The Peninsular War: Every Day

The changing front lines of the Peninsular War in Spain and Portugal, between 1807 and 1814.
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Jon Bjork - The Battle of Mount Valor

[@OllieBye]

I was hoping to add some more details to this originally, such as the movement of generals. Unfortunately I've run out of time as I will be away from tomorrow. Anyway, I hope you enjoy!

[@eyuin5716]

Enjoy your time off.

[@pavelavietor1]

hello. excellent job . looking for the next . Saludos

[@finnleason6916]

Generals and battalions would be awesome for your in next one if you have the time.

[@blurrylights6344]

Your history of the world was in my recommendations yesterday and it was hypnotic. I have viewed a couple more but they are so rich with information I had to slow down. Your content is quite remarkable. Thank you!

[@Tawadeb]

Love your videos The generals will keep for another day

[@josiptito9412]

Napoleon: Might as well invade Spain, what do I have Toulouse?

[@shagu8312]

Only people with 2 digit Iq can get this

[@jacquesattila948]

It's a Bordeaux ! It's a bordel !?

[@carlosmagalhaes7109]

@@shagu8312 That means everyone can get this joke since the average IQ has two digits. It's hard to believe that there's someone with a IQ of less than 10.

[@shagu8312]

@@carlosmagalhaes7109 you must be fun at parties

[@cogtroper]

4:53 Toulouse

[@EmperorTigerstar]

Nicely done!

[@eukarya_]

The approval of a master

[@eukarya_]

@sevinç tuyan Hahaha, thank you

[@blagoevski336]

Hi

[@manuelalves2139]

OMG U HERE

[@oriolinjust]

YES MY LORD

[@thomasturner6980]

Spain to France: *you're the greatest friend that I could ever have* France: *I'm gonna do what's called a pro-gamer move*

[@franciscomm7675]

LOL

[@allanjbucknol4414]

Man that's messed up

[@aburafidhaas-safawi839]

@@robbyz512 exactly

[@NXTMusicianBassist]

@@robbyz512 Because memes are an endless bounty of opportunity. They're memes because they can be recycled and reapplied so well. No one's forcing you to like it. Just frown and keep scrolling.

[@Mr.LaughingDuck]

French Generals: Emperor, the Spanish rebels won't quit! What shall we do?" Napoleon: Onwards to Russia! French Generals: But sir! Napoleon: LEEROY JENKINS!

[@AnAmericanDodo]

European Spain had slightly over 10m people residing in it in 1800. That it lost a tenth of its population is insane. I knew that war was bloody, but, wow.

[@salviniusaugustus5541]

1 million dead include French, British and Portuguese...

[@jaif7327]

@@salviniusaugustus5541 1 million civilians themselves died

[@Gloriaimperial1]

@@salviniusaugustus5541 35,000 British dead (9,000 in battle). 240,000 French dead (the best army of the time, with the best strategist, Napoleon. Ratio of 7 French soldiers against 1 British. Half a million Spanish dead. Most of the battles were between Spanish and French.

[@jav1843]

The French comitted countless atrocities on civilians themselves,which was one of the reasons that motivated the creation of guerrillas en masse but also caused high number of civilians deaths, together with the starvation caused due to the lack of harvests as half the country is occupied,together with the stubborn resistance of spaniards who refused to surrender even if It meant death like It happened in Zaragoza in 1808

[@Floridaboi-pe3fk]

​@@jaif7327*military and civilians which includes troops of all belligerents

[@salazarway]

Napoleon: I have a huuuuge army. Iberian Guerrilha: The heart, is the strongest muscle.

[@lecomtedemirabeau5548]

In fact most of the time the French were in numerical inferiority, except at rare moments like during the Austrian campaign 1809 or Russia 1812

[@elbambu4216]

@@lecomtedemirabeau5548 300k french troops where in spain and portugal and spanish solsiers where ill equiped

[@Heisenberg882]

@@elbambu4216 The Spanish outnumbered the French during most battles, like at Ocana and Tudela, but they were badly trained and led.

[@Gloriaimperial1]

@@Heisenberg882 They were not poorly trained or directed. A year before Napoleon's invasion we defeated the British Redcoats, capturing General Beresford in Argentina. In the battle of Bailén 1808 the Spanish defeated the French. The Spanish offensive drove the French behind Madrid and behind the Ebro river. But Napoleon was the best strategist in history, at a time when France had military hegemony. It is very difficult to stop a hegemonic empire. France was strong for 15-20 years, with an explosive invasion that then erupted and ended with the invasion of Paris. Prussia was strong in 1870. Spain was strong for 150 years, invading Paris, Rome, Germany, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, simultaneously. Hegemonics empires.

[@SpanishDio]

**When The Hills Start Speaking Spanish** French Soldier: Oh Mon dieu...

[@karelwolf998]

Ah yes, war in which "battle of El Bruh" took place...

[@sco2oter]

Bruh

[@Dustz92]

Bruc

[@MaxTheCat-eh5ts]

Karel Wolf bruh

[@MPHJackson7]

Bruh

[@RuthlessCrawdad]

Bruh

[@rogeriopenna9014]

Interesting side effect. The entire Portuguese court fled to it's most important colony, Brazil, with the help of the British navy. About 10 thousand people in total. Rio de Janeiro became the capital of the whole Portuguese Empire. When Napoleon was defeated, King John VI, which came to really enjoy life in Rio, did not return. The Portuguese Empire, including Portugal, were ruled from Rio de Janeiro. Brazil was raised to United Kingdom with Portugal. It was the first and only time in history where the Metropolis (Portugal) was ruled from the Colony. After 10 years in Brazil, King John was finally forced to return to Portugal because there was agitation from both republicans as well as old time royalists who did not like the King to be living in the old colonial territory. John VI returned but left his eldest son, Dom Pedro I, in Brazil. Now, under threat of returning to Colonial Status, Dom Pedro I (who had lived his whole teen years in Brazil) heard the cry of the population (or most probably, the burgeoise AND nobles living in Brazil) and declared Brazil independent, becoming it's Emperor. Obviously, despite official history saying there was a rift with his father, King John probably knew Portugal (full of debt after the Lisbon earthquake PLUS the transport of the court to Brazil) could not fight to keep Brazil a colony as Spain TRIED AND FAILED. Thus, leaving his son in Brazil to become it's Emperor was a master move. After all, Brazil became independent of Portugal, but it was under control of the Bragança Royal House, which is what really mattered to the king. His grandchildren would still rule over it. And effectively did, as Dom Pedro II, son of Dom Pedro I with the Empress Maria Leopoldina from Austria (daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II) reined after his father, while his older sister (granddaughter of John VI) became Queen of Portugal.

[@waywardstoner9416]

All of this ended with Portuguese people having their own monarchy revolution in which D. Pedro returned from Brasil to fight his brother D. Miguel. It became a civil war between liberal monarchists and absolutists which ended in a victory for D. Pedro.

[@AntonioSanchez-kn9ts]

Spain had Virreinatos. Much more closer to be considered as an autonomuos province... Colony is an Anglo business that ashame the world...please do not use this word at least for Spanish Crown territories use Overseas territories. Regarding Portugal I am not sure if this apply too.

[@rogeriopenna9014]

@@AntonioSanchez-kn9ts I will use the word because every definition of Colony and Metropolis fit Spanish Crown territories and Overseas territories. You can argue with all historians around the world, if you want to.

[@AntonioSanchez-kn9ts]

@@rogeriopenna9014 I wont argue even with you. Lets say in my opinion this point has to be highlighted.....English and French are not interesting in such a disscusion with a XIX plenty of their "colonies" around the world in the name of their economic warfare. Many people is not aware that in net balance SpainCrown invested money in most of Virreynatos in America only Nueva España and Nueva Granada had a negative net balance. Thank you for understanding. By the way have to say your comment was very interesting. Hope you find interesting mine too.

[@rogeriopenna9014]

@@AntonioSanchez-kn9ts the net balance of investments and what is taken from the territory doesn´t have a direct relation to the usage of the word Colony. And it's very doubtful that all the gold, plantations, etc, that Spain got, it was still negative. Plus, there are indirect benefits that can´t be calculated, like control of trade route, easier access to the Pacific and trade routes with east Asia (since Spain controlled territories with Pacific and Atlantic shores), etc, etc. "a colony is a territory under the immediate complete political control and occupied by settlers of a state, distinct from the home territory of the sovereign." "The metropolitan state is the state that rules the colony. In Ancient Greece, the city that founded a colony was known as the metropolis. "Mother country" is a reference to the metropolitan state from the point of view of citizens who live in its colony." "a colony has no independent international representation, and its top-level administration is under direct control of the metropolitan state." "En política, una colonia puede ser, o un asentamiento o forma de poblamiento (dado hasta el siglo XIX), o bien un territorio sujeto a la administración y gobierno de un país remoto, llamado metrópoli (siglo XIX). En una situación colonial, los nativos del territorio colonizado carecen de autonomía -aunque pueden estar políticamente representados en cuerpos gubernamentales- y están sujetos a la soberanía del gobierno metropolitano."

[@SpanishDio]

Napoleon: I'm gonna invade Spain like I invaded the rest of Europe. Spanish Populace: I'm gonna stop you right there.

[@deepyamandas1192]

Only half of spanish populace

[@nestor1907]

@@deepyamandas1192 Way more than half, collaborators were a minority

[@ceother1024]

Y tú que haces aquí man?

[@yosueth]

Vuelve al victoria 2.

[@Iosinyhrh]

Also Spain: loses most of their colonies in South America

[@Ezzxe22]

Porto was never totally conquered. The city itself was under French siege 3 times, but only 1 the siege was broken and that lasted 1 day. Next day it was reconquested by the regiment from Gaia. And it was lost in the first place cause a wooden bridge connecting both cities fell and killed 6000 people.

[@Lucas-ew5lk]

Nah my man, the the city was taken

[@EPICFAILKING1]

That's bullshit haha, Spanish propaganda.

[@miguelp_25]

@@EPICFAILKING1 ???? You know where porto is? Xd

[@mamacojackson9019]

​@@EPICFAILKING1Porto= city in Portugal

[@Iosinyhrh]

​@@mamacojackson9019yeah but Spain and Portugal were allies against French

Cádiz was never taken by French.

[@selo383]

Yes thats true and the first Spanish constitution was done there

[@Davout86]

Porque no supimos lo que significa "De Cai pixa"

[@MrJosealfonsoperez]

Tampoco mi ciudad, Cartagena, fue nunca conquistada por Napoleón. Cartagena además fue la ciudad de la que partió Aníbal para conquistar Italia, la última tierra española que pisó Alfonso XIII, la última ciudad que se rindió a Francisco Franco y la ciudad por la que volvieron los restos de Alfonso XIII en 1981 para ser depositados en el Escorial.

[@joelp7665]

Yes, the map is correct.

[@sagemenn]

@@MrJosealfonsoperez ni Cartagena ni Alicante, ni Murcia ni Gijón.....hay muchas ciudades que los franceses no pudieron conquistar

[@texaskosmonawt9987]

I've always loved these types of videos. Nice to see them return.

[@jaykaufman9782]

Superb! Best of all was your new technique of including landmarks -- cities, rivers, provincial borders -- to help track what advances and retreats represented. Including cities as green or red squares to show actual control of each key city was a lovely detail that greatly boosts intelligibility. Thank you!

[@Paguo]

Long live Iberia!

[@Q_reezy]

Christ is king

[@alves5466]

🇵🇹🇪🇸

[@gwynedd4023]

It's not going anywhere

[@joseluisfernandez6592]

🇵🇹🤝🇪🇦

[@salvat3735]

@@Q_reezy bruh

[@jordanhe7509]

The so called "spanish ulcer" of Napoleon

[@shaqcepticeye6520]

Thanks for pointing out the obvious.

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

and then later on he died from ulcer... irony?

[@clincpb8903]

@@therearenoshortcuts9868 He was Poisoned.

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

@@clincpb8903 maybe

[@deepyamandas1192]

It hink its called the bleeding ulcer of napoleon

[@fedesoru7]

0:35 "Mr. Britain I don't feel so good"

[@Mickeywonderwall]

I am form Burgos. In this war, Burgos was a top logistic and defensive city due to his great location in the way France-Madrid and its medieval castle up in a hill. In the time the french were in the city, the destroyed many churches and monasteries and they stole lots of religious items form those churches, kings and aristocracy tombs, etc. When they had to retreat, they also put explosives in the castle and they blew it up, the wave was so intense that the medieval stained glasses of the cathedral broke up. We have very bad memories from the napoleon army. Aparte from the material losses, Spanish Independece War has been the worst spanish war in casualties because french soldiers did not hesitate in killing civilians, women and old people. On one side because in this moment Spain invented the Guerilla and constantly harassed french troops and on the other hand because they didnt know who could stab them in the back in a dark alley. 3 years ago a great recreation of this battles took place in the real scenarios in Burgos. For more information see these links: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6nSlKGtbc6tr5Y kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJ3Jk2eOeq-SfbM kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5CneX6cjtOfbrs kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGnWnJ6GebhlnKc kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4TZhKKeds-Nn68 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWeveXRmmNd7ias

[@Mickeywonderwall]

@StillWatchingYou I am sorry but yes we did. We practice guerrilla warfare since the roman invasion. Thats why they call it guerrilla (Little war). The first time the term was used was in 1808, in the Napoleonic French invasion of Spain. I am not speaking like nothing, I am just saying what happened in my town. French people suffered napoleon? Wtf dude

[@acusticamenteconvusional9936]

@StillWatchingYou oh wow poor french people suffering from what other french people did!

[@G3E007]

napoleonic army -> invades europe spanish villagers -> nope viva españa ostia

[@henryghanem7265]

VIVA

[@juanpaez9076]

No fue por los españoles sino porque Napoleón se encontraba perdiendo contra los rusos

[@G3E007]

@@juanpaez9076 claro, cada vez que moria un frances a manos de un ruso, un frances que invadia españa se suicidaba... no tiene ningun sentido lo que dices, si bien es cierto que no envio un ejercito tan monstruoso como el que mando a morir a rusia, el que mando a invadir españa era enorme, españa era una de las mayores potencias en ese momento, y tan solo el levantamiento de los civiles logro expulsarlos de la peninsula (con ayuda de portugal e inglaterra claro, aunque sabotearon nuestras industrias...) tienes envidia de semejante hazaña historica? eres latino o algun español que reniega de su historia?

[@juanpaez9076]

@@G3E007 Creo que no entiendiste muy bien, no le quito mérito a los españoles, aunque era un imperio que enseguida se desmoronaría, sólo me refería a que el ocaso de Napoleón es por su derrota en Rusia. Bueno y también porque soy un judeomason que odia a España.

[@kaliyuga1476]

@@juanpaez9076 entonces porque es en España la primera derrota en campo abierto de napoleon? Mucho antes de rusia

[@stepanpytlik4021]

Greatly done. Good work!

[@doctor_4]

KZbin hasn't been notificating me of your beautiful channel for last 5 months. Thought you left the channel. Missed your videos so much.

[@JuliaDM]

Great job !

[@REDALERTBRAZIL]

Great work, as always!

[@anikratbo]

I really enjoyed this one! Thank you!

[@kaliyuga1476]

The first battle won against la grande armee was in Bailen, by General Castaños.

[@monetizacao2.047]

No It was the Battle of Aspern-Eisling or something like that, in Austria

[@deepyamandas1192]

@@monetizacao2.047 bailen was before aspern essling

[@deepyamandas1192]

I think saying grande armee would be wrong because grande armee was napoelons main army What the spanish defeated at bailen was a part of the french army of spain

[@EPICFAILKING1]

That's some Spanish propaganda, to make up for Spain's embarrassment and inadequacy during this war; because that is not at all true. Plus Napoleon's 'Grand Armée' was never deployed to Spain, they simply knew it was not necessary to take that many men. Especially men from Napoleon's elite, or experienced units that had fought for French independence, fought in the Egyptian campaign, the Italian/ Austrian campaign, Prussian / Germanic states campaign (Bavaria, Saxony etc.) and of course the Russian campaign in 1812. Napoleon knew it was going to be an easy fight, and it was, Spain didn't even fire a bullet until their revolts were legitimised by the Anglo-Portuguese alliance, that then acknowledged Spain as an ally, and no longer an enemy despite the past 400 or so years of context and history at that point. Though of course, as most generals back then, Napoleon underestimated the common man, as more French were killed by guerrilla activity than in actual formal battles (against British, Portuguese, regulars).

[@kaliyuga1476]

@@EPICFAILKING1 Bro, read a book that wasnt written by a british.

[@aqpatt4675]

I wonder why Spain wasn't at the Congress of Vienna. Did the other European powers just ignored that Napoleon started to lose in Spain?

[@David_ESP]

Spain signed a peace with Napoleon before the congress because our king Fernando VII was an idiot xD

[@AnImperialGod]

Spain was too weak to show its presence in Vienna. But the Holy Alliance showed support for Spain in the Americas against rebels.

[@Aski2]

Napoleon did not started to lose in Spain. He had earlier few set backs too. Everybody knew that Spanish alone can not won the war against France at that time. Great powers Austria, France, Pruussia, Russia and United Kingdom did not want to invite more pretenders to European cake. They want to spit it betweem themselves and their acolites. These great powers did not want to strenthen Spanish or Ottoman declined Empires.

[@salviniusaugustus6567]

Spain was present at the Congress of Vienna, but it was not considered part of the "big 5" which were the 5 main powers in Europe at the time. Spain was considered a second-rank country. It has nothing to do with their contribution on Napoleon's downfall (after all, France which was the enemy and the defeated nation was still considered as one of the big 5), but about their power and influence in geopolitics.

[@felixguillermo2568]

Actually, the UK sell the spanish place at the congress yo France

[@bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642]

This is a great video, as expected from you, but I gotta say I'm eternally grateful for actually putting the name of the music in the description (unlike certain other history KZbinrs...), for I have been trying to find it for months now.

[@jamaikan69]

Reconquista: part 2

[@DavidRSAT]

I really didn’t know that this war was so DEADLY

[@aqpatt4675]

Yeah the Spanish Civil War was brutal and it "only" got 500,000 deaths, although some sources say they could reach 1,000,000 as well

[@AnImperialGod]

Spanish guerrillas, man.

[@RubenRodriguez-qo8vr]

@Русс град In Russia, due to the weather. In Spain, due to the fight. The first ever at open field defeat of the Napoleonic army was in Spain.

[@yayaya4345]

@Русс град propaganda :DDDDDDDDD dude this happened 200 years ago

[@blueberrybuttercake2942]

Русс град Hey, most of French troops and allies died in Russia due to cold+hunger, because Russian troops keep retreating and used scorching earth tactic.

[@merinocarpintero1236]

Cádiz never falled to the french army. CÁDIZ was the only city free of Napoleón and it was the first "Constitución" of Spain in 1812

[@sinemoraex9095]

para lo que sirve la constitucion se la pasan por el culo todos los dias so payaso..

[@rataxv20]

De hay las cortes de Cádiz, en 1812 después el perro de Fernando VII abolió y en América española la gente se reveló contra los Borbónes, al final los masones de apoderaron de nuestras tierras.

[@napster1987]

No, it isnt. Cadiz won to Napoleon with ressistence. When their city was besieged, the people of Cádiz invented the omelette to survive. After that they resist until the support arrives. Omelette is not french, it´s spanish. In Spain this omelette is called "tortilla francesa" (french omelette), so "tortilla de cuando los franceses" (omelette from spanish ressistence while french invasion). The first constitution in Spain is in Cadiz (1812), the first liberal constitution. Spanish created the concept of liberalism. During the 19´s century France, UK or Germany accepted the liberalism was the nicer model in world (Germany in last days of the century, France and UK in the half). Regards

[@_utahraptor]

@@sinemoraex9095 y lo pagas con el del comentario? :))

[@naibailsdotcom8172]

VERY simplified timeline: 1807:Napoleon's take over 1808:Madrid retaken and also most of Spain 1809:The Return of Napoleon retaking most of his gains, securing them, and reaching Cadiz 1810:Secures his Spanish domains, takes Barcelona, and invading Portugal 1811:Stalemate, but Siege of Valencia, and battles over Cadiz, retreat from Portugal 1812:After battle of Salamanca the Allies take Madrid, this taking nearly of his territory 1813:Valencia is retaken, and the French are pushed out of Spain, abdication of Josef B. 1814:Barcelona retaken, Invasion of France, Toulouse taken Main 4 Divisions: 1807-1808: Battles over Northern Spain 1809-1811: Battles over Central/Southern Spain 1812-1813: France being kicked out 1814-1814: Invasion of France

[@powervr]

No Portugal in there... doesn't exist?... nop... you were with napoleon... :D you lost the spanish that is... it was the south of portugal to the french and the north to the spanish, or the other way around... you lost.

[@Gloriaimperial1]

@@powervr We did not lose: 35,000 British dead (9,000 in battle). How many Portuguese died? 60000-90000? Napoleon's army was the best army in the world, with the best strategist in history (Napoleon), 300,000 soldiers on the peninsula, a brutal ratio of 7 French soldiers against 1 British and 1 Portuguese. Spain had more soldiers and guerrillas than the French and the British together, and for this reason it caused more than 240,000 French deaths, between battles, ambushes and blockade hardships. 500000 spanish death. Remember the offensive of Bailén, 1808, which expelled the French from Madrid to the Ebro River. It was a brutal war that France lost and all Europeans won and lost. We only got Olivenza.

[@HaHa-ts6ei]

Great work

[@Nathan-gw2vw]

Well Napoleon did an epic fail in Iberia... Also good work!

[@SrRodrik]

Yeah jajajajaja

[@ASTFRER36]

The Victory of Spanish Army in Bailen helped Resistance and moral in all Europe.

[@daniellanyi8287]

@L'Aigle He actually failed to destroy most of the Spanish army as both Castanos and Blake escaped his double envelopment trap. Those Spanish troops later played an important role in keeping up the resistance and fighting alongside the British and Portuguese. Even though Soult destroyed the Southern Army at Ocana and Blake eventually surrendered in Valencia the French never completely defeated the Spanish. Most of those regions were never pacified eg. Navarre and Catalonia, they never managed to take all of South-Eastern Spain, Cadiz or Portugal. The guerilla warfare attributed to a long and expensive war of attrition. Napoleon personally failed to finish the job and set up a pointless long resource-draining war which he never ended up winning (let's be honest his numerically superior better equipped armies that were lead by some of the best officers in Europe were never gonna get tactically defeated by a few uncoordinated Spanish armies with no central leadership) . Of course he had leave to defeat the Fifth Coalition and it was the Russian Campaign that ended up toppling his empire however the Peninsular War largely contributed to its decline.

[@lsatep]

@L'Aigle Napoleon did FAIL in Spain. It was his decision to foolishly invade. Spain was a disaster caused by Napoleon. Russia was a disaster. Leipzig was a disaster. Waterloo was a disaster...the list goes on.

[@deepyamandas1192]

@@lsatep waterloo was a disaster too late the fate of napoleon had already been decided at leipzig

[@aetherinfuse]

Napoleon: invade Iberia. Luso -Spanish guerrilla rebels: You.Are.Done.Finished

[@DavBlc7]

And Sharpe said himself your'e finished done! lol!

[@aetherinfuse]

@@DavBlc7 IDK

[@sagemenn]

Spanish Rebels: Hold my paella

[@aetherinfuse]

@@sagemenn Spanish confirmed: Me too, dude. Yo tambien

[@nopt8191]

BRO BRO What about the Portuguese ?

[@oservandobrasileiro8628]

amazing work thank you so much

[@Paguo]

Quick curiosity. The portuguese city of Porto gained the nickname "invicta" (undefeated) after fighting and holding a fierce resistence towards the french

[@trailoffiends]

Which is why the square should of never been green as conquered by France...

[@erwannleligerien3771]

Porto was taken by the French (during a short time)...

[@jorgedelmoralmartin2998]

In Zaragoza, after the two sieges and her tough resistance, it received the titles of Very Heroic (Muy Heroica), Very Loyal (Muy Leal), Very Noble (Muy Noble) and Immortal (Inmortal).

[@motajr1108]

@@jorgedelmoralmartin2998 isso também se diz no porto

[@pauloseara1638]

That title came after the siege of Porto of 1832-1833, during the civil war of 1828-1834.

[@HusaviProductions]

I love it when Ollie Bye uploads at 2 AM

[@Tawadeb]

It’s 12 midday in New Zealand

[@johncasy5212]

France was forced to put HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of men into Spain. As much as I admire Napoleon, this really was just a greedy power move and his greatest mistake. If these hundreds of thousands of troops weren’t wasted in this war, Napoleon might have been able to stay in power. Also nobody expected russia to retreat and retreat until winter did it’s thing, NOBODY, so you can’t really say it was his biggest mistake, because if russia fought like any other country, they by all means would have lost.

[@lsatep]

You should not admire Napoleon, he made a lot of dumb mistakes. Napoleon was NOT a genius. Geniuses do not die in prison, isolated, defeated and full of regrets like Napoleon. Geniuses don’t leave their countries occupied, defeated, and never able to recover from defeat the way Napoleon left France. Geniuses don't get ripped-off by inexperienced, brand new countries the way Napoleon got ripped-off by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. Geniuses are not responsible for some of the worst military disasters in history. Egypt/Syria was a disaster. Spain was a disaster. Russia was a disaster. Leipzig was a disaster. Waterloo was a disaster. Geniuses don’t turn a complicated situation like war with Britain, and make it even more complicated by waging war with everyone. A real genius takes the complicated and makes it simple. Napoleon did the complete opposite. France had its problems, but it was still, by far, the most powerful army in Europe before Napoleon. Napoleon inherited a superb war machine from the most most powerful state in Continental Europe. Many times Napoleon, with a powerful army that could out-gun the enemy, would just barely win through sheer numbers while being a colossal drain on his soldiers and country. To a large extent, his tactics were irrelevant, as Napoleon could field outrageous numbers of troops and guns who could suffer losses that were easily replaceable by France's vast population and military resources. Napoleon is even quoted as saying "You cannot defeat me, I spend 30 000 lives a month." This ineffective strategy led to drain and defeat, and it was France that paid the price. In the end France suffered dearly because of Napoleon, and it is a shame that French and British historians have lied about the greatness of Napoleon in order to glorify their own history. A French historian wants you to think that Napoleon was a triumph for their own morale, but Napoleon is a story of tragedy that cost the lives of millions. A British historian wants you to believe that Napoleon was a genius instead of a madman. Wouldn't you rather defeat a genius than a crazy madman. These are the lies that these historians want you to believe. But the facts are out there. Read about Napoleons disasters of Egypt, Spain and Russia, and it is a complete LIE that Napoleon ever conquered these places. Read about how Napoleon got swindled by the fledgling United States in the Louisiana Purchase, as Napoleon foolishly sells Louisiana territory 10,000 % under its value. Read about how Paris was occupied in 1814, and how France was tired of Napoleon, including Napoleon's own army. Don't let these biased historians who spin the facts make up your mind for you.

[@Raven_12345]

​@@lsatep 1. Just because someone is a genius does not mean they are never going to make any mistake and does not mean they are gonna win all of the time genius means someone who is intellectual smart and very creative like Duke of Wellington, Moltke, De Gaulle, Napoleon, etc. 2. His tactics were relevant look at his battles I linked at number 3. 3. Look at how many battles he won compared to his defeats and indecisive battles en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_career_of_Napoleon_Bonaparte#Battles 4. Napoleon needed to sell Louisiana territory quickly because of a looming war Britain was going to start so he thought to sell it in a price that would be affordable to USA 5. "Napoleon is a story of tragedy that cost the lives of millions" you do know Britain started the war right? I am not saying Napoleon is perfect and a saint (look at his invasion of Portugal, Spain, Russia, Haiti, Swedish Pomerania in 1812) What I am doing is correcting misinformation on Napoleon so we don't believe any lies

[@Bracus.Reghusk]

@@lsatep He won 94% of his battle, conquer Europe in about 15 years, he had the world record by far of military victory arround 55 and he create the Code Civil used today in most of Western country, he create bank of France and the 'Franc germinal' still use in some way by african country. He is also at the origin of the Arc de Triomphe, of the liberalization of the West, but hey a single person cannot reign over all of Europe without making a mistake, Spain was his big mistake, Russia was also a mistake, however, he had a lot of bad luck too, in short, if Napoleon is not a genius, then no politician or soldier in the history of mankind has ever been.

[@MFvanBylandt]

Could you do a Spanish Civil War on such a beautiful map as this?

[@MsPaintMr]

France’s Vietnam before.....you know, Vietnam........

[@user-wb7ur4yp6z]

mr ms paint France did have a real Vietnam war after ww2 their ass for kicked at dien bien phu!!!

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

more like: Vietnam.... the US's Spainish Ulcer

[@AwoudeX]

When you're overextendend beyond 100% and rebel sentiment pops up everywhere

[@lupettoversilia]

Good Video !

[@legendmk52]

26 January 1812 Rest In Peice Andorra

[@kohwenxu]

F

[@arqueic4602]

Great to see a video about an often overlooked side of the napoleonic wars. Often times Russia is credited solely for defeating napoleon, but from seeing this we can all see the fact that Spain tied down many French troops, and so contributed a great deal toward his downfall.

[@tddmm5555]

@Русс град thanks to the winter general

[@FaithfulOfBrigantia]

Russia credited solely for defeating Napoleon? I'll have to disagree there. Russia doesn't get enough credit, its the U.K who gets all the credit because of Waterloo, despite the fact that Waterloo was only in the 7th coalition (and France was already decisively broken and defeated by the 6th) and Prussia also being a decisive contributor in that battle.

[@Gloriaimperial1]

@Русс град The general winter.

[@mamacojackson9019]

​@@FaithfulOfBrigantiaBattle of Leipzig >>>>>>> Waterloo

[@sirfatant]

Very interesting. It's amazing to see how much Wellington, Spain and Portugal did in the Peninsular War vs the all-powerful Napoleon.

[@yog-sothothery5720]

Love the music it's so catchy.

[@albertojimenezgonzalez7294]

The Spanish war of independence was the time in which Spain suffered the greatest cultural destruction, the French soldiers set fire to churches, museums and libraries. D In fact, if a Spaniard tries to search for information about his ancestors, he may find little information from the 17th or even the 16th century, because so many documents were lost.

[@aquila7276]

In Spain, this is called the Independence War

[@jockonde9661]

It triggered the independance wars in Hispanic America.

[@Gloriaimperial1]

@@jockonde9661 It makes no sense to call it the war of independence. Spain was an empire 7 times bigger than the French. The French were also invaded by the Germans in 1940, and I don't think the French call that war a war of independence, which destroyed the French empire a few years later. The war name of independence is a term born in romanticism.

[@Gloriaimperial1]

No fue una guerra de la independencia. España era un imperio 7 veces más grande y 3 veces más poblado que el francés. Invasiones han existido siempre. Fue una explosión militar francesa, como la de Hitler en 1940, invadiendo Francia. No creo que los franceses se hayan sentido parte de Alemania nunca. No creo que los alemanes, rusos o italianos, invadidos por Francia en esa época, llamen a esa guerra, guerra de la independencia. Es ridículo. Es una guerra napoleónica en España. El término nació en el romanticismo y se ha quedado, dando a entender erróneamente que España fue durante décadas o siglos parte integrante de Francia, con la aceptación española. Tanto como decir que Francia era alemana con aceptación francesa, lo que sería insultar a la resistencia francesa.

[@lafsp9652]

Why would you make an Allie turn into an enemy. Come on Napoleon. It was like “alright all of Europe wants me dead let’s add one more enemy to the list”.

[@_xpawix_hdvideomapper7838]

Nice!

[@soyderiverdeliverybeaver8941]

Really cool video! Thankfully you explain whats going on, otherwise its hard to tell for people with no knowdledge of the war such as myself.

[@aMerced]

People in 1800's: Dammn this Napoleon war was kinda crazy, any other war can be worse than this one. XX century: well, i don't think so...

[@derpynerdy6294]

Napoleon has a chance of conquering spain by 2 factors: 1) His marshals didn't even cooperated with each other They would rather see one of them defeated, there is so many chance they could crush wellingtons army but this behavior of his marshals led to its downfall 2) not enough suchets

[@Gloriaimperial1]

Napoleon invades Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria and Russia, for two reasons. 1) Because England is an island: only reason London wasn't invaded in 4 weeks. 2) Because Napoleon was the best strategist in history.

[@MrElement-nv6nu]

His strategies was only for battles, not guerrilla

[@remoosecode7558]

@@Gloriaimperial1 Napoleon lost lmao

[@kinggeedorah8303]

@@Gloriaimperial1 best strategist? Nah

[@eliasbonafe9236]

@@remoosecode7558 and? Hannibal lost too and yet he is rightfully considered one of the best military minds in history. Winning or losing doesn't decide if you are great general. How you win and how you lose does.

[@juanmestre6195]

Cuando se puso el sol en el imperio 😔

[@trollinape2697]

@@jv113 basicamente todas las colonias imediatamente se independenizaron de España menos algunas Islas por ahi y las Filipinas

[@rataxv20]

@@trollinape2697 pero España no tuvo colonias sino virreinatos y provincias, xD la primera bandera de Ecuador fue la cruz de Borgoña como país, ya que queríamos de vuelta a los Austrias y no a los borbones racistas.

[@rataxv20]

@@trollinape2697 en 1809 el levantamiento no fue de Independencia más bien fue de apoyo a la hispanidad contra Fernando VII el pendejo que entrego España a los franceses. Traidor de la patria típico en los Borbónes

[@trollinape2697]

@@rataxv20 Sip eran colonias. Los españoles conquistaron los territorios nativos, dejaron a los españoles colonizar los territorios, los nativos eran infierores y los territorios no estaban ni cerca de ser politicamente igual de importante que España. Eran colonias hermano

[@trollinape2697]

@@rataxv20 Ademas esto era cuando España se volvio muy devil y las colonias pensaron que ellos pueden defender a ellos mismo y comerciar con otros paises europeos.

[@animeyahallo3887]

4:10 Soult and King Joseph recaptured Madrid in late Dec 1812 and reached Salamanca.

[@alexderamon2060]

France: *separates Catalonia from Spain* Catalonia: Yay! Also France: *Annex Catalonia as a French province* Catalonia: Oh fck...

[@Didagg]

Actually catalonia was figthing with spanish rebels because he hated more france

[@joel.garcia.cascallo]

@@Didagg catalans at the time were just tired of wars between spain and france causing massive damage to catalonia haha so they just went with the ones that were more likely to win and bring a bit of peace

[@Didagg]

@@joel.garcia.cascallo yes and for that they hated more the french

[@erwannleligerien3771]

@@Didagg This map is not agree with you fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_Empire#/media/Fichier:Europe_1812_map_en.png

[@acusticamenteconvusional9936]

@@joel.garcia.cascallo the catalans fought like everyone else in Spain against the french, just look at the sieges of Girona or Tarragona, If it's true they went with the ones that had more possibilities to win, then probably they would have fight together with the french.

[@selvoselvo1]

Big strategical mistake, instead of ally he created enemy with a big population, and large armies, I can imagine 1814 where Spain saves France from protecting southern borders and Napoleon can concentrate more men at the North.

[@beanmanbutchina]

It’s so sad seeing my emperor fail...

[@Raisonnance.]

THE biggest mistake of Napoléon without doubt. With Spain 🇪🇦 in allies, no invasion of France. Nobody is perfect, even not Napoléon 🤷‍♂️😌🇨🇵🇨🇵

[@Zveebo]

Bigger than the disastrous invasion of Russia???

[@kreeperface397]

@@Zveebo The Peninsula war destroyed step by step the Grande Armée's quality. The Army which invaded Russia wasn't as trained and as reliable as the Army of 1805-1807. Plus the French had to recruit within its "allies" to have as much soldiers as possible, and they weren't all loyal. The austrians and prussians litterally did nothing in Russia except some small and ridiculous offensives

[@roddbroward9876]

Zveebo Yep. This is the war that defined the term “guerrilla warfare”. While the Spaniards/Portuguese didn’t have he upper edge, they made sure to make it hell for the French to remain there.

[@Raisonnance.]

Napoléon made mistake to attack Russia during winter that's it. Look at the battles, they are almost all won until winter came. Disease, lack of food, cold, all these bad conditions reunite made Russia Campaign lost. Napoléon should attacked later

[@hrotha]

@@Raisonnance. He didn't invade Russia during winter, he invaded early in the summer, as you do, and fought several big but strategically indecisive pitched battles against the Russian army. The biggest battle of that campaign (Borodino) was fought in early September. By fall, nevermind winter, Napoleon had already lost most of the Grande Armée. What winter did was make sure very few of Napoleon's troops made it back to Poland.

[@luxtayii3473]

0:35 Portugal: G'bye fellas imma leave 0:53: Spanish rebels joined the server! 0:55 Spanish Rebels: Lemme take some land 0:57 /givehp 1000 0:58 France: OK imma try to report him or kick him 1:15: France reported Spanish Rebels! 4:53 Report was sent - Unsuccesful.

[@angelgarse]

Probably nobody will ever read this but still. In my hometown people still refer to the people in the neighbouring town as "franceses" in a mocking way just because they didn't offer resistance when the French troops arrived to our area

[@lecomtedemirabeau5548]

As a french I love it

[@Raisonnance.]

Mdrrrr 😭😭😭

[@vincenthuying98]

Interesting to see these maps and how their geographical appearance throw a shadow forward over the Spanish civil war.

[@jcs3142]

Very good, although you missed the I Spanish Republic, which is a point of paramount importance in modern Spanish History, its greates achievement being one of the first world modern Constitutions. I love the way you used the old administrative regions though.

[@_utahraptor]

What does the first Republic have to do with this?

[@kosovoisalbania2410]

4:01 Reconquista II

[@durdlurd6131]

Spain might have won but they lost their colonies after this

[@acusticamenteconvusional9936]

You said that as if it was Spain who attacked first.

[@neyougogo9923]

not all you forget philipines, puerto rico, guam, cuba and western sahara

[@titoufkuri4545]

english trade

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

@@neyougogo9923 well eventually latin american revolutionary ideas soon proliferated and spawned masonic secret orders throughout philippines-guam, cuba, and puerto rico leading to the first sparks of revolution that engulfed them on the eve of the Spanish-American War of 1898, eventually leading to their capture by american forces upon american landing

[@roddbroward9876]

Assemblée Nationale Brazil also gained independence because of this war, but for different reasons.

[@cd3367]

Good quality, nice maps!

[@user-wb7ur4yp6z]

Ollie !make a map for the 1930s Spanish civil war! That was like the prelude for ww2 in Europe and Hitler tested many of his newest weapons there!

[@anonymuz796]

France:can't conquer Spain for 3 years Also France:starts another war with Russia.

[@kaliyuga1476]

Spain, the country that liberated itself

[@LucidFL]

Yugoslavia???

[@sallmandar1027]

Yes yugoslavia also did it

[@kaliyuga1476]

@@LucidFL yeah, Yugoslavia too

[@kaliyuga1476]

@@freddiefletcher2497 no

[@jorge6207]

Not placing the Ciudad Rodrigo square hinders a bit, but nice work.

[@williamwhitehouse8214]

Major Sharpe really did win the peninsular war single handedly.

[@vellerity986]

¡Españoles! Nuestro enemigo nunca fueron nuestros hermanos portugueses, ni nuestros aliados en las islas. Hermanos, hermanas, hijos de la madre patria: ¡Levantaos! El enemigo, es Napoleon, emperador de las francias! Spaniards! Our enemy was never our portuguese brethren or our allies in the isles. Brothers, sisters to everyone who calls this country home: Rise! The enemy is napoleon, emperor of the french! - General de Riego

[@NordeGrasen34]

Which isles? For allies.

[@vellerity986]

HistorywithNathe Take a guess

[@NordeGrasen34]

@@vellerity986 Ah okay Britian.

[@user-zj7uo6qg1c]

Tu mentalidad es de hace 2 siglos, madura porque en serio te ves muy ridículo

[@enalche2]

@@user-zj7uo6qg1c lo que ha hecho es una cita histórica, no creo que lo haga con intención política

[@shagu8312]

Napoleon also tried to ally with Tipu sultan in India against the Britishers. It is just amazing battles were being fought on such massive distances! But Britishers sold tea to everyone anyways

[@GuidoOrefice94]

Napoleonic Wars was the true World Ward I

[@Natalie-ez1zc]

*B R I T I S H E R S*

[@valmeysien9680]

@@GuidoOrefice94 I never really understood what distinguishes a "world war" from other wars. Does it just need to be fought on multiple continent to be called a world war ? If that is the case then the seven years war is, to my knowledge, the first world war and the Napoleonic war would be the second, the so-called "First World War" or "Great War" is the third, and the so-called "Second World War" is the fourth. .... Am I the only who cares ? We need order and rigor in history for God's sake. One time the wars or named after the place (Peninsula War, Crimean War), the other time they are named after the belligerants (Franco-Prussian war, Spanish-American war), another time they are named after the time it took to finish them (the Thirty years war, the seven-years war). This doesn't make any sense. Pick a method and criteria and stick to it ! There is no coherence or consistancy. To hell with that. Historians are cancelled. Good bye.

[@kreeperface397]

@@valmeysien9680 The expression World War began during or after WW2. Before that people just called WW1 the Great War (and it's still in use today). I guess these two were associated together as a popular opinion back then said they were the same war, or wars with the same causes/purposes. Historians now proved this misconception to be wrong, but the expression is still in use. And it's barely impossoble to change the name of nearly 200 years old wars such as the seven years war. It's interresting to learn the history of History as a scientific matter. For example, cutting History 4 parts (Antiquity, middle ages, modern times and contemporary period) was made in the 19th Century and more and more historians think it's stupid because the changes were progressives and didn't appeared with a single event. Nobody cared about the fall of Roma for example : it wasn't even the capital city of the western roman empire and it already was the shadow of itself

[@cambs0181]

Britishers? Are you a Indisher?

[@panachevitz]

I don't think I was the only one who was following along based on the Richard Sharpe novels. :)

[@SantiFiore]

*Laughs in Latin American colonies*

[@shaqcepticeye6520]

*Laughs in unoriginal joke*

[@shagu8312]

*Laughs in continuing the reply pattern*

[@malster1239]

The king of Portugal escaped to Brazil before the french invasion

[@shagu8312]

@@samohtt bitch

[@ok3339]

@@samohtt bitch

[@iberia169]

Long life to Iberian resistance🇵🇹🇪🇸

[@mrforce301]

Napoleon's first fatal mistake, not only it was a big dishonor to invade an ally, but the amount of men and resourses lost in the peninsular war was more than he could aford. The second fatal mistake was Russia. Everyone knows how that went. The third was the Seventh coalition, a stupid war that only bled France dry.

[@mr.explorer4635]

A Lesson we can take: don't be greedy

[@garbancitolentejas486]

Great video and very accurate. Peninsular war was a Total War and influenced all of Europe

[@IAmTheStig32]

3:52 Wellington has entered the game

[@Heisenberg882]

Wellington was in the war since 1808

[@marneus]

More to the point, the french armies only really controlled the land they were standing on. Even in deep french "controlled" territory, french couriers and small units were constantly ambushed and destroyed.

[@diogofilipeestevao]

At 00:41 and already a fatal mistake. Junot did not conquer the whole country by merely being in the capital nor did Portugal stop existing on a whim. The Royal Court was safely in Brazil coordinating with Britain and the remaining European theatre troops to oust the French.

[@MaSsiVeGaming1]

The Royal Court were a bunch of cowards. The king was a coward, his son was a traitor.

[@diogofilipeestevao]

Lord Hades I’m sure you have all the sources to back this up rather than your opinion, right?

[@MaSsiVeGaming1]

@@diogofilipeestevao Sources for what? The court fled, the king, his family, his own treasury, escorted by the British navy. It's not just an opinion, it's a matter of fact.

[@diogofilipeestevao]

Lord Hades it is an opinion to claim it was an act of cowardice.

[@MaSsiVeGaming1]

@Biconho Empires rise and fall, but acts of honour, bravery and loyalty live on for all time.

[@firstnamelastname7079]

no one: Ollie Bye:K'dom of Portugal

[@user-kl4kh3qe4g]

Jesus why are all the top comments so sh*t?

[@shaqcepticeye6520]

@I it’s because he’s botting.

[@MrFiltry69]

Btw here in Spain we called it the Independence War. Good video

[@Dustz92]

Didn't the insurrection start in the 2nd of May? Why it is shown in June?

[@antoni0482]

Because this insurrection was in Madrid . Only in Madrid

[@ZenithalPoint]

Tangier and Algier: all the while, just chilling in the sofa. Seriously why even are they on the map? lol Good vid anyway

[@ayesha_fan]

This truly was Napoleon’s Vietnam.

[@theultimatebro9278]

Where do you get the information for the exact borders France took over and what it shape would look like?

[@andrepinto7895]

Actually France invaded Portugal not because "concerns it was collaborating with Britain", but because Portugal didn't comply with the continental blockade ultimatum ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_System ) issued by Napoleon to block all trade with the UK, as it would destroy the old alliance with England (then UK).

[@rogeriopenna9014]

Portugal won, but it lost it's biggest colony after this. King John VI of Portugal: Portugal did, not the Portuguese Royal House.

[@raiosdessaauroraforte6668]

And that was a good thing.

[@paranoidandroid6095]

I thought Suchet controlled much more, a narrow strait of land near Valencia...

[@bobbylewis2]

Why is the song's bass in the first part the bass of the Avengers theme?

[@jaylopes8489]

Each time us Europeans fight we lose colonies, after us Europeans lost WW2 we ended up eventually losing all our colonies, England lost India, France lost a large part of western Africa/Vietnam . . . us Portuguese lost Angola, Mozambique . . . 500 years ago we controlled the world - Today we can't even control our own cities from foreign invaders . . . 🖐🇵🇹🍷

[@neinno8172]

'foreign invaders' People really have desensitized way of perceiving things sometimes

[@AJKam1kaz3]

Though I've seen the show a little bit, but why does the background music remind me of the show Sharpe?!

[@nosirve9458]

If u check out spanish history literally in almost every war spain was divided .

[@niksworks9150]

Can you make War of the Roses

[@erdna9235]

Sorry Spanish people , but whenever you allied with France and attacked Portugal did not run well for your side ! 😂

[@erdna9235]

@@Zhou_Yu with respect! It's true! And Viva Galicia!

[@Zhou_Yu]

@@erdna9235 Parabens menino obrigado abacaxi

[@erdna9235]

@@Zhou_Yu you're hight? Or just a Dumb person?

[@Zhou_Yu]

@@erdna9235 shut the fuck up stupid comunist person

[@Zhou_Yu]

@ECSP very funny eh?

[@afdiego2193]

At the end of this war Portugal lost territory to Spain and the Vienna treaty stipulates that Spain should return the territory of Olivenza (Olivença in portuguese) to Portugal. Portugal continues to claim the territory to this day.

[@SrRodrik]

A palos y castañas.

[@javiernoruego6572]

The reason is, that during the war of oranges Portugal toke a spanish colonies, that it never give so, Spain said" if you dont give me back my american territory, I dont give you olivenza"

[@javiernoruego6572]

@@jpsg1801 yes, perfect balance, Like thanos said. Creo que eres español, me alegra ver a alguien que sabe de historia

[@afdiego2193]

@@javiernoruego6572 Portugal also lost in Brazil in the Orange War to France where French Guiana is today

[@javiernoruego6572]

@@afdiego2193 i didnt know that, but that is a french problem, not spanish

[@MrFiltry69]

0:58 Battle of Bailén Some Spanish farmers: we're gonna stop you right here.

[@pma281]

Guerrilleros: ¡Ahí te quedas, Napoleón!

[@torma3491]

when in spain we call this war "spanish independence war" (la guerra de independencia española) and I saw the tittle of the video and said "wtf? when we had a war call like that?"

[@Aldebaran80]

the british call this war "Peninsular war"

[@lecomtedemirabeau5548]

We French just call it "Spain campaign" and "the first, the second and the third invasion of Portugal".

[@joaquinnotphoenix3055]

Spain after the Napoleonic wars: phew* I’m glad that’s over Spanish Colonies: Allow us to introduce ourselves

[@DavidGarcia-hi9tl]

Hi, I'm Río de La Plata and he's Gran Colombia.

[@figtree_video_archive]

@@DavidGarcia-hi9tl *Hi I'm the Captaincy General of Chile*