Napoleon's Downfall: Invasion of Russia 1812 (Full Documentary)

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Chapters
0:00 Why Napoleon Invaded Russia
14:50 The Grand Army of 1812
26:30 Napoleon's First Defeat in Russia
38:36 The Siege of Riga
49:31 The Race to Smolensk
1:00:15 The Battle of Smolensk
1:10:26 The Battle of Lubino
1:20:11 The Partisan War Begins
1:30:21 The Battle of Shevardino Redoubt
1:40:11 The Battle of Borodino
1:53:02 Napoleon Takes Moscow
2:04:09 Napoleon's Campaign Collapses
2:26:48 Napoleon's Retreat From Moscow
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»CREDITS
Presented by: Jesse Alexander
Written by: Jesse Alexander
Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig
Director of Photography: Toni Steller
Sound: Above Zero
Editing: Toni Steller
Motion Design: Toni Steller
Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: above-zero.com
Digital Maps: Canadian Research and Mapping Association (CRMA)
Research by: Jesse Alexander
Fact checking: Florian Wittig
Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster
Contains licensed material by getty images
Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3
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[Daniel Howell]

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[RooZ]

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[Red-baitingSwine]

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[Frances Bernard]

Yes. While other channels full of spelling and gramatical errors among other things are being promoted which shouldn't be.

[Red-baitingSwine]

@Rosolino Lo Sciuto . "...victors...": . - An assertion of huge scope that establishes nothing whatsoever about any particular story or stories.

[Red-baitingSwine]

I greatly appreciate this very detailed and apparently factual account.

[bbmtge]

Exactly what is criminally underrated and why? What source and why are you unoriginal?

[Michael Seltz]

Great production in every respect. Music, art, the actual words of those engaged, great battle maps and graphics. Very easy to understand, and an honest, unbiased history that’s by the numbers. Thank you!

[Baltu Lielkungs Gunārs Miezis]

@Jesse Alexander German has many variations so I dont pay too much attention to that. I write this comment observing how you atempt to say slavic words.

[Jesse Alexander]

@Baltu Lielkungs Gunārs Miezis If you mean German, I speak it fluently. For anything else, you are probably right.

[MikeFraser]

​@A Reader I meant "familiar"

[A Reader]

@MikeFraser Similar to what?

[MikeFraser]

.".and the ruble lost..." Sounds similar to me.

[Murendeni Tshivhase]

When I first saw how long this documentary was I didn't think I would watch all of it.. But here I am 3:16 am on a Tuesday and I have just finished it.. This is one of the best made documentary I have ever seen. And I watch a lot of historic documentaries but this is beautiful.. Just beautiful.

[imran khan]

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[Ernie]

Ditto...I grabbed my guitar to write songs...but here I am its 2am...I watched this with my guitar strapped on all the way through didn't even play it...wow.

[Jesse Alexander]

Thanks!

[Ben'Zo]

It was exciting to watch this series episode by episode. I guess now is the time to rewatch it. As I may point out, The Revolutionary Wars started in 1792, so there are many campaigns to cover in the future :) If Napoleon had watched this documentary, he would probably say: What a great series, what a great series!

[Flash Gordon]

@Soacecraft Carrier: Ok Mr Pedantic

[James Miller]

He was average height for the time.

[Spacecraft Carrier]

@Flash Gordon *sacrebleu

[Antonio Gomez]

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[Flash Gordon]

No he wouldn’t he would say, “mon dieu! and sacre blur! I would never make such a foolish mistake invading Russia!”

[American Made]

This was an excellent lecture and video, concise but with superbly curated detail. Your use of original source material is outstanding.

[William Young]

30 degrees is actually quiet cool. =P (59:35)

[Jesse Alexander]

Thank you.

[Josh Kutler]

Really enjoyed this series, well narrated and great visual aids. Thank you for making the series!

[Ронхул Маггот]

Какой шикарный диктор-даже "клюквы" не насыпал,что редкость эпичная,по нынешним-то временам!Снимаю шляпу!

[Azzypics]

@UniqueChannelName "Didn't put the cranberries" in this case means "didn't tell any ignorant lies".

[Shneldon]

@UniqueChannelName Think of the colloquial expressions you, yourself, use before insulting someone else's language.

[Aleksandr Krupenko]

@UniqueChannelNameRussian is a hard language to translate. It's very rich and flexible so u can literally twist the sentence in various ways. For Russians its perfectly normal, as for translations and those who read from it, it goes 2 ways - a riddle if written in a complicated way or a sound sentence that is written plainly so that translator can proceed it perfectly. In your case its a riddle.

[UniqueChannelName]

@B Doon lol his comment translated as "What a gorgeous announcer-even "cranberries" did not pour, which is a rarity epic, for these times!" hahah wtf

[B Doon]

Word brother...Word!

[PersimmonTea]

Great stuff! I had read about the campaign, and especially about the retreat and crossing of the Berezina and it was wonderful to follow your summary as it brought it all to life.

[Charles Burnham]

Agreed. Real Time History is the Gold Standard for KZbin documentaries.

[Jesse Alexander]

Thanks!

[Zycrian]

Napoleon is one of my favorite generals in history and made me love the French. Awesome documentary helped me out with my history HW as well

[Stuart Doblin]

You and your team are to be properly celebrated and congratulated. A herculean effort that is to be admired and praised. Thank you immensely for teaching me a part of history that heretofore was vague and opaque. The quote selection was superb, informative, and at times chilling. May your combined efforts reach billions in people and revenues.

[Greg S]

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[Greg S]

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[surveyore7]

Excellent presentation! Timeline, Sequence, Content... from start to finish! Learned much I hadn't seen in previous publications I'd read. Certainly paints a 'different story. Thank you for all your effort!

[RAND0M7]

The best Documentary on Napoleon's invasion of Russia I have ever seen. Very well done! I would love for it to continue through to when Napoleon was finally defeated and including the Battle of Leipzig, it's just at the turning point where the hunted becomes the hunter. :)

[MoUldiNCHA0S]

@Hillbilly in the Asia the Ukrainians couldn't in kherson or kharkov and Napoleon chased the Russians for how long? Not every situation is the same. Some enemies take more loses chasing thier retreating enemy, especially that a tactical retreat is a tried and tested military strategy.

[Flash Gordon]

The Battle of Waterloo was the single most important land battle, of the entire history of humanity, until World War One. Bc it was the last nail in France’s coffin, to become the numero uno and the head of nations. Had Waterloo been won by Napoleon, he would’ve gained control over half of Europe again and then been able to threaten, the freedom of the world again. The British only had a small land army and would not have been able to threaten Napoleon on land again. The Prussians, Austrians and Spanish had all been beaten by Napoleon before their liberation by Russia and Britain. Napoleon would’ve done the same to them again, or they would’ve flipped back to his side peacefully, then Napoleon would’ve had another go at Russia and probably forced a negotiated settlement, from Emperor Alexander of Russia. Then Napoleon could secure the resources and cooperation from Europe’s powers, in order to blockade and potentially invade his arch nemesis Great Britain.

[HB .C]

@Joshua 7 what 7 countries ?

[HB .C]

You should watch epic history tv this is just a copy

[Franck de BZH]

@Hillbilly in the Asia The USSR won against Hitler, not only Russia. Stalin was Georgian for example. It included Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan. Etc.

[Jon A. Scholt]

Loved the "Napoleon is Russia" series; can't wait to see what's next! Real Time History videos on Thursday are always great; they're like the Herald of the Weekend!

[Salvador Tió]

I have learned more about the war of 1812 than in all my readings before by following this remarkable presentation. The Invasion of Russia is brilliantly presented.

[Noirel]

Всё очень подробно. Не знаю насколько достоверна информация, но столь привлекающий документалка , что аж само по себе верится в это ,я конечно читаю через субтитры, но это не мешает , чтобы узнать хотя бы частичку историю. Спасибо за проделанную работу

[Jesse Alexander]

Спасибо за комментарий. Книги, которые мы использовали, вы можете увидеть в описании под видео.

[pete draper]

An absolutely brilliant presentation, easily the best account of the 1812 invasion I have ever read or viewed. Thank you.

[Jeremiah Cotter]

Congrats on all the hard work achieved and persisted upon. This is one of the most well-made documentaries on this website. Thank you!

[francis arias]

Fantastic video. Informative and thank you for NOT censoring as this is history as it should be, raw and unfiltered. I look forward to your other video's.

[William Young]

Indeed. Promote this kind of content, KZbin. How many billions are enough billions?

[Luis Simões]

Absolutelly amazing content.

[J Mous]

The narration is amazing. Love you throw in quotes in original language, it really adds a layer of authenticity to the whole experience.

[Eberhard Schmolling]

By far, one of the best documentaries on the invasion of Russia I have ever seen.

[DraBattle - Lịch sử Hoạt Hình]

The channel releases videos regularly, with an easy to understand and interesting historical recap. Hope the channel produces more interesting historical videos☺☺

[Nuad Trainer]

Magnifique description. Depuis l’enfance, je me suis intéressé à l’histoire fascinante de Napoléon, le grand fossoyeur de notre nation. Jamais je n’avais vu une narration d’un telle précision, si bien documentée , d’une telle objectivité. C’est passionnant ! Bravo !

[Dean Corso]

Le grand fossoyeur ?

[J B]

Like many others I thought this was an outstanding video history series, a generous 3 hour runtime to treat the subject in the detail it deserves, but at the same time not yielding to the temptation of padding with filler material. Maps excellent, ads minimal. Am I correct that the presenter is fluent in both French and Russian? though I can't place his accent in the spoken English. But I'm only a casual part-time viewer of these online history docs, and here I read in the comments that Epic tv brand is out there doing just as well if not better, on the very same topic. Indeed I've quite lost track of all the different video history brands. So what's up with online history documentaries?? the sub-genre has just exploded in popularity and the competition is now as fierce as the battle of Borodino itself.

[Flash Gordon]

@Jesse: There should be You Tube history awards and you certainly deserve some. Ty for such fabulous documentaries.

[Daniel Hutchinson]

Defining History that develops our opinion in some way that provides the proper perspective, helps to make some folks preserve their supply of profits. We seem to return to the same foolish conflicts in search of Booty, that were so horribly unproductive in the past? Wisdom comes to those who see beyond the surface of lies.....

[Real Time History]

and fluent in German too

[Jesse Alexander]

The presenter is fluent in French, and functional in Russian. His accent in English is Anglo-Quebec. ;)

[Mortier Automotive]

In love with this channel, great documentary, great narrator voice and translation. Im French love how you speak it! Keep doing the great work, history is so important! This and Soviet Storm documentary are so great so much details, fascinating!

[HB .C]

@Real Time History sorry to say but ambient and maps is better on epic history tv and this looks like a copy of. What epic history tv did

[Real Time History]

Thank you very much!

[Arc]

Excellent work, I particularly enjoyed the soundtrack, as it is what every ambient music must aspire to: add something to the production, and never get in the way of the communicators voice and the audience. Always on point. Congrats 🎉

[SIVIWE MAQUTYWA]

Soundtrack is extraordinary!

[Valery Sinitsine]

Decent. I know it is a long video and some details had to be left out, but leaving out the Russian raid into the Frensh rear at Borodino is a travesty. It was one of the reasons why Napolean chose not to commit his Guard. Also, the major reason not to commit the Imperial Guard was the fact that the battlefield was shrouded in smoke and Napoleon could not see the whole picture. Russian Imperial Guard was used at the end of the battle to make it look the Russians were not beaten. They stood and took cannon fire until the end of the day.

[Tom Riley]

Did Junot ever explain why he didn't attack? It's impressive how close Napoleon came to victory. Neglecting his logistics and getting into a meet grinder against the Russians at Bordino seem remarkably un-Napoleon like.

[Hunter]

This was a fantastic presentation. In many sections, I felt like I was there. It’s important to retain and remember history without some effort to rewrite it.

[Donald Moore]

Absolutely one of the best historical pieces I have ever seen or heard.. Phenomenal job. Thank you !!!

[if65group]

Almost 3 hours flew in one instant. You have done a great job! Thank you.

[Jesse Alexander]

Thanks!

[Big Sky 1991]

Where I live in Germany, I've seen and examined in detail the amazingly detailed French Grande Armee Quartermaster requisitions from our village of Gochsheim and Schweinfurt as they bought Pigs, hay, goats from local farmers . All in correct military French, paid in Francs. I had a Polish Lancer Tschapka from this campaign for many years, Finally selling it to a well known Hollywood actor that is also a quiet but advanced Napoleon era Militaria collector.

[Raul]

Danny DeVito?

[Millennium MixTapes]

Tom Hanks?

[TheSpritz0]

REAL TIME HISTORY- Hopefully your channel will make a GREAT video about the "Hundred Days" campaign of Napoleon, Epic History did one on Waterloo BUT added on Battle of Quatre Bras and Battle of Ligny as quick footnotes, and they each deserve so much more, noting that SO many famous military figures died especially at Quatre Bras including the Duke of Brunswick, Lord Hay, and the Colonel of the Gordon Highlanders, John Cameron among many!!

[Ben Gerber]

YES! If there is ONE battle that hasn't received ANY attention...It's WATERLOO! That video NEEDS to happen!

[Do Svidaniya]

This documentary is absolutely superb, well done. Brilliant 👏👏👏

[Joseph]

This was very well done. Fascinating. I watched the whole thing in one sitting!

[Lesley Ghost Dragon]

The artwork is so unexpectedly beautiful in this documentary! and the narrator's charming accent makes learning very enjoyable!

[Tomáš Špalek]

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[Rabble Rouser]

True learning comes long after school games.

[Don Timberman]

Ya

[Real Time History]

Wow, thank you!

[Martinko Pcik]

I like and appreciate very much an excellent English, French and Russian pronunciation. High quality story telling. It sucked me in and I couldn't stop watching until the end

[queylahs]

Hands down, the best historical documentaries available.

[Agate Smuidre]

First visit at this channel. I am positively blown away by the quality of this content. Don't know how they managed to make a 3h documentary that's interesting for regular people as well as history nerds.

[Warbrain]

@Real Time History how are you still responding to comments xD

[Real Time History]

thanks and welcome to the channel

[Stephen S]

Really incredible amount of data and manpower behind this documentary... Bravo fellows!

[Peter Brown]

Really brilliant essay and love the interwoven quotes with sources included!🥇

[ark dward]

Yup, had no idea I was going to stay transfixed for nearly 3 hours. My goodness, what a production. Congratulations to you and your team, much admiration.

[Androklis Giatsoglou]

Great work guys, thank you! Just a note, Borodino village was lost by the Jagers of the Russian Guard,

[Roger Sledz]

Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

[Aaron Flaherty]

Amazing channel , what a brilliant program of Napoleans Russia campaign loved it so informative ,a truly great history lesson I have just watched ,thank you

[Stuart Turner]

Loved it , great work from the team 👍👍👍👍👍 thanks Jesse and co.

[Ben's Watch Club]

Great content here, glad to see you guys expanding. A quick note, it might be worth considering some soundproofing/sound blankets, to reduce echo in your studio; through headphones you can hear echo quite noticeably and it takes away slightly from the great music selections you've made. Either way, great use of maps/graphics 😀

[Bladder Splattle]

Wow. Nearly 3 hours of content. Astonishing. Well done!

[Cre80s]

32:40 This is the reason my great(x3)-grandfather, who was a prestigious Wachtmeister in Germany (so he had the financial resources many did not), took his pregnant wife and several kids to America, which he described in documents "I didn't want my sons to fight and die in the non-stop wars in Europe". He unfortunately arrived here just in time for them to be caught up in the Civil War.

[Georgios Regkoukos]

What I like the most about this is that the narrator took the time to research how to pronounce Russian. Or otherwise has knowledge of it, as well as French - clearly. That's how it should be done. As fluent speaker of both, I feel this greatly adds to the value and immersion effect

[Nathan Wilhome]

An astounding narration ~ captivating the concentration to appreciate the clarity of all rounds of all battles : Very well done ~ Thank you

[Snapdragon]

Being able to spot and promote talented Marshalls seems to be one of Napoleon's best qualities. No wonder he got so far..

[Allan McInnes]

Bringing history to life is no mean feat. A great deal of hard work to cover all that befell both sides. I feel so much more educated.

[Petr Miros]

Wow man, i studied history in university and im generaly recognized as "history freak" :p Your knowledge and presentation style is just stunning, the level of detail here is out of this world. Also I love your French :D

[Axe]

This entire video and it's narration is absolutely excellent, thanks.

[Tabletop Generals DE]

This was epic, thanks for the awesome work.

[TERMICOBRA]

I watched the whole 3 hour presentation from beginning to end. Magnificent.

[Absurdist]

I feel very fortunate that I live at the right time of history to be about to see your content.

[Adam Emmrich]

I went to honors high School and got my bachelor's degree but never really learned much about Napoleon for some reason. Later in life I've decided to try to fill in some gaps and this is a great way to do it

[hansvisie]

Very detailled and honest documentary about the mysterious Napoleon campaign against Russia! Thank you very much.

[Brian Jackson]

Superbly researched. Such an excellent documentary.

[ftffighter]

This was phenomenal! How has this not blown up yet?????!!

[Robert Jarman]

Because neither the Russian artillery nor the French artillery has not bombarded the server on KZbin where it is hosted yet.

[inconsistent]

is that a rhetorical question?

[Aemond Targaryen]

It baffles me

[Микита Смірнов]

This is my favourite channel on KZbin. Seriously, guys - you are amazing!

[Graham Thorpe]

would like to see you do his 6 day campaign and waterloo. great content!

[Real Time History]

there will be more

[Nafoon21]

The Age of Napoleon brought me here! Loved this series to bits!

[Gaudard Cyril]

Unbelievable video. Great quality work!

[WalterReimer]

"Closer to total war than it had ever been before." *The Thirty Years War has entered the chat.*

[hun dun]

20:47 I see that Dutch soldiers are missing in the French army. Between 1797 - 1814, 53.000 Dutch men joined the French army. 15.000 of them joined for the Russian campaign.

[Jesse Alexander]

They are included in the French Empire figures, as indicated, since the French Empire absorbed the Low Countries.

[Cannibal Bunny Girl]

KZbin video that is 100% better than anything made by a network. Utterly commendable video and very engaging. Host is amazing also.

[daz beal]

Thanks ever so much for the upload. I was hooked from your 1st word, love well narrated historical documentaries. Also Hitler must have flunked Napoleonic history.

[Alex Friedman]

What's really interesting to me is that during this war the USA was fighting it's own war against the British in the war of 1812. We didn't want anything to do with this European war. It was almost like a mini world war that lasted a decade +

[EMMANUEL Dacosta]

ufff me encanta estos videos tengo una idea para un video; Como funcionaba la logistica militar, desde los cartuchos, armas, como transportaban la comida, una de mis dudas el movimiento de los cañones podria ser interesante

[shaun lan]

This was so well done! Bravo!!

[jose humberto treviño]

Amazing work, thank you very much. So much detail, very well done. Congratulations. Please keep on with more material

[Real Time History]

we will, thanks

[Gregory Palmer]

Wonderful presentation. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

[S. P.]

Kutuzov is a real man, he promised to make the French eat their horses - he kept his word

[Jiri Tichy]

Just excellent! Language note: Russian term prince is in English duke. To use prince in English translations is confusing, it has a different meaning. I watched recently the three part 1986(?) War and Peace based on Tolstoy' book.

[Tallorian]

It works as "prince" when you refer to the rulers of the feudal Rus states or to the members of the royal dynasty (brothers, cousins, uncles of the emperor etc) in the imperial Russia.

[Mike Romadin]

I guess you’re right, I always translate the Russian word “knyaz’” as duke

[I_Love_Boobs]

Man I've never watched something like this. I took it in like a sponge! OUTSTANDING work! Cheers from Croatia!!!

[Jesse Alexander]

Thanks!

[Matthew Roberts]

How could Napoleon possibly supply and feed an army of that size so far from friendly territory? No wonder it was an ignominious defeat! Logistics in great battles of this kind almost always outweigh the importance of winning skirmishes and actual fighting. Modern military conflicts, take note.

[jason zalewski]

Better than any TV documentary

[Tyler E]

The brilliant paintings make this entire presentation a sheer joy to follow.

[Im Unsubscribing]

Hearing this really drives home how foolish Hitler was to pursue the Soviets to Moscow. So many of the exact same errors. Did they not study Napolean's conquests? Was their own hubris really that strong? Imagine what would have happened if they put all their strength into capturing and securing Rostov.

[Vladimir Putin]

That's what happens when instead of following your plan and advice from your talented men you follow fortune.

[T C]

Most brilliant episode. Watched riveted beginning to end. 👍

[LBG1943]

currently reading With Napoleon in Russia, the memoirs of his aide de camp. this is a perfect companion piece. thanks for the upload.

[eb]

great videos, know the story off the russian campaign but this video is still a must watch

[Murat]

By the way, Reynier wasn't a marshal,he was general of division

[Jesse Alexander]

Yes, we corrected that after the first part was already recorded.

[BroadwayJosh]

Braco! Excellent presentation! I don't believe I listened to the whole thing... I coukdn't tear myself away.

[D.C.]

What an expertly-narrated journey!

[Not a Ghost]

Anyone with a cursory knowledge of the French Revolution would see what Napoleon envisioned for Europe is absolutely terrifying.

[Oliver]

Great content and so well narrated Thank u

[Anthony Tillman]

I really, really like the first hand account quotes throughout the Documentary. Those Quotes were packed with perspective.

[olivier brunet]

Merci je suis tellement heureux de votre travail merci incroyable

[gingerbill128]

Excellent , Doesn't get better than this , thanks.

[David Conrod]

Wow, this is amazing stuff. Sharing with friends. Keep up the great work.

[ejczuebezoga e]

You said that from 600 hundred thousand man that was in Napoleon side only 15 thousand survive by the end of the campaign but couple minutes later you also pointed out that an estimated 300,000 died in the campaign so my question is what happend with the other 300 thousand?

[Ronald Colin]

Probably deserters. Or just casualties such as wounded and not able to fight.

[Rom in]

A great documentary, well written and well told ! P.s: you seem to master my language perfectly ! Have you lived in France ? 🙂

[Rom in]

@Jesse Alexander Vive le Québec !😁

[Jesse Alexander]

I have, but it also helps I am from Quebec.

[Fighters Corner]

Brilliantly done I found this channel by accident it is a gem 💎 Thank you

[Rogal Dorn]

Great series very detailed ! This need 1 million views!!!

[Matthias Van Acker]

Amazing upload! Love the content. Keep it up.

[Stijn Vth]

damn this is quality content. so interesting!