Yep, they were weak and petty and were everything that the French had despised about the Bourbon monarchy in France which was not a surprise because the Spanish monarchy were Bourbons as well.
Think of it like this lets say (insert your nation here e.g. France) had a very unpopular leader so (insert your nation biggest allied e.g. USA) invaded put a foreign leader in power with no ties to your nation, annexing parts of your nation and turning you nation into a vassal state. No matter how unpopular/hated a ruling government is it is very rare for people to welcome their conquers with open arms a good example of this is particle all of Human history
@@gen_henry9836Carlos II wasn't bad, he just had terrible health problems that ensured there would be a war for his sucession simce he could not produce an heir.
Indeed they were incompetent to the nth degree...however, at least Spaniards could say, "yes, they're idiots but they're OUR idiots." Ironically, Joseph, like his brother Louis in the Netherlands, actually regarded himself as the lawful monarch of his subjects and was willing to defend "his" kingdom's interests when they ran foul of Napoleon's demands. Napoleon of course regarded them as the merest satraps and were only supposed to respond with "qui haut, Mon Empereur et Frere?" when he told them to jump. Again, annoying like that guy a little over a century later who wanted to emulate Napoleon.
Good video but I still don’t understand why Napoleon betrayed Spain. In the video it’s framed like Napoleon just wanted to invade Spain so he did, but I’m sure it’s more complicated than that. I am left puzzled by this video on why Napoleon decided to betray his closest Ally at the time.
What I got was that the alliance wasn't close enough for Napoleon's liking, since Spain under Charles was trying to have it both ways with the plausible deniability method. Joseph Bonaparte being installed as King of Spain was a move to try to ensure a more loyal ally via family ties.
@@megarockmanYeah, pretty much this. Napoleon had done similar with Holland, some Italian states, and the HRE - so why wouldn't it work in Spain? Well, unfortunately for Napoleon, it's because Spain was fiercely religious, nationalistic, and willing to fight to the death where other nations simply rolled over and submitted.
One minor thing: while yes, Spain and France were allies due to the Family Pact, that alliance did not transfer during the Revolution. Spain was on the opposing side during the war of the first coalition and fought the French in the Pyrenees and in Toulon. It was during the second treaty of San Ildefonso in 1795 that brought the two nations together. This led to the Anglo-Spanish War from 1796 to 1803 where the Spanish and British fought several battles in Cape Saint Vincent, Tenerife (where Nelson lost his arm), Trinidad and Tobago and San Juan. Also, the defeat at trafalgar did not fully interrupt Spanish trade with the colonies because only part of the fleet was there. After the battle and during the Peninsular War, Spain still had one of the largest fleets in Europe. It was the Hispanic American Wars of Independence caused in large part by the French invasion of 1808 that made things worse for Spain
D'ailleurs au nom du pacte familiale les rois d'Espagne soutiennent toujours les Bourbons et les Orléans en France et même l'extrême droite royaliste. Un jour j'en aurais assez et j'irai faire un carton dans les rues espagnoles à moins que je m'en prenne à leurs expatriés.
@@ChrisCrossClash read a history book, like for example one on the war of Jenkins ear or the take of Menorca. Spain was far from a second tier power before the napoleonic wars. It was a diminished great power, but a great power nonetheless. In fact I think this channel made a video about it 😅
@@ChrisCrossClash You are both right. England ruled the waves, but there were still Spaniards traveling to the Americas from Spain and the other way in the period after Trafalgar. The ocean is very big.
It is not that bad, I ve seen worse. Compared with many other important people who would sign with an indecipherable mess of lines, his is fairly decent.
@ Much fun was had after people saw the signature of Jacob Lew (Obama Amdministartion), but the artist Pablo Picasso is also unreadable, not to mention Angelina Jolie (the mess of lines i mentioned).
Noticed recently the animation is getting better and better: more detailed backgrounds, more movement (guns/cannon firing), more facial expressions, etc. Excellent video as always
There's a famous legend about this period in Catalonia named "The Bruc's drummer" which talks about a kid who went to mountain range with his drum and played it so that the echo made it sound as if a large army was approaching; this was meant to keep the French army holding instead of advancing so that the actual army had time to arrive, leading to a defeat of the French army. As I said, legend, but it is based on the first battle that the French lost in Spain "the Bruc's battle".
00:22 I don't have many historical sources, but this doesn't require sources to know that it was the worst mistake he could have made, worse than invading Russia, let me explain. 1. I'm not saying this because it was in Spain where it was first shown that Napoleon's invincibility was false. 2. Nor the amount of resources, personnel and time lost. 3. Nor the loss of one of his most important allies, but the most important one. 4. Nor the fact that most of his allies now totally distrusted Napoleon because they literally saw him betray his most important ally and at the same time the most loyal of all. All of the above adds up, but the real problem and also the reason for the ease with which Spain was initially occupied, is that the Spanish themselves were investing gigantic amounts of resources and personnel in rebuilding their navy, and not just any navy, a gigantic and modern one for the time, unlike what people believe, at that time Spain was still a maritime power, there were quite a few Spanish officers who humiliated the outnumbered British, they had competent and well-trained officers, now imagine a rearmed and well-prepared naval force and most importantly, that this time it was not commanded by a Frenchman. Spain did have the resources, it would only be a matter of time before the Spanish surpassed the British navy as they were devoting everything to the navy, so Napoleon's action of betraying Spain ironically was his long-term downfall, as it eliminated the only possibility he would have to invade Great Britain on its own territory. To say that the French shot themselves in the foot by betraying Spain is an understatement; they shot themselves in the heart.
That's not really how the timeline played out. The French-Spanish fleet meant for invading the UK was sunk at Trafalgar in 1805. Napoleon didn't betray Spain until 3 years later in 1808. That massive, modern Spanish Navy was already underwater by the time this decision was made.
The portuguese royal family fled to Brazil when Napoleon invaded, and created in Brazil the administrative structure needed to run the Portuguese Empire, as well as giving more autonomy and opening up Brazil for trade. When they came back to Portugal in 1820 they wanted to take this autonomy back, and the brazilians didn't want to accept this downgrade. This was an one of the causes of Brazil's declaring independence in 1822.
In Catalonia we have a national hero we call "Timbaler del Bruc", the story goes that he was a drummer in the army, and he played his drums in such a way in between the mountains that the reverberation they made tricked the French invaders into thinking that our army was much bigger than in reality, scaring them; shortly thereafter the French were beaten. The battle of El Bruc is notable because it broke the myth of the French army being unbeatable.
It was a victory but unfortunatly didnt manage to break the french army and they could keep there campaign, the battle that actually broke the myth since it was made famous across all europe and was and actual open field battle where the french forces where destroyed is Bailen, the first open field battle where the napoleonic army lost
@ignisferrum Sí, pero lo bueno es que los Españoles se pueden atribuir ser los primeros en destrozar a los franceses en sus propios terminos en una batalla a campo abierto.
As a Spaniard studying this topic, it's very accurate. Just a minor mistake: the Northwest part of Portgual wasn't promised to Spain, but the Duque of Parma, which had previously given up his Duchy to Napoleon. Moreover, the Southern part was not for the Kingdom of Spain, but for Prime Minister, Manuel Godoy himself.
@@darkphoenix2745 Napolean invaded Russia to force to stop trading with Britain and rejoin the continental system. He had no intention of conquering it or treating it as a colony.
I'm Spanish, I never understood why people in Europe treat Napoleon as a military genius considering the disastrous mistake he made in Spain. Just think about it, you're at war with all of Europe and you only have one ally, who controls the most important maritime trade routes connecting America, Asia and Europe. "Let's invade Spain! What a genius I am." It's possibly the worst military decision in modern Europe. If France hadn't played the fool and helped Spain conquer Portugal, England would have been next. The world today could speak Spanish and French instead of English as the European transit language. But a certain Napoleon, who they call a "military genius," decided that it was a good idea to invade your only ally in a war against all the powers of Europe. A flawless plan.
@@pedritopedrito_ Well, Napoleon is regarded as a military genius in the sense that he was able to win battles, not necessarily for his geopolitical strategy. That did backfire a lot of times and it was only thanks to him being able to win big battles that he managed to last for so long against almost all of Europe. If he did not invade Spain, but lost at, for example, Austerlitz, it would have been probably over for him anyway.
One question I thought I knew the answer to but it goes deeper than I thought. Huge thanks to you. Always teaching me more about things I thought I knew.
I'm waiting for the lawsuit when LEGO starts offering boxed sets of these figures, and our guy sues and wins Belgium, and places James Bissonette on the throne.
Speaking of the Napoleonic invasion of Spain, I recently discovered a scene from “Redo of Healer” that literally pays homage to Goya’s painting “The Third of May 1808 in Madrid”. I never thought that a degenerate ecchi isekai anime would reference the 19th century invasion of my country. 💀
Trying to understand this I just had to read articles about Goya, history and his paintings ans now I will have to watch the anime. Thanks for this comment as it motivated me to learn more (: Gracias
In a nutshell - Bonaparte wanted to replace a troublesome ally with a less troublesome one. Bonaparte thought simply replacing the Spanish monarchy with his own people would be all it would take. However, the Spanish people proved to be a lot more nationalistic than the brain trust in Paris realized. A guerrilla war (with significant British assistance to the Spanish) broke out. To put it mildly, for the French the whole affair became a massive and ultimately disastrous mess.
there were a lot of funny images in this one. from Napoleon holding the Portuguese guy hostage to the angry baby with a flintlock. it's nice to see this guys channel evolving.
A nice addition to the video would have been to mention Cadiz: Napoleon's first defeat in Spain and the start of the liberation and where the Spanish Constitution was established in 1812
Originally, Bourbon Spain sided with the coalition fighting Revolutionary France, which didn't do it well. Come two things: Napoleon in France, and Godoy in Spain (whom I'm surprised to the point of shock is barely mentioned in the video). In the post-Carlos III era Spain's elite were fractured between those who wanted a "traditional" Spain and those who wanted to embrace French modernism (to a certain degree this schism still exists today). Godoy had the conditional support of the elites and more importantly the support of his lover Queen Maria Luisa. By getting peace and at least a partial alliance with post-Revolutionary France Godoy thought that he could both give Spain badly needed reforms and gain a place at the table when Napoleon eventually humbled Great Britain. But fun fact: no. The disaster of Trafalgar put Godoy in a political death-spiral, eventually culminating in his dismissal and that piece of work Ferdinand staging a coup against his father. Napoleon, who had nothing but contempt for Spain and Spaniards, wasn't about to let these clowns slip out of his imperial orbit and believed...kind of like Brezhnev concerning 1979 Afghanistan...that a quick knock on those louts' heads and the installation of an occupation army with a subservient nonentity as the figurehead would put everything to right in Spain. But another fan fact: no.
Napoléon believed that Spain wasn’t a great power anymore, and that he needed full control over it to make an efficient "use" of it. But this invasion marked the birth of one of the first major resistance movement in occupied country ! Similar to resistance movements in ww2.
the word you meant is "guerilla". Spain was the first ones to make use of it. As a fact, the north korean leader (the first one. Kim Il Sun? I think it was called) mentions Spain in his writings, just to put it as an example of guerilla tactics against a foreign occupation army.
@@Smougda someone had to do a video about the spanish inspiration in Asia. In Wuhan Battle, Mao wrote about Wuhan being a Madrid thinking in the siege of that city in the spanish civil war. I didn't know about the inspiration of the KPA based in the spanish guerrillas. So interesting lad.
@ Bueno, esa es la romantización de la guerras napoleonicas xD. No realmente. Eso es guerra total. En un sentido etimologico, guerilla es como el diminutivo de guerra, "la pequeña guerra", el objetivo no es ganar en un plano estrategico, pero si debilitar al oponente. Tacticas de guerilla, significa atacar a un enemigo que está ocupando un territorio, sin entrar en combate directo, atacando los puntos de suministro para debilitar al ejercito enemigo sin municiones y abastecimientos o realizar ataques esporadicos para luego esconderse en las montañas o camuflarse entre la población local. La guerilla es, asimetrica, y descentralizada, planificación centralizada, para que haya cohesión entre las fuerzas a traves de la coordinación, pero ejecución descentralizada. En la batalla convencional le cortas la cabeza al rey y se desmorona el ejercito, en la guerrilla, no existen jerarquias y como la ejecución no es centralizada, no requiere de un alto mando para mandarla realizar. Es que te encuentras un frances medio despistado en el pueblo y te lo matas con navaja, para que haya menos, por ejemplo. Aunque existen varios tipos de tacticas que se usan en la guerilla, los actos de omisión, es decir, la no cooperacion politica, social y economica, ej. la desobediencia civil, la evasión fiscal o emigrar para no contribuir productividad al regimen ocupante. Y lo que es más famoso, los actos de comisión, que son aquellos en los cuales se construye resistencia y se confronta al poder, ya sea indirectamente, (acción indirecta ej.propaganda, agitación politica, compra de voluntades, actos simbolicos etc..) o de forma directa, construción de sistemas logisticos y de comunicacion ,creacción de ayudas sociales, sistemas de alimentación, medidas economicas (esto sería para aplacar la insurgencia) o lo mas conocido, la confrontación directa y el conflicto, la occupación de territorio, la destrucción de material y propiedad, la expropiación de tierras, y la violencia contra grupos humanos (ofensiva o defensiva)
Video Ideas: -Why didn’t the Mongol Empire conquer India? -Why didn’t Qatar and Bahrain join the UAE in 1971? -Did WW1 veterans fight in WW2? -How did Japan react to Germany’s surrender in WW2? -Why North Korea never had any coups/uprisings? -Why was St. Petersburg renamed to Petrograd in 1914? -What happened to Greece’s monarchy? -Why didn’t Mongolia and Tannu Tuva help the USSR in the eastern front? -Why did Ireland rebel in 1919? -The Watergate Scandal: Explained -Were there any attempts to bring back the Qing Dynasty? -Why did it take so long for New Zealand to be discovered? -Why did Britain invade Iraq in 1941? -Why did the USSR annex Transcarpathia from Czechoslovakia? -Why isn’t there an Independent Catalonia? -Why didn’t Spanish America unite like Brazil? -What was life like in Namibia when it was a mandate of South Africa? -What happened to the Silk Roads? -Why France has so many colonies remaining? -Why did Moscow became the capital of Russia again after the Russian Revolution? -Why do US State borders/former European colonies' borders look so basic?
HM already two some of these topics. For Somaliland, its secession was mentioned in "Why did Somalila fail?". For Britain and France being friends, just search it, an entire video is present
"-Did WW1 veterans fight in WW2?" For the Germans, most of them were veterans of WW1. After the expansion of the army after the invasion of Poland, the majority of them were WW1 vets, because it was easiest to mobilise them. I would assume this was true for most of the nations in WW2. "-Why was St. Petersburg renamed to Petrograd in 1914?" An oversimplified view of it is because St. Petersburg sounds too German, and Petrograd sounds more Russian. I do not know if this is the real reason however. "-When did Britain and France became allies?" WW1 happened. "-Why did Ireland rebel in 1919?" The British were, to put it bluntly, quite brutal to the Irish, we repressed their culture, and caused a lot of suffering for the sake of not helping them, one example being the Irish famine. After a while, this boiled over and Britain, having come out of WW1 probably didn't want to fight another war for the sake of a nation that probably wasn't that important anyway "-Why did Britain invade Iraq in 1941?" They became fascist and if Axis troops were sent, they could have been a pain to an extent, but it also gave another reason to get more oil, cutting Germany off from it. That's all the questions I can answer to the best of my ability, I don't know how correct these answers outside of the first one
- they tried but Himalayas and Indian resistance - no idea - probably some. For example Churchill was an admiral in the first war - no idea but I imagine they saw the writing on the wall - the Kim family purges the top before they even have a chance to think about it - because of anti German sentiment following the outbreak of the First World War - they were deposed by the military in 1973 - don’t even know what you mean by that - rebellion actually started in 1916. 1919 was just when they declared independence - Nixon administration infiltrates democratic headquarters gets caught president resigns - yes mostly by generals - its incredible isolation the closest landmass is thousands of miles away - because Iraq had a pro nazi coup that year - because it was mostly inhabited by Ukrainians - because Spain refuses - the Spanish colonies in America were much more decentralized and they declared independence separately unlike Brazil which was an empire whose emperor declared independence - not sure but probably not too different from the rest of South Africa - probably replaced by maritime trade - a lot of these are incredibly small and undeveloped they probably couldn’t survive as independent countries - the Soviets wanted to distance themselves from the old czarist regime - they were largely drawn by people who didn’t know the area and thus couldn’t use rivers or mountains as basis. Instead they used meridian and parallel lines which are universal and create geometric forms
Fun fact: Don Carlos, heir to the Spanish throne, refused to renounce his claim to the throne while in captivity. This made him something of a hero in the United States, where people saw him as representing resistance to tyranny. And so "Don Carlos" became a popular boy's name in early 19th century America. For example, Don Carlos Buell (1818-1898) was a major general of the Union forces in the US Civil War.
Note to all YT creators using historic maps: the Dutch coastline looked very different in the past. Large parts of land were reclaimed from the sea in the last century.
Napoleon initially felt out Marshal Bernadotte about the Spanish Throne. Bernadotte replied that one can put a person on a throne but that doesn't make them the king of a people. He predicted difficulties for anyone not chosen by the Spanish people. So he passed. He was later proven correct about Spain but later accepted the Swedish offer of Crown Prince because it had been voted upon by the people. Unfortunately, Joseph was less stubborn than his Brother-in-Law Bernadotte and allowed himself to be made "King" of Spain.
Good observation. And later, Bernadotte lined against Napoleon because he really believed that, as a King of Sweden, it was his duty, because he was working for their subjects, not for Napoleon, while Napoleon considered every ruler named by him as a puppet.
Napoleon: Fernando, in the case of the Spanish throne, you are not the king! Carlos IV: Haha. Napoleon: And Carlos, you are also not the king. *Takes the crown*. I’m the king! Oversimplified: Actually, Napoleon made his brother the king.
Honestly, Napoleon’s logic wasn’t THAT faulty. He assumed that the liberal, enlightenment values he brought with him would be eagerly accepted by a Spanish people crushed by the corrupt and authoritarian Bourbon monarchy. By replacing them with a Liberal constitution, he thought he could gain an effective ally on his southern border to replace his ailing, incompetent one once Joseph reformed Spain’s institutions and military. It was honestly a solid plan… except that he grossly underestimated just how pious and loyal the Spanish people were to the Catholic Church and the reactionary monarchy it supported. If they had been more willing to go along with Joseph, Spain might have been one of Napoleon’s greatest triumphs and most intelligent long term investments. But it, ah, wasn’t.
It’s the folly of many who wish to sew discontent and cause a revolution, other countries who can turn the discontent around and aim back at your would-be replacement. Its happened almost as frequently as full scale invasions and government overthrowings have
The monarchy itself literally sold their throne and left. But somehow we Spaniards were still loyal to a fault. Im both proud and ashamed to be from Spain, in the one hand theres admirable bravery and heroism, and hell even loyalty and piety, on the other we cant choose leaders for shit. It really is the army of lions led by a sheep
Too many people in Europe clutching their rosary beads. But surely Boney remembered what happened in the Vendee when the Republic tried to take their Pope away.
It's a matter of perspective as you said Because from the spanish pov it was a stupid plan since day 1 because their way of thinking wouldn't allow Napoleon's plan to succeed Maybe if he did it closer to what the spanish really wanted MAYBE it would be a great napoleonic w
I speed up most youtube videos, because they speak soooo slowly. This is the only RUclips channel that I often slow down, to catch the rapid torrent of words!
This turned into one of the most brutal conflicts of the time (though not quite as much as the revolution itself against other French people), even the Russians had some respect for the laws of war and had a soft spot for prisoners as their elite all spoke French. In Spain while the Spanish armies were a bit of a joke the gorillas turned it into into a quagmire (they were straight up way more effective than the regular armies, the problem was that they didn't go home when the war ended, and Spain would suffer from bandits and civil strife for decades), and both sides fought a total war, one in which prisoners were an opportunity for war crimes and civilians were routinely targeted for reprisal. When the British entered France there was genuine concern that the large numbers of Iberians who had joined the British army over the course of the conflict would start touching the French countryside, as it happened their discipline remained high and all the French they encountered had suddenly recalled that they had been monarchists all along and welcomed their liberators, so long as the French army wasn't around to defend the area at least.
Globalement les campagnes étaient plutôt monarchistes, la Révolution c'était un truc libéral donc de gens avec des connaissances, donc des bourgeois, donc plutôt des gens de villes et de villages. En post 1871 on pouvait encore voir cette coupure entre ceux qui votaient à droite dans les campagnes et à gauche dans les villes avec des centres industriels.
@waardlafrance110 Yes, this was generally the story of France in the 19th century, Paris revolts, the new government holds elections, most of the country are Catholic and vote in a right wing government, Paris revolts again. However the local government officials that welcomed the British had often learnt how to pad their bed with the flags of each new regime, likewise the larger towns and cities did exactly the same thing, and when napoleon came back they switched back again just as fast, and then again when he was defeated. The monarchists were quite impressive with how they would build their powerbase, but that came later, and unfortunately they faced the problem of being more royalist than the King.
Fun fact: the term "guerrilla" (meaning _little war_ in Spanish) was coined during Napoleon's invasion of Spain to describe how the local population organised themselves in civilian armed groups to harass and fend off the invading French troops.
Just as an aditional fact, king Ferdinand was known in Spain as "the Desired", only to be known after his reign and until now as "the Felon king" aka the traitor king for all his decisions.
1:54 "Ferdinand was popular with the Spanish people". This is not a joke, but it is still funny to hear. Also, at 0:48, it is a nice detail to have added "Louis XV," since the place where Louis XVI was executed was formerly known as "Place Louis XV".
If anyone's still confused about why Naploen betrayed Spain, here's the detailed answer: Napoleon’s main reason for invading Spain (and, more broadly, the whole Iberian Peninsula) was to enforce the Continental System-a blockade intended to weaken Britain economically by closing European ports to British trade. Portugal was Britain's oldest ally and blatantly defied the Continental System, hence the invasion. Spain had long been an ally of France and was supposed to comply, but it had been more loosely enforcing the blockade. Napoleon saw Spain’s laxness as a challenge to his broader strategy against Britain. The real trigger for the invasion (or betrayal) came in 1808, when King Charles IV of Spain and his son, Ferdinand VII, were caught up in a dynastic dispute. Napoleon was concerned that Spain might drift away from him, especially as kingdom had a weak monarchy. So Napoleon saw an opportunity to take advantage of this political instability. In March 1808, Charles IV abdicated in favor of his son, but Ferdinand was not recognized by the French. Napoleon, ever the opportunist, offered to mediate the crisis, which led to both the king and his son being forced to abdicate in favor of Napoleon’s brother, Joseph Bonaparte.
It’s important to note that the inability of Spain to defend itself against France propped the Spanish colonies to declare independence because they didn’t recognise Joseph Bonaparte and hated Ferdinand VII for not being able to protect Spain : if they couldn’t protect themselves, how could they protect their colonies ? Also the crisis of the colonial order led to the fight for independences from like 1813 to 1821
One should also note that the spanish had actually tried to switch sides against Napoleon while he was fighting Prussia in 1806, often forgotten as it didnt come to fruition, but its important to remember.
Napoleon didn't betray Spain: he did betray the Bourbons. Spain *was* betrayed, by the Bourbons, when they perjured the Constituion as soon as they got the throne back. Take care
This does not accurately represent Napoleon's motivation for invading Spain. To Napoleon, Spain appeared untrustworthy. On the same day the Battle of Jena was fought in Prussia, Manuel de Godoy mobilized the Spanish army, only to demobilize it once it became clear that France had won the battle. Moreover, Spain lagged in several key areas, from its economy to its military capability. Napoleon believed he could utilize Spain's resources more effectively than the Spanish themselves. The outcome, of course, remains unchanged.
I kinda get Napoleon here bc the Spanish royal family was a joke. The king Charles IV did nothing but go hunting while his wife ruled the country and their son Ferdinand VII had tried to overthrow him MULTIPLE TIMES. Also there was Spain's prime minister Manuel Godoy who signed the treaty of Fontainebleau with Napoleon just because it would give him a part of Portugal's land for his own
Consequences of the betrayal: The Spanish people strongly resisted French rule, leading to a long and bloody guerilla war known as the Peninsular War, which significantly drained French resources and is considered one of the major factors contributing to Napoleon's downfall.
Es curioso como Cataluña pudo elegir a Francia (2 veces de hecho, una en el s. XVII) en vez de a España. Ahora Cataluña es la zona que más quiere la independencia de España. Además, en Cataluña, los guerrilleros se unieron a las tropas regulares y fueron uno de los lugares donde la oposición a Francia fue más eficaz.
The common stupid statement by people was that Napoleon's blunder was invading Russia. No, Spain was his core failure. Russia had it coming and consistently betrayed and attacked Napoleon for over a decade. But his power grab in spain weakened him in a way that Russia was just the tipping point. Militarily losing all of his prime horses in Russia during that campaign spelled his end. But he was already on the path towards defeat before that. Had he left Spain alone I think he would have remained in power and would have successfully dealt with Russia.
The thing is that historians has shown the duplicity of the Spanish crown. Napoleon knew from his spies that Spain was negociating with UK. He knew also that the Bourbon ruler was extremely unpopular. He was pushed in his fatal decision by Talleyrand. Spain would have been saved by Napoleon Bonaparte
Spain was doing fine on its own, it had an empire and a powerful fleet before an incompetent french admiral lead it to destruction at trafalgar. Even then Spain would have rebuilt its fleet and maintained its territory in America if Napoleon hadn't invaded. Yes the current bourbons were bad but rulers come and go, Spain had had good bourbons rulers previously and would have had them again. Napoleon's betrayal and invasion was an insult and a calamity against all spaniards.
@ That is a lie. Spain was in a bad situation. The bourbons ruler (from a French family too) was corrupt and incompetent. Spain did not start any industrialisation process, it was backward and not more a first power since a long time. The corrupt church had an immense power, the inquisition still existed. Napoleon had the medicine but the sick man didn’t want the médecine. Let’s not forget that is Spain the first, that declared war to the revolutionary France and was defeated by a country in turmoil, attacked by all its neighbours. French did not forget the spanish power was not trustable. Spain betrayed first the French people by its war against the young republic.
*Fun fact:* Spaniards called Joseph Bonaparte "Pepe Botella" (which would mean Joseph Bottle). I kinda feel bad for him. Even though the independence war was amazing af, it's no secret that Joseph would have been a FAR better king than Ferdinand VII. An efficent puppet is much better than an independent tyrant
And to this day nobody knows the reason Since he wasn't famous for getting drunk And by the way in argentina a famous drink was made in the name of Ferdinand VII Oh the irony of life
Doubtful, though he was willing to work with the Spanish people and to cut away from France, he never had enough balls to do so completly, the reason the Spanish people hated him was because he was always under Napoleons thumb and Napoleon was starting to treat Spain as a colony doing what he wanted on the country.
@@carlosg8103That's just how it was everywhere. The king of the Netherlands (who also was Napoleon's III father) tryed to defy Napoleons orders, and how did that ended? With him deposed and the Netherlands annexed into the french empire.
I'm almost certain this video already exists. And if you're wondering the answer is German confederation shenanigans, my gambit being it doesn't border Germany so there was never pressure to join.
Well, let's try to answer it this time, did Napoleon betray Spain? well let's see In 1789 France had a revolution and in 1793 they guillotined their Bourbon Monarch, Spain, that also had a Bourbon monarch and was pretty reactionary even for the time standards, decided to invade France, so there wasn't a friendly relationship. after a long and bloody war fought in French territory, the Spanish were pushed out of France, and the French invaded and conquered the Basque country. In 1795 Spain asked for peace, and the french gave back the Basque country on the premise that they will aid France in it's wars, (spoiler: it didn't happen). In 1800 Spain invoked their peace treaty (that that should had help the French) to drag the French into a war with Portugal, The war of the Oranges, in which Spain annexed territory. Meanwhile in 1803 with the start of the war of the third coalition, french pleads for help fall on deaf ears, (although the British will commit a blunder by attacking Spain preemptively) but on the end it was more France helping Spain than the other way around. In 1806 amidst a familiar dispute between King Carlos IV and his more reactionary anti-french son Fernando VII, who had married a niece of Marie Antoniette, and wanted to attack France, king Carlos IV offered Prussia an alliance against Napoleon, however his correspondence was open by the French after they beat Prussia in just 15 days that year. So now the relations were not so great between them and Napoleon knew about this intended betrayal by the Spanish. In 1807 the wife of Fernando VII died and Fernando blamed his mother for her "murder" , so he instigated a Coup against his father but was arrested, nevertheless he was pardoned, but Carlos IV never informed the people of why he was arrested on the first place, and the people that recent his government for flirting with liberal reforms (product of the peace treaty with France) begun to believe that Godoy (the prime minister that people believed was responsable of the decline of the catholic absolutism, although it was also wrong because it had been Urquijo (who served as an interim) the one that limited the inquisition powers) had suddenly decided to take power. As a consequence of it, the government agree to launch an invasion of Portugal with french help to annex territories and create a dominion for Godoy (that was the queen lover) the french that saw Portugal as an enemy agreed and thus a french small army was sent towards Spain to invade Portugal alongside the Spanish. In march 1808 the french troops garrisoned in Spain begun to be the target of the clergy of Spain, (that was very powerful, actually all towns have at least a priest or bishop even when there was no authorities from the state itself), so the people at Aranjuez mutinied and decided to take Godoy's mistress (yes another one) as a hostage and then proceded to trade her for Godoy's resignation, he accepted but he was taken as a hostage and they decided to free him only if Carlos IV resigned, the queen persuaded Carlos to resign to save her lover and all the sudden Fernando VII that was virulently anti-french become king. Napoleon invited the two monarchs to negotiate, at the instance of the wife of Carlos that despite urging him to resign, then stepped up and slapped her son (literally) to mediate a compromise, both were invited but in front of Napoleon they begun to blame each others and insult one another until Carlos broke his cane on the head of Fernando (no i am not making it up), both blaming each other for Spain decadence, Napoleon managed to acquire some concessions from Carlos IV and throw his support behind him, (a precondition was the abolition of the inquisition, alongside many secular, progresist reforms) but before it was concluded, in Madrid the clergy claimed that the French were an occupation force and that the (Mameluks) muslim soldiers had come back and led a mob of reactionaries against the french forces in Madrid, on the 2nd of May, the uprising was putted down but it spread to other regions, and after some days Napoleon decided to actually imprison both monarchs, and set to make a progressive charter for Spain that (while in tone to conservative Spain) distributed rights among the people, (however few understand and fewer know to read, except the clergy and nobility that vehemently opposed) Napoleon put his brother as the symbolic head of state and put the Basque, tolerant and progressist Urquijo as head of government, then he dispatched the troops to quell the undeclared war by the Spanish elites and reactionaries.
No one hurt Spain in this war as much as the British did. The british invaded Spain and destroyed all the industrial capabilities it had, sacked and plundered spanish cities left and right in order to remove competition in the global trade markets, all in the name of "liberation" fighting against Napoleon's France.
What you expect Spain was at war with Britain not even a year before, Britain had no love for Spain as well as France, you Spaniards should have known that.
1:22 I love this frame - the map that Napoleon's presenting looks really complicated, yet they seem to understand and love it ♥ PS: Where's Kelly Moneymaker?
Not sure to what extent there was "anti-Madrid" sentiment in Catalonia already in 1812, but if there was one, it would pale in comparison to the anti-French sentiment that had been growing there since the second half of the 17th century. Moreover, that promise about being permitted to use their language, laws and customs didn't have much credibility to Catalans after what happened when France took Rosselló.
^ That's a complete lie, but okay. I guess countries like Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Finland, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Israel - three of which are nuclear powers, need I remind you - don't exist.
^ That's a complete lie, but okay. I guess countries like Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Finland, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Israel - three of which are nuclear powers, need I remind you - don't exist.
^ That's not true, but okay. I guess countries like Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Finland, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Israel - three of which are nuclear powers, need I remind you - don't exist.
@ right because having the security of not having to be worried about invasion from two huge borders and incredibly close and beneficial trading partners is worthless got it
And not a single mention in the Napoleon movie even if the collapse of his Empire started when he failed to invade Spain. Just like his generals disappeared in the movie.
but why? why did napoleon feel the need to invade? was it just expansionist? you haven´t answer that despite being the title of the video, you just explained context and consequences of his actions
From what I remember of Roberts' biography of Napoleon, the government was in chaos, the king, his heir and Godoy all hated and actively conspired against each other. Spain was effectively France's southern border and Napoleon felt it wasn't secure in Ferdinand's hands, so when he saw what looked like an easy opportunity to take control, he did. France's army already was in Spain thanks to the invasion of Portugal and had no other commitment on the continent, the prince was asking for French involvement in the matter (I distinctly remembered Ferdinand begging to marry into Napoleon's family, I have no memory of him being an unwilling prisonner), and after a Spanish mob assaulted Godoy's estate and deposed him, Napoleon pulled the trigger and staged a coup. He put his brother on the throne, not expecting the Spanish people to fight for a government they clearly despised.
2:23 Bruh the baby with the flintlock XDDDD
This channel is golden, both in historical and humorous quality
Just realised 😂
It's also pretty accurate to Spain's attitude during war.
(Edit: Oh my Lord I got a serious amount of likes)
Cracking up at that
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Even the baby is dawning an angry battle face
Spain: *Becomes one of the main reasons Napoleon lost the throne*
Ridley Scott: "I am gonna pretend I didn't see that..."
Who?
@@goodmusic4673 The guy who made the ahistorical movie
Napoleon: existed as a real human being
R:S.: Just... no.
Everyone knows it was because of the pyramids
@@derekskelton4187 Which one especifically
If Carlos and Ferdinand were anywhere near as insufferable to deal with as they sound, I would have at least considered replacing them too tbh.
Yep, they were weak and petty and were everything that the French had despised about the Bourbon monarchy in France which was not a surprise because the Spanish monarchy were Bourbons as well.
Think of it like this lets say (insert your nation here e.g. France) had a very unpopular leader so (insert your nation biggest allied e.g. USA) invaded put a foreign leader in power with no ties to your nation, annexing parts of your nation and turning you nation into a vassal state.
No matter how unpopular/hated a ruling government is it is very rare for people to welcome their conquers with open arms a good example of this is particle all of Human history
Ferdinand is wildely considered the worst monarch in Spanish history, even worse than Carlos II (the inbred Habsburg one)
@@gen_henry9836Carlos II wasn't bad, he just had terrible health problems that ensured there would be a war for his sucession simce he could not produce an heir.
Indeed they were incompetent to the nth degree...however, at least Spaniards could say, "yes, they're idiots but they're OUR idiots."
Ironically, Joseph, like his brother Louis in the Netherlands, actually regarded himself as the lawful monarch of his subjects and was willing to defend "his" kingdom's interests when they ran foul of Napoleon's demands. Napoleon of course regarded them as the merest satraps and were only supposed to respond with "qui haut, Mon Empereur et Frere?" when he told them to jump. Again, annoying like that guy a little over a century later who wanted to emulate Napoleon.
He failed to realize the pain found within Spain
Pff, the French eat pain for breakfast.
So was the pain in Spain found mainly on the plain?
I salute your jibe, mon capitan.
is living in Spain also pain?
@@MM22966king of the jibes, long may he reign
2:31 it's cool seeing more expressions being used with your characters.
Yeah, I noticed that too! The style is slowly evolving!
This expression reminds me a lot of oversimplified videos, actually. I have not seen anything this expressive from him before.
Good video but I still don’t understand why Napoleon betrayed Spain. In the video it’s framed like Napoleon just wanted to invade Spain so he did, but I’m sure it’s more complicated than that. I am left puzzled by this video on why Napoleon decided to betray his closest Ally at the time.
Cercano e importante
What I got was that the alliance wasn't close enough for Napoleon's liking, since Spain under Charles was trying to have it both ways with the plausible deniability method. Joseph Bonaparte being installed as King of Spain was a move to try to ensure a more loyal ally via family ties.
@@megarockmanYeah, pretty much this. Napoleon had done similar with Holland, some Italian states, and the HRE - so why wouldn't it work in Spain? Well, unfortunately for Napoleon, it's because Spain was fiercely religious, nationalistic, and willing to fight to the death where other nations simply rolled over and submitted.
@@happyvalleykid6324no need to glaze
@bernd_das_brot6911 What do you mean?
One minor thing: while yes, Spain and France were allies due to the Family Pact, that alliance did not transfer during the Revolution. Spain was on the opposing side during the war of the first coalition and fought the French in the Pyrenees and in Toulon. It was during the second treaty of San Ildefonso in 1795 that brought the two nations together. This led to the Anglo-Spanish War from 1796 to 1803 where the Spanish and British fought several battles in Cape Saint Vincent, Tenerife (where Nelson lost his arm), Trinidad and Tobago and San Juan.
Also, the defeat at trafalgar did not fully interrupt Spanish trade with the colonies because only part of the fleet was there. After the battle and during the Peninsular War, Spain still had one of the largest fleets in Europe. It was the Hispanic American Wars of Independence caused in large part by the French invasion of 1808 that made things worse for Spain
D'ailleurs au nom du pacte familiale les rois d'Espagne soutiennent toujours les Bourbons et les Orléans en France et même l'extrême droite royaliste. Un jour j'en aurais assez et j'irai faire un carton dans les rues espagnoles à moins que je m'en prenne à leurs expatriés.
You not kidding anyone mate, Britain ruled the waves by that point Spain was done as a first rate power, what ever way you want to spin on it.
@@ChrisCrossClash read a history book, like for example one on the war of Jenkins ear or the take of Menorca. Spain was far from a second tier power before the napoleonic wars. It was a diminished great power, but a great power nonetheless. In fact I think this channel made a video about it 😅
@@ChrisCrossClash You are both right. England ruled the waves, but there were still Spaniards traveling to the Americas from Spain and the other way in the period after Trafalgar. The ocean is very big.
@ The fact remains that by Napoleons period Spain was done as a first rate, they were basically vassals of France by this point.
2:00 I really appreciate that you actually added Napoleon's notoriously horrendous cursive signature.
It is not that bad, I ve seen worse. Compared with many other important people who would sign with an indecipherable mess of lines, his is fairly decent.
@@ABW941 Like who?
@@ChrisCrossClashI think we know who.
@ Much fun was had after people saw the signature of Jacob Lew (Obama Amdministartion), but the artist Pablo Picasso is also unreadable, not to mention Angelina Jolie (the mess of lines i mentioned).
@ And no, Trumps signature is barely readable but still in the upper half of unreadable signatures.
This is the only channel that youtube is instantly recommending me. Not that I'm complaining.
Noticed recently the animation is getting better and better: more detailed backgrounds, more movement (guns/cannon firing), more facial expressions, etc. Excellent video as always
2:23 Damn, even the toddler is armed
Everybody fighting for España
And the monk too.
Catalonians of all ages and occupations don't take kindly to these things.
There's a famous legend about this period in Catalonia named "The Bruc's drummer" which talks about a kid who went to mountain range with his drum and played it so that the echo made it sound as if a large army was approaching; this was meant to keep the French army holding instead of advancing so that the actual army had time to arrive, leading to a defeat of the French army. As I said, legend, but it is based on the first battle that the French lost in Spain "the Bruc's battle".
@@Peachrocks5we don't, autonomy is a sensible issue for us 😅
00:22 I don't have many historical sources, but this doesn't require sources to know that it was the worst mistake he could have made, worse than invading Russia, let me explain.
1. I'm not saying this because it was in Spain where it was first shown that Napoleon's invincibility was false.
2. Nor the amount of resources, personnel and time lost.
3. Nor the loss of one of his most important allies, but the most important one.
4. Nor the fact that most of his allies now totally distrusted Napoleon because they literally saw him betray his most important ally and at the same time the most loyal of all.
All of the above adds up, but the real problem and also the reason for the ease with which Spain was initially occupied, is that the Spanish themselves were investing gigantic amounts of resources and personnel in rebuilding their navy, and not just any navy, a gigantic and modern one for the time, unlike what people believe, at that time Spain was still a maritime power, there were quite a few Spanish officers who humiliated the outnumbered British, they had competent and well-trained officers, now imagine a rearmed and well-prepared naval force and most importantly, that this time it was not commanded by a Frenchman. Spain did have the resources, it would only be a matter of time before the Spanish surpassed the British navy as they were devoting everything to the navy, so Napoleon's action of betraying Spain ironically was his long-term downfall, as it eliminated the only possibility he would have to invade Great Britain on its own territory. To say that the French shot themselves in the foot by betraying Spain is an understatement; they shot themselves in the heart.
True
That's not really how the timeline played out. The French-Spanish fleet meant for invading the UK was sunk at Trafalgar in 1805. Napoleon didn't betray Spain until 3 years later in 1808. That massive, modern Spanish Navy was already underwater by the time this decision was made.
Trafalgar want to know your sea location
Trafalgar want to know your sea location
Good post! But it's not really controversial.
I think our dear friend James Bissounette ordered it.
I love this reoccurring meme
Never!…I like the addition of “U” in the last name though
@@jamesbissonette8002 I forgot how to spell your name sorry!!!
How dare he… I have lost my respect to him..
@@TheOGDiscoit’s been spelled so many different ways on here; I think I’ve forgotten how to spell it
The portuguese royal family fled to Brazil when Napoleon invaded, and created in Brazil the administrative structure needed to run the Portuguese Empire, as well as giving more autonomy and opening up Brazil for trade. When they came back to Portugal in 1820 they wanted to take this autonomy back, and the brazilians didn't want to accept this downgrade. This was an one of the causes of Brazil's declaring independence in 1822.
That just sounds like something that was inevitably going to happen which the Brazilians used as an excuse for a way out
@@erikeriksEspecially when every place around them fought for independence aswell
In Catalonia we have a national hero we call "Timbaler del Bruc", the story goes that he was a drummer in the army, and he played his drums in such a way in between the mountains that the reverberation they made tricked the French invaders into thinking that our army was much bigger than in reality, scaring them; shortly thereafter the French were beaten. The battle of El Bruc is notable because it broke the myth of the French army being unbeatable.
It was a victory but unfortunatly didnt manage to break the french army and they could keep there campaign, the battle that actually broke the myth since it was made famous across all europe and was and actual open field battle where the french forces where destroyed is Bailen, the first open field battle where the napoleonic army lost
@ignisferrum Sí, pero lo bueno es que los Españoles se pueden atribuir ser los primeros en destrozar a los franceses en sus propios terminos en una batalla a campo abierto.
wait, Cataluña not hate the goverment of Spain?
I wish I had known this story during Occupy Wall Street when everybody was making fun of drum circles.
Very cool, thanks for sharing.
As a Spaniard studying this topic, it's very accurate. Just a minor mistake: the Northwest part of Portgual wasn't promised to Spain, but the Duque of Parma, which had previously given up his Duchy to Napoleon. Moreover, the Southern part was not for the Kingdom of Spain, but for Prime Minister, Manuel Godoy himself.
1:12 Mad King George III in the background 😂
Is that what that was. Thanks.
Hey hey what what
"Welcome to Spanish Jamaica"
"For some reason, this sign is pointing inland" Man I love your humor.
1:33 why do I love that part so much
What's special about that part?
@@huzaifa_creamynapoleon has a gun to his head
Was the question ever answered? I don't think he actually explained what Napoleon's reasoning was for actually invading
"He wanted it for himself"
The same as Russia: "He though he could win".
@@darkphoenix2745 Napolean invaded Russia to force to stop trading with Britain and rejoin the continental system. He had no intention of conquering it or treating it as a colony.
And your point is?
Bro fell off 😔
This channel is so cool and i cant help but watch every video, great work!
Because Kelly moneymaker stopped funding spain's army
I'm Spanish, I never understood why people in Europe treat Napoleon as a military genius considering the disastrous mistake he made in Spain. Just think about it, you're at war with all of Europe and you only have one ally, who controls the most important maritime trade routes connecting America, Asia and Europe. "Let's invade Spain! What a genius I am." It's possibly the worst military decision in modern Europe. If France hadn't played the fool and helped Spain conquer Portugal, England would have been next. The world today could speak Spanish and French instead of English as the European transit language. But a certain Napoleon, who they call a "military genius," decided that it was a good idea to invade your only ally in a war against all the powers of Europe. A flawless plan.
@@pedritopedrito_ Well, Napoleon is regarded as a military genius in the sense that he was able to win battles, not necessarily for his geopolitical strategy. That did backfire a lot of times and it was only thanks to him being able to win big battles that he managed to last for so long against almost all of Europe. If he did not invade Spain, but lost at, for example, Austerlitz, it would have been probably over for him anyway.
@@pedritopedrito_Keep coping spaniard!!!!
Where the actual f is Kelly Moneymaker?
@@pedritopedrito_ The only reason for that is ego tbh. he just thought he was some god sent messiah destined to rule europe
One question I thought I knew the answer to but it goes deeper than I thought. Huge thanks to you. Always teaching me more about things I thought I knew.
I'm waiting for the lawsuit when LEGO starts offering boxed sets of these figures, and our guy sues and wins Belgium, and places James Bissonette on the throne.
Speaking of the Napoleonic invasion of Spain, I recently discovered a scene from “Redo of Healer” that literally pays homage to Goya’s painting “The Third of May 1808 in Madrid”. I never thought that a degenerate ecchi isekai anime would reference the 19th century invasion of my country. 💀
yo también me di cuenta cuando lo vi jajaj
Trying to understand this I just had to read articles about Goya, history and his paintings ans now I will have to watch the anime. Thanks for this comment as it motivated me to learn more (: Gracias
Can you provide the episode, please
Yo me vi el anime y no me di cuenta. Qué episodio era?
... Espera khé!?!?
It's worth checking out Francisco Goya's paintings. Napoleon claimed to be bringing Enlightenment but the French occupation was brutal.
Would you ever do 10 minute videos again? Those were some of my favorite videos of yours. Either way love the content and thank you for your work!!
After watching this video, I still do not know WHY Napeoleon betrayed Spain :D
In a nutshell - Bonaparte wanted to replace a troublesome ally with a less troublesome one. Bonaparte thought simply replacing the Spanish monarchy with his own people would be all it would take. However, the Spanish people proved to be a lot more nationalistic than the brain trust in Paris realized. A guerrilla war (with significant British assistance to the Spanish) broke out. To put it mildly, for the French the whole affair became a massive and ultimately disastrous mess.
there were a lot of funny images in this one. from Napoleon holding the Portuguese guy hostage to the angry baby with a flintlock. it's nice to see this guys channel evolving.
A nice addition to the video would have been to mention Cadiz: Napoleon's first defeat in Spain and the start of the liberation and where the Spanish Constitution was established in 1812
First defeat in Spain was Bailén, not Cádiz
New Short Animated Documentary on a Friday?! oh happy dayyyyyysss
2:31 Please use the Campbell's Soup kid cheeky face in more clips from now on, it's hilarious!
The level up of the visuals is incredible
Originally, Bourbon Spain sided with the coalition fighting Revolutionary France, which didn't do it well.
Come two things: Napoleon in France, and Godoy in Spain (whom I'm surprised to the point of shock is barely mentioned in the video).
In the post-Carlos III era Spain's elite were fractured between those who wanted a "traditional" Spain and those who wanted to embrace French modernism (to a certain degree this schism still exists today). Godoy had the conditional support of the elites and more importantly the support of his lover Queen Maria Luisa. By getting peace and at least a partial alliance with post-Revolutionary France Godoy thought that he could both give Spain badly needed reforms and gain a place at the table when Napoleon eventually humbled Great Britain.
But fun fact: no.
The disaster of Trafalgar put Godoy in a political death-spiral, eventually culminating in his dismissal and that piece of work Ferdinand staging a coup against his father. Napoleon, who had nothing but contempt for Spain and Spaniards, wasn't about to let these clowns slip out of his imperial orbit and believed...kind of like Brezhnev concerning 1979 Afghanistan...that a quick knock on those louts' heads and the installation of an occupation army with a subservient nonentity as the figurehead would put everything to right in Spain.
But another fan fact: no.
Napoléon believed that Spain wasn’t a great power anymore, and that he needed full control over it to make an efficient "use" of it.
But this invasion marked the birth of one of the first major resistance movement in occupied country ! Similar to resistance movements in ww2.
the word you meant is "guerilla". Spain was the first ones to make use of it. As a fact, the north korean leader (the first one. Kim Il Sun? I think it was called) mentions Spain in his writings, just to put it as an example of guerilla tactics against a foreign occupation army.
@@Smougda someone had to do a video about the spanish inspiration in Asia. In Wuhan Battle, Mao wrote about Wuhan being a Madrid thinking in the siege of that city in the spanish civil war. I didn't know about the inspiration of the KPA based in the spanish guerrillas. So interesting lad.
@@Smougda "Tácticas de guerrilla" significa que hasta las viejas salieron a la calle con el cuchillo. Me encanta.
@ Bueno, esa es la romantización de la guerras napoleonicas xD. No realmente. Eso es guerra total. En un sentido etimologico, guerilla es como el diminutivo de guerra, "la pequeña guerra", el objetivo no es ganar en un plano estrategico, pero si debilitar al oponente. Tacticas de guerilla, significa atacar a un enemigo que está ocupando un territorio, sin entrar en combate directo, atacando los puntos de suministro para debilitar al ejercito enemigo sin municiones y abastecimientos o realizar ataques esporadicos para luego esconderse en las montañas o camuflarse entre la población local. La guerilla es, asimetrica, y descentralizada, planificación centralizada, para que haya cohesión entre las fuerzas a traves de la coordinación, pero ejecución descentralizada. En la batalla convencional le cortas la cabeza al rey y se desmorona el ejercito, en la guerrilla, no existen jerarquias y como la ejecución no es centralizada, no requiere de un alto mando para mandarla realizar. Es que te encuentras un frances medio despistado en el pueblo y te lo matas con navaja, para que haya menos, por ejemplo.
Aunque existen varios tipos de tacticas que se usan en la guerilla, los actos de omisión, es decir, la no cooperacion politica, social y economica, ej. la desobediencia civil, la evasión fiscal o emigrar para no contribuir productividad al regimen ocupante. Y lo que es más famoso, los actos de comisión, que son aquellos en los cuales se construye resistencia y se confronta al poder, ya sea indirectamente, (acción indirecta ej.propaganda, agitación politica, compra de voluntades, actos simbolicos etc..) o de forma directa, construción de sistemas logisticos y de comunicacion ,creacción de ayudas sociales, sistemas de alimentación, medidas economicas (esto sería para aplacar la insurgencia) o lo mas conocido, la confrontación directa y el conflicto, la occupación de territorio, la destrucción de material y propiedad, la expropiación de tierras, y la violencia contra grupos humanos (ofensiva o defensiva)
@ Thank you very much for the explanation.
Video Ideas:
-Why didn’t the Mongol Empire conquer India?
-Why didn’t Qatar and Bahrain join the UAE in 1971?
-Did WW1 veterans fight in WW2?
-How did Japan react to Germany’s surrender in WW2?
-Why North Korea never had any coups/uprisings?
-Why was St. Petersburg renamed to Petrograd in 1914?
-What happened to Greece’s monarchy?
-Why didn’t Mongolia and Tannu Tuva help the USSR in the eastern front?
-Why did Ireland rebel in 1919?
-The Watergate Scandal: Explained
-Were there any attempts to bring back the Qing Dynasty?
-Why did it take so long for New Zealand to be discovered?
-Why did Britain invade Iraq in 1941?
-Why did the USSR annex Transcarpathia from Czechoslovakia?
-Why isn’t there an Independent Catalonia?
-Why didn’t Spanish America unite like Brazil?
-What was life like in Namibia when it was a mandate of South Africa?
-What happened to the Silk Roads?
-Why France has so many colonies remaining?
-Why did Moscow became the capital of Russia again after the Russian Revolution?
-Why do US State borders/former European colonies' borders look so basic?
HM already two some of these topics. For Somaliland, its secession was mentioned in "Why did Somalila fail?". For Britain and France being friends, just search it, an entire video is present
"-Did WW1 veterans fight in WW2?"
For the Germans, most of them were veterans of WW1. After the expansion of the army after the invasion of Poland, the majority of them were WW1 vets, because it was easiest to mobilise them. I would assume this was true for most of the nations in WW2.
"-Why was St. Petersburg renamed to Petrograd in 1914?"
An oversimplified view of it is because St. Petersburg sounds too German, and Petrograd sounds more Russian. I do not know if this is the real reason however.
"-When did Britain and France became allies?"
WW1 happened.
"-Why did Ireland rebel in 1919?"
The British were, to put it bluntly, quite brutal to the Irish, we repressed their culture, and caused a lot of suffering for the sake of not helping them, one example being the Irish famine. After a while, this boiled over and Britain, having come out of WW1 probably didn't want to fight another war for the sake of a nation that probably wasn't that important anyway
"-Why did Britain invade Iraq in 1941?"
They became fascist and if Axis troops were sent, they could have been a pain to an extent, but it also gave another reason to get more oil, cutting Germany off from it.
That's all the questions I can answer to the best of my ability, I don't know how correct these answers outside of the first one
@@itzmespencerthanks for telling me, I forgot HM made a video about that lol
- they tried but Himalayas and Indian resistance
- no idea
- probably some. For example Churchill was an admiral in the first war
- no idea but I imagine they saw the writing on the wall
- the Kim family purges the top before they even have a chance to think about it
- because of anti German sentiment following the outbreak of the First World War
- they were deposed by the military in 1973
- don’t even know what you mean by that
- rebellion actually started in 1916. 1919 was just when they declared independence
- Nixon administration infiltrates democratic headquarters gets caught president resigns
- yes mostly by generals
- its incredible isolation the closest landmass is thousands of miles away
- because Iraq had a pro nazi coup that year
- because it was mostly inhabited by Ukrainians
- because Spain refuses
- the Spanish colonies in America were much more decentralized and they declared independence separately unlike Brazil which was an empire whose emperor declared independence
- not sure but probably not too different from the rest of South Africa
- probably replaced by maritime trade
- a lot of these are incredibly small and undeveloped they probably couldn’t survive as independent countries
- the Soviets wanted to distance themselves from the old czarist regime
- they were largely drawn by people who didn’t know the area and thus couldn’t use rivers or mountains as basis. Instead they used meridian and parallel lines which are universal and create geometric forms
The sharper a border is, the more likely it is just passing through either very harsh or uninhabited terrain.
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Because James Bissonette was next in line to the throne.
Nah
@@jamesbissonette8002OMG your highness you here
@@jamesbissonette8002🤯🤯🤯
@@jamesbissonette8002 Ah, were you the one who commanded Napoleon to do so?
@@jamesbissonette8002 THE MAN THE MYTH THE LEGEND HIMSELF!
Fun fact: Don Carlos, heir to the Spanish throne, refused to renounce his claim to the throne while in captivity. This made him something of a hero in the United States, where people saw him as representing resistance to tyranny. And so "Don Carlos" became a popular boy's name in early 19th century America. For example, Don Carlos Buell (1818-1898) was a major general of the Union forces in the US Civil War.
Note to all YT creators using historic maps: the Dutch coastline looked very different in the past. Large parts of land were reclaimed from the sea in the last century.
Napoleon initially felt out Marshal Bernadotte about the Spanish Throne. Bernadotte replied that one can put a person on a throne but that doesn't make them the king of a people. He predicted difficulties for anyone not chosen by the Spanish people. So he passed. He was later proven correct about Spain but later accepted the Swedish offer of Crown Prince because it had been voted upon by the people. Unfortunately, Joseph was less stubborn than his Brother-in-Law Bernadotte and allowed himself to be made "King" of Spain.
Sad thing, he was aparently very apreciated in Naples, where he was regarded as a decent King.....should have stayed there
Good observation. And later, Bernadotte lined against Napoleon because he really believed that, as a King of Sweden, it was his duty, because he was working for their subjects, not for Napoleon, while Napoleon considered every ruler named by him as a puppet.
Napoleon: Fernando, in the case of the Spanish throne, you are not the king!
Carlos IV: Haha.
Napoleon: And Carlos, you are also not the king. *Takes the crown*. I’m the king!
Oversimplified: Actually, Napoleon made his brother the king.
Honestly, Napoleon’s logic wasn’t THAT faulty. He assumed that the liberal, enlightenment values he brought with him would be eagerly accepted by a Spanish people crushed by the corrupt and authoritarian Bourbon monarchy. By replacing them with a Liberal constitution, he thought he could gain an effective ally on his southern border to replace his ailing, incompetent one once Joseph reformed Spain’s institutions and military.
It was honestly a solid plan… except that he grossly underestimated just how pious and loyal the Spanish people were to the Catholic Church and the reactionary monarchy it supported. If they had been more willing to go along with Joseph, Spain might have been one of Napoleon’s greatest triumphs and most intelligent long term investments.
But it, ah, wasn’t.
It’s the folly of many who wish to sew discontent and cause a revolution, other countries who can turn the discontent around and aim back at your would-be replacement.
Its happened almost as frequently as full scale invasions and government overthrowings have
This explains more of the reasoning than the video. Thank you.
The monarchy itself literally sold their throne and left. But somehow we Spaniards were still loyal to a fault. Im both proud and ashamed to be from Spain, in the one hand theres admirable bravery and heroism, and hell even loyalty and piety, on the other we cant choose leaders for shit.
It really is the army of lions led by a sheep
Too many people in Europe clutching their rosary beads. But surely Boney remembered what happened in the Vendee when the Republic tried to take their Pope away.
It's a matter of perspective as you said
Because from the spanish pov it was a stupid plan since day 1 because their way of thinking wouldn't allow Napoleon's plan to succeed
Maybe if he did it closer to what the spanish really wanted MAYBE it would be a great napoleonic w
0:49 That guillotine
And very strategically placed scene cut…
I speed up most youtube videos, because they speak soooo slowly. This is the only RUclips channel that I often slow down, to catch the rapid torrent of words!
The section showing Britain and Spain forced to be friends is hilariously perfect
So glad I’m still subscribed to this channel 😇
This turned into one of the most brutal conflicts of the time (though not quite as much as the revolution itself against other French people), even the Russians had some respect for the laws of war and had a soft spot for prisoners as their elite all spoke French. In Spain while the Spanish armies were a bit of a joke the gorillas turned it into into a quagmire (they were straight up way more effective than the regular armies, the problem was that they didn't go home when the war ended, and Spain would suffer from bandits and civil strife for decades), and both sides fought a total war, one in which prisoners were an opportunity for war crimes and civilians were routinely targeted for reprisal. When the British entered France there was genuine concern that the large numbers of Iberians who had joined the British army over the course of the conflict would start touching the French countryside, as it happened their discipline remained high and all the French they encountered had suddenly recalled that they had been monarchists all along and welcomed their liberators, so long as the French army wasn't around to defend the area at least.
Globalement les campagnes étaient plutôt monarchistes, la Révolution c'était un truc libéral donc de gens avec des connaissances, donc des bourgeois, donc plutôt des gens de villes et de villages.
En post 1871 on pouvait encore voir cette coupure entre ceux qui votaient à droite dans les campagnes et à gauche dans les villes avec des centres industriels.
@waardlafrance110 Yes, this was generally the story of France in the 19th century, Paris revolts, the new government holds elections, most of the country are Catholic and vote in a right wing government, Paris revolts again.
However the local government officials that welcomed the British had often learnt how to pad their bed with the flags of each new regime, likewise the larger towns and cities did exactly the same thing, and when napoleon came back they switched back again just as fast, and then again when he was defeated. The monarchists were quite impressive with how they would build their powerbase, but that came later, and unfortunately they faced the problem of being more royalist than the King.
Fun fact: the term "guerrilla" (meaning _little war_ in Spanish) was coined during Napoleon's invasion of Spain to describe how the local population organised themselves in civilian armed groups to harass and fend off the invading French troops.
What if the real History matters vids were the James bisonettes we made along the way?
Another amazing video
1:19 Had to pause here to read the tiny writing on the sign. Was not disappointed. ;)
Same here. 😂
Just as an aditional fact, king Ferdinand was known in Spain as "the Desired", only to be known after his reign and until now as "the Felon king" aka the traitor king for all his decisions.
1:54 "Ferdinand was popular with the Spanish people". This is not a joke, but it is still funny to hear.
Also, at 0:48, it is a nice detail to have added "Louis XV," since the place where Louis XVI was executed was formerly known as "Place Louis XV".
Cool video!
Also, first
If anyone's still confused about why Naploen betrayed Spain, here's the detailed answer:
Napoleon’s main reason for invading Spain (and, more broadly, the whole Iberian Peninsula) was to enforce the Continental System-a blockade intended to weaken Britain economically by closing European ports to British trade. Portugal was Britain's oldest ally and blatantly defied the Continental System, hence the invasion. Spain had long been an ally of France and was supposed to comply, but it had been more loosely enforcing the blockade. Napoleon saw Spain’s laxness as a challenge to his broader strategy against Britain.
The real trigger for the invasion (or betrayal) came in 1808, when King Charles IV of Spain and his son, Ferdinand VII, were caught up in a dynastic dispute. Napoleon was concerned that Spain might drift away from him, especially as kingdom had a weak monarchy. So Napoleon saw an opportunity to take advantage of this political instability. In March 1808, Charles IV abdicated in favor of his son, but Ferdinand was not recognized by the French. Napoleon, ever the opportunist, offered to mediate the crisis, which led to both the king and his son being forced to abdicate in favor of Napoleon’s brother, Joseph Bonaparte.
It’s important to note that the inability of Spain to defend itself against France propped the Spanish colonies to declare independence because they didn’t recognise Joseph Bonaparte and hated Ferdinand VII for not being able to protect Spain : if they couldn’t protect themselves, how could they protect their colonies ? Also the crisis of the colonial order led to the fight for independences from like 1813 to 1821
"Welcome to Spanish Jamaica" Yeah, we had that until 1655. It was called Santiago!
One should also note that the spanish had actually tried to switch sides against Napoleon while he was fighting Prussia in 1806, often forgotten as it didnt come to fruition, but its important to remember.
Spain: "Napoleon betrayed me!"
Haiti: "First time?"
Napoleon didn't betray Spain: he did betray the Bourbons.
Spain *was* betrayed, by the Bourbons, when they perjured the Constituion as soon as they got the throne back. Take care
Ayyy the Italian title was fixed, thanks :)
France: actually we're invading
Spain: k then, dropping the S
Great Videos, straight to the point!
the peninsular started much earlier than Napoleon annexing Catalonia.
The legend himself uploaded again
This does not accurately represent Napoleon's motivation for invading Spain. To Napoleon, Spain appeared untrustworthy. On the same day the Battle of Jena was fought in Prussia, Manuel de Godoy mobilized the Spanish army, only to demobilize it once it became clear that France had won the battle. Moreover, Spain lagged in several key areas, from its economy to its military capability. Napoleon believed he could utilize Spain's resources more effectively than the Spanish themselves. The outcome, of course, remains unchanged.
Best history channel time!
I kinda get Napoleon here bc the Spanish royal family was a joke. The king Charles IV did nothing but go hunting while his wife ruled the country and their son Ferdinand VII had tried to overthrow him MULTIPLE TIMES. Also there was Spain's prime minister Manuel Godoy who signed the treaty of Fontainebleau with Napoleon just because it would give him a part of Portugal's land for his own
Consequences of the betrayal:
The Spanish people strongly resisted French rule, leading to a long and bloody guerilla war known as the Peninsular War, which significantly drained French resources and is considered one of the major factors contributing to Napoleon's downfall.
0:57 What do you mean, everyone?
*EVERYONE!!*
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Es curioso como Cataluña pudo elegir a Francia (2 veces de hecho, una en el s. XVII) en vez de a España. Ahora Cataluña es la zona que más quiere la independencia de España. Además, en Cataluña, los guerrilleros se unieron a las tropas regulares y fueron uno de los lugares donde la oposición a Francia fue más eficaz.
The common stupid statement by people was that Napoleon's blunder was invading Russia. No, Spain was his core failure. Russia had it coming and consistently betrayed and attacked Napoleon for over a decade. But his power grab in spain weakened him in a way that Russia was just the tipping point. Militarily losing all of his prime horses in Russia during that campaign spelled his end. But he was already on the path towards defeat before that. Had he left Spain alone I think he would have remained in power and would have successfully dealt with Russia.
Thank you I always wandered why.
My inner 13 year old is laughing at this map 0:08
Fun fact: In Spain we call "Pepe Botella" to the borther of napoleon
The thing is that historians has shown the duplicity of the Spanish crown. Napoleon knew from his spies that Spain was negociating with UK.
He knew also that the Bourbon ruler was extremely unpopular. He was pushed in his fatal decision by Talleyrand.
Spain would have been saved by Napoleon Bonaparte
Spain was doing fine on its own, it had an empire and a powerful fleet before an incompetent french admiral lead it to destruction at trafalgar. Even then Spain would have rebuilt its fleet and maintained its territory in America if Napoleon hadn't invaded. Yes the current bourbons were bad but rulers come and go, Spain had had good bourbons rulers previously and would have had them again. Napoleon's betrayal and invasion was an insult and a calamity against all spaniards.
@ That is a lie. Spain was in a bad situation. The bourbons ruler (from a French family too) was corrupt and incompetent. Spain did not start any industrialisation process, it was backward and not more a first power since a long time. The corrupt church had an immense power, the inquisition still existed. Napoleon had the medicine but the sick man didn’t want the médecine.
Let’s not forget that is Spain the first, that declared war to the revolutionary France and was defeated by a country in turmoil, attacked by all its neighbours. French did not forget the spanish power was not trustable. Spain betrayed first the French people by its war against the young republic.
@@walideg5304 well yeah in the end spain and france lost so it is what it is
Seriously, do consider doing one on why Benedict Arnold turned.
*Fun fact:* Spaniards called Joseph Bonaparte "Pepe Botella" (which would mean Joseph Bottle). I kinda feel bad for him. Even though the independence war was amazing af, it's no secret that Joseph would have been a FAR better king than Ferdinand VII. An efficent puppet is much better than an independent tyrant
And to this day nobody knows the reason
Since he wasn't famous for getting drunk
And by the way in argentina a famous drink was made in the name of Ferdinand VII
Oh the irony of life
Oh certainly it had nothing to do with his competency. If he was just slightly willing to deal with the Pope he could have had it
Doubtful, though he was willing to work with the Spanish people and to cut away from France, he never had enough balls to do so completly, the reason the Spanish people hated him was because he was always under Napoleons thumb and Napoleon was starting to treat Spain as a colony doing what he wanted on the country.
Hes called that because he prohibited alcohol, it was said that hed drink it all.
And no reason to feel bad for the invaders
@@carlosg8103That's just how it was everywhere. The king of the Netherlands (who also was Napoleon's III father) tryed to defy Napoleons orders, and how did that ended? With him deposed and the Netherlands annexed into the french empire.
Fun fact, guerrilla warfare was invented here
you didnt mention that in 1806 Spain was negociating with Great Britain and Prussia to attack France while Napoleon was in germany
Wow, what an indepth explanation...
Sugestion to video: Why does Liechtenstein exist?
I'm almost certain this video already exists. And if you're wondering the answer is German confederation shenanigans, my gambit being it doesn't border Germany so there was never pressure to join.
@SubSpace-bs5fr he do with Luxembourg
Pretty sure bc no one ever bothered to invade it
One of the reasons Hitler didn't invade Spain. He knew Napoleonic history
Dunno man, the question in the title hasn't really been answered. Still don't know why France betrayed it's ally
Well, let's try to answer it this time, did Napoleon betray Spain? well let's see
In 1789 France had a revolution and in 1793 they guillotined their Bourbon Monarch, Spain, that also had a Bourbon monarch and was pretty reactionary even for the time standards, decided to invade France, so there wasn't a friendly relationship. after a long and bloody war fought in French territory, the Spanish were pushed out of France, and the French invaded and conquered the Basque country. In 1795 Spain asked for peace, and the french gave back the Basque country on the premise that they will aid France in it's wars, (spoiler: it didn't happen).
In 1800 Spain invoked their peace treaty (that that should had help the French) to drag the French into a war with Portugal, The war of the Oranges, in which Spain annexed territory. Meanwhile in 1803 with the start of the war of the third coalition, french pleads for help fall on deaf ears, (although the British will commit a blunder by attacking Spain preemptively) but on the end it was more France helping Spain than the other way around.
In 1806 amidst a familiar dispute between King Carlos IV and his more reactionary anti-french son Fernando VII, who had married a niece of Marie Antoniette, and wanted to attack France, king Carlos IV offered Prussia an alliance against Napoleon, however his correspondence was open by the French after they beat Prussia in just 15 days that year. So now the relations were not so great between them and Napoleon knew about this intended betrayal by the Spanish.
In 1807 the wife of Fernando VII died and Fernando blamed his mother for her "murder" , so he instigated a Coup against his father but was arrested, nevertheless he was pardoned, but Carlos IV never informed the people of why he was arrested on the first place, and the people that recent his government for flirting with liberal reforms (product of the peace treaty with France) begun to believe that Godoy (the prime minister that people believed was responsable of the decline of the catholic absolutism, although it was also wrong because it had been Urquijo (who served as an interim) the one that limited the inquisition powers) had suddenly decided to take power.
As a consequence of it, the government agree to launch an invasion of Portugal with french help to annex territories and create a dominion for Godoy (that was the queen lover) the french that saw Portugal as an enemy agreed and thus a french small army was sent towards Spain to invade Portugal alongside the Spanish.
In march 1808 the french troops garrisoned in Spain begun to be the target of the clergy of Spain, (that was very powerful, actually all towns have at least a priest or bishop even when there was no authorities from the state itself), so the people at Aranjuez mutinied and decided to take Godoy's mistress (yes another one) as a hostage and then proceded to trade her for Godoy's resignation, he accepted but he was taken as a hostage and they decided to free him only if Carlos IV resigned, the queen persuaded Carlos to resign to save her lover and all the sudden Fernando VII that was virulently anti-french become king.
Napoleon invited the two monarchs to negotiate, at the instance of the wife of Carlos that despite urging him to resign, then stepped up and slapped her son (literally) to mediate a compromise, both were invited but in front of Napoleon they begun to blame each others and insult one another until Carlos broke his cane on the head of Fernando (no i am not making it up), both blaming each other for Spain decadence, Napoleon managed to acquire some concessions from Carlos IV and throw his support behind him, (a precondition was the abolition of the inquisition, alongside many secular, progresist reforms) but before it was concluded, in Madrid the clergy claimed that the French were an occupation force and that the (Mameluks) muslim soldiers had come back and led a mob of reactionaries against the french forces in Madrid, on the 2nd of May, the uprising was putted down but it spread to other regions, and after some days Napoleon decided to actually imprison both monarchs, and set to make a progressive charter for Spain that (while in tone to conservative Spain) distributed rights among the people, (however few understand and fewer know to read, except the clergy and nobility that vehemently opposed) Napoleon put his brother as the symbolic head of state and put the Basque, tolerant and progressist Urquijo as head of government, then he dispatched the troops to quell the undeclared war by the Spanish elites and reactionaries.
@@omarbradley6807So the french just betrayed Spain. Ok
Great TV Show from the 90s with Sean Bean is set during the Pesninsula War called Sharpe.
Yes, it feels like there should be some comments about James Bissonet and soldiering, but I’m not seeing them.
No one hurt Spain in this war as much as the British did. The british invaded Spain and destroyed all the industrial capabilities it had, sacked and plundered spanish cities left and right in order to remove competition in the global trade markets, all in the name of "liberation" fighting against Napoleon's France.
What you expect Spain was at war with Britain not even a year before, Britain had no love for Spain as well as France, you Spaniards should have known that.
this was BEFORE the industrial revolution
1:22 I love this frame - the map that Napoleon's presenting looks really complicated, yet they seem to understand and love it ♥
PS: Where's Kelly Moneymaker?
2:30 New expression alert!
Not sure to what extent there was "anti-Madrid" sentiment in Catalonia already in 1812, but if there was one, it would pale in comparison to the anti-French sentiment that had been growing there since the second half of the 17th century.
Moreover, that promise about being permitted to use their language, laws and customs didn't have much credibility to Catalans after what happened when France took Rosselló.
Don’t upset or take land from your allies or your empire will get hurt. The US „ I can’t hear you „
It's important that those allies still be worth anything whatsoever. The US has none of those anymore.
^ That's a complete lie, but okay. I guess countries like Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Finland, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Israel - three of which are nuclear powers, need I remind you - don't exist.
^ That's a complete lie, but okay. I guess countries like Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Finland, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Israel - three of which are nuclear powers, need I remind you - don't exist.
^ That's not true, but okay. I guess countries like Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Finland, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Israel - three of which are nuclear powers, need I remind you - don't exist.
@ right because having the security of not having to be worried about invasion from two huge borders and incredibly close and beneficial trading partners is worthless got it
And not a single mention in the Napoleon movie even if the collapse of his Empire started when he failed to invade Spain. Just like his generals disappeared in the movie.
but why? why did napoleon feel the need to invade? was it just expansionist? you haven´t answer that despite being the title of the video, you just explained context and consequences of his actions
From what I remember of Roberts' biography of Napoleon, the government was in chaos, the king, his heir and Godoy all hated and actively conspired against each other. Spain was effectively France's southern border and Napoleon felt it wasn't secure in Ferdinand's hands, so when he saw what looked like an easy opportunity to take control, he did.
France's army already was in Spain thanks to the invasion of Portugal and had no other commitment on the continent, the prince was asking for French involvement in the matter (I distinctly remembered Ferdinand begging to marry into Napoleon's family, I have no memory of him being an unwilling prisonner), and after a Spanish mob assaulted Godoy's estate and deposed him, Napoleon pulled the trigger and staged a coup. He put his brother on the throne, not expecting the Spanish people to fight for a government they clearly despised.
Somewhere on the internet another YTuber said "Spain is France's kryptonite"
*Insert James Bisonette joke here*
Insert reply here?
Derisive, angry comment about too many James Bisonette comments here!
*Insert comment about how everyone focuses on James Bisonette and no one appreciates Kelly Moneymaker*
@@GefehhkaNapoleon invaded spain because Kelly moneymaker's money was on the line
Insert comment about how much we all love James Bisonette
Great stuff. Way better than Ridley Scott's film.
Because James Bisonett told Napoleon to betray Spain
2:42 I like to believe that's de Talleyrand, the lame devil, carrying the 'Silly Man' sign.
Make a video about these subjects:
-Why did Venezuela collapse?
-Why does Paraguay exists?
-Why did the Triple Alliance War happen?
He put a lot of effort in this, did anyone else see the new animations
0:46 shouldn't it be Louis XVI, not XV?
XVI was executed next to a toppled statue of XV