By HistoryMusicNerd

History Songs
Learn History with Music!

Learn History     with Songs    Learn History    With Songs    Learn Historys

Top Interpreters

These are our top interpreters that write songs about historical events! They make history come alive with their music!

Historical Songs by Sabaton

Sabaton

Power Metal

Swedish band

Songs by HistoryMusicNerd

HistoryMusicNerd

Mixed Genres

Austrian Creator

Historical Songs by Civil War

Civil War

Power Metal

Swedish Band

Click to unfold!

List of Songs about History form A to Z

This list contains over 100 songs about history in alphabetical order - just click to unfold. We try to keep it as accurate as possible. If you know a song, that is not in the list, just let us know!

Numbers

HistoryMusicNerd

Napoleon and the return from Elba

HistoryMusicNerd

The 13 Colonies that started the American Revolution

Powerwolf

Werewolf trial of Peter Stump

Alestorm

Battle of Cartagena de Indias 1741

Sabaton

World War I and the Battle of the Somme

Jamala

A song about the war crimes in Ukraine during World War Two

Sabaton

Service of the 82nd US Infantry Division in World War I

Sabaton

Defense of Poland in the Battle of Wizna

A

Sabaton

Francis Pegahmagabow, Canadian sniper in World War I

Iron Maiden

Battle of Britain in World War II

Sabaton

Foreign pilots in World War II, especially in the Battle of Britain

HistoryMusicNerd

The use of toxic herbicides (like Agent Orange) by the US in the Vietnam War

Iron Maiden

Life and conquests of Alexander the Great

HistoryMusicNerd

Napoleonic Battle of Austerlitz

Sabaton

Battle of Berlin in World War II

B

Sabaton

British recapture of the Falkland Islands

Civil War

The Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba

Sabaton

The battleship Bismarck in World War II

Sabaton

Battle of Bannockburn and Scotland’s independence

HistoryMusicNerd

The Battle of the Ia Drang Valley, the first large ground battle of US troops in the Vietnam War.

C

Sabaton

Swedish King Charles XII and the Swedish Empire

Powerwolf

The Crusades

Sabaton

The Christmas truce during World War I

Sabaton

Gallipoli campaign in World War I

Sabaton

Greek resistance against Italy in World War II

HistoryMusicNerd 

Napoleon and the French Revolution 1789

HistoryMusicNerd 

Napoleons Coup d'état that made him Ruler of France

D

HistoryMusicNerd

Battle of Vienna 1945

HistoryMusicNerd

Napoleon’s retreat from Russia

Sabaton

Battle of Moscow in World War II

Sabaton

US Marines in the Battle of Belleau Wood, World War I

Sabaton

Rise of Dreadnought battleships in World War I

E

HistoryMusicNerd

George Washingtons escape across the East River and his crossing of the Delaware River soon after

HistoryMusicNerd

Revolution of 1848 in Vienna

F

Sabaton

Invention of chemical weapons by Fritz Haber

Sabaton

Battle of Verdun in World War I

HistoryMusicNerd

Battle of Jena and Auerstedt

HistoryMusicNerd

The Seven Years War in North America and the Prelude of the American Revolution

HistoryMusicNerd

The Founding Fathers of the United States of America

HistoryMusicNerd

Siege of Toulon 1793

G

Sabaton

Blitzkrieg and 7th Panzer Division in World War II

Sabaton

General themes about World War I

H

Sabaton

369th Infantry Regiment, African-American unit in World War I

Sabaton

Battle at Hill 3234 in the Soviet-Afghan War

I

HistoryMusicNerd

The Boston Tea Party and the Beginn of the American Revolution

Sabaton

Witold Pilecki, Polish resistance fighter in Auschwitz

Sabaton

Vietnam War and the use of napalm

Iron Maiden

Viking invasion of England

Civil War

Napoleon and his rule over France

J

HistoryMsuicNerd

John Paul Jones, an American Captain in the American Revolution and a founder of the American Navy

K

Civil War

King Louis XIV of France

L

Sabaton

Milunka Savić, Serbian female soldier in World War I

EMMY

The song is about Laika, the first dog in space, that was send there by the USSR.

M

HistoryMusicNerd

South East Asia after WWII and the prelude of the Vietnam War

HistoryMusicNerd

The Cuban Missile Crisis and Vasily Arkhipov, who refused to launch nuclear missiles

N

Sabaton

Soviet female pilots in World War II, who were called "Nachthexen" (Night Witches) by the Germans

Sabaton

Franz Stigler and Charlie Brown, an act of humanity in World War II

HistoryMusicNerd

Emperor Francis II and the Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806

Sabaton

Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

O

HistoryMusicNerd

The US Operation "Praying Mantis", that was aiming to cripple Irans navy in 1988

Within Temptation

Winston Churchill and England in World War II, 1940

P

Sabaton

Armored battalions in the Operation Desert Storm, Iraq War 2003

Iron Maiden

The Battle of Passchendaele in World War I, 1917

HistoryMusicNerd

The perception of the Vietnam War in the US and the anti-war protests

Sabaton

Decisive Battle at Poltava in 1709 during Great Northern War

Sabaton

D-Day landings in Normandy during World War II on 6th of June 1944

R

Sabaton

King Albert I of Belgium and the flooding strategy in World War I

Sabaton

Belgian resistance against the Wehrmacht in the Ardennes Offensive in World War II

HistoryMusicNerd

Paul Revere and the Battle at Lexington at the Beginning of the American Revolution

Sabaton

Rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party

Sabaton

Defense of Rorke’s Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879

HistoryMusicNerd

US Soldier Roy Benavidez, who saved eight men during a battle in the Vietnam War

Sabaton

The death of King Charles XII of Sweden and the retreat of the Swedish Army over the Mountains in Norway

S

Sabaton

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the start of World War I

HistoryMusicNerd

The Battle of Saratoga in the American Revolution and the following French support for the American Colonies

Sabaton

Battle of Bastogne during the Ardennes Offensive in World War II

Sabaton

Lawrence of Arabia and the Arab Revolt

Sabaton

Battle of Shiroyama and the end of the Samurai

HistoryMusicNerd

The Battle of Yorktown, that decided the American Revolutionary War against the British

Sabaton

The Finnish Soldier Lauri Törni, who served in 3 Armies

Sabaton

The White Friday in the Alpin War during World War I

HistoryMusicNerd

Napoleon’s Exile on the Island St.Helena

Sabaton

Battle of Stalingrad in World War II

Sabaton

History of tanks and war machinery

Sabaton

German stormtroopers in World War I

HistoryMusicNerd

Suez Canal Crisis of 1956

T

HistoryMusicNerd

the Tet Offensive of the Vietnamese forces in 1968 of the Vietnam War

Sabaton

Religious zeal of the Swedish Army

Iron Maiden

Scottish struggles for freedom, inspired by Braveheart

Sabaton

End of World War I

HistoryMusicNerd

General Benedict Arnold, who betrayed the US during the American Revolution

HistoryMusicNerd

The Fall of Saigon in 1975 and the end of the Vietnam War

Sabaton

Holocaust during World War II

Sabaton

Battle of Castle Itter in World War II

Sabaton

Swiss Guard and the Sack of Rome 1527

Sabaton

Gustav II Adolf of Sweden in the Thirty Years’ War

Iron Maiden

D-Day Landings by the US Forces in Normandy on June 6th 1944

Iron Maiden

Surrounded Battalion in the Argonne Forrest during the World War I

HistoryMusicNerd

Ho Chi Minh and Vietnams fight against the French

Sabaton

Losses during the Battle of Passchendaele in World War I

Sabaton

Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter ace in World War I

Sabaton

Swedish lifeguards and it's military history

HistoryMusicNerd

The Treaty of Paris in 1783 that ended the American Revolutionary War

Sabaton

Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War

Sabaton

Adrian Carton de Wiart, British officer

HistoryMusicNerd

The Battle of Trafalgar 1805

Sabaton

Story of US soldier Audie Murphy

HistoryMusicNerd

Napoleon’s Italian campaign and the Fall of Mantua

HistoryMusicNerd

The incident in the Tonkin Gulf, that led to the US entering Vietnam War

U

Sabaton

Warsaw Uprising in World War II

V

Sabaton

Treaty of Versailles after World War I

HistoryMusicNerd

The "Vietnamization" of the Vietnam War and the Bombing Raids in the last years of the war

W

Sabaton

German Submarine warfare in World War II

Scorpions

The End of the Soviet Union and the Cold War

Sabaton

Winged Hussars and the Battle of Vienna in 1683

Z

The Cranberries

Irish conflict and IRA

Latest Releases

Find the latest releases of songs about history here:

HistoryMusicNerd

Album about

the Vietnam War

HistoryMusicNerd

Album about

the American Revolution

HistoryMusicNerd

Single about

the biggest battleship ever: The Yamato!

Upcoming Releases - Albums

These albums about history will be released soon! Check them out!

Coming soon

Native americans in U.S. history

Strong Women in history

Upcoming Releases - Singles

These songs about history will be released soon! Check them out!

Coming soon

Cat in World war 2

Bear in World War 2

About  HistorySongs

As a hugh fan of metal and histroy music I soon discovered the band Sabaton. I loved to learn about history with songs.


On HistorySongs I want to share my love for history and music with you!

Recent Blog posts

September 4, 2024