Philippines...im in tears right now.

I'm from Serbia and the fact that many people lost their lives in,not just this battle,but many more battles because of defending our country is making me proud that I'm from Serbia.Many people don't know about our heroes,they only focus on some battles,but there are many more heroes in our history.I just want to say a big thank you to you Sabaton,for giving people a chance to learn about other countries and their heroes and I just want to let you know that you made me proud,not just me,you made a whole country proud.Thank you for giving us a chance to learn more about heroes I can't thank you enough for doing an incredible job,that job is that you make many countries proud and that is because of your music!Thank you Sabaton! "Za kralja i Otadzbinu!"

That story about the concert at the end was so wholesome and heartwarming. It damn near brought tears to MY eyes just hearing it!

devojko neznam te ne poznam te, ali od svog srca ti hvala sto si im pokazala spomenik i ispricala jednu istorisku cinjenicu. HVALA TI!!!

Thank you for this, in other history videos about great war no one talks about Serbia, almost like we didnt existed, but they forget that we lost 28% of population, and that every third male died. We denied to surrender after our territory was occupied. Thank you, from Belgrade.❤

Never... NEVER fight with people who will give their own life for their home... because they will defent it to last dying breath.

Nearly 100 years later and this speech still means an incredible amount to the people of Serbia. That crowd reaction to the speech was one of those pure magic moments you are lucky to be there for at concerts. Keep the videos coming!

You failed to mention that August von Mackensen erected a monument on the battleground to conmemoraste the staunch defenders of Belgrade, with the words “Here Rest Serbian Heroes” in German and Serbian.

Serbian People is heroic ! greetings from Russia !

Loving every minute of these episodes

The people reciting the speech gave me chills. That was amazing.

We have too many stories like this in Serbia, enough for albums. This is one of the best descriptions of serbian mentality: Friedrich Griesendorf, who died in 1958, was a very educated man. He was at one time a court clergyman for the German Kaiser, Wilhelm II. After World War II, he was a pastor in the Eversburg church parish where a camp of Serbian prisoners of war was located. Before retiring, he dedicated these lines to his German parishioners: "Our country lost the war. The English, Americans and Russians won. Maybe they had much better equipment, larger armies, better leadership. In reality, it was an explicit material victory. They took the victory. However, among victors there is one nation that won another more beautiful victory, a victory of the soul, a victory of the heart and honesty, a victory of peace and Christian love. THEY ARE THE SERBS. We knew them earlier, some a little and some not at all. But we all knew what we did in their homeland. We killed hundreds of the Serbs who defended their country for one of our soldiers who represented the occupier -- the oppressor. And not only that, we looked favorably when others shot at Serbs from all sides; The Croats,the Italians, Albanians, Bulgarians and Hungarians. Yet we knew that among us in the prisoner of war camps were 5,000 Serbian officers, who earlier were the elite of the society and, who now resembled living skeletons, exhausted and spent from hunger. We knew that among the Serbs smoldered the belief 'He who does not revenge is not sanctified'." "We were truly afraid of the revenge by these Serbian martyrs. We already saw our children in canals, baked in town bakeries. We were terrified by horror that was coming. We were afraid that after our capitulation they would do what we did to them. We imagined murder, plunder, rape, demolition and destruction of our homes. However, what happened later in reality? When the barbed wires were torn down and 5,000 Serbian skeletons found themselves free in our midst, those skeletons caressed our children and spoke calmly with us. So, Serbs caressed the children of those who wrapped their homeland in black. Only now can we understand why our greatest poet, Goethe, studied the Serbian language. Only now can we comprehend why the last word for Bismark, on his deathbed, was -- 'SERBIA.' That kind of victory is more sublime than any material victory. It seems to me that only the Serbs could win such a victory, being brought up in their St. Sava's spirit and epic poetry, which our Goethe loved so much. This victory will live for centuries in the souls of us Germans. I want to dedicate my last clergyman's sermon to that victory and the Serbs who won it."

The speeches after war and during war were. By the Kaiser during the war "I wanted Serbians as my allys, not my enemys" The American president ordered the Serbian flag to be set on the white house after the war it was the first and only flag to ever wave from the roof of the White house beside the American flag The Japanese President said "We always thought our soldiers were the bravest, but i think the Serbs deserve that title more than we do" The German general ordered for a statue to be built to honour Serbian soldiers on it said "Here lay Serbian Soldiers" (Ovde pocivaju Srpski vojnici)

I love this songs and the meaning behind it, Love from an albanian dude

I can't wait! Thank You guys. :) Greetings form Poland 🇵🇱

Cheers to all Serbs from your neighbor Croatia :)

God bless Serbian people

One of my favourite songs from Sabaton. Can't wait for a new episode...

We are not worthy of our ancestors. Thank you Sabaton, for everything.

Every time I see Sabaton history video I shed a tear.

Milos Obilic killed the Night King, not Arya

My grand grandfather died in that War .. Thank you four this greath song !..

Боже како волим што сам Србин🇷🇸❤

Love Serbia from Greece

Much love for you Sabaton!!! Serbians love you 🙋‍♂️❤️

*FORWARD TO GLORY.*

Its hard not to be proud Serbian when you have these ancestors to look up to.

I cant explain with words how happy am I to know the fact that there is a band like Sabaton. They bring war stories fulled with heroic acts, last stands to something real. You can feel it so good that you are like in the battle. I would really like for you to consider to make a song about the Batlle of Shipka in the Russian-Turkish war 1877-1878. Our brave soldiers fought so hard that day that even when there was no ammunitions,soldiers started throwing rock and dead bodies only to stop the ottomans. Greetings to all serb brothers from Bulgaria

Thank you, Sabaton, for the great presentation of this period in serbian history. May God bless you always! ❤️❤️❤️

Спасибо вам за такие исторические ролики, Вас очень приятно и интересно слушать. Продолжайте в том же духе))

German attack on Somme : 500 000 in the beginning. German attack on Verdun : 700 000 Russian attack on Galicia : 1 200 000 German, A&H and Bulgarian attack on Serbia : 500 000 German soldiers, 500 000 A&H soldiers and 900 000 Bulgarian soldiers, 1 900 000 vs 200 000 Serbian army.

They need to write a song about the battle of Kosovo Field(1389). They just need to

Yes this is probably my favorite song

It was not just the 10th but also the Sremski volunteer battalion and what remained from the Belgrade gendarmerie that performed the counter attack on the railroad positions, and these were young men , boys mostly .... for example the Sremski Volunteer Battalion (SVB) was made of boys as young as 14-15 years old + even some women like Sofija Jovanović.... Most of the 10th , SVB and Gendarmerie was cut to pieces and destroyed in that battle.... in total there was around 16.000 people organized in to the Cobined Belegrade Defence Troops , only around 5.000 would survive until the end of the war

I live 20 meters from the spot the where the speech was held and hearing this song for the first time from my favorite band made me so happy. Cant wait for your next concert!

So glad you guys made song about that!! Now, its my favourite song of yours!!! Love you and greetings👋👋 :D

I was at that concert....thank you for that experience! There's really no words that can truly describe those emotions.

My full respect for you guys. Greetings from Serbia!

Everyone from Sabaton deserves Serbian citizenship!!!

I can't express my gratitude for you writing this song about my small and underestimated country and it's fearless people. I was there when you played the song live just for us and I have never felt so proud of being a Serb. Thank you for being as awesome as you are, keep rocking and making people proud of who they are because of their history. Salute from a huge and young fan waiting for you in Serbia!

That is really cool that this song, about an event that looms so large in Serbia's public memory, was only played for them, in Belgrade. Well done!

Thank you for recognizing out country's heroism, желим вам пуно успеха и славе