Attack on Moscow ⚔️ Napoleon's Strategy in Russia, 1812 (Part 2) ⚔️ DOCUMENTARY
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🚩 On June 24th, 1812, the French Emperor Napoleon led 450 thousand men across the Niemen River into Russia, beginning one of the most notorious military disasters in history. Throughout this 6-month campaign, both French and Russian commanders would struggle with forces far greater than any army: politics, logistics and of course, nature.
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📢 Narrated by David McCallion
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📚 Sources:
Chandler D. The Campaigns of Napoleon. Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd 1966.
Griess T ed. Atlas for the Wars of Napoleon. Avery Publishing Group Inc 1986.
Hartley J, Keenan P, Lieven D eds. Russia and the Napoleonic Wars. Palgrave MacMillan 2015.
Lieven D. Russia Against Napoleon. Viking 2010.
Nafziger G. Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia. Presidio 1988.
Black J. The French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Rowman & Littlefield 2022.
Nester W. Napoleon and the Art of Diplomacy. Savas Beatie 2012.
Voelcker T. Admiral Saumarez versus Napoleon. The Boydell Press 2008.
Lunde H. A Warrior Dynasty. Casemate 2014. [Charles XII]
Marvin Girelli
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🚩 On June 24th, 1812, the French Emperor Napoleon led 450 thousand men across the Niemen River into Russia, beginning one of the most notorious military disasters in history. Throughout this 6-month campaign, both French and Russian commanders would struggle with forces far greater than any army: politics, logistics and of course, nature.
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This was a nice video. I hope you get back to the Hannibal video's soon. I would love to see how they end.
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7:33 / only 6562 french soldiers dead ??? dont take kings and general path to missleads us / please dont do it /
It's interesting how much more difficult things got for Napoleon, the larger his army got. You would think that having more troops would have served him better. But he was always at his best with a smaller, higher quality army. The Grand Armeé was great on paper. But it deprived Napoleon of all of the things that made him Napoleon.
By this time the crown got to his head too. He started only trusting his own opinions instead of leaning on an entire imperial bureaucracy and military chain of command. I think if he'd trusted both Davout and Tallyrand with more direct responsibility, he would have held his status for much much longer. Even at his most despotic or desperate he never suffered any major mutiny. I'll just never understand why he didnt finish the fight in Spain before committing so much to Russia. He left the French frontier open to risk of invasion and if he'd kicked Britain out of the peninsula it would have been a lot harder to encircle his forces. And in Russia why did he ignore the Ottomons? Surely they would have helped him with a massive pincer.
@@geordiejones5618 Same as what happened to gernans in ww2. Their victories got up to their heads.
Napoleon arrogance screwed his possibility of a good alliance with spain which would have facilitated so many things in terms of fighting british international trade dominance. Also as you mention he should have made deals with ottomans. And maybe just shouldnt have invaded russia and try negotiate with Alexander. Russian Tsar had agreed on being french ally but the burden of trade embargo on britain was too hard for russian economy.
Napoleon should have played safe and instead of trying to conquer the entire world be contempt with beiing europe top dog. The french expansion on netherlands, belgium and italy was enough. After that just settle negotiations with everyone and deals with spain and the young US to counter international trade hegemony of the british
@Kanada Dry good analysis but you missed the main point Napoleon's enemy was Britain so he should have invaded them and end the whole thing but he was caught in wars he could have evoided if he had dealt a massive blow to the British
Why would you fight everyone else instead of your main enemy especially when he is that close to you!!!?
He was a good tactician but not a strategist
@Kanada Dry His admiral also ignored his orders to lure the British away towards the Americas and caused the Trafalgar defeat. But I also read a pdf that France quickly recovered from Trafalgar anyway, as Napoleon kept pumping out new ships
@@jarogniewtheconqueror2804 number of ships hadn't mattered at all at trafalgar and never really did to the Royal Navy, they had a colossal advantage in quality of seamen, officers and marines as well as the mighty traditions of victory no matter the odds. The French could have floated an additional 100 ships of the line and they would mostly be sunk or captured within a year if put to sea.
Very important fact - Kutuzov forced Napoleon to retreat to Smolensk along the old Smolensk road where all the cities and villages were already destroyed when Napoleon advanced to the Moscow previously. This weakened Napoleon's army even more
Please don't stop making Napoleon videos. I love the narrator for this video and also the one that narrated the Michael the Brave episodes.
is he your man crush, simp?
5:15 the amount of what ifs tied to if he had waited until the following spring are mindboggling.
Thank you so much for to absolutely consistently superb quality of content!!
Yup, just like the Germans during WW2.
If the Germans had just stopped their attacks in October 1941 and consolidated their gains and just attack again in March 1942, they could taken Moscow and Leningrad.
The Germans lost a lot of heavy equipment due to mud and winter.
Napoleon: "Never interrupt the enemies when they are making a mistake"
Also Napoleon: Invaded Spain and then Russia, fighting a two front war
He had no choice
@@wingedhussar1453 wdym? He didn’t have to invade Spain. And he could have taken a different strategy while invading Russia.
@FrozenAxe if he didn't invade spain Britain was going to send their troops threw spain
Indeed. Spain was like Napoleon's Vietnam. Everywhere the French went they were in combat. British was also supplying Spain's fighters so he kicked him out. But he was scared that Russia was going to invade him so he thought he can deal with a quicker war.
In fact, Russia fought two frontlines either. It was with Iran 1804-1813
Another fantastic video covering the Napoleonic invasion of Russia. Goes much further to analyzing ALL the factors during this part of European history than other channels. Looking forward to more videos and hope to see the Hannibal series continuation.
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Another high quality video, showing the famous campaigns of La Grande Armeé and Napoleon, showing his ultimate military strategy on how he’d take on any enemy, no matter the size.
he outnumbered his enemy badly in this war, yet still lost terribly
By summer and winter not by Russian army
that why alexander the great is top 1 general
@@arvindthakur6921 I believe I have heard something similar from the man with mustache 130 years later
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I visited this channel 6 times today and every time when I visit it I have too watch 3 videos and then leave
Outstanding progress hope u will be on the top one day...
Time well spent!
Napoleon’s entire strategy DEPENDED on the Czae to sue for peace quickly.
When that did not happen, Napoleon did not have the ability to adjust.
True that he did place too much on the assumption that the Czar would degociatate, but he did adjust. Retreat or perish urterly. He choose to retreat. Other choices were gone months ago.
"Some men live and die in the shade of their olive trees; some change the world, even in defeat."
well napoleonic intelligentsia, officers and bureaucracy all lost their olive trees shortly after this
Amazing to see Napoleon again nice work 🔥
Your videos are so satisfying to watch.
I love how you make a new take on Napoleon.
The EpicHistoryTV series is the best CZcams history content i know.
much love
This video and your channel in general is outdoing almost every history TV and show
Thank you
Russia's best 3 generals :
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They have always been lousy soldiers with bad leadership, the only thing that has saved them is the weather and numbers
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That’s utter nonsense mate. The Russians have been very good soldiers at multiple points in history. There is some truth in what you say, they do have numbers and huge land mass to play with, and that has saved them many times. But Russian soldiers and commanders have often been very good. Alexander Suverov won over 50 battles and never lost 1!!
Great video, thank you!
7:33, some notes: 49 generals casulties (only 12 dead) and officers around 2000 casulties.
Also 44,000 casualties not dead soldiers for the Russians
Loving the battle graphics, great work guys ❣❣💕💕
Thank you so much, it propels the reading of great volumes on the this chilling campaign....
Well that was fast thanks for part 2 HM!
You have a great voice that does not bother or tire the listener. A perfect narrator.
I have an ancestor who was an officer in Napoleon's army, he had to eat his horse to survive during the Berezina...
I have a relative who died at Mozhaisk near Moscow in 1812. Seventeen year old Prussian.
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Yes! Part 2 out!!!
This channel is so much better than Kings and Schills.
Found the russian
Is it his Ukrainian War coverage that makes you dislike him? I do agree that he is untruthful with the numbers
@@jarogniewtheconqueror2804 They're allegedly a CZcams channel focusing on historical events, yet they go out of their way to be as biased as possible. It's like they're a mouthpiece for the Biden administration.
@@dillonblair6491 60 trillion russians dead, russians also have no food or ammo since march, no weapons since september. Russian troops, though being at a significant numerical disadvantage, are somehow holding a solid front and even making small gains somewhere. This is of course due to combat necromancers and warrior monks
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Lol a front so solid they haven't made any gains since March and have lost ground ever since then.
LETS GO!!! MONTH 10 OF THE 2 WEEK CAMPAIGN 🤪
just like part 1, was a great video! thanks again for the great content! :)
here's three what if scenarios wrapped into one what if Napoleon never invaded Spain what if Napoleon married a Russian princess and what if Napoleon invade the Ottoman Empire instead of Russia how much of History do you think would have changed and how different it would have gotten it all three happened
I don’t understand what reason Napoleon would have to invade the Ottoman Empire.
Yeah there was no reason to invade the Ottomans.
Well could have free balkens from ottomens
@@Jean_Jacques148 like county really need a valid reason for war it was only for money and power
Spain was untrustworthy so they might have backstabbed him if he left them be. Ferdinand wanted to work with the British and ignore the continental system, the Spanish even mobilized an army and put it on the border with France during the 1805 campaign
Excellent format. Great details and research. Subscribing now even though I've been watching the channel for a while now. again good job. Thank you
Very cristal clearer to underdtand the context about the Napoleon failure. I hope you keep going with Hannibal's campaign durango the second punic war, I love it. I'm waiting for the epic Cartago's Battle against the Sciprion Africanus
Another great episode. With thanks.
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This history channel is amazing!
Awesome! Been waiting for this
Fantastic video!
Napoleon in June : HAHA we will bend Russia to her knees
Napoleon 6 Months later :please sign this peace treaty, don't ignore me!!!😭😭😭
Your videos are awesome.
Would be cool to see a video about the battle of Aljubarrota.
Indeed. Grande padeira!
A very cool video with quite short sumnary with the factors explained, tkss guyss @historymarche❤🙏🏻👍👍
Спасибо большое за информацию! Буду знать теперь!
Great work again
Great video! Can’t wait for the next!
The only thing I can point out is that you have accidentally made the island of Bornholm in the baltic belong to Sweden, even though it has been Danish since 1660! Keep up the good work!
Very nice. Impressive video. Thanks!!
Hey HistoryMarche, love the channel and your vids! Can you maybe do a battle analysis on the Battle of Cocherel 1364 during the Hundred Years' War?
Well done!!! But also do the hannibal series
Great video!
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Great Video!
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great vid
6:00 this is when hubris starts to kick in.
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The Smolensk manouvre was actually a great one, however Napoleon unexpectedly decided to went for the city (Smolensk) instead of the Russian Army who was withdrawing. When Bagration detached a little after Napoleon ordered Junot to attack as he was far away to take the command, but Junot did not. Also it is important to remember who Moscow was the "Reward of victory" however while Borodino was a victory it was not complete. (also Kutuzov was saved by De Tolly as he become paralyzed and unable to make decitions or give orders as the battle started
De Tolly was the real winner of the campaign. Russians were unfair towards him.
Cant wait for you to make one about Sultan Baibars
Wow nice vidéo! It's more condensed than Epic Hisrtory TV but it's usefull and cool!
Great episode! But when do we get the next Hannibal?:)
i recently finished reading war and peace by leo tolstoy the book describes many of napoleon's battles with great details a great recommendation to anyone who are interested in the napoleonic wars
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fun fact: in France, when someone is in a catastrophic situation, we say that it is the Bérézina
This stuff is absolutely great and all, but please please PLEEEEEASE release the next hannibal episode ASAP! I'm getting punic war withdrawals. 😱
More napoleon please!
I'm glad the video has Thai subtitles. Help me understand the content of the video more conveniently.
Absolute legendary figure.
Great video, but few things were missed. Napoleon's Grande Army was multinational. This diverse made huge troubles. Many soldiers unwillingly went into Russia, especially Germans, Italians, Dutch, Swiss, Spanish, Portuguese. Few foreigners Army Corpses were forced allies, which did very little to support Napoleon e.g. Prussian and Austrian Corps were supposed to defend French flanks, but did not do it well. Prussian even abandoned Napoleon in the end. Bavarian, Saxon, Italians and other southerners consisted of many young conscripts, poorly prepared to war in the wild east. In spare populated, vast, wild territory were huge supply and communications issues and harsh weather conditions. Therefore there were so many deserters and lost on the long way to Moscow. Napoleon broke logistic laws, especially when his army consisted mostly non French and his allies, except Polish, were not interested in this far away campaign.
All good points, and for the most part were covered in the part 1 to this video
@@richardm123 They mentioned multinational Army Corps in Grande Armee, but did not say anything about disastrous consequences e.g. difficulties in communications between soldiers which spoke quite different languages. Later on there were troubles with reinforcements, when commanders can not find soldiers which can properly understood themselves. They often can not amalgamate soldiers from different, multinational regiments to reinforce their squads, which suffered loses during campaign.
There were cases when entire Army Corpses lost their roadways, because they can not understand their French commanders and local people, e.g. Italian IV Corp, Bavarian VI Corp, VIII Westphalian Corp blundered in rough terrains and delayed their marches to battlefields.
Can you imagine when foreign soldiers lost their way in vast, wild terrain and can not find proper way? They soon became marauders or even deserters, or starved to death. Especially when they did not know what they can eat and drink in wild forests, and Russian used scorched earth tactics. Therefore Napoleon lost so many soldiers on the way to Moscow. There were much more loses than later in disastrous winter retreat.
Incredible video, but what happened to the music? It was going high and low a lot of times and changing a lot between tracks :(
Of the troops from the central army who went back to France the most important where the 1rst and 2nd "Old Guard" Grenadiers and the 3rd and 4th "Old Guard" Chasseurs. The Polish Lancers, the Mameloukes and 50,000 Polish troops.
The greatest general in history,its a shame how they treated him in the end but he will remain a legend
He failed in Russia like the great general Hitler of Germany
The greatest general in history is khalid bin al waleed. He is unmatched. Napoleon doesn’t even make it into the top 5 and he might not even qualify for top 10.
Yes I understand you love napoleon but you loving napoleon doesn’t make him a great general. He is actually a sub standard general at best just average in comparison to many other top generals the world has seen.
@@BreakFix did you learn history from tiktok ?
@@Elantien napoleon is a noob
nice
always did like Napoleon, shame how he lost in the end but at least we can learn from him
A good film.
Does anyone know what they use to make the maps the way they do? I'm trying to find a website or app to do something similar for something but can't seem to find one.
Why do you count the victory in friedland as half complete ?
It was one of the most decisive victories in Napoleon's career especially casualty wise.
(Sure benigsen's mistake did most of the work but that's irrelevant)
Chandler argues that it was possible, post-Friedland, for the French cavalry on the left (Grouchy, d'Espagne) to conduct a far more vigorous pursuit of the retreating Russians (along the lines of what Murat did after Jena). That did not happen, perhaps for political reasons - Napoleon had no wish to humiliate Alexander and make it impossible for the Czar to offer peace.
At some point, Napoleon probably realized he should have taken his time and waited the Russians out. Preserved the empire, stabilized Spain, consolidated his influence over Austria and his allies, and just remained patient with the British blockade. I do not know why Napoleon seems to always be a man on a mission to destroy the enemy now or never.
The French were also being bled hard fighting in Spain and Portugal at this same time as well.
Because he thought that any hit against his reputation would destroy the French hegemony. He was an upstart and knew it. Everything was gained by his fame as a Commander; and it was not legitimacy that kept him in power, but the fear and dread of his enemies. This formed in his mind the imperative to constantly defeat his foes and reinforce this image.
Of course, in the end it became a self-fulfilling prophecy....
It is not that simple. He had multiple reports on Russian preparation for a war… 1813, 1814. He didn’t know when but he was sure they will attack in Poland so he decided to force them to go back to the continual system by attacking as soon as possible.
It was estimated that the Continental blockade would have to stay at least until 1817 or 1818 to force the British to negotiate. And like after the treaty of Amiens, they will probably attack soon after by triggering new coalitions.
Because that is the kind of person that Napoleon was at heart: a warmonger. He tried to resolve all of his problems by military force with little regard for diplomacy.
@@aze94 he was not. Should I remind you that the only war he started was in Spain and it was to respond to the agression to Danemark by the British fleet by imposing the blockade to Portugal.
Interesting.
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Napoleon could have went to Riga, Minsk and Kyiv. That would have formed a great defensive line and a region that could supply the front
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Personnally,
I don't think it's possible for Grande Armee to stay in Smolensk for entire winter, 1812.
Gen. Fuller had similar comment in his "Decisive Battle in Western World" series.
Another indirect eviendce is , Gen. Vicktor failed to provide any supply to Grande Armee after Moscow retreat.
The fact is, Napoleon had to give up territory he had gained in 1812 and retreated more in winter.
A move which may dash his invincible reputation. It's totally un-acceptable for him
"Russia compaign is the first time Napoleon had put politic over strategy". It's a very good comment.
(Sorry, this is a quotation, but I' forget the original source)
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Two things come to mind. One is that you did not say a word about Ney's role in the retreat. The second is that a more limited campaign was indeed more in Napolean's interest. If he had simply seized more of the Polish areas and thus expanded that new and eager ally along with a few other key points such as Riga, he would have damaged Alexander's reputation and put pressure on the Russians to fight him under circumstances that were favourable to Napolean. Obviously he he could hardly fail and went all out and all in.
He didn't go into much detail since most of those details had been deeply discussed in epic history tv channel, which he has collabed in for the production of the battles and the maps. This is more of an overall views as well as covering things that wasn't discussed as much in epic history tv napoleon series.
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Great video.
what is this music at start of video?
Tomorrow is my physics exam ,but am unable to ignore this video
14:55 what??!!. He raised 700 000 strong army?!
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My honest opinion is that this serie is a little bit of a re-run from the previous serie on Napoleon. I would have liked to see battles that where not covered in the previous serie. Like Elyau or one of the many sieges. Nevertheless i appreciate the work you are putting in your quallity video's
No battle clip in this series :(