[Radetzkymarsch: DVD video] Battle of Solferino and Joseph Trotta von Sipolje

[@michaelwalter3399]

Quick historical fact: Solferino was the last battle in European history where the opposing forces were led by their respective monarchs.

[@avel2863]

I thought that Napoleon III led the French forces at Sedan. Or do you mean the last battle where ALL belligerent armies were led by their monarchs?

[@dyutimandas9772]

@@avel2863 I think he means the latter

[@crazy71achmed]

That's not the whole truth, sorry. Neither Napoleon III. nor did Franz Joseph I lead their armies. Both were military amateurs and left this to their generals. The only thing that is undoubtedly true is that both were in Solferino. :)

[@giulianoradice4715]

​@@crazy71achmedperché dimenticate VITTORIO EMANUELE II?

[@crazy71achmed]

@@giulianoradice4715 Is Viktor Emmanuel II important for Solferino? :) Sorry for this bad joke, I don't want to hurt your feelings because you are probably Italian. But I suspect that Victor Emmanuel II. was just as useless as Napoleon III. and Franz Joseph I. and his generals led the Italian army, or rather the army of Sardinia-Piedmont.

[@xmaniac99]

This is where Henri Dunant witnessed the carnage on the battlefield and founded the Red Cross.

[@Swissswoosher]

Trotta is a great man. He doesn‘t want his story embellished, he wants the truth, a man with pride in his humble origin.

[@francisdec1615]

Some people in my home province here in Sweden are still like that. It's rare nowadays.

[@SK-lt1so]

War scenes were so difficult before Total War.

[@AEIOU05]

The Battle of Solferino was nothing short of a mutual butchering, since both sides experienced a similar amount of dead and wounded, with little medical care for the latter

[@michaelwalter3399]

Camo uniforms would have helped. Those light gray uniforms were saying "Shoot me please! I'm over here!"

[@AEIOU05]

@@michaelwalter3399 Not at all, since back then field commanders had to see their men from afar to give them orders and maneuver them across the battlefield, camo units were therefore not used except for skirmishers

[@annunziatasaporito3831]

A Swiss journalist, Henri Dunant, was a witness of this bloody battle and was so impressed, that afterwards launched the project of crating the Red Cross

[@chrismath149]

@@michaelwalter3399 Camouflaged units did exist. Austrian Jäger wore green tunics and were recruited from huntsmen. Jäger were also employed by other German-speaking states.The Italian Bersaglieri served in a similar role but I don't know if they used camouflage. The French had the Chasseurs, the British had Green Jackets. They often acted independently as skirmish forces and outside of the otherwise rigid command structure. Drawing of Austrian Jäger: www.google.com/search?q=Austrian+j%C3%A4ger+19th+century&client=firefox-b-d&channel=trow5&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=tkxzj3BrDXm50M%252CQs2uVj700uQBiM%252C_%253Bl4ZPaiyi8qUH6M%252CJe2WXwuEQZ74qM%252C_%253BhnUlW8mBBKRvCM%252CcgFKSCRb1BDJAM%252C_%253B1glepS_hEbq39M%252CGm5c9BLZt2_iLM%252C_%253B2n37hdckreNaPM%252CGm5c9BLZt2_iLM%252C_%253BJdh0SBR5pYjhYM%252CjtowVLYLxgDPhM%252C_%253BrAXrKViepmO40M%252CkGsAaP-TPdJTQM%252C_%253BiowWZTNHJaeLCM%252CiADjZyEPXRgWcM%252C_%253BPUTr-l216MpiwM%252CdlZbC3TiUWgJ1M%252C_%253Bu_Di1Pe15zRIpM%252CTXE_v6QfOe3uPM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kQFWa2-NiNTnwA8sHD4KYOsWNMPoQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjOh_C2mK7zAhVLhv0HHfeVBGEQ9QF6BAgGEAE#imgrc=tkxzj3BrDXm50M

[@AEIOU05]

@@chrismath149 I know, hence why i said that camo wasn't used except for skirmishers

[@thomasjamison2050]

In 1859, Kearny returned to France, re-joining the Chasseurs d'Afrique, who were at the time fighting against Austrian forces in Italy. Later, he was with Napoleon III's Imperial Guard at the Battle of Solferino, where he charged with the cavalry under général Louis-Michel Morris, which penetrated the Austrian center and captured the key point of the battle. For this action, Kearny was awarded the French Légion d'honneur, becoming the first U.S. citizen to be thus honored. Phil Kearny showed great promise in his service in the Army of the Potomac but was tragically killed in the last stages of the Second Battle of Bull Run.

[@martinkukumberg1908]

I love Austria.Wien is my favorit city.When looks Schonbrunn in movie,I want to go to This wonderland.At saturday 9.4.2021.♥️

[@СергейПопелянский]

Шёл 1859 г. а "Итальянские Войны" всё продолжались .. "Помоги, Христос, нам с матерью пречистой! С матерью пречистой. Вон - четыре моста. Выставляй, Пьемонт, посильней форпосты. Гоп, гоп, гоп! Закипел тут славный бой у Сольферино, Кровь лилась потоком, как из бочки винной. Гол, гоп, гоп! Кровь из бочки винной, а мяса - фургоны! Нет, не зря носили ребята погоны. Гоп, гоп, гоп! Не робей, ребята! По пятам за вами Едет целый воз, гружённый деньгами. Гоп, гоп, гоп! Целый воз с деньгами, кухня с пшённой кашей. Ну, в каком полку веселей, чем в нашем? Гоп, гоп, гоп!

[@NihilsineDeo1866.]

Very nice video!! Für den Kaiser Franz joseph!!!

[@ДејанМатић]

Убица и започео 1 светски рат

[@MS-Melas]

@@ДејанМатић wohl eher ihr Russen die Ochrana finanzierte und stand hinter dem serbischen Geheimdienst und Princip war Mitglied des serbischen Geheimdienstes.

[@smal750]

negged by the french

[@jdewitt77]

I love that in this movie they show the Italian Bersaglieri.

[@rantym35]

On the Tower Hill at Solferino, Lieutenant Mone-glia, of the Light Infantry of the Guards, captured singlehanded six pieces of artillery, four of them with their teams. The Austrian Colonel who commanded them surrendered his sword. Lieutenant de Guiseul, carrying his regimental flag, was surrounded with his battalion by a force ten times the size of his own. He was shot down, and as he rolled on the ground he clutched his precious charge to his heart. A sergeant who seized the flag to save it from the enemy had his head blown off by a cannon-ball; a captain who next grasped the flag-staff was wounded too, and his blood stained the torn and broken banner.

[@anthonygerace332]

It's much too late now -- but imagine how many lives would have been saved if, instead of fighting, the opposing armies had just had a peaceful contest to determine who had the fanciest hats!

[@fredpearson5204]

Wouldn't have worked. Have you ever seen two women fighting over the same dress in a store? Hat/uniform/medal envy is not to be fooled with.

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

You are essentially describing oneupmanship. That is what is happening in Europe before WW1: everybody is trying to outdo the other with deadly results...

[@rathrail2002]

Did a tour of the battlefields of the second war of Italian unification of which Solferino was the last one. Strictly speaking it was the French under Napoleon 111 and the Austrians who were engaged. The Italians shown here as bersagila with the feathered hats played virtually no part. Field Marshall Radetsky, for whom the march was written, actually suppressed the first war of Italian unification in 1848 which occurred in the then Austrian territories of Northern Italy.

[@dies1domini]

The Bersaglieri were the soldiers of the Kingdom of Sardinia (not yet of Italy) who at the command of king Victor Emmanuel II fought the Austrians at San Martino, in the same day of the battle of Solferino and not far away (see Wikipedia).

[@AlexC-ou4ju]

I didn't realise there had been so many Napoleons

[@michaelwalter3399]

The Bersaglieri are wearing black feathers in their hats, as did the Italian soldiers in WWI. Mussolini's paramilitary wore black shirts. Does the color black have any special significance in Italy?

[@michaelwalter3399]

@@AlexC-ou4ju One would have been too many.

[@damionkeeling3103]

@@AlexC-ou4ju I knew there were three but 108 others I had no idea.

[@aaronpajuelo1963]

Existirá la película completa subtitulada al inglés?

[@rantym35]

At the foot of the Mount of Cypresses, General Dieu fell from his horse with a mortal wound as he waved his skirmishers forward. General Douay was wounded, and not far from him his brother, Colonel Douay, fell dead. Brigadier-General Auger had his left arm splin-tered by a ball, and won the rank of General of Division on the battlefield that was to cost him his life.

[@kennethduckworth7111]

I loved this book. Where can I watch the series?

[@TheCimbrianBull]

I think it's only available on DVD if you're lucky enough to find it.

[@이동욱-s6t]

이거 한국에서도 출간되었어요. 라데츠키 행진곡.

[@quarizmi9887]

한글자막이 있으면 꼭 보고싶은데 아쉽네요 소설로 만족할수밖에

[@martiglesias60]

Austrian heros!

[@dbyers3897]

These "heroes" were attempting to maintain suzerainty over the Italian peninsula so Italian troops aligned with France under Louis Napoleon to resist their conquerors.

[@LoveOneAnotherHeSaid]

War fans are lousy at history's truth. They are like concert goers who never met Chopin but claim all kinds of nonsense knowledge about him and his music.

[@salimi5901]

Full movie link ? 🧐

[@rantym35]

The guard behaved with really noble courage, only rivalled by the bravery and daring of the light infantry and troops of the line. The Zouaves sprang forward with fixed bayonets, charging like wild beasts, with furious shouts. French cavalry charged Austrian caval-ry; Uhlans and Hussars stabbed and tore at each other; even the horses, excited by the heat of battle, played their part in the fray, attacking the horses of the enemy and biting them furiously, while their riders slashed and cut at one another. The fury of the battle was such that in some places, when ammunition was exhausted and muskets broken, the men went on fighting with stones and fists. The Croats finished off every man they encountered; they killed the Allied wounded with the butts of their mus-kets; the Algerian sharpshooters too, despite all their leaders could do to keep their savagery within bounds, gave no quarter to wounded Austrian officers and men, and charged the enemy ranks with beastlike roars and hideous cries.

[@johnford9070]

What battle are you speaking of

[@Lemonheart69]

@@johnford9070 Solferino

[@brycesuderow3576]

Where can I get a hold of this movie?

[@brycesuderow3576]

The French attacked the Heights that were held by the Austrian’s. Eventually they took them. This made a lot of people mistakenly believe that frontal attacks could still succeed. Witness pickets charge and how that was not true?

[@Lemonheart69]

And...Fredericksburg

[@dbyers3897]

Schwarzkopf employed a frontal assault during Desert Storm to fix large numbers of Iraqi forces while conducting a massive flank maneuver. But back to the ACW, Grant used the frontal assault often & sometimes with heavy losses but he won the war. Sometimes he didn't have a choice since Lee was quick to maneuver ahead of Grant's larger & more cumbersome army.

[@dbyers3897]

@@Lemonheart69 Burnside was slow, inflexible, & obtuse at Fredericksburg. The responsibility for that fiasco was solely his.

[@marcosacconaghi5531]

Io vivo a Magenta e dico che se vincevano gli austriaci era meglio.

[@kingwelhemii6501]

wait a minute 1:43 is sword bayonet use in 1859? because why those guys rigth there are using sword bayonet and breech loading rifle.

[@Lovecraft_poe2006]

Italian bersaglieri were and still special

[@gerdfrohling6124]

Wie heißt der Film ?? Schlacht von solferino 24.06.1859 Österreicher gegen Italien 👍👍👍

[@rainerschmid565]

@Peter Dornstädter Mein Lieblingsroman. Weltliteratur.

[@hotsauce2644]

Österreich hat in der schlacht bei solferino gegen Frankreich gekämpft,

[@giulianoradice4715]

​@@hotsauce2644l'Austria combattè contro francesi e PIEMONTESI!

[@philippejenvrin2741]

Gegen Frankreich auch !! ( Rote Kreuz vom Henri Dunant Geschaffen !)

[@rainer5985]

​@@hotsauce2644und Sardinien

[@mauriciomartinez8207]

Donde puedo ver el film?

[@ChickenDelivering]

I personally bought the dvd from amazon

[@georgelewington6793]

@@ChickenDelivering was there english subtitles?

[@ianevansbrown8285]

Country closed by a language of hieroglyphics Should that have been hieroglyphics Pissed off from language barrier

[@mito88]

the greatest generation

[@gerardnolan2939]

Why is some of the battle in black and white

[@ajax9433]

I've noticed many European films are toned with some shots as black and white during chaotic events portrayed similarly. Artistic decision? Sorry I can offer only speculation.

[@giorgiodifrancesco4590]

@@ajax9433 B/W scenes are always referred to the past. The film begins with a story set in the past.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

Probably referencing black and white early photography. Early photos were often sepia-tinted and we see it here.

[@crazy71achmed]

The black-and-white tells what you can read in history books. The color tells the fictional story of Joseph Roth. ;)

[@dbyers3897]

The troops exsanguinated?

[@lorenzbroll101]

A fancy uniform does not stop them getting a belly full of red hot lead does it?

[@vangoghic2022]

To be honest from napoleonic war,and then to the first world war austrian army was awful.

[@samkulik8701]

French were not much better. 4 years later they got mauled by the Prussians who went on to capture Paris

[@BenKenobi92]

Not really. In Napoleonic wars, apart from the disaster at Austerlitz, it performed okay. After Archduke Charles' reforms, it became a very competent force (much more than say Prussia whose army entered Napoleonic wars still entrenched in its seven years war glory, performed extremely poorly and even after 1814 reforms was inferior to Austria or anyone else, really) and was the first army to defeat Napoleon personally at Aspern-Esling. It then secured a respectable defeat at Wagram and together with Sweden drafted a plan that ultimately concluded with Napoleon's decisive defeat at Leipzig, arguably the most important battle of the Napoleonic wars. It lost at Magenta and Solferino to the French all right. It got defeated in Austro-Prussian war where Prussia was way ahead of everyone else and Austria was fighting a two-war front. In ww1, Austria had a disgraceful performance against Serbia, but given the circumstances, administrative mishaps and especially considering losing most of its fighting force and half of its multi-lingual officer corps early in the war, its subsequent performance against Russia and Italy was well above what could be expected. Overall, Austria-Hungary in ww1 did not do badly, despite the pop-history trying to paint both eastern and Italian fronts as children playing at war, only for Germany to come later and save the day All in all, Austria had a pretty average army that kicked somewhat above its pay grade.

[@dbyers3897]

The troubles with the Austrian Army goes back further than the Napoleonic Wars. In Suvorov's bio, the failures of the Austrians is mentioned in detail.

[@NekorektniPochybovac-or8bi]

As soon as Marshal Radecký, who had consistently given the Italian Nazis a hard time and thanks to whom the provinces of Venice and Lombardy flourished economically, retired, the Italian Nazis arranged for the laziness and poverty of the south of Italy (from Rome down) to be heavily subsidized precisely in the regions where Radecký enabled their economic rise. To this day, people in Lombardy are angry about this.

[@LoveOneAnotherHeSaid]

You must be a commie.

[@jozebutinar44]

So it was a slovenian who save franc Joseph life

[@keogh65]

Gegen Sardegna und Franchreich