Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Wagram 1809
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- Six weeks after his bloody repulse at the Battle of Aspern-Essling, Napoleon led his reinforced army back across the Danube. The resulting clash with Archduke Charles's Austrian army was the biggest and bloodiest battle yet seen in European history, and despite heavy French losses, resulted in a decisive strategic victory for the French Emperor.
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"You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war" - Napoleon Bonaparte
in best bane impression: victory has defeated you.
King Pyrrhus That’s rich for Pyrrhus to say...
🤔 how did the term Pyrrhic victory came about, then?
King Pyrrhus and he did exactly that, dont get me wrong tho, Vive L’Empereur!
@@TheSunMoon He fought the Romans multiple times and while he won most of the battles he lost so many men during the battles that it almost ruined him. While the Romans could easily replenish their lost forces.
It's no Austerlitz, but its honest work...
Empéreur des Français, not Empreur de la Francois... but quality comment mate!
@@montivdg Its a private joke, among my English mates
Napoleon Bonaparte l'Empreur de la Francois Russia wasn’t too honest for you.
@@arthurwellesleydukeofwelli5505 Well... yeah...
Napoleon Bonaparte l'Empreur de la Francois next time, stay in Elba.
08:29 *_"Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational Grande Batterie"_* - Emperor Napoleon on 6th July 1809...
Emperor Palpatine. you are an intelligent man.
Thats hilarious!
You sir, I like you
Its a trap!!!
80 cannons is not a grande batterie. Blucher assembled a whopping 220 cannons at Leipzig.Now that is GRANDE BATTERIE
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After Wagram Napoleon appointed three Marshals; MacDonald, Oudinot, and Marmont. Having lost Marshal Lannes at Aspern-Essling, the army joked Napoleon was trying to get the equivalent of Lannes in small change.
“France Chose MacDonald. The Army Chose Oudinot. Friendship Chose Marmont”
Or 'one for France, one for the army, one for the Emperor'. Nearly included this.
@@EpichistoryTv Very good!
are you sure USA did not chose macdonald ? okai that was bad
Napoleon chose MacDonald. That's why he became obese.
But only Davout have always been fighting with full enemy armies
I love how Russia literally did nothing against the Austria
yet still gained territory
Yeah and finally betrayed Napoleon
isn't that the communist way? everyone gets the same rewards no matter how little they did to deserve them. I thought communist Russia started during the October revolution I guess it goes back further than that.
Greg Pattinson Communism was not even invented yet. Napoleon was scared Russia might intervene, that he promised them territory to stay out.
Even though Russia gained territory for essentially doing nothing the rift between Napoleon and Russia widened due to the Duchy of Warsaw gaining substantial territory on the Russian border. Russia feared the reconstitution of a powerful Poland on its frontiers. Napoleon was quite fond of the idea of a powerful Polish ally. He took a Polish mistress and had a very capable military leader in Prince Potianowski from the Duchy in his back pocket.
@@freewal wasnt it the other way around tho ?
Fun fact: It was after this battle that Napoleon’s Polish cavalry gained lances.
The French-Polish cavalry and the Austrian’s Ulans faced each other, the French-Polish light cav used the Ulans' lances against them, The Ulans were also made of a lot of Polish soldiers so both sides insulted each other in Polish, would’ve been a good show.
After the French Polish returned with the lances, Napoleon said « They can keep their lances since they know how to use them so well »
Since then, they’ve been known as Polish Lancers
Man I always liked this mans voice wish he could be my history teacher!
@@JackyMan22 yeah Europeans christians fighting each other for supremacy while the ottomans are anticipating the moment.
Sounds like he's trying to be Liam Neeson...does a decent job of it. Rather a fan of Officially Devin, myself, but this fellow does alright. : - )
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Napoleon: Join me and we together will rule Europe as father and son
Eugène de Beauharnais: Sure why not.
@@anteres2123 eugene is his stepson
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Marie-Louise: I love you!!
Archduke Charles: I know...
It's not true but it's honest satire
In 1808, when Napoleon crowned his brother Joseph king of Spain, Archduke Charles said to his brother, emperor Francis II, "Now we know what Napoleon wants : he wants everything".
I can see why big dog Charles thought that, but Napoleon wanted to be left alone and make France prosper. Spain was so corrupt and involved with British intrigue and Britain was using Portugal to smuggle funds to Napoleons enemies. So Napoleon put someone he could trust on the throne of Spain, but his arrogance made poor judgment and the Spain situation was a disaster, but it wasn’t born from power hungry fantasies.
@@rhysnichols8608 Believe me, the least the Spanish wanted to do was ally with the British, for centuries Spain and England were enemies to the death, but France with its crazy head-cutting revolution was a major danger for Spain, besides that France was also a historical enemy of Spain, much worse than the English, the French imposed a monarchy in Spain, the Bourbon monarchy in the War of the Spanish Succession, and this monarchy handed over Spain to Napoleon and returned to France where they should never have left, unusually the Spanish people rose up in arms and did massive damage to the French army, therefore they needed to ally with the English because of that Bourbon betrayal of Spain to expel the French, unfortunately that corrupt French monarchy returned to power because the people fought for them, believing that they were fighting for its ''King'' who was never Spanish.
@@chrisaustin7644 Do not insult the King of Spain.
@@JacquesRenaitre I respect your catholic majesty,
but I do not respect the scourge that ruled Spain in those dark times from 1808 to 1833, that treacherous felon.
I always hear "Davout's III corp' he's a re occouring character in every one of Napoleon's campaign for some reason.
Probably because he was Napoleon's best Marshal - was usually given a key role.
Jack Parker Marshal Lannes died too early to be given that title
@@EpichistoryTv bernadotte was comparable tho in my opinion.
@@EpichistoryTv Nooo, you've spoiled the ending of the Marshals series!
Spoilers of events from over 200 years ago
I would say Arch Duke Charles was Napoleon's most formidable opponent. More so than Wellington, who only fought Napoleon once at Waterloo, when the French were not at their best, when Ney made a number of errors, and Wellington still near close to defeat had it not been for the Prussians.
Charles faced Napoleon repeatedly, on many occasions, at times when the French were at the peak, and in the Case of Wagram, Aspern-Essling, was on his own without Allies, yet still managed to give Napoleon a very hard time
alfredo_5auce I definitely agree, Wellington is overrated
alfredo_5auce the Prussian cavalry didn’t save Wellington in Waterloo. Until the Prussians arrived, the battle was relatively even.
@@oam6626 "give me night or give me blucher" & "the battle was the nearest run thing, you could have ever saw" both quotes by Wellington and that's taking into account, the numerous errors by the french general staff, the wet ground making cannon less effective and the hastily put together/trained army the french had to raise last-minute. With all those blunders the french nearly won, and probably would have had it not been for the constant flow of fresh Prussians on the field..
Just my two cents anyway
Who would’ve guess that just a 100 years later, the austrian empire would dissolve, after a war in which it could not even easily defeat smaller nations like serbia.
@@syed1431 The Austro-Hungarian Empire *did* succeed in conquering Serbia during WWI, though. They were just defeated in other theatres and so their gains were short-lived.
"It was obvious that you were not at Wagram"
Napoleon to a minister that mocked the austrians
John Musteata I always loved that quote, it shows the respect he had for his enemies, and the true horror he must have witnessed during all these campaigns.
the austrians kept provoking or attacking napoleon the whole time, for years. When they won against Napoleon, they kicked him out of france. I dont understand why he wouldnt kick out the austrian leadership. He was too merciful
@@DarkAlan2 Didn't want to risk it, I guess. If you kick a popular figure out of the country, there is a chance that the people would revolt against you
@@nikel- It was because he didn't want the Austrian Emperor's problems. The country is 4 actual countries held together by mutual hatred, trade, duct tape and string. If Napoleon took it over or deposed the Emperor he'd have to put someone else there or run it himself. If he puts a puppet on the throne, then he has to defend them and try to support them. Just took much work for too little reward.
If Napoleon had deposed Francis and set up a puppet kingdom in Austria with one of his family or marshals it's likely that he would've faced the same sort of insurrection that occurred in Spain when he usurped their rightful monarch and replaced him with Joseph. Already there was popular resistance against the French and their Bavarian allies in the Tirol, which had been parcelled out to Bavaria as one of the spoils of war. In addition, such a move would have completely broken the old European political system of rule by monarchy and it's highly likely that both Russia and Prussia - who were both allies of Napoleon in 1809 - would have instantly gone over to the British side. Napoleon was always able to dominate continental Europe when he kept the Russians onside but having them as an opponent together with the other major powers was a recipe for disaster - as he found out to his cost in 1813.
"It's a good job you're not any taller!" -2:04
Never thought a documentary would had me laughing off my seat. Great series so far!
Doubt you laughed that hard m8
Napoleon has a very good sense of humour it seems
@@LeeRenthlei
also the best sentence burns
“i made him a count but i couldn’t make him a general”
napoleon when general von wrede block him at hanau
I studied General MacDonald's attack quite intensely. His 'square' formation was highly unusual, and the largest that ever took place in the Napoleonic Wars. Not only had MacDonald's 8000 infantry held off Austrian troops against their left and right flanks, they beat off three cavalry charges by Austrian cuirassiers, probably at the same time they were fighting against the Austrian infantry. The Austrian bombardment caused severe casualties among the French troops. At one point, the Austrians were in disarray, and MacDonald invited General Nansouty's cuirassiers and General Walthier's Guard cavalry to charge and decimate the enemy while the opportunity was there. Nansouty had held his cavalry too far to the rear, and accepted the invitation to charge, but it was too late. The Austrians had withdrawn their guns to safety, which were abandoned during their moment of disarray, formed square and beat off the French cuirassiers. The Guard cavalry on the other hand did not attack, since the Imperial Guard adhered to a strict chain of command in obeying only the Emperor's orders in fighting, and nobody else. MacDonald had berated General Walthier for doing nothing, and even Napoleon, later on, came to agree that his Guard cavalry should have charged, even if orders from him were never issued.
Reinforcements, in the form of Wrede's Bavarian Corps, two Imperial Guard cavalry regiments, and four Young Guard battalions came to the rescue, and helped MacDonald take control of Süssenbrunn. MacDonald stayed there during the rest of the day and through the night, unaware the battle was over and the Austrians were retreating. In the following morning, Napoleon himself, satisfied of MacDonald's conduct, gave him the rank of "Marshal of France" One of three men, including Oudinot and Marmont, who were given that rank on the field of Wagram.
I recommend reading MacDonald's Recollections. its free on this website.
www.electricscotland.com/history/france/marshallndx.htm
All good stuff. Perhaps you'll agree with me that the use of the word 'square', though traditional, doesn't really describe what MacDonald was about. More of a column attack, steeply echeloned on both sides! And yes, it seems he was let down by poor coordination of support. There seems to be disagreement about whether the guard cavalry refused to charge, or the order didn't reach them in time. Given the chaos of a Napoleonic battlefield, I'm inclined to believe the latter, though obv we can never really know.
It was using the Austrian "Battalion masse" tactic against them. Like Pickett's charge, poor gunnery and observation led to a murderous charge in to an organized defense.
@@EpichistoryTv Then, that's similar to Soult attack in Albuera (1811)
-Exccellent. Thank you very much for that. Truly, MacDonald did an Outstanding feat with his men.
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Like him or not, Leader or Dictator, it does not matter, we must reconize his brillance. The best general ever
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@@jaywilliams9294 he's a Patreon supporter
@@jaywilliams9294 Patreon Supporters get the Unlisted Video link a day earlier than they release them to the public I believe.
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@@oscavaleirosdeoutrora.2232 Cough, cough Hannibal and Gengis Khan over here?
Few could have guessed in 1809, but Napoleon had just fought his last victorious campaign.
*chills*
*Number 15*
how is this comment from a day ago if the video was posted few minutes ago
Also is it Just me or does it say yourcomment was 1 day ago?
I think it was mentioned in the previous video that France was starting to have issues with getting new recruits since it had been at war for almost 20 years.
@@takod323 it's because he is one of the patreons of Epic History Tv. They have the privilege of viewing the video before everyone else.
One of my ancestor was a soldier in Napoleon's army and was killed in Wagram on July 09 1809, his death certicate mentioned "killed by a musquet bullet " his name was Jean , he was 24 yrs old , RIP !
Honestly why doesn’t this channel have more subscribers he explains history so well that it makes you wanna watch the video just for the quality that it has.
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Arent u dead tho
“The Duke of Wellington was rarely lavish with praise, but responded vigorously when asked if [Archduke] Charles was a great officer. ‘Why, he knows more about it than all of us
put together,’ he exclaimed and added that ‘us’ included even Napoleon.” Great Generals of the Napoleonic Wars and Their Battles, 1805 - 1815, by Andrew Uffindell (2007).
I've not heard this quote before, it's a good one.
@@EpichistoryTv Glad you like it. This is also why I always try to cite sources; this way we share knowledge and also give credit where credit is due.
My sources (Some but not all) in the video description under recommended reading
@@EpichistoryTv
My recommendations for you
Napoleon : The Man Behing the Myth by Adam Zamoyski
1812: Napoleons Fatal March kn Moscow by Adam Zamoyski
Excellent video! RIP Lasalle. When wargaming, my cavalry forces are always lead in spirit by that mad hussar.
Straight at the guns? It's stunning how young, brave and talented many of the French division and brigade commanders were in this period.
He died in his thirties. Got what he wanted. A fitting end for a crazy badass.
Which game is this ?
@@blazingsword643 Any wargame with cavalry in it.
@@mithras5768 oh cool
This is by far the best channel on UA-cam. Everything about this channel is perfect from the background music, to thE voice of the narrator, the quotes and the animations. Please continue with the Napoleonic Wars series
Fun fact, at the signing the Treaty of Schönbrunn. A German named Friedrich Stapps attempted to stab Napoleon during his inspection of the army. General Rapp successfully caught him.
I have Rapp's memoirs here somewhere. Hard as nails.
You mean he nearly STAPPED* Napoléon.
@Ramzi - good pun!
I wonder what happened to him :P
@@Vlad-wl3fw I believe that Friedrich Stapps was executed by the French; Rapp survived all of the wars, dying in 1821.
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Liked the vid before watching... That's quality!
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These were the fastest expanding empires in history
We wont this chennel in hindi medium.it will be fruitful
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Thank you so much for these videos! I love them - do keep them coming! Is it Russia next?
@@TheReubstar Back to Spain, then Russia!
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What should be noted is that Bernadotte's disgrace after the battle, on the account of him trying to lift the Saxon's spirits by a controversial Order of the Day, was to have momentous effects for Napoleon a few years down the line. Although the immediate consequence was positive as it made Bernadotte available to command the Army of Antwerp that successful bottled up the British landing on the Scheldt.
It wasn't long after the Walchrean Debacle that Bernadotte was offered, and accepted, the offer of the Swedish throne. He later joined the allies following the French occupation of Swedish Pomerania, and co-authored the Trachenberg Plan, which was the successful blueprint for victory during the Leipzig Campaign. But, it was at Leipzig that those same Saxons, over whom Bernadotte was disgraced, that deserted over to Karl XIV Johan's Army, en masse that fatally compromised the French line on the last day of the battle. Funny how things work out.
3,000 men would have made no difference at Leipzig.
Keep your friends close but your enemies closer. Unfortunately Napoleon had turned his friend into an enemy.
@@Cba409 With all due respect, any number of men can make a difference in the right time and place. And in this instance, and it was nearly 6000 Saxons and several thousand Wurttemburg troops as well, it made plenty difference, Bernadotte was able to force the Grimma Gate much sooner than Reynier planned, and Karl Johan's troops broke into the city ahead of schedule. The subsequent panic is what led to the bridge being blown prematurely.
@@johnghudjars3496i'd argue that Blucher played a far more crutial role at Leipzieg but i agree with you about Bernadotte's role being somewhat "overhated". That assault was nice
Can't wait for the russian campaign and battle of Borodino, keep up the good work guys !!!!
Jeez I just did some research and I thought Wagram was bloody
Your series on the Napoleonic wars is incredible...please keep making more, so many incredible battles during that decade. Napoleon's genius was unrivaled in European history.
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Napoleon was brilliant militar but a genius not really, just he born during the absolutist many kingdoms taken very stupid decitions in the war for the whim of the king, at the final were the general whose take the majory of the decistions in the battle then napoleon was defeated.
@@mexicoxv2236 honestly dude just stop. You definently are not the guy to talk about Napoleon. Trust me, youre not. Thats all im gonna say.
And just so you dont think of me as some pompous douche, one advice...
Go read Andrew Roberts, Napoleon the Great or Zamoyski. You'll find some clarity. Dont live off UA-cam, youre not learning anything and you look like a dolt.
Go read actual books.
I enjoyed your narration of the Wagram battle, like your other productions. One slight correction : Gen Lasalle's original quote at 8:20 did not mention "troopers" but "hussars" specifically. Gen Lasalle was a hussar himself, a light cavalry body whose recklessness was proverbial (not only in battle).
The staff officer who had his helmet (or rather, shako) shot off was a Polish officer named Chlapowski. I read his memoirs, and it is a good one.
Great to see so many prestigious generals in the comments section.
Thank you
Flavius Belisarius hey we even have you! lol
I would love to stand in a densely packed square formation with the rest of you fine people commenting here on this thread. And we could have a real cannons fired at us from half a mile and we could marvel just how life like an accurate the cannon balls were as they smashed through our ranks!
This series are huge, congratulations for the work!
Regarding the Lasalle's quotes, there are other sources saying that he refers the hussar that doesn't die at the age of 30 as an old guard, which I thought is to be more as appreciation instead of mockery.
Some of the best videos on History on UA-cam, well worth the money on patreon, wonderful video as always.
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Despite giving east Galicia to Russia, and recognizing Finland to be in Russia`s sphere of influence, Russia still didn`t held it s end of the bargain by not trading with the British. Makes me think that after Friedland, Russia was still an enemy of the French, but an "ally" on papers.
Awesome video Epic History, very nice animations and descriptions , and I appreciate the objectiveness of the video, showing respect to both Austrian and French armies and generals . Cheers !
Russia should have been destroyed after Friedland. Napoleon was too good. He hesitated to destroy Prussia with their double games ...
@@freewal
What needed to be done after Friedland: dismantle Prussia letting to Hohenzollern only Brandenburg. Give the rest to other loyal German states and Poland.
What need to be done after Wagram: dismantle Austria letting to Habsburg only the archduchy of Austria, restore Hungary into an independant kingdom not ruled by Habsburgs, give the rest to other loyal German states and Poland.
And just ignore Russia and Britain, just kick them out if they try to attack, which could be done very easily.
Napoleon believed Russia was a natural ally because they had no territorial conflict with France. In a sense he was right, because Russia should have been indeed a natural ally to France. But the Tsar fought for ideology and restore the old order in Europe, not for the good of Russia (and both Russia and France would pay a heavy price for not dismantling both Prussia and Austria). The policy of Tsarist Russia just did not make sense, keep 2 strong neighbourgs (Prussia and Austria) at their borders. Russia supported Prussia and Austria in the Napoleonic wars, helped Austria against Hungarian rebels who wanted independance, did nothing to prevent Prussia for uniting with other German states... Russia did not realize their mistake until WW1 when they finally realized that France was a natural ally against Germany and Austria, but it was too late and Russia paid the heavy price.
@@freewal That sort of thinking are what doomed Napoleon. He can get rid of the rulers but he can't get rid of the people. After 1805, Napoleon is at his height but the demands he placed on the losers are catastrophic enough that the losers are willing to fight more wars to retain them back. At 1805, only the Austrian government wanted war, at 1809 all Austrains do and 1813, all germans want wars. Russian had to trade with England or Alexander would be assassinated.
@@Account.for.Comment who declared wars on France ? The allies. The main issue was the corruption of the European elites by British gold. It was too powerful.
@@napoleonbonaparte9166 Whenever a war is won, Napoleon demands are akin to "jump off the cliffs or I'll shoot". All of Europe including France with the exception of Poland fought tooth and nail to get kick the emperor and the grande armee out. They all had reasons so even if Bonapart can't see it.
So glad to see a video on Wagram. It is one of my favourite Napoleonic battles and I really wish it was more famous. It was THE largest battle fought in Europe up to that time and with a lot more casualties than Waterloo. I hope one day there will be a definitive, 500+ page book written on it in English. As for the video, it was great as usual and I can't wait for Borodino and Leipzig videos next!
Love it! The amount of dedication and work that goes into this series is incredible.
Keep it up! Looking forward to the next one!
RIP Antoine Charles de Lasalle, greatest hussar general of the age
ther is even a street named after him here in vienna "Lasallestraße"
Another absolutely exceptional video, well done guys! Such a fascinating period of history. These have to be some of my favourite videos on UA-cam, keep up the brilliant work ;)
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Oh i really enjoy your videos but this Napoelon series it is something else. So much details about battles and comments to make audience understand what is happening and why and with that story telling. Thank you so much guys for doing these masterpieces in your sparetimes. I know i am late but definitely support you guys soon on patreon.
10:24 wow what a compliment to his austrian foes
Thank you so much for posting these!!!! Really glad to have more videos where Napoleon won, so that we can learn more about his military genius and the reason why he was so feared and respected!
Your work is visually outstanding, has engaging flow, captivating music, awesome editing, and it does more good than you could probably anticipated.
Keep up the good work.
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Thank you so much for posting these episodes. I'm watching these documentary like I used to watch WW2 series on NatGeo! Finally came the Battle of Wagram! I've been waiting for this episode since the start of the series, because there isn't much info or visual documentary about the battle. Can't wait for the next episode!
Thank you, glad you're enjoying the series! Back to Spain for the next episode.
My great great great grand father got wounded at this battle serving in the 3rd corps of maréchal Davout.
I feel super proud to be french and to be related to something as huge as this in history.
Yes, FINALLY! THE NEXT NAPOLEONIC WARS VIDEO! Can't wait to see the next one.
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This is such a high quality video, from the editing in music to the quality of the voice it is so good! This is like TV worthy content
i missed the old thumbnails but the new ones represent the battlefield more than the dramatised paintings.
still great!
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Fantastic .....been waiting for this one.
I hope you will make a similar video on other legendary European commanders like Frederich the great, Eugene of Savoy , Maurice of nassue
internet: ha ha the french always surrender.
english:*busy evacuating*
English: "busy evacuating"
England's allies: "win the war"
England: "We kicked Napoleon blablabla Wellington blablabla we kicked Hitler blablabla we saved everyone blablabla we have the best army blablabla our empire was 99% of the world, blablablabla"
@@salviniusaugustus6567 Fair cop, I laughed at that.
Real historians of British Military History don't usually stoop to such a rose-tinted and parochial view of history, it's usually the armchair warrior types who have been watching too many Churchill speeches on You Tube, and who know nothing of history prior to the Falkland Islands Conflict.
To be sure though, when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s, British foreign policy and military failures simply were not discussed nor taught at school - now the pendulum has swung so far to the left, all our kids hear about is how dreadful our nation was for the entirety of its history. I'm sure the same is happening in the rest of Europe.
Bilal aiar
1. France has one of the most successful Military records in the world this joke needs to die
2. When an army is dying to disease and is boxed in its usually a good time to withdraw/retreat/evacuate
France is destined to lose. It even has a city called TOU LOUSE! :-) I love French. Want to learn it. Better than English. I'm Spanish.
@@roynettle6864 france always surrenders man... 1815,1917,1940...
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As usual an excellent video about a brutal part of history. Excellent Narration... Another battle we never learned about in school.
I love the voice, the videos, everything from this channel is perfect. 😍
Hey just a suggestion could you do the Finnish war and how Sweden lost Finland to Russia (Not many youtubesrs have taken interest in that particular part of history and it would be so cool if you guys could make it happen) and of course great video
Shame there are so few videos, but the quality is outstanding. Kudos to you m8!
Great work Epic History! I like and appreciate the fact that you take your time with these videos to make sure quality content is delivered.
Waiting for French Invasion of Russia or Peninsular Wars next ;)
Well, when i'm not a student anymore and I actually have an income, my god am I gonna support on Patreon. This kind of shit would blow most tv documentaries out of the water. Inspiring stuff, can't wait to see you cover other topics after Napoleon.
Napoleon I A Spanish hope
Napoleon II Wagram strikes back
*electric boogaloo
Napoleon III A german nightmare
Napoleon III Return of the ancien regime
@@quintus6081 Napoleon was more in the rebel forces when you see the situation before him and after him xD
Napoleon VII Fall at Waterloo
Videos from you always make my whole week!
Amazing content, been waiting 4 this one for a while. 👌👍
Your animated battles are top quality. I wish you would do some American Civil War Campaigns.
Great work as always. Hard to imagine the scale of those Napoleonic battles. It would be great if you could give us the size of the battlefield.
Thank you. This one was six miles across
@@EpichistoryTv What ? Staggering !
Brilliant material delivery, much appreciated!
Love the video. You enlighten us by each new episode. Thank you
Waiting for the second part of the history of venice😉
Yeah, but I think they'll be focussing on the Napoleonic Wars for now.
"Bernadotte, you'll always be my loyal Marshall, won't you?" "Bernardotte, who's that? I'm Charles XIV".
Outstanding. Thank you. The music is especially good
another epic crossover, you two are the best! I also love this narrator
The Archduke did very well again.
you guys should do Napoleon's early campaigns in Italy and Egypt!!!
since i watched Epic history tv, i really interested in Napoleon history ever since. i played Napoleon total war using his war strategic and always winning every battle! awesome!
Amazing Video, keep up the great work
My favorite channel on UA-cam
This was the most costly Campaign for Napoleon in terms of the number of high skill commanders lost.
Saint-Hilaire, Lasalles, Espagne and Lannes dead. Bernadotte turned into an enemy and Massena retires in anger and disgust, never to be the same again.
Each of theese men would be imposible to replace. Mcdonald, Oudinot and Marmont although brave,competent and energenic could not replace the sheer skill that was now gone.
Very true, not that mean people mention how many talented men fought their last battle at their best. Bernadotte was popular among the troops but he wasn't a genius strategist, his defection didn't hurt as bad.
Still Napoleon had some talent under him, Saint Cyr, Suchet, Gerard, Vandamme, Kellerman (the son), Davout, many more no wonder the French were so good. They had the best men leading
@@NeverGoingToGiveYouUp000 On to Kiev Mr. President.
@@Cba409 Poor Junot lost his mind
Amazing video yet again I learned a lot about the Napoleonic time thanks to this channel's Napoleon series. It would be amazing if you could cover the battle of Nations one day (Leipzig 1813) :D
These episodes are simply fantastic.
The fortifying and provisioning of Lobau Island for a jumping off point to defeat the Hapsburgs is considered one of the greatest military feats of all time...Napoleon at his best!
3 videos in less than 2 months??
Woow, it's a record... Hahaha
Good job 👍🏻
Magnificent, superb work. If the Emperor had had two like you he would have conquered the waves. Congrats!
Awesome video once again! I love this channel!