Napoleonic Wars: Downfall 1809 - 14

This compilation of our Napoleonic Wars series covers the period from 1809 to the Emperor's abdication in 1814. Along the way we encounter the horrors of the French occupation of Spain and Portugal, Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia, and the great struggle for German in 1813. The series concludes with arguably Napoleon's finest campaign - his doomed defence of Paris in 1814.

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Thank you to Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery for kind permission to use 'The Battle of Vitoria' painting by James Prinsep Beadle.

Special thanks to Alexander Averyanov for kind permission to use his paintings 'Battle of Smolensk' , 'Bivouac', 'Artilleryman's Exploits', 'Prince Pyotr Bagration at Borodino: The Last Counterattack', 'Horse Guards at the Battle of Borodino', 'The Fighting for Shevardino Redoubt', 'The Fighting for Bagration Flèches', 'Maloyaroslavets', 'At Gorodnya 25 October 1812', 'Council of War at Gorodnya'.

Special thanks to Egor Zaitsev for kind permission to use his painting 'Prayer Before the Battle of Borodino'.

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[EpichistoryTv]

Some shortcuts:
The Spanish Ulcer 1808 - 11 00:48
Battle of Salamanca 20:04
Napoleon invades Russia 35:44
Battle of Borodino 53:26
Retreat from Moscow 1:09:36
Germany 1813 1:35:33
Battle of Vitoria 2:00:15
Battle of Leipzig 2:20:46
Defence of France 1814 2:52:20

[Fenniks-]

The Greatest documentary series ever on Napoleon.

[KaraLyn-zxkk]

Honestly I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched this series. In my opinion it’s the greatest historical content on YouTube, alongside the ‘Marshals’ series. An incredible piece of work. I thank everyone involved. 👏🏻

[MrVtorrejon]

The stress and the hopelessness of the retreat from Moscow cannot be narrated any better. Amazing

[GibSonLoGic]

This is phenomenal. Unreal production value. The graphics and presentation, the narration, the delivery and quality of information. A masterpiece.

[stuart]

“If other history channels are foolish enough to make napoleonic content,
I will march to meet them...
Then you will see the meaning of the word debacle.”
Epic History Tv to his subscribers
Britain, June 2021

[joshlesure]

If I may say so, this series is without any shadow of a doubt, the most well-presented, written, narrated, and informative about the Napoleonic wars, that I've ever seen! The artwork and the maps are impecably well-made and presented, and there's so much information I never knew about! Everything from Napoleon's early beginnings as an artillery officer/his first victory at Toulon, the tactics, weapons and uniforms, and battles and campaigns I never learned about before! Epic History TV, you've truly outdone yourselves!

[flashgordon]

there should be You Tube awards like Grammies or Oscars or something. Epic history would definitely get more than one. Exceptionally good production and history details. I love it!

[crownprincesebastianjohano]

The magnum opus of Napoleonic videos. A magistral work. Once again, you out do yourself, Toby!

[Blame_Miracles]

"To the cannon, all men are equal" napoleons quotes are breathtaking and epic

[joey]

Id rather watch this then Ridley Scott' travesty

[jarlprae]

My education lacked much study of the Napoleonic Wars. Having watched these series I understand the mechanics and strategy of the U.S. Civil War much better. Accounting for the addition of telegraphic communication and the use of railways, the similarities seem very pronounced. Thank you for providing us with these wonderful programs, they've greatly enhanced my understanding of 19th century warfare.

[pectenmaximus]

The production quality of this is almost hard to believe. I don’t know if most people understand that every second of this video represents significant work. How many hours did this take to make?! The pacing and details, like the way cropped images of generals are brought in when mentioned, is so clever. Also, props on the audio - the mixing is spot on.

[alanb]

Think how much planning, production and skill this series took to make! Napoleons Grand armee probably required less organisation, and all for free on the internet. People often compare this channel to ‘the history channel’ but frankly at this point this is ‘the history channel’.

[kelechirichard]

1:23:00 Marshal Ney deserves a massive shoutout...managing to escape encirclement in a 6000 vs 60000 match up, outnumbered 10 to 1

[danielechebarria]

I've said this on every one of his videos but I'll say it again; this is THE BEST channel for history on YouTube that I've ever seen. The narration, accent, research, animation, music...it's just absolutely splendid. I've watched many others but EpicHistory is a class among itself.

[Beef]

A mega comp with all 15 parts and an updated Waterloo will break youtube

[thealeph]

I will eat my own toes every 3 days until an Italian campaign video is posted

[BboyHipHop]

This is the best historic depiction I've ever seen, I couldn't stop watching 10/10. If there is a chance of an updated 1815 to finish the series I'm definitely watching it!

[dylanmeder]

What I'm trying to understand is how this is all available for free. Thank you for these absolutely incredible videos!!!