Historian Breaks Down Napoleon’s Battle Tactics | WIRED

“Love him or hate him, Napoleon is a figure probably unrivaled in modern history.” Today Jonathon Riley, a British General and historian, breaks down French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s most prominent battles and utilized war tactics. From the Battle of the Pyramids to the Battle of Lützen, hear directly from a war expert how Napoleon “weakened” his opponents and led his troops to victory on the battlefield.

Director: Anna O’Donohue
Director of Photography: Lloyd Willacy
Editor: Louville Moore
Expert: Jonathon Riley
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Kameryn Hamilton
Production Manager: D. Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Sound Mixer: Javier Carles
Production Assistant: Jasmine Brienburg
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell

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22 thoughts on “Historian Breaks Down Napoleon’s Battle Tactics | WIRED

  1. JESUS IS THE LORD OF LORDS AND KING OF KINGS. THE ALPHA AND OMEGA. GOD WILL PUNISH ALL CORRUPT KINGS AND DICTATORS AND ALL MOST WANTED CRIMINALS WITH THEIR FOLLOWERS.

    JESUS SAVES!
    END CORRUPTION AND CRIMES.

  2. The Movie is a joke ! How he got 200 million without reading a history book is amazing ! Phoenix looks ridiculous 😊

  3. Watching a historian break down Napoleon’s tactics is like getting a masterclass in strategy! .Genius moves explained in the coolest way.

  4. i wish the guy can explain more you can’t just be like napolean fought the british and won….

  5. Napoleon was responsible for countles of war crimes. So many people like him but actually he was no better that Hitler or Stalin.

  6. My father never spoke to me. Maybe 5 times in his entire life. I didn’t even know that he had won 3 Bronze Stars for valor in WWII carrying a flame thrower until my brother told me after he died. However one time he told me that a distant Grandfather of ours was a German General whose Army defeated Napoleon’s back in the day.

  7. Nay is the one who lost the battle for Napoleon. He attacked without infantry and artillery support. Napoleon had gone to his tent to lay down, and Nay thought he could do the same as Napoleon had done at Austerlitz and Jena. By the time Napoleon came back to the field it was too late Nay had already destroyed the French cavalry against the british squares over the rize of the hill. Then when the french infantry reached the heights they were mowed down by british musketry.

  8. Good summary, but please can you fix the geography! It’s all over the place, Austerlitz is indeed in Czech republic, but your map is pointing way off. You can do this, maps have been around for some time!

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