Very simple and clear explanation of the most complicated war Europe ever knew without forgetting any important details or sinking in any complications This 3 episodes are fantastic and you deserve a big appreciation for your effort
Napoleon could actually control all Europe without invading Russia, and there was no point to occupy Spain. Spain was a traditional ally of France. Spending most of the resources for Russia and Spain made Napoleon's army weakened and exhausted . So without those two mistakes he could be the great winner of everything.
yep. If he had know Spain would be such a mess, he would have never done it. But for Russia, invasion was a mistake, but Russia was already preparing for war aginst France.
"I used to say of him (Napoleon) that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men." -Arthur Wellesley, British General and Duke of Wellington
@Salvinius Augustus the uk was strong bk then !! We the uk was fighting war in America with the war of 1812 plus fighting wars in India and Africa, but the uk was not strong enough to invade france, but to stop napoleon from invading the uk with lord Nelson in his tracks.
@HotRoastedBeanz technically speaking infinity isn't a real number, or even a number. Its more of an idea really lol and yeah, im one of those guys haha still funny though
@businessoncatoneimoidia He provoked it through massive territorial changes. He also destroyed the European balance of powers. And it is not like Napoleon was the only one to blame, but he was not innocent.
@Deutschland Mapping the revolutionary wars were started because of the coalition, 1805 was because Austria and Russia were mobilizing against him, 1806 was because of the influence of Prussia's war party under Queen Louise because she hated France and Napoleon, Spain was a necessary political maneuver but it was badly carried out and ended in war, 1809 started because Austria was mobilizing for war again, 1812 was started by Napoleon because he felt he couldn't have peace if Britain kept trading with Russia, the 100 days was popular in France and the people flocked to support him which is why he didn't lose one drop of French blood in his return to power
@Austrian it's a bit weird to me that Belgium is even mentioned, because at that time it was the Austrian Netherlands aka Southern Netherlands. When the borders were redrawn, the region was united in the UK of the Netherlands, and after another 15 years the Belgian revolt occurred, creating Belgium. (I know there were historical reasons to already call it that but it's still technically incorrect)
@Aryan Tripathi Trafalgar was Britain alone vs France and Spain combined fleet. And Waterloo was a joint effort although both armys were split apart initially.
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did you knew while he never reached the USA some members of his family did. One of them was a famous business man and even co founded the FBI. That’s right the FBI was co founded by a member of the Bonaparte Family
From a British perspective you realise how important those 22 miles of sea between Dover and Calais are. Saved us in WW2 no doubt and throughout history.
Wouldn’t say it was just the sea. We had the greatest navy at the time which destroyed Napoleons. You set up to your strengths. It makes sense Britain focusing on the navy since it’s surrounded by water. Napoleon focused his efforts on building armies. 600k troops when he invaded Russia for example.
just have a good navy and troll everyone. i would even go to say that what pushed him over the edge because he wanted to force everyone not to work with British anymore which lead to him losing Spain and even russia later.
@Isaac random Russell™️ that would be subutai one of the few ppl that never lost a battle and was on poland door step after fucking them up when he got the message to get back because Ghengis dead.
Technically it was the rest of Europe (encouraged by Britain and its divide and conquer policy regarding Continental Europe - I can't remember the exact name of this doctrine) that seeked war continuously against France, Napoleon just took the opportunity. :D
He literally left the battle of Waterloo early, gave command to a guy who accidentally sent the entire calvary to death by near point blank artillary fire.
@Jaybee Napoleon never wanted to conquer europe lmao, it was UK and Allies that started those wars, if it wasn't for them, Napoleon would've ruled at peace
Yes, but his ambitions also cost many life's. It is one thing to fight for your country and try to strengthen it and another to try and conquer whole Europe. Seeing all those videos about great man and conquering only led to greater wars and the ultimate realization of some that peace and unification maybe the better long lasting way .
Napoleon could have turned the tide around after Russia at Leipzig. Napoleon had the chance to capture Tsar Alexander and King Frederick Wilhelm III ending the war. A French Cavalry division spotted a group of enemy outriders who they decided not to pursue. This group consisted of the Tsar and the Prussian King and some of their generals. If a few changes occur, Napoleon could have captured them turning the tables again in favor of a Pyrhhic Victory to an Austerliz like Victory.
It surprises me how motivated in fighting the French were under Napoleon. It was extremely difficult for the whole Europe to defeat them. Were they so greatly inspired for war by the charismatic influence of their leader Napoleon? Or was it more a nationalistic sentiment? A motivation to liberate the rest of Europe from the old monarchical order, just like they did it in France during their French revolution?
They were fighting to save their new republic and the revolutionary values that created it. France losing to the first coalitions = rolling back the rights they fought for, reinstallation of the monarchy and the ancien regime. Napoleonic france is what brought us more modern armies, soldiers who can self-police themselves and have an incentive to fight. Compared to other European armies which treated their soldiers like shit and constantly dealt with desertion. That and the fact that French higher command was extremely talented, thought of war more emperically, had better logistics and could move their armies much faster than their opponents.
I think it had to do with capable commanders and the fact that a man from humble beginnings could be anything under napoleon. Who wouldnt fight for a man whos going up against all of europe and made your country into an empire?
5:10 He should have accepted the proposals. With such borders France would have been secure enough. Empire is worthless compared to security. He gambled and lost everything.
Amiens and Tilsit both treaties won by Napoleon but breached by his opponent. If he accepts that deal and gives up Germany how can he trust they don’t rip up the peace (like they did other times) and come for his position in France too. I think that’s surely what would happen as the entire aim of the french revolutionary wars was to restore the bourbon king, which they did in 1814
There was actually a semi-major innacuracy in that part of the video. The Frankfurt Proposals were offered after Napoleon lost the Battle of Leipzig, since after that point Napoleon's chances of winning a defensive war were already really slim. That the war ended in crushing French defeat just 6 months later really emphasizes just how generous the Frankfurt Proposals really were.
Maybe. But if you study Napoleon a bit more, you will soon discover that he was a unique character. Abdication, giving up without a fight just wouldn't have been suitable for such a confident and arrogant little man.
You are forgetting the special situation of France a this tiime. Napoléon was trying to create a model ( napoléonic empire isn't ancient monarchy, but more like an autocratic republic) and no one in Europe would have let this model live (because they were ancient monarchy) , this is the cause of these wars. Peace would have juste delayed the end.
What everyone are forgetting is Napoleon was one the greatest general, one of the best. He was too proud to admit such submission and knew he could beat them in a battle field.
Actually he asked the British Admiral Maitland to take him to Britain because he believed he would be treated fairly there as a prisoner of war. However Parliament had already decided to exile him to St. Helena in the event he surrendered or was captured, which is what happened.
This video make no sense because Napoleon didn't fought one country per coalition. Napoleon was the most badass guy in history... And France was the most badass country in history on earth during the revolutionary wars. They were in trouble with the revolution and with the pro royalists but had the balls to declare war on everyone . Then they continued winning until Napoleon became crazy and lost his genius
@Alexander S Petro is probably the Russian name for Peter, because Pedro is the Spanish one, and grad/burg, means city. So Petrograd, would be Peter’s city, AKA St. Petersburg.
In the Musée de l'Armée in Paris, to my mind the best military museum in the world, one should see the small room devoted to the Battle of Borodino. It is the saddest hall of the Museum without a single sign or mentioning of the French victory, which is true. Meanwhile in Moscow you have the largest military panorama devoted to that great battle in all details. Neither side won. But the French Grand Army had ceased to exist as such. As a result, Field Marshal Kutuzov's plan of luring Napoleon to the capital was against the logic, but it had worked with the arrogant N. With no resources there, in rage the French were plundering the churches of their gold and silver burning and looting. And the Russian Army recovering at fast pace and blocking them from the East. And eventually forcing Napoleon to retreat all the way back from Moscow via the previously looted Smolensk road with no provision left. Out of 600,000 allied army, less than 60,000 returned to France
Bertrand Russel stated that Napoleon emulated Caesar and wanted to outdo him, that Caesar emulated Alexander and wanted to outdo him, and that Alexander emulated Hercules, who never existed.
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Kinda sad not to see the Scandinavian involvement explained. Also, Denmark-Norway never became a part of the coalition but did fall to it in 1813 and was following forced to change ownership of Norway to Sweden (which was mentioned, but not why. Seeing as Denmark-Norway was painted red as a part of the coalition it looks misleading).
Here is my rant on why France was so dominant in The Middle Ages/Age of Discovery: France is historically one of the most populous countries along the likes of Russia and China. The reason Russia or China haven’t been the cornerstone for many world shifting wars is due to their MASSIVE size. With France they have a huge population in the size a country that is considered moderate. Not to mention they are in Western Europe the most confrontational region on Earth. This allows them to be far more technologically advanced due to war escalating technology by a couple hundred years. In modern history the rest of the world caught up with France and even surpassing them in population and technology.
Yes. This is well known that France was in the XIXth and mid XXth century, a surprising exception on demographics in Europe : while the fertility rate of other european countries remained very high while infant mortality decreased, the french fertility rate decreased alongside infant mortality. So in 1914 and 1940, France, compared to other european countries, was underpopulated. In 1800 : the french is 30 millions populated, the germans states that will become Germany are 20 millions. In 1871 : France is 35 millions, Germany is 40 millions. In 1914 : France is 41 millions, Germany is over 60 millions. In 1940 : France is 42 millions, Germany is 70 millions, and 80 millions after it annexed Austria and Sudetenland. Also, less births in the french countryside meant far less workers migrating to the cities, so less workforce for industry. So France, while being one of the pioneer countries of industrial revolution, ended up far less industrialized than Britain and Germany. Less industry meaning less rifles, less bullets, less cannons, less tanks, less aircraft.... So this is why France went from N°1 in Europe to N°3 behind UK and Germany. And why so few french people emigrated to America, compared to british, irish, germans, italians, scandinavians, poles, russians, ukrainians and jews.... The reasons why it happened are diverse, but the 2 mains are : 1°) the french revolution had redistributed land to peasants, so most of french peasants became little land owners. 2°) Napoleon's civil code, imposed to parents to share their heritage equally among their differents children. So, most of french couples had everything they owned in their land plot acquired in the revolution. To let something worth in heritage, they were forced to have a limited number of children.
I think Napoleon committed a few overall strategic and geopolitical mistakes, not to be confused with his tactical prowess on the field because he was one of the GOAT generals. But installing his brother on the spanish throne was a mistake especially since they were ammenable towards the French at first and would have been co opted them against portugal, of course the logical rational was installing someone loyal to u toward ur southwestern borders but it proved unwise for the overall strategic goal he wanted, Also i think he should have employed more privateers or pirates to harass brittish ships, as well as supporting the Irish as a continuation of the revolutionary government previous policy of aiding Irish independence. Now a Bourbon monarchy in Spain is problematic but a weak puppet King within the dynasty could have also been considered and seeing as you were marrying into the Austrian royal family maybe a hapsburg faction in charge of Spain could be considered and with a reluctant ally in Russia disrupting trade would have forced a more decisive action on the part of the brittish maybe seeing that crossing the channel would be a logistical and a tactical problem, why not let the brittish invade in France instead, creating a soft spot for them to land so u can set up a trap for the land army and negating their fleet, and bringing them to where he was strong on land this could have possibly weakened Britain's influence within the continent and as the russians would be not fighting him he could concentrate on expelling the brittish from portugal. Also i think strengthening the Rhine confederation and enticing either the Ottomans or Russians to break their peace treaty and resume hostilities, this would leave Austria and Prussia open for Napoleon to deal with them personally. But thats just my opinion, i know there are never any easy choices in war and its hard to predict the final outcome and consequences through its fog
Frankfurt proposals were made after the Leipzig battle, which makes it more crazy to believe, that was a sweet deal after all those years of humilliation.
It's kind of crazy that it took 7 coalitions 22 years to defeat one country
If all the enemies join their forces. Napoleons empire won’t last 22 years
@TimeLapseGalore no, that was the uk
And Austria would be on every single coalition
@Andrew Bevan lol
Imagine spending 20 years fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan and failing.... hang on a minute...
Napoleon seems to have a history of leaving troops behind, knowingly or not.
may be, but he was the only political leader of its time to go lead the troops in person.
@Kenny For what???
It was a sacrifice he was willing to make
Yes Egypt, Russia…
Very simple and clear explanation of the most complicated war Europe ever knew without forgetting any important details or sinking in any complications
This 3 episodes are fantastic and you deserve a big appreciation for your effort
Unlike Hitler, Napoleon actually occupied Moscow, for awhile
Napoleon, occupies Moscow not the capital during the time - Hitler, occupies St. Petersburg (Leningrad) also not the capital during the time lol
And it only cost him 600,000 men
Only Poland was better in occupying russia, because in 1612 polish guy was tsar
@Ziki yep 1610
“Swiss neutrality is recognized”
-Switzerland joins the 7th coalition like a mad man
the first and last time the swiss were seen picking a side
That happened after the war
Terpintine well, that was Switzerland’s last war (up to today)
Terpintine actually it's not strange Switzerland was neutral like today but the treaty says Switzerland can only join wars if needed.
Hitler: I will invade Russia
Napoleon: Man let me tell you something
Fun Fact: Hitler launched his invasion of Russia on the exact anniversary when Napoleon launched his.
Stanisław Żółkiewski: easy
@Sumit Shrestha The Mongols were too great 🤣
Napoleon could actually control all Europe without invading Russia, and there was no point to occupy Spain. Spain was a traditional ally of France. Spending most of the resources for Russia and Spain made Napoleon's army weakened and exhausted
. So without those two mistakes he could be the great winner of everything.
They should have invaded UK 🇬🇧
It's easy to say that he shouldn't have invaded Russia in hindsight, but it's far more complicated.
Both Spain and Russia were not enforcing the continental blockade against the uk.
His lineage still exists
yep. If he had know Spain would be such a mess, he would have never done it. But for Russia, invasion was a mistake, but Russia was already preparing for war aginst France.
"I used to say of him (Napoleon) that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men."
-Arthur Wellesley, British General and Duke of Wellington
It's like strategy games or DND :
If general is less than 100m away, then troops gain +10 moral +25 strenght and + 5 defense.
The seventh coalition made Napoleon a legend since they declared war not to France but to Napoleon himself
France: *invades Prussia*
Prussia: Oh wait! I'm on your side!
Russia: *invades Prussia*
Prussia: actually, I'm on Russian side now!
@Hadi it's known fact persians of iran were hired mercenaries during the napoleonic wars that founded the country, what do you mean?
The ol Italy tactic
@Yuvraj Singh Prussia is Germany۔
Persia is Iran
They are talking about Germany
Heard of that switching side story before…
@Yuvraj Singh NOOOOOB
The fact that it took so long to beat Napoleon and France shows how powerful they were
Napoleon practiced zerging.
@Salvinius Augustus the uk was strong bk then !! We the uk was fighting war in America with the war of 1812 plus fighting wars in India and Africa, but the uk was not strong enough to invade france, but to stop napoleon from invading the uk with lord Nelson in his tracks.
@Bartekxd yes
Marvel: infinity war is the most ambitious crossover event
Me: the napoleonic wars. Even Switzerland couldn’t keep neutral
Yeah... can't believe he managed to make one of the most neutral countries in history fight
@Darak ⁴³³does the sonderbund war count as major?
Switzerland wasnt as neitral back then
Swiss neutrality wasn’t recognized until after the Napoleonic Wars
@Ember Some guy in sweden: aight imma make a shop that is massive called ikea
407th coalition: this time we’ll get them
@HotRoastedBeanz technically speaking infinity isn't a real number, or even a number. Its more of an idea really lol and yeah, im one of those guys haha still funny though
@clifton james The ∞th Coalition: We gonna get them for sure.
This is so overused
@CatWeekly so true
you got to be kidding me
This was the best series on Napoleon I ever watched
Oversimplified:Hold my Frog Legs and Champagne
KLK B nah hes right tho, it's the best history videos ever, on the whole internet
KLK B it's not just a batyle it's the war in general
@Guts Joestar Did u see the “ever” word?
*GOOD*
Today pupils argued he was a real go-getter. Interesting how this person still inspires people.
French Citizen: How many coalitions do you want to fight?
Napoleon: Yes
67!!Just kidding
@Deutschland Mapping he didn't prvoke the napoleonic wars that was the allies but they didn't know when to quit so they kept losing more land lol
@businessoncatoneimoidia He provoked it through massive territorial changes. He also destroyed the European balance of powers. And it is not like Napoleon was the only one to blame, but he was not innocent.
@Deutschland Mapping the revolutionary wars were started because of the coalition, 1805 was because Austria and Russia were mobilizing against him, 1806 was because of the influence of Prussia's war party under Queen Louise because she hated France and Napoleon, Spain was a necessary political maneuver but it was badly carried out and ended in war, 1809 started because Austria was mobilizing for war again, 1812 was started by Napoleon because he felt he couldn't have peace if Britain kept trading with Russia, the 100 days was popular in France and the people flocked to support him which is why he didn't lose one drop of French blood in his return to power
I think the weirdest thing about all of this to me is that the USA and Holy Roman Empire coexisted for a short time
Wow the seventh coalition was just France fighting all of Europe combined
@ZF KingWilliam wow I didn't know that
@Sir Thanksalot Technically you're right.
@Austrian it's a bit weird to me that Belgium is even mentioned, because at that time it was the Austrian Netherlands aka Southern Netherlands.
When the borders were redrawn, the region was united in the UK of the Netherlands, and after another 15 years the Belgian revolt occurred, creating Belgium.
(I know there were historical reasons to already call it that but it's still technically incorrect)
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Minus Warsaw
France took over most of Europe.
This enraged Britain, who punished him severely.
@Afisto66 so pertinent
It was Russia
@Aryan Tripathi Trafalgar was Britain alone vs France and Spain combined fleet. And Waterloo was a joint effort although both armys were split apart initially.
Lol oversimplified hmmm
@Hallowed Productions first of all both battles were coalition waterloo was france versus britain prussia russia austria .
I just wanted to tell you what a great triology this was! Keep up the good work, I enjoyed every second of it.
It's amazing that even after 6 coalitions and during the last one getting crushed, Napoleon still fought against another coalition
he didn't occupy Moscow if there's no Moscow
how does that make any sense? if you occupy the land known as moscow, then you have occupied it. now THAT makes perfect sense.
It’s Big Brain Time
Lol that just seems like a lame excuse. He fucked it. If it is not for the weather, it had been gone
vous voulez dire: mon dieu !!
He did, they burnt it when he was inside
Hey I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your videos and how great they are from the music to the animation and narration. Mad props bro keep up the good work!! :D
Lesson: If you have an Empire dont ever try to invade Russia!
some random empire from the east- we are invading russia
russia with winter- you should have paid more attention to your history teacher
Russia is always saved by the severe cold.
France, Japan, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Austria, Britain (kinda), Turkey, Mongolia, and Rome all tried to invade Russia, but lost their empire.
@jakesweet1000 that time was no Russia
Imagine Napolean in the United States
Yeah napolean
Then we would have been a Great General for the US army
@jabber1990 Then you mean a southern democrat. which is highly probable, since I think he shared their views at the time.
did you knew while he never reached the USA some members of his family did. One of them was a famous business man and even co founded the FBI. That’s right the FBI was co founded by a member of the Bonaparte Family
2:30 “So, have we defeated Russia?”
Napoleon: “Well yes, but actually no.”
Napoleon forgot that Moscow was no capital of Russia at this time.
From a British perspective you realise how important those 22 miles of sea between Dover and Calais are. Saved us in WW2 no doubt and throughout history.
Wouldn’t say it was just the sea. We had the greatest navy at the time which destroyed Napoleons. You set up to your strengths. It makes sense Britain focusing on the navy since it’s surrounded by water. Napoleon focused his efforts on building armies. 600k troops when he invaded Russia for example.
just have a good navy and troll everyone.
i would even go to say that what pushed him over the edge because he wanted to force everyone not to work with British anymore which lead to him losing Spain and even russia later.
I feel he is the top 3 military commanders of all time. Man how many times entire Europe had to try to defeat him
@Natalia Bajenova Timur, Subotai, Khalid ibn al-Walid, Belisarius, Hannibal, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar. You can make a case for each of them
@Isaac random Russell™️ that would be subutai one of the few ppl that never lost a battle and was on poland door step after fucking them up when he got the message to get back because Ghengis dead.
@getsbigger Ghengis Khan was just the Mongol emperor, not really a general, he didn’t actually command his hordes.
@madmoggy50 or that Prussian king I forgot he's name tho
@madmoggy50 what about Genghis Khan?
Awesome videos on Napoleon! Would you consider making a similar series for Simon Bolivar?
Some men live a simple life while others have a fire that threatens to engulf the world.
Technically it was the rest of Europe (encouraged by Britain and its divide and conquer policy regarding Continental Europe - I can't remember the exact name of this doctrine) that seeked war continuously against France, Napoleon just took the opportunity. :D
Napoleon's story is a great example of not losing hope. Stay as a leader against all odds.
Answer setback with a comeback. 👍
He literally left the battle of Waterloo early, gave command to a guy who accidentally sent the entire calvary to death by near point blank artillary fire.
@Jaybee Napoleon never wanted to conquer europe lmao, it was UK and Allies that started those wars, if it wasn't for them, Napoleon would've ruled at peace
Yes, but his ambitions also cost many life's. It is one thing to fight for your country and try to strengthen it and another to try and conquer whole Europe. Seeing all those videos about great man and conquering only led to greater wars and the ultimate realization of some that peace and unification maybe the better long lasting way .
Napoleon could have turned the tide around after Russia at Leipzig. Napoleon had the chance to capture Tsar Alexander and King Frederick Wilhelm III ending the war. A French Cavalry division spotted a group of enemy outriders who they decided not to pursue. This group consisted of the Tsar and the Prussian King and some of their generals. If a few changes occur, Napoleon could have captured them turning the tables again in favor of a Pyrhhic Victory to an Austerliz like Victory.
Fascinating and very well done. Wish they had something like this when I was in school!
What a fascinating story, thank you so much !
Outstanding lecture ❤
"My enemies are many, my equals are none"
Could you imagine how hype it would have been if he managed to make to the United States. Alternate History Hub should make a video about it.
It wouldn't have change anything in geopolitics. The last years of Napoleon would just have been a little more better for him.
I like how well you summarise and explain it. You really make this otherwise complicated topic music simpler to understand
Wow. I was finally able to visualise napoleon wars in detail and cronologically
Brillaint, I've been looking for somewhere that explain this story for a while, thank you
It surprises me how motivated in fighting the French were under Napoleon. It was extremely difficult for the whole Europe to defeat them. Were they so greatly inspired for war by the charismatic influence of their leader Napoleon? Or was it more a nationalistic sentiment? A motivation to liberate the rest of Europe from the old monarchical order, just like they did it in France during their French revolution?
They were fighting to save their new republic and the revolutionary values that created it. France losing to the first coalitions = rolling back the rights they fought for, reinstallation of the monarchy and the ancien regime.
Napoleonic france is what brought us more modern armies, soldiers who can self-police themselves and have an incentive to fight. Compared to other European armies which treated their soldiers like shit and constantly dealt with desertion.
That and the fact that French higher command was extremely talented, thought of war more emperically, had better logistics and could move their armies much faster than their opponents.
I think it had to do with capable commanders and the fact that a man from humble beginnings could be anything under napoleon. Who wouldnt fight for a man whos going up against all of europe and made your country into an empire?
Napoleon, how many armies do you want to form?
Napoleon: Oui
Good job men this was a good series!!!
this is a rly good story line thanks for this great vid!
... and one hundred years later, Napoleon would get a German fan so devoted that he would even recreate Napoleon’s spectacular failure in Russia.
Napoleon comes back in 1815
Every Europe:Ah shit, here we go again...
Expect Poland
You know this is an Avengers level threat when Switzerland joins the war.
Napolian: ask Britain's for help
British: laught in British
5:10 He should have accepted the proposals. With such borders France would have been secure enough. Empire is worthless compared to security. He gambled and lost everything.
Amiens and Tilsit both treaties won by Napoleon but breached by his opponent. If he accepts that deal and gives up Germany how can he trust they don’t rip up the peace (like they did other times) and come for his position in France too. I think that’s surely what would happen as the entire aim of the french revolutionary wars was to restore the bourbon king, which they did in 1814
There was actually a semi-major innacuracy in that part of the video. The Frankfurt Proposals were offered after Napoleon lost the Battle of Leipzig, since after that point Napoleon's chances of winning a defensive war were already really slim. That the war ended in crushing French defeat just 6 months later really emphasizes just how generous the Frankfurt Proposals really were.
Maybe. But if you study Napoleon a bit more, you will soon discover that he was a unique character. Abdication, giving up without a fight just wouldn't have been suitable for such a confident and arrogant little man.
You are forgetting the special situation of France a this tiime. Napoléon was trying to create a model ( napoléonic empire isn't ancient monarchy, but more like an autocratic republic) and no one in Europe would have let this model live (because they were ancient monarchy) , this is the cause of these wars. Peace would have juste delayed the end.
What everyone are forgetting is Napoleon was one the greatest general, one of the best.
He was too proud to admit such submission and knew he could beat them in a battle field.
Actually he asked the British Admiral Maitland to take him to Britain because he believed he would be treated fairly there as a prisoner of war. However Parliament had already decided to exile him to St. Helena in the event he surrendered or was captured, which is what happened.
It's amazing that France could fight so many enemies at once
Please, could you make a video about the War of Spanish Succession, as well as one of the Thirty Years War?
The Seventh Coalition: When you’re about to beat 1 guy in a fight but then his teammates arrive, team up on you, and you lose.
This video make no sense because Napoleon didn't fought one country per coalition. Napoleon was the most badass guy in history... And France was the most badass country in history on earth during the revolutionary wars. They were in trouble with the revolution and with the pro royalists but had the balls to declare war on everyone . Then they continued winning until Napoleon became crazy and lost his genius
This Napoleon was dynamite.
5:32 I love how since they already had a battle at Leipzig they just called "The Battle Of The Nations"
Virgin Emperor: *annexes countries to not be dealt with*
Chad Emperor: *spares enemies to destroy them again*
very excellent series
Why did Napoleon go to conquer Moscow if the capital was St. Petersburg?
@Azad Hind Productions it was St. Petersburg until 1914
Moscow was closer to Smolensk, and less to the north. But when starting the invasion, Napoleon never considered to reach Moscow or St-Petersburg.
@Alexander S Petro is probably the Russian name for Peter, because Pedro is the Spanish one, and grad/burg, means city.
So Petrograd, would be Peter’s city, AKA St. Petersburg.
Battle Way Mapping St Petersburg was called that for a while until WW1 happened and they renamed it to Petrograd.
Battle Way Mapping it was only called Petrograd from 1914-1918
In the Musée de l'Armée in Paris, to my mind the best military museum in the world, one should see the small room devoted to the Battle of Borodino. It is the saddest hall of the Museum without a single sign or mentioning of the French victory, which is true. Meanwhile in Moscow you have the largest military panorama devoted to that great battle in all details. Neither side won. But the French Grand Army had ceased to exist as such. As a result, Field Marshal Kutuzov's plan of luring Napoleon to the capital was against the logic, but it had worked with the arrogant N. With no resources there, in rage the French were plundering the churches of their gold and silver burning and looting. And the Russian Army recovering at fast pace and blocking them from the East. And eventually forcing Napoleon to retreat all the way back from Moscow via the previously looted Smolensk road with no provision left. Out of 600,000 allied army, less than 60,000 returned to France
You simplified his invasion on Russia. Napoleon fought more battles than just Borodino. And he lost like 10 battles.
Fact on Napoleon's war with Russia. Winning a war is sometimes ending up losing.
Napoleon did not win a war. He lost more than 10 battles during his retreat which are not included on the list.
1-20-22. This entire series was excellent.
So it is safe to assume, throughout his life Napoleon lost at least a million of his own troops..
Nice material :) maybe you will do material about the wars of the Mongols and Arabs, the crusades and conflicts in Europe.
Bertrand Russel stated that Napoleon emulated Caesar and wanted to outdo him, that Caesar emulated Alexander and wanted to outdo him, and that Alexander emulated Hercules, who never existed.
It was always a blunder for him to go for Moscow. The Czar was in st. Petersburg.
Really good video!
You forgot to say “ This leads to the Bourbon Restoration, a revival of the French monarchy.”
Napoleon: I'm Back
St Helena: I'm about to end this man's whole career
What career
After making about 10 armys napolin was about to make another but was refused.
This took me 5 days to finally figer it out
Fun fact: Napoleon's mother outlived him by 15 years (1750-1836)
How to always lose a war:
1. Invade Russia
Winter: *starts*
Napoleon: why do I hear boss music?
Finland belike: u mean sniper music?
In Russia, more French soldiers died during the Summer offensive than during the Winter retreat...
More like *why do I hear kalinka*
More like "why do i hear megalovania"
Dude, I really love this kinda beat music for background for such historic moments :)
It's so cool how the 2 best generals of history, the duke of wellington and napoleon fought each other at a final climactic battle
@Bloon Freezer lol who knows?
How many comments do you have on this video!?!?
Pepe the Frog Je actually is. But he doesn't even have a quarter of Napoleon's Glory.
Pepe the Frog how isn't he?
"Berezina" is now a French word meaning "catastrophe of upper class"
Napoleon: *Leaves Troops in Egypt*
Also Napoleon: Were doing a sequel!
Hey man could you please do the Greek war of independence!? 🙏🙏
As Napoleon once said “yeah I won’t leave you guys.” 🤞
Yes! Keep up the good work!
What best explains Napoleon's fall from power, and why: apathy at home, resistance to his rule abroad, or military defeat?
Napoleon: The guy who leaves his armies and leaves.
There should be movie about Napoleon with the credits theme being Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture just so the movie can stick it to him.
I am following your channel since you were 200 Subs. I have viewed all your videos. Your are doing a very greate job. I just want to know how do you do this world map, globe and all, by which video editor. Pls tell to this subscriber.
I am a simple man. I see a Geo History video, I click, I watch.
I love how Austria-Hungary just couldn't have enough
Kinda sad not to see the Scandinavian involvement explained.
Also, Denmark-Norway never became a part of the coalition but did fall to it in 1813 and was following forced to change ownership of Norway to Sweden (which was mentioned, but not why. Seeing as Denmark-Norway was painted red as a part of the coalition it looks misleading).
Excellent!!!
Legend says that Napoleon is still stuck on the island.
British: Let's take this man so far on the island of Saint Helena that he may not return again
Whoops, I accidentally let my guard down for a second and...
*The entire continent is conquered again*
French: I can't believe they're retreating, we'll finally have some resources!
Russia: 🔥🔥
@Colten Gottlob
Yuri my friend, you should never have come here,
Goodbye, Captain Price.
Meet you in hell.
@Giroshi hi
Oh hi soap
Here is my rant on why France was so dominant in The Middle Ages/Age of Discovery:
France is historically one of the most populous countries along the likes of Russia and China. The reason Russia or China haven’t been the cornerstone for many world shifting wars is due to their MASSIVE size. With France they have a huge population in the size a country that is considered moderate. Not to mention they are in Western Europe the most confrontational region on Earth. This allows them to be far more technologically advanced due to war escalating technology by a couple hundred years. In modern history the rest of the world caught up with France and even surpassing them in population and technology.
Yes. This is well known that France was in the XIXth and mid XXth century, a surprising exception on demographics in Europe : while the fertility rate of other european countries remained very high while infant mortality decreased, the french fertility rate decreased alongside infant mortality.
So in 1914 and 1940, France, compared to other european countries, was underpopulated.
In 1800 : the french is 30 millions populated, the germans states that will become Germany are 20 millions.
In 1871 : France is 35 millions, Germany is 40 millions.
In 1914 : France is 41 millions, Germany is over 60 millions.
In 1940 : France is 42 millions, Germany is 70 millions, and 80 millions after it annexed Austria and Sudetenland.
Also, less births in the french countryside meant far less workers migrating to the cities, so less workforce for industry.
So France, while being one of the pioneer countries of industrial revolution, ended up far less industrialized than Britain and Germany.
Less industry meaning less rifles, less bullets, less cannons, less tanks, less aircraft....
So this is why France went from N°1 in Europe to N°3 behind UK and Germany. And why so few french people emigrated to America, compared to british, irish, germans, italians, scandinavians, poles, russians, ukrainians and jews....
The reasons why it happened are diverse, but the 2 mains are :
1°) the french revolution had redistributed land to peasants, so most of french peasants became little land owners.
2°) Napoleon's civil code, imposed to parents to share their heritage equally among their differents children.
So, most of french couples had everything they owned in their land plot acquired in the revolution. To let something worth in heritage, they were forced to have a limited number of children.
Napolean Series is very good ....
Thanks for this videos...
I think Napoleon committed a few overall strategic and geopolitical mistakes, not to be confused with his tactical prowess on the field because he was one of the GOAT generals. But installing his brother on the spanish throne was a mistake especially since they were ammenable towards the French at first and would have been co opted them against portugal, of course the logical rational was installing someone loyal to u toward ur southwestern borders but it proved unwise for the overall strategic goal he wanted, Also i think he should have employed more privateers or pirates to harass brittish ships, as well as supporting the Irish as a continuation of the revolutionary government previous policy of aiding Irish independence. Now a Bourbon monarchy in Spain is problematic but a weak puppet King within the dynasty could have also been considered and seeing as you were marrying into the Austrian royal family maybe a hapsburg faction in charge of Spain could be considered and with a reluctant ally in Russia disrupting trade would have forced a more decisive action on the part of the brittish maybe seeing that crossing the channel would be a logistical and a tactical problem, why not let the brittish invade in France instead, creating a soft spot for them to land so u can set up a trap for the land army and negating their fleet, and bringing them to where he was strong on land this could have possibly weakened Britain's influence within the continent and as the russians would be not fighting him he could concentrate on expelling the brittish from portugal. Also i think strengthening the Rhine confederation and enticing either the Ottomans or Russians to break their peace treaty and resume hostilities, this would leave Austria and Prussia open for Napoleon to deal with them personally. But thats just my opinion, i know there are never any easy choices in war and its hard to predict the final outcome and consequences through its fog
Aggressive expansion is just a number they said...
The Napoleon's decline was Spain and Rusia
And United Kingdom
Frankfurt proposals were made after the Leipzig battle, which makes it more crazy to believe, that was a sweet deal after all those years of humilliation.
I have a saying for Napoleon:
"What goes up, must go down"
I'm curious to know how they used to travel across the globe.