The RUTHLESS Execution Of Michel Ney - Napoleon's Marshal

[@schizoidboy]

You got to hand it to someone who essentially takes responsibility for his decision and refuses to use a loophole in his defense, genuinely a brave man.

[@bobhill3941]

Very brave, I read about his retreat from Moscow too (thanks to someone here)

[@jacktattis]

No he was accepted back into the Royals Camp he promised to bring back Napoleon in Chains He switched sides again therefore he was a traitor

[@lucvanackeren5445]

@@jacktattis a traitor to the people or to King Louis ? After how he was treated by the Royalists ?

[@pound7816]

honor was more important than money, but the Caines changed all that

[@jeffreytan2948]

If you risked your life fighting a hundred battles for France as he said, you will definitely not so readily disown that country to save your life.

[@CLL9262]

Consistant with the many observations concerning Ney's fearless character, here is a detail I read somehere: Ney was admired, even loved, by many (perhaps most) of the soldiers of the Grande Armée. To make it easier for the members of his firing squad to carry out their distasteful duty, he ordered them to aim for his hat (he was dressed in a civilian suit). He then took off his hat and held it over his heart before giving the order to fire. If the story is true it would show that, beyond incredible courage, - "the bravest of the brave" - Ney had compassion for his soldiers.

[@napoleonlempereur3021]

🇨🇵👍❤

[@jerrycruitt5375]

His actions, bravery, and greatness during the disastrous retreat in Russia were truly incredible. That he lived through it, constantly fighting the rearguard action, fighting like a madman, and beating off the opponents, will rank as one of the greatest, bravest military accomplishments of all time.

[@geoffhunter7704]

Yet his Tactical Decisions at Quatre Bras and at Waterloo the next day were so poor that Bonaparte a superb Tactician and Strategist himself angrily berated Ney who went off in a huff!

[@stephen4121]

@@geoffhunter7704which is rich considering Napoleon left the battlefield leaving Ney in charge. Don't think anyone ever claimed Ney was a tactical genius.

[@geoffhunter7704]

@@stephen4121 Why the sarcasm Ney was brave but foolhardy and its a fact that he was berated by NB for Letting the British Advance guard escape and for not pushing harder but his men could not take the line of Musket fire against the French Columns as his men were recoiling from the disciplined fire and retire the British were using to withdraw even though Ney won two Colours he thought a withdrawal was a victory as NB had ordered him to seek and destroy which he failed to do?

[@ganndeber1621]

So what? The cult of Napoleon and his followers is laughable. Pyschopaths who slaughtered millions

[@welshman8954]

Not bad for a frog

[@seandobson499]

The first painting shown is in Manchester art gallery and I often go there to look at it as, despite being English and having served in the British army, Marshall Ney is one of my heroes and, without a doubt, one of the bravest soldiers ever, in any army.

[@sharonrigs7999]

Commanding your own firing squad is a badass way to go

[@Graymenn]

I mean... you could just order them to put their guns down

[@3Dotz16]

​@@Graymennwhy

[@Graymenn]

@@3Dotz16 to live, my main man

[@TheAnimalWithNoName]

​​@@Graymenn No, he was given the right to tell the soldiers to fire...not to put their guns down...however I like your idea nonetheless because that would be ten times more badass if he did make that order and it worked 🤣

[@arnoldgreenwood2969]

He was a superb soldier deserving of every honour, and there were many, that he received. When your enemies, the Russians, defend your honour I believe you are an honourable man. It happened in 1821 or 1823 when some French officers were playing hosts to some Russian officers, at that time Allies of the French. In the after-dinner chatter they, the the French officers were foul-mouthing the memory of Ney. One Russian Officer rose from his seat and declared "That you, Sirs, must not have been Imperial officers otherwise you would not denigrate the name of such a heroic man". With that, all the Russians, to a man, walked out of the venue. My hero, but of all the soldiers I have studied over the year in my opinion, none can touch the escapades of this man.

[@paulfrantizek102]

He went out like an absolute boss.

[@Reignor99]

figuratively and literally the boss, lol

[@Packless1]

...yes, he did...! 💪

[@michaeltroster9059]

A miscarriage of Justice for such a good soldier and brave man to meet such an ignominious end.

[@conormcmenemie5126]

No. Technically he had latterly committed treason against the French King and government as well as promoted yet another war with various countries.

[@walideg5304]

@@conormcmenemie5126 Against the French King. Not against his country.

[@curtiswong7280]

Ignominious? Man got the rare opportunity to order his soldiers to execute him by firing squad, a privilege which a lot of others never got, even if they desired it. Saddam Hussein, for example, wanted the firing squad but got hanged instead.

[@HungryLoki]

@trueblue Kings everywhere have never been legitimate, and you cannot betray that which is not legitimate.

[@FunkBastid]

Sometimes the course of justice creates a greater injustice. There was no way out for him.

[@hoi-polloi1863]

"I have fought a hundred battles for France, and not one against her ... Soldiers, fire!" Now *that* is how you turn your own execution from a farce into a W. If I ever meet Ney in Hell, I'm'a share my last cup of water with him.

[@dixiepeach8698]

God Bless You.

[@JohnDoe-yq9rt]

@@dixiepeach8698 Dixie peaches are the sweetest

[@balticbvll2987]

You wont meet him in hell

[@zAkumaTx]

I'm joining you

[@POGGERS225]

“Hell?”

[@bernardotorres4659]

His answer when his lawyer claimed that he was Prussian and therefore could not be executed, proves that this man was really “the bravest of the brave” , besides his behavior in front of his firing squad .

[@aronzimas5660]

He was a death man anyways. The royals all over Europe were too afraid of the remnants of Napoleon. At least this way he created some controversy back home. There is no more king of France, their cause won in the end. (though I doubt they would be proud of the current replacement)

[@Harwinne]

It proved his absolute loyalty to France at the loss of his own life.

[@abbelabbe7912]

One more badass thing to ad is that when he was offered a blindfold when being executed he suposadly said-do you not know that a soldier do not fear death?

[@littlemouse7066]

After the defeat of Napoleon and the return of the monarchy in France his high officers were "pardoned" they were treated like soldiers who served their country and not like traitors of the crown so they weren't punished and remained in service if they wanted to. One of those high officers was Ney. When Napoleon escaped from exile in the isle of Elba (that was near his native island of Corsica) the king sent the army to stop him under Ney command but instead of stopping Napoleon from reaching Paris Ney and his army joined him and marched with him on Paris so the king had to escape again and France was in a war again. After Napoleon was defeated again at Waterloo and sent again in exile Ney was arrested for treason and condemned to death by firing squad which was an honorable way of execution for a soldier. Any officer in any army who did something like that at the time would have been punished in the same way.

[@fortyminutes]

Correct

[@HungryLoki]

What Napoleon did was arguably much worse (since he incited all the treason in the first place) and yet, he got a cushy exile. So not, not any officer in any army who did something like that at the time would have been punished in the same way.

[@littlemouse7066]

@@HungryLoki What? Napoleon wasn't an officer he was a ruler and that's why he was treated like that. Anyway it's true the british were very lenient with him and I think it had to do with the fact he had still many supporters in France.

[@patricklonge8912]

@@HungryLoki St. Helena was not a cushy exile. Elba was.

[@hatuletoh]

The reinstated Bourbon government never should have sent Ney to capture Napolean on the road to Paris. Anyone with even a passing understanding of the bonds between soliders could have predicted what was going to happen when the lifetime solider Ney met his old commander with whom he had shared so many history-making triumphs and hardships over the course of 20+ years. I'm sure Ney was honest when he said he would arrest Napolean--he wasn't the sort to be deceptive about his loyalties--but the Bourbon government should have said, "uh...merci for the offer, but we've got some terribly important paperwork for you to do in the complete opposite direction. Go, go! We'll let you know when we've nabbed Napolean." And that would have saved Ney's life, and retained his irreplaceable services for the new government.

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

Not only that but they sent an army of napoleonic veterans with him, they defected first leaving Ney with no choice

[@Marguerite-tv4tq]

"This man is a Lion! His courage gave me Europe!" - these words about Marshal Ney were said by Napoleon after the brilliant victory in the Battle of Friedland on 14 June 1807, when Napoleon reached the apogee of his power, and the French Empire annexed the largest territories ever. Marshal Ney's role was the crucial in this decisive victory.

[@ericwinnert]

The painting at 5:35 hangs at the Graves Gallery in Sheffield. It's one of my favourite pieces there.

[@declanjones8888]

He truly earned the title " The Bravest Of The Brave."

[@malcolmabram2957]

Louis XVIII the Bourbon king sent an army, the royalist 5th infantry, to combat Napoleon after his escape from exile in Elba. When they met Napoleon' and his army they did not fight, instead embraced each other and joined them to go to Paris. Louis XVIII went into exile. One of the royalist commanders was Ney. For that, following Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo and the subsequent restoration of Louis, Ney he was executed for treason. I believe Ney fought more for his country than for a specific commander. His execution caused much of France to be appalled at Louis. Louis would have done better to have pardoned him.

[@dbix11]

Napoleon: we're getting the band back together Ney: you son of a bitch, I'm in

[@inisipisTV]

In the movie Waterloo, Ney promised to the king, "...he'll bring Napoleon to Paris in a cage." Not exactly how it turned out.

[@conormcmenemie5126]

When Ney went to arrest Napoleon it became evident that much of his troops and officers were more prepared to side with Napoleon. His side may have been chosen for him. It may have been more prudent for him to return to the King at that point to explain the situation, but it seems the King already knew who was really the boss.

[@richardbale3278]

Louis had already pardoned him.

[@walideg5304]

Louis XVIII had pardoned many but he needed an example.

[@c3aloha]

Very interesting. Now I better understand the politics that was portrayed in The Duelists. Great movie.

[@lampualadinidx9060]

THE BRAVE OF THE BRAVE. MASRHAL NEY 🙏

[@wattyler9806]

I've read what he did in the retreat from Moscow. Brave man.

[@ronagoodwell2709]

I've often wondered how much of Marshal Ney's final chapter is true. To literally insist on his own execution by refusing recognition of his true nationality and then, if that wasn't enough, to further insist on giving his own firing squad the order to shoot since he was the senior officer present. I mean, there's brave and there's story telling.

[@nobodyspecial4702]

Since the person with the most to gain happened to be dead, you can safely assume it's not embellished. It's not like the people in charge liked Ney at that time, so if they said it happened, they had nothing to gain by lying about it. They had everything to gain by simply saying "yeah, we lined him up and he cried like a little girl begging us not to shoot."

[@conormcmenemie5126]

Despite his native language being 'Alsatian' a dialect of German, like virtually everyone in Alsace to this day they vigorously defend their French nationality. The fact that another Germanic state (Prussia) had taken over the prefecture was and is no meaningful occurrence to this German speaking French population.

[@ronagoodwell2709]

Showing loyalty to any state that is trying to execute you seems nuts. In Ney's case "honor" looks like mental illness. Insisting on giving the order to shoot clinches it.

[@OutnBacker]

You are judging the acts and moral character of a man who lived in the post-Enlightenment Period by the moral relativity of today. Back in Ney's time, stoicism was a moral trait that was highly valued by many men of high ranking and in leadership positions. They lived by Foundational Principles and they believed that their manners and behavior would be their legacies after death. There was little moral quivocation like today, where people willingly trash their own moral core to save their skins. For Ney to have commanded his own firing squad as a last general order to French troops would have absolutely been in character for him. He was aware of his reputation, and what his lagacy would be.

[@gaudente1900]

Ney was well aware that his lawyer's escamotage was pointless , he had promised the king to bring him Napoleon in an iron cage , and instead had joined him , how could the court ruling not be death penalty for such a blatant act of treason ? Better die as a French then pathetically climb mirrors.

[@Frenchylikeshikes]

"I am French and I will remain French"

[@peterwesthe-his5508]

A story well told. Excellent images as well.

[@mickymantle3233]

I've seen his tomb in La Pere lechaise cemetery in Paris. Fascinating place.

[@vincentlefebvre9255]

I did the same thing as you. His monument is quite big.

[@RubyMarkLindMilly]

I've been their myself years back saw morrisons grave I didn't realise Ney was buried there pity I would of liked to see his head stone

[@gil7555]

Micky Mantle : Rather " Cimetière du PÈRE LACHAISE ". ( cordialement )

[@hhvictor2462]

It was rumored the execution was faked and Ney was smuggled abroad to America, later obtaining a position of history teacher. His students noted the napoleonic battles he described in class was just as if he was there.

[@brossiermarco2278]

Yes Franc Maçonnerie like Wellington

[@GGdeTOURS37]

Someone told me he had been seen working in a gaz station in Arizona in the 50's ...

[@declanjones8888]

​@@GGdeTOURS37 I saw him outside a diner with Tupac and Jimmy Hoffa...

[@Glee73]

@@declanjones8888 sounds legit

[@StephenLuke]

RIP Michel Ney (1769-1815)

[@Paratus7]

Love your videos. Love your research and your topics. Subscribed. If you can please try to moderate your ‘upspeak’ It would make it so much easier to listen to. (Upspeak; also known as high rising terminal (HRT), is a linguistic occurrence in which a speaker uses a rising inflection at the end of a sentence. This rising intonation at the end of the sentence makes a statement sound like a question. Overusing upspeak in your speech becomes monotonous for listeners as every statement becomes a question). Thank you. 👍

[@nolimendoza4588]

Could there ever be such brilliance, bravery and honesty from a senior ranking officer among today's military of any nationality?? I think not.

[@sa4555]

NO.

[@Graymenn]

C'mon you telling me you don't think gen. milley would put on a good show if he got captured?

[@babba7075]

Thankyou for this Video well done greetings from the River Rhein

[@invisibleray6987]

It wasn't just RUTHLESS....it was BRUTAL 😱

[@kevin6293]

So what he’s French

[@lucvanackeren5445]

@@kevin6293 it's because of the French, the US got independent ...

[@greenflagracing7067]

looked ordinary to me.

[@Channel-23s]

@@lucvanackeren5445 ehh same with WW1 or WW2 or Cold War so America did more for France rather then just offer supplies for 1776 it’s one thing to fight a war and win it rather then give some support so it’s 50/50 France would be occupied or lost more troops if America didn’t step in multiple times over

[@covenantor663]

@@Channel-23s apparently when the British were defeated in the War of Independence, they invited the French officers to dine with them, but ignored the revolutionary leaders.

[@signoguns8501]

I love 17th/18th century military uniforms. The long coats and hats and boots. All the feathers and bright colors etc. So flamboyant and flashy but badass at the same time lol.

[@arminius4406]

How France need men like this now. "Le plus brave des braves"

[@math2222322]

Something the army taugh me: a real make accepts the consequences of his actions. That is what « take it like a man » means.

[@baconx4]

It's rumored he escaped and is buried in Wilmington, NC at Airlie Gardens.

[@johndyson4109]

I like Ney better than Napoleon himself! Why do you think Napoleon hired Ney even though he was going to try to stop him from coming back to Paris. Ya know why because I think Napoleon feared him...

[@scotty101ire]

In the top 3 general / field marshals all time any were a truly brilliant leader commander brave aggressive brilliant in attack tremendous in defense organised led from the front any army any time any were any era past present or future you would ve blessed to be lead in battle by Marshal Michel Ney

[@tinygrim]

Thank you 👍

[@duartesimoes508]

Everyone agrees that Ney was without a doubt the most brave, fearless and bold Officer in Napoleon's Army. Well, ce n'a servi a rien! On the other hand, Massena had a very lacklustre end of carrier, failed to defeat the Torres Vedras fortifications that protected Lisbon, was called back to Paris and demoted, but spent peacefully the rest of his life in his cottage with his mistress. And died at old age... 😀

[@conormcmenemie5126]

The Lisbon fortifications were behind a semi flooded killing ground. Also a vast number of tree trunks had been turned, painted and mounted on gun carriages to look exactly like cannon. In the circumstances it was better that Massena preserved his army, since he could easily have been further rundown by the British and Portuguese army as well as the Spanish mercenaries.

[@duartesimoes508]

@@conormcmenemie5126 yes, it was next to impossible to overrun those Lines. To the West was the Atlantic and to the East was the Tagus, patrolled by British Gunboats. There is a very good book by Osprey Publications about the subject, in the _Fortress_ series.

[@keithlloyd4254]

The bravest of the brave.

[@johnrutherford1953]

[@florinivan6907]

Lawyer: As you can see my client is now a prussian subject so a trial for treason under our... Marshal Ney: I am french and always have been. Lawyer:Why do I even exist?

[@jeffkodiac]

A great and brave man !

[@robbabcock_]

A badass to the end!

[@nicklester6114]

"That man is a Lion" : Napoleon

[@welshpete12]

I can't see why they would want to shoot him . He was a soldier who did his duty by his country .

[@teribradshaw-milling3164]

I wish they would make a movie about his actions in Russia!! What a man!!

[@danielc6925]

Nice job. However I hate when I see words such as "Ruthless", "Horrific", "Brutal" etc... You don't need to use these words

[@paulonmallorca]

Sorry, but every conflict through history encompasses all the words you dislike.

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

If Napoléon had heeded marshall Ney's request during the Battle of Waterloo, Napoléon would have won. Arrogance, hard-headedness, lack of courage, and limited vision due to white smoke from cannon, caused Nzapoléon to think that Ney was wrong or less important than the battle Napoléon was fighting himself (the farmhouse). Ney had made a breach but had lost many men in the process. If he had been given one or two more fresh battalions from the reserves, he would have routed the English from the eastern flank before the Germans (Blüchner) arrived.

[@istoppedcaring6209]

let it be known that the king, when Napoleon came back to Paris, abandoned his kingdom and people and fled to the city of Ghent to hide behind the coallition armies, he did not inspire loyalty or love from his soldiers or citizens, however in a kingdom treason is not against the nation but against the ruler and as such he was guilty.

[@drglencoleman]

Wow. Great story.

[@puppetguy8726]

The end only seems brutal to a civilian, for him he got to die the death of a soldier.

[@gerryhouska2859]

Brutal? I wish my end could be as quick and painless as his.

[@snakeplissken5480]

brave man sentenced to death by im guessing cowards who avoided battlefields

[@randywise5241]

Died has brave has he lived.

[@johnzeszut3170]

We don't hear about guys like this too much no more. I did watch - years ago - a short on t.v. that claimed the execution was a sham and that he traveled to America and became a school teacher. This guy had what it took!

[@peterwolff3233]

This is by far the least “Ruthless” execution in history.

[@geoffhunter7704]

Ney was shot for Breaking his Word of Honour as was Bonaparte's Aide de Camp Col de Bedoyere also for the same crime actually Treason he left a Widow and young son aged 18mos,they are said to have left France for England who was actually Napolean's implacable enemy!

[@jacktattis]

Deserved it and let us not forget he had switched sides only to go back to Napoleon

[@MrPlankinton]

I couldn't stand the narrator's reading style.

[@douglaswhite9777]

General day with a Great Daniel and and and a good man how do you fight for France but it was very difficult to serve one man it’s such a high cost but he did so he served Napoleon and he served France. The reason he was shot was because of the fact that he told the French king that Napoleon would never seize power again and that he would stop him, but what do you do when your soldiers turn against you to support the emperor which is what they did here he is all alone and he didn’t hate Napoleon so he served Napoleon again serve France, but he should’ve never been executed. This was a fair like all the Bourbon kings after Louis the 16th kept making every so often as long as they were in charge the day the monarchy fell in France was the best day that ever happened, but it should’ve been a blood last day when it wasn’t too much blood was shed, and too many innocent souls were put the guillotine, who were not guilty of anything only guilty by association

[@arndhauk7365]

Militarily + personally probably one of the greatest generals in history serving his country. His loyalty to Napoleon was unmatched ☝️ Truly 'The Bravest of the Braves' 🚀

[@johnwest1688]

That was wrong Marshal ney was the bravest of the brave

[@douglascoggeshall2490]

2023-04-02 ... Ney ... An incredible story ... Recommend the fantastic movie "Waterloo" 1976 ... A battle of Heros ...

[@lucvanackeren5445]

I can recommend the book written by Raymond Horricks on Ney . Mindblowing ...

[@13stalag13]

There are rumors that Ney wasn't killed in a firing squad, but was smuggled into the United States where he served as a teacher.

[@math2222322]

Since when is loyalty a crime

[@williamwoody7607]

5:45 - who painted this?

[@Marguerite-tv4tq]

This is a painting "The Execution of Marshal Ney" by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme, created at 1868. Although Ney's execution was over fifty years in the past, his death still roused emotions and created controversy in the French society.

[@williamwoody7607]

@@Marguerite-tv4tq thank you.

[@Marguerite-tv4tq]

@@williamwoody7607 Merci❤

[@chomocharlie3997]

0:52, Saarlouis is in Germany close to the Département of Loraine, France!

[@nicobruin8618]

"I've fough a hundred battles for France and none against heeerrrerereerrerr"

[@scionofliberty2967]

You have an annoying way of finishing every sentence that made it difficult to finish this. However, I was unfamiliar with Nay, so thanks for the great overview.

[@roberttreborable]

An interesting part of history I knew nothing about .

[@svenerikjohansson8130]

I am without exception against the death penalty, so therefore I see this as tragic. But he did break a promise to the king to stop Napoleon, so I would have given him a few years in prison, and that woulf have been enough. It would have been wise of hom to agree with his lawyer that he could not be seen as French.

[@BodyTrust]

Recommendation: Never take an announcing class at communuty college. It will ruin your enjoyment of all videos such as this one.

[@Govinda_005]

Why is the narrator talking in that strange way?

[@senseofthecommonman]

As a couple of others have commented, there is a quite compelling version of him going to America. No idea of its validity.

[@TheDillinger22]

Some say Ney escaped execution and went to America ..

[@dimitriofthedon3917]

A officer from the ranks! I won't have it!

[@Ayeshteni]

Sharpe!

[@mencken8]

Give me an example of an execution that is not “brutal.”

[@johnwatts8346]

well he did commit blatant treason against the king, and of course at waterloo he very famously mindlessly indulged in at least 6 cavalry charges without artillery or infantry support thereby dooming them to failure (f knows why they never spiked the cannons?) and very possibly costing the frenchies the battle itself... one theory goes- his manic behaviour at waterloo was coz he knew if they lost he'd likely be in very deep trouble, because hed broken his word to the king? (ps- correction- he wasnt executed in 1819- it was 1815, same year as the battle)

[@maxigunn9260]

What was your source?

[@5thjudge]

There is a legend that many in the military did not agree with his execution, that it was staged and he was allowed to live an exile in Germany as a teacher. Trues story: In the mid 2000s I met a German gentleman, a teacher also, whose name was Ney. When I mentioned this history and the link with his name he seemed most shocked that I knew.

[@nobodyspecial4702]

It's not like he was the only person with that surname, in all of recorded history.

[@5thjudge]

Oh well, make of it what you will.

[@Doingmything0]

Thats over a 100+ years later.

[@สมเกียรติธาตรีธร]

It was said that the man who was shot was not Ney but just another man who was placed at his place.Ney went to America and spent his final time as a history teacher.I don't know?

[@JaEDLanc]

He must have had really large legs seeing as four horses died underneath him.

[@TheSrSunday]

There have been a number of good soldiers whose main fault was devotion to a monstrous leader. Ney won his right to death by firing squad.

[@cesar_145]

A brave man in deed

[@fritzschumacher6047]

Ever read about the N. Carolina story here?

[@christopherdenniston9798]

He was de facto commander of the French at Waterloo, with disastrous results

[@sharonrigs7999]

The French didn't stand a chance at Waterloo

[@christopherdenniston9798]

@@sharonrigs7999 The French where confident of victory, Napoleon himself said it would be 'like eating breakfast' but he was ill & delegated responsibility to Ney, who pointlessly attacking allied squares without infantry support, buying time for the Prussians to support Wellington

[@lucvanackeren5445]

@@sharonrigs7999 that's why every wargame will render the French as victors ...

[@antonijaume8498]

Battles like war do not decide who is right but who is left. There have too many random aspects to make them clear to see until you have backsight.

[@trevorhunton7526]

Upset stomach and a gung ho Ney cost Napoleon victory at Waterloo.

[@Mingus8]

Yeah, but WHY was he accused for treason, suddenly?

[@thesterrave]

Probably because he betrayed the king of France after he defected back to Napoleon

[@francisebbecke2727]

Ballsy guy!

[@li.lii101]

Thank you for your video on one of my ancestors. There was a reason they claimed he was Prussian and my family knows the truth. Again, thank you for the video.

[@li.lii101]

Another one of my ancestors raised a daughter of Napoleon.

[@alessiodecarolis]

It's strange that they failed to spike british guns at Waterloo, from what I knew was normal for cavalry troopers carring with them some big nails for spiking captured guns, probabilly it was someone's fault in the logistic. Ney's execution had surely something with the fact that he wasn't a noble, probabilly they wanted to purge the army from the more unreliable (also if more competent) subjects in the army.

[@georgeprchal3924]

Bernadotte got to be King of Sweden and Ney died in a ditch? Sad.

[@jormugand5578]

The video avoids saying that Ney WAS guilty of treason. After Napoleon's first abdication, Ney was made a peer of France by King Louis XVIII and swore an oath of loyalty to him. By rejoining Napoleon, he broke his oath and committed treason. Given his prominent position the King couldn't afford to pardon him without weakening his own position. The video also fails to mention that Ney's (reckless) bravery and enormous ego got him into trouble on more than one occasion and would occasionally bring him into conflict not only with his fellow commanders but even angered Napoleon on more than one occasion including: -At the Battle of Jena-Auerstadt, after moving into his assigned position he launched a disastrous attack without orders and after initial success found himself cut off. It was only Napoleon ordering Marshal Lannes to rescue him and the Prussians hesitation that saved him. -In the leadup to the Battle of Waterloo, Ney countermanded Napoleon's orders to d'Erlon who was moving to cut the Prussians off at Ligny and instead ordered d'Erlon to reinforce him at Quatre Bras instead. If d'Erlon had followed Napoleon's orders the Prussians might have been routed and been unable to reinforce Wellesley at Waterloo. -At the Battle of Waterloo, he launched an unsupported cavalry charge because he (incorrectly) believed that Wellington was withdrawing. Lacking infantry support to break the Allied squares, he found himself cut off and again had to be rescued by Napoleon.

[@frankhernandez6883]

*Bravest of the Brave -- But foolish in Waterloo*

[@emanuel_erol_germann]

🇨🇵 I bet you Michel Ney would'nt have been able to live on, if he had been acquited for his betrayel of the Ally forces ..

[@bolewts58]

You keep saying 1819. He was executed on December 7, 1815.

[@gusbub13]

Makes me wonder if the word "ruthless" means something different to you than it does to me. Seemed like a fairly pedestrian execution.... as far as those things go.

[@FieldMarshallNey]

RIP bravest of the brave

[@vCLOWNSHOESv]

Executed for being a great leader of men under a defeated emperor.

[@gandhithegreat328]

I was there. There was no Ruth.

[@pavelivanov2999]

whats with the defective talk at the end of the sentences