In 1804 Napoleon created 18 ‘Marshals of the Empire’, to serve as the senior officers of the Grande Armée. He created a further 8 before his abdication. A few were aristocrats, but others were the sons of shopkeepers or tailors. The most favoured became princes and kings. Among their ranks were legendary figures such as Marshals Lannes, Soult, Davout and Massena, but also much less well know figures like Pérignon, Brune and Moncey. Our series will explore the lives of all 26 Marshals, and rank them according to our own judgement of their achievements as Marshals.
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I hope you enjoy the latest episode of our Napoleon's Marshals series! It's turning into another big one. Although we're still low down in the rankings, this video covers some of the biggest and most controversial names of the Napoleonic Wars, so there was plenty to cover. Don't forget you can check out our official Displate collection here: 👉 https://displate.com/epichistorytv?art=5ee88a2aac619 There are big savings until 10 Oct 2020, but even after that, this link gets you 20% off. Don't forget to follow us on Insta, FB & Twitter for extra epic history content.
I never see bernadote as traitor as french did When he was a marshal he should true to words to the emperor But as a king he said if i will be the king of sweden i will pursue the my people intrest more than an ex marshal so i had two choices i take king as a choice
a show about these marshals would have been great! two people that i liked to be covered are marmont, and ney
if you look at this marmont have been with napoleon since toulon and most of his campaigns and it makes sense for him to betray napoleon because he may thought that the friend he knew from before was not the same
ney is second as all of the events that happened are very important and you know hes brave and courageous
Many people said Bernadotte was a traitor for switching allegiance after he became crown prince of Sweden, but did Napoleon actually lose a lot from that switch, if he was never really in good terms with him to begin with? To me, Bernadotte was more of a thorn on Napoleon's side (so in a way it's good that he switched allegiance (ridding himself as a thorny presence from Naps' side))
Marmont however… Now that's a bona fide traitor 💀🔥🔥
(Granted I am a tad biased against Marmont, since he voted in favor of executing Ney 😒, but turns out his other acts weren't exactly flattering to him either…)
I hope you enjoy the latest episode of our Napoleon's Marshals series! It's turning into another big one. Although we're still low down in the rankings, this video covers some of the biggest and most controversial names of the Napoleonic Wars, so there was plenty to cover. Don't forget you can check out our official Displate collection here:
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There's so much epic and legend surrounding Napoleon's Marshals… They had great propaganda, especially under Nap III
The work you've created is just incredible
Insane job my friend
I strongly consider Napoleon's brother a traitor to the French.
This guys had some balls. Who in todays age I mean who can youbthinknof that comes close to this.
extraordinary generals
17:40 Holy shit, losing 14 children must be tough
Bernadotte – perhaps not the greatest of Napoleon's Marshals. But an excellent Crown Prince and later King of Sweden & Norway.
When Bernadotte becomes a sort of family member to the Bonapartes.
Napoleon: oh god, i have to see this guy at Christmas.
Bernadotte out there playing the long game.
14:30 Maréchal Lefebvre
General Morand should have been a Marshal too bad Davout kept him to himself
Bernadotte was a traitor. I'm not even French
En este se verán el historial de los Mariscales de napoleón
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23:26, the music playing in the background while that powerful line is read makes me feel like i was a french soldier fighting in Paris.
Nice
Idk but I think im trippin It seems to be I can't see davout at his videos any timestamp orandom people in the internet?
Vive l'Empereur !!!
How is marmont higher than Bernadotte Lefebvre and poniatowski?! Wtf
I never see bernadote as traitor as french did
When he was a marshal he should true to words to the emperor
But as a king he said if i will be the king of sweden i will pursue the my people intrest more than an ex marshal so i had two choices i take king as a choice
As a Bavarian i like lefebvre the most
a show about these marshals would have been great!
two people that i liked to be covered are marmont, and ney
if you look at this marmont have been with napoleon since toulon and most of his campaigns and it makes sense for him to betray napoleon because he may thought that the friend he knew from before was not the same
ney is second as all of the events that happened are very important and you know hes brave and courageous
Napoleons Marshals Part 2: Traitors of the Empire
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The speaker sound like the one in the pc gsme COMMANDOS
Many people said Bernadotte was a traitor for switching allegiance after he became crown prince of Sweden, but did Napoleon actually lose a lot from that switch, if he was never really in good terms with him to begin with? To me, Bernadotte was more of a thorn on Napoleon's side (so in a way it's good that he switched allegiance (ridding himself as a thorny presence from Naps' side))
Marmont however… Now that's a bona fide traitor 💀🔥🔥
(Granted I am a tad biased against Marmont, since he voted in favor of executing Ney 😒, but turns out his other acts weren't exactly flattering to him either…)
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Bernadotte is ranked way to high, he was a horrible Marshal, multiple bad performances and borderline court martial offenses
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Bernadotte: I'm the King of Sweden now.
Napoleon: You'll stay loyal to France right?
Bernadotte: …….
Napoleon: You'll stay loyal to France right?
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France got gamed so hard by Germany i almost forgot how awesomely the French can make war.
Lefebvre. Insane 👍🏼
Lideraron la persecución de los rusos en retirada… Pero fueron rodeados por una mucho mayor
En Durenstein Mortier lucho para salir de la trampa con una carga de bayoneta nocturna
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