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.

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⚔️ 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. 🤘

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@LordArithon @Butchered_birth Pure Tolkien metal magic

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@LordSpiral1 @Tarmhell Two fantasy metal legends

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@Cramx3 Hammer high, horns higher

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@The_Real_Stien Looks like a blast

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@JarvisPodcaster Enjoy it with him

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On October 13, 1307 — a Friday the 13th — hundreds of Knights Templar were arrested at dawn; the order's downfall began.

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Curious how “Templars feat. Pop Evil” came to be? 👀 Pär reveals how it all came together! Make sure you give the song a listen. Click here 👉 https://t.co/4thl51jDXo

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@official_Bism @nightmareswan @sabaton The legend sails on

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@nightmareswan @official_Bism @sabaton What a ship she was

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@nightmareswan @official_Bism @sabaton Halifax shows never disappoint

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"Through the gates of hell
As we make our way to heaven
Through the Nazi lines
Primo victoria"

Sabaton, "Primo Victoria"

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On June 3, 1944, Irish postmistress Maureen Flavin took the 1:00 AM weather reading at Blacksod, County Mayo. The dropping barometer showed an Atlantic storm. SHAEF meteorologists called back: check, repeat. Her report delayed D-Day by 24 hours. This is Primo Victoria.

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@CriticalHippo99 @sabaton Have the best time tonight

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@KillDozer44 No band does it better

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@M_T_Skinner @sabaton Best live band going today

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@MrRyanDrew That one hits hard

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

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

- Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton

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@nightmareswan @official_Bism @sabaton What a night for Halifax

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Hear the story the way Sabaton tells it:

https://t.co/o1Oz2YP0gf

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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. ⚔️

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"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"