How Napoleon Subverted the Revolution - Animated Early Modern History
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Discover the Intriguing Journey of Napoleon Bonaparte: From Artillery Officer to Emperor. Dive into the captivating tale of Napoleon Bonaparte's ascent from a young artillery officer to the Emperor of France. Unravel how this pivotal figure navigated the chaos of the French Revolution, initially supporting it fervently but eventually leveraging it for his own ambitions. In this video, explore Napoleon's early political maneuvers, starting with his influential pamphlet, "Le Souper de Beaucaire," and his rise through connections in the Revolutionary government. Witness his heroic feats on the battlefield, shaping his reputation and propelling him toward seizing power amid political turmoil. Experience the defining moments, from his daring suppression of riots in the 13 Vendémiaire to the strategic moves that led to the fall of the Directory and the rise of the Consulate, ultimately establishing him as the First Consul of France. Follow his trajectory as he transformed a republic into a one-man dictatorship, setting the stage for his eventual crowning as Emperor. Join us on this historical journey as we delve into how Napoleon Bonaparte, once an advocate for the Revolution's ideals, shifted the course of history to become an absolute monarch, subverting the very principles he once championed. Discover the intricate narrative of Napoleon's rise, intricately intertwined with the tumultuous landscape of the French Revolution.
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Script: Jonathan Woody
Animation: Michael Merc, Kate Korolko
Illustrations: Vadym Berkutenko
Narration: Officially Devin ( / @offydgg & / @gameworldnarratives )
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00:00 Intro
02:08 Napoleon’s Revolutionary Pamphlet and Early Rise
06:38 The 13 Vendémiaire - Napoleon Crushes a Royalist Counter-Revolution
09:33 The Coup of 18 Brumaire - Napoleon Comes to Power
12:24 Aftermath of the Coup
Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: www.epidemicsound.com
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Do the battle of Buxar next or the Franco-ottoman alliance.
Hors-la-loi = Outlaw precisely.
the other countries did not accept the revolution and sent armies time and time again. Napoleon would not have come to power if not for foreign invasions of France.
Why is this never said in Anglo-Saxon media/videos? The revolution wars were basically France fighting all of Europe wanting to destroy/occupy them.
Happy Thanksgiving K&G!!! Love your content!
Got a question is it possible for you to do a video series on Battlestar Galactica timeline I'm curious to see how it will look on your Channel
Napoleon Bonaparte: "They accuse me of usurping the French crown. That is not true. I found it laying in the gutter, picked it up with the tip of my sword, and the French people placed it on my head"
👏👏👏
I have no idea where that quote comes from and how it became so popular in the Anglo world. Pretty much unheard of here in France
@@FMAPr1d3 it's from the shitty new movie
@@olivierpujol8772 No, there was already people using that quote years before this.
@@FMAPr1d3 I think it's from the movie "Waterloo"
Buonaparte in italian means a good part, and there is a joke about his name that will not be understood. A guy asks to a tourist guide "Is Napoleon buried here?" And he answers "not entirely, just a good part (Buonaparte)". Ok, I'll laugh alone
As an Italian speaker, I can say it's una buona barzelletta
Good one hahahhahaha why alone some of us understand hahaha we ar not all Americans or British here gumba hahaha
Good one, @manuelapollo7988! #CracksUpLaughing 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
It sort of sounds like Spanish "buena parte" :(good part)
in romanian it is buna parte
it would be - E Napoleon ingropat aici? - Nu in intregime, doar o Buna parte
*In order to ensure the security and continuing stability, the Republic will be reorganised into the first French Empire, for a safe and secure society!*
Palpatine 😂
This I exactly what I thought about when I saw the French dub of revenge of the Sith on UA-cam. God Palpatine in French sounded so intimidating then I thought of Napoleon giving that speech to the directory and the French people
Free palpatine
Well yeah, the other countries did not accept the revolution and sent armies time and time again. Napoleon would not have come to power if not for foreign invasions of France.
@@armagan3941Napolesheev Bonetine.
Hopefully this is a teaser for a continuation of the Napoleonic wars series 🙏
That would be redundant with Epic History TV series already done.
@@LightxHeavenkings and generals and epic history is different enough to where it would not feel as such with me and I'm sure many other history fans
That's like saying we don't ever need another mafia movie because the godfather did such a good job with it already
Like nah we can always use another K&G video
How dare u joke about Napoleon pizza's 😅
And serve as a teaser for the new Riddley Scott movie
nah a restart>>>
I hope that, soon or later, this video will be the start of a new serie about Napoleon and the Napoleonic Wars.
Don't miss it to watch Napoleon in cinemas from this Thursday
In the meantime, Epic History have an amazing series on Napoleon
@@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401horrible movie, an insult to Napoleon.
"So, two travellers walk into a bar...". - Napoleon, starting his political career.
It would be rather interesting
and a dog
Music from Napoleon Total War never disappoint. Literally masterpiece!
@@rickjansenhugsnaxwtf is this joke
I was coming to literally comment this LMAO tht beginning music was awesome
+Nechay I see u are a person of culture
“Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
Same with prophet Muhammad SAW
@@AL_AFGHANI1Islamic Empire was founded on force
@@AL_AFGHANI1Lol. The Caliphates were all created by war and invasion. Of the Arab peninsula, of Iran, of Egypt, of the Mahgreb etc etc.
@@joao.fenix1473early Christianity was indeed pacifist, till it was adopted and weaponised by Rome.
@@AL_AFGHANI1 Is that supposed to be a joke?
I’m by no means an expert and I love any form of media that gives attention to this fascinating time period, but here are some mistakes I found in the video:
5:45 It is theorized that Saliceti was involved in the imprisonment of Napoleon, but this is far from certain.
6:18 Napoleon never went to the Vendée, pleading poor health.
7:40 I would by no means say the army of Italy was underperforming considering their conditions. Italy was seen as a secondary stage of the war and the army performed well under officers like André Masséna, given what they had to work with.
8:50 The war of the second coalition had not yet started when Napoleon set off for Egypt, instead it began when he was in Egypt.
10:00 Napoleon was not the instigator of the Brumair coup, instead he was approached very late in the process. Sieyes figured that they needed military force (which he called a sword) to carry out the coup, but they omitted Napoleon for as long as possible, because they wanted a general with less political ambition. Only after the planned sword unexpectedly died, Napoleon was chosen to be the sword. Realizing his importance within the plot, he soon gathered more power for himself.
12:30 Sieyes was never consul. Instead the second consul was Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès.
I also wanted to add that the emblem he used for the Nation Convention (6:49) is completely wrong, or more like anachronical because this was the emblem of the national assembly from 1789 to 1791 only, so when Louis XVI was still in power... as you can see this emblem show a lot of references to the monarchy (white color, lys flower, and it says "The Law and the King"
With the monarchy being abolished, the national convention became fully republican and completely abandonned the monarchist symbols for republican ones obviously
You think this is the first. Time they dish out misinformation lol they barely do proper research yet people think this channel is accurate
Yes indeed. Although Sieyes was provisional consul, so I guess it's fair enough.
7:40 they were underequipped and supplied for any offensive action, and morale was poor before napoleons arrival. Otherwise very valid points.
Little correction. He refused to serve in Vendée, he didnt want to fight a civil war
I have been teaching about him in my college courses for over 20 years. I recorded a 10 minute summary over a week ago on his life. He is a complex person. At points more of a child of the enlightenment and at others times a dictator like figure. He had a very dramatic life, one that you don't need to embellish to make a great movie about. I will be curious to see how the movie portrays him.
Well it portrays a side of him we don't normally see is all I can say.
He is Napoleon Bonaphoenix and he’ll rise from the ashes.
It portrayed him terribly. Completely slanderous and inaccurate
@@NihilusIsHere disappointing to hear that
@@NihilusIsHerenot surprised at all, Hollywood is not capable of making anything good or telling the truth about anything.
Thierry Lentz and Jean Tulard demonstrated that the Coup d'État du 18 Brumaire was not at the initiative of Napoleon, but of Sieyes. They also demonstrated that it was mostly a parliamentary coup, which was not unusual during the first republic. Actually, Napoleon's role was supposed to be secondary, but he lost his cool and tried to intervene in the lower house when Lucien was not ready and that lead to his proeminence.
Napoelon being an Ottoman soldier/general is something I cant imagine
The Ottoman's with Napolean as a Grand Vizier is something that dramatically changes the course of world history. Heck if this happened the Ottoman Empire would probably still be arround today.
Well Ottomans modernized their army with french officers which resulted the creation of nizam-ı cedid units
That would be some Uchrony
Napoleon Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. A wild alt history setting for sure.
Yeah he can only be a ruler. Maybe him as Sultan of Ottoman Empire
Napoleon Bonaparte: Ottoman General. Now there's an alternate history premise I'd like to see played with in fiction a bit more.
5:48 Some people said Saliceti, but there is no evidence of this, besides Napoleon had been a Representative of Maximilian Robespierre in Italy, and a Jacobin since 1791, thus his arrest.
6:22 Napoleon didn't want to serve the Directory as he saw them traitors to the revolution, and they were quite literally, thus he didn't travel to the Vendee as he didn't want to side with the directory in a war on the french interior.
6:35 He was disillusioned not by the armies or the "revolutionary" but by the directory he was also landed in jail yet again for his Jacobin sympathies.
6:55 He was always loyal to the revolution, he just couldn't stand Barras or Freron, but that was a critical situation and nobody gave a damn to defend Paris (like Menou) so he went forwards, with some "patriot" volunteers, he was not actually ordered, but accepted as nobody give a damn about the revolution anymore.
7:02 We are speaking of 25,000 national guard deserters armed with muskets in an attempt to overthrow the revolution and bring back the king, not a "riot".
7:32 Quite contrary, Barras immediately spread the rumor that he was in charge and Napoleon was his adjutant only, not the "saviour of the revolution"
9:50 Napoleon was literally asked by everyone to size power, but the one behind the coup was Sieyes, (the man behind the declaration of the man and citizen's rights and main philosopher of the "third state")
11:00 That didn't mattered so much, the Directory have already made a coup against itself on the 18th of Fructidor, with the use of force, and the government in 1799 was not legitimate as Debry and Chernier (both political allies of Napoleon) victories in the 1798 and 1799 election were overturned by the Directory either in self imposed Coups like at Parial or laws banishing the newly elected assemblymen from taking the oath.
11:25 Napoleon was asked to go to the assembly by the president of the assembly as no one wanted to even discuss the motion, thus breaking the law themselves.
11:42 "Hors la loi" is what they shouted to Robespierre before Thermidor as they saw him going too far, here they meant to point that Napoleon was following Robespierre footsteps, as an extremists.
11:57 The council could not have declared him an outlaw because they refused to take their seats to begin with, and they were without power already. It would be fatal not for the revolution, that is subjective and it's a personal point of view, but every revolution in order to succeed needs to end, unless you use the Trotskyst definition of permanent revolution, but that would be incompatible with the stagnation and reversals of the Directory, as it had killed the revolutionary spirit and didn't brought a single law forwards unless to secure power for themselves and subvert the elections.
12:30 Sieyes also was temporary, he was replaced by terror lawmaker Cambaceres after the 1800 election alongside Ducos by Lebrun
12:50 the "True ideals" of the revolution subjective thinking yet again, and also wrong in facts, the ideas were faded away under the directory that Napoleon ousted, and wherever remained Napoleon preserved and even expanded.
14:47 He was not an "Absolute Monarch", and the elections were held rather than by him, by the Jacobins wanting to ensure the perpetuity after the Duke of Enghien affair and the Pichegreau affair, thus establishing him as emperor. He "reluctantly" accepted, but it was the idea of the revolution, maybe not the title, but if you read Robespierre's "The Reason of the People" you would understand a little more,
In the Abel Gance silent film from 1927, Napoleon is shown as a young student pronouncing his name “Na- pie-o-nay,” which prompts a teacher to mock him, calling him “paille au nez” - French for straw in the nose. Later in the film, some of his former school mates still greeted him with the old paille au nez nickname.
Napoleon considered becoming an Ottoman Mercenary? Alternate History tangent of the ages.
I have always been a bit fuzzy on how exactly he rose to the position of Emperor, this was awesome, and highly educational, thank you!
Same here. This was good.
I love the fact that napoleon is seen as an oppressive tyrant in his time. Even though unlike other monarchs of the time, one could be common and advance themselves through merit other than birth right in napoleons france.
... seen as such by his enemies and enemies of the Revolution.
In France he was wildly popular, even as an emperor.
the life and military campaigns of SULLA and MARIUS. their campaigns collectively map 2 transitions of the republic. and both set the scene for more carnage. you've done battles and some other stuff but each individual deserves a good ol summary.
He did not "subvert" the revolution, he IS the revolution!
VIVE L'EMPERUR!
He saved the revolution from itself.
Napoleon literally saved France from committing suicide.
After the release of the movie Napoleon... YT said... Let there be much Napoleonic content! And there was much Napoleonic content... And it was good 😍
Oh yes like Caesar of Tamerlane never gets boring.Where are those movies Mr.Scott?And the content.People are starving here!!!
Napoleon was like Marius, Caesar and Augustus crammed into one person
Yeah. Though he did not have the subtlety and maintenance of charade which was characteristic of Augustus
@@ryannathaniel9296 Because unlike Augustus he never had the time to do so, he was always targeted, his mental strength is quite impressive for him to not go paranoiac after so many attempt to kill him and so many wars and conflict declared on France with unjustified reasons and always having to think of his next move where just one mistake could break everything he built, witch it ultimately did and is absolutely insane it took 30 years of permanent wars to stop France.
The republic fell when Robspierre took control and started the Reign of Terror.
Ya seriously
Robespierre saved the Revolution.
@@carlospargamendez4784 Robspierre turned himself into a king in all but name
afaik robespierre didn't act alone, and was partly used as a patsy. He did justify the terror and make use of it though
King Louis cared about the people and church. Robspierre on the other hand BURNED churches and villages. Betraying his oath to god and people. (Thats even insinuating that he was a king). A mad ""CULT of reason"" was running France, no pretender king.
A truly incredible life story.
The man had massive brass balls.
Far from subverting the revolution, Bonaparte rescued it from the tyranny and chaos of Robespierre and the mob.The fact that not only the French legal system but those of many European countries still rest on the Code Napoleon is testament to the stability he ushered in compared to the utter mayhem created by Robespierre and other revolutionary madmen.
Napoleon didn’t subvert the Revolution but he rather synthesized the new and old order.
@@aymericism2no it’s not
Yeah. It was just a new stage in the Revolution in a way. And it was necessary considering the state France was in at that point. He bought stability and the fact that his coup was well received by the population is a proof it was needed.
Napolean was a political genius just as much he was a military genius. He saw the revolution as power vacuum, a vacuum that would suck him up to the top of French Society.
He thought he was.
it was Him or another Bourbon monarch. @@sterlingsimmons2212
With all due respect, Napoleon never went to Vendee when ordered to, and reported ill to the army staff 😊 have a nice day !
Amazing as usual! This channel really sets the bar for history videos. Thank you all for your work!
Love your use of Napoleon Total War music - or maybe that’s the Version DarthMod uses!
A beautiful summery of such a notable person of history!! Thank you so much, and Happy Thanksgiving to you!!!
Epic history channel also have great Napoleon content ❤
Now we need: what if napoleon served the ottomans
The Revolutionaries themselves killed their own revolution with their brutality, incompetence, and excesses. Napoleon saved what was left from its rotting corpse.
If only the recent movie was a fraction as detailed and informative as this video!
One of the very best channel on youtube, keep up the great content!
Thank you for the video
Napoleon, a true King and General moment of all time
6:26 Last week I named one of my newly recruited Generals "Napoleone Ali Buonaparte Pasha" 5,5,6,6 stat in my Ottoman>Caliphate>Devlet-I Rûm Europa Universalis 4 campaign in 1794 during my occupation of France and subsequent successful invasion of Great Britain, he gained "Defensive planner" trait (10% less shock damage received) at the Battle of Dorset against a failed British assault on my beachhead landings.
It's surreal how I did that in my "Rewriting of history" playthrough and now I come to find out a few days later it almost actually happened IRL.
Great video, making me want to watch the all parts napoleonic wars now
I cant count how many videos on the Napoleonic war I've watched, but I'm always down to watch another 😂
That was great thank you Kings and Generals!
I love your videos nice work
"The French Revolution Was Good But The Way They Do It Is Freaking Crazy"
-My Professor after i ask him about French Revolution
Brilliant video. I would like to see a video on how he changed warfare in Europe next.
Looking forward to a complete series
Great video thanks
This was a fascinating video. I've heard so much about the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, but I can never quite connect the events between the two. I hope to see more about The First French Empire in the Future!
the other countries did not accept the revolution and sent armies time and time again. Napoleon would not have come to power if not for foreign invasions of France.
@@romainr.6071
Indeed.
French Revolution sent message that monarchy form of goverment is removable and surrounding monarchies wanted to punish trendsetter fearing for their positions.
thank you for the inspiration.
Napoleon is one of my fav series
Very informative❤
Yes, love me some Napoleon content
It's much better than the Riddley Scott movie for SURE,.LOL~
Esta absolutamente tudo desvendado e elucidado. Muito obrigado.
Another amazing documentary by Kings and Generals. This, along with other documentaries on UA-cam, are what should be playing in theaters - Not the fiction which has came out of Ridley Scott.
Napoleon is a Great ruler and in his time transformed the face of Europe forever.
More on that in the next video
Well you did a better history lesson than anything I experienced in school.
you really need to do a video or see of them on the battles of the 1at coalition. very interesting on how revolutionary France changed warfare.
Napoleon shaped the European world and thus effected the world as a whole.
This man is one of the greatest of all times.
Not really. He wanted to be a statesman/ruler over a vast empire in the mold of Alexander, Caesar, and Augustus. The European countries stood up against this. The post Napoleon Europe remained fragmented until Hitler tried to conquer it by force as well. What they didn't realize was that the European countries wanted to remain separate sovereign pollical entities. They were brought together through common economic interests, which the European Union more or less succeeded in accomplishing. So maybe in a way he did shape the European world, but not in the way he envisioned.
@@Crunkboy415 "The European countries stood up against this."
No, they were fighting for the preservation of an authoritarian system that suppressed most of the population. Did you forget that France was the one that was attacked by the other European powers first? They were fighting for their survival. Not to forget he freed Poland. He wanted France to take its rightful place as master of Europe, since it was the most powerful European nation at the time and to oppose the meddling of "Perfidious Albion."
@@magivkmeister6166 So why did he declare himself Emperor? Why did he invade Spain?
@@Crunkboy415He wasn't an emperor in the vein of the monarchies of the time, he was a emperor of the people, and he took the best ideas of the French Revolution and helped them succeed where otherwise they would be crushed by the monarchies of Europe.
Napoleon before the revolution: Ancient regime be damned
Napoleon after the revolution: What the f are you doing
Napoleon after another revolution: I swear I don't condone those actions, maybe you guys could do it better?
Napoleon afterward: Or you know what? Maybe *I* will do it
Soundtrack brings back great memories of NTW :)
Can we please get a full Napoleon series
Imagine if Napoleon became a commander in the ottoman empire as stated in the video 😂
Riley Scot movie upcomming this week
I loved this! I've watched a lot of Napoleon history, especially from @EpicHistoryTV. And I've never seen a breakdown of Napoleon's motives as a small time artillery commander before. Please continue this 'Behind the Emperor' take on history with Napoleon!
8:46 why is Vienna in Budapest? :D
If you havnt already, this channel do a full battle by battle series on the Napoleonic wars, including detailing what he actually did as leader on the battlefield to make him such a good tactician and general.
Please make videos on Napoleons battles! :-)
Happy Thanksgiving Kings and Generals!!!!
Fascinating....
Napoleon total war music,cool ;)
Can't wait to see the movie on saturday! Thx for the video!
Please excuse my directness. But a damn good presentation. Kings and Generals leads from the the front like all great commanders!!
Kind of reminds me of Oliver Cromwell
masterpiece
Oh to use Napoleon TW ost for this is so good!
Sir please build Video On The BAttle of Assaye it was harder battle than the Battle of Waterloo
Thank you king's and generals!
Sometimes a strong, charismatic individual wielding absolute power is necessary to bring truly lasting freedom and democracy to a country.
"Why have a King when you can have an Emperor?" Napoleon.
Will you cover the revolutionnary wars (1st and 2nd coalition)
epic!
Tomorrow I will go to watch it on cinema🤪🤪🤪 thanks for the video
Telling you this but the truth why Napoleon come to Egypt is to search for the Apple hidden there by a hood-wearing French Assassin 😂
So he basically repeated the full political history of the Roman empire and republic in fast forward 😂
yESS,.iT WORKED MUCH BETTER for Rome to have an Emperor for a few generations that a polluted and corrupt democracy like we have today~ and in Rome's Republic~
If you think the French learned a thing or two after Napoleon I wait until you read about Napoleon III
Did you ever think about making videos that are 4-8 minutes long that history teachers could use in their classes? I would love to use your videos but sadly they are too long to show. I would even be willing to pay a subscription for that service and I say other history teachers would be willing to as well, as you make great videos.
Happy Thanksgiving
Napoleon is what happens when the living organism that is a country gets frustrated at not living up to its ideals and falls back on forcing things to work.
Well, he DID put a lot of things back into order.
It so called ideals are bullshit ideals in an of themselves
@@thomasinefitzpatrick
That's bullshit you know
He tried to spread the revolution. And that's wicked
Fascinating rise and rise of the man.
He never subverted the revolution. He took the best of it and synthetized it. If you think Napoleon was a tyran, try to see what was the like of other monarchs at this time. Under Napoleon in France, protestants and jews were declared equal citizens. He even promoted them to high civil and military rank. This was unique in Europe at this time. Before him, during the monarchy, these people were barely seen as human beings.
Lol Invicta uses Napoleon Total War OST. We all love that game the story, the campaign all of it is amazing...
Time to Boot up Napoleon Total War again.
So true...
Please make how Ethiopian defeat Italian in first Ethiopia-italia war ?
What is the motion graphics used?
what programs do you use to make such red maps???????))))))))
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss" - The Who, "Won't Get Fooled Again"
At 27 napoleon had finished the wars in italy, at 27 I finished my college degree :D
Why didn’t he just become a president, like Washington? Or “first among equals,” like Caesar?
That is essentially what he first did as first consul. Only a bit later did he openly take the emperorship, and it wasn't like people were really opposed to that.
Washington as president had a lot less power than Napoleon had, so why would he choose for something like that? France was just not ready yet for an elected leader(ship).
Love the gorgeous artwork; Vive L'Empereur!