Napoleon Returns | The Hundred Days | Part One

Napoleon Bonaparte makes a daring escape from exile on the island of Elba, triggering one last gambit for survival against the new Seventh Coalition.
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Sources:
Franklin, John Waterloo 1815 (1) Quatre Bras, Campaign 276, Osprey Publishing 18 Nov 2014
Franklin, John Waterloo 1815 (2) Ligny, Campaign 277, Osprey Publishing 17 Feb 2015
Schom, Alan One Hundred Days: Napoleon’s Road to Waterloo, Oxford University Press 11 Sep 1993

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Sorry for accidentally turning off the comments, lol.

[@panarchy9450]

Tyranny

[@RodolfoGaming]

Heresy of the worst, shameful display

[@jacoblongbrake8230]

You should do the years 1813 in Germany and especially 1814 in the defense of France it was Napoleon's best moment

[@yourroyalchungusness]

Napoleon returns to France and becoming an emperor once again would undoubtedly be the single biggest plot twist on the world history ever

[@linkryder309]

That is what happend tho

[@tasmanianwalrus583]

If it were a book series or show it would probably be called bad writing

[@baptistev9630]

Taking over the french throne without firing a single shot is one of the biggest accomplishments ever.

[@uncommon_name9337]

To me that's what makes Napoleon legendary it cemented his place in history among the "Greats" like Caesar and Alexander.

[@zachkahle1007]

It's a real "we're so back" moment

[@lucasbuvinic240]

If you think about it Napoleon's return to the french throne is the single most successful military campaign in history. He retook the entire country with only 1000 men initially and without firing a single shot basically just showing up there and marching ahead.

[@FieldMarshalYT]

He had defeated the Bourbons simply by marching, you could say.

[@mackenzieblair8135]

He initiated a war he couldn’t win and threw away the lives of thousands of soldiers. It was an exercise in hubris.

[@smartbomb7202]

cortez conquered the million strong aztecs with less than a thousand troops

[@lucasbuvinic240]

@@smartbomb7202 not entirely true. Yes there were only about 3 thousand spanish involved but Cortez also employed around a 100 thousand indigenous allies

[@FieldMarshalYT]

@@lucasbuvinic240 His enemies were also far less technologically advanced in terms of weaponry.

[@KIKEROMA1997]

Its incredible that the french people were so in love with Napoleon´s reforms such as the french civil code , the creation of public schools , the abolishment of nobility benefits for meritocracy in public and private offices , the tax reform and property rights for the peasantry , that despite their brutal loses they were eager to reinstainte him as their emperor.

[@thetireless1812]

This is very well put together! Detailed and visually well done.

[@AGS363]

It is interesting to note that a substantial part of the Dutch and German forces had been part of Napoleons army before. He was leading recruits against his own veterans.

[@5thMilitia]

For the Dutch that was mainly true for the officer corps. Most of the Dutch troops that fought in Russia or Spain hadn't returned

[@dominosarminius1710]

Same with the Germans, there were lots of Germans from Rhine forced enlisted back into Austria like the Austro German legion or into Prussian landwehrs

[@theschrotsman136]

never thought id see the day field marshal makes napoleonic content, most of the hundred days are so underrated

[@WyomingTraveler]

Not much, you said, about the hundred days, among the general public, except that Napoleon landed, and was defeated at Waterloo. You gave an excellent presentation on the formation of the final armies, and strategy that was adopted upon Napoleon’s return. I look forward to your future videos about the Waterloo campaign.

[@animeyahallo3887]

4:18 Man, just 2 decades earlier, Napoleon and Massena was mopping the Austrians battle after battle in 1796-1797 campaigns, but now they face each other. I wonder how a battle between these 2 generals would result

[@HistoryRebels]

Here we go! I've been looking forward to this one

[@creighton8069]

I seriously need to watch this channel more often!

[@kvnrthr1589]

I always recommend people read Clausewitz's history of Waterloo. Even if you won't necessarily get new facts, his analysis is second to none. He's not just trying to recount events but really tries to analyze why certain decisions were taken and what went right/wrong. You get to understand warfare in that time and also Clausewitz's own thoughts on strategy.

[@kostiantyndavydenko5733]

where I can find it

[@kvnrthr1589]

@@kostiantyndavydenko5733 If you google "clausewitz on waterloo", it should be one of the first results. The whole thing is free online.

[@TheSpritz0]

JUST SUBSCRIBED!!! Thank you so much for making these videos!!!

[@TheSpritz0]

I found your channel from a comment I made on EPIC HISTORY channel where I said they only spent 10 seconds discussing LIGNY/QUATRE-BRAS, and that there is VERY little on KZbin on these big battles only 2 days before Waterloo. My wish is YOU can change this my friend as so many important things happened including the death of the Duke of Brunswick and General Picton (who died at Waterloo) had been shot in the hip, he concealed the wound so he would miss the big battle- "On subsequent examination, Picton's body was found to have suffered a serious musket ball wound to the hip at Quatre Bras on the 16th. Apart from his servant, he had told no one, nor had he consulted a surgeon, choosing instead to bandage the wound himself." Colonel Robert Macara was killed at Quatre-Bras as well "On the 16 June 1815 at the Battle of Quatre Bras, Macara was wounded during an engagement and as he was carried from the field he was taken prisoner by a party of French soldiers. His decorations gave him away as an officer of rank and he was killed on the spot." Colonel John Cameron served as Colonel of the Gordon Highlanders and was killed in action at the Battle of Quatre-Bras as well...

[@historycentral8543]

Its worth noting that at Waterloo Marshal Ney was unusually tepid in regards to the battle tactics ordering mass cavalry charges at square.Napoleon took no part in the battle but perhaps his biggest mistake was not allowing DAVOUT to command in the battle.

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Not sure how Davout would have done, tbh. I’ve heard conflicting answers on that.

[@TankerBricks]

It is one of History's great What ifs tbh. Would the Iron Marshal of been vigorous in the pursuit of the Prussians?

[@user-zs2vt5yw3d]

Amazing as aways, love the channel.

[@deteon1418]

Very interesting and well made as usual!

[@giod6266]

Nice! Looking forward to watch more!

[@thrrashed2423]

Not now babe, Field Marshal just dropped a new video

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Ong

[@gui3777]

Great introduction. Looking forward to the next vídeo!

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Great work friend

[@mikailkalashnikov1448]

This content is what makes KZbin great 👍

[@chasechristophermurraydola9314]

I can’t wait to see you cover the minor campaigns of the war and also the Neapolitan war.

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Sadly, I will mostly be doing this as a 4-5 part series on the major campaign itself. However, I plan to mention what is going on elsewhere throughout the series.

[@FieldMarshalYT]

And I should further clarify, this means I wont totally pretend those minor battles didn't exist like some other documentary might.

[@chasechristophermurraydola9314]

@@FieldMarshalYT oh okay I understand.

[@agrevstegvsgbytngyunm337]

Somehow Napoleon returned.

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Can’t believe Napoleon was on Exegol building a fleet of Star Destroyers this whole time.

[@metarus208]

thanks bro ... waiting for Ligny

[@fedecano7362]

ahhh the only bad thing about this video is that it ended!

[@TankerBricks]

Good video! One fact is that Marshal Mortier got an attack of Sciatica and couldn't lead the Imperial Guard on the 18th of June.

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Yep, he would be unceremoniously removed from that command.

[@TankerBricks]

@@FieldMarshalYT it was actually his chief of Staff who took defacto control. Tbh Mortier wasn't disgraced by the Waterloo Campaign, going on to serve an Ambassador to Russia and finally being killed in 1835 at the age of 67 due to a assassination attempt on Louis-Phillipe.

[@TheSpritz0]

I found your channel from a comment I made on EPIC HISTORY channel where I said they only spent 10 seconds discussing LIGNY/QUATRE-BRAS, and that there is VERY little on KZbin on these big battles only 2 days before Waterloo. My wish is YOU can change this my friend as so many important things happened including the death of the Duke of Brunswick and General Picton (who died at Waterloo) had been shot in the hip, he concealed the wound so he would miss the big battle- "On subsequent examination, Picton's body was found to have suffered a serious musket ball wound to the hip at Quatre Bras on the 16th. Apart from his servant, he had told no one, nor had he consulted a surgeon, choosing instead to bandage the wound himself." Colonel Robert Macara was killed at Quatre-Bras as well "On the 16 June 1815 at the Battle of Quatre Bras, Macara was wounded during an engagement and as he was carried from the field he was taken prisoner by a party of French soldiers. His decorations gave him away as an officer of rank and he was killed on the spot." Colonel John Cameron served as Colonel of the Gordon Highlanders and was killed in action at the Battle of Quatre-Bras as well...

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Working on Quatres Bras right now, got about 10 minutes left to animate. Could release this month.

[@TheSpritz0]

@@FieldMarshalYT EXCELLENT!!! I as well as many others LOVE your videos!!!

[@parmentier7457]

It is actually remarkable that the Dutch Republic became and still is a monarchy partly because of Napoleon.

[@godardvanreede8606]

The Dutch Republic was well on its way to an orangist monarchy before the French invasion

[@chezburger1781]

you should do the franco prussian war sometime, really cool work!

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Thanks, I recommend watching Real Time History's documentary on the FP War though, I don't have interest in making videos on it right now.

[@chezburger1781]

@@FieldMarshalYT will do!

[@heh9392]

EN AVANT!

[@arym1108]

Count of Monte Cristo

[@ufukhalatoglu1505]

when is the next video of this series coming ?

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Within the next month hopefully, real life has slowed me down. I just now started animation.

[@imcloaking]

Hi

[@Generalissimo1756]

why didnt they just use machine guns and bombs? this is so stupid its actually baffling

[@5thMilitia]

Napoleon disliked those things. That is why he lost

[@Generalissimo1756]

@@5thMilitia its not even about the fact that they didnt use machine guns and bombs its also the fact that they fought in lines and used super inaccurate weapons. what was preventing them from fighting in open skirmishing formations and giving all of them rifles. like if you are going to be stupid and not use machine guns you might as well at least use rifles to minimize the effect of not using machine guns. also about marching in lines. this is so stupid because you can just have smarter more advanced civilizatons use rifles and skirmishing formations like the americans in the american revolution. but of course everyone (except america) was too dumb to actually use these tactics to a greater degree

[@historygateyt]

Hope this is satire

[@FieldMarshalYT]

@historygateyt I think it obvious, lol

[@historygateyt]

​@@FieldMarshalYTprobably, but I've seen people make arguments like this from ignorance before

[@dominosarminius1710]

If Landed in italy , he could have rallied troops from southern France snd and northern Italy and there would be no doubt that the french bourbon king will send a army under ney to march out to face him in italy that Napoleon could take over also murat would supply and support Napoleon with additional 90k troops which he could use to march on vienna

[@Otochiro1]

ref

[@doritofeesh]

Ole Boney was a poor commander. He only ever beat rabble until he met the thin red line. From Acre to Waterloo, look what happened.

[@FieldMarshalYT]

He was beaten by the "rabble" before he ever met the thin red line.

[@Heisenberg882]

Toulon? Montenotte? Dego? Lodi? Lonato? Castiglione? Bassano? Arcole? Rivoli? Pyramids? Mount tabor? Aboukir? Marengo? Ulm? Austerlitz? Jena? Friedland? Landshut? Eckmuhl? Regensburg? Wagram? Smolensk? Borodino? Berezina? Lutzen? Bautzen? Dresden? 6 days campaign?

[@doritofeesh]

@@Heisenberg882 Like I said. Rabble.

[@NeverGoingToGiveYouUp000]

​@@Heisenberg882It's not uncommon to see Napoleon haters, most of them are English. Either way they can hate on him all they want, it doesn't diminish his achievements and his mark on history.

[@agooner145]

​@@doritofeeshIs this really you? Or did an enemy of Napoleon steal your account? :) Normally, I would know you as someone who placed Napoleon in one of the highest ranks in military history.

[@mohi6699]

HES BAAAAAAAAACK!