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Songs About the Vietnam War
Wartime protest, Vietnamese music and the stories behind the conflict.
Songs About Heroes
Rescue, resistance and acts of courage, from Okinawa to the Nome serum relay.
Songs About War
Battle stories, anti-war songs and reflections on life after combat.
Numbers
- 100 DaysHistrocoreNapoleon’s return from Elba and defeat at Waterloo
- 1589PowerwolfWerewolf trial of Peter Stump
- 1741AlestormBattle of Cartagena de Indias 1741
- 1916SabatonWorld War I and the Battle of the Somme
- 1944JamalaA song about the war crimes in Ukraine during World War Two
- 40:1SabatonDefense of Poland in the Battle of Wizna
- 82nd All the WaySabatonService of the 82nd US Infantry Division in World War I
- 9th of NovemberHistrocoreOpening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
A
- A Ghost in the TrenchesSabatonFrancis Pegahmagabow, Canadian sniper in World War I
- A Tiger Among DragonsSabatonLü Bu, the warrior remembered as the Flying General.
- Aces HighIron MaidenBattle of Britain in World War II
- Aces in ExileSabatonForeign pilots in World War II, especially in the Battle of Britain
- Agent OrangeHistrocoreThe use of toxic herbicides (like Agent Orange) by the US in the Vietnam War
- Alexander the GreatIron MaidenLife and conquests of Alexander the Great
- At Long IslandHistrocoreGeorge Washington’s evacuation across the East River after the Battle of Long Island.
- At the SuezHistrocoreThe 1956 Suez Crisis
- Attero DominatusSabatonBattle of Berlin in World War II
- Audie MurphyHistrocoreAudie Murphy’s stand near Holtzwihr, France, in January 1945.
B
- Back in ControlSabatonBritish recapture of the Falkland Islands
- Bay of PigsCivil WarThe Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba
- BerserkerSabatonSabaton’s “Berserker” tells the story of the lone Norse warrior said to have held Stamford Bridge in 1066.
- Beyond his GraveHistrocoreThe return of Napoleon’s remains to Paris
- BismarckSabatonThe battleship Bismarck in World War II
- Blood of BannockburnSabatonBattle of Bannockburn and Scotland’s independence
C
- Carolus RexSabatonSwedish King Charles XII and the Swedish Empire
- Ching ShihHistrocoreZheng Yi Sao and the pirate confederation that challenged Qing control of the South China coast.
- Christ and CombatPowerwolfThe Crusades
- Christmas TruceSabatonThe Christmas truce during World War I
- Cliffs of GallipoliSabatonGallipoli campaign in World War I
- Coat of ArmsSabatonGreek resistance against Italy in World War II
- Coup at Saint-CloudHistrocoreThe 1799 coup that ended the French Directory
- Crossing the RubiconSabatonJulius Caesar’s march into Italy and the Roman civil war
D
- Dambuster RaidHistrocoreOperation Chastise and the RAF’s attack on German dams in May 1943.
- Defence of MoscowSabatonBattle of Moscow in World War II
- Desmond DossHistrocoreAn unarmed US Army medic’s rescue efforts on Okinawa
- Devil DogsSabatonUS Marines in the Battle of Belleau Wood, World War I
- Domino EventsHistrocoreThe domino theory and US involvement in the Vietnam War
- Doolittle RaidHistrocoreThe 1942 carrier-launched air raid led by Jimmy Doolittle.
- DreadnoughtSabatonRise of Dreadnought battleships in World War I
E
- End of a DreamHistrocoreNapoleon’s defeat at Waterloo in 1815
F
- Fallen EmperorHistrocoreNapoleon’s final exile and death on Saint Helena
- FatherSabatonInvention of chemical weapons by Fritz Haber
- Fields of VerdunSabatonBattle of Verdun in World War I
G
- Ghost DivisionSabatonBlitzkrieg and 7th Panzer Division in World War II
- Go BaltoHistrocoreBalto and the 1925 relay that carried diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska.
- Graveyard of EmpiresHistrocoreThe Soviet intervention in Afghanistan
- Great WarSabatonGeneral themes about World War I
H
- HaguenauHistrocoreWinter fighting in Alsace during the Second World War
- HellfightersSabaton369th Infantry Regiment, African-American unit in World War I
- Hill 3234SabatonBattle at Hill 3234 in the Soviet-Afghan War
- Hordes of KhanSabatonGenghis Khan and the rise of the Mongol Empire.
I
- I will rule the UniverseCivil WarNapoleon and his rule over France
- I, EmperorSabatonNapoleon’s rise to power and the fall of his empire
- Icy WindsHistrocoreThe retreat from Russia in 1812
- ImpalerSabatonVlad III and the struggle for Wallachia
- In BostonHistrocoreThe Boston Tea Party of 16 December 1773.
- Inmate 4859SabatonWitold Pilecki, Polish resistance fighter in Auschwitz
- Into the FireSabatonVietnam War and the use of napalm
- InvadersIron MaidenViking invasion of England
- Iron CurtainHistrocoreThe political division of post-war Europe
- Iron MarshalHistrocoreMarshal Davout and the Battle of Auerstedt
K
- KaiserHistrocoreFrom the album Rise of Napoleon
- Kido ButaiHistrocoreJapan’s carrier striking force and the Battle of Midway in June 1942.
- King of the SunCivil WarKing Louis XIV of France
L
- Lady of the DarkSabatonMilunka Savić, Serbian female soldier in World War I
- Laika PartyEMMYThe song is about Laika, the first dog in space, that was send there by the USSR.
- Lightning at the GatesSabatonHannibal and the crossing of the Alps
- Little BighornHistrocoreThe Lakota and Northern Cheyenne victory at the Little Bighorn
- Little CorporalHistrocoreNapoleon’s early military career
- Little VittlesHistrocoreCandy parachutes during the Berlin Airlift
M
- Maid of SteelSabatonJoan of Arc and the siege of Orléans
- Mary CelesteHistrocoreThe ship found abandoned in the Atlantic in 1872
- Mighty HoodHistrocoreHMS Hood and the Battle of the Denmark Strait
- Missile CrisisHistrocoreThe Cuban Missile Crisis and Vasily Arkhipov, who refused to launch nuclear missiles
- Monarchy endsHistrocoreThe fall of the French monarchy in 1792
N
- Night WitchesSabatonSoviet female pilots in World War II, who were called "Nachthexen" (Night Witches) by the Germans
- No Bullets FlySabatonFranz Stigler and Charlie Brown, an act of humanity in World War II
- North SeaHistrocoreThe Battle of Jutland in 1916
- Nuclear AttackSabatonBombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
O
- Operation ChromiteHistrocoreThe UN landing at Incheon during the Korean War
- Our Solemn HourWithin TemptationWinston Churchill and England in World War II, 1940
P
- Panzer BattalionSabatonArmoured warfare during the 2003 invasion of Iraq
- PaschendaeleIron MaidenThe Battle of Passchendaele in World War I, 1917
- PoltavaSabatonDecisive Battle at Poltava in 1709 during Great Northern War
- Prague SpringHistrocoreCzechoslovakia’s 1968 reform movement and the Warsaw Pact invasion
- Praying MantisHistrocoreThe 1988 US naval operation in the Persian Gulf
- Primo VictoriaSabatonD-Day landings in Normandy during World War II on 6th of June 1944
- Prince of WalesHistrocoreThe loss of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse off Malaya in December 1941.
R
- Race to the SeaSabatonKing Albert I of Belgium and the flooding strategy in World War I
- Raise the EagleHistrocoreNapoleon’s victory at Austerlitz
- Ramses the GreatHistrocoreRamesses II, Kadesh and the peace with the Hittites
- Red StarHistrocoreThe Russian revolutions of 1917
- Resist and BiteSabatonBelgian resistance against the Wehrmacht in the Ardennes Offensive in World War II
- Rise of EvilSabatonRise of Hitler and the Nazi Party
- Road to the MeuseHistrocoreThe Ardennes offensive and the defence of Elsenborn Ridge
- Rorke’s DriftSabatonDefense of Rorke’s Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879
- Roy BenavidezHistrocoreUS Soldier Roy Benavidez, who saved eight men during a battle in the Vietnam War
- Ruina ImperiiSabatonThe death of King Charles XII of Sweden and the retreat of the Swedish Army over the Mountains in Norway
S
- SarajevoSabatonAssassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the start of World War I
- Screaming EaglesSabatonBattle of Bastogne during the Ardennes Offensive in World War II
- SeabiscuitHistrocoreThe American racehorse whose career captivated Depression-era audiences
- Seven Pillars of WisdomSabatonLawrence of Arabia and the Arab Revolt
- ShiroyamaSabatonBattle of Shiroyama and the end of the Samurai
- Soldier of 3 ArmiesSabatonThe Finnish Soldier Lauri Törni, who served in 3 Armies
- Soldier of HeavenSabatonThe White Friday in the Alpin War during World War I
- Space RaceHistrocoreThe US–Soviet space race, from Sputnik to Apollo 11
- StalingradSabatonBattle of Stalingrad in World War II
- Steel CommandersSabatonHistory of tanks and war machinery
- StormtroopersSabatonGerman stormtroopers in World War I
T
- TemplarsSabatonThe rise and suppression of the medieval Knights Templar.
- The Carolean’s PrayerSabatonReligious zeal of the Swedish Army
- The ClansmanIron MaidenScottish struggles for freedom, inspired by Braveheart
- The Cycle of SongsSabatonPharaoh Senusret III and Egypt’s Middle Kingdom
- The DuelistSabatonMiyamoto Musashi, the Japanese swordsman and strategist.
- The End of the War to End All WarsSabatonEnd of World War I
- The Final SolutionSabatonHolocaust during World War II
- The Last BattleSabatonBattle of Castle Itter in World War II
- The Last StandSabatonSwiss Guard and the Sack of Rome 1527
- The Lion From The NorthSabatonGustav II Adolf of Sweden in the Thirty Years’ War
- The Longest DayIron MaidenD-Day Landings by the US Forces in Normandy on June 6th 1944
- The Lost BattalionSabatonSurrounded Battalion in the Argonne Forrest during the World War I
- The Price of a MileSabatonLosses during the Battle of Passchendaele in World War I
- The Red BaronSabatonManfred von Richthofen, German fighter ace in World War I
- The Royal GuardSabatonSwedish lifeguards and it's military history
- The TrooperIron MaidenBattle of Balaclava in the Crimean War
- The Unkillable SoldierSabatonAdrian Carton de Wiart, British officer
- The White RoseHistrocoreStudent resistance to Nazi rule in Germany
- Till SegerSabatonGustavus Adolphus and the Thirty Years’ War
- To Hell and BackSabatonStory of US soldier Audie Murphy
- ToulonHistrocoreThe 1793 siege that brought Napoleon to prominence
- TsushimaHistrocoreThe Japanese naval victory over Russia in the Tsushima Strait in May 1905.
U
- UprisingSabatonWarsaw Uprising in World War II
V
- VersaillesSabatonTreaty of Versailles after World War I
W
- Wind of ChangeScorpionsThe End of the Soviet Union and the Cold War
- Winged HussarsSabatonWinged Hussars and the Battle of Vienna in 1683
- WolfpackSabatonGerman Submarine warfare in World War II
- Workers on the StreetsHistrocoreThe East German workers’ uprising of June 1953
Y
- YamatoSabatonThe Japanese battleship Yamato and its final mission to Okinawa in 1945.
Z
- ZombieThe CranberriesIrish conflict and IRA
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