Deadliest Day of The Napoleonic Wars: Borodino | Animated History

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Little correction, this is the bloodiest day in the napoleonic wars, not the bloodiest battle, the battle of Leipzig was bloodier

Out of every twelve men who marched with the Grande Armée into Russia in 1812, 1 was killed in combat, 2 became POWs (1 of which would die in captivity), 7 would die from disease, starvation, or exposure, and only 2 would make it back. That means that out of the roughly 600,000 men that marched in, only about 100,000 marched back out. Over half a million men either dead or captured, and only about 1/10 from the fighting. The fact that Napoleon managed to fight on for over a year afterwards is a major miracle of military logistics.

The battle that made the cannon an orchestra instrument.

To clarify, the Kingdom of Wurttemberg did not supply half of the cavalry or a third of the infantry. The small german kingdom only contributed some 12k men. However, the Confenderation of the Rhine as a whole contributed 111k men. In fact, the largest foreign contingent were the Poles from the Duchy of Warsaw (around 90k men).

A Pyrrhic Victory. Napoleon held the field. But the Russian Army was not destroyed, retreated in good order, and had fought the Grand Armee to a standstill for hours. All it got Napoleon in the end was tens of thousands of dead and wounded men

If anyone wants to see an amazing representation of this battle, look up "War and Peace: Part iii". With the battle scene taking 2 years by itself, it is unbelievable in it's gargantuan scale and astonishing attention to historical detail (The scene is even filmed where the actual battle took place). It remains the largest battle scene filmed in history, and I would say it's the very best portrayal of Napoleonic warfare i've ever seen.

There is no way that Wurttemberg could have supplied 250.000 soldiers. Even the hyper militarised Prussia couldn't muster that many men.

People say that General Winter defeated Napoleon. He was already defeated before winter. Winter made the defeat absolute and final.

"Quick, the French are taking the city. Release all these prisoners and tell them to burn it to the ground." "Well, well, Jimmy the Arsonist, you are not going to believe your luck."

“WITH THE SACRED PHRASE, MOSCOW IS BEHIND US, WE REMEMBER THE BATTLE OF BORODINO!”

I’m sorry but there are major inaccuracies. For example Kutuzov wrote a letter that is known throughout all Slavs who have interest in Russian history,” my tsar, I can neither claim victory nor defeat, as we (kutuzov and Napoleon) suffered deeply.” Or something along those lines.

Amazing video Griffin! The Bloodiest single day in the napoleonic wars, I love it!

I’d love to see a video of Napoleon’s finest military hour: The 1805 Battle of Austerlitz.

had Pyrrhus of Epirus never been born, we would call his thing a Napoleonic victory.

Fun fact : 0:00-1:48 this theme music comes from a famous French "chanson revancharde" (revanchist song following the defeat of 1870 Franco-Prussian War). It's called "Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et Lorraine". I truly appreciate these little details that make your video even better :) There is a beautiful version sung by George Thill (who was one of the greatest tenor in history) that you can listen to on Youtube!

This video makes some pretty bizarre claims, such as one at 3:30 that half of Napoleon's cavalry and a third of his infantry came from the German state of Wurttemberg, which was at most a second-tier member of the Confederation of the Rhine. They didn't even have their own corps in the Grande Armee, while states such as Saxony, Bavaria, and Westphalia did. Then the video refers to Michel Ney "of the French cavalry", even though Ney commanded III Corps (previously VI Corps), which consisted of infantry units. Ney hadn't directly led French cavalry since the War of the Second Coalition.

And did you know that Pytor Tchaikovsky wrote and composing the 1812 Overture that was inspired by the Russians victory over the French in 1812 during a Russian Winter that totally devastating the Grand Armee of Napoleon Bonaparte. You should listen to its iconic masterpiece and hear the cannons Boom.

"And as he got older, Napoleon's tactics seemed a bit more 'run straight to the enemy, try not to die'" -Oversimplified

Always like to see Napoleonic Era content!! Awesome video!!