Napoleon's invasion of Russia visualized

[@benogurok5175]

Napoleon: Haha i have Moscow, your capital, surrender now. Alexander the 1st: dude, actually our capital is Petersburg. Napoleon: wut.

[@shotakazehaya17]

More like : Alexander I : Dude, actually our capital is Petersburg. Napoleon : NANI !?

[@chadjepete]

epic bruh moments of history

[@gumdeo]

Alexander: Enjoy winter in Moscow.

[@RowanProductions]

Hitler: "I will learn from Napoleon's mistakes. I will land on the shores of Britain." *fails to capture Moscow in the winter, and to land on Britain*

[@qPolakq]

yeah, he said it in front of Napoleons tomb

[@qPolakq]

max van weert nah, he was left

[@ExtraBrightMind]

Hitler actualy invaded in early summer, specificly to blitzkrieg the hell out of Russia and not to fall on the same trap, but his invasion was sucessfuly held off long enough for winter to arrive.

[@joshuarosen6242]

It's a nice quote but I don't believe Hitler ever said that. Do you have a source for it?

[@Markusz-gh3jy]

September 4. Napoleon attacks Russia===>Hitler (iam better than a french i will show them)===>declared a war on russia in September 4.(to show , that even winter comes he wins it)

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

The ideas of the French revolution did conquer Europe eventually, because nobody wanted to go back to being a slave for the royals, after living under Napoleon for a few years. Napoleon lost in the end, but he had the last laugh, which is pretty interesting. Ideas of personal freedom do defeat armies and powerful enemies, royal families and very powerful organizations. Also, what would have happened, if Napoleon went to the warmer south, instead of going west ?

[@xtrucky]

Napoleon was himself a dictator. HE spurned the ideas of the republic and created another monarchy.

[@emill232]

Very good observation. And when you said South, do you mean Africa?

[@Tappettava]

Exactly Napoleon and the leaders of France who came after Napoleon had more power than the monarchs used to have. Monarchs had to listen to the aristocracy, priesthood and very little to the peasants, but the new system created by Napoleon allowed absolute rule without having to worry too much about others opinions.

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

RandomFinn Look up Code Napoleon, it was later used as a guide book for local regulation for many countries that liberated themselves from Napoleon. It's interesting, how ideas can take root, and the history is changed for ever.

[@vutrapusac141]

Well he was a proclaimed a emperor by the pope, and people after the wars were better off without him, because his ambition brought war to all of Europe. He doesn't get the last laugh, the people that died in the streets of Paris do. But yeah he still had a code, but he was overthrew the republic when he came back from Egypt, called himself the consul, later the Emperor. Not very democratic. The French Revolution was not Napoleon. Although i do love him as a historical badass.

[@BazBattles]

Looks like someone here likes the Russian winter. Napoleon wasn't the first nor last to feel it.

[@harleybronson843]

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[@kaysencasen9519]

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[@harleybronson843]

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[@kaysencasen9519]

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[@universenerdd]

@@harleybronson843 be gone bots

[@chroniquesJDR]

Russia : *Burn Moscow* France : That wasn't part of my plan

[@samovarmaker9673]

When you burn your greatest city just so the enemy will have none of it

[@Yaponnk]

When you think Moscow was the greatest city back then.

[@gedeedoop4975]

Yaponnk => It was tho The "capital city statut" had recently been moved to Pertersburg, but Moscow was still the historical capital and the largest city

[@ВалБал-н3й]

I'm with Tolstoy on Moscow fire subject - huge abandoned wooden city taken by 100k+ soldiers and marauders that would smoke, cook food and drink vodka there was doomed to burn, even if no one has planned it.

[@AB-ww6kw]

Samovar maker The Russians were amazing They stopped two war machines The French Empire and Nazi Germany

[@atklm1]

All makt åt Tengil Russia has always won with one strategy: quantity over quality and small but effective innovations. When you got huge amount of people and land and both are mostly expendable, you cannot really be conquered. Same with Nazi's, it took a lot of time for Nazi Germany to produce decent quality tanks, but Russia had enough manpower to produce quickly enormous amounts of relatively poor quality tanks. And T-34's were still effective because of a few pretty nifty little inventions that made the manufacturing process very quick and armor twice as durable. The lack of quality was compensated with tremendous quantity, just like with infantry. And when you apply small improvements to large group of anything, the increase in effectiveness of the group accumulates.

[@noelstoehr965]

One does not simply invade Russia.

[@Ptaku93]

not if you are Stanisław Żółkiewski

[@PatriPastry]

Or the Mongols.

[@gokce9521]

unless you are a mongol

[@Elador1000]

or the Austria-Hungaria, Germany, France and Sweden... All of them successfully invaded Russia.

[@reddeimon475]

Russia didnt exist during the time of Mongols, it was Kiev Rus, predecessor of every eastern slavic countries

[@joshuatumambo5674]

Gotta admire the integrity of the Ruskies back then and now. They are virtually unbreakable and can only be broken from within. Nice try Napoleon, at least you made it to Moscow unlike Hitler lol

[@eeliejun]

but the minde stet of the people is just a bit stupid. the earth scorch tactic s a great tactic in a defence war. but the people that died was much greater the the cost of the war.

[@SerpMolot]

+jim bab you're not Russian you wouldn't know: everything for the war, everything for the army, everything for the country.

[@eeliejun]

no i am not Russian but i am from Poland so i know how it is the survive. but that is the problem of the Russian thy give evrything for there country and get nothing back then dead and poverty. milions of people died when thy got home because the army burnded evry thing.

[@junegray6039]

Actually Hitler reached Moscow, he just never managed to take it. It was said that you could see the smoke and gunfire from the capital if I recall.

[@cptant7610]

Actually Central powers beat Russia pretty hard in WW1. Aand yes they were losing long before the revolution started.

[@sirgraveson4568]

French army: hey russians we captured moscow it means we won. Russian army:.... French army: ermm... russians? russians? are you there?we won....right? Russian army:.... French army:....this isnt good,they are not playing by the rules..... TROOPS! RETREAT!

[@idontlikerome2744]

TheGoodSir (ಠ ͜ʖರೃ) Well prussian didnt surrender quickly event after the fall of berlin

[@MsPaintMr]

Sorry I Dont Mean To Be Petty But, The Capital Of Russia At The Time Was ST Petersburg.

[@Aqua.man045]

SirGraveson if only 20,000 remind why didn’t russia chase after them?

[@BoneziusPilatuz]

Russians: Screw the rules, we have vodka

[@salt_factory7566]

@SirGraveson The French did better against Russia than the Wehrmacht. That's kind of depressing.

[@thirdworlder5989]

Napoleon fails to destroy british Navy... Invade Russia Hitler fails to destroy britisn air force...Invade Russia

[@KnownNiche1999]

And they get their ass kicked...

[@NoName-im2fc]

+Mathew Williams "preemptive attack"! It's funny when Goebbels' propaganda speeches to the German public to legitimize a course of action becomes a solid historical fact!

[@keineahnungundso...3589]

+Max von Musterberg Well.. I think that they could have won, if they didn' t attack U.S.A..

[@StrangerHappened]

@David Edwards Lets not go with the luny alternative history tunes. Stalin had no "invasion force"; he was preparing for the war on his own ground. Back in 1939 he has ordered to organize dozen places in Ural for the evacuation of the industrial enterprises. This decision of his is the reason why we do not have a Nazi Empire today as USSR, expecting the invasion and preparing for it, carried out the biggest industry evacuation program the humanity every known, saving the majority of its industrial potential while fighting like crazy against Hitler who has failed to conquer the country by October as it was envisioned in his plan. By the way, the winter had nothing to do with it as Hitler's forces were bashed heavily long before it, hence the failure of the plan to win before winter. Napoleon's hubris and Hitler's racism were the main reasons why they failed.

[@dogestranding5047]

Illuminati

[@cloroxbleach9222]

5% of Napoleon's army survived. ... ... I guess you could say Napoleon Bonaparte's army was BLOWN APART Ahhahahahhehehehehe.. . . . . I.. Should leave

[@LumpySpoon]

no.

[@vlandianbutter9960]

Muhamad is at it again with his explosive jokes.

[@firebird4491]

I've heard is joke many times in Mount and blade: Napolionic Wars

[@Comando96]

When in Egypt Napoleon did, at the very least, pretend to convert to Islam to attempt to make the locals not hate him(it failed).

[@MrTigersClaw]

Delete this

[@TheMenIdo]

"In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power." - Sun Tzu, Art of war.

[@denemi3065]

BattlerTheBaster Stalin has a different opinion

[@hi-tech_soldier2558]

Denemi Stalin didn't simply send men forwards just saying.

[@y.z.6517]

Exactly. Sun Tzu had less famous advices: Attack quickly, for I never heard attackers gain advantage by attacking slowly. Raiding 1 amount of the enemy's supply is better than bringing 6 amounts from your country. And so on.

[@unpopularopinionguy8480]

Denemi You do realise that the Soviet Union didn't really outnumbered Germany that much. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union, the Germans actually outnumbered the Russians, the Russians only started to get numerical advantage after the German defeat at Stalingrad which was and the U.S.A joined the war.

[@titou1384]

Akin Khoo A pact ? The pact which looks like "my name is zhukov and i'll retake eastern russia in 6 months" ?

[@Keymaster2022]

Seriously though, these videos are awesome and you really make it come to life with the visual representations of the units. Warfare is the most horribly fascinating thing to study.

[@mikheilzguladze8051]

You forgot to mention Battle of Berezina. It's quite an important battle you know.

[@IsraelCountryCube]

Ok then tell it!!

[@shafwandito4724]

How to defeat enemy that break the Frontline 101 RUSSIA EDITION: 1.*Evacuate* it's people from battleground 2.*Burn The City* until nothing left 3. *Wait* 4. ??? 5. *WIN*

[@harleys1994]

Thats how we do it))

[@lotus2055]

Shafwan Dito just leave the rest to general winter

[@brandtconor1]

Josh AndroidDeveloper if your in a extreme climate though, if your in say, the South of France, ain't no weather gonna help you there

[@officerchad1213]

Step 4 is annihilate enemy army with superior tactics and mobility

[@hanniballecter7259]

You must not forget dedication of Russian people to defend their land. Without this dedication, Russia would have been the next China. Huge population, huge land and still victim of foreign invaders.

[@paulozhan]

Hitler should have watched this video before he tried to be Napoleon 2.0

[@rrt4511]

Paulo yeah sure like they had KZbin in 40s Germany, idiot😂 why dont people educate themselves anymore jesus

[@vishamvisham1089]

He did. Seriously. He understood Napoleonic campaign in Russia better then many of his generals. He know that the reason of Napoleon disaster was not a winter, but Russians forces left on his flanks. North flank on Dvina river where Russians operated by Wittgenstein defeat French Saint Cyr corps (battle of Polock) and south where 3 Russian Army (Chichagov) operated from West Ukraine towards West Byelorussia. These two flanks collapse cut Napoleon communication with Warsaw (and France). Napoleon was encircled on the grade scale and had to fight back to cross Beresina river. It’s a pity, that these operations are not shown on this film. Based on this film, nobody will understand why Napoleon withdraw from Moscow to Niemen river, not did stop at Smolensk were he could spent a winter (like Hitler army did, in even a more harsh winter 1941/1942).

[@nunyabizness9045]

Paulo Alexandre given the fact that Russian had a tough time in fighting with Finland and lost some 300,000 in the Winter war, Hitler thought Russian was depleted.

[@martijn2246]

@@rrt4511 this man

[@salviniusaugustus6567]

@@vishamvisham1089 Napoleon could not spend winter at Smolensk. When Napoleon captured Smolensk, there was nothing left in the city, no supplies, and the city has been destroyed by the battle. Spending winter at Smolensk was basically commit suicide.

[@bedstuyrover]

I believe the number was in excess of half a million.Borodino is viewed as a stalemate.Much of the Grand Armee' perished as a result of Kutuzov blocking their retreat at Malyaroslavits,forcing them to travel along the road they had already picked bare of food.large numbers of the Grand Armee' died on the Smolensk road before the arrival of winter.There is an excellent documentary called "1812:Napoleon's invasion of Russia".I urge everyone to watch it.

[@augustinguguss8513]

How could Borodino be a stalemate ? The russians lost more men than the french and retreated, opening up the road to Moscow for Napoleon.

[@Ratchet2431]

Where do you get that Borodino is viewed as a stalemate? Not for nothing is it one of the most important events of War and Peace.

[@qdenver9389]

​​@@augustinguguss8513 Have you even watched the video? "Opening up the road for moscow" isnt something you can be happy about if you now whats coming for you if you arrive. As said its a Pyrrhic victory. So a victory that was to expensive that you cant call a victory except this victory assured you the win of the whole war, which in this case it definitely didnt. Having in mind on their way to moscow cossacks where killing them one by one which let to the french losing more troops then the russians

[@alexf7368]

The pure dedication shown by the Russian people to survive what they have endured over the past thousand years is extremely commendable and respectable. There are many instances where they have faced unbelievably huge and dangerous threats to their existence. Even the head of the Nazi war machine, Hitler, openly stated that his goal was to enslave the Russian people, steal there land and then to exterminate them. Yet with this extremely powerful enemy, just like with Napoleon in the early 1800's, just like with Sweden in 1709 at Poltava and many more huge threats... they found a way to emerge victorious in the end.

[@Elboy75]

Russia is simply too big to invade, in some areas you can go on for hundred of kilometers with no village or city in sight. Napoleon's tactics often relied on living off the land to allow his army to move quicker, a sort of Napoleonic Blitzkrieg. There are a lot of parallels between Napoleon's invasion of Russia and Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union.

[@martyrobinson149]

+Elboy75 No, it's not. Soviet Russia would have capitulated without the Western allies.

[@Elboy75]

Marty Robinson Well as I said there are parallels,I'm not saying it's the exact same thing, obviously larger armies involved, modern equipment etc. But when you think about it if Napoleon and Hitler hadn't tried to mess with Russia they might have not been defeated as quickly and history might have turned very differently.

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

What they endure? C'mon most dangerous thing for Russians are Russians themselves. Their leaders were most often more dangerous for their own people than any outer threat. Ivan the Terrible is a good example. Not mentioning that after uniting Russians were most of the time the aggressors in wars, not defenders.

[@tonytouchzz]

At the same time they had the luck "battle wise" to be situated in the middle of the biggest dessert on earth which imply any army reaching them will be reduced by 80%, no artillery and most likely exausted. Dont think war was ever a thread exept the nuclear war.

[@wren2900]

It shows that Russians clearly win by strategical thinking and planning. They just outplayed Napoleon and his 600k army with just 100k men!

[@vaevictis3960]

Yeah, they destroyed their own country before Napoleon does. x)

[@MateusVIII]

To be honest it was not made on purpose. The lack of engagement was much more due to internal conflicts between generals and very poor planning on the Russian part than a conscious attempt of luring the french inside. Even when Kutusov took over, it was far more a reluctance to engage and fear of losing a battle that actually planning to bring Napoleon beyond his supply lines.

[@vaevictis3960]

Also, Napoléon won all the battles against russians even while retreating.

[@MateusVIII]

@@vaevictis3960 won is a bit of an overstatement, they were phyric victories at best with very costly results.

[@vaevictis3960]

@@MateusVIII he won all the battles, but he has lost the war (at the end, France was smaller than it used to be before Napoleon's reign).

[@Nikolaj11]

You have to wonder what the world would look like the Napoleon had been patient and satisfied with the release of Polish land and not fall into the scorched earth trap.

[@kamilszadkowski8864]

Especially that his advisor like Poniatowski were advising him to wait until spring, get better prepared and then invade Russia.

[@Whatshappening2024]

he would have had a better chance of invading England directly, probably still a bad idea but so is going into russia

[@Dingus301]

historians around the globe agree that "hindsight is 20/20"

[@Nikolaj11]

Jinzo Yeah, I think invasion of England would have been suicidal as well. He would probably just end up trapped on the island.

[@Nikolaj11]

You're Spying He still ended up randomly declaring victory and abandoned his forces in Egypt to their fate when they weren't accomplishing anything.

[@dimag1830]

Скажи-ка, дядя, ведь не даром Москва, спаленная пожаром, Французу отдана? Ведь были ж схватки боевые, Да, говорят, еще какие! Недаром помнит вся Россия Про день Бородина!

[@Оман1970]

Да, были люди в наше время, Не то, что нынешнее племя: Богатыри - не вы! Плохая им досталась доля: Немногие вернулись с поля... Не будь на то господня воля, Не отдали б Москвы! Мы долго молча отступали, Досадно было, боя ждали, Ворчали старики: «Что ж мы? на зимние квартиры? Не смеют, что ли, командиры Чужие изорвать мундиры О русские штыки?» И вот нашли большое поле: Есть разгуляться где на воле! Построили редут. У наших ушки на макушке! Чуть утро осветило пушки И леса синие верхушки - Французы тут как тут. Забил заряд я в пушку туго И думал: угощу я друга! Постой-ка, брат мусью! Что тут хитрить, пожалуй к бою; Уж мы пойдем ломить стеною, Уж постоим мы головою За родину свою! Два дня мы были в перестрелке. Что толку в этакой безделке? Мы ждали третий день. Повсюду стали слышны речи: «Пора добраться до картечи!» И вот на поле грозной сечи Ночная пала тень. Прилег вздремнуть я у лафета, И слышно было до рассвета, Как ликовал француз. Но тих был наш бивак открытый: Кто кивер чистил весь избитый, Кто штык точил, ворча сердито, Кусая длинный ус. И только небо засветилось, Все шумно вдруг зашевелилось, Сверкнул за строем строй. Полковник наш рожден был хватом: Слуга царю, отец солдатам... Да, жаль его: сражен булатом, Он спит в земле сырой. И молвил он, сверкнув очами: «Ребята! не Москва ль за нами? Умремте же под Москвой, Как наши братья умирали!» И умереть мы обещали, И клятву верности сдержали Мы в Бородинский бой. Ну ж был денек! Сквозь дым летучий Французы двинулись, как тучи, И всё на наш редут. Уланы с пестрыми значками, Драгуны с конскими хвостами, Все промелькнули перед нам, Все побывали тут. Вам не видать таких сражений! Носились знамена, как тени, В дыму огонь блестел, Звучал булат, картечь визжала, Рука бойцов колоть устала, И ядрам пролетать мешала Гора кровавых тел. Изведал враг в тот день немало, Что значит русский бой удалый, Наш рукопашный бой!.. Земля тряслась - как наши груди; Смешались в кучу кони, люди, И залпы тысячи орудий Слились в протяжный вой... Вот смерклось. Были все готовы Заутра бой затеять новый И до конца стоять... Вот затрещали барабаны - И отступили басурманы. Тогда считать мы стали раны, Товарищей считать. Да, были люди в наше время, Могучее, лихое племя: Богатыри - не вы. Плохая им досталась доля: Немногие вернулись с поля. Когда б на то не Божья воля, Не отдали б Москвы!

[@EASYTIGER10]

@Рамис Карама English can be as beautiful as any language in the world

[@pteven4874]

@@Chris-je9fe shush commie

[@lestranger7440]

@@pteven4874 the fuck? Russian-commie? Mkay,then all the Polish are also commies? Germans too? You are probably an imperialist by your logic?

[@Telsion]

I thought the Grande Armée was 600k large...

[@boss180888]

it was but not everybody crossed the niemen, some 150k "secured the flanks" of the army on the french side.

[@Telsion]

boss180888 ah, thx

[@Telsion]

***** same thought

[@xenotypos]

PokeAaJoker246 Despite its incredible navy at the time, the British land forces were relatively small in comparison with other great powers, I think Austria and Prussia were more significant threats here. Telsion-> The farther the objective is, the more soldiers are left behind: supply lines were needed for armies of this size (well it wasn't enough as you can see). Apart from winter and smart/courageous Russian people, the distance of Moscow in itself was also an enemy of Napoleon.

[@boss180888]

xenotypos let's not forget the diseases going in and starvation coming out. in fact less than 100k deaths were due to combat and only a few thousands actualy died from cold.

[@Евгений-й1д4г]

И появилось новое русское слово шаромыга, это когда французы отступали то заходили в деревни голодные и оборванные со словами к крестьянам " Шер ами" что значило " Мой друг" - просили еды

[@stevenzehfu3915]

This is a great documentary. I love the way you show the battle with the maps, absolutely brilliant!

[@Greaves1047]

One thing needs to be said about this. The Emperor put Kutuzov in charge because he was the oldest and most experienced, but quite forgotten old man. Bagration, Barclay and others all wanted to be in command and the Emperor couldn't decide so he called in Kutuzov who was fighting against Turkey. He did not want for Russian people to die even though they wanted to defend their land and die doing so. The entire time that Kutuzov was ordering retreat, the government of Russia (stationed in Sankt Petersburg) and all his generals were against him. The Emperor had faith even though he also urged Kutuzov to attack, but never relieved him of his command. There were many plots to sabotage Kutuzov's orders but he never cared about any of those. He'd simply say "what's done is done, continue the retreat". His philosophy stated that it's incredible how Russian people would rather die for the motherland but the country would go to waste without men living in it, let alone defending it from Prussia and Turkey who'd surely invade afterwards. Mikhail Kutuzov, ladies and gents. The real genius. Napoleon was nothing but a guy who managed to hype people up to war.

[@M3RUL3Z]

a genius in his own right, but few in the world can match the strategic and tactical genius of Napoleon. Of course, a man with such skill fell to his own ego. The only true way to defeat Russia is a quick and decisive strike, crippling the enemy in one or several quick fell swoops. In this scenario, at least. if Napoleon in his numerous victories against the russian armies threw everything on the line to destroy them all in one fell swoop, he'd have a far greater chance at victory.

[@Greaves1047]

Lightning Dust If you take Russia away Napoleon sounds like a genius. But when you look into it, the invasion of Russia was one of the worst military maneuvers of all time. Most of his other wars were based on blackmail and threats where he'd win battles because the other side were full of betrayals and intentional miscommunication out of secret deals with Napoleon. Several battles in Austria were the best show of that where 5 nations fought and the only ones who were enemies for sure were France and Russia. Everyone else was changing sides mid-battle. Also I'd give A TON of credit to Davout, Murat, Ney and Lannes. They won some impossible battles for the French while Napoleon sat back in front of his tent refusing to send in his royal guard.

[@gerilala839]

yes napoleon had a lot of help by generals other than you mention like suchet grouchy marmot soult oudinot massena ets but he won againts austria and conquer milan when he was in his early 20 and became first general two years later He is troully a genous but some of general during his time are underrated

[@yjeeeek]

Keep in mind that idea behind invasion were to negotiate peace after military victory over Russian army, which was pretty clear on paper. Napoleon didn't expected it end up in total war with partizans and burned cities.

[@CRICKETMASTEREDITZ]

Napoleon was a war master but he wasnt a healty guy.... You know that he had a lot of illness? Like in the battle of waterloo he didnt fought because he was ill and started sleeping.

[@-Faris-]

Don’t worry. France finally won in Russia! And that happened right in Moscow! ...the 2018 world cup.

[@jordangreen7886]

You mean Africans? Not real French people

[@PaR4LiZzaR93]

@@jordangreen7886 So, my parents were born in China but I was born in France, so im chinese? stupid racist, im french, you just don't like black people, look at switzerland... it's the same

[@jordangreen7886]

it’s not racist. Trust me. Take a DNA test and you will be 0% French. It’ll be Chinese.

[@jordangreen7886]

You might be French by nationality but you’ll never be a true ethnic French person.

[@roms4154]

@@jordangreen7886 do you think that lloris , varane, griezman, hernandez , pavard and giroud are africans ??? 6 of the 11 main players are not africans !!

[@X0y4053]

Shut up I am strong I should of won if they didn't burn the towns

[@maxjones503]

Napoleon was a violent and tyrannical dictator that massacred and slaughtered hundreds of thousands. Once he stopped his army to execute a town of four thousand locals just​ for the hell of it. I honestly have no idea what compelled you to look up to him so much or imitate​ him

[@maxjones503]

Yes, hundreds I'm sure. It doesn't change my argument​ very much though.

[@7macfly2]

go open a history book, on 9 wars, Napoleon start only 2 of them. The rest were started by european coalition which wanted to destroy french revolution... If Napoleon had won, the world would have been a better place

[@maxjones503]

macfly72 Hitler and Nazi Germany declared war on 11 nations during the Second World War, *32* were made against them. Does that make Hitler a good person? The number of wars he started doesn't matter much when they are all one continuous conflict. Britain for example never stopped fighting, it was just a matter of allies falling and realigning. That's why they are the wars of the coalitions. It's the content of the war, not who started it. It doesn't matter when Napoleon Bonaparte was willing to stop his entire army and massacre an entire town of several thousand people just for the hell of​ it.

[@7macfly2]

GeneralZ there is totally no comparison and its totally false You think that each country who declare war to germany start a new war ? No Germany invaded poland which were part of the allied so the war start... While France get the révolution and europe made constant coalition to destroy it and to bring back bourbon Remember that in 1802, Nepoleon get peace with england But who broke this peace ? England Europe was defending the ancien regime and noble while France was destroying it, that why they keep fighting Napoleon.... Those who compare Napoleon to Hitler have no knowledge. Churchill, Beethoven, Hegel, Victor Hugo for exemple had admiration for Napoleon Plus Napoleon never had racial motivation, he free the jew and in 1815 he destroyed the slave sell

[@TheAUTcheker]

its amazing how napoleon kind of won, but ultimately lost, due to his incapability to make solid strategies outside the battlefield

[@carolgebert7833]

He won battles but his strategic vision was obsolete. The age of European Land empires was over. The age of industry and trade was beginning but Napoleon did not see it.

[@aksmex2576]

did mention the British only survived because is the channel

[@WhiteCamry]

Which is why they call it the English Channel.

[@aksmex2576]

WhiteCamry he made it sound like there is no channel and the British were just better than the other adversaries French had or ATLeast that's how I heard it

[@vetren23]

Well they were quite strong at the time

[@historianjustinhistorian6739]

No, I think England's powerful Navy had something to do with why England survived.

[@dust7962]

The English had a superior navy (and bows)

[@Alex_K2828]

What winter are you talking about? The last major battle in Russia was at the Berezina River on November 14-16, 1812. Winter has not yet arrived, Napeleon was no longer in Russia

[@TheDankSavage]

From what I know, Napoleon refused to send in his old guard because he believed Kutuzov had more troops waiting on the other side of the river. Infact during most of the battle no one had idea how much the troops from both sides were. Anyway, there were no reserve troops back there, but Napoleon didn't know that, so he pretty much gifted his potential victory away. Also: PLS BATTLE OF CONSTANTINOPLE 718 OR BATTLE OF SHIPKA PASS 1877 NEXT!

[@johnalexander651]

No Napoleon refused to send his "unstoppable" old guard because they were in reality trash even though they served with him for countless years they never did fight on a battlefield until Waterloo. And well to say the least it was very anti-climactic for the French.

[@vaahtobileet]

Old Guard were all veterans and fought numerous times.

[@johnalexander651]

vaahtobileet The old guard never fought even though they were veterans and had experience by the time they invaded Russia they were too old to actually fight and they didn't have any experience in conflict since 1803.

[@BosonCollider]

The old guard was full of proven veterans. They were just promoted into uselessness.

[@scobra6652]

+BosonCollider They fought at Waterloo, as Napoleons last throw of the dice.

[@azvdcrafts6147]

Here are some suggestions for your next videos: - Battle of Ain Jalut (arabs x mongols) - Battle of Legnica (poles x mongols) - Battle of Châlons (romans x huns) - Battle of Hattin (Saladin vs crusaders) - Battle of Arsuf (Richard x Saladin)

[@КазбекКазбеков-ц7й]

Stalin spoke: Russians finish war where it begins

[@GerSanRiv]

You have quickly become one of my favorite KZbin channels.

[@bo-minryu4725]

Hi. I just discovered this channel and i am blown away at how great the visualisations of these battles are! subbing for sure.

[@driesoliver7972]

Did anybody else hear mount and blade warband music? At 1:54 ish

[@arminhillman7956]

It's actually a public domain song, go to the app store and download world conquerer and you'll hear it there as well.

[@TheWindsTwelveQuarters]

That's very clearly the royalty-free work of Kevin Macleod. incompetech.com

[@arminhillman7956]

+ErrantDebris Ah, I had forgotten his name, thanks.

[@atomichorizen3987]

Dries Oliver thats not warband music

[@TheOtakuPrince]

Never underestimate the Russians.

[@keke3441]

Did you even watch the video ? Only 20,000 French troops were KIA, the rest starved to death. " What a greeeat and heroic victory !!! " Lol.

[@keke3441]

***** They ? Winter and starvation*

[@keke3441]

***** "Tactics" You just said that those were the "brave Russian men" who defeated Napoleon. Lol. How quick you can change some1 xD

[@corsehaigazia]

Les russes? Je crois pas que la Grande Armée est vu un seul soldat russe pendant la campagne de Russie :)

[@komandagleby_GB]

@@keke3441 From Wiki about the Battle of Borodino: "Taken as a one-day battle in the scope of the Napoleonic conflict, this was the bloodiest battle of this series of conflicts with combined casualties between 72,000 and 73,000."

[@mordant221]

If Napoleon and Hitler just left the Brits and Russia alone, they'd have been fine.

[@cotefabrice1801]

russia yeah but not the brits

[@gedeedoop4975]

Brits were the ones who declared war on Napoleon and Hitler tho

[@Benamon9]

Côté Fabrice Russia no. They were modernizing their army quickly and if by 1942 Hitler hadn't attacked Stalin would've. And they wouldn't be the ones getting surprised AND they wouldn't be fighting an uphill war against a country that gets wider the deeper you invade.

[@LeanderMr]

Napoleon would have been fine, but Hitler would prob have been invaded by the Soviet Union a couple of years later when they got stronger. Stalin had already made plans for a future invasion when the western European powers were weak after figthing eachother.

[@thegoodgunner]

just russia, always leave russia alone , napoleon lost becuase he lost most of his army there, he would have easily kept at least the brits aways

[@brandonskate1]

Another quality upload. Keep them coming.

[@vazhalaenenyan2252]

Back again with more great content

[@Sidor_Star]

1. Did Napoleon's army amounted to 600,000 people? 2. Just for reference: frosts in Russia begins in late November. In mid-December, the army of Napoleon out of Russia. 3. Was not referred to the guerrillas.

[@limon16025]

"Muscle western and central europe" I think subtitles are wrong

[@ReplyHistory]

The blame is partly on me. I just accepted the subtitles when it got submitted without looking it over all the way. I'll go and fix it.

[@limon16025]

+Reply History Can you do the battle of Vuelta de Obligado?

[@Jesseeps20]

Lapland Mapping blame the KZbin heroes

[@_NoName0]

I love RUSSIA! I'm proud to be French

[@Kremlinbot-mz1cm]

Да, Костя, если ты картавый, то это не значит, что лягушатник)

[@christopherbicknell8849]

Why is Wales missing some of its land on that map???

[@Maxjeix01]

because this map is not perfect.

[@Pfsif]

Who cares?

[@Maxjeix01]

***** In a magic and far kingdom called "UK"

[@Maxjeix01]

***** yeah, i know.

[@XdmsT]

I freaking love your videos bruh! Please make more.

[@mickaellharidon4188]

Nice touch with the 1812 Overture ^^

[@gtabigfan34]

Never underestimate the weather, especially the Russian weather.

[@arminhillman7956]

It wasn't just the winter, I'm confident he could have won if that was the only problem. Don't forget that the Cossacks harassed the French for the entirety of the campaign, stopping them from even scavenging the wilderness for food.

[@gtabigfan34]

+Gavin Anderson Yeah, I know...Also the "scorched earth" strategy played a big factor too.As Napoleon was hoping to sack the land for supplies for the army, Russians played the cards very well.

[@arminhillman7956]

+The Napoleonist The policy didn't just affect supplies, the French soldiers were actually shocked that the Russians would destroy villages and burn crops just to weaken the French at the cost of the citizenry. The barbaric practice damaged the moral of the French, contributing to they're weariness.

[@arminhillman7956]

+The Napoleonist So your quite right, the Russian's did well in stopping Napoleon.

[@Razovllay]

As the Russians say: There's no such thing as too cold, just cold that you haven't prepared for. Napoleon's army would have been okay if they'd been provided with proper winter clothing.

[@SuperKittenator]

I just found this channel, and I am soo happy. I've been looking for a comprehensive explanation of battles

[@SuperKittenator]

By the way, could you do the Battle of Volga? or the Battle of Lützen?

[@SuperKittenator]

+Dr. Gazooks *Battle of Varna sorry got Volga and Varna mixed ul

[@luciuskonst]

Your videos are very, very well done. The animation is like nothing I have ever seen on KZbin, please continue uploading these XD

[@Saturn-uz6jc]

Really high quality and interesting video. I look forward to seeing your next one.

[@alvin4100]

cant he just invade britain?

[@arminhillman7956]

The British Navy was too dangerous to risk an invasion, I think.

[@IgorTheRocker]

britain had the largest navy at that time. good fucking luck

[@Elador1000]

He couldn't. His navy was defeated at the Battle of Trafalgar by Nelson. There was no way how to transport his troops to the island.

[@weltgeist2604]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fishguard

[@Saifthebest01]

But then again, he had 7 years to rebuild his navy. At the battle of lepanto the turkish lost pretty much their entire navy but within a year they replaced it with a bigger and more advanced navy.

[@HuntMcD1]

Subbed after watching this.

[@naroulin9279]

Napoleon is like Rob Stark, he won every battles against Russia but lost the war.

[@johanneskristian]

Really enjoys these videos :-) How about doing one about the Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, 1863? Lee dividing his Army not once, but twice against a force double the size of his own and still claiming a smashing victory is a feat of tactics still studied at military academies to this day :-)

[@cccpredarmy]

thank you very much for the great visualisation of boradino battle! i read a lot about it though it was pain to imagine all of the details how it went.

[@DutchTDK]

Only two months until the next episode

[@charlesferdinand422]

In real-life, Trafalgar had a little practical immediate effect over France and Napoleon barely sighed when receiving the news. But the British keep celebrating that victory because fighting on sea is all they can do: let's remember that the United Kingdom's default war strategy aims to avoid having to fight anyone directly by hiding in their island and keeping a strong navy to prevent anyone from landing there and, most importantly, BEGGING the United States, Britain's historic boyfriend, to please come save them. So that's why the British have made so much about Trafalgar, like the fucking pusscakes they are.

[@komandagleby_GB]

for the sake of truth: however cowardly, wise, or Makkeavelian British policy might be, they fought a war with the United States in 1812. Also, it is quite logical to care about strong navy, being an island. Also, it is quite useful to destroy an enemy fleet. I am OK with Trafalgar, but I do not like the Battle of Copenhagen.

[@blob22201]

In the Napoleonic wars, the US where the cowardly little children who invaded Canada when we were fighting for Europes freedom with almost all our navy and army and still lost

[@Skinnyjeboss]

"He who controls the sea controls everything." - Themistocles

[@limitess9539]

@@Skinnyjeboss Athenian bias, that's why they lost in the Peloponesian war.

[@gumdeo]

The Brits fought against Napoleon for years in Portugal and Spain.

[@ayodeleadegbulugbe2279]

The hero of the battle of Borodino was the Russian General Mikhail Kutuzov. His strategy ensured the ruin of the French invasion and shattered Napoleon's invincibility.

[@constantinexi9667]

This is a great video, I really enjoy watching your channel.

[@tbonesullivan1]

So were a majority of the French casualties in the Grand Armee before they even reached Smolensk? Just curious, I always thought it was from the cold and lack of supplies later in the campaign, but if they lost so many so early, they never were even prepared to begin with.

[@ЭльмирЭльмир-д5с]

Just a tip. Not a BorodIno, but BorodinO. Pronunciation is different in russian.

[@rhinoujakey8887]

Napoleon: "So...who's next to underestimate Russia?" Hitler: "Well, dear frenchmen, I'll teach you how to invade that country!"

[@Splenchshsk]

Can you do Battle of Verdun next?

[@robertshuxley]

great vid and animations... only comment is maybe use a different/better mic ? Keep it up!

[@emperater]

I love this, I've read books on the Russian campaign but it's so cool to see the tactics in animation

[@ItsJabo]

I love the mount and blade music :) +1 sub

[@954dario954]

Same

[@Episkop367]

I'm disappointed with this video. Napoleon was defeated in the battle of Maloyaroslavets on October 24, 1812. After that, the regular army and partisan detachments of the Russians threw out the "great" army of Bonaparte from Russia. In this video about Maloyaroslavets - not a word. Yeah, winter won, huh? Western stereotypes about Russia are so ... banal and boring.

[@titou1384]

Episkop367 whats the point in focusing on a battle which took place during the retreat when 3/4 of the losses were attrition already ? Except for glorious russia stuff i mean

[@iteachyou1575]

diseases won the war, like in most of war

[@d10011999d]

Ты упрекаешь это видео что они забыли упомянуть битву по Малоярославцем, хотя даже наши учебники истории её не упоминают. Может быть и русские и иностранцы согласны в том, что эта битва не такая значительная?

[@titou1384]

​@@am97734 Thanks for the insightful comment. Then, it would indeed have had an impact, since it would've allowed Napoleon, if not to turn around the Russian campaign, at least not to look so vulnerable to other nations upon his return.

[@francehasbeenthemostimport9558]

Total bullshit the Russian lost every time they faced Napoleon or any French army on battlefield in the entire invasion. First It wasn't Napoleon commanded this battle. Secondly: France did WIN tactically this battle en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maloyaroslavets

[@elijah111]

Please do US invasion of Iraq.

[@Razovllay]

US and allies invade, destroys Iraqi government and military within a week, then spends next few years trying to contain sectarian violence.

[@prequelczar]

I think he is looking for a more through explanation. I've tried on finding information regarding the Invasion but it seems to be overlooked and news sites jump straight to the defeat of Iraq.

[@Kole1389]

Throw bombs until there is nothing left. That about sums it up.

[@MrArtisch]

Don't you mean: " The US raid of Iraq"?

[@prequelczar]

MrArtisch If you want to call a 11 year conflict a "raid" Sure. Have it your way.

[@murrax7639]

Fantastic video! Well deserving of a new sub! Keep up the great work!

[@jordyderaedt8741]

+Reply History some ideas for future videos: battle of tannenberg, siege of vienna and the battle of mohács (doubt my spelling here). Seeing these videos would be so awesome!

[@yoshka7779]

Заметил уже давно, что все эти графики делают "Как атаковали Россию", но НИКОГДА не делают "Как Россия побеждала". То же самое касается и Второй Мировой. Напомню после вторжения Наполеона Россия гнала его до Парижа. После вторжения немцев, Россия гнала их до Берлина.

[@майнер-г3ж]

это такая политика у них в европе и сша, получается так что русские не причём вообще, просто мы отбились и всё, а то что мы им дали пинок под зад до парижа и берлина это они не учитывают. Очень жаль , но это европейская пропаганда, особенно я в шоке от союзных войск как у них пишут в сша)))

[@ИгорьМанерко-и3х]

@@майнер-г3ж все просто - мы " добрые", население местное не геноцидим - вот они и не помнят. Зачисти наши Германию с союзничками в 45м - мир был бы иной..

[@forscuko]

@@ИгорьМанерко-и3х действительно иной, вместо России была бы большая Припять, т.к. американцы вместо Хиросимы с Нагасаки побросали бы сюда бомбы. Зачистильщик, идиот.

[@ИгорьМанерко-и3х]

@@forscuko зачистильщик, идиот- а собственно, с чего бы они это делали, если в своей зоне они проводили денацификацию, не стольжесткой форме..дойчев(man) могли просто вывезти в сибирь с концами и все, даже без растрелов.

[@EburdeyGordei4]

Точно подметил. У них сняты десятки, если не сотни фильмов о вторжении Гитлера в СССР, наполненные одними и теми же штампами, и ни одного про операцию "Багратион", где было взято миллион немцев только в плен. А из Берлинской операции их население знает только то, что Красная Армия пришла и всех изнасиловала.

[@eddyaurahim1330]

kudos to Russian people

[@孙明亮-w8z]

Why take Moscow instead of Saint Petersburg? Wasn't that the capital?

[@idontlikerome2744]

孙明亮 Maybe more resources and easy to take?

[@alt-monarchist]

孙明亮 It was very symbolic. It used to be the Old Capitol before St Petersburg. Symbolism and resources.

[@ВалБал-н3й]

Plan was to destroy russian army, it just kept retreating toward Moscow because the road was good. Napoleon did send small army to threaten Petersburg but it was stopped.

[@markd8593]

Napoleon not update maps))

[@alexandregirevzeblan607]

+TheRoughMen You're pretty smart, man. It's really satisfying to read a comment as good as yours in a youtube video. Great information and justification but I think you forgot to highlight the thesis of your comment.

[@bartekkomendera3255]

dude you definetely need to upload more videos. This is great

[@williamhammann3170]

that was extremely informative! I look forward to seeing a lot of ur videos, and I have to thank u for your hard work! well done!

[@inter3684]

Russia is deep and too vast to conquer. Also it is very cold in winters. These factors make it impossible to conquer Russia, but certainly it is not because russians aren't the best fighters

[@Olegstuff21986]

Modern-day Russian soldiers are some of the toughest and best in the world, proven by army competitions.

[@inter3684]

Oleg A. no they are not. without technology russian soldiers are a bunch of pussies

[@Olegstuff21986]

Jack Hawk Haha, wow you're amusing :).

[@inter3684]

Oleg A. it is all down to technology these days, he who has better technology has greater advantage in a war. However, on one-to-one confrontation russians are no match either to europeans or to muslims.

[@Olegstuff21986]

Jack Hawk And where do you get that information? :) Your imagination or your preferences?

[@Torftrottel]

The campaign is presented as a fiasco. It should be noted, however, that the losses of the Russians were much higher. And that their cities were destroyed. The number of soldiers in the attacking army was rapidly reduced, but also because garrisons had to be deployed everywhere. Soldiers fell ill and were brought back. The French army has won all the important battles. One must also know that Napoleon did not want to take Russia. The campaign was planned as a punishment expedition. The early retreat was scheduled.

[@Pravover]

Cossacks in Paris were scheduled too?

[@temmy69]

what weed are u smoking? i want some too

[@EpaminondastheGreat]

temmy69 He is pretty right in what he says dummy...Get your facts checked...

[@Torftrottel]

+ Отец деда It is easy to celebrate success against a starving and freezing army. When the Grande Army began to retreat from Moscow, it soon had only a few horses, few cavalry, hardly any artillery, and little ammunition. Most of the soldiers were weakened, wounded and ill. The Russian army celebrated victories against dying people.

[@Oleg-l6w]

@@Torftrottel One bullshit. For starters, look at the dates of the battles. They were almost all summer and autumn, and Napoleon escaped from russian army before the january frosts.

[@fortnutz-gaming8835]

Nazis lost at winter Napoleon lost at winter Swedish lost at winter Ottoman lost too Moral of the army "Nobody conqueres russia in winter Unless your the mongols"!

[@redarmy3692]

Minecraft Thunderous - Minecraft PE what about russia invades Finland and lost coz of winter lol

[@DVXDemetrivs]

It's funny that most Mongolian northern lands are now ours ) By the way, even the alphabet is now Cyrillic good revenge

[@Roman-kk1ic]

Red army Russia took 40 000sq I'm from Finland that time btw

[@icedragon2689]

Ottoman lost in battle of molodi. Mongols invade russia when russia is msocow

[@Roman-kk1ic]

Ice Dragon when Mongols invaded Moscow was a village

[@brennanlong464]

Great video as always. Keep up the good work!

[@caranorn]

Note: Napoleon's army had massive losses of horses from the start of the campaign, not just once winter hit...

[@supersnyggisen8]

I just did a swedish translation, go check it out :)

[@theoreoman4597]

France:Did you die? Russian Empire:Yes.. Also Russian Empire:BUT I LIVED!

[@rayres1074]

This video was especially enlightening for me as I noticed that Napoleon didn't command his troops alone; instead, he had several officers that helped him in battle. So the glory of victories - and shame of losses - shouldn't be entirely attributed to him. And kudos to Russia, that was brilliantly efficient. I wonder why Napoleon didn't fall back as soon as he realized the scorched earth technique, that there were no engagements - quite strange, he should've deduced - and most importantly HIS ARMY WAS LOSING THOUSANDS TO ATTRITION DAILY...

[@NoName-im2fc]

One of the 7 deadly sins, guess which one? Here is a hint, it starts with P!

[@Yeorl]

Of course he had officers, how does one man lead almost half a million?

[@Fadeways]

Armies have been split between many commanders since the ancient times, relaying orders beyond shouting range becomes very inefficient very fast. So unless you put the entire army in the same place - something the Romans tried at Cannae to miserable results - you need generals who are both trustworthy and competent to lead any unit you split away.

[@maxwell10206]

Napoleon probably thought the Russians were bluffing and that they wouldn't have the guts to burn down Moscow. But when Napoleon and his army arrived.. the Russians weren't bluffing and that's when Napoleon was like shit we fucked we gotta gtfo before we die...

[@RexGalilae]

He was clearly winning the war right until the capture of Russia, beating the Russians back on every occasion who clearly seemed to be waiting for winter to strike which was still months away. It was the retreat that was disastrous not the attack really

[@oOkenzoOo]

Nothing about the crossing of the Berezina ?

[@michimaps4270]

Awesome vid, I liked before I even watched it. But what happened to the Battle of Pompeii vid? Why did you delete it?

[@1158supersiri]

That's a lesson for idiots who think Germany had any chance of winning ww2. Napoleon DID occupy Moscow and he was defeated. Even if the Germans did win the Battle of Moscow, the Russians would just move their capital eastern. That's all. And keep in mind Germany and Japan had shortage in natural resources and manpower. While the USSR had the UNITED STATES (biggest military industry in the world by far), and the British Empire (which was a quarter of the world). Unlimited resources and almost unlimited manpower. Plus, if that hasn't convinced you yet, the USA had *nuclear weapon*. Germany was not even close to that. There is no chance, not even a slight chance, of Germany winning the war.

[@DVXDemetrivs]

@Emil I certainly do not argue that in Italy the economy will be better as the climate, but the GDP shows very poorly the real economic situation in the country, this is actually a rather narrowly specialized indicator

[@hauntologicalwittgensteini2542]

@Emil gee its as if the soviets had a contigency to evacuate east or somethinf

[@keaganvanrooyen5426]

Best Military leaders in my opinion are Napoleon and Sun Tzu.

[@guilhermefernandes222]

Not only russia was atacked as it was also Portugal , and the grande armé never had Portguese troops in it, Portugal was atacked 3 times by napolleon , yet the portuguese and british fougth back , Portugal never fell for the french because of their very good deplomacy with england

[@jean-louispirottin4144]

Les Portugais ont préféré être les laquais de l'oligarchie anglaise qui a tiré son pouvoir de la division de l'Europe qu'elle entretenait !

[@com0oan]

Simply amazing video, great channel!

[@andrewgilchrist1816]

2:00 is that music from mount and blade

[@EmperorTikacuti]

A reminder to The United States, not to invade Earth's largest nation.

[@nykytamcdonald]

Unless they are ruled over by a mongol.

[@GMPabs]

A mongoltage is called upon *plays mongoltage*

[@nykytamcdonald]

Neo Gabriel III Pablo I am the star of the show Stan, not the Mongols.

[@EmperorTikacuti]

No Name LOL :) Neo Gabriel III Pablo LOL :)

[@AndrewJ9673]

Emperor Tikacuti Except we actually have soldiers trained in winter warfare, and we don’t have to advance through winter wastes as Ukraine and Poland aren’t conquered. Also, we have Canada, who is also trained in winter warfare. We also have NATO. Don’t fool yourself. Russia is weak. They are also extremely poor. Russia’s only protection from invasion is nukes and bleeding an enemy dry of supplies. If they didn’t have one of those(which they luckily do) I doubt they’d be here

[@Razovllay]

This is why I think Napoleon doesn't deserve to be considered one of the greatest generals n history. The invasion of Russia was such an embarrassing disaster that he should have just handed himself over to the enemy and apologized.

[@ZORO12ful]

While the invasion of Russia was indeed a humiliating defeat, Napoleon is still responsible for several victories against the Coalition forces. His empire pretty much subjugated the entire Europe. He still should be considered one of the best generals in history.

[@Razovllay]

That Romanian plague doctor If he had subjugated the whole of Europe, most of Europe wouldn't have risen against him during the first sign of weakness. The fact is that they system that he had established was very fragile.

[@firecage7925]

Ryan, the system itself doesn't matter to much whether he was a great general or not. Alexander the Great is remembered as one of the great generals of history, yet his entire Empire collapsed upon his very, very suspicious death. Besides, you can't blame Napoleon TO much for his loss at Russia. The Russians were using the single-most powerful tactic which they could against superior armies. The Scorched Earth tactic, as was mentioned in the video. And Europe didn't have the technology yet they would by WW1, which made this tactic extremely devastating. What gave the Russians an even bigger advantage was due to the size of their country. They could afford to just give away land, to make the opposing army travel a longer distance, stretch them thin, cause them to suffer massive attrition, while all the while hitting them with guerrilla/ambush tactics(for example with the Cossacks). Heck, they could even afford to just up and abandon their capital city, the heart of Russia. Really, the only way Napoleon could have defeated Russia when they were using these tactics would have been, over the course of decades, just chipping away at Russia, taking land, securing said land, make it easier for his troops to move there, rinse and repeat. While Napoleon was one of the greatest generals in history, the Russians had most of the advantages. His mistake was invading Russia and thinking he would get a decisive victory. He would have been better off just taking some port cities/forts/towns, disrupting Russia's trade, and perhaps forcing their hand and launch an offensive against him. If he could, with an intact army, defeat the bulk of their army in such a scenario, it would have been a decisive victory.

[@Razovllay]

Firecage Alexander knew his limits. When his men were marching toward India and were becoming disgruntled, he knew that he had overstretched and turned back. Napoleon simply bit off more than he could chew, but at that point his ego had spiraled out of control Napoleon knew he was going to face scorched Earth and severe weather. If he had no adequate method of combating this, he should have just called off the attack. The idea of actually invading Russia to begin with was highly questionable.

[@firecage7925]

Ryan. You have to remember though. Pride is part of human nature, and some people are affected far more by it. Yes, Napoleon was a great general, one of the best infact, but he had a huge ego and had a lot of pride. That is what lead to his downfall. His pride and his ego wouldn't let him turn back once he started. He probably believed it would embarrass and humiliate both himself and all of France if he retreated, and he didn't see it until it was to late. But on the part of him invading Russia being questionable, yes, I agree. As I said above, I wouldn't have done it myself. My tactic personally would have been taking the coastal cities/forts/towns, and drawing the Russia army to myself to fight them on my terms. Yet, he would have strongly believes he could take on Russia on their turf in a war, due to his pride.

[@alexandrosg.1172]

the best ally of Russia is Winter!

[@alt-monarchist]

Alexandros G. IDIOT

[@nn6404]

This is amazing! Keep up the great work!

[@codyshi4743]

Please make more video.

[@stannisthemannisbaratheon1039]

Napoleon was a good man, an honorable man

[@adamfrisk956]

Boney was a warrior, Wey, hay, yah A warrior, a tarrier, John François

[@jasonmonette4516]

Stannis The Mannis Baratheon he once left an entire army in Egypt to die while he returned to France and celebrated his victory.

[@steffine29]

@@jasonmonette4516 nope,there was a civil war in France, he came back just to end it ;)

[@spartaknumerouno]

Hello, napoleon! Good bye, napoleon!

[@HarmonicaGuitar]

1814 -- the Russians came in Paris

[@ВладольфПутлер-я5г]

1815

[@BenMonroe964]

I just played Borodino in Napoleon Total War. It's amazing how close that game set up the battle field to be like real life.

[@Fra1722]

good video but you didn't show all the campaign, the attack on Riga or the movements of marshall oudinot against wittgenstein for example