The Household Division’s Beating Retreat 2015 03

Horse Guards Parade 11.06.2015

[scanida]

Playing “Preußens Gloria” (Prussia’s Glory) at a 200 year anniversary of the battle at Waterloo where Prussian soldiers helped the British to crush the French is simply marvellous! :D

[tammo]

Fantastic performance. Prussian marches are so great. I love how the German army keeps the marches alive.

[colinten]

What a brilliant display by a Superb Band, they are a credit to Germany, only sorry I missed seeing them play live.

[Asoveth]

German Troops in London on Parade Place... Wonderful!

[wolfgangfischer]

So ksnn es sich anhören, wenn man nicht nur Preußens Gloria anbieten kann. Sehr angenehm. Danke

[TheEmperor]

The Bundeswehr has prussian traditions:

- Drill
-Light Infantry(thats why they dont goose step)
-Barrets(1st used in the Napoleonic Wars)
-Uniforms(field-grey), (Marine and Air Force uniforms are basicly the same as the Wehrmacht/ Reichswehr ones)
-Rifle(Karrabiner K 98K)
-Marching Music
-Wachbattalion("guard batalion", prussian "1. Garderegiment zu Fuß" )

If you  think that goose stepping or wearing a Pickelhaube/Stahlhelm are the only prussian traditions than you should probably shut your mouth because you dont have any idea.
The goose step was only used in two occasions:
1) Marching past
2) Guard changing

If there is no occassion like that, the goose step won't be used.
The Bundeswehr sees itself as prussian "Light Infantry" which never goose steped. Only the "Line Infantry" marched in goose step at one of these two ocassions. The rest marched in the prussian "Gleichschritt" which the Bundeswehr still does.
And parades where quite rare at the of the German Empire.

So just shut up and stop complaining about the Bundeswehr.
Everything they do is traditional according to the prussian drill rules.

Greetings from a former german soldier🇩🇪

[shriramvenu]

At last, the German Army marches through London :p

[wojciechkupczyk]

Excellent renditions of traditional German military marching tunes.

[jorgludwig]

Weltklasse-tolle veranstaltung-waren live in London-absolute spitze!!! unvergessliche erinnerung-top-top-top, familie ludwig

[frankteunissen]

Preussens Gloria played by a German army band on Horseguards Parade! I bet not many people had that on their radar as a likely possibility.

[guitarlover]

German perfection to its maximum expression. ❤❤❤❤🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

[takeru]

Great video! I will show it to everyone in Japan.We Japanese love Germany and Germans very much.God bless Germany and Germans.I am Japanese.Japan won the battle with Germany in the 1914 Battle of Qingdao, and many German prisoners of war were brought to Japan.It is a story in The Bando POW camp.   The number of POWs who came to Japan was about 4, 600. They were housed in eight barracks.Toyohisa Matsue was chosen as the chief of the Bando Camp.Matsue was a soldier of the Japanese Army. He ordered his men not to treat German POW absolutely like a criminal.He ordered his men to treat the German POWs with kindness.matsue told the Subordinate not to say anything that would　give sense of guilt to POWs.Japan did not want a war with Germany. At that time, Britain and Japan were allies. There was a request from the United Kingdom, and it became a battle with Germany. Matsue began talking to the Germans.I will write his words briefly and briefly. "you guys was a patriot and a brave soldier. We Japanese promise to not treat you badly. We do not undermine your honor, " the chief said to the Germans. Matsue and Japanese soldiers told the people of the town, "German is not a criminal. They are trustworthy people. Don't be afraid of anything. They are wonderful people. Let's be kind to Germans." At this time, the Japanese government decided to introduce German technology to Japan from Germans.

 Japan ordered each camp to receive guidance from German soldiers in all areas.There were leaders in each of the German prisoners of war, such as politics, economics, teaching of musical instruments, bread making, sausages, whiskeys, beer brewing, etc.The Japanese received instruction from them. Germans taught Japanese people how to grow vegetables that were not grown before at the farm.
Germans taught Japanese people about German food and culture in various parts of Japan.The camp consisted of 26 Western-style buildings including a library, a printing shop, a bread factory and a confectionery factory.POWs were free to use those facilities. Beer, cheese, cigarettes and sausages were made in the camp and POWs were free to eat what they had made.It was permitted to smoke too. Also they were free to shop.There were many other sports facilities in the camp, such as tennis courts and soccer fields. POWs freely enjoyed the sport.Japan bought tools for sports.There were many young men going in and out of the camp.Germans taught them German culture and gymnastics.The Germans were paid a lot.There were farms, dairy farms and painting studios in the camp. There were various other facilities. There was almost no abuse of POWs in the camp.Discipline was least in all camps. In particular, the discipline at Bando Camp was the least. There was no violence or swearing against prisoners who did not keep discipline. If there was a Japanese who was violent to POW, the Japanese would soon become fired. It was also allowed to send money to families in Germany and other countries.

   Germans also told Japan how to make soap and MAYONNAISE.In addition, the Japanese learned how to make them because there was a germans of sausage craftsman. germans also taught japan the secrets of sausages. A German memorial service is held every November by inviting Germans to Japan at the Narashino Army Base.Germany surrendered in 1918 and World War I ended. Germans were not prisoners of war on June 28, 1919. From that day Germans were completely free to go

There was a lot of interaction between the people of the city and the Germans. We offered tea and sweets to Germans who came to play, and taught Japanese culture.Some Germans were in love with Japanese women. The Germans gave a present to the Japanese a few days before they returned home. Thanks to that, the Japanese invited them to the town's house and let them eat a lot of food.And we had a farewell party at each house. At the last farewell, the townspeople saw off the marching Germans.Many Germans remained in Japan.They set up a company in Japan and married a Japanese. The company founded by Germans is now a big company. Japanese people continue to support by buying many at German made shops.After the war, Germans who spent time in the camp sent Japan many letters of thanks to Japan.The place where the Bando camp was located is now the German Village Park.Cenotaph was made in 1976.German culture and food have spread to Japan thanks to the Germans.Thank you very much to everyone in Germany. May God bless the German people!We Japanese  love Germany and Germans.Before returning home, Germans decided to play Beethoven's 9th Symphony because they wanted to thank Japanese people.The performance was performed by 45 people.Before the performance, Maj. Gen. Heinrich, the governor of Qingdao, thanked the Japanese.
Gen. Heinrich said:
We lost the battle in Qingdao, we became POWs and came to this land. I can now leave this land with pride. That's thanks to Mr. Matsue. Mr. Matsue gave courage and strength at the hardest time of my life. Courage and power-. We want to present Beethoven's delight to everyone as a token of appreciation. Where in the world were there camps like Bando! There is no such wonderful person like Matsue anywhere in the world.Heinrich presented Mr. Matsue with his favorite Cane. He Say that "To my beloved friend".

[Insperato]

Well, after some wonderful German marches they played Rule Britannia - what more can you ask? The "Germans" contribution at Waterloo was vital. The Luftwaffe bombed my mother 3 times (twice in Liverpool and once on her bomber station) but she forgave them when she later travelled through Germany and found they had clean loos (she travelled with my father, ex Bomber Command, fluent German speaker)! We have more in common ha ha. They gotta loosen up :)))

[alexfrost]

6:20 Transition from "Ode to joy" to "Rule Britannia" perfect music motive for Brexiters:)

[hansihinterseher]

Too sad that the audio is really bad :-(

[swanseapatiosanddecking]

Good to hear the Hohenfriedberger, you don't hear the Musickkorps play it that often...I wonder why...

[nicolindhout]

of het nu hun auto industrie ze zijn en blijven geweldige Duitsers

[kaizerivan]

I hate it when they played Prussian glory halfway.

[anthonybaylord]

Absolutely immature comments from many of you. Each year in June not long after trooping the colour, they have the beating retreat ceremony one weekday evening. Foreign contingents are usually invited to attend and the music is usually of a high standard of musicianship..

[thanoran]

Preussen: This is what you delete from this world... Gratz!