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Napoleon in Italy Part 5: Battle of Rivoli
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- ๊ฒ์์ผ 2023. 08. 24.
- In 1796, at the height of the Revolutionary Wars, Napoleon Bonaparte took command of French forces in northern Italy. He was just 26 years old and had never commanded an army before. Within weeks, he had turned his ragged, demoralised troops into a ferocious fighting force, defeating the Austrians and knocking Piedmont out of the war. With success, Napoleon began to believe it was his destiny to shape the fate of nations. In this series, we follow Napoleon's first glorious campaign step by step.
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I hope you enjoy the final episode of our 'Napoleon's First Campaign' series! Big thanks to PMF Productions for all their hard work on the series. What's your top moment of the campaign? Aiming the guns at Lodi? Chasing the Austrians through the valleys on the way to Bassano? Storming the bridge at Arcole? Let us know in the comments. And don't forget you can get ad-free early access to all our videos at Patreon www.patreon.com/EpicHistoryTV
Love You guys! You rock and mine has to be the storming of the Bridget at Arcole! ๐ซก๐ซก๐ซก๐ซก๐ซก๐คด๐คด๐คด๐คด
Not to sound cheesy but the entire series has been a top moment but I love to see how the Marshall's started under Napoleon and also the origin of the famous painting where the Emperor is waving a flag (storming of the bridge)
Probably the decision to abandon the siege of Mantua and the subsequent manoeuvres in central position to keep Wurmser and Quasdanovich separated at the battles of Lonato and Castiglione. Really a masterpiece.
@Kwezi Cancathe origin to the painting is from the battle of arcole itโs in the 4th episode of the series ๐
Charles , your narration skills are amazing โค ๐
For those of you who aren't members of the Patreon page: some great news. They will be finishing off their videos of Napoleon with his campaign in Egypt, followed by the 1799 coup of the Directory, and then finishing up with Napoleon's second Italian campaign and the Battle of Marengo.
I canot wait for Siege of Acre (Napoleon's first operatyional and strategic defeat) and Battle of Canopus (Alexandria) between British and French
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@merdiolu81iโm more hype to see the insanity that is the pyramids and mount tabor in glorious epic history fashion
I think they definitely should make a video about Napoleons political career, his reforms, systems, and life under his rule both in France and under occupation.
Are you allowed to share this? Lol
You paid for a membership and get info that we, those who are not members, do not get.
Joubert is probably one of the biggest what-ifs of the Napoleonic Wars. He was so promising.. his chase of the austrians after Rivoli was perfect and his campaign in the Tyrol, just touched upon here, was magnificient. Just imagine Napoleon with him as Corps commander in his campaigns.
What about Desaix ? If I remember correctly Napoleon whispered his name when he died on St Helena.
@Enzo Nicolas Yes Desaix is another great one.. Also Moreau if he got along with Napoleon.
Donโt forget Le Harpe!
Could be in Bonaparte's place as a military dictator.
But Died๐ ๐
The popularity of this channel will go through the roof once the Ridley Scott movie hits theatres. And it is well deserved, no other history channel on youtube delivers this level of quality and with this consistency.
Which Ridley Scott movie? :O
โ@Jonathan Herrerathe upcoming Napoleon this year starred by Joaquin Phoenix
Goosebumps when Napoleon said "they are ours." The man knew how to flaunt his swag.
I can only imagine all his men must have been in disbelief before, during and after Rivoli , I was in disbelief myself even knowing Napoleons whole life ๐
โI thought that the Battle of Austerlitz was the most beautiful and complete Napoleon's victory, but the Battle of Rivoli is on a whole other level. Never had so much emotions in a span of few seconds. Vive l' Emperur
Maybe Rivoli was his first masterpiece.
โ@johnbond007Nah that was the Battle of the Pyramids the casualties in that battle are incomparible
Lempereur*
@G. Santoro "the casualties in that battle are incomparable"
Mount Tabor 1799 begs to differ
@G. Santoro Were Mamluks ever successful against European armies at this time?
More of Napoleon please, all your stuff about Napoleon is next level quality
Egyptian campaign.
Generals to Napolean: They are surrounding us
Napolean calm and collected: They are ours 15:13
Such a BOSS MOMENT. Thank you for the Amazing series
He liked the odds, like a certain mandalore
That's honestly one of the coolest lines I've ever heard in history, given the situation he was in.
ils sont a nous .. dixit Napoleon ... SO BADASS
@Camille Ferraris I can't find the original quote but it seems more logical to me the actual quote would be "Nous les tenons"
"Ils sont ร nous" sounds really English
@Zacharie Guillerey I just check and it is "ils sont ร nous !" according to Napopรฉdia
I love that the mention of Captain Lasalle is made in this series. He is quite a famous cavalry general in his last years and it good to see his early years.
One best light cavalry commanders of his time.
@Vladimir Putin Lasalle who said: any cavalry man who is still alive at the age of 30 is a wanker.
ยซ Mon cลur est ร toi, mon sang ร lโempereur, ma vie ร lโhonneur. ยป
"My heart is yours, my blood to the Emperor, my life to honor"
Lasalle, letter to his wife.
"My heart belongs to you, my blood to the Emperor, and my life to honor." -Lasalle, predicting his to death in a letter to his wife on the eve of the Battle of Wagram
@E He gathered some hussars to chase down the fleeing enemy, sadly he was too fast found himself alone and was shot. Could've been a Marshal
Amazing work as always! Thank you for such content. I hope you are able to produce Napoleons Egyptian campaign as well and also have a Thomas Alexander Dumas episode.
He played a crucial role in the Expedition of the Tyrol, ยซ The expedition of the Giants ยป
YES! Next the Egyptian Campaign PLEASE! With Lannes, Lasalles, Murat and Napoleon of course!
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I just love how Napoleon went: "We're surrounded? Great! We can shoot now in every direction."
Sounds like the USMC.
Maniacs like them have the will to overturn impossible odds.
@Shinobiwan โMen, they are to our left! They are to our right! They are in front of us! And they are to our rear! They canโt get away!โ
-โChestyโ Puller, 1st Marine Division
Chosin Reservoir
Napoleon was bold, lucky and aggressive. Where many would see defeat he turned into a victory. He really was brilliant for his time.
Reminds me of Julius Gaius Caesar, he had many moments like that.
I saw defeat and I already had the spoilers ๐
A few extra fact:
In Rivoli there's a little Napoleonic museum.
At the start of the first Italian independence war, Austria hevely fortified the area, there's around 7 forts in the valley.
Forte di Rivoli is visitable and it's a muesum now, the other forts are visitable but in an abandoned state.
Had to protect themselves from the local tribes.
For this battle, probably in the minds of Massรฉna, Joubert and other officers of the French Army of Italy: "Remember, nothing is lost while courage remains"
I swear while watching the video (and in particular that part when the French were about to be encircled) I also remembered that sentence - "Nothing is lost while courage remains"
Truly a brilliant video and a brilliant conclusion to a brilliant series. You make some of the best documentaries on KRclip, hands down. It's one thing to tell history but another to make it exciting. This flowed like a drama with highs and lows, despite me knowing what the outcome would be. You don't get nearly enough credit for the work you do.
C'est Magnifique. ๐
C'est ... รPIQUE !๐
They shouldโve locked Napoleon in the Tower of London, the first time he abdicated and charged ยฃ100 to play chess with him.
โCome and play Chess with Emperor Napoleon!โ
I mean if youโre going to exile him on islands you may as well keep him as a trophy.
Couldnโt have said it better!
Agreed. Very fine work.
Combined with the fast running orchestral music, epic paintings and awesome animations, this series is truly a legendary masterpiece.
My God, what a piece of episode. I've been excited every minute that passed, what a tension and epicity from start to finish. Without a doubt, Napoleon is not only one of the greatest civil and military leaders in history, but one of the most exceptional and indomitable men with great self-belief in history.
First, I can't help but feel empathy and anger with Napoleon for what the Directory did to him during practically the entire war. Literally abandoning him and his army with very few reinforcements and supplies is one of the reasons that led him to his coup against that corrupt and inept government, only receiving help when the campaign on the Rhine did not advance and if it did so in Italy. And it's one of the reasons they let him go to Egypt.
In this episode we already see Napoleon not only thinking tactically, but strategically as a whole. It is crazy that he was able to analyze the situation so quickly and act in such a decisive way (thanks in large part to a great staff of future French Marshals who will mark the history of France, Europe and the entire world).
Being in such dire straits and looking at your Commander in Chief waiting for an answer is just beautiful. Now I understand the Old Elite Imperial Guard (made up of many veterans from Italy) and the main reason why his men remained so loyal to him even in the worst conditions: they knew he would be with them in the field, risking their lives together, bringing them victories, honor and riches wherever they went. To him they were his children, to them he was his father. They would die for him without hesitation, for their general, for their Little Corporal, for their Emperor.
It is a pity that Joubert did not live long enough to become a Marshal of France. I am convinced that he would have been one of the best, on a par with Suchet, Ney, Soult, Lannes and Davout.
Of Austria, I can only say that the Austrian staff is a herd of incompetents. Planning an offense without analyzing the terrain is worse than being a rookie and even worse that Alvinczi didn't realize it. What I can do is praise for the two great Austrian military commanders: Wurmser, for his tenacity, toughness and strength to carry on despite his increasingly worse situation against Napoleon; and Archduke Charles, who proved to be the best of all the Austrian military and almost changed the situation in Germany, but his performance in Italy cannot be blamed, since he was given a situation and an army practically on the verge of surrender (reminds me to Soult when Napoleon sends him back to Spain to try to save the situation).
Finally, I can only thank EHTV and PMF Productions for this sublime work of art. The work with maps, paintings, the portraits and the recreations are worthy of any praise. I have to subscribe to the Patreon of this channel as soon as possible, otherwise I would be a full-fledged Talleyrand.
Best regards to the EHTV team, PMF Productions, History Marche and Charles Nove for this great and hard work: you are the history staff of our time.
Is there anything the directory could have done ?
@PiN probably send more men
Seemingly in a situation where the entire army is about to be encircled and destroyed. Then the words "They are ours" appear on the screen... Goosebumps. Thank you once again. Best history channel on KRclip.
To add to this epicness. It was this Italian campaign waged by Napoleon that inspired Polish Anthem๐ต๐ฑ.
As we all sing the line of chorus of our anthem - "From Italian land to Poland" at least several times.
The brilliance of Napoleon sparked the barrel of gunpowder...
... as the Polish Nationalism arised with it. The force which will ultimately lead, through countless risings and rebellions to the independent Poland
" We'll cross the Vistula, we'll cross the Warta,
We shall be Polish.
๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ has given us the example
Of how we should prevail. "
My greatest grettings to Italy and France ! ๐ต๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น ๐ซ๐ท
Love from France ๐ซ๐ท โค๏ธ๐ต๐ฑ
Though the French didn't show you the same level of commitment in 1939(
โโ@Kabodrathey weren't the same france by that point, each new government means the previous accomplishments are wiped, and they when through several, it's no wonder they were so lackluster and white flaggy in ww2, btw, the US is one of the oldest standing governments currently, germany, russia, france on the other hand are young, within 120 years old, standing in the bones of the people of before.
โ@Kabodrait's also why the US doesn't own france anything, we were in the dept of the French king, who put himself into dept for us, not to the savages that beheaded him.
@Kabodra it's French, not Empire of French. If it's empire of French they will give the same commitment
Napoleonโs first Italian campaign took a year, and this series took almost as much-eight months. Itโs great because it makes it feel like we were with him on this journey. Thanks for all the amazing effort you put into this fantastic series, Epic History!
At the scene of โfourteenth! Will you let them take your guns?โ Gave me goosebumps.
I watched this with my wife and I told her how grateful I am to live in America in โ23. Being on the line with the fourteenth at my age was a very real possibility if I were born in France in the 18th century. Hypotheticalโฆ but put myself in those bootsโฆ
What boots? Army of Italy suffered from a chronic shortage of footwear, don't you remember?๐
@Andrea BersaniLOL
The whole battle of Italy was insane considering the fact that the French Army of Italy was barely holding when Napoleon got transferred to it, and nothing really improved for them for the entirety of the campaign. Yet even despite this they were still able to fight off, and win battles against, an army that always outnumbered them. Those were very brave and very tough lads indeed.
I mean, if your only way to a decent meal is wasting a bunch of Austrians...
Imagine watching the dude that has all the responsibility of the battle and the war as you think you and everyone are f*ckd and he says "they are ours". beautiful, simply beautiful.
I cry whenever I watch these videos, the sheer dedication and craft that goes into these videos is astounding.. Music 10/10, Storyline 10/10, Narrator 10/10, Art 10/10.
Now hear me out
We need a detailed series of the 1806 4th coalition campaign; there was so much more than Eylau, Friedland, Auerstadt, and Jena
They need to redo all them now!!! The quality surpasses each episode!
Better idea: a video which isn't just propaganda for the antichrist.
@Aaron Godinez even better; they make a video from my suggestion and you have to watch
The anti-christ? Really? Could pass for austrian slander
I love you guys I hope you do all the Napoleon wars, including Egypt and others campaings or conflicts covering all what happened during those times in this format ,i love it all
I second this! Even just a two episode "series" on it would be enough.
I'd love to see the Battle of Aboukir Bay covered by Epic History; I think you could call Nelson's "Victory on the Nile" just as impressive as Trafalgar.
I would love to see the fighting in Egypt and Syria like the battles of the Nile, The Pyramids and the fighting that took place between Napoleon and the ottomans.
It's not as epic, but Extra History has a fun and fascinating series on the politics of the Egypt campaign.
I would like to see focus on Nelson and Wellington's early careers.
@C8KThunderMuffin I agree with you on that.
I have followed this channel since I was 18 now I am nearly 25, nothing short of greatness and worthy in the eyes of the gods. The closing orchesta makes me overwhelmed and happy for all that you have done, its about damn time I become a patreon supporter. THANK YOU Epic History TV for just being you.
Yes dude facts
In the same boat here and couldn't have said it better myself!
Quite interesting to see how the battle of Rivoli displays parallels with some of the greatest tactical maneuvers in history:
Reuss' jammed and disorderly retreat - with the encircled, bunched-up and panicking Romans at Cannae (ironically the village behind the Austrians was called Canale);
Alvinczi's main column's advance/the French center's retreat - with the infamous Mongol feigned retreat;
Even the Austrian center's collapse - with the battle of Gaugamela, where Alexander's strike to the heart of the army also eventually routed both Persian flanks which independently seemed strong.
This only shows how psychologically man hasn't really changed for thousands of years.
I think there's another parallel with Cannae. Like Hannibal, Napoleon also let his center crumble in the middle of the battle, which is a relatively unique tactical concept (in the sense of a general allowing it to happen to himself, not in the sense of the opposing side trying to break through his center). It may technically fit under the definition of a feigned retreat, but it's a lot more dangerous for the general attempting it (whether Hannibal or Napoleon) than most Mongol feigned retreats, since their center is heavily engaged, not really mobile, and _actually_ about to collapse.
It also resembles a more successful version of Waterloo, as Napoleon is heavily engaged on high ground in the center when enemy reinforcements break through his right flank, forcing him to beat one half of his enemy while holding off the other. One key difference from Waterloo, though, is that Napoleon manages to capture the high ground in the center early on, and his tactical dispositions for much of the battle resemble Wellington's more than his own at Waterloo.
Something that goes unmentioned in light of how bold Napoleon could be is how good of a defensive general he was. In many (though not most) of his battles, he was on the tactical defensive early on, and reversed the situation into a successful offensive. Rivoli, Austerlitz, arguably Jena, Wagram, and Dresden are examples, even if they aren't thought of as defensive masterpieces since they ended with major offensive successes instead of Napoleon just holding a position. However, Napoleon's offensives wouldn't have been successful if he was a bad defensive general, since he needed to hold out long enough (and in the correct manner to prepare his offensive) to begin with.
Here at Rivoli, Napoleon's predicament depended on defending the high ground and defending the gorge where half of the Austrian army would be bottlenecked. While the Austrians achieved breakthroughs eventually on both sides, the fact that he was able to defend from the high ground, forcing the Austrians in the center to exhaust themselves attacking uphill while his men were not as worn out, created an opportunity to swing those men against the Austrians on his right flank, defeat them, and swing back again on the disorderly Austrian center. Note at when he seized back all his positions at 17:20, he could have stopped and satisfied himself feasting on Lusignan's column in his rear to close out his victory, which would result in Rivoli being remembered as a brilliant defensive victory. Instead, he pushed for an all-out, relentless pursuit by part of his forces, which predictably stole the show and placed Rivoli into the pantheon of brilliant offensive victories, even though for most of the battle Napoleon had more in common with the Wellington at Fuentes de Oรฑoro than the Wellington at Salamance.
and what about crossing some part of the alps? austrians thought they could pull of a hannibal barca?
Epic History truly never misses with these videos. I really hope they decide to cover other theaters in the French Revolutionary wars.
I completely agree with you on that Cuber5003 because I hope they cover theaters like Northern Europe like the Flanders campaign and the Irish rebellion of 1798 and also the naval theatre of the war like the Quasi War, the glorious first of June and the battles of Cape St Vincent 1797, and the battle of the Nile.
The Swiss campaign would be wonderful.
I know it's a politically tricky time to have a Suvorov series but I'd love one someday.
@Uncle Dan I completely agree with you on that but I would also love to see a Marengo series.
Brillant campaign and battle from Napoleon ! Fast thinking, confident even in the most difficult moments. A legend.
A what to say about the 14 Regiment d'infanterie. One of the famous of the French army to this day. Successor of an old royal regiment of the 16th century, it has fought in all wars and the most illustrious battles of French history until today. This is the same regiment who refused the order to retreat at Eylau when it was caught in a snow storm and surrounded by Russians. They chose to stay and be annihilated.
Lets be realistic. None of the rank-and-file of the era was aware of what was going on around them even tactically, let alone operationally. Nobody "chose" to stay and die. That's just militaristic propaganda. Nothing of value for a frenchman - except military pride and the bragging rights - was at stake at Eylau.
18:44 am i the only one loving this scene? I love how Epic History gives the spotlight to the secondary commanders. For all his talents, Napoleon is not a one-man army, his victories are due to his brilliance and his subordinates.
Fun fact: the main street in Paris next to the Louvre Museum is called โRue du Rivoliโ. I come from this town and that makes me super proud whenever I go to Paris
It's one of the most notorious street of Paris indeed.
One can not admire or thank you guys enough for this brilliant Napoleon series. I am here from the beginning and yet still cant pass your old videos without watching it again and again. YT would be less without this masterpiece.
For Napoleon still has many extraordinary things to achieve.
That line gets me.
As always the standard of your videos is exceptionally high. I would once again plead for another Napoleon series. Egypt campaign or other theatres of coalition wars (like the Rhine campaign) as well as video on best French generals and/or coalition commanders!
Heโs doing an Egyptian campaign series later this year
Napoleon's maneuver at Rivoli was magnificent.He utilizes the steam of French reinforcements and jammed deploying Austrian columns into submission with guns blasting.That still dazes me even after I watched this stuff,even when I have watched too many miracles concocted by brilliant tacticians.
There are MANY good history channels on KRclip... However, Epic History, by far produces the most professional, spell binding, educational and entertaining material available on YT !!! ๐ฎ
Man, we need more dedicated videos of Archduke Charles and his campaigns.
Agreed, whilst Napoleon is well Napoleon, there are so many more battles, overall the revolutionary wars are very interesting but so little information exists, mostly because Napoleon takes center stage and all other stages
Napoleon keeping his composure & maintaining & radiating his confidence, issuing a series of well timed actions to overturn a desperate & hopeless situation into a magnificent victory is why he stills & will always be remembered as one of the greatest figues to ever have walked this world.
ยซ They are ours ยป.. goosebumps ! VIVE lโEMPEREUR!
Ive been watching this series in combination with "The Age of Napoleon" podcast. Thanks to you I can actually see the battle formations on the map. The maps are excellent, the narration is top notch, and the music is epic. 10/10.
This is such an awesome video EHTV!
Gives proper perspective about Napoleon's rise to power too. Please make a video on Marengo and the Second Coalition too. Imo it'll make your Napoleon series complete, and gather a lot of views as well!
You guys are the best like Napoleon! Longtime fan! Your videos are such a joy to watch! Your dedication to your craft is a true inspiration! Another premier of yours is another day made more bright! Iโm so proud to be a member of this community! You're all Truly Fire!
Such an epic series, hope to see you cover Egypt! Great job!
Never have I ever seen a series so beautifully produced. This channel has single handedly sparked my love for history and Napoleon
โThe clock is ticking! The Austrians MUST relieve Mantua by THAT dateโฆor lose the city. And with it, the War in Italy.โ
I am more invested in this series than I am in most movies. And Iโm a film major btw.
Yet another fantastic series comes to a close! I'm eagerly anticipating the next one. and congrats once more on reaching 2m subs!
This entire series has gotten me even more fascinated in napoleonic history. It's like I'm a kid on Christmas when a new video comes out.
The amount of work you do to make these videos really shows between the detailed maps, quotes and detailed descriptions of the battles.
Can't wait for the Egyptian campaign. All your Napoleon videos are masterfully done
I hope you guys cover his Egypt expedition as well in the future! A, in my opinion, very underrated part of his life when compared to him as Emperor and fighting in Italy for the Republic.
I canโt help but to wonder this dude ability to lead his men to glorious battle is admirable
Napoleon is straight up doing an Austrian army any% speed run at this point.
Tellement รฉpique, magnifique travail ....
Vive la France ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ท๐
The music, the presentation, the narrator, everything about this is EPIC!
I just want to congratulate you for this formidable serie. Despite knowing this campaign very well, you brillantly gave life with tremendous animation, narration and music to one of the most fantastic military campaign. It was a true pleasure to wait and watching all those รฉpisodes, thank you for this work sincerely
I feel that I have run out of praise for the Epic History TV team. you guys are constantly raising the bar for quality in your videos. excellent partnership with PMF productions. continue the wonderful work of instructing in a magnificent way. keep epic!
excellent addition of the visual terrain of the alps. This channel has been great illustrating history with its battle animation and historical artwork depictions, but with the addition of the real photographs of the landscape, it amplifies our ability to learn and understand.
Keep up the production! We are all eager for more content and with the upcoming movie of Napoleon in theatres, we will be able to fact check the movie for historical errors!
I absolutely LOVED this series about Napoleon's first campaign! Epic History TV never fails to deliver top-notch quality content, and this series proves it! Everything about it, from the artwork, to the in-depth study of the material, and the stellar narration, makes this a documentary series worth watching!
A perfect ending to a perfect campaign, beautifully done by epic history tv, thank you for bringing us this amazing content.
This was epic. Do not skip any ads guys they deserve it. Can't way for the next campaign.
Oooh, I just finished watching a rather thin documentary on Napoleon's life. Found out about the Battle of Rivoli there. Great to see that you guys made a detailed video of this campaign. It was one of his great victories, along with the Battles of Lodi, Marengo, Austerlitz, Friedland and Wagram.
Oh man. I just can't wait. Love this series on the Emperor. All the way from South Africa
I wonder how things would've been if Napoleon was on the continent during Suvorovs campaign. Two great military minds meeting. Maybe a potential episode or series Surovovs campaign in Italy and Switzerland
Amazing! I really do think the fact that Napoleon accomplished what many could only dream of without ANY prior experience is often overlooked.
This is just fantastic on so many levels. May the channel continue to thrive for centuries into the future!!
Nearly a year after this series started, what a pleasure it was to witness this
ะญะฟะธัะฝัะน ัััะด! ะญะฟะธัะฝัะน ะปะฐะนะบ! ะะดัะผ ะตะณะธะฟะตััะบัั ะบะพะผะฟะฐะฝะธั ะะฐะฟะพะปะตะพะฝะฐ!
His brilliant tactics is what allowed him to conquer an entire continent against all odds.
Eternal Glory to Napoleon I
Vive l'Empereur des Franรงais
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I'd argue, that his tactical decisionmaking had been of mixed results in this battle.
Oh, wait, i take it back. After giving it some thoughts, it dawned on me, that he was not needlessly reckless in his positioning. Sure, Austrians could've just "rush B" to overwhelm his overstretched lines. But their artillery and cavalry support would be lacking for sure, after movements through Alps. So, even if his lines would be in danger, he'd just take a step back to regroup with his reinforcements. Austrian troops were in no position to exploit his weakness quick enough. Napoleon himself would face similar problems with his inability to expand on his victories in 1813 due to his cavalry being repurposed into shwarma during 1812 winter.
It is interesting to what degree Napoleon was aware of the the disposition of Austrian army. They did incredible job setting up his operational and strategic success in this campaign. It was a masterclass in dividing your forces in front of the enemy with interior lines of communications. But, i mean, it worked once at Chancelorville.
This was an epic history TV masterpiece. The animation, music, maps, and narration were excellent. I knew the overview, but have never been on the edge of my seat like at Rivoli. Truly this Napoleonic masterpiece rivals Austerllitz.
Austerlitz and Jena-Auerstedt rolled into one battle.
Words cannot explain the love I have for this channel. It has been the most beautiful revelation for me, as it is by far the best historical channel I have watched videos from.
I thought I had good knowledge of the Napoleonic wars previously, but the way you guys plan the videos, the impeccable content, delivery and narration (whoever's voice that is, it is golden) made me absolutely fall in love with this content and the historical period.
You should also post a collage of the episodes in Napoleon's first campaign, much like the March of the Eagles and Downfall!
We are looking forward to the Napoleon in Egypt series!
Congratulations on your stunning work, onwards and upwards!
yo, fellow Romanian?
and the voice of narration is of Charles Nove. they said it several times. and he is even in the credits if ypu pay attention. the main scriptwritter is Toby Groom by the way.
Joubert is one of the best commanders of napoelonic wars. Brilliant video. Epichistory tv is back with epic content. Napoelonic wars โค๏ธ๐ฅ. We always appreciate all the hard work and dedication. Your huge fan from Sri Lanka. ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ค๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
He died before knowing of defeat at Novi.
โ@ะะฐะบั ะ ะพะณะพะทะธะฝno doubt he would've served Suvorov's first L
โ@Vladimir PutinSuvorov is invincible
@Cotling Fate didn't want him to have a loss in his record so fate killed Joubert
@Vladimir Putin fate also ruined his destruction in Switzerland from Massena's threefold superior forces, granting instead salvation.
This series has been my favourite piece of educative entertainment in years! Thanks for the awesome quality
Birth of legend, it shows how patience,hardwork and intelligence can pull of victory ,even when situation seems lost. These qualities make him the greatest general of all times."Viva L empereur"๐
This will be a spectacular ending to the series...
VIVE l'EMPEREUR!
One of the most outstanding history series I've ever seen. Congratulations!
Epic series and conclusion for an epic channel. Can't wait for more videos (or better yet, series) about Napoleon's campaigns. Amazing work to everyone in involved!
Exceptional as always!! I particularly love how you break down the battle plans and thinking of the commanders, and analyse how/why things to wrong or to plan. Keep it up!
On a side note - Napoleon's reinforcements always seem to arrive at the perfect times.
Omg, how much i love this channel, the soundtrack, the images, and of course, these voice whom makes everthing into a perfect spectacle every episode, keep going Epic History TV
I can't think of many battles where an enemy breaking through on your rear flank was the decisive win of the battle....for YOU. The combo of the map/animation/use of the painting at 16:09 was really amazing.
What an extraordinary work and closure video! With your channel I can almost smell the gunpowder. Narrator's voice is already epic.
Epic History channel is the best!!!!!! I could watch anything you want to keep putting out of Napoleon, simply a masterpiece! Every single one of your Napoleon Videos is just a wonderful thing to behold. Couldn't be happier your channel is gaining so many subs, you deserve it.
Napoleon was truly a man out of this world...Congratulations on yet another brilliant video of a fantastic documentary series.
I would love to hear more about the speeches Napoleon gave to his men and how he organized everything in comparison to other generals of his time.Thank you so much for the great video!
Great stuff as always! Can't wait for the compilation version to complete the ultimate Napoleon longform binge documentary series
This has me on the edge of my seat more than anything on Netflix.
I've been waiting for this for so long!
Epic History's series on Napoleon's battles is by a wide margin the best you'll find on KRclip.
I really hope they do a video on the Congress of Vienna; though Historia Civilis set the bar very high on that subject!
This has been an amazing series, Napoleon is truly an amazing commander! Thank you Epic History Tv!
This episode is a total masterpiece! As the battle of Rivoli actually.
Honestly the best and most inspiring series ever
I'm so grateful for these documentaries. Just brilliant!
Dear Epic History ! You always explain everything so understandable. Could you make a video about the political systems of France before - during - after Napoleon ? Why did the other regimes fell and Napoleonic political system why not ? How did he modernized France ? How did France changed before and after Napoleon ?
Thanks again !
Masterpiece. Brilliant video. Excellent work friend. Can't wait and for the Egyptian campaign๐๐๐.
Me encanta que tenga subtitulos en espaรฑol :D
Another utterly fantastic video. Honestly I cannot express just how good these videos are. Simply cannot wait for what every comes next, but we all know it will be great.
This series is SO amazing - incredibly well done!
This battle is not only a display of great leadership and individual brilliance, it is also a perfect showcase of the proper leverage of interior lines. All in all, an exceptional implementation of defeat in detail on a tactical scale, the lessons of this engagement are very much still applicable to modern warfare.
Once again another brilliant series. I hope for an Egyptian Campaign series.
This was a phenomenal series
Great work as always, how about a series about Napoleon's greatest generals that could / should have been marshals but didn't because they aither died too soon (like Joubert maybe) or were overlooked for other reasons?
Amazing production and quality as always! Thoroughly enjoyed the series, congrats on such great work!
I absolutely love this channel and this series about the Italian campaign was superb! I hope you make another series about the Second Coalition. Would beautifully tie together your other Napoleon videos on the Napoleonic Wars.
Wow just wow that was one of the most incredible and complex campaigns of napoleons military career. Thank you Epic History for another brilliant video!!