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European History Songs

19th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War

100 Days – Histrocore

Napoleon’s return from Elba and the campaign that ended at Waterloo.

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European History Songs, Modern History Songs

1589 – Powerwolf

The Werewolf trial of Peter Stump in 1589.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War, US History Songs, World War One Songs

1916 – Sabaton

World War I and the Battle of the Somme.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War, World War Two Songs

1944- Jamala

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

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, World War Two Songs

40:1 – Sabaton

Defense of Poland in the Battle of Wizna against the German Wehrmacht in September 1939.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, US History Songs, World War One Songs

82nd All the Way – Sabaton

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

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20th Century Songs, Cold War Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs

9th of November – Histrocore

The opening of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, US History Songs, World War One Songs

A Ghost in the Trenches – Sabaton

Francis Pegahmagabow, a Canadian sniper in World War I.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, US History Songs, World War Two Songs

Aces High – Iron Maiden

The Battle of Britain in World War II.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, US History Songs, World War Two Songs

Aces in Exile – Sabaton

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

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Ancient History Songs, Asian History Songs, European History Songs

Alexander the Great – Iron Maiden

Life and conquests of Alexander the Great.

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20th Century Songs, African History Songs, Cold War Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War

At the Suez – Histrocore

The 1956 Suez Crisis and the struggle over control of the canal.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, World War Two Songs

Attero Dominatus – Sabaton

Battle of Berlin between the Wehrmacht and the Red Army in 1945 of World War II.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about War, US History Songs, World War Two Songs

Audie Murphy – Histrocore

Audie Murphy’s stand near Holtzwihr, France, in January 1945.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Victory, Songs about War

Back in Control – Sabaton

British recapture of the Falkland Islands in 1982.

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European History Songs, Middle Ages Songs, Songs about War

Berserker – Sabaton

Sabaton’s “Berserker” tells the story of the lone Norse warrior said to have held Stamford Bridge in 1066.

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19th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs

Beyond his Grave – Histrocore

The return of Napoleon’s remains to France and the making of his posthumous legend.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War, World War Two Songs

Bismarck – Sabaton

The mighty german battleship Bismarck in World War II.

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European History Songs, Middle Ages Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War

Blood of Bannockburn – Sabaton

Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 and Scotland’s independence.

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18th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs

Carolus Rex – Sabaton

Swedish King Charles XII and the Swedish Empire.

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Asian History Songs, European History Songs, Middle Ages Songs, Songs about Victory, Songs about War

Christ and Combat – Powerwolf

The Crusades in the Middle Ages.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about War, World War One Songs

Christmas Truce – Sabaton

The Christmas truce of 1914 during World War I.

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20th Century Songs, Asian History Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War, World War One Songs

Cliffs of Gallipoli – Sabaton

The british Gallipoli campaign in 1915 and 1916 of World War I.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, World War Two Songs

Coat of Arms – Sabaton

Greek resistance against Italy in World War II.

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18th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Revolution

Coup at Saint-Cloud – Histrocore

The coup of 18 Brumaire that ended the French Directory.

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Ancient History Songs, European History Songs, Songs about War

Crossing the Rubicon – Sabaton

Julius Caesar’s march into Italy and the Roman civil war.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War, World War Two Songs

Dambuster Raid – Histrocore

Operation Chastise and the RAF’s attack on German dams in May 1943.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, World War Two Songs

Defence of Moscow – Sabaton

The German invasion of Russia and the Battle of Moscow in 1941 of World War II.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, US History Songs, World War One Songs

Devil Dogs – Sabaton

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

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War, World War One Songs

Dreadnought – Sabaton

Rise of Dreadnought battleships in World War I.

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19th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War

End of a Dream – Histrocore

Napoleon’s final defeat at Waterloo on 18 June 1815.

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19th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs

Fallen Emperor – Histrocore

Napoleon’s final exile on Saint Helena and his death in 1821.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War, World War One Songs

Father – Sabaton

Invention of chemical weapons by Fritz Haber in World War 1.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, World War One Songs

Fields of Verdun – Sabaton

Battle of Verdun in World War I.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, World War Two Songs

Ghost Division – Sabaton

Blitzkrieg and 7th Panzer Division in World War II.

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20th Century Songs, Asian History Songs, Cold War Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War

Graveyard of Empires – Histrocore

The Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and the war that followed.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War, US History Songs, World War One Songs

Great War – Sabaton

General themes about World War I.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War, US History Songs, World War Two Songs

Haguenau – Histrocore

Winter fighting in and around Haguenau in Alsace during the Second World War.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, US History Songs, World War One Songs

Hellfighters – Sabaton

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

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Asian History Songs, Cold War Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, World War One Songs

Hill 3234 – Sabaton

Battle at Hill 3234 in the Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980s.

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19th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War

I, Emperor – Sabaton

Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to the French throne and the collapse of his empire.

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19th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War

Icy Winds – Histrocore

The retreat of Napoleon’s army from Russia in 1812.

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European History Songs, Middle Ages Songs, Songs about War

Impaler – Sabaton

Vlad III and the struggle for control of Wallachia.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about War, World War Two Songs

Inmate 4859 – Sabaton

Witold Pilecki, Polish resistance fighter in Auschwitz.

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European History Songs, Middle Ages Songs, Songs about Victory, Songs about War

Invaders – Iron Maiden

Viking invasion of England in the Middle Ages.

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20th Century Songs, Cold War Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs

Iron Curtain – Histrocore

The political and military division of Europe after the Second World War.

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19th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War

Iron Marshal – Histrocore

Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout and the Battle of Auerstedt in 1806.

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19th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs

Kaiser – Histrocore

A track from Histrocore’s album Rise of Napoleon.

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European History Songs, Song about Men

King of the Sun – Civil War

King Louis XIV of France.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about strong Women, Songs about War, World War One Songs

Lady of the Dark – Sabaton

A song about Milunka Savić, a Serbian female soldier in World War I.

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20th Century Songs, Cold War Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs

Laika Party – EMMY

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

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African History Songs, Ancient History Songs, European History Songs, Songs about War

Lightning at the Gates – Sabaton

Hannibal’s march across the Alps during the Second Punic War.

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18th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War

Little Corporal – Histrocore

Napoleon’s early military career and the nickname associated with his soldiers.

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20th Century Songs, Cold War Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, US History Songs

Little Vittles – Histrocore

Gail Halvorsen and the candy parachutes of the Berlin Airlift.

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European History Songs, Middle Ages Songs, Songs about strong Women, Songs about War

Maid of Steel – Sabaton

Joan of Arc and the turning point at Orléans in the Hundred Years’ War.

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Mary Celeste – Histrocore

The merchant brigantine found abandoned in the Atlantic in 1872.

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Mighty Hood – Histrocore

HMS Hood and the Battle of the Denmark Strait.

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18th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Revolution

Monarchy ends – Histrocore

The fall of the French monarchy during the Revolution.

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20th Century Songs, Asian History Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about strong Women, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, World War Two Songs

Night Witches – Sabaton

Soviet female pilots in World War II.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, US History Songs, World War Two Songs

No Bullets Fly – Sabaton

A song about Franz Stigler and Charlie Brown and an act of humanity in World War II.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War, World War One Songs

North Sea – Histrocore

The Battle of Jutland between the British and German fleets in 1916.

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Our Solemn Hour – Within Temptation

The song is about Winston Churchill and England in World War II, 1940.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War, World War One Songs

Paschendale – Iron Maiden

The song is about the Battle of Passchendaele in World War I.

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18th Century Songs, Asian History Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Victory, Songs about War

Poltava – Sabaton

The song is about the decisive Battle at Poltava in 1709 during Great Northern War.

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20th Century Songs, Cold War Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs

Prague Spring – Histrocore

The 1968 reform movement in Czechoslovakia and the invasion that ended it.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, US History Songs, World War Two Songs

Primo Victoria – Sabaton

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

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20th Century Songs, Asian History Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War, World War Two Songs

Prince of Wales – Histrocore

The loss of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse off Malaya in December 1941.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Song about Men, Songs about Heroes, Songs about War, World War One Songs

Race to the Sea – Sabaton

The song is about King Albert I of Belgium and the flooding strategy in World War I.

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19th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War

Raise the Eagle – Histrocore

Napoleon’s victory at the Battle of Austerlitz in December 1805.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Revolution

Red Star – Histrocore

The Russian revolutions of 1917 and the Bolshevik seizure of power.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about War, World War Two Songs

Resist and Bite – Sabaton

The song is about Belgian resistance against the Wehrmacht in the Ardennes Offensive in World War II.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Revolution, World War Two Songs

Rise of Evil – Sabaton

The song is about the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party in the 1930s.

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Road to the Meuse – Histrocore

The German drive through the Ardennes and the US defence of Elsenborn Ridge in December 1944.

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19th Century Songs, African History Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Song about Men, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War

Rorke’s Drift – Sabaton

The song is about the defense of Rorke’s Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879.

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18th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Song about Men, Songs about War

Ruina Imperii – Sabaton

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

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War, World War One Songs

Sarajevo – Sabaton

The song is about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the start of World War I.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, US History Songs, World War Two Songs

Screaming Eagles – Sabaton

The song is about the Battle of Bastogne during the Ardennes Offensive in 1944 of World War II.

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20th Century Songs, Asian History Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Revolution, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, World War One Songs

Seven Pillars of Wisdom – Sabaton

The song is about Lawrence of Arabia and the Arab Revolt in World War I.

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Soldier of 3 Armies – Sabaton

The song is about the Finnish Soldier Lauri Törni, who served in 3 Armies.

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Soldier of Heaven – Sabaton

The song is about White Friday in the Alpine War in 1916 during World War I.

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20th Century Songs, Cold War Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, US History Songs

Space Race – Histrocore

The US–Soviet competition in space, from Sputnik to the Moon.

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Stalingrad – Sabaton

Battle of Stalingrad in 1942 of World War II.

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Steel Commanders – Sabaton

History of tanks and war machinery.

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Stormtroopers – Sabaton

German stormtroopers in World War I.

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European History Songs, Middle Ages Songs, Songs about War

Templars – Sabaton

The rise and suppression of the medieval Knights Templar.

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18th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Victory, Songs about War

The Carolean’s Prayer – Sabaton

Religious zeal of the Swedish Army.

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European History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War

The Clansman – Iron Maiden

Scottish struggles for freedom, inspired by Braveheart.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, US History Songs, World War One Songs

The End of the War to End All Wars – Sabaton

End of World War I in 1918.

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The Final Solution – Sabaton

Holocaust during World War II.

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The Last Battle – Sabaton

Battle of Castle Itter in 1945 of World War II.

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The Last Stand – Sabaton

Swiss Guard and the Sack of Rome 1527.

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European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Victory, Songs about War

The Lion From The North – Sabaton

Gustav II Adolf of Sweden in the Thirty Years’ War.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, US History Songs, World War Two Songs

The Longest Day – Iron Maiden

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

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, US History Songs, World War One Songs

The Lost Battalion – Sabaton

Surrounded Battalion in the Argonne Forrest during the World War I.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about War, World War One Songs

The Price of a Mile – Sabaton

Losses during the Battle of Passchendaele in World War I.

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The Red Baron – Sabaton

Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter ace in World War I.

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European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War

The Royal Guard – Sabaton

Swedish lifeguards and it’s military history.

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19th Century Songs, Asian History Songs, European History Songs, Songs about Victory, Songs about War

The Trooper – Iron Maiden

Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War.

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20th Century Songs, European History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, World War One Songs

The Unkillable Soldier – Sabaton

Adrian Carton de Wiart, British officer in World War I.

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The White Rose – Histrocore

The student-led White Rose resistance against Nazi rule.

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