Music #95 - WW2 war songs -DE

Nazi German military songs in WW2  

The Imperial Japanese and Nazi German soldiers were tough in the war. 
Military songs/music were part of the inspiration.  Let's get a feel. 

Some of the Nazi German military songs / Militärmarsch oder Wehrmachtslied :

* Die Braune Kompanie
* Viktoria Sieg Heil (The March of the Waffen SS)  
* The Glorious March

* Party day at Nuremberg 

二戰歷史 | 德軍為什麼這麼能打？

Erwin Rommel 

* one story - 1-hour documentary

What if
he stayed on duty on 6 June 1944, instead of celebrating his wife's birthday by her side?

* Panzerlied (the tank song, Rommel's favorite, with bilingual lyrics) 
* Panzerlied (in the Battle of the Bulge movie )
[那首曲子原是教堂音乐《弥撒》，第三帝国时期，纳粹把它改编为《第一装甲师军歌》、《党卫军军歌》。希特勒的装甲部队发起攻势前，常奏此曲鼓舞士气。]

American losses were so high (19,000 killed) 

in the Battle of the Bulge (lasting 6 weeks) 

that replacements were needed quickly.

Black American soldiers were finally accepted as front line fighting troops.

Surprise! The French Foreign Legion sings it, too.
* Légion Étrangère - Kepi Blanc (chanson)  

Képi blanc

After WW2, many surviving German soldiers joined the French Foreign Legion and continued to sing their old German songs in French words.

The Fall of Berlin

Documentary on Germany in the Immediate Aftermath of WW2

 

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Next, to get a feel of Hitler’s provocative and powerful speech delivery:

* Speech at Krupp Factory in Germany (1935)  

* Sieg Heil / Hail Victory

              

 

 

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Emulating Hitler, Charlie Chaplin has a different touch in The Great Dictator (1940) film:

* final speech 

* the globe at his pleasure