Hello! I watched your fantastic analysis and reaction to OverSimplified Napoleonic Wars! For me, the interesting thing about Napoleon happened after he lost power and was in exile on the Island of St Helena. He made a friend with a little girl on the island.
Thanks man! I didn't know he'd made a friend, although he did have a lot of time to kill. It's mentioned in the Ridley Scott film if my memory serves me right (I think my subconscious is trying to convince me that the film never happened)?
Napoleonic era is something special. I hope you do more on this! Have you seen Historia Civilis video on the Congress of Vienna? It is a really great two parter. Regarding Bernadotte, you are spot on in my opinion. He was in some ways a rival to Napoleon from the start but he never had that ultimate ambition to try to overtake Napoleon. He wanted to compete but not overtake. He was sort of jelous of Napoleons book smartness and knowledge but also admired him. Bernadotte was a true stateman that was well liked and effective whereever he went. He is certainly up there among the five best kings in Swedish history in my opinion. The Saxons switching sides during the Battle of Leipzig is another evidence of this. They remembered how well he treated them and when they saw him on the other side the decided to go back to him who had stood up for them during the Battle of Wagram when they got shot by friendly fire because of Berhiers shenanigans. But enough of Bernadotte 😅😅 When do you think Napoleon crossed the line of it no longer being possible to win at least so much that he kept his crown? Was it rejecting the Austrian peace proposal or was it Liepzig? I got the sense you feel it was already over at Liepzig?
Finally back to France, I can now give you a decent answer on all of these :) Yes I've seen Historia Civilis on the Congress of Vienna, very nice video and well documented. I think when Napoleon rejected the Austrian peace treaty he might have put his legitimacy into jeopardy. His authority relied on his prestige, and the aura of invincibility and genius around him. At this point its dinasty is not secured, he needs to constantly win in order to keep is throne. In my opinion we lost him when he failed to secure a kind of statu quo with Alexander. That would have been possible if maybe say he married a Romanov princess instead of Marie-Louise. At some point it seem that could have been an option and bring these two powers closer... After deciding to invade Russia it's a long downfall
It makes sense for napoleon to understand Bernadette. I don't think he put him in the position expecting complete loyalty, napoleon just maybe thought everyone would fight him if he wanted a fight, and everyone became smart enough to not fight.
I know that napoleon may be viewed mixed in France but there is no denying that he was arguably one of the greatest leaders to exist. It sucked that I don't think there was any way he could have had peace with so many monarchies feeling threatened by what he stood for.
Si un jour vous voulez approfondir, il y a toute la série de "Epic History TV" qui va du début jusqu'a la fin de l'empire. C'est long, un peu dure à accrocher au début mais ensuite ça devient du bon vin. Ce sont, pour le moment, les meilleurs vidéos sur ses batailles 43:33: Tout à fait.... On peut pas faire de manichéisme avec Napoléon
Merci ! Je pense aussi faire du Epic History TV prochainement peut-être pas tout d'un bloc, c'est quand même un gros morceau mais sûrement sur quelques batailles iconiques. En particulier une avec une histoire de soleil dedans ;)
Imagine if napoleon just tried taking aragon. This is what I don't underage about French people, the fact that there are so many who hate napoleon. Imagine if there was a large percentage, let's say 20% of Americans who say "George Washington? Yeah fuck him". Napoleon was genuinely one of the greatest leaders to ever exist... and the fact that he still isn't agreed on France to be is something I don't understand
Hey dude, a big fan of Napoleón here. But im from argentina. Could you Tell me what french people think of napoleon in these days there? Is he recognize as legend/idol or a psycopath?
Hey! Well it's complicated, and I think at some point I'll dedicate a whole video on it. My impression is that it is very polarizing: some see it as a genius and almost worship him, other consider him as a authoritarian ruler, despotic and only driven by its ego. And most don't know a lot about him. And moreover it is very politicized : if you like him you'll be consider a rightist, if you hate him you're look like a leftist.
Part 1 is here : ruclips.net/video/lCrZtsMYq-A/видео.html
Vive l'Empereur, vive les baguettes, and never, ever try to invade Russia!
Hello! I watched your fantastic analysis and reaction to OverSimplified Napoleonic Wars! For me, the interesting thing about Napoleon happened after he lost power and was in exile on the Island of St Helena. He made a friend with a little girl on the island.
Thanks man! I didn't know he'd made a friend, although he did have a lot of time to kill. It's mentioned in the Ridley Scott film if my memory serves me right (I think my subconscious is trying to convince me that the film never happened)?
@@ToonStory-fh4gn Ridley Scott is a very good director and film maker but I agree. I do not know if I want to see the movie or not.
Napoleonic era is something special. I hope you do more on this!
Have you seen Historia Civilis video on the Congress of Vienna? It is a really great two parter.
Regarding Bernadotte, you are spot on in my opinion. He was in some ways a rival to Napoleon from the start but he never had that ultimate ambition to try to overtake Napoleon. He wanted to compete but not overtake. He was sort of jelous of Napoleons book smartness and knowledge but also admired him.
Bernadotte was a true stateman that was well liked and effective whereever he went. He is certainly up there among the five best kings in Swedish history in my opinion.
The Saxons switching sides during the Battle of Leipzig is another evidence of this. They remembered how well he treated them and when they saw him on the other side the decided to go back to him who had stood up for them during the Battle of Wagram when they got shot by friendly fire because of Berhiers shenanigans.
But enough of Bernadotte 😅😅
When do you think Napoleon crossed the line of it no longer being possible to win at least so much that he kept his crown? Was it rejecting the Austrian peace proposal or was it Liepzig? I got the sense you feel it was already over at Liepzig?
Finally back to France, I can now give you a decent answer on all of these :) Yes I've seen Historia Civilis on the Congress of Vienna, very nice video and well documented.
I think when Napoleon rejected the Austrian peace treaty he might have put his legitimacy into jeopardy. His authority relied on his prestige, and the aura of invincibility and genius around him. At this point its dinasty is not secured, he needs to constantly win in order to keep is throne. In my opinion we lost him when he failed to secure a kind of statu quo with Alexander. That would have been possible if maybe say he married a Romanov princess instead of Marie-Louise. At some point it seem that could have been an option and bring these two powers closer... After deciding to invade Russia it's a long downfall
Excellent reaction.
Thank you !
Whenever I watch your videos, I always learn a lot of new things. I would love your punic wars reactions. This channel is severely underrated
Thank you, the punic wars are live (part 2 tomorrow) 😃
Nice. You can also do Europe ablaze the 1848 revolutions by Epic History . It comes just after the napoleonic wars.
Thanks! Indeed I enjoyed these episodes and as a Frenchman I have a thing for revolutions!
It makes sense for napoleon to understand Bernadette. I don't think he put him in the position expecting complete loyalty, napoleon just maybe thought everyone would fight him if he wanted a fight, and everyone became smart enough to not fight.
It seems like Napoleon was indeed a great general and a decent governor; but his diplomatic skills (or lack thereof) led to his undoing.
Yes, diplomacy was his biggest flaw in my opinion
I know that napoleon may be viewed mixed in France but there is no denying that he was arguably one of the greatest leaders to exist. It sucked that I don't think there was any way he could have had peace with so many monarchies feeling threatened by what he stood for.
Si un jour vous voulez approfondir, il y a toute la série de "Epic History TV" qui va du début jusqu'a la fin de l'empire.
C'est long, un peu dure à accrocher au début mais ensuite ça devient du bon vin.
Ce sont, pour le moment, les meilleurs vidéos sur ses batailles
43:33: Tout à fait.... On peut pas faire de manichéisme avec Napoléon
Merci ! Je pense aussi faire du Epic History TV prochainement peut-être pas tout d'un bloc, c'est quand même un gros morceau mais sûrement sur quelques batailles iconiques. En particulier une avec une histoire de soleil dedans ;)
Nahhh, le truc avec le soleil c'est quand Gandalf arrive avec l'armée au Gouffre de Helm, faut pas tout confondre :D
@@-Griffin-😆 C'était pas Murat à la tête des Rohirrim ???
Murat a toujours fait parti des Rohirrim ! :D
Imagine if napoleon just tried taking aragon. This is what I don't underage about French people, the fact that there are so many who hate napoleon.
Imagine if there was a large percentage, let's say 20% of Americans who say "George Washington? Yeah fuck him". Napoleon was genuinely one of the greatest leaders to ever exist... and the fact that he still isn't agreed on France to be is something I don't understand
Hey dude, a big fan of Napoleón here. But im from argentina. Could you Tell me what french people think of napoleon in these days there? Is he recognize as legend/idol or a psycopath?
Hey! Well it's complicated, and I think at some point I'll dedicate a whole video on it. My impression is that it is very polarizing: some see it as a genius and almost worship him, other consider him as a authoritarian ruler, despotic and only driven by its ego. And most don't know a lot about him.
And moreover it is very politicized : if you like him you'll be consider a rightist, if you hate him you're look like a leftist.
Napoleon was preaty good military....for an Italian guy
😂
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