A Historian Reacts - The Napoleonic Wars, Part 1
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This is one of the only CZcamsrs that I know that 1: doesn't clickbait us and 2: risks being copyrightstriked for his viewers.
What a guy!!!!
You forgot another thing. Actually reacts and adds analysis.
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@@kadenvolan3557 whats bad about mxr?
I'm always baffled by the fact that the french soldiers of tjhe Davout Corps had to walk 110 km (68 miles) in two days to arrive in time on the battlefield. Imagine having to fight after such a march.
Blisters, very painful blisters.
it's crazy
Shows the discipline of one of the best if not the best corps in the grand armee
@@RodolfoGaming and their stamina. Walking over 100km in two days is... quite an achievement I believe
@@budowniczypylonow7026 normally the experience and discipline is also attributed vastly to veterans. Which. Davout's corps absolutely was.
Please don’t copyright strike this series! I’ve requested this since joining. So excited!!
Best thing would be to go watch the original video and comment thanking the reaction video for pointing you there and subscribing (if not already subbed)
@@user-wu7ug4ly3v On it SIR! :) I have already watched it like 3 times.
When Napoleon first learned of Fulton’s steamboat, he basically said “You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.”
Wait; wasn't that Leonard Nimoy :-) ?
@@jonshive5482 only in Civ 4. Honestly, they do a great job picking voices for the Civilopedia: Leonard Nimoy, W. Morgan Shepard, Sean Bean
I love how, even after a copyright strike, he still makes these videos if they are highly requested. It takes guts to do something like that and HGG/VLG deserves credit.
Wait this it was copyright strike m how come I didn’t know this yet
Pls explain
My favorite CZcamsr is reacting to my favorite series on CZcams. What a time to be alive!
If I’m not mistaken I believe Austerlitz is also called the battle of the three emporers.
Leading up to Austerlitz, Napoleon actually initially held the pratzen heights but gave it up to seem like his army wasn’t ready for battle.
He gives it up, let’s them take it, then draws them off into his trap
didnt he also attempt to make a peace treaty to make them assume he was weak.
@@wafs1393 he acted nervous in front of enemy envoys too
@@fredbarker9201 I wished EpicHistoryTv wouldve covered that, would've made it look even better.
@@fredbarker9201 There have been few successful generals who were ALSO such masters of psychological warfare as Napoleon was. What he did to so many generals on the field was essentially as close to direct mind-control of another person as you can get without sci-fi technology.
@@SRosenberg203 agreed
"Give me a mediocre plan executed violently today over a perfect plan next week"
General Patton
damn..
I think these wars in the 18th and 19th century are often overshadowed by the 1st and 2nd world wars and deserve more recognition
Yeah specially because they are a the reason the world wars ever happened
Exactly, and if Napoleon was a general during the world wars, he would've conqured Europe in months. The technology Napoleon could've used is crazy.
Strongly agreed
This Napoleonic video series has so much content. It's absolutely insane that I enjoyed it for free.
Teacher: what are the results of the Napoleonic wars?
Me: the best song ever
Teacher: And what is that?
Me: 1812 Overture
A bunch of my students mentioned that last year when I was subbing at LaGuardia HS. I'm a history teacher, and I was asked to sub for a music class, so I just asked around what timeframe they were up to and started talking about that. But I eventually got them into a discussion about the impact of politics on art (LaGuardia is a very prominent school focused on the arts in NYC, with a fair number of famous actors/musicians as graduates) and how the students thought their own art might be impacted by something like a foreign power invading the US, or the rapid changing of the society in response to industrialization, and they ended up having a really fascinating conversation. One of them mentioned the 1812 Overture, and ended up teaching me a little about it because I knew about Borodino, but not the history of the song or how it commemorated the Russian victory.
That's the thing I love most about teaching history, I think; no matter how much I know, I can always learn more.
Don't forget Beethoven, who was alive during this period and composed some stuff related to war.
(like this czcams.com/video/vCHREyE5GzQ/video.html )
Complete with cannons
While some people think its based on the war of 1812 😅😅
My grandma lives few kms away from Austerlitz. Really cool to walk the battlefield in person.
Edit: You can actually see the village where my grandma lives in the video during the battle. It's the small one left of Krzenowitz.
That's so cool!
When Napoleon’s so dangerous you gotta gang up on him
I've found the War of the Third Coalition to be of some interest. In 1805, an 18 year old Dane (Claus Fabrin, my 4th great uncle) was severely wounded during the Battle of Castelfranco Veneto (on his 19th birthday). He was left behind by his unit because it was too dangerous to move him. The wider Fabrin clan had no idea what happened to him until a message emerged from Italy in the September of 1990. He was nursed back to health and married an Italian. He died at the age of 42. Through him, there are now numerous familys of mixed Danish and Italian blood in Northern Italy
Omg he finally did it I’m so happy right now !
For UK, balance of power means other nations are equals below them...
Your reaction makes every video more informative and interesting. I love how you put things in perspective and show how seemingly unrelated pieces run parallel to each other. It makes history all the more enriching and fun! I am so happy you're pursuing your passions and sharing your depth of knowledge with us. Keep going!
Something that really comes through with Napoleon's tactics is his history as an artillery officer. You'll note how he actually moves his cannon right up alongside his advances where they can do most damage at close range. While other armies of the time considered their cannons too precious to risk, so they sat at the back often static and outside of effective range
Never been more excited in these past few weeks. Thanks for the amazing content
Found your channel this past week and now i'm on a marathon watching every video. Great content.
2023 and I’m just now watching this series with your reactions
These videos' reactions are GREAT! I'm loving them, I wish history teachers in my country were as passionate and willing to details as this man is. Keep it up!
Came back to rewatch this AGAIN! Thanks for the awesome content.
You got me interested in learning again, you DESERVE more subs for how you not only share videos but also give additional information to tie everything together. Well done my friend.
The retreat from Moscow has to be one of the most miserable situations I’ve ever seen.
About as miserable as the kid with a Beastie tee, after throwing shade at a newish band between sips of coke.
@@The_Horse-leafs_Cabbage hahaha love it dude
The march on Moscow wasn't much better. There are accounts of Napoleonic troops having to resort to drinking from puddles horses had pissed in. There were a few gunshots every morning as troops comitted suicide as the misery was too much to bear.
Still nothing compared to the horrible conditions of the summer, and March on Moscow and napoleon even lost more men during the summer and in the battles getting to Moscow, than in the retreat
@@dyutimandas9772 where the fuck did you got that from?
Very happy you chose this channel. I had a lot of good memories watching their videos. Looking forward for you to react to more of their content!
VTH's analyses and excitement throughout these videos has rekindled my love of History tenfold.
This is so good can’t wait for this series, such an interesting period of history!
Great video as always, sadly I couldn't be there for the live part. Thanks for posting!
I already watched this but your commentary and input is always great
Oh boy, this is a collaboration with HistoryMarche? That instantly makes it twice as good.
I might just as well use this opportunity to recommend HistoryMarche to you. I don't know if their format fits well with your style of reactions but they are definitely worth checking out.
I found out while doing ancestry research that I have a grandfather that fought directly under Napoleon during the wars before moving to America and settling in Western Minnesota. I want to find out more about him and his military career.
One of the greatest CZcams series of all times. You're all what the History Channel shouldve been!
honestly, Napoleon could have safely traversed the Channel by combining just a few ideas.
First, the optic telegraph was already invented and largely used in France. Given the weather mostly come from the west in these parts, by having a "weather station" in Brittany and having the optic telegraph send the report, he could have an idea of what was coming about 5 to 10 hours later depending the strength of the wind. That could help decide the when he could cross.
Second, the Channel isn't that large and you can row to cross it. He didn't need big sailboats, he needed as he prepared, many rowboats. The crossing needed the French navy protection if it happened by daylight... that's where come the next point.
Third: crossing by night. What was needed was stealth to not alert the royal navy of their crossing and direction. Stealth come from not using visible light and being silent. Clothes in the rings were the row are and discipline to keep the men silent does it for the sound. Next the light. split the row boat in columns with the head boat having compass to give direction, no lights. All the boat behind also have compass but mostly follow the boat in front of them that have a 5 sides blind box with a little overture facing the back and a light in it. the column cross and land and voilà... then the army does have to live on the land and beat the British with no reinforcement (that's the hard part I guess).
Before trying to cross, train the men to embark, sometimes multiple times a days, at different times even in the evening and always without much care for discretion. All a show for the patrolling ships of the royal navy. The day when you plan the real crossing, do one fake depart late in the evening and under the shadow of the night, leave most of the bulky gear on board while giving a show of the men retreating on land and preparing for bivouac... could even use loud signals for the embarking and disembarking (set number of guns shoot for each?), all to numb the patrol attention. Then like 2 hours after the last blank embark, do the real one in silence...
I'm not sure that a 100k men army could have vanquished the British isles, but there is a reason most of the British means were on their navy at the time. What's certain is that Napoleon sure could have taken London. What happen next is a matter of what the British wealthy were ready to sacrifice in a prolonged fight. Would they endure Napoleon burning the harbors and the budging industrial "factories"? What about the parliament and the King. They flee to the north then what? Napoleon could even do a Attila impression and burn everything on his way, scavenging while depriving the British from much needed food stuff in an island that at the time already couldn't support itself on this aspect. And he was already called the Ogre by the British, so no reputation loss there...
I won't pretend it was a sure shot, but with my setting, I think the crossing was doable without the cover of the French Navy.
Note that the French Navy was basically useless at the time because most the navy officers were nobles who of course didn't stay to get beheaded during the revolution... and it take time (and much spending) to train CAPABLE navy officers... more than to train land army.
for reference 900 miles is about the same distance Manchester NH to Cincinnati OH. 16 hours in a car.. i can only imagine how insane that march would have been.
that 's why the french soldier called them 'les grognards' they were not happy but they still walked (excuse me google translate)
@@pascalplantagenet4802 only the old guard was called like that, cause the were the only one able to speak thier mind infrotn of the emperor
@@danemon8423 it is true
This man is the reason I’m acing ancient and modern history, keep it up!
Watching this on my lunch break!!
One of my Favorite times in history. I don't care what anybody says. Napoleon was way more than the tyrant he has been portrayed to be.
Napoleonic code makes him a successful legislator
Indeed, for the 200 years of his death, multiple leftists group in france have launch a demonisation campagne, and sadly, many do not make enought research to see all the bs .
He build the civil code (the napoleon code) that his still used today, exported republican and nationalism idea to europe (permiting the unification of germany and italia),
freed poland, stop the tradr of slave (but paradoxaly reinstored slavery, it was a pragmatic decision for economic reason not base on racism but still ..) .
All of his war except the spanish and russia one (and he lost those) where defensive .
@@luc-zq7ku some historians claim he was too draconic with the way he put down the reign of terror.
By that point it had devolved into a blood thirsty mob hell bent on killing anyone.
Here's hoping the video stays up. And that more people get to see your videos
Mack sitting in Ulm and the loss of that Austrian army was truly decisive in the Austerlitz campaign
When they outnumber Napoleon 2:1 they just about beat him and even then sometimes they still lose. When he outnumbers them 2:1 like at Ulm, he causes the surrender of their entire army and takes tens of thousands of prisoners
Excellent stuff!
What would be great to see u do is alternate history! The guy that makes the videos is really fun to listen to and very entertaining in my opinion
Enjoyed the reaction video!
As a giant history fan, I'm addicted to these reaction videos.
This Epic History series on Napoleon is just about the best thing on CZcams
Love this guy. New subscriber 👌
Napoleon didn't necessarily marry Marie Louise to form an alliance, but rather because his great love and first wife Josephine was infertile. He loved her until the end of his life. I think after his marriage to Marie Louise he said something to the effect of "It's a womb i'm marrying"
Funnily, at first both Marie Louise and Napoleon were hostile to each other, but ended up loving each other despite their initial expectations. It's a shame she was a bit easy to manipulate, being seduced by that guy (which was paid by the Austrians). She ended up never joining him on Elba, thus betraying him.
I don't think Josephine was better though. Sure deep down she was more "loyal", except she was an absolute thot who cheated on Napoleon repeatedly without any problem. If Napoleon won the wars in Europe (and thus didn't lose Marie Louise), written history would have been different everyone would agree that Marie Louise was a way better wife.
But as we know, he lost and really resented Marie-Louise.
I love how you could make a series about his personal life, not just the wars and the politics.
@@xenotypos I don't think Marie Louise and Napoleon II were allowed to join him on Elba, Emperor Francis would have never allowed that. Francis even gave Napoleon II an Austrian title. And I mean, it's not like Napoleon was very faithful, he had at least 2 sons from women he wasn't married to that I know of. Funnily enough, that's how he found out that it wasn't him that was unfertile but Josephine
@@napoleonbonaparteempereurd9637 According to wiki, he became like that after learning how Josephine was cheating on him. He was deeply disillusioned by her, which changed him. If that's a faithful rendition of history, for me she was more at fault.
As for Marie Louise, according to their letters (I believe I read bits of them on wikipedia too), she clearly was expecting to join him at first. She changed her mind over time.
@@xenotypos I believe Josephine stopped cheating on Napoleon when he became Emperor, which is a funny twist of fate because her earlier relationships when Napoleon was out on campaign made him lose faith in her as you said and thus Napoleon started seeing other women after Josephine stopped altogether. How ironic.
My biggest achievment in live is winning waterloo with napoleon in Total War Napoleon I'm gonna love this, and I didn't know this series existed thx man
The kings and generals version of this is a good supplement to this one.
ive done more than my fair share of 12 milers in the army... so when i hear 900 miles or 70 miles in two days... jeezus man, thats hardcore.
How much 900 miles is
A very fascinating concept of the Napoleonic wars, is that the United States was large in part an ally of Napoleons during the war.
What kind of impact do you believe would have happened in history, had the United States taken a much larger active role in support of France, beyond the war of 1812?
Many people do not realize how aligned the US was with Napoleon.
Did you know that upon hearing of George Washington’s death, Napoleon held 10 days of mourning in France in honor of Washington?
Maybe the British empire could have been destroyed by a French/American coalition supported by smaller nations with a grudge against Britian.
Looks more like Napoleon nicked off with the Roman Legion structure and modernized it.
You got a point
I think he was more influenced from the more recent past. Generals such as Prince Eugene of Savoy, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick the Great, Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne. Such as he listed to his subordinates to study. He certainly admired and respected the Great Generals of the Classical period, however that was for the general ethos of war, the do and don'ts. His Contemporary's from yesteryear I think provided him more knowledge on the ever-evolving Military Stratagem and Tactical innovations of his own period, thus more directly influencing his tactical nous for the Campaigns he undertook.
@@smudge9199 no
He got his idea from the brilliant french general moreua
@@aussiemilitant4486 it was mainly gener moreau
Great videos sir! You should do reactions to the Epic History TV's Marshals series though. All great, and I have watched a few of them multiple times.
Curious as to what you would think of each marshal and how you'd agree with their ratings.
Oh this is great, because ever since you watched the French Rev from Oversimplified I've been wishing that Oversimplified had a Napoleonic Wars series/video, but this should be even better! Hyped!
They do now, it’s not great historically tbh.
@@niallhiggins2342 Yeah I watched it. I was a little disappointed too.
Luv your series and I vastly enjoy your commentary. If you like a smaller videos but well done. Baz battles are good.
napoleonic era definitely my most favourite time of history. glad i learned some new stuff 😃
You should also check another video of history marche, Napoleon's Marshals, it's a really long but good video about the talented marshals he had that helped him throughout his reign.
love the Nepotistic Wars , honestly feels like the real First World War
also I have always thought the balance of power in Europe was weird and contradictory , everyone wanted to weaken France , Austria and Germany through the constant wars yet no formed a coalition against England?
Chris should really come back to this series, Downfall or Marshals series would be so amazing!
There is one video in the Napoleon series that comes before this, and that is the Siege of Toulon in 1793, which was his first victory, and then come the videos of his Spanish campaign, then the Russian ones, then everything until Waterloo. There is also the Napoleon’s Marshals series. This is just for reference as a general order to watch the videos in if you do decide to do more
Yes!!! I always wanted you to react to "the little corporal" documentaries
I love the bit about the French using artillery strikes to try and break the ice of the body of water the enemy was trying to cross. It identifies the importance of having innovative mid-level commanders who can assess situations and make decisions on the fly, not waiting to get approval from higher ups.
Hey man, I hope you see this. I really like your youtube videos, I know a lot of other people do. Keep doing what youre doing man, it makes a lot of people happy.
Ive been watching Napoleonic wars in my spare time in preparation for this😁😁😁
"If they move off the pratzen heights, we got 'em beat" Napoleon, I guess
Making the enemy respond to what you do is known as "getting inside the OODA Loop", and is practiced in everything from grand strategy to small-unit tactics.
Thanks for this very interestIng information, I learn something valuable!
After this you should do the one on all of napoleon's Marshals it really shows the commanders of napoleon in a new light
Napoleon actually held he heights before the Austro-Russian armies arrived. Napoleon gave them the heights without a fight, which made many officers in the Austro-Russian armies believe Napoleon was in a weaker position than he actually was.
Thanks!
You can drew comparison between corps and roman legions. Military "science" basically waited almost two thousand year to reinvent them.
Have you watched the Epic history TV series on napoleons Marshals? theres a 3 hour long video or its split into 6 or so parts. I would enjoy hearing your own opinions on it tbh
I really love these videos. They are really educating and i´m able to learn new things using these videos. Thank you so much for making them.
They're old videos at this point but the channel cracked has a series of videos called hilarious helmet history. I'd be interested on your take of the Benedict Arnold video they did.
What always makes me sad is that we look at this battles now and admire tactics and stuff but they all were real people in these armies and nobody really cares about their lives. Commanders could just sacrifice their people to make a trap or something
Could ? You mean can.
Ah, but most soldiers usually survived a war, and had something intangible to carry with them the rest of their lives. Didn't Patton say something like, "nothing compares to the human spectacle of war"? We are a violent species.
the napoleonic wars series are the best. You won't regret this
If you like that series, please watch the Marshals videos too afterward. It was way better than I expected, some of those men were amazing ! Napoleon clearly wasn't alone.
Have you watched his video on Siege of Toulon it introduces Napoleon before he is Emperor. I recommend watching it.
*sees your video"
Me: this gotta be my very lucky day.
The Napoleonic wars are my main thing when it comes to history.
And I really pray that it doesnt get a strike. You may ask me terry, he did reactions to it too
Awesome. Looking forward to your input in the discussion!
How many coalitions do you want?
Napoleon: yes
England- "As many as it takes. We'll bankroll them all."
@@celston51 bankroll?
@@celston51 France: oh with they money u still from defenseless indians
@@Hope-om1kc British bankers raised immense sums to encourage the Continental major powers to fight Napoleon. Prussian rearmament during the 1813 campaign was funded in part by British investment.
It's interesting that history seems to often rhyme, as they say. The Napoleonic corp system reminds me a lot of the old Roman systems that they developed. Back then the go to formations were some kind of phalanx, which had worked for centuries. The problem was they weren't very mobile and the commanders of those units were often commanding an entire army of them. It didn't allow much in the way of autonomy between the units and made everything very bulky and burdensome if you wanted to either exploit an enemies weakness or move in to fill the gaps of your own. So the Romans not only designed units that were more mobile but they also allowed them to have a certain amount of autonomy so they wouldn't have depend on the direct orders of their over all commander way in the back who isn't able to see much of what's going on let alone give orders in a timely manner. So much of warfare seems to be dependent on speed and taking advantage of opportunities during the battle field when they present themselves. That lives on to today where our infantry units often have small teams with an over all command but each team is given certain authority to command their team as they best see fit. The battlefield changes rapidly and you just can't wait on a commander to see and order a decisive blow sometimes. The only flaw being that you have to give command of those units to people who are competent.
Hi i would greatly apreciate if you could maybe react to something about norway, my great grandfather fought against the Germans in Gudbransdal, He is my hero. You truly are the best history channel out there, Respect from the Kingdom of Norway
Probably my favorite reaction series! WWI is great too!
One of the best generals in my opinion
After this series will you react to napoleon's marshals
20:42 "The morning mist, and the late arrival of orders, had led to confusion and delay."
*Sir Topham Hat appears
"Time to scrap the Allied armies"
not all of the copyright strikes come directly from the original content. one youtuber got a copyright strike against their own original content because someone reposted their content then claimed the copyrights to the material.
What would be a good book to read to jump into English history???
YES!
In france we dont really call it the napoleonic wars : we call them the wars of coalitions. And they start at the first european coalition against the first french republic and end at waterloo. Napoleon was the most important character of this period, but really he just got to continue the wars the coalitions fought against france. Not so much to stop it from being dominant in europe as it was under Louis the XIV, but to fight revolutionnary ideas.
Napoleon was ambitious and hungry for military success, but he would have much rather sat back at home and made his reforms to leave a lasting impact.
He did say himself that his code of law was his legacy, and it indeed was. Many countries still use large portions of it in their law system, and france left it intact (at least the Code Civil) until 2014.
Napoleon was an incredible man but kind of a douchebag. He constantly underminded his best marshall, who was potentially an even better commander than him, Davout.
And having read him, he said everything and its opposite over his reign.
This is the big 1!
I think it took them like 6 or 7 weeks to march that far. The Austrians and the Russians used a different calendar which is why it was believed the Russians didn't make it to help the Austrians on the date they said they would.
At 11:49 they show the corps of the grande armée, the I Corps are under the command of Bernadotte, whom so happens to be the future king of Sweden and is the ancestor to the royal line of Sweden to this day. :) The first being the very same commander in this army, taking the royal name Charles XIV John of Sweden.
You should 100% react to their Marshall’s of Napoleon series
He also encouraged/helped by a priest (Sieyes) who helped start off the Revolution in 1789 and supported the 3rd Estate.
How about General John Monash? I wonder where he came on this list. From the time he became a Corp commander to the end of WW1 he was not defeated, he drew the battle plans not Rawlinson, he revolutionised warfare and this was all in a very short time.
I feel like all the history youtubers need to form a council of historians
Damn I love the uniforms and the flamboyant look of officers and cavalry men. Easily the most beautiful time regarding wars ;)
Can you watch the Cuban Missile Crisis by TimeGhost History?
Kings and Generals also has an entire series about Napoleon, much more in depth than this. Maybe in the future you will react to that too.