The French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars: Every Week

[@EmperorTigerstar]

Thanks for a million views everyone!

[@andenfighter0078]

Haha

[@quentinl.595]

Great job !

[@efeefe9081]

Np :)

[@efeefe9081]

Np :)

[@mojojanji1976]

Hey you bloody deserve it. Your videos are always incredibly educational and interesting. Good job.

[@Realkeepa-et9vo]

French Revolution happens: Russia, Prussia and Austria: *Poland time*

[@PeruvianPotato]

Poland: *Its independence time*

[@PavelBader]

Польша: от пердоле!

[@booperdooperproductions2545]

Kosciusko: Polska stronk- oh

[@jab3020]

KURWA

[@SanHecox]

Was about to say: how many times is Poland getting eated by its neightbours in this video? 😂

[@sheldonj.plankton163]

Country: *Declares war on France* France: *Invades the country* Country: Just kiddin', I'm on your side

[@AnImperialGod]

Still much better than... BETRAY YOUR ALLY WHICH IS ALSO A POWER AND PUT YOUR BROTHER ON THE THRONE MEANWHILE YOU INVADE RUSSIA.

[@soyderiverdeliverybeaver8941]

@@LuisAldamiz what inquisition? That had ended by mid 1500s

[@ZMGian]

@@soyderiverdeliverybeaver8941 You know, nobody expects the spanish inquisition.

[@soyderiverdeliverybeaver8941]

@@LuisAldamiz it had like 3000 trials total, theres no way it had this few if it lasted all that long

[@soyderiverdeliverybeaver8941]

@@LuisAldamiz well, i dont remember. I think 3000 is the amount of people declared guilty and killed/tortured. So i am probably wrong on that. My mistake.

[@jaec1998]

"Sweden Declares war on the U.K. but no action is taken" -Talk about "all bjorke and no bite"

[@jaredkish8201]

BÖRK

[@seneca983]

All skall and no bett.

[@ThiccNose]

I’m using this as a joke with my girlfriend who is Scottish whenever we have an argument “It’s starting to look like 1810 is about to repeat itself!”

[@irontusk341]

thats what she said......

[@sparkybolt2085]

@Helmholtz I mean, I wouldn't be surprised. Finland was at war with the Soviet Union.

[@CSGhostAnimation]

France: starts fighting ppl Russia: Annexes Poland Of course.

[@philipchouliaras5879]

traditions

[@sharkronical]

This won't be the last time someone starts a global war and then Russia annexes half of Poland

[@Left_Behind]

bruh poland didnt exist at this time edit: I guess many people didn't understand this old comment, what i meant is that poland wasn't independent

[@xerozyte1012]

@@Left_Behind poland was partitioned by prussia, austria, and russia

[@Left_Behind]

@@xerozyte1012 yes, almost ten years before napoleonic wars started, this is why this meme makes no sense

[@AOE3IET]

2:30 *Papal states declares war on you!* France: What? Papal states: sorry missclick

[@zakarian3892]

@@LuisAldamiz r/woooosh

[@PeruvianPotato]

@@zakarian3892 r/ihavereddit

[@aman-hl9re]

Wait this isnt reddit

[@dandamanatee9023]

nuqmannasyat Zulkiffli yes it is

[@PlacidSine]

Luis Aldamiz r/woooosh

[@tomsmart312]

*Prussia is defeated by Napoleon and is humiliated* Austria- “First time?”

[@blackflamefegari5756]

Tom Smart but didn’t Prussia view itself as like the Sparta of the HRE

[@DonKrieg-382]

Albanians defeated then tigerstar makes propaganda

[@rolandilosvay9470]

@@blackflamefegari5756 Their Military might decreased after the seven years war and the death of Frederick the Great but yeah, they thought a bit like this

[@lesscringeymapperdude]

@@DonKrieg-382 Alabania was puppet of Turkey after I lost the European LCMD war

[@Itachi951000]

Technically Marshal Davout defeated Prussia. He was the one who faced the main prussian army, not Napoleon.

[@marvelfannumber1]

*Alexander I* - Did you take Moscow? *Napoleon* - Yes. *Alexander I* - At what cost? *Napoleon* - Everything...

[@DonKrieg-382]

No

[@klynt2763]

*Napoleon* - Did you invade Russia? *Adolf Hitler* - Yes. *Napoleon* - At what cost? *Adolf Hitler* - Third Reich...

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

Actually pretty accurate use of the meme. Nice.

[@FaithfulOfBrigantia]

@@edwardendo2155 Moscow was far more important than St.Petersburg, being the capital is merely symbolic. If Napoleon captured St.Petersburg the outcome would be the same

[@MichelOM1995]

Russia should thank Spain and the UK, without them Russia would have fallen

[@lyanlegolmuth5005]

Germany: OMG, I can't stand western and eastern front at the time France: 360° warfield

[@5threpublic912]

i evened it to 55

[@samuelgouby4174]

And civil war.........

[@teamcastro9187]

Eastern Romans also experienced the same thing like 24/7

[@lenisia910]

"democracy"

[@k9cobra728]

*the German reich in 1945 laughed, “you are wrong”*

[@patolenho3732]

First Coalition: 0:40 Second Coalition: 3:14 Third Coalition: 4:52 Fourth Coalition: 5:20 Fifth Coalition: 6:20 Sixth Coalition: 7:51 Seventh Colaition: 8:38. This is the number of coalitions needed for defeat one country: France.

[@sussyt_yerreantiluffygwlcm28]

@deleted account hey no

[@checkcommentsfirst3335]

back then

[@Itachi951000]

@@Flashy12.43 I love how haters dissociate Napoléon from France when he wouldn't have been able to achieve what he did with any other european power at the time lmao. The French pretty much embarassed the first and second coalitions without Napoléon in charge yet, no?!

[@Raisonnance.]

@@Flashy12.43 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) We still defeated Europe during the revolutionnary wars ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Haters gonna hate

[@maxitrodlgd9638]

@@Deeplyclosetedgayman 1st/ Month* 2dn/ France did not surrender, it was an armistice

[@Salien1999]

Russia, every time the European powers are at war: Oh thank God, now I can have Poland again.

[@Fnidner]

this

[@sucellus5452]

they have the best marshall ever marshall winter... because honestly afeter borodino battle it was fare to be done...

[@dariusznowak9599]

Down with poland

[@devdixit2440]

@@sucellus5452 Its a common misconception that winter was the reason Napoleon lost the war. Thats not actually true, far more of his soldiers died in the summer of typhus and the like than in winter. 1/3 of the Grand Armee was captured or killed in action. 1/2 died of hunger, disease, and the climate. Only 1/6th crossed back over the Nieman.

[@WhatTheHellMagnetophoneMean]

Everyone knows about General Frost, but all people forget about Colonel Cholera.

[@SATMathReview1234]

Lesson one: don’t invade Russia with the 1812 Overture playing in the background

[@patricksviola]

Well I would if I heard one of the worst performances of 1812 in my life. Good video though

[@fludblud]

How about just dont invade Russia period?

[@NeverEverClever]

@@fludblud except if mongols

[@thevoidlookspretty7079]

It’s not the true 1812 Overture. There were no cannons!

[@cdw2468]

Napoleon: “Why do I hear boss music?”

[@narayasuiryoku1397]

France: become a democracy european empires: and I took that personally France: become an empire European empires: I still took that personally

[@derpynerdy6294]

Iiberalism exist European monarchs: I don’t like you...

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

there was a chance for peace in 1803/1804 i think... Napoleon was Machiavelli's the prince who failed to stabilize the new world order after winning the last war if you fail to stabilize, your luck will eventually run out, and you will get knocked back down...

[@sarkis951]

@@ernestov1777 No, it's a disaster.

[@ernestov1777]

@@sarkis951 Your own opinion. I'm not going to comment on that.

[@quintusfabiusmaximus8700]

@@sarkis951 It’s a disaster to authoritarian or monarchy and other nation that had outdated system like the Middle East?

[@acupofwater1847]

Austria: *Joins coalition out of nowhere* Napoleon: *Humiliates Austrian army, captures Vienna again* Austria: OooOh noOooO!

[@hermitcrack9091]

I read the "OH NOOOO" in Joseph Joestar's voice

[@o.i.8131]

@@hermitcrack9091 same

[@guillaumeroudiere5749]

I see you are a men of culture as well

[@lucassenandelopez6324]

Actually Wagram as not a very serious defeat for the austrians and they could continue fighting but Francis decided to not do so and seek for peace.

[@lukastefanovic5732]

HISTORIAN BAT MAPPING no u

[@alexdelvecchio1879]

Allies: "Banish" Napoleon to an island ten miles from the mainland Napoleon: Comes back Allies: *Surprised Pikachu Face*

[@seneca983]

In EmperorTigerstar's opinion, Napoléon coming back was one of the more surprising events in history.

[@lazer_kiw1]

♪ But he came back ♪

[@yusufemir8314]

@@lazer_kiw1 Luckily they banished him to another island.

[@AnImperialGod]

Why didn't they just kill him?

[@immanuelsugar6209]

@@AnImperialGod Because such weren't the moral codes of the early 19th century in relation to rulers of state.

[@jordy704]

France: Wins a war against the entire HRE. EUIV players: What kind of dark magic is this?!

[@leroiarouf1142]

Hahaha good one sir

[@rohatb]

France: Just fire revolution disaster m8

[@sobitasadullah4517]

Well IRL all the other member states wouldn't go through holes in your frontline and besiege forts on the other side of the country.

[@ztac_dex]

Napoleon: Puts 500k stack in one tile *Losses to Russian attrrition*

[@sobitasadullah4517]

@@ztac_dex Yeah, but nobody's so stupid that they'd put their whole army in one tile, right?

[@kotzpenner]

Napoleon was like a very skilled but unlucky and too ambitious EU4 player. Because of all his Agressive Expansion points, everybody allied against him, struggling to win at first, then overwhelming later. He even tries to go out with a firework. Truly one of history's most interesting characters.

[@bidenator9760]

Spreading his dynasty to the Spanish vassal wasn't a move conducive to victory either : p

[@connorkenway5452]

He is badass

[@Highground455]

He should try hoi4 hopefully it will worked out better for him than it did Hitler

[@khada6226]

@@bidenator9760 his head become larger and larger as time pases

[@caiden5855]

Just like bideo game!!!

[@teodorghinea425]

How many times does Austria enter a coalition against France | | V

[@patolenho3732]

Austria entered 6 times against France.

[@patolenho3732]

+ The Seventh Coalition.

[@harrypjotr4075]

People in the early 1800’s: “How many coalitions will there be??”

[@walid7084]

yes

[@idontknowhatmynameshouldbe]

Teodor Ghinea like begger

[@dawidwojacki5049]

France: How many colaitions against me you want to make? UK: Yes.

[@baradon920]

Putain de rosbeef depuis Richard I ils nous détestent (they hate us)

[@LeHappiste]

Richard Lionheart was French though

[@shiedakaynlincurve9554]

UK never left any of the coalitions and always fought the french and finally they got nothing

[@yuuyake3770]

@@shiedakaynlincurve9554 always is an overstatement, they didnt fight in the 3rd, 4th or 6th coalition as active belligerents

[@napoleonbonaparte9166]

@@shiedakaynlincurve9554 Got nothing? They took colonies from Spain, France and Netherlands, and all colonial rivals (Spain, France and Netherlands again) were on their knees at the end of the war. They had all what they wanted. Austria put much more effort in the war and won less (some border changes but not in the good way, influence in German states eroded in favour of Prussia...)

[@NY_Mapper]

Poland-Lithuania: *goes from being one of the largest countries in Europe to being wiped off the map in 3 years*

[@Sentekuu]

One of the strongest and biggest, sadly in 1700 Poland had economic and internal problems which our neighbours used and take our land. 1772, 1793, 1795.

[@karolkozik5918]

That's the biggest flaw of the video. I will have to read up on that and will most likely edit my comment afterwards, but, yeah, the First Partition of Poland happened before the French Revolution, so I have a hard time understanding why exactly was it included at the beginning of 1790s (when it originally happened in 1773), only to be succeeded by the Second Partition which happened in 1793. Edit: Sike! I didn't pay enough attention to the video on first watch. Poland starts out with the First Partition borders then is put through the Second. Silly me.

[@AgarthaFan]

FeelsBadMan

[@dimmler7851]

If only they just helped us with austria, they wouldve been still alive without getting backstabbed

[@AnonikAnonikos]

@@Sentekuu *1772, 1793, 1795

[@costelc4077]

France: *is fighting every other country in europe* Europe: how are you still alive France: i have no idea

[@Mornepin]

There is the answer : /watch?v=dkhcNoMNHA0 We had the same demography as Russians (around 34 million inhabitants whereas the British were half of that). Germany also wasn't united. Napoleon was a pure genius who also had enough human resources to reach his goals. He probably wouldn't have started his conquests if he didn't have these resources anyway.

[@11Survivor]

@@Mornepin He also ended up killing a sizeable chunk of the french youth as a result and reducing France's density advantage enough for Prussia to take over.

[@ommsterlitz1805]

@@11Survivor He didn't declared wars it's the monarchies that wanted the Republic dead learn history ffs it's tiring of repeating the same thing over and over to ignorant

[@11Survivor]

@@ommsterlitz1805 I... never said he declared war?...

[@nickmtp8824]

@@Mornepin And the most important thing: before the revolution the French army was one of the best. Napoleon can benefit of a well trained army.

[@htmljesusarchive6341]

Hitler: I almost took Europe. Damn Russians. Napoleon: First time?

[@alexmercer936]

Justin McCown eh,

[@Cancoillotteman]

Hitler : "Damn ! If only I had taken Moscow, those fools would have surrendered !" Napoleon : "Doesn't work. Trust me, I've tried...."

[@derhenri2002]

@@Cancoillotteman More accuraretly : German Generals : "Damn ! If only we had taken Moscow, those fools would have surrendered !" Hitler : "Did you fools just forget what happened to Napoleon?"

[@Cancoillotteman]

@@derhenri2002 Well not really : Hitler was hellbent on prestige objectives (Moscow, Stalingrad), instead of rushing the Bakku oil fields as his generals wanted to do

[@Adonnus100]

@@Cancoillotteman He put off Moscow for Kiev in 1941 which was a mistake

[@dutchballviii]

Can we just appreciate the fact that he drew the entire Holy Roman Empire?

[@neinnein9306]

The empire was not an empire. The inner states even fought wars against each other.

[@dan_sewer]

Ikr

[@dodojesus4529]

You mean the wordt border gore...ever?

[@johndoe-qo5ki]

@@neinnein9306 kept track of all roman civil wars?

[@maximilianoprean6372]

Yes

[@supers4975]

France: **invades Russia** Russia: But it's opposite day.

[@kelvinpang438]

*Russia:I am about to end this man's whole career.

[@Cancoillotteman]

@@kelvinpang438 Napoleon expected to face Sand people and he ended up on Hoth XD

[@BlackPrinceQ]

Russia: *use uno reverse card*

[@falk2009]

Winter be like: Y E E T

[@AlexYorim]

🎶"The History Show"🎶 Napoleon: Russia! [heavy snow pile] Napoleon: Who's idea was this?

[@icarus7198]

Austria: declares war France: How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man!?

[@andremitreuter5397]

I like that Russia and the Ottomen just have a little war between themselves in the middle of it all

[@deiansalazar140]

Russia and Turkey, always fighting each other like bratty brothers. :p

[@Lockieeeeee]

It's just a vital necessity to makee a Russo-Turkish war at least once in a decade

[@cdw2468]

Сергей Брежнев it’s been a little while since the last one

[@ato2295]

@@cdw2468 I think we could count in the cold war.

[@turhanyuksel4341]

Every few years Ottoman vs Russia wars must essential like going sports.

[@teixeira476]

damn we have to admit napoleon was quite amazing at warfare, europe needed like 7 coalitions to stop him

[@plumebrisee6206]

Well ,he was the Greatest generals of all time

[@fahoodie1852]

Plume Brisée You know he’s a good general when he’s won more battles than he has lived years

[@mr.smiley1652]

5* the first 2 were without him

[@josephcharles4549]

@@mr.smiley1652 Not really, in the First Coalition Napoleon was a general and won many victories in Italy, he almost single handedly knocked Austria out of the war with his threatened march on an exposed Vienna leading directly to victory. In the Second Coalition Napoleon became First Consul of France (Head of State) and again led French troops in Italy and led France once again to victory.

[@marshalsoult3860]

@I like your neck lmao russians were just stubborn af which for their time it is typica to fight a huge battle and then made peace afterwards but in this case no

[@Spoon80085]

Irish rebels: WE WILL BE FREE *Literally a couple days later* WE WILL TRY AGAIN IN A COUPLE HUNDRED YEARS

[@lizardlegend42]

Oh, we tried a LOT during the 1800s

[@lizardlegend42]

@@insulam821 that means a lot coming from a Brit, thank you. Remember when we are making fun of or complainig about ye, we're only referring to the ones that still think the empire was glorious. Most of ye though are completely sound.

[@Spoon80085]

lizard ledgend yeah Ik, im from Boston lol. We only really broke free bc of the world wars. Kind of lucky considering how under equipped and un organized they were. Would have been more likely in the 1800s

[@DonMadruga72]

If only they had waited a little longer ...

[@powershiftffs]

Hehe, from being colonized by Brits to being colonized by middle East with the approval of elites. Worth it

[@flaviusaetius5701]

The Peninsular war was probably the worst idea Napoleon ever had, either that or y’know Russia

[@karlwittenburg5868]

Definitely Russia The thing about the peninsular war is that Napoleon completely remade 1700’s warfare, but only in a way that works against conventional armies. The Spanish using guerrilla tactics completely upended this

[@tcbbctagain572]

@@karlwittenburg5868 Spanish...

[@jijex213]

@@karlwittenburg5868 but Nápoleon dont have defeatings in rusia, was The extremely cold weather

[@xstar9567]

@@jijex213 it was not only cold weather, but that too

[@pattonharmon9271]

@@jijex213 Borodino would like a word. And before you say that was a French victory, it was a victory on paper only. It destroyed half the French army, and Napoleon failed to gain a decisive victory which he needed to win. It was a tactical and maybe even operational victory, but a strategic defeat.

[@Snowflake4-20]

France: *finally captures moscow* French allies: *declares war on france*

[@piepiep2368]

It's because Russia wouldn't help France and said no every time

[@arty5876]

French allies declared war of France after Russia destroyed Grand army in its territory

[@Hugo-cn9no]

@@arty5876 you mean winter not russian army

[@arty5876]

@@Hugo-cn9no most of French army was destroyed by hunger and desias in summer, because very experienced in combat, Russian general Barclay de Tolly, of Russo-English-Polish-Litwanyan origin, in 1806, during the Fourth Coalition, after the battle for Presische Eilish, which ended in a draw and heavy losses on both sides, being wounded, after distinguished himself in the battle, told Alexander the first his vision of the war with France. The Russian army in 1812 in the European part of Russia was outnumbered by the French by more than 2 times. Russia had 330 thousand soldiers, 1300 guns and 20 thousand cavalry. Napoleon gathered an army of 600 thousand soldiers, 40 thousand cavalary, 1 100 guns, including 80 thousand Austrians advancing on Kiev, 70 thousand Prussians advancing on Petersburg, 80 thousand Poles, 85 thousand else soldiers, and 390 thousand French attacking Moscow. However, the Russian command knew that due to the huge distance between France and Russia, Napoleon would not be able to supply his troops, and his army would receive food and supplies by plundering the occupied territories of Russia. General Barclay proposed to buy out without a fight, and destroy the industry and agriculture of Russia, in order to deprive the French army of supplies, and to avoid the defeat of the Russian troops. Russia acted on this principle. As a result, over the summer more than 70 thousand French soldiers died from illness and exhaustion, supply lines stretched for many kilometers and were successfully attacked by the Cossacks under the command of General Platov, and the entire Great Army became incapable of combat. As a result, by August, half of Napoleon's troops were in the rear, guarding the occupied territories, 70 thousands died of disease and hunger, another 40 thousands died in battles, and he was with 130 thousands exhausted soldiers near Moscow. And opposite 120 thousand Russians. But the problem was that Russia is a huge country, Napoleon had a lot of room to maneuver, a lot of room where he could advance. Therefore, in the Battle of Borodino, the Russian troops were stretched over a long distance, because it was not known where exactly Napoleon would hit. Napoleon wanted to surround Kutuzov with cavalry maneuvers, but failed, precisely because Russian troops were located everywhere, and because of this Napoleon would not be able to use his legendary cavalry in battle, because after several hours of battle the cavalry would be tired and incapable of combat. However, due to the fact that the Russian troops were stretched, Napoleon managed to successfully hit in a very narrow sector, and despite the fact that the Russian troops were not inferior in numbers to the French, and outnumbered without cavalry, the French had a huge numerical superiority over the enemy, and despite exhaustion, they broke through the defense lines. The Russian defense collapsed and the retreat began, but General Bagration went to the battlefield, raised the flag, and talked a pretentious speech, after which Russian troops, leading by him, counterattacked with a bayonet, stopping the French offensive, but General Bagration was mortally wounded. At this point the battle of Borodino ended, and the Russian troops retreated, evacuated and burned Moscow. Then Napoleon sat for 2 months in the ruins of the city, and tried to make peace. His troops ate the horses from hunger, and winter began. Kutuzov counter-attacked near Moscow, trying to encircle Napoleon, but the French began to retreat, throwing guns and heavy equipment. Then there was the pursuit of Napoleon, but the Russian troops missed the opportunity to encircle him near Smolensk due to casualties from the cold, the army was quartered in the liberated cities. But towards Napoleon was General Chichigov, who blocked the river Berezina. However, a strong blizzard and forest terrain made it difficult for Wintgenstein's army to pass, advancing from the direction of Petersburg, which had previously stopped the offensive of the Prussian army under the command of General York, which, with the beginning of the withdrawal from Moscow, began secret negotiations and made peace with Russia, just like the Austrian army of Schwarzenberg, advancing on Kiev, ended the offensive back in July due to the blow of the Cossacks under Platov's command to their rear. Forest terrain almost stopped his advance, and the Polish cavalry legion, under cover of a blizzard, armed by cold weapon, was able to quietly get close to the troops of Kutuzov, that was fatal to infantry. This seriously slowed the Russians down, and Napoleon made a false attack across the bridge over the Berezina, diverting most of Tormasov's troops, while Dutch engineers built another bridge a few kilometers to the north, and the French army half-crossed. Half of them were overtaken by Russian troops, and either were taken prisoner or drowned in icy water, trying to escape. This is the end of the Russian campaign. France and allies lost 90 thousand died form desias, 200 thousand from cold, 110 thousand killed, 220 thousand captured or injured. Russia lost 150-210 thousand killed, 150 thousand injured, 50 thousand deserted. That was a turning point of war. Most of French troops were destroyed, and occupied by French Europe became undefended, while Russia, Austria, and Prussia opposite, grew in numbers of troops, and have *TOTAL* numericial superiority in 1813, resulting victry over Napoleon and conquest of Paris

[@AAAA-zc9gz]

@@arty5876 gosh man you don't need to spit everything out. You could have just napoleon had more than 600+ thousand men. Invading Russia. And I mean you could have also said "DO AND READ HISTORY". I'm not going againts your comment (maybe). And just said "Napoleon had 600+ thousand men invading Russia.right after napoleons retreats from Moscow to Warsaw/poland his old allies Austria,Prussia and Sweden declares war on him" and Soo on and you could have saved some time instead of correcting someone who is wrong.

[@riccardodipietro4362]

Me, before watching the video: "How nice would it be if Emperor Tigerstar used 1812 Overtoure as the music?" Emperor Tigerstar: uses 1812 Overtoure as music Me: happy viewer noises

[@The0Stroy]

But version without cannons :(

[@Danterobo]

Maybe at the time period I prefer putting late Mozart in the French Revolution and Beethoven in the Napoleonic Wars. Eroica Symphony was written for Napoleon.

[@riccardodipietro4362]

@@Danterobo Well, 1812 Overtoure is about the napoleonic campaign of Russoa, so it fits, too

[@Adros2121]

I love how the music gets more intense in 3:13 as half of Europe joins the coalition.

[@tangerine6386]

French Republic: **exists** The entirety of Europe: So... You have chosen death.

[@Andromediens]

France: *uno card*

[@vistagreat9994]

Napoleon: say sike right now

[@edwardcrothall1004]

I'll have the cake please. You said death first! Ahh ahh!

[@chanaidokoordom8744]

Napoleon: ... hold my beer.

[@nano9285]

Then you find out that France was the one to declare war to Austria, Prussia, the Netherlands, Sardinia, and the UK

[@yodef6828]

France: Do you want to ally with me? Spain: Sí France: Non

[@smal750]

😭😭😭

[@EmperorTigerstar]

Thanks for being patient and supportive! This was exhausting to make but worth it. Enjoy the video!

[@LMMSkits]

How long did this take?

[@tylergibbons9824]

EmperorTigerstar Thank you!

[@cyrusthagreat6649]

Libson

[@holyromanempireball465]

You're maps never cease to amaze me thank you for the awsome video

[@kingofnaples3241]

EmperorTigerstar video is excellent. Also thanks for writing the name of the song. can you keep doing this plz?

[@yanxishan6575]

The coughing in the background is all of the people who make French surrender memes.

[@terraustralis]

Lmfao yes

[@keyaanarrasyidakbar9632]

France was nerfed since Napoleonic wars

[@ygotsvlog3762]

@@keyaanarrasyidakbar9632 yup they ddi not apreciate napoleon trying to make france strong

[@MrHistory269]

I hate French surrender memes with a passion

[@MrHistory269]

@Moritz der Echte because they are so misleading....People really believe France is a nation of pushovers and as the Simpsons put it “Cheese eating surrender monkeys” Now on its own those memes are funny but now it’s painted a lie in peoples heads The purpose of the maginot line was to force the Germans into Belgium. It wasn’t some comical error. And France still has the best military record in history. But now people just think of WW2 and ignore everything else. It’s misleading to a point where people now believe a total lie about France in WW2 They had horrible Generals and outdated tactics They weren’t cowards...The French army of WW2 were lions lead by sheep

[@franzfanz]

If nothing else Napoleon did achieve one thing that future generations would be forever grateful for: he ended the abomination that was the Holy Roman Empire.

[@ilznidiotic]

I heard the International Cartographers' Guild erected a statue in his honor.

[@nicks5636]

No he didn't, that states were still independent after he lost. It was easy to make europe, just paint all the HRE like one country. After Napoleon destroyed HRE the German Confederation was made, that new state was an abomination for maps.

[@AnImperialGod]

@@nicks5636 Apart from the Confederation, he united many small countries into larger ones that were allied to him, so he made it easier (Bavaria and Saxony).

[@solwen]

He also ended the Spanish inquisition and the tyrany of using some random king appendages as a measurement unit. Giving the people equal rights before the law and granting the jews equal rights to everyone else was just a nice bonus

[@tonyhawk94]

@@nicks5636 He created the confederation of the Rhine, creating bigger entities and harmonizing the legal and political system, though Germany was still far from unified, it layed the foundation of modern Germany and actually put an end of the administrative chaos in Germany. When you think about it, it's kinda funny that Germany had the worst political and legal organization for most of its history whilst being seen today as an organized people. :)

[@Brexmachine00]

Napoleon: The Republic has been reorganized into the First French Empire

[@Freedmoon44]

*Looks at Spain* execute order 66

[@yourstruly4817]

The attempt on my croissant has left me scarred...and deformed.

[@condedooku9750]

@@Freedmoon44 Spain: Is over France! I have the Spanish guerrilla! France: You underestimate my power. Spain: Don't try it! ... Spain: We were the chosen ones! We were supposed to destroy Britain, not force me to join him! Bring illustration to Europe! not to leave her in ruin. France: I hate you! Spain: You were my brother France! I love you.

[@jonathan3730]

@@condedooku9750 Shut up now!... I'm crying...

[@TheLordNovo]

For a safe, and secure…REVOLUTION

[@ethansherman9574]

Austria enters war Austria looses battle Austria, aight, I bout to head out

[@viviyep]

Another interesting thing about this map, that no one talks about, is that it reminds us that even before Napoleon was put into charge of everything, France, while dealing with huge internal problems, insurrections and civil war, also managed to fight its neighboring monarchies on every border, even pushing into Flanders to the borders of the Dutch Republic. For anyone who knows a bit about these chaotic times in France, despite the general mess inside the country the revolution allowed talented men to express themselves (talents who were shut down before the revolution as within the "Ancien Regime" any important position was occupied by noblemen ; birth privilege came before talent). This is how talented soldiers, such as Napoleon Bonaparte but also others like Lazare Hoche (who was a rising star just like Napoleon, sadly he died very young of tuberculosis) quickly accessed the higher positions in the Army and managed to win against these coalitions despite the odds.

[@BritishGovernment1815]

Another point to consider is that France at this point had the largest population in Europe after Russia (Britain 10mil, France 25mil) meaning the Republic and later Napoleon had a much larger fighting age population to put on the field.

[@bojanglesfries]

Ah yes, my favorite Napoleonic faction SERBIAN REBELS

[@burney7998]

Serbian rebels based

[@masterofalltrades_]

@@burney7998 Serbitches

[@CheesiusCaesar69]

(1792) Austria: ALRIGHT IM IN THE WAR!!!! (1797) Austria: ight my head out (1799) Austria: ALRIGHT IM IN THE WAR!!!! (1801) Austria: ight my head out (1805) Austria: ALRIGHT IM IN THE WAR!!!! (1806) Austria: ight my head out (1809) Austria: ALRIGHT IM IN THE WAR!!!! (1809) Austria: ight my head out

[@TheAustrianAnimations87]

(1815) Austria: ALRIGHT IM IN THE WAR!!!! (1815) Austria: YES, I WON THE BATTLE OF TOLENTINO!

[@Pietroszz]

what is "my head out" supposed to mean?

[@migui3470]

What have we learnt today? -Never atack Russia -Never betray Spain -Humillating Austria is a tradition And thats how you create your brand new empire bricomaniacs

[@eduardogarcescabezuelo8872]

BIEN DICHO ;)

[@soyderiverdeliverybeaver8941]

Add -Dont trust the prussians To the mix

[@Firemarioflower]

- You can't stomp the UK

[@mrronron7328]

France in WWII while British soldiers are running to their country : Never trust the UK

[@mrronron7328]

@@Firemarioflower Did you just realise that France invaded England in Middle Ages

[@metelicgunz146]

When Royalist troops were deployed to stop the march of Napoleon after he escaped from Elba. Napoleon stepped out in front of them and said "If any of you will shoot his emperor, here I am." The Royalists joined his army.

[@popydev]

They were not royalists, they were french troops, and some of them had served Napoleon previously (Their leading general for instance). Even after his final defeat, the french kingdom keeped troops under service. They had hard time to make the old guard say "long live the king" tho.

[@jeanbulo2407]

@@popydev en verité ils ne l'ont jamais dit, à part les officiers

[@Linkan1998]

As a swede living in Umeå i'm so happy that you included the skirmishes around Umeå in august 1809. which is a small detail that often is overlooked, but is quite importatnt where i live.

[@seneca983]

@Elijah Edric Guinto: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ume%C3%A5

[@Cancoillotteman]

Oh man I never knew that ! Where did it happen ? Near Nidala lake, towards the sea or rather on the other side towards what's now the observatory ?

[@Linkan1998]

@@Cancoillotteman there was a battle in Hörnefors och Sävar and also a smaller engagement in Ratan. And the russians occupied Umeå. So to be precisely there was no battle in Umeå but in but in the county around it. Fun fact is that the Battle in Sävar was the last battle fought on Swedish territory in history! I live in Hörnefors on the old battlefield so i'm quite interested in the battles fought here

[@Linkan1998]

@Elijah Edric Guinto Umeå is in northern sweden. It was the furthest down on the Swedish coast the russians came during the finnish war

[@Cancoillotteman]

@@Linkan1998 I used to live in Ålidhem three years ago, I love that town :)

[@attempt5074]

Stereotypes: hahaha french surrender to germany after 4 weeks hahaha France: *reaches Berlin in 16 days*

[@escpikayohann4760]

So who is the "surrender" now 😎

[@Jay-qb9gi]

French haters? It’s stereotypes lmao

[@mrsupremegascon]

On foot

[@attempt5074]

@@Jay-qb9gi Edited

[@taopi8250]

@Lukey are you stupid or are you stupid

[@pyrosianheir]

4:52 All of Europe - "Looks like War's BACK on the menu, boys!" 7:43 Russia - "NO, YOU."

[@Spoon80085]

France was going for the Roman Empire Any% speedrun

[@alesli2232]

For Europe

[@alesli2232]

or the World

[@Spoon80085]

@@alesli2232 what

[@alesli2232]

@@Spoon80085 because this is not Roman Empire

[@Spoon80085]

@@alesli2232 Again, *w h a t* are you talking about

[@将軍九八.彁]

Lessons learned: Don't invade Russia and don't put your brother on the Spanish throne.

[@dickiller2199]

Wait. Some French guy called Louis actually did put a brother on Spanish throne and somehow succeeded. Mmmmm🧐

[@velnz5475]

Really didnt need to invade Spain at all... altho they wanted Catalonia. Could have let the Russians come to them... hmmm yeah Napoleon once invading Spain was on his back foot.

[@jmiquelmb]

Fun thing is that the current king of Spain is from a French dinasty, which was the same dinasty from Napoleon's time. This damn family has been expelled from the country several times but they always come back. Next time will be for good.

[@seneca983]

Additionally, the current dynasty in Sweden comes from one of Napoléon's officers.

[@kolerick]

depend who's the brother... if he's at Napoleon level, well, all good... if he's hardly an improvement of the Bourbons... to bad

[@PantMal]

Man, the use of Overture 1812 by Tchaikovsky was so fitting, considering that he wrote it over Napoleon's defeat by Russia. Great work!

[@jeffreygao3956]

The 1861 Overture is just as good.

[@longlifetometal1995]

That recording is so disgusting though, the pitch is awful and there are so many slip-ups it really sounds like a community orchestra at best

[@jeffreygao3956]

Nah, it’s good!

[@AlexYorim]

0:42 Poland: I don't feel so good.

[@plotniski2822]

Yap

[@macedoniaoneandindivisible8127]

Tobey Maguire is the real Spiderman, not that MCU trash movies.

[@plotniski2822]

@@macedoniaoneandindivisible8127 what is happening?

[@Artur_M.]

But it's not over until 1:41! (Then Poland sort of comes back at 5:38, at 8:44 it's back in name, but in reality, it's somewhat less back than before)

[@Jasza676]

Top 10 saddest anime deaths. Everytime ;_;

[@General_Ace]

3:17 The massive beast that is Russia joins the second coalition. Music: *Gets all scary.*

[@corvon7410]

France had a much larger population than the Russian Empire, the size of the country is misleading.

[@eliahaj6503]

@@corvon7410 really?I am too lazy to look it up can you reply to me about them please?😅

[@duncandl910]

1812 France; 44000000 1800 Russia: 35000000

[@corvon7410]

@@eliahaj6503 1800 France - 47,296,000 Russian Empire - 35,005,000

[@eliahaj6503]

Thanks guys!

[@Juanixtec]

Europe: *Exists* France: Je ne suis pas enfermé avec vous, VOUS êtes enfermés avec moi !

[@yourstruly4817]

1921: "Ich verstehe Sie nicht" 2021: "I don't understand"

[@arthur__lt]

French bashers : fReNcH sUrReNdEr aLL tHe TimE This video :

[@Pemmont107]

Tell me again how it all ended?

[@jameslegrand848]

@@Pemmont107 with the world's largest and strongest nations ganging up on 1. I'd say that's a respectable lose.

[@tvolta4830]

Cant speak french fries sorry

[@jameslegrand848]

@@tvolta4830 oh sit hentai can talk ? How do you do that ? Is this the radiation form them nukes ?

[@MANTARKAFA31]

@@jameslegrand848 but france is a giant nation compared to uk spain and austria they have lots of manpower and a proffesional army on the other hand there is unorganized german and italian states we all saw what happened when germany got together

[@wisdommapping9406]

When your nation comes out of a severe revolution and economic debt to come and conquer most of the dominant world powers

[@joseemmanuelosegueracamare4044]

Germany and France in a nutshell

[@williamtoner8674]

but fails

[@williamtoner8674]

@@joseemmanuelosegueracamare4044 because they failed

[@gutsjoestar7450]

@@williamtoner8674 he didn't failed, have you seen the video, france spent 30 years 1790- 1815 at war against all of europe, and at some point against ottoman it's so badas french are one of the most badass country of all times

[@Freedmoon44]

@@gutsjoestar7450 yea its probably one of the biggest flex in military history with the blitzkrieg, and Hanibal crossing of the alps with elephant, sure france was already an old and populous empire, but then after a economical crisis ruining france, a revolution/civil war not helping, a poor military more like a militia than prussian space marines in the early stage of the revolution, 1 against 3 great powers at once while at agony and they won, not only that they also invade the neighbor and egypt, then Napoleon come to power and utterly crush the former balance of power, once twice 3 time, and even when they overextended they managed to do what no one did since PLC, occupy moscow, without any good supply route like germany tried to abuse in the 1940's

[@theaveragegamer8413]

3:17 I love how the music gets aggressive when Russia joins in, as if a big Juggernaut awoke

[@nuck477]

France: Why do I hear boss music?

[@ibimssss]

France: ooooh noOooO

[@tennisballbird]

Russia was actually pretty weak in the Napoleonic wars. The only reason they won is because they were smart enough to run away, and Napoleon was foolish enough to follow.

[@Cancoillotteman]

the music (1812 ouverture) was actually written to represent the war between France and Russia. Thus the main themes answering each other are the French and Tzarist national anthems, trying to drown the other out.

[@ReclaimTheMainland]

@@tennisballbird and because of their fuccin winter

[@emilvifrancia2632]

8:38 -Napoleon join the game -Europe declares war on you

[@naenae669]

*europe votekicks napoleon* Lol he was hacking no way he could've gotten to moscow, ok back to our game *napoleon rejoins* HACKER HACKER HACKER HACKER HACKER

[@ygotsvlog3762]

Its basicly when your a strong player and you join a lobby everybody gangs up on you in one second

[@Touftouf35]

"napoleon come back" France: yes here we go again All countries in europe: not again plz NOT AGAIN!!!

[@mikicerise6250]

European Commission: OK! We're done drawing the borders, guys. :) Guys...? :/

[@chickennugget6654]

You speak like a child

[@ygotsvlog3762]

😶(france)🔫😡(europe)

[@danielhavrilla4380]

France & Napoleon = Toby The rest of Europe = Michael Scott The original "No, God, please no! NO!"

[@jeb1413]

@Adolf Hitler *no you*

[@ME-eu9sf]

England was the soul of all the coalitions. That's why they paid the other countries to fight for them. They started to really come fighting on the ground when French troops were overwhelmed by the guerilla in Spain.

[@Raisonnance.]

Mdr ils sont pas fous hein. T'as cru qu'ils allaient s'engager en 1 contre 1 seul face à la France de Napoléon lol.

[@nicopacabana6611]

Lol England wasn't able to win again Napoleon. In Toulon, Napoleon destroyed the English Navy. English came when It was the end

[@nicopacabana6611]

@Horatio Nelson That was against the French/Spanish Navy. Napoleon was in Prussia when Trafalgar happened

[@nicopacabana6611]

@Horatio Nelson Nice joke ! Napoleon literally destroyed the Royal Navy in Toulon when he was still in the artillery. Napoleon destroyed the English, and that's why Wellington never wanted to attack him before the Prussians did. The English definitely had no honor during the Napoleonic Wars...

[@smt1296]

NicoPacabana What? Britain did have honour lol. First off most of the coalition’s supplies came from Britain not to mention they were fighting Napoleon and the Americans and at Trafalgar why would Napoleon save everything? The battle was won and the British even had less ships. Napoleon didn’t destroy the British navy at Toulon he simply drove them away.

[@tonyhawk94]

France : **exists** Europe : **triggered**

[@yobazsikenturk8375]

Europe: exists France:Surrender

[@makky6239]

Europe : exist Turks : clean bathrooms lmao

[@pallabicollectionsvlog]

Needed 7 coalition to defeat 1. *COUNTRY*

[@yobazsikenturk8375]

@@makky6239 armenian

[@someone1949]

@@yobazsikenturk8375Europe: exists Turks:collapse

[@nikich2186]

The Russians have a good saying: "Napoleon walked through Europe, but tripped on Russia"

[@ygotsvlog3762]

Yup i mean more like run out of supplies retreated winter destroys half of his army and then russia chases him down and europe decided to gang up on him

[@ТаковойЧеловек]

@@ygotsvlog3762 russian soldiers couldnt freeze?

[@ygotsvlog3762]

@@ТаковойЧеловек yes but no

[@paddybrennan5602]

Joel Ygot he shouldn’t of invaded Russia like a fool then 😂

[@splurgeversegrandpa1829]

@@ygotsvlog3762 invading spain IMO was his biggest blunder, he made a costly war and wasnt content with having portugal, he should have keeped spain as an ally and probably had more troops to use.

[@maxpixel8066]

British Merchants from 1806 to 1812: ''LET ME IN!!''

[@casteddu6740]

Commento sottovalutato

[@777mustdie]

😂

[@MrBlabax]

European merchants: Please end the blockades

[@casteddu6740]

@@MrBlabax France: no Austria: no Prussia: no Russia: I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move

[@Raisonnance.]

Little pig little, LET ME IN

[@neverluckym8728]

"Austria joins the allies" Me, as a French: :(

[@-et37-]

Never Lucky m8 “That’s the 3rd time this week”

[@Cancoillotteman]

Napoleon speaking with Magneto's voice "They never learn..."

[@RandomRomain]

That's not a dare, that's Tuesday

[@scarletcrusade8729]

Don't forget Marie-Antoinette has been beheaded by the revolutionaries. She was from the Austrian royal family.

[@annasantiago6997]

So to defeat ONE country you need, 7 coalitions of all the greatest power at the time, about 20 years of constant wars, overcomitement and the coldest winter of this century

[@deusvult9439]

Yes.

[@taopi8250]

Yes

[@user-kv7rl9tt1m]

6*

[@sas-qq1pd]

Yes

[@Ken_Marinaris]

Oui.

[@switzerland1394]

France, the country that helped the US gained its independence from Britain including Spain and the Netherlands. The country that went through a revolution and suffered rebellion, unrest, and foreign conflicts. The country where half its population spoke French during The French Revolution. Now, it's a Republic, defeating many kingdoms and making smaller kingdoms into puppet states and making them Republics. The country where Napoleon crowned himself Emperor and managed to defeat the great powers of Europe, but eventually be defeated. After that, it became a Monarch again and Napoleon came back and was defeated again and France would be a monarch again. All that in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

[@rebelfriend9006]

And napoleon would be defeated again

[@seanbrummfield448]

Don't forget, was also a distraction for Latin American countries to gain independence.

[@EdwardLiebtDieHabsburger]

And now it is a miserable state headed by the idiot Macron😢

[@kidatanakafan]

Sorry for bad english "Where were you when paris captured" "I was at waterloo losing war" "Paris is kil" "non"

[@christianarman4555]

no

[@kidatanakafan]

@@christianarman4555 non is french for no lol

[@christianarman4555]

Rikki Cruz yea I know. I just find the original comment funny

[@Bracus.Reghusk]

@@kidatanakafan non in English and nan in french

[@ygotsvlog3762]

I mean he was ganged up

[@Habiyeru]

Wait, who’s in charge of France now? “me” said Napoleon.

[@flswttr]

nice Bill Wurtz reference

[@guntar1886]

ThE suN IS a DeaDlY LaZEr

[@mommaoof4975]

Not anymore it's a blanket

[@sheldonj.plankton163]

Luckily they banished him to an island

[@gandar5097]

but he came back!

[@derpynerdy6294]

8:35 Napoleon: hey im back! 8:38 Napoleon: Bruh

[@ygotsvlog3762]

Yup he couldnt even do anything that was crazy of you europe

[@infamouscfc793]

A little trolling

[@danghostman2814]

8:38 Napoleon: Uno Reverse car- Europe : *slaps him in the face* Napoleon : Merde.

[@ommsterlitz1805]

Just to put another fat king on France throne...

[@blablablaandmoreblalblabla8485]

Austria: declares war on France France: invades Austria Austria: *ITS JUST A PRANK BRO*

[@Nikolapoleon]

7:26 This is the peak of French hegemony. Can we just tank a moment to look at this and admire the height of Napoleon's achievements?

[@gutsjoestar7450]

my favourite part is 5:29

[@jandcgaming1515]

And then they lost it all. On the map it looks like they were in such a good position

[@aindoria]

>Can we just tank a moment we absolutely can tank more than just one moment :P

[@Nikolapoleon]

@@aindoria Aha. I made a funny typo.

[@lif3andthings763]

What achievements? A bunch of scorched country sides and thousands of dead man for some land that kept for like 2 years.

[@Bram06]

France: Our Empire spans the whole of Europe! Russia: I'm about to end this man's whole career

[@Raisonnance.]

Winter and his best friend, snow : I'm about to end this man's whole career.

[@Psycho_Odessit]

@@Raisonnance. the Russian soldiers do not freeze?)))

[@lucasribespereira5218]

winter*

[@Itachi951000]

@Dwarov 1 Yes because he expected you to surrender after having taken Moscow but you guys didn't. So he ordered the way back to France.

[@mufalmewww]

well The Russians didnt. the Winter did.

[@sontalks]

1815: France Nerf God has decided that she's too strong, and so she was nerfed

[@ygotsvlog3762]

Yup europe did not like him

[@silviaromano9182]

Napoleon:*takes Moscow* *1812 overture plays* Napoleon:why do I hear boss music?

[@kingkong_4221]

5:56 The Napoleon's Fatal Error

[@unetortue3429]

If Napoléon didn't attack Spain, he would've probably taken out Russia. That sucks

[@davrosdarlek7058]

Both Russia and Spain trace back to the continental system which Napoleon was desperately trying to enforce. That was his mistake.

[@piepiep2368]

Yep france after that need to stay an army every time in 2 fronts...

[@realkekz]

Unironically though, that synchronization at 7:15-7:20 was amazing, the song matches the date changing.

[@philip8498]

i love how sometimes countries join a coalition/alliance only to leave just 3-5 months later. given how slowly information traveled back then it must have literally only taken an angry letter from france to get their enemys to sign a peace treaty

[@poyloos4834]

Something that i find genuinely interesting is that a majority of the wars Napoleon took part in were technically defensive ones, meaning it was Europe who declared on him. We just don’t really see it like that because even though he was declared on, he would almost immediately take the fight to them. Of course, he still declared offensive wars plenty (and ironically his two greatest campaign failures, the Russian campaign and the Peninsular war, were both offensive wars by Napoleon), but aside from maybe using war as a means to an end too freely in the latter part of his reign, i struggle to call him an outright warmonger.

[@reubenmatthews5615]

I'm still amazed at how well France did considering it was basically in a state of total anarchy for 20 years prior, managing to conquer literally everything from Portugal to Moscow.

[@goese868]

​@@reubenmatthews5615i think it's because they were the largest country in europe at the time (excludind Russia) it's the same with Germany durind ww2

[@camembertdalembert6323]

As a french and given the topic of the video, I was expecting many surrender jokes. I am pleased to see that this channel audience is made of educated, polite and funny people

[@thinkofaname4579]

Yeah

[@apollyon2018]

Funny? Impossible

[@thinkofaname4579]

@@apollyon2018 yes

[@moderatemapper9440]

2 years ago, but i mean. France made the Germans surrender about a million times in this

[@doesnotreallymatterr]

I mean, don't get carried away Le Baguette, Napoleon was Genoese-Corsican, so u could pretty much say the most savage leader in French history, wasn't even French.

[@Ikindalikepotatoes]

Napoleon won like 5 times against all of Europe *EPIC*

[@PRubin-rh4sr]

His problem is he didnt know when to stop winning

[@TheHunterOfYharnam]

@@PRubin-rh4sr he made 3 very very big mistakes attacking the ottomans when he had enough enemies already instead of keeping his armies in france and secure what he had won and use the extra men against the next coalitions attacking spain while they were his allies so he didn't need to fight them attacking russia in the winter while also being busy in spain

[@Weget2]

@@TheHunterOfYharnam Well in fact, Napoleon never choosed to attack the Ottoman. It's the French gouvernement that sent him in Egypte (he was not in charge at the time) to keep him away from France internal politics affairs because they were afraid of his popularity. And they were hopping very hard that nopleon get killed there. Also he didn't choosed to attack spanish, it's the spanish people that rebels against France because life was too hard for too long... Napoleon tried to restaure order to have free hand somewhere else.

[@TheHunterOfYharnam]

@@Weget2 ah thanks for clearing this up for cause i have have seen many documentaries and stuff but they never mentioned these but couldn't he just try to keep good relations with spain and not go to war with them?

[@Weget2]

@@TheHunterOfYharnam Well, Napoleon placed his brother Joseph to rules spain to be sure that it will follow France but you guess that the spanish people desagree with this. Plus the fact that, because of the economics struggle in France, because of the british control of the seas litteraly cutting all incomes, life was really hard for the French. So i imagine that it was even worse for the spanish people because of the occupation. I guess things in spain could be managed better but you know... at this time the doctrine was more to shoot on rebels with rifles (What Napoleon and everybody else used to do in their own country) than help people with money the states did not have.

[@MountandbladeSteppeNomad]

Thomas Jefferson once said 'Every man has two nations his own and France"

[@robespierre466]

Un genocida???

[@jeremy2948]

He didn't

[@echotrooperechotrooper1543]

@@jeremy2948 He did

[@sasoriae5225]

He really said that and the interpretation of this quote for me is that the Declaration of Human Rights was created in France during the Revolution so any free man with rights is also french in a certain way.

[@sasoriae5225]

@Apple with comments If you can you have to try eating a baguette from a french baker, it is so good even though it is basically bread but there is something different in it

[@fancymalon]

this man actually drew the HRE. What a legend.

[@blessingsogbetun7007]

7:53 French soldiers: Napoleon I don't feel so good *Fades away in snow*

[@kaderpdi1982]

Change da world my finale massage goodbye

[@Lukeeiiee]

France: Declaring these wars is a great way to gain more territory. Russia: Yes.

[@valdasgard913]

France didn't declare any war. And everytime she won, she gave back the territories to her defeated enemies, allowing them declaraing wars again. Napoleon was too kind.

[@AAAA-zc9gz]

@@valdasgard913 well yes napoleon is kind enough to his enemies. But France did declare war on Austria.russia.britian.italy on (1796).

[@valdasgard913]

@@AAAA-zc9gz Yes but actually no. The French had emprisonned their queen Marie-Antoinette who was from the austrian imperial family. She was comploting from her cell with hidden letters giving the position of french armies to her austrian family, hopping that the Austrians would success to invade France and put her back on the French throne. The Austrians started moving their troops toward France. When the French beheaded their queen, they also beheaded a member of Austria's imperial family, and that's how the war started. Then, other europeans countries joined Austria because they were all monarchies or empires who feared that the ideas of the french revolution would spread in the whole european peoples. So France was not aggressive towards Europe, it was a complex situation. After that, France always asked peace, and Europe was the agressor.

[@AAAA-zc9gz]

@@valdasgard913 well yeah I can agree upon you in 1802 Britian and France made peace for just a few weeks but Britian furious about the situation then declared war on France again.

[@irov5884]

@@AAAA-zc9gz Yes, and not only in 1802. There were 7 coalitions wars against France, and unless the first one which is complex, all were started by Europe and not France.

[@tardarsauce1842]

Switzerland: Casually eats popcorn* France: *B O N J O U R*

[@compatriot852]

The HRE looking beautiful as ever

[@Jasza676]

And by beautiful we mean absolutely disgusting and complete utter bordergore... but beautiful.

[@compatriot852]

@@Jasza676 yes

[@jakebhenry2228]

I think you mean as cancerous as ever

[@SandRhomanHistory]

there can't be enough videos on the mother of revolutions. we might done one ourselves one day. music was top notch.

[@ragnarlothbrok7880]

Coalition: "Ah ! They cant conquest the Europe !" Napoléon :"Old my baguette!"

[@nightnight4111]

Arioch_stormbringer Teamkill_Wot *hold

[@Momo5775]

8:38 Napoléon returns to Paris and re-establishes the French Empire. All of Europe : "NONONO NOT AGAIN KILL IT QUICK!!"

[@raccoonmoustache]

-“And what did it take to bring France back to how it was before?” -“Everything”

[@11Survivor]

Ironically, France still got to keep several of its annexed territories, like Savoie, and the swiss confederate city states in the south of Alsace that it annexed.

[@matthewegan5281]

Frankly I'm just impressed that France was able to basically take on all of Europe at once troughout this entire period, and really only had Spain, who was about as reliable an ally as the Austrians were in the 20th Century

[@JohnSmith-ot7ez]

I'm not an expert on military history but I think that the success of the french army was mostly the consequence of the large number of volunteers and conscripted soldiers and the fact that the army was very motivated to go to war and fight for the revolution

[@augustinguguss8513]

@@JohnSmith-ot7ez It's more complicated. France was indeed at the time the most populous country of Europe (except for Russia maybe) and conscription gave France huge armies of motivated soldiers willing to fight for republican ideals. Also, the french officers were not nobles who had bought their rank anymore, they were now people who had been promoted thanks to their merit. There was also the system Gribeauval which was a complete reform of the artillery and gave France a wonderful art (that would prove very useful to Napoleon). However, even with all this, the french were outnumbered due to the sheer number of nations against them, making these victories very impressive. Plus don't forget that France was also experiencing internal unrest within its borders, even some civil war (like in the Vendée region).

[@xenotypos]

@@JohnSmith-ot7ez The French population was also very important, equal to Russia (but France was way more developed). Before the war around 28 million people lived in metropolitan France, for example 12 million in Britain. Since war changed as a concept during those wars (first total wars, in which the entire state fight, as opposed to previous wars fought by professional soldiers), that pop was something very important. The (relative) demographic decline of France in the 19th century really changed the balance of power in Europe. Before WW1 for example, there were 39 millions of french people, 45 millions of people in Britain (without counting the numerous people in the white colonies), and 66 millions in Germany. Anyway, in 1800 that high population, that developement, and the innovations brought during those wars (partly by Napoleon, but even before him) explain the successes of the french imho.

[@kolerick]

@@JohnSmith-ot7ez population size help, but mostly, they learned from their horrid campaign against Frederic II... and what they learned put France, tactically and technologically, years ahead of the other european armies... when France fail badly enough, they finally learn and change, if they survive. France failed many time but survived... That made it a very successful army and a nation that's still here centuries after, despite being surrounded by powers on all side and not being protected by a Channel or a "pond", nor big enough to retreat until the logistic can't follow the invader anymore...

[@darklipto1708]

spain it's a puppet not a ally

[@CliffCardi]

7:34 Napoleon: “What could possibly go wrong?”

[@QuietFries]

I want to remind people, that it took 7 coalitions and most of eroupe to defeat one country. Just shows you how much pf a genius Napoleon was when it came to strategy.

[@TheMurtukov]

I want to remind you, that Spain, Netherlands (Batavian Republic), Italy (Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of Naples, Kingdom of Etruria), Switzerland, Dano-Norwegian Realm, 20+ german states fought on the France's side. In addition Austria, Prussia, Sweden and Russian Empire were allies of France at different times during the war. Against 1 country you say? It's not a school fight in the backyard, war doesn't work like that. And Napoleon wasn't a genius, as well as any other general of the world in that epoch. If you wanna have a more clear understanding and comprehension of those wars, read "War and Peace" of Leo Tolstoy.

[@davrosdarlek7058]

@@TheMurtukov how tf did you miss out Poland, pretty much their only loyal ally? Or am I blind. Either way to the original commenter; THANK YOU! Finally someone who appreciates the help France got from its allies!

[@TheMurtukov]

@@davrosdarlek7058 there are 60+ countries involved in these wars. It's easy to miss a country. Obviously I didn't list all the countries.

[@TheMurtukov]

Yyyy U gay, these countries changed their names and territories during the war, so technically there are more countries

[@neinno8172]

@Тимур Муртуков this is narrow-viewed. Most of his ‘allies’ barely assisted in his wars. Russia did almost nothing against Austria, likewise from them. He won almost all his wars alone with his French army. His allies were predominantly procured by winning wars. So that’s equivalent to saying the Cossacks helped the Russians, as they were already encompassed by Russia. These stated had little assistance until the massive Russian campaign that almost had more foreigners then French. Your use of his ‘allies’ as counter claim is completely devoid of context and reality. Regardless, the biggest blunder is declaring Napoleon an average general. This is simply false. He won the most battles in history, against formidable odds occasionally. He revolutionized warfare and invented systems like the corps. His battles are still studied, he would not be this successful if he was ‘average’. And this is ignoring all his political and social reforms.

[@mikeledits6514]

Everyone gives Italy crap for switching sides but they don't talk about Austria betraying France 3 times.

[@refrescodepina7803]

Well, Napoleon did betray some of his allies too.

[@AnImperialGod]

Spain *cough* Spain

[@LeHappiste]

To be fair Spain wasn't an ally but a subdued former enemy And subdued former enemies can't be trusted (as Austria proved), which is why Napoleon wanted to pit his brother in charge

[@nosirve9458]

@@LeHappiste Spain fighted with the french several times

[@ignacio4159]

@@AnImperialGod Spain fought alongside Napoleon until Napoleon betrayed the Spanish people and put his brother on the throne, removing the royal family from Madrid.

[@arthur__lt]

3:35 : One vs All but still manage to win

[@gaamerro4034]

Yeah napoleon is like steve on minecraft lool

[@kaderpdi1982]

@@historianbatmappingphd5716it aint gay if its steve

[@ArceusBowser212]

@@historianbatmappingphd5716 GET OUT, BAT.

[@Pilintra]

@@gaamerro4034 Brazil

[@stevenyd644]

Great use of 1812 overture!

[@Tobberz]

Perfectly timed too

[@narayasuiryoku1397]

Napoleon: is winning Napoleon: invade Russia Napoleon: lose Hitler: is winning Hitler: remember Napoleon Hitler: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that

[@ronaldmaggay2100]

Damn this deserve more attention

[@rabbaniazzahra1784]

Napoleon attacks ottoman, losses Ottoman attacks russia, losses Napoleon yep its a very good idea to attack russia

[@eugenioderevell3826]

Can we have an "italian unification wars, everyday"?

[@fede98k54]

5:37 was that cough an instrument as well? Damn Tchaikovsky is getting more and more creative by the day!

[@OllieBye]

Great job as always!

[@kevinsworldK.w69]

Notice how Napelon is considered " The aggressor " when Europe is declaring war on him

[@moderatemapper9440]

where and when?

[@thebrand647]

@@moderatemapper9440 When Napoleon wanted peace, they rejected it becasue they thought it was to buy him time to go on to reinforce for another campaign and declared war on him but not the country

[@j.6378]

just like someone else we know....

[@Frimpa-MJEB]

@@moderatemapper9440 almost everywhere and litteraly everytime (except maybe Russia and Spain, but everyone forgets THEY betrayed Napoleon first by not applying blockade)