Napoleon's greatest foe

Possibly I did too much research for this one. Trying to stay on-topic when the subject is so vast and so interesting was not easy, hence the rather long video. I didn't mean to say quite so much about what an utter £$%&*! Napoleon was, but he was so thoroughly vile that it proved impossible not to include some details about the man who won his promotion in the army by mowing down civilian protesters in the streets of Paris with grapeshot from his artillery batteries. Anyway, here are tales of bravery and virtue, as well as horrendous some of brutality, lies, and death.

Correction: The battle against the Russian fleet is called Svensksund (Swedish sound, as in channel), not Svenksund. I missed out an S in my haste.

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[petrdv.]

If youtube did not exist, Lindybeige would be that kind of person who talks to the complete strangers at the bus stop because he just needs to talk.

[xoACEox]

I like the idea Napoleon acknowledged he was his nemesis. Like cartoon show. Every time he foils his plans, *throws hat on floor* "DAMN IT

[charlesparadise]

"SMITH. DID YOU SET FIRE TO THE FRENCH FLEET?" "a bit."

[nickstne]

I'm French and I find it incredibly Machiavellian of you, Lindybeige, to create an hour long video about Napoleon as a decoy to attack the metric system! Maybe you thought we wouldn't notice, didn't you?

[deplorabledegenerate]

Starting to think this Lindybeige fellow doesn't like Napoleon.

[wulfherecyning]

The most British sentence ever contender:
"He sallied out...to set fire to the French fleet. A bit."

[lhaviland]

"War broke out with France... again"

European history in six words everybody.

[sirsidneysmith]

I must say, I rather enjoyed this video.

[Markot]

If Lindybeige would tell me a bedtime story, I would stay awake all night

[hassetjifrebro]

“Gustav III was ousted” That’s one way to call gunned down at the masquerade ball.

[skyskynomnom]

Love that this whole time Sidney was almost never in a military position but was still able to round up some chaps and go off to battle every time.

Like imagine the charisma on this man that he can just go “OI, you lot! I hear guns. Who wants to go maybe die today?”

[kpbarrow]

Watching a Lindybeige video describing French military defeat with a character assassination of Napoleon, whilst eating a fish finger sandwich washed down with a good, strong, cup of tea.

Gentlemen, I have reached utmost Britishness.

[ThatGuyFromFlanders]

I'm starting to think he doesn't like this Napoleon guy...

[uptonsavoie]

But tell us how you really feel about Napoleon.

[VCC]

" Napoleon was worst than Stalin " is the most British thing to say xD

[void]

Say what you want, Lindybeige, but we all know that Napoleon's greatest foe was Lieutenant Colonel Richard Sharpe of the 95th Rifles!

[ArgueWithTheMajority]

It really speaks volumes about your knowledge that you do these scriptless and in one take, including a bunch of informative sidetracking. Hats off!

[nickrangel]

How Napoleon felt about this man proves the effectiveness of trolling.

[henningeiken]

My poor cold german heart broke when he didn't mention Frederic the great in the beginning.

[enoughofyourkoicarp]

I would argue that Napoleon's greatest foe was Napoleon.