How Did Napoleon Rise to Power?

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  • He was the man who would define the start of the 19th century. He has more documented victories than any other battlefield commander in history. From a relatively humble background, he rose to become master of Europe.
    How did Napoleon Bonaparte rise from unknown artillery officer to become 'Master of Europe'? Born into a modest family in Corsica in 1769, he would survive the French Revolution and become one of the most influential military leaders in history.
    This is the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. Featuring historians Dr Michael Rowe, Professor Pamela Pilbeam and Professor David Andress.
    This video is a reupload.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 745

  • @flashgordon6670
    @flashgordon6670 11 місяців тому +5

    Another great hit of history, Ty!

  • @Etheral101
    @Etheral101 11 місяців тому +92

    France becomes a Republic.
    Straight away gets an Emperor

    • @StuSaville
      @StuSaville 11 місяців тому +19

      Classic case of buyers remorse.

    • @jessietricia1609
      @jessietricia1609 11 місяців тому +2

      Ikr I mean damn, at least Rome got to function as a republic for centuries before that

    • @deviniusmaximus2131
      @deviniusmaximus2131 11 місяців тому +5

      10 years later. 1789 rev - 1799 Nap

    • @deviniusmaximus2131
      @deviniusmaximus2131 11 місяців тому +5

      how much history in those 10 years - one of my most written about eras

    • @gandigooglegandigoogle7202
      @gandigooglegandigoogle7202 10 місяців тому +6

      yes, but it is by merit that all social promotion now works at all levels, it is no longer by blood and heredity.

  • @UkrainianPaulie
    @UkrainianPaulie 11 місяців тому +79

    He was not short! Every other comment mentions this. He was 5'6". Normal for the period. Read a book people!

    • @pheart2381
      @pheart2381 11 місяців тому +11

      I agree,he wasnt tall,but not short either. This documentary is simply repeating old inaccuracies.

    • @StuSaville
      @StuSaville 11 місяців тому +18

      Humans have not evolved to be taller since Napoleonic times, height averages back then were skewed downward due to widespread malnutrition. By the standards of the well fed aristocracy and officer class he was considered short.

    • @SmokeyTreats
      @SmokeyTreats 11 місяців тому +4

      @@StuSaville Not from evolution but from consuming beef & other protein raised on steroids.

    • @khankrum1
      @khankrum1 11 місяців тому +4

      His men gave him the name " Little Corporal" when he personally sighted the guns which led to the myth that he was small!

    • @getsomerest9053
      @getsomerest9053 10 місяців тому +11

      we get it you're 5'6 and feel attacked

  • @53imperial
    @53imperial 6 місяців тому +2

    Very interesting and researched. Thank you.

  • @casadelosotte
    @casadelosotte 11 місяців тому +35

    His legacy is not only in France, but a Dutchman, I can say our legal system, a bunch of words in our language and the last names, were all a result of Napoleon! It was not all bad stuff! And let’s face it, the alternative were the British, not much to choose those days!

    • @marcelkroon3694
      @marcelkroon3694 11 місяців тому +8

      Dont forget the introduction of the metric system. Before Napoleon it was al inches, feet, rods, yards, miles and whatever else they came up with.

    • @BMWE90HQ
      @BMWE90HQ 11 місяців тому

      Not much to choose these days it’s either the Chinese or the globalist American empire.

    • @biddyboy1570
      @biddyboy1570 11 місяців тому +7

      British sacrifice enabled this comment.

    • @marcelkroon3694
      @marcelkroon3694 11 місяців тому +2

      @@biddyboy1570 I presume, i dont get it.

    • @biddyboy1570
      @biddyboy1570 11 місяців тому +6

      @@hismhs... and Hitler's. Thus enabling Dutch people to comment negativity on 19th century British politics in the 21st century..... in English.

  • @chris.asi_romeo
    @chris.asi_romeo 9 місяців тому +3

    Excellent documentary 💯💯👏👏. Love watching it.

  • @jamesshore3191
    @jamesshore3191 7 місяців тому +19

    He was Corsican nobility, not just some guy from Corsica

  • @katherinecollins4685
    @katherinecollins4685 10 місяців тому +4

    Great documentary

  • @RavenGent
    @RavenGent 11 місяців тому +96

    Start studying about Napoleon I always remembered reading about how his father send him to the military school in France even though he was a Corsican, he because formally trained as both artillery and infantry officer. And of course his rise started at Tulon. Then the whiff of grapeshot then the actions of Italy, then the Egypt expedition, then the coup d'etat of 1799. Then after again, victorious against the Austrians and 1800 in Italy that's what cemented the path to become emporer of france.
    Also Napoleon actually really was loved by his soldiers since Italy. And they were intensely loyal to him even though you're great respect for them. Dying men would scream "vive le emperor" as he would come by.
    But Napoleon was a brilliant tactician and a masterful soldier. Just like his heroes Alexander and Caesar.

    • @Redacted2898
      @Redacted2898 11 місяців тому +3

      Corsica was French territory in the 1800s

    • @johnnymematik8649
      @johnnymematik8649 11 місяців тому +7

      Yeah brilliant to march into a Russian winter.😅

    • @laurancerobinson
      @laurancerobinson 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@@johnnymematik8649i didn't know June was winter time.

    • @pinkpenzu
      @pinkpenzu 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@johnnymematik8649more french soldiers died in the summer than in the winter

    • @flashgordon6670
      @flashgordon6670 11 місяців тому +6

      “Vive l’empreur!”

  • @roho10011
    @roho10011 10 місяців тому +6

    Love your videos and commentary. Keep up the good work!

  • @Biblical_Mystery
    @Biblical_Mystery 6 місяців тому +6

    Wow, I'm thoroughly impressed! The effort and creativity you've put into this video really shine through. Can't wait to see more!

  • @Jay-ql4gp
    @Jay-ql4gp 11 місяців тому +4

    That was good, thank you!

  • @samfarrah6310
    @samfarrah6310 11 місяців тому +34

    We need a 10 episode series not a movie it won’t be long enough for the whole story

    • @topbanana4013
      @topbanana4013 10 місяців тому +2

      Than go watch war and peace exactly what you asked for.

    • @JayMac
      @JayMac 9 місяців тому +4

      Ridley Scott says he has a cut that is almost 5 hrs long. Would love to see that released Snyder cut style minus all the drama

  • @dw9192
    @dw9192 10 місяців тому +1

    Great doc

  • @generalsandnapoleon
    @generalsandnapoleon 9 місяців тому +2

    Great video, History Hit team!

  • @4729Punisher
    @4729Punisher 6 місяців тому +12

    If I had a time machine, I'd go back to when Napoleon went to Egypt and watch them come ashore, find the pyramids, burial sites and the Rosetta Stone. I think that would be amazing to go back and watch all that happen unfold. That would've been an amazing part of history to witness. As well as going back and seeing Ceasar and Caligula and their ships, empire, and just how the average person lived their day 2k years ago up until 300 years ago. It doesn't seem like much changed in that course of time, yet so much happened that it would be astonishing to see firsthand.

    • @guineveregruntle6746
      @guineveregruntle6746 6 місяців тому +1

      …but that desire is left only to God to witness.

    • @--legion
      @--legion 6 місяців тому +2

      Would you like to go back as "an average person" and experience war, death, and misery - the type of experience the average person went through during Bonaparte's rampage? History comprises real people. It's not an adventure book.

  • @Jhall114
    @Jhall114 11 місяців тому +11

    This thumbnail totally looks like Joachim Phoenix.

  • @ekkolima
    @ekkolima 7 місяців тому +9

    One of my favorite world leaders. So much so I wrote a 40 page book report on him in high school..

  • @eamonnmoroney5963
    @eamonnmoroney5963 7 місяців тому +31

    I like how these Brits are saying Napoleon brought back the patriarchy and women had a terrible time under the Napoleon’s Empire, but in fact, back in Great Britain they had the same or worse conditions. Napoleon’s view on state, civil rights etc. we’re of the time. His changes to the legal system and military however were revolutionary and were a big leap forward.

    • @gertstronkhorst2343
      @gertstronkhorst2343 7 місяців тому +6

      I was amazed to see they were unable to get any French historians for this clip. But then I realized, British historians are very, very, very unlikely to be biased in any way, so that's okay.

    • @tinmachine693
      @tinmachine693 7 місяців тому +2

      Maybe you 2 should get together and make the perfect documentary about Napoleon

    • @bugvswindshield
      @bugvswindshield 6 місяців тому +2

      wtf are you talking about?
      What does any of that have to do with a movie?

    • @spuderdogegamer3886
      @spuderdogegamer3886 6 місяців тому

      God some people truly are thick as shit

    • @--legion
      @--legion 6 місяців тому +2

      Bonaparte was the Hitler of the 19th century. Both had delusions of conquering Europe, both failed to conquer Russia, and both said "I want only peace." Both megalomaniacs plunged Europe in a colossal bloodbath for personal ambition. Both plundered priceless art treasures from the countries they invaded. Both armies raped and killed civilians. And both were outfoxed by the British. As a footnote, there is a photograph of Hitler in 1940 at Bonaparte's tomb...
      Also, both were dictators and have been described as sociopaths. Both saw themselves as victims. Neither one saved his people; they harboured nothing but contempt for their people. When their empires crumbled around them, they sacrificed the people for their own vanity.

  • @MarcoBonechi
    @MarcoBonechi 7 місяців тому +12

    The English hate Napoleon because he forced them to stay in England all year round. Victoria herself lived in France most of the year.

    • @igordupuy9213
      @igordupuy9213 7 місяців тому +1

      Well said..
      as English kings have officialy claimed the throne of France for centuries. Until 1815-1840?
      Cant remember the date when it was dropped.

    • @landsea7332
      @landsea7332 6 місяців тому +1

      @@igordupuy9213 After 1066 , Norman and Plantagenet Kings and Nobility ruled over England and Wales for over 300 years . They were from Normandy , Anjou and Aquitaine and they all spoke French - Which is why there are so many French nouns in the English Language - such as Parle is the root word for Parliament .
      The first King of England to speak English as is considered to be Henry IV .
      .
      So its a common misconception they were English Kings . They were Norman and Plantagenet Kings who ruled over England .
      .

    • @rorymilsom1491
      @rorymilsom1491 Місяць тому

      the English don't hate Napoleon, the winners rarely even think about the losers

    • @daswordofgork9823
      @daswordofgork9823 7 днів тому

      Stuck in England? The English invaded America during this time in 1812.

  • @georgeskalmetti808
    @georgeskalmetti808 6 місяців тому

    tres bien fait

  • @arkadisevyan
    @arkadisevyan 10 місяців тому +37

    Chaos is a ladder, and napoleon rode it all the way up

    • @FlawlessBegetz
      @FlawlessBegetz 6 місяців тому

      But you climb ladders 👀

    • @arkadisevyan
      @arkadisevyan 6 місяців тому

      @@FlawlessBegetz yeah well he had an ascender

  • @Trecesolotienesdos
    @Trecesolotienesdos 10 місяців тому +88

    Napoleon is arguably the classic example of being in the right place and time.

    • @ernestoA.1999
      @ernestoA.1999 10 місяців тому +29

      Beign born a genius also helps , you’d be born in his time , u wouldn’t do shit compared to him

    • @isaka6361
      @isaka6361 10 місяців тому +13

      @@ernestoA.1999 a man of his ambition would do well in any era honestly

    • @ernestoA.1999
      @ernestoA.1999 10 місяців тому +14

      @@isaka6361 what makes him special is that he not only had ambition and confidence but he also had an incredible intellectual ability , he read hundred of books during his childhood and teen years, even as emperor he would read the same book 7 or 8 times , he had a photographic memory.

    • @isaka6361
      @isaka6361 10 місяців тому +2

      @@ernestoA.1999 knowledge truly is power

    • @thebagelsproductions
      @thebagelsproductions 8 місяців тому +7

      I don't think that "right place, right time" is entirely fair. He managed to use numerous situations to his advantage throughout his career

  • @jchendrix
    @jchendrix 7 місяців тому +8

    It's an insult to the French people that the picture on this youtube video is of joaquin phoenix and not of Napoleon Bonaparte

    • @frontenac5083
      @frontenac5083 7 місяців тому

      Correct!
      It also shows how stupid (on top of being illiterate -- see Napoleon first "consol" (sic) ) those running this channel are.

    • @ektorpolykandriotis635
      @ektorpolykandriotis635 6 місяців тому

      and to the Greek people. He was from the Maniot family of Stephanopoulos via Trabezont and Sparta. His first scholarly work was the military upbringing of young Maniots. His correspondence with his sister was in Greek. The letters exist to this day and have been studied.

  • @spankflaps1365
    @spankflaps1365 11 місяців тому +2

    That hat reminds me of whoever is sitting in front of me at the cinema, every time.

  • @gandigooglegandigoogle7202
    @gandigooglegandigoogle7202 10 місяців тому +15

    the french Empereur Napoleon is my favorite hitorical character, l'Empire is just an amazing period !

  • @BattleMatt
    @BattleMatt 8 місяців тому +3

    I've been to Ajaccio twice and been to his family home.

  • @stevenquestionseverything4445
    @stevenquestionseverything4445 7 місяців тому +22

    Would be interesting to see a French made documentary of Napoleon. These British talking heads seem a bit anti Napoleon. Anyways, always good to see another great man of Italian blood achieve such greatness 😊

    • @ThePmcderm91
      @ThePmcderm91 7 місяців тому +4

      Talking heads? You mean scholars that dedicate their life to scouring primary documents of the time. And they weren’t critical of him they literally said good things about him.

    • @jrfstudio
      @jrfstudio 7 місяців тому +3

      He was, indeed, Italian. No matter what anybody else says

    • @spuderdogegamer3886
      @spuderdogegamer3886 6 місяців тому

      Another Italian?? He was French no matter where he was born,and since Rome the Italians have largely just been conquered,brushed aside or as in the 2nd world war cowards

    • @stevenquestionseverything4445
      @stevenquestionseverything4445 6 місяців тому

      @@spuderdogegamer3886 yes he is technically French as he was born in Corsica, however, his parents originally came from mainland Italy. From memory, could of been Tuscany.

    • @allaaxelrod2005
      @allaaxelrod2005 6 місяців тому

      He was always regarded as "Corsican" but he loved France, which was one of the last words on his dying lips.

  • @jrfstudio
    @jrfstudio 7 місяців тому +1

    Great, great, great documentary. Thank you

  • @eschiedler
    @eschiedler 10 місяців тому +6

    Joaquin Pheonix is a great actor but entirely unsuitied for the role. The director made him play a way too old version of the man when the whole point of Napoleon is that he had a meteoric rise to power in his 20's.

    • @billlam7756
      @billlam7756 8 місяців тому

      What about the hobbit from lord of the ring? The main one that always look sick like he gotta shit or something look like napoleon 😂

    • @tanyamostovoy9288
      @tanyamostovoy9288 6 місяців тому

      Agree 100% Napoleon was 26 years old when he married Josephine Phoenix is a very good actor but not for this role

  • @HCProds1
    @HCProds1 11 місяців тому +4

    absolute lad

  • @Javier-ec2tc
    @Javier-ec2tc 11 місяців тому +19

    I wonder if this video is somehow inspired to exist by the anouncement of the movie "Napoleon" earlier this month, good to see anyway.

    • @Iombardia
      @Iombardia 11 місяців тому +1

      Well thumbnail says yes!

    • @ginasilva1862
      @ginasilva1862 11 місяців тому

      Obviously, it was. I can't wait to see the movie. Inspired by History, the full History, (I hope). Thank you. (Obrigada).

  • @Ozziemick
    @Ozziemick 7 місяців тому +9

    Thank god for napoleon. Every nation was against him when he didn’t want France to be a monarchy. Every bully nation attacked France including Britain, Prussia, Russia, Austria etc etc. No wonder he has the Highest Battles WON tally in all history way way more than Wellington. And by the time Wellington met him at Waterloo, Napoleon was already a sick man. Plus he had deal the second enemy at that battle..the Prussians. A sick unwell man fighting two armies is very courageous of him. His legacy lives on France.

    • @scubastve4192
      @scubastve4192 7 місяців тому

      How the free mans life could, and free humankind could have benefitted if only Napolean could have secured Waterloo, and in someway years earlier found a way through the English Channel. Hail to hell the British monarchy and the royal ignorance that still remains today. Free men will still yet stop the monarchs in the 21st. God spare us the King

  • @Jesse-cx4si
    @Jesse-cx4si 7 місяців тому +2

    Much better than the bbc upload about Napoleon.

  • @jean-louislalonde6070
    @jean-louislalonde6070 9 місяців тому +5

    Should have mentioned the fact that Napoleon managed to divide his enemies, Piedmont Sardinia and Austria and beat them one after the other.

  • @jimm6810
    @jimm6810 11 місяців тому +16

    Napoleon did NOT rescue one of his generals, who was Alexander Dumas's father. His father's imprisonment in southern Italy provided material for "The Count of Monte Cristo"

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 11 місяців тому +1

      Also general Louverture, whom he let die in a cold damp cell without even a trial.

  • @NjK601
    @NjK601 11 місяців тому +4

    Did you just re-post the same documentary, with a new thumbnail?

  • @kulio1214
    @kulio1214 11 місяців тому +2

    That movie trailer pissed these guys off so much that they release a video within a week of it dropping.

  • @ambition112
    @ambition112 10 місяців тому +37

    0:09: 👑 Napoleon Bonaparte, a military genius and influential leader, rose to power during the French Revolution.
    6:52: 🇫🇷 The French Revolution began with optimism but also fear and paranoia, leading to a state of latent civil war.
    12:51: 📜 Napoleon's rise to power during the Thermidorian Reaction and his appointment as Commanding General of the army of Italy.
    18:33: 🏰 Napoleon's military success in Italy leads to him acting as a statesman and political leader.
    24:58: 🗺 Napoleon's campaign in Egypt and its aftermath
    30:40: 📜 Napoleon seizes power in France and establishes an authoritarian regime that brings stability but restricts civil rights.
    37:06: 👑 Napoleon secures his hold on France through swift victories and becomes the Emperor.
    41:52: 👑 Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power and his impact on France and Europe.
    Recap by Tammy AI

  • @vampyr_ooo
    @vampyr_ooo 11 місяців тому +1

    Falling in love

  • @RTGPrince
    @RTGPrince 2 місяці тому +1

    What A Legend.

  • @shehansenanayaka3046
    @shehansenanayaka3046 10 місяців тому +8

    Napoleon Bonaparte one of the history s best generals. One of my fav historical characters. Brilliant doc . Vive la emperur. ❤️🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

    • @gertstronkhorst2343
      @gertstronkhorst2343 7 місяців тому +3

      He was transgender?

    • @mammolese2002
      @mammolese2002 7 місяців тому

      🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇮🇹

    • @IStMl
      @IStMl 6 місяців тому

      it's either l'empreur or l'impératrice@@gertstronkhorst2343

  • @Wisebutterfish
    @Wisebutterfish 10 місяців тому +2

    Thumbnail is slightly older Joaquin Phoenix

  • @thebeastofbrayroad9382
    @thebeastofbrayroad9382 11 місяців тому +23

    " Five or six families share the thrones of Europe and they see with pain that a Corsican has come to sit on one of them .
    I can only maintain myself by force. »
    Napoléon Bonaparte
    « 1769 - 1821 »
    In 1804 .

  • @samael9445
    @samael9445 10 місяців тому +1

    I will rise, with my own courage & not let falter, my ambition...crushing many under - foot..
    Quote: Herman Goering.

  • @frontenac5083
    @frontenac5083 7 місяців тому +5

    *It's not Napoleon in your thumbnail, it's an actor.*
    *Couldn't you find a portrait of Napoleon?*
    *Aren't there enough of those around?*

  • @bugvswindshield
    @bugvswindshield 11 місяців тому +8

    Waterloo....
    OMG...the opening scene.
    The Greatest French Generals....ALL in lock step. Mission: Tell Napoleon to abdicate.
    They are strong. lock step. it goes on ..lock step...they approach Napolean's room.
    All footsteps falter, the might Generals are reduced to school children in the presence of their Idol.
    Once full of bravado they stammer to state facts and reduce themselves to begging their master to surrender.
    The surrender scene is also a masterpiece...sh*t.
    WATERLOO . IS a masterpiece.
    the epic battles....the largest ever if I'm not mistaken.
    what some 3,000 Calvery ?????????
    over 15,000 troops . LIVE ACTION.
    It will NEVER be touched.
    Rod Stieger as a perfect Napoleon.
    Christohper Plumber is suburb as Wellington.
    Top 100 movies of all time.
    The New Movie has A LOT to live up to.

    • @timothyhosek3551
      @timothyhosek3551 6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for this and the words describing the movie I really want to see it now thank to your words.

  • @grantguy8933
    @grantguy8933 7 місяців тому +3

    Imagine this man followed Washington to have a term limit for all future French presidents.

  • @Numba003
    @Numba003 11 місяців тому +19

    I have a good friend who quite enjoys Napoleonic history, so I'm finally getting around to learning a bit about him myself. Thank you very much for this video.
    God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)

    • @grantsmythe8625
      @grantsmythe8625 11 місяців тому +1

      And with you! Napoleon is a fascinating figure.

    • @davids4313
      @davids4313 11 місяців тому

      You just had to mention your obsession didn't you? Why can't you believers just keep it to yourself?

    • @grantsmythe8625
      @grantsmythe8625 11 місяців тому

      @@davids4313 Keep that chip on your shoulder to yourself. Practice what you preach, goob.

    • @Numba003
      @Numba003 11 місяців тому +4

      @@davids4313 My closing statement is a well-wish informed by my beliefs that I leave on most of my comments.
      As for why I leave it, in a general sense, God has changed and continues to change my life for the better. The best well-wish I have is to wish that others would know Christ and know God as well. Christ asks his followers to share the good news about him.

    • @willhooke
      @willhooke 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Numba003amen 🙏🏻

  • @maryma1313
    @maryma1313 7 місяців тому

    Sir I saw your movie it was like I saw whole world in that movie....

  • @Knight7562
    @Knight7562 11 місяців тому +1

    why didn't talk about capture of Malta and fall of knights of st.john

  • @johndoejoeblowshmoe8676
    @johndoejoeblowshmoe8676 7 місяців тому

    Nice to see the red white and blue on the cover must have been a breeze to wear in High winds

  • @Yeoman7
    @Yeoman7 11 місяців тому +6

    Seems to me ,that they were dealing with a lot of the problems we’re dealing with now.🤔

  • @tomodonoghue_
    @tomodonoghue_ 7 місяців тому

    Very clever of Napoleon to play both sides, so he always comes out on top.

  • @cfclazio621
    @cfclazio621 6 місяців тому +1

    Napoleon was actually italian ,his father from Tuscany his mother from Genoa born in Corsica which originally italian !

    • @manonyme7242
      @manonyme7242 6 місяців тому

      Napoleon was born French in a french territory, he never owned italian citizenship

  • @thomasjamison2050
    @thomasjamison2050 11 місяців тому +105

    Napoleon's rise to greatness wasn't all that surprising. After all, he had the advantage of all the traditional dead wood that sits upon the top of society being removed and beheaded.

    • @scootergoat98
      @scootergoat98 11 місяців тому +27

      For Christmas this year, I’d like for this to happen

    • @ratiounkn3210
      @ratiounkn3210 11 місяців тому +6

      While he had control of a huge army.

    • @markmanabilang8356
      @markmanabilang8356 11 місяців тому +4

      But his daring at attention to every small details is extraordinary

    • @thomasjamison2050
      @thomasjamison2050 11 місяців тому +1

      @@markmanabilang8356 That was true enough of Napoleon himself, but hardly a fair description of the movie.

    • @merrillsunderland8662
      @merrillsunderland8662 11 місяців тому +7

      I wish these docs would go more in depth about the early years, maybe outline what kind of education or who mentored men like Bonaparte. Docs will all list various accomplishments like they speak for themselves, but won’t say anything about how these figures developed the skills, the knowledge base, that they needed to be so successful. Presented like this it’s as if these people spring out of the ground fully developed. But such individuals are developed as a combination of opportunities, relationships, and good information.

  • @peterscotney1
    @peterscotney1 11 місяців тому +3

    Fantastic documentary, viva NAPOLEON!

    • @FiveLiver
      @FiveLiver 11 місяців тому

      He was born on an island and died on one - in captivity.

  • @ronaldoarcher4522
    @ronaldoarcher4522 6 місяців тому

    He was nuts

  • @walkabout16
    @walkabout16 7 місяців тому +18

    In Corsican hills where dreams took flight,
    A boy named Napoleon, destiny in sight.
    Born to a world of tumultuous change,
    In the winds of revolution, a destiny arranged.
    As a youth, he donned the military guise,
    Brienne's halls echoed with his rising cries.
    Italy's campaign, a canvas to paint,
    Military brilliance, a rising saint.
    The French Revolution, a tempest's call,
    In the chaos, Napoleon stood tall.
    Rising through the ranks with lightning speed,
    His path to power, born of urgent need.
    A coup d'état, a bold endeavor,
    Toppling the Directory, forever.
    First Consul he became, with plans profound,
    To reshape a nation on history's battleground.
    The Napoleonic Code, a legal decree,
    A cornerstone of his legacy.
    A ruler crowned, an emperor's claim,
    Napoleon's rise, etching its name.
    Empire expanded, borders stretched wide,
    Through battles fierce, he rode the tide.
    Austerlitz, Jena, victories bold,
    In his wake, tales of glory told.
    Yet shadows loomed, a gathering storm,
    At Leipzig's gates, came Waterloo's mourn.
    Exiled to an island, Saint Helena's shore,
    The once-mighty Emperor, forevermore.
    Napoleon, a tale of rise and fall,
    In ambition's dance, he stood tall.
    His legacy echoes, a complex lore,
    In history's pages, forevermore.

    • @josephiscancelled2732
      @josephiscancelled2732 6 місяців тому

      chatgpt poem. 95% certainty according to gptzero

    • @walkabout16
      @walkabout16 6 місяців тому

      gptzero is software same as ChatGPT same as video editing software same as computer software same as all other software, just tools in the hands of humans@@josephiscancelled2732

  • @Jayjay-qe6um
    @Jayjay-qe6um 11 місяців тому +30

    From 1796 to 2020, at least 95 major ships were named for him. In the 21st century, at least 18 Napoleon ships are operated under the flag of France, as well as Indonesia, Germany, Italy, Australia, Argentina, India, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

    • @davidrenton
      @davidrenton 11 місяців тому

      not sure why his French Navy was either at the bottom of the sea courtesy of the Royal Navy or being given as a 'prize' to the Royal Navy

    • @brianmolstad1255
      @brianmolstad1255 10 місяців тому +2

      You failed to mention the navy of Lichtenstein.

    • @7macfly2
      @7macfly2 10 місяців тому +1

      @@davidrenton courtesy maybe, it would be to op for the french to kick the british on land and on the sea

    • @davidrenton
      @davidrenton 10 місяців тому

      @@7macfly2 well seeing in the Napoleonic war they did neither.
      The British destroyed the Frenchie's on Land and on Sea and if Air Balloon battles were a thing, I suspect in the Air as well
      Napoleon ended his days a British Prisoner in the mid-Atlantic, while the British went on to rule the world.
      I get it he bested the rest of Europe pretty much , but that counts for little, to us he was a garlic-eating naughty little French man, who needed his bottom smacked which the British Army and Royal Navy did many a time

    • @7macfly2
      @7macfly2 10 місяців тому +2

      @@davidrenton destroyed ? i wouldnt say that when you need to be saved by the prussians at 2 vs 1 lol
      After 20 years of war, paying the entire Europe to fight one country, still thing they saved the world lol
      i understand, Napoleon brought the civil code, equality of right, freedom of religion, ended serfdom in Europe and fought against the old monarchies etc....
      Things that the british empire couldnt stand

  • @davidprobert168
    @davidprobert168 11 місяців тому +7

    Been really into the history of these battles and way life find it fascinating I always thought wellington was the superior leader but I think I was wrong. Hooray for these glorious Bastards!🇬🇧💜

  • @glenpenrose1834
    @glenpenrose1834 7 місяців тому

    I met Napoleon once. Bumped into him at the local supermarket a few months back.
    Nice enough chap.

    • @fosterfuchs
      @fosterfuchs 7 місяців тому

      I had both Victor Hugo and Jesus as Uber drivers in Mexico City throughout the years.

    • @glenpenrose1834
      @glenpenrose1834 7 місяців тому

      lol
      I’ve got a mate who helped plan Hulk Hogan’s 65th Birthday Party Bash, from a French 🇫🇷 chateau in Botswana 🇧🇼👍

  • @lordoshoes
    @lordoshoes 10 місяців тому +1

    thumbnail looks like joaquin phoenix

  • @peterjorgensen1086
    @peterjorgensen1086 11 місяців тому +7

    If anyone's interested in the Napoleonic contribution to the Art of War I warmly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos

  • @JK-gu3tl
    @JK-gu3tl 11 місяців тому

    "Chaos is a ladder."

  • @steve29roses
    @steve29roses 10 місяців тому +3

    Surely it's not a very big subject, but it was a interest to me to hear what Napoleon's reaction was to Beethoven scratching his name off of the title page of the Eroica symphony? It was a big deal in Beethoven's life but maybe it wasn't in Napoleon's?

    • @1ena585
      @1ena585 7 місяців тому

      Hegel and Goethe were still big fans of Napoleon, I guess losing Beethoven wasn't devastating to him :)

    • @igordupuy9213
      @igordupuy9213 7 місяців тому

      ​@@1ena585😂

  • @craftpaint1644
    @craftpaint1644 11 місяців тому +17

    The set of legal standards called The Code Napoleon is his real lasting legacy, more than his career as a General albeit his war campaigns and Marshall system of delegation are more interesting subjects.
    🇺🇸/👁️\🇷🇺

    • @LeadLeftLeon
      @LeadLeftLeon 11 місяців тому +1

      Speaking of 🇷🇺 Napoleon couldn’t take Russian Empire but modern Europeans think they can

    • @christophermichaelclarence6003
      @christophermichaelclarence6003 10 місяців тому +1

      ​​@@LeadLeftLeonOur French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte failed his Invasion over Russian through 1812-1813. Most likely force to withdraw due to Cold Weather and lack of rations.

    • @igordupuy9213
      @igordupuy9213 7 місяців тому

      ​@@christophermichaelclarence6003 wrong 70% died utterly of typhus.

  • @kingmalcolm9605
    @kingmalcolm9605 10 місяців тому +5

    Did he really win more than Subutai or Khalid ibn al-Walid? Thats a lot of battles.

    • @himanshumann1904
      @himanshumann1904 7 місяців тому

      It's not particularly the quantity of battles he won but the quality of opponents he faced and defeated, he has always odds stacked against him like 1v3,1v4 or 1v6 against multiple European superpowers of that time.

  • @CoffeeFiend1
    @CoffeeFiend1 8 місяців тому +1

    "So the Austrian Commander treats himself to communicate that success back to his superiors but he's done it a little bit ahead of the close of play".
    Fuck that made me laugh.

  • @chris.asi_romeo
    @chris.asi_romeo 9 місяців тому +17

    The French Revolution is the main reason from Napoleon Rise to power. Without it he would be just an ordinary soldier as the higher military positions such as general,etc are only reserve for the noble. He was at the right moment at right time. He just strike the iron while it's hot.

    • @devanis
      @devanis 8 місяців тому +5

      lots of people were there who thought they could do it, only Napoleon did it. Just saying

    • @JoaoSoares-rs6ec
      @JoaoSoares-rs6ec 7 місяців тому

      he could rise to the rank of general, not common but possible.

    • @frontenac5083
      @frontenac5083 7 місяців тому +1

      No shit!
      Did you work that one out all by yourself?

    • @georgehays4900
      @georgehays4900 7 місяців тому

      Not bad. I’d keep working on that English though.

    • @vladmarcu3536
      @vladmarcu3536 6 місяців тому

      what are you smoking? he was a noble

  • @kidmohair8151
    @kidmohair8151 11 місяців тому +2

    06:38 “…where being rich and powerful means you don’t have to pay much tax.”
    sound familiar?
    there is very little to distinguish the current socio-economic system from the ancien régime.

  • @sirnunnosfreyxo5449
    @sirnunnosfreyxo5449 11 місяців тому +2

    Hale's 🔹🍺🔹 to the Duke of Wellington 🔹

  • @TheStevenWhiting
    @TheStevenWhiting 10 місяців тому

    If he abandoned his army in Egypt how do we know this? I assume someone there wrote about it and that was discovered as I assume all his army were slaughtered?

  • @MarcusBrutus-nu9yj
    @MarcusBrutus-nu9yj 7 місяців тому

    The consular guard

  • @raybod1775
    @raybod1775 11 місяців тому +9

    In the end, Napoleon’s ego brought his own downfall.

  • @illegalcomrade
    @illegalcomrade 8 місяців тому +2

    There is nothing we can do 😔🙏

  • @ji8044
    @ji8044 11 місяців тому +375

    Phoenix is way too old for that role. Napoleon was already in his final exile when he was the age of Joaquin Phoenix. Napoleon's rise to power is made less stunning in being portrayed by a late middle aged man. He was only 25 when he became a general and 33 when he became first consul.

    • @kev3d
      @kev3d 11 місяців тому +36

      Yeah, weird casting choice. Good actor and everything, and maybe it will work, but at first blush I'm not feeling it.

    • @54032Zepol
      @54032Zepol 11 місяців тому +23

      Yeah they should of went with timothee chalmate

    • @roddybrown5721
      @roddybrown5721 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@@54032Zepoltrue. Hes a good actor

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 11 місяців тому +49

      @@54032Zepolwhat about Peter Dinklage?

    • @54032Zepol
      @54032Zepol 11 місяців тому +7

      @@capoislamort100 yeah perfect 💯

  • @Ludicanti
    @Ludicanti 6 місяців тому

    69 BLUES "Leave the leftovers, noises, and microphonics from the edited solo guitar takes."

  • @F1Barry
    @F1Barry 6 місяців тому

    And its ridiculous that in the film they used an actor older than Napoleon when he died!

  • @brianmolstad1255
    @brianmolstad1255 10 місяців тому +1

    I think Napoleon*s main aid in his rise to power was his dorky hat.

  • @rolandwhittle8527
    @rolandwhittle8527 11 місяців тому +4

    Yes he should have learnt from the King of Swedens invasion of Russia in 1709 King Charles XII at Poltava who was decimated by the Russian redoubts there

    • @54032Zepol
      @54032Zepol 11 місяців тому +1

      He won in Russia, he completed his war goals and left, the leaving part is what killed his army not the battles

    • @rolandwhittle8527
      @rolandwhittle8527 11 місяців тому +1

      @@54032Zepol Hello sorry to disagree Napoleon's war aims in Russia was to get the Tsar of Russia to the negotiating table for him to comply with Napoleon's European trade block against Britain after his campaign with Prussia at Tilsit. Tsar Alexander I broke that agreement by transporting wood to Britain that was the reason for the invasion so in truth his campaign totally failed. Taking Moscow did not bring the Tsar to negotiate. It was the same with his invasion of Portugal and Spain breaking the blockade with Britain.

    • @1ena585
      @1ena585 7 місяців тому

      @@54032Zepol The marching TO Moscow killed most of his army. Typhus and heat killed a fourth of the army before the battle of Borodino.

  • @jonesjohnson6301
    @jonesjohnson6301 7 місяців тому +1

    "He has more documented victories than any other battlefield commander in history."
    Uff.
    Napoleon: 52 Victories, plus 8 Defeats.
    Suvorov: 63 Victories, no major defeat.

  • @ericfalcon8432
    @ericfalcon8432 7 місяців тому +1

    🇵🇷🇺🇲 Americans from Puerto Rico are always the #1 actors!!! 🇵🇷🇺🇲

  • @stemack1975
    @stemack1975 6 місяців тому

    It makes me a proud Englishman that there are so many negative comments towards the British. There is just no pleasing some people. But we will continue to make the world a better place as always !

  • @LoanNguyen-tn9on
    @LoanNguyen-tn9on 11 місяців тому +3

    New napoleon movie coming coming out on November 22nd, 2024

    • @LoanNguyen-tn9on
      @LoanNguyen-tn9on 11 місяців тому +3

      I mean 2023

    • @gsacco15
      @gsacco15 11 місяців тому

      2025

    • @LB__1
      @LB__1 11 місяців тому +1

      I can't wait to see it.

  • @TofusRevenge
    @TofusRevenge 11 місяців тому +13

    Bony was the man. My favorite person from history.

    • @johnnymematik8649
      @johnnymematik8649 11 місяців тому

      He's no Alexander nor Ceasar. An overated little narcissistic warmonger.

    • @joshb3929
      @joshb3929 11 місяців тому

      Yeah what a guy, a tyrannical narcissist who fraudulently claimed victories. A man who's over confidence saw him have to be saved several times by other's.
      No doubt he laid the foundations for modern France but merely by accident, his goals were only ever about his own legend, as demonstrated several times in his career he cared little for those under him in reality, was just very good at selling lies and gathering loyalty.
      His outlook on life, likely very similar to Trump. He gathers a feverish following on the back of lies and populism, followers who worship him but in reality, he couldn't care less about them. It's all about number 1.
      His rise to absolute power and the endless, continuous war he brought on a whole continent, should be a warning from history. Not a character to be rederived but a mistake to be avoided in future.

    • @FiveLiver
      @FiveLiver 11 місяців тому +1

      He's my favourite captive.

  • @gloriamitchell4005
    @gloriamitchell4005 11 місяців тому +7

    I agree w/Robert Greene, the author who considered him the greatest of generals: But he did not know the lay of the land of Waterloo like Wellington who want to military school there 😮Wellington did and Napoleon was defeated big time…..he had similarities with Julius Caesar not in a defeat but the love of his army and strategy in war.

    • @suuuperjamaru
      @suuuperjamaru 9 місяців тому

      33 Strategies. Between them, an infinite array of possibilities.

    • @rhysnichols8608
      @rhysnichols8608 9 місяців тому +1

      Also people always under appreciate the role of the Prussians at Waterloo.

    • @1ena585
      @1ena585 7 місяців тому

      @@rhysnichols8608 Yes, Wellington on his own didn't defeat Napoleon, the allied armies, under Wellington and Blucher defeated Napoleon.
      That and the myth that Napoleon was defeated in Russia because of winter is quite annoying.

  • @alex.harrison
    @alex.harrison 7 місяців тому +1

    First console? Like the Atari 2600?

  • @comradeyellow6781
    @comradeyellow6781 10 місяців тому +16

    Napoleon is probably the greatest figure in history.

  • @vivianvaldi7871
    @vivianvaldi7871 7 місяців тому

    Present isn't enough. We need to dig more in the past.

  • @TheLoyalOfficer
    @TheLoyalOfficer 11 місяців тому +3

    Yes but what about Napoleon providing what was in effect high school for girls? This is not a balanced evaluation.

  • @dubbydoich7176
    @dubbydoich7176 11 місяців тому

    I'm only watching cause 1 I like history an 2 in short😊.

  • @dmeinhertzhagen8764
    @dmeinhertzhagen8764 11 місяців тому +4

    Can’t wait to see how Ridley Scott distorted and adapted historical facts into his usual Hollywood sauce. Image and special effects will be great for sure but it will be filled with historical inaccuracies like all of his historical movies!

    • @TheBranchez
      @TheBranchez 11 місяців тому +2

      Exactly. It is going to be an audio / visual spectacle that we do desperately need! But judging from the trailer it will be far from historically accurate. Truly what a film is. An entertainment and not an educational piece. Sad but such is the way. Should not be forgotten that Ridley is English. That may factor in the (lack of) historical accuracy of the movie.

    • @ritaroad
      @ritaroad 11 місяців тому +2

      Well Ridley Scott has my attention. I’ll give it a whirl if mostly for the imagery. I enjoy watching The Duelist. The first time I ever saw it it was a feast for my eyes.

  • @warriorblack832
    @warriorblack832 11 місяців тому

    Did they just repost same vidio after changing thumbnail? Lol

  • @chefcook6076
    @chefcook6076 6 місяців тому +1

    SAW IT TODAY . THE MOVIE BITES THE BAD APPLE _ YOU GET OUT OF THE MOVIE NOT KNOWING HOW TO BE HIM HOW DID HE BECOME AND HOW WAS HIS DOWN FALL < WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS CHILDREN ,,,, ETC...

  • @LamaGet4-oj7hr
    @LamaGet4-oj7hr 8 місяців тому

    I Start studying about Napoleon . I'm very Interested in the histor, and always remembered reading about how his father send him to the military school in France even though he was a Corsican, he because formally trained as both artillery and infantry officer. And of course his rise started at Tulon. Then the whiff of grapeshot then the actions of Italy, then the Egypt expedition, then the coup d'etat of 1799. Then after again, victorious against the Austrians .
    Also Napoleon actually really was loved by his soldiers since Italy. And they were intensely loyal to him even though you're great respect for them.

  • @benquinneyiii7941
    @benquinneyiii7941 11 місяців тому

    La glorie

  • @randyschwaggins
    @randyschwaggins 6 місяців тому

    Able was I ere I saw Elba....😂
    Legends know.

  • @EmpireProductions1
    @EmpireProductions1 11 місяців тому +1

    I mean the new movie depicts him as a fifty-something-year-old man who is about to go to nursing home.

  • @jamierose4088
    @jamierose4088 7 місяців тому +2

    That's not Napoleon, it's Joequin Phoenix. 😊

    • @frontenac5083
      @frontenac5083 7 місяців тому +2

      Indeed!
      Completely cretinous to keep using a photo of this stupid actor when it's a video about the real Napoleon and not the movie.