Waterloo was the military catasfroph for Napoleon and his army but THE BIGEST MORAL VICTORY over his enemies. His soldiers choosed death as a free men because they fought for Freedom, Equality and Brotherhood.
The film is rumoured to have originally been 4 hours long and shown in the Soviet Union. In this 'extended version', the chronology of Waterloo is said to have been much more detailed as well as more in depth coverage of the Battle of Ligny. However no extended version has ever been released. It a shame, nobody ever released the above extended version of this film as it would be even better than the 2 hour version.
Truth be told this movie bombed because it simply wasn't very good. Some extraordinary performances and visuals are not enough to make a movie 'great'. A dramatic retelling of the events surrounding Waterloo without much in the way of character development or interpersonal conflict is not a good recipe for success. Also remember that the studio cut more than an HOUR off Bondarchuk's original three hour plus cut, thus making it even more confusing and difficult to follow.
If Grouchy had manged to prevent the prussians from coming to wellingtons aid, Napoleon would not have had to fight on a 2nd front at placenoit and would have had the entire young/middle guard, plus Lobau's corp at his disposal. With theses extra forces there is no way wellington would have won this battle. it was without doubt an 'allied' victory.
This scene of Part 3 from 0 to 3:00 is the most known and moving event in french history that we learn at school. This is located south of Grenoble in the Alps
it was a fucking joint victory, the british and her allies under wellington successfully held the french in place until the prussinas could join and defeat Napoleon as they had earlier dictated and had agreed to fight together
I have visited this place waterloo in June 2011 and composed a poem titled Napoleon and Waterloo in English.You can get that poem on my blog under Global Marathi .com.
Nelson and the steadfastness of the navy, defeated this meglomaniac. The allies and finally His Grace the Duke of Wellington put France and it's Corsican upstart in their place, once and for all
Napoleon was a good commander, one of the best perhaps, but he brought this defeat upon himself, the British havn't been beaten by the french in any war and have the proudest military history in the world alongside the Prussians who had were renown for tough, and brave soldiers who were trained incredibly well. If he had been more political and less barbaric a lot less brave, kind, and good men both coalition and french, over one mans delusions of grandeur.
@neonplain For political reasons not militaristic, Agincourt, Crecy, and pointers have been some of the three world defeats the French have ever suffered and were so humiliated by them they were mocked in every court by every other European nation for hundreds of years. The English lost due to supplies and politics, not militaristic worth.
@theathiestalaby, the HYW was both a military and political defeat for the English. France reconquered 99% of their lands and won battles such as Orleans, Patay, Formigny, Castillon.
@expertstrategy Look at those four battles compared to the dozens won by the English, the English won so many more battles and owned at times up to 80% of France and in the end had to leave due to lack of funding and boredom of campaigning, also, Scotland and Wales were causing trouble so it proved inconvenient for the English to finally finish off France. Learn history man, your embarrassing yourself.
@theathiestalaby, England didn't leave out of boredom as you claim. The French kicked them out, and they conquered the Gascons which was an English colony since 1154. England only owned 1/3 of France while Burgundy owned another 1/3. The only possession the English controlled was the town of Calais. The English were in no condition to continue fighting France, plus England was about to fight a civil war known famously as the War of the Roses.
This film with one of my favourite actors Rod Steiger - who is now sadly dead. playing the lead role.The movie depicts what happens when a resourceful and gifted common man comes to power. Who else would think of making all cannon balls, gun carriages and wheels the same size? He put the fear of God into the rest of the world. It is no surprise that all of Europe came against Napoleon Bonaparte. I salute you
once Napoleon took most of southern germany except Hessen, Austria and Prussia were pissed. Either way im german and i dont see Napoleon as a dictator by no means.
@expertstrategy Actually, over half the soldiers fighting for the allies were British. Ok, we needed the others, but France's army was too large. If you don't count it a British victory because we were helped (and we didn't pay them, they were in it themselves) then the American wars for independence wasn't a victory, because they needed the French and spanish to win. So yes, I'm very proud that BRITAIN beat napoleon.
I like how the euro star from France goes to Waterloo station in London. The first thing the french see when they come to Britain is a large advertisement of how we're better than them.
@caileansmith, do you take pride in the fact that the Napoleonic Wars were largely won by the Austrians, Prussians, and Russians? The people Britain paid to do most of the work.
"'defensive wars' yes thats the excuse napoleon fans make" actually, it's a fact. You can even look it up if you want. There are a lot of historians who would agree with what i said.
@dmax631, Napoleon was even willing to renounce the borders of 1792 and rule the origional 1789 boundaries instead in 1815, but the Allies declared war nevertheless.
@dmax631, Napoleon had no intentions to conquer europe. william pitt declared that Britain will always be at war with France unless the country renounces it's 1792 borders. Europe wanted to restore the Bourbon King and quell the influence of the Revolution, and the people of France and Napoleon never wanted that to happen.
@expertstrategy just because he says he didnt? europe did not know what his intentions were, and they werent willing to find out from him, himself. And his intentions were clearly to create glory for himself, just look at the damage he caused in egypt. He used the sons of france for his own personal glory. He had no interest in the ideals of the revolution, he installed himself as dictator of france and then crowned himself emperor, which condemned the french republic to death
@dmax631, "He had no interest in the ideals of the revolution" so the Napoleonic Code is not an example of retaining most of the ideals of the French Revolution?
Napoleon was elected by the people to become Emperor, so technically, the French people voted for a monarchy and they were aware that it would end the Republic.
He did fight for personal glory, but he also fought for the glory of France.
he was a physically fit man, as proved by battles when he was younger in italy and egypt, often inspiring his troops by exposing himself to fire and rallying the troops.
@TLSUk, It was also an Allied victory because the KGL held La Hate Sainte. A Prussian Corps under Bulow arrived on the allied left flank. The Dutch artillery bombarded the Middle Guard to devastation. Many of the squares during the French cavalry attack wern't British. the British only compose 18% of the entire allied army, and the Germans composed more than half. Calling Waterloo a British victory is ridiculous, just as it is for America to claim they won WW I.
@TLSUk Without the Prussians, Napoleon could have made his main attack on the british lines 30000 men stronger. That would make some huge problems for Wellington.
kept them fighting (4) the russian emporer went over to Wellingtn at the Congress of Vienna and told him it was up to him to defeat Napoleon, he then held the army together at Brussels through sheer personality (5) Wellington held the French at Waterloo all day until the Prussians arrived in the late afternoon, he did this by putting the crack British regiments in La HAye Saint, famously the Coldstream Guards in Hougement and also in the Centre (the KGL and Black brunswickers were also top notch
This was a British victory for several reasons, (1) Napoleon had smashed every other nation and had only been defeated by Russian whether, (Nelson and Wellington (in spain) beat his generals too) (2) Wellington was commanding a green army, short of veterans (many brits had gone to fighter in the War of 1812), far fewer guns than Napoleon, and foreign troops who had fought for the enemy (3) the Prussians wanted to flee eastwards, its was Bluchers resolve that Wellington could hold Napoleon that
Thex3Gamer, completly agree. im English and back in the day the French under Bonapart were the mutts nuts. Waterloo is automaticly believed to be a English victory, we NEEDED every nation to fight at Waterloo, thank God the Prussians arrived when they did.
@MrPenfold84 If he was a military genius why did he loose 2 million men in the russian winter. if he was a military genius why did he loose to untrained arabic mamelukes in egypt. And if he was a military genius why did he get destroyed in spain by a smaller, less trained army...?
@theathiestalaby He won with 20,000 troops the Pyramid battle against 40,000 mamelukes and Ottoman allies. French casualties: 30 to 40 deads, 300 woundeds. Mamelukes casualties: 18,000+ woundeds or deads. Mamelukes then fled to Syria. And you said he lost in Egypt? Lol Again.
@theathiestalaby nd for the Peninsula War, he wasn't there at all at that time, his brother: Joseph Bonaparte was there, and he was defeated by a outnumbering English-Portuguese-Spanish force under Lord Wellington himself. For the third time lol, you really don't know what you are talking about at all.
@OriginalPowerPwner I do, but maybe now that i looked into it maybe your right about the 3rd point but explain Russia and Egypt? explain Trafalgar and the battle of the Nile?
@theathiestalaby I already made a comment for each of the point. For Trafalgar he wasn't there, same for battle of the Nile. Tell me he lost at Waterloo or at Berezina and I'll say yes. Check again what you said and my answers to it. You ll see that you have a biased opinion on his military effectiveness...
@projectbrumaire Without Ghengis Khan there would have been no Rennaisance, without Napoleon there would have been no desire in future geniuses to attempt the impossible. Ideas are the true dragons who drive history forward.
@GordonMorric Why everyone want to have the credit for the Renaissance... No it's not Genghis Khan, it's not really the Arabs (except for the 12th century, another one), but this is above all, fuck, the combined action of Gutenberg, the Italian interest for antiquity (the fall of Contantinople also allowed some intellectuals to take refuge in Italia) and the beginning of the colonisation. Anyway Renaissance isn't a single thing who appeared from nowhere, there was two other ones in 800 and 1200.
This movie cost $22 million to make. That is over $107 million at August 2011 inflation. Kubrick's magnificent 2001 made between 1965-1968 cost $10 million as did Star Wars in 1976-77. Sadly, Waterloo BOMBED bigtime, making just $2 million at the box office. Historical epics were on their way out of fashion, young people wanted to see transgressive, sexy films (quite right too!) so this and many other epics were ignored and forgotten for decades. I love Waterloo, great score too.
I think its called 'The Downfall'. It shows the last few days of the Nazi regime as the Russians were closing in, and most of it is set in Hitler's bunker.
napoleon was actually short and fat. only the painters made him look tall for the people. he was never tall always short and fat. if the painters made him how he was he would kill them.
Napoleon and Hitler shared the same mistakes. Both decided to attempt to conquer Russia, all the while fending off another superpower. For Hitler, he also had to take care of the U.S. and Britain. For Napoleon it was Brittan and the rest of the coalition. This was their flaws. You don't fight Russia and Britain/U.S. at the same time!!!! Russia is to big therefore she is the natural barrier for Europe. The key to conquering the world if anyone was wondering is the defeat of Russia. Period.
Napoleon wanted peace so many times, he actually never started a war. But the nations of Europe especially BRITAIN decided to send thousands of men to die before making peace with Napoleon. Britain paid Prussia, Russia, and Austria money in gold declare war on France. And he won. But war will be first before declaring peace with the so called "monster" of Europe.
A great leader. Just made a terrible mistake fighting the British. One thing is this we never surrender and we are one of the best fighters i th world. Great credit to the French.
@sweatyfish123 Dude at Waterloo there was only some thousand british soldiers... Wellingtons army mainly consisted of Dutch soldiers. It was the prussian who gave Napoleon the last strike. If not for the Prussians Napoleon would have reinforced his main attack with 30000 more soldiers... Which would have managed to break through the Dutch-British line.
@VictumRoManius the british didn't make the propaganda it was just a misunderstanding. because in french pied is in english foot. and a foot in english terms is slightly shorter than feet. it is true napoleon was actually slightly taller than the average person, he also only appeared short because he had tall men around him. he did become fat in fact around the time the first scene took place he tried poisoning himself which is why his health declined and his eyesight poor.
@VictumRoManius: Poor grammar mate. According to the grammatical rules of French, it should be "Vive L'Empereur!" How do I know?! Three years of high school French...
@VictumRoManius indeed! Napoleon was actually longer than many other officers, judging from other officers uniforms. And to correct "swedish soldiers were high", northern soldiers were tall.
@zenoist2 it was very close but i have to give the british the pat on the back because they defeated napoleon eye to eye, all of the other battles they just beat his noobshit generals instead of facing napoleon
@TheX3Gamer, the British compose of only 18% of the Allied army, so it's hardly a British victory, let alone that the Germans including Hanovarians, Prussians, KGL, etc.. make up almost 3/4 of the army. Many of Napoleon's marshals were very good and they gave Wellington a lot of trouble in the Iberian Peninsula and held him off for five years. Andre Massena was a very good leader and so was Suchet and many others.
@Thekeir100, Wellington was Irish. Calling Waterloo a British victory is like calling El Alamein a French victory. You are also forgetting about Blucher, Prince WIlliam of Orange, etc...There is a good reason why it's called an Allied Victory. It's funny many people would disagree with you.
Soult, Massena, and Ney were very good commanders, but they have their weaknesses.
@Thekeir100, you obviously don't know anything about Massena, Soult, and Ney. Massena is considered to be Napoleon'sbest marshal. You should see his 2nd battle of Zurich. Soult won the massive victory of Ocana, and he forced the British to withdraw from the Peninsula at the battle of Corunna. Ney defeated Wellington is many rearguard battles, such as Pombal and Redinha. He also took Quatre Bras at the end of the day.
@tyrannasaurasalan, Ney didn't exactly defeat Wellington at Quatre Bras, since all of his attacks were repulsed. He took the town at the end of the day when Wellington retreated to Mont-Saint -Jean because of the massive Prussian defeat at Ligny.
@expertstrategy I do and I know that Wellington beat all those generals....one by one.and Quatre Bras was a draw,Ney suffered heavy causalities and did not pursue the British.Napoleons Marshals only won those victory’s in the peninsula because they were fighting Sir John Moore.The battle of Corunna was a British victory because the British successfully withdrew from Spain and routed the French at the cost Moore´s life.and i said compared to Wellington or Napoleon listen next time. : )
@Thekeir100, The French drove the British out of the Iberian Peninsula from Corunna since that was their objective. After the battle, Soult even bombarded 5 British transport ships, 4 of which ran aground. He also captured many British ships at the port El Ferrol. The French Marshals had little success when fighting against Wellington, but they managed to force him to retreat to Portugal three times.
@expertstrategy Good point.....you got me.However Wellington only retreated to Portugal because his supply lines were threatened.And why are we talking about the Peninsula war when this is about Waterloo?move the discussion to Waterloo please.
@Thekeir100, the reason why I involved the Peninsular War was to show you how good the French Marshals were.
Wellington never retreated because his supply lines were threatened. In 1809, he aborted his Madrid Offensive and retreated back into Portugal in order to fight Marshal Soult's invasion.
1811, he retreated again because the French had 60,000 men and he was forced to give up his siege of Badajos, and gave up his entire 1811 campaign.
@expertstrategy About the war of roses sorry I was mistaken you were right about that.And About Badajos Wellington did not give it up,that was an other fort not Badajos it was not Cidad Rodrigo either.Lets agree to this Napoleons Marshall were good,but were no match for Wellington or Napoleon.France had the best army and the second best navy.Britain had the best navy and the second best army. END!
@Thekeir100 I think that is not correct. Wellington's army had 24 infantry brigades: 9 british, 5 from the United Netherlands and 10 from germany (Hannover, Nassau, Brunswick). The cavalry consisted of 31 regiments: 16 british, 6 of the United Netherlands and 9 from germany. Blücher's army was completely german (Prussia and Saxony).
A victory won by this two armies CANNOT be ONLY a british but an allied victory (and if you really count the numbers of each nation's soldiers, a german victory).
No you don't. It's not a British victory plain and simple. If you studied it for a year you would know after La Haie Saint fell it was over for Wellington, Especially if Napoleon could have commited Lobau's Corps..Wellington, Ney and Napoleon all knew this. If the Prussians weren't around, Wellington would have lost. Since they were the controling factor for victory, its more logical to say it was a Prussian victory.
@projectbrumaire If it was all over for Wellington then how comes the Foot guards who were low on ammunition destroyed the middle guard with a couple of volleys?and also you are from the U.S you just cannot take it that we Brits won can you?you just cannot accept it and to further piss you off we whooped your fat arses in 1812 lol! NOTE:I mean no harm to any American on you tube aside from the obvious twat here.
@Thekeir100 What ever you feel remember that we beat you at Baltimore, Mobile Bay, and New Orleans. New Orleans was considered Britain's worst defeat between Yorktown and Singapore.
@dthdc4 And we lovely gentlemen beat you at:Brandywine creek,Canada,Camden,Quebec,Long island,White plains,Fort Washington,Princeton,Ticonderoga,Hubbarbton,Freeman’s farm,Paoli,Germantown the list goes on and on........................
@Thekeir100 Princeton was an American not a British victory. Get it straight. We also won at Saratoga, Bennington, Freeman's Farm, Kings Mountain, Cowpens and the list "goes on and on". You may have won most of the battles but war is not the World Series. And yet we still won the war and our independence at Yorktown.
As Napoleon said, what matters is the final battle.
@Thekeir100 Well then you obviously have not read the Wikipedia article and most other sources, including many books and encyclopedias on the subject.
@dthdc4 Wikipedia?lol.No wonder you are wrong, here is a good source British battles it documents all battles fought by Britain from Medway to lady smith now sir do piss off for i am not in the correct frame of mind to argue with you.
@Thekeir100 Of course I did not have look at Wikipedia alone to verify my sources. After all if the British won the battle then why did they abandon most of New Jersey? Ever think about that? If this is typical of how you British are, no wonder you lost at Yorktown, New Orleans, and needed us to rescue from Germany twice.
@projectbrumaire Actually Napoleon kicked Prussians ass in Ligny two days prior Waterloo. And British/Dutch by holding their ground at Quatre Bras and preventing Ney's Corps to join battle saved Blucher and provided time Prussians to retreat orderly....So British contribution is much more significant in Waterloo Campaign....
@Thekeir100 The only thing you studied is how to talk shit.
listen kiddo, the amount of trash pouring out of your mouth is amazing. It was a coalition victory, and Wellington was in no way comparable to either Soult or Massena. Most modern historians agree on this.
@Nikitns I never said anything that proved you wrong, sir.WAIT WHAT? Soult and Messana were both beaten by wellington in the peninsula!Thus proving that Wellington is a superior general he won and beat them both on nearly all occasions and what do you mean that most modern historians believe that they were better than wellington?He was the second best commander of the age dammit! Now sir, i have no time to argue with you for i have grown tired of you and your friends constant mewling.Good day!
@Thekeir100 listen you useless idiot, Wellington constantly had much more resources.
Wellington is not considered particularly competent. This tires me, henceforth you are to fk off and try to do something proper with your life, contrary to spewing shit on youtube.
@Nikitns No he did not, you fool read a book! Wellington had to plead with a hostile government but yet he still managed to beat the French who were supplied with tons of resources! Please,sir before you attempt to make me look stupid please do some research on Wellington, he was far better than you and your fake modern historians think. Now please go away, oh and stop swearing no one likes a swearoholic. Lol!
listen, Wellington recieved resources from the British, and the British had the liberty to chose where to fight and how (that's why they weren't overextended like the French Empire, nothing to do with the alleged wealth of the UK). If the Spanish guerillas were richly supplied by the Brits, then how do you think Wellington would be supplied? *sigh* just be quiet mate, the Spanish guerillas defeated the French in Spain, Wellington was just support.
@Thekeir100, Waterloo is seen as only an Allied victory. British only compose 18% of the army. It's dumb and propagandic to call Waterloo a British victory. You're also forgetting that Blucher was at Waterloo too. The Prussians had the largest contingent out of everybody. This is real history.
@expertstrategy I know I just tried(but failed)to say the British made up more than 13% of the allied army.Any way that was 3 months ago,now I am researching about the hundred years war.GOOD DAY SIR!
@expertstrategy Cool,can we PLEASE stop the pointless argument about something that happened 200 years ago.Instead,argue about something that happened 600 years ago.
@Thekeir100, The battle of La Rochelle is an interesting battle. 8000 foot soldiers, and 400 knights surrender, and the entire English navy either sunk or captured, plus an unknown number of dead.
@expertstrategy Also,Trafalgar,Nile,2 during the French and Indian wars but I forgot their names,Grave-lines,Agincourt,Waterloo,Crecy,Sluys,Pointers and for Christ sake the list goes on.Britain and France won some pretty good battles against each over, which helped us form our empires.
where's the eng substitle??
todayidontfeellike 3 weeks ago
A shame Kubrick never got to make his Napoleon film
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fanoflife123 1 month ago
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Waterloo was the military catasfroph for Napoleon and his army but THE BIGEST MORAL VICTORY over his enemies. His soldiers choosed death as a free men because they fought for Freedom, Equality and Brotherhood.
Odysses100 1 month ago
The film is rumoured to have originally been 4 hours long and shown in the Soviet Union. In this 'extended version', the chronology of Waterloo is said to have been much more detailed as well as more in depth coverage of the Battle of Ligny. However no extended version has ever been released. It a shame, nobody ever released the above extended version of this film as it would be even better than the 2 hour version.
wedgeantillies66 1 month ago
Just wanted to say thanks for uploading this, Captain.
ImpecuniousMax 2 months ago
@ImpecuniousMax You're welcome :)
CaptainHollister 1 month ago
If it werent for Blucher for showing up on time, Wellington wouldve lost the Battle of Waterloo.
EvilFingers 4 months ago
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If it werent for Blucher for showing up on time, Wellington wouldve lost the Battle of Waterloo.
EvilFingers 4 months ago
If it werent for Blucher for showing up on time, Wellington wouldve lost the Battle of Waterloo.
EvilFingers 4 months ago
If it werent for Blucher for showing up on time, Wellington wouldve lost the Battle of Waterloo.
EvilFingers 4 months ago
Napolen did not last long if you look in history but I respect him
ARMY2412 4 months ago
Waterloo morne plaine ( Victor Hugo)
alisha75020 4 months ago
Truth be told this movie bombed because it simply wasn't very good. Some extraordinary performances and visuals are not enough to make a movie 'great'. A dramatic retelling of the events surrounding Waterloo without much in the way of character development or interpersonal conflict is not a good recipe for success. Also remember that the studio cut more than an HOUR off Bondarchuk's original three hour plus cut, thus making it even more confusing and difficult to follow.
spinocus 4 months ago
If Grouchy had manged to prevent the prussians from coming to wellingtons aid, Napoleon would not have had to fight on a 2nd front at placenoit and would have had the entire young/middle guard, plus Lobau's corp at his disposal. With theses extra forces there is no way wellington would have won this battle. it was without doubt an 'allied' victory.
nichiren280767 4 months ago
This scene of Part 3 from 0 to 3:00 is the most known and moving event in french history that we learn at school. This is located south of Grenoble in the Alps
MRjlouis3131 4 months ago
it was a fucking joint victory, the british and her allies under wellington successfully held the french in place until the prussinas could join and defeat Napoleon as they had earlier dictated and had agreed to fight together
TheMonoman14 4 months ago
I have visited this place waterloo in June 2011 and composed a poem titled Napoleon and Waterloo in English.You can get that poem on my blog under Global Marathi .com.
SPChitale 4 months ago
Nelson and the steadfastness of the navy, defeated this meglomaniac. The allies and finally His Grace the Duke of Wellington put France and it's Corsican upstart in their place, once and for all
mark19615 4 months ago
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EmperorLorandil 5 months ago
i must see this film
TalonMercenary 5 months ago
I actually kind of feel bad for Napoleon in this scene :(
AlienBeliever897 5 months ago
Napoleon was a good commander, one of the best perhaps, but he brought this defeat upon himself, the British havn't been beaten by the french in any war and have the proudest military history in the world alongside the Prussians who had were renown for tough, and brave soldiers who were trained incredibly well. If he had been more political and less barbaric a lot less brave, kind, and good men both coalition and french, over one mans delusions of grandeur.
theathiestalaby 6 months ago
@theathiestalaby, we lost the 100 years war against the french.
neonplain 6 months ago
@neonplain For political reasons not militaristic, Agincourt, Crecy, and pointers have been some of the three world defeats the French have ever suffered and were so humiliated by them they were mocked in every court by every other European nation for hundreds of years. The English lost due to supplies and politics, not militaristic worth.
theathiestalaby 6 months ago
@theathiestalaby, the HYW was both a military and political defeat for the English. France reconquered 99% of their lands and won battles such as Orleans, Patay, Formigny, Castillon.
expertstrategy 5 months ago
@expertstrategy Look at those four battles compared to the dozens won by the English, the English won so many more battles and owned at times up to 80% of France and in the end had to leave due to lack of funding and boredom of campaigning, also, Scotland and Wales were causing trouble so it proved inconvenient for the English to finally finish off France. Learn history man, your embarrassing yourself.
theathiestalaby 5 months ago
@theathiestalaby, England didn't leave out of boredom as you claim. The French kicked them out, and they conquered the Gascons which was an English colony since 1154. England only owned 1/3 of France while Burgundy owned another 1/3. The only possession the English controlled was the town of Calais. The English were in no condition to continue fighting France, plus England was about to fight a civil war known famously as the War of the Roses.
expertstrategy 5 months ago
why is napoleon chubby, and hispanic looking ?!?
shiptech2k9 6 months ago
nooooooooooooooooooooot french always yell at each other
MultiLusitania 6 months ago
I love that deep voice of Dan O'Herlihy... it's a very sad loss :'-(
Nasenbaerin 6 months ago
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Napoleon was the greatest empire in the history
FrancescoSassetti 6 months ago
This film with one of my favourite actors Rod Steiger - who is now sadly dead. playing the lead role.The movie depicts what happens when a resourceful and gifted common man comes to power. Who else would think of making all cannon balls, gun carriages and wheels the same size? He put the fear of God into the rest of the world. It is no surprise that all of Europe came against Napoleon Bonaparte. I salute you
rockeeben 6 months ago
Napoleon is a beast :@
yearof07 6 months ago
Napoleon > All of his marshals in this scene
1Historygenius 6 months ago
Thank you for uploading this!
mrceebees14 6 months ago
once Napoleon took most of southern germany except Hessen, Austria and Prussia were pissed. Either way im german and i dont see Napoleon as a dictator by no means.
SuperTravis898 6 months ago
what did the messenger whisper?
Supduplemup 7 months ago
@expertstrategy Actually, over half the soldiers fighting for the allies were British. Ok, we needed the others, but France's army was too large. If you don't count it a British victory because we were helped (and we didn't pay them, they were in it themselves) then the American wars for independence wasn't a victory, because they needed the French and spanish to win. So yes, I'm very proud that BRITAIN beat napoleon.
caileansmith 7 months ago
I like how the euro star from France goes to Waterloo station in London. The first thing the french see when they come to Britain is a large advertisement of how we're better than them.
caileansmith 7 months ago
@caileansmith, do you take pride in the fact that the Napoleonic Wars were largely won by the Austrians, Prussians, and Russians? The people Britain paid to do most of the work.
expertstrategy 7 months ago
@expertstrategy do you take pride in invading all those countries and butchering your way across europe
dmax631 7 months ago
@dmax631, I'm not even French. France didn't declare war in 1803, 1806, 1809, 1813, or 1815, most of those wars were fought defensively.
if you want to read about real butchery, then look up the 30 years war or WW II.
expertstrategy 7 months ago
@expertstrategy 'defensive wars' yes thats the excuse napoleon fans make, i suppose hitler was fighting defensive wars as well.
dmax631 7 months ago
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@dmax631
"'defensive wars' yes thats the excuse napoleon fans make" actually, it's a fact. You can even look it up if you want. There are a lot of historians who would agree with what i said.
expertstrategy 7 months ago
@dmax631, Napoleon was even willing to renounce the borders of 1792 and rule the origional 1789 boundaries instead in 1815, but the Allies declared war nevertheless.
expertstrategy 7 months ago
@expertstrategyhe wanted peace to build up the strength of france to conquer all europe. sorry but Europe was not that stupid
dmax631 7 months ago
@dmax631, Napoleon had no intentions to conquer europe. william pitt declared that Britain will always be at war with France unless the country renounces it's 1792 borders. Europe wanted to restore the Bourbon King and quell the influence of the Revolution, and the people of France and Napoleon never wanted that to happen.
expertstrategy 7 months ago
@expertstrategy just because he says he didnt? europe did not know what his intentions were, and they werent willing to find out from him, himself. And his intentions were clearly to create glory for himself, just look at the damage he caused in egypt. He used the sons of france for his own personal glory. He had no interest in the ideals of the revolution, he installed himself as dictator of france and then crowned himself emperor, which condemned the french republic to death
dmax631 7 months ago
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@dmax631, "He had no interest in the ideals of the revolution" so the Napoleonic Code is not an example of retaining most of the ideals of the French Revolution?
Napoleon was elected by the people to become Emperor, so technically, the French people voted for a monarchy and they were aware that it would end the Republic.
He did fight for personal glory, but he also fought for the glory of France.
expertstrategy 7 months ago
@dmax631 it was to create the European Union
THEJAXEL 6 months ago
napoleon, butcher of europe
dmax631 7 months ago
@dmax631
Right on.
mwillis1000 7 months ago
criticsm aside this a great film and
rd steiger as napoleon should have won an oscar.
zenoist2 7 months ago
OK he was 5 ft 2 tall
that to me is short.
Hes a midget to napoleon fans its tall but they like twisting facts around.
zenoist2 7 months ago
@zenoist2, Napoleon was 5'7, taller than the average European. Go read a book or shut up.
expertstrategy 7 months ago
@expertstrategy
he could be 1'1 for all I care.
How does this affect his (quite brilliant) millitary mind?
WolfytheWolf5667 7 months ago
@WolfytheWolf5667, it's just a piece of propaganda people nowadays believe in.
expertstrategy 7 months ago
@zenoist2 he was actualy taller than the average frenchman at that time search it up
he was pretty average though not short at all
piellamp 7 months ago
if his Government hadn't abdicated him...well
300,000 French men were angry for Waterloo. You can guess what would've happened had his government not done the right thing...
WolfytheWolf5667 7 months ago
like they say. history was written by the victors
nick21sammy 7 months ago
he was a physically fit man, as proved by battles when he was younger in italy and egypt, often inspiring his troops by exposing himself to fire and rallying the troops.
mackshayster 7 months ago
i apologise for my poor spelling in advance!
TLSUk 9 months ago
of course all were should celebrate the victory, however that is why it is a British victory, because without them it was impossible
TLSUk 9 months ago
@TLSUk, It was also an Allied victory because the KGL held La Hate Sainte. A Prussian Corps under Bulow arrived on the allied left flank. The Dutch artillery bombarded the Middle Guard to devastation. Many of the squares during the French cavalry attack wern't British. the British only compose 18% of the entire allied army, and the Germans composed more than half. Calling Waterloo a British victory is ridiculous, just as it is for America to claim they won WW I.
expertstrategy 8 months ago
@TLSUk Without the Prussians, Napoleon could have made his main attack on the british lines 30000 men stronger. That would make some huge problems for Wellington.
VictumRoManius 8 months ago
kept them fighting (4) the russian emporer went over to Wellingtn at the Congress of Vienna and told him it was up to him to defeat Napoleon, he then held the army together at Brussels through sheer personality (5) Wellington held the French at Waterloo all day until the Prussians arrived in the late afternoon, he did this by putting the crack British regiments in La HAye Saint, famously the Coldstream Guards in Hougement and also in the Centre (the KGL and Black brunswickers were also top notch
TLSUk 9 months ago
This was a British victory for several reasons, (1) Napoleon had smashed every other nation and had only been defeated by Russian whether, (Nelson and Wellington (in spain) beat his generals too) (2) Wellington was commanding a green army, short of veterans (many brits had gone to fighter in the War of 1812), far fewer guns than Napoleon, and foreign troops who had fought for the enemy (3) the Prussians wanted to flee eastwards, its was Bluchers resolve that Wellington could hold Napoleon that
TLSUk 9 months ago
expertstrategy i ment my post for you
TheBourbonDuke 9 months ago
Thex3Gamer, completly agree. im English and back in the day the French under Bonapart were the mutts nuts. Waterloo is automaticly believed to be a English victory, we NEEDED every nation to fight at Waterloo, thank God the Prussians arrived when they did.
TheBourbonDuke 9 months ago
I am an English Bonapartist!! Viva Napoleon
SantaRoma 9 months ago
he should have killed THE ROTHSCHILDS!
treon123456 9 months ago
napoleon bich!
admeraljacob 9 months ago
I'd follow Napoleon to the stars.
projectbrumaire 9 months ago 39
@projectbrumaire Boney was a military genius! If only he had defeated those pompous british once and for all.
Long live Napoleon Bonaparte, that corsican rascal, Great man.
MrPenfold84 6 months ago
@MrPenfold84 If he was a military genius why did he loose 2 million men in the russian winter. if he was a military genius why did he loose to untrained arabic mamelukes in egypt. And if he was a military genius why did he get destroyed in spain by a smaller, less trained army...?
theathiestalaby 6 months ago
@theathiestalaby : You say he lost 2 millions men in Russia? When his armies in Russia had at most 600,000 troops. Lol.
OriginalPowerPwner 6 months ago
@theathiestalaby He won with 20,000 troops the Pyramid battle against 40,000 mamelukes and Ottoman allies. French casualties: 30 to 40 deads, 300 woundeds. Mamelukes casualties: 18,000+ woundeds or deads. Mamelukes then fled to Syria. And you said he lost in Egypt? Lol Again.
OriginalPowerPwner 6 months ago
@theathiestalaby nd for the Peninsula War, he wasn't there at all at that time, his brother: Joseph Bonaparte was there, and he was defeated by a outnumbering English-Portuguese-Spanish force under Lord Wellington himself. For the third time lol, you really don't know what you are talking about at all.
OriginalPowerPwner 6 months ago
@OriginalPowerPwner I do, but maybe now that i looked into it maybe your right about the 3rd point but explain Russia and Egypt? explain Trafalgar and the battle of the Nile?
theathiestalaby 6 months ago
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YeahDeluxe 6 months ago
@theathiestalaby I already made a comment for each of the point. For Trafalgar he wasn't there, same for battle of the Nile. Tell me he lost at Waterloo or at Berezina and I'll say yes. Check again what you said and my answers to it. You ll see that you have a biased opinion on his military effectiveness...
OriginalPowerPwner 6 months ago
@OriginalPowerPwner How do i have a biased opinion when im not British? And, he asnt defeated by lord Abercrombie in Egypt.
theathiestalaby 6 months ago
@projectbrumaire Or your grave.
theathiestalaby 6 months ago
@projectbrumaire Without Ghengis Khan there would have been no Rennaisance, without Napoleon there would have been no desire in future geniuses to attempt the impossible. Ideas are the true dragons who drive history forward.
GordonMorrice 5 months ago
@GordonMorric Why everyone want to have the credit for the Renaissance... No it's not Genghis Khan, it's not really the Arabs (except for the 12th century, another one), but this is above all, fuck, the combined action of Gutenberg, the Italian interest for antiquity (the fall of Contantinople also allowed some intellectuals to take refuge in Italia) and the beginning of the colonisation. Anyway Renaissance isn't a single thing who appeared from nowhere, there was two other ones in 800 and 1200.
xenotypos 4 months ago
This movie cost $22 million to make. That is over $107 million at August 2011 inflation. Kubrick's magnificent 2001 made between 1965-1968 cost $10 million as did Star Wars in 1976-77. Sadly, Waterloo BOMBED bigtime, making just $2 million at the box office. Historical epics were on their way out of fashion, young people wanted to see transgressive, sexy films (quite right too!) so this and many other epics were ignored and forgotten for decades. I love Waterloo, great score too.
GordonMorrice 5 months ago 12
@GordonMorrice: "transgressive, sexy films (quite right too)" - LMFAO!! :-P
NobleKorhedron 1 month ago
Oh man, this guy's veresion of Napoleon is one crazy fucker!! :-P
NobleKorhedron 1 month ago
@NobleKorhedron
Agreed. Watching the opening few minutes, I keep getting reminded of the guy who played Hitler in Der Untergang.
ArschLoch192 1 month ago
@ArschLoch192: What's Der Untergang' in English?
NobleKorhedron 1 month ago
@NobleKorhedron
I think its called 'The Downfall'. It shows the last few days of the Nazi regime as the Russians were closing in, and most of it is set in Hitler's bunker.
ArschLoch192 1 month ago
@ArschLoch192: Ah, you mean 'Downfall' with Bruno Ganz as Hitler?
NobleKorhedron 1 month ago
@projectbrumaire Me too
octopus4000 4 months ago
British is better
LordWellington15 9 months ago
Not! Not! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!
121Swaleskid 10 months ago
Good quality but sound is way too low.
Stevenio 11 months ago
napoleon was actually short and fat. only the painters made him look tall for the people. he was never tall always short and fat. if the painters made him how he was he would kill them.
captainbly200 11 months ago
those rotten british he should have ruled the world
MrBillcale 1 year ago
back when France had balls bigger than the Russian empire
radicalgoodspeed16 1 year ago
Napoleon and Hitler shared the same mistakes. Both decided to attempt to conquer Russia, all the while fending off another superpower. For Hitler, he also had to take care of the U.S. and Britain. For Napoleon it was Brittan and the rest of the coalition. This was their flaws. You don't fight Russia and Britain/U.S. at the same time!!!! Russia is to big therefore she is the natural barrier for Europe. The key to conquering the world if anyone was wondering is the defeat of Russia. Period.
jc3Ai 1 year ago
@jc3Ai I agree. Both Napoleon and hitler met disaster attacking England and Russia and underestimating their foe's will to fight.
haynes1776 1 year ago
lol he reminds me on hitler -.-
TheRamboSkill 1 year ago
@TheRamboSkill How can you say that he was a hero
juultjuh99 1 year ago
@juultjuh99 no he is like hitler
TheRamboSkill 1 year ago
Napoleon wanted peace so many times, he actually never started a war. But the nations of Europe especially BRITAIN decided to send thousands of men to die before making peace with Napoleon. Britain paid Prussia, Russia, and Austria money in gold declare war on France. And he won. But war will be first before declaring peace with the so called "monster" of Europe.
oortiz915 1 year ago
Superb actor, Rod Steiger.
pix042 1 year ago
A great leader. Just made a terrible mistake fighting the British. One thing is this we never surrender and we are one of the best fighters i th world. Great credit to the French.
sweatyfish123 1 year ago
@sweatyfish123 Dude at Waterloo there was only some thousand british soldiers... Wellingtons army mainly consisted of Dutch soldiers. It was the prussian who gave Napoleon the last strike. If not for the Prussians Napoleon would have reinforced his main attack with 30000 more soldiers... Which would have managed to break through the Dutch-British line.
VictumRoManius 1 year ago
Ehm.. it is just a very little mistake but i thought Napoleon was left-handed... 7:44
But it is an excellent movie .best ot its times.
AndyCAgi 1 year ago
Damn stop letting Napoleon apear short! He was 5.2 french inches high (5.7 british inches or 1 meter 68 centimeter.)
The british spread wrong propaganda about him calling him "short" and "fat."
Mapoleons soldiers called him "Le petit corporal." (The little corporal") but that was just for fun.
Modern scientists have measured his corpse and it was 1 meter and 68 centimeter.
The average swedish soldier from year 1800 was 1 meter and 62 centimeter. (The swedish where high.)
Viva La Empereur!!
VictumRoManius 1 year ago 39
@VictumRoManius The Swedes are usually high. A lot of them are quite tall, too.
Triplesod 1 year ago
@VictumRoManius He was on the tall side of short :P
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He was taller than Wellington for example, but shorters than the remarkably tall Ney
ajferet 1 year ago
@ajferet i always think of wellington as a giant, i guess its his charisma
donorleone 1 year ago
@VictumRoManius the british didn't make the propaganda it was just a misunderstanding. because in french pied is in english foot. and a foot in english terms is slightly shorter than feet. it is true napoleon was actually slightly taller than the average person, he also only appeared short because he had tall men around him. he did become fat in fact around the time the first scene took place he tried poisoning himself which is why his health declined and his eyesight poor.
ultradumbass 1 year ago
I agree, and many generals before the revolution where also shorter then Napoleon (who was 168,6 cm)
Wilberman1 11 months ago
@VictumRoManius: Poor grammar mate. According to the grammatical rules of French, it should be "Vive L'Empereur!" How do I know?! Three years of high school French...
NobleKorhedron 11 months ago
@NobleKorhedron Yeah i cant talk french. I wanted to study french but the damn school i went on could not afford a french class... -__-
So therefore i can talk german instead.
VictumRoManius 11 months ago
@VictumRoManius: Ach, sehr gut. Ich kann Deutsche sprachen also.
NobleKorhedron 11 months ago
@VictumRoManius the swedish were high XD
nukeboy14 10 months ago
@nukeboy14 Lol haha x)
VictumRoManius 10 months ago
@VictumRoManius indeed! Napoleon was actually longer than many other officers, judging from other officers uniforms. And to correct "swedish soldiers were high", northern soldiers were tall.
TheRomanRuler 10 months ago
@VictumRoManius Napoleon is not short in this movie ...is he?
GentlemanGhost1 10 months ago
@VictumRoManius 5 inches high?lol
He was short ,fat and bald.
He was at waterloo anyway where he suffered a crushing defeat
zenoist2 9 months ago
@zenoist2 HAhahahahahaha x) Sorry not inches x) I wanted to say Feet. 5.7 british feet.
And btw he was not "fat". Napoleon had an exellent body till 1812. First then he began to get a "Beer belly".
VictumRoManius 9 months ago
@zenoist2 it was very close but i have to give the british the pat on the back because they defeated napoleon eye to eye, all of the other battles they just beat his noobshit generals instead of facing napoleon
TheX3Gamer 9 months ago
@TheX3Gamer, the British compose of only 18% of the Allied army, so it's hardly a British victory, let alone that the Germans including Hanovarians, Prussians, KGL, etc.. make up almost 3/4 of the army. Many of Napoleon's marshals were very good and they gave Wellington a lot of trouble in the Iberian Peninsula and held him off for five years. Andre Massena was a very good leader and so was Suchet and many others.
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Thekeir100 5 months ago 4
@Thekeir100, Wellington was Irish. Calling Waterloo a British victory is like calling El Alamein a French victory. You are also forgetting about Blucher, Prince WIlliam of Orange, etc...There is a good reason why it's called an Allied Victory. It's funny many people would disagree with you.
Soult, Massena, and Ney were very good commanders, but they have their weaknesses.
expertstrategy 5 months ago
@Thekeir100, you obviously don't know anything about Massena, Soult, and Ney. Massena is considered to be Napoleon'sbest marshal. You should see his 2nd battle of Zurich. Soult won the massive victory of Ocana, and he forced the British to withdraw from the Peninsula at the battle of Corunna. Ney defeated Wellington is many rearguard battles, such as Pombal and Redinha. He also took Quatre Bras at the end of the day.
expertstrategy 5 months ago
@expertstrategy Not to mention a heavily outnumbered Ney defeated Wellington at the Battle of Quatre Bras.
tyrannasaurasalan 5 months ago
@tyrannasaurasalan, Ney didn't exactly defeat Wellington at Quatre Bras, since all of his attacks were repulsed. He took the town at the end of the day when Wellington retreated to Mont-Saint -Jean because of the massive Prussian defeat at Ligny.
expertstrategy 5 months ago
@expertstrategy It's still a french victory.
tyrannasaurasalan 5 months ago
@expertstrategy I also forgot to add in that Ney inflicted rougly 5,000 casualties on the Allied army, a thousand more than his own force sustained.
tyrannasaurasalan 5 months ago
@tyrannasaurasalan, French Cuirassiers captured a single British flag and routed several more British units.
expertstrategy 5 months ago
@expertstrategy I do and I know that Wellington beat all those generals....one by one.and Quatre Bras was a draw,Ney suffered heavy causalities and did not pursue the British.Napoleons Marshals only won those victory’s in the peninsula because they were fighting Sir John Moore.The battle of Corunna was a British victory because the British successfully withdrew from Spain and routed the French at the cost Moore´s life.and i said compared to Wellington or Napoleon listen next time. : )
Thekeir100 5 months ago
@Thekeir100, The French drove the British out of the Iberian Peninsula from Corunna since that was their objective. After the battle, Soult even bombarded 5 British transport ships, 4 of which ran aground. He also captured many British ships at the port El Ferrol. The French Marshals had little success when fighting against Wellington, but they managed to force him to retreat to Portugal three times.
expertstrategy 5 months ago
@expertstrategy Good point.....you got me.However Wellington only retreated to Portugal because his supply lines were threatened.And why are we talking about the Peninsula war when this is about Waterloo?move the discussion to Waterloo please.
Thekeir100 5 months ago
@Thekeir100, the reason why I involved the Peninsular War was to show you how good the French Marshals were.
Wellington never retreated because his supply lines were threatened. In 1809, he aborted his Madrid Offensive and retreated back into Portugal in order to fight Marshal Soult's invasion.
1811, he retreated again because the French had 60,000 men and he was forced to give up his siege of Badajos, and gave up his entire 1811 campaign.
continue...
expertstrategy 5 months ago
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Thekeir100 5 months ago
@Thekeir100, the War of the Roses occured two years after the HYW ended.
Wellington did give up Badajos in 1811 because a French army of 60,000 men induced him to retreat.
"Now please can we stop this?"
Sure, I'm weary of this
expertstrategy 5 months ago
@expertstrategy About the war of roses sorry I was mistaken you were right about that.And About Badajos Wellington did not give it up,that was an other fort not Badajos it was not Cidad Rodrigo either.Lets agree to this Napoleons Marshall were good,but were no match for Wellington or Napoleon.France had the best army and the second best navy.Britain had the best navy and the second best army. END!
Thekeir100 5 months ago
1812, Wellington retreated after his disaster in besieging Burgos, and he lost several combats by the pursuing French.
expertstrategy 5 months ago
@expertstrategy combats?light skirmishes i think you will find.Now please can we stop this?
Thekeir100 5 months ago
@Thekeir100 I think that is not correct. Wellington's army had 24 infantry brigades: 9 british, 5 from the United Netherlands and 10 from germany (Hannover, Nassau, Brunswick). The cavalry consisted of 31 regiments: 16 british, 6 of the United Netherlands and 9 from germany. Blücher's army was completely german (Prussia and Saxony).
A victory won by this two armies CANNOT be ONLY a british but an allied victory (and if you really count the numbers of each nation's soldiers, a german victory).
FMGHII 5 months ago
@Thekeir100
WRONG
Counting the Prussians, the Germans on the field out numbered the Brit's 3 to 1.
projectbrumaire 4 months ago
@projectbrumaire oh my god you just dont get it do you?
Thekeir100 4 months ago
@Thekeir100
No you don't. It's not a British victory plain and simple. If you studied it for a year you would know after La Haie Saint fell it was over for Wellington, Especially if Napoleon could have commited Lobau's Corps..Wellington, Ney and Napoleon all knew this. If the Prussians weren't around, Wellington would have lost. Since they were the controling factor for victory, its more logical to say it was a Prussian victory.
projectbrumaire 4 months ago
@projectbrumaire If it was all over for Wellington then how comes the Foot guards who were low on ammunition destroyed the middle guard with a couple of volleys?and also you are from the U.S you just cannot take it that we Brits won can you?you just cannot accept it and to further piss you off we whooped your fat arses in 1812 lol! NOTE:I mean no harm to any American on you tube aside from the obvious twat here.
Thekeir100 4 months ago
@Thekeir100 What ever you feel remember that we beat you at Baltimore, Mobile Bay, and New Orleans. New Orleans was considered Britain's worst defeat between Yorktown and Singapore.
dthdc4 4 months ago
@dthdc4 And we lovely gentlemen beat you at:Brandywine creek,Canada,Camden,Quebec,Long island,White plains,Fort Washington,Princeton,Ticonderoga,Hubbarbton,Freeman’s farm,Paoli,Germantown the list goes on and on........................
Thekeir100 4 months ago
@Thekeir100 Princeton was an American not a British victory. Get it straight. We also won at Saratoga, Bennington, Freeman's Farm, Kings Mountain, Cowpens and the list "goes on and on". You may have won most of the battles but war is not the World Series. And yet we still won the war and our independence at Yorktown.
As Napoleon said, what matters is the final battle.
dthdc4 4 months ago
@dthdc4 No Princeton is widley regarded as a British victory, ¨get it straight¨
Thekeir100 4 months ago
@Thekeir100 @Thekeir100 Wrong as usual. . If it were a British victory then why did the British abandon most of New Jersey in the aftermath? LOL!
dthdc4 3 months ago
@dthdc4 no the british won the actual battle so they won tacticly but it achevied nothing so it was a strategic victory for the colonists.
Thekeir100 3 months ago
@Thekeir100 Well then you obviously have not read the Wikipedia article and most other sources, including many books and encyclopedias on the subject.
dthdc4 3 months ago
@dthdc4 Wikipedia?lol.No wonder you are wrong, here is a good source British battles it documents all battles fought by Britain from Medway to lady smith now sir do piss off for i am not in the correct frame of mind to argue with you.
Thekeir100 3 months ago
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@Thekeir100 Of course I did not have look at Wikipedia alone to verify my sources. After all if the British won the battle then why did they abandon most of New Jersey? Ever think about that? If this is typical of how you British are, no wonder you lost at Yorktown, New Orleans, and needed us to rescue from Germany twice.
dthdc4 3 months ago
@projectbrumaire Actually Napoleon kicked Prussians ass in Ligny two days prior Waterloo. And British/Dutch by holding their ground at Quatre Bras and preventing Ney's Corps to join battle saved Blucher and provided time Prussians to retreat orderly....So British contribution is much more significant in Waterloo Campaign....
merdiolu 4 months ago
@Thekeir100 The only thing you studied is how to talk shit.
listen kiddo, the amount of trash pouring out of your mouth is amazing. It was a coalition victory, and Wellington was in no way comparable to either Soult or Massena. Most modern historians agree on this.
now fk the hell off
Nikitns 3 months ago
@Nikitns I never said anything that proved you wrong, sir.WAIT WHAT? Soult and Messana were both beaten by wellington in the peninsula!Thus proving that Wellington is a superior general he won and beat them both on nearly all occasions and what do you mean that most modern historians believe that they were better than wellington?He was the second best commander of the age dammit! Now sir, i have no time to argue with you for i have grown tired of you and your friends constant mewling.Good day!
Thekeir100 3 months ago
@Thekeir100 listen you useless idiot, Wellington constantly had much more resources.
Wellington is not considered particularly competent. This tires me, henceforth you are to fk off and try to do something proper with your life, contrary to spewing shit on youtube.
Nikitns 3 months ago
@Nikitns No he did not, you fool read a book! Wellington had to plead with a hostile government but yet he still managed to beat the French who were supplied with tons of resources! Please,sir before you attempt to make me look stupid please do some research on Wellington, he was far better than you and your fake modern historians think. Now please go away, oh and stop swearing no one likes a swearoholic. Lol!
Thekeir100 3 months ago
@Thekeir100 thekir, you useless nolifer ;)
listen, Wellington recieved resources from the British, and the British had the liberty to chose where to fight and how (that's why they weren't overextended like the French Empire, nothing to do with the alleged wealth of the UK). If the Spanish guerillas were richly supplied by the Brits, then how do you think Wellington would be supplied? *sigh* just be quiet mate, the Spanish guerillas defeated the French in Spain, Wellington was just support.
Nikitns 3 months ago
@Nikitns I have had enough, there is obviously no sense in you and you still do not get it!just go! I am not in the mood.
Thekeir100 3 months ago
@Nikitns And sir,I am a historian.It is my job to correct others when they are in the wrong.
Thekeir100 3 months ago
@Thekeir100, Waterloo is seen as only an Allied victory. British only compose 18% of the army. It's dumb and propagandic to call Waterloo a British victory. You're also forgetting that Blucher was at Waterloo too. The Prussians had the largest contingent out of everybody. This is real history.
expertstrategy 2 months ago
@expertstrategy I know I just tried(but failed)to say the British made up more than 13% of the allied army.Any way that was 3 months ago,now I am researching about the hundred years war.GOOD DAY SIR!
Thekeir100 2 months ago
@Thekeir100, the HYW is pretty interesting. I know a lot about the Normans.
expertstrategy 2 months ago
@expertstrategy Cool,can we PLEASE stop the pointless argument about something that happened 200 years ago.Instead,argue about something that happened 600 years ago.
Thekeir100 2 months ago
@Thekeir100, sure, why not? I'm in the mood to talk about something else.
expertstrategy 2 months ago
@expertstrategyHYW,Agincourt 11,000 french to 160 English I think no one can argue BRITAIN won than one lol
Thekeir100 2 months ago
@Thekeir100, The battle of La Rochelle is an interesting battle. 8000 foot soldiers, and 400 knights surrender, and the entire English navy either sunk or captured, plus an unknown number of dead.
It was a decisive Franco-Spanish victory.
expertstrategy 2 months ago
@expertstrategy Also,Trafalgar,Nile,2 during the French and Indian wars but I forgot their names,Grave-lines,Agincourt,Waterloo,Crecy,Sluys,Pointers and for Christ sake the list goes on.Britain and France won some pretty good battles against each over, which helped us form our empires.
Thekeir100 2 months ag