Darth Awar Lmao, Hitler doesn’t even make the top 5. Stalin killed far more than him. And Mao killed hundreds of time why both Hitler and Stalin combined. Various Muslim leaders fill in the rest of the top 10 since they have been trying to wipe out Jews and Christians since before they were even recognized religions.
From what I've read, he did an excellent job of ruling Elba. It would have been an interesting turn of fate if he'd lived out his life there and passed Elba on to his son.
Not sure if that could happen since the Treaty of Fontainebleau stated Elba to be a non-hereditary principality. Still if he stayed I'm sure Napoleon would have done what he could to change that detail.
Should be mentioned that at the battle of Waterloo, Napoleons generals and commanders were not what they used to be, it was closer to the C-team and not the Elite A-team he was used to. His team around him made mistake after mistake, making everything harder. Napoleon was of course not what he used to be, but most things went against him after Russia, his luck had not only run out, but there was just bad luck ahead
@@acesul8811 If you're referring to the channel, Simon has over 250K subs. If you are referring to me personally, I guess I'm the only person whose level of alcohol consumption has increased over the last month? Didn't think so.
@@acesul8811 Is a youtube comment the only place you are able to feel the power and control you lack in the rest of your life? Is that why you are such a C U Next Tuesday?
1:40 - Chapter 1 - The 1st alcatraz 4:30 - Chapter 2 - Life of an empire 11:15 - Mid roll ads 12:50 - Chapter 3 - The remotest island 15:50 - Chapter 4 - Decline & fall 19:15 - Chapter 5 - A forgotten piece of france
The moment I heard that napoleon made up escape plans, (possibly to mess with Lowe), all I could think of is how funny the imprisonment could be as a comedy/historical tv show.
Whoa! I’ve been obsessed with St Helena island since I was a kid, can’t explain it. Just an isolated populated island in the middle of nowhere with a rich history was fascinating to me and I’m hoping to save up and finally visit next year. I almost couldn’t believe my favorite TH-cam channel made a video about the Longwood House! Brilliant, so glad this is getting the attention it deserves. :)
I understand perfectly. I read about Napolean when I was about 10, nearly 60 years ago. I was also fascinated by the fact that he was exiled on a tiny island. I was finally able to visit St Helena last year as an ultimate bucket list item of mine. Two wonderful weeks exploring and mixing with the locals. I could have stayed much longer in retrospect. Some of the most warm and friendly people you'll ever meet.
Read that his harpsichord and other furniture had been restored. Made me interested in going there but that was unrealistic until the airport was opened
I've similarly been obsessed with Tristan da Cuhna since 1997 when I saw a TV news story about the world's most remote inhabited island getting it's first computer.
THANK YOU! I’m a High School Social Studies teacher in New York City (The Bronx) and have showed some of your videos in class but now that I’m teaching from home 1) I’m showing as many videos as I can to help make things fun! 2) I’ve been watching tons myself to stave off boredom
Jason Smith this content isn’t very well researched, maybe teach your class instead of playing videos as the teachers who did that didn’t teach me anything no matter how cool the students thought they were.
@@harrisons62 ok negative nancy, these videos are better researched and more far more objective than most textbooks, never mind other TH-cam videos. Also there are valid reasons teachers sometimes resort to showing videos. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, if they frame it in a healthy discussion, Q&A, etc.
Believe me, if you show them videos theyll just turn off the sound and do whatever they want bc videos means free time as theyre boring... we did this during online but at University not highschool
@@JeremyOuelletteNH they should at least find real historical stuff with references and actual books as evidence listed.. not a half assed video with false information
@@spacemongkey1366 It's a joke. The joke is that he is inferring that he too has tried to conquer the world and he too has felt the consequences, just like Napoleon.
Britain: Okay Napoleon we’ve had enough of you it’s time for your retirement. _Here’s a private island for you plus a lifetime pension, just try not to stage any coups okay._
I love all your channels and videos. I have spent countless hours watching them through the years. Your efforts have helped derail my mind in some very troubling times. Thank you, to you, and thank you to all of your writers, editors, staff, your sponsors, anyone and everyone involved in the making of each and every one of your videos. You are an excellent host. So incredibly calculated, clean, level headed, serious yet hilarious. If I had this teacher and teaching material when I was in college, I would have likely graduated.
Before he went to Longwood house/prison, he was held at the home of the Balcombe Family . The daughter moved to Australia and some of the Family settled on the Mornington Peninsular, at a place still called Balcombe. Later to become the Rest and Recovery place of the USMC 1st division and subsequently the Training camp of Army Tradesmen.
I spent a couple of years working on St Helena. Very rugged on the outside, but very much like a very hilly Cornwall or Devon on the inside. Gorgeous place, excellent diving in crystal clear unspoilt waters. Boney spent some time in a house called the briars, whilst Longwood was being finished, he became rather enamoured of the owners daughter. Longwood is now a museum, and France has an ambassador on St Helena. Whenever the saints have a celebration or big event. ( They have loads) he always dresses up as Napoleon
While researching our family history, my mother discovered two of my direct ancestors (brothers) were British soldiers and on St. Helena as guards for Napoleon. As two of the youngest boys in the detail, they also had the job of being effectively Napoleon's garden help on the grounds of Longwood.
While Napoleon was a good general, he was an excellent statesmen. We was a genius who micromanaged everything, from the mathematics of his artillery to critiquing the local priest's homily. The majority of his institutions and a large part of his laws are still in use today.
and he decimated not only the rest of europe but France as well................since he only wanted tall soldiers he took most of them all to their deaths.............leaving French men shorter for at least 2 or 3 generations..............and yet when i go to France he is still somehow worshiped..........but then their are more Germans than most people like to believe who still think hitler was a hell of a guy and a great leader........it's amazing how the worst people seem to end up in such positions of absolute power and worshiped by the nation he almost destroyed(and set back not only genetically but financially for many many years.....but somehow we now have an orange painted daughter raping pervert as our president.........so guess we are on the down side of our nation right now
Napoleon was a dictator before it was cool, but he wasn’t a bad guy and was certainly better for many Europeans than the entrenched monarchies that built 7 coalitions to take him on. The majority of Napoleonic wars were not started by Napoleon, and I do not think it is fair to blame him for all the bloodshed.
He caused the death of six million but wasn't the bad guy? He marched his men to a frozen death in Russia, but made sure he survived, and wasn't the bad guy? The George Bush Jnr of the 18 hundreds was a killer
He wouldn't have been well received, the American press of that period was every bit as viciously anti-Napoleon as the British press. He was seen as a usurper of the revolution, a petty despot, and a traitor to the cause of liberty.
Napoleon and his nephew were extensively presented in university European history and art history classes I had but I'm surprised that no mention whatever was made of "Longwood House". A serious omission that you have remedied nicely. Thanks you Simon, superior as always.
Bonaparte consistently asserted the superiority of the civil over the military and acted that way. He certainly installed a form of authoritarian empire but calling it a dictatorship is a bit far fetched. The Consulate and the Empire were not a military dictatorship. He made use of the military extensively but the army did not rule Napoleon's France.
Not just the English... Only the French would be so stupid as to worship this conqueror/mass-murderer, who is directly responsible for the deaths and suffering of millions and millions of people in Europe. It's sickening, tbh...
@@haploideallel He declared war twice while he was attacked by 7 coalitions. He was a meritocrat who threatened the existing conservative class structures that were in place and other countries were worried he'd export their social order. If you think Nappy was so bad read up on Metternich and see how woke he was.
Until a year or two ago, the only way to get there was a weeks voyage on a ship. Then the British built a 500 million pound airport to attract potential tourists like you.
@@Dave_Sisson I had to look it up since 500 million for a very tiny airport seems too much. It's only a bit over and under half of that depending on how you look at it but that's pretty expensive for an unimpressive airport but I guess the logistics to get material and labor to the super remote island will drive up the costs. British airforce can use it so I guess it's really not a waste of money.
Another excellent video by the Geographics team. Your best best videos are really when you mix up the formula talking more about a story then a certain place. But the place itself was incredibly amazing to learn about to. The bitter end of Napoleon... thank you so much for this lesson in history
Simon really doesn't like Napoleon, does he? Just remember, the regimes that replaced him didn't exactly "free" the people of Europe. The Congress of Vienna tried to reimpose absolute monarchy, or close to it, all over the place.
You do know that he left France with hundreds of thousands less healthy educated(and tall) men.........setting them back genetically for generations(see canadian men who are from French families(very short even today.....for example.........the men in england were so short during WWI that they had to change their regs to let in the short guys and then starting giving food to families and pregnant women to make their children healthier(thus taller). Who know what those dead men killed for napoleons ego could have done or what their future, never born, children would have accomplished? A cure for cancer in the early 1900's? A way to feed all the people of the world? the end to wars?............
Few absolute monarchies were as cruel and brutal (and had crazy world conquering fantasies) as Napoleon. Absolute power doesn't always create monsters like Napoleon, Stalin or Hitler. Of course it makes it more possible, as the various Louis's proved. Absolute monarchies were the rule, not the exception. That doesn't make them euqal. And judging them out of context with 200 years political hindsight makes no sense. Live in Prussia for example was considerably more safe and reliable than in France. The legal reforms of Frederick the Great went beyond anything the french Revolution achieved. And he was an absolute monarch. PS: @TY: Have a little read about Cromwell.
I may rip on you for Business Blaze, but I appreciate how you're churning out content right now. Love the level of detail in Biog and Geog. Splendid work!
I know you guys make money on these and it's a business, but the videos on your channels have been a great learning experience and distraction the last month and a half. Thank you for your work.
I have been to St Helena twice, and both times visited Longwood and taken the beautiful walk to his grave site. St Helena housed many Boer pow's after the Anglo Boer war. Their story deserves to be told.
Hey Simon, you should do a video on Newgrange next. It's a massive Neolithic structure in Ireland that's older than the Pyramids (the oldest one being the Pyramid of Djoser at 2600 bc)and Stonehenge(3000bc) being built in 3200 bc. It has a door with a roof box above it that perfectly aligns with the sun on the Winter solstice and a roof so well made that it's still waterproof to this day. Archaeologists are baffled on how these people were able to build such a sophisticated structure before the advent of writing and the crane and how advanced their knowledge of the cosmos and the exact alignment of the sun was. Shows how skilled my ancestors were in construction techniques,lapidary design, mathematical calculations and astronomical observation. And for April fools day you should do a video on Nat Tate and for pride month you should do Judy Garland. Anyway great video, as always. Keep up the good work.
I can just imagine him upon seeing his new jailer, flat on the floor, banging his fists shouting "Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde!!!" as though he'd just lost a bowling session... :P
Because of Napoleon in Germany there is a very good and delicious type of bread available! It's called Pumpernickel and it was created for the favourite horse of Napoleon during his time in Germany and at first it was called Pomme pour Nicole because the name of the favourite horse of Napoleon was Nicole and in the region in which it was created by the people they said Pumpernickel because they only understood it like that and until today we can eat it and it is so delicious and healthy for us to eat and one of my favourite ones! Lovely greetings from Sarah and have a great day and enjoy your time and stay safe out there and take care of yourself and your family and friends and stay blessed and healthy and happy right now 🙋💖😍
Napoleon's body was returned to France in 1840 during the reign of Louis Philippe. It was put into a temporary tomb at the Hotel des Invalidss, finally being put to rest in its present sarcophagus there in 1861.
An aditional fact: Today, Napoleon' s remains are in an urn at Hôtel des Invalides in Paris where it was put when returned from Santa Helena. In his return trip (1840) the ship passed in a port in Recife - Brazil.
It would not have lasted. His enemies thought he might want to escape, they wanted to move him. Napoleon would never give up as long as he could see a way out
Napoleon was a visionary reformer, outstanding leader, republican and European who was brought down by the sclerotic unelected hereditary monarchies of the uk, russia, Austria and Prussia who could not stand to see their self-entitled power sucked away from them
I'm a History man, but I sure as heck was ignorant that there were 5,000 residents on St. Helena in 1815! I thought it was a HORRIBLY REMOTE "custom" thing suitable only for a high-profile prisoner and his British guardian staff.. So thanks for that fresh info.
I’m a Texan so your your comment about Longwood being…”so cushy it would make a Norwegian jail look like a Texas prison…” made me laugh….plus I had to research Norwegian prisons 😂😂😂
This is the best set on TH-cam. I reminds me of the Turner Classic Movies Private Screenings set with Charles Osborne. I just want to live in this set. I wonder if Simon would mind.
I admit I hit the like button on these videos before I've even watched them. I've never been disappointed with the information and presentation so at this point it's just pragmatic. Edit: in spite of the above praise I feel it only fair to add the mild criticism in that I doubt anyone ever referred to him as Boney.
So, him stealing the Netherlands from the people was a form of defense?? How, ffs is that a defense tactic? The guy was nothing better than a Hitler, or a Lenin and the like... Stop worshipping guys that are (directly) responsible for the deaths of millions and millions of people!
@@haploideallel UK paid other european's nations to do war against France. What do you wanted ? France surrender to ennemy without a fight ? The reaction was the war. They wanted to put a king again and they had their ass kicked. That's what they deserved. Blame UK for millions of deaths.
Yeah because I regularly drive my car through my neighbors fence and take over his pool while raping his wife and murdering his son. You know...... Strictly for my defense.
Newgate, the Maze, Black Dolphin, Ritkers, Sing Sing, there are a lot of prisons you guys can cover. And famous battles, Saratoga, Midway, Thermopylae, Marathon, there are a ton of famous battles you can cover
Napoleon was not a tyrant. In France he did many great things, he built new roads, helped the fallen economy, and created lycées (free schools) for children.
Archie Ames bruh you know that the napoleonic wars started when the 1st coalition declared war on France right? Most of the wars were started by the enemies of France and not France himself
How funny to watch this video directly from Elba! Apparently his last words leaving the Island on the 26th Feb 1815 were: "I will come back, my Sons! I leave my mother and my sister in your hands." I guess when he didn't come back, the locals went "oh well, he's gone for good. Let's go to his villas and sell everything that isn't screwed down to the floor."
Is it possible to make a video about the tyrany of East India Company? This topic started to be really interesting for me and i was wondering if You could do this topic on one of Your channels? Best wishes in this tiresome time and keep up the good work!
Excuse me, 'petit corporal'? I think you are mistaking him with a 20th century guy in Germany. He was 'Lieutenant d'artillerie' or lieutenant of Artillery and an officer when he graduated and went on to take back Toulon from the Brits
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Napoleons penis escaped!
no
Simon, after watching this, I actually dislike Napoleon even more than I thought I could. What a d bag
No
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The way you kill a man's soul is to give him nothing to do. Napolean's exile may appear luxurious but man was it psychologically brutal.
Give a man somebody to love.. If you can't do that, give him something to hope for.. If you can't even do that, just give him something to do.
He was a prisoner and killed or had killed or got killed through bad decisions more man then anyone else in history apart from maybe Hitler!!!!
@@DarthAwar Mao Zedong was actually the deadliest man in history
Darth Awar Lmao, Hitler doesn’t even make the top 5. Stalin killed far more than him. And Mao killed hundreds of time why both Hitler and Stalin combined. Various Muslim leaders fill in the rest of the top 10 since they have been trying to wipe out Jews and Christians since before they were even recognized religions.
@@DarthAwar without napoleon monarchy would have existed far longer in Europe.
He saved far more than he killed.
Longwood house: social distancing before it was hip.
Michael Hughes 🤣🤣🤣
We're all dead😔
Bro, too soon.
From what I've read, he did an excellent job of ruling Elba. It would have been an interesting turn of fate if he'd lived out his life there and passed Elba on to his son.
Not sure if that could happen since the Treaty of Fontainebleau stated Elba to be a non-hereditary principality. Still if he stayed I'm sure Napoleon would have done what he could to change that detail.
Should be mentioned that at the battle of Waterloo, Napoleons generals and commanders were not what they used to be, it was closer to the C-team and not the Elite A-team he was used to. His team around him made mistake after mistake, making everything harder. Napoleon was of course not what he used to be, but most things went against him after Russia, his luck had not only run out, but there was just bad luck ahead
Simon Whistler: World domination one TH-cam channel at a time.
I shall shave my head in tribute
Which island shall we gift him when he eventually makes the mistake of invading Russia?
Big McDick Simon will just conquer Russia via VisualPolitik videos
@@bigmcdick4916 Isle of Man
@@bigmcdick4916 Simon will not make that mistake. He will walk into Red Square and challenge Putin to a good old fashioned duel. Winner takes all.
5:39 "French Thanos" 🤣 I'm a little drunk right now but I found that hilarious!
And that there is the target audience for this poorly researched tabloid drek.
@@acesul8811 If you're referring to the channel, Simon has over 250K subs. If you are referring to me personally, I guess I'm the only person whose level of alcohol consumption has increased over the last month? Didn't think so.
@@acesul8811 Is a youtube comment the only place you are able to feel the power and control you lack in the rest of your life? Is that why you are such a C U Next Tuesday?
1:40 - Chapter 1 - The 1st alcatraz
4:30 - Chapter 2 - Life of an empire
11:15 - Mid roll ads
12:50 - Chapter 3 - The remotest island
15:50 - Chapter 4 - Decline & fall
19:15 - Chapter 5 - A forgotten piece of france
Video ends with a nod to the History Guy’, using his catch phrase. Both channels deserve crossover views.
Part 77 Surface history guy’s channel is really good
The History Guy is a boss
You could say that they both *puts on sunglasses* deserve to be remembered
Only started listening to Simon this year, Been listening to The History Guy since before pandemic.
Both are great!
The moment I heard that napoleon made up escape plans, (possibly to mess with Lowe), all I could think of is how funny the imprisonment could be as a comedy/historical tv show.
I smell another season of Blackadder.
@@sloth8598 Or Hogan's Heroes...
Whoa! I’ve been obsessed with St Helena island since I was a kid, can’t explain it. Just an isolated populated island in the middle of nowhere with a rich history was fascinating to me and I’m hoping to save up and finally visit next year. I almost couldn’t believe my favorite TH-cam channel made a video about the Longwood House! Brilliant, so glad this is getting the attention it deserves. :)
I understand perfectly. I read about Napolean when I was about 10, nearly 60 years ago. I was also fascinated by the fact that he was exiled on a tiny island. I was finally able to visit St Helena last year as an ultimate bucket list item of mine.
Two wonderful weeks exploring and mixing with the locals. I could have stayed much longer in retrospect. Some of the most warm and friendly people you'll ever meet.
I’m a native of the island. So good luck saving up enough to go there. It’s definitely worth a visit but not really much to do
Read that his harpsichord and other furniture had been restored. Made me interested in going there but that was unrealistic until the airport was opened
I've similarly been obsessed with Tristan da Cuhna since 1997 when I saw a TV news story about the world's most remote inhabited island getting it's first computer.
@@lukey883 its also one of my bucket list. After I retire, ill probably try to visit. Can i ask what is the easiest way to travel to saint helena?
THANK YOU! I’m a High School Social Studies teacher in New York City (The Bronx) and have showed some of your videos in class but now that I’m teaching from home 1) I’m showing as many videos as I can to help make things fun! 2) I’ve been watching tons myself to stave off boredom
Jason Smith this content isn’t very well researched, maybe teach your class instead of playing videos as the teachers who did that didn’t teach me anything no matter how cool the students thought they were.
@@harrisons62 ok negative nancy, these videos are better researched and more far more objective than most textbooks, never mind other TH-cam videos. Also there are valid reasons teachers sometimes resort to showing videos. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, if they frame it in a healthy discussion, Q&A, etc.
Jajaja
Believe me, if you show them videos theyll just turn off the sound and do whatever they want bc videos means free time as theyre boring... we did this during online but at University not highschool
@@JeremyOuelletteNH they should at least find real historical stuff with references and actual books as evidence listed.. not a half assed video with false information
''Whenever I've tried to conquer the word, there have been consequenses.'' I felt that
TechWechSech Felt that in my bones
May i ask why u felt it?
@@spacemongkey1366 It's a joke. The joke is that he is inferring that he too has tried to conquer the world and he too has felt the consequences, just like Napoleon.
Britain: Okay Napoleon we’ve had enough of you it’s time for your retirement.
_Here’s a private island for you plus a lifetime pension, just try not to stage any coups okay._
Weird hearing Germany, Prussia, and Austria referred to as the "Allies."
Traditionally for the British they were, as they are again.
Bavaria was a French ally ! AH and Goering are from !
Who wouldn't like the guy who ordered his soldiers to blow up Bill & Ted, cheats at bowling, and cuts in line at water parks? ;-)
The only Napoleon we know and love 😉
Don't forget the L'il Nappy that likes small people hitting each other.
I would pay good money to see a movie about napoleon’s exile on Saint Helena.
It’d be a good movie. Could be a character study with some flashbacks
I love all your channels and videos. I have spent countless hours watching them through the years. Your efforts have helped derail my mind in some very troubling times. Thank you, to you, and thank you to all of your writers, editors, staff, your sponsors, anyone and everyone involved in the making of each and every one of your videos. You are an excellent host. So incredibly calculated, clean, level headed, serious yet hilarious. If I had this teacher and teaching material when I was in college, I would have likely graduated.
My whole family is from St Helena! 😊 I've been to Longwood House many times when I've visited the island 👍
Do locals still talk about Napoleon? Do they remember him?
Before he went to Longwood house/prison, he was held at the home of the Balcombe Family .
The daughter moved to Australia and some of the Family settled on the Mornington Peninsular, at a place still called Balcombe.
Later to become the Rest and Recovery place of the USMC 1st division and subsequently the Training camp of Army Tradesmen.
Simon Whistler cracks me up: “Whenever I try to conquer the world... there are consequences.” 😂
Fantastic video! Best I've seen on Napoleon on St. Helena. And I loved how hip and sarcastic the host was too for a modern audeince.
Anyone else watching with the captions on @ 8:52 "Simon! Put down that sword and get off that horse!" LMADO!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 what a hilarious lil Easter egg!
I spent a couple of years working on St Helena. Very rugged on the outside, but very much like a very hilly Cornwall or Devon on the inside. Gorgeous place, excellent diving in crystal clear unspoilt waters. Boney spent some time in a house called the briars, whilst Longwood was being finished, he became rather enamoured of the owners daughter. Longwood is now a museum, and France has an ambassador on St Helena. Whenever the saints have a celebration or big event. ( They have loads) he always dresses up as Napoleon
While researching our family history, my mother discovered two of my direct ancestors (brothers) were British soldiers and on St. Helena as guards for Napoleon. As two of the youngest boys in the detail, they also had the job of being effectively Napoleon's garden help on the grounds of Longwood.
While Napoleon was a good general, he was an excellent statesmen. We was a genius who micromanaged everything, from the mathematics of his artillery to critiquing the local priest's homily. The majority of his institutions and a large part of his laws are still in use today.
He was also a jerk.
@@UnchainedAmerica He was French nuff said
and he decimated not only the rest of europe but France as well................since he only wanted tall soldiers he took most of them all to their deaths.............leaving French men shorter for at least 2 or 3 generations..............and yet when i go to France he is still somehow worshiped..........but then their are more Germans than most people like to believe who still think hitler was a hell of a guy and a great leader........it's amazing how the worst people seem to end up in such positions of absolute power and worshiped by the nation he almost destroyed(and set back not only genetically but financially for many many years.....but somehow we now have an orange painted daughter raping pervert as our president.........so guess we are on the down side of our nation right now
@@michaelhurley3171 Actually, he was Corsican, his original name being Napoleone Buonoparte.
@@nikadavise-br9lx That was his Nephews doing as President/Emperor
Napoleon was a dictator before it was cool, but he wasn’t a bad guy and was certainly better for many Europeans than the entrenched monarchies that built 7 coalitions to take him on. The majority of Napoleonic wars were not started by Napoleon, and I do not think it is fair to blame him for all the bloodshed.
Nolin Huddleston you are correct
He caused the death of six million but wasn't the bad guy? He marched his men to a frozen death in Russia, but made sure he survived, and wasn't the bad guy? The George Bush Jnr of the 18 hundreds was a killer
I am glad to see that quite a lot of people have the common sense to see things as they are,in-
tead of throwing around with uninformed accusations .👍
Would have been interesting if he had made it to America.
It'd make a good alternate history hub video.
imagene the napolic empire of america
New Orleans would have welcomed him with open arms.
@@markmh835 Canada too.
He wouldn't have been well received, the American press of that period was every bit as viciously anti-Napoleon as the British press. He was seen as a usurper of the revolution, a petty despot, and a traitor to the cause of liberty.
Simon I love your channels. I remember when I first found "top tenz " years ago and I've been hooked ever since.
Napoleon and his nephew were extensively presented in university European history and art history classes I had but I'm surprised that no mention whatever was made of "Longwood House". A serious omission that you have remedied nicely. Thanks you Simon, superior as always.
Bonaparte consistently asserted the superiority of the civil over the military and acted that way. He certainly installed a form of authoritarian empire but calling it a dictatorship is a bit far fetched. The Consulate and the Empire were not a military dictatorship. He made use of the military extensively but the army did not rule Napoleon's France.
i love how us french sees napoleon as one of the greatest emperor of mankind
while english peoples: Evil man bad
jean mouloude ikr
History is written by the winners
Not just the English...
Only the French would be so stupid as to worship this conqueror/mass-murderer, who is directly responsible for the deaths and suffering of millions and millions of people in Europe.
It's sickening, tbh...
He was even taller than the average person of the time yet most people think he was a pygmy.
@@haploideallel He declared war twice while he was attacked by 7 coalitions. He was a meritocrat who threatened the existing conservative class structures that were in place and other countries were worried he'd export their social order. If you think Nappy was so bad read up on Metternich and see how woke he was.
I just recently checked out tickets to St. Helena. Damn they aren’t cheap.
Until a year or two ago, the only way to get there was a weeks voyage on a ship. Then the British built a 500 million pound airport to attract potential tourists like you.
I'll bet Napoleon wouldn't have balked at the price of a return ticket.
Probably because of the near global shutdown of flights. It's gonna be pricey no matter what but it's a strange time for the airline industry.
@@Dave_Sisson I had to look it up since 500 million for a very tiny airport seems too much. It's only a bit over and under half of that depending on how you look at it but that's pretty expensive for an unimpressive airport but I guess the logistics to get material and labor to the super remote island will drive up the costs. British airforce can use it so I guess it's really not a waste of money.
@@RuiRuichi also think about med-evac flghts. that airport has already saved many lives
Great job on this one Simon. You gave the perfect ending.
One of my favourite YT channels. Question: What would you be doing if it wasn't for the internet? Telling tales in pubs, street corners and parks?
Hed be booes by people who actually know history
"Super prison"? It's a house. Not a particularly nice house, but a house.
The island itself is the super prison. If Boney tried to escape, they would’ve sent ships after him and he may not have even made it to Europe
Location location location.
Bite Me EXACTLY! It’s just a desolate rock in the middle of the South Atlantic!
And prisons are not houses?
@@Doñasonja no, that's housing, not 'a' house. there's a difference, please seek your nearest dictionary before continuing life
Hilarious at times, your storytelling gives the historical commentary a life of its own. A brilliant chap, you are.
Another excellent video by the Geographics team. Your best best videos are really when you mix up the formula talking more about a story then a certain place. But the place itself was incredibly amazing to learn about to. The bitter end of Napoleon... thank you so much for this lesson in history
Simon really doesn't like Napoleon, does he? Just remember, the regimes that replaced him didn't exactly "free" the people of Europe. The Congress of Vienna tried to reimpose absolute monarchy, or close to it, all over the place.
I mean it's not like Napoleon was a good man or anything, so I don't blame him
You do know that he left France with hundreds of thousands less healthy educated(and tall) men.........setting them back genetically for generations(see canadian men who are from French families(very short even today.....for example.........the men in england were so short during WWI that they had to change their regs to let in the short guys and then starting giving food to families and pregnant women to make their children healthier(thus taller). Who know what those dead men killed for napoleons ego could have done or what their future, never born, children would have accomplished? A cure for cancer in the early 1900's? A way to feed all the people of the world? the end to wars?............
And that's why a constitutional monarchy is best. Once again, britain isnt the same as Europe.
Few absolute monarchies were as cruel and brutal (and had crazy world conquering fantasies) as Napoleon. Absolute power doesn't always create monsters like Napoleon, Stalin or Hitler. Of course it makes it more possible, as the various Louis's proved.
Absolute monarchies were the rule, not the exception. That doesn't make them euqal. And judging them out of context with 200 years political hindsight makes no sense.
Live in Prussia for example was considerably more safe and reliable than in France. The legal reforms of Frederick the Great went beyond anything the french Revolution achieved. And he was an absolute monarch.
PS: @TY: Have a little read about Cromwell.
@@5Andysalive peepeepoopoo world domination
stfu anglo
Thank JAH you are still putting these out. They are much appreciated!
“So British they probably bled tea” 😂
As a Brit who hates tea, I nevertheless approve of your claim.
I may rip on you for Business Blaze, but I appreciate how you're churning out content right now. Love the level of detail in Biog and Geog. Splendid work!
Do you not like business blaze? It took me a while to get into it but I really like it now.
Matthew Dockter I like business blaze . What don’t you like about it?
Thank you for continuing to be normal during this time. Your clips are a great distraction.
I know you guys make money on these and it's a business, but the videos on your channels have been a great learning experience and distraction the last month and a half. Thank you for your work.
Excellent Simon's 👍👍your the great story master 🏆😆
Don't call Napoleon a Dictator, he's the Emperor of France.
Emperor of the French
@@shizukajoestar614 make a difference really
Agreed, if he was such a brutal dictator, they wouldn't have elected his nephew.
Difference between dictator and tyrant
Correction: he's a skeleton
*sees the tiny island he’s set to be imprisoned on*
N: “shit. I should’ve quit while i was ahead😰”
BIGGEST OOF
Don't y'all love the way he makes Avengers and Thanos references? the Avengers teams against the French Thanos! Love it!😂😂😂😂
I would love to see a sitcom based on Napoleon’s life! 😭😂
I have been to St Helena twice, and both times visited Longwood and taken the beautiful walk to his grave site.
St Helena housed many Boer pow's after the Anglo Boer war. Their story deserves to be told.
Hey Simon, you should do a video on Newgrange next. It's a massive Neolithic structure in Ireland that's older than the Pyramids (the oldest one being the Pyramid of Djoser at 2600 bc)and Stonehenge(3000bc) being built in 3200 bc. It has a door with a roof box above it that perfectly aligns with the sun on the Winter solstice and a roof so well made that it's still waterproof to this day. Archaeologists are baffled on how these people were able to build such a sophisticated structure before the advent of writing and the crane and how advanced their knowledge of the cosmos and the exact alignment of the sun was. Shows how skilled my ancestors were in construction techniques,lapidary design, mathematical calculations and astronomical observation.
And for April fools day you should do a video on Nat Tate and for pride month you should do Judy Garland.
Anyway great video, as always. Keep up the good work.
I went to St Helena in July. The visit to Longwood was the highlight of the trip.
I can just imagine him upon seeing his new jailer, flat on the floor, banging his fists shouting "Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde!!!" as though he'd just lost a bowling session... :P
Thanks. I just found your channel a couple of months ago and wow it is addictive. Also like your top tenz.
5:25 “Boney was only to happy to......” Hilarious Simon!
This reads and sounds like an epilogue to your Napoleon video🙂...
Actually last word he said was: "Josephine"
Ohh man Napoleon must have really enjoyed those speed boats
🤣
There’s something very poetic about him ending up in a gilded cage.
Because of Napoleon in Germany there is a very good and delicious type of bread available! It's called Pumpernickel and it was created for the favourite horse of Napoleon during his time in Germany and at first it was called Pomme pour Nicole because the name of the favourite horse of Napoleon was Nicole and in the region in which it was created by the people they said Pumpernickel because they only understood it like that and until today we can eat it and it is so delicious and healthy for us to eat and one of my favourite ones! Lovely greetings from Sarah and have a great day and enjoy your time and stay safe out there and take care of yourself and your family and friends and stay blessed and healthy and happy right now 🙋💖😍
Uhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuh.
Longwood.
Hehehehehe. He said wood. Hehehe
lol. bone.
Napoleon's body was returned to France in 1840 during the reign of Louis Philippe. It was put into a temporary tomb at the Hotel des Invalidss, finally being put to rest in its present sarcophagus there in 1861.
When John Wilkes Booth escaped he chose the last name St. Helens in ode to Napoleon,, stating The Little Emperor did what he did for his country
Thanks for another great video, Simon! Stay safe!
Do one on Ascension Island!!
I have always wondered what the whole situation in Saint Helena was like.
Then start reading.. this video is very one sided with little historical goodness in it to be a passable video
"Luckily they banished him to an island-
🎵 but he caaame back 🎵
Luckily they banished him to another island."
"When you have multiple empires declaring war on you as an individual, that's how you know you're a very naughty boy."
An aditional fact: Today, Napoleon' s remains are in an urn at Hôtel des Invalides in Paris where it was put when returned from Santa Helena. In his return trip (1840) the ship passed in a port in Recife - Brazil.
what might have been if he’d just lived out his days as “emperor” of Elba?
It would not have lasted. His enemies thought he might want to escape, they wanted to move him. Napoleon would never give up as long as he could see a way out
Slow death of stomach cancer.
Napoleon was a visionary reformer, outstanding leader, republican and European who was brought down by the sclerotic unelected hereditary monarchies of the uk, russia, Austria and Prussia who could not stand to see their self-entitled power sucked away from them
Can you make a video about the plot by the citizens of New Orleans to re-establish Napoleon in Louisiana?
I'm a History man, but I sure as heck was ignorant that there were 5,000 residents on St. Helena in 1815! I thought it was a HORRIBLY REMOTE "custom" thing suitable only for a high-profile prisoner and his British guardian staff.. So thanks for that fresh info.
"We know... What a bastard!" :D :D :D Got me good that one! :D :D :D
I’m a Texan so your your comment about Longwood being…”so cushy it would make a Norwegian jail look like a Texas prison…” made me laugh….plus I had to research Norwegian prisons 😂😂😂
I only have one thing to say. “History is complicated.”
This is the best set on TH-cam. I reminds me of the Turner Classic Movies Private Screenings set with Charles Osborne. I just want to live in this set. I wonder if Simon would mind.
Another great video Simon & team 👌👏
My nan is from St Helena, I think she moved too England in the 50s maybe early 60s
Happiness eluded Napoleon eventually risking his basic privilege of living a sovereign life.
“Held the worlds most dangerous man” - Ken Shamrock?
Nice.
Niiiiiice
lmfao
Joe exotic?
Charlie Zelenoff?
Simon, you keep referring to Napoleon as a "petty corporal". Napoleon was a General, the corporal was Hitler.
He is actually saying "Petit Corporal" which is a French nickname he garnered from his French opposition back home.
@@Sir_Howie Was it his enemies? I thought it was an affectionate nickname from the troops who believed he understood them better than other officers.
Napoleon was a hero...He was trying to defeat those who are responsible for all our misery...
You’re uninformed
@@joshuawillis602 Ha.
I admit I hit the like button on these videos before I've even watched them. I've never been disappointed with the information and presentation so at this point it's just pragmatic.
Edit: in spite of the above praise I feel it only fair to add the mild criticism in that I doubt anyone ever referred to him as Boney.
Aside for the Iberian campaign most of his “conquering” was in defense of the revolution ideals and France in general.
Not the first time in history someone wanted a "EUROPEAN UNION"' and certainly not the last.
So, him stealing the Netherlands from the people was a form of defense?? How, ffs is that a defense tactic?
The guy was nothing better than a Hitler, or a Lenin and the like...
Stop worshipping guys that are (directly) responsible for the deaths of millions and millions of people!
@@haploideallel UK paid other european's nations to do war against France.
What do you wanted ?
France surrender to ennemy without a fight ?
The reaction was the war. They wanted to put a king again and they had their ass kicked.
That's what they deserved.
Blame UK for millions of deaths.
@@Raisonnance. so the UK was responsible for him invading Russia?..........................................Nah I dont think so.
Yeah because I regularly drive my car through my neighbors fence and take over his pool while raping his wife and murdering his son. You know...... Strictly for my defense.
I love the levity you're bringing to this channel. The subtle little quips and jokes really keep you engaged in the video.
Newgate, the Maze, Black Dolphin, Ritkers, Sing Sing, there are a lot of prisons you guys can cover.
And famous battles, Saratoga, Midway, Thermopylae, Marathon, there are a ton of famous battles you can cover
Totes sick of hearing abt ancient Greece & Rome. Sooo grateful Simon presents rarer content! :)
Merry C. Can’t tots blame you, but I still want to hear what Simon would say
Napoleon was not a tyrant. In France he did many great things, he built new roads, helped the fallen economy, and created lycées (free schools) for children.
He also killed millions of people out of pure megalomania. Exile is far from the worst thing that could have happened to him.
Archie Ames bruh you know that the napoleonic wars started when the 1st coalition declared war on France right? Most of the wars were started by the enemies of France and not France himself
@@yeetus2754 Ask the Spanish people of the 1800's if they considered Bonaparte to be a tyrant.
Archie Ames remind me who started the wars on who ?
Anderson Hobart and the code supporting meritocracy abolishing serfdom etc he’s a hero and I’m English 😊
18:10 I've worked on Alcatraz many times. It has a kind of cold and miserable just like this.
6:31 I kept hearing the avengers them on my mind... that should be the track played here.
That "deserves to be remembered" is from the history guy, isn't? I also binged his videos.
the descendants of napoleon are still highly respected in france and filty rich owning titles and historical properties
Simon is my hero
How funny to watch this video directly from Elba! Apparently his last words leaving the Island on the 26th Feb 1815 were: "I will come back, my Sons! I leave my mother and my sister in your hands." I guess when he didn't come back, the locals went "oh well, he's gone for good. Let's go to his villas and sell everything that isn't screwed down to the floor."
Lorenzo Rosi : What he left there,is STILL THERE,Mister....! How about going to see his villas instead of writing rubbish!
That cutaway to show where Napoleon was exiled to made me laugh too much didn't expect something like that on this channel ahhahaha funny shit
While our time had Napoleon sent to Saint Helena, part of me wonders what would of happened if he did catch a boat to the United States.
Great video.
Thank you
Is it possible to make a video about the tyrany of East India Company? This topic started to be really interesting for me and i was wondering if You could do this topic on one of Your channels? Best wishes in this tiresome time and keep up the good work!
If made, that clip will be of 100 plus hrs long..
Captain Britain: "Coalitions assemble!"
French Thanos: "Je suis Inevitible"
8:45 - I love the smell of "karma" in the morning
Excuse me, 'petit corporal'? I think you are mistaking him with a 20th century guy in Germany. He was 'Lieutenant d'artillerie' or lieutenant of Artillery and an officer when he graduated and went on to take back Toulon from the Brits