You're correct there, It was King George III at the time though Prince George his son is the Prince Regent after the King became seriously ill with madness which lasted until he passed away in 1820 by which time Prince George became King George IV. So it should be "God Save the King" When Victoria became Queen in 1837, it changed to "God Save the Queen" which also sung in the present time while our Queen still reign. After she passed away it will become "God Save the King" when Charles became King.
The Napoleonic war or 18th century wars are probably some of the most fashionable warfare. Those uniforms are honestly eye candy especially when they all march in synchronization.
@@scheewheed8285 and don’t forget it was called Gentlemen war because of Terms like you shoot and reload but enemy waits for you while matching toward you 😂
What the movie doesn't show you is how dirty and smelly those soldiers were. I'm sure the Officers looked splendid in their tailored uniforms. I doubt the enlisted looked half is well in their off the rack uniforms.
@@pedrocavalcante5822 At first to defend from European coalitions and then to completely defeat them and force a truce . He can only settle a peace , a favorable peace , if he defeated them . He had to do it quickly . One of the reasons the wars dragged on is because he never defeated Britain . That was the last main enemy . However he had to shift his intentions to Russia as Russia broke the continental system engaging with Britain . However their armies got completely recked and so Europe took that as an opportunity to get back at France and defeat them . This is just my take it is better for you to read or watch documentaries like Epic History .
normal people dying of pointless wars, disease, and more. You can't survive the middle ages since after the fall of the romans everything went to shit.
@@gauthierdaviaultmathieu631 We're talking about 90's public television...its actually really good considering. The actors are all excellent, its well produced with good loyalty to uniforms details etc. What it couldn't do was employ a huge cast and effects to really re-create the battles of the period. It's from another time. Also, the books series its based on by Bernard Cornwall is first rate.
0:11 Director James Strong makes a nice visual reference to Sergei Bondarchuk's Waterloo here. For a second I thought it had been lifted from the 1970s movie, but its an original shot, and no doubt a homage to the greatest Waterloo movie ever commited to film.
@@tithofabian1967 The first part certainly isn't from the 1970 movie Waterloo - although that is an excellent film with lots going on! I'm not sure, but until 3:00 it's from a British drama set during the period, perhaps 'Vanity Fair'? Thereafter, are segments taken from Sharpe's Eagle and Sharpe's Waterloo, episodes from a superb series starring Sean Bean as Sharpe, despite it being filmed (excuse the pun) on a tight budget they were very enjoyable adventures set during the Peninsular War. If you're interested in other theatres of the Napoleonic Wars, the recent TV adaptation of 'War and Peace' is also well worth a look. I've only seen clips of it on UA-cam, tried to record it on digital TV but something went wrong - so I might check it out on Amazon. Interestingly, Brian Cox (the actor, not the astronomer) plays one of the Russian generals, and years ago portrayed Hogan, Wellington's intelligence officer, in Sharpe.
@@YasserMaghribi , Heuuuuu..... t"es gentil mais ce sont très justement eux qui gardent "symboliquement" l'Elysée ! Pour toi, quel est l'uniforme de parade de la Garde Républicaine ? 🤨
The bird's eye view gives a good idea why the square formation was so effective against cavalry and at the same time so terribly vulnerable to artillery fire.
@@Kuukuukaachoo The square's main purpose is not to fire at the enemy cavalry or even cause any remarkable casualties to it, but to break up it's attack and make it ineffective.
@@Kuukuukaachoo In the real deal, the squares would be larger, made by an entire battalion, and vertices would point to the front. It would look more like diamonds sideby side, so when the front ranks fired they wouldn't do it to the next square. I don't know if what I wrote is understandable, my English is rusty.
It's so pleasant to see how accurate and perfectly clean all the uniforms were after days of marching in the mud, sleeping on wet ground, being splattered with additional mud by cannonballs hitting the soaked earth on this rainy day. And - this was the second battle after Quatre Bras with no time to clean the precious uniforms in between. Well done, soldiers. Captain Sobel would be proud of you. Joking apart, a good war movie always tries to look realistic. Even in the very first Star Wars film they deliberately made the uniforms and fighters look used, and that was one of the reasons why the illusion worked so well.
As much as I know back then War for soldiers were honor(and they fight and die with honor) as they were professionals and they always tried to take best closes and look in best shape because you could die in any moment.. but yes its highly disputable to be so clean after melee fight and then lie on the green grass with white/red color :) ps. For me clean clothes are less ''bug'' then: when you survive cavalry charge with melee combat + canon bombardment you'r so happy(cheer) to ambush enemy best elite division, who as I read in the book when were ambushed didn't lie down weapons and surrender and all were killed. Of course most of these movies are kinda propaganda and were filmed similar as :"History are written by winners(when winners give enemy more troops or lessen themselves and look more brave)''
What amazes me about Napoleon was that literally every enemy nation he faced by 1812 had adopted his, unique for the time, core system even the square formation that was used to repel Calvary charges. He was indeed ahead of his time strategically speaking.
@omutvtube3910 he didn't invent the corps system either, it had been theorized beforehand. Napoleon was the first one to use it and standardize it into something so effective, though
Imagine comtemporary citizens in that era, we surely will be untrained militia, with only that march and warcry, morale will be shattered in seconds, and we will be routing before the first volley.
@@thx1138thecrane His nickname was Conquerer of Europe or the Strategic Military Genius. Following his biography, he is the Greatest General in History with 56 battles won more than Duke of Wellington with only 39. Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte has made 7 Coalitions, to put it simply. The Entire Europe was against him
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 5 times he beat them, 5. The Coalitions were bringer of doom to millions of Europe, Napoleon could only respond, and respond he did. Forcing Nations who would have never allied otherwise to do so in order to beat him, Russia even becoming treaty breakers in the process. Still France would not be here today if not for Napoleon, France would have been divided amongst the nations of Europe. VIVE L' EMPEROR NAPOLEON!
Yes, “cannonballs,” or solid shot, do not explode. Shells fired from howitzers, however, do explode. At the battle of Waterloo both sides would have been firing both shot and shell. The English even had a rocket battery present.
Merci... il serait temps que nous retrouvions en effet un empereur digne de ce nom, car, nous voyons tous aujourd'hui que la France n'est gouvernée que par des laquais.
I think that this film is quite unrealistic. For example, the square formation is created with the affirmed knowledge that horses will not run at squares, no matter what they are told. Also, a french cavalaryman would not dismount his horse infront of a a regimental square. If you are looking for a Waterloo film, watch 'Waterloo' from 1970. Edit: Another thing I might add (after watching the clip again) is that there should not be any artillery fire on this side of the ridge, as the french artillery was on the other side of the valley, and the french cavalry had ridden over the ridge line.
Because horses wouldn't. When there are gaps a horse will run in it. Its how alexander the great beat the Persian chariots and its how the romans beat enemy elephants
And they didn't dismount they had their horses shot out from under them but in the regulations they are to continue the charge and get into melee with the foe, while Waterloo is a masterpiece this does look good
@@bustedcogitator8954 Not sure that is the case. Dismounted cavalrymen would retreat back to the muster point for the charge and look for another mount. Plus the cavalry rode around the squares and then fell back to reform. Certainly they would not charge the ranks of a square on foot with a heavy cavalry sabre like in this clip. There are accounts of the cavalry milling about firing pistols and carbines so that part is correct (especially as the horses were blown). They also have the British infantry mixed up. They are not the Guards by their facing colors and if they are supposed to be the 52nd light infantry that regiment wheeled on the flank of the Imperial Guard attack. Also the French advanced in a formation more like a square.
I love how everyone just throws their hands up in the air when they get hit, i don’t know what i would do if i got hit in the chest by a giant lead ball but it probably wouldn’t be stretching for the sky cuz it would probably cause more pain, while collapsing softly
Ive had the unfortunate displeasure of seeing a few people get shot in Afghanistan. If you take a wound to your core area. Your going down like a puppet who had their strings cut. In other words in a heap.
Gods as a veteran of modern war I'll never understand how massive formations of men simply stood still as dozens of them were wiped out by incoming artillery fire. Nowadays you get down as low as you can and if you survive you fucking run.
Generally they would not be in that formation if they were within artillery range. It was used since muskets had a limited range, misfired too often, and were very inaccurate so volley fire was used so at least you would hit some targets. Also, against cavalry it was useful as horses would rider around the square and not into it, no matter how hard they were driven, would not run into a sharp into something. Since cavalry troops were armed with sabers and lances, unless the rider could get within 2-3 feet (0.7-1.0 m), they would not hurt the foot soldier so it was a way to keep them away.
Oui,,,mais combien de vrais Anglais en réalité dans cette armée ? La majorité de l'armée de Wellington était composée de soldats issus de divers "lands" allemands , sans oublier la KGL et les alliés Hollandais, et Belges,,,et bien sûr les Prussiens sans qui cette victoire eut été une défaite
The majority of cannon shot did not explode. While howitzers were generally issued with timed (with a fuse) shells that did explode (the gunners tried to time it so they airburst at head height if they could), most cannons fired solid roundshot. Maybe some canister or grapeshot when the enemy got close.
The “old guard” in movies always look too young. It was regulation for them to powder their hair and wear moustaches and a golden hoop earring. Never look battle hardened enough, except for the ones in the film Waterloo.
je ne crois pas que la vieille garde ait donné à waterloo, elle était assignée à la sécurité de l'empereur. C'est la garde qui est montée non en marchant mais au pas de course et qui a écrasé deux bataillons anglais avant d'être arrêtée principalement par les canons belges et un troisième groupe anglais. En 1815, la garde était la refonte de la moyenne garde et de la jeune garde car il y avait trop peu d'effectifs. cette charge devait être épaulée par la cavalerie, malgré les errances de Ney il en restait mais une fois de plus, les ordres n'ont pas du être transmis. Ce qui manquait le plus à l'armée Napoléonnienne, c'est ce qui avait fait sa grandeur, un service de transmission et de coordination
@@fredericmartin6994 Ney's cavalry had been smashed on the squares, that's why they couldn't support the attack. Also where they were really needed was screening the flank against the encroaching Prussians. The Dutch forces you mention broke up one section of the attack indeed. This brigade was relatively fresh and unused. However you haven't mentioned, the other sections which were broken up by just 1500 of Maitland's foot guards and then driven back by bayonet charge. The initial volley is said to have taken down 300 men and killed General Michel. The French were actually able to recover from both the above as fresh regiments came up to meet the British and Dutch, pushing the allies back. However a further charge from the 52nd Light Infantry led by John Colbourne threw the guard into a final retreat, and broader French units into a panic. Waterloo was a really desperate battle between two quickly put together armies, both lacking full cohesion in their own way. That's why you have such an uncoordinated to and fro such as above. However in my opinion Napoleon could never have won, Wellington had coordinated everything in advance, including the Prussians arrival and the site of the battle.
@@angloirishcad Wellington himself said that the fate of Waterloo was determined by the closing of doors. The light company of the 3rd Foot Guards held against endless battalions of French Young Guardsmen at Hougoumont and if they had not closed the doors to the farmhouse in time the French Guards would have taken the most strategic point in the battle. If I recall correctly a captain of the Foot Guards at this point in the fighting developed what we now know as combat PTSD when a French guardsman was shot in front of him by a corporal of the Guards whilst he was pushing the doors. He was never able to close doors for the rest of his life.
I've seen many absurdidies in "war" movies, but seeing french cuirassiers trying to break an infantry line by charging individually and ON FOOT is one of the worsts --'
@@AndreyAlcoforado Very funny, but first, war is not about killing people it is about winning battles - which is not the same thing :)) second, french cuirassier equipment include - oh god ! - a CARBINE ! Very usefull in such a situation ;)
Ohhh mein Gott!? Wer hat das produziert? Eine der besten Darstellungen von linieninfanterie die ich je gesehen hab =D Armor that works? Are you kidding me??! ❤️❤️❤️
@@opai1821 I survived fortunately. We were trained by former Paratroopers for 3 weeks in Napoleonic drill and how to fire a musket. The Brown Bess weighs 10 lbs. Though you knew you were just playing soldiers, when you stood shoulder to shoulder as the French cavalry appeared over the brow of the hill, you really got a sense of how terrifying it must have been. Made worse, by the sheer amount of cordite and smoke from muskets.
This clip is mostly from the film adaptation of the novel "Vanity Fair". Between 0:12 and 0:20 It looks like the 70's movie Waterloo (although it may be a modern renterpretation of the same shot, and certainly the music is "Vanity Fair".) Between 03:02 and 03:30, an episode of 90's tv series 'Sharpe' has been edited in to the battle, pretty seamlessly because it was essentially depicting the exact same event but with fewer extras. Frankly, "Vanity Fair" has done some really good work here. I had no idea such an impressive depiction of any part of the Battle of Waterloo had been made.
thanks! Came to the comments to see what these clips are from. Never heard of Vanity Fair, but I ado agree with you on Sharpe. However, I own the 1970s "Waterloo" on DVD and I disagree with you there - these shots are too clean to be from that older film. Its incredible what they've done here and far better than Ridley Scott's depiction of the battle. But thats not saying much. Everything is better than Scott's "Napoleon".
Vive l'empereur ! "Vous qui étiez vaincus dans vos plus grandes victoires, que sera-ce dans la défaite qui s'annonce" (Camus ne parle évidemment pas de cette guerre ni des anglais mais je partage cette belle citation, peut être légèrement incorrecte dans la forme, tirée des Lettres à un ami allemand.
“They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.” ― Ernest Hemingway
He served as a medic in the Italian front of World War One, which I believe to be the most horrific front of the whole war. If anyone knows, it’s Ernest Hemingway.
@@billysinge8977 "When you go to war as a boy you have a great illusion of immortality. Other people get killed; not you ... Then when you are badly wounded the first time you lose that illusion and you know it can happen to you."
@@Capn_Jack , cause copyright ??? 🤨 The movie at the end call "1944" (Elmo Nüganen). He talk about Estonian in the Wehrmacht fight against Estonian in Red Army !!!! hitler 1 - 1 staline 😞
It's better like this. UA-cam has terrific screening robots to chase unauthorized displays; I presume naming it in the description would provoke a youtube strike of the video within a few days, if not within a few hours.
Well, pretty cool, but some errors, -English gots artillery too ^^' -How much speed did they reload ? Cleary, we can saw on 10 second, the same guys shooting 3 times. -And French was winning the batlle, only the arrivals of Prussians saves the England.
That last point is actually a huge matter of debate. By the time the Prussians arrived, Napoleon had not punched a single hole in the British line, and his I and II Corps had been repulsed with very heavy losses, as had his entire cavalry reserve. II Corps was bogged down in Hougoumont fighting a garrison only the fraction of its size, and I Corps was reeling from the devastating counterattack by British cavalry. Granted: had the Prussians not been sighted around 13 hrs, then VI Corps would have been available to the Emperor - but those were only 10,000 extra men, not a huge force by any standard, and the troops were barely average in quality. The British had also taken heavy losses, but in the late afternoon there were still several cavalry brigades that had not been committed, as well as a British and a Dutch-Belgian infantry division as well as several additional brigades. So Wellington actually still had reserves to commit. We'll never know for sure who would have won the battle had Blücher not arrived. Blücher did ensure Allied victory, and he masterfully force-marched his army to the rescue. But whether Wellington could not have won without him...well, I believe he could have, albeit only narrowly.
Wrong by the time the prussains arrived the British Line wasnt even broken , in fact the British Foot Guards actually broke the French Imperial Guards at the end of the battle just before the prussians arrived
while the french did make progress it is not clear if it would have been a victory if the prussians did not arrive. When Napoleon saw the army arrive he hoped it was the general Gruchy (the 3rd of his army ) that he had send out to persue the prussians
@@matthings4133 no, thats not really that, our Emperor, before the battle, send Grouchy to attack, while he was sence to attack BUT, the rain totally traped him during 3 days. And after, french cavalery and infantry make good things on the field, well, not everywhere, but English men was in good position, but the English moral was very low.
@@Alopex1 Well, Wellington said himself that without the Prussians, he would have lost the battle - or probably retreating for avoiding more losses -. But even without the Prussians, the battle was confused, brutal and very badly engaged for Napoleon (Hougoumont, the completely failed attack of the 1st corps, Ney sending the cavalery on a point of the british line which had not been weakened, with no artillery and infantery support, etc.). It could have been in final a victory for Napoleon, but not a great one, not a new Austerlitz or Friedland, but another Eylau or Borodino. How to organise the pursuit of a defeated army when your cavalery has been barely destroyed ? And on the next day, Napoleon would have had another battle against the Prussians.
It's not just 'the olden times'. Modern warfare also applies to this. "War sounds so easy because people who finds it hard doesn't survive to tell the tale."
French Empire vs Great Britain but only picks the scenes where Great Britain won completely and none where the French won (The Battle itself contained many French minor victoris, but more british ofcourse)
I take it you arent aware of the fact Napoleon failed. He failed to take Hagenout and lost his pivot which he was relying on. Marshall Ney destroyed their cavalry in 20-30 disastrous cavalry charges. Napoleon didnt recognise the square formations until too late. He put in his old guard too late. It was a close run thing but the british and Dutch had bled the french dry before the prussians arrived. Napoleon's only victory was in regard to the destruction caused by his artillery
So apart from losing to the allies he won according to you. It was close but even a tactical defeat for the allies would have been a strategic disaster for old Nappy.
@@afisto6647 There are no French history movies these days. let's face facts, French audiences want to watch romantic comedies. France just isn't producing film and directorship like Nolan, Mendes, Scott, people with huge ambition and ideas who turn their attention to historic based dramas. I saw De Gaulle, it was ok, quite liked it...but no better than a TV movie (with some historic inaccuracies of course). J'Accuse was excellent, however Roman Polanksi isn't really French. When French people stop obsessing over McDo, crap rip offs of American rap and romantic comedies...maybe there'll be a market and funding for you to have your history movies as well. I miss the days of Cyrano, La Reine Margot etc....however Le Vrai France...well you know what it is. P.s. the British literally love history. That's why the book series like Sharpe (i read all of them aged 12-14), Hornblower, and Patrick O Bryan exist and many others.
This scene is excellent. Just 3 points. 1) No infantryman from any nation would leave the safety of a square to engage a cavalryman. 2) At the time of Waterloo England's National Anthem would have been God save the King. 3) The French Guards are clearly chanting "Vive L'Emprer".
Napoleon, whose serenity in the midst of battles (except in his love "battles" with Josephine), was one of the greatest systematizers of the Science of War. And among the Principles of War that he established, the first was Security, then Maneuver and Joint Effort or Concurrent Means; That is why I will always wonder why, knowing that an English tactic against the Cavalry attack was the "Box Formation", he launched his Cavalry, with the brave Marshal Ney at the head, against the English. He had to advance his cannons and fire shrapnel grenades and then his large and brave Infantry to destroy the English at bayonet point. Something happened in that interdict. We will never know. However, we must recognize that the weather, with its black clouds, greatly helped the Prussians, with their dark uniforms. Be that as it may, Waterloo was a battle that Homer would very well have sung about, if he had seen or known about it. Hooray for the soldiers who fought on that epic day!!! And the splendid march "Victory is ours" (La Victoire est a Nous) remains in my memory.
Dunkirk is a joke, it's pure propaganda !! Dunkirk isn't miracle, it's the French sacrifice ! If France didn't fought to save the British, the British Empire would have collapsed quicker than in real life!!
Dunkirk movie is an insult to France. An insult to the french soldiers who fought and died to make your"miracle" happened. An insult to the city of Dunkirk and his citizens who have been totally destroyed and slaughtered under Luftwaffe and RAF constant shelling. Instead,the movie shows an intact city, an unspoiled beach,not even a crater,not even a damaged vehicle,it looks like a Maldives beach. All civilians have disappeared (another miracle!), nobody fights the Germans but for some reason they can not enter into the city ! The british retreat is glorified but the heroic french defence doesn't exist. And of course,to hide the shame of the retreat,always insist on the british motto: "British soldiers are brave,french soldiers are cowards". That's why the only french character in this movie is a....deserter of course!
These artillery rounds are so unrealistic for the age it’s trying to portray. This looks more like ww1/ww2 artillery shells. That’s not how in general Napoleonic era artillery worked. It shot massive cannonballs into people (they didn’t really explode but bounced of the ground through whatever came into path). Howitzers or Congreve rockets did make explosions but they were very different than these and exploded in the air spreading deadly shrapnel into the ranks.
They did use exploding shells invented by one Mr Shrapnell, first introduced in 1809 and also cannister shot. They also used cannon balls filled with explosives. SO you are right it is slightly unrealistic to see spurts of earth but it was never the less true that explosions would be seen in the air.
L'armée anglaise n'a jamais gagné à elle seule une bataille contre l'armée de Napoléon . le gagnant à Waterloo est le Prussien Blücher . Sans son arrivée providentielle Wellington perdait la bataille de Waterloo malgré ses positions confortables en hauteur et fortifiées . En Espagne l'aide portugaise et espagnole fut essentiel pour que l'armée anglaise se vente de quelque succès. C'est connu " Malbrouck s'en va en guerre ".
did anyone else even notice that it changed shows for a few seconds at 3:15 from whatever the show was to sharpe? i dont understand this why does it change show things.
French Army : "Hon Hon, Viva la Emperor!" British Army : "O'er the Hills and o'er the Manes, through Flanders, Portugal and Spain. King George commands and we obey, over the hills and far away."
British Army: KEEP STEADY THOSE CANNONS AND CALVARY HAS NOTHIN ON US (while men fly in the background). French Army:HEHE CHARGE! WE WILL CAPTURE ALSO USE DA CANNONS!(while there men get destroyed)
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This cameraman is very brave for filming into the combats like that
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@@kokodoreJr liar
Its a film bro
@@malikdaddy6111 i know, my point still stands
@@thomasweitbrecht8105 im just messing bro
''God save the King'' you mean? No queen ruled Britain during the Napoleonic wars.
You're correct there, It was King George III at the time though Prince George his son is the Prince Regent after the King became seriously ill with madness which lasted until he passed away in 1820 by which time Prince George became King George IV.
So it should be "God Save the King" When Victoria became Queen in 1837, it changed to "God Save the Queen" which also sung in the present time while our Queen still reign. After she passed away it will become "God Save the King" when Charles became King.
@@DavBlc7 She is a vampire man...It will be "God save the Queen" for all time.
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Victoria or Elizabeth I?
@@BossCoins2 Elizabeth I reigned 200 years prior to this war if I'm not mistaken.
The Napoleonic war or 18th century wars are probably some of the most fashionable warfare. Those uniforms are honestly eye candy especially when they all march in synchronization.
Dont forget the fact war had background music back then aswell
@@scheewheed8285 and don’t forget it was called Gentlemen war because of Terms like you shoot and reload but enemy waits for you while matching toward you 😂
What the movie doesn't show you is how dirty and smelly those soldiers were. I'm sure the Officers looked splendid in their tailored uniforms. I doubt the enlisted looked half is well in their off the rack uniforms.
What was the purpose of Napoleon Bonaparte's military campaigns?
@@pedrocavalcante5822 At first to defend from European coalitions and then to completely defeat them and force a truce . He can only settle a peace , a favorable peace , if he defeated them . He had to do it quickly . One of the reasons the wars dragged on is because he never defeated Britain . That was the last main enemy . However he had to shift his intentions to Russia as Russia broke the continental system engaging with Britain . However their armies got completely recked and so Europe took that as an opportunity to get back at France and defeat them . This is just my take it is better for you to read or watch documentaries like Epic History .
1:58
Anyone else notice the guy pretending to ram a ball down his musket without a ramrod?
He's not bright... but hes got some damn good spirit
Now I know why it took the British more than 10 years to defeat Napoleon.
Forrest Gump's GGG Grandpappy
@@lychguard1015 you mean spiwit !
my eyes
not a cellphone in sight, just normal people living in the moment
normal people dying of pointless wars, disease, and more.
You can't survive the middle ages since after the fall of the romans everything went to shit.
@@alstef09 twas but a joke
They had no choice😂
They were dying in the moment
@@alstef09 This is nearly 500 years after the Middle Ages...
The seamless transition to Sharpe’s Waterloo, one of the lowest budget portrayals of Waterloo I’ve ever seen.
Sharpe really needs a new high budget netflix production...as does Hornblower or possibly O bryan
Sharpe’s is garbage and look more like a parody.
@@gauthierdaviaultmathieu631 We're talking about 90's public television...its actually really good considering. The actors are all excellent, its well produced with good loyalty to uniforms details etc.
What it couldn't do was employ a huge cast and effects to really re-create the battles of the period.
It's from another time.
Also, the books series its based on by Bernard Cornwall is first rate.
@@gauthierdaviaultmathieu631 Wow shame on you! It was one of the only times Sean Bean doesn't die! That's a rarity.
@@1228carlito Good point. Sean Bean was the British John Rambo in Sharpe.
2:22 they are saying "Vive l'Empereur" (Long live the Emperor), not "Vive la France"
Indeed. Im French as well.
At least he didn't put down "viva la France"
@@baguettysheppy1740" Viva" is Spanish
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 exactly, but i've seen people say "viva" instead of "vive"
Pff Spain. Vive la France !
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0:11 Director James Strong makes a nice visual reference to Sergei Bondarchuk's Waterloo here. For a second I thought it had been lifted from the 1970s movie, but its an original shot, and no doubt a homage to the greatest Waterloo movie ever commited to film.
What's the movie ?
@@tithofabian1967 The first part certainly isn't from the 1970 movie Waterloo - although that is an excellent film with lots going on! I'm not sure, but until 3:00 it's from a British drama set during the period, perhaps 'Vanity Fair'? Thereafter, are segments taken from Sharpe's Eagle and Sharpe's Waterloo, episodes from a superb series starring Sean Bean as Sharpe, despite it being filmed (excuse the pun) on a tight budget they were very enjoyable adventures set during the Peninsular War. If you're interested in other theatres of the Napoleonic Wars, the recent TV adaptation of 'War and Peace' is also well worth a look. I've only seen clips of it on UA-cam, tried to record it on digital TV but something went wrong - so I might check it out on Amazon. Interestingly, Brian Cox (the actor, not the astronomer) plays one of the Russian generals, and years ago portrayed Hogan, Wellington's intelligence officer, in Sharpe.
@@UchronianKing Vanity fair.
@@demastust.2277 Right, thanks, thought so, good.
Way better Waterloo scene than Ridley Scott's movie.
which movie is this?
No way
Those battle scenes from the 2024 Ridley Scott film were amazing.
3:01 Their volley did so much damage it switched episode multiple times, ringing out throughout the Napoleonic community.
Always Love France Cuirassier uniform.
Hussard, grenadier uniform too.....
It's look like "La Garde républicaine à Cheval" today ! 😉
@@LaurentCOMMELARD Je crois qu'ils cracheraient sur la république d'aujourd'hui
@@YasserMaghribi , qui ça ?
@@LaurentCOMMELARD les Cuirassiers de Napoleon
@@YasserMaghribi , Heuuuuu..... t"es gentil mais ce sont très justement eux qui gardent "symboliquement" l'Elysée !
Pour toi, quel est l'uniforme de parade de la Garde Républicaine ? 🤨
The bird's eye view gives a good idea why the square formation was so effective against cavalry and at the same time so terribly vulnerable to artillery fire.
just shoot the dumb asses who approach your square like that. the horses wont.
I just dont see how its effective. Especially with how each square is positioned next to eachother, isnt there a lot of friendly fire from it?
@@Kuukuukaachoo The square's main purpose is not to fire at the enemy cavalry or even cause any remarkable casualties to it, but to break up it's attack and make it ineffective.
@@Stripedbottom ohhhh okay. That makes sense. Thanks for replying!
@@Kuukuukaachoo In the real deal, the squares would be larger, made by an entire battalion, and vertices would point to the front. It would look more like diamonds sideby side, so when the front ranks fired they wouldn't do it to the next square. I don't know if what I wrote is understandable, my English is rusty.
It's so pleasant to see how accurate and perfectly clean all the uniforms were after days of marching in the mud, sleeping on wet ground, being splattered with additional mud by cannonballs hitting the soaked earth on this rainy day. And - this was the second battle after Quatre Bras with no time to clean the precious uniforms in between. Well done, soldiers. Captain Sobel would be proud of you.
Joking apart, a good war movie always tries to look realistic. Even in the very first Star Wars film they deliberately made the uniforms and fighters look used, and that was one of the reasons why the illusion worked so well.
That's why i like this movie, It's just too accurate
@@weryoni5655 movie name plss
@@weryoni5655 what kind of movie?
@@weryoni5655 Movie name plssss
As much as I know back then War for soldiers were honor(and they fight and die with honor) as they were professionals and they always tried to take best closes and look in best shape because you could die in any moment..
but yes its highly disputable to be so clean after melee fight and then lie on the green grass with white/red color :)
ps. For me clean clothes are less ''bug'' then: when you survive cavalry charge with melee combat + canon bombardment you'r so happy(cheer) to ambush enemy best elite division, who as I read in the book when were ambushed didn't lie down weapons and surrender and all were killed.
Of course most of these movies are kinda propaganda and were filmed similar as :"History are written by winners(when winners give enemy more troops or lessen themselves and look more brave)''
What amazes me about Napoleon was that literally every enemy nation he faced by 1812 had adopted his, unique for the time, core system even the square formation that was used to repel Calvary charges. He was indeed ahead of his time strategically speaking.
Square formation wasn't invented by Napoleon...
@@bdleo300 The core system was. I didn’t mean to insinuate he created square formations. I know he didn’t invent that.
@omutvtube3910 he didn't invent the corps system either, it had been theorized beforehand. Napoleon was the first one to use it and standardize it into something so effective, though
Corps*
The French are not chanting "vive la France" but "vive l'empereur"
British or American youtube content * im not surprise
@@Thomas17_91I mean the two phrases can be somewhat difficult to differentiate at times
@@justarandomhandle1yeah, I can understand the difficulties. Even if i speak frensh
@@kyrios443the only thing i would notice is possibly the fact that there's no S sound being spoken
Très juste !
2:09 when they say "gauche, gauche, gauche droite gauche" (left left left right left). you hear that they are english speakers xD
Quebecois I think from the sounds of it.
2:26, the Old guard marching gives the chills, the never ending line
The most disciplined of the French army
Their "Vive l'Empereur" shouting while marhing to the fight have probably discouraged many infantry lines even before the actual fight.
Imagine comtemporary citizens in that era, we surely will be untrained militia, with only that march and warcry, morale will be shattered in seconds, and we will be routing before the first volley.
@@popydevvive la France pas vivre l'empereur
@@deuxiemecompte5681 Le sous-titre est niqué, ils disent vive l'empereur.
They are saying "Vive l'empereur" not Vive la France...
Coulda fooled me 🤷🏼♂️
"Vive l'Empereur" means "Long the live the Emperor" in English
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 Napoleon was France and France was he! Vive l' Emperor Napoleon.
@@thx1138thecrane His nickname was Conquerer of Europe or the Strategic Military Genius.
Following his biography, he is the Greatest General in History with 56 battles won more than Duke of Wellington with only 39.
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte has made 7 Coalitions, to put it simply. The Entire Europe was against him
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 5 times he beat them, 5. The Coalitions were bringer of doom to millions of Europe, Napoleon could only respond, and respond he did. Forcing Nations who would have never allied otherwise to do so in order to beat him, Russia even becoming treaty breakers in the process. Still France would not be here today if not for Napoleon, France would have been divided amongst the nations of Europe. VIVE L' EMPEROR NAPOLEON!
1812: Make ready, present, fire
2020: Fire!
WAR is Hell.....But Damn You look Good in Uniform
This channel would be much better if they told us what films the clips were taken from.
Thank
You! For gods sake
Well the second ones are from Sharpe's Waterloo
Vanity Fair - I was one of the British soldiers in this!
@@nickturner6709 same!
@@nickturner6709 thanks - that is the best depiction of Waterloo I've seen since the Bondarchuk epic
cannonballs did not explode. They followed a linear axis and mowed down soldiers in their path, bouncing when the ground was dry and hard
You ask too much for the cinema industry to compromise with such things as historical research about how guns work..
Yes, “cannonballs,” or solid shot, do not explode. Shells fired from howitzers, however, do explode.
At the battle of Waterloo both sides would have been firing both shot and shell. The English even had a rocket battery present.
The French said « Vive l’empereur » : long live the emperor
Merci... il serait temps que nous retrouvions en effet un empereur digne de ce nom, car, nous voyons tous aujourd'hui que la France n'est gouvernée que par des laquais.
@@jeanbartok7163 arête de vivre dans un monde imaginaire
RIP to all brave soul who died and are forgotten
King George III was on the throne at this time...it should be “God save the King.”
Godisnowhere.
@@singhjaswinder1517 god save the king
I think that this film is quite unrealistic. For example, the square formation is created with the affirmed knowledge that horses will not run at squares, no matter what they are told. Also, a french cavalaryman would not dismount his horse infront of a a regimental square. If you are looking for a Waterloo film, watch 'Waterloo' from 1970.
Edit: Another thing I might add (after watching the clip again) is that there should not be any artillery fire on this side of the ridge, as the french artillery was on the other side of the valley, and the french cavalry had ridden over the ridge line.
Because horses wouldn't. When there are gaps a horse will run in it. Its how alexander the great beat the Persian chariots and its how the romans beat enemy elephants
And they didn't dismount they had their horses shot out from under them but in the regulations they are to continue the charge and get into melee with the foe, while Waterloo is a masterpiece this does look good
@@bustedcogitator8954 well, other than 1:46 but yea...
@@bustedcogitator8954 Not sure that is the case. Dismounted cavalrymen would retreat back to the muster point for the charge and look for another mount. Plus the cavalry rode around the squares and then fell back to reform. Certainly they would not charge the ranks of a square on foot with a heavy cavalry sabre like in this clip. There are accounts of the cavalry milling about firing pistols and carbines so that part is correct (especially as the horses were blown). They also have the British infantry mixed up. They are not the Guards by their facing colors and if they are supposed to be the 52nd light infantry that regiment wheeled on the flank of the Imperial Guard attack. Also the French advanced in a formation more like a square.
@@ericboyle8296 True that Eric Boyle (y)
"Vive l'Empereur" was the chant used after Napoleon became "Emperor of the French".
The random switch to Sharpe’s Waterloo was mint 😂
I love how everyone just throws their hands up in the air when they get hit, i don’t know what i would do if i got hit in the chest by a giant lead ball but it probably wouldn’t be stretching for the sky cuz it would probably cause more pain, while collapsing softly
Ive had the unfortunate displeasure of seeing a few people get shot in Afghanistan. If you take a wound to your core area. Your going down like a puppet who had their strings cut. In other words in a heap.
Gods as a veteran of modern war I'll never understand how massive formations of men simply stood still as dozens of them were wiped out by incoming artillery fire. Nowadays you get down as low as you can and if you survive you fucking run.
Meatshields and cannon fodder
same they arent even charging, they are slowly walking like i would be sprinting with a bayonet
@@LAGMASTER-cs4ci But then you get there and you're winded and less effective
Generally they would not be in that formation if they were within artillery range. It was used since muskets had a limited range, misfired too often, and were very inaccurate so volley fire was used so at least you would hit some targets. Also, against cavalry it was useful as horses would rider around the square and not into it, no matter how hard they were driven, would not run into a sharp into something. Since cavalry troops were armed with sabers and lances, unless the rider could get within 2-3 feet (0.7-1.0 m), they would not hurt the foot soldier so it was a way to keep them away.
@@janefelix3821 Cavalry could also carry carbines and pistols but again not much use.
"Vive l'Empereur et merde aux anglais!"
Ça me semble plus à propos.
Exactement l'ami.
@Obling Nator imagine fighting 1vs 4 and you did it alone
Don't be rude ! 😄
Oui,,,mais combien de vrais Anglais en réalité dans cette armée ? La majorité de l'armée de Wellington était composée de soldats issus de divers "lands" allemands , sans oublier la KGL et les alliés Hollandais, et Belges,,,et bien sûr les Prussiens sans qui cette victoire eut été une défaite
Britains in reality are Normands.... Normands are from France...
The majority of cannon shot did not explode. While howitzers were generally issued with timed (with a fuse) shells that did explode (the gunners tried to time it so they airburst at head height if they could), most cannons fired solid roundshot. Maybe some canister or grapeshot when the enemy got close.
Props to the cameraman for being on the front lines dodging all the bullets and knives tanks and cannons and being invisible.
"Gentlemen! We will die today! Stand still!"
Imagine marching into battle with just a drum. They had to be “junior man”
Its strange how it suddenly cuts to a bit of "sharpe" and the cuts back to wathever...
That's not a clip of sharpe, it's a clip of Waterloo (1970), which sharpes waterloo also copied and added to its epidsode
1:58 WHEN YOU FORGOT YOUR RAM ROD FROM THAT SCUFFLE WITH THE CAVALRY EARLIER BUT YOU DONT WANT TO LOOK LIKE CRAP INFRONT OF YOUR OFFICERS
Pretending to work when your boss walks by your cubicle
when you dont have the textures for the ram rod
The “old guard” in movies always look too young. It was regulation for them to powder their hair and wear moustaches and a golden hoop earring. Never look battle hardened enough, except for the ones in the film Waterloo.
je ne crois pas que la vieille garde ait donné à waterloo, elle était assignée à la sécurité de l'empereur. C'est la garde qui est montée non en marchant mais au pas de course et qui a écrasé deux bataillons anglais avant d'être arrêtée principalement par les canons belges et un troisième groupe anglais. En 1815, la garde était la refonte de la moyenne garde et de la jeune garde car il y avait trop peu d'effectifs. cette charge devait être épaulée par la cavalerie, malgré les errances de Ney il en restait mais une fois de plus, les ordres n'ont pas du être transmis. Ce qui manquait le plus à l'armée Napoléonnienne, c'est ce qui avait fait sa grandeur, un service de transmission et de coordination
I didn't think the Old Guard ever saw much action
@@fredericmartin6994 Ney's cavalry had been smashed on the squares, that's why they couldn't support the attack. Also where they were really needed was screening the flank against the encroaching Prussians.
The Dutch forces you mention broke up one section of the attack indeed. This brigade was relatively fresh and unused.
However you haven't mentioned, the other sections which were broken up by just 1500 of Maitland's foot guards and then driven back by bayonet charge. The initial volley is said to have taken down 300 men and killed General Michel.
The French were actually able to recover from both the above as fresh regiments came up to meet the British and Dutch, pushing the allies back.
However a further charge from the 52nd Light Infantry led by John Colbourne threw the guard into a final retreat, and broader French units into a panic.
Waterloo was a really desperate battle between two quickly put together armies, both lacking full cohesion in their own way. That's why you have such an uncoordinated to and fro such as above.
However in my opinion Napoleon could never have won, Wellington had coordinated everything in advance, including the Prussians arrival and the site of the battle.
@@angloirishcad Wellington himself said that the fate of Waterloo was determined by the closing of doors. The light company of the 3rd Foot Guards held against endless battalions of French Young Guardsmen at Hougoumont and if they had not closed the doors to the farmhouse in time the French Guards would have taken the most strategic point in the battle.
If I recall correctly a captain of the Foot Guards at this point in the fighting developed what we now know as combat PTSD when a French guardsman was shot in front of him by a corporal of the Guards whilst he was pushing the doors. He was never able to close doors for the rest of his life.
@@raymondacbot4007 Yeah, there's a good painting of that moment
3:00 When you realize your budget is too small and you are still in the first 10 minutes of the film.
what is the film name?
I've seen many absurdidies in "war" movies, but seeing french cuirassiers trying to break an infantry line by charging individually and ON FOOT is one of the worsts --'
Considering that their horses were killed and they were in front of the enemy square, it makes sense to at least charge and try to kill someone
@@AndreyAlcoforado Very funny, but first, war is not about killing people it is about winning battles - which is not the same thing :)) second, french cuirassier equipment include - oh god ! - a CARBINE ! Very usefull in such a situation ;)
Hey you got a sword 90cm long , that will take an arm off when chopping or crack a brain open
Ohhh mein Gott!?
Wer hat das produziert? Eine der besten Darstellungen von linieninfanterie die ich je gesehen hab =D
Armor that works? Are you kidding me??! ❤️❤️❤️
This is the better british accent from Napoleon’s troops that I ever heard 🤣
Vive la baguette! (Why not?)
It's honor to be in Napoleon's army!! Viva la France 🎉🎉
This is from episode 5 of ITV's Vanity Fair. I was one of the soldiers.
damn bruhh, did you had a role of dying or surviving .
@@opai1821 I survived fortunately. We were trained by former Paratroopers for 3 weeks in Napoleonic drill and how to fire a musket. The Brown Bess weighs 10 lbs. Though you knew you were just playing soldiers, when you stood shoulder to shoulder as the French cavalry appeared over the brow of the hill, you really got a sense of how terrifying it must have been. Made worse, by the sheer amount of cordite and smoke from muskets.
No, you was one of the actors.
Throwing in scenes from Sharpe? Now that's soldiering!
Oh, no! I really thought I'd escaped that by not watching endless Sharpe clips! ;-)
@@TheCatBilbo trying to escape soldiering by not watching Sharpe? Now that's soldiering.
Yeah tmscene from 3:00 is from Sharpe's Waterloo
@@bartoszpinczewski3346 knowing the exact episode? Now that's soldiering!
@@TheCatBilbo Escape soldiering? You disgraced us, sir. You shamed us, sir. You will answer.
This clip is mostly from the film adaptation of the novel "Vanity Fair". Between 0:12 and 0:20 It looks like the 70's movie Waterloo (although it may be a modern renterpretation of the same shot, and certainly the music is "Vanity Fair".) Between 03:02 and 03:30, an episode of 90's tv series 'Sharpe' has been edited in to the battle, pretty seamlessly because it was essentially depicting the exact same event but with fewer extras.
Frankly, "Vanity Fair" has done some really good work here. I had no idea such an impressive depiction of any part of the Battle of Waterloo had been made.
Thank you friend
thanks! Came to the comments to see what these clips are from. Never heard of Vanity Fair, but I ado agree with you on Sharpe. However, I own the 1970s "Waterloo" on DVD and I disagree with you there - these shots are too clean to be from that older film.
Its incredible what they've done here and far better than Ridley Scott's depiction of the battle. But thats not saying much. Everything is better than Scott's "Napoleon".
Up at them guard's , nows your time Maitland.
Fun fact. Waterloo is where the British guard regiments earnt their bearskins after forcing back the old guard.
Old guard haven't been engaged on front.. Only to cover retreat until death.
Its too pretty to be english
@@inhocsignovinces1327 .
@@lvl1_feral_druid No, it was the Prussians who came not the Dutch. And they only contributed to the later stages of the battle.
God damn the Brits, can’t even get their own drip, they stole it
Fantastic video! I couldn't stop watching it.
Suspense: *builds*
Shotgun: i think this is a good time to end it.
Vive l'empereur !
"Vous qui étiez vaincus dans vos plus grandes victoires, que sera-ce dans la défaite qui s'annonce"
(Camus ne parle évidemment pas de cette guerre ni des anglais mais je partage cette belle citation, peut être légèrement incorrecte dans la forme, tirée des Lettres à un ami allemand.
“They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.”
― Ernest Hemingway
Military industrial complex: music to my ears
He served as a medic in the Italian front of World War One, which I believe to be the most horrific front of the whole war. If anyone knows, it’s Ernest Hemingway.
@@billysinge8977 "When you go to war as a boy you have a great illusion of immortality. Other people get killed; not you ... Then when you are badly wounded the first time you lose that illusion and you know it can happen to you."
@@billysinge8977 I would say it was the eastern front but I would deem the Italian front the 2nd
*logs in to Holdfast expecting something like this*
What I actually get: *Fortunate Son intensifies*
Fun fact,in these war or battle all of their division are like defensive line
0:40 Nice voice crack Bro
Why do you never write the film name in the description of your clips?
Wondering that too. A lot of us would love to go back and check these films out, not just a short clip.
@@Capn_Jack , cause copyright ??? 🤨
The movie at the end call "1944" (Elmo Nüganen). He talk about Estonian in the Wehrmacht fight against Estonian in Red Army !!!! hitler 1 - 1 staline 😞
It's better like this. UA-cam has terrific screening robots to chase unauthorized displays; I presume naming it in the description would provoke a youtube strike of the video within a few days, if not within a few hours.
Its itv’s vanity fair episode 5, with a cut to sharpes waterloo towards the end
There is a break in the video (towards the end) that shows a clip of "Sharpe's Waterloo."
Vive la France 🥳🇨🇵!!!
Rule Britannia ❤🇬🇧
@@mrcool2107 Vive la Pucelle, Jeanne d’Arc et l’Empereur, Napoléon Bonaparte
@@strasbourgeois1 ..
@@strasbourgeois1 Long live the black prince, Nelson and Henry V!
@@JJaqn05 Irrelevant and incomparable. Richard le Leoncœur Plantagenest. 🇫🇷
Well, pretty cool, but some errors,
-English gots artillery too ^^'
-How much speed did they reload ? Cleary, we can saw on 10 second, the same guys shooting 3 times.
-And French was winning the batlle, only the arrivals of Prussians saves the England.
That last point is actually a huge matter of debate.
By the time the Prussians arrived, Napoleon had not punched a single hole in the British line, and his I and II Corps had been repulsed with very heavy losses, as had his entire cavalry reserve. II Corps was bogged down in Hougoumont fighting a garrison only the fraction of its size, and I Corps was reeling from the devastating counterattack by British cavalry.
Granted: had the Prussians not been sighted around 13 hrs, then VI Corps would have been available to the Emperor - but those were only 10,000 extra men, not a huge force by any standard, and the troops were barely average in quality.
The British had also taken heavy losses, but in the late afternoon there were still several cavalry brigades that had not been committed, as well as a British and a Dutch-Belgian infantry division as well as several additional brigades. So Wellington actually still had reserves to commit.
We'll never know for sure who would have won the battle had Blücher not arrived. Blücher did ensure Allied victory, and he masterfully force-marched his army to the rescue. But whether Wellington could not have won without him...well, I believe he could have, albeit only narrowly.
Wrong by the time the prussains arrived the British Line wasnt even broken , in fact the British Foot Guards actually broke the French Imperial Guards at the end of the battle just before the prussians arrived
while the french did make progress it is not clear if it would have been a victory if the prussians did not arrive. When Napoleon saw the army arrive he hoped it was the general Gruchy (the 3rd of his army ) that he had send out to persue the prussians
@@matthings4133 no, thats not really that, our Emperor, before the battle, send Grouchy to attack, while he was sence to attack BUT, the rain totally traped him during 3 days.
And after, french cavalery and infantry make good things on the field, well, not everywhere, but English men was in good position, but the English moral was very low.
@@Alopex1 Well, Wellington said himself that without the Prussians, he would have lost the battle - or probably retreating for avoiding more losses -. But even without the Prussians, the battle was confused, brutal and very badly engaged for Napoleon (Hougoumont, the completely failed attack of the 1st corps, Ney sending the cavalery on a point of the british line which had not been weakened, with no artillery and infantery support, etc.). It could have been in final a victory for Napoleon, but not a great one, not a new Austerlitz or Friedland, but another Eylau or Borodino. How to organise the pursuit of a defeated army when your cavalery has been barely destroyed ? And on the next day, Napoleon would have had another battle against the Prussians.
do love this site ..thank you bud
First time I see dismounted cuirassiers fighting against a infantry square and using pistols. That battle is very realistic
their horses were probably shot from underneath them and the cuirassiers who lost their horses kept on charging
@@BonnyJon very brave cuirassiers to continue charging
the soldiers were ordered to shoot at the horses
The entire population of earth: *survival mode*
The camera man: *creative mode*
Gotta feel bad for the old guard they are forced to walk to their enemy with huge chances of dying damn that would be terrifying
They did it hundreds of times, that's why they were the old guard
@@SaintJust1214 well for the recruits its like walking to your death
It's not just 'the olden times'. Modern warfare also applies to this. "War sounds so easy because people who finds it hard doesn't survive to tell the tale."
I'm french. The soldier at 2:22 are not saying " Vive la France " but " Vive l'empereur " (Long live the emperor).
What movies/shows are in this clip?
This is visualized actually quite good and imho even better then Bondarchuk's. Is that Sean Bean at 1:00? The dude is doomed)))
Vive l' EMPEREUR et la grande armée. Vive la FRANCE.
Vive the little Corsican tyrant and traitor rotting away on his little prison island.
@@HO-bndk Vive the British Merchants who paid allies to fight in their stead for 21 years.
I never seen a battle scene about Napoleonic wars which is good enough
Seriously the only movie that one could watch about musket wars is patriot
Well you’ve never seen Waterloo then no cgi involved
Watch the original Waterloo my dood
Patriot is horrible lol
"War And Peace" ( Sergueï Bondartchouk ) 1967......... begins to date, but the battle scenes ( with the music of the time ) are very impressive!!! 🤗
The Patriot has to be among the worse films I've watched
French Empire vs Great Britain but only picks the scenes where Great Britain won completely and none where the French won (The Battle itself contained many French minor victoris, but more british ofcourse)
"Essentially" does not mean "actually".
I take it you arent aware of the fact Napoleon failed. He failed to take Hagenout and lost his pivot which he was relying on. Marshall Ney destroyed their cavalry in 20-30 disastrous cavalry charges. Napoleon didnt recognise the square formations until too late. He put in his old guard too late. It was a close run thing but the british and Dutch had bled the french dry before the prussians arrived. Napoleon's only victory was in regard to the destruction caused by his artillery
So apart from losing to the allies he won according to you. It was close but even a tactical defeat for the allies would have been a strategic disaster for old Nappy.
Actually British won the battle of Waterloo. There would be no chance for French to win
@@JohnSmith-zv8km dont talk to him . He is just a typical french who is anglophobic
The song "New Tooth" by Rich Brian goes really well with the footage. Start playing the song from 0:02 and enjoy!
I would not regret a like for this video because of its professional !
2:55 It appears Major Sharpe took over a few scenes to defeat the French
There is only eyes one battle.
1% of Napoleonic Wars.
British and their vision of History..."only us"
You’re obviously French he had a lot of good victories Napoleon Waterloo will always be the number one battle of history oh yes Rule Britannia
Et Les francais sont exactement la meme
@@peterjohnson6692 ahhhh, so only a French can defend France for you ?
"Oh look, he's French so it doesn't count"
@@angloirishcad
Yeah I remember French movies like Dunkirk, 1917, Sharpe, Waterloo, Master and Commander etc...
@@afisto6647 There are no French history movies these days. let's face facts, French audiences want to watch romantic comedies.
France just isn't producing film and directorship like Nolan, Mendes, Scott, people with huge ambition and ideas who turn their attention to historic based dramas.
I saw De Gaulle, it was ok, quite liked it...but no better than a TV movie (with some historic inaccuracies of course). J'Accuse was excellent, however Roman Polanksi isn't really French.
When French people stop obsessing over McDo, crap rip offs of American rap and romantic comedies...maybe there'll be a market and funding for you to have your history movies as well. I miss the days of Cyrano, La Reine Margot etc....however Le Vrai France...well you know what it is.
P.s. the British literally love history. That's why the book series like Sharpe (i read all of them aged 12-14), Hornblower, and Patrick O Bryan exist and many others.
“Steady your nerves.”
My guy, they have you in artillery range, they have NO reason to stop shooting until you are all dead xD
This scene is excellent. Just 3 points. 1) No infantryman from any nation would leave the safety of a square to engage a cavalryman. 2) At the time of Waterloo England's National Anthem would have been God save the King. 3) The French Guards are clearly chanting "Vive L'Emprer".
They feel so good about thia battle ans forget how horribly humilliated they were during the 5 other Napoleonic wars
Napoleon, whose serenity in the midst of battles (except in his love "battles" with Josephine), was one of the greatest systematizers of the Science of War. And among the Principles of War that he established, the first was Security, then Maneuver and Joint Effort or Concurrent Means; That is why I will always wonder why, knowing that an English tactic against the Cavalry attack was the "Box Formation", he launched his Cavalry, with the brave Marshal Ney at the head, against the English. He had to advance his cannons and fire shrapnel grenades and then his large and brave Infantry to destroy the English at bayonet point. Something happened in that interdict. We will never know. However, we must recognize that the weather, with its black clouds, greatly helped the Prussians, with their dark uniforms. Be that as it may, Waterloo was a battle that Homer would very well have sung about, if he had seen or known about it. Hooray for the soldiers who fought on that epic day!!! And the splendid march "Victory is ours" (La Victoire est a Nous) remains in my memory.
Christopher Nolan needs to make a movie set in this time period. Something as epic as Dunkirk.
Nolan will do a Waterloo without French soldiers 😄
Dunkirk is a joke, it's pure propaganda !!
Dunkirk isn't miracle, it's the French sacrifice !
If France didn't fought to save the British, the British Empire would have collapsed quicker than in real life!!
No shit we don't need another English-American propaganda movie
Dunkirk movie is an insult to France. An insult to the french soldiers who fought and died to make your"miracle" happened. An insult to the city of Dunkirk and his citizens who have been totally destroyed and slaughtered under Luftwaffe and RAF constant shelling. Instead,the movie shows an intact city, an unspoiled beach,not even a crater,not even a damaged vehicle,it looks like a Maldives beach. All civilians have disappeared (another miracle!), nobody fights the Germans but for some reason they can not enter into the city ! The british retreat is glorified but the heroic french defence doesn't exist. And of course,to hide the shame of the retreat,always insist on the british motto: "British soldiers are brave,french soldiers are cowards". That's why the only french character in this movie is a....deserter of course!
It would be "God save the King", and the French are chanting "Vive L'Empereur".
2:00
Horse "Yall Done? OH SHIT NOT DONE NOT DONE!!!"
3:36
Soilder: NOW IS OUR TIME!
Musket cartridge: I belive it is
Your army is so strong that beethoven even make a music for it
Imagine someone shouting"Tenno Heika, Banzai!!"
Everyone screams back, "Yamete Kudasai, Senpai!"
@@qarmatianwarhorse6028 tf?
@@tristanpark6716 Weebs
@@paulice9882 yup
@Erw1n Enty?
The two fetus officers are in charge of that entire regiment?
that's what happens when you allow officers to buy their commissions rather than earn them
Didn't do the Army any harm in the end, though
@@owenjones7517 what? Yes it did. It regularly led to huge problems..... hence why it was abolished
They are company commanders. Colonels commanded regiments.
@@azb3728 Not enough to stop them beating the French in the Peninsular and Napoleon at Waterloo, though.
From what film is this?
Damn, that second volley was so effective they skipped series...
2:23 goosebumps
Americans got to respect Europeans because this is lit.
you got to see the Dutch Lancers , one of the best uniforms ever made
I know you can fire three rounds a minute, but can you stand? All you have to do, is stand and fire three rounds a minute.
That’s soldiering..
What show is this from?
Battles like those must of been so fucking intense
Just another in a long line of European civil wars ! Inspired by old men so young men can suffer !
I actually thought this was footage from Empire Total War
These artillery rounds are so unrealistic for the age it’s trying to portray. This looks more like ww1/ww2 artillery shells. That’s not how in general Napoleonic era artillery worked. It shot massive cannonballs into people (they didn’t really explode but bounced of the ground through whatever came into path).
Howitzers or Congreve rockets did make explosions but they were very different than these and exploded in the air spreading deadly shrapnel into the ranks.
Didn't they use canister shot as close range anti-personnel round? Read that the British used them especially in Waterloo.
They did use exploding shells invented by one Mr Shrapnell, first introduced in 1809 and also cannister shot. They also used cannon balls filled with explosives. SO you are right it is slightly unrealistic to see spurts of earth but it was never the less true that explosions would be seen in the air.
@@JohnSmith-zv8km I actually mentioned this in my comment.
What film bro ?
L'armée anglaise n'a jamais gagné à elle seule une bataille contre l'armée de Napoléon . le gagnant à Waterloo est le Prussien Blücher . Sans son arrivée providentielle Wellington perdait la bataille de Waterloo malgré ses positions confortables en hauteur et fortifiées . En Espagne l'aide portugaise et espagnole fut essentiel pour que l'armée anglaise se vente de quelque succès. C'est connu " Malbrouck s'en va en guerre ".
did anyone else even notice that it changed shows for a few seconds at 3:15 from whatever the show was to sharpe? i dont understand this why does it change show things.
French Army : "Hon Hon, Viva la Emperor!"
British Army : "O'er the Hills and o'er the Manes, through Flanders, Portugal and Spain. King George commands and we obey, over the hills and far away."
God save the king. King George. What film is this
VANITY FAIR 2018
Was about to say looked to new to be Waterloo
Which movie is that?
He doesn’t like to tell us ever
@@peanutwars i think so 😩
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the one guy that had no bayonet mounted while charging
British Army: KEEP STEADY THOSE CANNONS AND CALVARY HAS NOTHIN ON US (while men fly in the background). French Army:HEHE CHARGE! WE WILL CAPTURE ALSO USE DA CANNONS!(while there men get destroyed)