Napoleon in Egypt: Battle of the Pyramids - Epic History TV Reaction
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- See the original video here - • Napoleon in Egypt: Bat...
Check out the VTH Patreon here - / vth
Check out the VTH Podcast
Spotify - open.spotify.c...
Apple - podcasts.apple...
VTH Gaming - / thehistoryguy
VTH Extra - / @vthextra
VTH Originals - / @vthoriginals259
#history #reaction
"You people are relentless" yeah what tipped you off? The two years of asking for napoleon's marshals? :D
Thanks for another great breakdown Chris, Napoleon is a very polarizing figure and there's not many who give such a balanced/nuanced analysis. Cheers
Napoleon's marshals HYPE! :)
The real question is when will he react to ephtv napoleon’s marshals
*Marshals
@@eledile1621 lol I realized of that after I commented, true that. I have since corrected my error. Many thanks.
When the sun rises from the west, when the mountains blow in the wind like leaves and when the seas run dry
I couldn't help, I totally laughed reading that 😅
How was it spelt i missed it lol
19:14 Slight correction, the summer heat in Russia (combined with disease) already claims a large portion of Napoleon’s army before winter. After all, Napoleon only had around 130,000 at Borodino, plus a few ten thousand guarding supply lines, despite having only fought one significant battle
Yep I remember at the end of the Russia retreat video they mentioned how despite popular myth the bulk of Napoleons men died in the summer advance to heat and disease rather than winter. Amazing how just marching can basically delete 2/3 of your army in napoleons time.
@@RoydeanEU yeah, i think the napoleonic wars are some of the last conflicts were most casualties happen outside of battle
Thank you, I was looking for this comment.
I was about to comment it, but I scrolled down to make sure it’s already mentioned…😂 I read many memoirs of soldiers in napoleons grande armée..from May to September, they were already dying and suffering in the thousands due to lack of food and terrible heat conditions, desertions and suicides, etc.
WAY better than Extra Credits aswell 😂
At this point, they are too politically biased to present history with credibility.
Alexander the Great, Gaius Julius Caesar and Napoleon are all among some of the few leaders in history that I can confidently say the men followed them almost to the point of fanaticism. With Napoleon having both of them as his idols, he certainly wanted the same and did so. Alexander had his Argyraspides, the Silver Shields, Caesar had his Legio X Equestris and Napoleon had his Old Guard. Fascinating stuff.
Alexander’s men did not like him that much. They mutinied more than once, Alexander murdered one of his best generals, the Greeks refused to follow certain Persian traditions that Alexander demanded and he could have been poisoned by some of his own at the end.
Napoleon was very charismatic but he priotised himself abandoning his army on three occasions.
@@archivesoffantasy5560True. And thanks for filling me in on more of Alexander. I frankly don't know much about him. Also, even Caesar's most trusted and beloved, the 10th Legion mutinied against him and was frankly humiliated by Caesar in true Caesar fashion.
@@NyaHaKitty277 Yep you’re right about Caesar, is that the one where he called them “citizens” not soldiers and said he’d have to win with other legions and it won them back?
Also I should clarify I’m sure Alexander was popular with his men, he did fight in the front lines and gave an epic speech to end a mutiny, I was just pointing out that there were problems.
@@archivesoffantasy5560Yes. Correct. According to Appian, Caesar basically telling the 10th that they would get all that he owned them after he had won the upcoming campaign without them. He did not punish the mutinous legions despite insistence from the centurions of the legions. They wanted decimation towards themselves. Caesar's clemency is such a fascinating aspect of him since it goes totally against the Roman mindset. Owing somebody a favour or having shown mercy was a huge humiliation for the Romans after all. I think that is what sets him apart from many others, including Alexander and Napoleon.
What about Cyrus the Great? Didn't Alexander the Great fantasize him as well?
Funny thing, 80% of Knight Hospitalier from Malta were french. ( from crusades heritage) . So obvliously they didn't put much effort to resist the french.
Thanks for the Upper Sandusky shoutout! That’s where I was born and raised.
Of course people are relentless. Epic History TV easily make some of the highest quality content across all platforms at a level that makes it impossible to get any degree of Napoleon fatigue!
21:43 I believe the square formations did have a weak point in the corners that elite cavalry could charge through to break through the formation. Good luck doing that while under fire in the chaos of battle lol. I also remember during the wellington Salamanca video (spain 1812) the English cavalry broke a square formation. One of the horses was killed but in the process fell down and knocked some men down creating a hole in the square that the cavalry were able to exploit and charge in.
Better to just send in the infantry or artillery to break the squares first I think way less risk 😅
That's the thing, defending a square against cavalry was an art in itself. Fire too soon, and a large fraction of the shots may miss. Fire too late, and any horses you hit will still be carried forward by sheer momentum and fall dead into your formation.
I owe most of my mid-life crises to Napoleon, unfortunately. This guy, at just over 30, without even being the ruler of France yet, reforms Malta in 6 days and then conquers Egypt. What have I done with my life?😂
Loved this, brother 🙏 I am getting to it slightly late, but amazing nevertheless. And also! History Dose has a video on Alexander Dumas, from some years ago. It's fantastic, and it would be amazing to see your breakdown of it.
If not Napoleon's Marshals, then try the Total Guide on HMS Victory
There's a good series from a channel called Historically Adequate about the French Revolution, if that's something you'd be interested in covering. I know you seem to cover a lot of military history, but the FR was so influential on world history
Dont gove into peer pressure, you must stay strong.
imagine if nelson just waited a few more hours
The british naval strategy/tactics were to shoot the masts the french tactics was to shoot the ships..
Murad vs Murat 😂
React to Middle ages destroyed by Bad Translations with Starharv
What if instead of attacking those squares, the Mamluks raid supply and communication rears like what happened in Russia?
Huhhhhhhh
Where's Napoleon's Marshals tho?!?
So after all this Napoleoning around you're grumbling like a true grognard, now.
12 vs 14 ships of the line? for like such a significant theater? that seems awfully slim, like especially for the french, the british had to stretch themselves real thin across the globe, but france can really just pack their entire navy in the mediterranian for this no?
Not just numbers, a lot of the difference is in British technology (cannons) and experienced deck men that gave them the edge
@@jordanferguson7425 yeah absolutely, but i was more surprised about was the few number of ships like out of 127 ships of the line from britain they only had 14 in the whole mediterranian? same for the frenchlike i couldnt find the exact number but if the british had 127 they prob had around 60 atleast, and like the defense of egypt/threatening it feels like a very important strategic objective. so the numbers just seemed kinda thin to me and that was about it
What do you mean… YOU PEOPLE?!
Either Yi Sun Shin or Thomas Cochrane will defeat Nelson on an even playing field.
Oopsie!
Incoming British conquering quarter of the globe comments.
What do you mean 'You people' !!!
“Napoleon movie? Throw it in the trash.” - Oversimplified, probably
W 😂
Napoleon had a interesting view on Jesus as he said
“Alexander, Cæsar, Charlemagne and myself founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon sheer force. Jesus Christ alone founded His empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men will die for Him.”
Specifically "the little corporal" referred to his habit early on as a general of personally laying (aiming) his army's cannons - the job of an artillery corporal. Like Chris said, this made them feel that he was genuinely one of them and willing to fight alongside his own troops.
When's Napoleon's Marshals episode coming out? You've been talking about it so long
Please do the marshal's series next,we are not fatigued of napoleonic content
He might be fatigued of making it
@@JohnReedy07163 Then why didn't he do it before when he wasn't fatigued? He's been prioritizing everything over it and now it´s looking like he won´t react to it. : (
VTH you should do a reaction to epic history Tv Belisarius series it is so good it’s about the last great Roman general during Justinian reign.
Great series but he wasn’t Rome’s (Byzantine Empire) last great general.
He may not have bren the ladt but hr was the greatest and ehat he achieved wjth the resources he had was unbelievable @@archivesoffantasy5560
No such thing as napoleon fatigue :D :D :D
Epic history tv are legends! Thanks For this 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I used to be a fan of the American revolution and jumped to ww2. Then worked my way to ww1.
I just couldn't find the civil war or Napileonic era interesting. Your channel has single handedly made these two eras some of my favorite in history.
So please, Napoleon fatigue me, so I can find another time in history to geek out on next!
Pike and shot era ! It’s super interesting as a proper melange of two eras
There's no such thing as Napoleon fatigue.
Please I know you wont see this but can you or will you react to Napoleons marshalls one day? You said you wont do more Napoleon for a while but then you react to this Napoleon series instead of first going through one you skipped which if I might add is an exellent series as well. It just seems like you have a bias against watching it for some reason.
Sorry if I sound rude.
When you mentioned about how Napoleon's men love him I never knew that he actually took a plaqued victim to the hospital that's really special it really goes to show that he's got nothing to lose except his wife (although she's cheating on him) I guess that's what makes him a hero, man if there was ever a moment in that time (if I lived in that time) of choosing who to believe in Napoleon or Hitler, honestly I'd go for Napoleon with his tactical knowledge caring for his men on the ground than the other way around.
Only People I Think Hitler Really Cared About The Most Was German Children And 1 Jewish Girl He Did Love And Himler Didn't Approve But Wouldn't Challenge Hilter About The Jewish Girl But Correct Me If I'm Wrong I Don't Mind I Really Don't Think Hitler Cared For His Army When United States Entered WW2 And Landed In Normandy Even Though He Was Evil I Want To Imagine The What If's Though How Close He Was To Annihilate Every Culture To Exist In And Around Germany And How Close Was He To Have An Atomic Bomb
@Bullrider33Outdoors Yeah, but the difference between Hitler and Napoleon is that the army loved Napoleon and for Hitler they did before but no longer after.
@@theraginggager7303Napoleon was a master propagandist and he did abandon armies on some occasions. Still a very charismatic leader though.
10:58 What changed in 200 years? Looks like the Knights of Malta didn't, while the rest of the world did.
Love from upper egypt's city called sohag😂❤
It is always a joy when you cover napoleon, especially on epic history tv. Which is why we need you to react to their video on his marshals!
Love the reaction as usual! Not to apply more pressure, but Napoleon's Marshals when? 😂
The acts of union that formed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland came into force on January 1st, 1801
It was crazy to undertake such an expédition so far from France and without à strong navy : most of better french vessels were destroyed or captured during siège of Toulon.
Interesting that he abolished slavery in Malta but as Ruler of France he introduced it again in Haiti.
Politics man...
Yea the all cavalry force has no chance in this era of warfare. Even probably 40 years ago that all cavalry force could have potentially ruled the feild with anything but an army with significant amounts of pikes.
Long live the Emperor’s video reactions!
I think you’d really enjoy the Decembrist revolt in Russia by Epic History. It really does a deep dive into the causes and effects of it.
Epic history TV videos are easily good enough to be documentaries shown on actual TV channels. They’re usually better than a lot as well.
I've heard from multiple guys at our University and even here on RUclips, that you absolutely CAN train your horses to charge blindly into Squares. The British even did it in Africa when they had to supress a Rebellion I think.
The key point is to charge in a tight, solid mass of horsemen. An individual horse or a bunch of horses in open order may swerve or stop, a horse that's part of a stampede where there's other horses like it everywhere around moving in the same direction can't, but will be driven by herd instinct. Which is also why rough terrain or shooting down a small fraction of the horsemen can cause the entire charge to fail, as the formation gets dispersed enough that said stampede dynamic no longer works.
Historically it has been done, it's just very hard to do and the first few horses, and probably their riders, are almost certainly going to die.
Fun facts, the population of Cairo metro area is about 22 million today which is larger than the NYC metro area and the population of Paris metro is "only" about 12 million. France has a country population of about 68 million and ranks 21st while Egypt has a population of about 105 million people and ranks 14th in the world.
Cairo's urban sprawl has even reached the Great Pyramids. They used to be in the middle of a plain, now there's slums all around.
Regarding the stop in Malta, being Maltese myself, this is taught as basic history. The Knights were a majority of French descendants and had financial ties and backing from the French nobility hence the rapid decline in popularity with the Maltese population due to the French Revolution and loss of power and riches by the same nobility. The Knights became ineffective and basically bankrupt, which lead the Maltese to welcome the French. Few months later the same population wanted the French out since Napoleon literally emptied the entire country of all the riches and valuables including the Sword of Grandmaster De Valette depicted in all the art of the 1565 Great Siege which to this day is still kept in a museum in Paris (Maltese government still arguing with the French for the sword to be returned to Malta).
good ol’ bones apart 😂
"May 1798 a massive French fleet sails across the Med" ....by 3August 1798 that French fleet obliterated by Nelson....... because the French navy is lead by incompetent muppets since the revolution and Napoleon whilst a brilliant commander on land has absolutely no idea of what to with stuff that floats and never will
As soon as you started talking about "upper" on a map, I knew you were going to mention Upper Sandusky haha.
I learned that last year while over in that area hunting with a buddy of mine.
Marshals series too please..
So interesting. This is why the Ridley Scott movie was such a total disaster. The Egyptian campaign was intriguing enough for a movie of its own. When they try to cover everything they just end up covering nothing at all.
I actually did something naughty, purposely waited until your reaction to watch this vid! I just love your extra input!
Marshalls next! Please unc!
Napoleon: Whoa, it's a freaky man cat. Whoa, it's a big stick. Whoa, it's an ugly horse.
camel: Whoa, it's a stumpy little manlet.
Napoleon: Hey, I'm actually average height for the time! *cries*
Coming back to this episode Nelson leaving Alexandria after 24 hours is also influenced by the mamalukes refusing British help and even to trade with them. Besides that at the end of the campaign Kleber couldn't leave Egypt because Nelson and the admiralty didn't want to except a treaty between sir Sidney Smith and Kleber
Edit: Sidney Smith also exchanged different contradictory letters Napoleon sent out to different tribes and Muslims infuriating the population against Napoleon
19:13 Technically, the soldiers in the Russian invasion did suffer from heat besides starvation and disease in the summer advance(let alone more lost than during winter)..
The height of the shortest object that a person who is 6 feet tall would be able to see from a distance of 9 miles on a perfectly spherical Earth is approximately 32 feet
Those lines of music as napoleons dreams of conquest are shattered....
Napoleon had a decent fleet aimed at Malta & cannons so I’m sure the crusaders only had horses and plate-male armor. Hardly a shield for cannon shot.
Calls the same people he’s going to “free” ignorant 😂😂
And “history dose” s videos on Napoleon. Like the new “battle of Trafalgar” video.
then what can you say about baghdad which was1 million on the 12th century
Battle of Quiberon bay. Great Battle for you to cover. Always overshadowed by Trafalgar but a very important battle none the less.
The interresting part of this are the 24 big books about Egypt. I have one of thel...fantastic.
The other interresting thing: the beautiful paintings of Goya about Mamelouks in Spain 😊
man the music is epic and i just wonder if anyone out there is ever going to make a napoleon war game and no i am not talking about the total war
As a side-note, went on HMS Victory and was astounded by Nelson being like "But what about me?" in the middle of his final battle; pulled the commander of the fleet away just to talk to him, not even about the battle
Napoleon after winning the battle of the pyramids they found the rosetta stone. The brittish stole it after Napoleon got defeated, that is why the rosetta stone is at the brittish museum. I have seen the rosetta stone in London.
Fun Fact, this is around the same time when the Rosetta Stone was found.
It’s only fitting for Epic History TV to officially close off their entire Napoleonic franchise with a coverage of the War of the Second Coalition after this Napoleon in Egypt Series.
I have yet to see any other channel show this historical era the love and recognition it deserves.
about the rivers, you can see the same thing in upper and lower saxony, i was so confused about that as a kid but its just bc of the way the elbe flows
What do you mean you people?
Hi chris, what is the best way to support your channel ?
Patreon is the best. RUclips takes a big chunk of super chats and memberships. Thanks for asking!
Check out Napoleon's black General from history dose
terribly biased.
I'm not relentless. I was just chilling and playing video games, watching Die hard and other Christmas movies and watching football games during Christmas break. and congratulations to the Cleveland Browns of forcing their way into the playoffs.
Watch Historiograph's Falklands documentary, it's quite good
I'd love to see you do something on Horatio Nelson.
I tried to do a video including his grave at St Paul's but it was closed for a worship service when I was there.
@@VloggingThroughHistorydid you manage to get to see the victory at Portsmouth ?
The whole dockyard is fantastic, the Mary Rose is another highlight.
@@VloggingThroughHistoryThere is a Kings and Generals Trafalgar video.
The more time goes on and the more I learn about Napoleon the less I like the movie, think we needed a TV show for him, or just less time about his marriage...
Irony is many of napoleons tactics to ingratiate himself to the egyptians were copied by the ottoman sultan when he sought to regain proper control of the region rather than have the mamluks regain their hold.
They worked a lot better for him.
I love that day in and out, you prove, there is a market for long, informative videos! I legit fall asleep to your content and assume I wake up smarter lol! ❤❤
So…. when are you going to do Napoleon in Egypt from Epic History? XD
Hey love your channel. From one ohioan to another If you haven't seen them, there is a channel called "voices of the past". Its first hand accounts of historical events. I don't expect any reaction i just wanted to put it on your radar
I'm curious if any of the mosque that he funded are still standing.
Hey Chris! I was thinking it might be cool to do some Horatio Nelson videos? It seems like he was the Napoleon of the seas? I could be wrong but it seems like he was always Napoleon’s biggest thorn in his side.
Today has been a good day, guess what; it just got better!
I love You Sir! God Bless You and Your famillly!
Napoleon's Marshals is definitely a must
VTH you need to react to the incorrect history of World War II.
At this point, Chris is straight up spiting the Marshal guys xD
Good Lord. Horatio Nelson was everywhere!
Did Britain and France ever sign a peace treaty during the Napoleonic Wars
Yes after Napoleon clapped the Austrians in Italy (again in 1800) Britain was left as the only enemy to France so agreed to peace. It was a very short peace treaty with both sides very quickly violating the agreement
@@RoydeanEU so after that peace treaty did France and Britain ever sign another or were they at war the entire rest of the Napoleonic Wars
@@Archangel1862 They were at war till Napoleon was defeated in 1813 then there was a short peace till 1815 then Napoleon came back and they were at war again 😅
So yep they were pretty much at war for the whole Napoleonic wars from that point. They really didn't like Napoleon!
@@RoydeanEU sounds like the second longest war in British history
PLEASE!!! THE MARSHALL SERIES!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Sorry for this ignorant question but what was France's ultimate objective? Did they want to absorb Britain and make the island a French colony?
No. They wanted to end the war.
Serious question, why are people so obsessed with Napoleon? From a military view his marshalls were great, but the man himself, Napoleon, abandoned his army at least twice (Egypt and Russia).
Let’s goo
Since Britain is ruling the Mediterranean, how is Napoleon communicating with Tallyrand?
The sea is really big and ships by themselves are really small
...there are frigates continuing to sail...the Med sea is not lake Michigan
😮😮😮