Napoleon (Part 3) - The Decline (1812 - 1821)
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- This is the third and last part of our video series on the history of Napoleon. In this video, we cover the period from the French invasion of Russia to the death of Napoleon.
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Music: Where The Trap Is - Audio Hertz (TH-cam library)
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Software used for editing: Adobe After Effects
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Chapter
0:00 Context
1:08 French invasion of Russia
2:13 The retreat from Russia
3:37 The Sixth Coalition
4:50 The fall of the Empire
6:21 The congress of Vienna
7:47 Hundred Days
8:47 Belgian Campaign
9:55 Exile in Saint Helena
407th coalition: this time we’ll get them
Beaver 252 407th time’s the charm lol
😂
901,183,184th coalition: no this time we’ll get him
73762774845598473777746747845587466367772737747475533674848959508573772772717th coalition: no no this time's the charm
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Hold my beer
It's kind of crazy that it took 7 coalitions 22 years to defeat one country
More like 7 Coalitions, 22 years to defeat ONE man.
@@caesumcrimson6381 yeah lol
@@caesumcrimson6381 well that one man had an army
@@levophetamine One man army lol
Or just 1 Russia
Unlike Hitler, Napoleon actually occupied Moscow, for awhile
But Burned to the Ground
I Occupied Caucasus for a months.
Hitler, did you really fake your suicide and fled to Surabaya City?
Charles 12, Napoleon and Hitler all faced the same faith
he didn't occupy Moscow if there's no Moscow
“Swiss neutrality is recognized”
-Switzerland joins the 7th coalition like a mad man
Lol very strange
Terpintine actually it's not strange Switzerland was neutral like today but the treaty says Switzerland can only join wars if needed.
Terpintine well, that was Switzerland’s last war (up to today)
That happened after the war
Idiot
Hitler: I will invade Russia
Napoleon: Man let me tell you something
Charles XII: listen here guys
@@theswedishdude1Poland Lithuania : you see...
mongols: you gotta be Mongolian for that
Vikings: I tell you man, even if you manage to pull it of (you will not), Russians will comeback a couple of centuries later to kick your ass!
not the case with crimea in 1571
The seventh coalition made Napoleon a legend since they declared war not to France but to Napoleon himself
Wow the seventh coalition was just France fighting all of Europe combined
@Alistair Bolden hey that sounds familiar!
He could've won if he was in his prime. Not saying he would, just saying theirs a chance. However as he got older he wasn't as sharp.
@@etho7351 yes that's true. Napoleon was a genius
The thing that makes napoleon such a baller is that the seventh coalition didn't declare war on France but it declared war on napoleon himself
@@zfkingwilliam1918 wow
France: *invades Prussia*
Prussia: Oh wait! I'm on your side!
Russia: *invades Prussia*
Prussia: actually, I'm on Russian side now!
Those Persian Muslims are of no sides
😂😂😂
Prussia pulling an Italy.
@@YuvrajSingh-yi9xm Persians 😂😂 he said prussians
@@YuvrajSingh-yi9xm NOOOOOB
French Citizen: How many coalitions do you want to fight?
Napoleon: Yes
Coalition Powers:How many coalitions do you want us to form?
Britain:Yes
More correct version,as the coalition were the agressors
@@rocekth The first coalition was indeed the aggressor. About the others...they are debatable
@@DeutschlandMapping They were the aggressors in the 1st, 2nd ,3rd,4th,5th,and 7th,with the 6th being started by the invasion of Russia
Literally "tout le monde"
Rocket you’re right and I’m from Britain. Historian Andrew Roberts also admits this
Napoleon seems to have a history of leaving troops behind, knowingly or not.
Sacre blut
And England seems to have a history for retreat and run away.. 😁
You have never seen the English military history.
Woah woah woah guys relax Jesus I said nothing disrespectful at all and what you both said did not argue my point. Number 1) I mentioned Napoleon himself, not the French country. You both mentioned England as a country, not someone specific. And as a matter of fact I can do your job for you, Arthur Wellesley. The famous commander who famously led to the coalition against Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo, the same general who constantly retreated from Napoleon during his campaign in Spain. But guys retreat is perfectly okay as long as it leads to a victory, which in Spain it did. But even still, if you both even brought that up it wouldn't matter because Arthur did not leave his troops during his campaign. For point 2) guys I didn't even mention retreat at all, I said and I quote "......have a history of leaving troops behind" which Napoleon does. Egypt, Russia all the places where he did, in Russia he did it twice! No next time before you talk gentleman please bring some facts with your bag of meaningless statements. Checkmate.
@@Don_Kedich
Troops on Egypt were when he left agreed to be repatriated u der treaty with the UK.
The British reneged on this treaty.
They eventually did withdraw the troops.
Napoleon left his troops in the campible hands of Murat after Russia in 1812.
Very simple and clear explanation of the most complicated war Europe ever knew without forgetting any important details or sinking in any complications
This 3 episodes are fantastic and you deserve a big appreciation for your effort
you should also watch 'oversimplified' version of the Napoleonic Wars, it is great content I promise!
"I used to say of him (Napoleon) that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men."
-Arthur Wellesley, British General and Duke of Wellington
It's like strategy games or DND :
If general is less than 100m away, then troops gain +10 moral +25 strenght and + 5 defense.
@@kawoizaki In real life, due to Napolean, troops gained +85 moral, +100 strength and +95 defence
he didn't occupy Moscow if there's no Moscow
He did, they burnt it when he was inside
vous voulez dire: mon dieu !!
Lol that just seems like a lame excuse. He fucked it. If it is not for the weather, it had been gone
It’s Big Brain Time
how does that make any sense? if you occupy the land known as moscow, then you have occupied it. now THAT makes perfect sense.
France took over most of Europe.
This enraged Britain, who punished him severely.
Aurora The Wyvern dude uncool
Lmao I see the meme squad is already here!
*the french angered the dutch in 1812 the dutch punished them hard*
L'Aigle you clearly dont understand the background of the comment
waiting for him to upload aaah
Napoleon could actually control all Europe without invading Russia, and there was no point to occupy Spain. Spain was a traditional ally of France. Spending most of the resources for Russia and Spain made Napoleon's army weakened and exhausted
. So without those two mistakes he could be the great winner of everything.
His lineage still exists
Both Spain and Russia were not enforcing the continental blockade against the uk.
It's easy to say that he shouldn't have invaded Russia in hindsight, but it's far more complicated.
They should have invaded UK 🇬🇧
@@pagaun he shouldn't have made an economical blockade in the first place!
This was the best series on Napoleon I ever watched
Wow. Poor guy i know one better. Go check out Epic history it resume every Napoleon 's battle step by step his moove resuming a 10 minutes video just over one single battle. It talks about other topics like Alexander the great history of lot of stuffs
*GOOD*
@@gutsjoestar7450 Did u see the “ever” word?
@KLK B it's not just a batyle it's the war in general
@KLK B nah hes right tho, it's the best history videos ever, on the whole internet
Today pupils argued he was a real go-getter. Interesting how this person still inspires people.
Such a shame we don’t learn about this in schools in the US, it isn’t really our history but now I’m stuck to YT videos to learn about these wars
The fact that it took so long to beat Napoleon and France shows how powerful they were
Na the UK was stronger its just they didn't make many offensives, loads of coalition members were pretty incompetent, and napoleon is a madlad
@@toddhoward7649
"Na the UK was stronger its just they didn't make many offensives"
---> What a bullshit. They didn't make offensives because they were not strong... You claim coalition members were incompetent, but they did the job even if it was hard, unlike Britain that just sat on their island only providing money.
You claim they were strong and could beat the French army but didn't do it because they just didn't want... what a clown you are. It's not that they didn't want, they just could not.
Nope, just one man Napoleon.
@@secrectpirate3096 France was the most populated country of Europe, had a lot of competent (even genius) officers and generals because of the system of the Revolution wich was based on talent and not anymore on blood. French citizens were fighting for a system, their right and the new concept of "Nation". Napoléon was indeed important, but he was just the right man, at the right time for this.
@Todd Howard on land the french were way stronger than britain but on the sea it was a different story
2:30 “So, have we defeated Russia?”
Napoleon: “Well yes, but actually no.”
Napoleon forgot that Moscow was no capital of Russia at this time.
Some men live a simple life while others have a fire that threatens to engulf the world.
Technically it was the rest of Europe (encouraged by Britain and its divide and conquer policy regarding Continental Europe - I can't remember the exact name of this doctrine) that seeked war continuously against France, Napoleon just took the opportunity. :D
From a British perspective you realise how important those 22 miles of sea between Dover and Calais are. Saved us in WW2 no doubt and throughout history.
just have a good navy and troll everyone.
i would even go to say that what pushed him over the edge because he wanted to force everyone not to work with British anymore which lead to him losing Spain and even russia later.
Wouldn’t say it was just the sea. We had the greatest navy at the time which destroyed Napoleons. You set up to your strengths. It makes sense Britain focusing on the navy since it’s surrounded by water. Napoleon focused his efforts on building armies. 600k troops when he invaded Russia for example.
"My enemies are many, my equals are none"
Napoleon: I'm Back
St Helena: I'm about to end this man's whole career
Imagine Napolean in the United States
he'd probably end up as a politician or something
probably for a southern state
@@jabber1990 nah he said that he would devote his life to science if he moved to the US. Politics was over for him, so he decided to live peacefully in the US
There’s a Lucky Luke comic on that subject.
he would be the new emperor of United states😅 and during Napoleonic wars Napoleon was enough friendly with America he sold the Louisana for only 15 millions dollars. ($300,000,000 current U.S dollars) .. Joking I hope no.don't need him. No I'm joking Napoléon is god. I want him to come back
wow, imagine the united states in france
I just wanted to tell you what a great triology this was! Keep up the good work, I enjoyed every second of it.
5:10 He should have accepted the proposals. With such borders France would have been secure enough. Empire is worthless compared to security. He gambled and lost everything.
He had not guarantees it would stop wars. You cannot give back all these territories just like that.
Jacques You can’t forget, unlike the armchair historians, Napoleon didn’t have hindsight and had already been taking gambles his whole life.
only Austria would have been at peace with France then. Everyone else had nothing to do with this Austrian proposal, and would still have fought France.
@@benshapiromemesarefunny8725 Yes refusing such conditions was part of his personality, but Napoleon was not alone, the men running the Empire obviously saw France's defeat coming. The video actually makes a mistake, the Frankfurt proposals are a bit after Leipzig.
@@abadyr_ The frankfurt proposals were actually made right after Leipzig, and did not only involve the Austrians, but apparently the allies as a whole.
Napoleon comes back in 1815
Every Europe:Ah shit, here we go again...
Expect Poland
Napoleon came back in 1939 but just in a different country
Napolian: ask Britain's for help
British: laught in British
Winter: *starts*
Napoleon: why do I hear boss music?
More like "why do i hear megalovania"
More like *why do I hear kalinka*
In Russia, more French soldiers died during the Summer offensive than during the Winter retreat...
Finland belike: u mean sniper music?
2:44
Russia : WHY ARE U RUNNING? WHY ARE U RUNNING?
Napoleon:because I made you run... Now it's my turn
I feel he is the top 3 military commanders of all time. Man how many times entire Europe had to try to defeat him
Who are the others?
No, Napoleon is exactly on 1st place
Алексей Макаров Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar
@@madmoggy5098 what about Genghis Khan?
@@madmoggy5098 or that Prussian king I forgot he's name tho
Napoleon, how many armies do you want to form?
Napoleon: Oui
The Seventh Coalition: When you’re about to beat 1 guy in a fight but then his teammates arrive, team up on you, and you lose.
This video make no sense because Napoleon didn't fought one country per coalition. Napoleon was the most badass guy in history... And France was the most badass country in history on earth during the revolutionary wars. They were in trouble with the revolution and with the pro royalists but had the balls to declare war on everyone . Then they continued winning until Napoleon became crazy and lost his genius
French: I can't believe they're retreating, we'll finally have some resources!
Russia: 🔥🔥
Oh hi soap
@@giroshi8902 hi
@@coltengottlob10
Yuri my friend, you should never have come here,
Goodbye, Captain Price.
Meet you in hell.
Lol that's so stupid burning your own country but a smart strategy
Aggressive expansion is just a number they said...
Lesson: If you have an Empire dont ever try to invade Russia!
the mongols think otherwise
unless you invade from east
at least not while you are bleeding men from Spain and the British are harassing you
The central powers think otherwise
@@jakesweet1000
And they too were driven out by the Russians. The Russians skewered the Mongols.
Hey I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your videos and how great they are from the music to the animation and narration. Mad props bro keep up the good work!! :D
... and one hundred years later, Napoleon would get a German fan so devoted that he would even recreate Napoleon’s spectacular failure in Russia.
Napoleon could have turned the tide around after Russia at Leipzig. Napoleon had the chance to capture Tsar Alexander and King Frederick Wilhelm III ending the war. A French Cavalry division spotted a group of enemy outriders who they decided not to pursue. This group consisted of the Tsar and the Prussian King and some of their generals. If a few changes occur, Napoleon could have captured them turning the tables again in favor of a Pyrhhic Victory to an Austerliz like Victory.
1800s be like
*battle happens*
the defeated nation: well its time to sign peace
that was pre industrial revolution,you dont have factories making fireguns,you dont just raise more soldiers,it takes forever to make all that stuff,thats why the industrial revolution was such a big thing.
Napolean: SEND ME TO USA
British: Okay!
*gets sent to Saint Helena*
Napoleon: Oh sh*
*dies*
I wonder what would happen in Napolean got to America.
Me too. That is a very curios "what if" scenario.
GalahadGregory I think he would’ve just lived peacefully at that point.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Ok lets try and guess. Let's assume no one checks the port and Napoleon gets on a ship to the USA , he arrives. So what would happen next?
@@scotandiamapping4549 Probably become a memeber of congress.
Why did Napoleon go to conquer Moscow if the capital was St. Petersburg?
Moscow had been the symbolic capital of Russia since the Medieval ages
Hey there was no st. Petersburg in middle ages it was Petrograd
@@rocekth
Napoleon wanted to pressure the Tsar into peace and concession.
He did not want to rion the Tsar for fear of preventing his agreement to Napoleons terms.
That's why he neither freed the slaves nor occupied the Tsars true capital, to avoid unnecessary provocation.
@Master Robotnik
Why the Caps?
Battle Way, St. Petersburg was Petrograd only in the 1914-1924 years
Brillaint, I've been looking for somewhere that explain this story for a while, thank you
I think the weirdest thing about all of this to me is that the USA and Holy Roman Empire coexisted for a short time
It's amazing that even after 6 coalitions and during the last one getting crushed, Napoleon still fought against another coalition
Napoleon's story is a great example of not losing hope. Stay as a leader against all odds.
Answer setback with a comeback. 👍
Yes, but his ambitions also cost many life's. It is one thing to fight for your country and try to strengthen it and another to try and conquer whole Europe. Seeing all those videos about great man and conquering only led to greater wars and the ultimate realization of some that peace and unification maybe the better long lasting way .
@@Jaybiooh Napoleon never wanted to conquer europe lmao, it was UK and Allies that started those wars, if it wasn't for them, Napoleon would've ruled at peace
He literally left the battle of Waterloo early, gave command to a guy who accidentally sent the entire calvary to death by near point blank artillary fire.
Outstanding lecture ❤
Napoleon: Europe is Mine
Russian Winter: I don't think so
Stavros S. I get your point but idk, abandoning YOUR CAPITAL? If a country lost it’s capital then it doesn’t have much left, so to me Thats as bad as it gets
@@RedMissou Moscow wasn't really capital whatsoever nor important to Russia at that time
@no What? It was strategically a VERY important city otherwise why would Napoleon invade it?
@@RedMissou St. Petersburg was the capital at the time.
@@RedMissou it wasnt very important at all.
Everybody: don't even try to invade Russia.
Batu Khan: Hold my beer
It wasn't the same Russia, at all.
@@xenotypos r/wooooooosh
Dude your channel got hacked, wish you the best in getting it back man.
Wow. I was finally able to visualise napoleon wars in detail and cronologically
Dude, I really love this kinda beat music for background for such historic moments :)
I am a simple man. I see a Geo History video, I click, I watch.
"Berezina" is now a French word meaning "catastrophe of upper class"
Fascinating and very well done. Wish they had something like this when I was in school!
Virgin Emperor: *annexes countries to not be dealt with*
Chad Emperor: *spares enemies to destroy them again*
You forgot to say “ This leads to the Bourbon Restoration, a revival of the French monarchy.”
Really good video!
What a fascinating story, thank you so much !
this is a rly good story line thanks for this great vid!
Good job men this was a good series!!!
Top 10 saddest anime deaths
What a stubborn little dude. Imagine picking a show to watch on Netflix with this guy...
Yes! Keep up the good work!
Fact on Napoleon's war with Russia. Winning a war is sometimes ending up losing.
Napoleon did not win a war. He lost more than 10 battles during his retreat which are not included on the list.
You know this is an Avengers level threat when Switzerland joins the war.
very excellent series
Awesome videos on Napoleon! Would you consider making a similar series for Simon Bolivar?
Bertrand Russel stated that Napoleon emulated Caesar and wanted to outdo him, that Caesar emulated Alexander and wanted to outdo him, and that Alexander emulated Hercules, who never existed.
586th coalition: Mission failed, we'll get em' next time
1-20-22. This entire series was excellent.
Could you imagine how hype it would have been if he managed to make to the United States. Alternate History Hub should make a video about it.
It wouldn't have change anything in geopolitics. The last years of Napoleon would just have been a little more better for him.
5:32 I love how since they already had a battle at Leipzig they just called "The Battle Of The Nations"
Never fight a war on two fronts
The Napoleon's decline was Spain and Rusia
And United Kingdom
Napolean Series is very good ....
Thanks for this videos...
should've just escaped from Elba to the US
easy life easy retirement
@Chris Wang
lol? you mean like how he crossed the entire Altantic to St Helen, and did not die on the trip?
Whoops, I accidentally let my guard down for a second and...
*The entire continent is conquered again*
Excellent!!!
Actually he asked the British Admiral Maitland to take him to Britain because he believed he would be treated fairly there as a prisoner of war. However Parliament had already decided to exile him to St. Helena in the event he surrendered or was captured, which is what happened.
How to always lose a war:
1. Invade Russia
Britain actually fights the same way as a mosquito stings you. It's small, it's weak but mobile and opportunistic
Wouldn’t say Britain were weak they beet everyone
Small yes
britain was richer and more advanced country with similar population. france military was only so large because made up of foreigners and teenage conscripts
@@Lewis-zq5wsthey won seven years’ war by the population advantage in North America, Mughal’s decline in India and Russia’s crazy Czar in Europe.
Due to these wins British were able to impose their fleet as dominant in the oceans, a partially anti-British coalition was formed in US’ independence war and probably others would have formed after, but Napoleonic wars spread fear of continental armies throughout Europe and Britain used that to make sure that other powers send their men to die to stop a European continental hegemony, so they by supporting the anti-rival force maintained supremacy.
It was smart.
But then for partially no reason they decided to sing the triple entente, making the German military paranoia a political possibility for Berlin, which waged war as fast as it could to not fight the Triple Entente at full force, causing WWI and making Britain in debt with US to maintain the Empire created in the previous centuries.
This was the beginning of the end of British dominance, in fact they were forced to accept a naval limitation treaty from USA, after other British errors (mainly due to excessive anti-communism) made them not stopping Hitler before 1939 the II WW broke out and British Empire was destroyed.
It wasn’t smart
Napoleon: *Leaves Troops in Egypt*
Also Napoleon: Were doing a sequel!
Nice work
8:05
rest of Europe: aw shit, here we go again
I like how well you summarise and explain it. You really make this otherwise complicated topic music simpler to understand
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Good video. 👍
Imagine having a tomb of Hitler in Berlin
6:11
*Meatballs invade france*
*The great war*
Napoleon went back to France.
Most of Europe: I'm going to stop you right there.
Hitler: I have more enemies in Europe than anyone
Napoleon:Hold my Waterloo
2:32 winter is coming
As Napoleon once said “yeah I won’t leave you guys.” 🤞
There are some small inaccuracies in the video.
The first German countries quit the Confederation of the Rhine before the Battle of Leipzig on 16 to 19 October 1813.
In March 1813 Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz (located in the north east) quit the Confederation of the Rhine.
More importantly the Kingdom of Bavaria (the largest member of the Confederation of the Rhine) joined the allies with the treaty of Ried (signed between Bavaria and Austria) on October the 8th 1813 prior to the battle.
Austria guaranteed the Bavarian sovereignty and that in future negotiations it would receive adequate compensation for territories which would be returned to Austria.
Bavaria agreed in the treaty to leave the Confederation of the Rhine and declare war on France with the obligation to provide an army of at least 36.000 soldiers for the fight against Napoleon.
P.S. During the battle about 4.000 Saxon soldiers and circa 500 cavalry from Württemberg defected from Napoleon to the allies. The commanders of those units did it without orders from their monarchs.
I love this ❤❤
Remember the videos you did on the Colonization of America, and Africa, well can you please do a video on the colonialization of Australia and Oceania
...Got kicked out of France and removed from power, but he was given his own island and some troops to play with?
...what the hell kind of punishment is that?
Because it was different times. Executing Napoleon would stir revolutionary trouble, which winners (all of them monarchist) didn't want. They thought that having own island will be sufficient enough for a former emperor.
That and, honestly, even his enemies had a deep respect for Napoleon.
again terrific
France : bye Russia!
Russia : what month is it?
France : November wait OH CRAP