Napoleonic Wars: Siege of Zaragoza (1808) - Peninsular War DOCUMENTARY
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- Our animated historical documentary series on the Napoleonic Wars are back with another episode covering the Peninsular War. The armies of Napoleon face more rebellions this time in Spain. And if the battle of Vimiero was crucial for the resistance in Portugal, the Siege of Zaragoza of 1808 played the similar role for the northern part of Spain. The battle of Bailen is just around the corner, and the Peninsular campaign will only get more interesting from here.
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How many family members did Napoleon had? It's feels like he was spawning them with console commands.
Player.placeatme xxxxxxxx
If I remember well, he had 7 siblings.
Indeed, 7 siblings.
We can also add his brother in law, Joachim Murat, King of Naples and his stepson Eugene, Viceroy of Italy
Total War generates new leaders on a regular basis
*NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH GUERRILLAS*
*OUR WEAPONS INCLUDE SURPRISE...*
@@eyad6998 Wtf does this have anything to do with...anything?? XDDDD
and fear . . .
It's a joke. Monty Python's Flying Circus did a sketch about the Spanish Inquisition, who would jump out from nowhere to seize people, crying out "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
it also has the cross!!
JAJAJJAJAJAJJAJA Men you make my day
It's good to see my city's most important battle in this channel. The city was destroyed twice, in the first siege (the one of the video) and the second one (when they conquered the city) and more than half of the people of the city died.
In Zaragoza we are really proud of this battle as we could beat the strongest army of that time.
Great video ;)
Thank you, and hope the war never comes to your home again. :-)
and then you lost again xdxdxd
SPOILERS!
Tppcrpg Sorry for that jajaja
I can tell you that those who fought against the city's defenders in the second siege and survived would never forget them. Most of them also hated the necessity for this kind of warfare.
While I was aware that the Polish Legion of Vistula took part in the siege of Zaragoza, I somehow didn't know that the Legion's lancers (uhlans) regiment charged into the city!
I guess that I shouldn't be surprised, given what the Polish Chevau-légers of the Guard did at Samosierra later the same year, or the Vistula Uhlans performance at Albuera in 1811.
This might be in part due to the fact that while the 1st Polish Light Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard become the stuff of national legend in my country, the equaly badass Vistula Uhlans got largely forgotten. They stayed in Spain much longer, getting themselves dirty in a brutal war against people who fought for essentially the same thing as Poles, and against whom we didn't have any grudge. This didn't fit Polish romantic patriotic ethos at all.
The Guard always gets all the girls. :-)
Quiero decir, que los polacos son el pueblo más bravo de Europa
A Pole in debt will follow you to hell and back
@@KingsandGenerals did the next episode drop already? Link?
Interestingly enough, the spanish guerrillas constantly tried to incite the poles to defect... by nailing propaganda to the church doors in cities. They had no idea of polish, so they were written in latin, which polish officers could understand.
Spain has always been a difficult country to occupy, so many mountains and rivers, the terrain is difficult for a foreign army to fully control it.
Cute photo
@@Chaika1974 Thanq
The romans and moors did it quite well but true
Ummayad Caliphate: "Hold my Zamzam drink..."
@@BALLARDTWIN Ummayads didn't conquer whole Iberia
A little story: the name Zaragoza came from Caesaraugusta...guess who built the city 😏
God Emperor.
@@takshashila2995 Titus, get the cross
Slaves...
And the name Marseille derives from Massalia ... Just saying :-)
You don't wanna know who built "Scunthorpe".
Spaniards were brilliant war makers. It would be awesome if you could make spanish tercios series, also showing their prowess with the sword
Él, o quién sea, por Dios, pero alguien del mundo anglosajón por una vez.
This is the Peninsular War's own battle of stalingrad.
Yeah, that is a good comparison.
Guerrilla wars is painful and hard for big army
Lmao 0 likes this time get fucked
NATO in an injust war in Iraq and Afghanistan?...
Lybia? Syria?
@@hazzmati why are you butthurt ?? :/
Hope you have a good day/night maybe your anger will vanish if you take a rest
@@hazzmati we Did I said I know everything ??
I'm colombian, I definitely agree with you.
Paradoxically, I''m a Spanish guy who really loves history, but who doesn't know much about this period. Someway I always consider this a very shameful episode. First, we were occupied because we were fools that allowed French troops to supposedly conquer Portugal. Second, the Spanish king by then, Fernando VII, was the worst king ever (despicable, and useless), so it's difficult to root for his side. Third, it meant the collapse of most of the Spanish Empire (especially because of the bad management of Fernando VII). Fourth, in some senses, the French were bringing illustration to the country (and also misery because of occupation).
However, I got surprised to see this episode and imaging how brave those men were, rebelling against the strongest army of the world. Ill-equiped, poorly trained... Didn't matter, they stand their ground against an occupying superior army. I felt proud and admiration.
And you are right to feel this way ! I say this being French myself, though I do feel pride and admiration (and horror sometimes too) for the age of the Revolution, the occupation of Spain was a low treachery towards a faithfull ally. Unworthy of our country, and not only is it shamefull, it also induced the end of both the Spannish AND the French Empire !
This for me, even more than the disastrous Russian campaign, is the lowest point of the Napoleonic Empire.
I'm happy that, nowadays, Spain and France are good allies. The untrustworthy one is the UK, that is finally leaving the Union. Now, we only need to get rid of Poland and Hungary. Nothing against Polish or Hungarian people (personally I liked both of them always I met them), but their governments have become traitors of the EU in recent years. You need members that not only think in themselves, but also in the common good of Europe.
Together we are able to do great things. Just look to the Ryder Cup. Europe has worse players.... but we became a stronger team. I have been living in the USA 2 years, and I do really believe in European values.
As a French and Spanish dude I think we should be allies forever, we have common interests
I'm Portuguese and though I found this episode in history to be both tragic and bravery of all nationals involved.
The Poles were above all the most eager to fight for a nation only in spirit that did not exist on any map, Spanish would never tolerate an abuse of its people, the Portuguese who would defy any invader, the Austrians who were proud as much as they were brave, the Germans who would only grow stronger with every defeat, the british were the last hope to all, and the russians who would sacrifice all. All the while in the center of this were the French, who were trapped in chaos of war, but felt they had a purpose to their nation, and later Napoleon.
War is never a good outcome, but the remarkable people who stood out in them show us the myriad colors of human nature.
@@fabrixioable Fue estafado cómo? De qué hablas? la tasa de desempleo en España en 1985, cuando entramos en la UE, era del 21,65%. Hoy día está sobre el 14%. La mejora de la renta per cápita del país y de la mayoría de los índices de desarrollo son mucho mejores que hace 30 años. Creo que no eres consciente la pena de país que era la España de los años 70. De donde venimos...
Y tampoco se pude juzgar por haber justo atravesado la peor crisis financiera desde la de 1929. Volveremos al 8-9% de tasa de paro, que es nuestra tasa natural de paro, en unos 3-4 años.
".. and within the ruins and the corpses, a tongue will always remain alive to shout that Zaragoza will never surrender.."
- Benito Pérez-Galdos, taken from the Book: The Sieges of Zaragoza, part of the Book serie: "Los Espisodios Nacionales" (National Episodes) -
Well why they surrender then?
@@omarbradley6807 Not in this siege.. Surrender happened in a second siege a year later where the city was harashed to the basement.
The french were unable to advance trought the city, had to dig trenches to cross the streets. Capture of buildings was impossible taking weeks fighting to the knife room by room. The only reliable way they found to advance was blowing every building in their way. French sappers dug tunnels and trenches to carry gunpowder and blow everything. Spanish also dug tunnels to sturm french sappers brutal hand to hand fights tooks place underground. Finally a cholera epidemic broke morale. Zaragoz by the time the 3rd largest Spanish city, also known as "Spanish Florence" because of its numerous reinassance palaces and churches and cloves was absolutelly destroyed and harashed to the ground.. 50000 dead. And even so, some managed to reorganize into "guerrillas" and keep fighting the French in a very different way.
Marshal Lannes the french commander when finnally entered summarized:
"I have never seen such determination as that shown by our enemies in the defense of this city. The women allow themselves to be killed in front of the breach. It is necessary to organize an assault for each house. The siege of Zaragoza is nothing like our previous wars. It is a war that horrifies. The city is currently burning at four different points, and hundreds of bombs are raining down on it, but nothing is enough to intimidate its defenders... What a war! What men! A siege in each street, a mine under each house. To be forced to kill so many brave men, or rather so many furious ones! This is terrible. Victory is sad."
@@Alegredesconocido To point it simply, it also would be a different affair if Lannes would had like Napoleon before him laid siege to the city at Mantua. It surrendered, like all the Bourbon stronghold,
7:47 I'm not going to lie. Palafox's answer to Verdier was pretty damn manly.
This is like 19th century Stalingrad !
True! Especially since, the Spaniards were getting small reinforcements across the river.
I think the battle that could be compare to Stalingrad on this war would be the siege of Cadiz. It lasted for three years, and drained the French resources.
@@podemosurss8316 Siege of Leningrad, maybe?
History repeats itself
@@asasas9146 that siege was way worse
De Palafox: Fight to the death
This guy knows the meaning for the honor of the homeland
Another excellent video from which to learn more about one of the decisive conflicts of world history! It always impresses me how the Spanish guerrilla bands were able to hurt Napoleon's armies in Spain with critical strikes at decisive points along his supply lines. Furthermore, even when some of the guerrilla armies were destroyed, new armies were raised which then inflicted horrific damage in kind to the French Grande Armée.
Thanks! More on the way!
Quick fact: Pierre Dupont was a duelist who fought Francois Fournier in probably the longest running duel rivalry in history, and a basis for the historical film The Duellists by Ridley Scott. Awesome film and awesome story ;)
Pierre Dupont or Pierre Dumont?
How long was the duel?
Bryan Wheelock Dupont. Sorry my bad
Zeritho its not actually one duel. It was a dueling rivalry hat made up of a series of duels that lasted over30 years.
Ok thanks John, have a nice day
Not prepared for "Total War"
I see what you did there
:-)
@@KingsandGenerals good one
Excellent. I loved the description of Agustine de Aragon's courage in firing a cannon at the French. It is little details like this that bring history to life.
AGUSTINA DE ARAGON I LOVE YOU GUYS FOR PUTTING HER IN!!!
:-)
The man the myth the legend
*Napoleon Bonaparte*
His turn will come. :-)
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@@theeagle5939 Napoleon is on top of this list. He was the only one in your list with a modern army.
6:43 that women was really brave badass women
And the Spanish stand in that war was really impressive
Elias Frahat
Well, I agree that the *women* were brave...
The women were brave against the French, and they were brave against Franco.
Lol, against the French and Franco.
they defend the inquisition and oppressing of women, and then they fought franco?
That was the Prussian army xd the french where militia, too
lol one women fought a bit for the spainards and all talk about her,
Women fought en masse for the French in 23 years, and no one talk, cause "it was normal" instead of saying well we had an army of revolutionaries in one hand and an army of Inquisitors (literally) in the other
This channel, is my bread and butter when it comes to youtube. I watch a lot of the other history channels too but none has the vibe that you @kings and generals have keep doing what you doing
Happy to hear that. :-)
There is a Polish movie called Popioly that takes place during the Napoleonic Wars and depicts Poland’s plight. It contains multiple scenes of the Napoleonic Wars, one depicting a Polish Guard Cavalryman during the Second Siege of Zaragoza, during the assault and the devastating aftermath. It really is eyeopening considering how Romanticized the Napoleonic Wars and the era was.
Also surprised Palafox didnt kill the envoy!
Lucky envoys aren't killed when sending messages most of the time during a war, pretty sure there were some envoys during WW2 who would demand surrender or surrender theirselves in which case if denied, they would simply return to their side.
In Spain we don't kill the envoys. Who is going to send back our badass replies then?
You should read a book.
Stefan Żeromski ,,Popioły" 1902
Popioły means Ashes. This is not romantic book.
Second book is ,, Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie" ,,Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse"
Jan Potocki 1848
A movie based on this book is Wojciech Hass,,Rękopis znaleziony znaleziony w Saragosie" 1965
Polar, I think you really don't know much about the period or people's perspective on it.
This event is really remarkable. Spaniards, unlike the French, relied on an almost whole-formed militia army, and not only managed to defeat a numerically superior army, but a numerically superior army composed by the best troops of the time, with militia, few proffessional soldiers, and the bravery of the citizents. Episodes like the one depicted by Fernando Brambilla, "the Battle of Hares" occurred, where the French cavalry was defeated by Zaragozian women armed with sticks, rocks and knives. And of course, Agustina de Aragón. Many women like her, have existed in Spanish history. María Pita, for example, during the siege of La Corunna 1589 (part of the English Counter-Armada), when the city only had about 1.500 soldiers to protect the 4.000 inhabitants against an English force of about 23.375. Or Rafaela Herrera, who, at the Battle for Río San Juan de Nicaragua of 1762, managed to defeat the 2.000 men large English army with about 100 Spanish soldiers.
For those who only know the Spanish efforts during the peninsular war from events like the Battle at Talavera, should take a look at the siege of Zaragoza.
Indeed, this conflict has many different decisive battles, and they are unique for the era.
@@KingsandGenerals In the peninsular war Napoleon was out-Napoleoned.
Oh Napoleon series back ! Greetings from Turkey as a Napoleon fan :)
Thank you for watching :)
I've been looking forwards for this greatly. Not disappointed at the slightest. Thanks for uploading and making these!
Thanks for watching :-)
The spanish guerilla tactics are quite impressive.
Yeah, these tactics were basically formulated during these conflicts.
Guerrilla in Spanish means little war.
They weren't generalized at this point, though.
well guerrilla is a spanish word.
I was always impressed and intruiged by your videos and by watching someone really trying to make history both really entertaining and open to the public , it just really warms my heart . Incredible Work ! :-)
Thank you, sir :-)
I would have a request when you come to the end of the Napoleonic wars : could you please cover the Six days campaign, one of Napoleon most desperate and brilliant move, when he managed to win four battles in six days against a numerically superior foe, while his empire was crumbling around him ? It is a pretty impressive tactical piece.
Who were the belligerents
Napoleon and a ragtag of french corps (mostly cavalry) versus the Silesian Army, russo-prussian soldiers led by Blucher (Waterloo's Blucher), who were advancing toward Paris. Napoleon couldn't hope defeat this larger army in a single grand battle and couldn't risk to be seriously defeated even once, so he divided his army in a way that would allow him to attack successively at different angles, always racing to be there when the fighting would erupt. This allowed him to break the Silesian army into pieces unable help each others. As a result, Blucher lost around 20 000 men for only 3 000 french, forcing to retreat momentarily.
This was a great victory, but also an useless one, since there were two other big armies that were attacking France at the same time. Kind of a last ride for honour, if you will.
Yeah, it is planned!
Great, glad to hear it and can't wait to see it :)
@@KingsandGenerals Hi, and congratulations, but what happened with Napoleon's series after Essling? It was abandoned or something?
Napoleonic Wars are back! Thank you K&G for your incredible content, keep up the extraordinary work.
We will, thank you :-)
The titanic struggle the Spanish were involved in with the french right from the word go puts into perspective wellingtons less significant participation
Awesome job. Thanks for the upload.
Thanks :-)
Could you do the Russian Empires siege of Kazan Khanate?
All khanates were on decline for at least 100 years, I don't think that's were hard wars for Russia, as it was just filling the power vacuum in the stepes
What's impressive to me is Caesar made such an impact on Europe that his name was synonymous with "Emperor" or "King" centuries and millennia later. "Kaiser" and "Tsar", etc..
Dean Cutler Ceasar was actually a title not a name
BOG JE SRBIN
Nothing like a good fight to start the day off right. Great job as always!
Thanks :-)
Thank you for this awesome video.
You're uploading videos quite more often, but amazingly with the same good quality!
work-work :-)
@@KingsandGenerals When are Israeli wars coming? ☺
"...Y entre los muertos siempre habrá una lengua viva para decir que Zaragoza no se rinde"
thanks for another episode of this series
Thanks! ore on the way!
Soooo gooood, really great series. Looking forward to the next installment
More on the way!
Wow! Marshal Murat really like Gen. Spoor, in Indonesian War of Independence. They both used bold & aggressive approach, but at the end they failed ..
Its not common to see a fellow indonesian in this channel😁
Anjir ga biasa nemu orang Indonesia di sini. Hai Inspect, love your channel.
Hi guys!
Ternyata banyak juga orang Indonesia yg nongkrong disini 😁
@@panduwidagdo7051 gk nyangka ketemu orang indo yg juga penggemar chelsea😀👌
Ketemu mulu maz
The Spanish at Zaragoza were certainly very brave and at times clever. Forcing their enemies into a very bloody battle. Wouldn't want to be the French. My compliments to those who made this video a reality. This video's are amazing.
Thank you people, beautiful video!
Awesome, I keep learning and digging into new topics with your videos ! :D
Glad to hear that. :-)
This is cool and all, but what about the droid attack on the Wookiees?
Ignore them we will. Significant to the war effort they are not.
The wookiees attacked the droids?
They won't cover the Clone Wars until 2020
Well, hello there!
It’s not a story the Jedi will tell you
That's great... Make more videos about Napoleonic Wars
More on the way!
What an interesting episode of the Napoleonic Wars thank you very much 👌👍
More to come!
Thank you for this video, very good as always from you guys. I'm waiting for the next one =)
Thank you for watching :) Working on the next one.
Gran vídeo. Viva España
Muchos españoles no actuaron de forma amigable en los comentarios del video sobre la Batalla de Trafalgar. Aún así, ¡viva España!
Siento leer eso... :/. Hay desgraciados en todos lados...
Viva Francia! Viva Cataluña! Viva el Pais Basco! Viva Polonia! Viva Latinoamerica! Abajo el Rey!
Que Viva España
@@omarbradley6807 No,No,No y No.
Thank YOU, i love Napoleonic wars 😃
Thanks for watching :-)
Why do you love war?
Bravo! Top vid, as always!
Thank you!
what a fantastic episode .keep going❤❤❤❤
We will, thank you!
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Nice. More peninsula war please.
More on the way!
A video or series regarding the revolutions of 1848 could be interesting. There's lots of background behind the many different battles and wars fought all over europe in a very short timespan.
Yeah, it is on the list!
Yeah, the Hungarian revolution of 1848 and her gallantry in battle against the Austrian invasion to suppress the revolution is important. I remember Georgei, the Hungarian general and Kossuth, the leader of the revolution, and Haynau, the brutal Austrian general who suppressed the revolution.
+Ayodele Adegbulugbe Although, from what I know, the Magyars trashed the Austrians, and were only beaten when Russia got involved on Austria's side.
I wonder if the Hungarians would have won had the Croatian ban Josip Jelacic joined them against Austria. He was stripped of all of his titles yet he staid loyal. Had he rebelled, the Croatian army would have followed him.
Correct.
Very good as always
Thank you for watching :)
Awesome!!! I love it
*Sigh* Poles, always thrown into hell by their allies. At least this time, the French followed.
Yeah... nothing beats being independent
The great tragedy of Poland is that God is too high and France too far.
They are the only ones who can. They’re tough bastards the Polish
"allies"
Well if france was defeated poland would have been erased once again, so french success was polish success. At zaragoza everyone were thrown into hell, the polsih were too succesfull for their own good so they got cut off from the infantrymen and were obliterated.
Palafox was a total badass, though the biggest badass on the Spanish army at the time was general Castaños. On the battle of Bailén, even though his forces were roughly equal in size to the corps led by Dupont, he used the knowledge of the terrain to surround them, although he expected the main engagement to happen in other place (it happened at Bailen, where the right flank of his forces were).
Please, do videos on Bailen and on the 1813 campaign to liberate Sevilla.
Hell yeah!I was waiting for it from a long time+
Thank you for watching :)
please more of this series.
Bravo!!!! Spanish Stalingrad
Thanks!
Siege of Zaragoza= French Stalingrad?
I would say, Borodino, but I see what you mean.
Ahh thanks.....that sounds more sensible
It looks so. The siege of a key city strategic city, with the defending army fighting building by building, and the river at the rear, making a turning point in the war as a first major victory for the invaded. It seems like a very good analogy in my opinion.
Borodino would be like... WW2 Borodino. I mean, there was another battle in Borodino during WW2, and was also a costly victory for the invaders (Germans this time), though they didn't got to Moscow on that one.
If we're to compare any battle of the Napoleonic Wars with Stalingrad, I think that the sieges of Cadiz would suite better, though Stalingrad was more of a campaign than a single battle.
@@Mike-ek9hy That happened in both 1813 Borodino and 1941 Borodino.
Another Fantastic Video by Kings and Generals . Finally the Climax
of the Napoleonic wars is Fast Approaching
Thanks :-)
Keep up the good work guys
The actions of one man sparked a rebellion that the french could not control for different reasons and that, as you said, will trigger a chain of events that will to the demise of Napoleon Bonaparte.
We'll get there!
Kings and Generals You will certainly do.
So Spain was a French Vietnam
Kings and Generals you just always brighten my Sundays especially when I was hung over
Thank you very much
bro i love your shirt in the merch store "great minds discuss history, average minds discuss events and small minds discuss people" going to buy me some of them soon
great minds think alike :')
Do video on odenathus vs sassanid empire battle
I don't think we have much in the sources, but I will check again.
Extra Credits already made a video about it.
Yet another excellent video..
Thank you!
Genial el video..., enhorabuena
To make matters worse, the iberian locals didn't appreciate Murat's douchey haircut either.
:D
If I remember my history major thesis correctly the most successful way to recruit rebels turned out to be showing the Spanish populus a portrait of Murat and saying "Yo this mop lookin' boi tryna flex on you lol"
I'm French. I was totally rooting for the Spaniards of Zaragoza on this one.
YOU HERETIC !!!
Wait, wrong emperor.
The beginning of the Spanish quagmire ... Wonderful video, subscribed!
Welcome aboard!
Great video!
Thanks!
I can't even imagine urban combat in the early 19th century. This era needs some movies, or maybe HBO could do justice with a mini series
Spain in 1808: I'm made of 80% pain and 20% S
Also Spain (my home country btw): allies itself with the French, then France invades Portugal, the Portuguese don't like the French and neither do we, so we start forming guerrillas and military juntas to harass the enemy from inside; meanwhile, the political situation is tumultuous as Joseph Bonaparte (nicknamed Pepe Botella here in Spain) is the French ruler in Spain, we have suffered several defeats throughout the Peninsular War (Spanish Independence War here in Spain), the Portuguese have had their share of defeats as well, but even less as the British come to the latter's aid and save their butts, then they march slowly on the peninsula, as our army is severely weakened and outnumbered by the Frenchmen; however, the Britons destroy our textile factories in Béjar, Salamanca, and we're not happy with that. We may have suffered lots of casualties, we may have (barely) won the war, but at what cost? Our global influence has been diminished for a couple of centuries because of our lust for gold and other American riches, alongside public and financial debt, and our imperial rule has been met with rebellions throughout all our American colonies; that is why they're eager for independence from Spain. They have had enough of the same situation. Our colonial rule will (almost) meet its end. In 1898, it'll be the end of our overseas colonies at the hands of the Americans. Our colonial empire is a shadow of what we used to be in the 16th-19th centuries. There is no hope. We are all but thriving. It is the end for the Spanish Empire.
You don't get brutal street battles often. Love this one!
Just a small remark about Agustina de Aragón. Her real name was Agustina Raimunda María Zaragoza Domènech, and despite her first surname she was not from that city. "Agustina de Aragón" is a nickname that she gained in this battle, since Zaragoza is the capital of the region (formerly kingdom) of Aragon.
I love Napoleon Bonaparte, one of the greatest military generals in history. I love the history of the French Revolution and the revolutionary wars. The Moscow invasion and the battle of Waterloo, show their videos.
More on the way!
@@KingsandGenerals
Thank you. I am eagerly expecting to view the famous battle of Borodino where the veteran Russian general, Mikhail Kutuzov fought the French invaders in a battle known as the bloodiest single day of battle in the Napoleonic wars. I admire the Russian General Kutuzov among many other Napoleonic generals but Napoleon is my greatest war hero. Other generals I love include the British Admiral Nelson and the famous sea battle of Trafalgar that confirmed Britain's naval supremacy and for over a hundred years, the British Navy ruled the oceans unchallenged by any other navy.
I agree! anyways i expect more "victories" as Napoleon won 95%+ of his battles
I'll say it again, Spain : Napoleon's worst mistake, i daresay worse even than invading Russia.
Also did we just witness the invention of defense in depth system in Zragoza ?
Defense in depth is more of a strategic term, I don't think it is is used tactically. :-)
Actually it has been used tactically during WW1, it was the tactics behind the Hindenburg Line of defense : 3 aeras of defense, whenever there was an attack they let go of the first layer without much resistance to desorganize the ennemy assault and funnel it through killing zones. From the two remaining layers Sturmtruppen waited for the counter attack.
But maybe you're right, I'm not sure it was called such and not just used the concept :)
I agree. Russia was a great loss of men and material, but it was a short campaign. The peninsula was a 5+ years drain. It kept 5 or 6 corps away from the Russian, Prussian and Austrian borders. It also allowed England to gain a safe foothold on the Mainland.
@@arnolucieer6364 And it also gave a lot of experience for the British, Portuguese and Spanish forces.
@@fabrixioable Actually, there is part of that: Between 1801 and 1807 the Spanish PM was Manuel Godoy, a corrupt pro-French. In 1807 there was a coup that removed him from office and installed the prince Ferdinand as new king Ferdinand VII of Spain. Napoleon though he could use the tensions between him and his father to install a puppet government, but he failed: said government was unrecognized by most of the population. Also, after the mutiny of May 2nd, a Spanish provisional government was established in Sevilla.
About the Spanish army, it could number up to 250000 soldiers after orderly mobilisation. This was small, but these soldiers were well trained and equipped, having similar training to the French and with the best armament there was at the time.
Good stuff as usual! :)
Thanks :-)
Well done, very interesting.
Thank you! :-)
A mistake made by Napoleon, he underestimated the spaniards and their desire of freedom.
You cannot give Spain territories as is surrounded by sea in all dirrections so freedom is all they've got.
Can you please do battle of gallipoli?
We will
Kings and Generals
Wow... Such a nice video... I will be waiting for the conclusion
That was a great video and it really shows the bravery and courage of the Spaniards against the most powerful army at that time. I was wondering if you have plans on covering the 80 years war between the Spanish Empire and the Independence forces for a Dutch Republic?
Things are heating up in Iberia
As per usual.
Napoleon ought to have put Louis Berthier in command of the Iberian Theatre. He would have see that the best chance (the one that was quickest and safest) consolidated his forces into strong detachments and thereafter crush hostile troop concentrations. Such would be done in order to illustrate the hopelessness of the Spaniards fighting in their technically inferior positions and equipment, making people less likely to join them. Thereafter, the defeat of the British under the future Duke of Wellington would be necessary to maintain the French Positions. The war would then stalemate for all sides, with the French in stronger positions, yet the Spanish holding strong in their guerrilla positions and strongholds. The key would be to eliminate the larger concentrations such as that of Castanos to maintain relatively small French armies to suppress smaller rebel groups.
It is really difficult to fight the guerilla warfare, when you don't have the support of the population.
Napoleon made a mistake trying to occupy the Iberian peninsula in the first place. It became a thorn in France’s side.
Yes, but the Spanish alliance was becoming fragile. Had to be done, especially after Trafalgar.
When Berthier briefly held command at the beginning of the 1809 campaign he made a total hash of it and was only saved because Davout ignored his orders.
Well, that is open to debate. Marshal Berthier was an excellent Chief of Staff but commanding troops wasn't actually his thing. In 1809, during the initial phase of the War of the Fifth Coalition, Berthier was in charge of the French "Army of Germany" and his rather panicked decision-making and almost complete lack of confidence in his own abilities, almost got Davout completely trapped between the vastly outnumbering Austrian army under Archduke Charles and the Danube river inside the city of Regensburg while he had the rest of the French forces spread in a long axis, making it very difficult for the corps to support each other. Hadn't Napoleon arrived in person in time in order to quickly realize the situation and give proper orders, as well as Davout's own competence to understand how perilous his position was, his famous III Corps would have been destroyed. In my opinion Napoleon should have either placed Marshal Soult or Davout in charge of his armies in Spain. He did appoint Soult but it was much later after the Bailen disaster...
Great Job
Viva España!!
Napoleon thought Spaniards wouldn't put such a fight against invasion, he was wrong, the same way he was wrong about Russia
yes , even charlemagne was defeated there
at the end of the day he proclaimed the damn war in Spain was my ruin,everyone who was tried to invade the peninsula ends up bad
alfrredd only difference people fought the French in Spain in Russia it was the weather and the lack of resources. Massive massive difference
alfrredd he wasn’t exactly wrong about Russia they didn’t even fight just retreat and burn
alfrredd plus whenever Napoleon was present in Spain he won. It was his marshals that fucked up when he was fighting other wars in mainland Europe (5th coalition)
Thank you .
Good work, keep up
We will, thanks!
Bailén confirmed. GET HYPE.
Indeed. :-)
1:00 when you capture to many cities at ones in total war.
Yep, the public order is -100.
i love this series
Good - more on the way!
Keep up the great job. u deserve may more views
Thanks, we'll get there. :-)