NAPOLEON, son Armee, son camp - LE PORTEL PLAGE

[@103littlebastard]

Well said..well said. Indeed, more clever than us....he is of the quality that surpases the meaning of the word 'Glory'.

[@NapoleonCalland]

The letter he wrote to Paoli was what he felt at 19/20 years old about the invasion of Corsica. Don't assume that a person's identity never changes. Napoleon was always a Frenchman, but his Corsican heritage came first when he was a young man because he started life as a foreigner surrounded by the sons of French aristocrats who thought their titles were more noble than his. Like Fridomfry says, he had every claim to be French and became genuinely attached to France, not just to Corsica.

[@Araman84]

I must say that this video is very good I wearing Austrian Grenadiers uniform but from age 1798 last time a wear it was on austerlitz 2007 (very good battle 800 soldiers was been there) . VIVAT KAISER FRANZ 1 and grettings from Czech Republic (from 59. infantry regiment Leopold Joseph Maria von Daun later Langois )

[@fredpasdu62]

Vidéo assez bien dans l ensemble !!!sur l une des périodes de l histoire la plus intéréssante !!! Dommage que la musique fait ambiance campagnarde !!! Mais bon,c'est pas mal du tout!

[@103littlebastard]

'NAPOLEONwasITALIAN'..stop making a fool of your self. If he was Italian hed be buried in Pizza-land, not Les Invalides. Great video. Thanks for posting it.

[@Ndriana]

. Part 1 The name "France" comes from the Franks wich was a german tribe. They became the Merovingians and are at the very roots of french royal families. The Merovingians conquered most of this part of western continental Europe: Burgundy, Provence, etc...

[@NapoleonCalland]

The King of France and Navarre, Louis XV, bought Corsica from the Genoese who realised that if they didn't sell Corsica it would become independent and they would lose it. In the meantime, Paoli was setting up a Corsican state, so the French had to buy AND THEN INVADE Corsica to claim it. And Ndriana is right, being French is about belonging to France, not about being part of a religion or a region or an ethnic group. THE ONE AND INDIVISIBLE REPUBLIC!

[@clio2rsminicup]

no enough things to explain the evidence Of course Napoleon is french!!! Because he was born in France, Corsica is a french territory when Napoleon was born !!! Quite simply

[@103littlebastard]

Dont be so plain. Yes Napoleon was born in Corsica ,every one on the planet knows that. But he was born after Corcica became French lands. Corsica nor The states of what will one day turn into Italy. Franch made him who he was, educated him, influenced him etc. France was his home, as Corsica rejected him and his family. And Victory to Spain? If you think a pack of brigands murdering solders as they slept in the night glorious.Then you can have that sad honor.The only Glory belongs to Bonaparte!

[@clio2rsminicup]

@evabrown281 ?? Comme si j'ignorais cela LOL Et à mon tour pour te remettre à ta place et recadrer les "choses historiques", puisque tu sembles l'ignorer, la Corse en 1769 est déjà une partie intégrante et une région de France Donc il est bien né français CQFD Voilà...

[@Alpha1Bravo1Charlie1]

Corsican. Corsica was French at the time.

[@Ndriana]

. Part 2 - To make a long story short, this area became known as the Franks Kingdom (Frankreich or Royaume de France and later République Française) and that kingdom or republic invaded/occupied/annexed several surounding lands like Britany and Corsica... All that to say, that out of northern-east France, there's no REAL Franks. And Franks are just part of whole. Being French is being citizen of the republic, it's not a geographical, religious or ethnical matter. SO NAPELEON IS FRENCH!!