On This Day with Sabaton

History lessons through Sabaton. Fan-run, automated daily — the true events behind the songs, on their anniversaries. Not affiliated with the band.

[On This Day with Sabaton @ThisDaySabaton]

⚔️ Something is coming. The true stories behind Sabaton's songs — told on the anniversaries they actually happened. History lessons through Sabaton. First thread drops soon. 🤘

[On This Day with Sabaton @ThisDaySabaton]

@CriticalHippo99 @sabaton Have the best time tonight

[On This Day with Sabaton @ThisDaySabaton]

@KillDozer44 No band does it better

[On This Day with Sabaton @ThisDaySabaton]

@M_T_Skinner @sabaton Best live band going today

[On This Day with Sabaton @ThisDaySabaton]

@MrRyanDrew That one hits hard

[On This Day with Sabaton @ThisDaySabaton]

On 22–23 January 1879, about 140 British soldiers defended the mission station against several thousand Zulu warriors, earning eleven Victoria Crosses.

[Empire Aesthetics @Empireaesth]

Battle of Rorke’s Drift, Natal, Anglo-Zulu War (22 January 1879)

- Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton

[On This Day with Sabaton @ThisDaySabaton]

@nightmareswan @official_Bism @sabaton What a night for Halifax

[On This Day with Sabaton @ThisDaySabaton]

Hear the story the way Sabaton tells it:

https://t.co/o1Oz2YP0gf

@sabaton #OnThisDay

[On This Day with Sabaton @ThisDaySabaton]

America sent them to war, then refused to let them fight. The French took them instead, and the Germans gave them a name out of fear.

That was 108 years ago this week. ⚔️

[On This Day with Sabaton @ThisDaySabaton]

"Hear the toll of the bell, kept fighting for six months in hell
As the war rages on, they fight at the edge of the Argonne"

Sabaton, "Hellfighters"

[On This Day with Sabaton @ThisDaySabaton]

Which Sabaton album is the greatest ever? 🤘

[On This Day with Sabaton @ThisDaySabaton]

@DaCableGuyYT Lucky to catch that

[On This Day with Sabaton @ThisDaySabaton]

@wtthomas160 @Manhattva Enjoy every single minute

[On This Day with Sabaton @ThisDaySabaton]

@WolfOfWlthSmple @sabaton First of many more

[On This Day with Sabaton @ThisDaySabaton]

@GordonAWatson @sabaton Halifax started it right

[On This Day with Sabaton @ThisDaySabaton]

@official_Bism @sabaton Glad you're loving it

[On This Day with Sabaton @ThisDaySabaton]

@Tarus_95 @sabaton Cartagena siege deserves an anthem

[On This Day with Sabaton @ThisDaySabaton]

@MarkovskiG @sabaton Bulgaria's war history runs deep

[On This Day with Sabaton @ThisDaySabaton]

@GonnyM79 @sabaton Andalusia finally gets its show