Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Austerlitz 1805 DOCUMENTARY

We are continuing our documentary series on the Napoleonic Wars and this time we are covering the land portion of the War of third Coalition (1805) in which Napoleon faced the forces of Britain, Russia, Austria and Naples. This video depicts the overall campaign and the battles of Ulm and Austerlitz, both of which are considered some of the finest in the career of the French Emperor. The strategic and tactical moves made during these battles are still learned in the military schools and rightly so - Napoleon Bonapart proved that he was the best general of his time.

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Battle of Austerlitz 1805 - *You are right here!*

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[TheXyek]

"Soldiers, when you will go back to France, you will only have to say "I was at the Battle of Austerlitz" and they will answer "Here is a brave man" "
- Napoleon

[cagarustus]

Kings and Generals shall now be known as ‘Emperors and Field Marshals’.

[cedrichunter]

Austerlitz was Napoleon's masterpiece. He read the land as well as his enemies like an open book. A mind game turned very real.

[farhanatashiga]

At this point Napoleon seems invicible.
Also this is the first time I know that ulm actually has any historical significant, I only know it as the meme country in EU4.

[amandeepsinghmann]

a battle that made Napoleon 'god of war ', very nicely done

[phanquan]

Some fun facts,

During the campaign, some of Napoleon's Corps crossed the Prussian border, together with the pressure of the allies powers thus made the King of Prussia sent a messenger to declare war to Napoleon, the messenger arrived too late, the battle was already lost, and too scared to Napoleon, instead of declaring war, the messenger congratulated Napoleon for his victory, in response, Napoleon said that fate changed the one who received that congratulation.

After the execution of the Bourbon Prince, Alexander of Russian Empire told Napoleon that it was too inhuman and to do something like that, and Napoleon referred with the event of Paul (Alexander's father) death that if the Tsar knew the one who assassinated his father but he was in another realm, would the Tsar risk his reputation and capture the man ? - The response angered Alexander because everybody in Europe knew the one who backed up the assassination plot was not even in other realm but in Russia and was Alexander himself.

Before the campaign began, the Queen of Naples said that Apple would be the first match that light the flame to torch down the French Empire, the French ambassador responded that both of them wouldn't know what happened to the flame or what result it could bring but the only thing obvious was the match would be burnt first. And after the war, the queen and her family emigrated to Sicily under the protection of the British Navy and made up the Kingdom of Sicily, and the Crown of Naples was granted to a French Mashal - Murat.

Sorry for my

[jonathan-khzy]

Watching rectangles move around is more engaging than watching that disaster of a movie.

[dman]

I find Napoleon tactics at Austerlitz similar to Alexander tactics at Gaugamela. One flang was weekened to make a decisive move in the center. He’s really one of the greatest generals ever. An antique hero, that he always wanted to be.

[Superabbani]

Magnificent Napoleon Bonaparte, as the french say : vive l'empereur.

[blinkyrem]

I really enjoyed this one. One of the bits that stood out to me was the fourteen day march reinforcement that Napoleon knew would arrive on a specific day because that's how good the French logistics were. Have I misremembered?

[kamilszadkowski]

Yes! Never too much Napoleon on this channel.

[dakshmavi]

" The man who has the fear of being conquered has a certain defeat "
- Napoleon

[moroccanalmoravid]

The great Napoleon, the general of generals. French have to be proud of this man ;)

[ihaz]

I love how most of these details have been written in War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy! I thought they were fictional, but it seems even the names of the generals are all based on real people and real events.
I must thank those who made this wonderful documentary, because it all explained it clearly and in beautiful images. It makes what I read suddenly come to life :)

[toochangz]

Don't forget the Mameluks! They performed so well at Austerlitz that they were granted their own Standard. Mameluks can be seen holding 2 captured standards in the famous Austerlitz painting where Rapp is presenting the captured standards to Napoleon

[iulianlupastean]

Battle of Austerlitz is finally here. I've been waiting for 2 months to see this video. I have to congratulate the people that made this documentary because they are awesome. Good job and keep it going.

[Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

This battle was essentially Napoleons own Cannae. Definitely his most brilliant victory.

[LeeRenthlei]

One of Napoleon's best trait was his ability to correctly predict his enemies movements.

[TheNewDjoker]

Nice video. Battle of Austerlitz is Napoleon's greatest victory, he planned and timed movement of his troops perfectly. Austerlitz will always be remembered as the military masterpiece.

[wrestlingbrian]

General Napoleon Bonaparte was a genius thank you for this video.