Napoleon in Egypt: Battle of the Pyramids 1798

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In 1798, during the French Revolutionary Wars, General Napoleon Bonaparte led a French expedition to Egypt. The plan was to conquer the wealthy province and deal a major blow to British interests in the Mediterranean. What followed was a campaign featuring legendary battles, ruthless occupation and immense hardship.
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[thecobaltemperor]

France literally just sent this man on a side quest

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It’s great to see the channel having the budget for so many vids! In the last 13 months we’ve had Napoleon in Italy, The Abbasids, the Decembrists, Eylau, Kolchak, and now this! You have some of the most consistently high quality content of any history YouTube channel!

[jazhanay]

I remember playing this campaign in Napoleon Total War. This is amazing.

[lukaswilhelm]

In just 6 days, Napoleon able to reorganized Malta. It's quite rare to see a military leader is also an excellent administrator.

[bman]

This video had more action than the battle scene in Ridley Scott’s movie when Napoleon went to Egypt. The entire “battle” consisted of Napoleon, shooting two cannons shots at the pyramids. I was so excited for this movie, but really, Scott just took something that had so much potential and flushed it down the toilet.

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[BlaidWhiteYo]

What a life this man he marched on Berlin, Cairo, Madrid, Moscow, Lisbon, Rome, Milan, Vienna, Warsaw.

[commanderkronos]

I thought it was just Napoleon shooting at the pyramids, but hey, Ridley Scott seems to think the same.

[thomasrinschler]

7:10 Thomas-Alexandre Dumas was also the father of famed French author Alexandre Dumas, the author of "The Three Musketeers". He used his father (who died in Napoleon's bad graces in his youth - the elder Dumas often verbally clashed with Napoleon during the campaign, so the latter let him rot for several years in a Neapolitan prison after he was captured returning from Egypt, before securing his release) as the model for the Count of Monte Cristo in the book of the same name.

23:40 The description of Talleyrand as "brilliant, urbane, and slippery" is probably the best description I've ever heard for him, other than Napoleon's infamous scatological tirade.

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Who is gonna give this man 60 million to do an actual good Napoleon movie?

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Already seen this masterpiece on Nebula. Genuinely one of the best videos I’ve ever watched!

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After seeing the Ridley Scott movie… A new Napoleonic episode by Epic History TV is exáctly what we need! 👌

[Rildar]

A brilliant military genius. A tactical mad dog. One man, who irrevocably changed the course of human history before he was even 40, only rivaled by Alexander himself. As one of Anglo descent themselves, you can't help but have a tinge of admiration that mankind could put forth such a stalwart soul.

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As Egyptian i can say this video is truly magnificent, i read and watched many episodes from other history channels about Napoleon french campaign but no one have discuss it such precise and details .. really appreciate your efforts keep it up <3❤

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[messimonyan]

Timing couldn’t have been better. The last couple of weeks I’ve been rewatching your Napoleonic Wars playlist and realized you guys completely skipped Egypt which was uncharacteristic of you. I thought “no chance they leave a gap like this in the timeline. Surely they are cooking something.” Lo and behold, you guys were indeed “cooking something”

[MikeBison_]

It’s so cool seeing the names of Napoleon’s future Marshals pop up in these early years, especially how they distinguish themselves