The British empire was one of the most benign empires in history. Still, is the conquest and inevitable brutal occupation of half the globe something to be celebrated?
The original british and celts were the basques(hebrews of the bible) watch the video british dna."Celtic scholar, Sir John Rhys, gives strong evidences of Hebrew(Jesus related people not the imposters who today say they are jews,those are edomites) colonization of the British isles in ancient times.
Alright, to clear up the misconceptions regarding my "sausage factory in Tanganyika"-quote: It was a quote from the WW1-series "Blackadder Goes Forth" with regards to Imperial Ambitions on both the English and German sides. Imperial Germany had colonies in Africa at that time.
But since some people started trying to lecture me about Nazi Germany I take it they havent heard of the "Black Adder" quote in question and thus didnt understand the joke I was trying to make.
the best weapons at the time had terrible accuracy and did not require you to hide and such. cavalry could pick off snipers whose smoke would give them away and such.
er,you do realize that,that was the late 1800s and early 1900s. They wore khaki and their guns were not muskets. I think they were like bolt action. Colours mattered little up until like the later part of the 1800s due to the guns getting better. Wearing red was probably a bad idea in parts of america because you were easy to attack and run away,but still overall most of the battles in the american revolution were won by the british.
@menacinghat yes im aware of the timeline ! the latter part of 1800s had better guns ? wasnt the civil war thought with muskets and at the start bayonets ? did the yankies kick those limes ass because of trenches ? eiyther way thanks for the reply yiour comment makes a lot of scence
well,most of the battles were won by the british in the american revolution but so did the americans in vietnam. The reasons why the british lost were complex. At the start of the revolution they only had 48k troops,by the time orders got to america they were 2 month out of date and on top of that there was huge problems with controlling the troops, '' lacked the sufficient numbers to both defeat the Americans on the battlefield and simultaneously occupy the captured areas.''
I still can't believe that at it's peak in 1813 the British Army numbered only 250,000. Not counting per head of population, that is actually quite small when you consider the tactics used, the size of the Empire they had to protect and the size of modern militaries. Anyway....HUZZAH!!!
@FredDude27 But there isn´t any country that had lost so much power in so little years: What was the United Kingdom one hundred years ago... and what is the United Kingdom today?
Keeping in mind that that "small sausage factory" in Tanganyika held down over 100,000 British soldiers for the duration of the war ;) LONG LIVE LETTOW-VORBECK!
@FredDude27 You could cover big chunks of the Earth like India with meditating, non-agressive hindus people. You never made any imperial career between white people in continental Europe.
@FredDude27 You, Sir, are a fool. This film takes place during the 18th century, not the late 19th. The British Empire at that time ? Tss... And taking pride in colonialism is stupid anyway.
@CrYsT4LCl4wS You, sir are a bigger fool. Firstly he's quoting a line from a comedy show. Secondly the British Empire at this time also consisted of a large portion of what is now called the United States, and thirdly what is stupid about colonialism?
The only way to guarantee humanity's survival is to >COLONISE< other worlds, so I'd like to point out that your view is the stupid one.
@FredDude27 You, Sir, are a fool. This film takes place during the 18th century, not the late 19th. The British Empire at that time ? Tss... And taking pride in colonialism is stupid anyway.
I'm not disagreeing with you but I'd just like to point out that Napoleon beat Britain and it's allies numerous times, but just wasn't able to beat a mass invasion from multiple enemies, but it is propbably a good thing that he didn't win though.
@JagerFrostTroll When the Revolution did go in their favour, it was not worth the time, effort or resources to go back, as it took a 3 month long voyage on a ship to cross the Atlantic, simply not worth it.
@JagerFrostTroll There was no Yankee people at the time of the Revolution, it was simply British people vs British establishment (Scots, English, Welsh and Ulster) originating due to tax disputes.
Plus the Yanks needed the remnants of the Spanish, Dutch and French empires to stand against the British. At a time when Britain had better business to attend to at the other side of the globe.
@TheVoodooMaker Wellington and Blucher had already agreed before the battle that the Prussians would join in. The British did nearly all of the work at Waterloo, Napoleon was exhausted when the Prussians intervened. If it was just the Prussian army at Waterloo, they would have lost.
This is another of Kubrick's classics. Unfortunately, he chose the wrong actor to play Barry Lyndon. Ryan O'Neal was not a bad actor as such, but very few Americans can play a European well and he was unable to pull it off. His name may have brought viewers for the film but someone like Malcolm McDowell or Richard Harris would have been much more suitable for the part. As brilliant as the film was this greatly detracted from it.
@NottinghamForest22 he was put on an Island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and he tried to go back to France and start another coup, be he fail and was re banished to the same island...
The British and their allies put up a good fight, The Dutch-Belgian cavalry managed to route the French cuirassiers and eventually the rest of the French cavalry. The Belgian 7de bataljon van linie held much of the allied left flank. The British Union Brigade cavalry made a daring charge but overextended themselves and were routed out. One big flaw in the battle was when Marchall Ney led a massive cavalry attack without infantry support and got crushed by Dutch-Belgian cavalry.
People calm down. Napoleon wrecked Europe for years. He was simply a greater tactician. It didn't come down to equipment or skill, it came down to the fact that Napoleon knew where to put his men and when to strike. Waterloo resulted in Napoleons defeat for many different reasons. At the start, Napoleon outnumbered Welligton and his allies, the Dutch-Belgians, Brunswickers, Hanoverians and Nassau. But later on the Prussians arrived on the French flank which was really what won the battle
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@serpenta2tete Keeping Napoleon away from our overseas territories was of much more importance to Britain and was something we succeded in doing. The Prussians, Austrians and Russians asked for our help in defeating Napoleon on the Continent and help is what we gave
@aspiringdrummer17 So , you don't know your own history ? It's the English who asked to Autriche , prussian and russian to make a cohalition for Busing French in the EST , and force them to not attack English ... And so , without Prussian help , Waterloo was a victory for french .
@serpenta2tete I assume you mean the Congress of Vienna, in which all of the powers convened of their own accord as it was in everyone's interest, not just Britain's. Any possible invasion of Britain by France was well and truly off the cards by this time, so that was obviously the least of Britain's worries.
Love the clip. "The Piper's Maggot" is a great tune and this was a super dance scene, unlike most movies. What a visual and aural feast was Barry Lyndon.
@wank0r Yeah, about that. Where is it now, mate? You have the courage to talk smack about other nations' martial feats, but no guts to fight the Muslims who are setting up Sharia Law areas in your own capital. They scorn your laws and insult your women. Get out of your parents' basement and go fight the good fight to defend your own culture.
@wank0r As a fellow Brit I must say what a load of crap. Germans and Spaniards are considered the "warrior" peoples of europe as we know it. Infact Britain was considered a "nation of shopkeepers". It was our strong navy, liberal economics and crafty foreign policy that built the Empire and consolidated its gains. Can't believe the amount of fellow countrymen that think like you do.
@Chindasuinth lol that's the funniest thing i've ever read on here. You are hilarious! You take a one off quote from one man and attribute it to what other nations considered the British lol.
@allyup25 yeh..not just Napoleon but Adam Smith and J. Tucker also described Britain in much the same vein. It's not a negative thing (unlike for some reason you seem to think), it's what made Britain and the Netherlands strong compared to longer standing yet more archaic empires.
As another "fellow Brit", I think you are way off the mark.Germans warriors-yes of course-one of the best-but Spain?-certainly not.The Royal Navy was always the senior service, but the British Army, man for man was as good as, and most often better than most.We have an army with proud traditions going back to the Act Of Union from regiments that were in existence long before that.They remain today, the best trained, (and some would say worst equipped) combat ready soldiers
@fokjock I'm not sure why the use of quotation marks but oh well... Anyways the Spanish were most deffinatley considred a a warrior as much as it hurts our anglo sensibilities. Historian Albert. F. Calvert: " the proffesion of arms was the avocation of every spaniard..soldiers by birth, breeding and training." One reason why Spain collapsed was that people thought artisanship undignified compared to warfare (1675 de castro speaks to parliament). Oh and Worst equipped. No.
@Chindasuinth You speak total rubbish. Also, the person who called Britain a nation of shopkeepers was Napoleon...so yeah, of course he would be biased.
@ThePalaeontologist Afraid not. Adam Smith in his book a Wealth of Nations,1776 described the influence of the shopkeep on government. Here's another :"And what is true of a shopkeeper is true of a shopkeeping nation" Josiah Tucker 1766, 3 years before the birth of Napoleon. I dont know why people get so angry, i'm proud enough of being English without having to put other nations down.
Haha, Napoleon's la Grande Armee would make the british and dutch force look puny if not for half a million men being lost at the Russian campaign.
Before 1812, Napoleon's army is insanely large. I do not think even the might of Britain can cope with such a land force of elite French, Polish and Prussian force.
@ConstantineJoseph Look up the retreat by Sir John Moore to Corunna...then look up Sir Arthur Wellesley from 1809 onwards and tell me the French couldn't be beaten before 1812...
I did not say it could not be beaten. I'm saying campaign wise, there is no proof the British could defeat the Grand Army alone. Moreover, it required the French to make a serious mistakes of their own to allow that chance for victory.
If not, on a pitch battle, the British were not going toe to toe with Napoleon himself. They knew he was that good.
@ConstantineJoseph Ofcourse it would have looked puny, it was. At Waterloo Wellington was outnumbered. Napoleon got cocky and fucked up. Most of Napoleon's men were conscripts and didn't want to fight. The British were mostly volunteers. The Royal Navy was the most powerful in the world. Napoleon could never have won.
Some truths to what you are saying. The British Navy then was about 1000 ships so its impossible for Napoleon to conquer Britain. However, at Waterloo, cocky as always Napoleon had no choice but to dilodge Wellington before the Prussians arrive. The French no longer had their elite men over the years due to massive casualties moreover they needed to take the offensive against prepared defenses with limited time.
@MarkramUK Napoleon's conscripts were pretty willing to do their bid in the battles all around Europe. Although of course volunteer troops are always highly motivated and will fight very well, Napoleon's conscripts were motivated due to the spur of nationalism and possess confidence in Napoleon and his generals.
Overall, in the conscript army of the Grand Armee, the elite Old Guard is considered the most elite unit in Europe, perhaps the world at that time.
Me and a good friend of mine started this song at the EXACT same time, sounded awesome, like 2 batallions, companys,squads or whatever. But any way the point is it sounded awesome!!!!!
Me and a good friend of mine started at the EXACT same time on this video,so it sounded like 2 squads or batallions or companys or whatever. Sounds so awsome!!!!!!
British is a collective term of Scots, English, Welsh and by extension of citizenship, the Ulstermen of N.Ireland too.
Great Britain is a 1707 political construct, prior to that, it was a geographical term describing the island containing the three nations of Scotland, England and Wales (Although, Wales was part of England at this time).
Britain, in it's geographical context, is similar to how the term 'Scandinavian' applies to the Norwegians and Swedish too, as they are of the same landmass.
Long live the union of England, Whales, Scottland, and Ireland i love everyone under the Union Jack, im English and i love all the Scotts the Irish and the Welsh you guys are all the best. God save the Queen.
'And the nobelmen and people of condition, pressganged Irishmen whome they had already dispossesed, disinherited and dehumanised into the ranks of their bloody-backs to bear the brunt of their overseas programmes of colonisation and robbery.....'
ill take the french under napoleon any time over any thing England has to offer lol. Wellington got his ass handed to him at waterloo. He can thank the Germans for saving his ass!!!!!!!
@lancethemadman Arguable point based on the fact that the strategy was agreed to by both commanders, saying the Prussians (not Germans at this time) saved Wellingtons ass is like saying Davout and his 3rd Corps saved Napoleons ass at Austerlitz by arriving and saving his right flank from crumbling - Show me some history books that say the prussians turning up was a suprise to Wellington and you might have a point. If Blucher had pulled east there wouldn't have been a battle at Waterloo.
Only 500 characters sucks - Wellington was a cautious and intelligent general who understood that his army made up of troops from 4 differn't country's (5 if you count the KGL) was not in it's current state able to defeat a French army made up of hardcore vetrans - Because of this he deployed his army where it could easily withdraw if need be and 2 full divisions (16'000 men) where deployed on the would be route of retreat. His plan was based on the Prussians arriving to make up this shortfall.
I say Spectactular! Man is lazy by nature and not prone to discipline, therefore this is a perfect example of human nature falling under the spell of men dressed in beautiful uniforms and marching as one! No-wonder women swoon and boy's are envious! Human's LOVE-IT! . . .
@WEMAN296 Haha the same but I play the french ( because I'm French ^^ ) and the Prussian , And I like to defeat the British ^^ However it's just a game isn't it ;)
The British empire was one of the most benign empires in history. Still, is the conquest and inevitable brutal occupation of half the globe something to be celebrated?
Apeneck0 21 hours ago
Hey, isn't that Reginald Perrin barking out the orders?
MrDariusantonius 1 day ago
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The original british and celts were the basques(hebrews of the bible) watch the video british dna."Celtic scholar, Sir John Rhys, gives strong evidences of Hebrew(Jesus related people not the imposters who today say they are jews,those are edomites) colonization of the British isles in ancient times.
MiamiDolphinsClyde10 2 days ago
what an awesome history,,,, the brits are a great great people
diamondmoney007 4 days ago
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I'll have to watch this some time soon.
planetrockford 6 days ago
ohhhhh miss jones
termin9r 1 week ago
How I would love to send a company of redcoats to clear out the treacherous scum who sit in Westminster.
maxiboy666 1 week ago
This tune can get pretty addicting when you listen to it while marching down the street.
666JungleBoogie 1 week ago
I'm a bit of a lefty and I still get a stiffy (no homo) hearing that tune and seeing the flag(s) carried by those once globally feared redcoats.
pickledcockles 2 weeks ago
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British Grenadiers ---->> sux company pussys and asslickers better mongol pigs than British army
smalec666 2 weeks ago
Ive always wondered who actually plays the fucking pipe!!??? or are all the soldiers just whistling lol
Eddtastic100 2 weeks ago
@Eddtastic100 0:42 3rd from right =)
Paranomasia12 1 week ago
@Paranomasia12 ahh now i see.
Eddtastic100 1 week ago
Alright, to clear up the misconceptions regarding my "sausage factory in Tanganyika"-quote: It was a quote from the WW1-series "Blackadder Goes Forth" with regards to Imperial Ambitions on both the English and German sides. Imperial Germany had colonies in Africa at that time.
But since some people started trying to lecture me about Nazi Germany I take it they havent heard of the "Black Adder" quote in question and thus didnt understand the joke I was trying to make.
FredDude27 2 weeks ago
The Germans think they ruled the world, but the British know they did.
JoeZeon100 2 weeks ago
Wich movies that?
Empreur500 2 weeks ago
Lol, the guy on the far right( drummer) took 'side drum' too literally
ImitatorBoyz 3 weeks ago
Kubrick = Legend !!!
minimalart78 3 weeks ago
genial los casacas rojas camino de la batalla
marinekkk 3 weeks ago
Oh Miss Jones it is Captain Rigsby
goodbadanduglypoker 4 weeks ago
0:49 feeeling faaaabulous
TheImperialistStates 1 month ago
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sirdur13 1 month ago
why the hek did they insist on suuch rediculous uniforms ~?
mcpartridgeboy 1 month ago
@mcpartridgeboy
the best weapons at the time had terrible accuracy and did not require you to hide and such. cavalry could pick off snipers whose smoke would give them away and such.
menacinghat 1 month ago
@menacinghat didnt they loose lots of soldiers in the boer war because of these ?
mcpartridgeboy 1 month ago
@mcpartridgeboy
er,you do realize that,that was the late 1800s and early 1900s. They wore khaki and their guns were not muskets. I think they were like bolt action. Colours mattered little up until like the later part of the 1800s due to the guns getting better. Wearing red was probably a bad idea in parts of america because you were easy to attack and run away,but still overall most of the battles in the american revolution were won by the british.
menacinghat 1 month ago
@menacinghat yes im aware of the timeline ! the latter part of 1800s had better guns ? wasnt the civil war thought with muskets and at the start bayonets ? did the yankies kick those limes ass because of trenches ? eiyther way thanks for the reply yiour comment makes a lot of scence
mcpartridgeboy 1 month ago
@mcpartridgeboy
i think the english civil war had very primitive guns,they also used pikes squares and such.
menacinghat 1 month ago
@menacinghat yes the english civil war definately, i was refering to the american one though, union vs confederates !
mcpartridgeboy 1 month ago
@mcpartridgeboy
well,most of the battles were won by the british in the american revolution but so did the americans in vietnam. The reasons why the british lost were complex. At the start of the revolution they only had 48k troops,by the time orders got to america they were 2 month out of date and on top of that there was huge problems with controlling the troops, '' lacked the sufficient numbers to both defeat the Americans on the battlefield and simultaneously occupy the captured areas.''
menacinghat 1 month ago
@mcpartridgeboy War by fancy dress dear boy.
BradBrassman 1 month ago
I still can't believe that at it's peak in 1813 the British Army numbered only 250,000. Not counting per head of population, that is actually quite small when you consider the tactics used, the size of the Empire they had to protect and the size of modern militaries. Anyway....HUZZAH!!!
Paranomasia12 1 month ago
Ah the British Empire covered a quarter of the Earth at its prime..And the German Empire comprised of a small sausage-factory in Tanganyika. ^_^
FredDude27 1 month ago 32
@FredDude27
ahh how right you are my fine fellow.
the damn boche had nothing compared to us.
long live the empire,tally ho what what wibble.
bluewonder1872 1 month ago
@FredDude27 But there isn´t any country that had lost so much power in so little years: What was the United Kingdom one hundred years ago... and what is the United Kingdom today?
Hiponakte 1 month ago
@FredDude27
Keeping in mind that that "small sausage factory" in Tanganyika held down over 100,000 British soldiers for the duration of the war ;) LONG LIVE LETTOW-VORBECK!
Other than that...those WERE the days :)
idahobuckeye 1 month ago 2
@FredDude27 Try all of Europe!
StrongGayBlackMan 3 weeks ago
@StrongGayBlackMan
German Empire=Second Reich
Nazi Germany=Third Reich
German Empire never conquered Europe like Hitler did.
FredDude27 3 weeks ago
@FredDude27 Um that would still be the German Empire. Hitler didn't do all that conquering by himself his Generals and soldiers did.
StrongGayBlackMan 3 weeks ago
@FredDude27 before discovering america you mean no?
terminatork800 2 weeks ago
@FredDude27
Mad as a bicycle ! :-D
Celeon999A 2 weeks ago 2
@FredDude27 You forgott a brewery in china!
captainbackflash 2 weeks ago
@captainbackflash
Brewery, sausage factory. Sounds like a fun filled evening! :D
FredDude27 2 weeks ago
@FredDude2 Oh year!!!!!!!!!
captainbackflash 2 weeks ago
@FredDude27
But for this ''sausage-factory'' we just needed three years ;)
ColaPac 2 weeks ago 4
@FredDude27 That's Blackadder, right? :D
Paganwhitewolf 1 week ago
@Paganwhitewolf
Yepp! :)
FredDude27 1 week ago
@FredDude27 You could cover big chunks of the Earth like India with meditating, non-agressive hindus people. You never made any imperial career between white people in continental Europe.
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@mp3hipnozy The British allied themselves to most nations and ultimately defeated the rest.
planetrockford 6 days ago
@FredDude27 You, Sir, are a fool. This film takes place during the 18th century, not the late 19th. The British Empire at that time ? Tss... And taking pride in colonialism is stupid anyway.
CrYsT4LCl4wS 1 week ago
@CrYsT4LCl4wS You sir have obviously not seen the iconic moment of Blackadder in which that quote was taken from
aspiringdrummer17 6 days ago
@CrYsT4LCl4wS You, sir are a bigger fool. Firstly he's quoting a line from a comedy show. Secondly the British Empire at this time also consisted of a large portion of what is now called the United States, and thirdly what is stupid about colonialism?
The only way to guarantee humanity's survival is to >COLONISE< other worlds, so I'd like to point out that your view is the stupid one.
AdhocHoopla 6 days ago
@AdhocHoopla Yes, colonize other planets and I shall rule the world!
ILOVETHE1700s 4 days ago
@ILOVETHE1700s If mankind did begin colonising other worlds I'd be one of the first to sign up!
AdhocHoopla 3 days ago
@AdhocHoopla Good. Then my following and I shall RULE THE WORLD
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@FredDude27 You, Sir, are a fool. This film takes place during the 18th century, not the late 19th. The British Empire at that time ? Tss... And taking pride in colonialism is stupid anyway.
CrYsT4LCl4wS 1 week ago
@FredDude27 Ha ha ha!
PMasonization 6 days ago
oh the glory days, eh
tempe011 1 month ago
0:34 TAPPING TOES TO MUSIC BEFORE IT WAS COOL
AALO101 1 month ago
@rionrace let me correct that for your. Scrap the dutch :D
michiel2047 1 month ago 6
@michiel2047 applause..thank you!
MrBastilleDay 1 month ago
@michiel2047 Nah, they were usually our good allies against the French, at least throw them a bit of a bone.
uafchris 1 month ago
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ContreJours 1 month ago
Britain is invincebole!
TheLewisburgess 1 month ago
@TheLewisburgess : Invincible.
TheHasanMurat 1 month ago
@TheLewisburgess Invissiball?
JuglarEuskaldun 1 month ago
@JagerFrostTroll yes Militia, Regular army, French and spanish..... my point doesnt need to be elaberated anymore...
khug1990 1 month ago
@NottinghamForest22
I'm not disagreeing with you but I'd just like to point out that Napoleon beat Britain and it's allies numerous times, but just wasn't able to beat a mass invasion from multiple enemies, but it is propbably a good thing that he didn't win though.
MS7Slavo97 1 month ago
@JagerFrostTroll When the Revolution did go in their favour, it was not worth the time, effort or resources to go back, as it took a 3 month long voyage on a ship to cross the Atlantic, simply not worth it.
segano1 1 month ago
@segano1 and it didn't affect our trade over there either, even though we lost it.
NottinghamForest22 1 month ago
@JagerFrostTroll There was no Yankee people at the time of the Revolution, it was simply British people vs British establishment (Scots, English, Welsh and Ulster) originating due to tax disputes.
Plus the Yanks needed the remnants of the Spanish, Dutch and French empires to stand against the British. At a time when Britain had better business to attend to at the other side of the globe.
segano1 1 month ago
Shame they don't make it like they used to, now it's all fake CGI crap devoid of any real artistry.
segano1 1 month ago
@NottinghamForest22 that could not have been done with out zee Prussians!
SchnellStell 1 month ago
@SchnellStell and Prussians wouldn't have done anything without Wellington's army.
NottinghamForest22 1 month ago
@TheVoodooMaker Wellington and Blucher had already agreed before the battle that the Prussians would join in. The British did nearly all of the work at Waterloo, Napoleon was exhausted when the Prussians intervened. If it was just the Prussian army at Waterloo, they would have lost.
NottinghamForest22 2 months ago
@rionrace how about the Prussians?
ModellMeister 2 months ago
This is another of Kubrick's classics. Unfortunately, he chose the wrong actor to play Barry Lyndon. Ryan O'Neal was not a bad actor as such, but very few Americans can play a European well and he was unable to pull it off. His name may have brought viewers for the film but someone like Malcolm McDowell or Richard Harris would have been much more suitable for the part. As brilliant as the film was this greatly detracted from it.
brodl1 2 months ago
@brodl1 I always thought so too.
Sarah20461 2 months ago
@NottinghamForest22 he was put on an Island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and he tried to go back to France and start another coup, be he fail and was re banished to the same island...
inailboards 2 months ago
The British and their allies put up a good fight, The Dutch-Belgian cavalry managed to route the French cuirassiers and eventually the rest of the French cavalry. The Belgian 7de bataljon van linie held much of the allied left flank. The British Union Brigade cavalry made a daring charge but overextended themselves and were routed out. One big flaw in the battle was when Marchall Ney led a massive cavalry attack without infantry support and got crushed by Dutch-Belgian cavalry.
JTWilliams74 2 months ago
People calm down. Napoleon wrecked Europe for years. He was simply a greater tactician. It didn't come down to equipment or skill, it came down to the fact that Napoleon knew where to put his men and when to strike. Waterloo resulted in Napoleons defeat for many different reasons. At the start, Napoleon outnumbered Welligton and his allies, the Dutch-Belgians, Brunswickers, Hanoverians and Nassau. But later on the Prussians arrived on the French flank which was really what won the battle
JTWilliams74 2 months ago
@rionrace the same thing with Spanish empire? Castellian policy was make the world Spain
GRANBESTIA 2 months ago
One Two Three Four! The Britsch the ottomans the germans the dutch the french the spainish
Fester3620 2 months ago
Great Marine,Great infantry,Great History;Britain,Has been more than a middle age super empire,Britain was the whole fucking world! will be a Dream when Brazilians can be compare not only in money,but in a all with UK.
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MrfabioJunior 2 months ago
@NottinghamForest22 Good troll , but Napoleon > England
serpenta2tete 2 months ago
@serpenta2tete Napoleon died in English hands :)
NottinghamForest22 2 months ago
@serpenta2tete Napoleon couldn't even manage to take over Europe
aspiringdrummer17 2 months ago
@aspiringdrummer17 Yeah ,when British need to stop Napoleon with english , Prussian , Autriche , Russian , Suede , hollande ... you're kidding ?
serpenta2tete 2 months ago
@serpenta2tete Keeping Napoleon away from our overseas territories was of much more importance to Britain and was something we succeded in doing. The Prussians, Austrians and Russians asked for our help in defeating Napoleon on the Continent and help is what we gave
aspiringdrummer17 2 months ago
@aspiringdrummer17 So , you don't know your own history ? It's the English who asked to Autriche , prussian and russian to make a cohalition for Busing French in the EST , and force them to not attack English ... And so , without Prussian help , Waterloo was a victory for french .
serpenta2tete 2 months ago
@serpenta2tete I assume you mean the Congress of Vienna, in which all of the powers convened of their own accord as it was in everyone's interest, not just Britain's. Any possible invasion of Britain by France was well and truly off the cards by this time, so that was obviously the least of Britain's worries.
aspiringdrummer17 2 months ago
@aspiringdrummer17 So britain scared by french , always britains are bitch
serpenta2tete 2 months ago
@serpenta2tete why is it when I go to france they speak english?
becalmned 2 months ago
@becalmned They speak english for you ...
serpenta2tete 2 months ago
@serpenta2tete You obviously misunderstood what I was telling you then....
aspiringdrummer17 2 months ago
Am I the only one thinking those flags must be hellishly heavy and difficult to hold upright like that?
Nik1718 2 months ago
Love the clip. "The Piper's Maggot" is a great tune and this was a super dance scene, unlike most movies. What a visual and aural feast was Barry Lyndon.
Broadsidejohn 2 months ago
Guy at the last seconds: I Don't Want To Live On This Planet Any More.
Deathlock11 2 months ago
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Reminds me of Total War: Empire half way.
segano1 2 months ago
The British always win, the tribes that have invaded the British Isles were always warriors. Celts, Saxons, Vikings, Romans..
The blood of warriors run through our veins.
PS. The French & Spanish are pussies
wank0r 2 months ago
@wank0r Yeah, about that. Where is it now, mate? You have the courage to talk smack about other nations' martial feats, but no guts to fight the Muslims who are setting up Sharia Law areas in your own capital. They scorn your laws and insult your women. Get out of your parents' basement and go fight the good fight to defend your own culture.
Broadsidejohn 2 months ago
@wank0r As a fellow Brit I must say what a load of crap. Germans and Spaniards are considered the "warrior" peoples of europe as we know it. Infact Britain was considered a "nation of shopkeepers". It was our strong navy, liberal economics and crafty foreign policy that built the Empire and consolidated its gains. Can't believe the amount of fellow countrymen that think like you do.
Chindasuinth 2 months ago
@Chindasuinth lol that's the funniest thing i've ever read on here. You are hilarious! You take a one off quote from one man and attribute it to what other nations considered the British lol.
allyup25 2 months ago
@allyup25 yeh..not just Napoleon but Adam Smith and J. Tucker also described Britain in much the same vein. It's not a negative thing (unlike for some reason you seem to think), it's what made Britain and the Netherlands strong compared to longer standing yet more archaic empires.
Chindasuinth 2 months ago
@Chindasuinth
As another "fellow Brit", I think you are way off the mark.Germans warriors-yes of course-one of the best-but Spain?-certainly not.The Royal Navy was always the senior service, but the British Army, man for man was as good as, and most often better than most.We have an army with proud traditions going back to the Act Of Union from regiments that were in existence long before that.They remain today, the best trained, (and some would say worst equipped) combat ready soldiers
fokjock 2 months ago
@fokjock I'm not sure why the use of quotation marks but oh well... Anyways the Spanish were most deffinatley considred a a warrior as much as it hurts our anglo sensibilities. Historian Albert. F. Calvert: " the proffesion of arms was the avocation of every spaniard..soldiers by birth, breeding and training." One reason why Spain collapsed was that people thought artisanship undignified compared to warfare (1675 de castro speaks to parliament). Oh and Worst equipped. No.
Chindasuinth 2 months ago
@Chindasuinth
Oh and as regards "worst equipped", it's apparent you don't have experience in that army.It is a well coined phrase used by Brits.
fokjock 2 months ago
@fokjock I notice you're from spain, the great warriors in ww2 hehe....
becalmned 2 months ago
@becalmned
living there-yes-that does not mean I'm Spanish!
fokjock 2 months ago
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fokjock 2 months ago
@Chindasuinth You speak total rubbish. Also, the person who called Britain a nation of shopkeepers was Napoleon...so yeah, of course he would be biased.
ThePalaeontologist 2 months ago
@ThePalaeontologist Afraid not. Adam Smith in his book a Wealth of Nations,1776 described the influence of the shopkeep on government. Here's another :"And what is true of a shopkeeper is true of a shopkeeping nation" Josiah Tucker 1766, 3 years before the birth of Napoleon. I dont know why people get so angry, i'm proud enough of being English without having to put other nations down.
Chindasuinth 2 months ago
I just had an Anglogasm.
NottinghamForest22 2 months ago
Jesus, that general must be part way through puberty with a voice like that.
joezzzify 2 months ago
1:36 he looked like he had stiff neck, happy eyes!
markdave3 2 months ago
Haha, Napoleon's la Grande Armee would make the british and dutch force look puny if not for half a million men being lost at the Russian campaign.
Before 1812, Napoleon's army is insanely large. I do not think even the might of Britain can cope with such a land force of elite French, Polish and Prussian force.
ConstantineJoseph 2 months ago
@ConstantineJoseph Heck, I could take on the entire French Army if this song was playing as I was fighting.
QuikSkopeProductions 2 months ago
@ConstantineJoseph Look up the retreat by Sir John Moore to Corunna...then look up Sir Arthur Wellesley from 1809 onwards and tell me the French couldn't be beaten before 1812...
cogidubnus1953 2 months ago
@cogidubnus1953
I did not say it could not be beaten. I'm saying campaign wise, there is no proof the British could defeat the Grand Army alone. Moreover, it required the French to make a serious mistakes of their own to allow that chance for victory.
If not, on a pitch battle, the British were not going toe to toe with Napoleon himself. They knew he was that good.
ConstantineJoseph 2 months ago
@ConstantineJoseph Ofcourse it would have looked puny, it was. At Waterloo Wellington was outnumbered. Napoleon got cocky and fucked up. Most of Napoleon's men were conscripts and didn't want to fight. The British were mostly volunteers. The Royal Navy was the most powerful in the world. Napoleon could never have won.
MarkramUK 2 months ago
@MarkramUK
Some truths to what you are saying. The British Navy then was about 1000 ships so its impossible for Napoleon to conquer Britain. However, at Waterloo, cocky as always Napoleon had no choice but to dilodge Wellington before the Prussians arrive. The French no longer had their elite men over the years due to massive casualties moreover they needed to take the offensive against prepared defenses with limited time.
ConstantineJoseph 2 months ago
@MarkramUK Napoleon's conscripts were pretty willing to do their bid in the battles all around Europe. Although of course volunteer troops are always highly motivated and will fight very well, Napoleon's conscripts were motivated due to the spur of nationalism and possess confidence in Napoleon and his generals.
Overall, in the conscript army of the Grand Armee, the elite Old Guard is considered the most elite unit in Europe, perhaps the world at that time.
ConstantineJoseph 2 months ago
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Hemmelmark 2 months ago
omg rigsby giving an eyes left ms jones would be proud!
gonkerooney 3 months ago
It sounds like Amat drums marching band !
farpaenrico 3 months ago
I`v managed to get myself a copy of this film, just need 3 hours on my own to soak it up... Cant wait. :)
WTFBBQ5 3 months ago
Thought they were about to attack the townsfolk for a second at the beginning.
Helios9025 3 months ago
Check oot rigsby....hahaha class man.
TheSpookyflame 3 months ago
Me and a good friend of mine started this song at the EXACT same time, sounded awesome, like 2 batallions, companys,squads or whatever. But any way the point is it sounded awesome!!!!!
lootersman199 3 months ago
Me and a good friend of mine started at the EXACT same time on this video,so it sounded like 2 squads or batallions or companys or whatever. Sounds so awsome!!!!!!
lootersman199 3 months ago
same time
Bryantswife1988 3 months ago
we started at the same time
Bryantswife1988 3 months ago
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sanam486 3 months ago
looks like an excellent movie i need to find it :)
GmrWeb 3 months ago
War have a differente face but she still the same...
Communstein 3 months ago
British is a collective term of Scots, English, Welsh and by extension of citizenship, the Ulstermen of N.Ireland too.
Great Britain is a 1707 political construct, prior to that, it was a geographical term describing the island containing the three nations of Scotland, England and Wales (Although, Wales was part of England at this time).
Britain, in it's geographical context, is similar to how the term 'Scandinavian' applies to the Norwegians and Swedish too, as they are of the same landmass.
segano1 3 months ago
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easy77146 3 months ago
Приемлемо...
Естественно, марш Преображенского полка лучше!!!
NNMaxim 3 months ago in playlist Франция, Англия
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jalen77232 3 months ago
The BRITISH SCHIMPANZE BABOON MARCH. very beautiful. hahahahahahah
AngeloNazista 3 months ago
@AngeloNazista Oh look, a jealous Nazi Italian.
David291 3 months ago 19
2:15 = jumpstyle
fpsj03l 3 months ago
hehe I'm just a small town girl
36loraguzman36 3 months ago
'And the nobelmen and people of condition, pressganged Irishmen whome they had already dispossesed, disinherited and dehumanised into the ranks of their bloody-backs to bear the brunt of their overseas programmes of colonisation and robbery.....'
prunch72 3 months ago
WOW too many negative comments, who the hell thumbs me up in the first place?
joey143anna 4 months ago
@joey143anna stupid uneducated idiots thumbed u up.
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TempleSamirasc346 4 months ago
Miss Jones!
peterdcarter1 4 months ago
those were the days, when people still thought fightin for"vaterland" is the best in the world -.-
TheXPEHBAM 4 months ago
Just want to take the chance to name that Barry Lyndon is an amasing movie, if not one of the best movies i've ever seen!
Be sure to check it out! Especially if you are a fan of the 18th century in some way!
OtakuPraetorius 4 months ago
Is that Reggie Perrin at the front? :)
Northseafool 4 months ago
OK, so why are there grenadiers flying the flag of the Royal Navy?
neotenousape 4 months ago
ill take the french under napoleon any time over any thing England has to offer lol. Wellington got his ass handed to him at waterloo. He can thank the Germans for saving his ass!!!!!!!
lancethemadman 4 months ago
@lancethemadman Arguable point based on the fact that the strategy was agreed to by both commanders, saying the Prussians (not Germans at this time) saved Wellingtons ass is like saying Davout and his 3rd Corps saved Napoleons ass at Austerlitz by arriving and saving his right flank from crumbling - Show me some history books that say the prussians turning up was a suprise to Wellington and you might have a point. If Blucher had pulled east there wouldn't have been a battle at Waterloo.
Delogros 4 months ago
Only 500 characters sucks - Wellington was a cautious and intelligent general who understood that his army made up of troops from 4 differn't country's (5 if you count the KGL) was not in it's current state able to defeat a French army made up of hardcore vetrans - Because of this he deployed his army where it could easily withdraw if need be and 2 full divisions (16'000 men) where deployed on the would be route of retreat. His plan was based on the Prussians arriving to make up this shortfall.
Delogros 4 months ago
what if in Iraq we played jolly tunes as we were about to kill our enemies. that would be so weird
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allouTV 4 months ago
holy shit, that voice. did he just hit puberty? i mean wtf...
cuzgandalfgothigh99 4 months ago 2
Can somebody remind me who won the Hundred Years' War?
Ah, thought so 8-)
Killybillee 4 months ago
@Killybillee remind me Naopolean pleas
sdgsdgsdgsd3 4 months ago
@sdgsdgsdgsd3 spell it right man its napoleon
ViewtifulGAN 4 months ago
@Killybillee After we won most of the battles, with less men, and money, and supplies, with some longbowmen.
Besides, it took the french nearly 100 years to figure out how to beat longbowmen without failing completely.
joezzzify 2 months ago
jeremy irons voice...
C4Exploziv 4 months ago
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i wouldnt wipe my arse with an american history textbook theres enough shit on the pages already.
BRMC888 4 months ago
I say Spectactular! Man is lazy by nature and not prone to discipline, therefore this is a perfect example of human nature falling under the spell of men dressed in beautiful uniforms and marching as one! No-wonder women swoon and boy's are envious! Human's LOVE-IT! . . .
duqmiguel 4 months ago
Thumbs up if you play "Empire Total War" and play as the British :D
WEMAN296 5 months ago 106
@WEMAN296 Haha the same but I play the french ( because I'm French ^^ ) and the Prussian , And I like to defeat the British ^^ However it's just a game isn't it ;)
thejoosty1 4 months ago
@WEMAN296 I conquered the whole map with british :D europe,india, and americas
jayjay042298456 4 months ago
@WEMAN296 they need to make the soliders and fifs play this when they match and also have there feet marching to the beat
CM99501 3 months ago
@WEMAN296 i play as the french!
but it's an awesome game :D
GmrWeb 3 months ago