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"He is too late." Now that's a much more honest portrayal of Napoleon's opinion on religion. He is after all the same person who imprisoned the Pope and said God was on the side of the bigger battalions.
The demise of l'Orient deeply touched both French and British sailors, there are poems about this event both in french and english. Lord Nelson is even buried with a piece of the main mast that they retrieved from the battle... Field? Waters? Battlewaters
more ambient sound to accompany the narration would be really cool, like some audiobooks do! would really bring stuff to life. Of course that might interfere with production time so i can see why it's rare
When Germans are in an area for more than three hours they start building fortifications When the French are in an area for more than three hours they start making baguettes
@@AlexC-ou4ju as an Arab I gotta say we really hate napoleon, besides as Muslims we believe God has given them (martyrs) mercy and maybe a better place for those whom worshipped God and seeked tranquility in that , besides God did not intervene we believe so that this person maybe go to a deeper plave in hell
Here in France, they never tell us about all of this in school. They tell us very little about Napoléon actually. They mostly tell us that he united France, fought the evil royalist, and almost made the whole world french with his conquest haha.
I think a fair way to describe what is taught to us for the 18th and 19th century, it is "History, viewed from Paris". The focus is on the dance of who is in power, what ideology they have, etc. Non-Paris France is barely talked about, let alone talking about what happens in other countries (outside of the consequences of the industrial revolution, and other global changes like that).
Admiral Aristide Aubert du Petit-Thouars continuing to command atop a bucket while slowly bleeding to death from limb loss is one of my favorite historical naval tales of being defiant in the face of defeat.
At the Battle of the Nile, the British squadron slipping around to the shoreward side of the French line was the coup de grace. Each French ship had to muster the entire crew to man the guns on both sides to fight two opponents at once, while the British ships could consolidate their best men on one side of the ship. For a multitude of reasons, this means that they could fire faster and more accurately, and their shots were twice as likely to injure an enemy sailor while passing through the French gundeck (since the ball and splinters could also hit the French sailors fighting the opposite side). That possibility was why the French anchored close to the shore - they didn't want to be surrounded. But the British managed it anyway.
That's exactly why the French anchored close to shore. They thought they were close enough to the shore and some shoals at the head of their line to make it impossible for the British to get around them...but the more experienced British saw that there was actually just enough of a gap to get in. So the French were completely unprepared to man the guns on their landward sides (there are stories of some French ships having those guns blocked by piled-up stores), and the British ships that went around that side were almost uncontested at first. Plus many French ships had portions of their crew ashore foraging for supplies at the time, so they were even more undermanned. Lastly, because the French line was anchored and the British attacked starting from the windward end, the (initially) unengaged French ships at the other end were powerless to help their comrades, and the British had massive local superiority at each point as they moved down the French line.
@@Wolfeson28 British saw that the French were on single Anchors , " If there is room for a Frenchman to swing there is room for an Englishman to pass "
I thought the same, but imo their videos are less and less serious and kinda biased, so I'm not sure I want to see them talk about such a touchy and complicated subject.
@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 People don't even agree about it being a war of extermination. There is a clear right/left divide on this topic in France. A lot of people on the right/far-right see Vendeans as honest peasants rising up for a righteous cause against the murderous and destructive republic, while a lot of leftists see it as a violent rebellion of religious fanatics wanting to crush the virtuous and awesome revolution. Knowing Extra History's political leaning (left), you can be sure the story will not be told in an objective way.
@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 They brought up the Republic's attacks on Catholics in this episode, offhanded sure, but the fact they mentioned it gave me a bit of hope.
Love how the bri'ish just pubished blown-apart's angy letter to his wife. And also his goofy attempts to appeal to the Egyptian Muslims. He was a real bonoparty.
Religious authority was not merely subordinate to secular authority under the Ottomans. The Ottoman Sultan also held the title of "Caliph", meaning they claimed to be the highest religious authority for all of Islam.
Not exactly. Islam is a little decentralized compared to let's say catholicism. The caliph is supposed to hold a civil (i will use instead of secular) power that is driven by religious forces, and in return, he is expected to enforce the word of law which doesn't alway coincide with religious views. In some cases, the ruler is to do as he sees right. Religious views and laws on the other hand are contructed by scholars which can vary not only from a region to another but from a scholar to another. So by the time of the ottomans, the prevelance of some views over others were steered by the rulers who, again by the time of ottomans, were largely civil monarchs.
@@mahmoudnaeem7552 yes, this makes more sense, because I remember reading about revolts in the Abbasid Caliphate resulted in Caliphs losing a lot of their religious authority. This was even before they lost their political authority
@Dominic Guye they were losing their religious authority gradually by the time of marwan the umayyad. A lot of religious figures opposed the caliphs; most famously 3 of the 4 founders of main islamic schools of laws.
Yeah, Muslim here. When you are an egocentric Sultan, a violent savage that can't even respect the Qu'ran right and also doing forced assimilation...Well you're kinda elligitimate. If the Companions were still alive, he would never be caliph.
Well, a Caliph doesn't have religious authority per se. A caliph is meant to be a community leader, provide Pan-Islamic leadership on political, secular matters. A Caliph isn't a cleric, he doesn't have the authority to decide matters of theological or moral controversy. As in, a Caliph can call the faithful to war, but can't determine if something is halal or haram, or whether the Quran is co-eternal with God.
Hey guys .. I know it's probably too late to mention this, but the mosque is called Al-Azhar .. Pronounced AL-AZ' HAR (with the HAR part as in HARD). It's the oldest University in the world dating back to 1080s or so and still active to this day.
Next you should do Wellesley in India. Which happened roughly during the same time. Some of Wellingtons greatest achievements were in India which tends to get overlooked compared to the Peninsular Campaign and Waterloo.
i love love love LOVE this episode, the delivery and the sounds and just everything about it is amazing, and heck im learning some facts about my history that i never knew about!
@@redspy6018 France was always an equal to Britain in many ways. But cobbled together with the entire resources of Europe, bar Russia, I don't see how France couldn't have grinded the British naval forces to nothing on shear resources alone.
@@homelessjesse9453 He tried, emphasis on tried, his Mediterenean fleet combined with the Spanish Navy could only allow him to attain locally an equal number of ships manned by inexperienced sea men. Had they been able to evade Nelson, and succesfully broken the blockades of the Atlantic ports of France and then united with the other half of the French navy. They'd have been able to achieve local superiority with Nelson, which could've won him victory on the seas, instead we had the battle of Trafalgar. Even a close victory, or no battle at all, for the French would've allowed for a lot more strategic flexibility, and after Austerlitz and Jena-Auerstedt, he very well could've focused on his naval forces against Britain, allowing him to build up a larger navy, train his crews to be less inferior, and to combine with other allied navies. Allowing for a local supriority in numbers that could've easily broken the British, he could've either blockaded them, gone for an invasion, or simply threaten the British into a favourable peace. He likley would've also avoided two of his biggest mistakes, the continental system, that weakened his empire more than the British and forced the Russians to break their alliance, since he'd have less need for an unorthodox attack, and the occupation of Spain, since Spain would've been a more valuable ally.
Before the French Revolution, the French navy was on par with the British one, which is one reason why Britain lost the American War of Independence. But French naval officers were predominantly royalists or outright nobles, so they were purged after the revolution. The resulting lack of quality in personnel, which included putting an end to gunnery training while retaining a doctrine of aiming for enemy masts, which are very hard to hit, could not be overcome by simply constructing more ships. There were deep systemic issues that would have had to be resolved.
Don't worry, the french I am always try to understand this too. I don't understand why with all the war reparations he didn't just made a huge fleet. No blockade. Just a giant fleet funded with all the war réparations of the treaties combined with all foreign navies required under french command. Britain would have stand no chance again such fleet of hundred and hundred ship of the line.
fleets are expensive, they were under a close blockade, all the materials to build the ships had to be moved by sea, you can't train a fleet when its blockaded in port, the French didn't have the infrastructure to build ships as fast as the British and above all else the army was more important.
I hope you'll also make a series about one of Napoleon's victorious campaigns. It feels like everyone only ever mentions his defeats like the Russian campaign or Waterloo, but barely ever talks about his victories.
What are you talking about? Everyone talks about his Third Coalition campaign. I've also seen more coverage recently of his First Coalition Italian campaign, his victory at Toulon, and his putting down of the Vendémiaire revolt
@@dominicguye8058 depend who you talk to. Most casuals I know thinks Napoeleon was actually short and wouldn't even rank him top 3 generals of the world.
@@Pure_Havoc the average person is a lot different from the average history content creator, and I assumed that "everyone' really referred to content creators. "Most casuals I know thinks Napoeleon was actually short and wouldn't even rank him top 3 generals of the world." I'm not confident that most people I know would know he lost the battle of Waterloo. Napoleon in the American mind is basically 'the short French dude that sold the U.S. the Louisiana Territory'. Certainly growing up I had no idea what Napoleon did that made him famous. He's really more of a pop culture figure here in the U.S. Same with Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great. Though perhaps this is just because I haven't really had friends since high school 😆
If you want to see his successes talked about more often (and his failed Campaign in Egypt talked about less) I recommend Oversimplified History: Napoleon. Talks all about his successes across Europe. (And his failures as well, though as per course of talking about the whole of his famed career.)
Damn lost both of his arms and a leg and still gives orders until his last breath now that's who deserves the name of captain rip went out like a badass
I really apreaciate you guys taking the time to make a straight narrative out of all these subjects. Theres always something more to learn in history and its events. But if you guys added everything these vids would be like 12 hours long or more xD I like the short segments, makes it more easily digestible and easier to memorize some key factors in it. Long winded text to say: keep it up and ill definitely keep watching 😊👍😂🤣
6:25 Wow. How condescending was that? I'm reminded of a former US Senator and, later, Secretary of State, who couldn't help herself but to say some things in the same manner as how Napoleon is reported to have acted toward the Mamalukes. Also, I love that my phone's only suggestion, as I typed "Mamalukes", was, "Marmaduke". It seems appropriate since I think of that big, cartoon dog every time I see or hear "Mamalukes". 😃 Another good video. Thank you.
the more we get into this series makes me lament that we don't talk about this at all when it comes to history but at the same time knowing how people tend to not want to talk about the greatest failures of great historical figures I get it
I love the intro, it was a surprise to watch, and I wonder what had happened to Petit-Thouars and how long he had lived since his injuries, since he probably croaked, y'know.
@@ChrisCrossClash Well because they had to deal with European powers 😅 and the direct invasion was still in mind, why do you think the French were converging to Boulogne ?
@@ChrisCrossClash Guess we will never know, 25 miles ain't that far, if they managed the crossing, they would've been partying like in 1066. Always amused me how a little bit of water allowed an entire people to run their mouth.
@@lvl1_feral_druid You lot can talk, you French always think you are better than everyone else, Trust me if Britain was connected to the mainland the whole of history would have changed, and not for the better of France.
Seeing the thumbnails of this part and part 1 of this series made me think of something: An animated love drama TV series (made by Extra History, no less) on the love lives between Napoleon, Josephine, and Cleopatra (who somehow was sent forward in time instead of dying to the snek and decided to restore her power through Napoleon).
I know this might be nit-picking, but If I'm not wrong du Petit-Thouars lost both legs and an arm, not both arms and a leg, and some sources even say he only lost a foot
that was cruel, I did not expect the British to just publish Napoleon's affairs, but it is such a British thing to stick it up the French (and their leaders ig)
3:36 Well he's not exactly wrong. 3:44 out of the government is good, but out of the public is oppressively punitive. 3:49 and now You're the bad guys.
Wow. I hope your sponsor is as advertised. Those are, one and all, worthy goals. I'll go look the site over. That's singular over 12 years on YT. Amazing that a sponsor appeal could so dovetail into my dream of a better future for all.
Can’t lie if you all did like an hour long video it would be like the worlds history (Edit) also you guys tell history better than my history teacher 😂 ❤
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I guess you could say he was in de-Nile
You got the name tag right but mixed up the name. You were talking about Thomas Dumas not Alexandre.
there is no CIRCUMCISION for adult converts to islam
"He is too late." Now that's a much more honest portrayal of Napoleon's opinion on religion. He is after all the same person who imprisoned the Pope and said God was on the side of the bigger battalions.
god is on the side of the best artillery*
@@lvl1_feral_druid both of you are wrong that was voltaire
@@michaelcastellano588 Maybe none of them said it, it wouldn't be surprising... I can't find the sources.
He wasn’t wrong
@@michaelcastellano588 The greatest trick Voltaire ever pulled was convincing the world he had great quotes.
The demise of l'Orient deeply touched both French and British sailors, there are poems about this event both in french and english. Lord Nelson is even buried with a piece of the main mast that they retrieved from the battle... Field? Waters? Battlewaters
There's a podcast called "The Age of Napoleon", excellent work, and the episodes on the invasion of Egypt are 🔥 fire 🔥
The bloody waters.
Battlesite? Site of battle?
Apperently Nelson is actually buried in an entire coffin made from a piece of retrieved mast.
@@nedisahonkey After coming home in a cask filled with brandy. No corpse ever had a happier trip home.
The sound effects for the naval battle are freaking awesome
The visuals are also really cool.
Yes very
Indeed sir
Agreed!
more ambient sound to accompany the narration would be really cool, like some audiobooks do! would really bring stuff to life. Of course that might interfere with production time so i can see why it's rare
I love how much they prioritized baguettes. This makes the story 1000% better.
When Germans are in an area for more than three hours they start building fortifications
When the French are in an area for more than three hours they start making baguettes
@@CollinMcLean *baguette defence*
hey, you gotta have priorities.
It's the French thing to do.
"He is too late"
Damn that is a line for the ages, but I don't know if as a villain line or a badass line. Probably villain line.
to be honest i was in awe after hearing that line
It is a villainous and i hate that line
Such a cool line! God can only do so much when against Napoleon
@@AlexC-ou4ju as an Arab I gotta say we really hate napoleon, besides as Muslims we believe God has given them (martyrs) mercy and maybe a better place for those whom worshipped God and seeked tranquility in that , besides God did not intervene we believe so that this person maybe go to a deeper plave in hell
@@roadman_hanzi that’s an understatement. We hate FRENCH in general. They’ve done nothing but ruin us more and more, be it in Algeria or in Egypt
The Brits publishing all those letters is hysterical to me. British and French rivalry will never stop being entertaining 😂
That had to be great entertainment for the British, I wonder if word reached to France and Mrs. Napoleon?
5:00 Cuckoleon Amirite
As an American, we like to throw things at one then point at the other, just to watch the fireworks.
Absolutely classic stuff
"Cuckoleon" in the British papers is absolutely amazing lmao
@@USERNAMEExtraHistory Might want to fix your bot's code lmao
Here in France, they never tell us about all of this in school. They tell us very little about Napoléon actually. They mostly tell us that he united France, fought the evil royalist, and almost made the whole world french with his conquest haha.
I think a fair way to describe what is taught to us for the 18th and 19th century, it is "History, viewed from Paris".
The focus is on the dance of who is in power, what ideology they have, etc. Non-Paris France is barely talked about, let alone talking about what happens in other countries (outside of the consequences of the industrial revolution, and other global changes like that).
@@MoiMagnus1er fact, I learned more about history be personnal research than wanything I ever learned in high-school.
They basically Yadda Yadda Yadda the history they don't like.
history at school is more patriotic education than history
don't all school text books do that in every country? Praising their own country, hiding the embarrassing stuff....
Admiral Aristide Aubert du Petit-Thouars continuing to command atop a bucket while slowly bleeding to death from limb loss is one of my favorite historical naval tales of being defiant in the face of defeat.
French priorities
-establish a functioning government
-make sure the bakers know how to make a baguette
LOL
The French captain in the opening is fucking built different, giving orders after losing *three of his limbs.*
At the Battle of the Nile, the British squadron slipping around to the shoreward side of the French line was the coup de grace. Each French ship had to muster the entire crew to man the guns on both sides to fight two opponents at once, while the British ships could consolidate their best men on one side of the ship. For a multitude of reasons, this means that they could fire faster and more accurately, and their shots were twice as likely to injure an enemy sailor while passing through the French gundeck (since the ball and splinters could also hit the French sailors fighting the opposite side).
That possibility was why the French anchored close to the shore - they didn't want to be surrounded. But the British managed it anyway.
And that's why our motto at the time was 'Rule The Waves'.
It's changed, but it was kinda fun while it lasted. (Besides the atrocities, of course)
That's exactly why the French anchored close to shore. They thought they were close enough to the shore and some shoals at the head of their line to make it impossible for the British to get around them...but the more experienced British saw that there was actually just enough of a gap to get in. So the French were completely unprepared to man the guns on their landward sides (there are stories of some French ships having those guns blocked by piled-up stores), and the British ships that went around that side were almost uncontested at first. Plus many French ships had portions of their crew ashore foraging for supplies at the time, so they were even more undermanned. Lastly, because the French line was anchored and the British attacked starting from the windward end, the (initially) unengaged French ships at the other end were powerless to help their comrades, and the British had massive local superiority at each point as they moved down the French line.
Damn, imagine if Hollywood could be bothered to make this into a movie...
@@Wolfeson28 British saw that the French were on single Anchors , " If there is room for a Frenchman to swing there is room for an Englishman to pass "
8:40 man what a cold reply from Napoleon
"The people inside called for god to help them"
With Napoleon supposedly responding "He is too late"
DAMN THAT'S COLD
A series on the War of the Vendee would be amazing!
I wonder how will they present the Turreau's Colonnes Infernales if that be the case...
I thought the same, but imo their videos are less and less serious and kinda biased, so I'm not sure I want to see them talk about such a touchy and complicated subject.
@@michelbrault6322 What's so touchy about a literal war of extermination?
@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 People don't even agree about it being a war of extermination. There is a clear right/left divide on this topic in France. A lot of people on the right/far-right see Vendeans as honest peasants rising up for a righteous cause against the murderous and destructive republic, while a lot of leftists see it as a violent rebellion of religious fanatics wanting to crush the virtuous and awesome revolution. Knowing Extra History's political leaning (left), you can be sure the story will not be told in an objective way.
@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 They brought up the Republic's attacks on Catholics in this episode, offhanded sure, but the fact they mentioned it gave me a bit of hope.
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Man has this channel blown up! Glad to see so many people enjoying history!
Good work on the sound effects and drawings. This literally has to be your best one yet. You keep getting better and better
Love how the bri'ish just pubished blown-apart's angy letter to his wife.
And also his goofy attempts to appeal to the Egyptian Muslims.
He was a real bonoparty.
Religious authority was not merely subordinate to secular authority under the Ottomans. The Ottoman Sultan also held the title of "Caliph", meaning they claimed to be the highest religious authority for all of Islam.
Not exactly. Islam is a little decentralized compared to let's say catholicism. The caliph is supposed to hold a civil (i will use instead of secular) power that is driven by religious forces, and in return, he is expected to enforce the word of law which doesn't alway coincide with religious views. In some cases, the ruler is to do as he sees right.
Religious views and laws on the other hand are contructed by scholars which can vary not only from a region to another but from a scholar to another. So by the time of the ottomans, the prevelance of some views over others were steered by the rulers who, again by the time of ottomans, were largely civil monarchs.
@@mahmoudnaeem7552 yes, this makes more sense, because I remember reading about revolts in the Abbasid Caliphate resulted in Caliphs losing a lot of their religious authority. This was even before they lost their political authority
@Dominic Guye they were losing their religious authority gradually by the time of marwan the umayyad. A lot of religious figures opposed the caliphs; most famously 3 of the 4 founders of main islamic schools of laws.
Yeah, Muslim here. When you are an egocentric Sultan, a violent savage that can't even respect the Qu'ran right and also doing forced assimilation...Well you're kinda elligitimate. If the Companions were still alive, he would never be caliph.
Well, a Caliph doesn't have religious authority per se. A caliph is meant to be a community leader, provide Pan-Islamic leadership on political, secular matters. A Caliph isn't a cleric, he doesn't have the authority to decide matters of theological or moral controversy. As in, a Caliph can call the faithful to war, but can't determine if something is halal or haram, or whether the Quran is co-eternal with God.
1:03 okay but nailing the flag on the mast is BADASS idc who or what.
The animations keep getting more and more epic. Keep it up.
I completely love this series! Its a really fascinating journey! Keep up the great work guys!
Hey guys .. I know it's probably too late to mention this, but the mosque is called Al-Azhar .. Pronounced AL-AZ' HAR (with the HAR part as in HARD). It's the oldest University in the world dating back to 1080s or so and still active to this day.
"I will bring French-style governance to Egypt."
"How do barricades grab you?"
In fairness that kind of was French-style governance at the time...
Your storytelling skills are absolutely on-point with that opening naval battle, Matt 😊
Can just appreciate the details such Quran having the spine on right hand side inside left because Arabic is written from right to left
Next you should do Wellesley in India. Which happened roughly during the same time. Some of Wellingtons greatest achievements were in India which tends to get overlooked compared to the Peninsular Campaign and Waterloo.
i love love love LOVE this episode, the delivery and the sounds and just everything about it is amazing, and heck im learning some facts about my history that i never knew about!
HMS Majestic took serious damage including the death of her captain, but was not "pounded into splinters". She was repaired and served until 1816.
“He is too late.” Is such a badass line, damn.
5:01 Oh that "Cuckoleon Amirite" headline! XD
Finally part 3!Love this series!
6:31 I love the attention to detail that Arabic writing is left-handed.
Always stumped me why Napoleon spent all those resources invading Russia, when he should've concentrated on a superior navy from day one.
@@redspy6018 France was always an equal to Britain in many ways. But cobbled together with the entire resources of Europe, bar Russia, I don't see how France couldn't have grinded the British naval forces to nothing on shear resources alone.
@@homelessjesse9453 He tried, emphasis on tried, his Mediterenean fleet combined with the Spanish Navy could only allow him to attain locally an equal number of ships manned by inexperienced sea men. Had they been able to evade Nelson, and succesfully broken the blockades of the Atlantic ports of France and then united with the other half of the French navy. They'd have been able to achieve local superiority with Nelson, which could've won him victory on the seas, instead we had the battle of Trafalgar. Even a close victory, or no battle at all, for the French would've allowed for a lot more strategic flexibility, and after Austerlitz and Jena-Auerstedt, he very well could've focused on his naval forces against Britain, allowing him to build up a larger navy, train his crews to be less inferior, and to combine with other allied navies. Allowing for a local supriority in numbers that could've easily broken the British, he could've either blockaded them, gone for an invasion, or simply threaten the British into a favourable peace. He likley would've also avoided two of his biggest mistakes, the continental system, that weakened his empire more than the British and forced the Russians to break their alliance, since he'd have less need for an unorthodox attack, and the occupation of Spain, since Spain would've been a more valuable ally.
Before the French Revolution, the French navy was on par with the British one, which is one reason why Britain lost the American War of Independence. But French naval officers were predominantly royalists or outright nobles, so they were purged after the revolution. The resulting lack of quality in personnel, which included putting an end to gunnery training while retaining a doctrine of aiming for enemy masts, which are very hard to hit, could not be overcome by simply constructing more ships. There were deep systemic issues that would have had to be resolved.
Don't worry, the french I am always try to understand this too. I don't understand why with all the war reparations he didn't just made a huge fleet. No blockade. Just a giant fleet funded with all the war réparations of the treaties combined with all foreign navies required under french command.
Britain would have stand no chance again such fleet of hundred and hundred ship of the line.
fleets are expensive, they were under a close blockade, all the materials to build the ships had to be moved by sea, you can't train a fleet when its blockaded in port, the French didn't have the infrastructure to build ships as fast as the British and above all else the army was more important.
5:53 okay, you got a good chuckle out of me for this one.
I love these videos about Napoleon's campaigns
2:00 baguettes and THE HIEARCHY OF NEEDS😂😂
I hope you'll also make a series about one of Napoleon's victorious campaigns. It feels like everyone only ever mentions his defeats like the Russian campaign or Waterloo, but barely ever talks about his victories.
What are you talking about? Everyone talks about his Third Coalition campaign. I've also seen more coverage recently of his First Coalition Italian campaign, his victory at Toulon, and his putting down of the Vendémiaire revolt
@@dominicguye8058 Weird, I never see anyone talk about any of that. Everyone is always on about his Russian campaign or his defeat at Waterloo.
@@dominicguye8058 depend who you talk to. Most casuals I know thinks Napoeleon was actually short and wouldn't even rank him top 3 generals of the world.
@@Pure_Havoc the average person is a lot different from the average history content creator, and I assumed that "everyone' really referred to content creators.
"Most casuals I know thinks Napoeleon was actually short and wouldn't even rank him top 3 generals of the world."
I'm not confident that most people I know would know he lost the battle of Waterloo. Napoleon in the American mind is basically 'the short French dude that sold the U.S. the Louisiana Territory'. Certainly growing up I had no idea what Napoleon did that made him famous. He's really more of a pop culture figure here in the U.S. Same with Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great. Though perhaps this is just because I haven't really had friends since high school 😆
If you want to see his successes talked about more often (and his failed Campaign in Egypt talked about less) I recommend Oversimplified History: Napoleon. Talks all about his successes across Europe. (And his failures as well, though as per course of talking about the whole of his famed career.)
Man I’d love to hear more about the savants and whatever the french thought of Egypt
Damn lost both of his arms and a leg and still gives orders until his last breath now that's who deserves the name of captain rip went out like a badass
Cuckoleon genuinely made me lol
“Religion is regarded by the common people as true,
By the wise as false,
And by the rulers as useful”.
- Lucius Seneca
Not the wise, just the pompous.
The Apostles: What does that make us, chopped liver?
@@jonjohns8145 you're arguing with a Seneca quote. You definitely don't fall into the group of Wise
@@jaidengabriel1675 well yeah, most of the early Christian canon ar forgeries or stories
The Acts of the Apostles is a romance sorry
@@historicalprespective1876 Seneca is wrong, I just happen to be someone willing to say it.
7:07 I can only imagine how many tries it took to get this tongue twister right
Love your channel so much one of the best history youtubers please keep it up
WOOOO more Extra History!
I really apreaciate you guys taking the time to make a straight narrative out of all these subjects.
Theres always something more to learn in history and its events.
But if you guys added everything these vids would be like 12 hours long or more xD
I like the short segments, makes it more easily digestible and easier to memorize some key factors in it.
Long winded text to say: keep it up and ill definitely keep watching 😊👍😂🤣
As someone who was obsessed with late age of sail combat throughout Highschool, I had a "wait wait I know this one!" moment at the beginning lol.
I've been impressed by your correct French pronunciation throughout this series. That is very rare from anglophones.
6:25 Wow. How condescending was that?
I'm reminded of a former US Senator and, later, Secretary of State, who couldn't help herself but to say some things in the same manner as how Napoleon is reported to have acted toward the Mamalukes.
Also, I love that my phone's only suggestion, as I typed "Mamalukes", was, "Marmaduke".
It seems appropriate since I think of that big, cartoon dog every time I see or hear "Mamalukes".
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Another good video.
Thank you.
He is to late is one of the coldest lines I've seen
He meaning God
The thing about what the British did to those letters and these people's expressions are just golden🤣
Napoleon: “Josephine..how dare you have an affair as im away!”
The British: “LMAOOOOO L”
Definitely looking into the 80,000 hours, love the content.
the more we get into this series makes me lament that we don't talk about this at all when it comes to history but at the same time knowing how people tend to not want to talk about the greatest failures of great historical figures I get it
Imagine being so Chad that you lose 3 limbs and you still command your ship to fight back
Love the insight and in depth research behind the entertaining animation!
Paparazzi would have had a field day with those stolen letters, especially about Napoleon's wife.
The naval battle needed an entire episode also Cairo's revolt.
3:23 Napoleon for his Parte
My name is “Ebrahim” and let me just say, you knocked those pronunciations out of the park! Genuinely thought someone was calling my name
"I shall be the champion of Islam!"
"Could you convert to Islam, please?"
"...Nah."
I love the intro, it was a surprise to watch, and I wonder what had happened to Petit-Thouars and how long he had lived since his injuries, since he probably croaked, y'know.
1:06. Till Nelson got killed by a French sniper.
After defeating and Saving Britain in one of the Greatest Naval victories of all time, France never dared to attack Britain again after that.
@@ChrisCrossClash Well because they had to deal with European powers 😅 and the direct invasion was still in mind, why do you think the French were converging to Boulogne ?
@@lvl1_feral_druid They wouldn't have succeeded if they tried anyway.
@@ChrisCrossClash Guess we will never know, 25 miles ain't that far, if they managed the crossing, they would've been partying like in 1066. Always amused me how a little bit of water allowed an entire people to run their mouth.
@@lvl1_feral_druid You lot can talk, you French always think you are better than everyone else, Trust me if Britain was connected to the mainland the whole of history would have changed, and not for the better of France.
Crazy to think, that all of this is happening, while the Barbary wars were wrapping up on the the other side of the Mediterranean.
Can someone please tell what Egyptian dish is being served at Napoleons dinner with the Egyptian clerics at 6:18? It looks delicious! 😋
“He is too late”
-Napoleon
Napoleon was seriously badass. Perhaps my favorite historical figure.
napoleon giving essay about the baguette was funny
00:26 Tis but a flesh wound
8:40 Wow, that’s pretty metal bro
Seeing the thumbnails of this part and part 1 of this series made me think of something:
An animated love drama TV series (made by Extra History, no less) on the love lives between Napoleon, Josephine, and Cleopatra (who somehow was sent forward in time instead of dying to the snek and decided to restore her power through Napoleon).
9:10
That was almost in sync lol
BRIT”I”TISH at 0:10
BRI'ISH
me read the text bubble. text bubble give enlightenment in me soul when talk about stirring rather than kneading :)
Damn i cant imagine getting my arms ripped of from chain shot. Crazy how he gave out orders until the very end.
The sound effects helped convey the battle more clearly
5:02 if y’all taught me anything it’s that never ever miss an opportunity to make a pun
I know this might be nit-picking, but If I'm not wrong du Petit-Thouars lost both legs and an arm, not both arms and a leg, and some sources even say he only lost a foot
that was cruel, I did not expect the British to just publish Napoleon's affairs, but it is such a British thing to stick it up the French (and their leaders ig)
That stuck up Napoleon deserved it. 😂😂
that opening animation was amazing!
Aint no way this man had his arms and 1 of his legs blown off and continued ordering his troops. What the hell, he has my respect now.
3:36 Well he's not exactly wrong.
3:44 out of the government is good, but out of the public is oppressively punitive.
3:49 and now You're the bad guys.
2:34 I thought you about to say give them some heads😂👀👀
Can’t believe Napoleon got sneako’d 💀
2:06 And I thought that the British tea jokes about the Opium War and leaving tanks unattended were too on brand.
Please do the Greek revolution of 1821 against the ottoman empire next
I've been asking for this since the first episodes of the sengoku Jidai
Yea hope that happens at some point as well.
OH YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH ALWAYS WORTH THE WAIT
Wow. I hope your sponsor is as advertised. Those are, one and all, worthy goals. I'll go look the site over. That's singular over 12 years on YT. Amazing that a sponsor appeal could so dovetail into my dream of a better future for all.
Napoleon Bonerparte, a name that always pops up in my brain when I hear/read it
Now we really need a Nelson series!!
"Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment." -- Napoleon Bonaparte
Awesome thanks
0:24-0:29 “It’s just a flesh wound!”
nelson series when haha. he's definitely one of those rare larger-than-life figures like bismark
Can you guys just imagine an assassin’s creed game in this time era? It would be incredible!
Truth is, Napoleon, you are here because you wanted to feel like something you are not. A hero.
Can’t lie if you all did like an hour long video it would be like the worlds history (Edit) also you guys tell history better than my history teacher 😂 ❤
Ah, What a great day in Egypt for Napoleon
I really like intro in exta history!