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, Ney, 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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There was a person that Napoleon met at some point during the wars and in that person family there was a rumour there were descendants from a Romam empire emperor i have no ide who that general was but if anyone know the name of him please tell me
i saw a youtube video that mentioned it but i have no ide with video it was anymore
Anything about Napoleon is a waste of YouTube electricity. He was a murderous war criminal and left a legacy of a French nation from where not even a decent car ever came out. No, the A380 is all-German design where the British probably designed the seat upholstery and the French the breakfast croissants (I am making this up, but the bottom line is their contribution to the welfare of nations is negligible),
I know this video is pretty old, and its sad to see that marshal Lannes first wife gave birth to another mans child. But at the same time i am kinda curious, during those times how would a person be able to tell if a child was theirs? was DNA testing a thing at the time? if anyone knows the answer please feel free to respond.
Just want to share my thought about the marshal zodiac sign. I don’t know if some of you believe in astrology or not. But emperor Napoleon was Leo ♌️ . The king sign… and many of this trusted marshal and companion in arm is Aries♈️ . Which is highly compatible with Leo. For example : Marshal lannes Marshal Murat Marshal Soult. ( my favorite )
America could learn a thing or two about recognizing and promoting the most competent military leaders. We might have done better in recent adventures in the Middle East and evacuation from Afghanistan. If you tolerate incompetents and political hacks you get the results we have just witnessed.
I really hope you cover some more topic. I know these videos are hard to make. Maybe Space shuttle and WW2 could be interesting topics. These get good attention and stay true to the channels name and goals.
Atacó al segundo Ejercito de BRAGRATION en Saltanovka pero no pudo evitar su escape. Tres semanas más tarde, sus tropas estaban medio de la lucha en Smolensk
La primera siguiente el ejército de napoleon marchó sobre los alpes Hacia Italia. La vanguardia de lannes abrió el camino en Montebello se encontró con una fuerza Austriaca que le superaba en número dos a uno
When I heard of general Leclerc I was extatique, my ancestry follows the name of Leclerc, which means I’m related to most of the people with the last name. Then that made me realize Leclerc was a distant cousin, so I am very distantly.. related to the Bonaparte family.
There is one thing I think deserves a particular praise, the narrator makes very successful efforts to pronounce the french names with great accuracy. It's very pleasant to hear someone genuinely trying to pronounce everything the way it should be. Thank you.
La primera siguiente el ejército de napoleon marchó sobre los alpes Hacia Italia la vanguardia de lannes abrió el camino en Montebello se encontró con una fuerza Austriaca que la superaba en número dos a uno
Je leve mon batton pour la victoire!
There was a person that Napoleon met at some point during the wars and in that person family there was a rumour there were descendants from a Romam empire emperor i have no ide who that general was but if anyone know the name of him please tell me
i saw a youtube video that mentioned it but i have no ide with video it was anymore
Anything about Napoleon is a waste of YouTube electricity. He was a murderous war criminal and left a legacy of a French nation from where not even a decent car ever came out. No, the A380 is all-German design where the British probably designed the seat upholstery and the French the breakfast croissants (I am making this up, but the bottom line is their contribution to the welfare of nations is negligible),
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Davout will be so epic.
What music is that
I really love that music
MAC DONALD
Very good video
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Davout, seems like an odd choice to place at the top of this list.
DO AN EGYPT CAMPAIGN SERIES
I wonder if Berthier is related to they guy who made the Berthier Rifle for the French army in WW1
Davout, Suchet and other autistic? Personally I think yes.
Good shit.
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I was starting to wonder why you guys had left out Davout, then I saw you saved him for #1 😂😂
I know this video is pretty old, and its sad to see that marshal Lannes first wife gave birth to another mans child. But at the same time i am kinda curious, during those times how would a person be able to tell if a child was theirs? was DNA testing a thing at the time? if anyone knows the answer please feel free to respond.
Just want to share my thought about the marshal zodiac sign. I don’t know if some of you believe in astrology or not. But emperor Napoleon was Leo ♌️ . The king sign… and many of this trusted marshal and companion in arm is Aries♈️ . Which is highly compatible with Leo. For example : Marshal lannes
Marshal Murat
Marshal Soult. ( my favorite )
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Very good.
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Next: Napoleon's mistresses
Bruh napoleon treatment of devout😡
Who cares about not liking him, talent is talent which devout clearly had.
I never particularly liked Berthier. He was an ass with no military prowess. He was a good administrator of the military. But not a good commander.
America could learn a thing or two about recognizing and promoting the most competent military leaders. We might have done better in recent adventures in the Middle East and evacuation from Afghanistan. If you tolerate incompetents and political hacks you get the results we have just witnessed.
Napoleon was the man with a dream.
Berthier was the man who mad it reality.
Any one know which division does Napoleon take from Davout to give it to Murat?
I really hope you cover some more topic. I know these videos are hard to make. Maybe Space shuttle and WW2 could be interesting topics. These get good attention and stay true to the channels name and goals.
Berthier was an anonymous hero.
Ataque en Lodi y un ataque de caballería en Rivoli
Atacó al segundo Ejercito de BRAGRATION en Saltanovka pero no pudo evitar su escape. Tres semanas más tarde, sus tropas estaban medio de la lucha en Smolensk
Cerca de Vyazma se abrió una brecha y el general ruso Miloradovich se abalanzó : el primer cuerpo fue derrotado
Lideró un ataque en Lodi y una carga de caballería en Rivoli
Murat!!!!!!!!!!! Is still the coolest
Marshall Lannes was alive, because legends never die.
What a journey. I watched everything. Thank you!
La primera siguiente el ejército de napoleon marchó sobre los alpes Hacia Italia. La vanguardia de lannes abrió el camino en Montebello se encontró con una fuerza Austriaca que le superaba en número dos a uno
Solo cinco días después, su División jugó un papel clave en la gran victoria de napoleon en marengo
When I heard of general Leclerc I was extatique, my ancestry follows the name of Leclerc, which means I’m related to most of the people with the last name. Then that made me realize Leclerc was a distant cousin, so I am very distantly.. related to the Bonaparte family.
Furious that Marshal Lannes is not a higher ranked commander in European War 6 😤😤😤
There is one thing I think deserves a particular praise, the narrator makes very successful efforts to pronounce the french names with great accuracy. It's very pleasant to hear someone genuinely trying to pronounce everything the way it should be. Thank you.
Can not find Marechal Gerard
La unidad fue enviada a luchar contra los españoles en el frente de los pirmeos orientales
Lannes fue luego trasladado a Italia como parte de la división del general Augereau, donde su liderazgo, en Dego del propio general Bonaparte
La primera siguiente el ejército de napoleon marchó sobre los alpes Hacia Italia la vanguardia de lannes abrió el camino en Montebello se encontró con una fuerza Austriaca que la superaba en número dos a uno
Sólo cinco días después su División jugó un papel clave en el gran victoria de napoleon sobre los austriacos en Marengo
Davout was probably the best between all the Marshalls of French Army,but he was not used properly