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Fun fact: Marshal Bernadotte was later adopted by Swedish King Charles XIII who had no heirs and when he died Bernadotte became Charles XIV John of Sweden. Thereby establishing Sweden's current royal house of Bernadotte. By marriage he became related to Napoleon so in a distant way Napoleon lives on in Sweden's royal lineage.
Even if the famous anecdote about His Majesty having to hide embarrassing anti-monarchist tatoos is not true, it's still one of my favorite amazingly unbelievable carriers in history. Up there with Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Abram Petrovich Gannibal.
Maybe a bit late to the party, but another interesting tidbit is that Bernadotte was initially not favored to become the new Swedish monarch at all. It was clear that Sweden needed a new king, and several candidates were considered but Bernadotte was not one of them. A rogue member of parliament offered the throne to Bernadotte without consulting the government, and upon returning to Sweden he was almost executed for treason. He was able to persuade parliament that Bernadotte was an excellent choice due to his military expertise, and they hoped that he would reclaim territories lost to Russia (mainly Finland). However, he was wary to go to war with Russia, and knowing he was expected to conquer something, he invaded Norway.
On the 7th of October 1806 the Prussian declaration of war arrived along with a twenty-page manifesto. Napoleon's private reply read: " Your Majesty will be defeated, you will compromise your repose and the existence of your subjects without a shadow of a pretext. Prussia is today intact, and can treat with me in a manner suitable to her dignity; *in a month's* time she will be in a very different position." Prussia was crushed within two weeks.
3:02 Napoleon didn't order the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. The last Emperor - Francis II - abdicated and declared the title abolished, re-inventing himself as the Emperor of Austria. It is said that at least part of his reason for so doing was to prevent Napoleon from claiming the title of Holy Roman Emperor for himself.
You are correct about Francis, but this topic is more complicated than one might think. I highly doubt Napoleon would've taken the title HR Emperor, but he almost certainly would've claimed Charlemagne's legacy and the imperial prerogative. If not for himself, then certainly for his son, born 1811. It's clear from Napoleon's commentary that he had no respect for the HRE as a modern institution, so it's more likely he would've had it lapse. Charlemagne's imperial legacy would simply pass to France, just as Rome's prerogative was passed on to Charlemagne in 800, or so the story goes.
@@pmbartoli919 no the holy roman empire was indeed created when charlemagne was crowned in 800, but that wasn't the official name at the time. The HRE was coined later by german kings but the it's the same political and spiritual entity which the ottonians inherited.
@@maxion5109 I agree there is a wanted filiation between the HRE and the Carolingian Empire, as there is betw both and the Western Roman Empire. But the HRE is a recreation after an imperial interregnum after the end of the Carolingian Empire. The two are close, but the HRE, as it continued until 1806, is created in 962 with Otto's renovatio imperii: he recreates not Charlemagne's empire but the Roman Empire, and if he has to proclaim the renovatio imperii, it's because there were a few decades without an empire.
We, latinos, could get our independences from Spanish dominance thanks to this French genius. Thanks for the hard work put in this videos, really appreciate it
For those who read Clauswitz "On the war", this battle is the starting point of Clauswitz and of 150 years of prussian/german military doctrine (with also Napoleon's invasion of south germany during 3rd coalition war which will create the modern notion of strategi)
@@7macfly2 Prussian Campaign of the Fourth Coalition : 161.944 French troops vs 250.000 Prussian troops. Losses : 15.000 French casualties vs 215.000 Prussian casualties ( 20.000 killed, 45.000 wounded and 150.000 prisoners ) in only 33 days. 200.000 more Prussian casualties than the French. 215.000 Prussian casualties out of the 250.000 total Prussian forces against 15.000 French casualties out of the 161.944 total French forces all of that in only 33 days. This is the most one sided campaign in European history.
YOU ARE INCREDIBLE!!! the text, the pics, the narration, the edition... really, thank you all for these history classes, the education need more of this way of learning. Congrats from Brazil!
At 7:30 the Prussian lost the hill and understood that they are fighting the main French forces, it was the best moment to retreat behind the river and wait for Weimar's army.
Good video but too bad, you didn't really talk about all the small important decisions made by the generals. For example, the Landgrafenberg plateau was taken during the night because the prussian thougt it was impossible to climb and Napoleon ask his troops to take it and then built a small road for the artillery, giving a really good start position (the battle was decide at this moment I think) while Davout choose to take one by one every small village to keep the line. Every time a part was winning, he reinforce the others to make the whole army going at the same speed to keep a solid line. (I'm not an expert but that's what I understood).
I’ve been actively searching for Napoleonic content. It’s a massive Continental wide brawl that gets glossed over in US (and World) history classes over here in the states. Great content!
Love your videos. Greatings from Jena. It is one thing to hear about battles at some exotic places but a different thing to know it was fought at the place you are sitting right now.
I am from the region of Thuringia in Germany, in which Jena lies, but I never knew that such an important battle took place in Jena. Thanks for letting me learn something new today. :D
Thank you so much. I did much research on Napoleon in mid 1900s for about 4 years. You have covered it very well. I am looking forward to to, two weeks from now as I have followed your Napoleon campaign. I do love all of your videos. I am working part time and am partly disabled. I still walk around and do as much as I can. Thank you so much.
Lannes was amazing commanding the vanguard but Davout showed at auerstadt that he was capable of defeating the main Prussian Army with his single corp.
I would take Ney too. While Lannes and especially Davout were calculated and stiff, Ney would be dashed ard reckless. I would keep Ney untill the final blow, then sent him with the reserve. :)
@@felixgagne5996 in 1814, when he was the defender in the siege of hambourg he held even after napoleon capitulated, it's the representative of the re-established french monarchy that had to come to tell him that the war was over and that Napoleon abdicated, and the first thing he did when he saw the french monarchist white flag was to order to shoot on it with canons before finally surrenderring the city. what a man.
Could you possibly make a video about the Prussian army reforms after the War of the Fourth Coalition? Maybe a minisode explaining who Scharnhorst and Gneisaneu we're and what they accomplished with the reform and how it would eventually lead to Germany having the best organized army at the start of the 1st World War. Or Maybe a video looking at how Napoleon changed European armies from small scale, single stack armies to the more elastic corps structure, etc.
Great video! I live in Jena for a month now and actually visited the museum dedicated to the battle last week. I would imagine, since they regularly get a lot of foreign visitors, that they might want to have such a nice informative video at display there. The museum is quite small and it's capacities and financial options are rather small, I suppose.
As a french, we learned in history class that Napoleon was a military genius and a great conqueror, but I can understand why he was seen as a dangerous monster in the rest of Europe, because of fear and propaganda. It's as if we saw the conquest of Persia by Alexander from the point of view of the persians. Anyway I really enjoy these videos even if I don't really like this period of history, great work from a great channel !
Thank you very much! Please, consider sharing, if you have a chance. Also, which time period would you like to see? I really want to appeal to the French audience.
Yeah I shared it with a friend, big fan of Napoleon, I'm sure he'll like it. I'd say the main problem with the french audience is the language barrier, many french don't enjoy seeing videos or films in english unfortunately. You may have some success with french subtitles or a partnership with a french history channel on UA-cam like Nota Bene for example but I can't promise results even though I hope you'll get the recognition you deserve. :)
Jason Denton hate to ruin it to you but the sour losers were the French ever heard about revanchaism (as well English culture origins is deep in Germanic cultures that migrated)
raph The losers are the germans, at the end of the day, they always lose. Battle of jena, WWI, WWII. The french had the greatest empire with Napoleon 1st, then they lost in 1870, but had their revenge in 1918 with Verdun battle.
Djas Kang Lol,without their Allies Germans could easily kick ass of France.İn 1914 German Empire had 67 million population,compare 39 of France,2times of France’s economy and about 2.4 times of France’s total industrial output.And almost 2 times more battleships.French bias,what about some respect gör Germany,they fought against the World and still won almost,while %90 of France’s casualties was against Germany.
The GREAT VICTORY of the Iron Marshall : Louis Nicholas Davout and one of the best divisional generals of the time: Charles-Étienne César Gudin de La Sablonnière , future marshall but died at Valutina.
As always, great video. This series is amazing, keep it up! I haven't taken the time out to really delve into the Napoleonic wars era in history, so this is perfect.
Explained it very nicely. I actually lived in Jena for some years and it was great fun to walk across those fields exploring the former battleground. Peaceful villages... hard to imagine the slaughter.
"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win." - Sun Tzu. Most Napoleon victories could be predicted before the battle, just by looking at the armies deployment, quality of leadership and supply status. :)
Thanks for the video. Just became a Patreon supporter this was so interesting. Didn't know that Bernadotte was quite involved in battles. Bernadotte later became king of Sweden and Norway.
The thing is, he wasn't involved in the fighting. :-) But, eventually, his forces ended up between Jena and Aurstedt, which prevented some Prussian units to retreat. Napoleon even thought about court-martialling him. :-) Fascinating figure, his descendants still rule Sweden.
All praise our God Kings and Generals (peace be uppon him) who blessed us with another great historical video about Napoleon's time thanks bro (im Plebeivs romanvs)
Another great video, well as usual :). I like how this channel literally "exploded" with amount of subscribers recently. In less then 3 months, you guys went from 10k to 84k subscribers. Keep up the good work. :)
I love learning about the various battle Napoleon has fought during his career. They are highly intriguing. This is an awesome channel. My compliments to those who made this video a reality.
I just discovered this channel. Watched the video and just had to subscribe. Great job! Really like the method of delivery - both visual and audio-sensory, in a very clear and cohesive manner. Going to watch a few more :)
He's just as influential to history as Alexander, Caesar or Ghengis. All four of them manage to fight every single major power around them. I'll always be most impressed with Napoleon though. He did for France in 10 years what took both Phillip and Alexander to do for Macedonia. He set the stage for WWI and is the main reason that France wasn't divided between Britain/Spain/Italy in the 1790s. The Russian campaign was a major blunder but Alexander made essentially the same mistake to continue fighting instead of returning home to regather strength for a couple years.
@@geordiejones5618 "He set the stage for WWI and is the main reason that France wasn't divided between Britain/Spain/Italy in the 1790s." Not really, even without Napoléon France did occupied benelux region in the first coalition war (and win it) but I agreed that he brings massive weight to the powerr balance.
@@geordiejones5618 Which major power did Ceasar fought? The Roman already control everything west of Persia other than primitive tribes. Genghis Khan is a genecidal maniac, that set sciences back a thousand years. Mongol don' t made their country stronger, they simply becomes the rulers of others until they were kicked off. Mongolia is still the same wasteland as it was before him amd after him. The French Revolution were winning the wars before and after Napoleon, it was the most powerful nation in Europe history.
i used to be friend with of one of direct descendant of Marshall Davout !!we were in French SF and after we worked together in private security and he passed away in Algeria during terrorist attack In 2014 he was very good guy i think is genetic !!! RIP Yann
nice video... i still live in this region in the City Apolda, which you can see on the battle map. I must say that its a very accurate documentary from your side... and a main fact why the french won this battle is because they had higher ground through the Landgrafenberg, which is very high when you know that this region is like a dale towards my hometown and the prussian army couldnt really organize because they were surprised by the early attack of the french in the morning. the first what the prussian army heard was the thunder of the french cannons. how i said... its a very good video and i love it... thumbs up and greetings from germany :P
Hey, Rob, thank you, greetings from Canada! Thank you for being so mature about these battles. The Germans are the best in this regard, from my experience. You guys see it as history and nothing else.
The Spaniards never surrendered and the guerrillas kept 300,000 men occupied. The term "guerrilla" comes from the Spanish language. With those 300,000 French men Napoleon could have maintained his position after the withdrawal of Russia.
@@iteachyou1575 Invade Russia was "easy" he defeated Russia. 2 mistakes of Napoléon : Attack Spain and attack Russia during winter. I insist on the "during the winter" . He could attack Russia in at beginning of 1813. Russia would have been under French domination . The Grande Armée would be still here to defend but yeah i blame him to attack during winter.
Always with a amazing presentation and also creative depiction of battle. Always look forward for more episodes. . . And a bit of suggestion, could you make a documentary about battle of Lepanto, it is the battle between Papal States against Ottoman. One of the most interesting battles i suppose. Nevertheless, You guys rocks!
You should make a series of videos about Field-marshal Alexander Suvorov such as the Siege of Ismail, the battle of Rymnik, the Italian campaign, the Swiss campaign, the battle of ochakov etc.
00:56 Tyrol is not in the region where the symbol points on the map, it's in the alps you can say nearly in the middle and afterwards it was occupied by france for several years.
It's that time again. Once the Napoleonic Wars are concluded, you guys should consider doing the Battle of Bannockburn 1314 and/or the battle of Stirling Bridge 1297. Cheers m8
I suggest that the next one will be about the battle of ain Jalut which stopped the mongol rise and put it to an end. it was one of the greatest battles ever.
Thanks for watching! For some reason, our Napoleonic videos are less popular than our other videos. So, please, share this video you think it is good enough. :-)
Kings and Generals Please make some videos on the 30 Years war/Wallenstein.
Planned. :-)
To paraphrase the great political commentator james Franco 'The hate him cause they aint'im'
Hi
Kings and Generals, Napoleon was a giant. Keep up with the good work about him.
"At Jena, Napoleon won a battle he could not lose. At Auerstädt, Davout won a battle he could not win".
Quality quote. :-)
My greatest victory :)
breteau?
Louis Davout ?
Nice quote, but in reality that were Prussian faults. They gave opportunities for both Napoleon and Davout to win these battles.
Fun fact: Marshal Bernadotte was later adopted by Swedish King Charles XIII who had no heirs and when he died Bernadotte became Charles XIV John of Sweden. Thereby establishing Sweden's current royal house of Bernadotte. By marriage he became related to Napoleon so in a distant way Napoleon lives on in Sweden's royal lineage.
Yep, Bernadottes are still going strong. :-)
Even if the famous anecdote about His Majesty having to hide embarrassing anti-monarchist tatoos is not true, it's still one of my favorite amazingly unbelievable carriers in history.
Up there with Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Abram Petrovich Gannibal.
@Artur M. There was also Basileus Justin I and Chines emperor Hongwu.
Res Publica Oh yeah, absolutely!
I forgot about Justin. Also I'm gonna pretend I knew all about Hongwu and go read about him. Thanks! ;)
Maybe a bit late to the party, but another interesting tidbit is that Bernadotte was initially not favored to become the new Swedish monarch at all. It was clear that Sweden needed a new king, and several candidates were considered but Bernadotte was not one of them. A rogue member of parliament offered the throne to Bernadotte without consulting the government, and upon returning to Sweden he was almost executed for treason. He was able to persuade parliament that Bernadotte was an excellent choice due to his military expertise, and they hoped that he would reclaim territories lost to Russia (mainly Finland). However, he was wary to go to war with Russia, and knowing he was expected to conquer something, he invaded Norway.
On the 7th of October 1806 the Prussian declaration of war arrived along with a twenty-page manifesto. Napoleon's private reply read:
" Your Majesty will be defeated, you will compromise your repose and the existence of your subjects without a shadow of a pretext. Prussia is today intact, and can treat with me in a manner suitable to her dignity; *in a month's* time she will be in a very different position."
Prussia was crushed within two weeks.
Oh thanks for sharing this! GOLD!
Really enjoying your Napoleonic Era videos. It's a period I know very little about so they've been really enlightening.
Thank you, my friend. :-) Hopefully, these videos will become a gateway for many viewers.
Same!
3:02 Napoleon didn't order the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. The last Emperor - Francis II - abdicated and declared the title abolished, re-inventing himself as the Emperor of Austria. It is said that at least part of his reason for so doing was to prevent Napoleon from claiming the title of Holy Roman Emperor for himself.
Thank you. We worded it poorly.
You are correct about Francis, but this topic is more complicated than one might think. I highly doubt Napoleon would've taken the title HR Emperor, but he almost certainly would've claimed Charlemagne's legacy and the imperial prerogative. If not for himself, then certainly for his son, born 1811. It's clear from Napoleon's commentary that he had no respect for the HRE as a modern institution, so it's more likely he would've had it lapse. Charlemagne's imperial legacy would simply pass to France, just as Rome's prerogative was passed on to Charlemagne in 800, or so the story goes.
And the HRE wasn't created in 800, but in 962 (about?) by Otto, to be precise. The Karling Empire was just the Frank Empire.
@@pmbartoli919 no the holy roman empire was indeed created when charlemagne was crowned in 800, but that wasn't the official name at the time. The HRE was coined later by german kings but the it's the same political and spiritual entity which the ottonians inherited.
@@maxion5109 I agree there is a wanted filiation between the HRE and the Carolingian Empire, as there is betw both and the Western Roman Empire. But the HRE is a recreation after an imperial interregnum after the end of the Carolingian Empire. The two are close, but the HRE, as it continued until 1806, is created in 962 with Otto's renovatio imperii: he recreates not Charlemagne's empire but the Roman Empire, and if he has to proclaim the renovatio imperii, it's because there were a few decades without an empire.
We, latinos, could get our independences from Spanish dominance thanks to this French genius. Thanks for the hard work put in this videos, really appreciate it
Thanks for watching! :-)
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And Simon bolivar
For those who read Clauswitz "On the war", this battle is the starting point of Clauswitz and of 150 years of prussian/german military doctrine (with also Napoleon's invasion of south germany during 3rd coalition war which will create the modern notion of strategi)
Bien le pseudo
@@rolandzarka5191 merci !
@@7macfly2 Prussian Campaign of the Fourth Coalition : 161.944 French troops vs 250.000 Prussian troops.
Losses : 15.000 French casualties vs 215.000 Prussian casualties ( 20.000 killed, 45.000 wounded and 150.000 prisoners ) in only 33 days.
200.000 more Prussian casualties than the French.
215.000 Prussian casualties out of the 250.000 total Prussian forces against 15.000 French casualties out of the 161.944 total French forces all of that in only 33 days.
This is the most one sided campaign in European history.
YOU ARE INCREDIBLE!!! the text, the pics, the narration, the edition... really, thank you all for these history classes, the education need more of this way of learning. Congrats from Brazil!
Thank you, my friend! :-) Best of luck in the World Cup, I will be rooting for you guys. :-)
At 7:30 the Prussian lost the hill and understood that they are fighting the main French forces, it was the best moment to retreat behind the river and wait for Weimar's army.
That is true. Unfortunately, the French were much faster and by the time the hill was lost, the Prussians lost any cohesion.
I don't think they could of easily manouver across the river. Especially with 40000 french troops advancing
Yep, it was already too late.
One of Napoleon's greatest qualities was that he was a quick motherfucker!
@@EkEMaN91 quick indeed!
Good video but too bad, you didn't really talk about all the small important decisions made by the generals. For example, the Landgrafenberg plateau was taken during the night because the prussian thougt it was impossible to climb and Napoleon ask his troops to take it and then built a small road for the artillery, giving a really good start position (the battle was decide at this moment I think) while Davout choose to take one by one every small village to keep the line. Every time a part was winning, he reinforce the others to make the whole army going at the same speed to keep a solid line. (I'm not an expert but that's what I understood).
I’ve been actively searching for Napoleonic content. It’s a massive Continental wide brawl that gets glossed over in US (and World) history classes over here in the states. Great content!
Thank you very much! :-)
Love your videos.
Greatings from Jena. It is one thing to hear about battles at some exotic places but a different thing to know it was fought at the place you are sitting right now.
Thank you very much! I guess, it is haunting. I have been to a few historical battlefields, and they have that atmosphere, that is hard to describe.
Oh yeah! Couldn't wait any longer.
Always nice to see your comment. :-)
Ah, thank you. You just made my day by making another glorious video of Napoleon. Thank you once again and keep up the great videos!
Thanks for watching and more videos are on the way! :-)
I am from the region of Thuringia in Germany, in which Jena lies, but I never knew that such an important battle took place in Jena. Thanks for letting me learn something new today. :D
Thank you so much. I did much research on Napoleon in mid 1900s for about 4 years. You have covered it very well. I am looking forward to to, two weeks from now as I have followed your Napoleon campaign. I do love all of your videos. I am working part time and am partly disabled. I still walk around and do as much as I can. Thank you so much.
Thank you for watching! :-)
I would take Lannes and Davout as generals in any battles... Those two were amazing leaders.
Yes, Napoleon was the best with his appointments. :-)
Lannes was amazing commanding the vanguard but Davout showed at auerstadt that he was capable of defeating the main Prussian Army with his single corp.
Davout is the sole Maréchal who was undefeated. He also was the last to surrender when Napoleon first capitulated.
I would take Ney too. While Lannes and especially Davout were calculated and stiff, Ney would be dashed ard reckless. I would keep Ney untill the final blow, then sent him with the reserve. :)
@@felixgagne5996 in 1814, when he was the defender in the siege of hambourg he held even after napoleon capitulated, it's the representative of the re-established french monarchy that had to come to tell him that the war was over and that Napoleon abdicated, and the first thing he did when he saw the french monarchist white flag was to order to shoot on it with canons before finally surrenderring the city. what a man.
I absolutely love this series! Thank you all for the premium quality. A+
Thanks for watching!
Fascinating video. History comes alive. More battlefield sounds please.
Thank you! Will do!
Screaming, clashing of swords etc like in the total war games.
Could you possibly make a video about the Prussian army reforms after the War of the Fourth Coalition? Maybe a minisode explaining who Scharnhorst and Gneisaneu we're and what they accomplished with the reform and how it would eventually lead to Germany having the best organized army at the start of the 1st World War.
Or Maybe a video looking at how Napoleon changed European armies from small scale, single stack armies to the more elastic corps structure, etc.
Yep, there will be a series of videos covering the armies of this period. I just need to find more hours in the day. :-)
Kings and Generals Tradis, you need a Tardis.
I would be ok with a drug that treats the procrastination. :-)
Great video! I live in Jena for a month now and actually visited the museum dedicated to the battle last week. I would imagine, since they regularly get a lot of foreign visitors, that they might want to have such a nice informative video at display there. The museum is quite small and it's capacities and financial options are rather small, I suppose.
Please never give up, this is the first time I have seen anything napoleonic related at all on youtube or anything at all.
We won't. :-) Consider supporting us on patreon or by sharing our video.
Give that general Davut a medal!
He got a bunch of them. Also a duchy and a princedom. :-)
Napoléon had a shitload of talented Generals: Davout, Lannes, Masséna, Suchet...
He was named Duke of Auerstädt and was allowed to enter Berlin 1st, seems fair :D
...and give that general Bernadotte a kingdom ;)
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As a french, we learned in history class that Napoleon was a military genius and a great conqueror, but I can understand why he was seen as a dangerous monster in the rest of Europe, because of fear and propaganda. It's as if we saw the conquest of Persia by Alexander from the point of view of the persians. Anyway I really enjoy these videos even if I don't really like this period of history, great work from a great channel !
Thank you very much! Please, consider sharing, if you have a chance. Also, which time period would you like to see? I really want to appeal to the French audience.
Yeah I shared it with a friend, big fan of Napoleon, I'm sure he'll like it. I'd say the main problem with the french audience is the language barrier, many french don't enjoy seeing videos or films in english unfortunately. You may have some success with french subtitles or a partnership with a french history channel on UA-cam like Nota Bene for example but I can't promise results even though I hope you'll get the recognition you deserve. :)
+Mickaël L'Haridon thank you, monsieur! :-)
The Prussians remembered these defeats
Yes, they started the reforms that powered them until the WWI after the end of this war.
Jason Denton u r speaking like a kiddo
Jason Denton hate to ruin it to you but the sour losers were the French ever heard about revanchaism (as well English culture origins is deep in Germanic cultures that migrated)
raph The losers are the germans, at the end of the day, they always lose. Battle of jena, WWI, WWII. The french had the greatest empire with Napoleon 1st, then they lost in 1870, but had their revenge in 1918 with Verdun battle.
Djas Kang Lol,without their Allies Germans could easily kick ass of France.İn 1914 German Empire had 67 million population,compare 39 of France,2times of France’s economy and about 2.4 times of France’s total industrial output.And almost 2 times more battleships.French bias,what about some respect gör Germany,they fought against the World and still won almost,while %90 of France’s casualties was against Germany.
Great job, this is personally my favorite series of them all.
Same here, this is our best series. Unfortunately, it is less popular than the others.
Kings and Generals strange, I'll be sure to share! That'll help
Hopefully, thank you! :-)
The GREAT VICTORY of the Iron Marshall : Louis Nicholas Davout and one of the best divisional generals of the time: Charles-Étienne César Gudin de La Sablonnière , future marshall but died at Valutina.
Beautiful and eloquent narration
Yep, Devin is awesome!
Playing Napoleon total war while watching this
+Duck Killer at ur service that is how it should be done.
Love your documentaries especially the Napoleonic wars. Thank you.
Thank you for watching! :-)
As always, great video. This series is amazing, keep it up! I haven't taken the time out to really delve into the Napoleonic wars era in history, so this is perfect.
Thank you very much! There will be one more in 2 weeks. :-)
cant stop saying how epic you guys are,
+manchild53 there is no need to stop. :-)
Ha, this series is just what I am looking for. Thank you.
Welcome aboard! :-)
Explained it very nicely. I actually lived in Jena for some years and it was great fun to walk across those fields exploring the former battleground. Peaceful villages... hard to imagine the slaughter.
Great video. I had forgotten how much I love Napoleonic warfare. Thank you.
What a genius! Repose en paix empereur!
Indeed! The battle was won before it started.
Kings and Generals thanks for your videos
Thanks for watching!
"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win." - Sun Tzu. Most Napoleon victories could be predicted before the battle, just by looking at the armies deployment, quality of leadership and supply status. :)
Thanks for the video. Just became a Patreon supporter this was so interesting. Didn't know that Bernadotte was quite involved in battles. Bernadotte later became king of Sweden and Norway.
The thing is, he wasn't involved in the fighting. :-) But, eventually, his forces ended up between Jena and Aurstedt, which prevented some Prussian units to retreat. Napoleon even thought about court-martialling him. :-) Fascinating figure, his descendants still rule Sweden.
Love the narration in these videos. Another great job!
Thank you very much!
Love the Napoleonic videos!!
All praise our God Kings and Generals (peace be uppon him) who blessed us with another great historical video about Napoleon's time thanks bro (im Plebeivs romanvs)
Thank you very much! :-)
Was watching my way through all your uploads when this new video popped up.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you, will do! :-)
I am a subscriber because of your great and well made Napoleonic Wars videos. Keep them up please they are awesome!
You are in luck, my friend, the second season is in the works now. :-)
Your all videos are so wonderful
Thank you!
Too nice history video👍 showing cleverness mind of Napoleon and enormous numbers of his soilders were changing the result of war
I love the Napoleon videos, it’s very interesting as It’s so close to home.
We also love this series. :-)
need more Napoleonic wars, love it
Thanks! In 2 weeks. :-)
Another great video, well as usual :). I like how this channel literally "exploded" with amount of subscribers recently. In less then 3 months, you guys went from 10k to 84k subscribers. Keep up the good work. :)
We owe it all to you, thank you!
Do more Napoleonic wars! I love these series
Next episode in 2 weeks. :-)
Love your videos! So entertaining and informative!
Thank you! :-)
No good sir.... THANK YOU!
I love learning about the various battle Napoleon has fought during his career. They are highly intriguing. This is an awesome channel. My compliments to those who made this video a reality.
Bernadotte: "I hear the sound of battle from two directions, I'll disregard my last orders and stay where I am."
*slow clap*
"And a few years later I am on the Swedish throne." :-)
...and have the Swedish army sit back and watch at the battle of Leipzig while my allies die fighting my former boss. ;-)
Bernadotte was a piece of crap.
@@louisdavout7136 he wasn't actually that bad
@@SaintJust1214 The original Louis Davout certainly thought so.
there needs to be a channel solely dedicated to the study of napoleon. the world was completely transformed by this ONE man.
I just discovered this channel. Watched the video and just had to subscribe. Great job! Really like the method of delivery - both visual and audio-sensory, in a very clear and cohesive manner.
Going to watch a few more :)
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premium quality! thank you!!!
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Thank you for yet another amazing video :)
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Well done as usual.👍🏻
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Thank you for exellent video, guys!
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Finally a new video, worth the wait top quality :)
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Again Great video (:
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love your videos
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I’m on Napoleon’s side. I grew up viewing him as a genius that made his country one of the world's most powerful empires.
He's just as influential to history as Alexander, Caesar or Ghengis. All four of them manage to fight every single major power around them. I'll always be most impressed with Napoleon though. He did for France in 10 years what took both Phillip and Alexander to do for Macedonia. He set the stage for WWI and is the main reason that France wasn't divided between Britain/Spain/Italy in the 1790s. The Russian campaign was a major blunder but Alexander made essentially the same mistake to continue fighting instead of returning home to regather strength for a couple years.
@@geordiejones5618 "He set the stage for WWI and is the main reason that France wasn't divided between Britain/Spain/Italy in the 1790s."
Not really, even without Napoléon France did occupied benelux region in the first coalition war (and win it)
but I agreed that he brings massive weight to the powerr balance.
@@geordiejones5618 Which major power did Ceasar fought? The Roman already control everything west of Persia other than primitive tribes. Genghis Khan is a genecidal maniac, that set sciences back a thousand years. Mongol don' t made their country stronger, they simply becomes the rulers of others until they were kicked off. Mongolia is still the same wasteland as it was before him amd after him. The French Revolution were winning the wars before and after Napoleon, it was the most powerful nation in Europe history.
Ive been a subscriber for some time now, and I can really see the improvement for every video you make! Good content, keep it up :-)
+MasterEsben18 thank you! That is our goal. :-)
you have an amazing video style. really like the parallax effects
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i used to be friend with of one of direct descendant of Marshall Davout !!we were in French SF and after we worked together in private security and he passed away in Algeria during terrorist attack In 2014 he was very good guy i think is genetic !!! RIP Yann
nice video... i still live in this region in the City Apolda, which you can see on the battle map. I must say that its a very accurate documentary from your side... and a main fact why the french won this battle is because they had higher ground through the Landgrafenberg, which is very high when you know that this region is like a dale towards my hometown and the prussian army couldnt really organize because they were surprised by the early attack of the french in the morning. the first what the prussian army heard was the thunder of the french cannons. how i said... its a very good video and i love it... thumbs up and greetings from germany :P
Hey, Rob, thank you, greetings from Canada! Thank you for being so mature about these battles. The Germans are the best in this regard, from my experience. You guys see it as history and nothing else.
Your channel is awsome!
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I'm loving your work. Keep it up!
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Wonderful videos
Thank you for your excellent and entertaining video series. They are very professionally well done.
Thank you, good sir! :-)
Made nice and very informative.
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your videos are awesome. cant wait for the waterloo!
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Jeeze, this is like BBC-level quality Narration!
Yep, Devin is great!
Nepolean the greatest military strategist!Please continue the series till Battle of Waterloo!
We will!
Kings and Generals thanx..eagerly waiting for next nepoleonic series video!
I'm from Jena and know of the battle of course, but this is the first time I saw an actual documentary about it.
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Am digging the Napoleonic series! The Napoleon Total War theme song keeps on playing in my head whilst watching the videos lol~
That was the plan! :-) More videos on the way!
Keep going, your video is awesome!
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Good job on another well done video bro 🇫🇷 🇫🇷 🇫🇷
Thank you :)
Napoleon won 5 coalition wars and ruled all of Europe he lost two coalition wars and lost everything
Harry Jackson
Kinda like that....
He had two fatal errors:Spain and Russia.If he had in 1813 the grand armee,he would have won the battle of Leipzig.And also his right handman,Lannes.
Spain was a joke, the only fatal error was in Russia, the Grande Armée was destroyed in Russia
The Spaniards never surrendered and the guerrillas kept 300,000 men occupied. The term "guerrilla" comes from the Spanish language. With those 300,000 French men Napoleon could have maintained his position after the withdrawal of Russia.
@@iteachyou1575 Invade Russia was "easy" he defeated Russia. 2 mistakes of Napoléon : Attack Spain and attack Russia during winter. I insist on the "during the winter"
. He could attack Russia in at beginning of 1813. Russia would have been under French domination
. The Grande Armée would be still here to defend but yeah i blame him to attack during winter.
Always with a amazing presentation and also creative depiction of battle. Always look forward for more episodes.
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And a bit of suggestion, could you make a documentary about battle of Lepanto, it is the battle between Papal States against Ottoman. One of the most interesting battles i suppose. Nevertheless, You guys rocks!
Thank you very much! Yes, Lepanto is planned within our series on the Ottomans.
Yes!! Another video on Napoleon's campaign. May I ask is it a series?
awangku aizad Yeah, they said that this would be a series.
Thanks for watching! Yes, it is a series. 2 more episodes this year, and 5-10-20 next, depending on the interest.
I would like to watch more. This video has great animations and informative at the same time. Keep it going guys! :-)
Thanks, will do! :-)
amazing, thank you for the amazing work put into this
I just love these videos.
You deserve much more subscribe
Thank you!
Good show, Davout was perhaps the best of Napolean's generals.
thanks for another awesome historical video)))
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Excelente canal, parabéns!!!
Thank you! :-)
You should make a series of videos about Field-marshal Alexander Suvorov such as the Siege of Ismail, the battle of Rymnik, the Italian campaign, the Swiss campaign, the battle of ochakov etc.
Most of these will happen within our series on the Ottomans.
thanks you so much for these video
Awesome stuff keep it up!
Wish videos could come out quicker the wait sucks >.>
Thank you! We are doing our best to produce more. :-)
Napo is op
Erwin Rommel Indeed
Napoleon Bonaparte especially battle of friedland
Friedland will be released on December 31. :-)
Kings and Generals it would be a nice guide to how to win that battle in ntw
I am not sure if it will work, to be honest. :-)
00:56 Tyrol is not in the region where the symbol points on the map, it's in the alps you can say nearly in the middle and afterwards it was occupied by france for several years.
Maybe you make egypt campain of napoleon
If these videos are popular, we will circle back and recreate them in detail. So, consider sharing.
No need. That was also covered briefly I think in the first videos of Napoleon's career
Yes, make them please!!
Yeah, we're tired of Napoleon's successes, we want some disasters too
I live like 10 Minutes away from were they fought.Woaaaaah :D
Is that hill really that steep?
Love your videos :)
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When asked who was the best general . Wellington replied “In this age, in past ages, in any age, Napoleon!”
I watch this video literally looking at the Landgraf of Jena. It's always a sad view... Maybe I'll go up there this week
Yep, should be a very haunting feeling. If you have a chance, please, take a couple of photos of the landscape.
It's that time again. Once the Napoleonic Wars are concluded, you guys should consider doing the Battle of Bannockburn 1314 and/or the battle of Stirling Bridge 1297. Cheers m8
It is on my list. :-) Cheers!
I suggest that the next one will be about the battle of ain Jalut which stopped the mongol rise and put it to an end. it was one of the greatest battles ever.
It will happen.
great work. some videos on modern battles please. world wars, gulf war etc
Considering.
Great video
Thanks! :-)