Napoleon's Largest Battle: 1813 Historical Battle of Leipzig | Total War Battle

The battle was the culmination of the German Campaign of 1813 and involved 560,000 soldiers, 2,200 artillery pieces, the expenditure of 400,000 rounds of artillery ammunition, and 133,000 casualties, making it the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, and the largest battle in Europe prior to World War I.
Decisively defeated again, Napoleon was compelled to return to France while the Sixth Coalition kept up its momentum, dissolving the Confederation of the Rhine and invading France early the next year. Napoleon was forced to abdicate and was exiled to Elba in May 1814.
00:00 Introduction
02:49 Day 1
03:05 Battle for Wachau
04:36 Battle for Markkleeberg
05:01 Battle for Dolitz
05:23 Battle on the Right flank
06:25 Austrians cut off Napoleons retreat
06:38 Battle Northwest of Leipzig
07:52 The French charge
09:28 Day 2
10:09 Day 3
10:59 Russia attacks Northern Leipzig
11:36 Prussians attack from the South
12:22 Final Assault

[@MrElliptific]

There's more "Napoleon" in this video than Ridley Scott's Napoleon. Great job!

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks glad you enjoyed 😁

[@PeterJelena]

Ive got more Napoleon in my fridge in the form of a small quantity of French cheese than Ridley Scotts movie... And i will raise that statement with a bag of onions

[@franksalles2407]

That movie was ridiculous , your work here is outstanding, congratulations

[@SolidAvenger1290]

@@cinematicbattles559 It's a fantastic piece of work. Honestly, the Battle of Leipzig should have been the whole premise for a movie because it had all the elements of the brutality of the Napoleonic Wars while bringing both the genius of Napoleon, how still feared/powerful the French were at that period while the same time the Coalition learned from their mistakes while following the lead of Napoleon's ex-Marshel/now Sweden's King Bernodotte with the Trendelenburg plan. While critics bashed Bernodotte's progress on the battlefield, he was also playing intrigue with the Austrians for Sweden's best interests in the long run. At the same time, Alexander of Russia had a positive opinion of him just because of how the Austrians and higher-ups from Prussia viewed him not particularly well despite the fact that the file & rank Prussians viewed him favorably. Bernadotte was facing a lot intrigued by even his own allies, and he wanted to make the war of attrition a factor in reducing that threat by reducing his advance but still providing support to defeat his former master Napoleon.

[@lorenzbroll0101]

Every dog has its sell by date, and Ridley's is now well past.

[@manuelacosta9463]

For being a battle of nations it sure went against Napoleon's designs. The urban combat in the streets must've been quite a brutal and intense experience.

[@BellumCinematicsTotalWar]

Bros recording skills hve improved significantly, well done! 🙌🏻

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks bro I appreciate it

[@shadwknight2172]

Had he not left his men in Leipzig his losses wouldn’t have been that high. He knew he lost from the beginning but he inflicted massive casualties on them. With RECRUITS! He had to make to a choice. I kinda feel like if his numbers were up more, he would’ve done far more significant damage.

[@kogerugaming]

"The napoleonic wars were fueled by Napoleon's military might and ambitions to seize control and dominate Europe" Altough, Napoleon was pretty happy about dictating to other monarchies, taking and giving as he saw fit, lets not forget, that most of the Napoleonic wars wasnt started by Napoleon. The wars didn't happen because napoleon wanted to conquer europe, but becasue the coalition didnt want a strong france as a dominant power, so they kept declaring war against him. He thought, if he replaced the hated spanish king, it would be better for the people of spain, alliance with spain would be soldified, and last but not least, his position would be also stronger. As with russia, he needed to save face for himself and france, but also dont forget about the russian ultimatum to france to call back all french soldiers from prussia and poland after france and prussia signed an alliance. Napoleon wanted to be allies with prussia and russia to make britain realise that continuing the war is futile and unnecessary, but Alexander almost immediately seek to quit this alliance as fast as possible. Napoleon enjoyed being the dominant power, as most people probably would, but the monarchies at the time definetly would have liked to be that strong. If anyone was warmongering, it was britain, because he paid and supplied all coalitions, and just couldnt agree to a peace. Napoleon gets all the blame, but what he should have done? Just let other countries defeat france and restore a monarchy their OWN PEOPLE get rid of? He fought for france, brilliantly until he eventually made some blunders, but he was hardly an aggressor.

[@coldguy4926]

The Brits were the sneaky fox? Or to be more blunt, the slimy snake?

[@krasius47]

Great job! Excellent video. Very informative!

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks 😁

[@maximilianodelrio]

Awesome! Im always amazed reading about this period and the centuries before at how important and powerful austria was compared to what it was after the world wars and today

[@ScoopDogg]

same! have you watched the "Epic Histories Napoleon series" its about 30 hrs long but worth it kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoO4qWlnpdGmsJY kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHO2eIahfsamiLs

[@attilakovacs2231]

*after the Hungarian freedomfight and revolution (1848-49).

[@ak9989]

Watch 1970s Waterloo and the Russian film version of War and peace, both amazing films.

[@williammasselink]

Yes! I strongly concur.

[@JC-uz3ey]

Agreed! You have great taste my friend.

[@nitsanben-horin9785]

Fantastic work, keep it up, and thank you

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks man glad you enjoyed 😃

[@pa5287]

Very good enjoyed watching.

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks man glad you enjoyed

[@david9783]

I have a British flintlock pistol dated 1813. It is genuine and I have fired it. It works well. So strange to know what was actually happening in history the year this pistol was made.

[@ScoopDogg]

can i have it back please : )

[@stephanvenner2939]

Better than the new Ridley Scott movie.

[@cinematicbattles559]

I just know I'm going to be disappointed with it

[@kalencwil3924]

@@cinematicbattles559they really focus on his failure’s and breeze past his achievements as if he stumbled towards his success

[@stevenewman1393]

That's only because Hollywood always has a bad habit of distorting the actual true facts of when it comes to the true actual Historical events and facts of it all!.

[@paulhomsy2751]

Very clear narration !!

[@cinematicbattles559]

Glad you think so😁

[@travisdonaldstanley6420]

Excellent work! Thanks for the context at the beginning. Good to know the political motivations.

[@wedgeantilles4712]

At this point in time, Spain was already lost and the duke of Wellington was ready to cross the border into southern France. So at this point, it was basicly over for Napoleon, the only one who was to delusional to realize it, was the man himself.

[@kaiser4344]

ur videos r always so well made, and very beautiful cinematography ❤

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks man, glad you enjoyed

[@CosmicTaco-yi3um]

Good vid.

[@Celtopia]

Merci .

[@michaeltaylor8835]

History to.life. Brilliant

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks man glad you enjoyed

[@pissedoff-is1mt]

Superb bud!!!

[@cinematicbattles559]

Cheers mate 😄

[@landonw7099]

The scale of these battles has always blown my mind. Unreal

[@ZeroScotland]

8:14 absolutely majestic charge right there. Gives me a feeling of being taken back to when those charges were done often Small thing: Ive met people telling me that gunpowder ended cavalry altogether, which i actually believed for a time.

[@jspee1965]

Very nicely done, but can I recommend the Lordz Modding Collective mod? It's a far more visually elegant and atmospheric experience than vanilla. Thanks for sharing sir. Edit: OH! You answered this below lol.

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks for letting me know man 😃

[@RonaldoInvictus]

These videos are really good, I think Battle of Hastings would be a really good idea. Without it the world would be way different. Watched a video about it and without it we would live in a ham not house!

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks I appreciate it😊I have made that video before but I didn’t think it was good enough quality so I never uploaded it, I may make a new, better one soon though

[@mikey29211]

How long does it take to make a video like this and can you maybe make a tutorial?

[@speedracer1004]

True art, unlike the brief skirmishes that are the actual Napoleon total war Battles and of course a certain Ridley Scot film.

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thank you🙏

[@fredericklockard3854]

This short video is better than the recent movie!

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks😃

[@awesome1996]

you should do these napoleonic videos on field command napoleon. you can have 30 or 50 unit armies and it has some maps

[@cinematicbattles559]

Yes true I’ve tried those and they’re great to play with but unfortunately they’re too buggy to make these videos with

[@EddMims]

3%3

[@marcinwojewodzki4024]

It is worth to add that the polish prince Poniatowski was also made marshall on the eve of battle. He was only non Frenchman to receive this honor.

[@Nerdy_dude]

What’s this mod?

[@joes9129]

How do you have so many units in the battle? What mod is that?

[@cinematicbattles559]

It’s just an addition map mod you can search it on google , there are no unit mods

[@fly_pie_1172]

mods used?

[@lorenzbroll0101]

Hard for me to imagine I had ancestors on that battlefield - and survived! Surely they must have been driven half insane by the horrific & gruesome sights seen?

[@purp8]

Ever thought of using NTW3 for these animations im loving them

[@cinematicbattles559]

Yeah I’ve tried those mods and I enjoy them, unfortunately they are too buggy to make these kind of videos though

[@purp8]

@@cinematicbattles559 Aw that’s alright I love that mod and thought it would be cool to see the battles in those mods it doesn’t matter tho you do a great job regardless keep it coming!

[@Michafundament]

​@@cinematicbattles559what modes?

[@georgyhot1]

How do you make your video cinematic like that?

[@cinematicbattles559]

You have to watch the battles in replay mode and in the settings you can disable all the flags and unit cards etc

[@georgyhot1]

@@cinematicbattles559 thanks 👍

[@iamvadematthewbpalancaprog8810]

But it’s crazy how they need 7 coalitions to defeat a average height guy

[@user-tk1nw8zg3g]

The video from ps1?

[@jorgefiguerola1239]

How were the cannons/ guns transported?

[@cinematicbattles559]

usually they had wheels on them and were pulled by horses

[@maximilianodelrio]

Horses, just like the Germans in ww2

[@satriakanesantoso]

how did u made NTW like this? Incredible

[@cinematicbattles559]

This is just the vanilla game but with an extra map mod installed

[@Daniel-ri5jj]

What Sound mod u use my Sound from the Musketiere is a bamm urs is better

[@cinematicbattles559]

I’ve got no sound mods on bro

[@Daniel-ri5jj]

@@cinematicbattles559 ??? Ok my inf Sound is like i said like a bamm and urs is like a click

[@sgwl]

What NTW mods are you using?

[@cinematicbattles559]

Just an extra maps mod

[@sgwl]

which is? @@cinematicbattles559

[@3rdsmite766]

Hearing you pronounce the name Blucher was a greater slaughter

[@lockdownfitness7402]

Franks, Celts (Gallic) and Romans vs Germanics, Norse and Slavs.

[@sauleverett1307]

8:40 that dude goes flying past the camera

[@randomguyonyoutube4701]

how hard did that horse ram him

[@Pidabred1]

a battle I guess but more of just a tactical retreat

[@TheSpritz0]

I wonder what happened to the massive amount of prisoners in these battles??

[@Demonsquirrel]

Hi

[@Roska1195]

plazer? who is that?

[@neilritson7445]

Maps! we need maps!

[@cinematicbattles559]

Sorry ! I’ll try and get them into my next videos

[@ScoopDogg]

this series is great for what you want : Epic History Napoleon Series kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoO4qWlnpdGmsJY&list

[@futuremaps]

we need 1st day of somme!

[@cinematicbattles559]

Yes definitely, it's hopefully coming soon!

[@futuremaps]

@@cinematicbattles559 ight man sry to keep spamming you it would just kinda be a breath of fresh air from identical napoleonic or medieval battles

[@alanseymour1252]

Some maps would have been great, alas.

[@deniswilliams2212]

Napoleon would have never gone out unshaven oops!

[@annarudzka8634]

Najlepsze jest to ze książę Józef Poniatowski zginął od francuskich kul, niby przez pomylke, szkoda, napewno przydałby się Napoleonowi pod Waterloo

[@user-vi1wz3gn4z]

At Battle of Leipzig how many troops for Austria were from the minorities of Serbian,Bosnians, etc,etc, who if they got killed then it wouldn't really matter to Austrians reading about it from newspapers as there just them.

[@willyaparcero]

Vive La Grande Armée Vive L Empereur. Willy

[@emmanuelesrael6480]

8:42 weeee

[@cinematicbattles559]

🤣🤣

[@amandinebocquet9815]

Vive la France

[@thespartan8476]

Never let the British cover French history. [ Never ]!! Same with Greece. Never let Hollywood Movies or American and British Historical documentaries cover Greek History, indeed. In the US they think the British are intelligent. 😂

[@markaxworthy2508]

Presentations such as this are pointless. We got no overview of how the battle progressed and the immaculately and uniformly dressed troops on all sides did not represent the reality of the times. To have ANY value, these presentations need a map on screen at all times showing where the actions portrayed take place.

[@cinematicbattles559]

Yes I see what you mean , I have decided to focus more on the visual aspect of things as there are many great channels out there that have covered these battles in the style you mentioned 😁

[@markaxworthy2508]

@@cinematicbattles559 Thanks for the quick reply. The problem, for me, is that the visual aspect isn't really up to scratch either, for some of the reasons given above. Any tactical military presentation without maps, be it visual, as here, or in books, has no real value until matched against a map. Can you not build a map onto one corner of the presentation highlighting where the scene portrayed is taking place?

[@cinematicbattles559]

Yes this is something I should implement in my videos in the future

[@ScoopDogg]

this series is great for what you want : Epic History Napoleon Series kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoO4qWlnpdGmsJY&list

[@ak9989]

And both Bluchers were sunk in ww1 and 2😂

[@ak9989]

It's pronounced "Blue' ker" not Bluch ker😅

[@maximilianodelrio]

Blukher

[@alexb.8038]

neither is right. ch is not pronounced as a k in german.