New to me. Turns out not new to some of my young Army friends.
"With weapon in hand they will make their stand,
a disregarded demand . . . "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jTgkTEDDog
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New to me. Turns out not new to some of my young Army friends.
"With weapon in hand they will make their stand,
a disregarded demand . . . "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jTgkTEDDog
"On 6 May 1527 a leaderless mercenary army, consisting of German Landsknechts as well as Spanish and Italian mercenaries, invaded the city of Rome. No sooner had the Janiculum fallen into the hands of the looters they began advancing on the Vatican Hill. On St. Peter's Square 147 (of 189) men of the Swiss Guard stood in position to protect Pope Clement VII. In the meantime the remaining 42 Swiss escorted the Pope to the Castel Sant'Angelo (using a secret escape passageway, the Passetto di Borgo) where he finally had to capitulate after a month of siege. None of the 147 Swiss survived. Even today the Swiss Guards have their swearing-in ceremony of new recruits on 6 May, in tribute of the fallen."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRhg2zvalXc
"In September, we remember,
when the Winged Hussars arrived"
Vienna 1683
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mGPnud_IjE
Huge hat tip to @HCM for tipping me off to this band.
I discovered them when Winged Hussars came up in a "No Dumb Questions" podcast and went right down the rabbit hole. I think my favorite one album is The Last Stand, though there's something I like about all of them (I went out and bought 4 of the albums on Amazon right after I heard Winged Hussars). A good chunk of my running playlist is now Sabaton with a sprinkling of other music. Hell, even my 3 year old started jumping and bobbing her head to their music (trying to raise her right and all). :D
Looking through my recently played list, yeah, I've been stuck on Sabaton most of the week for my commute.
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Amazon has Day of the Siege available on Prime. I have not watched it yet, but the trailer looks the same as the scenes in the Winged Hussars video.
Baptized in fire… forty to one…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epeQwq-aYV0
Now there is "Sabaton History" and this episode is about 40 to 1.Quote:
Originally Posted by masternave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpb8gTSMUbo
Quite a library https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaG...h6nLzD08bTBGfw
I guess I didn't need to sleep tonight anyway.