"Kepi Blanc and Panzerlied?" Topic
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| Thomas Nissvik | 24 Feb 2009 2:19 a.m. PST |
I just realised that these two are the same song, but can anyone tell me what song it is originally? Googling Panzerlied gives a lot of Nazi crap, googling Kepi Blanc gives a lot in French. One I don't trust, the other I can't understand.
To make matters even better, one wiki says that it is based on an SS-song,(Die Melodie stammt von dem SS-Lied "Die eiserne Schar".) another that it is based on an old sailors song.(Wiehle adapted a German sailor's song) Can anyone give me a correct, verifiable answer? |
| Phillipaj | 24 Feb 2009 3:02 a.m. PST |
If you look on You Tube there is a few versions of Panzerlied, and I recall in one of the comments a fellow who claimed to be Foreign Legion said they had the same tune for their march,but with different lyrics. Given the post '45 recruitment of Germans (albeit most were killed in Indo China) its a plausible explanation. |
| Mike G | 24 Feb 2009 4:29 a.m. PST |
It is my understanding that Panzer-lied was written 1st. A lot of songs in the French Foreign Legion have their origins in Nazi Germany. |
 Sigwald  | 24 Feb 2009 5:52 a.m. PST |
Panzerlied was composed in June 1933 by Oberleutnant Kurt Wiehle while on his way to Königsbruck. Wiehle adapted a German sailor's song, writing lyrics more appropriate to the Panzerwaffe. I think that's viable. Most Nazi songs were folk melodies or great war melodies with new lyrics. |
| anleiher | 24 Feb 2009 8:33 a.m. PST |
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| Thomas Nissvik | 24 Feb 2009 12:25 p.m. PST |
Thanks, anleiher, have bookmarked and will sign up when I find some time. |
| Supergrover6868 | 26 Feb 2009 7:04 p.m. PST |
The lyrics of Panzer lied are available online there is no Nazi reference in them at all and the song has been posted on US tanker units pages before. Might still be there. link |
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