Battle of Waterloo 1815 (Napoleon Vs Wellington)
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The battle of Waterloo was fought in 1815. After returning as French emperor, a 7th coalition of Prussia, Britain, Austria and Russia was formed to other throw Napoleon, to prevent this Napoleon launched pre-emptive attacks to prevent the coalition forces from uniting against him. At Ligny, a Prussian army were defeated but not destroyed. Napoleon then headed to the village of Waterloo to take on the British. Who would win Napoleon or Wellington?
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In fact Napoleon had about 73,000 to Wellington's 68,000 and you should mention Grouchy with his 33,000 men that were supposed to harass Blucher but failed, thus allowing the 50,000 Prussians to arrive unmolested at Napoleon's right.
To be fair one should mention that the 33.000 French soldiers under Grouchy were fighting about 17.000 Prussians at the Battle of Wavre simultaneously to the Battle of Waterloo.
Actually, you're right!
a Grouchy variation(s) should be an option ... see noted historian Alberta a Nofi
This is one of the most comprehensive videos I've seen on the Battle sequence! And great narration!
I recommend Bernard Cornwalls non fiction 'Waterloo' it goes into great detail
Thanks pal, I've read a couple of Cornwall's Sharpe books, I'll have to check out the Waterloo book.
Cornwall's book was what David Irving calls something like "The tenth book" - just a re-hash of standard details gleaned from reading nine books before it. His Sharpe books were boring nonsense too. Barbero is much better.
A very well narrated history although I enjoyed ABBA’s version more!
the figures are wrong was about 72000 french and 68000 british
stupid analys is not true .... The role of Prussian power was decisive czcams.com/video/fhuPbXJ9wVc/video.html @anthonyat2401
So Ney allowed 6 cavalry charges in square formations, wonderful
if he commited all the cavalry he could have wiped out the Prussians before they got here, and would have incurred much lighter losses.
He probably never played napoleon total war
He needed a quick victory because the combined forces of the allies would have overwhelmed him.
@@emanuilgolozov5856 LMAO
@@hamidious Still could have infantry and artillery support with his charge.
Very well explained, and surprisingly well executed. I didn't anticipate how awesome it was going to be. Thank you!
Thanks! You're very welcome!
2:58 did somebody say high ground?
**Obi Wan Kenobi wants to know your location**
Not quite. Napoleon would have loved his opponent to take high ground. His artillery would pound them. They took low ground behind high ground.
@@Philly_Jump_Over_The_Fence I think there was a British show that did a relief of the area before the Lion Mount. I would have been knackered if I got over the ridge due to the steepness and, yes, the artillery would have either overshot and hit nothing or bounced into the ridge with little impact. Wellington was right for "keeping it in his pocket" - the terrain was a really good place to hold Napoleon.
A good presentation! It illustrated the battle, tho in simplistic terms, accurately and in an easy to understand manner! Very Good Job !
Thank you very much!
Thank you for naming the Dutch among the Allies. My former Dutch Arty unit fought at Waterloo, and I was even sworn in on that Battlefield. If possible, go there and watch the panoramic painting of the battle and climb the monumental hill.
Happy days. Thanks for this battlestack
Very clear, and straight to the point. Too many video narrators blather endlessly about everything except the nominal topic, but this gets right into the meat of it.
Cheers pal, glad you liked it :)
You really used Rise of Nations to illustrate this? Props, man.
EXCELLENT! This was concise and comprehensive in 7:47 with meaningful graphics! I really thought this was going to be crap and I watched to see how crappy. I was wrong! I'm now a subscriber. :)
another brilliantly put together effort. thanks! so clear
another awesome vid as usual. Thanks
General Ney was arrested for his actions in the battle of Waterloo, however legally his village was not under French control and he could of lived. However on trial he declared he was French and as a result was shot dead.
Thanks I'm slogging through Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. He has an extensive description of this battle and I must admit I was having difficulty following. This visual helped.
Thanks! I didn't know that about Les Miserables, I'm going to have to read that now.
Good analysis 👍🏻
He forget to show the final victorious attack of the Prussians and Blücher at the end. That was the most important charge in the battle.
Very clear, very helpful. Thanks.
That was the best video about waterloo i have ever seen. thank you
“Emperor Napoleon, should we just flank?”
Napoleon: we don’t do that here
Actually, both of British's flanks are well secured so it would be risky and frontal assault is often proven to be effective during that era
@@settekwan2708 this. Basic British battle formation is Line in front, Grenadiers on flanks, Guards on back. (Imagine someone making an annoying rectangle in a Total War game)
Any sort of attempt to Flank the enemy is futile.
Corners of the Box on the other Hand Generally weak in this formation. From my TW experience using artilery on corners will create enough empty space to make line infantry shoot the weak point and breach.
This would not work on Waterloo as Wellington had the higher ground.
"Where is Grouchy...", Napoleon 1815.
Grouchy se battait a Wavre et a battu les prussiens Grouchy n est en aucune façon responsable de la défaite de Waterloo c est une erreure de l histoire et c est Blucher et non Wellington qui a battu Napoleon a Waterloo , dommage pour la liberté , cette défaite qui a restauré la monarchie avec tous ces exces il faudra attendre 1848 pour que la France retrouve ses vraies valeurs , liberte egalite fraternite , VIVE L EMPEREUR
@@jean-lucmassaux3377 Of course Grouchy is responsible, at Wavre what he did was to waste time in a foolish distraction in which neither Napoleon nor Ney would never have fallen for, did you know that he wasted his 2 army corps at Wavre against only one Prussian corps? no, you did not know it, you knew that Grouchy's own staff told him to go to support the emperor, since the cannon shots of Waterloo were heard from Wavre, and Wavre like a fool ate Blucher's distraction that left him a contingent of 15,000 men and Grouchy wasted his 30,000 plus the cannons. The fact that the Prussians appeared at Waterloo is entirely Grouchy's responsibility, for his orders were to annihilate them, and even that the Prussians broke Napoleon's right flank, just where Grouchy was supposed to be that day, or at least to have annihilated the Prussians who had retreated with the defeat of Ligny, Grouchy's duty was to outflank Wavre and go for Blucher and thus support Napoleon at Waterloo, covering the right flank, because Grouchy's two corps comprised the right wing of the Northern Army, so Napoleon fought without his right wing, all because Grouchy was very naive, and it was precisely on the right flank that he was attacked, just where Grouchy should be that day.
"I need those men! Why do I have to do everything myself?!"
@@cesar2719 What should Grouchy with his 33,000 soldiers have done against almost 100,000 Prussians ???
@@raka522 Who told you that they were 100.000 Prussians? Blucher's army composed by 4 Corps never exceeded 50.000 men, to be precise they were 49.000, and in the battle of Wavre Marshal Grouchy faced the rearguard of this army composed by 2 Corps commanded by Johann von Thielmann (29.000 men, more than half of Blucher's army) 3.000 men, more than half of Blucher's army) even so the 29.000 men of the 2 corps of Johann von Thielmann (which was 60% of the Prussian Army) were a little inferior to Grouchy who counted on 32. 000 men, all the Cavalry and infantry of 2 Infantry Corps, 1 Cavalry Corps and a Cavalry Division of the 1st French Army Corps, basically Grouchy had under his command more than 35% of Napoleon's army and Napoleon gave him that amount with the only purpose that he could easily crush a fleeing Prussian army that had just been defeated at Ligny by Napoleon, but Grouchy's slowness marked the destiny, In the end he neither annihilated the Prussians nor went to the aid of the Emperor who implored Grouchy to bring him more than a third of his army which had taken him for nothing because he did not fulfill his mission which was totally feasible from the military point of view (for that he was given more than 5000 horsemen to annihilate the retreating Prussians) Grouchy's absence was so serious that Napoleon fought at Waterloo with only 70,000. It was Grouchy's lack of strategic ability and Grouchy's laziness that led to the disaster. Where was Grouchy when he heard the cannon fire at Waterloo? His lieutenants were telling him to go to Waterloo for the final battle to cover the right flank again, so he was left wandering around Wavre, because in the worst case Grouchy should have attacked the Prussian rearguard again when they caught up with Napoleon at Plancenoit (they were held back by the Imperial Guard who were waiting for Grouchy to show up with more than a third of the army) I simply think Grouchy did not want to fight anymore, he was always a coward, he never had the guts of Murat, he was too big to command almost half an army plus 2 corps and the Cavalry Reserve of Napoleon's army (which Murat commanded before), Grouchy made a huge expenditure of military resources, more than 5000 horsemen, 100 cannons, and almost 35. 000 going around without fulfilling his mission of annihilating the Prussians nor regrouping with Napoleon since Grouchy said that this was not his orders but he did nothing against the Prussians either, to give you an idea of the size of the right wing of the army commanded by Grouchy I leave you a sample here:
GROUCHY's ARMY (+35.000)
III Corps (General Dominique Vandamme)
17,099 infantry - 38 guns
IV Corps (General Étienne Maurice Gérard)
15,013 infantry - 38 guns
II Cavalry Corps (General Remy Exelmans)
3,392 infantry - 12 guns
IV (Hussars) Cavalry Division (General Pierre Soult)
1,485 infantry - 8 guns detached from the I Cavalry Corps
5,000 cavalry from the Reserve Army
All this Napoleon lost at Waterloo because Grouchy wanted to be inactive, if Napoleon had known that Grouchy would become so incompetent he would never have separated with his troops, they were so logical that Grouchy would return that Napoleon even confused when Blucher's Army arrived with Grouchy's army, Napoleon did not imagine that Grouchy would be so stupid as to stay with 35. 000 soldiers, 5000 horsemen and 100 cannons 3km from Waterloo listening to the cannon fire without doing anything, but Grouchy did this in spite of the fact that his subordinates reproached him for arriving at Waterloo, to give you an idea the Waterloo Campaign has 4 battles and you have to analyze everything with a magnifying glass to be able to speak with property in this.
thank you this is so helpful
You're welcome!
the clearest recount I have seen. Excellent!
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent very interesting.
amazing!
a good explanation TY
Best Battle Stack yet! Love your work =). Those quotes at the end are chilling, brilliant!
cheers pal, the battle that took forever! :) Thanks for the support.
@@battlestack7615 I can only imagine! You're welcome =)
Great video! Well explained. I'm no strategist but Bonapart made a mistake dividing his army. He should have kept Grouchy's army on his right flank to stop the Prussians joining the battle. Wellingtons tactics were top drawer stuff.
Grouchy and his army where the ones who faced the prussians while Ney was ordered to fight the british you dumb@ss!
You say he shouldn‘t had divided his army yet you proposing to send grouchy‘s army wich divides the army anyway🤯
You right your not a stragegist so shut your mouth
Napoleon vs. Wellington and Blucher. The Prussian Marshall deserves credit.
Hurrah for Blucher!
@Liverpool 11 That's not true. Wellington was only able to strengthen his center with troops on his left flanks because Prussians were already taking their place there (Corps ´von Zieten´)
When Napoleon's old guard attacked there and suffered heavy losses from the Allies, the Prussians also appeared there in the field of view of the attacking French, which then led to withdrawal.
The exclamation "The Prussians are coming and they give no mercy!" resounded over the battlefield and the French panicked.
Wellington let the Prussians persecute the French, on the grounds that his troops were too exhausted, but the Prussians marched to Waterloo for hours in completely soaked earth and were at least as exhausted.
It was Prussian hussars who forced Napoleon to leave his carriage in order to be able to flee from them with the horse.
The politician Wellington claimed victory at Waterloo as his victory, but was about to lose.
Napoleon had to muster 25 of his 36 reserve battalions, as well as many of his troops from the old and young guards, to stop the Prussians, which he did not succeed.
Actually it was almost a German victory, because over 1/3 of the Allies spoke German and in addition there are 3 Korps Prussia ;-)
Napoleon didn't learn anymore, and Blucher and the Prussians were constantly underestimated.
Their fighting morale was very high, and even a lost battle like Ligny's could not break.
They wanted satisfaction for Jena and Auerstedt, and revenge for the years of oppression and pillage by Napoleon's troops.
At Waterloo, the Prussian soldiers were ordered to capture or kill Napoleon.
He arrived just as the battel was ending. The men who fought in the British and french army deserves credit they were all brave standing in a line with a hail of musket balls flying near by
@@raka522 nope not true the prussians arrived bear the end they played littel in the battel
@@oliva6352 Of course that's nonsense what you write. There was also no Allied British army under Wellington, but an Allied one, and most of them also had German as their native language.
You should get better information before you write anything ;-)
Nice!
What a bunch of brave man they were. Salut!
This was an excellent depiction
For a three minute precis, that was well done!
I really enjoyed the video!
I think Wellington's genius is underrated. Histories tend to focus on Napoleon's abilities and why the French 'lost' without observing how Wellington 'won'. The fact is that Wellington baited Napoleon into a trap and used his own tendencies against him - essentially denying Napoleon every tool he liked to use to win battles. Wellington never lost a major battle or campaign to the French!
Wellington knew Napoleon needed a quick victory, so he chose the battlefield he wanted. He knew Napoleon would split his forces, so he made sure Blucher understood the importance of not running away from him. Finally, he knew that Napoleon would try to blast him with artillery before sending his infantry and cavalry forward and would commit the Guard at the decisive moment.
To defeat those tactics, Wellington first invested Hougomont and La Haye Sainte. Those outposts destabilized any route of advance to his main lines and prevented Napoleon from sending forward his artillery. Napoleon tried to take the outposts but failed because the Allied infantry was tough, and because British artillery was devastating. This forced Napoleon to send his infantry forward unsupported, and they were chewed to pieces by the British cavalry.
The British cavalry then advanced too far in counterattack, which Wellington did not want, and they were destroyed as a fighting force.
His first two assaults being defeated, Napoleon made a final push to dislodge the Allies from Hougomont and La Haye Sainte, and captured La Haye Sainte, allowing him to move up his artillery. The British infantry then withdrew over the ridge to deny the French artillery any targets, so Napoloen sent his cavalry forward unsupported. At this point, the Guard was his only fresh reserve and Napoleon always saved them for the crucial moment (as Wellington knew).
Few expected that the allied infantry would stand against a charge of 5,000, but they did! This speaks to the discipline and fighting spirit of the British and allied troops that day. The French cavalry was likewise chewed to pieces and was no longer effective as a fighting force.
This left the Guard. At this point, the battle was likely over and Napoleon sent forward his last force, unsupported, hoping for a miracle. Instead they were chewed to pieces by disciplined and effective fire and routed in disorder.
The role of the Prussians was equally important. Had they not tied down a part of Napoleon's force, there would have been more French infantry available to support Ney's assault, and the outcome may have been different. But the fact is that Blucher refused to retreat away from Wellington (because they knew this was Napoleon's intent) and showed up where he needed to be when he needed to be there.
A true Allied victory, but the result of Wellington's genius more than any other factor.
Napoleon's failure was to hold back the Guard at the time when sending them forward would have won the battle. Had the Guard gone forward with Ney's cavalry, the French would have carried the day. But alas, Napoleon would never do that, and his reluctance to do so cost him victory.
Thanks! And you make a good evaluation.
Every single thing about "Wellington's Genius" was common practice of that era.
Napoleon was the one that tries to pull something weird. Wellington's tactics were simple (and common sense. Not something dmb like sending old guard upward in a tight box formation) (Looking at you Napoleon)
I still don't understand your argument.
"Discipline of British troops."
Now everything started to make sense.
Shall I quote Wellington himself?
Nah, we all watched Sharpe here.
@@hannibalburgers477 I love the Sharpe reference lol
@@hannibalburgers477 My argument is essentially that Wellington deserves credit and often doesn’t get it. Casual historians tend to focus completely on Napoleon and overlook the fact that Napoleon didn’t simply lose, he was defeated! By Wellington!
Then I go on to say some great things about Wellington, and perhaps I overstated the case.
If we’re focusing only on Napoleon, then his decision to break off 1/3 of his army with the much-maligned Grouchy to ‘finish off the Prussians’ - when he didn’t know where the Prussians were or what shape they were in - is the main reason he was defeated.
Blucher of course (or Gneisenau to be precise) sent the Prussians on a march to Waterloo in good order immediately after their defeat at Ligny. Napoleon ordered Grouchy off towards Liege about 15 hours later.
Had Napoleon conducted better reconnaissance, or kept his army mostly intact, he likely would have won at Waterloo or perhaps evaded the British defenses entirely.
Keep making great content but please invest in a better microphone. Any Rode will do!
Guten tag evan!
hello evan :)
I thought it sounded fine!
AMAZING! Thanks so much for the information! Now my essay is perfect thanks to this awesome video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😇
Great visual.
The repeated Cavalry charges reminds me of Crecy or Poitiers during the hundred years war
00:26 "Les 100 jours les plus coûteux de l'Histoire de France "
Also nice summary !!!
great visuals
Thanks pal :) Happy new year!
One of the Prussian Corps arrived on Wellington’s flank.This allowed him to shift some of his forces to help shore up the right and centre.
That actually told the story of the battle really well!
You should do the battle of Gettysburg
Why did Gen.Lee not remember this in 1863?
Great video. My friend and I were just discussing Waterloo yesterday.
Hows it going Sergio. There is quite a bit to discuss concerning this battle! Cheers for your support! :)
No mention of the Battle of Quatre Bras fought the same day as Ligny?
Briliant animation
Rise of Nation assets. I was not expecting that.
great simulation
A very British perspective of how the Battle of Waterloo went.
Your graphics imply much heavier losses by the French as compared to Wellington's forces (which were hardly just British - they were allied forces that included Dutch and Germans, as well as, of course, British forces.) Your summary, on the other hand, shows that the Coalition forces had at least as many casualties as the French.
Wellington's forces were actually on the brink of defeat, very close to retreating when Blucher arrived in force. Blucher deserves at least as much credit as Wellington in this victory as he was able to rally his defeated army (from Ligny), correctly move them north toward Wavre to stay in contact with Wellington, successfully fended off Grouchy with a rear guard and marched the bulk of his army to Waterloo to link up with Wellington.
And note that Wellington was not able to do the same for Blucher at Ligny.
does anybody know a game that kinda looked like this?
but u can not create a map or leave the map
u fight on a place (kampagne) vs enemy
can control units
kanons
kav. group
inf. group
play a few different maps
super old game , kinda ugly , but i like it and cant remember the name^^
Love the graphics, reminds me of age of empires
This is quite good, but seems to be something amiss with the sound?
THE SPANISH HEROIC GENERAL WHO FIGHTED AGAINST NAPOLEON IN WATERLOO.
Miguel de Álava (Fernado VII's Ambassador to the Netherlands, a veteran of the Peninsular War, Wellington's personal guest at the Duchess of Richmond's ball) was the "second" in the shadow of the Duke of Wellington, a great friend of his (Wellington le sent a lot of letters, in Spanish language, Wellington learned it during the peninsular war) during the conflict that ended with the French. The war cries that echoed throughout the Waterloo countryside during one of the most famous battles in history, which occurred exactly 205 years ago, were primarily English, Prussian and Gauls. However, among all those foreign howls stood out those of an officer who, on his horse, chewed his orders in a very academic British with a Spanish accent.
This was none other than the Spanish General Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel, who fought in the General Staff of the Duke of Wellington and who, when fate caused his superior to cause loss, was not daunted and organized the movements of part of the troops allies fighting the 'Empereur'. A job that, coupled with his extensive resume, earned him unquestionable fame in the land of the Lords.
The Englishman was also lucky because he encountered the Spanish, a man he knew he could trust and who had organized armies from scratch in the War of Independence. In addition, as his second officer (Murray) was in Canada fighting and his substitute, on a honeymoon, needed someone to do that job. In this way, Álava became the "second" for all purposes of the Duke. Although always unofficially.
ALAVA IN WATERLOO
On June 18, 1815, Álava took his place as part of the British officers in the Waterloo countryside. «As he was part of the General Staff, Álava had to keep up to date with everything, direct the deployment of the troops and take care of the quartermaster. Once on the battlefield, he too had to be very close to the soldiers and do a tough job of organization.
That was his task until the British "Quarter Master General" (one of the highest ranking generals in the army), William Howe De Lancey, was wounded by the French and had to be evacuated. What to do without a superior officer? Wellington must have thought. But nothing easier to solve. Without thinking twice he gave that position unofficially to Álava.
The Spanish general, on his part, arrested him and set out to do a job for which he was perfectly prepared and which he had already been doing in the shadows for days. However, he was always in the background, as he officially he was nothing more than an observer.
In fact, and although the job of the General Staff was not to go into battle directly, but to organize the men, the Hispanic came to find his bones and his buttocks in one of the most dangerous positions on the entire battlefield: Hougoumont, where the allies organized an all-out defense against Napoleon's attacks.
The winner of Waterloo was Blucher. Welly just waited until the Prussians arrived.
2:32 Mate that is Wellington's LEFT and centre, not the Right. Their left, Napoleon's right.
@@franziholyromanemperor2114
2:32 "Napoleon ordered his infantry to attack the ALLIED right and centre"
Stop wasting my time.
@@franziholyromanemperor2114
Nobody likes your comment.
Because it is wrong.
And nobody likes you.
Because you are a dickhead.
@@franziholyromanemperor2114 The B61 is a variable yield nuclear weapon between 0.3 and 400 kilotons. Either way though you still get nuked.
Hey, look on the bright side, at least now you know what your friends and family are too polite to tell you.
Napoleon v Wellington!.How about Blucher the commander of the 50,000 Prussians who saved Wellington.Not only was Wellington saved by Blucher the extremely wet conditions played a factor,delaying by hours the start of the battle,that time was crucial for Wellington.
The Prussians saved the day but everyone ignores them
The Prussians arrived a fair bit later than they were supposed to, but "saved the day" sounds more impressive.
Without the British, Dutch and Brunswick troops, there wouldn't have been a day to save.
They didn't do they didn't save the battel. And yeah they showes near the end really saving the day
Is there really anyone, who knows anything about the battle, that doesn't know that the Prussians arrived to finish the battle?
@@timspiers6225 Yeah..all I hear about is the heroics of general Wellington.
@@timspiers6225 It wasn't the Prussians that routed the French Imperial Guard.
Peace for 40 years plus a main station ....125 years later.
I like the way you said “the British”
Your video seems to show that the French were never close to achieving victory. This is quite interesting, as most other videos on youtube take the narrative that it was a close call.
Agreed, at about 3pm to 4pm Wellington felt that the French were winning the battle.
Yup, it was a close call - the Imperial Guard could have smashed through Wellington's forces who had taken a pounding from La Haye Saint's cannonade. There used to be a simulator online about Waterloo and, regardless of the decision, it was razor thin for a victory EVEN if you followed historical precedent (it was to illustrate that one minor change could change everything; once - and only once - my charge of Heavy Cavalry not only broke and caught the french regiments, destroyed the guns and fought the lancers, they also destroyed them at the cost of themselves. Verdict: MAJOR ALLIED VICTORY)
@@rubix4195 but even if the imperial guard did succeed, the Prussian forces were already arriving on the flank of the French, which means they’re doomed anyway.
So do the stats show people kill people better than canons do? Napoleon went for extra horsemen not canons.
Clearly the cavalry charges on the infantry squares were where the battle was lost
They wanted to win the battle before faxing the Prussian reinforcement.
Wellington ended Napoleon's whole career 😅
I would say it was an allied victory, not just 'British'. Certainly if the Prussians had not arrived it could well have been a different result.
It would have freed up additional infantry reserves, certainly. Whether or not that would have played a factor is up for debate.
Napoleon's defensive battles against the approaching Prussia consumed 2/3 of his reserves, including half of his old guard that was driven out by the Prussians in Plancenoit.
He naturally lacked these troops against Wellington.
The Prussians were also not part of the Allied armies under British command ;-)
So it was at best an Allied / Prussian victory against Napoleon.
@@raka522 fair point re 'Allied'!
What the game is that?
Age of Empire II?
Music?
My favourite book which I've never read is by a French author claiming that Napolean actually won this battle. I would very much like to see this work because I like novel fantasies.
*At the Battle of Waterloo, Wellington has always been given more importance and fame, concealing the action of the Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, whose participation was decisive in achieving victory against the Napoleonic army and saving it from certain defeat . Historians have "conveniently" distorted and concealed the reality of the Battle of Waterloo, erasing Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher from memory.*
This is all new to me and I have no tactical analytics expertise but I've been exposed to enough general history to know one thing for sure: The British have never been timid about spinning every second of anyone's history into their own glory. They are quite good at it.
@@zuluzeit7191 *Very good and exact conclusion.*
Well yeah we carried the down we deserve the glory oh so what they finally showed up they didn't do save the battel they just us a few more men
@@zuluzeit7191 yeah like every other tries and making then selfs look glorious
@@oliva6352 Others might try but no one holds a candle to the British, in regard to appropriated aggrandizement. As another feature of that perfected mentality, they literally chop out fixed structures and ship them to England to display as trophies; as if being able to confiscate these things will somehow associate themselves with whatever achievements the objects represent. The only thing stopping it from being purely disgusting is that it is also laughably egregious.
Napolean was a brilliant miliitary tactician in individual battles, but his failure in Russia shows that strategically (in terms of long term battle plans) he failed miserably.
In terms of Waterloo, I think Napolean may have been past his peak or was at least a little rusty. A similar thing happened to a brilliant Roman general named Crassus, who lost a major battle after a long 20 year absence, which had claimed his life.
Even if Napolean was still brilliant at this battle, the fact remains that he was outnumbered and he fought at least a fairly good general. His loss therefore, was not to be unexpected.
Only large crowds of French soldiers welcomed Napoleon. The French people were not as joyous.
Calling Wellington's army the ' British Army ' is an old fable. Around 40% of Wellington's army were British.
Alot of the incidents described did involve other Allied nationalities in the fighting.
The Imperial Guard attack has some inaccuracies.
All that being said a pretty exciting presentation.
Only about 26,000 of Wellington soldiers were really British, the majority of the 5,000 KGL soldiers were Germans.
The most spoken languages in Waterloo were almost equally French and German ;-)
@@raka522
31,000 British soldiers.
@@johnpeate4544 The soldiers of the KGL were not native British, but predominantly Hanoverians: 26000 + 5000 = 31000 ;-)
There is also a big injustice at the end I should add; regarding your casualties claim of Wellington's losses being only British.
A lot of brace soldiers of various Allied nations and states also suffered losses in casualties; especially the Germans.
"Battle of Waterloo 1815 (Napoleon Vs Wellington)" and.... Blucher
Can you do the battle of Guadalcanal.
Min 6:20,
Spain: I’m a jouk to you?
They should focus on hougomont and not going across the field on suicide missions.and cavalry attack i mean come on..
You didn’t mention that Wellington picked that area
Desperate general trying to live up to his past glory.
So you just ignore the entire left flank of wellingtons army? the early arrival of the prussian vanguard and the expenditure of the young guard there. The moment at 16:00 when Wellington had lost the battle because the flank was giving in just to be saved by blücher. You know "i wish for the night or the prussians" . Well can't focus on the british while mentioning that mostly germans fought and won this battle i see. So you just ignore they even existed to form your narrative.
My favourite battle I like 59th regiment England and Russian forces
Wellington was brilliant on some aspects but made many mistakes too such as not reinforcing the cavalry that shut down the cannons, and not pursuing the French cavalry on the right flank until destroying the rest of the artillery. The battle would have been won earlier and with less casualties.
He was playing it safe, the threat of the Prussian army's arrival on the British left is a decisive factor and everyone wanted fresh troops. Reserves would win this and they knew. His left flank cavalry pushed too far. They should've hit and run the french Artillery and used their mobility to escape and regroup. Wellington would never give the order to support as that would break his left flank badly even if they win the skirmish. He's a defensive specialist and is pretty much content to sit there for days. He knew he can win if he can stall Napoleon.
Lose a few thousand horse, but Keep the left flank in defensive form. That was his aim. No one from the allied forces expected those musketeers...that was Napoleon's good move.
Napoleon's loss was guaranteed once he sent the imperial guards against the artillery and gunners.
Hoorah for Ol' Nosey!
Napoleón: WHERE ARE MY MEN, GROUCHY????
Couldn't escape if you wanted to.
Never can i appreciate why Napoleon fought Waterloo the way he did. Though Wellington n the Prussians did well enough...by doing what seemed logical and no brilliance required
It's almost impossible to say what factors caused the French to lose, there are so many variables. One main thing, besides the absence of Grouchy, was Marshal Ney's massive cavalry charge. It seems like suicide to send in the cavalry without mobile horse artillery and without infantry back up. All the Marshals and the emperor himself seemed completely off their game! And people always think it was the Old Guard that retreated but I read that it was the Middle Guard and Young Guard.
The Old Guard were with Napoleon and maintained discipline throughout and and after the battle. They were the reason Napoleon was able to escape. They formed a square around him. No one could defeat the Old Guard and they never surrendered. Arguably the most elite fighting force of all time! Napoleon's Grande Armee brought the world into the modern age. And had they won we would all be speaking French right now! Imagine what the world would have been like? Maybe all the carnage of the 20th (and now 21st) century would have been avoided. Or maybe it would have been worse.
Why didn't the they steal their cannons?
Nice visual narrative. Generally accurate.
1:00 - your army totals are incorrect - around 72,000 French soldiers total, and 68.000 in Wellington's army.
1:40 - French troops attacked the British and Germans defending Hougoumont. Wellington's cannons fired at the French infantry(mostly)
2:40 - French attackers used 2 large columns and 2 other split columns. Wellington's artillery included other nations batteries, not just British (and 4:16) . Same thing with the defenders - they were not just British, but Dutch-Belgians too.
4:35 - Prussians actually started attacking the French at 4.30 pm - the Prussian attack against Plancenoit village started at 6 pm.
4:55 - No French cannons were moved into La Haye Sainte. There were many French cannons on the hill north west of La Haye Sainte that were pulverizing the German ( KGL, Nassau. Hanoverian, Brunswicker ) troops in Wellington's center ahead of them.
5:20 - The attack of the Imperial Middle Guard - in 5 attack formations. The the first 2 squares, attacked the Germans with temporary success north of La Haye Sainte, a third square had the same result against the decimated British brigade ahead of them. But the defenders rallied and held, while a Dutch-Belgian brigade and battery counterattack took over and broke and routed these 3 French formations. The final two French squares/columns his a British Guards Brigade in sequence. The lead formation was routed by the Guards, while the follow-up French force drove back the Guards, who were reinforced by the British Light Infantry brigade, and together they routed the French before them.
5:45 - At the same time, the Prussians had overwhelmed the entire French right flank and they reached the French center rear the same time Wellington's leading troops got there too.
6:00 - Napoleon surrendered himself to the British over a month later after Waterloo
Maybe add Grouchy
The movie skipped the 2 farm houses.
It is which game ?
Good video but some small but important errors.
My Granddad was there
Thank you for your service.
So you must be about 200 years old
@@elistickband I was last year but now i'm dead.
Didn't Wellington have 3 strong holds and not 2?
He did
@@elfspicer thanks.
Napoleon vs Wellesley and Blucher.
Where is Pattoplote.
Grouchy and Ney destroyed Napoleon's plans that day.
Napoleon first told Grouchy not to come to Waterloo. Then he found Prussian were coming. He told Grouchy to come immediately. But the messager got lost.
Ney ordered a 1500 cavalry charge. But when Napoleon saw it, the emperor ordered all his horsemen to charge. The emperor shall take the responsibility somehow
Why is the audio quality so bad....shhhrehehehehrbrbh
so basically the british were floyd mayweather and the french were canelo
Wellington was just as good a general, no better, than Napoleon. Wellington's campaign in Spain. Brilliant. Why no movies about Wellington?
This dude battlestack has waaaaaay too much time on his hands