Napoleonic Wars: Downfall 1809 - 14

Hope you will also do campaigns of Italy and of Egypt and Syria

Thank you for making the best Napoleonic Wars documentary ever. This is amazing!!

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Hey its my Cannae style at Ocana :)

I really wanna hold a marshal's baton and wear a bicorne hat and a red sash like what Napoleon's marshals wear

Justinian I couldn't agree more

Most certainly it is!

THE GREATEST

Agree

Hopefully you would be next

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Why is it everywhere I am absent, other History channels commit nothing but follies!!

“There will inevitably be a battle at the history channel”

I liked your prose it's Grandiose and Bold yet ..........................SIMPLE.

Onk

Krauts videos on the Turks is a 4 hours long trilogy, those videos are my favorite history videos.

I watched this many times as well

It is easier for me to listen instead read. This is a great series

For real. I've watched the Napoleon series countless times. I feel like I'm an unofficial expert on the Napoleonic wars via osmosis 😂

It doesn't matter how many times I watch, I'm still just as interested as the first time.

A channel called Voices of the Past has an amazing video of a Russian soldiers diary account during the invasion and Retreat. There's a dark story during the surrender its winter and a French soldier stumbles into a camp the Russian is in and is starving,freezing the other soldiers hand the Frenchmen an axe to cut meat off a dead horse frozen in the snow, the soldier tries but is to weak to do so, so he lays down and says "nothing left but to die" and does..

Its so hard to comprehend how brutal this era was, on foot without modern clothing/insulation in -30c. I complained (in my mind) about having to drive an hour in traffic yesterday. What a different world we live in.

@@tbrowniscool Thats so true, I hate when pioneer or wilderness movies show characters running through rivers and streams willy nilly like they have spare clothes.

GREED GREED AND MORE GREED

Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知：
While Nelson was only capable of deploying his half nelson moves in wrestling. Napoleon Bonaparte had lots of great military & strategical maneuvers. Among them are his ability to Blown apart the bodies of all his enemy’s soldiers with his canons while keeping his own soldiers from being Blownaparted. Napoleon Bonaparte’s soldiers all have great appetite therefore they would constantly ordering French Fries 🍟 from Marshal McDonald while he still needed to constantly loading cannons with Quarter-pounder cannonballs!!!!!!!!!

Basically TV and most KRplus channels are plebs (lying ones at that). This channel is a rare gem.

@sebâstian turnayev 4,5,6 true, 3 probably true (I think it's the 4th Crusade when the Latin Empire formed), the rest is false unless they mean Celts were also in Britain but Celts were all over Eurasia, not just Britain, even in modern Turkey

I've seen this Sebastian spamming similar questions in Kings and Generals' comment section

@@sirgoo9962 does he not know how to use google?

Ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt. btw

I couldn't agree more! the sad thing, YT is only interested to push and promote garbage.. :( the type you can see on TikTok

Epic histories are, well, epic, if you'll pardon the repetition of the word. Really fine. Enjoy!

Agree entirely. What this shows is that by comparison History Channel is mere trash.

Guys it’s ridiculous, these documentaries would win them every time : )

The Medal of History! 🏅And the Documentary’s Trophy! 🏆

And don't forget the music.

@@redblacktichy7713 Outstanding what a Master Piece!!!!!!!!!

Agreed. Amazing

Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知：
While Nelson was only capable of deploying his half nelson moves in wrestling. Napoleon Bonaparte had lots of great military & strategical maneuvers. Among them are his ability to Blown apart the bodies of all his enemy’s soldiers with his canons while keeping his own soldiers from being Blownaparted. Napoleon Bonaparte’s soldiers all have great appetite therefore they would constantly ordering French Fries 🍟 from Marshal McDonald while he still needed to constantly loading cannons with Quarter-pounder cannonballs!!!!!!!!!

Yes, excellent, you learn alot. Napolean and the medics overlooked some lice,typhus spray protection like the Germans had.

Sure but remember that his best friend and organizer got killed by a stay cannonball and his most trusted general.. so its epic with a twist of sadness for him to say that..

@@Validboy napoleon was ripe with irony but he didn't show any fear. i can respect and appreciate that.

@@FazeParticles Most of the time when he delcared he was about to do something awesome that's exactly what he did.

ability is nothing without opportunity

@@FazeParticles shame he was such a dumb strategist. One of the worst ever? Probably not as bad as Hitler. But still epically bad.

Yup. Not surprising at all.

Big time

@sebâstian turnayev how did your homework go?

Need Egyptian Campaign Video!!

@@Cba409 which?

😂😂😂no 😂😂😂

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It was very well done

It took him 3 whole years - i could never do that

Totally agree. The time, effort and finances for these videos, all the videos on this channel is inspiring. History is so vast its quite an accomplishment to produce educational videos that are fun to watch. Great work EpicTv!

I really appreciate it for what they release, i find myself listening to it almost every other day

Audio work is absolutely the best, you only notice when something is wrong when the mixing is bad. But Epic History TV has some of the best audio mixers on KRplus. Everything else is great as well.

Fun fact: From artwork I've seen, Napoleon III did an act of ULTIMATE revenge and shade when the European powers were negotiating the end of the Crimean War in 1856. He apparently had the Russians and even his British allies apparently work in a conference room, underneath a portrait of his uncle.

@@thunderbird1921 wow that's a pretty good fact

Vérité.

Every time i hear him say "La Grande Armée" i hear *"La Gronde hon hon hon hon Hey"* truly epic!

Berndatte you traitooooorr 😭😭😭

Dont tap the glass..

The ads pay for it so the more watches it gets the more money they make.

Same man

@@RodolfoGaming We're going on a toe strike

They liked it so I bet there's one coming.

@@marcustulliuscicero.5856 yeah i don't know patreons might get in the way of that

@@thealeph165 forget hunger strike, toe strike is the real deal

But the next time he is exiled, it is not to an island near his birthplace in the med. It's to an island off the beaten track in the South Atlantic and he spends the rest of his life there.

Lop lifestyle

Lop lifestyle p

When edutainment becomes a form of art, this is the result.

I'm with you in agreement on this

Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知：
While Nelson was only capable of deploying his half nelson moves in wrestling. Napoleon Bonaparte had lots of great military & strategical maneuvers. Among them are his ability to Blown apart the bodies of all his enemy’s soldiers with his canons while keeping his own soldiers from being Blownaparted. Napoleon Bonaparte’s soldiers all have great appetite therefore they would constantly ordering French Fries 🍟 from Marshal McDonald while he still needed to constantly loading cannons with Quarter-pounder cannonballs!!

One of the few generals throughout all recorded history who had the instinct and awareness to be formidable in any age. In the first world war he would have used the enhanced transportation and artillery to march on Germany before Serbia was invaded. Would have been just as bloody but half as long leaving Britain, France and Russia in total control and then eyeing one another.

As was Julius Caesar

@@geordiejones5618 I think if napoleon fought in WW1, he would’ve strategically picked apart whichever side he was against. It would’ve ended a lot sooner with a lot less casualties. I can’t believe how arrogant and incompetent the officers in WW1 were. Especially the English leaders who thought walking at a slow pace toward machine guns was the best strategy.

@@Kunfucious577 they weren't that stupid.
The only reason that occurred was due to miscalculations in the strategy of creeping barrage.
It called for troops to walk at a steady pace behind an advancing wall of artillery shells, by the time they reached the trench lines the Germans would be still recovering from the hits by the time the troops reached it.
The most infamous example was where the British troops fell too far behind the advancing barrage at the somme and as a result "walked" straight into the fully manned german positions.

@@Kunfucious577 As a admirer of Napoleon myself, I don't think he'd be as spectacular in WW1 as in his era, he excelled in mobile warfare, the very opposite of what happened in WW1, positional warfare, which could not be avoided, because of trenches and machine gun positions, you can't really outflank it or charge on it, unless you're willing to make suicide beyonette charges, the only chance would be Tanks, but early tanks became effective on very late stage of war, after they became a bit more reliable and faster.

Yeah agree. The early adventure from young napoleon would be nice content
( since i did not find early victory in Italy, or adventure in Egypt )

I'd enjoy that. I knew very little of Napoleon before finding this series so that would be a nice finishing touch.

How about some of Napoleon III's stuff? All people seem to remember him for is the Franco-Prussian War and the busted Mexico campaign. He beat back Russia, and then defeated Austria in Italy forever. He even commanded the victory at Solferino.

Yes. More Napoleonic content especially his earlier campaigns will be out later, but not anytime soon. If you want more updates and voting info, check out Epic History TV's Patreon page to support this channel!

I honestly believe that a Rendition of the Waterloo video is the most important thing for now, to finally finish this section of Napoléonic history. But a few Prequels of his Campaigns as Leader of the army of Italy would be fun to see.

One of the effects on history he had is that my country exists today.

@@m.dewylde5287 Are you an American?

@@jraelien5798 No, I am Romanian. France under Napoleon, and after him, supported the anti-Austrian and anti-Ottoman Romanian nationalists who were asking for freedom from the two Empires. Without his influence and help it would have taken a lot longer to organize the 1821 Revolution. He was not in power anymore, but the Revolution was the result of his actions. Also, France after him continued to help with the 1848 Revolution and with the Independence war of 1876-77, and later in the World War II. For all that, we are very thankful to France.

@@m.dewylde5287 Cool! That is inspiring. He was such an amazing man. I am reading a biography of him now.

How did Napoleon help in American independence? By 1783 it was a done deal, when Napoleon was still a boy learning about the great men of history in school. I could imagine that you’re talking about Napoleon’s sale of the Louisiana Territory in 1803. But the Americans sooner or later were going to settle and overwhelm France in taking this land. Just like they had done with Mexico. With or without Napoleon, the US was going to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Are you mad respecting the Creator of the content, or are you mad respecting Napoleon??? 🤔💭

@@thebirdbrand Why not both ;)?

French people dislike this

I helped push this channel beyond any and all limits, I'm trying my hardest and have get to be compensated for it. wtf

You realize its probably a sizeable team of people that made this right..? He's just the narrator

Me too! It is so great

Same! Idk why but narrators voice just goes along with everything so well

Same

An oscar would be a disgrace to this masterpiece. Keep the insufferable hollywood weirdos away... far far away.

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Agree

I hate it when this happens..

Her: he's probably talking to other girls
Me:

Me:What if Napoleon won battle of Leipzig

It's an honor to see you here sire.

Indeed

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I'm getting the impression that early on Napoleon exploited new strategies that gave him a huge strategic advantage, but then as his opponents caught on Napoleon wasn't nearly as effective in future campaigns and was playing on more or less an even ground.

He should have taken those 600000 troops into Spain instead of Russia, crushed Spanish resistance, built a fleet, and invaded Britain. Russia is where armies go to die.

@@ancientfalmer4341 At least third of that 600 000 army were his allies who wouldn't go to Spain with such masses. Also, there was no way to logistically support that many troops in Spain, it would end the same.

@@ancientfalmer4341 They would still be facing a guerilla insurgency, it would just be an Afghanistan or Vietnam for them since the people would not allow themselves to be subjugated. It's not like the other territories he took over where he won a war and the ruling class just handed it over through some agreement. There was no one to hand over Spain.

@@Leandro-bj6jhnormal, ses ennemis ont appris de lui. « Ne combattez pas trop souvent un adversaires ou vous finirez par lui apprendre vos tactiques » c’est grossièrement ce qu’il a dit.
Quand l’europe affronte un homme ce dernier finit par etre a cours de tours magique ! Mais si il n’avait pas fait l’erreur de l’espagne et la campagne de russie son règne aurait sûrement durer 10 ans de plus!

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Thank you. I understand that translation is difficult, especially a foreign language and not considering it’s natural changes over 200 years. I speak Spanish as a second language and something about “stubborn” didn’t seem right in that context but I let it go. I’m finally glad I read a KRplus comment that isn’t meant to be sarcasm.

@@cameronanders9899 its*

That’s….hilariously lackluster

Kind of like a "crass mistake" only became known as a grave mistake after Crassus' defeat in Parthia.

Jordan Fan，Prophet of Environment。范楚漳，環境先知：
King Josef Biden of Spain 🇪🇸 only know how to buy time to slow down his ultimate fall. While Admiral Nelson was only capable of deploying his half nelson moves in wrestling. Napoleon Bonaparte had lots of great military & strategical maneuvers. Among them are his ability to Blown apart the bodies of all his enemy’s soldiers with his canons while keeping his own soldiers from being Blownaparted. Napoleon Bonaparte’s soldiers all have great appetite therefore they would constantly ordering French Fries 🍟 from Marshal McDonald while he still needed to constantly loading cannons with Quarter-pounder cannonballs with cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!!,,?!()

Criminals, savages, all of them.

Yea man. The music especially.

Whats the name of the music?

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@@Beef7599 thanks alot mate 🙏

@@saifahmed6268 One on my channel too actually haha.

I still can’t comprehend why he did that. He must’ve had Custer syndrome Napoleon. I’m not a person who wants to be involved in the military but to celebrate on your birthday while you have a chance to end the war right there by destroying the enemy army. Screw my birthday i want to save my men and win. There’s always next year for a birthday 🙄

​@@user-oh6eg4ny3h He was too old by then. The perfect genius who rolled over the Europe was no more, there was only a genius man with stomachache and obesity issues.

@@user-oh6eg4ny3h I think he was pretty close to a mental breakdown because of the campaign and Napoleon was kinda egocentric.

Napoleon: I'm about to do what's called a pro gamer move
Smolensk, 1812

Yeah he was getting old. He also had Custer syndrome which was common among legendary generals

I keep a pretty stringent diet, so this channel is my comfort food!

Kings and Generals

Had Napoleon heeded his advice on the Russian invasion, He would have conquered all of Western Europe including Britain had he invaded..

Mon ami Lannes, le maréchal Lannes et Desaix aussi par Dieu. This is a shadow of the Grande Armée and yet had he not been betrayed, had he not been outnumbered... my God

that you is why you should love your wife just like how Berthiers love Napoleon and married him

Even without Berthier and Davout he was very close at winning Waterloo. At Leipzig without Davout, Soult and Suchet his best generals at that time. He had a good chance at winning at Leipzig.

@@NeverGoingToGiveYouUp000 Would not have mattered. He had defeated Schwarzenberg at Dresden heavily, to no effect. HIs strategic situation had no possible solution. He only had to lose once and it was all over. The Allies had far larger armies and strategically had him nearly surrounded. His army was mostly composed of green half-trained conscripts, and his cavalry had never recovered from the huge losses of 1812. This meant his reconnaissance capability was near zero. He had already had two subsidiary forces heavily defeated and smashed at Grossbeeren and Katzbach. Whereas the Prussians had already recovered almost completely from their two defeats in 1813 at Lutzen and Bautzen.
By failing to get a decisive result before the August armistice, it was over.

War to win hearts and minds... when will military powers ever learn

That quote aged like milk.

“All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.” Voltaire. (Sharpe’s sword, Harris.)

@@yatsumleung8618 it's not impossible. Wars are seldom fought on a village's terrain, little to gain in such skirmishes, the French were at first welcomed by the populace in both Spain and Portugal, if not for the constant terrorizing of civilians with raping and looting and hearts and minds would've been easily won, and perhaps the war itself won.

" Maybe I should not say that. I wish someone could interrupt me when I invaded Spain"

Like invading Russia in the winter?

Napoleon: Never interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake.
Also Napoleon: *Invades Spain and Russia*

@@someguy9293 He tried to put his own cousin on the Spanish throne. Its totally unjustified. And the French troops looted their churches, even I would be furious.

"I'll make sure to remember that." ~ Tsar Alexander I

This is only the British side of the story, what did the Napoleons did in Canada the US, is what changed histroy, what made it bigger then France only, the world was the goal.
The revolutionary war, kick the Red Coats out !

Yes this 3+ hours vid feels like about 1 hour and 12 minutes,

Europe: “we’re all going to be peaceful yes?!!!”
Napoleon: “I HATE SAND!! It’s coarse and gets everywhere!!!”
Europe: “... what?!!”

@@ComradeCommissarYuri what?

@@safejackalop5721 Anakin

I think it’s good that the wacky French accent was removed. It ought to spoken in French.

@@Redactedredacted5837 it would have been cool - with subtitles of course

I've been watching all of the episodes over and over and over, for over 6 weeks. I can't get enough.

@TheDaggz, same here