Who was Napoleon's Iron Marshal?

Of Napoleon’s 26 Marshals, one stood out for his tactical brilliance, loyalty, and leadership – Louis Nicolas Davout, the ‘Iron Marshal’.

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[udel-jury]

As a German, I can tell you that I look under the bed every night to see if Davout is there

[TheQuasarDragon]

Davout and Lannes were Napoleon's Shield and Sword

[ommsterlitz]

The only man that never knew defeat even when all the greatest odds was against him

[danielrose]

The Greatest, yet, most underappreciated marshal of the era!

[ribbitminecraft]

Davout the GOAT!!! There was even a plot to make him King of Poland at one point, which he wasn’t aware of

[johnhenryjimena]

Davout: Misused
Massena: Overused
Suchet: Underused

[pulp]

Imagine if he sent Davout instead of Grouchy to chase the Prussians

[TheOldBearTime]

Before I even knew of Davout's legendary accomplishments historically he was my main man after Napoleon first time playing Napoleon Total War.

[cjthegood]

The only marshal who can be considered equal to his emperor. Nevertheless, Davout remained faithful to Napoleon until the end.

[TomasFunes-rtrd]

At Borodino, he got out of his hospital bed, still with an open stomach wound from the day before, and led his corps into battle personally !!

[GurnoorinderSingh]

Imagine is Davout pursed the Prussian instead of Grouchy and joined the battle at Waterloo just in time.

[ShubhamBhushanCC]

Davout was a bloody menace. His cavalry charges are bloody magnificent

[RafaelRodrigues-xbcq]

Ney: I'm courageous!
Murat: I'm flamboyant!
MacDonald: I'm a strategist.
Bernadotte: I'm destroy the Prussians.

Davout: so... They're needed four Marshall's to make one of me? 🤔

[zoanth]

Just rewatched this series yesterday, one of the best on history youtube

[danielsalazar]

Davout on his right, Lannes on his left. Soult, Marmont and Ney in his center, Murat commanding his cavalry, and ever faithful Bessières ready with the Old Guard . All of them marching towards the sound of the guns.
Vive Le Grande Armée!!!
Vive Le Emperor !!!
Vive Napoleon!!!

[beatshobner]

Had Davout been at Waterloo, he'd not have made the unreasonable corps formation like D'Erlon's, or gone along with the cavalry charge without nails and artillery covery like Ney, or made the dog chasing its tail move like Grouchy.

If the Iron marshal took a task, you'd know the task would be done.

In Leipzig, he was missed because he was defending Hamburg- again, a lousy decision by Napoleon because Napoleon did catch a lucky break on the very first day of Battle of Nations- a cavalry charge almost rolled up the enemy monarchs. Had Davout been there, his adroitness would have carried the day.

His Corps III was the most feared among France's enemies, most ominous sign for them after the Emperor himself.

[georgeprchal]

"A century later the British names a ship after him in a show of solidarity to their French ally, that ship then fiund herself alone engaging the entire German High Seas' Fleet."

[Jehuty]

I’m losing my hair and clinging to it but this guys just flaunting that eagles nest what a stud

[MCorpReview]

If they pit all of Napoleon ‘s marshals agains each other, he’d prob come out on top. Such greatness!😊

[asianbandit]

I think its more cool to see that he was always on the right. Forget fancy titles, dude was in the place of honour, the most prestigious flank, where grenadiers in a line regiment would fight. Something everyone he faced in Europe would have known.