Battle of the Pyramids - Napoleon in Egypt - Part 2 - Extra History

Napoleon's army has been in the desert for a week. The troops are going mad and dying of thirst but Napoleon's ambition pushes them past the scattered bodies and into Cairo.

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[extrahistory]

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[tyrant-den]

The way Admiral Nelson almost never stars in history videos, but is frequently mentioned: makes him feel like a force of nature.

[corday.]

We can find it surprising that Bonaparte chose to launch his expedition at the beginning of summer, when the temperature is the highest. In fact, he followed the recommendations of the country's experts who, like Consul Magellon, had recommended disembarking from the month of May, that is to say after the harvest was completed and before the flooding of the Nil which intervenes from the end of July. In addition, in this period, the winds blow from north to south and facilitate the arrival of ships. An expedition launched in June is therefore guaranteed to find supplies on the spot and to be quickly sheltered from an attack by sea, Egypt being inaccessible at the time of the flooding of the Nile.

[mizarluke]

A small note. At 1:32, Horatio Nelson is shown holding a spyglass with two hands. He actually lost his right arm in July 1797 (He was hit with a musket ball while attacking a Spanish island), about a year before the invasion of Egypt.

[napoleonibonaparte]

"I hate sand."
- every French soldier at this point.

[DuizhangLu]

Napoleon seemed to have a bad habit of not taking the climate of his invasion targets into account

[haemocyte]

Another one for the lies episode: Those are modern watermelons because the Napoleonic era ones look like they are mostly rind.

[hallamhal]

Seeing Nelson with two arms was weird! He'd be a good subject for a series, he survived disease, a polar bear (allegedly), losing sight in one eye, losing an arm, fighting in Naples, Denmark, Egypt, and all coastlines of France. In his last few years he had an almost suicidal obsession with dying a hero in battle and finally got his wish at Trafalgar

[manetho]

6:14 Egypt before the High Dam, (built in the 1970s) Crocodiles were very common, now they are all trapped in lake Nasser behind the Dam

[bramm]

Nelson with TWO hands!

For all the talk in Lies episodes about how much time it takes to draw these videos, you’d think they would have appreciated the chance to save a bit of time by drawing Nelson with only one hand.

[danielsantiagourtado]

YES! More of Nappy's adventures in Egypt! You guys are the best! Keep them coming!

[DingusTheArtist]

It looks like the artists have really upped their game in the last few series, they look so good, especially the backgrounds. Nice job!

[Jayjay-qeum]

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." -- Napoleon Bonaparte.

[jarekwrzosek]

"Soldiers! Four thousand years look down upon you!" - Napoleon Bonaparte to his soldiers right before the battle, pointing at the Pyramids of Gizeh. July 20, 1798.

[magnemerstrand]

When they have made a series on Marius and Sulla, Caesar and then Augustus, my life will be complete

[augustwolf_]

I love the Foreshadowing about the French Fleet and the Battle of the Nile.

[nathanseper]

Egyptians: "Napoleon has freed us!
Napoleon: "Oh, I wouldn't say 'freed.' More like 'under new management.'"

[tiagolobo]

After this Napoleon definitely learned his lesson and never again invaded a place without checking the weather forecast...

[abcdef]

Napoleon in Egypt: The weirdest thing that ever happened in that country, until the third season of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.

[wolfson]

Fun fact: French officers, when ordering their troops to open fire, would use the word "tirez" meaning "pull" (the trigger) instead of the word "feu" for "fire".