When he heard that Napoleon's remains were coming back to France, Marshall Moncey, one of the last Empire marshalls still alive, and dying from old age and weakness, begged his doctor to stuff him woth enough drugs to honour his Emperor one last time. When the coffin passed, he was here, in his regalia, saluting the man he had served and still revered. When it was lowered at the Invalides, he was one of the few who got to dip a bay tree branch in Holy Water and spray it over the coffin. When all was said and done, the only thing he said was: "Now the last thing I have to do is go home and die". True to his word, he passed quickly afterwards. And that was only one of many. All over Paris, hundreds of men had donned their old uniform to salute THE Emperor, the one they would still follow if he rose again.
It reminds me of the story of San Martín and why his tomb is guarded by 7 grenadiers. When he died and his remains were taken to Buenos Aires, all the Grenadiers on Horseback who were still alive put on their uniform and spontaneously went to look for him and stand guard with him all night. In total there were only 7. Incredible the loyalty that men had for their generals at that time
About the song, it was written in 1817 "To the veteran who begged for his bread" It's sad cause it's about a man who conquered the world but the only thing he got, at the end, is beg for bread or money. It was illegal (and concidered a crime) in France at this time. After the occupation of France (1815-1817), they change the law so the veterans were allowed to beg in the street. The only "gift" or reward they gave to them. (Sorry if it's not clear, english is not my native language)
@@luansilvail the ukranians shelled everithing because they werre in war against pro russiams rebels they could just made peace with them instead of bombing everithing thats the only things i agree with you the rest is just pure propaganda
@@spvrivs As a algerian who come in France, I'm very sad to see this.... I'm muslim but I will not disrespect cathedral, Allah y Dhina... They make me shame
For those who are wondering, it was "Te Souviens Tu" (1817) that inspired "Ich Bin Soldat" (1870): the former is a nostalgic song about the Napoleonic wars, which is why it was used by the latter to make it a anti war song. It is quite common to find for each song its "anti-song" on the same tune in response. The special thing about this one is that I love both versions! Side note about hte context, the 1815-1848 period was a time of misery in France where the country suffered the return of the king, poverty, occupation and indeminities to be paid to the coalised. The veterans had no pensions and the bonapartists and republicans were forbidden to work in public institutions (including the army). Begging was forbidden in France, but given the importance of the phenomenon it was allowed for the veterans.
Les soldats virent leur soldes divisée par deux et les promesses sur la baise des impôts furent non respectés ce qui favorisa le retour de l’empereur en 1815 pour les 100 jour et Waterloo.
Instantly after i listened to it i know it had common with ich bin Soldat even though i cant even say a word of this i still find it good Thanks for the meaning of it
The leaders of France who let Lebanon end up like it is now, are the same that have betrayed us to this day and destroying or selling our country bit by bit to foreign powers for their own personnal interests. I have deep nostalgia about what both our countries could be today. But thanksfully, we're great peoples and we have all the future to turn this around! Take care Lebanon
@@boutikadrezius7564 nothing more to say bro, our cancer, that is our leaders, is shared ahah... damn I wish those fuckers would only be our responsability but they bring their shit to the beautiful Lebanon too? I swear man idga shit if I'm a minor I'll follow the cgt, this macron zemel must fall. Si t'es français participes aux manifs, mobilises tes potes ta famille ton chien tout frr, et dis leur de faire la même. On peut pas le laisser. Si tu peux aller demain à 14h ya manif à Paris ❤
Never forget. 6 Coalitions to beat a single country. 6 coalitions to beat brave French soldiers. 6 Coalitions, made of 18 countries to beat ONE country !
@@nicolasdubus669France couldn’t come close to doing that nowadays. If France faced the combined might of Italy, Russia, Germany, the UK , Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Hungary and Türkiye, it would not win.
@@biodidu25 I was left wing before (I'm 23) but now I have lost the faith in the République so yes, I agree The Z was the only one that honoured that said "Vive l'Empereur" and for that (and his policies too ofc lol) he has all my support
@@BlackHawk2b same for me, I was left wing, but I realized that economically and socially speaking the left is not caring for us average citizens of middle/low class anymore... et en plus en France vous avez une droite patriote, républicaine et laïque, donc si j'étais français je n'aurais aucun doute sur qui voter.... mais en tant qu'italien nous on a une droite réligieuse et catholique et très arrierée sur bcp de questions... donc voilà en Italie c'est plus difficile :( je souhaite le meilleur à notre cher voisin, la France♥️ 🇲🇫
@@BlackHawk2b j'étais aussi pour le Z, mais sa politique libérale et la perte définitive de tout respect que j'avais pour la République me dissuadent de suivre sa voie. Et on peut dire que j'en ai suivis des mouvements, mais tous ne semblent pas saisir le véritable problème. L'immigration, la dette, notre déficit annuel dantesque, la perte de ferveur patriotique et encore bien d'autres ne sont que la suite logique de cette démocratie libérale. Car la seule fin logique à ce type de gouvernance est un individualisme paralysant rendant le terme même de nation ou d'appartenance culturelle obsolète. Et il est là le problème auquel nous avons trop peur de voir une solution. Bref, heureux de retrouver un autre patriote ici.
@@Danipiz666 J'espère que vos partis sauront se réformer afin d'apporter le meilleur à nos voisins latins ! Soyez fiers de disposer d'une droite à la ligne politique dure, il faudra tous les soutiens disponibles pour inverser la tendance.
As Pierre begged for a piece of bread, the aristocrats laughed, A man approached him, not giving him bread but extending his hand: "Jean?" Said Pierre in a happy but calm voice, Jean responded: "Get up Caporal", as Pierre got up, he looked behind Jean, seeing his old comrades, and fading images of officers and fallen comrades, seeing his eyes filling with tears of joy, another man with his old uniform approached Pierre and gave him a French eagle: "We need our old flag bearer back, don't forget Austerlitz, Salamanca and Waterloo my friend", the veterans happily marched and joked around the city, gathering their old comrades where they went, and some say, and the end of the march, at the sound of a company drum and fife, they sang this song together, Pierre always remembered to his dying days.. his last words being "I will see you all in heaven.. Vive l'Empereur".
What a nostalgic feeling for the Napoleonic veterans. This in short describes the victories of the Napoleonic armies. This is a tribute to them and their leader. Napoleon would have felt so proud on listening this.
As an American, I love France for helping us, I love the Empire because I studied Napoleon for 4 years straight and his achievements gave us the modern world, Without him, We would never see Modern France, Germany and Italy would be fragments of an Isolated Idea, if it weren’t for him, America would probably be a Rump state subject to Britain all over again. Napoleon deserves more credit than he deserves, His Successes and Failures created our modern world, I give him credit where credit’s due because he did do some bad stuff, he did take Money out of the Italians pockets after he conquered them, He didn’t Bring back the Catholic Church until 1802. I believe Napoleon is merely an Enigma, he was many things, on one hand he was ambitious Conqueror that was hellbent on bringing Europe to its knees, but he was also defending himself against a Greater Number of European powers, Hellbent on Reducing his power, He was a Champion of Liberty, But he was also Responsible for restricting certain Liberties. He did many Good and Bad things, Napoleon’s Conquests shaped our Outlook on the world. He was a good man, But also a Bad man at the same time. I give him Credit for Shaping our World to what it is, and Many people still use his Laws to this day, all be it, With some Modifications to them. To this I say: Vive le France, Vive Le Napoléon, l’Empereur des Français.
America never officially declared war against France throughout history. Tensions still exist, but some of us Americans will never forget our brothers from across the pond who helped us in our infancy.
Francesi, Italiani: una faccia, una razza! Viva le sorelle latine, unite per sempre da sangue, lingua, cultura, cucina, storia, religione, arte di vivere e amore per le cose belle! Con amicizia e fratellanza da un franco-italiano profondamente innamorato delle sue due patrie 🇫🇷❤️🇮🇹
@@lorenzod3667 as a french it’s cool to see Italians being positive towards us frenchies because I see so many Italian being butthurted because of a football match… that they won ! We French are less salty about this match even though we lost it ! This is the only time i see someone being salty while winning
When everything is over and you remember that once you conquered Moscow, saw the pyramids and the holy land, defeated mighty Prussia in 2 battles the same day and Belgium, the Nertherlands, northern Italy and west germany were french adminstrative divisions. Yes you can feel, a bit... nostalgic.
My man has been beating the Austrians My man has defeated the Austrians and Russians combined My man died in the Russian snow My man was overstretched and now has to defend my man died in St Helena My man has been defeated by the British My man had beaten 4 coalitions My man had cemented his place in history My man has been to the Bastille My man was the ruler of Europe once. and so on. Reply if you would like to add more on what I got Edit: when you make a popular comment on a video and see all the comments, and the video having passed its glory days, you feel a bit of nostalgia
0:04 - Kingdom of France, pre-revolution 0:47 - First French Republic, 1795 1:29 - First French Empire, post-invasion of Russia, 1807 2:11 - First French Empire, 1812 2:52 - First French Empire, Hundred-Days campaign, 1815 3:35 - Kingdom of France, defeat of Napoleon, 1815 I thought it was interesting that it started with the Bourbons and ended with the Bourbons..
This is most sorrowful soldier song I ever heard. Napoleon was great commander and his grand armee were amazing. I respect Napoleon and who worked for him until last days of Napoleon. Vive La France!!!
@@riendecacheriendesecret4202 ca reste un Bonaparte🤣 Et puis avec ses conquêtes, Napoléon s'imposait peu à peu comle l'unificateur de la péninsule, la preuve, il a été couronné roi d'Italie
Mes amis, si vous saviez combien mon pays vous remercie de toujours aider la cause de l'indépendance de notre pays. Beaucoup d'amour de la Roumanie 🇷🇴❤️🇫🇷
Tout mon respect pour ton si beau pays, j'ai eu le bonheur d'avoir un ami roumain. Votre Histoire aussi a sa part de tristesse et je me souviendrai toujours de la façon dont votre grand peuple s'est débarrassé de Ceauxescu. Merci pour l'amitié dont votre pays a toujours fait preuve envers le mien et je suis fier que certains de nos soldats participent, avec d'autres, à vous aider à garantir votre sécurité au côté de votre armée
@nicolasdubus669 Je suis heureux que nous vous ayons comme alliés. La situation actuelle sur notre continent, en particulier la situation à l'Est, exige que nous collaborions autant que possible pour assurer la sécurité de l'Europe. Vive la France!
My man was born on the 15th août of 1769 My man learned in France without any friends and being bullied My man kicked *ss of British in Toulon My man goes to Italy and defeat Austrian at Arcole My man goes to Egypt and found the famous Pierre of rosette My man became 1st consul in 1799 My man goes back to Italy to kick *ss of Austrian My man crowned himself emperor of the French in 1804 My man defeated the Russia and Austrian at Austerlitz in 1805 My man resisted to 4th coalition My man abdicated in 1814 but he came back My man got defeat at Waterloo in 1815 by the British and Prussian My man got exiled at sainte helena My man died on the 5th may of 1821 My man come back in paris on the 15th of December of 1840 My man maybe died but he is still in the heart of french history and mine.. My man is a hero who will never be forgotten and what he did too Vive l'empereur vive la France 🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️🟥🟥🟥🟥 🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️🟥🟥🟥🟥 🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️🟥🟥🟥🟥 🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️🟥🟥🟥🟥 🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️🟥🟥🟥🟥 🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️🟥🟥🟥🟥 🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️🟥🟥🟥🟥 🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️🟥🟥🟥🟥
This song moved me to tears, I'm from Turin in Italy and we too were part of that great dream that was the empire of Napoleon. Time might have passed but the deeds and the idea to bring to the world glory, freedom and greatness are immortal . Viva l'imperatore!
There is no god, because L'Empereur had to go to haven and then conquered havens and hell. French Empire still lives on, only with L'Empereur up in the skies...
Te souviens-tu, disait un capitaine Au vétéran qui mendiait son pain, Te souviens-tu qu'autrefois dans la plaine, Tu détournas un sabre de mon sein ? Sous les drapeaux d'une mère chérie, Tous deux jadis nous avons combattu ; Je m'en souviens, car je te dois la vie : Mais, toi, soldat, dis-moi, t'en souviens-tu ? Te souviens-tu de ces jours trop rapides, Où le Français acquit tant de renom ! Te souviens-tu que sur les pyramides, Chacun de nous osa graver son nom ? Malgré les vents, malgré la terre et l'onde, On vit flotter, après l'avoir vaincu, Nos étendard sur le berceau du monde : Dis-moi, soldat, dis-moi, t'en souviens-tu ? Te souviens-tu que les preux d'Italie Ont vainement combattu contre nous ? Te souviens-tu que les preux d'Ibérie Devant nos chefs ont plié les genoux ? Te souviens-tu qu'aux champs de l'Allemagne Nos bataillons, arrivant impromptu, En quatre jours ont fait une campagne : Dis-moi, soldat, dis-moi, t'en souviens-tu ? Te souviens-tu de ces plaines glacées Que les Français, abordaient en vainqueur, Et sur leurs fronts les neiges amassées Glacer leurs corps sans refroidir leurs cœurs ? Souvent alors, au milieu des alarmes, Nos pleurs coulaient, mais notre œil abattu Brillait encore lorsqu'on volait aux armes Dis-moi, soldat, dis-moi, t'en souviens-tu? Te souviens- tu qu'un jour notre patrie Vivante encore descendit au cercueil, Et que l'on vit, dans Lutèce flétrie, Les étrangers marcher avec orgueil ? Garde en ton cœur ce jour pour le maudire, Garde en ton cœur ces voix qui se sont tues, Qu'un chef jamais n'ait besoin de te dire : Dis-moi, soldat, dis-moi, t'en souviens-tu ? Te souviens-tu ?... Mais ici ma voix tremble, Car je n'ai plus de noble souvenir ; Bientôt, l'ami, nous pleurerons ensemble, En attendant un meilleur avenir. Mais si la mort, planant sur nos chaumière, Me rappelait le repos qui m'est dû, Tu fermeras doucement ma paupière, En me disant Soldat,
There’s also a Polish song to this melody - it has various titles: „Pułk czwarty”, „Tysiąc walecznych”, „Walecznych tysiąc opuszcza Warszawę”, „Ostatnich dziesięciu z czwartego regimentu” - all about the 4th Regiment fighting the Russian Empire as a part of November Uprising. There’s also another song - „Śpiew rotmistrza” or „Czyli pamiętasz?”, about Kościuszko’s insurgency and Napoleonic wars.
@@Rodolphe-ds1beAs a Dane, the song hits at home. This war was arguably the nail in the coffin for us as a power. We were one of the only loyal French allies during the war (wrongfully shown in the video as controlled by France), and I can only dream of what could have been, had events turned out differently. All respects to the French people.
I'd just like to point out as a french that you may see we talk about the brave of italy of iberia, a privilege not given to other nations. Fratelli latini, hermanos latinos, frères latins
Bien dit et si un pays a largement participé à la chute de l'Empire c'est bien l'Espagne qui nous a fait vivre l'enfer. Un François est capable d'admirer ses ennemis quand ils se battent pour de bonnes raisons. C'est pourquoi nous ne parlerons pas des Anglais
"The ideas that underpin our modern world-meritocracy, equality before the law, property rights, religious toleration, modern secular education, sound finances, and so on-were championed, consolidated, codified and geographically extended by Napoleon. To them he added a rational and efficient local administration, an end to rural banditry, the encouragement of science and the arts, the abolition of feudalism and the greatest codification of laws since the fall of the Roman Empire. " -Andrew Roberts, British historian.
In many ways it is a sweet song, nostalgic like all that is sweet in life. From a very young age I was taught to admire and love french history. I respectfully bow to the memory of the soldiers who defended the glory of France throughout Europe. Long live the France of always.
You should check on who declared wars. Napoléon conquered Europe because he had to do it for France and yes, he had ambition. Never Napoléon promoted genocide or this kind of stuff like Austrian. He brought the civil code and was the kind of man who was writting a mathematics treatise while crossing the Alps to beat the Austrians who declared war on France (not the other way around) at 27. There is no comparison between this genius and a hyper socialist delusionnal painter who went full auto when the school of art rejected him and when his country lost ww1.
@@luansilvail So -1: how does that justify an illegal invasion and killing civilians (because i suppose you are one of those failures of a human being who support putin) -2: ever bothered thinking about why the ukrainians did that? Well bacause stalin was just as bad as the germans and espacially towards ukrainians, making it normal to think the germans would be better (no one knew about the massacres yet) -3:after seeing the horrible things the germans did many ukrainians started resisting -4: there were also russian collaborators in ww2 like andrey vlasov and his soldiers -5: as you seem to really despise n*zis (and that is good) and think ukrainians should have resisted more then you should be happy for them fighting against a dictatorship spreading propaganda, being revisionist, expantionist and killing civilians
My man has been in the land of pharous My man made the italian peninsula his own My man made the spaniards knee in front of him My man walked his horse through the gates of Brandenburg My man made Europe his own My man froze in Russia My man saw his dream collapse My man left a nation in mourning May my man he rest in peace
@@lesbergersdarcadie634 oui mais c'est quand même un peu la langue international maintenant , donc pour qu'une majorité des personnes comprennent mon commentaire je le fais en anglais
France is a nation that does not deserve the modern representation that we westerners and English speakers gave it. The French have and will always be the most patriotic people in the world, and today if Napoleon were to come back from the dead. All of France would shout, "Vive l'empereur!" And that cry would be heard and chanted across the world. Vive la France.
The background chorus sounds like some ambient track to Baldur's Gate or Planescape Torment, an old RPG like that, cool chant. And awesome somber lyrics
l'Empereur ? celui du soleil d'Austerlitz ??? notre Empereur ? celui qui avait donné à la France un code pénal ? celui qui avait de la France le première puissance en Europe ? celui dont on voudrait déboulonner les statues en 2022 ? la Grande Armée et l'Empereur sont dans la mémoire des Français pour longtemps !
My Four Time Great Grandfather fought in the Grande Armee and was 20 when he survived the Russian Invasion. He also fought at Leipzig and Waterloo. If I have a son his middle name will be Nikolaus in his honour (He was an ethnic German from Alsace Lorraine)
🇫🇷🇬🇷👌 My city in France was build by grec and Italian people and was the most beautiful city Grec people have named my city nizza from nikaia déesse of victory
@@luansilvail Il y a une différence entre le peuple Français et l'état Français. Au cours de l'histoire on a d'ailleurs pas souvent été d'accord avec nos dirigeants, ils en ont perdus leurs têtes. Et je ne suis fan d'aucun dirigeant étranger, qui que ça puisse être.
@@luansilvail Do you know that Napoleonic wars was a succession of French Victory against more powerful contries ? We are the country that win the most war of all history of humanity so your sentence is totaly stupid. By the way, even if the Empire didn't survive, The Revolutionnary Ideals survived, and that was the real thing that European Monarch where fighting. Thats why Napoleonics wars are a victory : Today, most of Europe is a Democratia, and that was the point of Napoleonics wars.
la France était pour les nations un magnifique spectacle. Un homme la remplissait alors et la faisait si grande qu’elle remplissait l’Europe.Victor Hugo France was a magnificent spectacle for the nations. A man then filled it and made it so big that it filled Europe Vive l'Empereur
Even tho i have no french ancestry, dna or germany dna for that matter, i felt something in my heart, like the fall of napoleon changed the course of my future somehow and this song hit me right in the heart, i love you napoleon ❤
In Indonesia: "Apakah kau ingat?" seorang kapten bertanya kepada veteran yang meminta-minta makanannya. "Apakah kau ingat ketika dulu di lapangan kau memalingkan pedang dari dadaku?" Di bawah bendera-bendera dari Ibu yang tercinta, kita berdua dulu bertarung, aku ingat, karena kau menyelamatkan hidupku. Tapi kau, prajurit, katakan padaku, apakah kau ingat? Apakah kau ingat hari-hari yang terlalu cepat berlalu ketika orang Prancis memperoleh begitu banyak ketenaran? Apakah kau ingat ketika masing-masing dari kita berani mengukir namanya di atas piramida? Terlepas dari angin, tanah, dan ombak, kita melihat panji-panji kita berkibar di atas tempat tidur dunia setelah kita menaklukkannya. Katakan padaku, prajurit, katakan padaku, apakah kau ingat? Apakah kau ingat bahwa para prajurit Italia telah melawan kita dengan sia-sia? Apakah kau ingat bahwa para prajurit Iberia telah berlutut di hadapan pemimpin kita? Apakah kau ingat bahwa di medan perang Jerman, batalion kita tiba secara tiba-tiba, dan dalam empat hari telah melakukan kampanye? Katakan padaku, prajurit, katakan padaku, apakah kau ingat? Apakah kau ingat dataran beku yang didekati orang Prancis sebagai pemenang, dan di wajah mereka salju yang menumpuk membekukan tubuh mereka tetapi tidak mendinginkan hati mereka? Seringkali kemudian, di tengah kepanikan, air mata kita mengalir, tetapi mata kita yang kalah masih bersinar ketika kita terbangun untuk berperang. Katakan padaku, prajurit, katakan padaku, apakah kau ingat? Apakah kau ingat bahwa suatu hari Tanah Air kita, masih hidup, turun ke liang kubur, dan bahwa orang asing berjalan dengan bangga di Lutetia (Paris) yang layu? Ukir hari itu di hatimu untuk mengutuknya, jaga dalam hatimu bulan-bulan yang telah menjadi diam, sehingga seorang pemimpin tidak perlu pernah mengatakan kepadamu: Katakan padaku, prajurit, katakan padaku, apakah kau ingat? Apakah kau ingat? ... Tapi di sini suaraku gemetar karena aku tidak memiliki kenangan mulia lagi; ayo, teman, mari kita menangis bersama sambil menunggu masa depan yang lebih baik. Tapi jika kematian, melayang di atas gubuk kita, memanggilku kembali ke istirahat yang menjadi milikku, kau akan menutup kelopak mataku dengan lembut, mengatakan kepadaku, "Prajurit, apakah kau ingat?"
Mère patrie... Pardonner nous, nous avons échouer à vous protéger, mère patrie vous qui avez vécu une histoire merveilleuse mais je crains que beaucoup de vos enfants veut votre mort au nom d'une certaine humanité, les vraies patriote, les vraies français seront toujours avec vous mère patrie
Pourquoi assassines tu la langue française ? Tu fais plus de mal à la France en martyrisant notre langue que ce que tu "dénonces". Être Français est une identité politique et si les droits humains que tu dénonces sont si importants aujourd'hui, c'est à la France qu'ils le doivent. Donc retour à l'école, surtout en Français et en Histoire
Imagine all those soldiers in La Grande Armee that fought with Napoleon on all of his different campaigns and singing songs of their glory. This is beautiful. It shows how France was never the same after Napoleon & Waterloo.
Hope your vision will spread in your elit mind. Cheers from France, I'm praying that both France and Germany will make true commercial and technologicaly friendly link, and for sure geopolitical too.
@@gringologie9302 never ! Never allow the Germans to share with us something. They will ultimately steal it. Once an enemy, always an enemy, don’t be fool by some manners. Look what they did to Greece
0:01 - Post-Hundred Days and Occupation of France, 1817~ 0:47 - Italian Campaign, 1796-1797 0:54 - Egypt and Syrian Campaign, 1798-1801 1:29 - Italian Campaign, 1792-1801 or 1805-1806 1:39 - Peninsular War, 1807/1808-1814 1:44 - Jena-Auestedt or Eylau and Fourth Coalition, 1806-1807 1:51 - "Four Days Campaign", 1809 2:10 - Invasion of Russia, 1812 2:52 - French Campaign and Sixth Coalition 1813-1814 3:35 - Post Sixth Coalition - 1814-1815
Yeah, at that time Rome was Empire department no. 116, according to the official postal markings, which in today’s postal code system, would give Rome the postal code 116000
France gets a lot of $h1t for surrendering so quickly in WWII, but for the vast majority of their history they were a martial powerhouse and a force to be reckoned with.
When he heard that Napoleon's remains were coming back to France, Marshall Moncey, one of the last Empire marshalls still alive, and dying from old age and weakness, begged his doctor to stuff him woth enough drugs to honour his Emperor one last time.
When the coffin passed, he was here, in his regalia, saluting the man he had served and still revered. When it was lowered at the Invalides, he was one of the few who got to dip a bay tree branch in Holy Water and spray it over the coffin. When all was said and done, the only thing he said was: "Now the last thing I have to do is go home and die". True to his word, he passed quickly afterwards.
And that was only one of many. All over Paris, hundreds of men had donned their old uniform to salute THE Emperor, the one they would still follow if he rose again.
When was this?
@@mojewjewjew4420 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retour_des_cendres
@@mojewjewjew4420 1841
Yes.
It reminds me of the story of San Martín and why his tomb is guarded by 7 grenadiers. When he died and his remains were taken to Buenos Aires, all the Grenadiers on Horseback who were still alive put on their uniform and spontaneously went to look for him and stand guard with him all night. In total there were only 7. Incredible the loyalty that men had for their generals at that time
About the song, it was written in 1817
"To the veteran who begged for his bread"
It's sad cause it's about a man who conquered the world but the only thing he got, at the end, is beg for bread or money. It was illegal (and concidered a crime) in France at this time. After the occupation of France (1815-1817), they change the law so the veterans were allowed to beg in the street. The only "gift" or reward they gave to them. (Sorry if it's not clear, english is not my native language)
It’s extremely clear, your English is excellent
No problem. You speak English so well I would've thought you an English speaker
The King Hated the empire and all who stood for it, including the veterans
Your English is fine other than a few gramical errors
My friend your English are very good I don't see anything unclear
This is such a sad, nostalgic but calming song... I love it.
NOSTALGIC? You've got some explaining to do!
@@angrybeardmantm6830 fr my guy acts like he has time traveled.
@@luansilvail tankie
@@theplanetmercury7487 Fuck tankie
@@luansilvail the ukranians shelled everithing because they werre in war against pro russiams rebels they could just made peace with them instead of bombing everithing thats the only things i agree with you the rest is just pure propaganda
"Do you remember that on the pyramids, each of us dared to engrave his name"
Damn this line hit hard in my French heart
I'm Brazilian and for some reason that hit me hard too
It's sad that now rather the Maghrebians could dare to less a grafitti on the St-Denis cathedral 😢
C'est tellement nostalgique...
@@spvrivs As a algerian who come in France, I'm very sad to see this.... I'm muslim but I will not disrespect cathedral, Allah y Dhina... They make me shame
@@leradispasencoreirradie2654 tes un frère toi 👏
For those who are wondering, it was "Te Souviens Tu" (1817) that inspired "Ich Bin Soldat" (1870): the former is a nostalgic song about the Napoleonic wars, which is why it was used by the latter to make it a anti war song.
It is quite common to find for each song its "anti-song" on the same tune in response. The special thing about this one is that I love both versions!
Side note about hte context, the 1815-1848 period was a time of misery in France where the country suffered the return of the king, poverty, occupation and indeminities to be paid to the coalised. The veterans had no pensions and the bonapartists and republicans were forbidden to work in public institutions (including the army). Begging was forbidden in France, but given the importance of the phenomenon it was allowed for the veterans.
It also inpired "Paris pour un beafsteak" (a song for the Paris Commune)
Les soldats virent leur soldes divisée par deux et les promesses sur la baise des impôts furent non respectés ce qui favorisa le retour de l’empereur en 1815 pour les 100 jour et Waterloo.
Instantly after i listened to it i know it had common with ich bin Soldat even though i cant even say a word of this i still find it good
Thanks for the meaning of it
actually original comes from Poland "Walecznych Tysiąc" written in 1832 by Julius Mosen a german poet
@@avocadogaming5908 "Te Souviens Tu" was composed in 1817
Love From Lebanon. Vive la France ! 🇫🇷❤️🇱🇧
Merci ❤
The leaders of France who let Lebanon end up like it is now, are the same that have betrayed us to this day and destroying or selling our country bit by bit to foreign powers for their own personnal interests. I have deep nostalgia about what both our countries could be today. But thanksfully, we're great peoples and we have all the future to turn this around! Take care Lebanon
@@boutikadrezius7564 nothing more to say bro, our cancer, that is our leaders, is shared ahah... damn I wish those fuckers would only be our responsability but they bring their shit to the beautiful Lebanon too? I swear man idga shit if I'm a minor I'll follow the cgt, this macron zemel must fall. Si t'es français participes aux manifs, mobilises tes potes ta famille ton chien tout frr, et dis leur de faire la même. On peut pas le laisser. Si tu peux aller demain à 14h ya manif à Paris ❤
It's so sad yet soothing in a way, I absolutely love it!
Much love, my French brethren, from little Belgium!
J'étais à Waterloo il y a deux semaines. Magnifique site !
🇫🇷❤
God bless Belgium🇧🇪, from Wales 🏴
There is also a Belgian version of this song in Walloon language : "Li Pantalon trawé"
@@Lorddonen god bless cymru from USA
The French have amazing songs, just like the language :)
@@luansilvail ???
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT UKRAINE YOU CRAZY !
Tu as raison le français est une belle langue 🙏 l’ukrainien aussi j’aime bien cette langue 🇨🇦🙏🇺🇦
@@gabriellebel1870 🇨🇵
wouldn't way so tbh, I don't like the french language at all, I learn it at school and its so hard, or maybe I am just brain dead
@@luansilvail The national interest of the west is the destruction of the russian idea, much like Prussia was destroyed post ww2
Never forget. 6 Coalitions to beat a single country. 6 coalitions to beat brave French soldiers. 6 Coalitions, made of 18 countries to beat ONE country !
The best thing is the first one like France is completely in mess an say fuck you all ! Valmy battle is crazy !
Mocking us is their way to avoid to fear us
@@nicolasdubus669France couldn’t come close to doing that nowadays. If France faced the combined might of Italy, Russia, Germany, the UK , Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Hungary and Türkiye, it would not win.
@@Jim-li7xb who can win today in front of so many nations with modern weapons ? What's the point ?
@@nicolasdubus669 my point is, like so many other European nations, France’s glory days are over.
This makes me sad and nostalgic for a period that ended over 200 years ago and for a country that is not my own. Respect from your old ally the USA
Merci, brother
@@biodidu25 I was left wing before (I'm 23) but now I have lost the faith in the République so yes, I agree
The Z was the only one that honoured that said "Vive l'Empereur" and for that (and his policies too ofc lol) he has all my support
@@BlackHawk2b same for me, I was left wing, but I realized that economically and socially speaking the left is not caring for us average citizens of middle/low class anymore... et en plus en France vous avez une droite patriote, républicaine et laïque, donc si j'étais français je n'aurais aucun doute sur qui voter.... mais en tant qu'italien nous on a une droite réligieuse et catholique et très arrierée sur bcp de questions... donc voilà en Italie c'est plus difficile :( je souhaite le meilleur à notre cher voisin, la France♥️ 🇲🇫
@@BlackHawk2b j'étais aussi pour le Z, mais sa politique libérale et la perte définitive de tout respect que j'avais pour la République me dissuadent de suivre sa voie.
Et on peut dire que j'en ai suivis des mouvements, mais tous ne semblent pas saisir le véritable problème.
L'immigration, la dette, notre déficit annuel dantesque, la perte de ferveur patriotique et encore bien d'autres ne sont que la suite logique de cette démocratie libérale.
Car la seule fin logique à ce type de gouvernance est un individualisme paralysant rendant le terme même de nation ou d'appartenance culturelle obsolète. Et il est là le problème auquel nous avons trop peur de voir une solution.
Bref, heureux de retrouver un autre patriote ici.
@@Danipiz666 J'espère que vos partis sauront se réformer afin d'apporter le meilleur à nos voisins latins !
Soyez fiers de disposer d'une droite à la ligne politique dure, il faudra tous les soutiens disponibles pour inverser la tendance.
As Pierre begged for a piece of bread, the aristocrats laughed, A man approached him, not giving him bread but extending his hand: "Jean?" Said Pierre in a happy but calm voice, Jean responded: "Get up Caporal", as Pierre got up, he looked behind Jean, seeing his old comrades, and fading images of officers and fallen comrades, seeing his eyes filling with tears of joy, another man with his old uniform approached Pierre and gave him a French eagle: "We need our old flag bearer back, don't forget Austerlitz, Salamanca and Waterloo my friend", the veterans happily marched and joked around the city, gathering their old comrades where they went, and some say, and the end of the march, at the sound of a company drum and fife, they sang this song together, Pierre always remembered to his dying days.. his last words being "I will see you all in heaven.. Vive l'Empereur".
In which piece of art does this text exists?
@@alpaytemur6730 i wrote it meself, the text.
@@thebrazilianhistorian6530 well written mate
@@thebrazilianhistorian6530 muita criatividade e tempo livre
Vive la France surtout
What a nostalgic feeling for the Napoleonic veterans. This in short describes the victories of the Napoleonic armies. This is a tribute to them and their leader. Napoleon would have felt so proud on listening this.
Maharashtra?
he should have stop after Austerlitz, Europe could still be ours
@@AgentK-im8ke ah well, napoleon is an ambitious fellow
@@lyrisio too much unfortunately
@@AgentK-im8ke indeed.
As an American thank you France for helping us achieve freedom and I respect napoleons and all your people
Thank you citizen
As an American, I love France for helping us, I love the Empire because I studied Napoleon for 4 years straight and his achievements gave us the modern world, Without him, We would never see Modern France, Germany and Italy would be fragments of an Isolated Idea, if it weren’t for him, America would probably be a Rump state subject to Britain all over again. Napoleon deserves more credit than he deserves, His Successes and Failures created our modern world, I give him credit where credit’s due because he did do some bad stuff, he did take Money out of the Italians pockets after he conquered them, He didn’t Bring back the Catholic Church until 1802. I believe Napoleon is merely an Enigma, he was many things, on one hand he was ambitious Conqueror that was hellbent on bringing Europe to its knees, but he was also defending himself against a Greater Number of European powers, Hellbent on Reducing his power, He was a Champion of Liberty, But he was also Responsible for restricting certain Liberties. He did many Good and Bad things, Napoleon’s Conquests shaped our Outlook on the world. He was a good man, But also a Bad man at the same time. I give him Credit for Shaping our World to what it is, and Many people still use his Laws to this day, all be it, With some Modifications to them. To this I say: Vive le France, Vive Le Napoléon, l’Empereur des Français.
@@historyforlife1019 France was never afraid to be a paradox so was his Emperor
As a French, thank you USA for helping us achieve freedom in 1941-1945. God bless America et Vive la France
America never officially declared war against France throughout history. Tensions still exist, but some of us Americans will never forget our brothers from across the pond who helped us in our infancy.
Love for France from Italy 🇮🇹❤️🇨🇵
Vive l'Empereur!
Francesi, Italiani: una faccia, una razza!
Viva le sorelle latine, unite per sempre da sangue, lingua, cultura, cucina, storia, religione, arte di vivere e amore per le cose belle!
Con amicizia e fratellanza da un franco-italiano profondamente innamorato delle sue due patrie 🇫🇷❤️🇮🇹
@@wopfrog007 Assolutamente, viva i fratelli delle Alpi !
@@lorenzod3667 as a french it’s cool to see Italians being positive towards us frenchies because I see so many Italian being butthurted because of a football match… that they won ! We French are less salty about this match even though we lost it ! This is the only time i see someone being salty while winning
Love Italy from France 🇨🇵🥰🇮🇹
@@wopfrog007 ma il una faccia, una razza e fra greci e italiani,
Je ne connaissais pas cette chanson et je suis content de l'avoir découverte.
I am happy for discovery of this song and sad for story that this song holds...
@@Legoslavzed-1618- Me too.
@@Kevin63GachaandGMOD How bad you must be to put veteran on streets just with right to beg for some coins and moldy bread...
@@Legoslavzed-1618- It's sad, but sometimes it's hard to find a job.
@@Kevin63GachaandGMOD in france was beging illegal but tsar made it legal as a punishment for enemy...
When everything is over and you remember that once you conquered Moscow, saw the pyramids and the holy land, defeated mighty Prussia in 2 battles the same day and Belgium, the Nertherlands, northern Italy and west germany were french adminstrative divisions.
Yes you can feel, a bit... nostalgic.
@@luansilvail I used to deny the rumors of Russian bots. And then I saw you
@@luansilvail So what? Should we just watch Russia enslave an independent nation?
@@luansilvail What in the holy mother of Russian bots.
Austria was mightier than Prussia at that time. And you can also mention Spain (but why the holy land ?)
@@luansilvail “special military operation” who are you kidding, it’s an invasion plain and simple.
I really like that the different voices had a verse of their own, like they were other soldiers with distinct memories.
My man has been beating the Austrians
My man has defeated the Austrians and Russians combined
My man died in the Russian snow
My man was overstretched and now has to defend
my man died in St Helena
My man has been defeated by the British
My man had beaten 4 coalitions
My man had cemented his place in history
My man has been to the Bastille
My man was the ruler of Europe once.
and so on. Reply if you would like to add more on what I got
Edit: when you make a popular comment on a video and see all the comments, and the video having passed its glory days, you feel a bit of nostalgia
My man cemented America's manifest destiny
My man has been defeated next to glorios pyramids.
My man made a march about onions
My man baked bread
My man is an average height for that time.
If the Napoleonic Wars had a credits song this would be it
or O Generale
" Te souviens tu que sur les pyramides, chacun de nous osa graver son nom"
Les larmes aux yeux. Vive la France éternelle
0:04 - Kingdom of France, pre-revolution
0:47 - First French Republic, 1795
1:29 - First French Empire, post-invasion of Russia, 1807
2:11 - First French Empire, 1812
2:52 - First French Empire, Hundred-Days campaign, 1815
3:35 - Kingdom of France, defeat of Napoleon, 1815
I thought it was interesting that it started with the Bourbons and ended with the Bourbons..
pretty sure the 1815 is actually 1814
2:52 - First French Empire, 1814 Sixth coalition. French campaign.
3:35 - Kingdom of France, 1814 Aftermath of the Sixth coalition.
Napoleon was alive when this music was written, but he was exiled in the isolated island of "Saint Helena" .
Dont cry because it is over, smile because it happened.
your pfp fits this comment lol
Say this to French people…
“Our banner over the cradle of the world.”
What an incredible statement.
You got to replace it in the scientific context of this time
This is most sorrowful soldier song I ever heard. Napoleon was great commander and his grand armee were amazing. I respect Napoleon and who worked for him until last days of Napoleon.
Vive La France!!!
I’m still waiting for Napoléon Bonaparte to come back, I need him.😩
How horryblle you must be to put old war veteran on streets and let him to beg for money and food?...
@@Legoslavzed-1618- Joys of monarchy
@@Legoslavzed-1618- that’s how the British government is
if you want another sorrowful tune look up Ich Hatt Einen Kameraden
C'Est seulement grâce à Napoléon si l'Italie existe merci les français pour avoir nous donné nôtre pays vive la France éternelle vive l'empereur🇮🇹❤️🇫🇷
Napoléon is Both Italian and French in my Eyes, Corsican.🇮🇹🇫🇷
Same thing with Poland 🇵🇱
C'est grace à Napoléon III (non Napoléon Bonaparte) suite à la guerre de Crimée
@@riendecacheriendesecret4202 ca reste un Bonaparte🤣 Et puis avec ses conquêtes, Napoléon s'imposait peu à peu comle l'unificateur de la péninsule, la preuve, il a été couronné roi d'Italie
Наполеон Бонапарт - величайший правитель всех времён!
Mes amis, si vous saviez combien mon pays vous remercie de toujours aider la cause de l'indépendance de notre pays. Beaucoup d'amour de la Roumanie 🇷🇴❤️🇫🇷
Tout mon respect pour ton si beau pays, j'ai eu le bonheur d'avoir un ami roumain. Votre Histoire aussi a sa part de tristesse et je me souviendrai toujours de la façon dont votre grand peuple s'est débarrassé de Ceauxescu. Merci pour l'amitié dont votre pays a toujours fait preuve envers le mien et je suis fier que certains de nos soldats participent, avec d'autres, à vous aider à garantir votre sécurité au côté de votre armée
@nicolasdubus669 Je suis heureux que nous vous ayons comme alliés. La situation actuelle sur notre continent, en particulier la situation à l'Est, exige que nous collaborions autant que possible pour assurer la sécurité de l'Europe. Vive la France!
@@countydude8654 nous serons fidèles à nos alliés. Vive la Roumanie et vive l'Europe
My man was born on the 15th août of 1769
My man learned in France without any friends and being bullied
My man kicked *ss of British in Toulon
My man goes to Italy and defeat Austrian at Arcole
My man goes to Egypt and found the famous Pierre of rosette
My man became 1st consul in 1799
My man goes back to Italy to kick *ss of Austrian
My man crowned himself emperor of the French in 1804
My man defeated the Russia and Austrian at Austerlitz in 1805
My man resisted to 4th coalition
My man abdicated in 1814 but he came back
My man got defeat at Waterloo in 1815 by the British and Prussian
My man got exiled at sainte helena
My man died on the 5th may of 1821
My man come back in paris on the 15th of December of 1840
My man maybe died but he is still in the heart of french history and mine..
My man is a hero who will never be forgotten and what he did too
Vive l'empereur vive la France
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Vive l'Empereur Vive la France and the Veterans of the Napoleonic wars
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@@PwwokwnWI 🇪🇸❤️🇫🇷
@@bonapartienne Did you copy past your reply, also make videos, nice playlist
@@PwwokwnWIHORATIO NELSON🇬🇧
Le grand Napoléon qui a conquis et dominer l'Europe.Vive l'empereur !Vive l'empire !Vive la France !
This song moved me to tears, I'm from Turin in Italy and we too were part of that great dream that was the empire of Napoleon. Time might have passed but the deeds and the idea to bring to the world glory, freedom and greatness are immortal . Viva l'imperatore!
we also remember the light of Rome.
We remember we didn't want French here in Italy
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@@NoName-hg6cc Only the barbarious Neapolitans and Sicilians didn't, actually
@@DaDa-ui3sw Veneto, Lombardy, Piedmont, Aosta etc...nobody wanted those useless lazy bunch
@@NoName-hg6cc lies, learn your history
i feel some connection with napoleon because i’m such a big fan of him and what he did, rest in peace L’Empereur
There is no god, because L'Empereur had to go to haven and then conquered havens and hell.
French Empire still lives on, only with L'Empereur up in the skies...
@@Legoslavzed-1618- sure...
@@dyflin3246 I think it comes from a book it's not his own words bro it's a quote
One of my ancestors fought on the side of Napoleon, and i am proud, that he did.
Be proud.
He did from white terror, from monarchy with no economy glorious and wealthy empire and got defeated because of tsarist betrayl.
i have one, who fought at Wagram
@@kuroyami84 same here, crazy to think that our ancestors fought a battle 200 years ago and now we meet here
God, I love France
🏴❤️🇫🇷
I love Wales
@@PatoBZH who asked
@@tbuxt3992 my blood
Te souviens-tu, disait un capitaine
Au vétéran qui mendiait son pain,
Te souviens-tu qu'autrefois dans la plaine,
Tu détournas un sabre de mon sein ?
Sous les drapeaux d'une mère chérie,
Tous deux jadis nous avons combattu ;
Je m'en souviens, car je te dois la vie :
Mais, toi, soldat, dis-moi, t'en souviens-tu ?
Te souviens-tu de ces jours trop rapides,
Où le Français acquit tant de renom !
Te souviens-tu que sur les pyramides,
Chacun de nous osa graver son nom ?
Malgré les vents, malgré la terre et l'onde,
On vit flotter, après l'avoir vaincu,
Nos étendard sur le berceau du monde :
Dis-moi, soldat, dis-moi, t'en souviens-tu ?
Te souviens-tu que les preux d'Italie
Ont vainement combattu contre nous ?
Te souviens-tu que les preux d'Ibérie
Devant nos chefs ont plié les genoux ?
Te souviens-tu qu'aux champs de l'Allemagne
Nos bataillons, arrivant impromptu,
En quatre jours ont fait une campagne :
Dis-moi, soldat, dis-moi, t'en souviens-tu ?
Te souviens-tu de ces plaines glacées
Que les Français, abordaient en vainqueur,
Et sur leurs fronts les neiges amassées
Glacer leurs corps sans refroidir leurs cœurs ?
Souvent alors, au milieu des alarmes,
Nos pleurs coulaient, mais notre œil abattu
Brillait encore lorsqu'on volait aux armes
Dis-moi, soldat, dis-moi, t'en souviens-tu?
Te souviens- tu qu'un jour notre patrie
Vivante encore descendit au cercueil,
Et que l'on vit, dans Lutèce flétrie,
Les étrangers marcher avec orgueil ?
Garde en ton cœur ce jour pour le maudire,
Garde en ton cœur ces voix qui se sont tues,
Qu'un chef jamais n'ait besoin de te dire :
Dis-moi, soldat, dis-moi, t'en souviens-tu ?
Te souviens-tu ?... Mais ici ma voix tremble,
Car je n'ai plus de noble souvenir ;
Bientôt, l'ami, nous pleurerons ensemble,
En attendant un meilleur avenir.
Mais si la mort, planant sur nos chaumière,
Me rappelait le repos qui m'est dû,
Tu fermeras doucement ma paupière,
En me disant Soldat,
merci d'avoir mis en ligne ce texte universel
Vive la Nation ! Vive l'Empereur !
Oh France, you still on my heart.
"Old soldiers never die, they just fade away"
I prefer this one :
"Old soldiers never die, they enter in the legends"
Oh france such amazing history
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@Blanquette De Veau As american i can confirm Louisiana is french
@@TheHouseAIwaysWinsThen give it to us back. It strecth over Mid West to Quebec btw.
@@9kk99k9k we bought that land fair from the French, it’ll be worth billions if the French government would want to buy it back
The most beautiful language in the world, and it’s not even close. 🇫🇷
I love how the image of France changes size for every historical period for every chant
There’s also a Polish song to this melody - it has various titles: „Pułk czwarty”, „Tysiąc walecznych”, „Walecznych tysiąc opuszcza Warszawę”, „Ostatnich dziesięciu z czwartego regimentu” - all about the 4th Regiment fighting the Russian Empire as a part of November Uprising. There’s also another song - „Śpiew rotmistrza” or „Czyli pamiętasz?”, about Kościuszko’s insurgency and Napoleonic wars.
"Theres nothing we can do."
Brings me to tears, 十美！
I feel nothing but RESPECT..
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Its normal you are not french 🤝
@@Rodolphe-ds1beAs a Dane, the song hits at home. This war was arguably the nail in the coffin for us as a power. We were one of the only loyal French allies during the war (wrongfully shown in the video as controlled by France), and I can only dream of what could have been, had events turned out differently. All respects to the French people.
Gloire, honneur et fidélité à la France
I'd just like to point out as a french that you may see we talk about the brave of italy of iberia, a privilege not given to other nations. Fratelli latini, hermanos latinos, frères latins
True.
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Bien dit et si un pays a largement participé à la chute de l'Empire c'est bien l'Espagne qui nous a fait vivre l'enfer. Un François est capable d'admirer ses ennemis quand ils se battent pour de bonnes raisons. C'est pourquoi nous ne parlerons pas des Anglais
The map of Napoleon Europe is so Beautiful
It was that beautiful...once. I hope it will be again one day
I love how every line of this song has a historical meaning.
"The ideas that underpin our modern world-meritocracy, equality before the law, property rights, religious toleration, modern secular education, sound finances, and so on-were championed, consolidated, codified and geographically extended by Napoleon. To them he added a rational and efficient local administration, an end to rural banditry, the encouragement of science and the arts, the abolition of feudalism and the greatest codification of laws since the fall of the Roman Empire.
" -Andrew Roberts, British historian.
This song makes me nostalgic about an era I didn't live through in a country I don't live in for a war I didn't fight. Simply moving.
In many ways it is a sweet song, nostalgic like all that is sweet in life. From a very young age I was taught to admire and love french history. I respectfully bow to the memory of the soldiers who defended the glory of France throughout Europe. Long live the France of always.
Vive l'France et l'Empereur
defend? its not like napoleon conquered all of europe like hitler lol
You should check on who declared wars. Napoléon conquered Europe because he had to do it for France and yes, he had ambition. Never Napoléon promoted genocide or this kind of stuff like Austrian. He brought the civil code and was the kind of man who was writting a mathematics treatise while crossing the Alps to beat the Austrians who declared war on France (not the other way around) at 27. There is no comparison between this genius and a hyper socialist delusionnal painter who went full auto when the school of art rejected him and when his country lost ww1.
Yes, I am agréé with you, tout à fait.
I wasn't expecting it to have such a familiar tune
What is the melody from?
@@luansilvail yah but just because a country did something "bad" doesn't justify sentencing it to months of war and suffering.
Is it the tune from Ich bin Soldat? link: ruclips.net/video/ZWClFjsaseE/видео.html
@@luansilvail do you even look at the comment?
@@luansilvail
So
-1: how does that justify an illegal invasion and killing civilians (because i suppose you are one of those failures of a human being who support putin)
-2: ever bothered thinking about why the ukrainians did that? Well bacause stalin was just as bad as the germans and espacially towards ukrainians, making it normal to think the germans would be better (no one knew about the massacres yet)
-3:after seeing the horrible things the germans did many ukrainians started resisting
-4: there were also russian collaborators in ww2 like andrey vlasov and his soldiers
-5: as you seem to really despise n*zis (and that is good) and think ukrainians should have resisted more then you should be happy for them fighting against a dictatorship spreading propaganda, being revisionist, expantionist and killing civilians
I felt this… still relevant all these years later.
Que Dieu me prenne la vie et le donne a la France si il le faut. Y’a t’il plus grand honneur de donner ca vie pour ce merveilleux pays.🇫🇷
Красивая песня)
спасибо 🇫🇷❤🇷🇺
this song is so relaxing , peaceful and beautiful . i love that song so much.
My man has been in the land of pharous
My man made the italian peninsula his own
My man made the spaniards knee in front of him
My man walked his horse through the gates of Brandenburg
My man made Europe his own
My man froze in Russia
My man saw his dream collapse
My man left a nation in mourning
May my man he rest in peace
my man was inspired by my comment to create his own comment
@@davidayos6702 lol
A wonderful song … perfect to the world to respect it . From India to France 🇫🇷 ❤❤
None of us fought during the Napoleonic Wars but this gives me nostalgia
It's incredible i had this song in mind the whole week and you post it , perfection.
yeah ingen is sus
la perfide albion dans son hypocrisie habituelle depuis 200 ans .....
@@lesbergersdarcadie634 tu dit ça pour qui , moi ou la personne qui a écrit la première réponse ? Car je ne vois pas le rapport avec mon commentaire.
@@unmecrandom1 l'anglais a toujours été et faut allié , donc c'est pas pour toi
@@lesbergersdarcadie634 oui mais c'est quand même un peu la langue international maintenant , donc pour qu'une majorité des personnes comprennent mon commentaire je le fais en anglais
This song is so wonderful it brought me to tears bravo bravo
France is a nation that does not deserve the modern representation that we westerners and English speakers gave it. The French have and will always be the most patriotic people in the world, and today if Napoleon were to come back from the dead. All of France would shout, "Vive l'empereur!" And that cry would be heard and chanted across the world. Vive la France.
The background chorus sounds like some ambient track to Baldur's Gate or Planescape Torment, an old RPG like that, cool chant. And awesome somber lyrics
@@luansilvail so true oomfie!
@@luansilvail god I didn’t realize Putin is better at propaganda then I was
@@luansilvail 🇷🇺🐽
@@luansilvail + 15 rubles 👍🇷🇺🐽
L italie, l Allemagne, la Pologne et les Etats unis sont les enfants de notre empereur. Celebrons cet héros ❤🇲🇫
l'Empereur ? celui du soleil d'Austerlitz ??? notre Empereur ? celui qui avait donné à la France un code pénal ? celui qui avait de la France le première puissance en Europe ? celui dont on voudrait déboulonner les statues en 2022 ? la Grande Armée et l'Empereur sont dans la mémoire des Français pour longtemps !
Vive l'Empereur Napoléon
Magnifique ! 🇨🇵
My Four Time Great Grandfather fought in the Grande Armee and was 20 when he survived the Russian Invasion. He also fought at Leipzig and Waterloo. If I have a son his middle name will be Nikolaus in his honour (He was an ethnic German from Alsace Lorraine)
Maybe Invasion of Russia?
@@kostosz7994 No he was in the invasion. His obituary talked about his service and he was so proud to fight for Napoleon he loved to talk about it.
@@Canada1994 I mean Napoleon attacked Russia, not the second
@@kostosz7994 I never said it was the second
@@Canada1994Okay, there is
All love and respect from Iraq to France🇮🇶❤️🇫🇷
🇨🇵❤️🤝❤️🇮🇶
I love this song. Thank you
Damn, makes me feel sad and patriotic even though I have no ties to Fance whatsoever
You are not only one...
🇨🇵✝️🇧🇪 le Liégeois ce rappel de ce passé commun!
Nous nous souvenons que nous sommes nés à Tournai en tant que Nation
As a Hellene I always respected brave countries, especially France for taking Berlin under 3 weeks. 🗿🇫🇷 🤝🏻 🇬🇷🗿
@fandoggyetlescafards9070He’s supporting you, why antagonize him?
🇫🇷🇬🇷👌
My city in France was build by grec and Italian people and was the most beautiful city
Grec people have named my city nizza from nikaia déesse of victory
Yhea it was 5 day campaign actually 😅
And on foot, no trains or cars.
@@danielwoods3896 Not all "french" are Frenchmen these days.
Careful.
@@wertyuiopasd6281 true that. Or worse, he's Quebecois
Vive Napoléon, vive la France 🇫🇷
@@luansilvail Il y a une différence entre le peuple Français et l'état Français. Au cours de l'histoire on a d'ailleurs pas souvent été d'accord avec nos dirigeants, ils en ont perdus leurs têtes. Et je ne suis fan d'aucun dirigeant étranger, qui que ça puisse être.
Thanks, this song was very not popular, i discover it only a few month ago.
But this is beautiful. And sad....
@@luansilvail Do you know that Napoleonic wars was a succession of French Victory against more powerful contries ?
We are the country that win the most war of all history of humanity so your sentence is totaly stupid. By the way, even if the Empire didn't survive, The Revolutionnary Ideals survived, and that was the real thing that European Monarch where fighting. Thats why Napoleonics wars are a victory : Today, most of Europe is a Democratia, and that was the point of Napoleonics wars.
Sorry it was really incorrect yesterday, now it must be good
This video released like right when my school year started, I've come back now that my school year has ended.
I finally get where the melody of the song "Ich bin Soldat" comes from
This gives me good feelings of nostalgia of something which I never lived. Like an elder telling me about when he was young.
C'était vraiment une belle chanson par ces mots et son ritme
I absolutely hate how everybody says that Napoleon was proto-hitler even though he treated Jews as equals
And Muslims as well
the greatest music for the greatest ruler of all time
rest in piece
Vive l’Empereur, vive la France!
this really hit home with , the rise in napoleon interest , I just watch Waterloo and this song should have closed the movie .
la France était pour les nations un magnifique spectacle. Un homme la remplissait alors et la faisait si grande qu’elle remplissait l’Europe.Victor Hugo
France was a magnificent spectacle for the nations. A man then filled it and made it so big that it filled Europe Vive l'Empereur
Even tho i have no french ancestry, dna or germany dna for that matter, i felt something in my heart, like the fall of napoleon changed the course of my future somehow and this song hit me right in the heart, i love you napoleon ❤
Im not crying.. It's just a rain...
I am so nostalgic thank you for the emotion you give me i am criying actually 😢
In Indonesia:
"Apakah kau ingat?" seorang kapten bertanya kepada veteran yang meminta-minta makanannya. "Apakah kau ingat ketika dulu di lapangan kau memalingkan pedang dari dadaku?" Di bawah bendera-bendera dari Ibu yang tercinta, kita berdua dulu bertarung, aku ingat, karena kau menyelamatkan hidupku. Tapi kau, prajurit, katakan padaku, apakah kau ingat?
Apakah kau ingat hari-hari yang terlalu cepat berlalu ketika orang Prancis memperoleh begitu banyak ketenaran? Apakah kau ingat ketika masing-masing dari kita berani mengukir namanya di atas piramida? Terlepas dari angin, tanah, dan ombak, kita melihat panji-panji kita berkibar di atas tempat tidur dunia setelah kita menaklukkannya. Katakan padaku, prajurit, katakan padaku, apakah kau ingat?
Apakah kau ingat bahwa para prajurit Italia telah melawan kita dengan sia-sia? Apakah kau ingat bahwa para prajurit Iberia telah berlutut di hadapan pemimpin kita? Apakah kau ingat bahwa di medan perang Jerman, batalion kita tiba secara tiba-tiba, dan dalam empat hari telah melakukan kampanye? Katakan padaku, prajurit, katakan padaku, apakah kau ingat?
Apakah kau ingat dataran beku yang didekati orang Prancis sebagai pemenang, dan di wajah mereka salju yang menumpuk membekukan tubuh mereka tetapi tidak mendinginkan hati mereka? Seringkali kemudian, di tengah kepanikan, air mata kita mengalir, tetapi mata kita yang kalah masih bersinar ketika kita terbangun untuk berperang. Katakan padaku, prajurit, katakan padaku, apakah kau ingat?
Apakah kau ingat bahwa suatu hari Tanah Air kita, masih hidup, turun ke liang kubur, dan bahwa orang asing berjalan dengan bangga di Lutetia (Paris) yang layu? Ukir hari itu di hatimu untuk mengutuknya, jaga dalam hatimu bulan-bulan yang telah menjadi diam, sehingga seorang pemimpin tidak perlu pernah mengatakan kepadamu: Katakan padaku, prajurit, katakan padaku, apakah kau ingat?
Apakah kau ingat? ... Tapi di sini suaraku gemetar karena aku tidak memiliki kenangan mulia lagi; ayo, teman, mari kita menangis bersama sambil menunggu masa depan yang lebih baik. Tapi jika kematian, melayang di atas gubuk kita, memanggilku kembali ke istirahat yang menjadi milikku, kau akan menutup kelopak mataku dengan lembut, mengatakan kepadaku, "Prajurit, apakah kau ingat?"
Mère patrie... Pardonner nous, nous avons échouer à vous protéger, mère patrie vous qui avez vécu une histoire merveilleuse mais je crains que beaucoup de vos enfants veut votre mort au nom d'une certaine humanité, les vraies patriote, les vraies français seront toujours avec vous mère patrie
Pourquoi assassines tu la langue française ? Tu fais plus de mal à la France en martyrisant notre langue que ce que tu "dénonces". Être Français est une identité politique et si les droits humains que tu dénonces sont si importants aujourd'hui, c'est à la France qu'ils le doivent. Donc retour à l'école, surtout en Français et en Histoire
I think it’s uniquely beautiful that in the end, they just hope for a better future
Imagine all those soldiers in La Grande Armee that fought with Napoleon on all of his different campaigns and singing songs of their glory. This is beautiful. It shows how France was never the same after Napoleon & Waterloo.
The Russian Campaign killed the empire the territory to cover was far too big
Qui d'autre a des larmes aux yeux ?
Nous nous vengerons de ceux qui nous traitent de lâches
enfin il a remis un chant Français !
Vive la France !!! Vive l'Empereur !!!
Man this song is better with the napoleon trend than the other one.❤
Thank you Ingen!
Congratulations for your national holiday on 14th July France from your friends in Germany
Hope your vision will spread in your elit mind. Cheers from France, I'm praying that both France and Germany will make true commercial and technologicaly friendly link, and for sure geopolitical too.
@@gringologie9302 Not going to happen.
@@gringologie9302 never ! Never allow the Germans to share with us something. They will ultimately steal it.
Once an enemy, always an enemy, don’t be fool by some manners.
Look what they did to Greece
the Germans and the French are now more than friends they must be brothers in a united Europe in the face of globalization
@@kayzenl7911What happened to Greece!?
And I mean what should Germany steal from france!?
Happy Bastille Day to all.
Bonne Fête Nationale à tous.
I respect France 🇫🇷 and I am a kid
0:01 - Post-Hundred Days and Occupation of France, 1817~
0:47 - Italian Campaign, 1796-1797
0:54 - Egypt and Syrian Campaign, 1798-1801
1:29 - Italian Campaign, 1792-1801 or 1805-1806
1:39 - Peninsular War, 1807/1808-1814
1:44 - Jena-Auestedt or Eylau and Fourth Coalition, 1806-1807
1:51 - "Four Days Campaign", 1809
2:10 - Invasion of Russia, 1812
2:52 - French Campaign and Sixth Coalition 1813-1814
3:35 - Post Sixth Coalition - 1814-1815
This song is really beautiful and peaceful❤❤ It makes me calm and relaxed ❤❤Thank you, French people❤🇨🇵
France respect from Russia ✌
Russia respect from France
Imagine living in France a few hundred years ago and seeing the Egyptian Pyramids!
Yeah, at that time Rome was Empire department no. 116, according to the official postal markings, which in today’s postal code system, would give Rome the postal code 116000
France gets a lot of $h1t for surrendering so quickly in WWII, but for the vast majority of their history they were a martial powerhouse and a force to be reckoned with.