Napoleon's First Campaign: The Bridge at Arcole (Epic History TV Reaction)
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Chris absolutely spoiling us with the napoleon reactions this week, keep up the good work dude!
Maybe next he will spoil us with Napoleon's Marshals :D
I think this episode demonstrates that Napoleon's victory wasn't the result of incompetent enemies. The Austrians are fighting well, especially considering many are militia. Their main weakness is a lack of coordination. And considering one army is in the alps, while all of napoleon's army is in one area, it's understandable.
yes the Austrians are not ridiculous. Especially the Croatian troops who were formidable.
Kinda crazy how Napoleon was almost always outnumbered yet he still managed to win so many battles. I think I saw a statistic that said, on average, Napoleon was outnumbered by 9%, whereas his opposition won only when they outnumbered the French by typically 83%.
Well Napoleon maybe outnumbered on the paper but he always managed to divide the enemy forces with speed and took them on when the numerical superiorty is on his side.
2:35 Note: "Grenz" comes from "Grenze", meaning border. They're quite literally border battalions, meant for quick defense against surprise attacks until the real army arrives.
Napoleon was a grand strategist he paid obsessive attention to detail and could predict quite accurately how his enemies would react to each situation, a master of warfare and one of my favorite historical figures
I always love your in-detail explanations of things that aren't quite clear in the video you're reacting to. It's really helpful.
It's not just Napoleon we're following, but his generals too. Massena and Agereau are among my favorite characters 😆, I hope they're in your Napoleon total war campaign to play with them!
Just Massena appear initially, for augerau you have to recruit on your own, only if you find him in your recruit general list
I remember buying and watching that 2002 mini series in 2012. Very detailed for the time!
I usually have youtube on the side while I multitask. But this series is so compelling its got my full attention.. while I eat lunch.
8:58 is why I love this channel so much. Your ability to expand on these minor details throughout videos is incredible and I would’ve had no idea of the connection if you hadn’t had brought it up.
The Hohenzollern's had a Catholic cadet branch. They actually came handy in for the main branch in 1870, Bismarck used their possible candidacy for the Spanish throne to bait Napoleon III😅 With that said, I don't know if this guy leading the Austrians here was a member of this house or their were other Hohenzollern's running around the Holy Roman Empire.
Indeed, this one was Friedrich Franz Xaver Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1757-1844), one of the members of the Catholic Swabian branch of the Hohenzollerns, which included lines of Sigmaringen (extant), his own line of Hechingen (extinct in 1869) and Haigerloch (extinct in 1767).
Interestingly enough, he was a fairly successful commander when standing against Napoleon, by 1809 participating three times in defeating his armies - twice in 1796 at second Bassano and Caldiero, and in 1809 at Aspern-Essling - a staggering feat by then. Not only that, during the Second Italian Campaign, he defeated future marshal Soult thrice in a row before and during the siege of Genoa, taking him captive on the third attempt.
19:04 the actor they had for the Mini Series is so spot on, great casting
3 most famous sayings during the napoleonic wars .
1. Nothing is lost as long as courage remains”
2. Never interrupt your enemy making a mistake
3. Napoleon is an artillery guy
Clavier did such a good Napoleon in that miniseries.. I rewatch my copy every now and then just because i can.
Napoléon is truly the player in total war games (especially the recent ones) : you have no money and 1 army, the AI has dozens, and it attacks you constantly but you always win every battle 😂
"it's the hope that'll kill ya". Talking like a Cleveland sports fan.
I've been loving this reaction series!
Love your channel. I would love to see you cover some videos on Wellingtons early years in India.
Time to do the reaction video to the wonderful last episode of the series! 😊
Great job from Augerau and Massena (born italian in Nice, kingdom of Piemont Sardinia and changed is first name from Andrea to André).
Chriss you MUST visit Nice...wonderfull city!
I have never known Marshal Massena going by a different given name than André. I knew his father went from Giulio to Jules. That is interesting, thank you.
@@ayoa1173 Son of Jules César Masséna and Catherine Fabre, André Masséna was born on May 6, 1758 in Nice, in the county of the same name, his baptismal name was Andrea Massena and was baptized on the 6th in the Sainte-Réparate Cathedral by Canon Ignazio Cacciardi. His family, originally from Piedmont and settled for at least three centuries in the Vésubie valley, owns land in Levens, located in the hinterland of Nice.
@@ayoa1173 even the name Massena was Frenchified in Masséna (no accent on the "e" in Italian)
You know what...
Since I noticed you were doing some Napoleon-related reactions lately, and there were no music reactions for some time, I'm eager to suggest you to consider recting to a band 'Crystallion'.
After they released their first album (fantasy-related theme) the band drew attention to itself. It was rather good, but nothing special. And then they released two brilliant concept albums- Hattin and Hundred Days (I suppose you understand the events they are dedicated to). Then their keybordist and lead vocalist left the band. Now it's just a third-rate metal band.
Still the two mentioned albums are great and it's recommended to listen to them from the intros to the very last sounds. I gave you the information, so perhaps you will be able to find some time for that later.
Love the channel man! It's been so awesome watching it grow and keep getting better! Would love to see you react to epic history TVs series on Alexander the great!
I've been really loving this series. I was wondering if you could cover some middle eastern history someday in the future. I feel like there's a lot of interesting stuff happening around the Timurid and Mughal Empires. Another great suggestion would be something around the Mamluks and their slave uprising.
So interesting. Such good quality.
Wurmser actually did receive some communication from Alvinci from people entering the city disguised as refugees with messages hidden up their Anus, according to Adam Zymoski’s Napoleon biography at least. You know that’s true because you couldn’t make it up 😂
I read an account once of an Austrian private who was present on the causeway when Massena's division appeared. He was quoted as saying "scheisse!"
There is a story about Alvinczi, when his soldiers run from the french, he berated them, and a soldier stood in front of him, giving him his musket, telling him that since they received muskets without locks, why wouldnt they run from the enemy fire, as their weapon was unusable.
Loving this series
Poor davidovich lol he's been left with completely small armies to take on napoleons full army everytime 🤣
Need to continue on Napoleon dude. We wait :)
Excellent. Thanks.
Love it man! This series is awesome!🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤
Hi, Chris, Epic History is a brilliant channel and I love their battle animation but when they quote correspondence etc I wish they would put them in their original language with an English translation. It seems strange hearing Napoleon write in English I can't imagine he would have done that.
Napoleon had plot armor when running across that bridge lol
I Would Love To See You Visit These Battlefields That Napoleon Fought At Maybe Join Up With J.D From History Underground To Help Film Different Sides Of These Battles
JD's in France right now and may be making a stop at Waterloo before he heads home...but yeah I'd love to do something like that!
As someone subscribed to both this channel and to VTH Gaming, watching this actually makes me feel less inspired to try out Napoleon: Total War. Because it shows how much of Napoleon's success was due to outmaneuvering the enemy not on the tactical, but on the operational level. Something the Total War games have never been good at representing.
These are great
18:20 and let's not forget the Poles already are fighting for the Napoleon
We'll not miss a chance to fight against Germans
Grettings from Poland
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was the second président of the Republic of Texas was named like that bc his parent heard about what Napoléon did in northen italy
Completely off topic but videos like this make me wish that ultimate general made a Napoleonic game😢. Love the reaction Chris as always
It’s ironic that Napoleon knows when to cut his losses but decade and half later he fall into the sunk cost most likely because of ego
Ego and sense of invincibility
@@zombieoverlord5173 that and he’s beaten everyone else before too
2:15 during the early wars in America there was instances of the british and French making deals on of a relief army couldn't get there in this amount of time, they would surrender. There was also a instance where they let a courier in to the seige to bring them news no relief was coming, so they could surrender faster.
That type of agreement have been made around sieges since ancient times.
Napoleon 2002 series is not that accurate in terms of battles. At least in small details. But in total? I love that mini series. By the way it still hold the title of the most expensive European mini series until this day. If it was beaten I don't know about that... Also you can see that mostly practical effects were used. CGI at minimum.
Hohenzollern had many many branches... the ones from Sigmaringen even became kings in my country
22:20---Easy to criticize but still: What did this scene have to do with reality? Soldiers followed neither Augerau nor Napoleon, yet in the series they're shown following Napoleon to the bridge before halting. Before that, they're shown meeting initial resistance and beginning their charge hundreds of yards from the bridge. What the...
Sorry for the quibble. Otherwise it's a great way to showcase Epic History's historically accurate and compelling presentation.
Like Chris says history rhymes Hannibal Barca was stuck in Italy without getting the reinforcements he needs
Beautiful keep it up please
Chris, have you seen the new Oppenheimer Trailer?
Dont know if you fo music reactions but Kenji - by Fort Minor is a really good one, that tells the story of a japanese american during world war 2. Would be cool to see you react to it
man they better have that bridge charge in the movie it like made for it well perhaps not
Once you’ve gone through this series, may I recommend Armchair Historian’s narration of the Franco-Prussian War?
Chris, are you going to continue to react on Kings and Generals on the English Civil Wars Dunbar 1650 - Cromwell in Ireland and Scotland - History DOCUMENTARY after napoleon?
I love how the French are Austrians speak English
There is an fifth private video in the playlist I see. Is that the Toulon video maybe? If so good idea! If it is not you can do that video still.
What you think about hope being the last of the evil released by Pandora?
Hi Professor. I really enjoy your reactions to these Epic History videos. I did find this particular video on "Theresites the Historian" channel. It features Theresites and Sean Chick, (also historian and writer) discussing and ranking "Napoleon's Opponents," which Epic History doesn't do. I know it's a really long video but I imagine with you would find it extremely interesting and informative about this era and the people in it.
Here is the link:
th-cam.com/video/iiLLFPJUn04/w-d-xo.html&pp=gAQBiAQB
I hope you'll take a look at it and maybe do reactions to it. Maybe after Napoleon's marshals (which Theresites also ranks in another video)
I love Thersites the Historian!
Did we lose the first video in the series? It's listed as unavailable in the Playlist.
It does say that but it doesn't look like any are missing
Your a legend man 👍
When will you finish the Christian denominations series?
I know I'm skipping ahead somewhat, but didn't France lose all their gains in Italy to the Russian general Alexander Suvorov in 1799? Surprisingly, I haven't been able to find any documentaries about him, or Archduke Charles for that matter, in English, despite both ranking among the top generals in the Napoleonic era. Suvorov died in 1801 and thus did not participate directly in a battle against Napoleon.
The Russian general does somewhat remind me of Napoleon, in that all decisions made for the army are to achieve the end goal of an effective fighting force, but the Russian general got punished for this. He was sent into exile by the tzar for refusing to dress his soldiers in impractical uniforms and for rejecting the use of Prussian disciplinary punishment, which he deemed counterproductive.
Nice
17 seconds ago,what a timing i got :D
General Bonaparte complains of not having enough reinforcements. But the war is on all fronts and Italy is a minor front. The French government must face the Austrians on the Rhine front, get rid of the English in the Netherlands and in the West of France and the Spaniards in the South. This represents approximately 700,000 soldiers against 1.8 million enemy soldiers....
Up the Albion. Boing Boing.
this whole part of the campaign was a complete mess. i have no clue how either side orchestrated the fight at Arcole.
What's with the stache+goatee and hair? One little trip to Europe and all of the sudden we're 50% cooler and 20 years younger?
Just yesterday we were talking about American Civil War generals taking cues from Napoleon's victories in Italy. Take another look at Napoleon's plan 13:15 - sound familiar?
Yep, it's Chancellorsville.
Lee's boldness and audaciousness in his various wide outflanking maneuvers is very reminiscent of Napoleon in his youth. Grant, too, in the conduct of his Vicksburg Campaign, bears all the hallmark of Napoleon's own operational maneuvers. It was just brilliant. Like you said yesterday, these commanders have all definitely studied and learned much from the past and they were utilizing what they learned very competently.
Honestly, I would even say that the way both Lee and Grant maneuvered was more Napoleonic than any of the generals in Europe around Napoleon's time. The only one I know of who really approached his operational method of warfare was Moltke, but unlike the former two, he didn't have much in the way of tactical command (at least, during the Franco-Prussian War).
Dieu est du côté de la meilleure artillerie. (Napoléon Bonaparte).
God is on the side of the best artillery. (Napoleon Bonaparte).
Somali history please
In italy Napoleon benefits from subordinates bailing him out and a little bit of luck