Battles of Bailen and Tudela 1808 - Napoleonic Wars DOCUMENTARY
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- Опубліковано 12 січ 2019
- We are continuing our historical animated documentary series on the Napoleonic Wars with another episode on the Peninsular War, covering the battles of Bailen and Tudela. Napoleon Bonaparte is now in the Iberian Peninsula and he is eager to defeat the Spanish and Portugese rebels and their British allies
You can watch the first season via this link, it covers Trafalgar, Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau, Friedland and other battles: bit.ly/2Men3Z7
This script was researched and written by Everett Rummage. Check out his brilliant Age of Napoleon podcast - bit.ly/2vC3cIE In our opinion, it is the best podcast on the Napoleonic era.
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Napoleon is back, baby: bit.ly/2M5Q5qo
hey im a 11 years old kid im here for no more info i like and sub ;)
Thanks sir, ah finally i can learn it in fun way, wish can you make Indonesian Civil War in 1940-60s or during Colonialism Era like Aceh War
Eriq Affandi no records worth mentioning in that war , no revolutionary tactics , nothing more than one men killing another men
Please do continue this series into the Fifth Coalition and Invasion of Russia.
Kings and Generals ummm can you make a documentary of the Siege of Angkor?
*"Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational Grande Armée"* - Napoleon in late 1808
"I have as an enemy a nation of twelve million souls, enraged to the untold. Everything that was done here on May 2 was hateful. No, Sire. You are in an error. Your glory will sink in Spain." - Letter from José Bonaparte to his brother Napoleon
Daniel Tsiprun because Star Wars copied history, particularly Roman.
And then, as usual, *rebellious* (wink, wink😉) generals lose the battle!
Wellington : "Your overconfidence is your weakness."
Napoleon : "Your faith in your allies, is yours"
Then Sweden betrays and the campaign of Endor... euh Russia ! happen...
You were right about one thing my Emperor...
The negotiations were short.
The constant drain of resources due to the post-1808 intense guerrilla warfare all over Spain was a major cause of Napoleon's fall. He recognized that in his memories too.
So if Napoleon just remained cordial with Spain would it still have changed things? Or was the disaster in Russia set in stone any way you look at it? Unless the Spanish ulcer gave cause for Russia to screw Napoleon.
@@a.trance6997 Hard to say, but I'm inclined to say that he would have lost anyway because he had too many enemies. He overextended France and made too many enemies like Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan did later.
@@TheHistoryofSpainPodcast I was listening to a podcast and I understood that Napoleon was pioneering the entire warfare from logistics to tactics in the early 19th century. Would it support your statement to say that it was only a matter of time that Napoleon would eventually lose considering his enemies were slowly but surely beginning to uinderstand his methods? Like let's remove the Spanish ulcer and Russian disaster, I infered from the video that he dominated outside of Spain because he understood the geography of Germany and Austira, therefore to my understanding his own methods would eventually be countered should he fail to secure lasting peace with everyone despite mastery of terrain and such, correct?
POR DIOS Y POR ESPAÑA
@@a.trance6997 I'd say his dreams of conquering Europe were doomed after Nelson destroyed his navy. The Peninsular War was the only way his Continental System had any chance of succeeding, but trying to enforce it hurt France's economy as much as it did Britain's and served to piss off not only Spain and Portugal but the most of the rest of Europe as well.
Napoleon: "If you want a job done right, do it yourself."
Lol indeed, and just after that he proceeded to take Spanish capital in a little less than 1 month.
Watching this from Tudela
@@fabrixioable Pues no lo sé ahora mismo, todavía sigo estudiando, aunque según un profesor de mi universidad hay muchos puestos de trabajo para ingenieros, espero no tener que moverme de aquí en un futuro.
Es preciosa Tudela, a mí personalmente me encanta
Lannes was an amazing general, he fought and won most of his battles while outnumbered (even outnumbered 2 to 1 at Pultusk). He and Davout definitely deserve more credit.
Agreed!
Not only was Lannes a great commander. During his short lifetime, he exhibited personal valor that rivals Ney or Murat. At the Battle of Bassano, he singlehandedly charged a group of Austrian Cuirassiers and captured two of their flags. He put himself in front of Napoleon as the latter led a charge at the bridge of Arcola, taking several shots for Napoleon. Despite being heavily outnumbered, he managed to bluff a numerically superior papal cavalry into surrender. He and Murat managed to bluff the Austrians into surrendering a well-defended Tabor Bridge. These are just a few examples of his badassery.
@@htrland _He and Murat managed to bluff the Austrians into surrendering a well-defended Tabor Bridge_
This one is specially noteworthy, because it seems pulled straight of a novel. Fiction has nothing on reality :)
So damn true, people don't even now for instance that Prussia was not directly crushed by Napoleon but by the iron Marshal Davout !
I wished hed lived longer
Great video as usual. I would like to add though that one of the key reasons for the Spanish victory was the extreme weather conditions. The battle was fought in July and on that day temperatures reached well over 40º Celsius, the population of Bailén ran a water-relay to the Spanish troops in the field so they remained hydrated whilst the French had little access to water. In the town of Bailén María Bellido is a local folk-heroine for her bravery during the battle.
One cause of Spanish victory were Balls to fight the best army in Europe these times.
When the entire Spanish army were betrayed by Napoleon and disarmed,
Thats because spanish troops were near by Bailén wich is not said in any part of the video wich gave as and advantage.
French guns got useless because of the heat.
Lot of incorrect datum.
It's true. But it was not only the battle of Bailén. José Bonaparte, Napoleon's brother, had all the water in the world in Madrid, and he was expelled 500 km to the north, with the entire French army of the peninsula, during that Spanish offensive that began in Bailén. I think you have to differentiate between the French army with Napoleon or without Napoleon. He was the greatest strategist in history, and even from Paris, he knew how to provide value to generals. France could only invade Madrid at the time of Napoleon. Louis XIV sent an army to Spain during the War of Succession, but it was with the approval and help of 3/4 of the Spanish, in a civil war, supporting the French candidate. It is a bit like the Spanish invasion of Paris in 1590, or the Spanish intervention in France during the French wars of religion 2-3 million dead, which make France definitely Catholic. Outside of that context of civil war, France and Spain did not have an army to invade Paris or Madrid at any time in history.
"They disdained their interest without taking any other care than the injury received. They were outraged with the insult and revolted before our strength, running to arms. The Spaniards en masse behaved like a man of honor."
Napoleon Bonaparte, aforementioned by Les Cases. Saint Helena Memorial
I haven't read those, thank you!
@Badger0fDeath How would you correct that line to make it have sense?No offense also just curiosity.
@Spanish Conquistador - It needs a very broad translation into English, because we simply don't express things in this manner. I find French more difficult to translate into English than Spanish. "Injury" can mean a physical wound or it can be harm or damage.
Perhaps something like this: "They disregarded their own well-being, declining any care other than the injury they received."
@@shawngilliland243 Thanks for the correction. In Spanish, the word "injuria" (very close to injury as you can see) has a different meaning: insult, or honor disgrace. Not a physical wound but yet some words or actions made by another which had to be repaired. Maybe "grievance" is the best translate? Of course, we also don't express things in this manner today, but it was a translation of Napoleon's words.
I admit that my translation was not very good, but I didn't want to repeat the word "insult" as I needed it again in the next line, so I used injury. Bad choose as it is a false friend. The whole syntax isn't proper because of my limited English, but I thought it was enough to make sense.
In Spanish, the reference says: "Desdeñaron su interés sin ocuparse más que de la injuria recibida. Se indignaron con la afrenta y se sublevaron ante nuestra fuerza, corriendo a las armas. Los españoles en masa se condujeron como un hombre de honor". Words that, even old fashioned style, every time I read I am moved by their depth.
@@ftr1453 i know i'm late, but as the sentence says in spanish "sin ocuparse más que de la injuria recibida", it would be an insult, not an actual injury
A Curiosity, in Bailén was present in the spanish army a young officer by the name of José de San Martín. A decade later he would lead the Army who end the Spanish Dominance in Perú, Chile and Argentina
hell yeah!! As a fellow argentinian i was about to say the same :)
indeed.. muy cierto!!
@Pablo Yong Listo
Lautaro Sillero Jose de San Marin probably the most intelligent of the entire South American revolutionaries as he knew what would happen in South America and did the smart thing and evacuated to Europe something that Bolivar would only notice before his death:
1.)America is ungovernable.
2.)He who serves a revolution plows the sea.
3.)The only thing one can do in America is emigrate.
4.)This country will fall unfailingly into the hands of the unbridled crowd and then pass almost imperceptibly to tyrants of all colors and races.
5.)Devoured by all crimes and extinguished by ferocity, the Europeans will not deign to conquer us.
6.)If it were possible for one part of the world to return to primitive chaos, this would be the last period of America
Simon Bolivar’s last major letter to a South American compatriot
With english money
I wish they taught History like this back when I was at school. I'd have actually taken an interest, this stuff is absolutely amazing. I praise your hard work and dedication. Thank you for what you do. I could watch this stuff all day. Tremendous.
Thank you very much :-)
Dupont was a General of Division since 1797. He was tried and tested having been Berthier's chief of staff at Marengo and also distinguishing himself at Ulm and Friedland. Napoleon was even considered giving him a Marshalate if he succeded in Spain. Things went very differently.
Yeah Dupont was a pretty good general but Napoleon gave him a bit of an impossible task in Spain
A high quality video at the strategic and tactical level about a complex conflict...Enjoyed!
Thank you :-)
@@KingsandGenerals Please make more videos about saladin and Khalid bin Walid
Oh yeah, baby! the Napoleonic Wars are back! I started to miss this series.
Same here. :-) There will be more!
Great video. Correction at 0:48, Dupont was a General of Division (three stars) since the Revolution. Perhaps you meant to state “newly promoted to corps command.” Dupont distinguished himself leading a division in both the Austerlitz and Friedland campaigns. However, Dupont became a prime example of the capriciousness of War’s Wheel of Fortune. Years to build a reputation, minutes to destroy it. Georges Blond in “La Grand Armee” wrote of Dupont’s surrender to Castanos: “The loser [Dupont] still wished to shine: “You can be proud of this day, General, for it is a fact that I have never lost a pitched battle until today. I have won more than twenty.” “It is even more remarkable”, replied Castanos dryly, “that this is the first battle I have fought.”
Spain. Napoleons first of two mistakes, the other being Russia. This was another very good video from you-keep it up!!!
Thank you! :-) Much more on the way!
He couldnt do enytjing else then attack them since they make guerillas
@@nikolamujan6695 They made guerrillas because they were attacked by Napoleon xd
You've taken your videos to a whole new level! Outstanding!
Thank you very much :-)
A curiosity: the "Peninsular War" in Spain is known as "Guerra de la Independencia" Wich is translated as "Independence War"
Another curiosity this independence war was being fight at the same time the American colonies were fighting for their independence, is the only time in history that colonies have Benn fighting for the independence of a country that's already fighting for his independence.
@@1996koke not entirely. While several colonies declared administrative independence as the king was a prisoner, they still ruled in the name of the crown. They did that for political reasons. Also Britain didn't want them to start the rebellion right away for at the moment Spain was an ally. The big military conflicts for American Independence started once Spain (and the colonial governments were now forced to declare independence, as the previous excuse was no longer valid) was free to ship troops back to the New Continent. At that point Spain almost reconquered all of it. But Buenos Aires stood firmly and was the point from Wich the southern part was freed. Also Bolivar managed to start a reconquest himself.
Manuel Migoya also spain had a lot of trouble sending troops to the americas as its fleet lay in the bottom of the ocean after trafalgar and most of the troops supposed to go ended up making a coup to restore the spanish constitution of 1812 in the pronunciamiento de riego.
In Portugal we just refer to them as the French Invasions
jorge .espinosa de los monteros this is 1808 America won its independence in 1782 or 83
Interesting that this episode was released at almost the same time as the Epic History channel released their episode about the Peninsular War. The two best war history youtubers today.
Thank you! :-)
They are my favorite two also, Baz Battles is pretty good too, they get third place.
and Epic History didn't cover this battle so it's pretty interesting to be able to see it on another channel
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Thank you!
So glad you're back doing the Napoleonic Wars
YES! THANK YOU FOR RETURNING TO THIS SERIES!
Finally, I thought it would never come! can't wait for more.
keep it going, guys! it's obvious that you put hard work into animating and researching these historical encounters, and I would like to say that they are awesome!
Terrific, man i love this channel. Thank you Kings and Generals. You guys do great work. Just about to dive into the full mongol video here at work!
Clear, precise and with great maps and graphics. Another great job. I would recommend your channel to anyone who wants to know how battles were fought.
I love your Napoleonic Wars series! Keep the amazing work up!
Thanks! More on the way!
I would just like to thank you for your video on the battle of Bosworth. I did really well in my history class when we were learning about it.
Happy to hear that. :-)
Nice, looking forward to rest of the series
Great overview of this battle and how the Spanish battlefield played out.Enjoyed every series thus far keep up the good work.
Yes! Napoleon is back once again. Great vid as always
Thank you very much!
YES! IT'S FINALLY HERE! THANK YOU
glad you guys are publishing a lot of videos quickly, keep 'em coming, kings and generals, my favorite channel of youtube, the best!
Thank you for watching! There will be more!
Great video, as always!
Awesome video as usual, keep it up, I'm enjoying the Peninsula War as never before
Thanks, there will be more!
I live for this channel. Thank you, a lot.
Thank you for watching :-)
Man Your (Graphic , Information , Location , Battle Simulation) Are All Improved Since Last Time I Watch . Keep Up The Work .
We will, thank you!
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Welcome aboard!
I love your videos, they are so detailed and accurate.
Excelent video, congratulations and keep doing these videos, they are extremely educative and interesting ...
Thank you guys, you always make amazing content much appreciate it 👍🏻
Thanks for watching!
It was great. Like a movie. Thanks for creating such a beauty.
Thx again, love this docu !! 👍 👍
Love this channel and awesome video!
Indeed. :-)
This is my favorite series of yours! Long live the Emperor
Thanks you guys for this episode !
As always Lannes did very well, he was one of the best marshals Napoleon had.
Thank you for watching!
Awesome as always! Can't wait for more
Thank you very much :-)
Smashed like button before watching as always!
Loved this one...I really got a sense of how much precision was needed to pull these massive operations off. I felt like you really got inside the generals heads here with what the plan was, how it was to work, and how it actually unfolded. It was almost like a game of chess. Loved it.
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Great Video on an relatively under studied part of the Napoleonic Wars and watching this reminded me a great book i read a few years back called "The Spanish Ulcer - A History of the Peninsula War"
Thanks for watching!
Beautifull. Congrats
This is my go to videos while waiting for the end turn to finish whenever i play any total war games
Who would have thought that Total War Franchise will be used in a documentary. Superb as always K.A.G.
Wow, my fav documentary in this channel, feel like long time didnt see this series 🤔
Yeah, it was 3 months or so. :-)
General Jose de San Martin, our national hero in Argentina, was in this battle wich was his first. He actually kept a silver medal with the engraving "Bailen" that the spanish government gave to all tje veterans of that day.
holyfreak86 yea as well the only South American revolutionary that had a brain and left that god forsaken land of coups and counter coups when he got the chance after meeting with Bolivar. Which allowed him despite a crippling opium addiction to outlive nearly all other revolutionaries like Sucre, Bolivar and Bernardo o’Higgins
@@raph9584 remember that opium was legal back then. The golden years...😂. Miguel de Güemes was another brillant general. He defeated the same spanish troops that defeated Napoleon in Waterloo. He use guerilla warfare against the spanish regulars repelling 9 invasion attempts.
holyfreak86 yeah I know but everyone that knew him thought that he was in his last legs thanks to the opium and would only recover after leaving for Europe
@@raph9584 yes. But remember he was very ill at thay time. He crossed the Andes oposing the doctors' recomendation. Opium was at that time a very spread painkiller.
@@raph9584 Fortunately for him and for the continent, opium didn't cloud his judgement and he carried well his military campaigns
Wow! Napoleon! It’s been so long time!!
Yep, like 3 months!
Great video!
Thank you!
Finally more Napoleonic wars! Thx
There will be more. :-)
OMG that was amazing !!!
Finalmente un canal que Anglosajón que cubre como se debe cubrir la historia de España,ganando batallas en Europa y todo,no los clásicos videos de España en América y las maldades que hizo,ya aburre.España ha sido y es muchas cosas,buenas y malas,pero hemos tenido nuestros momentos de éxito,como cualquier potencia,ni más ni menos.
Hay muchos, otra cosa es que lo conozcas... este en concreto porque tiene unos videos excelentes, el resto son mediocres.
Edit: Igual tienes Wikipedia en inglés, que es muy completo (salvo en la historia española del siglo XX).
great as usual
THIS IS SO GREAT PLEASE KEEP DOING NAPOLEONS CAMPAIGNS
More on the way!
"But nothing in Spain was as easy as it seemed." I like how you subtly put General Moore picture on the map as a teaser for the next video.
Good work
Thank you!
I'm a simple man. I see Kings and Generals uploaded a video, I click it.
Good!
Thanks for bringing Napoleon back. Great video as usual. Could you do one on the Great Northern War?
It is planned! We'll see when!
Cool Thanks!
@@KingsandGenerals Carolus Rex
Yeeeeaaaah!! Finally! Napoleon is back!!!
More on the way!
Hi! Great video . Are you planning to do the battle of muret and the cathar crusade? Thank you for your videos i always learn something new.
Thanks, we'll see!
Thank You!
Thanks for watching!
excelent video!
Thanks!
I do hope we get to see the Battle of Borodino done. I have such a tough time visualizing how that battle went by reading about it because it was so large and so inconclusive.
Very good video. I've enjoyed it. If anything that would be ^make it even nicer, would be the addition of arrows to show the movement of troops as you point out their deployments in the battle field. Again, nice work and very enjoyable. Thank you.
demasiado bueno gracias!!! =D
An excellent video...
Thank you!
Finally! I've been waiting for an eternity it feels like lol
That is one crazy battle!
Man, i just literally tinished napoleons campaign and this video came out after only 2 minutes
wow 1 out of a bilion human
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@@ivanandres6828 haha
keep up the good work
We will, thank you!
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Thank you :-)
Excellent
Napoléon's Marshals were real wardogs, Lannes, Davout, Murat,...so many talents for one generation.
Very similar to Alexander the Great's Marshals. The companions as they were called then pretty much was the reason Alexander was virtually unstoppable.
"Core-DOE-Bah"
Not "Core-Da-Bah"
Still, great to see you guys making more Napoleon documentaries, I live these!
Thank you!
You should do a video on those top 5 ceaser u listed on this vid thanks for the videos
Thank you .
I would like more information in future videos as to the extent and nature of the artillery presence in each battle. It is central to Napoleonic warfare, but often at odds with the swift encircling movements you point out in this video.
Finally! My favourite!
Good!
Oh yes! I want more!
There will be more!
That transition at like 9:20 was great.
Some Napoleon battles, I like it!😁👍
More Napoleon please!
Battle of Wagram 1809, please :)
P.S. Great video!
We will cover it. :-)
@@KingsandGenerals Hello sir, Love your videos, May i ask if you would consider make Napoleon victories, in the early 1st and 2nd coalitions, or someone in wich Napoleon was in charge?
Thank god Napoleon is back I was getting worried for a second
Yes! Napoleonic wars, at last :)
More on the way. :-)
Great video! Battle of Indias de Cartagena, soon I hope! :)
My favourite series👑👑👑
"Nobody can enter Spain whitout the permission of the Spaniards"
Adolf Hitler.
Spanish Conquistador laughs in Visigoth and Moor.
@@LEFT4BASS Spain is a mixture of peoples, Celts, Romans, Greeks, Nordics, Visigoths, and Arabs. all these very brave and respectable peoples.
*Napoleon did* and Madrid surrendered in less than a month.
@@user-vr5sc7zj1s napoleon was a military genius.
@@user-vr5sc7zj1s The same fate happened with moscow, however you can't tell that napoleon made a victory just capturing the capitals because the population and many cities didn't surrender
Finnally you pronounce Castaños correctly!
Thanks from Granada, the town from which Reading departed.
Marshal Jean Lannes was one badass commander!!! His untimely death had a huge adverse impact on Napoleon's later years. And looking at the photo of Lannes, the dude was a male super model.
New osts ! I like that 😍❤
8:20 you know shits about to go down when the creepy singing kicks in
Invading spain was one of napoleons less than stellar moments
Yes, but by his logic, he needed to do that to enforce the Continental Blockade.
@@KingsandGenerals Yet Spain was upholding the blockade and were in an alliance with France sine 1795.
I don't think the invasion in itself was a mistake under the circumstances, but not taking command of it himself in Spain might have been the mistake. If the battle of bailen was won, zaragoza probably would have fallen and spain might have been stabilised.
@@LuisAldamiz again, both France and Spain invaded Portugal. They were close buddies at that time.
@@LuisAldamiz The first comment here was about Napoleon invading Spain. Not sure if costumary anglo bs of saying Spain when they mean Iberian Peninsula. So, any discussion we might have is tainted by previous ignorant remark.