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  • He was the man who would define the start of the 19th century. He has more documented victories than any other battlefield commanders in history. From a relatively humble background, he rose to become master of Europe. This is the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. Featuring historians Dr Michael Rowe, Professor Pamela Pilbeam and Professor David Andress.
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  • @TimelineChannel
    @TimelineChannel  Рік тому +143

    📺 It's like Netflix for history... Sign up to History Hit, the world's best history documentary service and get 50% off using the code 'TIMELINE' bit.ly/3PvogHo

    • @christophermichaelclarence6003
      @christophermichaelclarence6003 Рік тому +5

      Vive nôtre Empereur Napoleon Bonaparte et sa Grande Armée.
      Best Conquerer of Europe and Greatest Strategic Military Genius in History with 56 battles won (rumors say 70 battles won)
      Yet, still remain the Best General in the World after his death which was 200 years ago
      He made our country France a Superpower.
      🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥
      🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜🦅🦅⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥
      🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜🦅🦅⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥
      🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥
      Tremblez enemis de la France !
      Sachant vaincre ou sachant périr !
      Un Français doit vivre pour elle !
      Pour elle un Français doit mourir !
      Vive la France ! 💪🇫🇷🇫🇷🐎👊Victory is ours !

    • @user-yy6on2xx5p
      @user-yy6on2xx5p Рік тому +2

      What is the background tune around 07:50-8:20

    • @maggyzwiegelaar4646
      @maggyzwiegelaar4646 Рік тому

      Y⁷Your ⁷

    • @maggyzwiegelaar4646
      @maggyzwiegelaar4646 Рік тому +2

      7

    • @genevievevanbeek677
      @genevievevanbeek677 Рік тому +1

      Please delete my order

  • @gwenstacydeathclub5536
    @gwenstacydeathclub5536 10 місяців тому +1606

    Who’s here after the Napoleon trailer?

    • @Rudy7179
      @Rudy7179 10 місяців тому +90

      Need to be able to pretend I know what's going on when I go see it in theaters 😂

    • @skylitemedia862
      @skylitemedia862 10 місяців тому +14

      Yup lol

    • @Godines16
      @Godines16 10 місяців тому +7

      Me too.

    • @TheYoli182
      @TheYoli182 10 місяців тому +8

      Me!

    • @rammsteinfan1984
      @rammsteinfan1984 10 місяців тому +11

      The trailer looked really good. Didn’t think I’d get excited to watched a Napoleon movie.

  • @SuperNeuchatel
    @SuperNeuchatel Рік тому +851

    Napoleon is often portrayed as a tyrant that just kept on warring to satisfy his ego but he did try to find settlements with the Austrians and Russians several times and was then betrayed by them.
    As a self made person his path is far more impressive than any regent born into riches and power.

    • @caniblmolstr4503
      @caniblmolstr4503 Рік тому +53

      The British didn't like anyone else to have a parliamentary monarchy

    • @joshua6207
      @joshua6207 Рік тому

      @@caniblmolstr4503 they're hero Wellington probably grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth.

    • @arthurdewith7608
      @arthurdewith7608 Рік тому +5

      Winston Churchill was the greatest of them sll

    • @benno291980
      @benno291980 Рік тому +77

      No that's British propaganda nonsense. Napoleon was fighting for France's right to self-determination. They decided they wanted to be a republic, and the boys' club.of European monarchs decided they didn't want that

    • @susanmenegus5543
      @susanmenegus5543 Рік тому

      @@arthurdewith7608 I agree 💯

  • @a_bar8579
    @a_bar8579 Рік тому +441

    "A true man hates no one." -Napoleon Bonaparte

    • @goldman77700
      @goldman77700 Рік тому +7

      Good ol' Napoleon entrusted money on his death to the failed assassin of the Duke of Wellington. I love Napoleon but that man definitely knew how to hold a grudge.

    • @ernestoA.1999
      @ernestoA.1999 Рік тому +1

      @@goldman77700 bulkshit , he was a man of excessive mercy , he forgive many men who bretrayed him , or attempted against his life , he should’ve executed them all , instead he let them go .

    • @goldman77700
      @goldman77700 Рік тому +6

      @@ernestoA.1999 Except Napoleon really did leave money in his last will specifically to one of Wellington's failed assassins-Officer Cantillon. It's even on NapoleonDotORG. "Napoleon's Last Will and Testament". Look it up yourself I dare you.

    • @maybe5918
      @maybe5918 10 місяців тому +4

      "I have no enemies" -Napoleon Bonaparte

    • @estheranglade4122
      @estheranglade4122 9 місяців тому +1

      Did he say that to Toussaint?

  • @ernestoA.1999
    @ernestoA.1999 Рік тому +615

    Among the greatest men to ever lived and history’s greatest General , imagine admiring Alexander the Great, Hannibal , Caesar in your childhood , reading about them and then when you’re an adult beign able to say I was better than them. From admiring your heros to surpassing them .

    • @adamsnow4979
      @adamsnow4979 Рік тому +14

      How can the greatest man ever die as a loser

    • @ernestoA.1999
      @ernestoA.1999 Рік тому +63

      @@adamsnow4979 The same way Lucifer , the greatest of the Angels fell from Heaven, because they forgot that their unique greatness was a gift and responsalibity given only by God , During his lifetime Napoleon was the most powerful man in the world , never before or never again has so much power in one man been seen in history , a SelfMade man from rags to riches purely because of merit and talent . At the end the human nature got the best of him and God grew tired of him and thus his downfall , He achieved in one life what others wouldn’t in 10 lives

    • @adamsnow4979
      @adamsnow4979 Рік тому +13

      @@ernestoA.1999 as great as he was he made many tactical errors like the invasion of Spain and Russia also his legacy wasn’t everlasting. For me the greatest man to ever live was Muhammad a man who started as persecuted street preacher would conquer the entire Arabian peninsula and his disciples would defeat the Sassanid and Byzantine empires and within 100 years after his death the caliphate would stretch from south france to borders of China. If you want to talk about the greatest general then napoleon can have that but not the greatest man

    • @teddymcfail4359
      @teddymcfail4359 Рік тому +15

      @@ernestoA.1999 Napoleon didn’t come from rags. He was born into Corsica nobility.

    • @ernestoA.1999
      @ernestoA.1999 Рік тому +22

      Impoverished Corsican Nobility , he made himself a General due to Merit and personal ability

  • @brandonhallam51
    @brandonhallam51 Рік тому +611

    Went to Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. If you go inside you can see the actual standards flown by Napoleon that were captured by scottish units of the British army at Waterloo. The actual Flag.

  • @tomjordan7606
    @tomjordan7606 10 місяців тому +164

    The entire subject of napoleon is complicated. He is controversial but also hypnotically charismatic. He did some stuff wrong but also did a lot right. He has changed the world and cemented himself in the same vain as Alexander and Ceaser. In general, i see him as a truly incredible man. Someone whose legend is legitimately intimidating.

    • @spartakos3178
      @spartakos3178 10 місяців тому +5

      Like all tyrants, he lost and got his comeuppance.
      There are ultimately two types of revolutions... The American, respecting God and His sovereignity.... And the French godless, and leading unto a worse tyranny than before.

    • @brucewaynebanner482
      @brucewaynebanner482 10 місяців тому

      @@spartakos3178lol have u seen the USA
      We have trans everywhere. What’s down is up what up is down. We have no morals in this country rn. U say our revolution was behind god etc. where is that now?
      I bet they used god as they did in Britain. A tool for control. They killed they raped etc. the same Europeans came over here. Then what? Ya we all know the history.
      Also, French godless? Lol
      Please enlighten me

    • @Paddrique
      @Paddrique 10 місяців тому

      @@spartakos3178 god has literally been used to start war and ignite hate more than once. We see that in America how a mad man like Trump was able to get elected by conservatives on the basis of Christian values. The bootlicking of the church needs to stop.

    • @porkerpete7722
      @porkerpete7722 9 місяців тому +1

      Don't forget Genghis Khan

    • @drrockkso8882
      @drrockkso8882 9 місяців тому

      Yeah he is a really complex figure. In some ways he was remarkably progressive and forward-thinking for his era, in terms of his legal reforms and advances in civil rights, but he was also a tyrant who imposed his will on France and all of Europe by force.

  • @chadseraphfernendes3253
    @chadseraphfernendes3253 Рік тому +327

    Absolutely crazy to think Napoleon and George Washington both rose to power at the same time. Savage days.

    • @rickycalais3356
      @rickycalais3356 Рік тому +26

      I would not in any way use Napoleon and George Washington in the same sentence. Napoleon was always pursuing his own personal glory and power.

    • @aureliendaviet5290
      @aureliendaviet5290 Рік тому +57

      @@rickycalais3356 Sure but he was also defending France against half of the Europe, he was not a saint for sure but you can't compare him to washington. USA was nothing during this time compared to what it is now, they had no great power compared to Europe. USA made a lot of small colonial wars after that to conquier what was basically forests and deserts (with peoples slaughtered). Europe had centuries of history and was at a time were you had a lot of ideological changes. France was considered has a threat because of the killing of Louis XVI and the arrival of the Republic. France was threatened way before Napoleon was a Consul or an Emperor.

    • @MJAce85
      @MJAce85 Рік тому +7

      @@rickycalais3356 I don't really see how that's a completely horrible thing for a commander.

    • @visca5821
      @visca5821 Рік тому +41

      @@rickycalais3356 Napoleon was much greater than George Washington ever was - in every single way.

    • @rathertiredofthemess2841
      @rathertiredofthemess2841 Рік тому +9

      And one refuse to be made king and the other crowned himself emperor…who was the better man.

  • @andrewjg_
    @andrewjg_ Рік тому +87

    It's crazy that queen Victoria was only 2 years old when he was still around

  • @krystlekatherine
    @krystlekatherine Рік тому +107

    People either love him or hate him.
    I see a man who was a great opportunist and understood how the world works. Tell me how he is worst than the institutions run today by men but hide from their bunkers?
    He fought with his men, gave epic speeches and rewarded his staff and troops greatly. He gave men a reason to live, even if self motivated. When I listen to people (British) who hate him, they sound envious. Yes, he plunder the Church but didn’t kill any clergyman- which is uncommon in war.
    Historians hide behind the “but the crown was corrupt so the revolution followed.” No bro. Power, wealth will always be corrupt. These people wanted violence for free healthcare, take a hike. Napoleon was no saint. But I rather my country be an empire lead by a patriot than some international court!

    • @murasakinomorado7210
      @murasakinomorado7210 Рік тому +12

      👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼I AM A FAN OF NAPOLEON! I cannot read any history about Napoleon that is written by an English person or from a British perspective. They always vilify him… and wrongfully so. I guess the saying is true, the victor gets to write history… The churches were being plundered long before Napoleon came along, it was all part of the revolution that was sweeping through France.

    • @grandcrowdadforde6127
      @grandcrowdadforde6127 Рік тому

      but in the end--- he was a loser. A Corsican thug who was lucky the Brits didn t stretch his neck...think of the hundreds even millions of deaths he caused; the millions of $$$ and loss of property... to what end ? who is next to have his crimes white wash ed? should we re-Hab the Mad Hatter Adolf ?? poor mis understood failed artist> with a stupid imitation Chaplin moustache?

    • @aceofspadesattorney
      @aceofspadesattorney Рік тому +3

      This is beautifully said-it comes to the quote, “History is written by the victors.” I am of the opinion that a more authoritative system is often more effective, and Napoleon effecting countless new laws and raising an army larger than any ever seen before only proves that. Corruption always comes about in any system, but it definitely says a lot that Napoleon’s men refused to arrest him when sent against him upon his return from exile. Patriotism gives people an identity and a rally point, what would be a welcome difference from the division down the aisle we see today (here in the U.S. it’s pretty bad at least, but definitely at least somewhat in other countries under republics or parliaments as well).

    • @FazeParticles
      @FazeParticles Рік тому +1

      Facts. Based comment sir!

    • @utomotjipto5294
      @utomotjipto5294 Рік тому

      I wonder whether Bernard Cornwell “Sharpe” will write any novel on Napoleon from France perspective.

  • @huntertony56
    @huntertony56 7 місяців тому +20

    I'm so happy napoleon is getting the recognition he deserves. Truly a great of man of human history

    • @davids4313
      @davids4313 7 місяців тому +2

      To be ranked amongst many other mass murdering narcissists. Over half a million died in his Russian campaign alone to absolutely no end. The Spanish campaign was similar. His establisment of the french education system and builing of infrastructure was indeed impressive (to me), but his love of war you can keep.

    • @miguelpadeiro762
      @miguelpadeiro762 7 місяців тому +2

      ​@@davids4313He brought forward radical reforms in law, which to this day remain the cornerstone of legislative systems across the world, built up the foundations of modern human rights and spat on needless archaic tradition
      He still lived in savage times and behaved savagely, waging war from the Atlantic to Moscow, but so is history. His feats remain remarkable and his realm would have produced a Pax Francorum if it wasn't for the emperors of Europe who absolutely despised Napoleon, because at the end of the day he wasnt just an enemy warlord: he was an enemy warlord who brought the ancient regimes to its knees and just by breathing, he represented a threat to each and every one of them.

    • @jamescoplen9309
      @jamescoplen9309 5 місяців тому

      @@davids4313life has a balance to it. The men who do the greatest good usually have an evil just as great

    • @user-hl7yt6om3x
      @user-hl7yt6om3x 2 місяці тому

      ya…. not a great legacy

    • @jordanreeves6008
      @jordanreeves6008 2 дні тому

      gods disciple

  • @jonathancastro1135
    @jonathancastro1135 9 місяців тому +51

    " If someday someone makes a movie about my life, I want Joaquin Phoenix to play me"
    Napoleon Bonaparte.

    • @mirandabroxson7891
      @mirandabroxson7891 8 місяців тому +1

      Please. A combo I didn't know I needed

    • @tonywilliams7152
      @tonywilliams7152 7 місяців тому +1

      "87.33% supposed facts on the Internet are untrue." Napoleon 1828.

    • @MellowCosmos
      @MellowCosmos 6 місяців тому +2

      his most famous quote Lol

    • @SirSaladAss
      @SirSaladAss 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@@tonywilliams7152Rose from the grave just to say that, truly inspiring.

    • @tonywilliams7152
      @tonywilliams7152 5 місяців тому

      @@SirSaladAss he was an amazing man

  • @joshua6207
    @joshua6207 Рік тому +124

    For people who want to read about Bonaparte there is a couple books by David Chandler in English that are out of print but if you can find them they are the best books on Napoleonic ere 👍

    • @junesilvermanb2979
      @junesilvermanb2979 Рік тому +8

      David G. Chandler
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_G._Chandler

    • @Hammerli280
      @Hammerli280 Рік тому +1

      The Campaigns of Napoleon is still in print…and available on Kindle.

    • @briggsdidnotstrapem7699
      @briggsdidnotstrapem7699 Рік тому +3

      and whats wrong with reading Napoleon's and his very own diary? i would start there first.

    • @joshua6207
      @joshua6207 Рік тому +1

      @@Hammerli280 my copy of campaigns is from the 1980s or 90s

    • @The_Space_Born
      @The_Space_Born Рік тому +1

      I beat everyone at chess!

  • @truthteller4442
    @truthteller4442 2 місяці тому +4

    Napoleon was a great and brilliant Italian leader. French by nationality, Italian by blood. He was a student of the Roman Empire and modeled many of his tactics after Julius Caesar.

    • @Moroes11
      @Moroes11 Місяць тому +1

      More like 18th century French military theorists as de Bourcet, du Teil and de Guilbert since Caesar tactics are kinda outdated obviously. He got a fully french military education at the military school at Brienne and then at Paris.

    • @freshprince69
      @freshprince69 Місяць тому

      You could say he made his Roman ancestors proud.

  • @rogersledz6793
    @rogersledz6793 Рік тому +14

    Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

  • @Gdgaiennie
    @Gdgaiennie Рік тому +87

    Timeline is the gift that keeps on giving. First all the incredible WW2 documentaries and now a Napoleon documentary! Keep up the fantastic work!!! ❤

    • @David-lr4kc
      @David-lr4kc Рік тому +3

      If you want an epic Napoleon documentary watch ‘epic history Napoleon March of the eagles’ then part two ‘downfall’. You will not be disappointed

    • @Gdgaiennie
      @Gdgaiennie Рік тому +2

      @@David-lr4kc Dude, that is a GREAT documentary! If you like the battles look up “Epic History Napoleon” and click any of the battles. That channel made me fall in love with anything Napoleon. Appreciate the suggestion buddy! Going to go watch that again tonight. ✌️

    • @ValerieMartin923
      @ValerieMartin923 Рік тому +1

      Martin wasn't talking about no damn nepolian Bornapart of the great lie fam

    • @ValerieMartin923
      @ValerieMartin923 Рік тому +1

      Were they buried at over there wit Nate turner,, Harriet Tubman and Harriet Tubman and the make believe plots cemetery these all sound like drunk people stories to me now.

    • @ValerieMartin923
      @ValerieMartin923 Рік тому +1

      Karen knock it off

  • @ddc2957
    @ddc2957 Рік тому +92

    What’s utterly baffling to me in discussions about Napoleon & whether he’s good or bad is only Napoleon is discussed. There is essentially no insight on his enemies, who they were, & what they were fighting for.
    How is anyone to determine a reasonable view on the man with only half the story always told?

    • @Lina-lq7jm
      @Lina-lq7jm Рік тому +7

      I totally agree!

    • @stevodagoat
      @stevodagoat Рік тому

      Napoleon changed the world by erasing the history of so called black ppl globally....that's y u don't hear of his real enemies!!!

    • @joggyjames
      @joggyjames Рік тому +18

      as the old saying goes history is written by the victors.

    • @CodyMapping
      @CodyMapping Рік тому +3

      I don’t think this is the case at all, what about the two Russian Tsars Paul and Alexander, what about Austrian Emperor Francis and his daughter, the wife of Napoleon.
      Never heard about Metternich?
      What about his former general Bernadotte who became the King of Sweden.
      What about King Frederick William III of Prussia or Bavarian King Maximilian I.
      There are many well known British leaders of that time as well: Admiral Nelson, George III and IV, Wellington, Castlereagh, …

    • @reyesmercado340
      @reyesmercado340 Рік тому

      @@CodyMapping NADA QUE VER CON LA VIDA Y LA ÉPOCA DE NAPOLEÓN.
      !! YA EMPEZAMOS A SACAR LAS COSAS DE SU SITIO !!

  • @antonvernooy6186
    @antonvernooy6186 Рік тому +79

    Napoleon Bonaparte is a legand

  • @raphaelbouchara
    @raphaelbouchara Рік тому +1

    Great documentary of Bonaparte, pre Emperor, really well put together.
    Vive l'Empereur !!

  • @m.51373
    @m.51373 Рік тому +1

    I’m enjoying the magnificent artwork accompanying this wonderful documentary.

  • @vaga_bong2800
    @vaga_bong2800 Рік тому +69

    For those who have seen and remembered Napoleon as a military man,a generale,an emperor,a historical figure,my sympathies are with them.But whoever has read and remembered Napoleon as a Philosopher........... 👍. 🙏.

    • @foolapprentice3321
      @foolapprentice3321 Рік тому +7

      Titles?

    • @Bonapartiste
      @Bonapartiste 9 місяців тому +1

      And he was a mathematician

    • @gwkodiak
      @gwkodiak 6 місяців тому +1

      You can also see the Napoleonic standards in St. Petersburg Russia, at the church our Lady of Kassan. In the church, is a sarcophagus of the Russian general who defeated Napoleon, and took his military standards.

  • @NathanB12923
    @NathanB12923 7 місяців тому +3

    Why is this video so good- there’s nothing we can do

  • @luandemattos1939
    @luandemattos1939 6 місяців тому +1

    Superb documentary, well done TimelineChannel and History Hit.

  • @codenamecatatonic8894
    @codenamecatatonic8894 6 місяців тому

    “The generals of Napoleon” episode is really good too.
    Very well done.
    This beats TV any day.

  • @markisaac3550
    @markisaac3550 Рік тому +4

    Great man

  • @kariannecrysler640
    @kariannecrysler640 Рік тому +68

    To everyone involved with History Hit’s (including Timeline), THANK YOU!🥰🌻
    I can not tell you how wonderful it is to have all these incredible videos. I chose to care for my loved ones over finishing my greater education and find myself living a meager lifestyle. I wouldn’t change a thing, it was the right choice. That is why I am so grateful for the content you create. In the vast sea of useless shows that disintegrate sense, you are my life raft. 💗

    • @Gdgaiennie
      @Gdgaiennie Рік тому +6

      So well put. The life raft part was hilarious. 😂 But God if it isn't the absolute truth.

    • @treyyoungley6171
      @treyyoungley6171 Рік тому

      Oh yeah I'm sure that's why Kari. Definitely not so you can be a stay at home mom

    • @kariannecrysler640
      @kariannecrysler640 Рік тому +8

      @@treyyoungley6171 it was actually care for my grandma. Then back to school and my father needed me then back once more and my other grandmother died. After 3 death’s I am not going back to school for the few credits that print a piece of paper with a stamp. And my stepson’s are grown. I really am just a nerd at heart. I also watch many lectures on archaeology of the first century and earlier, geology, DNA studies and most museums around the world have UA-cam channels too. I am also old. LOL😊But I am sure the stay at home mom thing would have been great

    • @driveincanada9713
      @driveincanada9713 Рік тому +1

      ♥️

    • @krystlekatherine
      @krystlekatherine Рік тому +4

      Your education on earth continues day by day as we are all students in life. The best comes from your mind within books, human relations, documentaries, museums, etc no amount of classroom can replace this!

  • @ITsHistoryX
    @ITsHistoryX 5 місяців тому

    Awesome content man 👍🏾

  • @anyaa22
    @anyaa22 7 місяців тому +1

    A wonderful video that tells the story of a famous French ruler who achieved many accomplishments during his reign, but many were also killed during his reign

  • @cdogggyd
    @cdogggyd Рік тому +4

    Thanks!

  • @user-df4bo7oh8c
    @user-df4bo7oh8c Місяць тому +1

    An absolutely fascinating analysis of an historic figure

  • @lucagamer_1583
    @lucagamer_1583 Рік тому +1

    Good video👍🏼

  • @Tormund_Giantsbrain
    @Tormund_Giantsbrain Рік тому +36

    Greatest general of all time.

    • @GIBBO4182
      @GIBBO4182 Рік тому +9

      Alexander the Great?

    • @tttgaming8762
      @tttgaming8762 Рік тому +1

      @@GIBBO4182 wins vs loses Alexander is behind him

    • @Tormund_Giantsbrain
      @Tormund_Giantsbrain Рік тому +8

      @DC "Alexnader will prove you wrong". Why? Because he rode a horse over the huts of a buncha primitive tribesmen? LOL Napoleon outmaneuvered the British armies during the peak of the imperial period in increasingly complex but non mechanized warfare from canada to india. Caesar couldn't even conquer the anglo saxons lol.

    • @Tormund_Giantsbrain
      @Tormund_Giantsbrain Рік тому +5

      @DC "ATG never lost" is like a child's metric of measuring a general's greatness while making choo choo noises with action figures. He never lost cause he tucked tail and ran back the moment he saw the first Indian kingdom. You know, the same sub-continent that the British and the French used as their play thing during Napoleon's time.

    • @Tormund_Giantsbrain
      @Tormund_Giantsbrain Рік тому +3

      Calling Alexander GOAT is almost a right of passage for rookies getting into warfare. Napoleon was the pinnacle of strategy at a time of modern warfare with increasingly complex maneuvers (but without benefit of mechanized warfare, so the human element still reigned supreme). Against the might of the Coalition Armies during the peak of European imperialism with the entire modern world as their tabletop. Alexander rode his horse over the huts of a buncha primitive nomadic tribesmen and tucked tail the moment he saw elephants lol. It's like comparing Michael Jordan to your office rec league champ.

  • @banerjeesiddharth05
    @banerjeesiddharth05 Рік тому +1

    Nice documentary 👌

  • @calebshuler1789
    @calebshuler1789 6 місяців тому +1

    I love learning more n more about these great men

  • @NBAballToWalls
    @NBAballToWalls 10 місяців тому +10

    I hope the new Napoleon movie coming out stays true to genuine history

    • @Bonapartiste
      @Bonapartiste 9 місяців тому +4

      no, you can already see delirium and bastardism. there was in the trailer how Napoleon's troops fired at Egypt, this is complete nonsense. Napoleon was the one who started such a deep research work in Egypt. Also, the cast is incompetent. The roles are wrong. In short, a film for the layman

  • @dabereogbuishi7533
    @dabereogbuishi7533 Рік тому +18

    Please do one on Thomas-Alexandre Dumas and his love-hate relationship with Bonaparte

  • @MaxZarubov
    @MaxZarubov 7 місяців тому +1

    Super Video!

  • @Synster73
    @Synster73 6 місяців тому

    Definitely here brushing up on the facts before the movie comes out! So excited 🎉

    • @TheGnome21
      @TheGnome21 6 місяців тому

      Napoleon Was American 🇺🇸

  • @homer88100
    @homer88100 Рік тому +55

    Napoleon was an absolute lad!

  • @paulwary
    @paulwary Рік тому +22

    "Knowing things is very lower class". Wow, not a good prescription for keeping you place in the aristocracy.

  • @user-yz2wk3fh5o
    @user-yz2wk3fh5o 8 місяців тому +1

    Napoleon was an absolute lad!. Not long enough,there's far more to tell about this genius..

  • @ramymajd6654
    @ramymajd6654 7 місяців тому +6

    Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is the greatest commander in history. His biography and battles are truly brilliant. He was a strategic planner and I am one of his biggest fans. I advise everyone to watch this video and read his story.

    • @marcorioti6932
      @marcorioti6932 2 місяці тому

      He started the Russian campaign with 600.000 soldiers and come back with 40.000, you think he was always great?

  • @paulclalchungnunga2052
    @paulclalchungnunga2052 Рік тому +3

    I fell into a deep slumber an Autoplay brought me here tbh

  • @thedunkingdutchman2101
    @thedunkingdutchman2101 Рік тому

    very informative

  • @stevenlarter4116
    @stevenlarter4116 Рік тому +10

    Could you guys do a comprehensive documentary of the French Revolution. I haven't found a really good one yet.

    • @murasakinomorado7210
      @murasakinomorado7210 Рік тому +4

      Revolutions Podcast by Mike Duncan

    • @davyroger3773
      @davyroger3773 Рік тому

      Check out John Merriman Yale Lectures on Robespierre, the Philosophe ,and Napoleon

    • @gsomerville5335
      @gsomerville5335 Рік тому

      @@murasakinomorado7210 the best

    • @Kegs2689
      @Kegs2689 Рік тому +1

      Check out Ashe logos channel. He has a great one

  • @j.granger1120
    @j.granger1120 9 місяців тому +6

    If you're Polish or American, Napoleon was a great guy. Poland emerged after many years of being divided. Jefferson bought a third of the US from France, the Louisiana purchase. France sold the USA indian land, which the USA paid for with a loan from the UK. So France paid for future wars against the UK, with UK money in exchange for land they didn't really own and couldn't afford to garrison. Nappy always had a plan, I think Nay cost him that victory at Waterloo.

  • @davida1810
    @davida1810 5 місяців тому +2

    This documentary is 10000 times than the Napoleon movie that came out recently. 👏

  • @ramonestamour
    @ramonestamour Рік тому +6

    shouldn't have lost Europe. Imagine him taking over the world. Unimaginable reforms he could've done.

    • @sharpismaj
      @sharpismaj 11 місяців тому +2

      He couldn’t take over the world. He couldn’t win a naval battle against the English. The English land was untouchable for him

  • @howwwwwyyyyy
    @howwwwwyyyyy Рік тому +17

    Not long enough,there's far more to tell about this genius.

  • @Denise-kc8np
    @Denise-kc8np 6 місяців тому

    Fascinating!!

    • @TheGnome21
      @TheGnome21 6 місяців тому

      Napoleon Was German 🇩🇪

  • @davidkigomo
    @davidkigomo 7 місяців тому +2

    Who's here after the bapopleon meme

  • @davyroger3773
    @davyroger3773 Рік тому +25

    Nothing beats the 4 part mini series by PBS on Napoleon!

  • @carlosoliveiraoalfacinha
    @carlosoliveiraoalfacinha Рік тому +30

    From victory to victory till the final defeat but out of the ordinary.

    • @joshua6207
      @joshua6207 Рік тому +4

      His decline started in Spain and Portugal and then his decision to overstay his welcome in Russia. He took 600,000 men to russia and only came back with 90,000.

    • @brucewaynebanner482
      @brucewaynebanner482 10 місяців тому

      @@joshua6207that damn cold weather lol

  • @witcher-86
    @witcher-86 6 місяців тому +2

    nice doc to prepare for Napoleon film 🤓

  • @katherinecollins4685
    @katherinecollins4685 Рік тому

    Really good

  • @mabboyz4lyf
    @mabboyz4lyf Рік тому +11

    Great video, even if Professor David Andress' anti-Bonaparte bias is on display.

    • @ddc2957
      @ddc2957 Рік тому +1

      Can’t help himself, can he?

  • @GIBunz
    @GIBunz Рік тому +13

    37:40 mistress were common and weren't some sort of shock for the upper class, this woman is reaching

  • @RedShipsofSpainAgain
    @RedShipsofSpainAgain 9 місяців тому +2

    5:40 - 6:30. Please don't interrupt a documentary with a "check out our other documentaries". It seriously disrupts the flow for viewers. There is a time and a place for that. The place is in the video description.

  • @LeePenn2492
    @LeePenn2492 5 місяців тому

    Interesting and informative.
    A man of his times
    MARCH TO THE SOUND OF THE GUN'S.

  • @BOWS3R
    @BOWS3R Рік тому +6

    This is a very British take on Napoleon.

  • @christophermichaelclarence6003
    @christophermichaelclarence6003 Рік тому +16

    Vive nôtre Empereur Napoleon Bonaparte et sa Grande Armée.
    Best Conquerer of Europe and Greatest Strategic Military Genius in History with 56 battles won (rumors say 70 battles won)
    Yet, still remain the Best General in the World after his death which was 200 years ago
    He made our country France a Superpower.
    🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥
    🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜🦅🦅⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥
    🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜🦅🦅⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥
    🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥
    Tremblez enemis de la France !
    Sachant vaincre ou sachant périr !
    Un Français doit vivre pour elle !
    Pour elle un Français doit mourir !
    Vive la France ! 💪🇫🇷🇫🇷🐎👊Victory is ours !

    • @pendragonlover
      @pendragonlover Рік тому

      Napoleon c 'est aussi des centaines de milliers de gens envoyés a la mort pour rien , des erreurs incroyables , une fin misérable sur un cailloux au milieu de l 'atlantique et au final ,une France completement laminée .

    • @driveincanada9713
      @driveincanada9713 Рік тому +1

      ♥️👍

    • @fleximan_army
      @fleximan_army Рік тому +1

      Yes the greatest french was italian, cool! 😆😆😆

    • @Moroes11
      @Moroes11 Рік тому +1

      @@fleximan_army Corsica is French since 1768 and he is born in 1769 so no, he is french.

    • @Moroes11
      @Moroes11 Рік тому

      @@erwannherve5181 Ouais ça fait un peu beauf c'est vrai mais au moins il follow pas Usul 😂

  • @Ylleeelle
    @Ylleeelle Рік тому

    Интересный документальный фильм, посмотрел с удовольствием, час прошел незаметно

  • @lingx9392
    @lingx9392 7 місяців тому +2

    There’s nothing we can do

  • @desertweasel6965
    @desertweasel6965 6 місяців тому +4

    Who's here after Napoleon passed away?

  • @Jp19981
    @Jp19981 7 місяців тому +3

    The greatest general that has ever lived.

    • @TheGnome21
      @TheGnome21 6 місяців тому

      Napoleon Was Portuguese 🇵🇹

    • @Jp19981
      @Jp19981 6 місяців тому +1

      @@TheGnome21 Is that true? Cause I am portuguese lmao

    • @TheGnome21
      @TheGnome21 6 місяців тому +1

      @@Jp19981 alright i admit i was joking 😆 he was French 🇫🇷

  • @Lina-lq7jm
    @Lina-lq7jm Рік тому +14

    This video assumes a lot. For example, that Napoleon wished for revolution to start because it was the only way he saw how to satisfy his ambition. That's just suppositions. In what way was it possible to predict that revolution would come, or that it wouldn't be crushed, or that it would grow in such a way???
    Another thing, it was stated that Napoleon was smitten with Josephine, and yet... almost in the same sentence it was said that because she had connections, it was advantageous for him to marry her; thus almost negating the smitten portion. (By the way, were her connections really that great? Considering that she spent time in prison because she was who she was and had been married to who she'd been married to.)
    You claim that Napoleon feels entitled to bein treated as an emperor in Italy and even resides in a mention, but because he goes back in a normal uniform he is playing games. And maybe there are evidence to suggest this. But without that evidence this seems only like an opinion. Why not say that he needed to show strength while in foreign lands, and in those days strength was also shown in all the pomp and circumstance; around him there were monarchies everywhere after all. But after he was done, he went back as he really was??? Why assume this ambitious, megalomaniac personality???
    I could g on and on, but let's just say, to sum it all up - you assume a lot of his motivations without showing real proof that he was actually this nefarious figure who did nothing but plot his own rise to power.
    p.s. ANd especially you need to provide proof that Napoleon's brother manipulated the election.
    Maybe it's just me, but this documentary seems very biased against Napoleon

    • @jdlamb4212
      @jdlamb4212 Рік тому +1

      It's just a documentary video it's not a presentation of all historical proof and research done to come up with it. If you want to go deeper into it you can, but it isn't a college lecture.

  • @bryanshort4422
    @bryanshort4422 10 місяців тому +3

    I gotta watch this before the movie comes out

  • @imdbandrew
    @imdbandrew Рік тому

    Thanks

  • @snowy53125
    @snowy53125 Рік тому +2

    I love it

  • @baliyae
    @baliyae Рік тому +17

    He was definitely ambitious, I’ll give him that.

  • @solomonrobert298
    @solomonrobert298 Рік тому +26

    I can't get enough of the man.

    • @lunaticlunatic6108
      @lunaticlunatic6108 Рік тому +2

      @@Endgame707 lol no he wasn't, italy didn't even exist at this time. he was a french from corsica.

    • @Tony-theGreat
      @Tony-theGreat 6 місяців тому

      There’s nothing you can do

  • @edwardsricardo6429
    @edwardsricardo6429 6 місяців тому +1

    Yes without a doubt he napoleon is amazing and one of kind

  • @sudeepkawasthi
    @sudeepkawasthi Рік тому +6

    the British talking about unpleasant occupation of people...that's rich...

    • @tommo3190
      @tommo3190 Рік тому +1

      That's whataboutism, French empire was massive and oppressive, its that simple.

  • @napoleonisthegreatest.2448
    @napoleonisthegreatest.2448 Рік тому +7

    Vivat to Napoleon!

  • @isaac_wtf
    @isaac_wtf 7 місяців тому +1

    this new movie thats coming out is gonna be so good

  • @mikeaguero2875
    @mikeaguero2875 8 місяців тому

    Can't wait for the movie night 😤🥊

  • @torichan9872
    @torichan9872 Рік тому +39

    My 5th Great Grandfather Phillip was lucky enough to be talked to by Napoleon when he was a young boy.
    His father was in the Commissariat Division of the British Army and they followed Wellington through Spain and Portugal from 1812-14. He got to see the aftermath of the battle at Badajoz, which he described as; "a dreadful sight, men all torn and trampled on, and horses wandering lame and mutilated among the wounded".
    The encounter happened in Bayonne, when troops were leaving the city and Phillip went to go watch with a German baker. He wrote that a man had pulled up next to them before a wine shop in a "bottle-green frock coat and a cocked hat" and "riding an iron grey horse". Phillip was admiring the trappings of the horse when Napoleon came out and patted him on the head, calling him "Bon Garcon", before he continued onwards.

  • @reid_dreamcatcher6017
    @reid_dreamcatcher6017 Рік тому +7

    Imagine Hannibal , Napoleon, Alexander the Great, and Attila the Hun going at it all at once with equal levels of weaponry. Just intense !

  • @Craven.Morehead69
    @Craven.Morehead69 6 місяців тому

    Thank you David Senra (founders podcast) for sending me here

  • @user-yy6on2xx5p
    @user-yy6on2xx5p Рік тому

    What is the background classical music around 07:50-08:20

  • @mrawesome669
    @mrawesome669 Рік тому +6

    Viva l'emperor

  • @Iron_M1ke_
    @Iron_M1ke_ 7 місяців тому +10

    Who is here because of the napoleon meme

  • @felipefauvel
    @felipefauvel 5 місяців тому

    Valeu!

  • @francopasqualini5363
    @francopasqualini5363 Рік тому +2

    too bad this ends at his rise, it was just getting good!
    I take issue with saying his hold on power was "short lived". The was emperor for a decade during one of the most turbulent periods in European history...

  • @manojpk5276
    @manojpk5276 Рік тому +16

    Napoleon is a great legend

  • @WilhelmFreidrich
    @WilhelmFreidrich Рік тому +3

    19:16 What are the odds that Napoleonic warfare would start the same time as Napoleon's first time in command?

  • @alexvanderkley3297
    @alexvanderkley3297 Рік тому

    Thanks for waking me up with your ad..

  • @Down_the_Wind
    @Down_the_Wind Рік тому +16

    Im a big fan of Linoleum Blownapart.

  • @macadelic2492
    @macadelic2492 Рік тому +12

    Thanks to Oversimplified I can now keep up w these documentaries 🤣

  • @thanatos_777
    @thanatos_777 Рік тому

    Sounds great...

  • @dutoit_edin
    @dutoit_edin 8 місяців тому +2

    Literally me

  • @animeyahallo3887
    @animeyahallo3887 Рік тому +61

    Remember guys Napoleon is definitely average height on his time

    • @adarmus4768
      @adarmus4768 Рік тому +22

      @@Thoth_al_Khem We are absolutely getting taller as a species . Plenty of scientific evidence to support this.

    • @TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni
      @TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni Рік тому

      @@adarmus4768 yeah no.
      We've got no evidence to make such absolute statements.

    • @adarmus4768
      @adarmus4768 Рік тому +7

      @@TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni There is plenty of data to support this claim. One example is that the average height in the UK increased by 10cm in the 20th century.

    • @christophermichaelclarence6003
      @christophermichaelclarence6003 Рік тому +14

      He was the average height. Calling him short was those damn British Propaganda

    • @TheIsemgrim
      @TheIsemgrim Рік тому +5

      @@TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni yes there is lol, the avarage height of a dutch guy in `1810 was 165 cm, the avarage height of the avarage dutch guy now is 185 cm. thats 20 cm in about 200 years.

  • @ra9im308
    @ra9im308 Рік тому +14

    historians say that Napoleon avoided touching or even confronting plague patients to avoid infection, and that his visits to the sick were an invention of later Napoleonic propaganda. An example of Napoleon's propaganda in this regard, after a period of the campaign, was the propaganda painting "Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims in Jaffa in 1804" by Antoine-Jean Gros. The painting showed Napoleon touching the body of a sick man, as he was depicted as one of the "royal healers". This was no accident, as 1804 was the year Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor.

    • @christophermichaelclarence6003
      @christophermichaelclarence6003 Рік тому +3

      Correct. He was crowned himself Emperor at Notre Dame in 1804.

    • @Anton-kp3mi
      @Anton-kp3mi Рік тому +5

      An other version is that he did approched and touched plague patients but because he thought he was unvulnerable. The only thing sure is that historians are unsure about what Napoleon truly did and what were his intention at Jaffa and we will probably never know.

    • @ernestoA.1999
      @ernestoA.1999 Рік тому +6

      @@Anton-kp3mi He did touched them , As a man of genius he knew that the Plague did not expand so to physical touch . The plague was not countagious due to touch .

    • @ernestoA.1999
      @ernestoA.1999 Рік тому +6

      Actually it’s not propaganda , Napoleon did visit the sick and even raised one of them , but he knew that the plague wasn’t countagious due to physical touch

    • @joshua6207
      @joshua6207 Рік тому

      @@Mokes888 all the privileged aristocrats were just mad a man who came from nothing had destroyed there fantasy bourbon world. He rose based on ability not his blood like many of the snobs who ruled back then. Remember the french revolution kick started democracy !!

  • @ghostirno7126
    @ghostirno7126 5 місяців тому

    عاشت ايدك دكتور
    دكتور لتنسى الفديو انو شون تكمل بلخارج وره الكلية والف رحمة على والديك

  • @cowboy68
    @cowboy68 Рік тому +1

    2am I’m sick in bed .this is perfect

  • @chikami6014
    @chikami6014 6 місяців тому +1

    I always marvel at how matter-of-fact some of the speakers are in some documentaries, sounding as if they were in fact, present during those periods of history, witnessing things first hand lol

  • @Xxhasaajsja
    @Xxhasaajsja 7 місяців тому +5

    Who is watching this because of memes?

  • @barrybarry-bb28
    @barrybarry-bb28 Рік тому +6

    Napoleon is indeed one the great generals of military history and one of my favorites for sure. However, he was completely outmatched at sea by the British Navy under the command of Admiral Horatio Nelson, particularly at the Battle of the Nile (1798) and the Battle of Trafalgar (1805). I believe Nelson was killed in the Trafalgar naval battle. Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 was not well planned and turned out to be a complete disaster. I believe that he was almost captured by Cossack Horseman (who constantly harassed his baggage train). Napoleon was also defeated by the Allied forces of Austria, Russia, Sweden and Prussia at the Battle of Leipzig (1813). This battle (also called the Battle of the Nations) marked the beginning of the end for Napoleon. The end finally came for Napoleon two years later when Allied commanders of the Seventh Coalition, (one of those commanders being British Army Commander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington) defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo (1815). This battle, as we know, was a resounding defeat for Napoleon and it resulted in the end of his military campaigns.

    • @Moroes11
      @Moroes11 Рік тому +2

      Nelson never faced Napoléon
      Wellington wasn't near his egal
      Waterloo is overrated

    • @barrybarry-bb28
      @barrybarry-bb28 Рік тому +5

      @@Moroes11 - Maybe I didn't word my comment properly. I'll admit that much. But I didn't say that Napoleon actually faced Admiral Nelson. However, Napoleon's Navy was indeed outmatched and defeated at the Nile and at Trafalgar. Those are historical facts. And Waterloo is not overrated. The Allied forces not only outnumbered Napoleon but the Commanders had already became quite familiar with his tactics. At that point in his career, Napoleon had become predictable. And by the way, Wellesley (1st Duke of Wellington) never lost a land battle. I believe he had 32 victories to his credit. That is impressive. And let's also keep in mind that one of the Prussian officers (Chief of Staff) campaigning against Napoleon at Waterloo, was none other than Karl von Clausewitz, author of On War. An absolute masterpiece on virtually every aspect of war.

    • @Moroes11
      @Moroes11 Рік тому +2

      @@barrybarry-bb28 "However, Napoleon's Navy was indeed outmatched and defeated at the Nile and at Trafalgar"
      - Oh you are totally right about that, it would not be serious of me to deny it.
      Interesting facts also, is that Napoléon's orders to relocate the fleet were ignored by admirals at those 2 battles, I sometime think about it, could it have changed history
      - Waterloo is overrated to me and it overshadows the battle of Leipzig, the one causing the dissolution of the confederation of the Rhine, that is the actual battle that ended the French empire and even if the French had won at Waterloo, the forces were just too strong to win against the seventh coalition.
      - I did not followed Wellington's military career and what odds he faced, I've heard that he was a defensive general but I can't tell.
      At Waterloo however, he had the ground advantage, and still, was about to collapse if it wasn't because of Blucher's arrival. Napoléon didn't have the best marshals anymore to fight with and he wasn't at his most formidable health neither.
      Anyway, we lost and here we are today, forced to talk English with our hideous incompatible french accent, and fighting over fishes.

    • @Bonapartiste
      @Bonapartiste 9 місяців тому +1

      Rave. Napoleon defeated Russia militarily. It just didn't work politically. Borodino, Smolensk and many other battles were defeated by Napoleon. Also, Napoleon Bonaparte did not manage the fleet during the Egyptian Campaign. And the company of 1814 was lost only because of Tyleran, who surrendered Paris. (On the company in Russia, I refer to the historian Yevgeny Ponasenkov for his monograph on the war of 1812.)

    • @tom92vdb
      @tom92vdb 6 місяців тому

      Your Bias is showing filthy Brit! 😉

  • @virginiawells1
    @virginiawells1 6 місяців тому

    Thank you all for your support!! Love this channel

  • @Donkey_Balls
    @Donkey_Balls Рік тому +3

    GOAT