Napoleon Crosses the Alps - Patreon early access
Added 2024-07-26 16:00:18 +0000 UTCDear Patrons,
I am delighted to share the world premiere of 'Napoleon Crosses the Alps: The Road to Marengo'. This is the first of our two-part series covering the Marengo campaign, and features superb animation work from Patrick and a brilliant script from Mike of PMF.
We hope you enjoy the video. Part Two will focus on the Battle of Marengo itself, and will be along in a few weeks. And if you're free, why not join us for the YouTube premiere of A Complete History of Venice in exactly 30 minutes!
Typos for Merch is in effect (but we know about Masséna missing an accent.)
Thank you for supporting our work, and we'll be back next week with our regular newsletter, featuring, among other things, the poll result!
Toby
Comments
When is Marengo itself coming out?!?
josh hendell
2024-09-13 15:27:22 +0000 UTCOf course
Epic History
2024-08-23 08:59:20 +0000 UTCI love the video. Can I get a kiss and can you make it last forever?
Handsoup
2024-08-22 20:04:56 +0000 UTCThanks Maxime! This one is called Tiger, from Filmstro.
Epic History
2024-08-08 08:23:44 +0000 UTCThanks again for the great work ! What is the name of the great music at 2:27 ? Not the first time I hear it in your videos.
Maxime Laravine
2024-08-07 20:58:34 +0000 UTCThanks Gage - we've taken the figure used by Roberts, but cross-referencing, he seems to be higher than other sources, so we will adjust.
Epic History
2024-08-07 11:54:59 +0000 UTCGreat Video!
Paralightworx
2024-08-06 12:00:19 +0000 UTCUm small typo to see the Casualties for the French are right but it's been sourced that around 4,000-8,000 died in the Siege of Genoa at 16:24 as well as the civilian Casualties being too extreme at its high point with a total 15,000 civilians died during the siege, this is the site I used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Genoa_(1800)#:~:text=Gaston%20Bodart%20reported%20that%20Austrian,in%20Genoa%20within%20three%20weeks.
Gage Hardesty
2024-08-05 23:41:09 +0000 UTCUnbelievable to see how the quality of this channel's content has grown! I know a Waterloo remake is in the works, but I think if there's anywhere that really deserves this level of drama and detail it's Austerlitz...
josh dinsdale
2024-08-04 20:37:06 +0000 UTCHe would have said that in May as he was about to start his campaign in May. He’s saying they didn’t want peace so this is what I’m going to do. The fact that the quote is in May doesn't preclude him from having referenced the refusal at an early point as you say, just not on this specific occasion.
Stuart Carver
2024-08-04 09:40:07 +0000 UTCAwesome video , I know a few people excited for the YouTube release of this hopefully
Seth Homer
2024-08-04 03:34:06 +0000 UTCTo be honest no but I assume that because the peace treaty was rejected in January of 1800 would've said that before May like around early Spring since that would've been the most likeliest case that he made that quote, but if it appeared in books that you've read then maybe I'm wrong, all I'm saying is it shouldn't have to be like Napoleon waiting 4 months to say that there had to be some date problems with the quote.
Gage Hardesty
2024-08-03 15:47:49 +0000 UTCThe date is for Napoleon's quote. Do you have a source to suggest that is incorrect?
Epic History
2024-08-03 14:32:15 +0000 UTCUm found a typo at 2:36 I believe the date for the refusal of Napoleon's peace treaty came in January not may and here's a site to prove it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lun%C3%A9ville#:~:text=On%2025%20December%201799%2C%20Bonaparte,responded%20negatively%20to%20Bonaparte%27s%20offer.
Gage Hardesty
2024-08-03 14:02:38 +0000 UTCThe idea of General Marmont used hollowed out tree trunks to hoist the cannons over the Alps is a smart idea. Glad to see he got some credit in this video!
TankerBricks
2024-08-01 19:53:24 +0000 UTCIt was just a few different pieces I read online I admit hence it was just a query. Now I’ve actually tried to look it up properly I notice it does say June 5th in The Campaigns of Napoleon but June 1st in Napoleon The Great so I dunno. It did mean I got to read about the French getting a few cannon through the town using straw and dung over the wheels at the dead of night which is a pretty cool story.
Stuart Carver
2024-08-01 17:14:15 +0000 UTCAh I see, you mean the 5 June graphic. We should have prob have worded that 'Fort Bard had surrendered'.
Epic History
2024-08-01 16:22:03 +0000 UTCThanks Stuart! What's the source for Fort Bard surrendering on 1st? We'll cross-reference.. I'm relaxed about the 8 or 10 days, I'm sure it will just depend on different decisions of the start and end point.
Epic History
2024-08-01 14:29:17 +0000 UTCDear me I do find myself running out of superlatives watching these, I’ll need to start consulting a thesaurus to adequately congratulate you. 15.45 I thought Fort Bard surrendered on The 1st rather than The 5th? In your marshals video on Berthier you said the crossing of The Alpes took 8 days and here 10 but looks like this is the correct number? Keep up the good work.
Stuart Carver
2024-08-01 13:31:38 +0000 UTCNo, just a good old-fashioned typo! Thanks Michael, we'll get it fixed.
Epic History
2024-08-01 09:24:39 +0000 UTCAt 14:37, Vukassovich is spelled with two "s" on the portait but with only one "s" on the banner. Was this a result of his name being too long or is the double "s" the correct spelling?
Michael Cipriano
2024-07-31 19:14:43 +0000 UTCI knew LeBron James was old but not that old
Covfefe Dotard
2024-07-31 12:29:55 +0000 UTCThank you Melina! Unfortunately we can't distribute images from the videos.
Epic History
2024-07-30 10:21:01 +0000 UTCThis is amazing quality. Thank you Epic History for these epic videos! I don't want to bother, but I love the picture of Napoleon's background office at 1:53 - Is it possible if I could obtain the link for this image? Thank you!
Melina
2024-07-29 16:50:48 +0000 UTCHaha, yes, well fought!
Epic History
2024-07-29 11:52:25 +0000 UTCVery well, I have lost this battle... My gift will await one or two more videos... 🏳🏳
Uaid Ez Zahhar
2024-07-29 11:46:09 +0000 UTCIt's still one secondary source against two. In fact, this wikipedia article provides two more secondary sources for the 007 number: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1800_French_constitutional_referendum
Epic History
2024-07-29 09:02:56 +0000 UTCI did use to always make a point of providing imperial and metric - but in these days, when you can literally ask your phone, it felt a bit redundant?
Epic History
2024-07-29 08:58:43 +0000 UTCalways epic and superb
jk kim
2024-07-29 05:52:45 +0000 UTCAbsolutely spectacular video! Keep em coming. I want to reiterate that an updated video of Austerlitz would be great. It's a shame that videos like this one (the preliminary maneuvers before Marengo) are longer and more detailed than arguably Napoleon's greatest and most studied campaign and battle (Ulm and Austerlitz). I would be willing to make a large contribution to see this happen. Please let me know EH.
MorningStarr
2024-07-28 19:00:46 +0000 UTCHorn J. (2002) "Building the New Regime: Founding the Bonapartist State in the Department of the Aube" Page 238: 《The official results reported that 3,011,107 citizens approved of the Constitution and that only 1,562 were opposed (...)》 Does this count, maybe? I see somewhere below someone already got the typo prize, but oh well; "Victory belongs to the most persevering", as the First Council himself would say.
Uaid Ez Zahhar
2024-07-28 18:59:42 +0000 UTCWell, there's a typo somewhere, but without further evidence I'm inclined to go with Roberts and Cronin over wikipedia..
Epic History
2024-07-28 15:53:57 +0000 UTCWell, I took it from Wikipedia after looking it up on the page called "Constitution of the Year VIII". Here it is: "Officially, the Constitution was approved by 3,011,107 citizens against 1,562 opposants,[13](...)"
Uaid Ez Zahhar
2024-07-28 15:50:21 +0000 UTCKilmane from '96 was from Ireland, as were some of the French Officers during the Revolutionary Wars.
TankerBricks
2024-07-28 14:12:40 +0000 UTCAbsolutely phenomenal!!!! We have another great Soundtrack to be voted on! Excited like a Kid on Christmas! Thank You so much for the continued awesome matieral! Sincerely Lord John 🇩🇪🇭🇺💚⚔️
John Fekete
2024-07-28 14:00:33 +0000 UTCMaybe you can give the highest points in the alps also in meters and not only feet. I have no idea what 8000 feet is.
Job Franschman
2024-07-28 12:07:09 +0000 UTCThere were quite a few Irish officers essentially operating as European mercenaries in this period, for various armies - Spanish, French, Austrian. A la Barry Lyndon!
Epic History
2024-07-28 11:16:21 +0000 UTCWatch this space...
Epic History
2024-07-28 11:14:17 +0000 UTCThank you Isaac! We do like to be consistent on these things. And this wins you the typo prize for this video! We'll be in touch to arrange.
Epic History
2024-07-28 11:12:58 +0000 UTCGood spot, thanks Nikita!
Epic History
2024-07-28 11:09:55 +0000 UTCThese feel like guesses, without any sources. No more of these please.
Epic History
2024-07-28 11:09:24 +0000 UTCThat's correct, but Switzerland was still in use by contemporaries and many historians, I'm relaxed about this one.
Epic History
2024-07-28 10:53:29 +0000 UTCThere were a series of related engagements that took place in the area during that period. For simplicity, we grouped them together under the name of Sassello because it was the largest of these.
Epic History
2024-07-28 10:49:32 +0000 UTCThank you Hisham!
Epic History
2024-07-28 10:48:51 +0000 UTCThanks Uaid. We've taken our number from the Roberts biography (also used in the Cronin biography) - unless you have a conclusive source?
Epic History
2024-07-28 10:48:39 +0000 UTCThanks Karl! Casa il Giardiana is correct. (Although some sources have it Casa il Giardina - we're investigating that.)
Epic History
2024-07-28 10:35:10 +0000 UTCI agree too. In fact, there's a Channel named: "Field Marshal" who recently started a series about The 100 Days Campaign. Nonetheless, I would like Epic History Tv to do it's own.
Richard Fernandes
2024-07-28 03:16:34 +0000 UTCGreat video unsurprisingly, can’t wait for you guys to make napoleons 100 days campaign. You guys are the best!
Zayed
2024-07-27 23:14:00 +0000 UTC100%, would be an incredible way to end the Napoleon saga!
TJ Patterson
2024-07-27 23:00:40 +0000 UTCMaybe can you guys go back and do a more detailed multi part series on the 100 days to Waterloo?
Tony Kim
2024-07-27 20:33:10 +0000 UTCAnother awesome piece
Tony Kim
2024-07-27 20:32:12 +0000 UTCAmazing job!! Thx Epic History!!
Julio Tapia
2024-07-27 18:27:06 +0000 UTCThe Austrians had an O’Reilly as a commander? Was the Irish emigre situation similar to France’s?
Kevin Xu
2024-07-27 16:10:31 +0000 UTCAwesome video, as always. Thanks!
Dan Haagen
2024-07-27 14:12:54 +0000 UTCThat was excellent! Great work team!
Matt White
2024-07-27 11:04:20 +0000 UTCAn interesting side note in the formation of the 'reserve' force, it was explicitly named as such to misdirect the allies. In Andrew Roberts chapter on marengo he writes: "on January 7, 1800 he ordered the covert formation of a 30,000 strong Army of the reserve based in Dijon"... "the thoroughness of this secrecy may be inferred from the fact that even general Moreau assumed the force being assembled really was a reserve ".. on April the 25th he stayed at mailmaison and reviewed "his worst equipped troops in full view of the populace (and Austrian spies) and going to the opera on the night of Monday, May 5"..."then napoleon struck. Leaving Paris at 2am only a few hours after the opera, he was in Dijonnthe next morning and by 3am on May 9 he was in Geneva. Once there he made himself conspicuous at parades and reviews, and gave out the he was going to Basle, despite the fact that the vanguard of General Watrins division was already starting to ascend the Great St Bernard pass". I think it's interesting the role that deception played in this early stage. Also he stays the Napoleon crossed most of the way on horse but used a mule for the most hazardous parts.
kosta tsanidis
2024-07-27 09:06:08 +0000 UTCBro this video just bombarded me with a feeling I cant describe, these wars and battles are unlike anything of other eras I have read about
Rebellican
2024-07-27 07:48:12 +0000 UTCGreat video! Please note that at 12:38 the British ship flags aren't rendered.
Nikita
2024-07-27 07:45:01 +0000 UTCThank for The wonderful video I can’t wait to find out what’s gonna happen next at the battle of Marengo
Cat Linh Nguyen
2024-07-27 06:14:44 +0000 UTCGreat video as always. One thing I noticed was an inconsistency in the spelling of "Masséna" at 4:52 and "Massena" at 16:39. I believe both are acceptable, but as I said, it was just the inconsistency that caught my attention. Keep up the good work!
Isaac Woollard
2024-07-27 05:32:19 +0000 UTCAbsolutely first class, these are so good, on the edge of the seat by the end, even knowing the eventual outcome. A+++
Stuart Walker
2024-07-27 03:03:26 +0000 UTCSuperb work
Master Oogway
2024-07-27 01:49:16 +0000 UTCAt 12:29 if the problem started on the 17th then the date in the top right beginning is a typo.
Gage Hardesty
2024-07-26 23:48:30 +0000 UTCOh, another possible typo: You say the battle of Sassello occurred between 10-12 April, when (at least according to Wikipedia all-knowing) it only lasted for the 10th (but this might be including the actions at Vetriera and San Giacomo, so hard to say).
Uaid Ez Zahhar
2024-07-26 22:02:15 +0000 UTCWe are all so thankful for this content. Toby keep up the good work!
t1
2024-07-26 21:57:19 +0000 UTCAlso, if I do get the typo for merch correct, it will be my (superbly late) birthday gift for Jerome Paris. Vive l'Empereur! (Or first consul... whatever yall get it...)
Uaid Ez Zahhar
2024-07-26 21:52:17 +0000 UTCI'm a big fan of Marshal Lannes -- the crossing of the Alps and the battle of Montobello -- ah, what joy to see. As always, quality of the whole production (script, music, narration, animation) is superb. Thanks - I continue to be happy to support!
Hisham Yousif
2024-07-26 21:46:57 +0000 UTCI don't know if I can handle the flood of new videos!
Eli Khanam
2024-07-26 21:45:33 +0000 UTCFound a typo. There were 3,011,107 votes in favour of the Constitution of the year VIII. You instead show 3,011,*0*07 votes. So 100 votes not taken into account.
Uaid Ez Zahhar
2024-07-26 21:32:09 +0000 UTCAmazing Toby! Montebello really had me gripped. Such a frightfully close run engagement.
Gavin Anand Saint Just Brown
2024-07-26 20:33:07 +0000 UTCI love this channel
Moncef Khassali
2024-07-26 19:43:35 +0000 UTCGreat !
luc
2024-07-26 18:45:39 +0000 UTCWhat an extremely well done video, these seem to just be getting better and better. Started watching while working out and had to stop halfway to sit and closely watch it to catch all the details!!
Dylan Shaffer Murphy
2024-07-26 18:19:16 +0000 UTCHere's a credible source if you need confirmation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Switzerland#:~:text=During%20the%20French%20Revolutionary%20Wars,with%20little%20role%20for%20cantons.
Gage Hardesty
2024-07-26 18:06:35 +0000 UTCIncredible as always. Thanks to the entire team.
Thomas
2024-07-26 18:05:36 +0000 UTCBut also can't forget to mention that between the 15 year gap it was later called the Swiss Confederation.
Gage Hardesty
2024-07-26 18:04:00 +0000 UTCTo summarize it was Switzerland in the early French Revolution but was called the Helvetic Republic in 1798 after the French invaded the country of Switzerland and changed its name, only 14-15 years later was the name Switzerland returned.
Gage Hardesty
2024-07-26 18:02:59 +0000 UTCUm small graphic error, I think Switzerland was called the Helvetic Republic during that time and only made Switzerland during the Congress of Vienna of 1814-15.
Gage Hardesty
2024-07-26 17:59:38 +0000 UTCThat's all the typos I saw now time for my saying of the video, I must say this video is similar to that whole Battle of Arcole video all over again where the Austrians were close to breaking only to be defeated by the arrival of Reinforcements from the rear to turn into a decisive victory, I was sure that there was Montebello by Verona now I'm sort of confused but overall this video was great and I honestly can't wait for the Battle of Marengo coming soon, BTW in a few more days I'll be out somewhere else since my time for going to college is close so I might be changing address soon but I'm saying this just for clarity but overall great video.
Gage Hardesty
2024-07-26 17:53:15 +0000 UTCSo Epic ! I cant !
Kamono
2024-07-26 17:51:55 +0000 UTCMagnificent video! The Battle of Montebello was a tactical thrill to watch, and the music is incredible! This is truly epic. Thank you, Epic History! 🎉
Medin Burnic
2024-07-26 17:47:13 +0000 UTCOutstanding! Thank you!
Dan.Gryn
2024-07-26 17:33:35 +0000 UTCIncredible, at it again! Congratulations to everyone involved for this EPIC WORK! Thank you!
Petrescu Gabi
2024-07-26 17:18:32 +0000 UTCi LOVE this! my blood always gets pumping whenever there is a new napoleon video out from EHC! :D
Martin Andersson
2024-07-26 17:15:22 +0000 UTCI dont know how you guys are this consistent with the quality but man you guys are the best from production to narration I do wish you guys did a ottoman history series since nearly every other history channel has made it but none have the charm of your videos take care toby
The Imperialist
2024-07-26 17:14:53 +0000 UTCTo be honest I keep hearing about Marengo when it comes to Napoleon since it's his most famous victory but no video about it. Thank you for the video now I get to see what made the battle of Marengo so special.
Sergei
2024-07-26 17:05:50 +0000 UTCI think this is a typo at 13:56 The Austrians were surprised on the 26th of May not the 24th and if that's the case Napoleon would've wrote that on the 26th.
Gage Hardesty
2024-07-26 16:53:52 +0000 UTCAmazing Video Toby! Really enjoyed this one. I think you portraited the crossing especially well! As a small sidenote, my (quite bad) leads me to think that Casa il Giardiana maybe is a wrong name. Are you sure its not Casa la Giardiana? It would fit the grammar better
KuhlerKarl
2024-07-26 16:43:02 +0000 UTCThis video turned an “okay workday” into a “very good NOT day-off.”
MitchyCool
2024-07-26 16:42:51 +0000 UTCI don't know if the 21st was still part of Melas's offensive but if it was then the 6-12th of April would be considered a typo at 6:42.
Gage Hardesty
2024-07-26 16:42:35 +0000 UTCEpic History Tv est le champion des histoires épiques !
Richard Fernandes
2024-07-26 16:33:13 +0000 UTCYes! Another napoleon video! Can't wait till I get home, dive in bed and enjoy a quality piece. Thanks for a great start to the weekend!
Juan Manuel van der Zee
2024-07-26 16:29:57 +0000 UTCThank you for mentioning Cassano (27th April 1799)!!!
TankerBricks
2024-07-26 16:20:50 +0000 UTCAmazing! I’ve just crossed the alps myself to visit Toulon, so this is very timely 🗻
Marley B
2024-07-26 16:11:22 +0000 UTCI haven’t touched it yet but I know this will be amazing! Thank you Epic History Team! ❤️
Danny Loftis
2024-07-26 16:03:08 +0000 UTC
