Longwood House: The Super Prison Built to Hold Napoleon
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Source/Further reading:
St Helena, island prison: www.napoleon.org/en/history-o...
History of the island: www.britannica.com/place/Sain...
Battle of Leipzig: www.history.com/topics/france...
Napoleon’s downfall: www.britannica.com/biography/...
Longwood House history: sainthelenaisland.info/longwo...
Napoleon at Longwood: www.smithsonianmag.com/travel...
Napoleon’s fall and exile on Elba: shannonselin.com/2016/02/how-...
www.historytoday.com/napoleon...
time.com/3714089/napoleon-exi...
Escape from Elba: www.history.com/news/elba-exi...
The Hundred Days: www.britannica.com/event/Hund...
historycollection.co/napoleon...
Exile on St Helena: www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK...
Napoleon on St Helena: shannonselin.com/2015/10/napo...
Why St Helena? www.napoleon.org/en/history-o...
Escape plans and shenanigans: shannonselin.com/2013/11/coul...
Napoleon’s death: www.historyextra.com/period/g...
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@WestVicOffroad 4 жыл бұрын
Napoleons penis escaped!
@konplayz 4 жыл бұрын
no
@davesmith7432 3 жыл бұрын
Simon, after watching this, I actually dislike Napoleon even more than I thought I could. What a d bag
@russellcroweisfat5605 3 жыл бұрын
No
@russellcroweisfat5605 3 жыл бұрын
Has to mention also to subscribe and square space shilling
@scheimong 4 жыл бұрын
The way you kill a man's soul is to give him nothing to do. Napolean's exile may appear luxurious but man was it psychologically brutal.
@mashrien 4 жыл бұрын
Give a man somebody to love.. If you can't do that, give him something to hope for.. If you can't even do that, just give him something to do.
@DarthAwar 4 жыл бұрын
He was a prisoner and killed or had killed or got killed through bad decisions more man then anyone else in history apart from maybe Hitler!!!!
@gekyumebelike8988 4 жыл бұрын
@@DarthAwar Mao Zedong was actually the deadliest man in history
@adamr9215 4 жыл бұрын
Darth Awar Lmao, Hitler doesn’t even make the top 5. Stalin killed far more than him. And Mao killed hundreds of time why both Hitler and Stalin combined. Various Muslim leaders fill in the rest of the top 10 since they have been trying to wipe out Jews and Christians since before they were even recognized religions.
@mondaysinsanity8193 4 жыл бұрын
@@DarthAwar without napoleon monarchy would have existed far longer in Europe. He saved far more than he killed.
@michaelhughes9553 4 жыл бұрын
Longwood house: social distancing before it was hip.
@jmsmith1767 4 жыл бұрын
Michael Hughes 🤣🤣🤣
@theviewer7262 4 жыл бұрын
We're all dead😔
@squamish4244 3 жыл бұрын
Bro, too soon.
@robertwalker-smith2739 3 жыл бұрын
From what I've read, he did an excellent job of ruling Elba. It would have been an interesting turn of fate if he'd lived out his life there and passed Elba on to his son.
@jeffwolcott7815 7 ай бұрын
Not sure if that could happen since the Treaty of Fontainebleau stated Elba to be a non-hereditary principality. Still if he stayed I'm sure Napoleon would have done what he could to change that detail.
@linda10989 4 жыл бұрын
5:39 "French Thanos" 🤣 I'm a little drunk right now but I found that hilarious!
@acesul8811 4 жыл бұрын
And that there is the target audience for this poorly researched tabloid drek.
@linda10989 4 жыл бұрын
@@acesul8811 If you're referring to the channel, Simon has over 250K subs. If you are referring to me personally, I guess I'm the only person whose level of alcohol consumption has increased over the last month? Didn't think so.
@drdre4397 3 жыл бұрын
@@acesul8811 Is a youtube comment the only place you are able to feel the power and control you lack in the rest of your life? Is that why you are such a C U Next Tuesday?
@adeletaylor6143 4 жыл бұрын
Simon Whistler: World domination one KZfaq channel at a time.
@adeletaylor6143 4 жыл бұрын
I shall shave my head in tribute
@bigmcdick4916 4 жыл бұрын
Which island shall we gift him when he eventually makes the mistake of invading Russia?
@charlescrocco7896 4 жыл бұрын
Big McDick Simon will just conquer Russia via VisualPolitik videos
@archstanton6102 4 жыл бұрын
@@bigmcdick4916 Isle of Man
@adeletaylor6143 4 жыл бұрын
@@bigmcdick4916 Simon will not make that mistake. He will walk into Red Square and challenge Putin to a good old fashioned duel. Winner takes all.
@joachimosmundsen5571 4 жыл бұрын
Should be mentioned that at the battle of Waterloo, Napoleons generals and commanders were not what they used to be, it was closer to the C-team and not the Elite A-team he was used to. His team around him made mistake after mistake, making everything harder. Napoleon was of course not what he used to be, but most things went against him after Russia, his luck had not only run out, but there was just bad luck ahead
@ignitionfrn2223 3 жыл бұрын
1:40 - Chapter 1 - The 1st alcatraz 4:30 - Chapter 2 - Life of an empire 11:15 - Mid roll ads 12:50 - Chapter 3 - The remotest island 15:50 - Chapter 4 - Decline & fall 19:15 - Chapter 5 - A forgotten piece of france
@ddpp1268 4 жыл бұрын
The moment I heard that napoleon made up escape plans, (possibly to mess with Lowe), all I could think of is how funny the imprisonment could be as a comedy/historical tv show.
@sloth8598 3 жыл бұрын
I smell another season of Blackadder.
@Chris-hx3om 3 жыл бұрын
@@sloth8598 Or Hogan's Heroes...
@actezla 4 жыл бұрын
Video ends with a nod to the History Guy’, using his catch phrase. Both channels deserve crossover views.
@mattberg6816 4 жыл бұрын
Part 77 Surface history guy’s channel is really good
@brownbenplumm9027 4 жыл бұрын
The History Guy is a boss
@pingpong1138 3 жыл бұрын
You could say that they both *puts on sunglasses* deserve to be remembered
@sherylcascadden4988 Жыл бұрын
Only started listening to Simon this year, Been listening to The History Guy since before pandemic. Both are great!
@inveniamviam4691 4 жыл бұрын
Whoa! I’ve been obsessed with St Helena island since I was a kid, can’t explain it. Just an isolated populated island in the middle of nowhere with a rich history was fascinating to me and I’m hoping to save up and finally visit next year. I almost couldn’t believe my favorite KZfaq channel made a video about the Longwood House! Brilliant, so glad this is getting the attention it deserves. :)
@larryfisher7056 4 жыл бұрын
I understand perfectly. I read about Napolean when I was about 10, nearly 60 years ago. I was also fascinated by the fact that he was exiled on a tiny island. I was finally able to visit St Helena last year as an ultimate bucket list item of mine. Two wonderful weeks exploring and mixing with the locals. I could have stayed much longer in retrospect. Some of the most warm and friendly people you'll ever meet.
@lukey883 3 жыл бұрын
I’m a native of the island. So good luck saving up enough to go there. It’s definitely worth a visit but not really much to do
@paulhartson1 3 жыл бұрын
Read that his harpsichord and other furniture had been restored. Made me interested in going there but that was unrealistic until the airport was opened
@kylemitchell5372 2 жыл бұрын
I've similarly been obsessed with Tristan da Cuhna since 1997 when I saw a TV news story about the world's most remote inhabited island getting it's first computer.
@Pichipieify Жыл бұрын
@@lukey883 its also one of my bucket list. After I retire, ill probably try to visit. Can i ask what is the easiest way to travel to saint helena?
@TechWechSech 4 жыл бұрын
''Whenever I've tried to conquer the word, there have been consequenses.'' I felt that
@--enyo-- 4 жыл бұрын
TechWechSech Felt that in my bones
@spacemongkey1366 4 жыл бұрын
May i ask why u felt it?
@dickmonkey-king1271 3 жыл бұрын
@@spacemongkey1366 It's a joke. The joke is that he is inferring that he too has tried to conquer the world and he too has felt the consequences, just like Napoleon.
@everettlethem6747 3 жыл бұрын
I would pay good money to see a movie about napoleon’s exile on Saint Helena.
@EJD339 3 ай бұрын
It’d be a good movie. Could be a character study with some flashbacks
@MassEffect1988 3 жыл бұрын
My whole family is from St Helena! 😊 I've been to Longwood House many times when I've visited the island 👍
@kullikikkeli1541 4 ай бұрын
Do locals still talk about Napoleon? Do they remember him?
@alexanderveritas 3 жыл бұрын
Britain: Okay Napoleon we’ve had enough of you it’s time for your retirement. _Here’s a private island for you plus a lifetime pension, just try not to stage any coups okay._
@jmsmith1767 4 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU! I’m a High School Social Studies teacher in New York City (The Bronx) and have showed some of your videos in class but now that I’m teaching from home 1) I’m showing as many videos as I can to help make things fun! 2) I’ve been watching tons myself to stave off boredom
@harrisons62 3 жыл бұрын
Jason Smith this content isn’t very well researched, maybe teach your class instead of playing videos as the teachers who did that didn’t teach me anything no matter how cool the students thought they were.
@JeremyOuelletteNH 2 жыл бұрын
@@harrisons62 ok negative nancy, these videos are better researched and more far more objective than most textbooks, never mind other KZfaq videos. Also there are valid reasons teachers sometimes resort to showing videos. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, if they frame it in a healthy discussion, Q&A, etc.
@luckyarabr 2 жыл бұрын
Jajaja
@user-uv9zr8qs2c Жыл бұрын
Believe me, if you show them videos theyll just turn off the sound and do whatever they want bc videos means free time as theyre boring... we did this during online but at University not highschool
@user-uv9zr8qs2c Жыл бұрын
@@JeremyOuelletteNH they should at least find real historical stuff with references and actual books as evidence listed.. not a half assed video with false information
@sburns2421 6 ай бұрын
While researching our family history, my mother discovered two of my direct ancestors (brothers) were British soldiers and on St. Helena as guards for Napoleon. As two of the youngest boys in the detail, they also had the job of being effectively Napoleon's garden help on the grounds of Longwood.
@Epiousios18 4 жыл бұрын
Weird hearing Germany, Prussia, and Austria referred to as the "Allies."
@Simonsvids 4 жыл бұрын
Traditionally for the British they were, as they are again.
@genesis2936 3 жыл бұрын
Bavaria was a French ally ! AH and Goering are from !
@skyden24195 4 жыл бұрын
Who wouldn't like the guy who ordered his soldiers to blow up Bill & Ted, cheats at bowling, and cuts in line at water parks? ;-)
@danielkarlsson8850 4 жыл бұрын
The only Napoleon we know and love 😉
@kirbyculp3449 2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the L'il Nappy that likes small people hitting each other.
@edwardgilmour9013 4 жыл бұрын
Before he went to Longwood house/prison, he was held at the home of the Balcombe Family . The daughter moved to Australia and some of the Family settled on the Mornington Peninsular, at a place still called Balcombe. Later to become the Rest and Recovery place of the USMC 1st division and subsequently the Training camp of Army Tradesmen.
@kodi1969 3 жыл бұрын
I spent a couple of years working on St Helena. Very rugged on the outside, but very much like a very hilly Cornwall or Devon on the inside. Gorgeous place, excellent diving in crystal clear unspoilt waters. Boney spent some time in a house called the briars, whilst Longwood was being finished, he became rather enamoured of the owners daughter. Longwood is now a museum, and France has an ambassador on St Helena. Whenever the saints have a celebration or big event. ( They have loads) he always dresses up as Napoleon
@bronxer78 3 жыл бұрын
Simon Whistler cracks me up: “Whenever I try to conquer the world... there are consequences.” 😂
@stevenpdxedu 4 жыл бұрын
Napoleon and his nephew were extensively presented in university European history and art history classes I had but I'm surprised that no mention whatever was made of "Longwood House". A serious omission that you have remedied nicely. Thanks you Simon, superior as always.
@theshadowman1398 4 жыл бұрын
I just recently checked out tickets to St. Helena. Damn they aren’t cheap.
@Dave_Sisson 4 жыл бұрын
Until a year or two ago, the only way to get there was a weeks voyage on a ship. Then the British built a 500 million pound airport to attract potential tourists like you.
@stevenpdxedu 4 жыл бұрын
I'll bet Napoleon wouldn't have balked at the price of a return ticket.
@JBDiamondCutter 4 жыл бұрын
Probably because of the near global shutdown of flights. It's gonna be pricey no matter what but it's a strange time for the airline industry.
@RuiRuichi 4 жыл бұрын
@@Dave_Sisson I had to look it up since 500 million for a very tiny airport seems too much. It's only a bit over and under half of that depending on how you look at it but that's pretty expensive for an unimpressive airport but I guess the logistics to get material and labor to the super remote island will drive up the costs. British airforce can use it so I guess it's really not a waste of money.
@alexgallagher4594 4 жыл бұрын
@@RuiRuichi also think about med-evac flghts. that airport has already saved many lives
@jeanmouloude 4 жыл бұрын
i love how us french sees napoleon as one of the greatest emperor of mankind while english peoples: Evil man bad
@LeFaisDoDo 4 жыл бұрын
jean mouloude ikr
@pedanticradiator1491 4 жыл бұрын
History is written by the winners
@haploideallel 4 жыл бұрын
Not just the English... Only the French would be so stupid as to worship this conqueror/mass-murderer, who is directly responsible for the deaths and suffering of millions and millions of people in Europe. It's sickening, tbh...
@Perkelenaattori 4 жыл бұрын
He was even taller than the average person of the time yet most people think he was a pygmy.
@Perkelenaattori 4 жыл бұрын
@@haploideallel He declared war twice while he was attacked by 7 coalitions. He was a meritocrat who threatened the existing conservative class structures that were in place and other countries were worried he'd export their social order. If you think Nappy was so bad read up on Metternich and see how woke he was.
@FlamingWalrus1 4 жыл бұрын
While Napoleon was a good general, he was an excellent statesmen. We was a genius who micromanaged everything, from the mathematics of his artillery to critiquing the local priest's homily. The majority of his institutions and a large part of his laws are still in use today.
@UnchainedAmerica 4 жыл бұрын
He was also a jerk.
@michaelhurley3171 4 жыл бұрын
@@UnchainedAmerica He was French nuff said
@nikadavise-br9lx 4 жыл бұрын
and he decimated not only the rest of europe but France as well................since he only wanted tall soldiers he took most of them all to their deaths.............leaving French men shorter for at least 2 or 3 generations..............and yet when i go to France he is still somehow worshiped..........but then their are more Germans than most people like to believe who still think hitler was a hell of a guy and a great leader........it's amazing how the worst people seem to end up in such positions of absolute power and worshiped by the nation he almost destroyed(and set back not only genetically but financially for many many years.....but somehow we now have an orange painted daughter raping pervert as our president.........so guess we are on the down side of our nation right now
@melenatorr 4 жыл бұрын
@@michaelhurley3171 Actually, he was Corsican, his original name being Napoleone Buonoparte.
@DarthAwar 4 жыл бұрын
@@nikadavise-br9lx That was his Nephews doing as President/Emperor
@kylemitchell5372 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video! Best I've seen on Napoleon on St. Helena. And I loved how hip and sarcastic the host was too for a modern audeince.
@huddleen 4 жыл бұрын
Napoleon was a dictator before it was cool, but he wasn’t a bad guy and was certainly better for many Europeans than the entrenched monarchies that built 7 coalitions to take him on. The majority of Napoleonic wars were not started by Napoleon, and I do not think it is fair to blame him for all the bloodshed.
@fredbarker9201 4 жыл бұрын
Nolin Huddleston you are correct
@hugodrax1674 Жыл бұрын
He caused the death of six million but wasn't the bad guy? He marched his men to a frozen death in Russia, but made sure he survived, and wasn't the bad guy? The George Bush Jnr of the 18 hundreds was a killer
@irenehartlmayr8369 Жыл бұрын
I am glad to see that quite a lot of people have the common sense to see things as they are,in- tead of throwing around with uninformed accusations .👍
@walterw8310 4 жыл бұрын
I love all your channels and videos. I have spent countless hours watching them through the years. Your efforts have helped derail my mind in some very troubling times. Thank you, to you, and thank you to all of your writers, editors, staff, your sponsors, anyone and everyone involved in the making of each and every one of your videos. You are an excellent host. So incredibly calculated, clean, level headed, serious yet hilarious. If I had this teacher and teaching material when I was in college, I would have likely graduated.
@flashgordon6670 3 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite YT channels. Question: What would you be doing if it wasn't for the internet? Telling tales in pubs, street corners and parks?
@user-uv9zr8qs2c Жыл бұрын
Hed be booes by people who actually know history
@robotjeans 4 жыл бұрын
Would have been interesting if he had made it to America.
@diltzm 4 жыл бұрын
It'd make a good alternate history hub video.
@kennyvr1392 4 жыл бұрын
imagene the napolic empire of america
@markmh835 4 жыл бұрын
New Orleans would have welcomed him with open arms.
@Raisonnance. 4 жыл бұрын
@@markmh835 Canada too.
@costakeith9048 4 жыл бұрын
He wouldn't have been well received, the American press of that period was every bit as viciously anti-Napoleon as the British press. He was seen as a usurper of the revolution, a petty despot, and a traitor to the cause of liberty.
@xx7secondsxx Жыл бұрын
Anyone else watching with the captions on @ 8:52 "Simon! Put down that sword and get off that horse!" LMADO!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 what a hilarious lil Easter egg!
@realhorrorshow8547 4 жыл бұрын
"Super prison"? It's a house. Not a particularly nice house, but a house.
@biteme9486 4 жыл бұрын
The island itself is the super prison. If Boney tried to escape, they would’ve sent ships after him and he may not have even made it to Europe
@plumreid 4 жыл бұрын
Location location location.
@cocotaveras8975 4 жыл бұрын
Bite Me EXACTLY! It’s just a desolate rock in the middle of the South Atlantic!
@sonjapersch6074 4 жыл бұрын
And prisons are not houses?
@r.m.5548 3 жыл бұрын
@@sonjapersch6074 no, that's housing, not 'a' house. there's a difference, please seek your nearest dictionary before continuing life
@DigitalLazarus 4 жыл бұрын
Thank JAH you are still putting these out. They are much appreciated!
@doswheelsouges359 4 жыл бұрын
Bonaparte consistently asserted the superiority of the civil over the military and acted that way. He certainly installed a form of authoritarian empire but calling it a dictatorship is a bit far fetched. The Consulate and the Empire were not a military dictatorship. He made use of the military extensively but the army did not rule Napoleon's France.
@AhmdsYT 2 жыл бұрын
I would love to see a sitcom based on Napoleon’s life! 😭😂
@kevinrwhooley9439 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Simon, you should do a video on Newgrange next. It's a massive Neolithic structure in Ireland that's older than the Pyramids (the oldest one being the Pyramid of Djoser at 2600 bc)and Stonehenge(3000bc) being built in 3200 bc. It has a door with a roof box above it that perfectly aligns with the sun on the Winter solstice and a roof so well made that it's still waterproof to this day. Archaeologists are baffled on how these people were able to build such a sophisticated structure before the advent of writing and the crane and how advanced their knowledge of the cosmos and the exact alignment of the sun was. Shows how skilled my ancestors were in construction techniques,lapidary design, mathematical calculations and astronomical observation. And for April fools day you should do a video on Nat Tate and for pride month you should do Judy Garland. Anyway great video, as always. Keep up the good work.
@braxtonburchard3701 4 жыл бұрын
Simon I love your channels. I remember when I first found "top tenz " years ago and I've been hooked ever since.
@sarahivsutterb747 4 жыл бұрын
Because of Napoleon in Germany there is a very good and delicious type of bread available! It's called Pumpernickel and it was created for the favourite horse of Napoleon during his time in Germany and at first it was called Pomme pour Nicole because the name of the favourite horse of Napoleon was Nicole and in the region in which it was created by the people they said Pumpernickel because they only understood it like that and until today we can eat it and it is so delicious and healthy for us to eat and one of my favourite ones! Lovely greetings from Sarah and have a great day and enjoy your time and stay safe out there and take care of yourself and your family and friends and stay blessed and healthy and happy right now 🙋💖😍
@julianmessina1969 4 жыл бұрын
I have been to St Helena twice, and both times visited Longwood and taken the beautiful walk to his grave site. St Helena housed many Boer pow's after the Anglo Boer war. Their story deserves to be told.
@PhilChavanne Жыл бұрын
Hilarious at times, your storytelling gives the historical commentary a life of its own. A brilliant chap, you are.
@nesirsitsir 4 жыл бұрын
Uhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuh. Longwood.
@venge1894 4 жыл бұрын
Hehehehehe. He said wood. Hehehe
@PaulMeranda 4 жыл бұрын
lol. bone.
@infidelcastro5129 2 жыл бұрын
“So British they probably bled tea” 😂 As a Brit who hates tea, I nevertheless approve of your claim.
@leehaseley2164 4 жыл бұрын
Great job on this one Simon. You gave the perfect ending.
@frankiebella7808 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent Simon's 👍👍your the great story master 🏆😆
@stephenlane9168 2 жыл бұрын
Another great video Simon & team 👌👏
@galacticmonkeh965 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I just found your channel a couple of months ago and wow it is addictive. Also like your top tenz.
@toddles9 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for continuing to be normal during this time. Your clips are a great distraction.
@AizaakThurston 3 жыл бұрын
Ohh man Napoleon must have really enjoyed those speed boats
@nihalaleonor5019 2 жыл бұрын
🤣
@optorch131 2 жыл бұрын
Great video. Thank you
@sarangsouthkorea7765 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great video, Simon! Stay safe!
@michaelbatts7149 4 жыл бұрын
Don't y'all love the way he makes Avengers and Thanos references? the Avengers teams against the French Thanos! Love it!😂😂😂😂
@EloquentTroll 4 жыл бұрын
Don't call Napoleon a Dictator, he's the Emperor of France.
@shizukajoestar614 3 жыл бұрын
Emperor of the French
@joshuagroves1192 3 жыл бұрын
@@shizukajoestar614 make a difference really
@craigcraig6248 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed, if he was such a brutal dictator, they wouldn't have elected his nephew.
@fredbarker9201 3 жыл бұрын
Difference between dictator and tyrant
@PrezVeto 4 ай бұрын
Correction: he's a skeleton
@starscream548 4 жыл бұрын
Another excellent video by the Geographics team. Your best best videos are really when you mix up the formula talking more about a story then a certain place. But the place itself was incredibly amazing to learn about to. The bitter end of Napoleon... thank you so much for this lesson in history
@constipatedinsincity4424 4 жыл бұрын
When John Wilkes Booth escaped he chose the last name St. Helens in ode to Napoleon,, stating The Little Emperor did what he did for his country
@henriqueoliveira3872 4 жыл бұрын
awesome video!
@tailgatetails 4 жыл бұрын
Do one on Ascension Island!!
@ianjackson5150 4 жыл бұрын
Magnificent video, I loved it.
@lucianoarrieta5786 4 жыл бұрын
This reads and sounds like an epilogue to your Napoleon video🙂...
@sams2951 4 жыл бұрын
Great Video!
@Adam-qs5ir 4 жыл бұрын
I know you guys make money on these and it's a business, but the videos on your channels have been a great learning experience and distraction the last month and a half. Thank you for your work.
@robertthomson1587 5 ай бұрын
I went to St Helena in July. The visit to Longwood was the highlight of the trip.
@bxdanny 4 жыл бұрын
Simon really doesn't like Napoleon, does he? Just remember, the regimes that replaced him didn't exactly "free" the people of Europe. The Congress of Vienna tried to reimpose absolute monarchy, or close to it, all over the place.
@warwickeng5491 4 жыл бұрын
I mean it's not like Napoleon was a good man or anything, so I don't blame him
@nikadavise-br9lx 4 жыл бұрын
You do know that he left France with hundreds of thousands less healthy educated(and tall) men.........setting them back genetically for generations(see canadian men who are from French families(very short even today.....for example.........the men in england were so short during WWI that they had to change their regs to let in the short guys and then starting giving food to families and pregnant women to make their children healthier(thus taller). Who know what those dead men killed for napoleons ego could have done or what their future, never born, children would have accomplished? A cure for cancer in the early 1900's? A way to feed all the people of the world? the end to wars?............
@TY-gh2yf 4 жыл бұрын
And that's why a constitutional monarchy is best. Once again, britain isnt the same as Europe.
@5Andysalive 4 жыл бұрын
Few absolute monarchies were as cruel and brutal (and had crazy world conquering fantasies) as Napoleon. Absolute power doesn't always create monsters like Napoleon, Stalin or Hitler. Of course it makes it more possible, as the various Louis's proved. Absolute monarchies were the rule, not the exception. That doesn't make them euqal. And judging them out of context with 200 years political hindsight makes no sense. Live in Prussia for example was considerably more safe and reliable than in France. The legal reforms of Frederick the Great went beyond anything the french Revolution achieved. And he was an absolute monarch. PS: @TY: Have a little read about Cromwell.
@rhodesianwojak2095 3 жыл бұрын
@@5Andysalive peepeepoopoo world domination stfu anglo
@mustaphaabouali6549 4 жыл бұрын
good job simon
@matthewdockter2424 4 жыл бұрын
I may rip on you for Business Blaze, but I appreciate how you're churning out content right now. Love the level of detail in Biog and Geog. Splendid work!
@TheMCD1989 4 жыл бұрын
Do you not like business blaze? It took me a while to get into it but I really like it now.
@shane0mac96 4 жыл бұрын
Matthew Dockter I like business blaze . What don’t you like about it?
@boden8138 4 жыл бұрын
There’s something very poetic about him ending up in a gilded cage.
@heronimousbrapson863 10 ай бұрын
Napoleon's body was returned to France in 1840 during the reign of Louis Philippe. It was put into a temporary tomb at the Hotel des Invalidss, finally being put to rest in its present sarcophagus there in 1861.
@watchjaredwork1487 4 жыл бұрын
Great video
@Denathorn 3 жыл бұрын
"We know... What a bastard!" :D :D :D Got me good that one! :D :D :D
@lorenzorosi3257 4 жыл бұрын
How funny to watch this video directly from Elba! Apparently his last words leaving the Island on the 26th Feb 1815 were: "I will come back, my Sons! I leave my mother and my sister in your hands." I guess when he didn't come back, the locals went "oh well, he's gone for good. Let's go to his villas and sell everything that isn't screwed down to the floor."
@irenehartlmayr8369 Жыл бұрын
Lorenzo Rosi : What he left there,is STILL THERE,Mister....! How about going to see his villas instead of writing rubbish!
@sandrosaladze8095 4 жыл бұрын
Actually last word he said was: "Josephine"
@samuelcroll344 4 жыл бұрын
I have always wondered what the whole situation in Saint Helena was like.
@user-uv9zr8qs2c Жыл бұрын
Then start reading.. this video is very one sided with little historical goodness in it to be a passable video
@lisamoulton2540 4 жыл бұрын
I like the addition of music occasionally. 👌
@benangel6831 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this...
@anakamarvelous Жыл бұрын
*sees the tiny island he’s set to be imprisoned on* N: “shit. I should’ve quit while i was ahead😰” BIGGEST OOF
@titaniumdiveknife 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Professor
@jennifermckeithen1498 2 жыл бұрын
Can you make a video about the plot by the citizens of New Orleans to re-establish Napoleon in Louisiana?
@ga2773 2 жыл бұрын
My nan is from St Helena, I think she moved too England in the 50s maybe early 60s
@samhouston1979 4 жыл бұрын
what might have been if he’d just lived out his days as “emperor” of Elba?
@joachimosmundsen5571 4 жыл бұрын
It would not have lasted. His enemies thought he might want to escape, they wanted to move him. Napoleon would never give up as long as he could see a way out
@stevebobmcjocksock4021 3 жыл бұрын
Slow death of stomach cancer.
@wesc7983 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@JOSEFIRMINO2007 4 жыл бұрын
An aditional fact: Today, Napoleon' s remains are in an urn at Hôtel des Invalides in Paris where it was put when returned from Santa Helena. In his return trip (1840) the ship passed in a port in Recife - Brazil.
@banjoist123 4 жыл бұрын
This is the best set on KZfaq. I reminds me of the Turner Classic Movies Private Screenings set with Charles Osborne. I just want to live in this set. I wonder if Simon would mind.
@smalkassian6094 4 жыл бұрын
I thought I knew this story already. Thank you for proving me wrong.
@BlueBirdsProductions 4 жыл бұрын
That cutaway to show where Napoleon was exiled to made me laugh too much didn't expect something like that on this channel ahhahaha funny shit
@Frank-mm2yp 4 жыл бұрын
The last time NAPOLEON returned to France was as a corpse. He "resides' in a custom made marble tomb in the middle of Paris. You can go there...You can also visit Elba and St. Helena
@gabe1ist 4 жыл бұрын
Like the humor in this one!
@twocvbloke 4 жыл бұрын
I can just imagine him upon seeing his new jailer, flat on the floor, banging his fists shouting "Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde!!!" as though he'd just lost a bowling session... :P
@K4n01 4 жыл бұрын
6:31 I kept hearing the avengers them on my mind... that should be the track played here.
@defAmunch 4 жыл бұрын
Aside for the Iberian campaign most of his “conquering” was in defense of the revolution ideals and France in general.
@Frank-mm2yp 4 жыл бұрын
Not the first time in history someone wanted a "EUROPEAN UNION"' and certainly not the last.
@haploideallel 4 жыл бұрын
So, him stealing the Netherlands from the people was a form of defense?? How, ffs is that a defense tactic? The guy was nothing better than a Hitler, or a Lenin and the like... Stop worshipping guys that are (directly) responsible for the deaths of millions and millions of people!
@Raisonnance. 4 жыл бұрын
@@haploideallel UK paid other european's nations to do war against France. What do you wanted ? France surrender to ennemy without a fight ? The reaction was the war. They wanted to put a king again and they had their ass kicked. That's what they deserved. Blame UK for millions of deaths.
@cavscout7113 4 жыл бұрын
@@Raisonnance. so the UK was responsible for him invading Russia?..........................................Nah I dont think so.
@oughv 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah because I regularly drive my car through my neighbors fence and take over his pool while raping his wife and murdering his son. You know...... Strictly for my defense.
@MisterDemonTC 3 жыл бұрын
"Luckily they banished him to an island- 🎵 but he caaame back 🎵 Luckily they banished him to another island."
@erraticonteuse 2 жыл бұрын
"When you have multiple empires declaring war on you as an individual, that's how you know you're a very naughty boy."
@andersonhobart9065 4 жыл бұрын
Napoleon was not a tyrant. In France he did many great things, he built new roads, helped the fallen economy, and created lycées (free schools) for children.
@archieames1968 4 жыл бұрын
He also killed millions of people out of pure megalomania. Exile is far from the worst thing that could have happened to him.
@yeetus2754 4 жыл бұрын
Archie Ames bruh you know that the napoleonic wars started when the 1st coalition declared war on France right? Most of the wars were started by the enemies of France and not France himself
@neilbuckley1613 4 жыл бұрын
@@yeetus2754 Ask the Spanish people of the 1800's if they considered Bonaparte to be a tyrant.
@fredbarker9201 4 жыл бұрын
Archie Ames remind me who started the wars on who ?
@fredbarker9201 4 жыл бұрын
Anderson Hobart and the code supporting meritocracy abolishing serfdom etc he’s a hero and I’m English 😊
@kennyvr1392 4 жыл бұрын
the descendants of napoleon are still highly respected in france and filty rich owning titles and historical properties
@chrism1190 3 жыл бұрын
Well done.
@animalia5554 4 жыл бұрын
I only have one thing to say. “History is complicated.”
@davyt0247 4 жыл бұрын
Newgate, the Maze, Black Dolphin, Ritkers, Sing Sing, there are a lot of prisons you guys can cover. And famous battles, Saratoga, Midway, Thermopylae, Marathon, there are a ton of famous battles you can cover
@merryc.5466 4 жыл бұрын
Totes sick of hearing abt ancient Greece & Rome. Sooo grateful Simon presents rarer content! :)
@davyt0247 4 жыл бұрын
Merry C. Can’t tots blame you, but I still want to hear what Simon would say
@brunos6599 4 жыл бұрын
That "deserves to be remembered" is from the history guy, isn't? I also binged his videos.
@mademoiselle1356 2 жыл бұрын
J'aimerai bien visiter Longwood House un jour.
@stephensparkman3072 Жыл бұрын
I’m a Texan so your your comment about Longwood being…”so cushy it would make a Norwegian jail look like a Texas prison…” made me laugh….plus I had to research Norwegian prisons 😂😂😂
@MF_UNDERTOW 2 жыл бұрын
Long live King Simon!
@zanedietlin7645 4 жыл бұрын
something about napoleon's life is so romantic... the man had such ambition, such charm...
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