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imicca
November 21, 2023 at 12:14 pm
Amazing narration! Perfect English
MONEY MIND
November 21, 2023 at 12:18 pm
“There is nothing we can do”
oso snake
November 21, 2023 at 12:21 pm
Napoleon was so feared in europe that even after his retreat in moscow (where he lost 500000 men) and even tho the coalition was configured by 6 Nations and had a superiority of 3:2, they AVOIDED any battle with the Emperor and would only face his marshalls.
Thomas De Quincey
November 21, 2023 at 1:19 pm
There’s a reason they called him the “God Of War”.
Melodic Meerkat
November 21, 2023 at 1:21 pm
“Expect defeat whenever the Emperor attacks in person. Attack and defeat his lieutenants wherever you can.” – General Moreau to the Allies, 1813.
oso snake
November 21, 2023 at 1:52 pm
@Melodic Meerkat *Battle of Dresden intensifies*
Mili Jappert
November 21, 2023 at 12:30 pm
Your videos are a beacon of creativity. You continue to shine on YouTube.
Matej Novosad
November 21, 2023 at 12:41 pm
2:11 the circle is pointing to a completely wrong place and so was the pointing of the person speaking just FIY.
Kobaljov
November 21, 2023 at 2:28 pm
Yes, the circle of Austerlitz went quite south.. (hundreds of kilometers/miles)
Franz
November 21, 2023 at 6:40 pm
It pointed to Croatia, but he did say Czech Republic
Richkunst
November 21, 2023 at 12:43 pm
yeah that was very bad and inaccurate, also you need to disclaim that this is advertisment!!
ChaseMe2TheSky
November 21, 2023 at 1:06 pm
No Borodino? Lame
Joshua Thomas
November 21, 2023 at 1:16 pm
Bro invented the 4-3-3 formation
Thomas De Quincey
November 21, 2023 at 1:16 pm
There’s a great book on Napoleon’s battles and tactics by David G. Chandler. It has clear writing with great maps (showing battle formations and tactics) and pictures. As a General Napoleon was revolutionary and dogged. It’s a shame he became a bit of a tyrant.
Luke
November 21, 2023 at 2:01 pm
That’s what I hear but Idk what made him a tyrant.
kendrick6740
November 21, 2023 at 4:10 pm
@Luke “tyrant” is just the name given to any authoritarian leader who’s lost a war, as a result of propaganda by the winners. The winners were called “kings” and “emperors” instead. Yes he was a dictator in that he was one man with absolute power, but he wasn’t oppressive or brutal towards his own people in the way that we now associate with tyrants or dictators. If you consider his conquest and waring in Europe to be brutal and violent, then nearly every single major political leader of that time and the hundreds or thousands of years that came before him are all tyrants. He was respected both by his own countrymen and foreign men alike even during his time, he was loved by his soldiers, he brought France out of the turmoil and violence of the Revolution and the Terror and stabilised them as one of the major European powers, and his Napoleonic Code would enshrine the principles of equality and liberty in the French legal system whilst abolishing hereditary nobility and class privileges, in line with the Enlightenment principles of the French Revolution.
Abhijith Biju
November 21, 2023 at 1:22 pm
There is nothing we can do…
Dooge
November 21, 2023 at 1:25 pm
What’s the movie in the background
Snakedoktor
November 21, 2023 at 2:26 pm
The new Ridley Scott movie about Napoleon.
Алексей Смирнов
November 21, 2023 at 1:48 pm
I like the part where Napoleon said “There’s nothing we can do” and then did completely nothing.
Geoffry Gifari
November 21, 2023 at 2:03 pm
one of the historical moments of all time
RogueStar
November 21, 2023 at 2:12 pm
I wish there was a movie about General Dumas, who fought alongside Napoleon Bonaparte until they had a falling out in Egypt. We have so many Napoleon movies and series. It would be awesome to see the story of a mixed race military commander during the French Revolution who is also the father of one of the most famous authors of France.
Dmman33
November 21, 2023 at 11:25 pm
He’s in the movie!
RogueStar
November 22, 2023 at 8:25 am
@Dmman33 Really? That’s very cool! I was worried he wouldn’t be.
g8620784 -
November 21, 2023 at 2:15 pm
2:11 I don’t think that’s now the Czech Republic…
Elsa
November 21, 2023 at 2:54 pm
This ‘historian’ was a UKIP candidate just for the avoidance of any doubt
Neuro Weaver
November 22, 2023 at 3:33 am
So what? Do you have facts to present that refute his conclusions?
should people dismiss your opinions because “you are a woman”?
Marc Miltz
November 22, 2023 at 7:09 am
Well let’s start with the fact that he doesn’t know where Austerlitz or Lützen is on a map. He was completely wrong about that.
Raging Bull
November 21, 2023 at 3:06 pm
There is nothing we can do
Will Bangs
November 21, 2023 at 3:07 pm
This guy is like if Mark Corrigan’s every wish came true
Kateřina Lehmannová
November 21, 2023 at 3:32 pm
Thank you for this video. It is truly interesting and I would like to see the movie. However as someone who is Czech I have to admit there is one misleading information. The historian is right – Austerlitz is in the Czech republic (originally called Slavkov u Brna) but the circle in 2:11 is somewhere else than the location of the Czech republic is (it is to the north direction in the middle of Europe), the circle is pointing nowadays Croatia, a part of Slovenia and a part of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Julian Jazz
November 22, 2023 at 2:25 pm
I was about to comment this! Another misrepresentation: at 0:16 he points to what he claims is Toulon. However, Toulon is at right edge of the circle, not in the middle. Quite strange how he’s wrong so many times?
Kateřina Lehmannová
November 22, 2023 at 2:47 pm
@Julian JazzI see your point. Thank you for your reply. I don’t know the complete French map so I had to search for Toulon on a map, here I can understand it a little bit it’s just about a few kilometres but misleading the Czech republic and Croatia is creepy when they are 1000 kilometres away. However the video is available for the whole world and should be correct in every aspect.
Zoy Mills
November 24, 2023 at 11:15 am
Just started watching with my son and he couldn’t watch any more after the mislocation of the Austerlitz battle.
Kateřina Lehmannová
November 24, 2023 at 1:06 pm
@Zoy Mills thank you for your reply. After Austerlitz I couldn’t pay attention for the rest of the video. I was just about if I had seen it right so after watching the video I returned to that moment and had to admit that my eyes had seen it right.
Steve Fly Agaric 23
November 21, 2023 at 4:25 pm
“Love him or hate him” wtf, who loves Napolean besides Hitler, Trump and the Tories? Amazes me how most war historians get gooey over techniques to kill more people in less time with a growing brutality. What a load of bollards.
habzsodope
November 21, 2023 at 5:06 pm
On the map there is Dutchy of Warsaw on 1793 but it was established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807. Big mistake
diana cooper-havlik
November 21, 2023 at 5:12 pm
Excellent
Sean Webb
November 21, 2023 at 8:12 pm
But Napoleon said Vote For Pedro!
ImpreccablePony
November 21, 2023 at 8:40 pm
Thanks for never EXPLAINING why cavalry in the middle was so important. I feel much more knowledgeable now.
Sirsasth Nigam
November 21, 2023 at 8:43 pm
One thing is for sure
1-he was average height for the time
Forgotten Ones
November 21, 2023 at 8:45 pm
Wild to see this on this channel cause this is usually a trash content channel
Dmman33
November 21, 2023 at 11:24 pm
lol what battle tactics? Not in this one!
A Metal Journey
November 22, 2023 at 12:43 am
this will help so much when watching the movie this weekend thank you
Claus Franke
November 22, 2023 at 2:50 am
I had to switch off the video after he got Austerlitz and Lützen completely wrong on the map.
Cryten0
November 22, 2023 at 7:18 am
Disapointingly light on actual tactics.
Amy Gordon
November 22, 2023 at 9:48 am
Napoleon won Ligny, 4 Bras against Wellington who was to retreat his losing (mostly foreign) troops to Waterloo, then at the battle Wellington was losing at Waterloo when Prussians smarter turned it to victory, so Wellington was a loser, as the anglish cowards living 20 years in fears of the Mighty Republic against monarchies in europe made him a hero, cowards
M Corsten
November 22, 2023 at 11:34 am
Lützen is not in the southern part of Germany. It is in the East in Saxony. And the Czech Republic is not Croatia
Andi Setiawan
November 22, 2023 at 9:07 pm
Sorry excuse me, where is the italy campaign?
It happened between toulon and egypt….
S G
November 23, 2023 at 11:30 am
He’s discussing the battles depicted in the new movie only. Chill out.
stepbro i'm stuck
November 23, 2023 at 3:52 am
“There is nothing we can do”
Pierre Manet
November 23, 2023 at 8:11 am
Toulon is far most east
S G
November 23, 2023 at 11:26 am
Get a grip
Pierre Manet
November 26, 2023 at 6:18 pm
@S G no because even it’s a small mistake is like placing New York in north carolina it’s doesn’t match
Father and Son Toys and stuff
November 23, 2023 at 8:56 am
Stop…. First…it’s a movie… You can’t tell the truth of everything…. Unless you where there…which no one was
@MANABlackEagle
November 23, 2023 at 8:56 am
Stop…. First…it’s a movie… You can’t tell the truth of everything…. Unless you where there…which no one was
Father and Son Toys and stuff
November 23, 2023 at 8:59 am
Movies never tell the real truth…stop believing everything u see and hey…. Thats the problem with life… people are slaves… They believe everything that there masters tell them…
@MANABlackEagle
November 23, 2023 at 8:59 am
Movies never tell the real truth…stop believing everything u see and hey…. Thats the problem with life… people are slaves… They believe everything that there masters tell them…
Madaug
November 24, 2023 at 12:11 pm
This was terrific, I hope you bring this gentleman back for more.
Alexius Corylus
November 26, 2023 at 10:47 am
Not napoleon, I hope 😅
KiPPi
November 27, 2023 at 2:21 pm
@Alexius Corylus LMFAOOO
@madaug4389
November 24, 2023 at 12:11 pm
This was terrific, I hope you bring this gentleman back for more.
@cry2love
November 26, 2023 at 10:47 am
Not napoleon, I hope 😅
@KiPPiii
November 27, 2023 at 2:21 pm
@@cry2love LMFAOOO
Ryan
November 24, 2023 at 8:35 pm
Napoleon planned to take over India with Paul I of Russia but before their troops arrived Paul’s aristocrats assassinated him so the plan was called off, lol
@ryu_san_
November 24, 2023 at 8:35 pm
Napoleon planned to take over India with Paul I of Russia but before their troops arrived Paul’s aristocrats assassinated him so the plan was called off, lol
@MariaMartinez-researcher
November 28, 2023 at 11:38 am
Mmm. You sure? Paul I died in 1801. Napoleon became Emperor in 1804. He first met Tsar Alexander I in 1807. They were friends – for a while.
debbielungsodaitfllo
November 24, 2023 at 9:27 pm
Please break down Wellington battle tactics and Britain overall strategy against napoleon🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@debbielungsodaitfllo
November 24, 2023 at 9:27 pm
Please break down Wellington battle tactics and Britain overall strategy against napoleon🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Star Brighter
November 24, 2023 at 9:41 pm
I didn’t know he was italian, not it all makes sense.
@brianbaldino3496
November 24, 2023 at 9:41 pm
I didn’t know he was italian, not it all makes sense.
Reyne Derrick
November 25, 2023 at 3:59 am
I don’t think he used any of these tactics in the film. He just charged and won. Movie sucked.
@reynederrick9444
November 25, 2023 at 3:59 am
I don’t think he used any of these tactics in the film. He just charged and won. Movie sucked.
Jakub Ferenčík
November 25, 2023 at 9:25 am
what was curcked was most def. not the Czech R., more like Croatia
@Jakub.Ferencik
November 25, 2023 at 9:25 am
what was curcked was most def. not the Czech R., more like Croatia
Kompatybilijny
November 25, 2023 at 2:06 pm
Points at Croatia
“It’s Czech Republic”
@kompatybilijny9348
November 25, 2023 at 2:06 pm
Points at Croatia
“It’s Czech Republic”
Hi Zio
November 25, 2023 at 6:54 pm
2:08 whats now czech repuplic shows us coratia/bosnia XD
@hizio880
November 25, 2023 at 6:54 pm
2:08 whats now czech repuplic shows us coratia/bosnia XD
Ian Mellor
November 25, 2023 at 7:05 pm
Unlike the movie, Napolean did not fire cannons at the pyramids. Otherwise, battle tactics and vivid cannon shots were well documented.
@ianmellor723
November 25, 2023 at 7:05 pm
Unlike the movie, Napolean did not fire cannons at the pyramids. Otherwise, battle tactics and vivid cannon shots were well documented.
@badgirlkate
November 29, 2023 at 6:48 am
@@privatesale211some of the most renowned intellectuals have had atrocious spelling, FYI. I think it’s because they focus on the more interesting and complicated facts, and often become bored with tedium
@mugen_spiegel5837
November 29, 2023 at 2:23 pm
I think that is already pretty obvious💀
@RichardParker2008
November 30, 2023 at 3:02 am
True, and I saw NONE of those tactics in the Film.
Nick Schiffers
November 26, 2023 at 3:11 am
This video is already way better than the movie 😅.
@nickschiffers7803
November 26, 2023 at 3:11 am
This video is already way better than the movie 😅.
Neonparadise
November 26, 2023 at 10:33 pm
I don’t care, want a documentary go BBC.
@neonparadise3095
November 26, 2023 at 10:33 pm
I don’t care, want a documentary go BBC.
Thjesht Teo
November 27, 2023 at 3:08 am
What happened with Napoleon’s son?
@Thjesht_teo
November 27, 2023 at 3:08 am
What happened with Napoleon’s son?
Abigail Andino
November 27, 2023 at 7:46 am
I’m here cause I watched the movie Napoleon and learned how little I know about this era.
@abigailandino6251
November 27, 2023 at 7:46 am
I’m here cause I watched the movie Napoleon and learned how little I know about this era.
Abigail Andino
November 27, 2023 at 7:52 am
I guess ruthless means nothing if you don’t have a heart. No heart. Doing something that breaks your own heart to do it…..that’s something above ruthless. A higher ground ? A leverage? A significant difference.
@abigailandino6251
November 27, 2023 at 7:52 am
I guess ruthless means nothing if you don’t have a heart. No heart. Doing something that breaks your own heart to do it…..that’s something above ruthless. A higher ground ? A leverage? A significant difference.
Timothy Poulter
November 27, 2023 at 10:44 am
Many thanks for this informative & precise analysis of Napoleon”s tactics- superb stuff.
@timothypoulter8285
November 27, 2023 at 10:44 am
Many thanks for this informative & precise analysis of Napoleon”s tactics- superb stuff.
Alec Chan
November 27, 2023 at 12:08 pm
It is said that Napolean read a translated version of The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Weather this is true or not is up for debate
however it is likely that he studied and understood Sun Tzu’s principles and used them in his battles
which is why he was so successful and overall very dangerous as he is ambitious
@alecchan7245
November 27, 2023 at 12:08 pm
It is said that Napolean read a translated version of The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Weather this is true or not is up for debate
however it is likely that he studied and understood Sun Tzu’s principles and used them in his battles
which is why he was so successful and overall very dangerous as he is ambitious
@privatesale211
November 27, 2023 at 10:40 pm
its Napoleon not Napolean
@ion8919
November 28, 2023 at 4:43 pm
Non European generals were never mentioned in Napoleons greats, however the principles of warfare sun tzu describes in his book are universal and you find them in any description of tactics and strategy, whether it be in the battles of Frederick the Great, Alexander , Napoleon himself, or even that of Shaka Zulu and the Vietcong. War always shares the same color, and has no shape.
Psychol-Snooper
November 27, 2023 at 1:11 pm
2:10 Definitely not what is now the Czech Republic 😲
@Psychol-Snooper
November 27, 2023 at 1:11 pm
2:10 Definitely not what is now the Czech Republic 😲
@leo86channel
November 28, 2023 at 4:42 am
Very misinforming and quite inaccurate movie and video
@spinningbackkick6021
November 28, 2023 at 5:36 am
But you know. 😂😂
@ismaeladen1204
November 28, 2023 at 9:20 am
Do one on Khaled Ibn Waleed, Prophet Muhammad’s favourite commander.
The man who crushed the Persian and Roman Empires. Who captured nearly all of the Middle East.
@gillydaa4006
November 28, 2023 at 10:46 am
Joaquin Phoenix is a Miscast. At 24, when Napoleon was portrayed by Phoenix, he appeared to be a 55-year-old, both in looks and, unfortunately, his performance in the movie was deemed a failure.
@NapoleanBounaparte
November 28, 2023 at 12:07 pm
He’s absolutely right! I did use all those tactics.
@P3txannax
November 30, 2023 at 1:03 pm
Long live the Emperor
@dastankuspaev9217
November 28, 2023 at 3:16 pm
Basically the man had balls of steel
@LakerDodgerRamKingLA
November 28, 2023 at 10:21 pm
Just watched the Movie earlier, the Waterloo battle scene was epic.💪
@ctrlaltdelete200390
November 29, 2023 at 5:16 am
I thought it felt a little small. And no sign of the very important buildings/farms on the battlefield
@firebird4491
November 30, 2023 at 3:52 pm
Honestly the Waterloo scene came off as a bit ridiculous to me. If you wanna see a better depiction of the battle you should watch Waterloo (1970)
@LakerDodgerRamKingLA
November 30, 2023 at 5:12 pm
@@firebird4491 I did , this one was better in my “opinion “. Each their own.
@lanichilds2825
November 28, 2023 at 11:47 pm
Why would they take away women’s right to healthcare
And not take away women’s right to vote?
@Langustin69
November 29, 2023 at 3:37 am
2:10 you dont point to CZ, but to croatia 😂😂
@anewbsjourney696
November 29, 2023 at 1:12 pm
Why does no one ever talk about Leipzig?
@rogersmith8386
November 30, 2023 at 12:39 am
Napoleon’s Bonerpart
@nagamanjunath2102
November 30, 2023 at 9:22 am
Now I’m well educated to play “call of duty ground war : breach”.
@joaomus
November 30, 2023 at 10:38 am
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon: this one I hate a lot
@yohancereece2509
November 30, 2023 at 10:55 am
It was a great movie. You must be a history nerd to appreciate it unique portrayal of Napolean. Despite the criticism and the abysmal rating it was given. I LOVE IT.
@PJ-in7vc
November 30, 2023 at 2:20 pm
Lmao, of course the only location a British historian can somewhat accurately pin point on a map is Waterloo. He was quite a bit off with like every other battle.