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  • By the year 1800, Napoleon's political career was in full swing. However, as First Consul, he was hardly a man of the people - by a stroke of outrageous good fortune he even survived an assassination attempt in1800, which gave him the perfect excuse to eliminate several political enemies.
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Komentáƙe • 143

  • @LordDirus007
    @LordDirus007 Pƙed rokem +22

    He didn't become "Emperor of France", he was chosen to be Emperor of the French by the people

    • @richardobryan3909
      @richardobryan3909 Pƙed rokem +6

      ? Kind of splitting hairs isn't it?

    • @S-tank_
      @S-tank_ Pƙed rokem +4

      ​@@richardobryan3909he didn't become the quarterback of the new York Giants. He was chosen to be the quarterback by the coaches.

  • @HistoryfortheAges
    @HistoryfortheAges Pƙed rokem +15

    I love lecturing on Napoleon. He has one of the most dramatic life stories in history! From being a refugee from Corsica, to taking over much of Europe to his exiles to Elba and then St. Helena! Crazy life!!

    • @brunol-p_g8800
      @brunol-p_g8800 Pƙed rokem +2

      He was no “refugee from Corsica”, but a proud French citizen from Corsica brought up by a pro French Corsican notable father, who was sent to a French military academy at the age of 10


    • @HistoryfortheAges
      @HistoryfortheAges Pƙed rokem +3

      @@brunol-p_g8800 he was, do you know what happened with him and Paoli? after he came back to Corsica his entire family was forced out of Corsica.

  • @travisspazz1624
    @travisspazz1624 Pƙed rokem +26

    Can't wait for the reunion of Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix!

    • @kimberlybrown5348
      @kimberlybrown5348 Pƙed rokem

      It already looks like it will be very very good

    • @dcm4464
      @dcm4464 Pƙed rokem

      "He was empowered to one end alone, to give back power to the people." But apparently he did not share in his father's dream. lol

    • @bman3794
      @bman3794 Pƙed 12 dny

      You are In for a huge disappointment. 😔😔😔😔

  • @ianray8823
    @ianray8823 Pƙed rokem +4

    Just as the Napoleon movie trailer drops, this also gets uploaded? Thats surely a coincidence

    • @wally9935
      @wally9935 Pƙed rokem +1

      Simply a good idea for a large history doc channel to draw views.

  • @turloughkennedy6579
    @turloughkennedy6579 Pƙed rokem +23

    The first 10 minutes describes every leader in history including the current ones. So I'm not sure why Napoleon is the worst guy 😂

    • @mini_mozzer
      @mini_mozzer Pƙed rokem +5

      who said he was the worst guy? i think napoleon was great actually. for a dictator in the early 1800s, hes the best one couldve asked for

    • @Alex-ec4wu
      @Alex-ec4wu Pƙed rokem

      He sure could have prevented ww1 from happening.

    • @93200Jonas
      @93200Jonas Pƙed rokem +5

      @@mini_mozzer He was not a "Dictator" he was EMPEROR of France ! English propaganda...

    • @mini_mozzer
      @mini_mozzer Pƙed rokem +1

      @@93200Jonas whats the difference

    • @b.elzebub9252
      @b.elzebub9252 Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci

      You know exactly why. Even today the ruling classes cannot help but fear him and what he stood for. They have to demonise him every chance they get, or the people might get 'ideas'. Ideas involving them not needing the ruling class and getting rid of them.

  • @brunol-p_g8800
    @brunol-p_g8800 Pƙed rokem +18

    38:30:
    Napoleon had one and only aim: for France to be at peace and safe.
    France had been continuously attacked by England, the Perfide Albion, and other powers in coalitions funded by England since the Revolution, well before Napoleon came to power, with the aim of reinstating a king so “Europe would be at peace” as said in the own words of the British, because England’s aristocracy and royalty felt threatened by the French Revolution which could give ideas to the English, and thus royalty and aristocracy would loose their status and privileges.
    Every time England and its coalitions attacked France and Napoleon defeated them, he gave them very generous terms in their surrender and the following peace. Europe would have been at peace, hadn’t England, which wasn’t even a continental country, existed. And for that there is a lot of resentment towards England in continental Europe.
    After Napoleon had been tricked by England into boarding a UK Ship “bound to England” where he was supposed to be able to live a free and peaceful life, what did England, this French colony who took a bad turn, do? Deport and exile him in St Helena and put Louis XVIII on the throne of France, against the will of the French people.

    • @capoislamort100
      @capoislamort100 Pƙed rokem +1

      He’s lucky the British didn’t turn him over to the Prussians or the Spanish government; his fate would’ve been quite different.

    • @rhysnichols8608
      @rhysnichols8608 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci +2

      I agree with your sentiment, but your reasons are wrong. Britain was primarily concerned with economic, trade and colonial dominance. They funded multiple coalitions against France not because they didn’t like he political ideals, but because France was their age old rival, and once Napoleon came to power he made France the dominant power. Something Britain could never allow. Britain itself had a parliament and was closer to revolutionary France than the autocratic monarchs of Austria Prussia and Russia.

  • @hostiliscivitas
    @hostiliscivitas Pƙed rokem +145

    France could sure use him right now

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 Pƙed rokem +1

    It was an informative and magnificent video about Napoleon Bonaparte struggle and attempt to return French dominant on European content and demolishing 3rd and 4th correlation headed by Britain 🇬🇧....thank you for sharing it

  • @chrisleranthonysilveira5464

    Make next part

  • @peterfile2185
    @peterfile2185 Pƙed rokem +11

    A giant figure in the history books for sure!

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 Pƙed 25 dny +1

    Take that! Bony!
    đŸŽđŸ…đŸ„šđŸ§…đŸ§„đŸ„”đŸ„ŹđŸŒ¶đŸ„•đŸŒđŸ«’đŸ„„

  • @rhysnichols8608
    @rhysnichols8608 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci +2

    The rant at 38:10 was utterly ridiculous nonsense. Unsubstantiated rhetoric. Napoleon tried to make peace many times and gave fairly generous terms. His enemies kept breaking the peace and declaring war on him.

  • @kimberlybrown5348
    @kimberlybrown5348 Pƙed rokem +12

    This could happen in any country, at any time. I've never felt so unsafe in my life.

  • @raywebster7405
    @raywebster7405 Pƙed rokem +2

    And it all ended on the bloody battlefield of Waterloo

  • @Melvin_Garrett
    @Melvin_Garrett Pƙed rokem +3

    Can’t wait for the Napoleon movie!!

  • @katherinecollins4685
    @katherinecollins4685 Pƙed rokem

    Really good

  • @kl12345-u
    @kl12345-u Pƙed rokem +15

    France or even EU needs someone like him now, love him for not taking any BS

    • @kl12345-u
      @kl12345-u Pƙed rokem +3

      Napoleon III was also pretty awesome, built the glorious Paris & modernized France

    • @Moda97
      @Moda97 Pƙed rokem +1

      @@kl12345-u Nope he didn't

    • @Moda97
      @Moda97 Pƙed rokem +3

      @@kl12345-u Bro I literraly live in Paris France
      Paris was modernised by Le Baron Haussmann who worked during the second empire, 25 years after Napoleon's death.
      Before giving any advices u should apply it.

    • @Moda97
      @Moda97 Pƙed rokem

      My bad I thought u talked about Bonaparte
      But i don't understand the link between the initial comment and your's ?

    • @kl12345-u
      @kl12345-u Pƙed rokem +1

      @@Moda97 no worries, I was saying “the Third” emperor, it’s just a random comment I added, sharing for ppl interested in the Napoleon III time period history, most ppl only think Napoleon B was the one that did it all, but he only started it, & mostly warred around. I lived in Paris 10+ yrs ago! Love the old times, it’s too messy now, so I moved to US LOL

  • @williamromine5715
    @williamromine5715 Pƙed rokem +4

    He was right. All the forces of mankind could not defeat him. In the end, lt was his own ego, and one force of nature, a Russian winter, that defeated him. All despots fail to know when to stop. To know when enough is enough. To know when it's time for the common people to receive the benefits of their sacrifices.

  • @israelvaldivia2686
    @israelvaldivia2686 Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci

    20:45 he crowned himself. How could you guys mess this part up?

  • @Rommheim1
    @Rommheim1 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

    Napoleon DIDN'T HAVE BOATS!!!! *Pig snorts

  • @user-ix1rp9ff3p
    @user-ix1rp9ff3p Pƙed rokem

    ...how timely, considering there's an upcoming titular film starred by Joaquin Phoenix

  • @JoeyArmstrong2800
    @JoeyArmstrong2800 Pƙed rokem +7

    "I found the crown of France lying in the gutter.. so I picked it up" - Napoleon Bonaparte

  • @doocieonu
    @doocieonu Pƙed rokem +13

    France would vote for their best general as president right now

  • @ericcrawford3453
    @ericcrawford3453 Pƙed rokem +2

    I sure am glade he sold us Louisiana đŸ‡ș🇾

  • @Maesterful
    @Maesterful Pƙed rokem +4

    Great documentary

    • @user-py7wp6nw9h
      @user-py7wp6nw9h Pƙed rokem

      This is on Amazon and it was not made by this channel. They put on the graphics at the beginning, as if THEY made it. But they don't make documentaries

  • @ggvideonow1
    @ggvideonow1 Pƙed rokem +2

    In a way, it sounds like many contemporary stories. What a French writer once wrote “plus ça change, plus c’est la mĂȘme chose “ - the more things change, the more they stay the same.

  • @user-py7wp6nw9h
    @user-py7wp6nw9h Pƙed rokem +4

    This is on Amazon and again, Timeline lies or suggests that THEY made this . Folks these people DO NO make documentaries. They grab them from some other platform and put them on their channel. I am surprise how they get away with not being reported for copyright infringement.

  • @williamharjani814
    @williamharjani814 Pƙed rokem

    VIVE LA FRANCE

  • @Grenadier311
    @Grenadier311 Pƙed rokem +1

    Three million men lost their lives in the Napoleonic Wars.

    • @Alex-ec4wu
      @Alex-ec4wu Pƙed rokem

      czcams.com/video/GG0LY8OLBG8/video.html

  • @swarala
    @swarala Pƙed rokem

    napoleon the french emperor

  • @conceptalfa
    @conceptalfa Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci

    👍👍👍!!!

  • @janklaas6885
    @janklaas6885 Pƙed rokem +2

    📍38:42

  • @williamwolf2844
    @williamwolf2844 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci

    "He had opened up Egypt to the world." What a garbage comment. Egypt was not some hermetic kingdom isolated from the rest of the world. J David Markham really doesn't come across well at 1:55. Anybody who can say something this false about Egypt at that time really should keep his mouth shut and not appear in history videos.

  • @danielbrowne9089
    @danielbrowne9089 Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci

    Did he defeat the British? I thought that wasn’t so?

    • @rhysnichols8608
      @rhysnichols8608 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci +3

      He defeated the British a few times in Europe’s and kicked them out of Spain in 1809. The British landings in July 1809 in the Netherlands also got defeated quite easily. But yes ultimately the British were Victorious and never fully defeated by Napoleon. Britain could rely on the sea and navy to keep safe

  • @salvation2979
    @salvation2979 Pƙed rokem +12

    First off, let’s acknowledge his roots are of italian/Genoese decent . I know Ajaccio sounds really French. 😂😂😂.

    • @LordDirus007
      @LordDirus007 Pƙed rokem

      He actually had a Non-European Paternal Haplogroup E

    • @salvation2979
      @salvation2979 Pƙed rokem +2

      @@LordDirus007 Yes, as typical italians have the similar haplogroup. African, moor, Saracen, middle eastern, greek dominant many italian DNA

    • @brunol-p_g8800
      @brunol-p_g8800 Pƙed rokem +1

      He didn’t have Italian roots, Italy didn’t even exist at the the time, the Union of the Italian peninsula into Italy only happened much later during the second half of the 19th century. For much of its history after Rome Corsica was part of the Republic of Genoa for close to 400 years before becoming part of France.

    • @athrunzala6770
      @athrunzala6770 Pƙed rokem

      go tell a Corsican he's Italian... if you want to see your house exploded :p

  • @robtherub
    @robtherub Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci

    Who funded him

  • @bman3794
    @bman3794 Pƙed rokem +5

    Cannot wait until thanksgiving comes.
    Like if you saw the trailer!
    EDIT: saw the movie. Disappointment galore

  • @jacobfunderburk1307
    @jacobfunderburk1307 Pƙed rokem

    Ukraine has him right now.đŸ€«

  • @jamesb2166
    @jamesb2166 Pƙed rokem +1

    What is the song at the start

  • @RubyMarkLindMilly
    @RubyMarkLindMilly Pƙed rokem +4

    A giant

  • @kasperkaradi5735
    @kasperkaradi5735 Pƙed rokem

    😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @Shuckyduckyquack
    @Shuckyduckyquack Pƙed rokem +1

    And not a mention of the Jesuits?? Main stream BS

  • @rajakc1514
    @rajakc1514 Pƙed rokem +1

    Evn couldn't conquer small continent as Europe..... what is Great about him?

    • @napoleonblownapart290
      @napoleonblownapart290 Pƙed rokem +1

      Everything
.

    • @rhysnichols8608
      @rhysnichols8608 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci +2

      “Couldn’t conquer small continent as Europe” what a ridiculous statement. He won most battles in history

  • @turloughkennedy6579
    @turloughkennedy6579 Pƙed rokem +2

    The first 10 minutes describes every leader in history including the current ones. So I'm not sure why Napoleon is the worst guy 😂