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Americans and Germans fighting against the SS? That actually happened?

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As I recall, there were also Frenchmen participating, including political leaders, generals, and athletes.

It's definitely one of the stranger battles of the war, especially when considering who all was fighting together.

edited 31st Aug '16 3:15:22 PM by Balmung

To be fair, the song seems to have a very specific frame. The verses as told as if the commander of the British forces is speaking ("News that came that morning" starrs the first line) and the chorus framed as battle-orders ("Fight back-to-back!"), so I think the purpose of the song is more to show the British side of the narrative than anything. We know that they can do this kind of Unreliable Narrator thing when we look at 1648 (the swedish version is about the swedish forces and their mighty attack while the English version flips the perspective to the city defenders protecting their homes), or Attero Dominatus (which is pretty heroic about the Fall of Berlin, only for Hearts of Iron to flip the perspective and show the German civilians fleeing from Soviet wrath).

As for Germans and Americans vs SS, yeah. There's even one tragic moment about one of the German commanders in question dying in battle while moving the French Prime-Minister out of a sniper's sight and getting shot by said sniper in the process.

I think it shows how little attention I'm paying to life in general that I failed to notice SABATON turned out a song about RORKE'S DRIFT. Ugh, what have I become?

Man, playing Cossacks 3 to Sabaton is AWESOME.