What if Napoleon Never Rose to Power? - A Historian Reacts

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[@marcelostalker]

Brazillian here, with an oversimplification. The only reason Dom João, King of Portugal, came to Brazil with his royal family was because he was scared shitless of Napoleon. Once here, since a king can't just live in a mere colony, Brazil was promoted to the status of a Unite Kingdom, and Dom João made plenty of improvements around here, he helped tremendously in laying the foundations of what could have been a great country. Without Napoleon, the Portuguese royal family never leaves Portugal, Dom Pedro I (João's son and heir) likely never comes to Brazil and the Independence movement would not happen around him. It could have taken much longer for independence, and it would have come in a different shape, probably much more violent, possibly the territory would not even have become a single state, and who knows how much longer it would take for slavery to end. All because Napoleon didn't invade Portugal.

[@connerwills6802]

Wow that’s actually a very interesting point thanks for the insight

[@alex-rs6ts]

It's very likely it would become several small republics. The fact that Brazil kept its size for so long is a miracle. I'm pretty sure it's the biggest colony to ever exist.

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

@@alex-rs6ts Brazil is only huge country, by South American standards, but not by Colonial/Imperial standards, and also, you have to know that, every time some state or region of Brazil tried to separate from the rest, it was crushed, something that happened frequently between the Colonial and Imperial period, and some even happened in the start of the Republic, which is interesting, because some of these conflicts were successful for a while.

[@b-don7930]

yeah, argentine here, same thing. Napoleon had influence on our formation years to the point we had people thinking about freeing him from the british. We would possibly have had to wait way longer before the revolution and the independence process and I'm not quite sure if the british would have tried again to take over buenos aires

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

@@b-don7930 considerando que, los Británicos solo invadieron las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata, porque los Españoles aún mantenían una alianza con la Francia Napoleónica, entonces, probable, pero no 100% cierto.

[@danielklenske7211]

I would like to say your content has really boosted my love of history, and I learn a lot more details on the subject.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Awesome. That’s what I love to hear.

[@catneko6855]

@@VloggingThroughHistory It reminds me of one of my Gym Teachers who also taught history at my elementary school and brought back alot of good memories, it helps your voice is perfect for stories, to be honest I sort of want to hear you just narrate a book.

[@chancellor1055]

@@VloggingThroughHistory You should react to whatifalthis I think I spelt that right¿ video on what if Germany won ww1 and what if the the ottomans survived it is different then alternate history hub it’s the same channel that has what if teddy Roosevelt won the 1912 election (I really like your videos)

[@elijahvega5915]

Same here!

[@bakthihapuarachchi3447]

@@chancellor1055 whatifalthist is awesome

[@shamsudeenma1928]

This is probably one of the most difficult alternate history to actually predict. Just shows how influential Napolean was.

[@andrelee7081]

Without Napoleon, the field of history itself might look quite different, as the Rosetta Stone might have not been discovered until much later (if at all). It helped revive European interest in the ancient world, and spawned Egyptology in the British Empire which led to some crazy stuff.

[@eutropius2699]

Woah, I’ve always wondered who uncovered the great pyramids of Giza. Where they always visible?

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@eutropius2699 they last it for over 4000 years

[@eutropius2699]

@@painvillegaming4119 what do you mean?

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@eutropius2699 the pyramid where around for around 4000 years am surprised they could find it Imagine 4000 years of human history

[@eutropius2699]

@@painvillegaming4119 Were they covered in sand like the Sphinx and if so when were they rediscovered?

[@Audrastea]

Napoleon not rising to power wouldn't have effected Bismark at all because as we all know Bismark ALWAYS had a plan!!

[@forgottenfamily]

Regarding the unification wars, it's worth noting that within a decade you had: - The American Civil War - The Confederation of Canada - The Italian Unification - The German Unification - The Meiji Restoration It was a very active decade when it came to internal shifts and identity. And while some of that can be traced to Napoleon, it's hard to believe that these core questions of identity weren't well on their way to occurring. We can only begin to guess what it might have looked like. There's an interesting different question though: the second wave of Liberalism in the 1830s, would it still have happened. On the one hand, you have the abject failure of the French Free State never mattering before ultimately snuffed out. On the other hand, you have probably an extra decade of the post-French Experiment era for the liberal movements to recharge. It's conceivable that the second wave could've come even earlier. It's conceivable it could come even later.

[@polishsmolish19]

22:00 Fun fact, the ‘guerrilla’ in guerrilla warfare is actually Spanish for warfare, so “guerrilla warfare” actually means “warfare warfare.”

[@voteZDLR]

WOW I didn't know that. That makes no sense LOL

[@Elmarby]

Are you sure? I am pretty confident it is the diminutive of Guerra. Basically it means Small War, and refers to the asymmetric, low level nature of the Peninsular War.

[@cosmoreverb3943]

@@Elmarby According to my quick and limited research, "guerra" does in fact mean war. The English "guerilla" probably came from simplifying the Spanish words for individual male and female fighters, "guerillero" and "guerillera" respectively.

[@NatalieJ22]

Your point about how Napoleon couldn’t be everywhere at once really makes me wonder how different things would’ve looked if they had access to technology like telegraphs at that point. Seems to me things could’ve gone very differently.

[@ksgsam]

These vids are so fye bruh. Like I do my homework while watching VTH almost everyday.

[@KuramaKyubi9]

You mentioned being a youth minister in the past and I can see that in your demeanor. You bring so much energy and excitement to the content you cover, with your own insights and anecdotes. Your videos never fail to put me in a good mood, and teach me something new, so thank you for that and your hard work. Also please do more alternatehistoryhub.

[@yarr_bro]

Can’t wait till you make it out to the Battle of Little Bighorn. I’m 22 now, but growing up, my Grandmother had a cabin in Montana. Every summer I was blessed to be able to escape California on a road trip with her up there. One year, we went on an “extra” trip to South Dakota, then to Deadwood and Rushmore. Also to Crazy Horse’s memorial they’ve been carving for nearly a hundred years. On the way there however we visited Bighorn, and seeing all those crosses… wow. Just an absolutely phenomenal experience. Ever since I was 7-8 I have been captivated by history as a subject, and absolutely cannot wait until you report in on that amazing piece of American history. Thank you again for the content you provide!

[@joshuawells835]

In my History of Warfare class sophomore year of college, my professor stated that Napoleon was one of the few men in history who could successfully combine the roles of general, diplomat, and statesman. Give credit where credit is due: the man was a military genius, respected and feared by his enemies.

[@LrLawrencium]

First thing that came to mind for things he didn't mention are all the infrastructure improvements Napoleon made. Such as: Sewage system: Many cities including Paris were brought up to date on their sewage lines and made healthier from it, and without him those projects would have been delayed probably for a while and the people may have remained more so in the countrysides as the cities systems were already way over capacity when Napoleon arrived. The guild system would still be in place. Missing roads and water systems that he was the direct reason for being built. The education system in France would not have been updated. He restarted the primary schools, created a new elite secondary system of schools (called lycées), and established many other schools for the general populace. He promoted education for girls and greatly improved teacher training. Literacy levels in France soared under Napoleon’s reforms, and that wouldn't have happened. Our modern day street shape and labeling: the system of plaques bearing street names and house numbers (even numbers on one side and odd on the other). Napoleon decided the shape of the pavement, slightly convex with gutters along the edges of the sidewalks.

[@archivesoffantasy5560]

Exactly, a lot was overlooked

[@DamocMetalFever]

Not to mention a lot of advancements in science and engineering since one of the reasons of his military success was his search for practical advantages and pragmatism reasoning

[@germyproductions3454]

I live in Aachen and I can tell you it has soo many great things to see and learn about from a historical standpoint. Besides the cathedral you might also want to visit the "Kaiser Friedrich III. Reitstandbild" and the Elisenbrunnen, the famous hot sources of Aachen. I bet you will like the city overall.

[@Longshanks1690]

7:50 I find this framing fascinating since, to the Americans, it was a Revolution since the word referred to a cyclical change, like the revolution of a wheel. That’s where the term comes from. Both the Glorious Revolution of 1689 and the American Revolution of 1776 were not meant to be wholly new, they were meant to be restorational in nature and go back to the way things were before the tyranny they were in came about. The French Revolution was what represented something different and a change of the framing of the word from going back to a prior point on the cycle to “breaking the wheel,” so to speak and creating a wholly new social and political climate which had never existed before, far more revolutionary than any movement which had existed before them as even looking at the most radical English puritans, they harkened back to the Early Church before the Papacy, so continuing in that trend of revolutions of a wheel. 1789 was the first to buck that trend, and no one has followed the prior pattern of a cyclical revolution since, and yet we keep the term “Revolution” even though it’s ironically very ill fitting for the social events it’s describing.

[@kingmac6638]

Yeah no kidding to the Americans it was a revolution but to everyone else it was simply an uprising which it really only was

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

@@kingmac6638 yeah, it excluded poor white men, women and blacks from voting.

[@kingmac6638]

@@maximilianolimamoreira5002 Yet was framed as a "free democracy" The only thing that happend was people got to elect their leaders The country was still extremely racist, and left most people at a disadvantage

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

@@kingmac6638yeah, people should be more honest when they proclaim independence from someone, a similar thing happened in GB, in 1688, Parliament promised to grant religious freedom for non Anglicans, and ended up denying this right, for a long time, until it gradually happened under King George the third.

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

This is late, but I’m almost 100% sure it’s simply because the American Revolution was so short lived before turning into a War of Independence. In 1775 they revolted, hence the flag of the revolution maintaining the Union Jack and the rebels only demanding their rights as Englishman and reform in general. It was Thomas Paine who changed everything, ironically a Brit who really wanted a country separate from British rule. His pamphlet “Common Sense” is still the best selling American title ever to this day.

[@carolusrex5305]

Cody’s videos are always good. And your input always awesome! Keep ‘em coming!

[@abtsihyehehsj5348]

Lovely video! Interesting how the histories of the US and Mexico completely shift because of.the time Spain could collapse. On a serious note, it would be nice for you to react to: "The Lost Colony of Roanoke" by LEMMiNO

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

I just mentioned in the stream that I'd be doing that one soon. It's coming.

[@theveryworstluck1894]

I like how you keep an open mind when reviewing these videos. Like when he's talking about the landscape of America being changed, you're like, "You know he's right. I never really thought about that." (paraphrasing) It really lets us know how smart you actually are that you can admit that kind of stuff.

[@samgott8689]

That flowing, young-Napoleon hair can conquer anything...

[@RDA000]

Napoleon was definitely average height for the time

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

yeah, he just liked to be surrounded by taller, and heavier built men, for reasons of protection.

[@Funstun-yk7oo]

if he was 5'8" he's average height today

[@matthewrussell8590]

@Funstun 123123 and where is 5ft 8 average height ? Certainly not in the west. The young lads in Britain must be pushing on average 6ft these days

[@deron2203]

@@maximilianolimamoreira5002 so like Floyd Mayweather 😄

[@mynames7664]

@@matthewrussell8590 They are not I’m 6’1 and 16 and I live in the UK and I’m considered pretty tall, he’d be below average for somewhere like Ireland or the Scandinavian countries

[@NarnianRailway]

Thanks for a good laugh during your introduction. You mentioned World War 1 and Napolean's Battle of Waterloo. Add in your Scottish heritage and I chuckled. Just before watching I was reading about Greenock Scotland manor house called Lindores Manor (built by the Lyle family of Tate and Lyle sugar refiners in 1800s). The house was used as a hotel till 2009 and then used as the boarding house in the BBC tv school drama "Waterloo Road". During World War 1, the manor house was used as a convalescing hospital. Sweet how several topics can be connected - history, Scotland, Waterloo, World War 1.

[@AzathothLives]

I love that you use your donations to make historical trips. You don't have to, but its a real good way to enhance the content you produce while also giving you some great experiences. Especially when your talking about historical battles, actually being at the place can sometimes help give you a sense of the context of what went on. Its one thing to say someone charged up a hill, its another to be there yourself and see how steep it is.

[@Ozzy_Sports]

I love these videos you do - Napoleon, WW1 & WW2 are my favourite parts of history to learn and study.

[@tudorbaltoiu7685]

Napoleon not coming to power would also affect Scandinavian history, as Sweden got Norway from Denmark at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Denmark was on Napoleon's side, while Sweden fought on the side of the Coalition (in fact, the last time they became involved in European affairs, at least militarily). It's also interesting to speculate whether without Napoleon there would still be a Finnish War.

[@MrPhilsterable]

Yeah, that one was incredibly fascinating. Napoleon left such a big mark on history.

[@FleetAdmiralCoke]

I'm curious too, how would the lack of Napoleon on a strategic level would have changed the way battles and wars were fought? Napoleon revolutionized the way we use artillery on the field, and restructured his forces into the modern Corps system, changing the way wars were fought on a grand scale. Would Napoleon still have had an effect on these if he wasn't in control of France? How would that affect future wars, like the Unification or American Civil War? Just super interesting to think about.

[@kaanucar256]

You should definitely check out the channel 'Voices from the past', it is basically a guy reading historical accounts of individuals living in different time periods. Not sure if it would be a good reaction, but it is very informative.

[@alexweber9899]

I really really love these videos. So much context and great cadence to your delivery of information that just grabs my attention.

[@Andrew.Schlei]

We went to the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France in late 2019. Visited the WW1 sites in Flanders. In some ways, they still live with WW1 every day there. There are WW1 cemeteries and memorials all over the place. And they still dig up shells and bodies all the time. We stopped by a farm where they had laid out the shells they dug up that week for collection. We also visited a German cemetery where are guide mentioned they had just buried 3 more soldiers just a few days before. The great powers may have left long ago, but the war remains.

[@podemosurss8316]

Napoleon tried to get a powerful navy by allying with Spain (which had the 2nd largest navy in the world and officers with lot of experience), but then screwed things up by having a French admiral in charge of the combined fleet despite the Spanish admiral (Gravina) having more experience in naval warfare (and outranking him).

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

Also didn’t help that Admiral Nelson managed to decimate their naval fleets before they had even started to challenge the Royal Navy “You can’t lose naval battles if you just destroy every foreign navy you encounter” - Britain, probably

[@chrisvickers7928]

The French of the period had a favourite colour, Paris Green. The green was produced using arsenic salts. It was used in green wallpaper and green jackets for the cavalry regiments known as chasseurs a cheval, Napoleon`s favourite jacket. As army commander he could wear any uniform he wanted and he preferred the chasseur green. He may have died of arsenic poisoning, but it may have been self inflicted.

[@pmd_nails]

15:25 What you said here is also a great description of how Grant rose to prominence in the Civil War.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Absolutely.

[@Andrew.Schlei]

Oh, and a couple tips I'd offer for Europe: -If you take the trains, buy tickets ahead of time online (the night before is usually fine), and I would go with first class as it isn't that much more expensive. -If eat at a restaurant, they are usually much more hands off than we are used to. You'll often need to tell them you are ready to order and almost always need to explicitly ask for the check or they will NEVER bring it. You also generally don't get free refills. -For cash, you can generally just use your bank card in an ATM...don't worry about exchanging a whole lot at the airport. -Otherwise use a credit card (visa should work), but notify your card company that you will be overseas so they don't cancel it on you. You'll also want a card with a chip, though that's not as much of an issue anymore. -Most people speak at least some English, but you may want to pick up a little French if possible.

[@lyantombing1157]

Totally love the content you put out these days man, this channel is a blessing for Historical enthusiasts like us....and can I request the "Roman Conquest of of Greece" by Kings and Generals ? It's so detailed and thorough, deserving of the Event's significance...or Justinian's Restoration by Extra History...please do consider reacting to any of these two some time soon, because i really love these two Historical events and would love to see your reaction on these two..not only do you react but you also add upon the content, draw relevant comparisons, analyse things through the lens of different point of views, I can go on and on on how unique and better your "reaction" is..so I wanna see your reactions on these two important events

[@cjamesk9584]

Hopefully while visiting WW1 battlefields in France you get to check out Vimy ridge, I got the chance to go in 2017 to the 100th anniversary ceremony. The monument there I found to be quite an amazing sight! And you can still see the effects the artillery had on the ground there

[@Relinkosed]

Are you planning on watching Napoleon's Marshals, Ranked, by Epic History TV? Love the content!

[@AyaReikoTripleElite]

Another effect to think about too: The US national anthem would be different too. No Napoleon also means no War of 1812, at least not in the same way we remember it.

[@mitchellhedden1978]

Definitely checked out the original content.

[@miguelsvjr7405]

What about the rosette stone?

[@betepolitique4810]

If you visit Paris, you'll see the letter N everywhere.

[@akselamundsen2193]

Norwegian exchange student living in aachen her, Big fan love your content

[@hbullock]

When people lay all the deaths during the napoleonic wars at his feet, they are completely ignoring the fact almost all the earlier conflicts were started by other monarchies attempts to reinstate the bourbons. England personally owns plenty of those deaths, for constantly seeking to get Napolean out of power.

[@MickeySheath]

Interesting topic! If Napoleon never gained all that power, then we wouldn't have had Waterloo, which had a big impact on military history. I love videos like this! It's like, what if Marty McFly let the Doc die in 1885. Would he still have known him in 1985? Of course that's a thing of fiction, but fiction or real, I love videos like this one!

[@spiritfoxmy6370]

I think Napoleon's biggest impact on military history was Austerlitz. Waterloo was simply the epilogue but Austerlitz was his masterpiece

[@fischersfritz468]

Waterloo was his last battle, but compared to the many other battles I can't see it as an important (militarily) one

[@MickeySheath]

@@spiritfoxmy6370 Well point was the impact on military history would not have been as significant as it was with Napoleon in power

[@comusrules1244]

This was very interesting. Thanks!

[@reillyclements1673]

I am just loving the accidental Exposure warhammer has been getting as of late. They use an old image for a joke but in doing so they open a Pandora's box for those who look deeper. That said, FOR THE EMPEROR!!!!

[@takispapas9887]

Although in the Anglosaxon world Napoleon is mainly viewed as a tyrant (which from many aspects he was), in many parts of continental Europe, is considered to be the one who spread the ideals of the French Revolution and helped to transform it from states of medieval feudalism or foreign ocupation, to modern, somewhat more democratic and liberal countries. For example, most European countries used the Laws of the Napoleonic Civil Code as the basis of their Civil Codes, a major change in their judicial systems. We still use these Codes today.

[@steveclarke6257]

Alternative history is interesting, but mostly it's difficult to extrapolate the results of a change beyond more than one or two generations. There are some historical "forks" which are as you said bigger than others and yes the Napoleonic period is one such fork because so much changes in just a short period between 1792 and 1816. Some events in human history are fixed because they are natural disasters (; my example is Mt Tambora errupting in 1815 would still have caused that world-wide famine, but it would have been less severe in a Europe not trying to recover from 2 decades of constant warfare! ). It would be an interesting series to discuss what people think are the most important 10 forks in the road in the past 2000 years. Some will be religious (Rome accepting Christianity as it's state religion, Mohammed becoming the prophet for Islam) but many will be political (Siege of Vienna....yes the winged hussars arrived...stopping the Ottoman empire expansion into Europe!). I think a live stream with ranking of 10 major forks would be fun?

[@090giver090]

It may be difficult to extrapolate the results of a change even beyond the bifurcation point itself as it completely change causality of every followup decision.

[@elijahvega5915]

Such a cool story. Great video👍

[@cathrineokei1549]

Addition about the fleets and Naval battle between Napoleon and Britain. The way Denmark-Norway got in to the Napoleonic wars, which in turn led to Norwegian independence(and a brief 91 yr union with Sweden), was the British bombing the Danish-Norwegian fleet in Copenhagen in 1807. The Brits did this in fear that Napoleon would get his hands on the fleet and actually be able to fight the naval battle as well. If Napoleon had gotten his hands on the fleet before it was destroyed, he might have had a better chance at winning more during the wars.

[@raul-alexandrupetrescu4284]

Are you going to continue the Napoleonic Wars series by EpicHistoryTV?

[@jannoottenburghs5121]

Oh have fun with your trip trip through Western Europe. Are you going to visit some other places in Belgium (since you visit some frontlines in France, I highly recommend attending the last post in Ypres what is a tradition that takes place every evening) or just a quick drive to Waterloo?

[@themanwiththegoldengooch9811]

I'd recommend doing a reaction to Historia Civilis videos. whether its his videos on the fall of the Roman Republic and the rise of Caesar or his vids on the english civil war or whether or not animals can commit crimes

[@Andrew.Schlei]

Yeah I love Historia Civilis. The videos on Rome got me much more interested in Roman history...to the point where I am learning Latin so I can read the original sources for myself.

[@broccolin]

Another VTH video, nice.

[@adityauberoi1579]

15:11 he was a Major General by the time he invaded Italy in 1795. He was promoted to Major General after suppressing the royalist Uprising in Paris.

[@riverlady982]

I am American and I know way more about Napolian than this beginning gives me credit for. I enjoy videos like this for basically just a quick overview to see how much I'm retaining. From where he was born, to where he got formal schooling, to how his career began, and so on. I also believe every generation after him should have learned much more from his terrible defeat by mostly the terrain and weather in Russia. Just off the top of my head and many would no doubt be shocked by the knowledge of the average lower class and lower middle class American who will get excited to realize you enjoy all types of history too. Not for the first time I had such a conversation with a fisherman below a damn just yesterday as he caught and released fish. I would say to find people with a large amount of accumulated correct information just look for people 35 years old and up it will be more common that you can exchange unknown tide bits with someone who's more likely to see the importance of how the smaller events all connect to a bigger picture. I love meeting someone new and realizing they're a special kind of gem who can sometimes offer a perspective on a topic I haven't yet considered and you can see their joy when you can offer the same back on some other aspect.

[@nickshaffer9961]

This was very interesting to think about. Even from just a US perspective. How it could have changed our history is really interesting. Such good content from the channel all the time!

[@bigspice4538]

Love Alternate History Hub. You should react to the videos they did on Harry Turtledoves southern victory series.

[@GauntsTanith]

Ah Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor even an Empire. - Voltaire

[@slainteron4027]

Can't wait for Waterloo

[@oliversherman2414]

"Hey! I'm actually average height for the time" - Oversimplified

[@BlueSideUp77]

It would be interesting to research if there is any history related to Achenbach's Bakery in Lancaster/Brownstown, PA, and Achen. Also, I love studying Napoleon and Halleck's maxims!

[@philderkomischetyp4481]

Living in Aachen I got so suprised that you even mentioned it, its often overlooked.

[@johnpotts8308]

Napoleon did have his secret police (under Fouche) that stamped out counter revolutionary plots (though so did the Bourbons). He may not have been open and democratic, but he was certainly no Stalin.

[@Godzilla00X]

This makes me question what world changing events I've lived through that will have as big an impact on the world as Napoleons wars did. What massive impacts will I never live to see? Born in 93

[@Antinomy93]

You should try to visit sites of the Franco-Prussian war too! Maybe the battlefield near Sedan where Napoleon was captured? Been watching a running series on that war recently incase it wasn’t obvious 😅

[@issaicx]

Imagine a world without Otto von Bismarck. A Germany formed under the Austrians is a interesting history

[@thadmeboy1129]

It would never happen because Austria didnt want to form one germany

[@issaicx]

@@thadmeboy1129 true but all the smaller states still wanted to form something

[@thadmeboy1129]

@@issaicx yes but it wouldnt be under austria

[@issaicx]

@@thadmeboy1129 honestly who else I’m sure Austria would have a vested interested as the y did when Prussia went at it. I doubt France or Russia would push the matter

[@joshuafarrell8516]

@@issaicx If they unified Germany, they would have had to relinquish their hold over their own imperial holdings due to some particular minutiae regarding Germany being a unification of Germans. As such, I'd imagine that Prussia would still be the one to unify Germany if it occurred at all, because the Hapsburgs were not going to give up their heritage over the promise of hegemony over a fabricated nation. The unification would just happen later on.

[@michaelgreico9630]

Do AlternateHistoryHub's Teddy Roosevelt alternate 1912. It's a colab with Cypher the Cynical Historian. Much more detailed than WhatIfAltHist's senario.

[@NordicTG]

With my own Rant out of the Way, Chris I agree with your Statment & Love seeing these Reaction Vids you are Doing, keep it up :) if no Napoleon.. what does it mean for World War one, World War 2 & back & forth... it all comes togheter in Circle.

[@tylermorrison420]

Thanks for not begging for likes or money This guy is goated

[@Davanthall]

You might be interested to know that this guy, Cody, he wrote a novel about an alternate history scenario where the dammed the strait of Gibraltar and drained the Mediterranean Sea, which is apparently something that some European countries were actually considering at one point in history. I haven’t read it but it does sound like an interesting albeit completely wacko premise..

[@Great_Olaf5]

On the timing of the Civil War, I would actually argue that it would take outage sooner. As much as the west was an early battleground, I think it was also something of a pressure release valve that let us keep kicking the can down the road. With that land taking more time and effort to acquire, that pressure and conflict might have built up further in the eastern states with less room to spill over. Especially with the soil degradation that was happening in the south at the time. They would be desperate for more land to build plantations on to keep slavery relevant, but with that taking multiple wars rather than one big purchase and a couple wars, the north might get sick of the warhawks in the south sooner.

[@dudalist3354]

could you continue with the epic history napoleon series? there's already a part 7 to 15 and a video about napoleon's marshals

[@brendannichol3490]

You should do an alternate history video were you deep dive more into what would happen to the US if Napoleon never came to power. Since that's your expertise I think you can give really good theories and predictions as to how the 1800s might go. Also, I find it fascinating that Napoleon is probably the most important figure in modern world history yet his impact hardly taught about in American schools.

[@valterfara5027]

Thanks to Napoleon, many nations were made. Because of his actions in Spain, is the reason some nations took advantage to become independent, or became independent on "accident".

[@Filip-ko8wl]

24:44 He probably wasn't poisoned, I took a course in toxicologie that discussed the reshearch around his dead, aparently his bedroom had a special paint that contained heavy metals, in the european climate (where the paint came from) this was pretty harmless since the paint would just stay put, but the in the climate on saint helena part of the paint would evaporate and slowly make napoleon sick, leading to his death

[@spiritfoxmy6370]

Going to throw another pitch for a reaction video to Drachinifel's Battle of the Hampton Roads - The Fury of Iron and Steam and/or his video: CSS Alabama - Sweet Home Forever At Sea

[@purpleskiesforever]

I need to go give him a 'like' for this video. It was really good

[@backpackerraden6268]

It'd be interesting to see how the evolution of war changes without Napoleonic tactics. When and if the various post-Napoleon wars would be fought, the tactics would likely look totally different

[@profesercreeper]

are you going to continue the epic history tv napoleon series?

[@michaelaburns734]

Making a trip to (The Rhine) where the intense battles of the 19th and 20th centuries (Waterloo, Belgium)

[@pippo2913]

Hey Chris, I'm relatively new on your Channel but I highly appreciate your Videos. So i'd Like to ask that when you're going to Verdun and Aachen if there's a possibility to join you? I'm from Western Germany myself and studying History at the University of Trier and I've been there a time ago.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Yes I will definitely plan to do a meetup when I'm over there. Once I have a trip planned, I'll announce the details.

[@NebulusDerg]

Jeff Goldblum: Bismarck finds a way

[@anadaere6861]

10 Napoleons would result in 10 Napoleons fighting for power and it'll either be a 10 year battle of wits of a 2 day blitzkrieg

[@sharkgoggles3495]

the most underrated youtuber

[@jellyboi-pc3jf]

Now that I think about it 1789 is a massive year in history overall.

[@DanielWolfe-t7j]

Imagine if Napoleon left Moscow after finding no one there. A withdrawal without dealing with winter probably allows him to return with a much larger part of his army. This, in turn, probably allows him to stay in power. Who knows what his next move would have been.

[@JeepersCreepers2013]

There's an interesting article about how many wealthy families exist today because of the UK's policy to pay off slave owners. It's really strange to think about the two extremes there.

[@enzonicolas7501]

Even though Napoleon didn't does not participate in the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire, Sieyes mastermind it and he would have found another general (Moreau for instance). When do you react to the Napoleonic Wars part 7 to 15 by Epic History TV ? It's just awesome

[@090giver090]

Moreau wasn't as brilliant commander as Napoleon, so he might not've been able to conquer most of Europe and spread revolutionary ideas as far as Napoleon did.

[@antiheartless45]

Can we all acknowledge that if England wasn't on an island they probably wouldn't have been much of a problem

[@chancellor1055]

You should react to whatifalthis I think I spelt that right¿ video on what if Germany won ww1 and what if the the ottomans survived it is different then alternate history hub it’s the same channel that has what if teddy Roosevelt won the 1912 election (I really like your videos)

[@HeavilyCensoredKitty]

Bill & Ted wouldn’t have passed their class that’s what!

[@merced175]

Hey I'd recommend using RTX voice to remove background noises like the neighbors tools

[@e1123581321345589144]

16:27 one does not simply gloss over the Rosetta stone like that.

[@DNG12900]

Tye French Revolution and Napoleon had such a big impact on history that imagining them not happening would leave Europe and probably the rest of the world unrecognizable.

[@acethesupervillain348]

I think it would have been interesting to see France's borders eroded. Alsace-Lorain goes to Germany, Savoy and Provence to Italy, Aquitane, Brittany and Calais to England. Some of the provinces might have declared independence too, or there might be a civil war between Catholic and Reason favoring provinces.

[@Hailfire97]

36:37 there would probably still be "Unification Wars", but you'd have to think there wouldn't be the Levée en Masse, total mobilization probably wouldn't be as early an innovation, and Napoleonic "pseudo-Blitzkreig" (oversimplification) wouldn't be as widespread. For a while, you'd still probably see Kings quarreling with chess piece armies over small territories at a time, like before the Wars of the Coalitions. It's hard to say when or how the Unification Wars would errupt, but the appearance likely wouldn't represent 1880s-1950s warfare. Eventually Industrialization would lead to things like the Maxim Gun, and then armored vehicles and heavier weapons, but I think you'd see kingdoms inherently weary of employing mass conscription in fear of an overthrow. There was no Great Evil in Napoleon to kickstart it for the rest of Europe.

[@ayo_ocho8861]

I think it’s important for history to have someone like napoleon who bring changes or we might not have grown as a species

[@elliottjames8020]

If Napoleon fails, another general would take power. The most likely candidate is Jean Moreau, the victor of the Battle of Hohenlinden. The Austrian defeat at Hohenlinden is what ended the war of the 2nd Coalition and was far more strategically significant than Napoleon's near run win at Marengo.

[@090giver090]

But Moreau wasn't as good general as Napoleon (he was pretty soundly beaten at Cassano). so I doubt that french influence would reach as far as under Napoleon.

[@yochitoranaga]

to further the discussion on the delays in America's manifest destiny, this might have given an advantage for Canada and the UK, as slowing down US' expansion west of the Mississippi, wouldn't impact Canada's own expansion west. Canada's expansion was solely stopped by natives as no one really claimed the Canadian prairies among the European powers, but if the Louisiana territories were in Spanish hands, the US would have to deal with Spain for those territories. This might mean that the British may actually get more of the west coast than it did in the current timeline. Hell, Cascadia might have become a 3rd English-speaking country on the continent instead of having BC annexed to Canada while Washington, Oregon, and California added to the US. Having less of the west coast may have reduced the chances of the Alaskan purchase and annexation of Hawaii, or triggered more wars between US and UK/Canada/Cascadia . this really is a fascinating butterfly effect to analyze.

[@christiansaenscheidt9056]

Funny thing about the "American revolution": Am pretty sure it is called like this literally nowhere outside the US^^. Here in Europe it is normally just called the American War of Independence^^.