As a young lad, being a history lover all my life. It was to my great sadness that history seemed to have fallen by the way side on mainstream media, with even the history channel preferring programs about alien conspiracies over actual history and my favourite history games, total war, abandoning history for fantasy, its absolutely amazing to see a channel like Epic History taking up the mantle and absolutely nailing it. Love you guys!
Love this channel! Only recently found it, but it more than fills the hole that the History Channel left over a decade ago when they decided to produce reality shows instead of actual history, and I learn far more from these!
man. Not even as jus that. I love history in general and strategy games, mainly because... I love history and I find the sheer scale of battles often unimaginable. This docu is incredible. You finally get an absoluute overlook and you can put things waaaay better into perspective. Big, big respect.
I agree with you entirely. What this highlights is what utter garbage the History Channel has become. It's too easy to simply write that Disneyfication destroys everything it touches, but it's true for History Channel. It sank into the sludge of reality television and nonsense about ancient aliens. As for commercial television channels, the less written the better. The only good work done now is on a number of TH-cam channels like this one.
"Bonaparte gave us example how we should win" still remains in the Polish anthem today. "What, impossible? I don't know such a word. Nothing is impossible for my Poles!" - Napoleon used to say about Polish soldiers in his army. Napoleon is still remembered and honoured in Poland!
Poland with their winged cavalry, they are leading Europe and the western world with in my opinion by an example we should all follow. Not falling for this lefist trap of self imposed destruction via poor leadership. France played a big role in military victories resulting in nations being born or reborn, America owes its independence to France and paid that debt I feel in the world wars.
It's sll now about brainwashing , pushing satanic agenda. And alien ( which are the fallen angels, but they won't tell you that) they are all about pushing the alien deception. Aka satans lie
The beardless youth survived the war. He apparently had a lot of fascinating stories about the war. Legend has it that the children in his village called him beardless grandpa.
The story of Napoleon's life and reign really are the stuff of legend. There are fantasy tales more realistic in scope than his military career. Napoleon's genius was simply astonishing!
Yes - Humanity benefited greatly from all of the death and destruction wrought by Napoleon. Had he applied his genius in some other, non-military, field like engineering or science, western culture really would've suffered.
@@davidvincent380 Alexander the great was smarter than Napoleon, when you learn about Napoleon you realize maybe Bill and Ted weren't that far off, the bastard was just lucky, but he actually wasn't short like they portray, he was average height for the time, I heard the brits started that rumor because they hated him so much
@@fredbarker9201 true he can't be compared with any modern leader. No one cared less for his own safety or needlessly put his life on the line more than Napoleon.
@Joseph harold it’s a horrible comparison. Napoleon did commit some unforgivable atrocities but also empowered millions. The other monarchs didn’t do huge scale reforms
I can hardly describe how amazing this series is. I've watched it over and over again, it just doesn't get old. From the music, to the visuals, to the amazing narrating voice. I wish television was even close to the quality this channel produces
I agree. I play it nearly every night to fall asleep but often watch it in my free time. I love the song at 17:53, I wish I could put that in my library with a few others.
That was problem with Spain... It tied down so many great units who struggled without clear direction of Napoleon. Now I think he was foolish to invade Spain but its not like they couldn't have kicked the British out. They just needed Napoleon to finish what he started but he was more interested in pretending to be an emperor.
bernadotte is more suited for his own command. he and napoleon never really worked well as for davout, soult lannes ney and bessieres are the wombo combo Napoleon regarded Bessiere, Davout and soult as his best generals
@@quintusfabiusmaximus8700, and surely Ney... The Bravest of the Brave. His rearguard retreat from Moscow, is not logically possible, and literally saved Napoleon from capture.
This is probably the best Napoleonic Wars documentary I've seen. It literally breaks down every battle and the tactics employed and how/why things turned out the way they did. I love it!
@@PMMagroGreat Britain was one of major powers involved in the Napoleonic Wars. Seems to me the attention paid to Britain is on par with its significance and involvement.
@L'Aigle They will argue that Napoleon kidnapping from a sovreign and executing the Duke de Enghien, crowning himself Emperor of the French and King of Italy and sending troops into the indeoendant Helvetic Repuublic all consisted deliberate acts of aggression requiring an immediate and aggressive response from the other powers. I disagree with this but that's the argument
Tbf, it didn't kill him outright. He was blinded and survived for almost a month before dying from his wounds on the 10th of November 1806. A gruesome way to go if you ask me.
@@davidbuckley2435 wow, that sounds like it was an awful experience and wouldn't expect to live after that for any amount of time, let alone in that era
@Graeme Macmillan There's myth that says french hated mornarchy, it's not the case. We hated our royalty as they were disconnected from the peoples and tried to bring foreign troops in France in order to stay in power. Napoleon may have been a dictator but he was the dictator we chose.
I will say it again: WE NEED AND WANT MORE OF THIS!! This is a historical drug that is nourishing to mind and soul, the narration and music adds to the attractiveness of these series. What about the 30 years war; the wars of the Spanish and of the Austrian Succession, the life of Gross Koenig ( Frederick the Great), The Seven Years' War, the Jacobite revolts?? WE NEED MORE NOURISHMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hardly ever post comments on TH-cam but after watching this, I had to just to say this is one of the best videos on here. I was deeply saddened when I realized I had come to the end. The amount of information, the high level of detail, the illustrations.... Amazing!
@@patricofritz4094 Good question. By the late 17th century the largest European cities had become too large to defend and too dependent upon water sources and food sources that could be cut off. Events like the siege of Lille in 1708 had largely become unrepeatable by the end of the 19th century. If a city could not be protected by an army in the field, it was generally indefensible. This was demonstrated by the inability to defend Vienna in 1805 and 1809, Madrid in 1808, Lisbon in 1807, Berlin in 1806 and 1812 and Moscow in 1812. So the turning point seems to be sometime in the mid-18th century with the growth in size hugely of field armies, the enormous increase in the power of artillery, and the embodiment of professional engineering units within European armies.
2:00 Third Coalition 1805 6:00 Ulm 1805 8:00 Austerlitz 1805 17:00 Confederation of the Rhine 1806 17:45 All eyes on Prussia 19:00 Prussian Army outdated 22:00 Battle of Jena begins 1806 27:00 Battle of Auerstedt 1806 36:00 Danzig 1807 40:00 Friedland 1807 42:00 Friedland: cost what it may 45:00 Tilsit 1807 50:00 Continental System 1:00:00 Napoleon in Spain: race to the sea 1809 1:02:00 Coruña 1809 1:20:00 Aspern-Essling 1809 1:31:00 Wagram won
This is truly the most engrossing, most visually well presented and best voiced (important) historical channel on youtube. I love every single upload and love that you condense your stuff into history "movies" to save the hassle of organising individual episodes.
Honestly what Napoleon was able to do was unbelievable. Not only was he able to take control of the entire country of France despite not even being of Nobility or technically French. He fought 1v5 wars like 5 times and won, it sucks cause it’s pretty obvious they all sided against him and waged war because he wasn’t nobility and they were afraid if someone that powerful and influential cane to power it would dismantle the entire continents power structure of monarchy. Thats why I think the queen of Prussia called him a monster. And yeah he might’ve had a bit of an ego but the guy not only dominated in battle he also fixed the economic policies of France that is still used in all of Europe. Mad respect to one of histories biggest underdogs
And the craziest part is had he not been too over confidant he could have kept his status as emperor for his whole life and solidified the French empire as a new power in europe
eXtatic Kiddo ehhh that’s debatable. If he weren’t over confident and better at diplomacy then yeah he would’ve stayed in power, but he couldn’t 1v5 for ever he needed to make better peace with Austria and Russia. Also needed to better understand Spanish culture and kept a Spanish leader in charge.
@@piratekingluffy376 I completely agree with you and that’s kind of what I meant just worded it badly once he deposed the Spanish king and put a nonspaniard as well as non catholic on the throne that was the beginning of the end
You mean he dismantled the power structure of monarchy by letting himself be crowned emperor :-) Thats quite a funny joke. Napoleon was a genius military commander but completely ignorant of any human price to point even for these times this was singular. Read his talks with Metternich. Napoleon in that regard was much like Hitler and only saw the people as pawns he had no problem sacrificing & killing tens of thousands not only as a price of war but as a price to secure him power without breaking a sweat. He would have been an abysmal ruler in peace times and always provoked heavy resistance. His reform of the french army was part of what gave him his huge advantage but by 1813 no matter how singular battles went the other countries had learned their lesson and all also reformed their armies. At some point despite his genius his empire was doomed to fall especially with his near non existent diplomacy. Bernadotte would have made a much better emperor of France. And no he is no comparison to Caesar who was not only a military but political genius.
My favorite part was when Napoleon saw the staff officer's helmet get shot off his head by a cannon ball and he simply said, "good thing you weren't taller." I hope that officer was able to go home to his family one day and tell them that story.
Commanders in the Napoleonic age were built different. At Waterloo, Uxbridge had his leg shot off by a cannonball in the closing moments of the battle. To this he cried "My God sir, I've lost my leg!!" Wellington who was nearby responded "By God sir, so you have!"
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@Carlos Paredes I get not liking Napoleon but why dislike the video chronicling the history. It's like hating every WW2 documentary coz Hitler and Stalin are in them.
Just want to say that I really love all of these Napoleonic Wars documentaries. Exceptionally well done. I’m an Army officer, and recommend these documentaries to everyone interested in military history and tactics.
Good Afternoon Sir, former E5 did my first contract now im 23 & a junior majoring in political science & minor in history, my goal is to learn as much as I can as a civilian & bring it all back to the Army as an Officer. Much love & respect for you Sir. 🫡
@@theadmiral6891 who wouldn’t? imagine having that achievements at that age?? alexander did it when he was a teen and barely an adult. napoleon was late 30s to early 40s here
This is one of the best channels out there for history. The presentation and animations, the narrator, the detail. It's a remarkable production. Very well done!!
Most of the documentary can be summed up by that one quote about 'wherever I am absent it is nothing but follies'. Holy shit, dude had to be everywhere to save everyone's ass and the moment he leaves shit goes south again. Truly shows genius.
It just shows he was a good general. He was a poor leader. Otherwise his men would have understood him better and the job would still have gotten done. Like the old man said, “Novices study tactics. Professionals study logistics.”
Napoleon's Masterpiece: Austerlitz 1805 00:10 Napoleon Smashes Prussia: Jena 1806 16:22 Napoleon Defeats Russia: Friedland 1807 30:55 Napoleon's Great Blunder: Spain 1808 49:40 Napoleon Defeated! Aspern-Essling 1809 01:08:15 Napoleon's Revenge: Wagram 1809 01:21:39 Only sad thing is, i watched all of them in the last 2 days 😭😭😂 🤣😂 🤣 Btw, if at all possible, i would love to know more about Napoleons time between his first victory in the field at the Siege of Toulon, and his corronation in 1804! If you got time is all! other than that i wish you whoever is reading this a lovely remainder of your day/evening!
Yes, there are a lot to do about the first and second coalitions. These wars are always overlooked because people focus only on wars where Napoleon is emperor.
You left out the two-day sequence of Teugn-Hausen and Abensberg, which splintered Charles' force and set up decisive odds at Eckmuhl another couple of days later that tossed Charles' left wing back into Corinthia and his main army back into Bohemia. The five days, April 19-23, 1809, are a single massive meeting engagement over a battlefield about 65 km x 15 km, and should be regarded as a single battle the same way Liepzig or Ulm are.
I must say that this is one of the best documentaries I have ever watched! It's like watching a movie. I'm actually digging this kind of presentation than reenactments. Keep it coming!
Can I just say that I have watched this documentary 100 times over and I will watch it 100 times again. I doubt I will ever get sick of it nor wishing that I would. What a masterpiece of historical content this truly is.
Here are the first 6 episodes of our Napoleonic Wars series in one massive video, as many of you have requested. Huge thanks to @HistoryMarche for his great work on the battle maps and animations in this video. We have a new Napoleon video out tomorrow (The Invasion of Russia) and new Napoleon-themed merch in the shop (check the merch shelf ⬆️⬆️⬆️). And all are welcome at Patreon, where you can get ad-free early access to all our videos, exclusive updates and a vote on what we do next! www.patreon.com/EpicHistoryTV See video description for further reading and list of sources used to research and write this series.
@T fowler Thank you! There was a Mamluk squadron attached to the French Imperial Guard at most of these battles, but a squadron is only about 200 men, so not strong enough on its own to play a significant role, and they would mostly have been in reserve (I assume). Don't know about Huguenots - and your last question - well that's the great WHAT IF of Napoleon's life!!
My praise of the quality, informative content and entertaining delivery of this documentary, is all i can offer. Outstanding visual breakdown of movements on the battlefield and i don't detect political bias that is so common in many historical teachings. Thank you
"Hit in the shoulder by a cannon ball and remained conscious eventually dying later that evening" No wonder the Light Division's barracks at Winchester was named Sir John Moore barracks. His use and reliance on Light Infantry was forward thinking. Great documentary thank you very much for posting.
Imagine if he had never invaded his own ally in Spain. Instead, he could have used diplomacy and political pressure to strengthen his ally and increase his own influence. Invading your own ally is a very bad look and damages your reputation, even if you succeed.
Not only that but the UK wouldn't have had a way to land an army on the continent and train it, the Austrian uprising while the war in Spain raged wouln't have happened and a russian campaign would have had hundreds of thousands of additional soldiers and resources. Unironically Napoleon could have ruled Europe had he not tried to foolishly usurp the spanish throne, completely unnecessary and the first and biggest blunder leaving the Russian campaign aside.
Indeed, Napoleon’s focus, obsession if I may, on the continental system dragged him into the most devastating conflicts, as stated in the video. I have no intention on criticizing his actions in depth, but this obsession on a flawed, unenforceable system is what I would consider one of his most major contributors to Napoleon’s downfall.
I feel like if he had put a hold onto attacking his ally, Russia, and first finished the war in Spain, after beating them and Portugal and making them sue for peace. He then could have conscripted more men into the Grande Armee and head to Russia and defeat them.
its actually quite norma to replace the king and putting your own brother and surprisingly his brother did well and was very good in managing better than napoleon shown in naples before
This is exactly what I say to my friends, as bad as Russia was he was still able to recruit a new army for the war in Germany, but Spain, Spain was a completely different story, 250k men died while only 20% of that 250k died in actions. Besides the waste of men it was allowing the UK to fully enter the war, letting them get onto mainland Europe. But the biggest flaw was that his rear was no longer secure and that caused him to have war on two fronts and as we all know wars on two fronts never go well for the nations fighting it.
King Louis was a cool dude. He was very well-liked by his Dutch subjects as he felt it his duty to be a fair ruler. He even tried to learn the language but hilariously mistakenly referred to himself as " konijn" (rabbit) instead of "koning" (king) of Holland. The country was saddened by Louis' removal as King by Napoleon as he had become too chummy with the population and failed to provide France with enough recruits, horses and supplies for the ongoing war.
personne n'aime les hollandais de toute façon et si au lieu de s'occuper des hollandais il s'était occupé des Français il n'y aurait peut être pas eu les 100 jours un roi pathétique dans la continuité de Louis XVI
Sweden: "We declare war on France" Coalition: "You can't just say you're at war and then not actually do anything" Sweden: "We didn't say it, we declared it"
@Biznesmenel hey they did declare war, and France did attack once, its just, when you spent the past what 10 years building the most powerfull and probably well made trench the world as ever seen despite the attrocious cost that couldve most likely been better used to modernise the army, getting out of the trench to save someone which 2 weeks later before mobilisation was completed and most troops reached the front fell is kinda worthless, like yes they labandonned the polish, but what the f*** would you expect them to do against the Blitzkrieg either way, one didnt have the army the other the logistics or even just wish to go deep. Sweden was at war with Napoleon and litteraly did jack sh** however, and they had quite some time
This is fantastic. I rarely watch to completion these long form TH-cam documentaries that many other history channels make, but this is truly a cut above.
One of the most influential and important figures in entire human history. Thanks very much for such a great piece of work. The map explanation is superb, unlike the dull videos where people sit and talk trash with no effective explanation .
DO NOT forget the "Darthmod" Mod for it. Makes the game WAYYYYY better. Better graphics, better optimisation, and most of all, makes you able to play with the REAL size of Napoleon's armies. After that, the vanilla game is just a tutorial ^^
Until his army was crushed by the Haitian slaves. That was then an Earth shaking event,the USA has not forgiven the Haitians for such a blow to a White European army. No documentary will mention this defeat of Napoleon's army.
A tribute to the Napoleonic Wars! Many thanks for all the dedication and effort put into making this series as historically accurate as possible while using this short yet informative format for each episode. Looking forward to the next additions! Signed, A Napoleonic Wars Gamer
You should do the American Civil War. Your meticulous approach to battle formations and troop movement would really do it justice. Plus all the Generals are doing their best Napoleon impression so that's right up your alley lol. Seriously though, there's nothing else like your channel out there. Top notch stuff!
There is no 'The' American Civil War. There have been many. Fortunately, the U.S. has never had one, although the U.S.A. versus C.S.A War is often erroneously termed as such.
David Harner , I’m not sure if you are just trying to argue over semantics but the American Civil War (1860-1865) WAS a Civil War and I’m not sure what else you would call it. The Confederacy came from the USA. It was secession. It was not a foreign group. It was domestic. What definition of Civil War are you using that would make 1860-1865 NOT a civil war??
This is the best use of graphic animation to describe battles that I've seen. The use of names and actual movements make the battles clear and well understood. Great documentary. I look forward to seeing what else you've made.
An absolute masterpiece, thank you not just for creating this, but sharing it for free on TH-cam. This is infinitely better than so much content that sit behind paywalls...
This is my 3rd time watching/listening to this. This is one of the best history productions I’ve ever watched. From the music to the illustrations and narration… all produced masterfully. Well done. Thank you.
Would love to see you cover some of the smaller battles and nations during the Napoleonic Wars! Or maybe videoes about the different armies (structure, tactics, sections, uniforms, navies ect.) and allies during the time.
Yes that would be great. Less important battles are very interesting! Everyone knows what happened at Austerlitz but who knows what happened at Lutzen and Bautzen?
I love fighting Napoleon in Total War. He's very difficult to deal with, because the AI is pretty well-programmed to employ his tactics. But I found a perfect strategy against him. First, I carefully pick out artillery positions and set gun batteries up in a crossfiring X on both sides of the field. Second, I use a lot of Prussian Jäger light infantry and skirmishers. I send them out in loose ranks to harrass the line infantry and withdraw repeatedly, while my artillery concentrates all its firepower on the French cavalry and Napoleon's personal guard. I make sure some heavy dragoons hang around my skirmishing force so his cavalry can't just bulldoze them. All the while, my line infantry just chills in reserve. When he decides to press the attack, he better not leave his artillery unguarded or my light cavalry will cut them to pieces ... if he doesn't expose them, fine, that takes a good chunk of his men out of the real battle. I gradually roll back my skirmishers and just use them to slow down the line infantry and break up organization. By this time, his cavalry has had to take cover in the woods, and I turn my cannons on the exhausted and bleeding line infantry. That forces them to charge my lines, which are close to the artillery. Switch to grapeshot and let them catch a few barrages of buckshot and suffer huge losses. Then my lines spring into action and try to put each French regiment in a lengthwise angular crossfire ... makes it hard for my men to miss, and my linemen are harder to hit. The grapeshot stays pumping and knocking huge holes in their line infantry which will be on its last leg by now. In desperation, he's forced to call a cavalry charge to try to smash my line infantry, so he brings them out of hiding. But my light cavalry is waiting to ambush them and lead them on wild goose chases, after wiping out the French artillery. My dragoons are guarding the flanks of my linemen, which by this time have devastated the French line infantry. My skirmishers he forgot out? They've had a bit of rest and have come around the rear of his linemen, so they're being hit from all sides and breaking up and running. So now it's usually just his "Old Guard" elite infantry and a bit of cavalry left, and they will either retreat from the field to fight another day or commit to a suicidal last charge on my formations, which are more than ready to deal with them. It doesn't always work that smoothly, since battlefields, positions and troop types/numbers can vary, but I just adapt my strategy to what I've got and make the best use of it. If I'm outnumbered badly and forced to fight a losing battle, I just spread everything out, hide artillery in the woods and hole up my infantry in houses and buildings and make it a VERY costly victory for the French ... that way my next army that meets them will have an easy time gutting them. Man, I wanna play Total War: Napoleon again now! I talked myself straight into it! 😂🤷♂️
@@davidpeters6743 this is true, most of your battleplan had to be decided in advance because there were no radios to tell men in the thick of battle and blinded by smoke what to do next. The best they could do was blast trumpets or beat drums, and hope the signal would be understood and could be acted upon. Really complex battle plans weren't really possible. I use pretty simple strategies in Total War, though, good artillery positions set up in a crossfire, try to fire musket volleys at an angle or flank to maximize damage, using cavalry to flank and prevent being flanked, skirmishing with light infantry (i.e., fusiliers and scharfschützen), etc. Mostly sensible tactics of the day. Not everything is realistic about Total War, it's just a game after all, but it has a great feel and it's deeply immersive and fun, at least. 😄
Watching these videos really show why napoleon was hated by the old guard of Europe. He shown that a capable man with ambition could overcome the steepest of odds
Prolonged warfare? Get yerself (sic) out of the box. The question is: what is the Creator doing? Put that in your pipe, smoke it, and then ponder for a spell. #hanscyruslySpeaking
Sensation time and effort on so many levels to put this together. Fascinating, informative while bringing to life the incredible effort, toil and savagery required for war during that and following times. Unimaginably bravery when you think about it.
Gentlemen's war. Line up the peasants and have them shoot at each other. Better to do it like the colonials did to the British marching down from Canada. Put skirmishers in the woods beside the line of march. Kill the Indian guides and the officers. The enlisted men are lost in the deep woods without a clue where to go or how to get there.
If anyone has ever dismissed Tolstoy's masterpiece War and Peace as a just a big book, it's all about this ;and has amazing descriptions of many of the battles shown here.
This was actually my first ever delve into Napoleon, but was very well done and put together. I am going to watch it again as I often do with the most interesting documentaries to commit more to memory. Thanks!
Me as well. In the US they never really taught us this period of history. It didn't have a big effect on us. Almost all of my knowledge of the Napolianic wars came from the TV show Sharpe in the 90's lol and that was just the peninsular war in Spain and a work of fiction. I'm not sure what caused me to get interested in this now except that I like history and saw this video when I was looking for a documentary and remembered that I never was taught much about this.
What an EXCEPTIONAL Documentary! The quality and content is WAY more superior to anything I have watched from BBC and others and I prefer it without actors. Our narrator has a wonderful delivery style that totally draws you in totally mesmerised with just the right amount of emotion- how does he and his colleagues get such a huge amount of content into a format is so understandable - LOVE the graphics! TOTALLY hooked? YOU BET! 😀 Thank you so very much all your hard work is so appreciated💖🐨🇦🇺
I stumbled upon this channel today...my oh my it has to be one of the best historic videos i' ve seen. The narrative, animation and the level of details is astonishing. Thank you very much for this!!👏👏
I enjoy how the animation shows the movement of the troops and progress of the battles. I am a visual person and this helped me understand what happened.
Alright now this is by far the best documentary ever to help fully explain Napoleon's battle strategies , how the Master General fought his battles.... in the campaigns across Europe and into Prussia/Russia ....!!! Thank you for helping one finally understand the Napoleonic Wars !!!
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Let us all agree this entire series is a work of art
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AGREED, I have listen to it multiple times and never tire of it. The voice acting is superb!
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As a young lad, being a history lover all my life. It was to my great sadness that history seemed to have fallen by the way side on mainstream media, with even the history channel preferring programs about alien conspiracies over actual history and my favourite history games, total war, abandoning history for fantasy, its absolutely amazing to see a channel like Epic History taking up the mantle and absolutely nailing it. Love you guys!
Couldn't agree more, you've echoed my feelings exactly.
I never realized how much I liked history untill watching Epic History TV
@@hyperjohn6627 Mark Felton has some good collections as well.
It's just one guy doing it all, although I think he has a voice over guy but still all the more impressive
What uniforms did Prussian jagers wear and rifles/muskets they use ?
I just can't stop watching this series of Napoleon. Such a masterpiece.
Same lol
I can quote half the end now I’ve seen them so many times. I wish it could be a Blu ray box set!
Truly an art
I am also obsessed with this series for a while now lol
Same lol makes me appreciate Wellington's greatness for never losing a battle seeing how dominant the French were in this era
Love this channel! Only recently found it, but it more than fills the hole that the History Channel left over a decade ago when they decided to produce reality shows instead of actual history, and I learn far more from these!
Looks like they didn't give you a kiss
@@NeverGoingToGiveYouUp000pucker up
As a grand strategy gamer, a documentary like this is way more appealing than the one made with actors reenactments and historians interviews.
as a gamer, im gunna say the n word
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man. Not even as jus that. I love history in general and strategy games, mainly because... I love history and I find the sheer scale of battles often unimaginable. This docu is incredible. You finally get an absoluute overlook and you can put things waaaay better into perspective. Big, big respect.
@@FriendlyYandere That Was So Savage
Yet you would not have a war-game without historians. From one historian and war-gamer of 40 years to another!
The best Napoleonic documentary I've ever seen
Same
And you have only seen two.
I agree the peninsular war was explained very well
The narrator is great too!
Could not agree with you more. I cant stop watching it.
This is legitimately better then 99% of tv documentaries
I agree with you entirely. What this highlights is what utter garbage the History Channel has become. It's too easy to simply write that Disneyfication destroys everything it touches, but it's true for History Channel. It sank into the sludge of reality television and nonsense about ancient aliens. As for commercial television channels, the less written the better. The only good work done now is on a number of TH-cam channels like this one.
"Bonaparte gave us example how we should win" still remains in the Polish anthem today.
"What, impossible? I don't know such a word. Nothing is impossible for my Poles!" - Napoleon used to say about Polish soldiers in his army.
Napoleon is still remembered and honoured in Poland!
Polish cavalry was legendary for Napoleon at the battle of somosierria
And the only Marshal of the Empire who wasn’t French, was a Polish noble
Poland with their winged cavalry, they are leading Europe and the western world with in my opinion by an example we should all follow. Not falling for this lefist trap of self imposed destruction via poor leadership. France played a big role in military victories resulting in nations being born or reborn, America owes its independence to France and paid that debt I feel in the world wars.
@@dikburdd2606 Im sorry about this but, oh how beautiful Warsaw was German back then.
@@archivesoffantasy5560 too bad he died literally days after he was made Marshal of the Empire
@@dikburdd2606 Then republicans gave us freedom fries
They dont even make documentaries this quality on the history channel but then again the history channel no longer covers history.
It's sll now about brainwashing , pushing satanic agenda. And alien ( which are the fallen angels, but they won't tell you that) they are all about pushing the alien deception. Aka satans lie
Absolutely right.
@@alanawrisley2860 KILL YOUR TELEVISION
History is out of style lol , hence forth their promotion of socialism as a great thing haha :(
@@alanawrisley2860 Let me guess, you're a flat-earther?
25:29 That young soldier probably didn't care about being scolded. He was probably just excited that the Emperor had spoken to him.
😂😂😂 a very excited moment
Yea he was proud as heck🤣🤣
@erc rfhjk ikr
The beardless youth survived the war. He apparently had a lot of fascinating stories about the war. Legend has it that the children in his village called him beardless grandpa.
@@bishopscore lol
One of the finest productions on all of TH-cam.
Very true
Not very true. *It's Infinitely True*
@@somedude8928 thanks for the correction Rob. Definitely infinitely true👍
I've this seen vid more than 10 times now
@@mustrech ooíuu ya yuuu un yuuu huh un
The story of Napoleon's life and reign really are the stuff of legend.
There are fantasy tales more realistic in scope than his military career. Napoleon's genius was simply astonishing!
An entire era was named after him! Not many historic figures get to have that honor.
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@@sanseverything900 he really was the last real conqueror and he took it too the world powers
@@dolantho And had he won, Europe would've been united as one empire. Talk about changing the course of history: no world wars, no holocaust, no EU.
Yes - Humanity benefited greatly from all of the death and destruction wrought by Napoleon. Had he applied his genius in some other, non-military, field like engineering or science, western culture really would've suffered.
I remember reading Napoleons biography when I was a kid and could not believe that it was not fiction, he was like an action movie hero
IKR, read the biography of Alexander the Great, I think his life is even more epic and insane
@@davidvincent380 Alexander the great was smarter than Napoleon, when you learn about Napoleon you realize maybe Bill and Ted weren't that far off, the bastard was just lucky, but he actually wasn't short like they portray, he was average height for the time, I heard the brits started that rumor because they hated him so much
@@preemptive74 personally, i think hannibal is the smartest one
@@preemptive74 if you knew history, you would know that Napoleon was far from lucky and was an outstanding strategist
@@beckhamjr7449 I do recognize his genius, believe me, but the man had luck. Especially at the end, being able to get back into the mix.
Napoleon is the living definition of "Fine ill do it myself".
Napoleon Bonaparte had said "If you want something done right, do it yourself." No joke, that's an actual quote of his
@@bBanks29 that guy didn’t even fight his battles. Napoleon personally led them up to sixty
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@@fredbarker9201 true he can't be compared with any modern leader. No one cared less for his own safety or needlessly put his life on the line more than Napoleon.
@Joseph harold it’s a horrible comparison. Napoleon did commit some unforgivable atrocities but also empowered millions. The other monarchs didn’t do huge scale reforms
"He was hit in the shoulder"
Me : He'll be fine.
"by a cannon ball"
Me : or not..
Timestamp 1:04:38
Guy: *Exist*
Canonball: I am about to end this man's whole career!
too fathers:
He is fine.
All in coming fire has right of way. Especially artillery.
LMAO 🤣😆
I can hardly describe how amazing this series is. I've watched it over and over again, it just doesn't get old. From the music, to the visuals, to the amazing narrating voice. I wish television was even close to the quality this channel produces
I gave up on television years ago. My TV now acts as a monitor for my Xbox. My PC is for TH-cam, and Xbox for games. I have no need of TV.
I agree. I play it nearly every night to fall asleep but often watch it in my free time. I love the song at 17:53, I wish I could put that in my library with a few others.
@@marshallney6504 the song is called Agent from Ben Hayden
@edmartin875 TV is evil.
Seeing Bernadotte, Davout, Soult, Lannes, Ney and Bessieres in one lineup gives me the chills.
That was problem with Spain... It tied down so many great units who struggled without clear direction of Napoleon. Now I think he was foolish to invade Spain but its not like they couldn't have kicked the British out. They just needed Napoleon to finish what he started but he was more interested in pretending to be an emperor.
The unstoppable combo I would assume
bernadotte is more suited for his own command. he and napoleon never really worked well
as for davout, soult lannes ney and bessieres are the wombo combo
Napoleon regarded Bessiere, Davout and soult as his best generals
@@quintusfabiusmaximus8700, and surely Ney... The Bravest of the Brave.
His rearguard retreat from Moscow, is not logically possible, and literally saved Napoleon from capture.
Is this the same Bernadotte who would go on to found the ruling dynasty in Sweden?
This is probably the best Napoleonic Wars documentary I've seen. It literally breaks down every battle and the tactics employed and how/why things turned out the way they did. I love it!
It's cool how they include the paintings/art to further teach us something.
It is world class. A bit heavy focus on the British but I guess they are British?
@@PMMagroGreat Britain was one of major powers involved in the Napoleonic Wars. Seems to me the attention paid to Britain is on par with its significance and involvement.
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Over an hour and a half of Napoleon, hell yeah.
Yeah and not a second devoted to why he did any of these things or who funded him.
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With no ads. Unbelievably good quality
@L'Aigle
They will argue that Napoleon kidnapping from a sovreign and executing the Duke de Enghien, crowning himself Emperor of the French and King of Italy and sending troops into the indeoendant Helvetic Repuublic all consisted deliberate acts of aggression requiring an immediate and aggressive response from the other powers.
I disagree with this but that's the argument
@L'Aigle Well, looking at all his family promotions, it certainly wasn't to rid Europe of its monarchies, was it?
"the Duke of Brunswick was shot through the eyes - a wound that proved fatal" had me dead
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Not as dead as him!
Tbf, it didn't kill him outright. He was blinded and survived for almost a month before dying from his wounds on the 10th of November 1806. A gruesome way to go if you ask me.
@@davidbuckley2435 wow, that sounds like it was an awful experience and wouldn't expect to live after that for any amount of time, let alone in that era
@@kevinmagyar7348he would've been swimming in laudanum
Beardless Youth: "Forward!"
Napoleon: "Beardless Youth!"
Also Napoleon: "Forward!"
Guy with a beard: Forward
Napoleon: beardless youth
Also Napoleon: doesnt have a beard himself
LMAO
Lol Napoleon had to check him or people gonna think that kid is smarter than him
@@paranoidandroid6095 May the artist made a mistake ?
I don’t get the joke y’all ;-;
Imagine being so badass, the war was named after you.
The war? Try the entire two decades! The Napoleonic Age!
@Graeme Macmillan same thing pretty much happened in Russia, no?
@Graeme Macmillan There's myth that says french hated mornarchy, it's not the case. We hated our royalty as they were disconnected from the peoples and tried to bring foreign troops in France in order to stay in power. Napoleon may have been a dictator but he was the dictator we chose.
@Graeme Macmillan Because monarchs with absolute powers are so much better?
@@fyivid yes. (Pic of Louis XIV's side profile)
I came here to watch for 5 minutes... and... an hour and 35 minutes later... ready to watch more. Bravo. Loved it.
It gets better every rewatch lol
I just can't overstate the quality of this series. Thank you so much
I will say it again: WE NEED AND WANT MORE OF THIS!! This is a historical drug that is nourishing to mind and soul, the narration and music adds to the attractiveness of these series. What about the 30 years war; the wars of the Spanish and of the Austrian Succession, the life of Gross Koenig ( Frederick the Great), The Seven Years' War, the Jacobite revolts?? WE NEED MORE NOURISHMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a question: Who was financing these disastrous, suicidal European wars ?
@@karencarter8292 Exactly. Who were the puppet masters.
You don't need a puppet master. War is fun.
@@karencarter8292same with the American Civil War. Same peeps. Ask Henry Ford . He knows.
Fun fact: When George Washington died, Napoleon who was a great admirer of the American experiment declared a national day of mourning.
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no surprise,,the French and the Americans were enemies of Britain...the enemy of my enemy is my friend..
@AM G It's been argued that without the French navy the American revolution would have failed...
@AM G Most of all the anti-French sentiment in America started during the Vietnam War..A war that many argue that the French dragged us into..
Remember no matter how much the French seem be a P.I.T.A. they were our Countries (Americans) original ally. Definitely not the British.
I hardly ever post comments on TH-cam but after watching this, I had to just to say this is one of the best videos on here. I was deeply saddened when I realized I had come to the end. The amount of information, the high level of detail, the illustrations.... Amazing!
I am always sad when it comes to the end of the Empire... 473, 1454, 1812 and 1815... all accursed years to me.
@@Cancoillotteman Can someone tell me how cities were defended between 1500 and ww2
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@@patricofritz4094 Good question. By the late 17th century the largest European cities had become too large to defend and too dependent upon water sources and food sources that could be cut off. Events like the siege of Lille in 1708 had largely become unrepeatable by the end of the 19th century. If a city could not be protected by an army in the field, it was generally indefensible. This was demonstrated by the inability to defend Vienna in 1805 and 1809, Madrid in 1808, Lisbon in 1807, Berlin in 1806 and 1812 and Moscow in 1812. So the turning point seems to be sometime in the mid-18th century with the growth in size hugely of field armies, the enormous increase in the power of artillery, and the embodiment of professional engineering units within European armies.
@@colinhunt4057 wow it's a serious shift . Any ancient would scold the people of these times " how can you have a city with no walls ? ! "
2:00 Third Coalition 1805
6:00 Ulm 1805
8:00 Austerlitz 1805
17:00 Confederation of the Rhine 1806
17:45 All eyes on Prussia
19:00 Prussian Army outdated
22:00 Battle of Jena begins 1806
27:00 Battle of Auerstedt 1806
36:00 Danzig 1807
40:00 Friedland 1807
42:00 Friedland: cost what it may
45:00 Tilsit 1807
50:00 Continental System
1:00:00 Napoleon in Spain: race to the sea 1809
1:02:00 Coruña 1809
1:20:00 Aspern-Essling 1809
1:31:00 Wagram won
This is truly the most engrossing, most visually well presented and best voiced (important) historical channel on youtube.
I love every single upload and love that you condense your stuff into history "movies" to save the hassle of organising individual episodes.
Almost every general during the Napoleonic Wars: *the wound proved to be fatal*
Napoleon: *it proved to be a superficial wound*
His plot armor was *t* *h* *i* *c* *c*
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Another general: he incurred a paper cut whilst looking at the map amidst canon fire. His wound proved to be fatal.
His generals died hard
@@GodismyJudge47 XD
Honestly what Napoleon was able to do was unbelievable. Not only was he able to take control of the entire country of France despite not even being of Nobility or technically French. He fought 1v5 wars like 5 times and won, it sucks cause it’s pretty obvious they all sided against him and waged war because he wasn’t nobility and they were afraid if someone that powerful and influential cane to power it would dismantle the entire continents power structure of monarchy. Thats why I think the queen of Prussia called him a monster. And yeah he might’ve had a bit of an ego but the guy not only dominated in battle he also fixed the economic policies of France that is still used in all of Europe. Mad respect to one of histories biggest underdogs
Hes the closest thing we've had to Caesar since the man himself.
And the craziest part is had he not been too over confidant he could have kept his status as emperor for his whole life and solidified the French empire as a new power in europe
eXtatic Kiddo ehhh that’s debatable. If he weren’t over confident and better at diplomacy then yeah he would’ve stayed in power, but he couldn’t 1v5 for ever he needed to make better peace with Austria and Russia. Also needed to better understand Spanish culture and kept a Spanish leader in charge.
@@piratekingluffy376 I completely agree with you and that’s kind of what I meant just worded it badly once he deposed the Spanish king and put a nonspaniard as well as non catholic on the throne that was the beginning of the end
You mean he dismantled the power structure of monarchy by letting himself be crowned emperor :-) Thats quite a funny joke. Napoleon was a genius military commander but completely ignorant of any human price to point even for these times this was singular. Read his talks with Metternich. Napoleon in that regard was much like Hitler and only saw the people as pawns he had no problem sacrificing & killing tens of thousands not only as a price of war but as a price to secure him power without breaking a sweat. He would have been an abysmal ruler in peace times and always provoked heavy resistance.
His reform of the french army was part of what gave him his huge advantage but by 1813 no matter how singular battles went the other countries had learned their lesson and all also reformed their armies. At some point despite his genius his empire was doomed to fall especially with his near non existent diplomacy. Bernadotte would have made a much better emperor of France.
And no he is no comparison to Caesar who was not only a military but political genius.
My favorite part was when Napoleon saw the staff officer's helmet get shot off his head by a cannon ball and he simply said, "good thing you weren't taller." I hope that officer was able to go home to his family one day and tell them that story.
Commanders in the Napoleonic age were built different. At Waterloo, Uxbridge had his leg shot off by a cannonball in the closing moments of the battle. To this he cried "My God sir, I've lost my leg!!" Wellington who was nearby responded "By God sir, so you have!"
Every general to fight Napoleon: "only now, did he realize the danger he was in."
Yep
He barely escaped Russia, abandoning his men.
@@VincentiusDenBarmhartige and Egypt
Napoleon in Moscow: "only now, did he realize the danger he was in."
What about the Duke of Wellington?
Hands down thes are the best documentary ever..nothing on tv or paid is better then this..ty for the content truly brings my mind to this era
I can't believe it, thank you for making a good documentary about the war I was in, Thanks!
I was at Waterloo too
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@@ianmangham4570 I'm near to reach 5'6, it's an average at my time.
If only Ridley Scott had seen your Napoleon series...
Agreed!!! Such a disgrace of a movie
I haven’t watched it yet bc I don’t want to be disappointed
@@Whatdoyouwant904 it's quite tragic how bad it is.
@@Whatdoyouwant904don't even try its disgusting.Only people who don't know a bit of history would say it was a masterpiece😂😂
That riddley he was bought by the english!
This is the single best and most entertaining history documentary I’ve ever seen. Hands down. Wow.
Watch the genghis Khan documentary by him. That one bangs also)
@@2moreonsvine985 Where can we watch that one?
Have you seen any of ‘Fall of civilizations’ videos? They’re brilliant
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What's with all the dislikes? This entire collection is a masterpiece.
@Carlos Paredes I get not liking Napoleon but why dislike the video chronicling the history. It's like hating every WW2 documentary coz Hitler and Stalin are in them.
@Nick Vogt You are mostly right but he was never a genocidal maniac.
I think the dislikes must have been expecting some footage from the early 1800s
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Laigie BOTS hahahahah😖🤭😂🤣💀💩👻.
This is the clearest, most comprehensive coverage of the Napoleonic Wars that I have seen anywhere online.
Just want to say that I really love all of these Napoleonic Wars documentaries. Exceptionally well done. I’m an Army officer, and recommend these documentaries to everyone interested in military history and tactics.
Good Afternoon Sir, former E5 did my first contract now im 23 & a junior majoring in political science & minor in history, my goal is to learn as much as I can as a civilian & bring it all back to the Army as an Officer. Much love & respect for you Sir. 🫡
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"You'd best not give advice until you've commanded 30 battles."
-Napoleon 'The Savage' Bonaparte
Or Napoleon the extremely egotistical bonaparte.
@@theadmiral6891 you become like that when you conquer more than half of Europe and are compared to ceasar and Alexander
The Admiral when you’re perhaps the greatest man in all of human history, it’s ok to be egotistical
You beardless youth!
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who wouldn’t?
imagine having that achievements at that age??
alexander did it when he was a teen and barely an adult.
napoleon was late 30s to early 40s here
This is one of the best channels out there for history. The presentation and animations, the narrator, the detail. It's a remarkable production. Very well done!!
Most of the documentary can be summed up by that one quote about 'wherever I am absent it is nothing but follies'. Holy shit, dude had to be everywhere to save everyone's ass and the moment he leaves shit goes south again. Truly shows genius.
Not at Aurenstedt though. Davout can be relied on.
It just shows he was a good general. He was a poor leader. Otherwise his men would have understood him better and the job would still have gotten done. Like the old man said, “Novices study tactics. Professionals study logistics.”
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I knew absolutely nothing about the Napoleon wars. These videos have been amazing. Wow, I have learned so much. Thank you for making these!
Napoleon's Masterpiece: Austerlitz 1805 00:10
Napoleon Smashes Prussia: Jena 1806 16:22
Napoleon Defeats Russia: Friedland 1807 30:55
Napoleon's Great Blunder: Spain 1808 49:40
Napoleon Defeated! Aspern-Essling 1809 01:08:15
Napoleon's Revenge: Wagram 1809 01:21:39
Only sad thing is, i watched all of them in the last 2 days 😭😭😂 🤣😂 🤣
Btw, if at all possible, i would love to know more about Napoleons time between his first victory in the field at the Siege of Toulon, and his corronation in 1804!
If you got time is all! other than that i wish you whoever is reading this a lovely remainder of your day/evening!
Yes, there are a lot to do about the first and second coalitions. These wars are always overlooked because people focus only on wars where Napoleon is emperor.
Napoleon a life by Andrew Roberts 👍🏽
Another Napoleon doco you might lile is this one - th-cam.com/video/MrbiSUgZEbg/w-d-xo.html - it focuses more on his life.
well they liked your comment but I think the answer is, subscribe to whatever they are doing the promo for.
You left out the two-day sequence of Teugn-Hausen and Abensberg, which splintered Charles' force and set up decisive odds at Eckmuhl another couple of days later that tossed Charles' left wing back into Corinthia and his main army back into Bohemia.
The five days, April 19-23, 1809, are a single massive meeting engagement over a battlefield about 65 km x 15 km, and should be regarded as a single battle the same way Liepzig or Ulm are.
I must say that this is one of the best documentaries I have ever watched! It's like watching a movie. I'm actually digging this kind of presentation than reenactments. Keep it coming!
I love how the strategy and troop movements of each battle are laid out! As someone who loves war strategy
Can I just say that I have watched this documentary 100 times over and I will watch it 100 times again. I doubt I will ever get sick of it nor wishing that I would. What a masterpiece of historical content this truly is.
Here are the first 6 episodes of our Napoleonic Wars series in one massive video, as many of you have requested.
Huge thanks to @HistoryMarche for his great work on the battle maps and animations in this video.
We have a new Napoleon video out tomorrow (The Invasion of Russia) and new Napoleon-themed merch in the shop (check the merch shelf ⬆️⬆️⬆️).
And all are welcome at Patreon, where you can get ad-free early access to all our videos, exclusive updates and a vote on what we do next! www.patreon.com/EpicHistoryTV
See video description for further reading and list of sources used to research and write this series.
Well done boys
La victoire est a nous worthy
Who among you is the bravest of all?
Let me give that man a Legion D'honneur
Love Narrator's way, amazing visuals👌🏻🤗
@@shubhambeniwal7146 thanks!
@T fowler Thank you! There was a Mamluk squadron attached to the French Imperial Guard at most of these battles, but a squadron is only about 200 men, so not strong enough on its own to play a significant role, and they would mostly have been in reserve (I assume). Don't know about Huguenots - and your last question - well that's the great WHAT IF of Napoleon's life!!
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Just stumbled across this while doing some research on Napoleon. The production value and detail of this video series is incredible! Thank you!
My praise of the quality, informative content and entertaining delivery of this documentary, is all i can offer. Outstanding visual breakdown of movements on the battlefield and i don't detect political bias that is so common in many historical teachings. Thank you
There aren't enough superlatives to describe how fantastic this channel is. Eternally grateful for all of your hard work and dedication!!
"Hit in the shoulder by a cannon ball and remained conscious eventually dying later that evening" No wonder the Light Division's barracks at Winchester was named Sir John Moore barracks. His use and reliance on Light Infantry was forward thinking. Great documentary thank you very much for posting.
Marshall Davout, the "iron marshall", was a badass.
Davout Murat and Ney. these three can do no wrong ^^
And (for a while) Lannes too before he died😭
Yep, they were all first-Class Generals
To me Davout was the finest
@@Cancoillotteman Ney is the most rebellious among those three.
Davout could double team people by himself.
Imagine if he had never invaded his own ally in Spain. Instead, he could have used diplomacy and political pressure to strengthen his ally and increase his own influence. Invading your own ally is a very bad look and damages your reputation, even if you succeed.
Not only that but the UK wouldn't have had a way to land an army on the continent and train it, the Austrian uprising while the war in Spain raged wouln't have happened and a russian campaign would have had hundreds of thousands of additional soldiers and resources. Unironically Napoleon could have ruled Europe had he not tried to foolishly usurp the spanish throne, completely unnecessary and the first and biggest blunder leaving the Russian campaign aside.
Indeed, Napoleon’s focus, obsession if I may, on the continental system dragged him into the most devastating conflicts, as stated in the video. I have no intention on criticizing his actions in depth, but this obsession on a flawed, unenforceable system is what I would consider one of his most major contributors to Napoleon’s downfall.
I feel like if he had put a hold onto attacking his ally, Russia, and first finished the war in Spain, after beating them and Portugal and making them sue for peace. He then could have conscripted more men into the Grande Armee and head to Russia and defeat them.
its actually quite norma to replace the king and putting your own brother and surprisingly his brother did well and was very good in managing better than napoleon shown in naples before
This is exactly what I say to my friends, as bad as Russia was he was still able to recruit a new army for the war in Germany, but Spain, Spain was a completely different story, 250k men died while only 20% of that 250k died in actions. Besides the waste of men it was allowing the UK to fully enter the war, letting them get onto mainland Europe. But the biggest flaw was that his rear was no longer secure and that caused him to have war on two fronts and as we all know wars on two fronts never go well for the nations fighting it.
Let us all agree this entire series is a work of art. I just can't stop watching this series of Napoleon. Such a masterpiece..
I really dig these visualizations. Well done, evokes memories of when The History Channel used to actually put effort into this kind of thing.
Napoleon's Masterpiece: Austerlitz 1805 00:10
Napoleon Smashes Prussia: Jena 1806 16:22
Napoleon Defeats Russia: Friedland 1807 30:55
Napoleon's Great Blunder: Spain 1808 49:40
Napoleon Defeated! Aspern-Essling 1809 01:08:15
Napoleon's Revenge: Wagram 1809 01:21:39
This series seems so thorough. I’ve recently become obsessed with the napoleonic era. Thank you 10 fold for making this.
“Until you spread your wings, you’ll have no idea how far you can fly” 🦅
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King Louis was a cool dude. He was very well-liked by his Dutch subjects as he felt it his duty to be a fair ruler. He even tried to learn the language but hilariously mistakenly referred to himself as " konijn" (rabbit) instead of "koning" (king) of Holland. The country was saddened by Louis' removal as King by Napoleon as he had become too chummy with the population and failed to provide France with enough recruits, horses and supplies for the ongoing war.
Oh really ? I’d love to read more about it
personne n'aime les hollandais de toute façon et si au lieu de s'occuper des hollandais il s'était occupé des Français il n'y aurait peut être pas eu les 100 jours
un roi pathétique dans la continuité de Louis XVI
I've found a gold mine with you, Epic History.
Sweden: "We declare war on France"
Coalition: "You can't just say you're at war and then not actually do anything"
Sweden: "We didn't say it, we declared it"
@kpatterson14206 the Swedes fought VIII Corps under Marshal Mortier, which Mortier routed
So they had pledged it?
@Biznesmenel hey they did declare war, and France did attack once, its just, when you spent the past what 10 years building the most powerfull and probably well made trench the world as ever seen despite the attrocious cost that couldve most likely been better used to modernise the army, getting out of the trench to save someone which 2 weeks later before mobilisation was completed and most troops reached the front fell is kinda worthless, like yes they labandonned the polish, but what the f*** would you expect them to do against the Blitzkrieg either way, one didnt have the army the other the logistics or even just wish to go deep.
Sweden was at war with Napoleon and litteraly did jack sh** however, and they had quite some time
This is fantastic. I rarely watch to completion these long form TH-cam documentaries that many other history channels make, but this is truly a cut above.
One of the most influential and important figures in entire human history.
Thanks very much for such a great piece of work. The map explanation is superb, unlike the dull videos where people sit and talk trash with no effective explanation .
The absolute and by far greatest Doc I’ve ever watched. An absolute masterpiece
High praise, thank you!
@@EpichistoryTv yeah you rock!
sigh....
*installing Napoleon Total War*
Definitely prefer ETW. Fun wise.
@@tamlandipper29 NTW3 legendary
Lol
I'm fighting around Vilnius right now. 13 armies late September and pushing on to Moscow
DO NOT forget the "Darthmod" Mod for it. Makes the game WAYYYYY better. Better graphics, better optimisation, and most of all, makes you able to play with the REAL size of Napoleon's armies. After that, the vanilla game is just a tutorial ^^
This channel is fantastic ! So well done. I'm so glad I found this.
Until his army was crushed by the Haitian slaves. That was then an Earth shaking event,the USA has not forgiven the Haitians for such a blow to a White European army. No documentary will mention this defeat of Napoleon's army.
Video: "... wiped Poland off the map."
Me: "again. They forget to add 'again'".
Ouch
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Its okay, we helped emancipated haiti 🇭🇹
Germans and Russians when they see Poland on a map: *It’s free real estate*
Your just sticking a medicinal knife to the wound. Guy Incognito.
A tribute to the Napoleonic Wars!
Many thanks for all the dedication and effort put into making this series as historically accurate as possible while using this short yet informative format for each episode.
Looking forward to the next additions!
Signed,
A Napoleonic Wars Gamer
You won't have to wait long, next episode out today.
I never get tired of watching this documentary. Im still getting the goosebumps everytime.
This man was a total badass
Defeating entire countries in one single campaign
alot Less people in the world at that time
such a badass sending endless droves of men to die for him
@@cameraman1234567890a Based
@@cameraman1234567890a other countries did the same.
@@cameraman1234567890a The Brits payed others to die for them.
You should do the American Civil War. Your meticulous approach to battle formations and troop movement would really do it justice. Plus all the Generals are doing their best Napoleon impression so that's right up your alley lol. Seriously though, there's nothing else like your channel out there. Top notch stuff!
Dude that would make epic history blow up on TH-cam, at least gain a ton of subs
yeah what i would give for EHTV to cover ACW
Has he done a video on Gettysburg? If not, I think that would be a great video for him to do. Very important in a lot of ways
There is no 'The' American Civil War. There have been many. Fortunately, the U.S. has never had one, although the U.S.A. versus C.S.A War is often erroneously termed as such.
David Harner , I’m not sure if you are just trying to argue over semantics but the American Civil War (1860-1865) WAS a Civil War and I’m not sure what else you would call it. The Confederacy came from the USA. It was secession. It was not a foreign group. It was domestic. What definition of Civil War are you using that would make 1860-1865 NOT a civil war??
This is the best use of graphic animation to describe battles that I've seen. The use of names and actual movements make the battles clear and well understood. Great documentary. I look forward to seeing what else you've made.
Epic documentary, deserves to be seen by millions 👍
No, BILLIONS!
@@mouthpiece200 Trillions!
An absolute masterpiece, thank you not just for creating this, but sharing it for free on TH-cam. This is infinitely better than so much content that sit behind paywalls...
Right!? I can’t believe I’m not paying for this lol
Never thought simple animations and paintings could be so enrapturing. Watched from beginning to end. Fantastic series!
This is my 3rd time watching/listening to this. This is one of the best history productions I’ve ever watched. From the music to the illustrations and narration… all produced masterfully. Well done. Thank you.
How to learn The Napoleonic Wars:
The Easy Way: Oversimplified
The Hard Way: Epic History TV
I Choose the Hard Way.
heck yeah!
But they are both extremely good .
I choose the easy way, then the hard way.
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OverSimplified, is just that, OverSimplified, it is only for people who never heard of Napoleon in their life
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i dont want to argue.. but no
An absolute masterpiece of a documentary!
This is some high quality stuff. You do not see anything like this documentary on TV. Very well done. You covered Napoleons high mark in the best way.
Would love to see you cover some of the smaller battles and nations during the Napoleonic Wars! Or maybe videoes about the different armies (structure, tactics, sections, uniforms, navies ect.) and allies during the time.
Yes that would be great. Less important battles are very interesting!
Everyone knows what happened at Austerlitz but who knows what happened at Lutzen and Bautzen?
Yeah, like Danmark-Norge and the Swedish - Norwegian wars that happened in this time. VERY interesting.
Loads of British battles with Wellesley missed
The invasion of the Netherlands by britain and russia is an intresting one
I love fighting Napoleon in Total War. He's very difficult to deal with, because the AI is pretty well-programmed to employ his tactics. But I found a perfect strategy against him. First, I carefully pick out artillery positions and set gun batteries up in a crossfiring X on both sides of the field. Second, I use a lot of Prussian Jäger light infantry and skirmishers. I send them out in loose ranks to harrass the line infantry and withdraw repeatedly, while my artillery concentrates all its firepower on the French cavalry and Napoleon's personal guard. I make sure some heavy dragoons hang around my skirmishing force so his cavalry can't just bulldoze them. All the while, my line infantry just chills in reserve. When he decides to press the attack, he better not leave his artillery unguarded or my light cavalry will cut them to pieces ... if he doesn't expose them, fine, that takes a good chunk of his men out of the real battle. I gradually roll back my skirmishers and just use them to slow down the line infantry and break up organization. By this time, his cavalry has had to take cover in the woods, and I turn my cannons on the exhausted and bleeding line infantry. That forces them to charge my lines, which are close to the artillery. Switch to grapeshot and let them catch a few barrages of buckshot and suffer huge losses. Then my lines spring into action and try to put each French regiment in a lengthwise angular crossfire ... makes it hard for my men to miss, and my linemen are harder to hit. The grapeshot stays pumping and knocking huge holes in their line infantry which will be on its last leg by now. In desperation, he's forced to call a cavalry charge to try to smash my line infantry, so he brings them out of hiding. But my light cavalry is waiting to ambush them and lead them on wild goose chases, after wiping out the French artillery. My dragoons are guarding the flanks of my linemen, which by this time have devastated the French line infantry. My skirmishers he forgot out? They've had a bit of rest and have come around the rear of his linemen, so they're being hit from all sides and breaking up and running. So now it's usually just his "Old Guard" elite infantry and a bit of cavalry left, and they will either retreat from the field to fight another day or commit to a suicidal last charge on my formations, which are more than ready to deal with them. It doesn't always work that smoothly, since battlefields, positions and troop types/numbers can vary, but I just adapt my strategy to what I've got and make the best use of it. If I'm outnumbered badly and forced to fight a losing battle, I just spread everything out, hide artillery in the woods and hole up my infantry in houses and buildings and make it a VERY costly victory for the French ... that way my next army that meets them will have an easy time gutting them. Man, I wanna play Total War: Napoleon again now! I talked myself straight into it! 😂🤷♂️
The real Napoleon would have ended your gaming career in an hour
@@cheeminthao6535 definitely not, lol, and what a weird thing to suggest 😅
Knowing what's happening on the battlefield is an advantage that commanders of that time didn't have.
@@davidpeters6743 this is true, most of your battleplan had to be decided in advance because there were no radios to tell men in the thick of battle and blinded by smoke what to do next. The best they could do was blast trumpets or beat drums, and hope the signal would be understood and could be acted upon. Really complex battle plans weren't really possible. I use pretty simple strategies in Total War, though, good artillery positions set up in a crossfire, try to fire musket volleys at an angle or flank to maximize damage, using cavalry to flank and prevent being flanked, skirmishing with light infantry (i.e., fusiliers and scharfschützen), etc. Mostly sensible tactics of the day. Not everything is realistic about Total War, it's just a game after all, but it has a great feel and it's deeply immersive and fun, at least. 😄
How many battles did you have to lose before defeating him and coming up with your strategy ? Bc in the Real World, you get only one try.
Keep coming back to this masterpiece...never gets old watching this
This is by far the best history channel....the narrator is key!!
The narrator makes everything sound dramatic. He can make everything sound dramatic
Watching these videos really show why napoleon was hated by the old guard of Europe. He shown that a capable man with ambition could overcome the steepest of odds
Napoleon forgot one simple rule: "There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare".
Rome did right up until it didn't😂
Prolonged warfare? Get yerself (sic) out of the box.
The question is: what is the Creator doing?
Put that in your pipe, smoke it, and then ponder for a spell. #hanscyruslySpeaking
Rome pulled it off pretty well. Then again there's a reason they're the most famous empire in history.
@@kpatterson14206, Lookup Pax Romana, considered the Golden Age of Rome.
@@arcadion448 atilla Genghis and tamerlane would disagree Napoleon messed up with Spain and Russia but didn’t initiate all the coalitions
Sensation time and effort on so many levels to put this together. Fascinating, informative while bringing to life the incredible effort, toil and savagery required for war during that and following times. Unimaginably bravery when you think about it.
Gentlemen's war. Line up the peasants and have them shoot at each other. Better to do it like the colonials did to the British marching down from Canada. Put skirmishers in the woods beside the line of march. Kill the Indian guides and the officers. The enlisted men are lost in the deep woods without a clue where to go or how to get there.
This documentary is gold. Thank you for making it.
Wow! I have never seen a documentary this engaging and well made. The delivery was on point.
If anyone has ever dismissed Tolstoy's masterpiece War and Peace as a just a big book, it's all about this ;and has amazing descriptions of many of the battles shown here.
@funny man Thanks for the recommendation. I had never heard of it. I will check it out.
@funny man Didn't he make 9th Company?
The Young Buglers by G.A. Genty is a good book also. And through Russian Snows.
Sure ! My favorite Book !
This is basically one part of that book in visual and modern technology
I have watched this over 14 times...... Omg.
Im even sleeping whilst listening to this: it is THAT good!!!!!!!!!
I love the strategic demonstration throughout the documentary! It is truly amazing.
This was actually my first ever delve into Napoleon, but was very well done and put together. I am going to watch it again as I often do with the most interesting documentaries to commit more to memory. Thanks!
Me as well. In the US they never really taught us this period of history. It didn't have a big effect on us. Almost all of my knowledge of the Napolianic wars came from the TV show Sharpe in the 90's lol and that was just the peninsular war in Spain and a work of fiction. I'm not sure what caused me to get interested in this now except that I like history and saw this video when I was looking for a documentary and remembered that I never was taught much about this.
What an EXCEPTIONAL Documentary! The quality and content is WAY more superior to anything I have watched from BBC and others and I prefer it without actors. Our narrator has a wonderful delivery style that totally draws you in totally mesmerised with just the right amount of emotion- how does he and his colleagues get such a huge amount of content into a format is so understandable - LOVE the graphics! TOTALLY hooked? YOU BET! 😀 Thank you so very much all your hard work is so appreciated💖🐨🇦🇺
I stumbled upon this channel today...my oh my it has to be one of the best historic videos i' ve seen. The narrative, animation and the level of details is astonishing. Thank you very much for this!!👏👏
I enjoy how the animation shows the movement of the troops and progress of the battles. I am a visual person and this helped me understand what happened.
Alright now this is by far the best documentary ever to help fully explain Napoleon's battle strategies , how the Master General fought his battles.... in the campaigns across Europe and into Prussia/Russia ....!!! Thank you for helping one finally understand the Napoleonic Wars !!!
At first I thought I'd be too lazy to watch the whole video, but once I dived into it, I just couldn't stop watching! Great documentary
These long napoleon videos have gotten me through Maaaany an awful work day 😢