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@@erwinrommel6561 Indeed, that would be the original meme Herr Generalfeldmarschall. However, I thought it would be more appropriate and less rude, that way.
« Votre Majesté a annoncé son arrivée à coups de canons sans me laisser le temps de vous féliciter. Je n'étais pas encore certain de votre présence quand les pertes que j'ai subies me l'ont douloureusement fait réaliser » « Your Majesty announced his arrival with cannon without giving me time to congratulate you. I was not sure of your presence when the losses I suffered painfully made me realize [That you are here] » Letter of Archduke Charles of Austria, to Napoléon.
He lost his army twice, in Egypt and Russia, and he had to fled back to Paris like a thief on incognito not like a triunfant general. Also lost 200.000 men in Iberian peninsula, thats like a 3st army lost. Finally he lost his campaigns and his crown, he lost his empire.. Thats the best general the world ever seen? Thats the god of war? The god of war dont abandon his army on defeat, the god of war dosnt know about defeat. What about Alexander, Cesar, Scipio, Alvaro de Bazán... all of them invictus. Napoleon was a great general but definitly not the best in history.
@@plusultra4961 Well, first of all sorry to disappoint you but Cesar was defeated, in Gergovie for example. Moreover Napoleon won more battle than all those generals together!!! He is the most victorious general ever. If a guy like Ckausewitz who studied war and fought call Napoleon the "god of war" I think his opinion is quite valuable. Anyway in Egypt in didn't abandonned his army in defeat, he was almost trapped because he had no more ships but not defeat at all and gave the command to Kleber because he heard about situation in FRance and knew he must go back to pursue his "destiny". In Russia, he finally go back to FRance not like "a thief" but because there was a menace of putsch in Paris: we can criticize that (even if it'w more simple in front of your computer) but we must be honest. By the Way Napoelon often face death on the battlefield, it was the reason the soldiers promoted him as corporal to symbolise his courage after Lodi. In 1814 in the campaign of FRance, he was still pointing some canons himself in the middle of combats.
@@leosp6210 In Egypt his army was trapped and disbanded, thats a total defeat, no need to loose a battle, he knew he haven't the naval superiority, he risk it, he lost it. Still a great mistake for ''the god of war''. Can u tell me now why rosetta stone its on a british museum? He attacked even hes allies forming against him the biggest coalitions ever seen till that day. He was a traitor, and he paid it, thats not a good quality for the best general ever. With 30 years, Alexander had already defeat all of his enemies and had a bigger empire than Napoleon. He died like a triunfant semi-god. Napoleon died in reclusion, not like a god, not like an emperor, more like a defeated general. What a master of war.
love this series! I have been reading "On War" by Karl von Clausewitz so being able to "see" the battles during the same time period helps with comprehending the sometimes complex ideas that Clausewitz plays with. Keep em coming!
@@thomasdemarteau6367 besides the winrate, probably the casualties per kill and how influential a victory is On that regard he's still close on that Guy is just too good
@@thomasdemarteau6367 no point winning a victory if it causes you to lose a war. Napoleon didn't know when to not go to war. A good general can tell when to fight and when not too. Invading Russia, Spain and Portugal was not the smartest idea.
@@MrBlueSleeves Intel isn't all of it. His enemies did too but he was much better at 1) concealing his plans 2) predicting what the enemy would do Did his Intel tell him exactly what Tsar Alexander would do at Austerlitz? No. He knew his enemies well and was very adept at guessing what they'd do
Napoleon would make a battle plan and strategy and then give "enemy army" to each of his Marshals and ask them to make a strategy and battle plans to beat him. Eventually after they all present strategy to beat him he would improve his plans to what made most sense to him. He had amazing generals on his side and used mental capacity of all of them. Ofc it was his genius to make a judgement and put it all together but he had good help as well. Lot of desk work and meetings, scouting, information analization. He didn't sleep much so he was able to go trough a lot on day to day basis.
I love this. The Napoleonic Wars were significant on strategic and tactical levels. Like many other battles, small decisions can make or break a battle, and one battle could make or break a campaign. Your illustration of the army movements at the corp level is great, because it helps understand how the battles develop as they did. Personally, I would love to see more Napoleon from you guys. Keep it coming!
It is amazing how at his height Napoleon was one of the most innovative commanders in military history. He never attacked the same location in a line twice and always did the unexpected. Then, with his decline in 1812, Napoleon highlighted the greatest issue of perpetual warfare; that it not only is a terrible drain on resources, but that momentum cannot be kept up and that the aggressor could be destroyed by the more patient adversary.
I love how Napoleon basically carries the French Empire wherever he goes. Things start looking definitely bad then boom, Napoleon teleports in with whatever troops he has and turns the tide of the war. Then there are keyboard historians on RUclips who claim Napoleon wasn't the best commander
@@fredbarker9201 Oh he was for sure. Without German, Italian and Polish nationalism catalysed by Napoleon's restructure of Europe, the 2 world wars would've been very different if they happened at all. A different world war would mean a different United States. Maybe Imperialism would still exist? Hard to tell
@@KingsandGenerals I agree. This higher level look is amazing. And while I understand the need for some movement to draw the eye to the armies, the constant level of flag flapping here just becomes distracting over the course of the video. It's sometimes so extreme that it obstructs the name of the corps and/or general.
Thanks for making a whole video about it ! Most people just pass it to reach Essling directly. Wich is not really smart, because the tactics were very interesting. Napoleon was said to consider this five days campaign as one of his best achievement. On a side note, where I live, in Brittany, there's a famous lighthouse called the "Phare d'Eckmühl". It was largely financed by Davout's daughter, who was princess of Eckmül due to the battle. Because of this, the name is known around here, and it even became the name of an important location in a famous French comics.
Love your channel & Napoleon series but dislike the new banner icon for armies. Too large & too animated with flapping in the wind effect being too distracting. They may look pretty but it's now difficult to focus on division movement especially when armies get close to each other.
I think the portraits were the best icon & helped me get a quick overview of which general was marching where and at what time. Much better than names used on other channels. But these banners are annoying.
Come one, History Teachers don't have our luxury of selecting only the most interesting things - they need to give a comprehensive picture of whole history.
people like that are so f'ing annoying...At work you give explicit instructions to account for varying factors you are aware of due to experience and the noodlebrain decides to just do it their own way screwing it up...wish you could smack sense into people like that
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Alfred Morris haha something about it is uniquely human however. It’s the substance that gives us everyday chaos .
@ jaja something about us humans makes us believe we know better than our more experienced leaders at times, which can be funny when looking back, but i bet Napoleon was not thrilled about it
Honestly, absolutely splendid stuff. Really interesting & it urges me to find out more about this fascinating time in history. What a guy that Napoleon was!
I have an exam tomorrow WHY YOU CURSE ME WITH THIS VIDEO?!?!?! Anyways awesome video never realised Napolean was this brilliant until I started watching this channel. Loved the animation of the flags of the armies on the map. Keep up the awesomeness!
Another amazing Kings and Generals vid- I love the Napoleonic Wars, watching your videos gives me flashbacks of reading Andrew Roberts “Napoleon the Great” which I highly recommend
Napoleon's Foreign Minister got rich selling out France and Napoleon to their enemies and Napoleon called him S* in a silk stocking. Talleyrand was an amazing survivor and a man entirely without honor or moral scruples. I would like to see a video about him.
The pinnacle of gentlemanly warfare, the Napoleonic Era is to me one of the most interesting periods of our history. Perhaps you could do a show or two on the minor campaigns of 1815? The focus at that time (1815) was on Quartre bras, Lingy and Waterloo. However Russia, Austria and some of the minor German states also fielded armies against the French as they invaded the empire. Of these other armies the ones engaged in the largest campaigns and saw the most fighting were two Austrian armies: The Army of the Upper Rhine and the Army of Italy. Maybe that is worth a look. Perhaps the Six Days campaign? There are still so many more stories to tell, and this is one of the best channels to watch battle reviews. You guys rock, keep up the good work.
@KingsandGenerals You should do a video about the Finnish war of 1808-09 as a part of your Napoléonic war documentary. There is no one else that have done that. People say it's a small war, yes but more people died in the Finnish war than in the war of 1812. I think the Finnish war deserve the spotlight for once.
Amazing video as always! It's amazing how Napoleon has achieved in each war but sadly it's 1808 which means certain events will happen soon. Can't wait for the next one!
I was wondering who's gonna be the next sponsor of that serie but i see that they missed a great opportunity here; your videos causes great impacts in our minds! Keep it up boyz, send us mooooooreee
If anyone is interested, the game used for the video clips is a mod for Napoleon Total War called NTW3. By far the best Total War and historical mod, go check it out
Wait, was Napoleon's order that complicated? He essentially said go to Place A if the Austrians moved before Date X, and go to Place B if after Date X, right? Am I just being too much of an armchair general, here?
Multiple positions and routes, all of which depended on presumed timing dictated by the enemy. This meant that anything outside the scope of his plans would complicate matters. Even though he technically only gave them 2 possible routes and 6 towns to take up between the two plans. He didn't give his general any plans to lay out in case anything went wrong and didn't factor the problem with terrain and seasons. In effect, Napoleon just made the most common mistake an armchair general does, he didn't account for basic variables because he falling back on memory and maps, but didn't factor troop deployment delays in his plans. It didn't help that his general in this scenario was more a tactician then strategists. He couldn't execute the plan that napoleon envisioned. That and Napoleon both underestimated the enemy and overestimated his own generals ability to follow his command style. Davout was a capable general but he didn't draw up any of these plans, they weren't meant for his methods of war, especially in the way Napoleon Force Marched his troops. Davout did not march his troops harshly enough, nor could he even if he did with the weather and terrain slowing him down. The weakness of Napoleon's armies has always been he could not lead them himself everywhere and that too many of his generals follow orders but do not have enough experience developing and adjusting plans. After 20 years, a good deal of them were just generals who understand how to follow orders and plans, but were incapable doing more than that let alone lead a large army. Only a few of his generals had the experience or talent to lead large armies to great effect to adapt.
@@vguyver2 Hey, thanks for the informative reply. Follow up question, were these 'just follow orders generals' a byproduct of Napoleon surrounding himself with syncopaths or were there other factors at work?
@@PiratesRock I wouldn't consider them Syncopaths, but it is a factor. Actually I would have to argue and say that Napoleon was workaholic and perfectionist micromanager. Also he was easily bored unless he had some sort of work or challange.Napoleon just couldn't trust anyone else with the most important things or had a need to do it all himself. Example. He personally didn't bother with Iberia at first. He only let generals go to Spain and Portugal because it was supposed to be the easiest of his conquests. He didn't expect his generals to accidently fan rebellion in Spain with their abuse. He underestimated the Anglo-Luso forces to be so effective in Portugal. Instead Napoleon was always more concerned with the major battles that needed personal attention or the biggest threats to his territory and chose to stay there in fear of his absence causing more threats. This is exactly what happened. His personality and work methods were impressive but a handicap. You only have to see how he functioned during exile to start to notice the core of the being he was. While Napoleon was sent to exile the first time he took over every aspect of governing the island of Elba. He fixed everything, made it more efficient. But got bored eventually and started plotting his return to France. The second time he was exiled, he had nothing to do. Only wrote his book and then grew bored, depressed, and eventually died. Writing this down reminds me of The Prime Minister of Shu-Han, Zhuge Liang. The man worked himself to death between his administration of government and leading military campaigns. His failures were partly due to his followers (Ma Su in particular) not being able to follow his commands to a T, and the problems of logistics that he kept under estimating.
@@vguyver2 Wow, didn't knew that about Napoleon. By any chance, do you any good biographies on Napoleon and his life? Or Zhuge Liang? I'm always interested in learning more about this kind of stuff.
@@PiratesRock I'm glad to hear you have an interest in further reading. I would suggest this Link for Bonaparte which you can read for free but don't limit yourself to just this one since he was larger than life. www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3567?msg=welcome_stranger If you want to learn about the real Zhuge Liang and not the fictional novel version, I would suggest getting his biography from *Records of the Three Kingdoms* on Amazon.com It should be around $40-$50
Will there be any more episodes about the American Civil War? You guys seem like the right guys to bash a lot of the myths. Like Gen. Grant being a tactless butcher, tactics, the complicated crisis of the fort sumter attack, the invasion of kentucky etc etc.
Little tip on german pronunciation: the english sh sound is written as sch in german. So landshut is pronounced lands-hut (with long vowels, as a short vowel is indicated by a following double consonant (so hoot and not the english hut (~Hatt in german spelling) also the german a is different from the english, roughly like the english u in hut)
Great video. I'm not a fan of the moving flags. The wind blown animation makes it look weird when the units move, and it's hard to easily see how many units are in a spot when they are stacked all wiggling.
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This one is a bit different, as we tried to focus our attention on the operational level. Hopefully, you guys will enjoy this one. If you like our videos, consider supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/KingsandGenerals or Paypal: paypal.me/kingsandgenerals Thanks!
Still very nice. Can't wait to get to the 6th & 7th Coalitions, as well as more with Julius Caesar.
You guys did a video on the fourth crusade. Are you guys planning to do more crusade videos?
Also do some sengoku jidai battles like oda nobunaga first battle
Kings and Generals A small suggestion... tone down the “epileptic” banners flowing in the wind...
Napoleon was all about positioning, I think it's a good perspective to take on his campaigns.
The Austrians have declared war again!
Napoleon: How many times do I have to teach you a lesson, old man?
Hahaha! Not funny
Just one more Coalition war
@@Lemsch Yess!
Austria is like the old housewife accustomed to bieng raped by evryone
Bella gerant alii...
*Napoleon teleporting behind Charles* "Nothing personal"
what is your math emblem on profile picture?
Kid
@@erwinrommel6561 Indeed, that would be the original meme Herr Generalfeldmarschall. However, I thought it would be more appropriate and less rude, that way.
LKVideos “It’s just good business.”
Charles: "Ididn't hear no bell, bastard."
« Votre Majesté a annoncé son arrivée à coups de canons sans me laisser le temps de vous féliciter. Je n'étais pas encore certain de votre présence quand les pertes que j'ai subies me l'ont douloureusement fait réaliser »
« Your Majesty announced his arrival with cannon without giving me time to congratulate you. I was not sure of your presence when the losses I suffered painfully made me realize [That you are here] »
Letter of Archduke Charles of Austria, to Napoléon.
Like always good video ;)
Thanks!
@@Sandouras So classy that they struck without declaring war first
Hahaha...wie schoen
Damn that’s crazy
*Well hello there...*
General Napoleoni! You are a sneaky one!
Bonjour Mudafacka!!
Nothing personal kid
Were there any Webers in your army with the German allies?
General Kenobi. This video will make a fine addition in my collection.
this is the best history channel i have seen until now
Do you know the napoleonic series of
Epic History TV? If you don't, you should, because it's the best IMO
Epic history dude...imho
João Marcelo Agreed!
Marshall Davout is so underrated while he was just amazing, reliable and feared.
Also nown as "the Iron marshall". His actions at Jena were incredible
The Napoleonic Wars are definitely my favourite series on this channel. Hope you'll continue to cover the entire event.
Great job, Napoleon is really the "god of war" as Clausewitz called him.
Thanks!
Wellington called Napoléon the best military commander ever when asked to compare him with other great commanders in history.
He lost his army twice, in Egypt and Russia, and he had to fled back to Paris like a thief on incognito not like a triunfant general.
Also lost 200.000 men in Iberian peninsula, thats like a 3st army lost.
Finally he lost his campaigns and his crown, he lost his empire..
Thats the best general the world ever seen? Thats the god of war?
The god of war dont abandon his army on defeat, the god of war dosnt know about defeat.
What about Alexander, Cesar, Scipio, Alvaro de Bazán... all of them invictus.
Napoleon was a great general but definitly not the best in history.
@@plusultra4961 Well, first of all sorry to disappoint you but Cesar was defeated, in Gergovie for example. Moreover Napoleon won more battle than all those generals together!!! He is the most victorious general ever. If a guy like Ckausewitz who studied war and fought call Napoleon the "god of war" I think his opinion is quite valuable. Anyway in Egypt in didn't abandonned his army in defeat, he was almost trapped because he had no more ships but not defeat at all and gave the command to Kleber because he heard about situation in FRance and knew he must go back to pursue his "destiny".
In Russia, he finally go back to FRance not like "a thief" but because there was a menace of putsch in Paris: we can criticize that (even if it'w more simple in front of your computer) but we must be honest. By the Way Napoelon often face death on the battlefield, it was the reason the soldiers promoted him as corporal to symbolise his courage after Lodi. In 1814 in the campaign of FRance, he was still pointing some canons himself in the middle of combats.
@@leosp6210 In Egypt his army was trapped and disbanded, thats a total defeat, no need to loose a battle, he knew he haven't the naval superiority, he risk it, he lost it. Still a great mistake for ''the god of war''. Can u tell me now why rosetta stone its on a british museum?
He attacked even hes allies forming against him the biggest coalitions ever seen till that day. He was a traitor, and he paid it, thats not a good quality for the best general ever.
With 30 years, Alexander had already defeat all of his enemies and had a bigger empire than Napoleon. He died like a triunfant semi-god.
Napoleon died in reclusion, not like a god, not like an emperor, more like a defeated general. What a master of war.
You always hear that Napoleon is a genius, but these videos actually give that claim justice
love this series! I have been reading "On War" by Karl von Clausewitz so being able to "see" the battles during the same time period helps with comprehending the sometimes complex ideas that Clausewitz plays with. Keep em coming!
Now in my opinion, Napoleon was indeed the greatest general in military history...
In terms of victories, that's a yes
@@anadaere6861 on what other terms would you rate a military general?
@@thomasdemarteau6367 besides the winrate, probably the casualties per kill and how influential a victory is
On that regard he's still close on that
Guy is just too good
@@anadaere6861 In all aspects
@@thomasdemarteau6367 no point winning a victory if it causes you to lose a war. Napoleon didn't know when to not go to war. A good general can tell when to fight and when not too. Invading Russia, Spain and Portugal was not the smartest idea.
I always pause the vid, get my coffee and start enjoying. Kings and Generals, thank you so much for all the content you provide.
Also it would be nice to hear about some of Napoleons earlier battles like Lodi, Arcole and the Pyramids.
We will get back to those!
Kings and Generals Thank God 🙏🏻
It's as if Napoleon was from the future and that's why he could predict every move of the enemy.
More like had pro-liberalism and seperatist sympathisers in Austria Hungary.
Napoleon had better intel. It's like he was watching the minimap in age of empire
@@MrBlueSleeves
Intel isn't all of it. His enemies did too but he was much better at
1) concealing his plans
2) predicting what the enemy would do
Did his Intel tell him exactly what Tsar Alexander would do at Austerlitz? No. He knew his enemies well and was very adept at guessing what they'd do
I think he had the historic battles equivalent of Gray’s Sports Almanac in his back pocket 😉
Napoleon would make a battle plan and strategy and then give "enemy army" to each of his Marshals and ask them to make a strategy and battle plans to beat him. Eventually after they all present strategy to beat him he would improve his plans to what made most sense to him. He had amazing generals on his side and used mental capacity of all of them. Ofc it was his genius to make a judgement and put it all together but he had good help as well. Lot of desk work and meetings, scouting, information analization. He didn't sleep much so he was able to go trough a lot on day to day basis.
FINALLY, A NEW NAPOLEON VIDEO AGAIN, YEYYYY
@@derptrolling4740 lmao
You're a fan I assume?
finally manga about Napoleon got an adaptation, right?
@@paranoidandroid6095 ... No my child...
I love this. The Napoleonic Wars were significant on strategic and tactical levels. Like many other battles, small decisions can make or break a battle, and one battle could make or break a campaign. Your illustration of the army movements at the corp level is great, because it helps understand how the battles develop as they did. Personally, I would love to see more Napoleon from you guys. Keep it coming!
It is amazing how at his height Napoleon was one of the most innovative commanders in military history. He never attacked the same location in a line twice and always did the unexpected. Then, with his decline in 1812, Napoleon highlighted the greatest issue of perpetual warfare; that it not only is a terrible drain on resources, but that momentum cannot be kept up and that the aggressor could be destroyed by the more patient adversary.
"If you want something well done, you have to do it yourself" Napoleon Bonaparte
I loved that troop boxes...Please dont change that format
I love how Napoleon basically carries the French Empire wherever he goes. Things start looking definitely bad then boom, Napoleon teleports in with whatever troops he has and turns the tide of the war.
Then there are keyboard historians on RUclips who claim Napoleon wasn't the best commander
Keyboard Historians? It's a codename for Anglo-saxon?
Salvinius Augustus I’m English and I think Napoleon was the most important man of the last few hundred years.
@@fredbarker9201
Oh he was for sure. Without German, Italian and Polish nationalism catalysed by Napoleon's restructure of Europe, the 2 world wars would've been very different if they happened at all. A different world war would mean a different United States. Maybe Imperialism would still exist? Hard to tell
Rex Galilae yeah so not every Englishman hates on him :)
@@fredbarker9201
Oh I can respect that. Besides, I wasn't the one to claim that tbh lol
Loved the operational level but I think the constant flapping of the flags is a bit distracting.
Thanks!
@@KingsandGenerals I kinda agree. Static flag are good enough
@@KingsandGenerals I agree. This higher level look is amazing. And while I understand the need for some movement to draw the eye to the armies, the constant level of flag flapping here just becomes distracting over the course of the video. It's sometimes so extreme that it obstructs the name of the corps and/or general.
I hear you, guys, it will be curbed!
I actually kinda liked the flags. Found the map rotation dizzying, though. Amazing production, either way.
2:16 Napoleon was fast because he had a high internet connection while the Austrians were slow cause they have 19G
19g is pretty good tho
Charles was using internet explorer
Thanks for making a whole video about it ! Most people just pass it to reach Essling directly. Wich is not really smart, because the tactics were very interesting. Napoleon was said to consider this five days campaign as one of his best achievement.
On a side note, where I live, in Brittany, there's a famous lighthouse called the "Phare d'Eckmühl". It was largely financed by Davout's daughter, who was princess of Eckmül due to the battle. Because of this, the name is known around here, and it even became the name of an important location in a famous French comics.
The best series on this channel is back
maps and banners in this video look better than ever.. great job as always
Yes yes and..... YES you made my Sunday!! Keep up the great work!!
Love your channel & Napoleon series but dislike the new banner icon for armies. Too large & too animated with flapping in the wind effect being too distracting. They may look pretty but it's now difficult to focus on division movement especially when armies get close to each other.
True
I think the portraits were the best icon & helped me get a quick overview of which general was marching where and at what time. Much better than names used on other channels. But these banners are annoying.
I like the new banners.
the quality of your videos is the best
I can listen to Devin talking about the campaigns of prominent figures for hours
Pops up on my feed just as I'm catching up on the Kings and Generals podcast! Perfect timing!
*King and Generals > History Teacher*
Nuff said
Come one, History Teachers don't have our luxury of selecting only the most interesting things - they need to give a comprehensive picture of whole history.
Depends on the teacher. Traditional schooling is boring. That's not their fault.
Kings - as in plural - thnx
@@KingsandGenerals I had a history teacher that only played documentaries, such as Schindler's List. This would have been better.
@@LeSethX Schindler’s List is not a documentary, even though you might learn a thing or two from it
Why oh why hasn't there been a modern major motion picture about Napoleon? I mean, he's only one of the most influential figures in modern history.
Perhaps because people simply wouldn’t believe that this was all the work of one person
Napoleon: If you are attacked go and regroup at the river Lech
Berthier: Y tho?
people like that are so f'ing annoying...At work you give explicit instructions to account for varying factors you are aware of due to experience and the noodlebrain decides to just do it their own way screwing it up...wish you could smack sense into people like that
Alfred Morris haha something about it is uniquely human however. It’s the substance that gives us everyday chaos .
@ jaja something about us humans makes us believe we know better than our more experienced leaders at times, which can be funny when looking back, but i bet Napoleon was not thrilled about it
Berthier was a Topographical Engineer, not a general.
*Napoleon puts on infinity gauntlet*
Fine, I'll do it myself
Honestly, absolutely splendid stuff. Really interesting & it urges me to find out more about this fascinating time in history. What a guy that Napoleon was!
Great video! I like the new focus on detail, and the animation it's getting better and better.
yeah its always good to see every detail in wars
Exactly
I have an exam tomorrow WHY YOU CURSE ME WITH THIS VIDEO?!?!?!
Anyways awesome video never realised Napolean was this brilliant until I started watching this channel. Loved the animation of the flags of the armies on the map. Keep up the awesomeness!
Great channel with good battle illustrations
Thanks!
Another amazing Kings and Generals vid- I love the Napoleonic Wars, watching your videos gives me flashbacks of reading Andrew Roberts “Napoleon the Great” which I highly recommend
Thanks!
Love the somewhat new style of videos, don't stop making 'em.
@@rattila5858 What does this have to do with my comment?
@@eliclark9144 Wanted to answer a comment above and missed, sorry x)
Napoleon's Foreign Minister got rich selling out France and Napoleon to their enemies and Napoleon called him S* in a silk stocking. Talleyrand was an amazing survivor and a man entirely without honor or moral scruples. I would like to see a video about him.
Just what i needed after work to relax & enjoy.
Thnx bro, my evening can't go bad now.
Thanks for watching!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RESUMING THE SERIES
You cease to amaze me, Kings and Generals.
The pinnacle of gentlemanly warfare, the Napoleonic Era is to me one of the most interesting periods of our history. Perhaps you could do a show or two on the minor campaigns of 1815? The focus at that time (1815) was on Quartre bras, Lingy and Waterloo. However Russia, Austria and some of the minor German states also fielded armies against the French as they invaded the empire. Of these other armies the ones engaged in the largest campaigns and saw the most fighting were two Austrian armies: The Army of the Upper Rhine and the Army of Italy. Maybe that is worth a look. Perhaps the Six Days campaign? There are still so many more stories to tell, and this is one of the best channels to watch battle reviews. You guys rock, keep up the good work.
@KingsandGenerals You should do a video about the Finnish war of 1808-09 as a part of your Napoléonic war documentary. There is no one else that have done that. People say it's a small war, yes but more people died in the Finnish war than in the war of 1812. I think the Finnish war deserve the spotlight for once.
Great videos guys I learn more history online than I did in history classes.
Pay attention in class then :/
Amazing, a new video about the Napoleonic wars. I was looking forward for this. Thanks for uploading. Very interesting video!
More on the way!
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Amazing video as always! It's amazing how Napoleon has achieved in each war but sadly it's 1808 which means certain events will happen soon. Can't wait for the next one!
I wonder why this battle isn't better known? Napoleon here is at his devastating best. Thank you.
BRAVO...... I JUST LOVE THESE VIDEOS.
Thanks!
Dude your videos are awesome!!!
Best series your doing and done, keep the Napoleonic Wars coming!
So glad to see this long running series continue :)
Thanks for the subtitles!
Awesome video!
Thanks!
today i learned about the word "Parity". Thanks Kings and Generals.
Welcome :-)
Everytime I see an upload from your channel, my depression is cured.
Hope you feel better!
God, i love that channel
I was wondering who's gonna be the next sponsor of that serie but i see that they missed a great opportunity here; your videos causes great impacts in our minds!
Keep it up boyz, send us mooooooreee
Excellent video as always.
I love the channal and this episode, but those waving flags are way too busy. I can't concentrate on the names, flags and cores
Napoleo is back BABY!!!
EDIT: Can you guys change the banner icons for the armies? These distract us
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Best generals golden age of French military history..From Turkey 🇹🇷 (Ottoman Empire)
Louis-Nicolas Davout was the best in my opinion
Man this reminded me how much I missed Empire Total War. When the hell are they gonna make the second one?
Would love to play the sequel!
@@KingsandGenerals oh yeah. would be awesome
If anyone is interested, the game used for the video clips is a mod for Napoleon Total War called NTW3. By far the best Total War and historical mod, go check it out
Music is from Empire total war
And Napoleon
More from the Napoleonic Era!?! Life is good!!
Exactly
That feeling you get when you sneak attack your enemy with no declaration of war and STILL get your ass handed to you.
This is so good!
Thanks!
Amazing! The Napoleonic Wars must have been terrifying! I'm just glad no one got hurt.
I want you to make some videos about Russo-Turkish wars, because they are very important parts of history.
Иван Рыбалкин in time my friend , he said that every major conflict of the ottomans will be covered untill 1923^^
love your videos, especially your Napoleonic War video series. Keep up the great work.
Please do documentaries on emperor Trajan and his wars.
Great video, but I agree with others saying that the new banner icons for armies are distracting. It would be better if they were static.
Thanks for the feedback!
When one man was God. More Napoleon.. My favorite period. Glory, upsets, and the excitement.
More on the way!
@@KingsandGenerals Yay!
6:00 It's spoken "Lands-hoot".
The music from Napoleon Total War was a nice touch, great videos!
Any chance you will make a video about the Battle of Bagradas 255bc?
Great work, as always. Excellent!
Wait, was Napoleon's order that complicated? He essentially said go to Place A if the Austrians moved before Date X, and go to Place B if after Date X, right? Am I just being too much of an armchair general, here?
Multiple positions and routes, all of which depended on presumed timing dictated by the enemy. This meant that anything outside the scope of his plans would complicate matters. Even though he technically only gave them 2 possible routes and 6 towns to take up between the two plans. He didn't give his general any plans to lay out in case anything went wrong and didn't factor the problem with terrain and seasons. In effect, Napoleon just made the most common mistake an armchair general does, he didn't account for basic variables because he falling back on memory and maps, but didn't factor troop deployment delays in his plans.
It didn't help that his general in this scenario was more a tactician then strategists. He couldn't execute the plan that napoleon envisioned. That and Napoleon both underestimated the enemy and overestimated his own generals ability to follow his command style. Davout was a capable general but he didn't draw up any of these plans, they weren't meant for his methods of war, especially in the way Napoleon Force Marched his troops. Davout did not march his troops harshly enough, nor could he even if he did with the weather and terrain slowing him down.
The weakness of Napoleon's armies has always been he could not lead them himself everywhere and that too many of his generals follow orders but do not have enough experience developing and adjusting plans. After 20 years, a good deal of them were just generals who understand how to follow orders and plans, but were incapable doing more than that let alone lead a large army. Only a few of his generals had the experience or talent to lead large armies to great effect to adapt.
@@vguyver2 Hey, thanks for the informative reply. Follow up question, were these 'just follow orders generals' a byproduct of Napoleon surrounding himself with syncopaths or were there other factors at work?
@@PiratesRock I wouldn't consider them Syncopaths, but it is a factor.
Actually I would have to argue and say that Napoleon was workaholic and perfectionist micromanager. Also he was easily bored unless he had some sort of work or challange.Napoleon just couldn't trust anyone else with the most important things or had a need to do it all himself.
Example. He personally didn't bother with Iberia at first. He only let generals go to Spain and Portugal because it was supposed to be the easiest of his conquests. He didn't expect his generals to accidently fan rebellion in Spain with their abuse. He underestimated the Anglo-Luso forces to be so effective in Portugal. Instead Napoleon was always more concerned with the major battles that needed personal attention or the biggest threats to his territory and chose to stay there in fear of his absence causing more threats. This is exactly what happened.
His personality and work methods were impressive but a handicap. You only have to see how he functioned during exile to start to notice the core of the being he was.
While Napoleon was sent to exile the first time he took over every aspect of governing the island of Elba. He fixed everything, made it more efficient. But got bored eventually and started plotting his return to France. The second time he was exiled, he had nothing to do. Only wrote his book and then grew bored, depressed, and eventually died.
Writing this down reminds me of The Prime Minister of Shu-Han, Zhuge Liang. The man worked himself to death between his administration of government and leading military campaigns. His failures were partly due to his followers (Ma Su in particular) not being able to follow his commands to a T, and the problems of logistics that he kept under estimating.
@@vguyver2 Wow, didn't knew that about Napoleon. By any chance, do you any good biographies on Napoleon and his life? Or Zhuge Liang? I'm always interested in learning more about this kind of stuff.
@@PiratesRock I'm glad to hear you have an interest in further reading.
I would suggest this Link for Bonaparte which you can read for free but don't limit yourself to just this one since he was larger than life.
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3567?msg=welcome_stranger
If you want to learn about the real Zhuge Liang and not the fictional novel version, I would suggest getting his biography from *Records of the Three Kingdoms* on Amazon.com It should be around $40-$50
finally...Vive La Empereur..!!Vive La France !!
ravager it is actually Vive L’emperuer and
Wellington disagrees with your sentiments...
I love these videos. Great work.
2:00 So Tsar Alexander DID betray Napoleon first .
Kings and Generals; *every leader's a gangsta until they get married... huh?! D:*
12:30 Well, there's your problem. Light infantry might have some use in a defense, but huzzahs are completely inappropriate until victory is won.
Good vid 👍
Thanks!
Finnaly time for some line battles
Please make a video battle of Wagram, a bloody battle archduke Charles and Napoleon Bonaparte
Will there be any more episodes about the American Civil War? You guys seem like the right guys to bash a lot of the myths. Like Gen. Grant being a tactless butcher, tactics, the complicated crisis of the fort sumter attack, the invasion of kentucky etc etc.
Another great video by Kings and Generals!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Thanks for uploading,
I can't wait
Little tip on german pronunciation: the english sh sound is written as sch in german. So landshut is pronounced lands-hut (with long vowels, as a short vowel is indicated by a following double consonant (so hoot and not the english hut (~Hatt in german spelling) also the german a is different from the english, roughly like the english u in hut)
Greetings from Oberstanding (Obersanding) ;-) Nice video
Iam from egypt and Iam a big fan of your channel and videos
Can you please tell my the name of the software you used?
Is that NTW3 mod used to visualise the soldiers? I wasn't aware of fire-by-rank drill available.
Great video. I'm not a fan of the moving flags. The wind blown animation makes it look weird when the units move, and it's hard to easily see how many units are in a spot when they are stacked all wiggling.
Thanks for the feedback!
Good one. I think the normal squares and circles are better to watch than the flags (only my opinion). :-)
Thanks for the feedback! :-)
@@KingsandGenerals thanks for good never ending content :-D
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