god I wish they would make another game like Napoleon Total War, I don't know what it is about this game but there's just something totally timeless about it!
I don't wanna to be a bitch about it, but CA is going very arcadie in the later titles. I do admit that the cav chargers in Three Kingdons are insane, but the rest, including Warhammer, is very, very arcadie. That and the fact that you can't edit the campaign map kind of killed it for me.
@@vicentgalvan70 That's why returning to the modern era would be good. You can't have it too arcady, Napoleon is about as arcady as it gets. You couldn't have Wellington carving his way through a square of Old Guard, for example.
@@kapitankapital6580 I disagree. In Napoleon, if you charge the enemy with cav behind your troops, the cav is going to ride down the enemy and you. In Warhammer the cav charged through the back of infantry.
its more like GOD laughs in russian winter. first, it was one of the harshest winters in history. also, Moscow randomly burned, so napoleon could not stay there for the winter. God also laughed at waterloo. the most important reason napoleon lost was the fact that it had rained the day before the battle, so he waited until midday for the ground to dry so he could use his artillery to their fullest potential. this act allowed the prussian reinforcements to arrive before napoleon defeated the british
41:58 "They've got some infantry forming square, it's almost like Old Guard forming square." Ahem. That is the Old Guard. Vielle Garde means "Old Guard" in French.
See these massive chain routs? That’s what we want in newer total war games. It’s silly how you can be destroying an entire army in the newer games and they never break.
The biggest mistake in the battle was when General Ney the great French Corps commander thought he saw the British breaking over the hill and lead a massive French Cav charge right into prepared British squares.... Ney was a great military tactician, some of the amazing feats he pulled off during the Russian retreat are still unbelievable, and legend says that he was the final French solider that crossed the final bridge into the Duchy of Warsaw... But that cav. Charge really ruined his reputation.
I'm really bad at this game (I think it's the firearms that I can't manage), but I just LOVE seeing it. This intro is also my favorite, not because I'm french, but because it is so simple yet so powerful! Those simple words and cut scenes are enough to give me shivers. It could have happened! Now, going to see the video with some snacks as usual :D
In the ntw3 mod launcher you can enable free camera which as long as you have it download let’s you zoom in and out as far as you want and go into buildings.
@@thisisgamelord2421 you can also do it manually through the preferences script. However, the ntw3 mod provides so much more, and I suggest playing with it.
I always love the battles when you can't tell who is going to win until the very end. The closeness of a battle always makes for an exiting watching experience.
The French did often fight in line. Columns were for maneuvering and charging. As for the three ranks deep, almost everybody normally went 2 ranks deep, but technically, some of the French and (I believe some Hessian troops) were trained to fight in two ranks if called for (such as in Russia 1812 when casualties forced them to call in men from the third rank to fill in the gaps and keep proper frontage.
@@revanofkorriban1505 I read that there has been a strong debate throughout the 18th and early 19th century as to whether 2 or 3 deep was the best. The argument against two deep was that some commanders believed it was too vunerable to cavalry.
Not true, they mainly used 2-3 rank deep lines in the center as those were good for firepower and columns in the flanks to protect against cavalry and chargs
I would love to be able to zoom into a troop and control him 1st person, or play as the commander, riding back and forth (Mount&Blade style) giving orders to your troops, which are received by smoke, messenger, or trumpet.
@@IPendragonI Im canadian too, but I disagree. Canada should have remained french. There's no reason for a "canadian" to be glad getting conquered by british.
@@ltjulienja as A Brit, I think being conquered by any colonial power is gonna be pretty rough, especially if you get conquered by a bunch of redcoats lol
@@IPendragonI Sure about that? Cause last time Quebec tried to leave Canada our federal government spent millions in pro-canada propaganda begging Qc to stay...
I love the commentary on your videos covering Napoleon Total War battles & other related content on your channel over the past few years. It's an unfortunate shame that many people, online players, & primarily historians keep forgetting the massive clash at the battle of Leipzig in 1813. It would be vastly more interesting seeing how you comment & react on the course of that battle online when Napoleon (who's Grande Armee was outnumbered & was made up with young conscripts) had to fight against four large armies composed of multiple nations (including weaponry provided by Britain) coming from different directions. I believe the battle of Leipzig was a testament to Napoleon's legacy to fight to the bitter end against the odds & decide the true fate of his Empire beyond France more or less than the battle of Waterloo in European history. Would be nice also if filmmakers today would honor the tradition of producing classic movies like Waterloo, Gettysburg, & Tora Tora Tora to recreate the Battle of Nations for worldwide audiences, and to show the stories of those who fought & died during the Napoleonic Wars.
Just finished reading "Of Living Valour" by Barney White-Spunner. First published in Great Britain by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2015. An extraordinarily detailed account of the battle of Waterloo, right down to what Napoleon planned to have for dinner in Brussels, following what he assumed would be his victory over Wellington and the allies.Great book! Tracks the stories of individual soldiers on the day as well as the lead up to and aftermath of the battle. Thoroughly recommend it to anyone interested in the Napoleonic era. (He ordered roast lamb, well done, by the way. But i think he unfortunately had to cancel his reservation). Thanks for a riveting simulation Apollo and contributors, watching this i was thinking the battle could very well have gone this way. To answer your question, i think had he won, Napoleon would have sought peace and accepted a vastly reduced empire.
If Napoleon had won at Waterloo he still had to defeat the Prussian army on his right. Then find a way to deal with the Austrian and Russian armies massing in the East. He may have had more time to rebuild his armies in France and it would have been an interesting campaign.
HMS Unicorn, based in Dundee Scotland is the oldest British-built ship still afloat, and the last intact warship from the age of sail. Love your videos BTW. .
Hello everyone. Honestly I don't think much would have changed had Napoléon not be defeated at Waterloo. I don't think he would have been able to pull of another victory over the coalition. 600.000 men were already marching towards France. At the time of the battle. And I don't think anyone on the coalition side would have been willing to comporomise. All of them except for Britain had been humiliated one too many times by Napoléon. And I'm not talking about military defeats here. Prussia lost a third of it's territory, because of him, and the Quadriga of the Brandenburger Tor, Berlins most prominent landmark were taken away, as well as the sword of Frederick the Great. He dismantled the Holy Roman Empire, forced Austria into bancrupcy, took away their mediterranean ports and forced the emperor to consent to Napoléons marriage with his favourite daughter, Marie Louise. The Russians, while probably laying the fire in their capital themselves still mostly blamed the french for it. Taking Paris in 1814 was seen as a revenge for Moscow by most russians including the Tsar. Those were just the tip of the iceberg, but I can't go into more detail right now. So I'll end this post with a quote from one of Napoléons archrivals the austrian chancellor Clemens Fürst von Metternich "It's not his victories, that make all of Europe hate him. It's the way he makes peace deals."
"Robert E. Lee said 'It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it.' Napoleon had grown too fond of it. He loved war." - Bernard Cornwell
I think the next battle he would've lost. Because it is said that even if he won Waterloo, he would have to fight a combined Austrian/Russian army. At this point France is tired of war, and the allied powers clearly stated that there would be no peace until napoleon abdicates.
The first attack by D'Erlon's 1st Corp was four columns of line, basically a massive column of up to eight battalions in line one behind the other, with a Battalion frontage, it was a shock and awe attack, it made a Belgium brigade turn and run, but not the other allied units. And the Column of lines could only fire from a one battalion frontage, could not deploy to a battalion square, took huge losses from artillery fire, so when the English heavy cavalry charged they ripped the French formations to shreds. You have to wonder who's side was D'Erlon's on.
The Battle of Waterloo is hyped up far more than it should be. (speaking as a British person) This is because after the first peace treaty and exile of Napoleon all the coalition powers agreed to leave a force on the French border to make sure France would remain subdued. This is why Wellington was in Belgium at the time. The Prussians had another and much larger army as well as very large Austrian and Russian forces (in all about 140,000 men near France) Therefore, these would have come in and finished the job. It's extremely unlikely Napoleon would have sued for peace and even more so that the Coaltion would have kept Napoleon in power because his ideas and influence were too dangerous.
The British would never accept Napolean on the French throne. The French were never able to invade England but the British were able to invade Europe at will. I think if Napolean had won all he could do was delay the inevitable. Like you said the Russians had yet to get into the war in 1815. The Austrians as well. For Napolean to remain on the throne he'd have to win every single battle to come and there would be many. I dont see him surviving.
If Napoleon won at Waterloo and somehow managed to retain his throne we would be living in a better world today but Napoleon would not have become the legend he is today. His exile on St Helena massively increased his fame and gave him the opportunity to dictate his memoirs which became the greatest best seller of the century. As sad as it is, St Helena gave Napoleon the one thing his legendary life had always lacked and that is misfortune. St Helena is actually the time in his life were I admire Napoleon the most; having lost his throne and all his former glory Napoleon could have just taken the cowards way out by committing suicide. Instead he made the best of his life by staying busy with his memoirs, making friends on the island, working on planting a garden, reading and sharing his thoughts on histories greatest commanders. Even as he was suffering agonizing pain from stomach cancer in his last days, Napoleon faced his own death with courage and in his will he asked to be buried on the banks of the Seine " Among the French people whom I have loved so much " I'm sure Napoleon would be pleased to know that he is still as famous as the day he crushed his foes on the field of Austerlizt. The Emperor is now immortal, never to be forgotten, he has joined the likes of Caesar, Hannibal and Alexander in the halls of Valhalla.
Is that an bug the french shot 2 times without reloading also im late comment. And also they reload too long i think pushing 2 times is enough they push 5 times i think...
I do not think a napoleonian victory at Waterloo would have changed anything in the long run. At this point the Allies were adamant on getting rid of him and they just would have continued the fight. After all, they had way more troops than him.
Yes, but he had some success, he reached Moscow and...you know, at least, he was trying) Maybe if he coud defeat russia then it would be better for it, who knows? Because 1 dollar is almost 70 rubles now, hehe.
@@crasyboy2764 Well, you already know that the Russian did also burned Moscow during his Russian's Campaign, though the Russian considered it as a Sacred City in that time. And Nappy didn't stay there for long, since his supply line is pretty much or almost gone from the Partisan and Cossack.
Ok, your question is interesting. What I will say here is not directly from me, but it is from a very serious study which was done by Belgian historians a few years ago :) The probability of winning at Waterloo was real because without the unexpected arrival of the Prussian army, Napoleon could have won the battle easily. If he had started the battle earlier on June 18 for only an hour, if he had chased the Prussians directly after Ligny and not 12 hours later, if Ney had not hesitated before the Quatre-Bras, if he had not sacrificed the fine flower of the French cavalry, if the emeritus rider Grouchy had remained with Napoleon, if General Constant Rebecque had not disobeyed orders from Wellington asking him to clear the crossroads des Quatre-Bras, if Marshal Blücher had not miraculously escaped capture by the French when he fell from his horse at Ligny, etc ... Napoleon would certainly have won ...! Now there are two options. Some believe that the defeat of the Emperor was inevitable, and that the allies would have won a few weeks later. It was the most supported theory so far. But for a few years, with the discovery of new documents and new studies, historians have realized that another scenario was quite possible. Ok, hold on, this is going to be long :) The first major consequence would have been that the mighty Great Britain would never have become the superpower that it was during most of the 19th century until the First World War. Napoleon did not want to annex England. However, with the coalition defeated, and Waterloo lost, England would have been shaken, isolated, the Belgians would surely have rallied to Napoleon. It is even possible (but unlikely) that with the help of the continental powers, Napoleon could have asphyxiated English trade based on his maritime omnipresence and England would not have played the major role that they played during this period through its colonial empire. it remains unlikely though. However, the English language would probably not have had the importance it now has internationally. We must not forget that in the 19th century French was for over a century the international language of diplomacy par excellence and that it was spoken in all European courts, except in England, of course! Do you know that all of the plenipotentiaries present at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 spoke French, except the English representative (of course), at least initially, Lord Castlereagh who was quickly replaced by a certain Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British citizen of Irish origin (he was born in Dublin) who perfectly mastered the language of Molière. But more importantly: If the French had not lost their hegemony in Europe during the 19th century unlike the English, they should not have called on them and the Americans to come and rescue them from the German yoke in 1914- 18. Consequently, a certain Georges Clémenceau, when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, would probably not have asked for the treaty to be drawn up in French and in English, the two versions being equally authoritative. By this act, Clémenceau put more than 200 years of hegemony of French as the only official language of Western diplomacy since the Treaty of Rastatt in 1714, which ended the War of Spanish Succession. Having married an American woman and having stayed in the United States, the old tiger as he was known had a perfect command of the English language. He therefore accepted that it would become, alongside the French, the working language of the Peace Conference following the first world conflict. It should also be remembered that the British representatives, David Llyod George, and the American representatives, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, strongly urged that this be the case. The English language was therefore internationally recognized and would never be contradicted as we know today. Damn! or rather: Flute! It is also likely that major nations like Germany and Italy may not have emerged in the 19th century, at least not in their present form. Let’s not forget that France counted at its peak under the Empire up to 130 departments covering a large part of Europe. At the time, departments like Apennines, Genoa, Montenotte, Simplon, Doire, Marengo, Po, Sézia, Stura, Rome, Trasimeno covered Piedmont, Liguria, Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio and part of the '' Emilia-Romagna of present-day Italy with next to it the Kingdom of Naples where reigned Joachim Murat, Napoleon's brother-in-law and the Kingdom of Italy ruled until 1814 by Napoleon I himself with as viceroy his beau son, Eugène de Beauharnais. Let’s not forget that Italy as we know it today will only be reunited under the Kingdom of Italy in 1861, 10 years before the German Empire. Germany was for a very long time a conglomerate of independent states or Landen. The Holy Roman Germanic Empire created in the 10th century is, under pressure from France, dissolved in 1806 and replaced by the Confederation of the Rhine under French protectorate. After the Congress of Vienna it is replaced by the German Confederation under Austrian supervision. After first crushing the Austrians at Sadowa, the Prussians defeated the French troops of a certain Napoleon III to finally proclaim the German Empire in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in 1871. Anchored in the nationalist ideas of the Revolution French, will then develop Pan-Germanism which will aim to bring together all the Germans united by the same language and the same culture. Unfortunately, this will derive at the beginning of the 20th century from two world wars that we know too well, given the German desire to create a vital space in the heart of Europe on the remains of the old Habsburg and Romanov dynasties ... Sorry for this very long paragraph, but you can see that the story could have been very different :) But beware all that remains "what if"! It is impossible to predict what could have happened. Maybe winning Waterloo would have changed nothing!
PLEASE MOOOORE epic scale 1vs1 NTW3...they are so great and satisfying to watch. -> 2 Players ensure, that not toooo much action is happening at the same time and the battle stays ONE battle, not 2 or 3 or 4 separate ones on one map, due to the individual player "pairs" (or opponents). -> Room for error, mismanagement or just oversight is there, to create an immersive battle-feeling and interesting tactical problems the respective player has to engage in
“Victory just sits there...” Yea because try and keep a 300 year old Second Rate afloat while the USS Constitution is a Frigate which is cheaper to keep afloat and is far smaller. It’s similar to the HMS Trincomalee which is a Frigate and kept afloat and is younger than both Constitution and Victory and therefore cheaper to maintain that a Second Rate. But I would love to see the Constitution sail in Boston Harbour one day...
@Pixelated Apollo The "Chasseurs à pieds de la garde" (Imperial Guard Foot Hunters) are elite light infantery of the Imperial Guard. Each infantery regiment in the army had to maintain a list of 10 non-commissioned officers or soldiers fullfuilling some criterias: being 5 years old veterans, being at least 5'3'' tall ad continuously demonstrating distinguished moral and military behaviour. When the "Chasseurs à Pieds" corps need some fresh recruits, they were taken from the lists of candidates maintained by the regmients of infantery. The "Chasseurs à cheval" (horse hunters) are light cavalry used for recognition missions. The "Chasseurs à cheval de la Garde" (Imperial Guard Horse Hunters) was the horse bodyguards of Napoleon. The popular green uniform of Napoleon was a uniform of Imperial Guarg horse unter colonel.
HMS Victory is a training vessel where crews are taught to work together, and respect the Royal Navy’s glorious history. It’s still very much an “active” ship, just not an active warship.
The HMS Victory is still commisioned in the Royal Navy because it is still a flagship to the fleet. It's in drydocks down in Portsmouth and I highly recommend going to see it.
I really wish they'd play with that building fighting mechanic more, imagine how cool it'd be to have ambushes set up in suburbs during siege battles. They could make it like Rome remastered, how you can make the trees disappear, have an option for the roof of the building or something.
At the Battle of Waterloo, Wellington has always been given more importance and fame, concealing the action of the Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, whose participation was decisive in achieving victory against the Napoleonic army and saving it from certain defeat . Historians have "conveniently" distorted and concealed the reality of the Battle of Waterloo, erasing Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher from memory.
It's all because of British Propaganda. They made the whole world believe that Napoleon was a short and ugly man. Pretty sure that half the people out there don't even know that a man called Von Blucher even participated in the battle.
On the eve of battle, Napoleon speaking to his marshalls, criticized Wellington as a "bad leader". He said that to damn their feeling of humiliation. The marshalls were those Wellington defeated in the Peninsula war.
In my opinion , he might have lost in the next battle .... if The emperor would have won Waterloo , he would still have to fight and win against the russian and austrian army’s , the point why Napoleon fought in Waterloo was to break the British and Prussians first , then go against the russians and austrians , but he would have had too many losses in Waterloo since it would have been a close victory ... then , another Leipzig ..
Pixelated Apollo , Vieille Garde means old Guard and Jeune Garde means Young Guard in french, just in case you want to talk about the most iconic infantry of Napoleonic wars like u did in vanilla
A French victory in Waterloo wouldn't mean a French victory in the war. Napoleon would have to secure this victory by winning another battle and destroy the coalition's armies and make sure that the European monarchies couldn't afford to continue the war for long, because he couldn't. If he managed to make peace with the coalition, he would have been focused in rebuilding the French army to dissuade anyone to attack them. In terms of territorial changes, I think of the borders of 1793 where France keeps Savoy and Nice and maybe the French speaking territory of Wallonia in Belgium but nothing more. Only then, the French empire could have a chance to survive and embrace the industrial Revolution. But these are only my thoughts and I could be wrong. We'll never know for sure what could have happened if Napoleon did win at Waterloo and a famous French saying illustrates that really well "With "ifs", we could put Paris in a bottle." There is a ton of possibilities in alternate history and we can only imagine and have fun by creating battles from our minds.
Fantastic battle, thanks Cody. Can we have some Borodino or Jena? About the historical question: As Quatre-Bras, Ligny and the campaign of France of 1914 had shown, defeating the allies without annihilating their armies was unsustainable. He (Nap) could not afford the casualties. The only chance to wind the war was, in my opinion, to shock the coalition with a massive victory (and possible killing/capturing Wellington and Blucher in the process) and a quick re-occupation of Belgium, Holland, and the left bank of the Rhine. Then he could kick Prussia out of the war, invade Italy, conquer Piedmont and Lombardy (maybe with help from Murat) and peace the Austrians and Russians. I don't know about Britain, but IF the stock market crashed that could lead to an early peace, since without the ports in the Low Countries there wasn't much that they could do. Spain would just peace out.
I mean, Napoleon got his ass kicked in Russia, was exiled, came back, and only then fought Waterloo. I dont think he would have been that much more careful even if he had won Waterloo. That said, i find it fascinating how the french player actually does as Napoleon would have done, and commits fully to defeat in detail, aka use local superiority to inflict maximum damage on the enemy, thus denying their more numerous foe the advantage of facing him with full force.
god I wish they would make another game like Napoleon Total War, I don't know what it is about this game but there's just something totally timeless about it!
I don't wanna to be a bitch about it, but CA is going very arcadie in the later titles. I do admit that the cav chargers in Three Kingdons are insane, but the rest, including Warhammer, is very, very arcadie. That and the fact that you can't edit the campaign map kind of killed it for me.
@@vicentgalvan70 That's why returning to the modern era would be good. You can't have it too arcady, Napoleon is about as arcady as it gets. You couldn't have Wellington carving his way through a square of Old Guard, for example.
@@kapitankapital6580 ahahaha Wellington rather hide in a shell hole than charge la Vieille Garde!
@@kapitankapital6580 I disagree. In Napoleon, if you charge the enemy with cav behind your troops, the cav is going to ride down the enemy and you. In Warhammer the cav charged through the back of infantry.
The battle map is amazing but the campaign map must be overhauled and streamlined.
Yeah, Napoleon has the best intro of any Total War game. The only one I won't skip when booting the game up.
I really want a Victoria Total War.
me to
Pike and Shot baby! English Civil War/Protestant vs Catholic Religious wars.
Me too
You can skip it?? I literally pressed everything and I can’t skip it! Please respond lol
@@hypersp3ce596 I'm pretty sure it's escape to skip intro cinematics
I’ve got a bad feeling about this Napoleon. Might have to keep an eye on this guy.
Ive got a bad feeling about this Talleyrand guy. I might have to keep an eye on him cuz he is a dirty traitor.
You guys keep an eye on Napoleon but I keep an eye on the Russian winter
I read somewhere that he might be dead, I didn't even know he was sick!
Ryan Rusch nah it’s british propaganda
No need to worry, we exiled the bastard to some backwater island in the Mediterranean about 6 months ago. I wouldn't worry too much if I were you.
"my snacks are many, my ability to spend an hour watching little uniformed men on a computer screen is..... Worrying"
lol
we all are
yeah lol
Underrated comment lmao
I feel personally attacked
"My enemies are many my equals are none"
The bushes start speaking spanish
Didn't get the reference 😢
@@taxiarchiskalyvas8198 the guerilla war after Napoleon's invasion of Spain
@@yugatrasclart4439 and i imagine that went badly?
Snow starts speaking russian.
@@taxiarchiskalyvas8198 Like USA in Vietnam: superiority on the battlefield but guerilla warfare everywehere
the french have the strongest cav in game,
French player: "im gonna do what's called a genghis khan move"
Lol
Napoleon: "My enemies are many my equals are none..."
Snow: *laughs in russian winter*
its more like GOD laughs in russian winter. first, it was one of the harshest winters in history. also, Moscow randomly burned, so napoleon could not stay there for the winter. God also laughed at waterloo. the most important reason napoleon lost was the fact that it had rained the day before the battle, so he waited until midday for the ground to dry so he could use his artillery to their fullest potential. this act allowed the prussian reinforcements to arrive before napoleon defeated the british
It was over for Napoleon long before the winter of 1812 set in.
More l i k e
Germs in a french soldier body: *Oh these are pretty cool bananas*
Global warming laughs at Russian winter
it wasn't the winter that beat napoleon, the summer heat is what destoyed 2/3 of his army
41:58 "They've got some infantry forming square, it's almost like Old Guard forming square."
Ahem. That is the Old Guard. Vielle Garde means "Old Guard" in French.
Finally , the emperor return,I've been waiting so long for Napoleon to be back
Rony Zoramsanga yeah me too
Rony Zoramsanga yes good yes
Exactly
It took way to long indeed
See these massive chain routs? That’s what we want in newer total war games. It’s silly how you can be destroying an entire army in the newer games and they never break.
The biggest mistake in the battle was when General Ney the great French Corps commander thought he saw the British breaking over the hill and lead a massive French Cav charge right into prepared British squares.... Ney was a great military tactician, some of the amazing feats he pulled off during the Russian retreat are still unbelievable, and legend says that he was the final French solider that crossed the final bridge into the Duchy of Warsaw... But that cav. Charge really ruined his reputation.
Reputation eh? A lifetime to build, seconds to ruin.
He couldn't see them over the hill, and by the time the Cavalry charged above the hill, it was too chaotic for him to order a proper retreat.
Once in a while I say or do something and know exactly how Ney felt that day.
I believe you are correct sir. The rain was a factor also. Does this game not have weather?
The bigger mistake was Napoleon holding off the attack to allow the ground to dry and allowing the Prussians to arrive and attack the flank.
Thanks for uploading this! Was such a fun game to play :)
Hi
Agree
General Cody HD It is such a fun game to watch :)
Apollo is one of the only youtubers where the voice matches the apperance perfectly
Lol I don’t get that a lot
I thought I was the only one thinking this. Usually you picture a face with a voice and you get something entirely different on the face reveal lol
ESFAndy011 exactly
@@PixelatedApollo1 to be real with u ur voice does not suit u in anyway shape or form also btw I live ur vids
@@PixelatedApollo1 does this mod support multiplayer? And is that 40 unit stacks there?
Oh man, the Napoleon intro was my first experience playing a total war game, it has a special place in my heart
THE FINAL CALVARY CHARGE!!!
*Calvary slowly walks toward each other quietly and unenthusiastically*
I'm really bad at this game (I think it's the firearms that I can't manage), but I just LOVE seeing it. This intro is also my favorite, not because I'm french, but because it is so simple yet so powerful! Those simple words and cut scenes are enough to give me shivers. It could have happened! Now, going to see the video with some snacks as usual :D
In the ntw3 mod launcher you can enable free camera which as long as you have it download let’s you zoom in and out as far as you want and go into buildings.
Wow I didn't know that, thx man That's really cool
@@thisisgamelord2421 you can also do it manually through the preferences script. However, the ntw3 mod provides so much more, and I suggest playing with it.
@@themanwithallthewrongopini3551 I'm playing it now for like 4 months, you can check it out by just klicking on my name 😅😅
@@thisisgamelord2421 Great Content! Keep making more!
@@themanwithallthewrongopini3551 I will
And we need more Napoleon total war
YES! YES! FINALY! A NAPOLEON TOTAL WAR BATTLE! I WAS WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG
I always love the battles when you can't tell who is going to win until the very end. The closeness of a battle always makes for an exiting watching experience.
In reality the French normally fought in column and, when they did form line it was always three deep. Only the British fought in two rank lines.
The French did often fight in line. Columns were for maneuvering and charging. As for the three ranks deep, almost everybody normally went 2 ranks deep, but technically, some of the French and (I believe some Hessian troops) were trained to fight in two ranks if called for (such as in Russia 1812 when casualties forced them to call in men from the third rank to fill in the gaps and keep proper frontage.
@@revanofkorriban1505 I read that there has been a strong debate throughout the 18th and early 19th century as to whether 2 or 3 deep was the best. The argument against two deep was that some commanders believed it was too vunerable to cavalry.
Not true, they mainly used 2-3 rank deep lines in the center as those were good for firepower and columns in the flanks to protect against cavalry and chargs
I would love to be able to zoom into a troop and control him 1st person, or play as the commander, riding back and forth (Mount&Blade style) giving orders to your troops, which are received by smoke, messenger, or trumpet.
I am so happy that you posted Napoleon total war. I thought that you had stopped posting Napoleon. Thank you so much. This really made my day
As a french, this intro made me feels something, not gonna lie
As a Canadian I'm glad the British won the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
@@IPendragonI Im canadian too, but I disagree. Canada should have remained french. There's no reason for a "canadian" to be glad getting conquered by british.
@@ltjulienja Nah then we would end up like Quebec. The rest of Canada hates them.
@@ltjulienja as A Brit, I think being conquered by any colonial power is gonna be pretty rough, especially if you get conquered by a bunch of redcoats lol
@@IPendragonI Sure about that? Cause last time Quebec tried to leave Canada our federal government spent millions in pro-canada propaganda begging Qc to stay...
I love the commentary on your videos covering Napoleon Total War battles & other related content on your channel over the past few years. It's an unfortunate shame that many people, online players, & primarily historians keep forgetting the massive clash at the battle of Leipzig in 1813.
It would be vastly more interesting seeing how you comment & react on the course of that battle online when Napoleon (who's Grande Armee was outnumbered & was made up with young conscripts) had to fight against four large armies composed of multiple nations (including weaponry provided by Britain) coming from different directions. I believe the battle of Leipzig was a testament to Napoleon's legacy to fight to the bitter end against the odds & decide the true fate of his Empire beyond France more or less than the battle of Waterloo in European history. Would be nice also if filmmakers today would honor the tradition of producing classic movies like Waterloo, Gettysburg, & Tora Tora Tora to recreate the Battle of Nations for worldwide audiences, and to show the stories of those who fought & died during the Napoleonic Wars.
I loved the intro! always love your videos Apollo!! Thank you for making another great video on Napoleonic total war :DD
Just finished reading "Of Living Valour" by Barney White-Spunner. First published in Great Britain by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2015. An extraordinarily detailed account of the battle of Waterloo, right down to what Napoleon planned to have for dinner in Brussels, following what he assumed would be his victory over Wellington and the allies.Great book! Tracks the stories of individual soldiers on the day as well as the lead up to and aftermath of the battle. Thoroughly recommend it to anyone interested in the Napoleonic era. (He ordered roast lamb, well done, by the way. But i think he unfortunately had to cancel his reservation). Thanks for a riveting simulation Apollo and contributors, watching this i was thinking the battle could very well have gone this way. To answer your question, i think had he won, Napoleon would have sought peace and accepted a vastly reduced empire.
USS Constitution is the only currently commissioned US Navy ship to sink another ship.
Oh I like fun random FACTS
Tf has that got to do with this? And the USS constitution could only defeat smaller ships never any of equal size
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Looking forward to see a Napoleonic Wars mod for Bannerlord.
Should such a mod arrive of course :P
TheFrenchMonk definitely will, and oh boy, will it be glorious.
I hope they make a Bannerlord: Napoleonic Wars
If it comes it will be fucking glorious, make Napoleonic_Role_Play great again !
Game called holdfast: nations at war
There is one :D it's called sword and musket
If Napoleon had won at Waterloo he still had to defeat the Prussian army on his right. Then find a way to deal with the Austrian and Russian armies massing in the East. He may have had more time to rebuild his armies in France and it would have been an interesting campaign.
HMS Unicorn, based in Dundee Scotland is the oldest British-built ship still afloat, and the last intact warship from the age of sail. Love your videos BTW.
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Neil Munro very sure your talking about the Repair Carrier based on my Azur Lane experience.
@@hoyashi-ta2336 No I'm not It is in Dundee and was built long before carriers were even thought of.
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Honestly I don't think much would have changed had Napoléon not be defeated at Waterloo. I don't think he would have been able to pull of another victory over the coalition. 600.000 men were already marching towards France. At the time of the battle. And I don't think anyone on the coalition side would have been willing to comporomise. All of them except for Britain had been humiliated one too many times by Napoléon. And I'm not talking about military defeats here. Prussia lost a third of it's territory, because of him, and the Quadriga of the Brandenburger Tor, Berlins most prominent landmark were taken away, as well as the sword of Frederick the Great. He dismantled the Holy Roman Empire, forced Austria into bancrupcy, took away their mediterranean ports and forced the emperor to consent to Napoléons marriage with his favourite daughter, Marie Louise. The Russians, while probably laying the fire in their capital themselves still mostly blamed the french for it. Taking Paris in 1814 was seen as a revenge for Moscow by most russians including the Tsar.
Those were just the tip of the iceberg, but I can't go into more detail right now. So I'll end this post with a quote from one of Napoléons archrivals the austrian chancellor Clemens Fürst von Metternich "It's not his victories, that make all of Europe hate him. It's the way he makes peace deals."
Napoleon: My enemies are many my equals are none
Duke of Wellington: hold my cup of tea
The Duke was nowhere near Napoleon's equal. He was a great general but there are no generals of that time period that match Napoleon's skill
Mohamed Mohamed true but he did win at Waterloo but I guess you are right because I think without the Prussians Wellington would of lost
wellington was average for his skills, he only was "good" because the British were notoriously bad at land warfare.
@@GorrilazWarfare
You got a point here.
@@FlagshipHistory lord wellington whipped his arse in spain and portugal people forget that
the fact that THAT total war intro was what introduced me to the Total War franchise... it holds a VERY special place in my heart.
Yes a Napoleon Battle!!!
I- I need my Popcorn, and to drink... And I'm excited!
Finally I’ve been waiting for so long
18:08 It's over Wellington, I have the high ground
DON'T TRY IT!
"Robert E. Lee said 'It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it.' Napoleon had grown too fond of it. He loved war." - Bernard Cornwell
I love the opening speech
I think the next battle he would've lost. Because it is said that even if he won Waterloo, he would have to fight a combined Austrian/Russian army. At this point France is tired of war, and the allied powers clearly stated that there would be no peace until napoleon abdicates.
7:19 you can see a guy’s brain XD
Woah
The first attack by D'Erlon's 1st Corp was four columns of line, basically a massive column of up to eight battalions in line one behind the other, with a Battalion frontage, it was a shock and awe attack, it made a Belgium brigade turn and run, but not the other allied units. And the Column of lines could only fire from a one battalion frontage, could not deploy to a battalion square, took huge losses from artillery fire, so when the English heavy cavalry charged they ripped the French formations to shreds. You have to wonder who's side was D'Erlon's on.
I feel as if the brits played that one poorly, stretched his line out too cover the entire field when he was outnumbered .
Hey Apollo!! I've been following you for a couple of years now and the Napoleon videos are always my favorites, thanks for doing these!
Damn I missed this game. Keep up the amazing work buddy. Love your work.
me too
Same
I don't think Napoleon would have negotiated peace after winning Waterloo. He rejected a generous peace offer after his crushing defeat at Leipzig.
The Battle of Waterloo is hyped up far more than it should be. (speaking as a British person)
This is because after the first peace treaty and exile of Napoleon all the coalition powers agreed to leave a force on the French border to make sure France would remain subdued. This is why Wellington was in Belgium at the time. The Prussians had another and much larger army as well as very large Austrian and Russian forces (in all about 140,000 men near France) Therefore, these would have come in and finished the job. It's extremely unlikely Napoleon would have sued for peace and even more so that the Coaltion would have kept Napoleon in power because his ideas and influence were too dangerous.
He would have sieged Brussels, and then turned le grande armée’s attention to Prince Blücher’s Prussia.
Thank you General Cody and Pixie! Love me some NTW 3!
I swear me and apollo would get along so good🤣
The British would never accept Napolean on the French throne. The French were never able to invade England but the British were able to invade Europe at will. I think if Napolean had won all he could do was delay the inevitable. Like you said the Russians had yet to get into the war in 1815. The Austrians as well. For Napolean to remain on the throne he'd have to win every single battle to come and there would be many. I dont see him surviving.
Firing houses are often forgotten during the battle of Waterloo. 😬
Hamm3r Tym3 No
The players did not agree to wait,the scenario is that,some troops are not available to a side until a certain time stamp,marked on the mini map.
Napoleon: "My enemies are many, my equals are none..."
*Laughs in Wellington*
Wellington ALWAYS lost against Napoleon.
Even in Waterloo, he said "Give me Blücher or give me the night."
He had lost then the Prussians showed up.
@IroV No Wellington didn’t want to push Napoleon but he held the line (that doesn’t count as a defeat) he held the line until the Prussians arrived
@@crusader1997 He didn't hold the line, he was preparing the retreat, then Blücher came.
It's Wellington's words, not mine, period.
Wellington never ever equaled Napoléon at all
I just started to like total war because of you man good work
If Napoleon won at Waterloo and somehow managed to retain his throne we would be living in a better world today but Napoleon would not have become the legend he is today. His exile on St Helena massively increased his fame and gave him the opportunity to dictate his memoirs which became the greatest best seller of the century. As sad as it is, St Helena gave Napoleon the one thing his legendary life had always lacked and that is misfortune. St Helena is actually the time in his life were I admire Napoleon the most; having lost his throne and all his former glory Napoleon could have just taken the cowards way out by committing suicide. Instead he made the best of his life by staying busy with his memoirs, making friends on the island, working on planting a garden, reading and sharing his thoughts on histories greatest commanders. Even as he was suffering agonizing pain from stomach cancer in his last days, Napoleon faced his own death with courage and in his will he asked to be buried on the banks of the Seine " Among the French people whom I have loved so much " I'm sure Napoleon would be pleased to know that he is still as famous as the day he crushed his foes on the field of Austerlizt. The Emperor is now immortal, never to be forgotten, he has joined the likes of Caesar, Hannibal and Alexander in the halls of Valhalla.
Hell yeah! I've been dying for some gunpowder action! Many thanks, Apollo!
Pixelated Apollo I just want to say you are a really good content creator and by the way can we have more third age
Good content creator ? How so ?
@@elang1702 He creates and provides good content.
@@rookield8077 Oh really
@@elang1702 Yes.
@@elang1702 yes
Thank God that you made another Napoleon Total War video. I've been missing it so much!!!
Is that an bug the french shot 2 times without reloading also im late comment. And also they reload too long i think pushing 2 times is enough they push 5 times i think...
I do not think a napoleonian victory at Waterloo would have changed anything in the long run. At this point the Allies were adamant on getting rid of him and they just would have continued the fight. After all, they had way more troops than him.
Hitler total war?
Hahahah what
Good idea
Not funny
The battle of Waterloo is where my dads regiment was recognized for its bravery
Quite surprising , the Dutch were more recognised for the fight than the British at Waterloo.
@@afisto6647 bruh. The dutch broke, multiple times. They were unreliable
"Russia can never be tame" but he did lost to them tho.
Yes, but he had some success, he reached Moscow and...you know, at least, he was trying) Maybe if he coud defeat russia then it would be better for it, who knows? Because 1 dollar is almost 70 rubles now, hehe.
@@crasyboy2764 Well, you already know that the Russian did also burned Moscow during his Russian's Campaign, though the Russian considered it as a Sacred City in that time. And Nappy didn't stay there for long, since his supply line is pretty much or almost gone from the Partisan and Cossack.
@@s0cc451 yep
naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah winter did all the job ;=)
@@redcapetimetraveler7688 doesnt change the fact.
Ok, your question is interesting. What I will say here is not directly from me, but it is from a very serious study which was done by Belgian historians a few years ago :)
The probability of winning at Waterloo was real because without the unexpected arrival of the Prussian army, Napoleon could have won the battle easily.
If he had started the battle earlier on June 18 for only an hour, if he had chased the Prussians directly after Ligny and not 12 hours later, if Ney had not hesitated before the Quatre-Bras, if he had not sacrificed the fine flower of the French cavalry, if the emeritus rider Grouchy had remained with Napoleon, if General Constant Rebecque had not disobeyed orders from Wellington asking him to clear the crossroads des Quatre-Bras, if Marshal Blücher had not miraculously escaped capture by the French when he fell from his horse at Ligny, etc ... Napoleon would certainly have won ...!
Now there are two options. Some believe that the defeat of the Emperor was inevitable, and that the allies would have won a few weeks later. It was the most supported theory so far. But for a few years, with the discovery of new documents and new studies, historians have realized that another scenario was quite possible.
Ok, hold on, this is going to be long :)
The first major consequence would have been that the mighty Great Britain would never have become the superpower that it was during most of the 19th century until the First World War. Napoleon did not want to annex England. However, with the coalition defeated, and Waterloo lost, England would have been shaken, isolated, the Belgians would surely have rallied to Napoleon.
It is even possible (but unlikely) that with the help of the continental powers, Napoleon could have asphyxiated English trade based on his maritime omnipresence and England would not have played the major role that they played during this period through its colonial empire. it remains unlikely though.
However, the English language would probably not have had the importance it now has internationally. We must not forget that in the 19th century French was for over a century the international language of diplomacy par excellence and that it was spoken in all European courts, except in England, of course! Do you know that all of the plenipotentiaries present at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 spoke French, except the English representative (of course), at least initially, Lord Castlereagh who was quickly replaced by a certain Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British citizen of Irish origin (he was born in Dublin) who perfectly mastered the language of Molière.
But more importantly: If the French had not lost their hegemony in Europe during the 19th century unlike the English, they should not have called on them and the Americans to come and rescue them from the German yoke in 1914- 18. Consequently, a certain Georges Clémenceau, when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, would probably not have asked for the treaty to be drawn up in French and in English, the two versions being equally authoritative. By this act, Clémenceau put more than 200 years of hegemony of French as the only official language of Western diplomacy since the Treaty of Rastatt in 1714, which ended the War of Spanish Succession. Having married an American woman and having stayed in the United States, the old tiger as he was known had a perfect command of the English language. He therefore accepted that it would become, alongside the French, the working language of the Peace Conference following the first world conflict. It should also be remembered that the British representatives, David Llyod George, and the American representatives, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, strongly urged that this be the case. The English language was therefore internationally recognized and would never be contradicted as we know today. Damn! or rather: Flute!
It is also likely that major nations like Germany and Italy may not have emerged in the 19th century, at least not in their present form. Let’s not forget that France counted at its peak under the Empire up to 130 departments covering a large part of Europe. At the time, departments like Apennines, Genoa, Montenotte, Simplon, Doire, Marengo, Po, Sézia, Stura, Rome, Trasimeno covered Piedmont, Liguria, Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio and part of the '' Emilia-Romagna of present-day Italy with next to it the Kingdom of Naples where reigned Joachim Murat, Napoleon's brother-in-law and the Kingdom of Italy ruled until 1814 by Napoleon I himself with as viceroy his beau son, Eugène de Beauharnais. Let’s not forget that Italy as we know it today will only be reunited under the Kingdom of Italy in 1861, 10 years before the German Empire.
Germany was for a very long time a conglomerate of independent states or Landen. The Holy Roman Germanic Empire created in the 10th century is, under pressure from France, dissolved in 1806 and replaced by the Confederation of the Rhine under French protectorate. After the Congress of Vienna it is replaced by the German Confederation under Austrian supervision. After first crushing the Austrians at Sadowa, the Prussians defeated the French troops of a certain Napoleon III to finally proclaim the German Empire in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in 1871. Anchored in the nationalist ideas of the Revolution French, will then develop Pan-Germanism which will aim to bring together all the Germans united by the same language and the same culture.
Unfortunately, this will derive at the beginning of the 20th century from two world wars that we know too well, given the German desire to create a vital space in the heart of Europe on the remains of the old Habsburg and Romanov dynasties ...
Sorry for this very long paragraph, but you can see that the story could have been very different :) But beware all that remains "what if"! It is impossible to predict what could have happened. Maybe winning Waterloo would have changed nothing!
Great battle continue like that 👍
PLEASE MOOOORE epic scale 1vs1 NTW3...they are so great and satisfying to watch.
-> 2 Players ensure, that not toooo much action is happening at the same time and the battle stays ONE battle, not 2 or 3 or 4 separate ones on one map, due to the individual player "pairs" (or opponents).
-> Room for error, mismanagement or just oversight is there, to create an immersive battle-feeling and interesting tactical problems the respective player has to engage in
Finally another Napoleon video
2:20 they still use it for meetings which is why its still commissioned.
I love games like this...I just randomly found this channel and now I am addicted to it..Your content is actually wonderful.. Your the best
“Victory just sits there...” Yea because try and keep a 300 year old Second Rate afloat while the USS Constitution is a Frigate which is cheaper to keep afloat and is far smaller. It’s similar to the HMS Trincomalee which is a Frigate and kept afloat and is younger than both Constitution and Victory and therefore cheaper to maintain that a Second Rate. But I would love to see the Constitution sail in Boston Harbour one day...
Man for me just something about this era of conflict always draws me back, i just love the battles.
"In the realm of forest and snow, they said Russia could never be tamed ... "
"Ok. You got me there. My bad."
That intro was fantastic.The word Waterloo caught my eye, and I had to check this video out. Completely worth it within the first minute.
@Pixelated Apollo The "Chasseurs à pieds de la garde" (Imperial Guard Foot Hunters) are elite light infantery of the Imperial Guard. Each infantery regiment in the army had to maintain a list of 10 non-commissioned officers or soldiers fullfuilling some criterias: being 5 years old veterans, being at least 5'3'' tall ad continuously demonstrating distinguished moral and military behaviour. When the "Chasseurs à Pieds" corps need some fresh recruits, they were taken from the lists of candidates maintained by the regmients of infantery. The "Chasseurs à cheval" (horse hunters) are light cavalry used for recognition missions. The "Chasseurs à cheval de la Garde" (Imperial Guard Horse Hunters) was the horse bodyguards of Napoleon. The popular green uniform of Napoleon was a uniform of Imperial Guarg horse unter colonel.
HMS Victory is a training vessel where crews are taught to work together, and respect the Royal Navy’s glorious history. It’s still very much an “active” ship, just not an active warship.
That Total War intro gives me goosebumps, fuck it's fantastic.
damn after all that time without napoleon total war videos,i thought the empire had fallen
Also thank u General Cody!!!!! Please make more of these!!!!
Yay! The first Napoleon Total War in months, and a good selection too. I especially liked you puting the NTW intro in there.
-Your excellency Wellington! The French destroyed our lines! What can we do?!
- Give me a one more cup of tea, Uxbridge..
The HMS Victory is still commisioned in the Royal Navy because it is still a flagship to the fleet. It's in drydocks down in Portsmouth and I highly recommend going to see it.
I really wish they'd play with that building fighting mechanic more, imagine how cool it'd be to have ambushes set up in suburbs during siege battles. They could make it like Rome remastered, how you can make the trees disappear, have an option for the roof of the building or something.
Napoleon the only man to make the french and Italians both love him.
I had this running on my second monitor while playing Empire TW. Man those sound effects alone made my battles so much better
I love the scope of these battles.
Yes more Napoleon total war!
At the Battle of Waterloo, Wellington has always been given more importance and fame, concealing the action of the Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, whose participation was decisive in achieving victory against the Napoleonic army and saving it from certain defeat . Historians have "conveniently" distorted and concealed the reality of the Battle of Waterloo, erasing Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher from memory.
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It's all because of British Propaganda. They made the whole world believe that Napoleon was a short and ugly man. Pretty sure that half the people out there don't even know that a man called Von Blucher even participated in the battle.
On the eve of battle, Napoleon speaking to his marshalls, criticized Wellington as a "bad leader". He said that to damn their feeling of humiliation. The marshalls were those Wellington defeated in the Peninsula war.
In my opinion , he might have lost in the next battle ....
if The emperor would have won Waterloo , he would still have to fight and win against the russian and austrian army’s , the point why Napoleon fought in Waterloo was to break the British and Prussians first , then go against the russians and austrians , but he would have had too many losses in Waterloo since it would have been a close victory ... then , another Leipzig ..
I think if Napoleon won Waterloo he would have invaded Britain and the rest of Europe.
Pixelated Apollo , Vieille Garde means old Guard and Jeune Garde means Young Guard in french, just in case you want to talk about the most iconic infantry of Napoleonic wars like u did in vanilla
A French victory in Waterloo wouldn't mean a French victory in the war. Napoleon would have to secure this victory by winning another battle and destroy the coalition's armies and make sure that the European monarchies couldn't afford to continue the war for long, because he couldn't. If he managed to make peace with the coalition, he would have been focused in rebuilding the French army to dissuade anyone to attack them. In terms of territorial changes, I think of the borders of 1793 where France keeps Savoy and Nice and maybe the French speaking territory of Wallonia in Belgium but nothing more. Only then, the French empire could have a chance to survive and embrace the industrial Revolution.
But these are only my thoughts and I could be wrong. We'll never know for sure what could have happened if Napoleon did win at Waterloo and a famous French saying illustrates that really well "With "ifs", we could put Paris in a bottle." There is a ton of possibilities in alternate history and we can only imagine and have fun by creating battles from our minds.
Finally more Napoleon
was just starting to watch those after a long time.!! thanks..!! love your uploads
But you cannot conquer the land of tea because thy threw their tea on you
Fantastic battle, thanks Cody. Can we have some Borodino or Jena?
About the historical question: As Quatre-Bras, Ligny and the campaign of France of 1914 had shown, defeating the allies without annihilating their armies was unsustainable. He (Nap) could not afford the casualties. The only chance to wind the war was, in my opinion, to shock the coalition with a massive victory (and possible killing/capturing Wellington and Blucher in the process) and a quick re-occupation of Belgium, Holland, and the left bank of the Rhine. Then he could kick Prussia out of the war, invade Italy, conquer Piedmont and Lombardy (maybe with help from Murat) and peace the Austrians and Russians. I don't know about Britain, but IF the stock market crashed that could lead to an early peace, since without the ports in the Low Countries there wasn't much that they could do. Spain would just peace out.
HMS Victory is still commissioned and technically the flagship of the Home Fleet Command, even though it is open to the public.
I mean, Napoleon got his ass kicked in Russia, was exiled, came back, and only then fought Waterloo. I dont think he would have been that much more careful even if he had won Waterloo. That said, i find it fascinating how the french player actually does as Napoleon would have done, and commits fully to defeat in detail, aka use local superiority to inflict maximum damage on the enemy, thus denying their more numerous foe the advantage of facing him with full force.
To be honest that is one of the most epic and wonderful game intros ever