France should investigate its own "dirty and bloody history instead of other nations France was responsible for the deaths of 45,000 people in Algeria in 1945 and for the massacre of up to 800,000 people in Rwanda in 1994.PLEASE CHECK WIKIPEDIA
@PersonalityDeficit87 continuation...- napoleon fought for equality for meritocracy, he was the flail of the oligarchs and the aristocratic order in europe. he promoted the civil code everywhere he went, he abolished feudalism, during the 100 days he abolished slavery, gave some freedom of religion. in short the man was nothing like hitler in ideals or military skill.
@boss180888 Concerning this second post, this is not what I read. I have read of Napoleon reintroducing slavery after it was abolished by the French government and accounts of him persecuting Jews throughout the empire, as well as crimes he perpetrated in Haiti. Claude Ribeen is the historian who has said such things if you want a name. He even claims politicians in France have stopped honoring Napoleon's battle of Austerlitz in light of this new research. Bonaparte was Hitler before Hitler.
@PersonalityDeficit87 You're extremely wrong, i'm historian and Napoleon was a dictator but not like Hitler but like Stalin, Napoleon was a dictator of the LEFT WING, NOT RIGHT WING. England and specially Germany was afraid of Napoleon's war revolution, he was destroying the absolutism with his french army., remember, Napoleon was LEFT WING; NOT RIGHT. And this is a fact that retarded people don't know.
@boss180888 Sorry, that's Claude Ribbe, not Ribben. By the way don't let the posts fool you. I still respect both Napoleon and Hitler, despite their horrid crimes. Both were brilliant men, and there's a thin line between genius and insanity. They were geniuses, both of them.
@PersonalityDeficit87 i respect your opinion, even though i still maintain what i said. the haitian thing is largely propagandised, the historians do a LOUSY job trying to figure what napoleon was trying to do in 1802. after a decade of massacres and fights between the jacobin and royalists, he was trying to UNITE them, his motto was ORDER, and to keep order in those days you had to satisfy both parts, meaning do some things you wouldn't like to do.
2- war in the horizon, that cash becomes even more important in the purpose of gathering as much resources as possible for the war they knew would come!!! that's why they also sold louisiana.
3- some aristocrats, the same ones he was trying to satisfy by bringing religion back to france didn't like the idea of free slaves.
so in light of this either he would destroy the haitian revolution and thus...continuation...-
@PersonalityDeficit87 well i understand you there, but neither am i a historian, and i wasn't there either.
simply when i read a book i try to connect the dots between events and ignore the historians prejudice(wich is human and distinct) here and there focusing on the facts alone. even on the facts(wich they can be mistaken but never to my knowledge deliberatly, because that would be going away too far) i try to see many points of views and never take anything 100% for granted. good luck.
@PersonalityDeficit87 continuation...- like allowing the church back, even though napoleon didn't like the church a bit, he didn't do it for himself he did it for greater good. and haiti is on the same line historians(british) who hate napoleon refuse to analyse the situation in france wich obligated napoleon to invade haiti:
1- money. france was short of cash and some part of the society(the one wich would make money) was pressuring napoleon to solve the problem
@MrBigBEARHUNTER I care to disagree. Alexander the Great was an excellent leader. Genghis Kahn conquered much of the know world during his time, and George Washington overcame tremendous odds to win independence for the U.S.
@DNAsGhostzHouze Yes, they were great leaders. But Napoleon had a full scale war with russia, austria, and Britian and nearly won. If only he didn't invade Russia....
@MrBigBEARHUNTER hitler wasn't unprepared for the russian winter, the russian winter did not defeat the german forces, it just delayed logistical movement, it didn't destroy them, and why are you talking of that idiot on a napoleon video?
@boss180888 Of course it didn't destroy them. It slowed them down and killed a lot of german forces. BTW, just a another one of my opinions. I didn't stalin was great military leader or a great leader at all. He may have killed most of the nazis, but it came with the cost of 27 million lives of their own.
@PersonalityDeficit87 it's an open "forum",i don't own it so as long as you're not disrespectfull you're not butting in. everything is relative and in comparison to napoleon's military qualities, hitler was an idiot, not to mention on a personnal level hitler was a genocidal racist(and i'm no jew lover).
@boss180888 Actually the fact that Hitler more or less managed to do the same thing as Napoleon without the fancy educational background says much of his intelligence. And as for the whole racist thing, he was a product of his times. Even America was racist in the 30s and 40s.
@PersonalityDeficit87 yes america was racist, to black people(i'm half black), however hitler took it to a whole new level putting up "scientists" with the task of making a global race order, but i'm not going to talk of that. hitler never was no napoleon, he only won while he had the numerical/technological superiority. neither the french nor the british had been preparing for the war, while napoleon beat coalitions some times in a 2 to 1 numerical inferiority.
@boss180888 Where was Germany's numerical superiority in 1936 when they took back the Rhineland in outright defiance of the Versailles treaty? Or Czechoslovakia for that matter? In both cases Nazi Germany could have been easily crushed by France, whose army far outnumbered the Wehrmacht in the 30s. Hitler's numerical superiority only became a factor AFTER 1940. Before that he was winning by cleverness and boldness alone. He was exactly like Napoleon. They even invaded Russia in the same month.
@PersonalityDeficit87 Napoleon was not like Hitler, again, he was like STALIN and the roman empire too. The Roman Empire was like North Korea, The Roman Republic was like our democracies, Julius Caesar was like Hugo Chavez, and Octavio Augusto lik efidel Castro, Stalin, Kim Jong Il or Napoleon, that is an historical FACT that many historians want to HIDE.
He was obligated to invade Russia , The tzar said to Napoleon that he'll not trade with Britain but he did it , Napoleon who controled Europe was obligated to walk on Russia because if he didn't , other defeated nations like Prussia , Austria and Spain would have seen that as a weakness and would have taken weapons against him , and notice that after the disastrous russian campaign they took weapons against him .
Picture with music of this video excellent shows Napoleons great ambition to rule of greater and greater territory, his emperors feelings - as he was sure to march over the lands... But that to great, waste land was not enough to win! - Till Moscow they arrived exausted - and found nobody to real fight...(As tragic facts were shown) - and - 19.October 1812 Napoleon beginns his retreat from Russia, loosing the greatest part of his army, to be defeated in next great battles - as road to his fall.
Legendary..I have some of these documentaries on old vhs..came with a booklet on the subject..late 80's-90's..dated a bit but rare to see these shows nowadays..some great comments on here though..thanks for uploading..
I'm pretty sure the USSR made a movie about Napoleon invading Russia. It may
be footage from that movie. i'm interested in history (not the military details) and only read a condensed version of War and Peace. I did see the movie with Audrey Hepburn :)
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thank you for posting this! I am American but I have always been fascinated in the Napoleonic Wars and Russian history. I read War and Peace, but I have really been looking for a more historical documentary. I really appreciate this!
@LooksLikeMyTeacherCZ without water, im sure britain would have been conquered 100x over. It is foolish to invade russia, it is simply too big and has way too many people. It had the largest population in the world at the time except for india and china.
@bookwormbandit "From what I've read and heard, Napoleon is THE most written about human being ever. Jesus comes out at a distant 3rd behind Augustas and Lincoln."
That would make Jesus #4, I think. Wait, let me count again. Napoleon, Augustus, Lincoln, Jesus. Yep, 4.
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I heard that Napoleon took too much poison or someone tried to kill him or something, but there was actually too much poison that it didn't kill him... Someone respond to me if you have any idea what I am talking about...
@TearsOfWar1 Napoleon attempted suicide with a pill he had carried since a near-capture by Russians on the retreat from Moscow. Its potency had weakened with age, and he survived to be exiled.. April 1814
aye, he was poisoned with arsenic while he was exiled in St. Helena Island. He was given small doses at first, and he survived them. So, he was given larger doses afterwards, but the previous poisoning gave his organism a chance to assimilate the arsenic, so he carried on for several months, sick, but didn't die.
@archaeoPeter Now, I'm a big Napoleon fan and I think the British treated him badly in the end but they didn't poison him. The arsenic in his body was due to the fact that he had green paint, which had arsenic in it, on his walls as a status symbol; only the richest could afford green paint. Napoleon died from stomach cancer, probably because of the water supply on St. Helena and granted the British could have sorted the supply out but they didn't kill him.
Oh no mate, not the british. Hudson Lowe may have been a proper bastard, but it's very unlikely that he got him pisoned. According to the people who supplied us with that theory, Napoleon had a small group of followers (with interests and agendas of their own), and the poisoning came from one or a few of them. But, as I said, just a theory, stomach cancer is most likely. :)
@archaeoPeter Yeah, there's a lot of theories, most of the poisoning ones I've seen have blamed the British, haven't heard of this one before! But who knows in the end? Any one of the theories could be true!
The problem with "world history", is that, it has to take place on this planet, not somewhere else in the world to be valid. Napoleon was like a pop-star built up on PR alone, falsified stories of glory and exaggerated grandeur. 90% of the information we have about him is warped. We know more about Britney Spears, which says a lot, because she is almost 100% PR.
The next edition of the ART of WAR should include a treatsie or chapter titled "Exit Strategy 101" and should be required learning for (1) anyone who thinks they want lead armies or military forces and (2) politicians
Hitler admired him alot. He had sand bags put over his tomb and wooden floor on the marble so jack boots would not damage the floor.
, new research has shown that France's greatest hero presided over mass atrocities which bear comparison with some of Hitler's worst crimes against humanity.
These reassessments of Napoleon have caused anguish in France. Top politicians backed out of official ceremonies to mark what was possibly Napoleon's greatest victory, the battle of Austerlitz
@menacinghat The complete morons who compare him to Hitler... Napoleon's "conquering" was initially defending France from most of European countries who wanted to re-establish monarchy in France by force after the Revolution. Napoleon brought great contribution to the world through his Civil Act, educational system, the quasi-creation of egyptology, the emancipation of minorities (jews...). So don't you "Hitler" him and stop reading "researches" probably written by some brits.
Make sure youre men are starving and resort to cannabilisim. Make sure they all get frozen to death and youll have a good idea of what Napoleon acheived In Russa. How to lose a massive army in one easy lesson.
@shauntheassassin Well until WW2, french was the international language, and Paris was the cultural capital of the world. Like the brits never ever wanted world domination...
the first Anti Christ napoleon bonaparte. the second adolf hitler. the third is next but who is it.???? well bonaparte, hitler both lost the war in Russia so the third anti christ will fall in russia
@aspiringdrummer17 And Trust Me The Final Anti Christ Has So Much Power Beyond It Belief. He Studied The First And The Second Anti Christ . This Final One Is Gonna Destroy ManKind Wait N Seee
rule one , on page one , of the book of war is: do not try to invade Russia, the second rule: do not go fighting with your land armies in China -Bernard law Montgomery-
@samantha4size- Don't you realise that the French under Napoleon had entirely different views to us today. Napoleon did many great things like establishing the 1st Civil Code, providing religous freedom, ending corrupt dominance of the church and aristocrats and uniting a country which had been at utmost turmoil for the 10 years prior. The people weere hungry for glory on the battlefield and supported Nap mostly. Next time you post such ignorant comments- THINK!
@shauntheassassin or just wait till spring, i agree with you he should have finished of britan first, and finish his domination of areas with a more friendly environment!
1798 was my favourite year the French army crushed the Turk-mongols in Egypt. Napoleon did the world a great favour by riding humanity from these fashist pigs.
The Turks still illegally occupy Eastern Thrace, Asia Minor, North Cyprus and Antioch.
oh calm the fuck down..illegal is it?They won it by conquest..by ur logic the USA shudnt even exist because they murdered all the native indians,or the british french and spanish colonies won by conquest; all those countries like mexico, canada, australia,all lands taken from the natives...that was wrong aswell, huh?or are you so far up ur arse that you dont understand that's what happens with a victory in war..and its spelt facist, although napoleon only conquered egypt for india
@samantha34ize You have absolutely no idea, I've seen your comments on other videos. Napoleon was a French hero and the guillotine was a tool used by the revolutionaries to execute the French monarchy and other aristocrats (thats rich people to you). Thanks to Napoleon the French people were able to rebuild themselves and their pride and sure, he failed to take Russia, but after what he had accomplished for his people in his life why on earth would they want to execute him jeez
the problem with all invaders of Russia is that they are all bunch of loosers! How can a perfect army never be prepared for the winter war? After loosing to Russians all of them suddenly say as an excuse that it was winter it was cold and bla bla bla=)
That is so funny because it is an excuse of the loosers...
And by the way Napoleon and Hitler have started they're invasion on Summer! So it means that they had at least half of year to finish the Russians! Well you know the rest of history=)
when asked wellington who was the greatest general and strategist in history he would answer in past napoleon in present naooleon and in future napoleon
Walked in with 500,000 left with 10,000,you do the math.One of the greatest battle Russia saw was outside of Moscow,for those of you that think that all the Russians did was burn down their cities.When they were defeated after a battle they had to burn down Moscow or see it in the hands of the enemy,something I call genius.
This has been the biggest victory to Russia,that once and for all showed that Russia was worth the Olympus,to be part of the great family of Gods among western Europe.Funny that the Czar who defeated Napoleon was not what you would speck a great military leader to be.Historians blame Napoleon's defeat on the winter,but it was his bad tactics and that he didn't knew the territory as good as he thought he did.
@zenoist2 He had a big ego,like all the other Alexanders,all he wanted was more glory,more respect,more power,but since he couldn't get it from Britain he had to go into Russia.it cost Napoleon 300,000 men in Spain,that shows that you don't mess with the Madre Patria.
@zenoist2 all sides killed civilians. The spanish who rose against him were mostly peasants and bandits in the hills. napoleon himself had little involvment or interest in spain so cant be blaimed for failings there. napoleon offered spanish far more liberty and modernisation than either spain or russia who were oppressive, feudal societies. napoleon gambled with russia and lost yet was still a military genius. you are not and only speak through hindsight
@SocialistJustice Good reply, and all too true. This is why nationalism always trumps the shallow blandishments of "democracy" and "free lunch". (And Napoleon's brother, King Jose the First, created the Prada, too.)
In Ribbe's words, Napoleon, then First Consul, was the man who, for the first time in history, 'asked himself rationally the question how to eliminate, in as short a time as possible, and with a minimum of cost and personnel, a maximum of people described as scientifically inferior'.
The most startling of these findings, the attempted massacre of an entire population over the age of 12 by methods which included gassing them in the holds of ships, relate to the French Caribbean colony of Haiti at the turn of the 19th century.
Actually Napoleon now can be compared to HItler . With recent finds in France the countryès views are now against him . Claude Ribbe, a respected historian and philosopher and member of the French government's human rights commission, has been researching Napoleon's bloodcurdling record for some years. He accuses him of being a racist and an anti-Semite who persecuted Jews and reintroduced widespread slavery just a few years after it had been abolished by the French government.
@EcceStultiferaNavis No, the capital was St Petersburg. But Moscow was the traditional and religious capital. The Emperor Napoleon did not intend to go to Moscow, as this film explains.
@16Canadian The seat of government was Moscow actually, the Tsar fled to St. Petersburg when Napoleon 'won' at Borodino. Also, Moscow was the centre of Russia, both religiously and economically (for example it was the centre of the railways). Lastly, warfare in that time was usually about capturing the capital, and then the enemy would surrender (as Napoleon did with Berlin and Vienna). Tsar Alexander fled to St. Petersburg however, and Bony was left with a 'symbolic' but useless prize...
@16Canadian St Petersburg was only the administrative seat in as much as "The capitol". Capi being head. Moscow was very much the cultural and religious capitols.
@16Canadian Also (this has probably been said multiple times), Moscow was the spiritual and morale center of Russia. Napoleon thought if he could take it it would break any will to resist the occupation by the French and finally break the will of the Russian army and demoralize them heavily.
As Bernard Montgomery said The US has broken the second rule of war. That is, don't go fighting with your land army on the mainland of Asia. Rule One is don't march on Moscow. I developed these two rules myself
@AlfieEngland100 How stupid is that? What about Greece, Rome, Britain, France, The Netherlands, and Russia all defeated and/or took over nations on mainland Asia. And so has America in the past, not to mention Japan had taken away Korea from China for a long time. So rule two is out...
As far as rule one... What about Mongolia? Not only that but the only reason why Russia ever wins is due to it's population advantage. Today America has over 2x the pop. the EU has 3-4 times... "Fail rules"...
@TheKabzonchik The mongols went into kiev Rus empire whit 20 000 troops under subitai and crushed the Russian initially killing 40 000 in a single battle but were then ambushed by a tribe and made it out whit 4000 troops the kievan princes then sued for peaces " Subutai had a large wooden platform constructed on which he ate his meals along with his other generals. Six Russian princes, including Mstislav III of Kiev, were put under this platform and crushed to death."
@TheKabzonchik The mongol empire could have destroyed Russia if they wanted to Being a nomadic tribe bringing their home to whever they invaded and setting up there.
well, i think that Napoleon was a genius. the man almost conquered Europe. he had gone farther than Hitler. how do you think he burned down Moscow? if the Great Winter or whatever they called it, never happened, Russia would've been conquered. plus, i think we should've allied with France. because who cares if we go to war with Britain? America and France would've invaded Britain together. with the French coming from the north and the Americans coming from the west.
@lovatolover8201992 thats if america got here in time. And thats if France got here at all. Anyway napoleon was not that good, despite his reputation. If you study his battles he made some horendous mistakes. Unlike lord Wellington who was never beaten and gave napoleon a bloody nose. The reason so much has been made of napoleon is because in the mass media age his is a romantic story, that sells. Wellington and Marlborough for instance dont have very romanntic stories so are forgotten a little.
@MrExtremerightwing Now I have done massive studies of both Wellington and Napoleon and I must concur that you are wrong on your main point but you are correct on several smaller aspects. Napoleon was a Genus of his time, yes he made horrid mistakes and did have several nasty blunders. But he took on several nations and won countless battles and besides his ego getting the better of him in the end of the Napoleonic era he would have actually taken Moscow and forced Russia to make appeasement.
@MrExtremerightwing But to continue my point Wellington Achieve his rank not through merit but by means of purchasing his rank, He would prove himself several times tho to be a capable general during the Sepoy revolts in India and The Peninsular campaign but ultimately if the winter had not defeated Napoleon then there would be little chance that anyone could for a long while. But you are very right in how they Glorify Napoleon far more than wellington and Marlborough but not for their lack of
@rammsteinaaron No this is incorrect. You cannot buy your way to general. The highest rank you could purchase was colonel, After that it was all on your own steam. You had to prove yourself. Napoleon on the other hand helped in bringing down the monarchy with the pretence of being the salvation of frrance, but really just used it for his own ends and then stole his title and rank. That is why he had to be got rid of, he didnt free france, he just replaced the monarchy to create his own empire.
@MrExtremerightwing I have to disagree with your statements to some degree even though you are correct in his bad judgement on russia. I have several books from the Wordsworth Military Library and several other places that talk about Wellington buying his position as Sepoy General of India which his brother was the Governor-General of at the time so he was able to do that. till around the 1870's or 80s (can be wrong on the dates.) was when Parliament outlaw buying military ranks
@MrExtremerightwing Also Yes Napoleon at first was for the revolution solely for the face of personal gain but i never said he wasn't out to do that. He was out to create his own empire, and the more you read about him and his empire the less he becomes the great liberator. But he did not steal his ranks he earn them all the way to General of the Army of Italy and from their he pushed himself further than that after his Egyptian campaign. with his coup d'état of the consulate of france
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MedDanila 6 days ago
Hm, just saw a film about the french revolution and now saw this. I am thinking: What happened with the revolution??
annazt11 1 week ago
Napoleon, like Hitler, are over confident leaders.
Hussarer 1 week ago
@Hussarer
Hitler was over confident,Napoleon wasn´t,despite some miscalculatrions.
ViriathusVingathor 1 hour ago
Calm down, people.
This is History, gone, past, kaput, finito.... and no one wants to attack Russia, LOL
Krusader101 3 weeks ago
Can anyone please tell me the classical musical piece at the end and also during the film... I believe it is by a Russian composer.
It is played right at the end, in the last episode
Thanks a lot
Krusader101 3 weeks ago
fuck moscow, fuck napoleon !!
1sfint 1 month ago
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France should investigate its own "dirty and bloody history instead of other nations France was responsible for the deaths of 45,000 people in Algeria in 1945 and for the massacre of up to 800,000 people in Rwanda in 1994.PLEASE CHECK WIKIPEDIA
edcboatman 1 month ago
PROTIP: Never start a ground war in Russia.
Valtyr86 1 month ago
@Valtyr86 True, but if someone is going to start one, don't invade with the delusion that you will beat the Russians by winter
TalonMercenary 1 month ago
bigger is the army, harder is to conduct it, because of the logistic...
lightnessss 1 month ago
@PersonalityDeficit87 continuation...- napoleon fought for equality for meritocracy, he was the flail of the oligarchs and the aristocratic order in europe. he promoted the civil code everywhere he went, he abolished feudalism, during the 100 days he abolished slavery, gave some freedom of religion. in short the man was nothing like hitler in ideals or military skill.
boss180888 2 months ago
@boss180888 Concerning this second post, this is not what I read. I have read of Napoleon reintroducing slavery after it was abolished by the French government and accounts of him persecuting Jews throughout the empire, as well as crimes he perpetrated in Haiti. Claude Ribeen is the historian who has said such things if you want a name. He even claims politicians in France have stopped honoring Napoleon's battle of Austerlitz in light of this new research. Bonaparte was Hitler before Hitler.
PersonalityDeficit87 2 months ago
@PersonalityDeficit87 You're extremely wrong, i'm historian and Napoleon was a dictator but not like Hitler but like Stalin, Napoleon was a dictator of the LEFT WING, NOT RIGHT WING. England and specially Germany was afraid of Napoleon's war revolution, he was destroying the absolutism with his french army., remember, Napoleon was LEFT WING; NOT RIGHT. And this is a fact that retarded people don't know.
OneHundredPoints 2 weeks ago
@boss180888 Sorry, that's Claude Ribbe, not Ribben. By the way don't let the posts fool you. I still respect both Napoleon and Hitler, despite their horrid crimes. Both were brilliant men, and there's a thin line between genius and insanity. They were geniuses, both of them.
PersonalityDeficit87 2 months ago
@PersonalityDeficit87 i respect your opinion, even though i still maintain what i said. the haitian thing is largely propagandised, the historians do a LOUSY job trying to figure what napoleon was trying to do in 1802. after a decade of massacres and fights between the jacobin and royalists, he was trying to UNITE them, his motto was ORDER, and to keep order in those days you had to satisfy both parts, meaning do some things you wouldn't like to do.
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boss180888 2 months ago
@boss180888 continuation...-
2- war in the horizon, that cash becomes even more important in the purpose of gathering as much resources as possible for the war they knew would come!!! that's why they also sold louisiana.
3- some aristocrats, the same ones he was trying to satisfy by bringing religion back to france didn't like the idea of free slaves.
so in light of this either he would destroy the haitian revolution and thus...continuation...-
boss180888 2 months ago
@boss180888 Well if I can't expect to get valuable info from historians who can I look to? It's not exactly as if I was there.
PersonalityDeficit87 2 months ago
@PersonalityDeficit87 well i understand you there, but neither am i a historian, and i wasn't there either.
simply when i read a book i try to connect the dots between events and ignore the historians prejudice(wich is human and distinct) here and there focusing on the facts alone. even on the facts(wich they can be mistaken but never to my knowledge deliberatly, because that would be going away too far) i try to see many points of views and never take anything 100% for granted. good luck.
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@PersonalityDeficit87 continuation...- like allowing the church back, even though napoleon didn't like the church a bit, he didn't do it for himself he did it for greater good. and haiti is on the same line historians(british) who hate napoleon refuse to analyse the situation in france wich obligated napoleon to invade haiti:
1- money. france was short of cash and some part of the society(the one wich would make money) was pressuring napoleon to solve the problem
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boss180888 2 months ago
Maybe the third time will be a charm, for Chinese, Americans and whoever else joins in, probably EU.
filmftw3 2 months ago
i am watching this for school guaahh
smiterbiter 2 months ago
the greatest leader in history.;
MrBigBEARHUNTER 3 months ago
@MrBigBEARHUNTER I care to disagree. Alexander the Great was an excellent leader. Genghis Kahn conquered much of the know world during his time, and George Washington overcame tremendous odds to win independence for the U.S.
DNAsGhostzHouze 2 months ago
@DNAsGhostzHouze Yes, they were great leaders. But Napoleon had a full scale war with russia, austria, and Britian and nearly won. If only he didn't invade Russia....
MrBigBEARHUNTER 2 months ago
@MrBigBEARHUNTER and to think, Hitler would make the same mistake in 1943...
DNAsGhostzHouze 2 months ago
@DNAsGhostzHouze Hitler Could have taken over all of Europe. But he was unprepared for the russian winter.
MrBigBEARHUNTER 2 months ago
@MrBigBEARHUNTER hitler wasn't unprepared for the russian winter, the russian winter did not defeat the german forces, it just delayed logistical movement, it didn't destroy them, and why are you talking of that idiot on a napoleon video?
boss180888 2 months ago
@boss180888 Of course it didn't destroy them. It slowed them down and killed a lot of german forces. BTW, just a another one of my opinions. I didn't stalin was great military leader or a great leader at all. He may have killed most of the nazis, but it came with the cost of 27 million lives of their own.
MrBigBEARHUNTER 2 months ago
@boss180888 Pardon me if I butt in, but Hitler was no idiot.
PersonalityDeficit87 2 months ago
@PersonalityDeficit87 it's an open "forum",i don't own it so as long as you're not disrespectfull you're not butting in. everything is relative and in comparison to napoleon's military qualities, hitler was an idiot, not to mention on a personnal level hitler was a genocidal racist(and i'm no jew lover).
boss180888 2 months ago
@boss180888 Actually the fact that Hitler more or less managed to do the same thing as Napoleon without the fancy educational background says much of his intelligence. And as for the whole racist thing, he was a product of his times. Even America was racist in the 30s and 40s.
PersonalityDeficit87 2 months ago
@PersonalityDeficit87 yes america was racist, to black people(i'm half black), however hitler took it to a whole new level putting up "scientists" with the task of making a global race order, but i'm not going to talk of that. hitler never was no napoleon, he only won while he had the numerical/technological superiority. neither the french nor the british had been preparing for the war, while napoleon beat coalitions some times in a 2 to 1 numerical inferiority.
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boss180888 2 months ago
@boss180888 Where was Germany's numerical superiority in 1936 when they took back the Rhineland in outright defiance of the Versailles treaty? Or Czechoslovakia for that matter? In both cases Nazi Germany could have been easily crushed by France, whose army far outnumbered the Wehrmacht in the 30s. Hitler's numerical superiority only became a factor AFTER 1940. Before that he was winning by cleverness and boldness alone. He was exactly like Napoleon. They even invaded Russia in the same month.
PersonalityDeficit87 2 months ago
@PersonalityDeficit87 Napoleon was not like Hitler, again, he was like STALIN and the roman empire too. The Roman Empire was like North Korea, The Roman Republic was like our democracies, Julius Caesar was like Hugo Chavez, and Octavio Augusto lik efidel Castro, Stalin, Kim Jong Il or Napoleon, that is an historical FACT that many historians want to HIDE.
OneHundredPoints 2 weeks ago
@MrBigBEARHUNTER
He was obligated to invade Russia , The tzar said to Napoleon that he'll not trade with Britain but he did it , Napoleon who controled Europe was obligated to walk on Russia because if he didn't , other defeated nations like Prussia , Austria and Spain would have seen that as a weakness and would have taken weapons against him , and notice that after the disastrous russian campaign they took weapons against him .
NasriTheNewKing 2 months ago
@NasriTheNewKing Exactly.
MrBigBEARHUNTER 2 months ago
i am not french, but i really admire napoleon...
his greatest fault was his greed, he should have left russia alone.
SirHungryHippo 3 months ago
@SirHungryHippo Well, you must not be French to like Napoleon Bonaparte. He was Polish hero too.
oliviagarden1 2 months ago
I mean, he was French, but it's hero for Poland.
oliviagarden1 2 months ago
@oliviagarden1 he is my hero too!
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111333364427 3 months ago
Picture with music of this video excellent shows Napoleons great ambition to rule of greater and greater territory, his emperors feelings - as he was sure to march over the lands... But that to great, waste land was not enough to win! - Till Moscow they arrived exausted - and found nobody to real fight...(As tragic facts were shown) - and - 19.October 1812 Napoleon beginns his retreat from Russia, loosing the greatest part of his army, to be defeated in next great battles - as road to his fall.
arenadri7 3 months ago
Legendary..I have some of these documentaries on old vhs..came with a booklet on the subject..late 80's-90's..dated a bit but rare to see these shows nowadays..some great comments on here though..thanks for uploading..
custer870 3 months ago
I'm pretty sure the USSR made a movie about Napoleon invading Russia. It may
be footage from that movie. i'm interested in history (not the military details) and only read a condensed version of War and Peace. I did see the movie with Audrey Hepburn :)
tmmy773 3 months ago
Is this actual footage?
KayBeeEee1983 3 months ago
@KayBeeEee1983 actors
lmaolmaox 3 months ago
@lmaolmaox I don't think so. This is the real deal.
KayBeeEee1983 3 months ago
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lmaolmaox 3 months ago
@lmaolmaox Yessir
KayBeeEee1983 3 months ago
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MrFlohi 4 months ago in playlist Napoleon Bonaparte - Road to Moscow
thank you for posting this! I am American but I have always been fascinated in the Napoleonic Wars and Russian history. I read War and Peace, but I have really been looking for a more historical documentary. I really appreciate this!
airosfter131 4 months ago
nothing but a murderer
cuzcatlan36 4 months ago
without their "winters" russian will be lost...
russian winters... stoped... napoleon... Hitler... etc.
they saying: Our Motherland protect us
LooksLikeMyTeacherCZ 4 months ago
@LooksLikeMyTeacherCZ without water, im sure britain would have been conquered 100x over. It is foolish to invade russia, it is simply too big and has way too many people. It had the largest population in the world at the time except for india and china.
redarrowhead2 3 months ago
From what I've read and heard, Napoleon is THE most written about human being ever. Jesus comes out at a distant 3rd behind Augustas and Lincoln.
bookwormbandit 4 months ago
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@bookwormbandit "From what I've read and heard, Napoleon is THE most written about human being ever. Jesus comes out at a distant 3rd behind Augustas and Lincoln."
That would make Jesus #4, I think. Wait, let me count again. Napoleon, Augustus, Lincoln, Jesus. Yep, 4.
KayBeeEee1983 3 months ago
Does anyone know who gave this man such faulty advise as to invade Russia in the manner he did?
Was it his wife?
Ariel62073 4 months ago
@Ariel62073 "Does anyone know who gave this man such faulty advise as to invade Russia in the manner he did?"
The same person who advised Hitler to invade Russia, i.e. his massive narcissistic ego.
KayBeeEee1983 3 months ago
@KayBeeEee1983 And one more king is sweden Karl 12 do the same and fall like others.
mphet26 3 months ago
When he came back in 1965 on Bewitched he didn't look the same, I guess the travel thought time did something to his looks
Tim777G 4 months ago
napoleon in a base nation from south sulawesi blood (bugis makssar) . she come from " DAENG MANGALE" blood son since before he histroy become the top legend histroy in the world.bb
mmman232 5 months ago
napoloen was a legend study look through his eyes and u will love him.
theJRLMchannel 5 months ago
Large armies tend to get lost in large countries.
Pseudologic 5 months ago
I heard that Napoleon took too much poison or someone tried to kill him or something, but there was actually too much poison that it didn't kill him... Someone respond to me if you have any idea what I am talking about...
TearsOfWar1 5 months ago
@TearsOfWar1 Napoleon attempted suicide with a pill he had carried since a near-capture by Russians on the retreat from Moscow. Its potency had weakened with age, and he survived to be exiled.. April 1814
MarcusBritish 5 months ago
@TearsOfWar1
aye, he was poisoned with arsenic while he was exiled in St. Helena Island. He was given small doses at first, and he survived them. So, he was given larger doses afterwards, but the previous poisoning gave his organism a chance to assimilate the arsenic, so he carried on for several months, sick, but didn't die.
archaeoPeter 5 months ago
@archaeoPeter Now, I'm a big Napoleon fan and I think the British treated him badly in the end but they didn't poison him. The arsenic in his body was due to the fact that he had green paint, which had arsenic in it, on his walls as a status symbol; only the richest could afford green paint. Napoleon died from stomach cancer, probably because of the water supply on St. Helena and granted the British could have sorted the supply out but they didn't kill him.
humanxrocket 5 months ago
@humanxrocket
Oh no mate, not the british. Hudson Lowe may have been a proper bastard, but it's very unlikely that he got him pisoned. According to the people who supplied us with that theory, Napoleon had a small group of followers (with interests and agendas of their own), and the poisoning came from one or a few of them. But, as I said, just a theory, stomach cancer is most likely. :)
archaeoPeter 5 months ago
@archaeoPeter Yeah, there's a lot of theories, most of the poisoning ones I've seen have blamed the British, haven't heard of this one before! But who knows in the end? Any one of the theories could be true!
humanxrocket 5 months ago
The problem with "world history", is that, it has to take place on this planet, not somewhere else in the world to be valid. Napoleon was like a pop-star built up on PR alone, falsified stories of glory and exaggerated grandeur. 90% of the information we have about him is warped. We know more about Britney Spears, which says a lot, because she is almost 100% PR.
StarQualityWins 5 months ago
@StarQualityWins What are you on about, this makes no sense. Well done for liking the Cocteau Twins though.
manicbabyshambles123 5 months ago
To me your just the emperor of the lollipop guild!
ganstagan 5 months ago
Am I the only one who laughed my ass off at 4:30?
TheBackOfTheBoat 6 months ago
@TheBackOfTheBoat Probably.
MrWsad 6 months ago
The next edition of the ART of WAR should include a treatsie or chapter titled "Exit Strategy 101" and should be required learning for (1) anyone who thinks they want lead armies or military forces and (2) politicians
TheEleventhIndian 6 months ago
i dream ill be the first man to conquer russia >:D
i woke up it was 7 Degress celcius
i gave up when is saw it was 37- in russia
jasincl 6 months ago
Hitler admired him alot. He had sand bags put over his tomb and wooden floor on the marble so jack boots would not damage the floor.
, new research has shown that France's greatest hero presided over mass atrocities which bear comparison with some of Hitler's worst crimes against humanity.
These reassessments of Napoleon have caused anguish in France. Top politicians backed out of official ceremonies to mark what was possibly Napoleon's greatest victory, the battle of Austerlitz
menacinghat 6 months ago
@menacinghat The complete morons who compare him to Hitler... Napoleon's "conquering" was initially defending France from most of European countries who wanted to re-establish monarchy in France by force after the Revolution. Napoleon brought great contribution to the world through his Civil Act, educational system, the quasi-creation of egyptology, the emancipation of minorities (jews...). So don't you "Hitler" him and stop reading "researches" probably written by some brits.
bennyfromthe72 5 months ago
Make sure youre men are starving and resort to cannabilisim. Make sure they all get frozen to death and youll have a good idea of what Napoleon acheived In Russa. How to lose a massive army in one easy lesson.
zenoist2 6 months ago
napoleon wanted world domination and new world order and if he had won the world would be speaking french right now and french would be spoken in all
7 continents world wide ,
Paris would be the capital city of the world.
shauntheassassin 7 months ago
@shauntheassassin please this a total exageration you must be English
truvianni 6 months ago
@shauntheassassin sounds like a unified world
theJRLMchannel 6 months ago
@shauntheassassin i love napoleon but u are talking nonsense, what you say can't be done by any, besides it wasn't napoleon's objective...
boss180888 6 months ago
@shauntheassassin Well until WW2, french was the international language, and Paris was the cultural capital of the world. Like the brits never ever wanted world domination...
bennyfromthe72 5 months ago
@1001ORAO thats not the point the point is the third anti christ is on its way. Get It Clear This Is That Serpeant we all fear
7thXignG 7 months ago
the first Anti Christ napoleon bonaparte. the second adolf hitler. the third is next but who is it.???? well bonaparte, hitler both lost the war in Russia so the third anti christ will fall in russia
7thXignG 7 months ago
@7thXignG The third anti-christ lived in Russia.....Joseph Stalin
aspiringdrummer17 7 months ago
@aspiringdrummer17 LOL stalin is dead. Im Talking The Third And Final Anti Christ 2011 and on on on. The One That They All Fear.
7thXignG 7 months ago
@aspiringdrummer17 And Trust Me The Final Anti Christ Has So Much Power Beyond It Belief. He Studied The First And The Second Anti Christ . This Final One Is Gonna Destroy ManKind Wait N Seee
7thXignG 7 months ago
Can someone tell me the name at 4:04? I am interested in this diary of his.
DrewDude09 7 months ago
rule one , on page one , of the book of war is: do not try to invade Russia, the second rule: do not go fighting with your land armies in China -Bernard law Montgomery-
TriggerHappy838 7 months ago
hitler got some of his idears from napoleon
shauntheassassin 8 months ago
napoleon wanted to rule the world if he won paris would be the center of the world
shauntheassassin 8 months ago
@samantha4size- Don't you realise that the French under Napoleon had entirely different views to us today. Napoleon did many great things like establishing the 1st Civil Code, providing religous freedom, ending corrupt dominance of the church and aristocrats and uniting a country which had been at utmost turmoil for the 10 years prior. The people weere hungry for glory on the battlefield and supported Nap mostly. Next time you post such ignorant comments- THINK!
MrEnlighteneddespot 8 months ago 2
if napoleon did not attack russia he would of won the war. what napoleon should of done was finnish england first and then have a break
for a couple of weeks give him time to rebuild his army and get winter clothing
and then attack russia.
shauntheassassin 8 months ago
@shauntheassassin or just wait till spring, i agree with you he should have finished of britan first, and finish his domination of areas with a more friendly environment!
mandotpaul1 8 months ago
the swedes made the same mistake like 100 years before. napoleon should have known this. so lets not talk about hitler who was even more stupid.
mrZoranZ 8 months ago
they had cameras back then?!
THEOWNEROFNOTHING345 8 months ago
1798 was my favourite year the French army crushed the Turk-mongols in Egypt. Napoleon did the world a great favour by riding humanity from these fashist pigs.
The Turks still illegally occupy Eastern Thrace, Asia Minor, North Cyprus and Antioch.
MrAugustus88 8 months ago
@MrAugustus88
oh calm the fuck down..illegal is it?They won it by conquest..by ur logic the USA shudnt even exist because they murdered all the native indians,or the british french and spanish colonies won by conquest; all those countries like mexico, canada, australia,all lands taken from the natives...that was wrong aswell, huh?or are you so far up ur arse that you dont understand that's what happens with a victory in war..and its spelt facist, although napoleon only conquered egypt for india
Mattydamon69 8 months ago
everyone attacks russia, how sad, they dont get it
vladimirlegorocks 8 months ago
@vladimirlegorocks russia is a agressive country
1 wrong move 23000000 soviets will attack you
ALEXrobed992 8 months ago
@ALEXrobed992 yet they were at their knees to the power of hitler, napoleon, and the U.S
theJRLMchannel 6 months ago
don't mess with the Russians, at any age XD
lightnessss 8 months ago
fucking hitler made the same exact mistake he tried to take russia in winter too
theJRLMchannel 9 months ago
Not Russia is the problem the nature in Russia the cold its so cold in Russia.
Hitler was no defent by Russia but the cold, many German soldiers froze to dead there in Stalingrad .
536767676533766 9 months ago
@536767676533766 Then why Russians had victories at summer? + dont forget what Russians died from froze too (and from starving)
MegaSerg123 9 months ago
after causing all that trouble why didnt they hang or guilutine napolean i know i would
samantha34ize 9 months ago
@samantha34ize You have absolutely no idea, I've seen your comments on other videos. Napoleon was a French hero and the guillotine was a tool used by the revolutionaries to execute the French monarchy and other aristocrats (thats rich people to you). Thanks to Napoleon the French people were able to rebuild themselves and their pride and sure, he failed to take Russia, but after what he had accomplished for his people in his life why on earth would they want to execute him jeez
TalonMercenary 8 months ago
Boy did it all go so horribly, horribly wrong...
rockhammer85 9 months ago
winter is Russia savior
darkmagelover 9 months ago
@darkmagelover on the future invasion of russia.better check out winter
cjandgunner35 9 months ago
the problem with all invaders of Russia is that they are all bunch of loosers! How can a perfect army never be prepared for the winter war? After loosing to Russians all of them suddenly say as an excuse that it was winter it was cold and bla bla bla=)
That is so funny because it is an excuse of the loosers...
And by the way Napoleon and Hitler have started they're invasion on Summer! So it means that they had at least half of year to finish the Russians! Well you know the rest of history=)
Kakos50 9 months ago
@Kakos50 The loosers? They wore their pantaloons too loose, you mean? How would the tighters do?
margotdarby 9 months ago
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"Only оne Russian which deserve my respect is General Bagration."
Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821.
funny is that Bagrations was Georgians and not Russians..
MrRezz0 9 months ago
I think he had some sort of illness that catches up with you when youre about 40.
God knows what it was but he wasnt a well man..
The problem with Russia is there are very few villages etc in a huge empty space.
There was no food no shelter etc so youd have to be a total idiot to invade it and really stretch your supply lines.
Hitler made the same mistake in ww2
zenoist2 9 months ago
when asked wellington who was the greatest general and strategist in history he would answer in past napoleon in present naooleon and in future napoleon
bartosx 9 months ago
That historian is so sexy.
Gallas1000 10 months ago
Walked in with 500,000 left with 10,000,you do the math.One of the greatest battle Russia saw was outside of Moscow,for those of you that think that all the Russians did was burn down their cities.When they were defeated after a battle they had to burn down Moscow or see it in the hands of the enemy,something I call genius.
nemesis962074 10 months ago
This has been the biggest victory to Russia,that once and for all showed that Russia was worth the Olympus,to be part of the great family of Gods among western Europe.Funny that the Czar who defeated Napoleon was not what you would speck a great military leader to be.Historians blame Napoleon's defeat on the winter,but it was his bad tactics and that he didn't knew the territory as good as he thought he did.
nemesis962074 10 months ago
The French were famous for kiiling civilians non combatants raping women etc. in the Peninsula war
Then they wondered why the whole populace rose up against them in guerilla warfare
Napoloeon was a moron.
Here he merely wastes an entire huge army.
Clever uh?
If he didnt want to be there he should never have invaded.
Its not that difficult to do.
zenoist2 10 months ago
@zenoist2 He had a big ego,like all the other Alexanders,all he wanted was more glory,more respect,more power,but since he couldn't get it from Britain he had to go into Russia.it cost Napoleon 300,000 men in Spain,that shows that you don't mess with the Madre Patria.
nemesis962074 10 months ago
@zenoist2 all sides killed civilians. The spanish who rose against him were mostly peasants and bandits in the hills. napoleon himself had little involvment or interest in spain so cant be blaimed for failings there. napoleon offered spanish far more liberty and modernisation than either spain or russia who were oppressive, feudal societies. napoleon gambled with russia and lost yet was still a military genius. you are not and only speak through hindsight
SocialistJustice 9 months ago
@SocialistJustice Good reply, and all too true. This is why nationalism always trumps the shallow blandishments of "democracy" and "free lunch". (And Napoleon's brother, King Jose the First, created the Prada, too.)
margotdarby 9 months ago
napoleon's gamble in russia is the same as xerxes. hubris befalls us all.
ParthianImmortal 10 months ago
In Ribbe's words, Napoleon, then First Consul, was the man who, for the first time in history, 'asked himself rationally the question how to eliminate, in as short a time as possible, and with a minimum of cost and personnel, a maximum of people described as scientifically inferior'.
scottweise18 10 months ago
The most startling of these findings, the attempted massacre of an entire population over the age of 12 by methods which included gassing them in the holds of ships, relate to the French Caribbean colony of Haiti at the turn of the 19th century.
scottweise18 10 months ago
Actually Napoleon now can be compared to HItler . With recent finds in France the countryès views are now against him . Claude Ribbe, a respected historian and philosopher and member of the French government's human rights commission, has been researching Napoleon's bloodcurdling record for some years. He accuses him of being a racist and an anti-Semite who persecuted Jews and reintroduced widespread slavery just a few years after it had been abolished by the French government.
scottweise18 10 months ago
Guess what Napoleon should do? Hire scandinavian soldiers cose they (we) knew how cold there was, and we were better prepared on winter than French.
TheRomanRuler 10 months ago
now why would he march on moscow, when the capital was in st.petersburg?
16Canadian 10 months ago 6
@16Canadian its the heart of Russia
Ziggurathsss 10 months ago 22
@Ziggurathsss Moscow was the spiritual capital of Russia, capturing it was very symbolic to Napoleon
ImperialBritain16 7 months ago
@Ziggurathsss Like stalingrad?
Vendettare1 4 months ago
considered the spiritual capital of russia at the time
ChaosTheory909 10 months ago
@16Canadian
the capital was then in Moscow.
EcceStultiferaNavis 10 months ago
@EcceStultiferaNavis No, the capital was St Petersburg. But Moscow was the traditional and religious capital. The Emperor Napoleon did not intend to go to Moscow, as this film explains.
margotdarby 9 months ago
@16Canadian because he was a dunce?
He admiited to a few sheep later in exile on St Hlena he stayed 2 weeks too long at moscow.
Excellent video!
zenoist2 10 months ago
@16Canadian The seat of government was Moscow actually, the Tsar fled to St. Petersburg when Napoleon 'won' at Borodino. Also, Moscow was the centre of Russia, both religiously and economically (for example it was the centre of the railways). Lastly, warfare in that time was usually about capturing the capital, and then the enemy would surrender (as Napoleon did with Berlin and Vienna). Tsar Alexander fled to St. Petersburg however, and Bony was left with a 'symbolic' but useless prize...
TimZandbergen 9 months ago 2
@16Canadian because he was a dumbfuck and you are a smartass
alvesrocha 9 months ago
@16Canadian Moscow is Russia's heart. St. Petersburg is Russia's head, and Kiev is Russia's mother.
ppshchik 6 months ago
@16Canadian St Petersburg was only the administrative seat in as much as "The capitol". Capi being head. Moscow was very much the cultural and religious capitols.
eedobee 6 months ago
@16Canadian Also (this has probably been said multiple times), Moscow was the spiritual and morale center of Russia. Napoleon thought if he could take it it would break any will to resist the occupation by the French and finally break the will of the Russian army and demoralize them heavily.
TheSarenarass 6 months ago
@16Canadian wasnt st.petesburg only considered the capital in the Late 1800´s early 1900´s?
jasincl 6 months ago
Never Fuck Wit Russia
antonspi 10 months ago
As Bernard Montgomery said The US has broken the second rule of war. That is, don't go fighting with your land army on the mainland of Asia. Rule One is don't march on Moscow. I developed these two rules myself
AlfieEngland100 11 months ago
@AlfieEngland100 How stupid is that? What about Greece, Rome, Britain, France, The Netherlands, and Russia all defeated and/or took over nations on mainland Asia. And so has America in the past, not to mention Japan had taken away Korea from China for a long time. So rule two is out...
As far as rule one... What about Mongolia? Not only that but the only reason why Russia ever wins is due to it's population advantage. Today America has over 2x the pop. the EU has 3-4 times... "Fail rules"...
AmzitheSoldier 4 months ago
the greatest one ever !
DeGeantPapier 11 months ago
What is the composition at the beginning/intro? - Sounds familiar. Is it Sibelius?
mokkelidarra 11 months ago
Vive Bernadotte!!
Ulf
Caecarulf 11 months ago
This docu looks old! When was it made?
cleanhomer 11 months ago
in one of the soldat's journal entrys, he said trees were exploding all around him because of the freezing sap
tireswing1 11 months ago
Kids, if you're going to invade Russia, dress warm.
BestOfTheBestNumber9 11 months ago 114
@BestOfTheBestNumber9 never march on Russia
werty302 11 months ago
@BestOfTheBestNumber9 no if you do never do it during the winter months
NarutofightsHD1 9 months ago
@BestOfTheBestNumber9 *correction * kids f your going to invade russia, don't
basktboy06 9 months ago
@BestOfTheBestNumber9 ...hitler forgot that too...thank god he did
AFRICA4AFRICANS 8 months ago
@BestOfTheBestNumber9 made me giggle :p
milanTHErocker 8 months ago
@BestOfTheBestNumber9 Quebec could say the same about american when franklin attacked it =)
Half of his troop died before arrival lol
QCBEC 5 months ago
@QCBEC What?
BestOfTheBestNumber9 5 months ago
You must be an idiot to invade Russia. Napoleon and Hitler failed and so will the next looser who'll try.....
TheKabzonchik 11 months ago
@TheKabzonchik The mongols went into kiev Rus empire whit 20 000 troops under subitai and crushed the Russian initially killing 40 000 in a single battle but were then ambushed by a tribe and made it out whit 4000 troops the kievan princes then sued for peaces " Subutai had a large wooden platform constructed on which he ate his meals along with his other generals. Six Russian princes, including Mstislav III of Kiev, were put under this platform and crushed to death."
seb2455 11 months ago
@TheKabzonchik The mongol empire could have destroyed Russia if they wanted to Being a nomadic tribe bringing their home to whever they invaded and setting up there.
seb2455 11 months ago
@TheKabzonchik it was one of the rules of the British Empire that not to invade Russia
MTCoblivsicas12345 11 months ago
well, i think that Napoleon was a genius. the man almost conquered Europe. he had gone farther than Hitler. how do you think he burned down Moscow? if the Great Winter or whatever they called it, never happened, Russia would've been conquered. plus, i think we should've allied with France. because who cares if we go to war with Britain? America and France would've invaded Britain together. with the French coming from the north and the Americans coming from the west.
lovatolover8201992 1 year ago
@lovatolover8201992 thats if america got here in time. And thats if France got here at all. Anyway napoleon was not that good, despite his reputation. If you study his battles he made some horendous mistakes. Unlike lord Wellington who was never beaten and gave napoleon a bloody nose. The reason so much has been made of napoleon is because in the mass media age his is a romantic story, that sells. Wellington and Marlborough for instance dont have very romanntic stories so are forgotten a little.
MrExtremerightwing 1 year ago
@MrExtremerightwing Now I have done massive studies of both Wellington and Napoleon and I must concur that you are wrong on your main point but you are correct on several smaller aspects. Napoleon was a Genus of his time, yes he made horrid mistakes and did have several nasty blunders. But he took on several nations and won countless battles and besides his ego getting the better of him in the end of the Napoleonic era he would have actually taken Moscow and forced Russia to make appeasement.
rammsteinaaron 1 year ago
@MrExtremerightwing But to continue my point Wellington Achieve his rank not through merit but by means of purchasing his rank, He would prove himself several times tho to be a capable general during the Sepoy revolts in India and The Peninsular campaign but ultimately if the winter had not defeated Napoleon then there would be little chance that anyone could for a long while. But you are very right in how they Glorify Napoleon far more than wellington and Marlborough but not for their lack of
rammsteinaaron 1 year ago
@rammsteinaaron No this is incorrect. You cannot buy your way to general. The highest rank you could purchase was colonel, After that it was all on your own steam. You had to prove yourself. Napoleon on the other hand helped in bringing down the monarchy with the pretence of being the salvation of frrance, but really just used it for his own ends and then stole his title and rank. That is why he had to be got rid of, he didnt free france, he just replaced the monarchy to create his own empire.
MrExtremerightwing 1 year ago
@MrExtremerightwing I have to disagree with your statements to some degree even though you are correct in his bad judgement on russia. I have several books from the Wordsworth Military Library and several other places that talk about Wellington buying his position as Sepoy General of India which his brother was the Governor-General of at the time so he was able to do that. till around the 1870's or 80s (can be wrong on the dates.) was when Parliament outlaw buying military ranks
rammsteinaaron 11 months ago
@MrExtremerightwing Also Yes Napoleon at first was for the revolution solely for the face of personal gain but i never said he wasn't out to do that. He was out to create his own empire, and the more you read about him and his empire the less he becomes the great liberator. But he did not steal his ranks he earn them all the way to General of the Army of Italy and from their he pushed himself further than that after his Egyptian campaign. with his coup d'état of the consulate of france
rammsteinaaron 11 months ago