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  • Nelson’s Trafalgar examines the legendary Admiral Horatio Nelson, a complex figure known for his heroic deeds, complex controversies, and his great romance with Lady Hamilton. His death during the Battle of Trafalgar is immortalized in bronze and stone in Trafalgar Square.
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Komentáře • 596

  • @MrNiceGuyHistory
    @MrNiceGuyHistory Před rokem +48

    Ahhh... Another blissfully relaxing documentary about the unimaginable horrors of warfare to drift asleep too.. Much appreciated!

    • @wendymcanena2421
      @wendymcanena2421 Před rokem

      Sleep easy, friend, make the most of it, for during your lifetime you will bear witness to horrors way beyond the imagination of the writers if these documentaries. Enjoy the comfort while it lasts

    • @jordanfan5896
      @jordanfan5896 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Jordan Fan,Prophet of Environment。范楚漳,環境先知:
      Jordan Fan,Prophet of Envand!!!!!!!!,,?!
      While Nelson was only capable of deploying his half nelson moves in wrestling. Napoleon Bonaparte had lots of great military & strategical maneuvers. Among them are his ability to Blown apart the bodies of all his enemy’s soldiers with his canons while keeping his own soldiers from being Blownaparted. Napoleon Bonaparte’s soldiers all have great appetite therefore they would constantly ordering French Fries 🍟 from Marshal McDonald while he still needed to constantly loading cannons with Quarter-pounder cannonballs!!?,?!...

  • @seanbigay1042
    @seanbigay1042 Před rokem +41

    I'm mildly disappointed that Lord Nelson's famous last words got left out. He had a gift for words, and his last ones were words befitting a hero: "Thank God, I have done my duty!"

  • @jimwalker5412
    @jimwalker5412 Před rokem +455

    I live in England, my home was built in 1805, and it fascinates me that whilst my home was being built, the battle of Trafalgar was in progress

  • @rob832
    @rob832 Před rokem +38

    One of the best examples of why excellent, insightful, historical, documentaries will always find an audience, and will never stop being made.

  • @georgewilkinson6510
    @georgewilkinson6510 Před rokem +17

    One of the best accounts of the life of Lord Nelson I have seen. A true hero.🇬🇧🇨🇦

  • @Anglo_Saxon1
    @Anglo_Saxon1 Před rokem +110

    You couldn't make it up with this fella.
    He is the perfect,textbook War Hero.He lead from the front,the end often justified the means of his actions.
    Dangerous,brave man.
    And to top it off,as he is fighting perhaps his greatest most important battle(and winning)he takes a fatal bullet and dies in action.
    Perfect.

    • @beagle8boy
      @beagle8boy Před rokem +3

      Perhaps if he didn't insist on wearing his full uniform along with his diamond encrusted medals, he would not have made such an obvious target for enemy sharp shooters.

    • @Anglo_Saxon1
      @Anglo_Saxon1 Před rokem +8

      @@beagle8boy Do we know that he was wearing medals when he got killed?
      Either way,it emphasizes my point that he was the textbook war hero.

    • @terryt2728
      @terryt2728 Před rokem +3

      Do we know the name of the man that killed Nelson? Is he a big deal in France?

    • @Anglo_Saxon1
      @Anglo_Saxon1 Před rokem +14

      @@terryt2728 Midshipman John Pollard took the credit for shooting and killing the French Marine who killed lord Nelson.

    • @richardrowland2898
      @richardrowland2898 Před rokem +2

      Just like Michiel Adriaanzoon de Ruyter, just over a hundred years earlier.

  • @philryan3026
    @philryan3026 Před rokem +38

    A very good documentary on one of Britain's greatest war heroes.

  • @PowermadNavigator
    @PowermadNavigator Před 9 měsíci +12

    Admiral Nelson truly was an incredible figure.

  • @georgepurdy7823
    @georgepurdy7823 Před rokem +206

    This; MORE OF THIS! The Navy of most Nations are so criminally undervalued in documentaries unless it’s the WW2 German U-boats or the USS Enterprise.
    Actual in-depth analysis of the Line of Battle, The Admirals, Captain and, Crew. I just want more like this.

    • @sydmccreath4554
      @sydmccreath4554 Před rokem +6

      YEEEESSSSSSS ! ! !

    • @donnieboughton1730
      @donnieboughton1730 Před rokem +11

      Yeah, because there are no documentaries about the Spanish armada, Italian, English, dutch navy's. Or vikings or Phoenicians. Or Polynesian boatsman...

    • @prasantakumarpadhi4399
      @prasantakumarpadhi4399 Před rokem

      Without navy (fighting+merchant),2nd world war would not have been won.

    • @rogerpattube
      @rogerpattube Před rokem +4

      Er Bismarck?

    • @aneubeck4053
      @aneubeck4053 Před rokem +2

      Agreed

  • @ernestoA.1999
    @ernestoA.1999 Před rokem +15

    “ Cannot one of you hold the damn Channel for just 6 hours “Napoleon cursing to his Admirals

    • @janach1305
      @janach1305 Před rokem

      Napoleon was a genius as a general on land, but he did not understand combat at sea.

  • @geoffcollier8736
    @geoffcollier8736 Před 10 měsíci +28

    My Grandfather joined the royal navy at the age of twelve in 1897. Obviously little change from the time of Nelson!
    He served through the first world war and was involved with naval blockade of the German navy in the North sea as well as duties throughout the world until he was dismissed the navy not long after war ended in that great move towards peace and disarmament. His remark at that time was that at sometime in the future we will have to do this all again.
    How true!

  • @anthonynicholson5193
    @anthonynicholson5193 Před rokem +31

    Nelson, Cochran and Drake are by far my three favourite English Naval officers

    • @greenscene5215
      @greenscene5215 Před rokem +1

      Cochrane would have to be mine, for the assistance he gave to latin Americans to achieve independence.

    • @donaldgraham6414
      @donaldgraham6414 Před rokem

      You mean British. Thomas Cochrane was a Scot.

    • @chasey2327
      @chasey2327 Před rokem +4

      drake as the pirate or the explorer?

    • @johnhanson5943
      @johnhanson5943 Před rokem

      Johnny Walker did a huge amount to stop the next Anti-Christ in WW2. Worth looking up.

    • @jamesalexander5623
      @jamesalexander5623 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@chasey2327 Both, Surely!

  • @SNP-1999
    @SNP-1999 Před rokem +65

    This is a truly excellent documentary on the life and achievements of Lord Nelson, undeniably one of Great Britain's greatest seamen and naval commanders, if not the greatest. Well researched and unbiased, it presents a well ballanced portrait of the man and his times - a brilliant production in every way, from the authentic footage to the narrative and the expert opinions of historians.

    • @jimboll6982
      @jimboll6982 Před rokem +1

      Collingwood took over and won the Battle.
      Nelson must have been a little srrogant, walking around the deck adorned in all his Bling

    • @ishmaelforester9825
      @ishmaelforester9825 Před rokem +1

      He's definitely the greatest for Trafalgar

    • @juerbert1
      @juerbert1 Před 11 měsíci +1

      ​@@jimboll6982, incredibly foolish, cosidering the French (or Spanish) were shooting down from the height of their ships' masts ?!✨

    • @zulubeatz1
      @zulubeatz1 Před 9 měsíci

      Totally agree. Very different from the often sterile biographical documentaries this was very engaging.

    • @marcprins3841
      @marcprins3841 Před 8 měsíci

      halve the french armie was sick and already dead befor thise battle the where not even at ful power when this battle happend

  • @SNP-1999
    @SNP-1999 Před rokem +28

    If I remember correctly, it was Nelson who also retook Malta from the French - Napoleon had invaded the island on his way to Egypt. Malta was to be major asset to Great Britain in the Mediterranen in later times, especially in World War 2, and all thanks to Nelson.

    • @wekapeka3493
      @wekapeka3493 Před 5 měsíci

      It wasn’t so much that he ‘retook Malta” as liberated it and returned it to the Maltese earning their gratitude which has persisted to such an extent that Malta was awarded the George Cross for the heroism of the Maltese during WW2. The looted treasure of Malta was aboard the French flagship, Le Orient, at the battle of the Nile which was destroyed by the much smaller HMS Bellerophon which suffered the greatest number of casualties in the battle. The two ships were anchored alongside each other and firing continued until Le Orient caught fire, by this time Captain Darby was below decks injured and all mates were also either dead or disabled leaving the vessel under the control of a 14? year old midshipman who ordered the anchor cables to be cut so they would drift away and survive the explosion of Le Orient which scattered Maltas treasure around the bay. The midshipman in later life became Australia first governor general.

    • @thomasrobinson8559
      @thomasrobinson8559 Před 5 měsíci

      Ballsacks

  • @carl5563
    @carl5563 Před 8 měsíci +14

    I first read everything I could get my hands on about ships when I was in grade school and Nelson became my hero and inspiration for my life, believing that I could attain anything if I set my mind to it. I thought I knew everything about Nelson, but this excellent account of Nelson's career taught me in details from a host of historians the personal social, psychological, military, and medical perspectives of Lord Nelson's life and exploits providing a much fuller understanding of this extraordinary hero. His life and accomplishments cannot help but inspire. We are lucky to have this entertaining and instructive account of one of the greatest man in history. Bravo!

    • @20chocsaday
      @20chocsaday Před 6 měsíci

      Any idea why the first Nelson's column was erected on Glasgow Green.

    • @daneelolivaw602
      @daneelolivaw602 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@20chocsaday
      Probably because they were the first to be able to raise enough money for the monument. Most were paid for by public subscription.

  • @Anglo_Saxon1
    @Anglo_Saxon1 Před rokem +29

    Imagine being in such a position in life to be able to say "I don't want to be buried in Westminster Abbey,bury me in St Paul's".
    Wow.

    • @richardhorrocks1460
      @richardhorrocks1460 Před rokem

      Anyone can say that.

    • @Anglo_Saxon1
      @Anglo_Saxon1 Před rokem +8

      @@richardhorrocks1460 It's the fact that Nelson had the choice,whereas "anyone" didn't.

    • @donaldgraham6414
      @donaldgraham6414 Před rokem +1

      @@richardhorrocks1460 My wife can’t say it. Her English isn’t good enough.

    • @jordanfan5896
      @jordanfan5896 Před 5 měsíci

      Jordan Fan,Prophet of Environment。范楚漳,環境先知:
      Jordan Fan,Prophet of Envand!!!!!!!!,,?!
      While Nelson was only capable of deploying his half nelson moves in wrestling. Napoleon Bonaparte had lots of great military & strategical maneuvers. Among them are his ability to Blown apart the bodies of all his enemy’s soldiers with his canons while keeping his own soldiers from being Blownaparted. Napoleon Bonaparte’s soldiers all have great appetite therefore they would constantly ordering French Fries 🍟 from Marshal McDonald while he still needed to constantly loading cannons with Quarter-pounder cannonballs!!?,?!!,,)

    • @Anglo_Saxon1
      @Anglo_Saxon1 Před 5 měsíci

      @@jordanfan5896 If you say so😉😂🤣👍👍👍

  • @heather-joygarrett5166
    @heather-joygarrett5166 Před 11 měsíci +22

    My Great-grandfather served in the Royal Navy from the mid 19th Century and twice was appointed to be a guide on Victory. He brought my Grandfather (and thus the rest of the family) up to be extremely condemnatory of the way Emma and Horatia were treated - he said the state betrayed Nelson's last wishes.

    • @wekapeka3493
      @wekapeka3493 Před 5 měsíci

      Nelson’s brother inherited his property and disowned his wife and daughter. So disgusting.

  • @pabloc88886
    @pabloc88886 Před rokem +12

    Well done. Captures the weakness and humanity of the hero, as well as his indomitable will, and incandescent courage...

  • @lw3646
    @lw3646 Před rokem +18

    Winning the Napoleanic war allowed Britain to devote itself to industry abd trade from 1815-1914. It was also our greatest period arguably in the arts and literature, as well as the sciences and philosophy.

  • @lw3646
    @lw3646 Před rokem +9

    Fascinating period. He didn't allow his handicaps stopping him from achieving great things. He gave his life for his country, a true hero in that sense but also something of a rebel too.

  • @alvaroyg06
    @alvaroyg06 Před 5 měsíci +17

    Although I am a Spaniard, I must admit Nelson was one of the most, if not the most, dexterous man at sea the world has ever seen. Here in Spain, people tend to despise British strategies, which, for instance, includes having hindered Spain's colonial trade during the reign of Philip II or, as it happens, having won the Battle of Trafalgar. Nevertheless, I cannot show but sheer respect to a man who, counting upon fewer warships than those of his enemy, succeeded in rising up with a victory that remains immortalized in both English and Spanish history.

    • @kevcaratacus9428
      @kevcaratacus9428 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Francis Drake was another great seaman .
      Also hated by the Spanish.
      Who called him
      EL Draco , the dragon.
      A pretty cool name .

    • @alvaroyg06
      @alvaroyg06 Před 5 měsíci

      @@kevcaratacus9428 Yes! He was one contemporary of Philip II of Spain. I dare say El Draco is even more hated than Admiral Nelson here! Spain would always confront England when it came to consolidating the control of colonial trade across the ocean, and Sir Francis was surely a feared privateer. My great-grandfather used to say that the British were but pirates, the epitome of buccaneering being El Draco. Many still think that way, even though it's been literally ages since those events. Inexplicable...

  • @aldhadenglisc6937
    @aldhadenglisc6937 Před 11 měsíci +6

    We will never have another like Lord Nelson, makes me proud to be an Englishman, for God and country 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

    • @loganstroganoff1284
      @loganstroganoff1284 Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@paulanthonynelson2733as an aussie nelson you may very well be related to lord nelson

  • @eliotreader8220
    @eliotreader8220 Před rokem +34

    I went on board her last summer. the new tour guide system really brought HMS Victory alive. I understand that she had so many small holes in her sides that she was nearly sank during the storm

    • @philipmulligan4325
      @philipmulligan4325 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Was onboard today. The whole base was awesome and every Brit should visit at least once.

    • @jordanfan5896
      @jordanfan5896 Před 5 měsíci

      Jordan Fan,Prophet of Environment。范楚漳,環境先知:
      Jordan Fan,Prophet of Envand!!!!!!!!,,?!
      While Nelson was only capable of deploying his half nelson moves in wrestling. Napoleon Bonaparte had lots of great military & strategical maneuvers. Among them are his ability to Blown apart the bodies of all his enemy’s soldiers with his canons while keeping his own soldiers from being Blownaparted. Napoleon Bonaparte’s soldiers all have great appetite therefore they would constantly ordering French Fries 🍟 from Marshal McDonald while he still needed to constantly loading cannons with Quarter-pounder cannonballs!!?,?!,,??

    • @kevcaratacus9428
      @kevcaratacus9428 Před 3 měsíci

      I've only been inside once, we are so lucky to have it.
      It surprised me just how cramped it was inside.
      I can't imagine how terrible it must've been with all the cannon fire the smoke etc .

  • @dougwilson6778
    @dougwilson6778 Před rokem +11

    Admiral Nelson, a truly great admiral!

  • @Stitchwitchstitch
    @Stitchwitchstitch Před 9 měsíci +10

    I love death masks- such potent things. It’s amazing, how you can see their features as they were (mostly), instead of the idealized/standardized templates lots of artists used for time-saving, customizing with minor tweaks. A genuine death mask shows you the nose, or chin- the cheeks: that rose in a smile when he laughed at something his daughter did. Shows the sleeping face that Emma would have looked at with love. She probably kissed his nose, held that face in her hands. His daughter probably patted his cheeks. It’s a death mask that brings that to life, not any portrait. Although, I do love portraits (when they’re well-done).

  • @peteredwards338
    @peteredwards338 Před rokem +14

    There seams to be a little gap in England 's defences now ! We need a Nelson urgently !

    • @chrismac2234
      @chrismac2234 Před 9 měsíci

      We are. It's called the littoral battle group. Check it out.

    • @simonrc179
      @simonrc179 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Time for individuals to act. Pls save your country. So sad. The little country that basically birthed the modern world - gifting us industry, bi cameral parliments, common law, a global language - which then steadfastly confronted every enemy to nuture and protect it...invariably prevailing - usually against enemies double or triple its size - this remarkable place is now being overrun. The words of the greatest poet and playwright to have breathed air come to mind;
      'This other Eden, demi-paradise,
      This fortress built by Nature for herself
      Against infection and the hand of war,
      This happy breed of men, this little world,
      This precious stone set in the silver sea,
      Which serves it in the office of a wall
      Or as a moat defensive to a house,
      Against the envy of less happier lands,
      This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England,
      This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings,
      Fear’d by their breed and famous by their birth,
      Renowned for their deeds as far from home,
      For Christian service and true chivalry
      this land of such dear souls, this dear dear land,
      Dear for her reputation through the world,
      Is now leased out, I die pronouncing it,
      Like to a tenement or pelting farm:
      England, bound in with the triumphant sea is now bound in with shame.
      That England, that was wont to conquer others,
      Hath made a shameful conquest of itself.
      Ah, would the scandal vanish with my life,
      How happy then were my ensuing death!'
      William Shakespeare, Richard II

  • @wekapeka3493
    @wekapeka3493 Před rokem +50

    Great documentary befitting the great man. That HMS Victory still exists is so important, I loved my time aboard her after travelling half way around the world to do so. All the more interesting having had family members there with Nelson at the Battle of the Nile and possibly Trafalgla. And here in NZ we have our city called Nelson with “Trafalga street" being its main street with another called “Victory Street” and a smaller nearby town of "Collingwood"

    • @joeyj6526
      @joeyj6526 Před rokem +2

      I hope you enjoyed it. I live in the area so I hope you enjoyed the surrounding area aswell if you saw it. There are parts of Portsmouth and Southsea that are.. Hmm, rough haha.

    • @wekapeka3493
      @wekapeka3493 Před rokem +7

      @@joeyj6526 Stayed at a motor camp In Portsmouth and shifted to another at Gosport just for a different view, both were excellent. Going to Gosport went we stumbled on “Explosion” at Gunpowder wharf which kept us in the region for another day. In nine months in the UK we did not have one bad experience and very any good ones, meeting some nice people in clouding tracking down relatives which was amazing seeing the family emigrated to NZ in 1874

    • @grandcrowdadforde6127
      @grandcrowdadforde6127 Před 10 měsíci +2

      >>> Greetings ! from Nelson British Columbia; a small town in the Southern Interior. (( above// near Spokane Washington).... that Nelson dudes name sure got around!

    • @wekapeka3493
      @wekapeka3493 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@grandcrowdadforde6127 It’s a small world, my son got married recently (here in NZ) and his wife’s GG?grandfather was captain of HMS Blerephon which was about third in line behind Nelson at the Battle of the Nile whereas a descendant of mine had rowed out with his cousin into Chatham harbour and stowed aboard a British man o war, he returned as a midshipman about 4 years later and had also been present at the battle of the Nile but I haven’t been able to track down which vessel.

    • @kevcaratacus9428
      @kevcaratacus9428 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Thing about the memorial to Nelson in London I don't get
      It's so high, you can't even see the statue of the guy .

  • @thegift20luis
    @thegift20luis Před 10 měsíci +7

    There are few commanders I would follow into battle, Admiral Nelson is definitely one of them!
    Excellent educational, Thanks for sharing!

  • @chris.asi_romeo
    @chris.asi_romeo Před rokem +13

    Horatio Nelson vs Napoleon Bonaparte. Netflix should do a series about this. Would be epic.

    • @lloydnaylor6113
      @lloydnaylor6113 Před rokem +2

      A remake of Waterloo would be great too.

    • @jp-um2fr
      @jp-um2fr Před rokem +2

      Nelson would turn in his grave - and so would I.

    • @dovetonsturdee7033
      @dovetonsturdee7033 Před rokem +15

      I cannot think of a suitable black actor who might portray Nelson, or a suitable transgender one to play Napoleon.

    • @janach1305
      @janach1305 Před rokem +1

      @@dovetonsturdee7033If it were an opera instead of a film, the color of the performer wouldn’t matter as long as he could sing and act the role.
      Transgender wouldn’t work because the Napoleonic Wars are post-Baroque, so heroic male roles are no longer sung by sopranos or mezzos.

    • @Sh_tstain
      @Sh_tstain Před 10 měsíci +1

      ​@@dovetonsturdee7033 Touche!

  • @luckyspurs
    @luckyspurs Před rokem +12

    Nelson's lying in state was about 300 metres down the road from me in Greenwich.
    Which is crazy where he started from, that he had a state funeral.

  • @WoollyWanderers
    @WoollyWanderers Před rokem +25

    My fifth Great Grandfather was George Horatio Copplestone, born 1806. His marriage certificate gives his father's name as Thomas Copplestone, Naval Officer. Thomas wasn't at Trafalgar but I think it's incredible that an ancestor was named after this great man.

  • @antonioulloa4045
    @antonioulloa4045 Před rokem +8

    Just when i was staring to get bored at work 😭😭😭 Love listening to documentaries as I work

    • @juniorjohnson5961
      @juniorjohnson5961 Před rokem +2

      When you're bored at work write this on the stall door ... This is where Napoleon beat his Bone apart 😮

    • @antonioulloa4045
      @antonioulloa4045 Před rokem

      @@juniorjohnson5961 😂🤣 i shall. I work in construction 💀

    • @jordanfan5896
      @jordanfan5896 Před 5 měsíci

      Jordan Fan,Prophet of Environment。范楚漳,環境先知:
      Jordan Fan,Prophet of Envand!!!!!!!!,,?!
      While Nelson was only capable of deploying his half nelson moves in wrestling. Napoleon Bonaparte had lots of great military & strategical maneuvers. Among them are his ability to Blown apart the bodies of all his enemy’s soldiers with his canons while keeping his own soldiers from being Blownaparted. Napoleon Bonaparte’s soldiers all have great appetite therefore they would constantly ordering French Fries 🍟 from Marshal McDonald while he still needed to constantly loading cannons with Quarter-pounder cannonballs!!?,?!....

  • @michaeldavidson1909
    @michaeldavidson1909 Před rokem +11

    Fantastic documentary. Thank you!

  • @chris.asi_romeo
    @chris.asi_romeo Před rokem +6

    Love watching documentaries like this.

  • @ishmaelforester9825
    @ishmaelforester9825 Před rokem +5

    Nelson has a great last command, 'Engage the enemy more closely ' There is a profound irony in that. His whole thing was find, attack, destroy but in a way he was a teddy bear.

  • @MDavis1990
    @MDavis1990 Před rokem +5

    The goat of naval war fighting

  • @charliewrightson3883
    @charliewrightson3883 Před 11 měsíci +9

    The 2 year blockade, all seasons and weather was just as important as the actual battle. It was a unbelievable bit of seamanship, and probably caused a loss in capability in the French Navy

  • @jorgecruzseda7551
    @jorgecruzseda7551 Před rokem +20

    England expects that EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY!!!!🧐

  • @closetglobe.IRGUN.NW0
    @closetglobe.IRGUN.NW0 Před rokem +11

    Nelson leading the fleet is so badass

  • @The_Essential_Review
    @The_Essential_Review Před rokem +6

    Woah I just noticed this is from yesterday! I just looked up this battle after Austerlitz, great timing from a great channel!

  • @chrismaskell5992
    @chrismaskell5992 Před 6 měsíci +2

    RIP Lord Nelson you are my Royal Navy Hero and I will remember you're famous signal England expects every man will do his Duty 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @chrisanduncensoredjapan6627

    Went on board the Victory in 1994 and 2005. Getting proud of my tally for visiting global battlefields. That summer my parents and I did the D-Day landing grounds as well.

  • @stephenholmes1036
    @stephenholmes1036 Před rokem +10

    The navy saved us on at least 5 occasions and its work to stop the slave trade seems to be ignored for some reason?

    • @priorhen8105
      @priorhen8105 Před 6 měsíci

      Cause saying britian was the pioneer of the slave trade is for more fitting for the agenda

    • @thejohnbeck
      @thejohnbeck Před 6 měsíci

      No big battles

  • @K8E666
    @K8E666 Před 4 dny

    We took our sons on holiday to Southampton a few years ago, from Wales. They hate beach holidays and we usually visit France but decided on a naval history holiday instead. They absolutely loved visiting the Historic Dockyards and seeing HMS Victory and The Mary Rose.

  • @zulubeatz1
    @zulubeatz1 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Incredible and moving documentary that grabs your attention and imagination. What an amazing story this great commander left behind.

  • @longdatedoptionsleaps6112

    Jeez thanks for this upload. I of course have heard of Nelson however didn’t really know the details of why he was so important. Leads from the front..battle hardened…wounded multiple times…tactical genius ….

  • @roberttreborable
    @roberttreborable Před 7 měsíci +1

    Brilliant I really enjoyed this documentary. Nelson never asked his men to do what he would not do himself, losing an eye, an arm and finally his life at the moment of Victory. Still find his story very moving today. P.S is there a follow up documentary about what happened to Lady Hamilton after the battle?

  • @jintsfan
    @jintsfan Před 7 měsíci +1

    When you’ve got a Ladybird book, you’re one of Britain’s Best. 🇬🇧

  • @SammyNeedsAnAlibi
    @SammyNeedsAnAlibi Před 6 měsíci +1

    Very awesome video full of facts I didn't know and showing some great art work, too- well done to all those who had a hand in making it!

  • @jonnorris7564
    @jonnorris7564 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Trafalgar was probably the most important battle until the battle of Midway, both were turning points in the history of Britain and America.

  • @hubertmichael1595
    @hubertmichael1595 Před 4 měsíci

    Very well presented, and informative.
    Thank you for giving us this great man's history.

  • @billybob01234567
    @billybob01234567 Před 9 měsíci

    Thankyou so much for uploading this

  • @067captain
    @067captain Před 11 měsíci +103

    I have to say as an ex British soldier with 30 year’s service , I am no longer proud to be British. The country is being ground into the ground by inept politicians, lazy incompetent civil servants, lying mainstream media. But I am immensely proud of our history, with no apology. Nelson, Wellington, Churchill, Montgomery.

    • @nickythom5
      @nickythom5 Před 10 měsíci

      I, too, am a retired British officer with over 30 years' service (if you count the TA). The fact that the country is being betrayed, sold down the the river, and surrendered to the the highest bidder by an incredibly incompetent bunch of mongoloid politicians does not make me less proud to be English. Whatever they do, they cannot erase the glory.

    • @user-em4vr2et8x
      @user-em4vr2et8x Před 10 měsíci +4

      Brexit means brexit!!

    • @MultiPimpmaster101
      @MultiPimpmaster101 Před 9 měsíci +14

      As an American, I can sympathize

    • @annekirk5871
      @annekirk5871 Před 6 měsíci +4

      As a Aussie we are lucky to be a island country vast land and no worries mate for wst❤😊

    • @user-jx5bm2jj8j
      @user-jx5bm2jj8j Před 6 měsíci +2

      Agree 👍

  • @adayinthelife5772
    @adayinthelife5772 Před 3 měsíci

    Nelsons battle strategy was SHOCK AND AWE.

  • @cargumdeu
    @cargumdeu Před 8 měsíci +1

    He should be an inspiration to disabled people everywhere.

  • @AndrewJamesWilliams
    @AndrewJamesWilliams Před rokem +2

    A great documentary about perhaps the greatest of our naval heroes. Horatio Nelson was a brilliant man but also a flawed individual much like everyone else and that is what made him so beloved.

  • @Aircraftsystemst
    @Aircraftsystemst Před rokem +4

    Fantastic documentary I really enjoyed this one!!👍

  • @MartinKillips
    @MartinKillips Před 4 měsíci

    Superb presentation. Enjoyed it thoroughly.
    Moooooore pleeeeease!

  • @Danthesane
    @Danthesane Před 2 měsíci

    When I first learned about Lord Horatio Nelson it was in a small book which summarized his life. I was enamoured. I was impressed and most importantly I was proud. I read this small booklet when i was about 8. I had little concept of history, or politics for that matter. Seeing this documentary was both enlightening and reinforcing in a man I hold on such a high pedestal.
    Up until now I had only known the legend, this documentary showed me the man as well as the legend and it was both impressive and entertaining.
    As for my personal thoughts on Lord Horatio Nelson, I am of the opinion that I would live and die on the principle and understanding of Nelson. One of which duty is all to me, and that dedicated commitment to one’s duty and nation is something that is inspired. I hope I can do something noteworthy in my life to even be somewhat noticeable, and Horatio Nelson is the person that started me on this path. A personal hero, I found him cool because of his action, and I’ve come to respect him for his human characteristics, from his flaws, to his fears, to his character. Truly an inspiration

  • @nickphillips2125
    @nickphillips2125 Před rokem +2

    Wonderful presentation, with the exception @ 31:59 were a drawing shows Nelson with right arm intact and missing his left arm

  • @artfuldodger9312
    @artfuldodger9312 Před 8 měsíci +3

    The Napoleonic period can be likened to the year 1939, a time when our existence was threatened and we found ourselves on the brink of invasion. At this critical juncture, the English Channel emerged as the sole barrier preventing Napoleon from asserting his dominance over the entire world. In fact, Napoleon himself boldly declared, "Give me freedom of the English Channel and I will rule the world." It is a moment for which we can express immense gratitude that we were fortunate enough to have a bold and daring individual like Horatio Nelson at the helm of our navy, guiding us through these tumultuous waters.

  • @collywogs2258
    @collywogs2258 Před měsícem

    Wow, great documentary, thank you

  • @anandmorris
    @anandmorris Před 9 měsíci

    Brilliant documentary once again by HH.

  • @Steve1734
    @Steve1734 Před rokem +45

    He served as a hero, fought like a hero, loved like a hero and died a hero's death. It would be 160 years before the nation would pour out its grief in such a way and bury another hero, Sir Winston Churchill. I don't think there has ever been another nation in history that has seen and felt the highs of victory and the depths of despair as Gt Britain.

    • @richardhorrocks1460
      @richardhorrocks1460 Před rokem +2

      Chad, maybe?

    • @paulscottfilms
      @paulscottfilms Před 11 měsíci

      and then it surrendered to woke , immigration and weakness

    • @jamesalexander5623
      @jamesalexander5623 Před 11 měsíci

      @@richardhorrocks1460 Mali ....

    • @hellomoto2084
      @hellomoto2084 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Plenty of others .
      British history remarkable as it is , is quite short compared to histories of nations of orient like china , india , persia , Mesopotamia etc so on and so forth.

    • @markmaher4548
      @markmaher4548 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@hellomoto2084 There in lies the rub with British history, as the people pre-Roman invasion had an oral history as opposed to a written one. Though they managed to leave monuments behind them such as Stonge Henge, the stone circle surrounding the henge being built in the Neolithic, about 2,500yrs ago & the inner stones being errected about 5000yrs ago. You want history? We've got it in spades!

  • @frogwaffle7
    @frogwaffle7 Před rokem +4

    Great stuff!!!! Love it!!!

  • @johnhall3824
    @johnhall3824 Před rokem +4

    I watched this whole thing. It was excellent.

  • @tomhermens7698
    @tomhermens7698 Před 10 měsíci

    What a good documentary!!!! Thank you.!!!

  • @AdmiralBeethoven
    @AdmiralBeethoven Před rokem +4

    Finally a documentary about a non ww2 or ww1 documentary.

  • @davidcollins2648
    @davidcollins2648 Před rokem +1

    Wonderfully produced and factual save for the fact there were no "battleships" at the time. Sloops, frigates and Ships of the Line, yes.

    • @williampaz2092
      @williampaz2092 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Another name for Ship-of-the-Line was “Line-of-Battle Ship”.

  • @Katmando376
    @Katmando376 Před rokem +4

    Yes very good documentary. Fair to Nelson was a Maverick!

  • @rosaliegolding5549
    @rosaliegolding5549 Před 11 měsíci

    Brilliant you even got the Actor to be left handed like Nelson stickers for detail very impressed great video thank you 👏🤷‍♀️

  • @christopherstephens4016
    @christopherstephens4016 Před 11 měsíci +2

    My personal British hero. The greatest Briton.

  • @davidromero1044
    @davidromero1044 Před 7 měsíci

    Great, documentary thanks

  • @calebshuler1789
    @calebshuler1789 Před 5 měsíci

    It simply amazing, the non fear of death, Nelson lived by

  • @haynes1776
    @haynes1776 Před 11 měsíci +6

    In the American revolution, we had Naval heroes like John Paul Jones, for the British Navy during the Napoleonic wars, It was Nelson. Trafalgar was his masterpiece. It was tragic he didn't survive the the Royal Navy's greatest victory which gave Britain naval supremacy for the duration of the Napoleonic wars and for a century. Future naval heroes, I'm sure, had studied his tactics and it paid off for them later. 🇬🇧

    • @karenparle4955
      @karenparle4955 Před 9 měsíci +2

      John Paul Jones was British he started the American navy

    • @haynes1776
      @haynes1776 Před 9 měsíci

      @@karenparle4955 I didn't know John Paul Jones was British. But he was the founded of the United States Navy🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲. I was in history class at Fort Junior high school in Columbus, Georgia and my teacher, Mr Butts asked What was Captain John Paul Jones's famous words during the battle with The British Man of War the Serapis as it engaged Jones's ship, the Bohomme Richard, when the British captain asked if he was ready to strike his colors: Ready to surrender his ship after suffering heavy damage, I raised my hand and when he called my name. I replied, "I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT"!! The class and my teacher were impressed. Because of my love and interest in American history, my teacher nicknamed me "Professor". John Paul Jones turned the tide of battle, at the cost of his ship and capturing the Serapis, and became a American naval hero.🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

    • @jordanfan5896
      @jordanfan5896 Před 5 měsíci

      Jordan Fan,Prophet of Environment。范楚漳,環境先知:
      Jordan Fan,Prophet of Envand!!!!!!!!,,?!
      While Nelson was only capable of deploying his half nelson moves in wrestling. Napoleon Bonaparte had lots of great military & strategical maneuvers. Among them are his ability to Blown apart the bodies of all his enemy’s soldiers with his canons while keeping his own soldiers from being Blownaparted. Napoleon Bonaparte’s soldiers all have great appetite therefore they would constantly ordering French Fries 🍟 from Marshal McDonald while he still needed to constantly loading cannons with Quarter-pounder cannonballs!!?,?!..(

  • @rbheaven4918
    @rbheaven4918 Před 10 měsíci

    Excellent...thank you

  • @JM-uk9yb
    @JM-uk9yb Před rokem +2

    Very good doco, I hope this feedback makes it back to the top. I am a big history lover but have one problem with timeline and that is they upload too much World War Two content.
    Give us more docos like this one and other events in history please. Other than that love your work

  • @an4189
    @an4189 Před 2 měsíci

    Love the documentary. A great man for me who needs more recognition is Lord Collingwood.

  • @Lizablue0608
    @Lizablue0608 Před rokem +18

    One of THE most intense videos on this if you’re a history lover like myself. I thought being a descendant of Daniel Boone here in the States was cool. Can’t imagine being one of Nelson’s though. Great video. 🎉 Emma and Nelson’s little um..‘friendship’ cracked me up when they had to ride the ferry like everyone else. Poor Emma..😔💔

    • @billyp492
      @billyp492 Před rokem

      😊

    • @adventurehawksancientharmo3519
      @adventurehawksancientharmo3519 Před rokem +1

      I am supposedly an indirect descendant of Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson. We share the same sense of worry, the same nose and the same name…

    • @jordanfan5896
      @jordanfan5896 Před 5 měsíci

      Jordan Fan,Prophet of Environment。范楚漳,環境先知:
      Jordan Fan,Prophet of Envand!!!!!!!!,,?!
      While Nelson was only capable of deploying his half nelson moves in wrestling. Napoleon Bonaparte had lots of great military & strategical maneuvers. Among them are his ability to Blown apart the bodies of all his enemy’s soldiers with his canons while keeping his own soldiers from being Blownaparted. Napoleon Bonaparte’s soldiers all have great appetite therefore they would constantly ordering French Fries 🍟 from Marshal McDonald while he still needed to constantly loading cannons with Quarter-pounder cannonballs!!?,,,

    • @kevcaratacus9428
      @kevcaratacus9428 Před 3 měsíci

      Was Daniel Boone one of the men who died at the Alamo ?
      Excuse my ignorance , I focus so much on the history of my city I know little about the rest of our ( English history) let alone other countries .

  • @VimalPerera-hd8fr
    @VimalPerera-hd8fr Před 7 měsíci

    Admiral Nelson.Saviyor
    Of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 paid the ultimate price ‼️👏👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇫🇷🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @normtrooper4392
    @normtrooper4392 Před rokem +3

    One of the true great masters of the sea.

  • @blackcorp0001
    @blackcorp0001 Před 8 měsíci

    Essential viewing ... 👌

  • @lanem7708
    @lanem7708 Před 9 měsíci +1

    The balls of this man.

  • @williamrobinson7435
    @williamrobinson7435 Před 11 měsíci

    Good this! Plenty of proper knowledgeable bods. 🌟👍

  • @TimeWarp2000
    @TimeWarp2000 Před 9 měsíci

    God bless Nelson and the fighting Men

  • @kylethomson7583
    @kylethomson7583 Před 9 měsíci

    Incredible

  • @drexlspivey3766
    @drexlspivey3766 Před 9 měsíci

    This could make a great movie

  • @jackheeley7274
    @jackheeley7274 Před 3 měsíci

    What strikes me is the quote about him “being sure of himself, yet always unsure he’d done the right thing” really brings him to life as a genuine human being… Might be disassociation, but I feel a lot more at ease knowing that even Nelson was anxious about his decisions 😂

  • @kmowl1994
    @kmowl1994 Před rokem +9

    Most celebrated English soldier

  • @loganstroganoff1284
    @loganstroganoff1284 Před 9 měsíci +6

    Its interesting to learn of his worries and how they made him physically ill. It humanizes him. We tend to think of great historical figures as unshakeable demigods when the reality is that they have the same fears and foibles as the rest of us. The difference is that they dont fold under that enormous pressure but instead rise above it.

    • @paulanthonynelson2733
      @paulanthonynelson2733 Před 9 měsíci

      Are you going to add anything of value or just be petty as you were to me?

    • @moodswinggaming2972
      @moodswinggaming2972 Před 5 měsíci

      " The difference is that they dont fold under that enormous pressure but instead rise above it "
      I think that's the definition of bravery.

    • @jordanfan5896
      @jordanfan5896 Před 5 měsíci

      Jordan Fan,Prophet of Environment。范楚漳,環境先知:
      Jordan Fan,Prophet of Envand!!!!!!!!,,?!
      While Nelson was only capable of deploying his half nelson moves in wrestling. Napoleon Bonaparte had lots of great military & strategical maneuvers. Among them are his ability to Blown apart the bodies of all his enemy’s soldiers with his canons while keeping his own soldiers from being Blownaparted. Napoleon Bonaparte’s soldiers all have great appetite therefore they would constantly ordering French Fries 🍟 from Marshal McDonald while he still needed to constantly loading cannons with Quarter-pounder cannonballs!!?,?!,,,,

  • @paulanthonynelson2733
    @paulanthonynelson2733 Před 10 měsíci

    Doing my duty watching yet another Horatio doco. Very well.

  • @asullivan4047
    @asullivan4047 Před 9 měsíci

    Interesting and informative. Excellent photography pictures 📷/reenactments scenes. Enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing. Class A research project!!! Special thanks to the historian guest speakers making this documentary more authentic and possible. Quite the sea faring sailor/captain/admiral in his navel career. Quite an excruciatingly painful amputation. I'm surprised blood diseases didn't end his life. Due to unsanitary methods back then. Perhaps the amputation gave him all the more fortitude to become the hardened/successful admiral he became???

  • @alexlascu2136
    @alexlascu2136 Před rokem +20

    Master and Commander: the far side of the world in real life.

    • @sonsofthewestredwhiteblue5317
      @sonsofthewestredwhiteblue5317 Před rokem +6

      My zeal for King and country keep me warm…. and the armada of historical military documentaries I imbibe on CZcams.

    • @Anglo_Saxon1
      @Anglo_Saxon1 Před rokem +4

      ​@@sonsofthewestredwhiteblue5317 Absolutely 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

    • @HiImSeanIPlayBass
      @HiImSeanIPlayBass Před rokem

      Not even close.
      Jack Aubrey was never meant to be a Nelson parallel.
      If you want the ACTUAL Nelson story in excellent fictional form, read the Hornblower novels.
      Dude’s first name is literally Horatio.

    • @Anglo_Saxon1
      @Anglo_Saxon1 Před rokem

      @@HiImSeanIPlayBass Ive seen a lot of 'em on telly.Really good. 👍

    • @KJJackson71
      @KJJackson71 Před rokem

      I think Aubrey was based on Thomas Cochrane.

  • @cdfdesantis699
    @cdfdesantis699 Před rokem +8

    Glad I watched this. Knew about Nelson winning the battles of the Nile & Trafalgar, of course. Knew little about the man.

  • @rainbowappleslice
    @rainbowappleslice Před 11 měsíci +2

    That’s a pretty big flex, to be buried in a coffin made of the flagship of your defeated enemy

  • @Destide
    @Destide Před rokem +3

    I know a 40k voice actor when I hear one perfect casting

  • @Beencheeling
    @Beencheeling Před 4 měsíci

    A man geniuenly loved by an entire country, dying in such a valliant manner is something that happens once 100 years. Emperour Charles III, Fredrick II, And now Horatio Neilson, and of course mind you Napoleon

  • @georgejenkins3371
    @georgejenkins3371 Před 7 měsíci

    Too bad the level of the audio was not constant. Some speakers mumble, some are very clear.

  • @renesagahon4477
    @renesagahon4477 Před rokem +6

    Nelson was brilliant. I’ve been on victory. Beautiful ship, Napoleon and his admirals had little faith for their Spanish allies thought they provided splendid vessels. The French fleet had not yet recovered from the revolution NAPOLEON wanted to replace Villaneuve but to late ,so most likely he had him murdered in 1806

    • @mcgiver6977
      @mcgiver6977 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Well said. 80-90% of french marine generals left/abandonned fleet after revolution. They were royalists. And a better amiral than Villeneuve died few weeks/months before the invasion of Great Britain, i forgot his name.

  • @markwagstaff7209
    @markwagstaff7209 Před 8 měsíci +1

    A true British hero