I have to confess I was a bit disappointed this video was not just the most hilarious British caricatures of what the British think European languages sound like.
Indeed. Napoleon, having been born on the island of Corsica, both spoke and read Corsican, learned standard Italian, and then learned French from the age of 10. He also took lessons in German and English, although he was not known to have spoken them fluently. Interestingly as well, as a Corsican native his French was heavily accented, and his written French was barely legible.
Well not in terms of the British redcoats. You are right, they were only a third of his force, but the greatest single nationality. The more pressing issue is that no Dutch Belgians or Germans are even in the movie, though Bylants brigade is briefly mentioned.
Dutch forces in particular were crucial before and during the battle. But it is always downplayed or flat out ignored because it does not serve the narrative of a glorious British victory. In the Shap's series the Prince of Orange is even actively portrayed as a complete idiot. But in reality he was a very skilled and talented commander. He managed to fool the French into believing a much larger force was present by marching his forces in circles behind cover of buildings. The French could only see parts of them between the buildings, and did not see it was just a circle of the same men over and over. This stopped them from attacking and made them wait for more re-enforcements. Buying crucial time for Wellington and Blucher to link up. During the battle itself it was also Dutch forces which took the brunt of the initial French attacks. It was the Dutch units who stood firm and rallied the routing units. Without the Dutch, Napoleon would likely have soundly beaten Wellington at Waterloo.
@@Kampiiee Doesn't make much difference in German: Kinder - Hunde. 🤭 The sound quality on that point is so bad (interfering with the music and background noise) that you can hear both.
Yes because French was the English of the late 18th century and early 19th century. During the revolutionary war for U.S. independence, John Adams was humiliated when he first went to Paris and didn't know Frenc. At that time virtually all diplomats had to learn French as an international language.
@@animeXcaso just so happened to be that the brits got a morale boost at the end cuz the prussians arrived and as u can see wellington is sweating after he saw the imperial guard, wouldnt be surprised if this was accurate
Wellington was like a sitting duck being plucked without the Prussians despite occupying a strong defensive position reinforced by the muddy terrain and with the same manpower as the attacker.
@@fiorinopizio4554 Napoleon est français, parlait français, fut l'empereur des Français, il n'a jamais montré aucun amour en vers l'Italie, aucune preuve qu'il parlait italien. Il est allé vivre en France à l'âge de 7 ans je crois, jusqu'à sa mort. Son père était proche de la noblesse française. Il a placé sa famille sur les trônes d'Europe. Sa sœur s'est mariée à un français, elle parlait français. Tous son entourage était français. En corse figuré toi, on parlait le corse et le français chez les gens aisés. comme dans toutes l'Europe.
@@pedalevaaaa4172 COPE Man cope with reality instead of denying it, Napoleone first language wasnt french thats why in the movie he thinks in italian cause he spoke corsican He was even bullied for his corsican accent man And by the way he wasnt just emperor of the french but he also proclaimed himself king of italy
Innò,@@animeXcaso , chi Carlu Bonaparte, u babbu di Nabulione, ùn era mica un esigliatu Tuscanu chi a famidda Buonaparte, Bonaparte all'usu corsu (u Talianu "buona" si dice "bona" in corsu) discendeva di un certu Francesco Buonaparte, dettu "U Moru", natu in Sarzana ai cunfini liguro-tuscani, mercenariu a u serviziu di l'Ufficiu di San Ghjorghju chi guvernava a Corsica per Genuva, ghjuntu e stabilitu in Aiacciu in l'ultima fine di u quatrucentu, pocu dopu a fundazione di sta cità in1492. Dopu, sta famidda Bonaparte d'Aiacciu fece sempre alleenze matrimuniale incù famidde corse di i paesi vicine, i Tusoli e i Bonelli da Bucugnà (Nabulione avia decine di cugini in sti paese muntagnolu di a valle di a Gravona), i Costa da Bastetrga, i Signori Bozzi da a pieve di u Taravu e Istria d'Ulmetu per esempiu. E a mamma di Laetizia Ramolino, mamma di Nabulione, era una Pietrasanta da Sarté. In stu tempu, in Corsica, u Talianu, u Tuscanu più precisamente, era a lingua scritta, a lingua sapienta di a ghjente colta, e u Corsu era a lingua parlata d'ogni ghjornu di u Populu, sti dui idiomi essendu naturalmente cumplementari. I Bonaparte scrivianu in Italianu mà parlavanu quantu in corsu chi in Talianu sputicu. U zitellu Nabulione parlava in corsu qu'and'ellu ghjucava incù i so amichi aiaccini, mica in Talianu. Dunque, per mé, a si pinsava più in Cosu che in Talianu. U so babbu, studiente all'Università fundata in Corti da Pasquale Paoli, in 1764 e aperta in 1765, fù u segretariu di u Capu generale di a Nazione corsa e unu di i so tenenti durante a guerra franco-corsa di 1768-1769, e dopu a disfatta corsa di Pontenovu, l'ottu di Maghju 1769 e a partenza di Paoli in esigliu u 14 di ghjugnu 1769, opportunistu, si misse a u serviziu di i novi maestri francesi.
Corso non e italiano sono di Corsica, il corso e piu Bruto. Con parole francese, per esiempio (I am tired) non e sono stanco ma sono fatigate (french verb fatiguer for tired)
Are you cutting different versions together here? (French, Italian, German dubs?) You should do the whole movie like this with sub titles for the non-english. Probably would forever endear you to a few devoted history nerds.
I've always found fascinating (and probably a side-effect of WWII ending just 25 years earlier...) that while the French and British are portrayed in a balanced and overall sympathetic manner, the Prussians are shown as this evil force all dressed in black, and are given an "Imperial March"-like theme^^
Uniforms look good actually. The Prussians wore very dark uniforms. The jackets were a very dark blue and the trousers were a dark to medium gray. Both look black at a distance but if you look close when they step out of the shadows into the sunlight that the trousers are gray not black. Their uniform people did a great job.
@@jonathanh761i thought for the longest time that the prussians wore black bc of this movie. im not rlly sure why they gave them black shirts. a shame, too; prussian blue is a very attractive color
I'm not convinced they are wearing black in the film. We never get a close up shot of Prussian infantry. Dark blue looks black from a distance. If you look at the far away shot of the French infantry at around 3:29, it looks like they are wearing white and black. It's only very close shots where blue is seen. The Prussian cavalry that are shown up close charging are wearing black and that is correct. If you look at the badge on their shakos, they are the "death's head" hussars, and that regiment famously did wear black. Regards.@@amxelcbis4464
@@DZatheus yorckscher marsch, königratzer marsch, and the hohenfriedberger marsch would be my guess. pariser einzugsmarch too (composed in 1814 after the battle of paris). preußens gloeia was composed in 1870 after the franco prussian war
This movie dispels the myth that Wellington won Waterloo, at least alone. Had Blücher not arrived when he did, Wellington would have lost. It was a team effort!
remind me, did Wellington knowingly take a battle he knew would bring his army to its breaking point (i.e. was Blücher's march only a thing because Wellington set the conditions for it to happen) or did Wellington need to be bailed out because he fucked up somehow?
@@Nonaggress Wellington overestimated the breaking point of his army, sure, he had a surprise for Napoleon and had agreed on the manoeuvre with Blücher, but Blücher coming when he did Wellington (which was late) saved Wellington from losing (Wellington took up defensive positions but repeatedly suffered great losses) Especially by their arrival A) surprising the French, and forcing them to split the troops B) giving Wellingtons army time to recover C) giving them a morale boost
@@Nonaggress Wellington had identified the ridge at Waterloo as an excellent defensive position the previous year when he took up some post at the Belgian court in Brussels, so him making a stand at Waterloo was a deliberate decision since it was the best terrain for miles around for a large pitched battle. Unlike in Ridley Scott's recent film, the real Wellington didn't dig trenches or similar defensive emplacements *by design*. He hoped to goad Napoleon into a costly frontal assault and trench lines might have deterred such an attack. He sent a letter to Blücher the night before informing him of his intent to make a stand at Mont St Jean (the name Waterloo would be applied to the battlefield later) and requested that the Prussians send 1 corps to assist. Blücher's Chief of Staff Gneisenau tried to argue against risking the Prussian army after their brutal losses at Ligny, but Blücher overruled him, leading 2 of his corps personally to Wellington's aid. A lot has been made of the rains over that weekend which delayed the beginning of Napoleon's assault, and it certainly played a factor, but I do wonder if they made that much of a difference in reality. While the rains delayed the beginning of Napoleon's preliminary bombardment until noon, they also delayed the march of the Prussian I and IV Corps to the battlefield. With an earlier bombardment due to better weather, you would also likely see an earlier Prussian arrival. What is undeniable is that Blücher's arrival came - by design - at a pivotal point. Von Bülow's IV Corps arrived first at Plancenoit around 16:30, with Blücher intending to strike into the French rear positions as swiftly as possible to relieve the pressure on Wellington's beleagured troops. The appearance of the Prussians in the French rear had far more than the desired effect of pulling French reserves away from the main assault; it struck a mortal blow to French morale which was then completely shattered by the defeat of the Imperial Guard by Wellington's centre. I always find it frustrating when modern internet commenters try and win a game of historical top trumps with these kinds of events. The truth is that Wellington never held back in his praise of Blücher, crediting him with saving his army and turning what could have been a Napoleonic pyhrric victory or bloody stalemate into the crushing defeat of his regime. Waterloo was won by the Anglo-Allied forces and the Prussians together. Neither army could have defeated Napoleon on their own.
And this is what you can do if you have the Soviet Army to use as extras. I was looking for how to turn on the Closed Captioning Translations. You can tel when Napoleon finds out the Old Guard has broken though ... .
Yeah, but it was underrated to the point the publishers saw it and forced Kubrick to abandon his own movie about Napoleon. Kubrick had an insane attention to detail too, an a lot of respect towards the historical sources, because even though it wasn't the main point of the movie, it was necessary for context. It's a shame Spielberg took none of it, and botched everything royally. I don't think Waterloo is an outstanding movie, by the way. From cinematography standpoint, it's rather mid. But it's an epic feat of historical reenactment, that's for sure. It was what the world could probably see if it was possible to broadcast the Napoleonic wars on TV, lol.
The allied headquarter was speaking FRENCH which was the international language of the elite. So yes between the english, prussian, germans, dutchs, belgians the orders were written and spoken IN FRENCH.
It is taught as an allied victory in Britain, so what are you on? The British held the line and planned the battle, so there’s no need to diminish the British. The battle would have been impossible without the hundred days anyway…
both spells are correct. In his birth certificate (in Italian) he is called both. they simply did not care 😂 PS: I doubt his native italian was the bleached one used in dubbing studios
Such a better movie than ridleys one. Honestly. Much much better. If only kubrick could have made his napoleon, you know that would have been excellent
Very nice but I kept hearing Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture when I see the Battle of Waterloo even though the Overture is about the Russian defense against the invading French.
considering this whole mess started from the French absolutists demanding the restoration of the Bourbons and how French was the diplomatic language until very recently... not that
Corsican is just a variant of Tuscan which is what standard Italian is based on. His family were minor nobility so the language they would have used would have been the closest thing at the time to modern standard Italian so it's not inaccurate.
Fun fact: Corsican language (Napolen mothertongue) is closer to italian than many italian own dialects. It originated from tuscany, the birthplace of italian language.
Love how the audio quality is so well dated, just as if it was done in the 70's -mostly meaning, as if it was dubbed over but still 😂 Napoleon thinking in Italian is a nice touch, but would he really have though? He'd been talking French for decades wouldn't that have been more natural to him?
@@Ithaka1290You really think his childhood defined him? Sorry, but corsica betrayed him, he has no love for them after they left him for dead, you can bet he did an compete overhaul of himself, remember, his father was an French supporter, so he would have been taught french when growing up, he polished his language skill when he was an young adult, he wasn't an idiot who can't get accustom to the language in 5 constant years.
@@moritamikamikara3879 Both Scots and Gaelig would have been social death should any officer speak those languages publically in this era. Wellington himself was Irish but firmly committed to the Imperialist project so rejected the Irish language.
@@stalfithrildi5366 Anything "too Scottish" being banned was still a consequence of the Jacobite revolt in 1745-46. This era only ended when King George (don't ask me which one) being invited by Sir Walter Scott visited Scotland wearing a kilt.
et Grouchy tourne en rond, sans comprendre, un géneral! Combien de généraux Français ne valaient rien? Presque tous! Foch, Pétain... Mangin... de trės bons exemples...
Dommage que les explosions soient si peu réalistes (je ne savais pas qu'ils utilisaient le napalm en 1815 ?). Ça gâche le film qui par ailleurs est tellement meilleur que le Ridley Scott !
I remember General Blücher (not too sure if it is Blücher) and Duke of wellington don't understand each other but fluent in french...so in midst of a French defeat, the enemies of France is speaking her language, the irony
Sorry, my audio render skills are limited to "brutal cuts and seal together" 😅
I have to confess I was a bit disappointed this video was not just the most hilarious British caricatures of what the British think European languages sound like.
Works just fine, don't worry
It’s avant garde
OH MY GOD NAPOLEON THINKING IN ITALIAN IS SUCH A PERFECT DETAIL
Indeed. Napoleon, having been born on the island of Corsica, both spoke and read Corsican, learned standard Italian, and then learned French from the age of 10. He also took lessons in German and English, although he was not known to have spoken them fluently.
Interestingly as well, as a Corsican native his French was heavily accented, and his written French was barely legible.
not perfect
I highly doubt he spoke with the brutally cleaned cadence of movie dubs
@@monicajewinskyn importe quoi mdr
@@monicajewinskyStandard italian didn’t exist yet,but i agree on the fact the surely he learned corsican before french
If I recall correctly his parents originated from Pisa, and then went to Corsica.
Given the fact that 45% of Wellington's soldiers came from Germany and 20% from the Low Countries, a lot more German and Dutch should be spoken.
I know
and French was spoken by the belgians as well (we have account of friendly fires due to... linguistic mismanagement 😅)
Well not in terms of the British redcoats. You are right, they were only a third of his force, but the greatest single nationality.
The more pressing issue is that no Dutch Belgians or Germans are even in the movie, though Bylants brigade is briefly mentioned.
@@AtheAethelingWe do see a brief scene of blucher’s army arriving at the very end, so it’s not entirely accurate to say it shows _no_ Germans.
@@AtheAetheling
The KGL and Hanoverians wore redcoats
Dutch forces in particular were crucial before and during the battle. But it is always downplayed or flat out ignored because it does not serve the narrative of a glorious British victory.
In the Shap's series the Prince of Orange is even actively portrayed as a complete idiot. But in reality he was a very skilled and talented commander. He managed to fool the French into believing a much larger force was present by marching his forces in circles behind cover of buildings. The French could only see parts of them between the buildings, and did not see it was just a circle of the same men over and over. This stopped them from attacking and made them wait for more re-enforcements. Buying crucial time for Wellington and Blucher to link up.
During the battle itself it was also Dutch forces which took the brunt of the initial French attacks. It was the Dutch units who stood firm and rallied the routing units.
Without the Dutch, Napoleon would likely have soundly beaten Wellington at Waterloo.
Blücher sounds so much more badass in the original German.
But he called his man dogs and not kinder haha
@@Kampiiee Doesn't make much difference in German: Kinder - Hunde. 🤭
The sound quality on that point is so bad (interfering with the music and background noise) that you can hear both.
He had the Vorrrrwärts for which he was named, so all is good.
@@moatl6945 I clearly hear Kinder
@@moatl6945I only hear "Kinder". Even trying I cant make out "Hunde".
And children definitively are not dogs. Poor dogs.
This is amazing. Would love to rewatch the entire film done like this. Good work!
Someone with more spare tine than me already did it
give it a try
@animeXCaso where can I find it?
@@animeXcaso Where? What's the name?
Where ?@@animeXcaso
I need to find it!
Another fun fact that Wellington and Blucher didn't understand each other's languages so they spoke french as a common language
Yes because French was the English of the late 18th century and early 19th century. During the revolutionary war for U.S. independence, John Adams was humiliated when he first went to Paris and didn't know Frenc. At that time virtually all diplomats had to learn French as an international language.
Since they're all in the nobility, you could have just shown them all speaking French, haha.
no need for their pars and even more for the troops
Napoleon: "The British are a nation of shopkeepers".
Wellington: "Thank you for your business and have a nice day".
he got really... SERVED at Waterloo
Okay, you win.
@@animeXcaso the brits got destroyed by the time the prussians arrived
@@animeXcaso just so happened to be that the brits got a morale boost at the end cuz the prussians arrived
and as u can see wellington is sweating after he saw the imperial guard, wouldnt be surprised if this was accurate
Wellington was like a sitting duck being plucked without the Prussians despite occupying a strong defensive position reinforced by the muddy terrain and with the same manpower as the attacker.
love the fact tha Napoleon speeks in french ans thinks in italian
Pourquoi ? ( why )
@@pedalevaaaa4172it's just a video. 😊
@@pedalevaaaa4172napoleon was from corsica
His first language was an italian dialect originated in tuscany, thus very similar to italian
@@fiorinopizio4554 Napoleon est français, parlait français, fut l'empereur des Français, il n'a jamais montré aucun amour en vers l'Italie, aucune preuve qu'il parlait italien. Il est allé vivre en France à l'âge de 7 ans je crois, jusqu'à sa mort. Son père était proche de la noblesse française. Il a placé sa famille sur les trônes d'Europe.
Sa sœur s'est mariée à un français, elle parlait français. Tous son entourage était français. En corse figuré toi, on parlait le corse et le français chez les gens aisés. comme dans toutes l'Europe.
@@pedalevaaaa4172 COPE
Man cope with reality instead of denying it, Napoleone first language wasnt french thats why in the movie he thinks in italian cause he spoke corsican
He was even bullied for his corsican accent man
And by the way he wasnt just emperor of the french but he also proclaimed himself king of italy
it is weird I was thinking about this in a shower once,
seems like shower thoughts come true..
lol
shower thoughts are indeed universal
@@animeXcaso I could not agree more.
Bella idea quella di far pensare Napoleone in italiano! Dopotutto, era corso😁
All'inizio non volevo
poi mi sono ricordato che suo padre era un esule toscano e che certo in casa non avrebbe parlato come gli altri isolani.
@@animeXcasocorretto, anche perché il corso stesso è abbastanza vicino al toscano
Innò,@@animeXcaso , chi Carlu Bonaparte, u babbu di Nabulione, ùn era mica un esigliatu Tuscanu chi a famidda Buonaparte, Bonaparte all'usu corsu (u Talianu "buona" si dice "bona" in corsu) discendeva di un certu Francesco Buonaparte, dettu "U Moru", natu in Sarzana ai cunfini liguro-tuscani, mercenariu a u serviziu di l'Ufficiu di San Ghjorghju chi guvernava a Corsica per Genuva, ghjuntu e stabilitu in Aiacciu in l'ultima fine di u quatrucentu, pocu dopu a fundazione di sta cità in1492. Dopu, sta famidda Bonaparte d'Aiacciu fece sempre alleenze matrimuniale incù famidde corse di i paesi vicine, i Tusoli e i Bonelli da Bucugnà (Nabulione avia decine di cugini in sti paese muntagnolu di a valle di a Gravona), i Costa da Bastetrga, i Signori Bozzi da a pieve di u Taravu e Istria d'Ulmetu per esempiu. E a mamma di Laetizia Ramolino, mamma di Nabulione, era una Pietrasanta da Sarté. In stu tempu, in Corsica, u Talianu, u Tuscanu più precisamente, era a lingua scritta, a lingua sapienta di a ghjente colta, e u Corsu era a lingua parlata d'ogni ghjornu di u Populu, sti dui idiomi essendu naturalmente cumplementari. I Bonaparte scrivianu in Italianu mà parlavanu quantu in corsu chi in Talianu sputicu. U zitellu Nabulione parlava in corsu qu'and'ellu ghjucava incù i so amichi aiaccini, mica in Talianu. Dunque, per mé, a si pinsava più in Cosu che in Talianu. U so babbu, studiente all'Università fundata in Corti da Pasquale Paoli, in 1764 e aperta in 1765, fù u segretariu di u Capu generale di a Nazione corsa e unu di i so tenenti durante a guerra franco-corsa di 1768-1769, e dopu a disfatta corsa di Pontenovu, l'ottu di Maghju 1769 e a partenza di Paoli in esigliu u 14 di ghjugnu 1769, opportunistu, si misse a u serviziu di i novi maestri francesi.
@@animeXcasoil n'a pas grandi avec son pere biologique. Et Laetitia ne parlait que le corse.
Corso non e italiano sono di Corsica, il corso e piu Bruto. Con parole francese, per esiempio (I am tired) non e sono stanco ma sono fatigate (french verb fatiguer for tired)
I wanted someone to make such a movie.I am glad it came true. Thank you from Japan
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I think in the Soviet War and Peace adaption the French speak French and the Russians speak Russian. It's basically like this.
Are you cutting different versions together here? (French, Italian, German dubs?)
You should do the whole movie like this with sub titles for the non-english. Probably would forever endear you to a few devoted history nerds.
Someone else already did it
@@animeXcaso who?
Yes. Who please?
@@glxyzera7532 Waterloo in National Languages from Brumaireist
Marshall "Vorwärts" giving a perfect example for his name
Fantastic film....captured the battle perfectly steiger put in a tour de force performance of Napoleon as did Plumer with Wellington...
Idk if they say anything in this movie but the Kings German Legion speaking german would be cool as well
this is actually a total improvement, great job!
I've always found fascinating (and probably a side-effect of WWII ending just 25 years earlier...) that while the French and British are portrayed in a balanced and overall sympathetic manner, the Prussians are shown as this evil force all dressed in black, and are given an "Imperial March"-like theme^^
Uniforms look good actually. The Prussians wore very dark uniforms. The jackets were a very dark blue and the trousers were a dark to medium gray. Both look black at a distance but if you look close when they step out of the shadows into the sunlight that the trousers are gray not black. Their uniform people did a great job.
@@jonathanh761i thought for the longest time that the prussians wore black bc of this movie. im not rlly sure why they gave them black shirts. a shame, too; prussian blue is a very attractive color
I'm not convinced they are wearing black in the film. We never get a close up shot of Prussian infantry. Dark blue looks black from a distance. If you look at the far away shot of the French infantry at around 3:29, it looks like they are wearing white and black. It's only very close shots where blue is seen.
The Prussian cavalry that are shown up close charging are wearing black and that is correct. If you look at the badge on their shakos, they are the "death's head" hussars, and that regiment famously did wear black.
Regards.@@amxelcbis4464
I've always wondered, realistically, what music should they have played over? Preußens Gloria? What marching song would they use?
@@DZatheus yorckscher marsch, königratzer marsch, and the hohenfriedberger marsch would be my guess. pariser einzugsmarch too (composed in 1814 after the battle of paris). preußens gloeia was composed in 1870 after the franco prussian war
This movie dispels the myth that Wellington won Waterloo, at least alone. Had Blücher not arrived when he did, Wellington would have lost. It was a team effort!
would have been nicer if they showed the belgian and german troops alongside the British
remind me, did Wellington knowingly take a battle he knew would bring his army to its breaking point (i.e. was Blücher's march only a thing because Wellington set the conditions for it to happen) or did Wellington need to be bailed out because he fucked up somehow?
@@Nonaggress Wellington overestimated the breaking point of his army, sure, he had a surprise for Napoleon and had agreed on the manoeuvre with Blücher, but Blücher coming when he did Wellington (which was late) saved Wellington from losing (Wellington took up defensive positions but repeatedly suffered great losses)
Especially by their arrival
A) surprising the French, and forcing them to split the troops
B) giving Wellingtons army time to recover
C) giving them a morale boost
@@Nonaggress Wellington had identified the ridge at Waterloo as an excellent defensive position the previous year when he took up some post at the Belgian court in Brussels, so him making a stand at Waterloo was a deliberate decision since it was the best terrain for miles around for a large pitched battle. Unlike in Ridley Scott's recent film, the real Wellington didn't dig trenches or similar defensive emplacements *by design*. He hoped to goad Napoleon into a costly frontal assault and trench lines might have deterred such an attack.
He sent a letter to Blücher the night before informing him of his intent to make a stand at Mont St Jean (the name Waterloo would be applied to the battlefield later) and requested that the Prussians send 1 corps to assist. Blücher's Chief of Staff Gneisenau tried to argue against risking the Prussian army after their brutal losses at Ligny, but Blücher overruled him, leading 2 of his corps personally to Wellington's aid.
A lot has been made of the rains over that weekend which delayed the beginning of Napoleon's assault, and it certainly played a factor, but I do wonder if they made that much of a difference in reality. While the rains delayed the beginning of Napoleon's preliminary bombardment until noon, they also delayed the march of the Prussian I and IV Corps to the battlefield. With an earlier bombardment due to better weather, you would also likely see an earlier Prussian arrival.
What is undeniable is that Blücher's arrival came - by design - at a pivotal point. Von Bülow's IV Corps arrived first at Plancenoit around 16:30, with Blücher intending to strike into the French rear positions as swiftly as possible to relieve the pressure on Wellington's beleagured troops. The appearance of the Prussians in the French rear had far more than the desired effect of pulling French reserves away from the main assault; it struck a mortal blow to French morale which was then completely shattered by the defeat of the Imperial Guard by Wellington's centre.
I always find it frustrating when modern internet commenters try and win a game of historical top trumps with these kinds of events. The truth is that Wellington never held back in his praise of Blücher, crediting him with saving his army and turning what could have been a Napoleonic pyhrric victory or bloody stalemate into the crushing defeat of his regime. Waterloo was won by the Anglo-Allied forces and the Prussians together. Neither army could have defeated Napoleon on their own.
man, this is sick. thank you
That video is GENIUS. Absolutely notable what you've done with Napoleon. Excellent.
Alot of Latin and Germanic. I think Polish lancers under napoleon were the only one speaking slavic language during that battle
I never was so euphoric seeing the German comming
*V O R W Ä T S !*
@@animeXcaso 😂😂😂
not heard in Europe since 1939 :)
And this is what you can do if you have the Soviet Army to use as extras.
I was looking for how to turn on the Closed Captioning Translations. You can tel when Napoleon finds out the Old Guard has broken though ...
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i love the scene where napoleon thinks in corsican
Very good. I would totally rewatch again.
This movie is so much better than the disappointment that Napoleon (2023) ended up being
素晴らしい。各々、誇りを持って自国の言語を話している。
This movie is so damn underrated. I guess a few people came to it after the abomination of the “Napoleon” movie, but still not that much
Yeah, but it was underrated to the point the publishers saw it and forced Kubrick to abandon his own movie about Napoleon. Kubrick had an insane attention to detail too, an a lot of respect towards the historical sources, because even though it wasn't the main point of the movie, it was necessary for context. It's a shame Spielberg took none of it, and botched everything royally.
I don't think Waterloo is an outstanding movie, by the way. From cinematography standpoint, it's rather mid. But it's an epic feat of historical reenactment, that's for sure. It was what the world could probably see if it was possible to broadcast the Napoleonic wars on TV, lol.
Prima di Peter jackson le battaglie belle grosse le faceva Serjiev Bondaciurck
„VORWÄRTS MEIN KINDER !!!“
The allied headquarter was speaking FRENCH which was the international language of the elite. So yes between the english, prussian, germans, dutchs, belgians the orders were written and spoken IN FRENCH.
*written
*between
unluckily Bondarchuk did not quite -gave- give us the occasion
@@animeXcaso give*
@@TDGSMP😅
you are right
@@animeXcaso ❤😆
Gonna cry?
It's like The Passion of the Christ where authentic languages were spoken. Nice video 👍😉
Roman aristocrats preferred Greek over Latin though
That moment when your foe shoots your old guard so much they start speaking English
Napo speaking italian is just 😙👌
*thinking
speaking in his head
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Waterloo, the archetypal "British victory".
Most of the combatants were not British.
They were beaten and saved by the Prussians.
A French defeat
not a British victory
It is taught as an allied victory in Britain, so what are you on?
The British held the line and planned the battle, so there’s no need to diminish the British. The battle would have been impossible without the hundred days anyway…
this vid is what I wanted. Perfect historical reach XD
Not perfect, the original had its issues
and I got some cuts wrong here and there 😅
aldo the audio transition should be smoother
@@animeXcaso it’s okay. At least my satisfaction has sated for now ;)
If the new Napoleon movie would do this as well....
what do you expect from ridley "get a life" scott
accuracy? 😂
@@animeXcasofr my guy
2:15 somewhere from out of the ranks "Zonne grote vuurbal jonguh!"
Buonaparte thinks in his native Italian 🙂
both spells are correct. In his birth certificate (in Italian) he is called both.
they simply did not care 😂
PS: I doubt his native italian was the bleached one used in dubbing studios
I wish more stuff would do this. I play AC Mirage in Arabic & will Ghost of Tsushima in Japanese for this reason.
6:08 "They push Harry Potter!" 😡
lol 😂
now it can't be unheard
Such a better movie than ridleys one. Honestly. Much much better. If only kubrick could have made his napoleon, you know that would have been excellent
That`s it :) Thank you for this `authentic` impression.
From my view it is still the absolute best version about this subject.
I only wish I could fix some audio changes
If there is anything in this world about which I know positively nothing, it is French…oh, and German. I’ll start again. If there are two things…🙄
Very nice but I kept hearing Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture when I see the Battle of Waterloo even though the Overture is about the Russian defense against the invading French.
"Vorwärts, meine Kinder!"
After the victory, Blücher and wellington talked in french as it was the only language they both could speak. What a irony
considering this whole mess started from the French absolutists demanding the restoration of the Bourbons and how French was the diplomatic language until very recently...
not that
Can we… can we get the whole movie? This is amazing
Just type Waterloo 1970 it's on RUclips
I suppose this guy did it: ruclips.net/video/uecoGRCmk1I/видео.htmlsi=7tAyDwilZmGwYmJ5
this is my Napoleon. Sorry, not sorry Mr. Scott.
Prussia is literally Rohan. ^^
Arise! Arise knights of Prussia! 😂
Wow you did a great job sir, thanks
this is fantastic thank you! and Ney was such a bad ass.
Is that French with a Corsican Accent?
No, there is few if any French voice actors that can speak Corsican, even back then.
This V.A. was spoken in the common French accent ...
I loved this. This is how historical movies should be!
yeah...
still perfectable
but at least mistakes are no backed by anti-intellectual smug and personal -agenda- bias
That's why I like the Mel Gibson's approach to history, even if he's not always faithful to the original narrative
Where is the video footage taken from? It's so great!
The movie waterloo 1970
By god i've lost my leg
This would awesome if someone edited the whole movie this way
Not bad. Not bad at all.
This is just so amazing
1:00 italian button
Wow make the entire move like this that would be awesome
I wish you Americans and other monolinguals could have the same experience as I do and were able to understand all the featured languages.
You give us too much credit. We are actually "non-lingual"
They should actually make movies like this
Y E S....
Agreed. Different languages don’t detract from movies like these, as long as there’s still a lot of English.
Brilliant
I would watch a whole movie like this
Fantastic edit 👏
nah
the audio are all unbalanced 😅
I love this. Thank you 🙏🏻
*Napoleon thinks in metropolitan Italian*
Corsica: Screams in Corsican dialect.
Corsican is just a variant of Tuscan which is what standard Italian is based on. His family were minor nobility so the language they would have used would have been the closest thing at the time to modern standard Italian so it's not inaccurate.
there is no such thing as metropolitan Italian and Corsican is a sister language
@@Euromantiquefor sure he would have not spoken the "dubbing school" Italian
this I had
this I went with
Wellington was irish
And Napoleon was Corsican and his first language was Italian, whats ya point?
Fun fact: Corsican language (Napolen mothertongue) is closer to italian than many italian own dialects. It originated from tuscany, the birthplace of italian language.
*regional languages
this said, I think Dante himself would be more comfortable speaking with a Corsican rather than a modern tuscan
0:05 When tf was there a tornado at waterloo ? XD
Napoleon speaking with an American accent is a big pet peeve for me. Absolutely love this
Where are the Dutch though?
Bondarchuk forgot about them
Vive l'empereur des Français
The Old Guard thought they were about to mop-up the battlefield like they had many times before.... and then, The Prussians appear!
The whole line will advance.
In wich direction your grace?
@@MarcoCaprini-do3dq why straight forward to be sure.
Smoking that Napoleon pac innit 💣
I keep forgetting., that's how you spell "La Haye Sainte" .,
Cause its from USSR. :)
Love how the audio quality is so well dated, just as if it was done in the 70's -mostly meaning, as if it was dubbed over but still 😂
Napoleon thinking in Italian is a nice touch, but would he really have though? He'd been talking French for decades wouldn't that have been more natural to him?
if the prussians didnt arrive the british would deffinitely lose the battle of Waterloo
Awesome!
5:43 The Old Guard speaking English...
oh man this a woopsie
I thought it was unintelligeble😅
I'm pretty sure napoleon thought in French, even though he was ethnically Italian.
I am afraid this is something only HIM would know
He never was the biggest fan of France growing up, his empire was one of spreading Revolution not nationalism as we'd understand it today
@@Ithaka1290You really think his childhood defined him? Sorry, but corsica betrayed him, he has no love for them after they left him for dead, you can bet he did an compete overhaul of himself, remember, his father was an French supporter, so he would have been taught french when growing up, he polished his language skill when he was an young adult, he wasn't an idiot who can't get accustom to the language in 5 constant years.
"Déantar na leaids go cúig bhabhta fear. Ach, aye, beidh siad i seilbh. Pónairí maithe, Wellington " Now everyone speaks his own language.
Highly unlikely he would’ve spoken to Wellington in Scottish. There’s a good chance he couldn’t even speak Scottish.
Gaelic was definetely not the language of an officer
Also, I'm not massively familiar with the historical figure in question, but wouldn't he have spoken Scots? Not Gaelic?
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Both Scots and Gaelig would have been social death should any officer speak those languages publically in this era.
Wellington himself was Irish but firmly committed to the Imperialist project so rejected the Irish language.
@@stalfithrildi5366 Anything "too Scottish" being banned was still a consequence of the Jacobite revolt in 1745-46. This era only ended when King George (don't ask me which one) being invited by Sir Walter Scott visited Scotland wearing a kilt.
et Grouchy tourne en rond, sans comprendre, un géneral! Combien de généraux Français ne valaient rien? Presque tous! Foch, Pétain... Mangin... de trės bons exemples...
ah but you should have had gordon speaking in a more scottish accents or in scots.
Dommage que les explosions soient si peu réalistes (je ne savais pas qu'ils utilisaient le napalm en 1815 ?). Ça gâche le film qui par ailleurs est tellement meilleur que le Ridley Scott !
I want the entire movie edited like this.
…and the Scots doing the majority of the fighting…. Alba gu bràth agus saorsa
I remember General Blücher (not too sure if it is Blücher) and Duke of wellington don't understand each other but fluent in french...so in midst of a French defeat, the enemies of France is speaking her language, the irony
French was diplomatic language until ww2
also remember: the french royalist started it all, it is not quite that strange
I am not able to recognize what language are they speaking, just at the beginning. So I stopped at 0.08
Do not teach French at middle school?
I feel like the directors tried to push the prussians into a villainy direction with this negative music. Please correct me.
Negative?
How about: "you are doomed" sound?
At what point did Boney say my fecking piles are killing me 😊
That actor actually sounds a bit like Rod Steiger.....not bad!
You should of had wellington speaking Irish
Irish was not a language for an officier
Buonaparte🟩⬜🟥😏
ah but you should have had gordon speaking in a more scottish accents or in scots.
He’s limited to what the movie dubs provided.
The guard still screams all ist lost run