Ten Minute History - The French Revolution and Napoleon (Short Documentary)

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This episode of Ten Minute History (like a documentary, only shorter) covers the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars from the beginning of King Louis XVI's reign all the way to the death of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1821. The first half covers the life and death of Louis XVI during the events of the revolution, including the rise and fall of Robespierre and the Reign of Terror. The second half covers the rise of Napoleon, the Napoleonic Wars and the eventual allied victory over France.
Twitter: / tenminhistory
Ten Minute History is a series of short, ten minute animated narrative documentaries that are designed as revision refreshers or simple introductions to a topic. Please note that these are not meant to be comprehensive and there's a lot of stuff I couldn't fit into the episodes that I would have liked to. Thank you for watching, though, it's always appreciated.

[@pengator4699]

France: we won Russia now surrender Russia: no France: but we have Moscow Russia: **burns Moscow** France: wtf

[@leonardsap13]

thats some game of thrones shit right there

[@Lieutenant_Dude]

The lesson here is NEVER FUCK WITH RUSSIA.

[@lorumipsum1129]

What Moscow? No proof.

[@seneca983]

The fires may have been just accidents.

[@stevenbobleyshire2191]

@@Lieutenant_Dude hitler really should have listened to that advice

[@mccabber24]

"Basically, the British funded an invasion of themselves" Congratulations, you played yourself

[@nutellamonsta5602]

Plot twist: Britain did it on purpose to kill France's navy

[@tomchch]

Id explain it to you but i dont want to be anti-semitic

[@daveconrad6562]

Please do speak your mind/truth....what do you know?

[@MrRinoHunter]

@@tomchch please i want to hear about the jewish conspiracy, i havent had a good laugh today 🤣🙄

[@jwil4286]

sam1370 invaded Canada or Great Britain?

[@FireballFlareblitz734]

8:58 for those wondering why they skipped from Louis the 16th to the 18th, there was a Louis the 17th, who became "King" in the middle of the French Revolution. Because it was in the middle of the French Revolution, he never actually ruled, and died at the age of 10 from an illness.

[@JimmySailor]

Louis the 17th was the son of the executed monarch. He was supposedly given to a peasant family to have been raised a member of the proletariat but he died from illness after only a few months. It’s also very possible he was simply murdered.

[@CaptinBen10]

More like died of neglect.

[@SchimmelpfennigVonDerOye]

@@JimmySailor He was thrown into prison and died there.

[@LightAnkou]

"Louis Xviii bravely ran away to England..." Xd

[@Geobacter]

I hope he had time to get his minstrels to follow him.

[@Professor_Nixon]

Like what they did in WW2...

[@dosg847]

they did to return and win the wars ;) ( with the help of the ally ofc )

[@TelecastPropellor96]

He was not afraid to die, Oh brave King Louis. He was not at all afraid To be killed in nasty ways. Brave, brave, brave, brave King Louis.

[@Wanderer628]

He literally says Britian yet you still say England. What is wrong with people?

[@l.u.i.s._.8452]

In conclusion: France vs everyone (including France)

[@stevemc01]

"Congratulations. You [burned] yourself." France: "I know"

[@cookie3072]

@@stevemc01 USA to France: are we doing it the right way ?

[@nifnouf9371]

You, sir, just summarized the entire history of France since creation in just 5 words. Congratulations!

[@guifdcanalli]

France vs everyone (including France): Won 5 times in a roll

[@l.u.i.s._.8452]

@@guifdcanalli baguette supremacy

[@Jodonho]

Committee of Public Safety: 0 days without an execution. Lol

[@tjb_6203]

AvaintTF ThePyro DELETE THIS COMMENT NOW

[@starlight0313]

Laquelectro delete this reply now!

[@jemromey9942]

@Tempoptart haha i know right

[@leef8433]

Public's safe to me

[@PelsckoPelesko]

@Tempoptart delete this reply

[@davidb3155]

I love the sarcastic quips in these videos. especially the scene about balancing power then quickly pans to Germany lol

[@liamhansen7037]

That's depressing mate!!

[@ernstschmidt4725]

it worked like... 60 years? it seems a win for me

[@thelad9434]

Germany always comes back

[@roskcity]

@@thelad9434 Hopefully not for round 3.

[@nickdiaz9661]

@@leomanolis8701 yeah but the graphic showed Bismarck who made the Germanic Empire

[@Jodonho]

I didn't know that British banks funded the Louisiana Purchase.

[@Jodonho]

Barings (London) and Hopes (Amsterdam) www.baringarchive.org.uk/features_exhibitions/louisiana_purchase/

[@Je-suis-pauvre]

Barings which was bankcrupt by a rougue trader

[@ahpchagi1]

why did we help then then after that the Americans had the war of 1812 we should of told jefferson to get stuff you kick us out so why should we help you out that what should of been said to the Americans them the all of history could of change and french wouldn't have money to fight plus save loads of lives and no war of 1812. as that kicked off because the Americans aid the french the British stop on then because we was at war with France

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

@@ahpchagi1 Because money, America was more useful to Britain as an independent state. After the war of 1812 Britain could have basically done anything it wanted to with the US but they left it, America just wasn't worth the trouble it caused at the end of the day... Cotton and Tobacco was about all it was worth whereas India, China and Africa had diamonds, gold, tea, opium and trillions of dollars worth of trade in todays money

[@mrbrainbob5320]

MrcabooseVG not really the 13 colonies produced more wealth than all those territories combined just not resources even today the former 13 colonies have a gdp of around 6 trillion dollars

[@slenderman432]

"he was arrested and executed, but not before being shot in the face" Lmao, I love your narrations.

[@3uujh656]

Napoleon should have paid more attention to his aggressive expansion, no suprise that a coalition formed

[@blitzhill9533]

7 coalitions*

[@xstrawarot]

should've returned to west europe before the winter in russia

[@primusinterpares5767]

Extrawarot he hit over 100% overextension

[@federubio2519]

yeah he should have gone for mali to wait for it to come down

[@agushernandez6083]

He was going for that sweet WC and was running short in time.

[@TheBrickMasterB]

7:55 The way that british soldier just faceplants into the sand makes me laugh.

[@georgeamesfort3408]

*french flag appears* What's that doing there? "Hey ,fellow monarchs!" *intense panic*

[@Gordonjamesheneryproductions]

I poop my pants again screaming

[@rimabros98]

@@idotso6057 woah, it’s a stumpy little manlet

[@ziadahmad2440]

@@idotso6057 u make more weapons u make more cannons u make more horses i dont make horses then who makes horses horses make horses explain how oh when the daddy horse loves the mummy horse too much oh yes go on then the daddy horse im sorry Napoléon u are 43 i thought u know this stuff don touch me im gonna be sick

[@georgeamesfort3408]

OooOOoH nNoooOo

[@breaderikthegreat3224]

@@Gordonjamesheneryproductions bahhhhhhh

[@richeybaumann1755]

Currently watching every video first to last; it's really interesting how the sound quality and general narrative structure of these videos keeps improving over the years, but the art style we all love stays basically the same.

[@thomasbravado]

It's almost surreal to watch a History Matters video that doesn't thank James Bisonette at the end.

[@gamingwithjamz8697]

"The kings divine right to rule" "This meant that the king was king and that was what God wanted so shutup and do what he says" 😂😂

[@sovietagent9303]

Lmao

[@Plush_180]

Damn how people abused religion back then it puts a bad taste

[@janpiorko3809]

@@Plush_180 People have always abused religon for political ends. It's happening to this day.

[@shzarmai]

@@janpiorko3809 Exactly that has always happened

[@full-timepog6844]

@@shzarmai "always has been"

[@Tyrkia123]

your drawings always put a smile on my face :)

[@matthewy1111]

Wow, over 250 likes and not a single repl- oops I broke it.

[@victortisme]

@@matthewy1111 and you didn't even break it with an infinity war référence. Shameful

[@ateium2409]

@@victortisme Why did you keep accents?

[@victortisme]

@@ateium2409 because they look cool. Nah, it was autocorrect ;)

[@sahibbhadal]

0:00 a legend was born

[@thatkaidonchannelcountryba3606]

Hi

[@sahibbhadal]

@@thatkaidonchannelcountryba3606 chicken nuggets are nice Don’t you agree Especially Maccies They got amazing nuggets

[@patrickcummins6064]

Napoleon should have just stopped invading at either 1808 (Spain) or 1812 (Russia) and just given up on bankrupting England. If he had simply held onto power and defeated occasional British invasions, he could have become something of a Czar Peter the Great type figure; vastly improving his empire through a successful war of conquest and force of personality.

[@Gio954]

France still had problems at home, the invasions helped keep napoleon in power and the attention of the french people away from economical hardships at home

[@chapman5578]

that's quite true rather funny how they all had delusions of grandure aswell and saw themselves like gods on earth.

[@gardiendesportes]

chapman5578 Well they did a good part of the job anyway lol

[@lukascielocaminante257]

He should've held onto power and the states he established, I totally agree with you. The embargo was a bad idea, and the invasion of Russia too, but what do you want, he was a conquerer, he wanted to..; Conquer, but politically he wasn't the best, even if he did great moves in France to achieve his power, he shouldn't have sold the Louisiane, should've consolidated all of those puppet states and after a while he would've managed to beat england. What would the world look like if he did that ? Nobody could tell haha.

[@abadyr_]

Napoléon attacked Russia the 24 June 1812. (so in Summer...). He just kept at it for way too long...

[@northchurch753]

9:07 Brave King Louis ran away "Non!" Bravely ran away away. "Je ne pas!" When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled. Yes brave King Louis turned about and quite valiantly he chickened out

[@mrrandom1265]

The French part doesn't mean anything... "Je n'ai pas" means "I don't have"

[@Spielen_Videos]

"He is chugging it in and plugging it up And sneaking away and buggering off And chickening out and pissing a pot Yes bravely *he* is throwing in the sponge"

[@scottydu81]

Mr Random It’s french. Fuck it.

[@miloelite]

* “Je ne fais pas!” btw, well done on this comment 👏😆

[@Speak_quietly05]

Watch the new interesting and funny animation about Napoleon

[@littleprussian7985]

Friedrich Wilhelm III is what is widely considered by german historians, to be the most incompetend ruler in the history of Prussia. Not because he was a bad person (he was actually the ideal husband and father), but because he was possibly the worst choice, to be in charge of Prussia during the Napoleonic Wars! Friedrich Wilhelm III was known since his days as a crown prince, as a shy and modest individual. Which is probably what attracted his beloved wife, Queen Luise of Mecklenburg, to him (we will be talking about her in full detail later). Friedrich Wilhelm III and Queen Luise are perhabs one of history's most underrated couples. Not only did they have close connections to the commoners, like inviting both rich and poor to parties, which made them extremly popular with the prussian people. But they relationship was basically like yin and yang. Friedrich Wilhelm III was a very shy, pessimistic and sometimes grumpy guy and Queen Luise was outgoing, optimistic and a total sweetheart (the prussians nicknamed her "Queen of Hearts" because of how much they have fallen in love with her). They were the perfect match. With that said, when Napoleon Bonarparte arrived, Friedrich Wilhelm III's popularity started to decline, while Queen Luise's popularity heavily increased, in Prussia. You see, Friedrich Wilhelm III did everything to keep Prussia neutral during the Napoleonic Wars (hence why Prussia only enters the scene in the Fourth Coalition). However, Queen Luise pushed for her husband to declare war on Napoleon Bonarparte, because she hated Napoleon and viewed him as the devil incarnated. If you think that Queen Luise was being naiv, you're wrong. She came up with the idea to gain Alexander I of Russia as they ally and was basically the reason why Alexander I stayed mostly loyal to Prussia during the Napoleonic Wars. Because Friedrich Wilhelm III and Alexander I did NOT get along at all! However, the real kicker was Friedrich Wilhelm III's domestic politics. Because the Battle of Jena and Auerstedt was basically Old School Prussia vs Post-Revolution France. Prussia was still structured in an old-fashioned way. Not just in it's military. So, in order to keep up with France, without going through that disastrous revolution, the "Revolution from above" was put into place. Which includes things like: - jews being granted citizenship - end of serfdom - cities financing themselves And many other ideas, which is why german historians often say "The old Prussia died at Jena and Auerstedt and was replaced by a new Prussia". The reason why I'm bringing this up is because not only was the "revolution from above" not an idea that Friedrich Wilhelm III didn't come up with and barely contributed to, but Friedrich Wilhelm III was offered those ideas SIX MONTHS before the Battle at Jena and Auerstedt and REJECTED the ideas. Why? Because Friedrich Wilhelm III was a guy who was hestiate about decisions and liked skipping things for tomorrow. If he did actually sign the deal, the fight against Napoleon Bonarparte would have never been as disastrous for Prussia as it was. Because if Prussia's only victory during the Fourth Coalition (the Battle of Kolberg) was held by a few soldiers and untrained citizens, than there's clearly something wrong with the prussian army! If that wasn't enough, Friedrich Wilhelm III had to be a total fool when he met Napoleon! I once read that because Napoleon Bonarparte was a huge fan of Friedrich the great, he was extremly disapointed when he met Friedrich Wilhelm III. And that's where Queen Luise steps in. Napoleon Bonarparte had spread some of the nasties rumors about her, after she declared war on him. And the fact that she lost against him on the battlefield didn't strengthen his opinion of her. But once he did meet her, he took everything back he once said about her. Queen Luise managed to melt Napoleon Bonarparte's heart, when she was begging him to spare Prussia. And then, unable to wait any longer, her husband burst and Napoleon decided not to keep his promises to the Queen. Napoleon Bonarparte would later say that Queen Luise did manage to convience him, until her husband came in. Queen Luise would eventually tragically die and Napoleon Bonarparte said that Friedrich Wilhelm III lost his best adviser with her death. Friedrich Wilhelm III was basically the Tsar Nicholas II of the Napoleonic Wars (both were by no means bad people, but they were bad leaders), the biggest difference is however, that Friedrich Wilhelm III actually managed to redeem himself in the end. Meanwhile, Queen Luise went on to be remembered as one of Prussia's greatest leaders, alongside Friedrich the great and Otto von Bismarck. Becoming sort of the national hero of Prussia. And later, when the German Empire was formed, she was hailed as "the mother of the german nation". One of her kids, the future emperor Wilhelm I, was a mommy's boy and visited his mother's grave, before leaving to fight in the Franco-Prussian War. He also made the cornflower the national flower of Germany, because it reminded him of his mother. Queen Luise went on to keep her position as Germany's most popular female ruler, until 1945. Because she was just a mother, trying to do what's best for her family and country. Not a strong warrior like Boudicca or Joan of Arc. And that's what drew people to her and still draws people to her. A woman, standing up against the most powerful man at the time, in a world where women didn't have that much power. Meanwhile, Friedrich Wilhelm III ended up in the shadow of his wife, with not that many people speaking fondly of him (Wilhelm II actually has his fair share of defenders, unlike Friedrich Wilhelm III). Friedrich Wilhelm III and Queen Luise are some of the most fascinating characters of the Napoleonic Wars. It's a shame that Prussia's role in the Napoleonic Wars is often overlooked.

[@aymericlg3381]

Really interesting comment, I never heard about all that

[@freewal]

Queen Luise was a bloody fool who pushed her country to war vs a country who fights for liberty, equality and fraternity and not for a teutonic old tradition. She never has the heart of Napoleon, it's a prussian legend for german telenovela, i know they did an episode on here, but the memories of Napoleon are pretty clear on her. She was foolish and pushed here country to a war which ended in a complete disaster however her husband was not for the war at the begining, and other fool like the Duke of Brunswick pushed him on war vs the Grande Armée. The Duke was killed (he deserved it.) Prussia was defeated and humiliated, if Napoleon was clever he would have destroyed it (he could) but he prefered to consolidate his family for the future by not destroying nations. He wanted to found a dynasty. It was a fatal error. Prussia should have been destroyed completly IMO. It's this country which has leaded to Bismarck, the 1870 humiliation for France with annexation of Alsace and Moselle, and then the first world war. Prussians officers were then the most Hitler favorable in the Werhmarcht during the second world war. Prussia should have been destroyed for the good of humanity. Meanwhile other german states were peaceful and changed in a postive way. Bavaria supporter Napoleon, along with Saxony, Westphalia, and started to implement the changes. Only Tyrol revolted for religious reasons and under pressure of Austria.

[@ruark2926]

german cope

[@edrichlouw1790]

@@freewal how fair, equal and liberal can you actually be if you only wanted it for your own group? The only difference between monarchies and French republics are titles.

[@paulsoldner9500]

@@freewal Revolutionary France, like all such political movements of it's kind, fought for the right to commit genocide. Nothing more. The Drownings at Nantes is everything you need to know about that horrible nation and people.

[@shinydewott]

8:28 is that Zarya from Overwatch?

[@tengkualiff]

The times before James Bissonette conquered this channel.

[@AllHaiLKINGTIsHeRe3]

These videos are really great, some of the best I've seen of these animated educational/history types of videos. I hope you continue making them.

[@chairsilver2]

Yes

[@steelbear2063]

French revolution : ends monarchy Napoleon : *allow me to introduce myself*

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

Because they were revolutionaries who had removing the king as the goal, rather than an obstacle, not any long term plan, thus chaos ensued and people sought someone to bring order. Same thing happened to Germany after WW1.

[@SkyColl]

Who else thought their screen in dirty at 7:00?

[@theguystealingyourinternet3712]

ikr

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Well I had just sneezed blood on my screen seconds earlier, so I really couldn't tell.

[@Yicz]

Oof

[@Yicz]

@@MaxwellAerialPhotography oof

[@tombkings6279]

Why?

[@AllHaiLKINGTIsHeRe3]

At 5:08 the "Change (Or else)" poster gets me every time.

[@viditsinha9707]

I only watched this video because it's his first and I wanted to see if James Bizonnete existed at that time too

[@serhatyaran]

Same here, lol.

[@jmpopov]

Fun fact: No.

[@soccerfrost1108]

This video helped me get a good understanding of France and the napoleonic wars while being funny amazing job! :) loved the Zarya at 8:30 haha

[@kaahzvi5820]

Had to pause because I almost spat out my drink in surprise hahaha

[@DefenderofFuture]

I’m a fan of the “efficient supply chain” which is just a cart filled with baguettes.”

[@tcc5750]

6:30 Lol, the British funded an invasion of themselves, oh politics :D. Awesome video, really loving your channel, you've earned a long term subscriber ;).

[@owenjones7517]

TCC The invasion didn't actually happen so what we really funded was an amassed Franco-Spanish fleet which we then destroyed at Trafalgar

[@EvenWaysMusic]

I believe it was the Rothchild's that funded it. Not Britain herself. Moreover, what invasion?

[@tcc5750]

Even.Ways Music Go to 6:30? I even listed in the time in my original comment you mongoloid. Fucking read.

[@EvenWaysMusic]

TCC Yeah, but what invasion? You said: 'the British funded an invasion of themselves, oh politics :D' but they were never invaded. France just wished they could. So in reality, they got some money and that's about it. Hence, what invasion...

[@tcc5750]

Even.Ways Music I was quoting the person that made the video. Technically British bankers did fund an invasion of England, likely because as you say, it failed. The bankers likely knew it would fail, otherwise I doubt they'd risk being executed for treason just to make a quick buck.

[@harryhawkins8709]

Zarya @ 8:27

[@aaronmarks9366]

I was wondering who that was

[@quwuirkyturkey]

@@aaronmarks9366 it's an overwatch character

[@sandwitchchan1999]

FIRE AT WILL

[@FireFlies002]

A great history person was born here.

[@exodud5016]

Really fun XD I would just like to nitpick and say that in France, we learn (in school obviously) that the Egyptian campaign was actually because French higher-ups wanted to squash that little Napoleon upstart and send him far away to be defeated. However, he earned a lot of popular support back in France thanks to : 1 - all of his archaeological findings, like the Rosetta stone for example 2 - because the first real defeat was the fleet being burnt, which was outside of his command 3 - because when the French army was finally defeated in Egypt, he wasn't in command since he had just came back to France to make his coup

[@kolerick]

btw, Napoleon "escaping" Elba was at least partly motivated by the fact that the French crown didn't pay the pension that was promised to him as part of the deal...

[@Jp808]

Man I really love revisiting the older videos as they're fantastic but you've really found you flow in the last year or so. Thank you for what you do

[@henryporter4081]

The Egyptian campaign was in fact successful - both Upper and Lower Egypt were subjugated and Murad Bey was driven into Sudan. Next, an Ottoman army was destroyed at the Battle of Mount Tabor, securing the conquest. The stalemate of the Siege of Acre prevented further expansion, but that hardly qualifies as a disaster. Napoleon did not 'abandon' his troops. He was ordered to return to France by his commanders because the military situation was deteriorating quickly. All of his conquests in northern Italy had been lost to the Austrians, for example. His return lead to French victory in the War of the Second Coalition. Kleber was left behind in Egypt and successfully defended it from invasion while Napoleon was away, until he was assassinated.

[@realityismerelyanill]

However it was ultimately forced to surrender and the general objective of the campaign failled.

[@user-bl8xf2oi7e]

Get a life

[@jamiengo2343]

Kota what sort of success is that?! That’s hardly a success!

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

@@jamiengo2343 he didnt lose he merely failed to win

[@tonyhawk94]

Roman empire : Monarchy => Republic => Empire => Collapse French empire : Monarchy => Republic => Empire => Collapse Roman empire : *MY SON*

[@BlackHawk2b]

True heir of Rome

[@MrJakewray]

shout out to marquis de lafayette, everyones favourite fighting frenchman

[@zlatko8051]

LAFAYETTE!

[@jamiemartin1434]

I remember him joining the American Revolution in the cartoon Liberty Kids.

[@jwil4286]

I actually live in a city in America named after him

[@luked2115]

Only downside is that he wanted a Constitutional Monarchy

[@jwil4286]

Why is that a downside?

[@Mao-qp6rd]

The monty Python reference made my day. Thank you good sir.

[@jayrussell1825]

Zhee Fraunch fawrt een you-er zghenerahl deerection!

[@Cjnw]

Biggus Ze-Dongus😉😛

[@matthieu7554]

"La déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen" was suppositivly universal.

[@cebonvieuxjack]

And it was meant to be, it even applied to slavery, which was abolished in 1794 by the Republic, only to be restaured a few years later in 1803 by Napoleon. Like for the Americans and their bill of rights, this is what led the French people to thinking that they had almost like a kind of divine duty of spreading liberty and freedom across the world, this was one of the reasons Napoleon thought he had to invade Europe, or that they thought they had to rape Africa with all of their european friends in the first place.

[@stephenwright8824]

Absolument.

[@sas-qq1pd]

00:00 A legend was born

[@user-fc6sf3kb6f]

0:00 A legend has been born

[@that_pac123]

"Status of waves: ruled" XD I'm fucking dying.

[@terencemichaels]

Informative, concise, comprehensible and thank you very much for not adding the ubiquitous distracting background music that the curse of so many KZbin channels now.

[@MrShadowThief]

"Not seeming supportive enough was enough to have you arrested." Little has changed in politics it seems.

[@Astro_Guy_1]

Lol.

[@ljspitfire327]

"which went swimingly" XD lol I love your videos! they are simple but give a nice overall idea and they are very entertaining!

[@hagrid1123]

When he said that

[@stephenwright8824]

I keep wondering why so many videos on the Napoleonic era forget to mention his Great Sanhedrin. After learning how Jews wanted to interact with Christians, Napoleon guaranteed them the full protection of the Republic, both physically and religiously.

[@Radicoly]

Why do you have so little subscribers?!

[@karlkarlos3545]

And a quite unoriginal too. There a docent of similar KZbin channels who do exactly the same stick.

[@Radicoly]

Karl Karlos Yeah but he does it really well, his videos are informative and high quality. If your so proficient in internet etiquette do your own channel.

[@karlkarlos3545]

Radicoly Lol. Why should I? You probably should just keep watching different stuff to get a bigger picture.

[@Radicoly]

Karl Karlos Which is exactly what he is doing, he's another channel that does history in a unique way.

[@karlkarlos3545]

Radicoly But it's the opposite of "unique".That's my whole point. It's not bad but not original at all.

[@McRocket]

Love your videos. I learn a lot. And even if I already knew something - your presentation looks great and can be humourous to boot. Great stuff.

[@lucofparis4819]

The Revolution era, aka France going berserk against everyone, all because there wasn't enough bread in Paris 😄.

[@indianasquatchunters]

Luc Fauvarque Beserk? No I believe the word you’re looking for is hangry. They were hungry and angry

[@arnold3768]

@@indianasquatchunters which made them berserk.

[@indianasquatchunters]

Arnold K. Yes hangry leads to berserk. You are correct my friend

[@eh5048]

The French take their baguettes very seriously

[@davidtrindle6473]

Luc Fauvarque No bread, no life

[@roycameron2119]

Well done...great as a brush-up or first intro...or a summary of what I have been reading of late...thanks.

[@fashionchaffey3658]

Concise and complete. Great job!

[@fezzamanezza8415]

awesome videos, deserves way more views, hopefully in the future this becomes more popular so more get made!! thanks brutha !!

[@shinchan123450]

8:30 - Overwatch reference!

[@ohitsjustmegod5276]

I rewatch your videos so much. Love the animation. Keep up the good work my friend.

[@gaelperrin3422]

Very nice summary. Thank you.

[@Bobomb1000]

to think there was a time before James Bisonette

[@lore-mastereothad955]

Napoleon didnt invade Russia just for the sake of invading, he acted as he always had : striking first when war is unavoidable. Russia signed and alliance with France and gained some prussian lands with the treaty of Tilsit but then decided that they prefer the UK in the end so broke the alliance and declared war on France, so France invaded.

[@SaberTI]

I'm late but Napoleon was also becoming unpopular at home, he needed a war to unite the people and get them to rally behind him again. The Russians were the most likely target seeing how everyone else was at his mercy and the British were untouchable due to their ruling of the sea.

[@balabanasireti]

Meh

[@KieranGarland]

These videos are really superb. Bravo, and thanks for sharing.

[@Horus633]

Really great work :) well done

[@peterinbrat]

Amazing how the channel has come along. I'd like to see this redone closer to the newer style.

[@serhatyaran]

With the blessings of James Bisonnette and Kelly Moneymaker I bet new version will be epic!

[@susanlee594]

the birth of a legend

[@chrisscerbo5731]

enjoyed this video a lot. that was tons of information in just that short video.

[@deniseaksu3978]

Awesome video! Thanks!

[@hellfest85]

Because of your videos you have educated me with so much of world history thank you please continue to make more

[@nguyenkhoi3010]

5:07 it’s nice to see that Napoleon time-travelled when he returned home

[@duanespeck2316]

Awesome. Thanks for that explanation

[@iamcicada1392]

9.59 you sir, are a good man. There is no ads. A like and a sub for that!

[@adamshaw9974]

This is great! :D The animation style is awesome and the attention to detail is almost unbelievable! It truly makes a visible difference when the "teacher" is interested in the subject ;)

[@susactivities_]

Das war ein befehl

[@thatonecommenter.]

The first comment on an Amazing Channel

[@kjul.]

Ey ohne dregg alder

[@HistoryMatters]

What would you like to see covered next?

[@williamshortfilm5818]

Great video :) Would you make the french empire (colonial) or maybe WW2 ?

[@1dani23]

Thw Balkan wars!!! pls..

[@someoneatemybeans]

The Mongols

[@coolthefool1]

ww1

[@marinnens4227]

the rise and fall of the byzantine empire and the isreal-palestine conflict

[@EricELT18]

Thank you for this witty primer on a quarter century of turbulence!

[@killio88]

Love it, keep up the good work.

[@Rogue-A.I.]

Your channel should get much more attention, this is one of the best history youtube channels I've seen.

[@ARKOVZ]

The modern day classes in society: plutocrats, politicians and common day people. People never really change, only labels and goals do.

[@merrittanimation7721]

ARKOVZ At least they don't say God made them rule, which is slightly better

[@Elizabeththegreatest]

Yep, that is so true!

[@cv4809]

transylvanian You can still be rich Example Marc zuckerberg or Bill gates

[@francoandres3850]

You could become a noble in France during the rule of King Louis XVI if you paid enough money to buy yourself a title.

[@redwolf915]

I got elected by knocking on doors but okay.

[@nik65stgt60]

Great content! Thanks!

[@celticminiatures4794]

Very concise video. Thank you.

[@EG-jj1ry]

Love this video and channel. I will note however that the painting at 1:00 is actually depicting Gen. Burgoyne’s surrender at Saratoga (1777), not Gen. Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown (1781).

[@brucequinn]

One of your best.

[@cameronnightscales8294]

Great content!

[@berryberrykixx]

"Basically, the British funded an invasion against themselves." *audibly laughs in French*

[@Beeja3148]

0:02 Got some bounce to that death XD

[@louisxvi2785]

Good video

[@Corn_Squared]

The characters at the end happly waving goodbye needs to come back

[@XFactorFPS]

lol I love the little overwatch reference at 8:25

[@danielhale1]

The 7 coalitions are interesting to me. Europe had united against Napoleon 5 times and lost severely each time. But they kept getting back up again partially because the alternative was submission. Eventually after Napoleon effectively broke himself against the Russian wall of ice, Europe's armies also learned how to break him. Napoleon spent his reign telling everyone else "Git gud noob" and finally all of Europe could look him in the eye and say "We did".

[@ads2686]

they kept getting back up because britian was paying for everything. Its easy to fight a war when you don't get stuck with a bill at the end

[@Catski0]

remarkable! was falling alseep looking at enormous wikipedia pages for French Revolution & this saved me!!

[@maroirita9136]

Thanks a lot for these videos its facilitate understanding history in very good and enjoyable way

[@streamlinedengine]

This, ladies and gentlemen, is the official beginning of a legend.

[@no.6660]

This video is now 7 years old

[@phe123]

AMAZING VIDEOS!

[@scottstallings5029]

GREAT SHOW!!

[@freudsigmund72]

1:35 hilarious that "censored" sign

[@khayyakubov6256]

We need more KZbin channels like you😀

[@jayl2331]

This is a phenomenal channel.

[@xXjonasXxTHEMAN]

Love your videos

[@soupmandude]

you deserve more subs, bro. Do britans empire part two.

[@suclox12yearsago56]

Now he has 500k

[@sksShadow1987]

i love how you depict the death of individuals in these videos...just falling over. so simple yet so hilarious!

[@BirdRaiserE]

Always be wary of standing next to the screen's edge if you want to survive a SH video

[@sksShadow1987]

@@BirdRaiserE oh boy has it been 5 years already?!

[@BirdRaiserE]

@@sksShadow1987 yep It's time for YT to slip these masterpieces randomly in people's feeds

[@mobb1108]

What a great video. Please keep this up and consider creating a patreon.

[@nikobellic2005]

great video and all, but at 8:28 you see zarya from overwatch lmao

[@roamingrino]

Could you do a video specifically on Napoleons retreat from Russia. I recently read Napoleon by Andrew roberts and their is so much more to that story than the Russians burned everything and Napoleon forgot about winter

[@staffsgt.sullivan3833]

Fantastic read. One of my favorites. I particularly enjoyed the Russian retreat as you mentioned and ‘Zenith.’

[@manicdgr]

I came back to this after oversimplified made a video about napoleon