Napoleon in Italy: Battle of Lodi 1796 (1/5)
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- In 1796, at the height of the Revolutionary Wars, Napoleon Bonaparte took command of French forces in northern Italy. He was just 26 years old and had never commanded an army before. Within weeks, he had turned his ragged, demoralised troops into a ferocious fighting force, defeating the Austrians and knocking Piedmont out of the war. With success, Napoleon began to believe it was his destiny to shape the fate of nations. In this series, we follow Napoleon's first glorious campaign step by step.
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I hope you enjoy the first part of our new series, Napoleon in Italy! This topic was chosen by our Patreon supporters - join their ranks here: www.patreon.com/EpicHistoryTV Big thanks to PMF Productions, our collaboration partners for this series, check out their channel here: www.youtube.com/@PMF_Productions
I'm pleading with epic TV to prepare series on Samori Toure, the Franco -Madinka wars.... also the thirty years wars of Europe.
Thank you so much for making my day better. I was desperately waiting for this one since months. Kudos to you and your whole team 👏
it was so good pls never leave the napoleonic this is just the best long live epic history!🎉
I really enjoyed it friend. Keep going your excellent work.
It’s about time! Love you’re videos! You guys are my number one source to learn about the Napoleonic Wars! Keep it up these amazing videos!
Each time you mentioned Berthier, Masséna,Lannes, Marmont, Suchet, Augereau,... I was like "I know that guy!"
There's a rifle called Berthier
@@artinrahideh1229ever heard of 12 pounder Napoleons?
Haha yea it’s like a marvel cameo
Leonardo DiCaprio pointing meme
true lol 😂
I love how Napoleon was always underestimated by everyone yet managed to achieve incredible feats
Ahah I sure loved your own video about Napoleon, maybe you will some more about him or the french army ^^
Kutuzov didn't,and still suffered at Austerlitz
Still,hotheads got their position in Alexander's army to strike preemptively while holding a very advantageous position.I personally thinks that Kutuzov must fortify that height better,into a grand fortress perhaps built by palisades and wooden stuff
@@vietnguyenhoang5795 that would have taken too long and once Marshall Mortier Corp caught up, Kutuzov would have been outnumbered and could have encircled.
@@maxanderson9293 At least some basic fortifications like sandbags.Napoleon spent the whole day studying his enemy's positions.Far as I know,fortifying a height with almost 100000 troops is entirely possible
@@vietnguyenhoang5795 Kutuzov had to attack, he couldn't defend on the hill, once outnumbered, he could have outflanked and cut off. And if he built the kind of defenses like you said the Napoleon attack would have been even more deadly since, troops of the 4th column would have been trapped between the French and their own defense when they needed to retreat.
It’s crazy how the Italian campaign was essentially the dream team of Napoleon’s greatest military minds even before he became Emperor.
Yet when Napoleon's created the first eighteen Marshals of the Empire in 1804, the choices were of equal number (nine) of the Army of the Moselle and Rhine and the Army of Italy. It seems quite obvious or that despite the Army of Italy playing the bigger role in the victory over the First Coalition, Napoleon didn't want one army to feel overshadowed by the other army and to maintain loyalty of his new empire.
That is what can happen when you let merit decide who leads instead of aristocratic birth
@@fabioq6916 Same as in Germany, WW2. Although, I always favour peace.
@@martinwarner1178Oh please...Hitler whishes he was a brilliant strategic/tactical military leader like Napoleon. Napoleon also had some big f*cking balls and led his troops in battle while Hitler hid behind his desk when his men fought for him
Who were these?
I was wondering (and hoping for) whether you plan to cover Napoleon in Intaly (and probably in Egypt as well) after making those absolutely incredible videos about his 1805-14 campanings. Aaaaand, here it comes!! THANKS!!
Egyptian campaign would really be awesome.
YES !!!!
he already covered the egyptian campaign i think
@@cowby6264he didn’t
@@cowby6264 No this channel hasn't
Edit: To upload the documentary on coronation and Austerlitz day is brilliant :)
... It's " Epically Brilliant " ... ⚔️ 😎
Also the day he became emperor of the french in 1804
@@thesuplexguy7789 Yes indeed
Was this ever actually a holiday? As huge as Austerlitz was, I would expect Napoleon’s Coronation to have been celebrated on 2 Dec.
Austerlitz has received a lot of attention but the Italian campaign still has a lot of terrain to cover. Austerlitz is Napoleon's masterpiece, I am among those who wish to know more about his early years in command. :)
The legendary series is back! thanks EHTV!
Cringe
@@balabanasireti nah it isn't
Amen
Masséna really was one of the great French looters of the era and it really hurt his campaigns half the time. A huge part of the blame for inciting so many Spaniards to rebel falls completely on him. A wizard on the battlefield, but an absolute tool when it came to ensuring compliance from the local population and actually ruling them
se souvenir du Talent de Masséna..great
He objectively should've been used areas where that action was necessary, not in a place where you're trying to earn hearts and minds.
@@TuathadanaI agree 100%
Massena and Augereau were from poor, impoverished backgrounds, not gifted with Kingdoms like Murat or Joseph to rule as their own. This doesn’t exactly excuse the fact they were extortionists to the max, but it goes a long way to explaining their behavior. Greed is a hard vice to ignore, especially when you can satisfy that vice with the barrel of a musket or point of a saber.
I agree with everything you said except when you said a tool lol I hate that shit
I have seen a lot of Napoleon content and documentaries over the years. I have ready many books about him. Nothing and no one even comes close to how well-made, informative, concise, accurate, and interesting EHTV's series on Napoleon is. This channel is the gold standard for Napoleon content.
If you have not already read it, I strongly recommend "Napoleon The Great" by Andrew Roberts. It is a very interesting, detailed and informative biography of Napoleon's life and campaigns.
The audio book version is also very well read (how I listened to it while at the gym).
Really? Because "The little corporal" is not accurate.
@@imanoldurham5395 how so?
Best channel on You Tube
I doubt accurate.. especially un the waterloo and wagram videos
The greatest history teacher returns !
I am so excited for this one , this what I should have been taught in high school regarding Napoleon instead of a dumb 2 min summary
My book just says "campaign of Italy" 💀
Even Oversimplified's narration of this part of Napoleon's campaign was arguably more detailed than what is taught in schools.
Why would you need to learn it in school?
Why would you need to learn this in school? It’s interesting, yes, but precise knowledge of napoleon’s troop movements is probably completely irrelevant to your life. Teaching things like the effects of the French Revolution socially and politically are much more important.
@@blazertrail5344 Napoleon and French revolution is an important period of history , where the liberal ideas of today began. It deserves more attention , like the only thing I can recall learning of the revolution from school is the chopping of heads.
A masterpiece! No other words can describe this.
Napoleon was a legend
Can’t tell you how happy I am to see this series come back, and how fitting it is to pick it up with Napoleon’s rise to fame. I am really looking forward to this series as I think his early campaigns in Italy and Egypt are sometimes overlooked. Magnifique, mon ami!
The only place on the internet where you can openly admire Napoleon
Who is going to prevent you from it
There are many many many admirers of Napoleon. Even if he was not a perfect man his track record is enormous
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle describes him the best: “He was a wonderful man - perhaps the most wonderful man who ever lived. What strikes me is the lack of finality in his character. When you make up your mind that he is a complete villain, you come on some noble trait, and then your admiration of this is lost in some act of incredible meanness.”
@@Spiderfisch r/historymemes
And Tumblr
"Steingel, Desaix, Massena! Victory will be gained; go, hurry, attack; they are ours!" One of Napoleon's last words on Saint Helena. You can see what a big impression the first victories made on him.
Update: I made a mistake, it wasnt his last words, he said that 3 days before his death. But still interesting
Hey, I was wondering if you could provide where you got that info as I would like to know more.
“According to historian George Moir Bussey, writing in 1840, on May 2nd, 1821, just three days before Napoleon's death and while he was in a state of fever:
"The Emperor spoke of nothing but France, of his son, and of his ancient comrades. 'Steingel, Desaix, Massena!' he cried, 'Ah! the victory will be gained! hasten, urge the charge! they are ours!' He leaped from the bed; but his strength failed him, and his attendants with the gentlest care replaced him."
Not on the deathbed, but yea, in agonising fever.
im not crying, youre crying
@@user-uk7ri4en1bthat's very interesting but it was 3 days before he died so it wasn't his last words. I heard his last words were France ,army ,chief of army and Josephine.
@@kennethknoppik5408”One of his last words” read that again
Just to hear the familiar Napoleonic names in that Epic voice, is pure, sweet nostalgia. Thank you for this, truly. I'm so glad I stayed up to catch the premiere!
French Republic took 4 years conflict with Austria. Suddenly a little napoleon come in and single-handling the whole fortune of war.
As an Italian I have to thank Napoleon for awakening the national consciousness of my country during this first campaign and for creating a first independent Italian nation state.
We Italians still love him as our first President of the Italian Republic and as King of Italy.
Vive l'Empereur ! 🇮🇹 ❤️ 🇨🇵
Viva l'imperatore!
Viva Napoleone Bonaparte!
Ah vedo che ce ne sono di italiani :)
Technically the first King of Italy was Odoacer :)
@@gs7828 I said first President of the Italian Republic. I know he wasn't the first to hold the title of King of Italy.
@@eliasbonafe9236 caso raro lol
"Never was Napoleon so great as during the war in Italy, there he was a hero, now he is only an emperor. In Italy he had no soldiers, they were almost unarmed, no bread, no shoes, no money, no administration, no one to expect help from, anarchy in the government. He himself was unassuming, he had a reputation as a mathematician and a dreamer, he had no victories under his belt, no friends. Everything had to be created, and he created it."
©General Lassalle in 1809
Been waiting years for more Napoleon content from Epic History. You guys never disappoint!
Napoleon Endgame - France 1814:
"The next day, at the Battle of Monteraeu, the French droved the Allied Wurttemberg corps back across the river with 30% losses.
According to some accounts, the Emperor sited the French cannon himself, as he had at Lodi, 18 years before."
Chills literal chills.
"Napoleon had the Allies on the run, but for how long?"
Thank you so much for this! I watched every video of Napoleon series many times. And today we will see The Little Corporal sighted the French cannon himself, as he will do at Montereau, 18 years after.
I am so glad PMF productions got recognition they were doing a series on the Italian campaign that I thought was awesome
I am a medical student and I have to keep count of every minute yet I couldn't resist the urge to finish it in one go..
This is by far the best history channel I have ever come across. All of the 27:26 minutes was worth it.
Keep up the great work and ofcourse waiting for the next part.
Are you saying Napoleon is the Gregory House of warfare?
Cringe
Finally I met an indian who watches these series
@@RS-gu3xk which state?
@@aniruddhasharma3032 mumbai
I played a Napoleonic tabletop (Marengo campaign) with Mr. Rocco last evening at his beautiful home in Virginia. I felt like I had walked into the dwelling of one of the Emperor’s old Hussars. He’s a true gentleman and lover of this history.
Thank you for this. Your series on Napoleon has entertained my friends, family and I for many hours. Bit by bit you've created an absolute monster of a documentary of Napoleon's military career, bringing alive a period of history passed over by many these days.
ABOVE ALL, INDOMITABLE SELF BELIEF. Truer words have never defined such a legend better than this. If all of us had that kind of courage, our lives would be unconquerable and we could achieve anything we set our minds to. What an extraordinary video. Award winning work with an award winning voice!
THIS is what the internet was created for. Not garbage Kardashians, cat videos, influencers, but BRILLIANTLY created, historically correct, Hollywood rivaling quality documentaries of real history that moved the wheels of Europe, and eventually even the fate of the world. To think that the United States bought some third of all it's land from Napoleon so that he could pay for the first true world war is to remind us how relevant this is, even to our world today. Vive La Emporor!
I love cat videos tho
*Vive l'Empereur
Glad PMF production got this collaboration. Go check out his channel.
Can not tell how happy I am. The Napoleon series is back!!!
"Terror Belli. Decus Pacis." Seeing the names of Napoleon's future marshals feels like meeting your old buddies that you've been through so much with.
You know these guys are not kidding when Murat's name is pronounced correctly!
Keep up the good work!
By the way, I don't know if you've already done it but I need a video on the 2nd Italian campaign! 🥺
Easily my favourite video of the channel thus far...and there's some fierce competition! Excellent work, Toby and PMF Productions, with a fantastic start to the series. The new style for the Revolutionary Wars looks brilliant and helps to distinguish from the later Empire series. The overall quality and cinematic value the whole documentary had was truly amazing.Thank you for the opportunity and I am immensely grateful. Can't wait for part 2!
now i think Rivoli is the best !
is great to see PMF production in colaboration with epic history TV, great quality of both... congratulations, working together is a great concentration of force... this series is getting even better.
its a good thing so they are the deserving collaboration after historymarche
This new series about Napoleon made my day!
Congratulations to PMF Productions for having his dreams collabing with Epic History realized. It's one hell of a collaboration! Good job 👍
The fact that before Napoleon they were campaigning for years and “him” shows up and gets it done in two weeks IS CRAZY he IS him
I LOVE how you guys released this on December 2nd... the day of coronation... the day of Austerlitz.... VIVE L'EMPEREUR! VIVE EPIC HISTORY!
After rewatching the Napoleonic series so many times, the legendary series is back 🥹
Nobody does Napoleon as well as you guys, I love that this series is back!
INCREDIBLE HOW FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY ARMIES MANAGED THEIR VICTORY OVER POWERFUL ENEMIES. Thanks for this video from Spain.
contra España tambien
The long awaited "prequel"! Hope to see a Napoleon in Egypt soon!
Napoleon Bonaparte is my favorite and inspirational character. What a career he s had. One of the best commanders the world ever had. Over sixty battles just lost only 8 or so battles. One of the best tactians ever. Bold and always courageous leader who gave a code and also a law which has his name and still used by the world. EHTV thanks for creating these videos. Thnks for all your hard work and dedication also all the members and crew of ehtv . One of the most thrilling episodes ever. After watching these videos i used to search all these things and now had a great knowledge about Napoleonic era. Thnks also for it EHTV. Also after you showed some osprey books i started to read them . They are brilliant books. A huge fan of you from Sri Lanka ❤️🔥.love you guys. Also expecting more great Napoleonic content from ya channel. Thanks again for providing with great knowledge and information. 🏴🏴
Epic History TV at their finest. Thank you, and to PMF Productions, for bringing this subject to a wider audience. And it drops on the anniversary of Austerlitz, too.
Quite auspicious.
Outstanding as usual. Thank you so much for providing such videos and this new serie. Happy Austerlitz day to you and your wonderful team.
Napoleon understood the supreme importance of the tactics of being lucky. Without that, you're History, Sunshine❤️
Napoléon Bonaparte is my favorite historical person and military commander. He's first Italian campaign is also my favorite. So thank you very much for this !!!
De loin la meilleure série de vidéos sur le sujet. Heureusement que les anglophones sont là !
Oh man. I'm so glad PMF productions got this recognition, I saw his whole napoleon in italy series which he did as a tribute to your napoleon series and it's great. Great video as always from you guys too.
The Austrians allegedly had people trying to destroy the Lodi bridge according to François Vigo-Roussillon. Fantastic video.
Yasss!!! Napoleon is back!!!
Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been sculpting and 3D printing Napoleonic era miniatures specifically for the Italian campaign - delighted EHTV followed through on its annoucements and invested in producing this series.
Your channel's production values are seminal - look forward to following the series - great work EHTV!
A rare glimpse into time frame and some of the forgotten logitic details of Napoleonic battles. Amazing work.
Brilliant video, very much happy to see more of Napoleon being covered and looking forward to more!
Thanks
So good to see PMF production channel helping here. They made a great series of videos
Yes! About time you covered this, a brilliant series of campaigns in which he was routinely heavily outnumbered yet won. Cheers!
Those Croatians were always fierce fighters.
Hell yeah. Gives us more!!! I hope you cover also French Revolutionary Wars from 1792 to 1802 (all theatres, not just Napoleon's entry). Keep going!
Glad to see this channel is going to cover Napoleon’s conquests during the War of the First Coalition.
Your Napoleon series is truly a work of art. I hope that one day when you finish, you will create a complete story of the whole era of this man.
The calm, collected, thoughtful demeanor of both the graphics and the narration is what keeps me coming back.
Finalmente! Been waiting too long for another Napoleon series! Epic History is the best!
Very well done. Vive l'Empereur!
Hey. Not unexpected to you here.
@@deteon1418 hey gamer
This video was just EPIC, I love the fact that you are showing Napoleon since his beginnings, on detail. I hope we may get to know more about the early stages of Napoleon's military career due to your efforts! THANKS! hope to see more!
Good timing ! Today is the birthday of Napoleon's coronation and of his victory at Austerlitz ! Can't wait for the video, that is going to be very epic !
Thank you so much for doing such a great job !
I am almost sad Ridley Scott is doing a full Napoleon life story in one movie I feel that is almost impossible. In my opinion he should’ve done Napoleons life to the end of this campaign and then started a part 2 going on part 3.
His story is just too epic and long to be put into a 3 hour movie. Thoughts ??
The directors cut is supposed to be 4 and a half hours. We will see if that helps
the movie format is probably a poor choice for Napoleon's life story. If they really want to do it justice, a well produced long miniseries would be more suitable. There is just far too much he did, both military and civil, to be glossed over in a few hours.
Internet: "How much quality do you want in your history videos?"
Epic History TV: "Yes."
Love the narrator's voice for these videos. He does an excellent work.
Love how all the animations and video work has evolved over the years. Looking crisp!
A great start to this new series. The video production looks and sounds awesome!
Terrific video, congratulations for your work!
Thank you for collaborating with PMF Productions! That channel was always a big fan of Epic History, so it probably made his day
Thank you Epic History Tv. You made my day 🙌🏾
I’ve seriously been waiting all week for this! Thank you Epic History for your work on these videos 🙏🏻
Outstanding presentation and artwork. Outstanding! Thank you so much I cannot wait for continuation of this series.
Excited! This channel is better than anything on tv including streaming!!
I liked learning about WW2, but learning about Napoleon is more than enough to crave my love for history.
Thank you EpicHistory, for tracing my story with such grace .....
And I hear the narrator is British!! Oh the irony .....
This Napoleon series is my all time favorite youtube series from my all time favorite channel
All year waiting for this and was worth every single day, thank you so, soooo much
Wonderful! Thank you for this brilliant video. One of the most beautiful campaign of the Emperor !
I can't wait to see what happens next
Man, almost every video of Epic history give me goosebumps, outstanding quality.
It's amazing to see the old names cropping up in small ways
Astonishing work, thank all who took part of making this doc. and also great to see Napoleon once again
Love you channel so much I don't think there is a better history channel on CZcams. Please keep up the great work!! 😊
Oh, there has been a long wait to finally see this high-quality, inspiring video about The Emperor's campaigns. Vive l'Epic History TV!!!
Just brilliant. I still can't believe quality of this caliber is free. Thank you for bringing this history to life.
Months of waiting for a new video from this channel always pays off. Absolutely brilliant video.
The Master of Battlefields is back, brought by the Master of Narrators and the feeling of true dedication, passion and love for the topic.
I love this channel. Thank you so much for every second of video you are doing.
This is what this channel really thrives on. When this type of content is on display, it is one of the best war and history channels on youtube.
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Youre Napoleon content is second to none. Words cant describe my excitement for more Napoleon videos from your team. Video was excellent.
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cant wait for part 2!
I am very excited with this new series of Napoleon's campaigns. Please make it up from here to Marengo to complete the saga!
This is far and a way the best historical series on Napoleon. Pure perfection!
Thank you so much Epic History TV! Your Napoleon series is my absolute favorite and I've been chomping at the bit waiting for this.
I'm going to see it again. This is too epic. Thank you, EHTV!
Finally It Is Back!!!!! Next Egypt Campaign Please!!!!
We needed this for a while now.... I love your work and solemnly thank you for your information and support
Been waiting for this from your team. The Italian campaign made Napoleon. And you presented it as beautifully as his maneuvers.
It’s so cool watching this after watching the 3 hour Napoleon Marshall’s video and recognising some of the names and the greatness they’ll go onto achieve. Murat is still such a favourite, hilarious boyyo with the respect of the Cossacks. Can’t even write such an entertaining story just had to happen
Ooorah Murat !