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

1741 – Alestorm

Battle of Cartagena de Indias in 1741 between England and Spain.

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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, 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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20th Century Songs, Asian History Songs, Cold War Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War, US History Songs, Vietnam War Songs

Agent Orange – Histrocore

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

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18th Century Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Revolution, Songs about War, US History Songs

At Long Island – Histrocore

George Washington’s evacuation across the East River after the Battle of Long Island.

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

Carolus Rex – Sabaton

Swedish King Charles XII and the Swedish Empire.

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19th Century Songs, Asian History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Pirates, Songs about strong Women

Ching Shih – Histrocore

Zheng Yi Sao and the pirate confederation that challenged Qing control of the South China coast.

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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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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, Asian History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, Songs about War, US History Songs, World War Two Songs

Desmond Doss – Histrocore

The US Army medic who rescued wounded soldiers on Okinawa.

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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, Asian History Songs, Cold War Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about War, US History Songs, Vietnam War Songs

Domino Events – Histrocore

The Cold War domino theory and the escalation of US involvement in Vietnam.

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

Doolittle Raid – Histrocore

The 1942 carrier-launched air raid led by Jimmy Doolittle.

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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, Modern History Songs, Songs about Heroes, US History Songs

Go Balto – Histrocore

Balto and the 1925 relay that carried diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska.

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

In Boston – Histrocore

The Boston Tea Party of 16 December 1773.

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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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20th Century Songs, Asian History Songs, Modern History Songs, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, US History Songs, Vietnam War Songs

Into the Fire – Sabaton

The Vietnam War and the use of napalm.

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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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Kido Butai – Histrocore

Japan’s carrier striking force and the Battle of Midway in June 1942.

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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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Little Bighorn – Histrocore

The 1876 defeat of George Armstrong Custer’s command at the Little Bighorn.

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Little Corporal – Histrocore

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

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Little Vittles – Histrocore

Gail Halvorsen and the candy parachutes of the Berlin Airlift.

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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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Missile Crisis – Histrocore

The song is about the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vasily Arkhipov, who refused to launch nuclear missiles.

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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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Night Witches – Sabaton

Soviet female pilots in World War II.

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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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North Sea – Histrocore

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

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Nuclear Attack – Sabaton

The song is about the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

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Operation Chromite – Histrocore

The United Nations landing at Incheon during the Korean War.

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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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Modern History Songs, Songs about Victory, Songs about War, US History Songs

Panzer Battalion – Sabaton

The song is about armored battalions in the Operation Desert Storm, Iraq War 2003.

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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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Praying Mantis – Histrocore

The April 1988 US naval operation against Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf.

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Primo Victoria – Sabaton

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

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Prince of Wales – Histrocore

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

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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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Red Star – Histrocore

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

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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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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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Roy Benavidez – Histrocore

The song is about the US soldier Roy Benavidez, who saved eight men during a battle in the Vietnam War.

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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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Sarajevo – Sabaton

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

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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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Seabiscuit – Histrocore

The racehorse that became a national sporting figure in Depression-era America.

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Seven Pillars of Wisdom – Sabaton

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

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Shiroyama – Sabaton

The song is about the Battle of Shiroyama in 1877 and the end of the Samurai.

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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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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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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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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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The Lion From The North – Sabaton

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

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The Longest Day – Iron Maiden

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

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The Lost Battalion – Sabaton

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

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