Could You Survive as a Soldier in Napoleon's Army?

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  • Опубликовано: 16 янв 2025

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  • @survivehistory
    @survivehistory  8 месяцев назад +123

    We hope you enjoyed the episode! Let us know what you think in the comments and please consider supporting the channel at: ko-fi.com/survivehistory

    • @Billy_4104
      @Billy_4104 8 месяцев назад +3

      I enjoyed it I love learning about wars no offense to the people that died in the war

    • @Tuil-18460
      @Tuil-18460 8 месяцев назад

      There’s nothing we can do

    • @letlnee
      @letlnee 5 месяцев назад +1

      2:35 What is that song

    • @RamenNoodlePackets
      @RamenNoodlePackets 4 месяца назад +1

      I really enjoyed the segment showing the soldiers kit. You guys have very nice production quality, best regards.

    • @frankhanley808
      @frankhanley808 4 месяца назад

      Gilet de verres means glass vests meaning they are soft😂

  • @EzekielDeLaCroix
    @EzekielDeLaCroix Год назад +4132

    People forget that in battle, you survive only by pure chance. You could do everything right, but sometimes, it's just not your day.

    • @dolsopolar
      @dolsopolar Год назад +219

      but doing everything right increases your chance of surviving still?

    • @EzekielDeLaCroix
      @EzekielDeLaCroix Год назад +483

      @@dolsopolarThat's what we tell you to get you to do it.

    • @SobaYatai
      @SobaYatai Год назад +183

      @@dolsopolar even if you managed to down the person infront of you, another is going to replace him and others next to him might be able to hit you still, even without engaging you can still most likely die from cannon fire. you could maybe part of the artillery crew away distanced from the raged on going battle but standing up you get yourself slashed by sabre stay low and you get run over by a horse during cavalry charge.
      your highest chance of survival is joining light infantry or the skirmishers.
      even if you dont wanna do any of these job youd most likely still gonna get conscripted and had to leave your family behind, dies in senseless wars
      the people who kept whining about blah blah going on right now in our world should be thankful that they were born in this era

    • @cmdrgarbage1895
      @cmdrgarbage1895 Год назад +86

      ​@@EzekielDeLaCroixNo their are clear patterns and doctrines that increase survivability, otherwise we'd still be fighting like in WW1.

    • @want2killu
      @want2killu Год назад +15

      youre right but also wrong

  • @mdre96
    @mdre96 Год назад +851

    That artillery commander feels like he’s been brought here straight from the napoleonic wars. That cold demeanor with which he treats the absolute horror of his artillery weapons

    • @BeKindToBirds
      @BeKindToBirds 10 месяцев назад +43

      The man has clearly contemplated his weapon and his own difference from meat. How they both relate and have done so.

    • @dubiousdevil9572
      @dubiousdevil9572 6 месяцев назад +11

      I thought so too, he just has that "look" lol

    • @cheemsbonkdacat
      @cheemsbonkdacat 6 месяцев назад +8

      He didnt even blink when that cannon went off, a true soldier

    • @Baldwin-iv445
      @Baldwin-iv445 4 месяца назад +4

      I wonder if he's a veteran who worked in an artillery unit.

    • @18ferris88
      @18ferris88 3 месяца назад

      What's the accent of the artillery officer reenactor?

  • @robertsantamaria6857
    @robertsantamaria6857 Год назад +904

    Nice concept, I really like how Louee gives a shout out to the re-enactors and their unit. He's the host, but he makes sure to let the re-enactors share their story. I'll give it a sub, interested for whatever comes next.

    • @survivehistory
      @survivehistory  Год назад +63

      Appreciate it Robert, thanks!

    • @iain349
      @iain349 Год назад +13

      Yeah my view too - well done, was a lot of fun, and as a French learner I enjoyed the use of French as well. Also how awesome would it be to be a reenactor. :) They were having a stack of fun.

    • @dixenherize6969
      @dixenherize6969 Год назад +5

      ​@@survivehistorywhat's going to be the next video do you think? Any chance of letting us know what era it'll be in and how long until we would be able to watch it? I really like videos like this so I was stoked to luckily stumble across it thanks to RUclips playing random videos after whatever current one being viewed, ends. I'm assuming from the name of the channel, it's planned to do a video for whichever era the topic is on at that time? Thank you and good video ! Much appreciated all the way from Washington State

    • @survivehistory
      @survivehistory  Год назад +8

      @@dixenherize6969 thanks so much for the comment! We're working hard on the second episode right now and hope it will be ready at the end of November. Check out the end-screen on our first episode and you'll have a clue to the next topic! 🤐

    • @HistoryNerd1814
      @HistoryNerd1814 Год назад

      ​@@iain349it is a fun hobby I would recommend it but warning starting out is expensive

  • @WilliamJohnwon1522
    @WilliamJohnwon1522 Год назад +443

    I was in the first Napoleonic reenactment societies in Britain, which was formed after they made the film Waterloo in 1970 and I have lots of happy memories. We northerners were the French and I of course was in the old garde, or guard.

    • @jspee1965
      @jspee1965 11 месяцев назад +17

      Vive la France! Vive la Vielle Garde!!

    • @thedogmen.
      @thedogmen. 8 месяцев назад +22

      oh my god, being part of the Old Guard has to be one of the biggest flexes possible, even if just in a reenactment group!

    • @LosCartuchos5566
      @LosCartuchos5566 8 месяцев назад +7

      LE VICTORIE ESTA A NOUS

  • @Alguien644
    @Alguien644 Год назад +386

    No, they'd kick me out for not speaking french
    Edit 5 months later: And being unsupportive of his brother ruling my country
    Edit 10 months later: And being agaisnt their policies

    • @That_greycoporal69
      @That_greycoporal69 8 месяцев назад +3

      Same...

    • @Alexander-on5eg
      @Alexander-on5eg 8 месяцев назад +3

      For real

    • @ryangaming321
      @ryangaming321 8 месяцев назад +1

      Chinese for me :)

    • @Akabeche
      @Akabeche 8 месяцев назад +28

      A significant fraction of French people of the time didn't speak French (instead speaking regional languages like Basque, Breton or Occitan) or spoke regional patois and dialects of French that were quite different from the "standard" Parisian French.
      So ironically enough you might be safe on that front

    • @someone_19-1
      @someone_19-1 7 месяцев назад +1

      I speak Arabic English a tick of Spanish and I’m learning Dutch, what do ya think?

  • @stephenjohnson8237
    @stephenjohnson8237 Год назад +387

    I love all the buzz the movie is creating for Napoleon content. There could be 5 movies about his escapades and there would still be a trilogy left. Love it!

    • @Notimportant3737
      @Notimportant3737 Год назад +5

      Holy shit they are making a napoleon movie?!?? And it has JOAQIN PHOENIX PLAYING THE LEAD?!?!?? This is definitely the good timeline. I hope this movie is successful and starts a revival in the interest of historical epics, cause history at times can be stranger and more exciting than any fantasy can be.

    • @Alfie-ft3bx
      @Alfie-ft3bx Год назад +2

      @@Notimportant3737 I feel like overall it would’ve been better to have someone more like Wellington or Nelson the good guys

    • @ralphsharp7986
      @ralphsharp7986 Год назад +1

      Nah Napoleon is a far more interesting character. He was kinda awkward but at the same time a tactical genius and a monster@@Alfie-ft3bx

    • @falconeshield
      @falconeshield Год назад +6

      ​@@Notimportant3737It's not. As a European I'd rather see the Kubrick version over...whatever that was. At least Spielberg is keeping that flame alive.

    • @falconeshield
      @falconeshield Год назад +3

      ​@@Alfie-ft3bxSpotted the Brit

  • @johnkendall2979
    @johnkendall2979 10 месяцев назад +167

    These guys should've organized the Napolean movie

  • @brianfuller757
    @brianfuller757 Год назад +259

    He puts serious effort into his videos and this history is spot on. The quality of both officers and ranks was very good in the Grande Armée. There was also the organisation of the Grande Armée which even British opponents respected.

    • @jspee1965
      @jspee1965 11 месяцев назад +1

      Napoleon was first to introduce the Corps system.

  • @nahidwin4203
    @nahidwin4203 6 месяцев назад +116

    “Run straight at the enemy; try not to die” - Oversimplified

    • @marquisdelafoofayette
      @marquisdelafoofayette 6 месяцев назад +12

      Hey! I'm actually average height for the time 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
      -Oversimplified

    • @gattungen-ng8go
      @gattungen-ng8go 2 месяца назад +2

      WW1 be like

  • @yellingyank1862
    @yellingyank1862 Год назад +39

    Wow, what a wonderful video, I love how much you have the reenactors talk about their weapons and historical tactics they use on the “battlefield”. Can’t wait for new uploads

  • @tusk70
    @tusk70 Год назад +106

    I first thought it was the 12e Regiment d'infanterie de ligne.
    My grand-grand-grand-grandfather served as a corporal of the genadiers in that regiment. He was wounded in 1812 near Smolensk and came back to Germany.

    • @beckydekoning1423
      @beckydekoning1423 3 месяца назад +3

      My grand grand grand grand grand grand was a Prussian sea man I think❤

    • @sayed5boy
      @sayed5boy 21 день назад

      My grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grandfather was a Mongol soldier in the 1370 ❤
      Just kidding numnuts

    • @gemmaster6688
      @gemmaster6688 20 дней назад

      My dad made a treehouse

  • @retrobluemusic
    @retrobluemusic Год назад +7

    can’t believe this channel only has two videos

  • @RavenGent
    @RavenGent Год назад +128

    Most excellent!! As a reenactor myself I've come to know some of the tatics that Napoleon soldiers learned would come to be learned well in the US especially around the time of the Civil war. General McClellan was known to be called the American Napoleon and training the soldiers.
    There's two accounts from some of Napoleon soldiers who fought with him especially at Waterloo.

    • @kamikaziking
      @kamikaziking Год назад +15

      without the french the US would still be a Brittish colony , from money to navy to guns the French essentialy won the war for you....

    • @ЕгорПещерский
      @ЕгорПещерский Год назад +9

      McClennan's comparing to Bonnie is actually more insulting to the corsican chap.

    • @kameronjones7139
      @kameronjones7139 Год назад +4

      ​@kamikaziking until after the war when the French raided thousands of American merchants forcing the usa to put a stop to it

    • @kingofwishfulthinking2490
      @kingofwishfulthinking2490 Год назад +6

      @@kamikazikingand then Americans had to answer for French frailty in WW1, WW2 and again in Vietnam. Quit the comparisons. Both nations have fought beside each other throughout history, and are brothers in blood.

    • @kamikaziking
      @kamikaziking Год назад

      @@kingofwishfulthinking2490 you largely overplay the role of the mutts in both world wars in the european theatre , maybe you should read a book?

  • @rotwang2000
    @rotwang2000 Год назад +90

    I blame Airfix for putting me off the French in the Napoleonic era. Their old 1/72nd scale Waterloo sets had tall, strapping British infantry, standing proud and tough. The French had nothing but weird ungainly poses and looked like excited goblins.

    • @EdgarStyles1234
      @EdgarStyles1234 Год назад +8

      Just the truth innit

    • @vincentlefebvre9255
      @vincentlefebvre9255 Год назад +5

      Try those by Zvezda and those by Italeri. They are awesome.

    • @2adamast
      @2adamast Год назад +5

      The famous French skirmishers, never to be shown in movies

    • @jspee1965
      @jspee1965 8 месяцев назад +7

      Wargames Research Group, Napoleonic tabletop wargamer here. I invested untold thousand in my beautiful 25mm armies. Diecast and purchased from a store in Sydney Australia called "Tin Soldier". Sadly they closed quite some years ago, but walking into the place, I was like a kid in a candy store.

    • @francisyu2790
      @francisyu2790 6 месяцев назад +5

      English flaw then and now: very biased and prejudiced description of foreigners and foes.

  • @suntalex__
    @suntalex__ Год назад +45

    loved it! as someone who absolutely loves learning about the napoleonic wars, i found this very interesting! keep up the good work ❤

  • @yingyangmapper5399
    @yingyangmapper5399 Год назад +32

    37:17 Excellent choice of music (you just got a new subscriber)! As a classical music lover (and beginner musician :D) and history enthusiast, it was a really nice detail and adds to the immersion. The piece in question was Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture, a piece dedicated to Russia's victory over the Napoleon's Grande Armée. I'm surprised this channel only has about 37k subscribers!

  • @poil8351
    @poil8351 Год назад +122

    one reason wellington didn't much like his gunners was probably becsuse the royal artillery were technically not part of the army and not directly under his command, they had their own chain of command which was separate to the army.

    • @t.wcharles2171
      @t.wcharles2171 Год назад +8

      Before the 20th century most armies were organised as infantry, cavalry, artillery, and the navy.

    • @poil8351
      @poil8351 Год назад +5

      @@t.wcharles2171 also navies varied from country to country sometimes they were part of the army and in other countries they were a seperate force like in the united kingdom and france and spain, also some countries had both a navy and an army fleet that sort of was made of gunboats and river vessels. were things got very confusing was marine corps because you had marine corps that were intergrated the navy but organised along army lines like the british and dutch marines corps, then you had the french system which tend to have sailors specifically trained to fight as marines but were not organised as a separate force.

    • @t.wcharles2171
      @t.wcharles2171 Год назад

      @@poil8351 it's so much simpler these days.

    • @barbararice6650
      @barbararice6650 Год назад

      Organisationally the fuckers had to do what they were told during march and battle orders 👈😐

    • @kevinleewilliams5119
      @kevinleewilliams5119 Год назад +1

      Combined arms is a modern concept, evolution of organization, technology allowing fast and actionable Intel and communication between the branches, back then imagine a CAV commander trying to both direct cav and infantry during a battle, using drums to maneuver lol calling in artillery had to be pretty hard too, no direct way for an FO to communicate back to the guns quickly, major part of combined arms.

  • @beachcomberbloke462
    @beachcomberbloke462 Год назад +1

    Thanks! For your brilliant channel.

  • @nateb9768
    @nateb9768 Год назад +66

    Just wrote an essay that mainly discussed the story of Jakob Walter who was a German conscript in Napoleon's grand army. Discussing what drove him to commit crimes while abroad at war. His memoir is great, I highly recommend it!

  • @Ali_T_London
    @Ali_T_London Год назад +55

    Great video, very informative, well produced. Looking forward to next one!

  • @kalixkatt
    @kalixkatt 11 месяцев назад +4

    Great reenactment, the ”battle” in the end gave one a insight in how it would have looked back then.

  • @Chris-um3se
    @Chris-um3se Год назад +10

    Wonderful!!
    Lively narration.
    Good script.
    Looks authentic.
    Glad to see you documenting
    Le Grande Armee

  • @Т1000-м1и
    @Т1000-м1и Год назад +22

    Amazing. Felt like I'm hearing about these for the first time and creating a detailed image, trying to put bits of everything I heard of (about other things) together to understand the context of the discussion

  • @plusultra4961
    @plusultra4961 Год назад +628

    People don't realize that 60% of their company would have died of typhus weeks before going into combat.

    • @ddc2957
      @ddc2957 Год назад +78

      This 😂 that’s the real danger. Even things like heatstroke & malnutrition claimed lives.

    • @theproletariatreport6283
      @theproletariatreport6283 Год назад

      It’s truly staggering how many armies were simply wiped out by disease, prior to the 21st century.

    • @EdgarStyles1234
      @EdgarStyles1234 Год назад +19

      Lol you really believe these utterly nonsense numbers?

    • @theproletariatreport6283
      @theproletariatreport6283 Год назад +85

      @@EdgarStyles1234 80,000 men died of typhus and other diseases during Napoleons campaign in Russia

    • @EdgarStyles1234
      @EdgarStyles1234 Год назад +31

      @@theproletariatreport6283 even if that number is correct, that's one campaign, in swamps and then in freezing winter in Russia... Doesn't mean normal continental soldiers faced that type of risk.

  • @Nakkiteline
    @Nakkiteline Год назад +7

    the horse stumbling at 2:22 was so unexpected that i bursted out laughing so much when i saw it 😂😂 i mean, i hope the poor thing is alright and all but it was damn funny too alright 😂

    • @John-mf6ky
      @John-mf6ky 3 месяца назад

      even the horse is in on the reinactment 😅😅

  • @bomric1788
    @bomric1788 Год назад +5

    Thanks for spending so much time on the "little things" like the clothes and general logistics. Those subjects are so interesting but criminally underrepresented.

  • @andrewdobson457
    @andrewdobson457 Год назад +8

    Love it. Looking forward to the next installment!

  • @esomethingoranother3718
    @esomethingoranother3718 8 месяцев назад +5

    Brilliant! Respect to everyone involved in putting this documentary & re-enactment together. Never stop making more, there's plenty of units with stories waiting to be told by the very best... All of you.
    -Thank you!

  • @dodo.8837
    @dodo.8837 Год назад +102

    As a French I loved the video, the presentation, details, everything is there !!!
    And yes Napoleon never bombed the pyramids contrary to what is shown in Ridley Scott’s movie 😔😔

    • @frontenac5083
      @frontenac5083 Год назад +1

      As a French what?
      Learn basic English.

    • @dodo.8837
      @dodo.8837 Год назад +7

      Especially when your name is French..

    • @murphy7801
      @murphy7801 Год назад +40

      ​@@frontenac5083I can understand him perfectly and English is my first language

    • @gink456
      @gink456 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@frontenac5083quit being a whiny bitch

    • @malegria9641
      @malegria9641 11 месяцев назад +3

      Ce film c’est une moquerie de France

  • @thisguyaintfunny1881
    @thisguyaintfunny1881 Год назад +9

    Fantastic video. Love the concept, and i am really looking forward to more videos :)

  • @eleithias
    @eleithias 11 месяцев назад +3

    Looks like a great exciting new series! I remember when History channel and Discovery used to actually make good content like this, glad you guys picked up the mantle, history knowledge is sorely needed today!
    Vive la France! Vive la grande armée!

  • @The_Big_G_765
    @The_Big_G_765 Год назад +10

    I love these types of videos about history, really excited to see what new videos will come out from this channel!

  • @lyndad1039
    @lyndad1039 Год назад +24

    Really interesting and well presented.

  • @Doc_Tar
    @Doc_Tar Год назад +7

    Well done. I look forward to learning more while watching you being put through your paces.

  • @paulbennett4415
    @paulbennett4415 Год назад +11

    The foot soldier in the brown uniform with red facings and white piping is in the Service de Santé - a specially formed medical unit in the French army during the Napoleonic Wars.

  • @TjugoTusen
    @TjugoTusen Год назад +11

    Aye Man, you did a pretty good job, pretty hard to find good quality content nowadays

  • @MikkoHiiri
    @MikkoHiiri Год назад +4

    Highly entertaining and educational video, thank you to all involved in the production!

  • @samyb7292
    @samyb7292 Год назад +15

    You brits aren't that bad after all, we might even forgive you for trafalgar someday.
    Seriously those guys are awesome, great video et vive l'empereur

  • @MrOliverk2
    @MrOliverk2 Год назад +5

    Excellent content. This takes me back to my childhood watching documentaries on the History channel.

  • @leonidk2533
    @leonidk2533 10 месяцев назад +2

    Top quality of the video,thanks guys!

  • @enriqueslekis3562
    @enriqueslekis3562 Год назад +5

    Great content! Congrats from Uruguay. The quality of the video is Fantastic. This has nothing to envy to a documentary from a TV channel. Keep the good work!

  • @notnotagoodguy9600
    @notnotagoodguy9600 Год назад +2

    You guy's NEED to keep it up, this was amazing

  • @Parabellum-oe3sw
    @Parabellum-oe3sw Год назад +4

    Very interesting to watch! Can’t wait to see more!

  • @renlangley20
    @renlangley20 Год назад +3

    Thank you for made this video, so that can let me more understand history!

  • @Tamper_
    @Tamper_ Год назад +3

    Great video, I can’t wait to see when this channel picks up and you have your own television show

  • @burd_history
    @burd_history Год назад +3

    Brilliant first video. Channel will blow up in no time with this level of production.

  • @13JAMLAND
    @13JAMLAND Год назад +10

    Great documentary well done and thank you! Subscribed! 👍🏻 Be good to see the life and training in the other armies of the time too.

  • @Gearsreview
    @Gearsreview Год назад +2

    Love it, hope we get more such videos soon. Thank you

  • @Dr-Br1ght
    @Dr-Br1ght 3 месяца назад +4

    Survival chance immediately goes down when fallen soldiers starts getting up again and eat your teammates.

  • @Maj_Problem
    @Maj_Problem Год назад +8

    I love these videos, really gives me old history channel vibes

    • @XXBASSOON1STXX
      @XXBASSOON1STXX 9 месяцев назад +1

      What a tragedy the History Channel has become.

  • @PaulWillis-z8o
    @PaulWillis-z8o Год назад +5

    This is brilliant as usual well done guys 😀😀😀

  • @spedkaone
    @spedkaone Год назад +2

    Amazing production. This channel will grow quickly.

  • @Jadeisintikitok
    @Jadeisintikitok 5 месяцев назад +19

    Guts and blackpowder getting to me

    • @shooterscathedral
      @shooterscathedral Месяц назад +2

      LITERALLY WHY IM WATCHING RN

    • @sayed5boy
      @sayed5boy 21 день назад +2

      Ne les laissez pas vous attraper!

    • @Averageflightenthusiast
      @Averageflightenthusiast 18 дней назад +2

      GnB is the whole reason im into napoleonic era stuff rn

    • @Pepb1TheCan
      @Pepb1TheCan День назад

      I Have War History As A Special Interest But G&B Is Why I’m Here As Well lmao

  • @Chaman_Chutiyaचमनचूतिया

    A very nice video and concept. You explained all with detail. Eagerly waiting for next such video.

  • @stephane.namaskar
    @stephane.namaskar Год назад +8

    Congratulations for this detailed, insightful and refreshing documentary. Really well done.
    Ps: now that we know more about the Cuirassiers, we hope to learn more about the Polish lancers soon. Thank you again🙏

  • @cholopacker
    @cholopacker Год назад +2

    Amazing work! Congratulations, looking forward for the next

  • @mlvargas_
    @mlvargas_ 7 месяцев назад +222

    Guts and blackpowder looking realistic rn 🤯🤯🤯

  • @SteveBrownRocks2023
    @SteveBrownRocks2023 3 месяца назад +1

    These videos are ALL great! Very informative & well-made! 👏🏽😎

  • @mario_1683
    @mario_1683 Год назад +7

    So cool! It really shows, that you put much effort in your videos!

  • @pickledanimations4729
    @pickledanimations4729 6 месяцев назад +22

    0:06 Yoooo The black Brunswickers

  • @georgemcintyre112
    @georgemcintyre112 Год назад +4

    This was great! Looking forward to the next one

  • @gregsimmonds8365
    @gregsimmonds8365 Год назад +2

    Brilliant video - really insightful and enjoyable, keep it up!

  • @TheSpritz0
    @TheSpritz0 Год назад +3

    AWESOME presentation in detail, LOVED it- big "THUMBS UP"!!! PLEASE do one on Wellington's Army, and Blucher's Prussians, the Austrians, and the Russians of Czar Alexander!!!💯

  • @Tito_mutai
    @Tito_mutai 6 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing video,its nice getting the perspective of the soldiers themselves..well done!

  • @bloodrave9578
    @bloodrave9578 Год назад +3

    Excellent presentation and extremely well researched, explosive shot being the first airburst round foreshadows how deadly artillery will become by WW1 in regards to the carnage of artillery airbursts

  • @LordTutTut
    @LordTutTut 5 месяцев назад +2

    Excellent stuff, both from the creators and the reenactors! You guys made my shift considerably more interesting than it would've been today :)

    • @survivehistory
      @survivehistory  5 месяцев назад +1

      Glad to improve your working day!

  • @averageyoutuber6131
    @averageyoutuber6131 Год назад +3

    Underrated newborn uprising channel, I'm waiting for the uprising of this channel.

  • @HarbindBrar
    @HarbindBrar Год назад +2

    Loved it. Can't wait for the next episode!

  • @generalbanastretarleton6578
    @generalbanastretarleton6578 Год назад +3

    Great video very informative. Nice to see the French side of things. Well done all in making this.

  • @ihsanyuce953
    @ihsanyuce953 11 месяцев назад +1

    loving this channel; it definitely will go places

  • @Alexus1138
    @Alexus1138 Год назад +6

    Reminds me of the good old days of BBC history documentaries 2000-2008 or so!

  • @Techgnome21
    @Techgnome21 Год назад +2

    I'm glad that there are people who keep this rich history alive!!! Vive L'Empereur!!

  •  Год назад +3

    Was in the Napoleonic Association a good many years back.We were training for a Corunna reenactment.Both sides,dutifully,marching and shooting.During a lull,a cannon fired and sent its sticks and twigs skyward.A breeze caught them and deposited the contents over a group of,both,French and British senior officers standing to the side.Both armies cheered!

  • @scjoow1059
    @scjoow1059 Год назад +2

    One of the best new channels! And its only the first video but it do already have 1k subscribers! Hope this channels grows big in the future 🗿

  • @Mermare
    @Mermare Год назад +45

    Love it. So few people know how difficult life was even for the WWII generation, which wasn't that long ago. I'm sure I wouldn't have survived childhood before the 70's because of modern antiobiotics snd medical care (frequent bronchitis and eardrum infections). I wish more people appreciated how nice we have it in the U.S. and other advanced countries.
    Don't forget there are many poor people in the world that still die from treatable diseases due to lack of access to health care.

    • @falconeshield
      @falconeshield Год назад

      Did these people not have grand parents or great ones?

    • @sunnyztmoney
      @sunnyztmoney Год назад

      You would probably have been more healthy overall. Back then food was more nutritious and not full of pesticides. Also your immune system wouldnt be all fucked up from vaccines

    • @annasolovyeva1013
      @annasolovyeva1013 Год назад

      ​@@sunnyztmoney back then 40% children died before reaching 5 y.o.
      Food chemicals were unregulated, so merchants added chalk to bread and poisonous dyes to everywhere

    • @jjcoola998
      @jjcoola998 11 месяцев назад

      Shit I can't afford the doctor here in USA but luckily we have the magic concept of debt

    • @Rebrn-bk5em
      @Rebrn-bk5em 4 месяца назад

      @@jjcoola998 ER's must treat anyone that comes in. so if you really need help you can get it. they can still try to charge you but if your that bad off what does it matter as long as you got the treatment

  • @thracese9877
    @thracese9877 Год назад +2

    It's a shame you don't have that much views, this video is excellent.

  • @mattwainwright9198
    @mattwainwright9198 Год назад +4

    Fantastic video, really well made! I know I'm going to love this channel. I've subscribed and am waiting on the edge of my seat for any future content! 👍

  • @marksimmons7972
    @marksimmons7972 Год назад +2

    Haven’t been in a movie theater in years but I will be for this one!
    Going to hard to beat the Rod Steiger Christoper Plummer epic!

  • @william_the_conqueror_fan1564
    @william_the_conqueror_fan1564 Год назад +11

    I was in this!! I’m one of the reenactors!!

    • @survivehistory
      @survivehistory  Год назад +3

      Thanks a lot for helping make the episode!

  • @ExoticBankai
    @ExoticBankai 2 месяца назад +1

    Really interesting video !

  • @puddlesailor2871
    @puddlesailor2871 Год назад +3

    This is amazing content that earned my subscription with the very first video! I can't wait to see your channel grow. Well done guys!

  • @CRuf-qw4yv
    @CRuf-qw4yv Год назад +9

    Its great to see History Re-enactors in other countries. I am glad there appears to be no restrictions on the ownership of replica muzzle-loaders as well.

    • @seanbissett-powell5916
      @seanbissett-powell5916 Год назад +3

      Here in the UK (where the 21eme are mostly based) there are restrictions in the sense that there are plenty of administrative hoops to jump through.
      A musket is counted as a shotgun, so you need a shotgun certificate, for which you have to prove you've got a good reason to have it (the membership card of a recognised re-enactment society will do), that you've got adequate security for any muskets you own (gun cabinet and appropriate alarms, which usually means you have to be a house owner or have an incredibly co-operative landlord), and that you don't have a criminal record or any mental health issues (sensible !).
      You then also need an explosives certificate for the black powder you use. There are two types. Acquire only means you are issued powder at an event and hand any left back at the end. They are relatively easy to get with the shotgun certificate. The alternative is acquire & keep. Aquire and keep licenses are incredibly hard to get in most areas, requiring appropriate storage, even better alarms, permission of various other authorities (it seems to vary by area, but can include local Trading Standards, Health & Safety, Fire Brigade etc). Plus you need a separate document to be able to trqansport the powder to events. Most re-enactment societies rely on the few people who can get them to get and issue the powder to rank and file members.

    • @spencernewland389
      @spencernewland389 Месяц назад

      Wow this is fascinating to read as an American. I could probably buy and fire a black power weapon in under about 10 days, and I’m in a “tough on guns” state, with no storage requirements. It’s fun but your laws have clearly saved lives, and continue to do so.

  • @jacksavere6988
    @jacksavere6988 Год назад +6

    Extremely well produced for your first upload! Did you come from another studio?? Only a couple minutes in and I’m loving it, very professional work👌🏻

  • @TheGodTell
    @TheGodTell Год назад +2

    For a new channle, the production quality is insane. Instant sub!

    • @survivehistory
      @survivehistory  Год назад +2

      really appreciate it thanks!

    • @chrisivan_yt
      @chrisivan_yt Год назад

      @@survivehistory Dude fr amazing video this was super informative and well done! Love learning about this era. Thank you.

  • @hawktuahwarrior
    @hawktuahwarrior 5 месяцев назад +51

    we defending paris from the undead with this one 🗣🔥

  • @terranengineer8877
    @terranengineer8877 Год назад +2

    Love how the fiber was playing "hell on the wabash" in the background. It's an american civil war tune but it's such a fun and iconic song. Glad to see the Napoleonic crowd thinks so too.

  • @matthiasthulman4058
    @matthiasthulman4058 Год назад +42

    Could you survive as a Roman Legionnaire?
    Surely that's in the lineup
    This is a great video, keep it up guys

    • @survivehistory
      @survivehistory  Год назад +11

      👀👀👀

    • @coltoncyr2283
      @coltoncyr2283 Год назад +1

      Just dont face off against Hannibal, and perhaps you can!! LOL

    • @matthiasthulman4058
      @matthiasthulman4058 Год назад +1

      @@coltoncyr2283 lol true

    • @falconeshield
      @falconeshield Год назад

      ​@@coltoncyr2283Hannibal lost. As someone with Phoenican/Roman descent by country alone, screw him and his poisonious dad.

    • @coltoncyr2283
      @coltoncyr2283 Год назад

      @@falconeshield Hannibal lost because of political betrayal. He was on Romes doorsteps.
      And then Romans proceeded to wipe them out even after a treaty. When it comes to being on the battlefield, he won, and if you're still this butt hurt, woof go buy 50 boxes of tissues for all the years or tears.

  • @SecretDealer
    @SecretDealer 4 месяца назад

    2:35 the music gives me nostalgia of a particular game i played when i was younger

  • @GlobeDoge
    @GlobeDoge Год назад +3

    Were is this place

  • @jacobmelnik2566
    @jacobmelnik2566 Год назад +1

    Cant wait to see more videos like this!

  • @MinhvuLee
    @MinhvuLee 5 месяцев назад +4

    WHE CAN PLAY G&B WITH THIS ONE 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🗣🗣🔥

  • @maunz5791
    @maunz5791 Год назад +1

    History, reenactment, liked, subscribed! That was a very entertaining video and a nice and very professional looking group of reenactors! I'm absolutely here for more :D

  • @djohnson2536
    @djohnson2536 Год назад +46

    Probably depends whether you were conscripted before or after the russia campaign, also whether you were fighting in spain or elsewhere

    • @alexteague9075
      @alexteague9075 4 месяца назад

      Oh yeah, I'd have absolutely no chance against a Russian winter

  • @davidtoth6809
    @davidtoth6809 Месяц назад

    great video, thanks!

  • @CheetoHito
    @CheetoHito 7 месяцев назад +4

    34:08 bro these horses must have gotten the biggest history pstd from this little charge

  • @johndyson4109
    @johndyson4109 4 месяца назад

    I used a Charleville 75 caliber smooth bore rifle in the Reenactment battles I participated in, in the Battle of Bennington.. I was in Seth Warner's light Artillery Brigade... That gun was a BEAST! Especially witha .75 inch ball shoved down the muzzle....

  • @ducomaritiem7160
    @ducomaritiem7160 Год назад +5

    Thanks, love this content. I'm a former curasier reenactor. (14th Dutch in French service)

  • @Garthvador
    @Garthvador 6 месяцев назад +1

    Really love these videos

  • @Strawberry_bred
    @Strawberry_bred 4 месяца назад +7

    i lowkey opened the Comments and thought there was going to be a bunch of Guts and Blackpowder References there 😭😭 Stuff like "WERE GETTING OUT OF CATACOMB DE PARIS WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥💥🔥🔥🔥💥💥"