Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Vimeiro (1808) - Peninsular War DOCUMENTARY
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- Napoleonic Wars are back! It is 1807, and we find the Emperor of the French Napoleon Bonaparte at the height of his power, as he controls most of Europe after the War of the Fourth Coalition and the treaties of Tilsit. Napoleon decided to strangle his remaining enemy the United Kingdom economically by enacting Europe-wide Colonial Blockade, yet as Portugal defied him, he invaded it and then Spain. This was the beginning of the Peninsular War. Soon Spain and Portugal were in open rebellion. The first phase of the war ended when the British forces under Wellington landed in Portugal and fought the French General Junot at Vimeiro.
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Fun fact: Portugal and the UK have the longest lasting alliance in the world , it was signed in 1373.
Now that is truly amazing
Agreed. I guess, they needed it against Spain.
@@KingsandGenerals spain and a bit of france. Also if Iberia was to fall, England would be in the shit
Interesting, but while it was reconfirmed after the end of Iberian Union in 1640, I wouldnt call that a continuous alliance, since England and Portugal fought each other on the Anglo-Spanish War and others.
@@KingsandGenerals So that forced declaration of war doesn't count ?
Ah when João de Avis (or John of Aviz in english) put their case forward to the throne after the start of the succession crisis that ended in the famous battle of Aljubarrota 2 years later. but in practice England and Portugal are allies since Portugal was still a small county based around Porto before the 12th century!
The Portuguese royal family fleeing to Brazil was the only case of a American colony ruling over a major European empire, as Brazil was elevated to the status of a Kingdom and Rio de Janeiro became the capital of the Portuguese Empire, with control over Angola, Mozambique, Cabo Verde, São Tomé and Principe and Guiné Bissau in Africa, also with East Timor, Goa and Macau in Asia.
True! And that impacted South America extensively!
Kings and Generals Yes, the reason why Brazil didn't fracture into many smaller states like the Spanish speaking countries of South America did is because the Portuguese Royal family presence in Brazil unified administration in the country, centralized power and made sure the independence was relatively bloodless and quick
Índio deixa de ser mentiroso.
@Stephen Bidgood They were the capital site of the Portuguese Empire. If I recall right, it took a revolt from Portuguese nobles to force the royal family to return from Brazil.
Interesting stuff. Thanks for the share!
Napoleon Bonaparte about John VI of Portugal: "That Portuguese was the only one who deceived me."
The Spanish & Portuguese expedition was Napoleon's Vietnam War. You cannot win a war without winning the hearts and minds of the people. Great video and look forward to see more. Cheers!
That is a good comparison. Indeed, Napoleon spent too many resources on that war.
"The Spanish Ulcer"
Actually, Napoleon could be excused for ignoring the Iberian commoners because by this point European masses were still by and large apolitical and ignorant. It was remarkable how swiftly the new wave of nationalism (an egalitarian ideology in its essence, at least in the microscale) swept through countries with such a strong divide between the elites and peasants, such as Spain, Italy or Poland. So, Napoleon had every reason to suspect the Spanish and Portuguese would remain idle, merely hiding from his troops rather than actually take up arms against him.
how did Rome and other empire control there large empires then and win there wars.
no criticism here at all. just asking how do you think they maintained it and won there wars?
@@Historyfan476AD You cannot compare Roman strategy to Napoleon era European strategy. Romans used genocide, slavery and population displacement to crush resistance. Napoleon couldn't use such methods in his time. Julius Caeser could get away with such acts.
Vive L'Empereur: bit.ly/2nw9YLV
A few quick points:
0. The campaign in Spain will be covered in the second episode. We decided to divide two campaigns for the sake of story coherence.
1. Usually, we go with the English versions of the names, e.g. "Charles" and not "Carlos", but in this case, we decided to use the ones most of the researchers of the period use.
2. Technically, using "Wellington" at this point in time is wrong, yet, we decided to go with it to avoid any confusion in the future.
3. Your likes and shares and comments really help. It takes us 100 or so hours to produce these videos, while liking or sharing will take you seconds. A short encouraging comment can be posted in less than 20 seconds, and we read and try to answer to each and every one of them. :-) Thank you for your time!
Kings and Generals finally the napoleonanic wars are back:) btw though it kinda looks like Oslo is in swedish hands, probably just an animinatin thing but we'll have to wait like 8 years for that:)
Napoleon is here ! haHa :-)
Please battle of chaldiran, safavid vs ottoman
They really do try and answer as many comment as possible. I know i've asked a lot of stupid questions.
You might need to update your portrait of Wellesley. It still says Wellington.
THE EMPEROR IS BACK BABY
Always happy to see a comment from you. :-)
Koopinator Oui!
Baby's got Back hahah
Thoroughly enjoyed this while working on Napoleon myself. Great job! Thumbs up! 👍👍👍
Been waiting for your next video for centuries...
Thank you, good sir. :-)
That's awesome! Do you think you could cooperate somehow? For example Kings and Generals covering the major battles (like Wagram) and HistoryMarche providing a closer look at the less known (like Raszyn), and ofcourse referencing and recommending eachoder.
dont forget hannibal :)
I was hoping you would tackle the battles of the Peninsular War at some point.
"You do not conquer Portugal withouth conquering England and you do not conquer England withouth conquering Portugal"
Well Napoleon tired to but the British left their allies and went back to England
Point.
@Sir Mosewald of Osely The High Executioner Roman history and culture is part of France’s own culture and history. They were part of Rome for over half a millennia. The Romans were one of the biggest European empires ever, it’s not cringe to try to replicate that pride and honour by implanting small parts of their and your shared culture when trying to do the same.
The rest I can’t really say anything about because I don’t know.
@Sir Mosewald of Osely The High Executioner i mean individuals are gonna play the game to get ahead
So I guess the other country’s of Britain don’t exist then cuz apparently it’s only England like one of the country’s dats not England actually created Britain which was Scotland
"[Portugal] as Britain's ally for 400 years, the two countries were besties" - Feature History
True, the oldest active alliance.
@@KingsandGenerals the portuguese also kinda had to fight a battle or two with the english to kick them out of the country after the french. But all in good fun, of course
@@fulahno "Bit of Bants"?
@@KingsandGenerals That's false, the oldest alliance is the alliance between France and Scotland, the AULD alliance that started under the reign of Robert the Bruce on the 14th century.
thibolognais e it’s not a lie; it’s indeed the oldest alliance still in force today. The Auld Alliance has ended in the reign of Mary Stuart
It's quite amazing how much Napoleon's actions influenced the world, in ways that he couldn't have expected. By invading Iberia he made the Portuguese monarchy flee to Brazil and rule their empire from Rio de Janiero until 1821, helping pave the way for Brazil's independence. Placing his brother on the throne of Spain inadventantly helped trigger the Latin American revolutions, especially in Mexico and Venezuela. He tried and failed to re-establish slavery in Haiti, resulting in the Haitians breaking away entiery from French rule and becoming the world's first black republic. The loss of Haiti led him to cut his losses in the Americas and sell the Loisiana territory to the United States, doubling the size of that country and boosting the emergence of manifest destiny. Destroying the Holy Roman Empire, simplifying the 1000s of principalites into a few dozen states, made it possible for Germany to be united under Prussia. A similar effect happened in Italy. His conquests helped introduce the ideals of the French revolution to oppressive places like Russia and Austria. He briefly resurrected Poland as the Duchy of Warsaw, giving new life to Polish nationalism. The list goes on and on.
He made people drive on the right...
I think the next entry on the Napoleonic Wars should be the Finnish War of 1808-1809 between Russia and Sweden. Napoleon wanted Sweden to join the Continental System but the Swedish king Gustav IV Adolf refused and Napoleon asked his ally at that point, Russia to force Sweden follow his orders. This war changed the political geography of the Nordic region drastically:
"The Finnish War (Swedish: Finska kriget, Russian: Финляндская война, Finnish: Suomen sota) was fought between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire from February 1808 to September 1809. As a result of the war, the eastern third of Sweden was established as the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland (which was the predecessor of the modern Finnish state) within the Russian Empire. Other notable effects were the Swedish parliament's adoption of a new constitution and the establishment of the House of Bernadotte, the new Swedish royal house, in 1818."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_War
Thanks I did not know this war
The Danes simoustanly attacked from the west while a huge French army threatened to invade south Sweden; for this reason only few troops could be deployed in Finland to counter the Russians.
Sweden had often the misfortune of being "gangbanged" in many of their wars: just look at the Northern 7 years war; the 2nd Northern war; the Scanian war; the Great Northern war; and now the Napoleonic wars where they pretty much stood alone (with limited British support) against two superpowers (France and Russia) at the SAME TIME in 1808-1809, while Denmark and Norway also attacked from the west. It's foolish, but at the same time admirable that such a little nation refused to surrender, even though facing certain destruction.
@@Leaffordes i bet you would cry watch "Alternate timeline: *Partition*
of Sweden every day-Alternate Napoleonic Wars
But Napoleon also break the relationship with the ottomans after Invasion of Egypt, Just like what he did to Iberia, he just pointly want to reincarnated Roman empire fully Territories
Replacing Carlos was stupid move. It made Spain to fight back and angered/feared monarchs of Europe... who would respond with another resolute coalition.
I agree, it didn't help. All the monarchs in Europe were now afraid to lose their thrones, which wasn't the case in the previous wars.
Lol, it was another sign of his blatant arrogance, and he wondered why they all repeatedly fought against him. Sure he might be noted as brilliant at war, but he sucked at diplomacy.
It’s also convenient to note that a lot of the key battles he won were only won due to disunity, arrogance, and/ or incompetence amongst enemy generals and commanders. Makes me doubt the praise that people seem to heap on him in history books and lectures.
Also, most of his victories were against low-quality troops - Austrians, Italians, etc. Truly good soldiers like Russians and the British stood up to him - even at Austerlitz, the Russians fought ferociously but were let down by their commanders.
@@swaminathanbalakrishnan5182 uh, the Austrians had very high quality troops. In many of the coalition's they held their own and fell due to sheer numerical disadvantage.
@@swaminathanbalakrishnan5182 Austrian armies, low-quality troops ? Just like the Prussians I guess ? And how the Russians "stood up" agaisnt him ? So much bad faith.
Wellington started in a corner of Portugal and started enlarging his allied forces, Portuguese and Spanish. The Spanish were notorious for not following through with supply commitments but the Portuguese were formed into steady, reliable and effective units that stayed the course. Wellington won battle after battle and eventually entered France through the Pyrenees and invaded from the South. This plus the Battle of the Nations in the east brought Napoleon down. The occupation of Spain was a huge mistake and created incredible brutality on both sides. It also created guerrillas as a significant factor in war.
Wellesly didnt win battle after battle
Yes he did. Though I believe he only faced Napoleon once on the feild.
@@Hope-om1kc not correct. He did.
The artillery, musket and smoke effects in the overhead battles have dramatically improved. It’s always satisfying to see.
Thanks! I feel that we overdid it a little bit, we'll see. :-)
It's not the size of the battle, it's its importance. Thumbs up for covering this relatively small but absolute turning point for Napoleon in Iberia, that Roliça and Vimeiro battles were!
Napoleon himself said that the Peninsula would be a hard nut to crack. Spain's compliance in allowing French troops to pass - btw, did you know Godoy, that usurped the Portuguese town of Olivença in 1801, is known as the "Prince of Peace"? Go figure! - was compensated in blood and destruction. The majority of operations in the Peninsular War were drove in Spain, but Portuguese campaign allowed a step by step consolidated and successful fight against the French Army.
Bottom line, Roliça, Vimeiro, Porto, Linhas de Torres, and Buçaco, may have been small in comparison with monsters like Austerlitz or Jena, but were decisive in Napoleon's defeat in the Iberian Peninsula, by granting the allies a solid base of operations.
I don't think either of those battle were that decisive
Portugal played 'in blood' for his auxiliary role in Trafalgar, two years before. Napoleon made it known in Le Moniteur.
Iberia was Napoleon`s smaller Achilles heel (the big one being Russia). Imagine his reign without this mistake/s!
Thanks for the video! Never heared of this battle until now.
Thanks for watching! More to come, this season is very interesting!
I submit to you a man incapable of learning from his mistakes in a small campaign such as Spain was bound to make a much bigger mistake eventually...
Yeah Russian Expedition and Prussia entering the war doomed his ambitions on all fronts.
@@dimiryashfinov7568 I thought Prussia was in the war? And question what is Prussia? Never heard of it until these video's.
@@mrhumble2937 Prussia was a German state which eventually laid foundation to the German Empire.
Excelent! Keep going with this productions, this really shows how important was the defeat of Napoleon in Spain and Portugal as a turning point for the colapse of his rulling.
We will, thank you!
The sound effects on the gunfire and cannon in the battles is really well done. Great content.
YES!!!!! MORE PENINSULA WAR!!!!
More on the way!
Fantastic video! I appreciate you covering the Peninsular War, and pointing out it's role on the overturn of the tide on the Napoleonic Wars. Excellent!
Thank you! More on the way!
Hey! I know you guys running the channel must have tons of ideas already, but consider looking at the period of the relocation of the Portuguese court and royal family to Brazil (you briefly touched it on this video). I think you would have plenty of material there. I believe Rio de Janeiro is still to this day the only city that was a capital of an European country outside of Europe throughout History. The secession of Brazil (the "Cry of Ipiranga for Liberation" episode) from the Portuguese Empire and the following civil war is a very interesting period in European-American History, that might interest lots of (old and) new fans from Portugal and Brazil. Cheers! And keep up the good work!
I would say Napoleon was too ambitious when he tried to make his brother king of Spain
That is true. Nepotism is just bad.
@@KingsandGenerals he was trying to protect his southern flank to France from what he (correctly) saw as useless Spanish monarchy, who were bickering and on the verge of civil war before Napoleon replaced them both . But yeah it proved a bad decision in hindsight no doubt
There were a few problems... it's not about the ambition. If he wanted the continental blockade,and spain portugal doesnt cooperate, he has to take over. He has 2 main mistakes. 1) His poor judgement of military commanders. Such as Dupot or Junot. They are just average, not amazing commanders, Napoleon while military genius himself, his commanders has not much special. 2). Spain coming from a corrupt gov, he comes in and levies heavy taxes on people, that is gonna force a rebellion. he should have at least give a few years of low taxes, so people can recover economically. It's one thing being a conqueror, once conquered, administrating the place is a different set of skill. Genghis Khan, once his empire is big, he appoints the right people to administer, thats why Genghis Khan empire lasted for a while.
These documentaries are so helpful about the Napoleonic Wars and these videos are what all the people need about recalling history and this is great just GREAT! Thank You!
Thanks! More on the way!
Portugal is small but we always fight like demons to defend our lands and culture! Always with the help of our British friends and allies.
Great video. Keep the good work.
Great show.
Wellington had more respect and trust in Portuguese troops than he did in her Spanish neighbours.
Curious fact: The Portuguese were the first whose guns, offered by the British, didn't get captured by the French. British fondly appreciate this value for money.
@aenarion WPcl spain opened theyr ass to France and Muslims for centuries. For sure you are still under control of Castille, witch you fear and knee befor.
Portugal Filhos de Cristo
@aenarion WPcl MENTAL
@aenarion WPcl Thats why u let an INVADING FORCE through your country, you let them establish troops in your COUNTRY and you even allied with them at the start. Spain, the stupid ass cunts of Europe
@Johnny Doe Portugal precedes Spain by nearly 300 years. Not sure where your logic comes from. Plus Portugal found Brasil and the Americas even before Columbus
@aenarion WPcl Haha nice joke. Portugal was always infront of spain with everything with kicking the moors out 150 years earlier and also discovering the world earlier.
Alminhas, Obrigado! From Portugal, continue like this!
Thank you for watching!
YES, thank you so much for continuing this series!
More on the way. :-)
I just get so excited like a little kid on Christmas when I get a notification saying kings and generals have a new video it's probably one of the highlights of my day thank you and keep it up
Thank you! That is why we hope to move to three videos per week. :-)
Aspern Essling, Wagram, Massena vs Wellington, Borodino, Dresden, Oudinot & Ney vs Bernadotte (Grossberen and Dennewitz), Leipzig, 6 Day Campaign, Waterloo campaign... can't wait to see what all y'all cover!
Everything. :-)
Best history channel in CZcams hands down. Super vid AGAIN and top quality.. Keep up the awesome work guys, cant wait until a new vid comes out.. Cheers from Hellas!!!
Thank you very much!
What a great service & learning experience you provide! Thanks many times over!
Thanks for watching :-)
Kings and Generals~ I am utterly surprised by this work. Good job. I had no idea of Napoleon wars. I was not interested about it. But now I'll keep following up.
I just wanna say thank you for this channel. The many videos have provided me with a lot of knowledge that would’ve taken me countless hours to read, and you delivered it in an entertaining way. Keep up the good work, cos you’ve made a fan for as long as you make videos
Really happy to hear that, we will work more to produce better content!
Finally, a video from the Napoleonic series.. My beloved Emperor has returned!!. Btw , couldn't feel bad and impressed about Junot..still fighting the Brits even though he know he's not going to win against them..Cheers for him..and keep it coming guys.. Great job.!
Thank you, more on the way!
Poor old Junot lost it after the defeat, became known as "Junot the Mad" and more than likely committed suicide
*YES!* I've been waiting for what has felt like a year!! I can barely believe it's finally here. Well done lads.
8 months, but yeah. :-) Thanks for being with us!
Ah man, it's felt like longer, but the wait was well worth it!
A superb and enlightening presentation. Well done.
Oh swell! I see my persian subtitle is on! Hope I could more subtitles for your videos.enjoyed doing this really.thanks for you awesome videos mate!
Great that you're doing the peninsular war. You're the only channel have done a video on it when doing a series about the Napoleonic wars btw.
We want to provide a full picture of the Napoleonic era. And it is impossible without the Peninsular War. :-)
Kings and Generals Great news. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
So excited for this! I've been waiting since the end of season 1! Thank you guys for continuing to cover the Napoleonic wars!
Thanks for being with us for so long!
Well you do fantastic work so its always fun to watch. Keep up the amazing work! :D
I love the wide range of historic periods you guys cover. I love this channel
Thank you! More on the way!
Great episode, I cannot wait to see if you cover the battle of Bailén, the actual first defeat of the Grand Armée and a very interesting clash!
Yep, it is the very next episode in this series.
Excellent presentation - good musical score (not too loud and distracting to the description of the events), great use of CGI imagery, very informative and strangely enough - in line with what I learned at the War College (RI, USA) as a young officer years, ago.
Thank you for such great research and production, Ciao, L
Thank you very much!
My pleasure, the least I can do. What a lot of viewers do not understand is that war (on a large scale) is getting very scientific. Good leaders (flag and senior officers) take years of training to fully understand, operate, and/or exploit the dynamic situation on the battlefield. I could not believe how much studying was involved in becoming a senior officer or getting awarded a command and sadly enough, dismissal (i.e. being relieved of your command) is/was just one mistake away. There is no award for "second place" in combat. Your video productions make it very clear how complex the outcome of a conflict is. Thank you again for all the research, time and effort producing these excellent videos. Ciao, L (Veteran, three wars)
And it was at that moment that I realized, I've watched all the videos of this channel. Panic sets in, denial, apathy, some tears and ending up constantly checking this channel for new videos.
The next one will be up in 6 minutes. :-)
That was a great presentation ! Thank you !
Thank you for presenting a very good episode about this subject. Will you also make videos regarding the next two Napoleonic invasions of Portugal? I would really appreciate it. Keep up the good work.
There will be more!
The Napoleonic wars is my favorite war to study in history
Good, because this season is long and eventful. :-)
This took me to old times again:
reading Yevgeny Tarle:Napoleon and playing napoleon total war! good times indeed.
God bless you mate.
Once again you made my day!
Tarle is very good, I love his biography of Napoleon!
Every time I read this book,I can completely imagine myself in the very theatre of battlefield along with La Grande Armee soldiers.
Pleaaaaaaase do more videos on napoleonic wars please !!!!!!! I just love this series. This was a fantastic video !!!
I feel a little sorry for Junot. He was trying to win against overwhelming odds. If he succeeded then things would have gone much differently in this whole campaign. How fun n interesting. My thanks to those who made this video a reality. I enjoyed it immensely.
I’m doing the time of the Reconquista in Medieval Spain and its funny how many times this battle comes up when I am searching the history of Toledo.
I think, it is because there was a village of Toledo near Vimeiro. :-)
Masterffc correction portuguese, castillian, leonese, catalans and aragonese. Probably forgot someone
Although the probably said spanish reconquista because its what many people call it that way to be more clear although I prefer Reconquista alone. But you didn t do basic research either I'm catalan and very patriotic and I feel offended when someone leaves catalans and aragonese as spanish since the earliest concept of spain is 1469 and a lot of historians agree that it wasn t until 1714 with the fall of barcelona ending the spanish war of succession with some even saying it was a later concept
Yeah but its a different Toledo - Wow K&G you have, some VERY angry people here. Love it when I get trolled by someone who doesn't have the guts to upload anything - and they still are not correct
Jimi - thanks, you are totally correct. The definition of Reconquista is a hotly debated topic and depending on the time frame one references, you can include Astorians, the people of Navarre, Charlemagne and his legacy, Leonese, and various crusaders from all over Europe. Battle of Las Navas De Tolosa itself had Hospitallers and Templars.
Flash Point History thanks to you. Your content is great in my opinion
Yeaaahhh!! The best serie on youtube!! Insuperable 💪💪
Thank you! The second season is good. :-)
Ufff, never get bored binge watching these awesome videos.
Over the hills and over the main, through Flanders, Portugal and Spain.
King George commands and we obey, over the hills and far away.
I live from 10 minutes away of Vimeiro, here in Portugal! Great video
Thank you very much! :-)
Amazing work as always. Good to have the little French Emperor back!
Thank you very much!
Ah. Peninsular war episode. There is a lack of videos on this topic. Good to see a high quality one.
More on the way!
Portugal declared war on Britain?? (2.30) cant find that anywhere online
Like king Junot of Portugal! That was a very bad joke! Search in portuguese history were we had a french king! British defended the portuguese fleet in way to brasil and then Portugal declared war on the french! Like that comment that Portugal surrender to british!! An ally surrender to his own ally! First time in history! LOL!! This guy made his own history of that battle...
It was a symbolic declaration, It was very explicit on the war declaration that the Portuguese king was being coerced to avoid being invaded, the Portuguese did not take any offensive action towards the British.
The British understood this and didn't hold Portugal accountable, the alliance wasn't broken. In fact, a 5 thousand strong Portuguese army under Nicholas Trant (who had already been serving on behalf of the Portuguese crown) was waiting to join before the British army on landing, and they took part in battle of Roliça, where the Portuguese fought in the right flank.
Later on the Anglo-Portuguese army was reinforced by more Portuguese irregulars who then also fought in Vimeiro.
haven’t even seen the video but I was so hype I bought the shirt
Thank you very much, that helps!
What shirt?!
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This was very awesome. I love anything Napoleon I mind you, yet your quality, detail, effort and dedication, they turn something I like at 100%, to 200%.
I must say however, that Napoleon I succeeded almost totally, up until the Berlin Decrees of 1806. Those strangled his Empire, and the Empire suffocated and died in a small place in Brussels in 1815, called Waterloo. At the same time, Napoleon also got more arrogant, and more hard headed (and self confident) and this led him to become a tyrant, one who like Hitler, thought himself infallible.
Really good absolutely loved this, keep up the great work!
Thanks, more on the way!
Peninsular war also show the brave resistance by the Spanish militia like the both siege of Zaragoza under general palfoxy. their resistance buy time for the British to attack the French from Portugal (hammer and anvils tactic) sorry if the name is spelled wrongly. Btw thank you for the awesome video
Thanks! Spanish campaign will be covered in the second episode.
The greatest bravery shown by the Spanish was that of their population. The guerilla warfare tied down many French troops, which meant that the Anglo- Portuguese army could fight against better odds.
The resistance by civilians came at huge cost in lives.
Grabbing my beer and bag of doritos,it’s time to binge watch this channel.
Good. :-)
Great work guys, thanks for sharing!!!
Thanks for watching!
It seems that your documentaries quality is the best on youtube and you make history even more interesting. Keep up with the good work and you will reach 1 million subscribers in no time.
Btw i want to suggest you the creation of a new series where yiu compare the biggest victories of the best generals and make a comparison between them.
Finally some line battles
More on the way. :-)
If anyone is interested in the peninsular war. I recommend the TV film series Sharpe. Its really good and although the main character is fictitious, it is good for learning about the British experience in Iberia.
That is a fun series. Both the books and the adaptation. :-)
Love the channel. Can't wait to see the rest of the series, well done and keep it up.
Thank you, we will!
Great! The Peninsula War and it’s various battles is my favorite campaign. Look forward to the whole campaign ending in SW France.
Honestly as a Brit I fucking love Portugal, the most loyal ally in history imo, absolutely amazing
the peninsular war was the first major error of napoleon .
We will cover it all in detail!
how about abandoning an army in Egypt?
I disagree. His constant actions against the Prussians and Austrians but unwillingness to crush them were his undoing. Austria lost a fair chunk of land, yes, but it remained a major european power. Prussia was hit hard and reduced to an intermediate power, but it had already proven itself to still be mightily dangerous even without large territory.
This left the Germans absolutely livid, but more than able to backstab Napoleon at an opportune moment. Which is why I regard Napoleon as a crappy diplomat.
@@Jakub-tc6mh Yeah, but the Austrian emperor became Napoleon's father-in-law after the 1809 campaign.
@@danielkastenholz5649 I notice how "Le crapau's" missed your comment.
He ditched an army in Egypt, Russia and Belgium and they call him a "genius". Ironic or what.
Man, your videos are the reason I started to enjoy Sundays. (It's sunday afternoon in my place) Again great job guys!
Thank you very much! Do not discard our Thursday videos, they are not too bad. :-)
Kings and Generals Of course not! I am just saying that I hated Sunday before I subscribed to your channel. :)
I love your videos, keep doing this great work!!!! God bless you!
Thank you!
YES !!!! Finaly ..... signed by a great French fan :-)
Aren't we all
Yes but i'm french too :-)
Oh. :-) I am just a fanboy
YES PORTUGAL!!! Uk & Portugal, the world’s oldest lasting alliance.
***Vassels of the Spanish
@@thebirdbrand nah, spanish armada got their ass whooped by england.
@@mypfpisliterallyyou6126 They also never sailed again when Nelson embarrassed them and and the French at trafalgar.
@@ninjaa6952 true.
Great video, glad you took interest in Napoleon's Iberian campaign. Hope you talk about the linhas of torres vedras in the upcoming episodes! :)
We will cover it all!
This is the perfect background for playing european war 6. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Finally! Do Wagram Next?
Not the very next, but it will happen!
+Quinn Quinn, Tactically speaking, yes. Technically speaking, Napoleon's first major defeat was Leipzig.
IMGvillaSRC True But Napoleon was outnumbered 4 to 1 in that battle and if Napoleon Chased the coalition after dresden he wouldve won the 6th coalition and Push Wellington out of iberia capture the Netherlands back then Push Russia again but this time from all sides.
Wellesley can't be blamed for the Convention of Cintra. He was outranked by Sir Harry Burrard and Sir Hew Dalrymple, who had arrived shortly after the battle, and he thought it his duty to agree to what they proposed. All three were recalled; all three were exonerated by a military board of inquiry; but only Wellesley was ever offered another command.
A contemporary jingle:
Sir Arthur and Sir Harry,
Sir Harry and Sir Hew,
Sing cock-a-doodle-doodle,
Doodle-doodle-do.
Sir Arthur was a fighting cock,
But of the other two,
Sing doodle-doodle-doodle,
Doodle-doodle-do.
Nevertheless, that recall resulted in Sir John Moore being put in charge. He made an appalling mistake in dividing his army when Napoleon invaded Spain; but he somehow deduced Napoleon's plans, reunited his contemptibly small army, and - instead of falling back along his lines of communication, as a conventional commander would have done - made one of the most remarkable flank marches in history, ending at Corunna. It threw Napoleon's plans for invading Portugal completely out of joint.
Moore fell at Corunna. Napoleon left Spain. When French troops next tried to invade Portugal, Wellesley was back in command, and Sir William Beresford had done wonders with the Portuguese army. And the rest (to coin a phrase), is history.
Yeah none of that is true
A very detailed and entertaining video, keep it up guys!
We will, thank you!
Man your awesome love your documentarys
1:20 Sweden didn't join the continental blockade until 1810; they were still fighting the French by late 1807
Napoleon one of my favorite general in the history
More on him on the way!
Superb....you have started Napoleonic wars again....may success be yours......good luck...
Thank you very much!
I was away from home when you uploaded the video. Great vi9deo guys. I love this gunpowder smoke effect you added, feels like I'm in the middle of the engagement.
Thank you very much :-)
Just one thing I've noticed. The Duchy of Warsaw on the map in the video is named "Grand Duchy of Warsaw". I believe it is a mistake.
You are correct, it is a mistake. I wonder why I put that there...
Now I remember. Because of the Russian translation - Великое Герцогство Варшaвское. Why did the Russians call it "Grand"? And why did I use the Russian version, if I wasn't reading any Russian sources on this conflict... I guess it is in my
subconscious
Yeah, maybe. I know for sure that after reading XVII century English diaries for too long I started to subconciously use archaic phrases and gramatics like conjugation.
BTW, it's interesting. I also wonder why Russians were calling it "Grand". I need to investigate this.
Can you do the Battle of Salamanca?
When Portugal had capital in Rio De Janeiro.
Exactly! This war impacted the situation in South America!
Some people say that the Prince Regent (the future João VI) was a coward because he decided to flee Portugal and settle in Brazil. However, this move preserved the independence of the Portuguese Crown. The Prince knew that his army was not powerful enough to stop the French invasion and that Napoelon would put some one else on the throne as he did in Spain. In fact, Napoleon had planned a partition of Portugal. "Fleeing" to Brazil and elevate it from a colony to a kingdom, thus creating The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves was a bold and smart move.
Yes. When those Portuguese royals and nobles fled to Brazil and left the Portuguese people to fight.
Rio was the Portuguese Empire capital, Portuguese capital it was always Lisbon… in that time portuguese empire was the United kingdom of Portugal, Brasil and Algarves. Brasil was also a Kingdom.
@@MaSsiVeGaming1 The crown had no business in the battle field. Their war is in the court issuing orders and strategy. Being dead and replaced by a French puppet would have done no good.
Yeeeeees!!! Thank you i was waiting for this :)
btw i like the new animation
Thank you, we are trying to improve at all times. :-)
Love the video! You guys never let me down!
Thanks! We will do our best not to in the future. :-)
Viva Portugal!🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹
Napoleon and his generals were never able to occupy Portugal... Three invasions, three defeats 😈
We will cover it all!
yes but the third general sent was one of Napoleon's best Massena and he was crushed in Porto when he angered the population by destroying a bridge that was being used by retreating civilians.
@@antoniopimentel3546 @Antonio Pimentel that bridge that was send down with explosives by the army I live in that city
Great video you guys are one of my favorite channels on youtube
Will do our best to become the favorite. :-)
I knew of the invasion of Iberia but not how it unfolded. This series will be exciting! Keep up the good work.
We will, thank you!
Next do battle of Napue :)
The Great Northern War is on our list. Not sure which battles we do there for now.
I am sure your list is fairly long :D
Yeah, there is enough for decades of work. :-)
Looks like Daddy Napoleon has to come help and clean up Junots mess but we all know what really happened after this.
We'll get there. :-)
Fantastic didn't think you would be covering more napoleon
3 seasons are planned. :-)
Top quality content as usual !!!
Thank you very much!
As a french, I really like studying the Peninsular War, it really reminds me of a tug of war, especially when Soult comes up. However, I really, really believe you should have make a long video about the battle of Bailen instead of this one. Bailen is truly the defeat that would lead to the resurgence of Austria in 1809 and the rise of german patriotism, as the french were for the first time really defeated in the field with an equal number of combattants with the opponents.
Aye, Vimeiro is a decisive french defeat, but it was Bailen that really sounded the end of french invincibility.
Great as ever, nonetheless.
Yeah, Bailen will be covered. Thank you!
12:37 I can barely hear what Devin is saying . Is it the fault of my audio , or was this intentional ?
yeah that cannon fire is fucking loud
It aptly mirrors the situation of the commander, though - between all that smoke and noise, you have no idea what's going on. :D
It is possible that we overdid it. :p
I personally enjoy it thoroughly ^^ gives alot of immersion as to how loud cannon fire was
So many battles I never heard of before...I love you tube 😍
Exciting, as all your videos are.