The Napoleonic Wars - OverSimplified (Part 2)
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Napoleon- does literally nothing
Britain- how many time do we have to teach you this lesson Copenhagen
The British were doing to Copenhagen what Saruman did to the Shire and confiscating all the fine pipeweed
Napoleon: Discontinues trades with Britain
Britain: What the hell Copenhagen??
Old man voice - "I love the British people"
@@Shorty15c4007 I think English is more appropriate. British is just what the Welsh, Irish & Scottish call themselves so they don't have to admit being Welsh, Irish & Scottish. The English are more preferential of being called English
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I don’t think you can really blame Napoleon’s big ego.
*Multiple empires declares war on HIM personally.*
And 2000men and 2 ships guarded his island to make sure he doesn't escape. Just HIM, not an entire prison of criminals. Hell i bet most prisons would be a lot easier to escape from. This is some "most wanted" supervillain kinda stuff.
Also kinda funny how they decided to drop him off on an island under guard if it would have been a lot easier and way cheaper just to kill him. They knew he would rather die than live on an isolated island besides the guards and guests
@@damnsonwheredyoufindthis.3830 The reason why they didn't kill him is for them to have positive image from their respective people.
@@alicechromatica4540 yeh like imprisoning the emperor of France is better than killing the emperor of France
Do you notice any countries that you wouldn’t expect to declare war?
@@S-Fan2006 on france, not HIM, they didn't mind france with a different leader
Needing 5 empires including superpowers of Europe, to defeat one man with untrained troops is crazy
They were incredibly salty and extremely stubborn 😂
Ikr 😂😂
I’m no historian but isn’t it even crazier they just kept coming back for more? And craziest that Napoleon hadn’t squashed them enough that they were able to keep coming back for more? We’re his treaties pretty light?
@@broidk8291 Napoleon didn’t believe in Harsh Treaties because he didn’t want their economy to shrink, and the more he got, the better his economy. He did most of this to avoid war with England to prevent them from blockading his supplies, which ultimately led to him losing in 1815
This story is just europeon countries bullying a short french general and getting their ass kicked most of the tine.
“Sir, Oversimplified hasn’t posted in a year, what shall we do?”
“There is nothing we can do..”
Update: HE’SSS BACKKKK
Im also waiting
I look at the videos as Xmas presents 😄
"There is nothing we can do..”
*amour plastique (slowed) starts playing*
Dans mon esprit tout divague, je me perds dans tes yeux
Je me noie dans la vague de ton regard amoureux
Je ne veux que ton âme divaguant sur ma peau
Une fleur, une femme dans ton cœur Roméo
Je ne suis que ton nom, le souffle lancinant
De nos corps dans le sombre animés lentement
Et la nuit je pleure des larmes qui coulent le long de mes joues
Je ne pense à toi que quand le jour sombre, que s'abattent sur moi
Mes tristes démons, dans l'abîme sans fond
Aime-moi jusqu'à ce que les roses fanent
Que nos âmes sombrent dans les limbes profondes
Et la nuit, quand tout est sombre, je te regarde danser
Je résonne en baisers, le long de ta poitrine
Perdue dans l'avalanche de mon cœur égaré
Qui es-tu, où es-tu
Par les pleurs, par les rires de ton ombre effarée
Je résonne en baisers
Dans mon esprit tout divague, je me perds dans tes yeux
Je me noie dans la vague de ton regard amoureux
Je ne veux que ton âme divaguant sur ma peau
Une fleur, une femme dans ton cœur Roméo
Je ne suis que ton nom, le souffle lancinant
De nos corps dans le sombre animés lentement
Et la nuit quand tout est sombre je te regarde danser
@@jerriejoen
"Luckily they banished him to an Island"
"But he Came Back!"
"Luckily they banished him to another Island"
Bill wurtz!
Bill! WHOO!
And then He "might" had enough.
The cycle continues- oh wait he died? Oh....
But he died!
Parents, teachers, friends, life coaches: “You can’t just run away from your problems.”
Russia: “Observe.”
Also the emus
Russia has virtually infinite space to run away to. Do you?
Thanos: Dread it, *RUN* from it, destiny still arrives.
@@jodofe4879 I have a passport and money for plane tickets. So yes!
I can litteraly see the Spongebob lobster meme lmao
it is CRAZY how 30 minutes TH-cam video is more accurate than a 2.5 hours movie. The director clearly hated Napoleon and did everything to convince the audience of his bias, while Oversimplified shows the true history
Every frame of that film looks like a neo classical painting. Thoroughly entertaining, visually spectacular, and hilariously dark. Yes, it wasn't historically accurate and the script lacked a bit, but psychologically it wins all around - these were Scott's intentions I'm sure. Brilliant entertainment. The violence was awesome. 4/5 stars.
Well Ridley Scoot is British soooooo
@@christomorpho It was boring as hell.
@@christomorphothe script lack a BIT? The storytelling was awful, the message unclear and muddled, it wasn't either a deep or interesting character study, nor an epic and grand historical movie... It failed at everything it tried to do. Even Joaquín Phoenix didn't shine.. great photography and music but.. 3/5
@@ViMBarN Josefine was the Main character in the movie
Fun fact, Aurther Wellington studied Napoleons tactics, and battles. Helping him to make similar predictions of what Napoleon might do next. And creating formations. Defending attacks
His name is Wellesley, the Duke of wellington
Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington @@refrigeratorskator to be precise
Old bullshit. Actually most of the credit has to go to the prussians who forced Napoleon to use 2/3 of the troops he needed to knock off the british. British just hold the ground and curse the Prussians for not being in the fight ( in fact they WERE fighting, but to far to be seen)
Everyone gives credit to the bruts because Wellington was a marketing genious and spend time and money to sell HIS story
This man was so badass that they needed to give him a heavily reinforced coffin to make sure he didn’t come back from the dead.
If he was capable of rising from the dead that Austrian monarch would have had to poop his pants a 3rd time.
@@florenmage by then everyone would poop their pants even the british
Ngl pretty sure they did that so nobody would desecrate his body
@@florenmage lol
From now on Napoleon will be described as a hyperactive 44-year-old menace
When you realize that Napoleon only lost because his enemy's are fleeing
No, this is not how you are supposed to play the game
Dude spoilers
Uncool
fabian strategy works
@A Cheeseburger lmao, this guys spoil something from 200 years ago, what a spoiler
@A Cheeseburger hahaha
"France, the army, the head of the army, Josephine..."
-Napoleon's last words.
Kinda heartwarming that Josephine was among his last words.
@@godzillatoons3947Really shows that despite not having seen each other in years, Napoleon still held Josephine closely to his heart.
Napoleon really did have an action-comedy for his life.
Half of the wars were the Four Stooges going "it'll work this time" until it finally did.
"Hey Prussia, where have you been?"
"Well, I found out how to beat Napoleon."
"Oh really Einstein, how do you figure that?"
"Well, since he always attacks first and wins, I figured that if I attacked first then I'd win! I'll attack with blinding speed!"
"Oh you wanna see blinding speed chowderhead? *Sweden pokes Prussia in the eyes, then slaps Russia purely to continue the joke.*"
@@Doctor__Starcan't believe it took THAT long for multiple nations to take out one man
“The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.” - Napoleon
oH sNaP tHaTs DeEp
It means that if someone loudly voices their dislike of you then you know how to have a target on, but if they are slow and methodical you don’t know the danger you are in.
@Name Osoba They might betray you without you knowing
@22JEREMY OPPENZATO yep
@Name Osoba Someone who disagree with you openly, could be either your enemy or even your friend. But the ones who don't told their opinions, The "Yes Man" is normally an enigma, and scary, because there must be a reason of why they didn't speak their mind, hence the treason reason is a posible one.
Napoleon: “You wouldn’t get it Pierre! No one would ever kiss you!!”
Pierre: “Except your ex wife”
OOOOOOOOO
Emotional damage
Tactical nuke Incoming!
omg looooooooooooooooooool 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ohhhhhh
After Napoleon's defeat, Tsar Alexander invited him to go to Russia, but Napoleon was offended and refused then. But then, already on the island of St. Helena, he decided to write to Alexander that he thought about their old friendship every day, missed him and would like to come to Russia, but the British did not let him go.
they had an interesting relationship, it seems like Napoleon really wanted to be friends with Alexander
To be fair that's suspicious. You refused an invitation so many times then when you get arrested you want to hang out? That sounds like he only wanted to go to stay out of St. Helena not because he wanted to be friends.
@@ehellsword2 he refused once, not many. And he often called Alexander his friend in letters, even when he went to Moscow.
@@murmur1721 Even then. Napolean wants to hang out AFTER he gets arrested? Still suspicious to me.
@@ehellsword2 but he was friends with Alex long before that, soo
This mix of historical accuracy and witted humour is unparalleled. From a French perspective, a great relief after watching Ridley Scott's failed biopic. Subbed to your channel.
As a french person, what do you think of Napoleon himself?
@@shurale123 Napoleon is very controversial even in France: at the same time a dictator spilling blood recklessly for his own ambition, one of the greatest military masterminds that ever lived and, yes, someone who laid the foundations for modern France. His military endeavours were objectively catastrophic (France was smaller and poorer in 1815 than before he seized power), but his attempt to keep the best of both political worlds (royalty and the revolution) was actually quite visionary. That's why the French Republic couldn't completely disown Napoleon. In a nutshell, Napoleon was full of contradictions, lights and shadows. But comparing him to Hitler as Ridley Scott once did is just ludicrous. Either provocative or plain ignorant.
Napoleon to Austria. “How many times do I need to defeat you”
Austria: Yes.
Napoleon: How many times do I need keep teaching you a lesson old man?!
Austria: I love the young people
How many pieces of bread have you eaten in your life
@@Randomboi863 is that a question or an answer :D
@@kirito3469 a question i asked to answer this question sir.
@@Randomboi863 i tought Napoleon was good commander and admirable person but after this video i am pretty sure he is great guy. Europa declared war to Napoleon not France :D woowowow
"When he attacks, we run away."
Emus: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN
Shows you actually watch everyone of his videos... Ur a true fan!
Fabian: "Hey I invented that!"
His strategy was to use speed to overwhelm the enemy and just obliterate them. Sounds like blitzkreg.
Haha
That’s what we call foreshadowing
Napoleon's last campaign to defend France was legendary. At one point he even sighted the cannons himself like he did during the Italian campaign as a general many years ago. His army was small enough that he could take full command of all his men. EPIC history TV's coverage of this campaign is a masterpiece
Napoleon's story is by far my favourite, he worked to raise himself up the ranks and recived admiriation by his soldiers and by france. He was smart and helped the country of france regain some stability and in my opininon Napoleon is DEFINITELY the greatest military general and i deeply find him a respectable and admireable
You know, I have a small portrait of him at home. It has been there since my childhood and... well... constantly having napoleon around while growing up kinda makes you adore him. Even despite admitting his many mistakes
@@shurale123 can you please point out some mistakes?? I want to learn.
In this video, I didn’t find him making mistakes, it’s more like people were jealous, greedy and dishonorable which costed him.
Napoleon: 'If some other small man with a stupid moustache tries to conquer Russia, he must know 2 things: it's huge and it's cooooooooooold.'
Napoleon lost 5/6ths of his army before it got cold...
Shmitler: hmmm, i have an idea guys
Napoleon: *I was the average height for the time!*
Most oh his soldiers actually died from diseases during the summer march.
Some other small man with a stupid moustache: What? I don't speak French. Vormarsch!
Napoleon: *breathes*
Britain: Alright, war it is.
Pretty much what you get when France and Britain are there.
france and britain love their rivalry eh?
The you are not the father reference at 5:02 😂🤣
France and Britain is the world’s greatest rivalry, what do you expect?
@anomie nous I wonder if Britain would've ever even batted an eye if he remained an independent Corsican noble... but well, we wouldn't ever have this epic series to begin with, would we?
“What do we do now?” “There is nothing we can do.” Is such a hard line
Just saw the Napoleon movie with Joaquin Phoenix. It was staggering how these two episodes (in a series titles Oversimplified) arguably conveyed more of his life story than a feature film.
He was so dangerous they put 2,000 soldiers on an island to guard one guy, what a legend.
Just to be sure…
and the coalition declared war on Napoleon as a person.
even in his burial they even make sure he can't do anything at all...
@@jepong1768 They thinking some mummy type of shit
Everybody gangsta till the French start becoming pharaohs
And 2 naval ships too. Thats some max wanted level shit
you know you've screwed up when all your homies abandon you and all they leave behind is a note that says "bruh"
Ok
Ok
Ok
it was a pity. if the coalition were truthful to their promises and didn't keep on back stabbing Napoleon like,
I'm gonna kill you. (20 mins later) oh you defeated me, sorry.....(10 mins later) I'm gonna do it again
maybe he would be much more successful... even though I don't like him that much
@@triplem5770 👹
the fact that he was able to blitzkrieg with those humongous steel balls is a feat in and of itself..... and his horses
27:58 There's Nothing we can do.......
"Luckily they banished him to an island"
"But he CAME BACK!"
Luckily they banished him to another island
I was waiting for this.
This is some palptine shizzle
mmm yes *Bill Wurtz*
“You thought I was dead?”
Napoleon, probably
These 2 videos are 100 times better than the Ridley Scott's movie. Plus unbiased and true to the content.
too be fair ones for entertainment and this ones meant to be educational
There's nothing we can do
~Napoleon
I'm kinda sad Napoleon lost like that, imagine being so good at war the only thing people can do to win is not to fight you.
Rome did it to hannibal in the second punic war lol. Cant lose battles if you never engage.
as with most wars throught history, as soon as you invade Russia you start to lose
@@Sconeburner Russia is such a large landmass it was harder to conquer than a traditional European power
Dude how do you lose 4 wars against some one and TRY AGAIN after the 2nd I'd be like naw fam I'm done fighting you
@@thestanimal6076 Imo napoleon should have been more harsh in his peace deals after every war, his enemies were able to just come back again with the financial support they kept receiving
Napoleon constantly clutching 1v4’s is one of the most badass moments in history
GOATED
The true goat
Tbh, I would mention the fact that those he fought against were on side the dumb except for the Russian who just ran away and let the winter do the work
@@The_whales Who the fk would want to burn their entire country to win a war? Very few are willing to do that. Would you be willing to burn your centuries old cities that has so much historical values to win a war? Few would, my country's people would defend our 1000 year old temple to the last man. NO ONE gets to claim it other than us. Of course this is pure historical value, we haven't even talked about the scorched earth tatic yet.
POV: the one sweat in the squad game
To further put into context how influencial he was, the occupation of spain largely weakened the grip that the Vichy had over the latin-american colonies, seeing the opportunity of liberation, Mexico with a lot of other latin american "countries" declared their independence, and fought spain, even in that weakened state, the war was really hard on the independent side, and it took them 11 years to succesfully fight off the Spanish, and take down the Virrey, marking an end on the Virreinato, Napoleon being truly a legend.
“Atleast he didn’t behead anyone” LOOKIN AT YOU HEN-RY
When your biggest enemy sticks you on a rock in the middle of the ocean, AND guards you with 2000 men, AND AND permanently assigns 2 warships to patrol around said rock, I'm willing to say you won anyway
My thoughts exactly
He might lost the battle of his present, but he won the war of history.
did those warships continue circling even after his death
@@flamingrubys11 I don't know
@@flamingrubys11 legends say they are still circling today
When he realised that he could not escape to America, his choice was surrender to the British--in the hope he could live in the home counties (outside London), or surrender to the Prussians who would have executed him. The British chose to imprison him on Saint Helena, if they had been really spiteful they could of done so on South Georgia (even further south, remoter, more desolate and colder).
"It got cold, stupid cold" Is practically a catch phrase now and it is a good point of reference to show the watcher that something that is about to happen
There's a good amount of those in this series
@@tephlin1405 Especially in russia
So basically, Russia's superpower ain't nukes but rather winter
Are you a member of the Channel?
@@ThePorschefan
How about *Nuclear Winter*
Yk, I never knew how much he actually did for the French people and the how good he was at war strategies. And his actual push for peace. This man was really a legend! If he would've had strategies for retreat and return who knows what he would've done
Napoleon was truly one of the greatest Giga Chads that will go down in history.
But because of his age and having to win 1v4s constantly, “there is nothing we can do.” 😢
Four being african nations with zebras with bow and arrow? Why Napoleon couldnt take Britain 1 on 1, he lost in Russia 1 on 1. He is a dreamer soy boy.
We really need to go over that fact again:
He got the thousands of troops sent to ARREST him to JOIN HIS SIDE.
He maxed out his charisma stat.
A yes a man of culture
He masterfully developed a cult of personality over the years and was a legendary general/emperor by that point. Quite impressive.
“Thanks for the troops”
Napoleon, probably
This man's propaganda was surely a thing. Let me tell you about one moment during what we French call "Le vol de l'Aigle" (the Eagle's flight, the return from Elba). One time, he was caught by royalist forces. One of his generals come to the royalists and say : "The Emperor is coming". The royalist leader, Delassart, responds with "I am determined to do my duty, and will arrest you if you don't surrender". Then, the best big balls tough guy of all times marches towards Delassart's forces, alone, and says to his army to stay back and not to shoot. The royalist officers tell their soldiers to shoot, but no one dares. Then, Bonaparte says : "Soldiers from the 5th, I am your Emperor ! Recognize me !" Then he opens his coat and says "If among you there is one soldier who wants to kill his Emperor, here I am!" Then the royalists soldiers scream "Long live the Emperor", and Napoleon has a much bigger force
Copenhagen: *breathes*
British: So anyway I went blasting
It's been 200 years without blasting, and looking like this old habit had died down.... Then comes Brexit.... So any bets on how long before the blasting will resume?
just blow them up for good
@@Dr_Grape Oh no... *Sweat in Danish
@@randomrise1st72 I am!!
Revenge you focking vikings !
Copenhagen : i thought you were doing this to screw the economy !
British : no its personal.
"Sir oversimplified hasn’t posted in a year”
“Well, there is nothing we can do”
He posted again. Well, 3 months ago, but still.
There is nothing we can do.
- Napoleon Bonaparte.
“France... hell... the army... head of the army... Joséphine..."
- Napoleon Bonaparte last words, his life truly flashed before his eyes,.
@some random anime bunny He did, he received word of her passing during a ball on Elba (his first exile) and he shocked everyone by collapsing with grief in front of everyone. Her death shattered his heart.
It is quite poetic, he died seeing what he had done
@@dastemplar9681 When he asked about what her last words were, and they told him that she whispered: "Napoleon..." before passing away. He got up from the ground and gave a little sad smile and answered: "She really loved me didn't she?" in a cocky-sad way.
@@EvilPumpkin Damn dude, picturing all of that is really heart-wrenching 😔
How the heck is this not a movie yet?
"THE REPUBLIC SHALL NOW BE REORGANIZED AS THE FIRST. NAPOLEONIC. EMPIRE. FOR A SAFE AND SECURE. SOCIETY." - Emperor Napoleon. Probably
Well looks like Palpatine copied someone
U.K.: Still think the regs aren't programmed?
@@President_Salsa Palpatine copied Napoleon who copied Caesar.
I love democracy
@@hunterkiller1440 Yes
Came back to this after the new movie and well, the quality difference is just huge...
This guy did a much better job at showing what this man was, what he did, and I'd like to highlight the ending montage about the duality of Napoleon.
THIS is what the movie should have done, explain (or show) each and every good and bad attribute about Napoleon and then just leave the viewer with one question. What was Napoleon?
I truly hope we will get a miniseries about him someday, with the quality that Oversimplified set.
I have always found it interesting that it is a "historical debate" as to whether the Wars of the Coalitions were caused by Napoleon, or if he were defending himself against an aggressive Europe. He literally started none of them. Every single one he was, initially, the defender.
Yes. He had a habit of pushing _back_ into the countries after their initial attack, and he rarely let go of territory once he took it. However - he did not start the wars. In fact he was quite content to rule over France for a number of years... Before England managed to bribe Prussia and Austria enough. If anyone could be called the aggressor in the Napoleonic Wars? It was England. They spent years throwing the modern equivalent of of tens of billions of pounds at anyone in Europe that would harass or attack France. They funded an entire black market to bypass French borders/laws, and even paid for entire mercenary armies for other nations... as long as they used them against France.
That's true for the first coalition. But not for the other. Napoleon was so strict, harsh and brutal to his defeated nations like Spain or the the German territory that it was only a matter of time until they had to fought back against Napoleon's oppression. Just like WW1 and 2. WW2 became unavoidable because the harsh terms of the treaty of Versailles. Long-term peace and Friendship in Europe was never a possibility with Napoleon's style of ruling.
Oversimplified's videos are entertaining, but you always have to keep the title of the channel in mind. He leaves a lot out and is pretty biased on top of it.
Everyone turned against Napoleon, even his own people, except pierre the absolute legend
Chad Pierre
Ladys get yourself a man who looks at you as Pierre looks at napoleon
Pierre is the Iroh of the Napoleonic wars
1k likes woohoo
I know it's a joke, but it's sad for me that the Poles weren't mentioned at all. They fought on Napoleon's side until the very end.
Napoleon: *becomes leader of France*
All of Europe: "How DARE he take leadership of a country through hard work and merit instead of being born into it!"
Yeah but it was more complicated than that.
Napoleon became leader, but he was not the only revolutionary.
In fact, it was not even exclusive to the French.
So Napoleon had lots of subjects that supported foreign revolutionaires.
Causing a ton of issues.
So at first they did not have that much beef with Napoleon.
That was an issue when he humiliated just about everyone except the British navy
I love the way they thought "hey isn't that the great grandchild, grandchild and the brother of our past kings that helped us go into debt and not to mention helped start the revolution? We HAVE to make him king!"
@@harleyskawronik6382 Can u explain ur comment?
@@samiam1059 so louis 16 was the grandchild of the king Louis 13 who bought the land, Versailles to make a hunting lodge. And that's when France really started to go down. They were already in debt but with the money put into it helped out even more. Louis 16 made Versailles how it is today and his father spent his money on women, parties and alcohol.
@@MrDwarfpitcher thx for letting me know I’m starting to like history about war and war generals and this helps a lot
“Run straight at the enemy. Try not to die”
The funny thing is, this pretty much sums up Napoleon’s battle tactics from 1812 onwards. He was advised by his Marshall’s to flank the exposed Russian left at Borodino, but opted for a frontal assault. He threw all his reserves at the allied center at Leipzig and again with the Guard at Waterloo. That’s not to say he didn’t still have flashes of brilliance (6 Days Campaign) but Napoleon’s genius had really been worn down by years of war and the constant need to strategize and come up with ever more ingenious maneuvers, as his enemies learnt from his playbook.
Moral of the story: Never forget about fleet (Nelson gaming)
If to be serious, even if Nelson didn’t head to Trafalgar, even if he lost, Nelson wasn’t the only one experienced fleet commanders. There were Saumarez, Hood, Collingwood and many others
It's nice to see that "running away" was such an effective tactic.
A VERIFIED PERSON WITH LIKE NO LIKES!??!, and yea i was rooting for the emus
Hey checkmark
Joestar Joseph approved ☑️
@@beanbagsarejustbonelesssof7889 there's the jojo fan
Didn’t work so well for the French in ww2
"What's your superpowers again?"
Britain : "I'm rich..."
So, Britain’s Batman?
Not anymore lol
The English Channel equals +100 defence
I guess they are masters of sees
we're rich and we have lots of tea innit
I think its rather interesting that throughout all of these wars snd battles, besides only one or two instances, every lost he ever had was simply because the people around him either weren't as snart as him, or inexperienced conscripts.
Napoleon is undoubtedly the best military general of all time and my favorite historical figure
I like how the most effective plan against Napoleon is:
*Don’t fight Napoleon, just run away, and attack everywhere else.*
Worked against Hannibal.
It's called humility. Know when you're outmatched. Then instead of confronting them directly, poison their dog and burn their house down. Works every time.
@@SimonNZ6969 Does this advice come from experience?
how to fight napoleon:
- step 1: do not fight napoleon
- step 2: fight everyone that is not napoleon
There's a saying I heard that Napoleon was beaten by Captain Winter in Russia.
My man was fighting 1v4 consistently, and wining, a true goat.
“My enemies are many, my equals are none”
No wonder Napoleon is a ba-a-a-a-a-ad ass.
His clutch was OP
Mate it was a 1v7 with Britain Portugal and Spain as well. He was the Goat
Wait till you hear about an Austrian painter
Never thought Napoleon was such a badass, 6 wars from a coalition of several countries but it never broke him, his mindset was legendary so was his legacy.
Napoleon: stops trade with Britain
Britain: I SWEAR to god Copenhagen!
The British: "We're gonna bury him in a huge coffin that's heavy AF so he cant get leave again."
Napoleon: back in Paris again
The British: "GOD DAMMIT"
Also the British: *throws the cup of tea against the wall out of frustration*
“HE CAN’T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!”
Napoleon: *becomes the anti-Christ and starts destroying Britain*
@@Mike1zKool i was originally happy to hear that, but then I realised that french colonies would be more common and i shed in fear
@@Mike1zKool Rasputin was already the anti-christ
You are forgetting the best part about Napoleon's return from exile.
When he walked up to the first military outpost, "If there is any man among you who would kill his emperor, Here I stand!” Not one soldier questioned his returned. That's how much he was loved.
hehehe
How'd he even fit through the door with such huge nuts?
When Napoleon confronted the first legion sent to arrest him, he said this: "Soldats! Je suis votre Empereur! S'il y a quelqu'un qui veut tuer son Emperor, me voici!" In French, these words translate to: "Soldiers! I am your Emperor! If there is any one of you who wishes to kill his Emperor, here I am!" Instead of shooting at him, the men dropped their arms and ran into the embrace of their former comrades-in-arms crying out: "Vive l'Empereur!" meaning "Long live the Emperor!"
@Takeda Shingen ok liberal
(Btw your essay is wrong)
@Takeda Shingen That English is giving me an aneurysm, and I'm a conservative too.
This was by far my favorite 2-parter on this channel. He had such a good story man Holy fuck
I love how running away is a reoccuring gig in oversimplified videos, im a huge fan!
Napoleon: Drinks poison
Poison: doesn’t work
Napoleon: “guess thats that”
Napoleon have poison resistance?
BUT THAT POISON CAUSED STOMACH CANCER AND HE DIED AFTER
@@rayzard3687 Thats what I was thinking as well. Most likely that poison lingering there was the cause but YEARS after
When Napoléon drinks poison the poison gets poisoned.
Even his poison knew better than to attempt to kill him
The Coalitions tried to defeat Napoleon. This enraged Napoleon who punished them severely.
I wish theres a joke like this in the video
@@inferno_o_o there may be
I am still waiting for uncool, we haven’t herd it yet in this series yet.
@@inferno_o_o but there wasn't so we punished oversimplified severely.
@@blueyintros4482 oversimplified is being uncool
“well, when daddy horse and mommy horse love eachother very much, then daddy horse...”
*5 minutes later*
Napoleon: IM GONNA BE *SICK*
27:32 theres nothing we can do.
Napoleon: *pisses off Britain*
Copenhagen: Why do I hear boss music?
Haha lol
Napoleon: ESTUANS INTERIUS, IRA VEHEMETIS, NAPOLEON!!
Hahah
lmaoooooo
As much as I hate Britain in past times. That was a badass thing to do twice. 😂😂
“A winter saved the Russians, an island saved the Brits”
-Napoleon
As Always
@@XFHU no
Winter my ass, dude lost most of his horses due to heatstroke
@@francesconesi7666 Yes it's true the weather attrition myth is false and most of the army died of disease
Without winter, Russia would be nothing.It's their Greatest weapon adter all
The fact that this guy destroyed Europe and the Brits for so long it's crazy how he was the actual king of Europe
The brits were pretty successful militarily overall but the countries they were financing performed badly. Money couldn’t buy skill
Fun fact: Napoleon was actually just one inch shorter than the average height of the time. The idea of him being exceptionally short was from propaganda from the allies
UK most probably
So what was George Washington seen as?? That was before napoleon's time and he was 6'2
@@Daniel_ACG Europeans just could never be as HUGE as us Americans.
@@derpythean-comdoge8608 actually the Dutch are way taller and northern Europeans I would say are taller
@@Daniel_ACG tall
Napoleon: “You, boy, how old are you!”
“13 years old?”
Napoleon: “Perfect for war!”
in 1814 campaign against the allies where they split when they invaded france consist of general von blucher who had 77,000 men
schwarzenberg who had 220,000 men and a total of almost 300k men
napoleon only had 70,000k men
Lacking equipment, lack of uniforms, not even trained, and didn’t know how to fire a musket is to faced the most battle hardened veterans of the allies due to constant wars.
and yet napoleon won a few battles despite outnumbered 4:1.
at the first battle near his old collage he almost crushed blucher but as more allied reinforcements arrived he was forced to retreat and for the first time he had lost a battle on french soil.
the allies believing napoleon would retreat to paris decided to take on two ways to ease pressure on the roads
blucher would take the northern route around the marne river, schwarzenberg would follow the sienne.
but this is where napoleon exploited both his enemies.
he left a contingent of 15k men to hold schwarzenbergs 200,000 size to delaye and raised north against blucher who was moving fast to capture paris but napoleon surprised him with his famous 6 day campaign
losing 3,700 casualties against bluchers 29,000 casualties in multiple engagements and neutralising its army.
afterwards he went south where schwarzenberg had pushed the small corps that napoleon had left to delay schwarzenberg and rush him and there he pushed back schwarzenberg who was panicked upon learning of bluchers defeat.
napoleon had driven back schwarzenbergs armies and at the battle of montereau he helped pushed and sighted the canons across the river to batter the rearguard of schwarzenbergs army.
despite this paris was full of men wanting napoleon down.
after the battles the allies resumed their advanced napoleon had driven off schwarzenberg despite outnumbered.
both he and blucher was not able to re group.
and they decided to continue the advaced and blucher would rapidly march towards paris and once again napoleon left a small contingent under marshal mcdonald to guard schwarzenberg
napoleon chase blucher north and him learning napoleon is upon him ordered another retreat to the north.
napoleon was able to won craon but at the terible cost of his men.
at laon napoleon was repulsed when bluchers army was finally 97,000 thanks to schwarzenbergs reinforcements earlier and napoleons 50,000.
after this defeat napoleon went south to deal with schwarzenberg.
despite reports from his messengers schwarzenberg is facing him because of his defeat at laon.
as heavy fighting broke out at arcis sur aube napoleon still believed he only faced a rearguard.
but it was a nasty suprise that he faced the ENTIRE might of the army of bohemia (schwarzenberg) 80,000- 100,000 men against napoleons 20,000.
this was the battle that napoleon wanted to die and even when his inexperienced troops was in retreat he went forward with his horse and ride out in front of canon fire to inspire his troop and that he wanted to die..
his horse was hit by an exploding shell but he himself wasn’t injured or hit.
“i sought a glorious action foot by foot on the soil of my country… shells flew but none reached me”
- napoleon
on the 2nd day he was forced to retreat and then he abandoned fighting the allies directly and changed strategy.
he would go behind their lines and cut off their supply and communication.
this is a good plan because the allies believed that paris is heavily defended.
BUT a man named tallyrand who served the monrachy, survived the guillotine from the revolution and then napoleon sent a letter to alexander l in allied headquarters informing him of the true situation in paris and then the allies moved to take it instead of catching napoleon.
napoleon learning of the allied movements was forced to break his plan and march to paris
but he was too late
2 french corps heavily outnumbered defending paris surrendered under marshal marmont.
napoleon was just 15 miles when he heard the city had surrendered, he sat for 15 minutes…
@@generaljeanmoreau6853 his epic gamer tactics just make people around him better at doing stuff
@@generaljeanmoreau6853 what the f-
I just clicked read more
@@generaljeanmoreau6853 despite losing it's still impressive Napoleon had recruits go against vets, completely outnumbered and still do as much damage as he did. This video was right, he commanded loyalty because recruits can't win against vets unless they trust the strategy of their commanding officer.
I've been a history nerd for 20 years now and this was astonishingly accurate. Well done.
The Napoleon movie experience just got better thanks to Oversimplified... keep it up brother. We wove you 😂❤
"I've got it! When he approaches, we run away"
*Infinite IQ*
iS tHaT a JoJo ReFrEnCe
rUN aWaY
Actually the strategy was more complex than that, it was developed by Roman ruler Fabian during the war with Hannibal and basically meant you avoided large scale battles with your enemy and let him run out of resources while combating smaller and numerous attacks in all directions.
@@mightycannon1512 "hey smokey do you see his legs?we'll use that to our advantage." which is running away
The Dutch had a problem with this strategy
Napoleons a legend, guy took over Europe, clapped Austria 5 times lost against a combined Europe, got exiled came back and went straight back into war with all of Europe again. If that ain't some shit straight out a movie I don't know what Is
Totally agree , I thought he was overrated ,but hands dow this guy is a legend
He's probably one of my favorite historical people I have ever seen
We alr knew this but okay
and people wonder how he got a complex
Napoleon clapped Austria 6 times though lmao
24:55
“We declare war”
“You’re declaring war on France AGAIN?!”
“No, we’re declaring war on *you* …SPECIFICALLY!”
Not ominus
20:55 There’s nothing we can do
The age old question has been answered: Expired poison gets less poisonous, than it was before expiry.
Napoleon is the most bravest scientist
I think it depends on the type of poison.. Organic poison like snake's or scorpion's definetly expires but poison made from phosphorus or cianide can last a long time. Freaking ricin from Breaking Bad Lasted a year xD
It depends,
If it is Inorganic (Arsenic, Heavy Metal,Cyanides) It will be more poisonous
If it is Organic (Snake Venom, Baterium, Herbs) it will be less poisonous.
If it is Corrosive Substance (Acid/Base), it will be less poisonous.
If it is radioactive, It will be less poisonous
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They Expire on reverse basically😂
Fun fact: during the Spanish American Wars of Independence, a Scottish mercenary admiral who was hired by the Argentinian independence leader Saint Martin, a hilarious person called Thomas Cochrane, tried to pick up Napoleon midway across the Atlantic and install him as Emperor of Latin America.
More respect, it’s lord cochrane
almost the same happens during the Pernambucan Revolt in Brazil, where the rebels has plans to bring Napoleon to south america
wow ı didn’t knew that ı love both cochrane and napoleon
They should’ve let it happen, tbh.
@@bastiangalaz4580 i nearly misread it as lord cocaine lol
amazing how this 30mins 2 part yt video with hand drawn character was way more informative and entertaining than the multi million dollar Hollywood production of Napoleon. oversimplified makes videos which take months or even a whole year to release but u just can't compete with this level of quality ❤
Sir oversimplified have not posted for over a year what do we do?
Napoleon: There is nothing we can do...
A "Roman empire" oversimplified would be sick
Hehe boi
I think over two millenia worth of history would be too much, even for Oversimplified. A longer series on the topic though ...
@@derdingsreturnsnochmal5177 tbf he did make a video on three kingdoms
That would have to be several seperate videos
@@TM-tb4di Rome is really fascinating, it would miss lot of cultural aspects if it was just a video long and not a series
I can't really remember any other general that slapped the shit out of 6 different countries MULTIPLE TIMES through the years and got to be exiled TWICE before finally dying while being buried in 5 coffins surrounding him, he truly is the strongest militar of all times
you know its bad when they had to have 2,000 British soldiers guarding him and two ships as well,JUST TO make sure he couldn't try anything AGAIN
@Suit Person ?
@Suit Person 🗑️
Caesar, Hannibal, and Ghengis Khan, are probably in the same echelon of top militarily and politically adept figures. Alexander was a doofus though.
@@taowroland8697 I mean if he leaved longer he would have been the greatest general of all time , and probably conquer more than the Mongols.
Best videos on history I've ever seen are the work of Oversimplified...kudos to you guys❤
Hilarious and informative. What could be better! I had a smile on my face the whole time! Keep up the great work!
Imagine being so powerful that your opponents tactic was literally *not* to fight you
And yet it works to make Napoleon lose
To defeat Napoleon, is to not defeat him
If only Napoleon used skilled troops instead of reserves
yessssss
He was The dominik hasek of world powers
almost every campaign in history
"it got cold."
"stupid cold."
Just the ones where Russia is invaded
@@leon6777 ye XD
Cold and...
Guerrilla time.
Moral of the story: don't invade Russia, especially not in winter
@@raiden6507 more like: don’t invade Russia, but if you do, retreat before winter
It is impressive the impact he had.
That quick 5 second take on Portugal hugely impacted Brazil
Rather watch this than the Ridley Scott's (Napolean)
So much more informative and funnier
Austria: declares war on France.
Napoleon: "how many times do I have to teach you this lesson old man?"
that was his greatest mistake he should have spanked the old man in public for real after the first war. he wouldn't dare rise up again after that...,
Literally
@@damp2269 yues
@@damp2269 probably would have done that if he knew what spanked was the balls on napolean
Ikr, the idiotic old man never learns 😑🙄
Napoleon having empires declaring war on HIM personally is just mind blowing😮
THIS CHANNEL IS OFFICIALLY THE GREATEST THING IN TH-cam
Napoleon: Makes Britain mad
Britain: This enraged Britain, who punished Copenhagen severely.
classic
Hmmm sounds familliar you know
Oh Britain! 😀👉🏻 🇬🇧
I lowkey feel sorry for Copenhagen 😔
Oof
Okay let me get this straight. Napoleon was losing allies left and right, he was commanding an army of noobs, he didn't have enough horses for his army. And his enemies' entire plan was still "don't fight Napoleon". What even is this dude?!?
A talented general in a profession historically populated largely by fuck ups, regardless of how much propaganda says otherwise, and before factoring in nepotism baked into aristocracy, operating during a time where warfare relied heavily on morale and discipline, and pioneering a sentiment of "nationalism", a concept of loyalty to a nation, which is much stronger than loyalty to an aristocrat.
I mean, it's largely debatable if Napoleon's existence was beneficial or a prejudice for France's history, since, just looking at the results, France ended up in ruin and left the UK to become the global superpower after all of this... But one thing was not debatable at all, Napoleon's military genius. The guy is at the top of history when it comes to generals' talents, right alongside the likes of Julio Cesar, Alexander the Great or Genghis Khan (probably some Chinese warlords too but pardon me if I don't know their names haha). Some random generals of the time couldn't even compare to him and they knew it, which was probably really humiliating but what you gonna do.
@@Marrrrley The coalitions of monarchs were out to destroy Republican France either way. Without Napoleon its pretty likely they'd have succeeded and France would've descended back into monarchies. In the end he didn't win, but given his opposition that's not necessarily surprising.
Don't forget, Britain was also giving all his enemies a HUGE amount of money. 💰
@@Marrrrley his biggest achievement is not in battle though. a quarter of the world uses Napoleonic code (many amendedments over the two centuries but with much the same)
He did a lot for education, economics, science & arts, religion, property rights
What an awesome video, you have no idea how valuable your videos are for history!
This 2 part series was better than the movie and much shorter
This Oversimplified video was the educational one so it is made in simple language and simple story....
Movie was also far good but it was for those who know the story of Napoleon.
This series was great but movie was even grater to live and see that story on big screen.
This enraged the British, who punished Copenhagen severely.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
that line MAN, just that line!!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol
Copenhagen got mad and used nukes to make a wall. It was blown up by the British completing the cycle.
“Its always invading Russia that destroys the whole army”
-SunTzu ~The Art Of War
unless you are the mongols
i think the only country to have truly defeated russia is mongolia
correct me if I'm wrong
@@murkywateradminssions5219 but even they were defeated by the Russians
Actually thete was not united Russia. Granddad of Ivan the Terrible has united most of russain lands and pushed mongols away.
Before anyone mentions Poland - Poland was successfully kicked out after a very short time in Moscow by a volunteer army.
from humble beginnings to probably the biggest emperor the west has seen since Alexander.
the was like batman, a mastermind who could only be defeated by the entirety of the justice league (europe)