1805: The Battle That Shattered Napoleon's Invasion Plans | Nelson's Trafalgar | Timeline

Nelson’s Trafalgar examines the legendary Admiral Horatio Nelson, a complex figure known for his heroic deeds, complex controversies, and his great romance with Lady Hamilton. His death during the Battle of Trafalgar is immortalized in bronze and stone in Trafalgar Square.
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  • @MrNiceGuyHistory
    @MrNiceGuyHistory Жыл бұрын

    Ahhh... Another blissfully relaxing documentary about the unimaginable horrors of warfare to drift asleep too.. Much appreciated!

  • @wendymcanena2421

    @wendymcanena2421

    11 ай бұрын

    Sleep easy, friend, make the most of it, for during your lifetime you will bear witness to horrors way beyond the imagination of the writers if these documentaries. Enjoy the comfort while it lasts

  • @jordanfan5896

    @jordanfan5896

    4 ай бұрын

    Jordan Fan,Prophet of Environment。范楚漳,環境先知: Jordan Fan,Prophet of Envand!!!!!!!!,,?! While Nelson was only capable of deploying his half nelson moves in wrestling. Napoleon Bonaparte had lots of great military & strategical maneuvers. Among them are his ability to Blown apart the bodies of all his enemy’s soldiers with his canons while keeping his own soldiers from being Blownaparted. Napoleon Bonaparte’s soldiers all have great appetite therefore they would constantly ordering French Fries 🍟 from Marshal McDonald while he still needed to constantly loading cannons with Quarter-pounder cannonballs!!?,?!...

  • @jimwalker5412
    @jimwalker5412 Жыл бұрын

    I live in England, my home was built in 1805, and it fascinates me that whilst my home was being built, the battle of Trafalgar was in progress

  • @The_Essential_Review

    @The_Essential_Review

    Жыл бұрын

    Also Austerlitz over on the Continent

  • @hazbutler

    @hazbutler

    Жыл бұрын

    And you only just moved in!? Some builders really do take forever, huh.

  • @sydmccreath4554

    @sydmccreath4554

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hazbutler 😂

  • @LopSidedBobb

    @LopSidedBobb

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hazbutler 😂

  • @johnrobinson1762

    @johnrobinson1762

    Жыл бұрын

    Now you work for door dash, how long do you plan on working for them?

  • @seanbigay1042
    @seanbigay104211 ай бұрын

    I'm mildly disappointed that Lord Nelson's famous last words got left out. He had a gift for words, and his last ones were words befitting a hero: "Thank God, I have done my duty!"

  • @georgewilkinson6510
    @georgewilkinson6510 Жыл бұрын

    One of the best accounts of the life of Lord Nelson I have seen. A true hero.🇬🇧🇨🇦

  • @PowermadNavigator
    @PowermadNavigator9 ай бұрын

    Admiral Nelson truly was an incredible figure.

  • @rob832
    @rob83211 ай бұрын

    One of the best examples of why excellent, insightful, historical, documentaries will always find an audience, and will never stop being made.

  • @Anglo_Saxon1
    @Anglo_Saxon1 Жыл бұрын

    You couldn't make it up with this fella. He is the perfect,textbook War Hero.He lead from the front,the end often justified the means of his actions. Dangerous,brave man. And to top it off,as he is fighting perhaps his greatest most important battle(and winning)he takes a fatal bullet and dies in action. Perfect.

  • @beagle8boy

    @beagle8boy

    Жыл бұрын

    Perhaps if he didn't insist on wearing his full uniform along with his diamond encrusted medals, he would not have made such an obvious target for enemy sharp shooters.

  • @Anglo_Saxon1

    @Anglo_Saxon1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@beagle8boy Do we know that he was wearing medals when he got killed? Either way,it emphasizes my point that he was the textbook war hero.

  • @terryt2728

    @terryt2728

    Жыл бұрын

    Do we know the name of the man that killed Nelson? Is he a big deal in France?

  • @Anglo_Saxon1

    @Anglo_Saxon1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@terryt2728 Midshipman John Pollard took the credit for shooting and killing the French Marine who killed lord Nelson.

  • @richardrowland2898

    @richardrowland2898

    Жыл бұрын

    Just like Michiel Adriaanzoon de Ruyter, just over a hundred years earlier.

  • @georgepurdy7823
    @georgepurdy7823 Жыл бұрын

    This; MORE OF THIS! The Navy of most Nations are so criminally undervalued in documentaries unless it’s the WW2 German U-boats or the USS Enterprise. Actual in-depth analysis of the Line of Battle, The Admirals, Captain and, Crew. I just want more like this.

  • @sydmccreath4554

    @sydmccreath4554

    Жыл бұрын

    YEEEESSSSSSS ! ! !

  • @donnieboughton1730

    @donnieboughton1730

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, because there are no documentaries about the Spanish armada, Italian, English, dutch navy's. Or vikings or Phoenicians. Or Polynesian boatsman...

  • @prasantakumarpadhi4399

    @prasantakumarpadhi4399

    Жыл бұрын

    Without navy (fighting+merchant),2nd world war would not have been won.

  • @rogerpattube

    @rogerpattube

    Жыл бұрын

    Er Bismarck?

  • @aneubeck4053

    @aneubeck4053

    11 ай бұрын

    Agreed

  • @philryan3026
    @philryan3026 Жыл бұрын

    A very good documentary on one of Britain's greatest war heroes.

  • @anthonynicholson5193
    @anthonynicholson5193 Жыл бұрын

    Nelson, Cochran and Drake are by far my three favourite English Naval officers

  • @greenscene5215

    @greenscene5215

    Жыл бұрын

    Cochrane would have to be mine, for the assistance he gave to latin Americans to achieve independence.

  • @donaldgraham6414

    @donaldgraham6414

    Жыл бұрын

    You mean British. Thomas Cochrane was a Scot.

  • @chasey2327

    @chasey2327

    11 ай бұрын

    drake as the pirate or the explorer?

  • @johnhanson5943

    @johnhanson5943

    11 ай бұрын

    Johnny Walker did a huge amount to stop the next Anti-Christ in WW2. Worth looking up.

  • @jamesalexander5623

    @jamesalexander5623

    10 ай бұрын

    @@chasey2327 Both, Surely!

  • @alvaroyg06
    @alvaroyg065 ай бұрын

    Although I am a Spaniard, I must admit Nelson was one of the most, if not the most, dexterous man at sea the world has ever seen. Here in Spain, people tend to despise British strategies, which, for instance, includes having hindered Spain's colonial trade during the reign of Philip II or, as it happens, having won the Battle of Trafalgar. Nevertheless, I cannot show but sheer respect to a man who, counting upon fewer warships than those of his enemy, succeeded in rising up with a victory that remains immortalized in both English and Spanish history.

  • @kevcaratacus9428

    @kevcaratacus9428

    4 ай бұрын

    Francis Drake was another great seaman . Also hated by the Spanish. Who called him EL Draco , the dragon. A pretty cool name .

  • @alvaroyg06

    @alvaroyg06

    4 ай бұрын

    @@kevcaratacus9428 Yes! He was one contemporary of Philip II of Spain. I dare say El Draco is even more hated than Admiral Nelson here! Spain would always confront England when it came to consolidating the control of colonial trade across the ocean, and Sir Francis was surely a feared privateer. My great-grandfather used to say that the British were but pirates, the epitome of buccaneering being El Draco. Many still think that way, even though it's been literally ages since those events. Inexplicable...

  • @ernestoA.1999
    @ernestoA.1999 Жыл бұрын

    “ Cannot one of you hold the damn Channel for just 6 hours “Napoleon cursing to his Admirals

  • @janach1305

    @janach1305

    Жыл бұрын

    Napoleon was a genius as a general on land, but he did not understand combat at sea.

  • @geoffcollier8736
    @geoffcollier87369 ай бұрын

    My Grandfather joined the royal navy at the age of twelve in 1897. Obviously little change from the time of Nelson! He served through the first world war and was involved with naval blockade of the German navy in the North sea as well as duties throughout the world until he was dismissed the navy not long after war ended in that great move towards peace and disarmament. His remark at that time was that at sometime in the future we will have to do this all again. How true!

  • @pabloc88886
    @pabloc88886 Жыл бұрын

    Well done. Captures the weakness and humanity of the hero, as well as his indomitable will, and incandescent courage...

  • @SNP-1999
    @SNP-1999 Жыл бұрын

    This is a truly excellent documentary on the life and achievements of Lord Nelson, undeniably one of Great Britain's greatest seamen and naval commanders, if not the greatest. Well researched and unbiased, it presents a well ballanced portrait of the man and his times - a brilliant production in every way, from the authentic footage to the narrative and the expert opinions of historians.

  • @jimboll6982

    @jimboll6982

    11 ай бұрын

    Collingwood took over and won the Battle. Nelson must have been a little srrogant, walking around the deck adorned in all his Bling

  • @ishmaelforester9825

    @ishmaelforester9825

    11 ай бұрын

    He's definitely the greatest for Trafalgar

  • @juerbert1

    @juerbert1

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@jimboll6982, incredibly foolish, cosidering the French (or Spanish) were shooting down from the height of their ships' masts ?!✨

  • @zulubeatz1

    @zulubeatz1

    8 ай бұрын

    Totally agree. Very different from the often sterile biographical documentaries this was very engaging.

  • @marcprins3841

    @marcprins3841

    8 ай бұрын

    halve the french armie was sick and already dead befor thise battle the where not even at ful power when this battle happend

  • @SNP-1999
    @SNP-1999 Жыл бұрын

    If I remember correctly, it was Nelson who also retook Malta from the French - Napoleon had invaded the island on his way to Egypt. Malta was to be major asset to Great Britain in the Mediterranen in later times, especially in World War 2, and all thanks to Nelson.

  • @wekapeka3493

    @wekapeka3493

    4 ай бұрын

    It wasn’t so much that he ‘retook Malta” as liberated it and returned it to the Maltese earning their gratitude which has persisted to such an extent that Malta was awarded the George Cross for the heroism of the Maltese during WW2. The looted treasure of Malta was aboard the French flagship, Le Orient, at the battle of the Nile which was destroyed by the much smaller HMS Bellerophon which suffered the greatest number of casualties in the battle. The two ships were anchored alongside each other and firing continued until Le Orient caught fire, by this time Captain Darby was below decks injured and all mates were also either dead or disabled leaving the vessel under the control of a 14? year old midshipman who ordered the anchor cables to be cut so they would drift away and survive the explosion of Le Orient which scattered Maltas treasure around the bay. The midshipman in later life became Australia first governor general.

  • @thomasrobinson8559

    @thomasrobinson8559

    4 ай бұрын

    Ballsacks

  • @aldhadenglisc6937
    @aldhadenglisc693711 ай бұрын

    We will never have another like Lord Nelson, makes me proud to be an Englishman, for God and country 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

  • @loganstroganoff1284

    @loganstroganoff1284

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@paulanthonynelson2733as an aussie nelson you may very well be related to lord nelson

  • @heather-joygarrett5166
    @heather-joygarrett516610 ай бұрын

    My Great-grandfather served in the Royal Navy from the mid 19th Century and twice was appointed to be a guide on Victory. He brought my Grandfather (and thus the rest of the family) up to be extremely condemnatory of the way Emma and Horatia were treated - he said the state betrayed Nelson's last wishes.

  • @wekapeka3493

    @wekapeka3493

    4 ай бұрын

    Nelson’s brother inherited his property and disowned his wife and daughter. So disgusting.

  • @wekapeka3493
    @wekapeka3493 Жыл бұрын

    Great documentary befitting the great man. That HMS Victory still exists is so important, I loved my time aboard her after travelling half way around the world to do so. All the more interesting having had family members there with Nelson at the Battle of the Nile and possibly Trafalgla. And here in NZ we have our city called Nelson with “Trafalga street" being its main street with another called “Victory Street” and a smaller nearby town of "Collingwood"

  • @joeyj6526

    @joeyj6526

    Жыл бұрын

    I hope you enjoyed it. I live in the area so I hope you enjoyed the surrounding area aswell if you saw it. There are parts of Portsmouth and Southsea that are.. Hmm, rough haha.

  • @wekapeka3493

    @wekapeka3493

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joeyj6526 Stayed at a motor camp In Portsmouth and shifted to another at Gosport just for a different view, both were excellent. Going to Gosport went we stumbled on “Explosion” at Gunpowder wharf which kept us in the region for another day. In nine months in the UK we did not have one bad experience and very any good ones, meeting some nice people in clouding tracking down relatives which was amazing seeing the family emigrated to NZ in 1874

  • @grandcrowdadforde6127

    @grandcrowdadforde6127

    10 ай бұрын

    >>> Greetings ! from Nelson British Columbia; a small town in the Southern Interior. (( above// near Spokane Washington).... that Nelson dudes name sure got around!

  • @wekapeka3493

    @wekapeka3493

    9 ай бұрын

    @@grandcrowdadforde6127 It’s a small world, my son got married recently (here in NZ) and his wife’s GG?grandfather was captain of HMS Blerephon which was about third in line behind Nelson at the Battle of the Nile whereas a descendant of mine had rowed out with his cousin into Chatham harbour and stowed aboard a British man o war, he returned as a midshipman about 4 years later and had also been present at the battle of the Nile but I haven’t been able to track down which vessel.

  • @kevcaratacus9428

    @kevcaratacus9428

    5 ай бұрын

    Thing about the memorial to Nelson in London I don't get It's so high, you can't even see the statue of the guy .

  • @eliotreader8220
    @eliotreader8220 Жыл бұрын

    I went on board her last summer. the new tour guide system really brought HMS Victory alive. I understand that she had so many small holes in her sides that she was nearly sank during the storm

  • @philipmulligan4325

    @philipmulligan4325

    10 ай бұрын

    Was onboard today. The whole base was awesome and every Brit should visit at least once.

  • @jordanfan5896

    @jordanfan5896

    4 ай бұрын

    Jordan Fan,Prophet of Environment。范楚漳,環境先知: Jordan Fan,Prophet of Envand!!!!!!!!,,?! While Nelson was only capable of deploying his half nelson moves in wrestling. Napoleon Bonaparte had lots of great military & strategical maneuvers. Among them are his ability to Blown apart the bodies of all his enemy’s soldiers with his canons while keeping his own soldiers from being Blownaparted. Napoleon Bonaparte’s soldiers all have great appetite therefore they would constantly ordering French Fries 🍟 from Marshal McDonald while he still needed to constantly loading cannons with Quarter-pounder cannonballs!!?,?!,,??

  • @kevcaratacus9428

    @kevcaratacus9428

    3 ай бұрын

    I've only been inside once, we are so lucky to have it. It surprised me just how cramped it was inside. I can't imagine how terrible it must've been with all the cannon fire the smoke etc .

  • @dougwilson6778
    @dougwilson6778 Жыл бұрын

    Admiral Nelson, a truly great admiral!

  • @lw3646
    @lw364611 ай бұрын

    Fascinating period. He didn't allow his handicaps stopping him from achieving great things. He gave his life for his country, a true hero in that sense but also something of a rebel too.

  • @thegift20luis
    @thegift20luis9 ай бұрын

    There are few commanders I would follow into battle, Admiral Nelson is definitely one of them! Excellent educational, Thanks for sharing!

  • @michaeldavidson1909
    @michaeldavidson1909 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic documentary. Thank you!

  • @lw3646
    @lw364611 ай бұрын

    Winning the Napoleanic war allowed Britain to devote itself to industry abd trade from 1815-1914. It was also our greatest period arguably in the arts and literature, as well as the sciences and philosophy.

  • @carl5563
    @carl55638 ай бұрын

    I first read everything I could get my hands on about ships when I was in grade school and Nelson became my hero and inspiration for my life, believing that I could attain anything if I set my mind to it. I thought I knew everything about Nelson, but this excellent account of Nelson's career taught me in details from a host of historians the personal social, psychological, military, and medical perspectives of Lord Nelson's life and exploits providing a much fuller understanding of this extraordinary hero. His life and accomplishments cannot help but inspire. We are lucky to have this entertaining and instructive account of one of the greatest man in history. Bravo!

  • @20chocsaday

    @20chocsaday

    5 ай бұрын

    Any idea why the first Nelson's column was erected on Glasgow Green.

  • @daneelolivaw602

    @daneelolivaw602

    4 ай бұрын

    @@20chocsaday Probably because they were the first to be able to raise enough money for the monument. Most were paid for by public subscription.

  • @chris.asi_romeo
    @chris.asi_romeo Жыл бұрын

    Horatio Nelson vs Napoleon Bonaparte. Netflix should do a series about this. Would be epic.

  • @lloydnaylor6113

    @lloydnaylor6113

    Жыл бұрын

    A remake of Waterloo would be great too.

  • @jp-um2fr

    @jp-um2fr

    Жыл бұрын

    Nelson would turn in his grave - and so would I.

  • @dovetonsturdee7033

    @dovetonsturdee7033

    Жыл бұрын

    I cannot think of a suitable black actor who might portray Nelson, or a suitable transgender one to play Napoleon.

  • @janach1305

    @janach1305

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dovetonsturdee7033If it were an opera instead of a film, the color of the performer wouldn’t matter as long as he could sing and act the role. Transgender wouldn’t work because the Napoleonic Wars are post-Baroque, so heroic male roles are no longer sung by sopranos or mezzos.

  • @Sh_tstain

    @Sh_tstain

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@dovetonsturdee7033 Touche!

  • @Anglo_Saxon1
    @Anglo_Saxon1 Жыл бұрын

    Imagine being in such a position in life to be able to say "I don't want to be buried in Westminster Abbey,bury me in St Paul's". Wow.

  • @richardhorrocks1460

    @richardhorrocks1460

    Жыл бұрын

    Anyone can say that.

  • @Anglo_Saxon1

    @Anglo_Saxon1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@richardhorrocks1460 It's the fact that Nelson had the choice,whereas "anyone" didn't.

  • @donaldgraham6414

    @donaldgraham6414

    Жыл бұрын

    @@richardhorrocks1460 My wife can’t say it. Her English isn’t good enough.

  • @jordanfan5896

    @jordanfan5896

    4 ай бұрын

    Jordan Fan,Prophet of Environment。范楚漳,環境先知: Jordan Fan,Prophet of Envand!!!!!!!!,,?! While Nelson was only capable of deploying his half nelson moves in wrestling. Napoleon Bonaparte had lots of great military & strategical maneuvers. Among them are his ability to Blown apart the bodies of all his enemy’s soldiers with his canons while keeping his own soldiers from being Blownaparted. Napoleon Bonaparte’s soldiers all have great appetite therefore they would constantly ordering French Fries 🍟 from Marshal McDonald while he still needed to constantly loading cannons with Quarter-pounder cannonballs!!?,?!!,,)

  • @Anglo_Saxon1

    @Anglo_Saxon1

    4 ай бұрын

    @@jordanfan5896 If you say so😉😂🤣👍👍👍

  • @Stitchwitchstitch
    @Stitchwitchstitch9 ай бұрын

    I love death masks- such potent things. It’s amazing, how you can see their features as they were (mostly), instead of the idealized/standardized templates lots of artists used for time-saving, customizing with minor tweaks. A genuine death mask shows you the nose, or chin- the cheeks: that rose in a smile when he laughed at something his daughter did. Shows the sleeping face that Emma would have looked at with love. She probably kissed his nose, held that face in her hands. His daughter probably patted his cheeks. It’s a death mask that brings that to life, not any portrait. Although, I do love portraits (when they’re well-done).

  • @antonioulloa4045
    @antonioulloa4045 Жыл бұрын

    Just when i was staring to get bored at work 😭😭😭 Love listening to documentaries as I work

  • @juniorjohnson5961

    @juniorjohnson5961

    Жыл бұрын

    When you're bored at work write this on the stall door ... This is where Napoleon beat his Bone apart 😮

  • @antonioulloa4045

    @antonioulloa4045

    Жыл бұрын

    @@juniorjohnson5961 😂🤣 i shall. I work in construction 💀

  • @jordanfan5896

    @jordanfan5896

    4 ай бұрын

    Jordan Fan,Prophet of Environment。范楚漳,環境先知: Jordan Fan,Prophet of Envand!!!!!!!!,,?! While Nelson was only capable of deploying his half nelson moves in wrestling. Napoleon Bonaparte had lots of great military & strategical maneuvers. Among them are his ability to Blown apart the bodies of all his enemy’s soldiers with his canons while keeping his own soldiers from being Blownaparted. Napoleon Bonaparte’s soldiers all have great appetite therefore they would constantly ordering French Fries 🍟 from Marshal McDonald while he still needed to constantly loading cannons with Quarter-pounder cannonballs!!?,?!....

  • @ishmaelforester9825
    @ishmaelforester982511 ай бұрын

    Nelson has a great last command, 'Engage the enemy more closely ' There is a profound irony in that. His whole thing was find, attack, destroy but in a way he was a teddy bear.

  • @WoollyWanderers
    @WoollyWanderers Жыл бұрын

    My fifth Great Grandfather was George Horatio Copplestone, born 1806. His marriage certificate gives his father's name as Thomas Copplestone, Naval Officer. Thomas wasn't at Trafalgar but I think it's incredible that an ancestor was named after this great man.

  • @adventurehawksancientharmo3519

    @adventurehawksancientharmo3519

    11 ай бұрын

    Supposedly I’m an indirect descendant of Nelson.

  • @adventurehawksancientharmo3519

    @adventurehawksancientharmo3519

    11 ай бұрын

    We share the same nose and name

  • @jamesalexander5623

    @jamesalexander5623

    10 ай бұрын

    @@adventurehawksancientharmo3519 How do you Breathe through a Dead Man's Nose?

  • @adventurehawksancientharmo3519

    @adventurehawksancientharmo3519

    10 ай бұрын

    @@jamesalexander5623 glue and paper straws…because plastic straws kill sea turdles…

  • @paulanthonynelson2733

    @paulanthonynelson2733

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@adventurehawksancientharmo3519 from his brother Robert in my case, apparently. Not the lucky brother though unfortunately for me. ;)

  • @chris.asi_romeo
    @chris.asi_romeo Жыл бұрын

    Love watching documentaries like this.

  • @luckyspurs
    @luckyspurs Жыл бұрын

    Nelson's lying in state was about 300 metres down the road from me in Greenwich. Which is crazy where he started from, that he had a state funeral.

  • @chrisanduncensoredjapan6627
    @chrisanduncensoredjapan6627 Жыл бұрын

    Went on board the Victory in 1994 and 2005. Getting proud of my tally for visiting global battlefields. That summer my parents and I did the D-Day landing grounds as well.

  • @chrisanduncensoredjapan6627

    @chrisanduncensoredjapan6627

    Жыл бұрын

    @@highcountrydelatite ASAS?

  • @charliewrightson3883
    @charliewrightson388311 ай бұрын

    The 2 year blockade, all seasons and weather was just as important as the actual battle. It was a unbelievable bit of seamanship, and probably caused a loss in capability in the French Navy

  • @peteredwards338
    @peteredwards338 Жыл бұрын

    There seams to be a little gap in England 's defences now ! We need a Nelson urgently !

  • @chrismac2234

    @chrismac2234

    9 ай бұрын

    We are. It's called the littoral battle group. Check it out.

  • @simonrc179

    @simonrc179

    7 ай бұрын

    Time for individuals to act. Pls save your country. So sad. The little country that basically birthed the modern world - gifting us industry, bi cameral parliments, common law, a global language - which then steadfastly confronted every enemy to nuture and protect it...invariably prevailing - usually against enemies double or triple its size - this remarkable place is now being overrun. The words of the greatest poet and playwright to have breathed air come to mind; 'This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear’d by their breed and famous by their birth, Renowned for their deeds as far from home, For Christian service and true chivalry this land of such dear souls, this dear dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world, Is now leased out, I die pronouncing it, Like to a tenement or pelting farm: England, bound in with the triumphant sea is now bound in with shame. That England, that was wont to conquer others, Hath made a shameful conquest of itself. Ah, would the scandal vanish with my life, How happy then were my ensuing death!' William Shakespeare, Richard II

  • @MDavis1990
    @MDavis1990 Жыл бұрын

    The goat of naval war fighting

  • @The_Essential_Review
    @The_Essential_Review Жыл бұрын

    Woah I just noticed this is from yesterday! I just looked up this battle after Austerlitz, great timing from a great channel!

  • @closetglobe.IRGUN.NW0
    @closetglobe.IRGUN.NW0 Жыл бұрын

    Nelson leading the fleet is so badass

  • @AdamBechtol

    @AdamBechtol

    9 ай бұрын

    :)

  • @zulubeatz1
    @zulubeatz18 ай бұрын

    Incredible and moving documentary that grabs your attention and imagination. What an amazing story this great commander left behind.

  • @adayinthelife5772
    @adayinthelife57723 ай бұрын

    Nelsons battle strategy was SHOCK AND AWE.

  • @hubertmichael1595
    @hubertmichael15953 ай бұрын

    Very well presented, and informative. Thank you for giving us this great man's history.

  • @Steve1734
    @Steve1734 Жыл бұрын

    He served as a hero, fought like a hero, loved like a hero and died a hero's death. It would be 160 years before the nation would pour out its grief in such a way and bury another hero, Sir Winston Churchill. I don't think there has ever been another nation in history that has seen and felt the highs of victory and the depths of despair as Gt Britain.

  • @richardhorrocks1460

    @richardhorrocks1460

    Жыл бұрын

    Chad, maybe?

  • @paulscottfilms

    @paulscottfilms

    11 ай бұрын

    and then it surrendered to woke , immigration and weakness

  • @jamesalexander5623

    @jamesalexander5623

    10 ай бұрын

    @@richardhorrocks1460 Mali ....

  • @hellomoto2084

    @hellomoto2084

    8 ай бұрын

    Plenty of others . British history remarkable as it is , is quite short compared to histories of nations of orient like china , india , persia , Mesopotamia etc so on and so forth.

  • @markmaher4548

    @markmaher4548

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@hellomoto2084 There in lies the rub with British history, as the people pre-Roman invasion had an oral history as opposed to a written one. Though they managed to leave monuments behind them such as Stonge Henge, the stone circle surrounding the henge being built in the Neolithic, about 2,500yrs ago & the inner stones being errected about 5000yrs ago. You want history? We've got it in spades!

  • @longdatedoptionsleaps6112
    @longdatedoptionsleaps611211 ай бұрын

    Jeez thanks for this upload. I of course have heard of Nelson however didn’t really know the details of why he was so important. Leads from the front..battle hardened…wounded multiple times…tactical genius ….

  • @jonnorris7564
    @jonnorris75647 ай бұрын

    Trafalgar was probably the most important battle until the battle of Midway, both were turning points in the history of Britain and America.

  • @SammyNeedsAnAlibi
    @SammyNeedsAnAlibi5 ай бұрын

    Very awesome video full of facts I didn't know and showing some great art work, too- well done to all those who had a hand in making it!

  • @Danthesane
    @DanthesaneАй бұрын

    When I first learned about Lord Horatio Nelson it was in a small book which summarized his life. I was enamoured. I was impressed and most importantly I was proud. I read this small booklet when i was about 8. I had little concept of history, or politics for that matter. Seeing this documentary was both enlightening and reinforcing in a man I hold on such a high pedestal. Up until now I had only known the legend, this documentary showed me the man as well as the legend and it was both impressive and entertaining. As for my personal thoughts on Lord Horatio Nelson, I am of the opinion that I would live and die on the principle and understanding of Nelson. One of which duty is all to me, and that dedicated commitment to one’s duty and nation is something that is inspired. I hope I can do something noteworthy in my life to even be somewhat noticeable, and Horatio Nelson is the person that started me on this path. A personal hero, I found him cool because of his action, and I’ve come to respect him for his human characteristics, from his flaws, to his fears, to his character. Truly an inspiration

  • @billybob01234567
    @billybob012345679 ай бұрын

    Thankyou so much for uploading this

  • @MartinKillips
    @MartinKillips3 ай бұрын

    Superb presentation. Enjoyed it thoroughly. Moooooore pleeeeease!

  • @roberttreborable
    @roberttreborable6 ай бұрын

    Brilliant I really enjoyed this documentary. Nelson never asked his men to do what he would not do himself, losing an eye, an arm and finally his life at the moment of Victory. Still find his story very moving today. P.S is there a follow up documentary about what happened to Lady Hamilton after the battle?

  • @067captain
    @067captain11 ай бұрын

    I have to say as an ex British soldier with 30 year’s service , I am no longer proud to be British. The country is being ground into the ground by inept politicians, lazy incompetent civil servants, lying mainstream media. But I am immensely proud of our history, with no apology. Nelson, Wellington, Churchill, Montgomery.

  • @nickythom5

    @nickythom5

    10 ай бұрын

    I, too, am a retired British officer with over 30 years' service (if you count the TA). The fact that the country is being betrayed, sold down the the river, and surrendered to the the highest bidder by an incredibly incompetent bunch of mongoloid politicians does not make me less proud to be English. Whatever they do, they cannot erase the glory.

  • @user-em4vr2et8x

    @user-em4vr2et8x

    9 ай бұрын

    Brexit means brexit!!

  • @MultiPimpmaster101

    @MultiPimpmaster101

    9 ай бұрын

    As an American, I can sympathize

  • @annekirk5871

    @annekirk5871

    6 ай бұрын

    As a Aussie we are lucky to be a island country vast land and no worries mate for wst❤😊

  • @user-jx5bm2jj8j

    @user-jx5bm2jj8j

    6 ай бұрын

    Agree 👍

  • @nickphillips2125
    @nickphillips2125 Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful presentation, with the exception @ 31:59 were a drawing shows Nelson with right arm intact and missing his left arm

  • @chrismaskell5992
    @chrismaskell59925 ай бұрын

    RIP Lord Nelson you are my Royal Navy Hero and I will remember you're famous signal England expects every man will do his Duty 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @Aircraftsystemst
    @Aircraftsystemst Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic documentary I really enjoyed this one!!👍

  • @jintsfan
    @jintsfan7 ай бұрын

    When you’ve got a Ladybird book, you’re one of Britain’s Best. 🇬🇧

  • @AndrewJamesWilliams
    @AndrewJamesWilliams Жыл бұрын

    A great documentary about perhaps the greatest of our naval heroes. Horatio Nelson was a brilliant man but also a flawed individual much like everyone else and that is what made him so beloved.

  • @cargumdeu
    @cargumdeu8 ай бұрын

    He should be an inspiration to disabled people everywhere.

  • @Lizablue0608
    @Lizablue0608 Жыл бұрын

    One of THE most intense videos on this if you’re a history lover like myself. I thought being a descendant of Daniel Boone here in the States was cool. Can’t imagine being one of Nelson’s though. Great video. 🎉 Emma and Nelson’s little um..‘friendship’ cracked me up when they had to ride the ferry like everyone else. Poor Emma..😔💔

  • @billyp492

    @billyp492

    11 ай бұрын

    😊

  • @adventurehawksancientharmo3519

    @adventurehawksancientharmo3519

    11 ай бұрын

    I am supposedly an indirect descendant of Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson. We share the same sense of worry, the same nose and the same name…

  • @jordanfan5896

    @jordanfan5896

    4 ай бұрын

    Jordan Fan,Prophet of Environment。范楚漳,環境先知: Jordan Fan,Prophet of Envand!!!!!!!!,,?! While Nelson was only capable of deploying his half nelson moves in wrestling. Napoleon Bonaparte had lots of great military & strategical maneuvers. Among them are his ability to Blown apart the bodies of all his enemy’s soldiers with his canons while keeping his own soldiers from being Blownaparted. Napoleon Bonaparte’s soldiers all have great appetite therefore they would constantly ordering French Fries 🍟 from Marshal McDonald while he still needed to constantly loading cannons with Quarter-pounder cannonballs!!?,,,

  • @kevcaratacus9428

    @kevcaratacus9428

    3 ай бұрын

    Was Daniel Boone one of the men who died at the Alamo ? Excuse my ignorance , I focus so much on the history of my city I know little about the rest of our ( English history) let alone other countries .

  • @collywogs2258
    @collywogs2258Ай бұрын

    Wow, great documentary, thank you

  • @anandmorris
    @anandmorris9 ай бұрын

    Brilliant documentary once again by HH.

  • @Katmando376
    @Katmando376 Жыл бұрын

    Yes very good documentary. Fair to Nelson was a Maverick!

  • @frogwaffle7
    @frogwaffle7 Жыл бұрын

    Great stuff!!!! Love it!!!

  • @VimalPerera-hd8fr
    @VimalPerera-hd8fr7 ай бұрын

    Admiral Nelson.Saviyor Of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 paid the ultimate price ‼️👏👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇫🇷🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @johnhall3824
    @johnhall3824 Жыл бұрын

    I watched this whole thing. It was excellent.

  • @sydmccreath4554

    @sydmccreath4554

    Жыл бұрын

    That is the idea ! 😊

  • @an4189
    @an4189Ай бұрын

    Love the documentary. A great man for me who needs more recognition is Lord Collingwood.

  • @tomhermens7698
    @tomhermens76989 ай бұрын

    What a good documentary!!!! Thank you.!!!

  • @ageofsailaneraforgotten5380
    @ageofsailaneraforgotten5380 Жыл бұрын

    Finally a documentary about a non ww2 or ww1 documentary.

  • @jorgecruzseda7551
    @jorgecruzseda7551 Жыл бұрын

    England expects that EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY!!!!🧐

  • @MoggerNChief

    @MoggerNChief

    Жыл бұрын

    Every pajeet now lad

  • @jackheeley7274
    @jackheeley72743 ай бұрын

    What strikes me is the quote about him “being sure of himself, yet always unsure he’d done the right thing” really brings him to life as a genuine human being… Might be disassociation, but I feel a lot more at ease knowing that even Nelson was anxious about his decisions 😂

  • @davidcollins2648
    @davidcollins264811 ай бұрын

    Wonderfully produced and factual save for the fact there were no "battleships" at the time. Sloops, frigates and Ships of the Line, yes.

  • @williampaz2092

    @williampaz2092

    11 ай бұрын

    Another name for Ship-of-the-Line was “Line-of-Battle Ship”.

  • @rosaliegolding5549
    @rosaliegolding554911 ай бұрын

    Brilliant you even got the Actor to be left handed like Nelson stickers for detail very impressed great video thank you 👏🤷‍♀️

  • @davidromero1044
    @davidromero10446 ай бұрын

    Great, documentary thanks

  • @christopherstephens4016
    @christopherstephens401611 ай бұрын

    My personal British hero. The greatest Briton.

  • @calebshuler1789
    @calebshuler17895 ай бұрын

    It simply amazing, the non fear of death, Nelson lived by

  • @asullivan4047
    @asullivan40478 ай бұрын

    Interesting and informative. Excellent photography pictures 📷/reenactments scenes. Enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing. Class A research project!!! Special thanks to the historian guest speakers making this documentary more authentic and possible. Quite the sea faring sailor/captain/admiral in his navel career. Quite an excruciatingly painful amputation. I'm surprised blood diseases didn't end his life. Due to unsanitary methods back then. Perhaps the amputation gave him all the more fortitude to become the hardened/successful admiral he became???

  • @artfuldodger9312
    @artfuldodger93128 ай бұрын

    The Napoleonic period can be likened to the year 1939, a time when our existence was threatened and we found ourselves on the brink of invasion. At this critical juncture, the English Channel emerged as the sole barrier preventing Napoleon from asserting his dominance over the entire world. In fact, Napoleon himself boldly declared, "Give me freedom of the English Channel and I will rule the world." It is a moment for which we can express immense gratitude that we were fortunate enough to have a bold and daring individual like Horatio Nelson at the helm of our navy, guiding us through these tumultuous waters.

  • @rbheaven4918
    @rbheaven49189 ай бұрын

    Excellent...thank you

  • @TimeWarp2000
    @TimeWarp20009 ай бұрын

    God bless Nelson and the fighting Men

  • @blackcorp0001
    @blackcorp00018 ай бұрын

    Essential viewing ... 👌

  • @drexlspivey3766
    @drexlspivey37668 ай бұрын

    This could make a great movie

  • @Beencheeling
    @Beencheeling3 ай бұрын

    A man geniuenly loved by an entire country, dying in such a valliant manner is something that happens once 100 years. Emperour Charles III, Fredrick II, And now Horatio Neilson, and of course mind you Napoleon

  • @cdfdesantis699
    @cdfdesantis699 Жыл бұрын

    Glad I watched this. Knew about Nelson winning the battles of the Nile & Trafalgar, of course. Knew little about the man.

  • @kylethomson7583
    @kylethomson75838 ай бұрын

    Incredible

  • @williamrobinson7435
    @williamrobinson743510 ай бұрын

    Good this! Plenty of proper knowledgeable bods. 🌟👍

  • @haynes1776
    @haynes177610 ай бұрын

    In the American revolution, we had Naval heroes like John Paul Jones, for the British Navy during the Napoleonic wars, It was Nelson. Trafalgar was his masterpiece. It was tragic he didn't survive the the Royal Navy's greatest victory which gave Britain naval supremacy for the duration of the Napoleonic wars and for a century. Future naval heroes, I'm sure, had studied his tactics and it paid off for them later. 🇬🇧

  • @karenparle4955

    @karenparle4955

    8 ай бұрын

    John Paul Jones was British he started the American navy

  • @haynes1776

    @haynes1776

    8 ай бұрын

    @@karenparle4955 I didn't know John Paul Jones was British. But he was the founded of the United States Navy🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲. I was in history class at Fort Junior high school in Columbus, Georgia and my teacher, Mr Butts asked What was Captain John Paul Jones's famous words during the battle with The British Man of War the Serapis as it engaged Jones's ship, the Bohomme Richard, when the British captain asked if he was ready to strike his colors: Ready to surrender his ship after suffering heavy damage, I raised my hand and when he called my name. I replied, "I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT"!! The class and my teacher were impressed. Because of my love and interest in American history, my teacher nicknamed me "Professor". John Paul Jones turned the tide of battle, at the cost of his ship and capturing the Serapis, and became a American naval hero.🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

  • @jordanfan5896

    @jordanfan5896

    4 ай бұрын

    Jordan Fan,Prophet of Environment。范楚漳,環境先知: Jordan Fan,Prophet of Envand!!!!!!!!,,?! While Nelson was only capable of deploying his half nelson moves in wrestling. Napoleon Bonaparte had lots of great military & strategical maneuvers. Among them are his ability to Blown apart the bodies of all his enemy’s soldiers with his canons while keeping his own soldiers from being Blownaparted. Napoleon Bonaparte’s soldiers all have great appetite therefore they would constantly ordering French Fries 🍟 from Marshal McDonald while he still needed to constantly loading cannons with Quarter-pounder cannonballs!!?,?!..(

  • @JM-uk9yb
    @JM-uk9yb11 ай бұрын

    Very good doco, I hope this feedback makes it back to the top. I am a big history lover but have one problem with timeline and that is they upload too much World War Two content. Give us more docos like this one and other events in history please. Other than that love your work

  • @rainbowappleslice
    @rainbowappleslice11 ай бұрын

    That’s a pretty big flex, to be buried in a coffin made of the flagship of your defeated enemy

  • @normtrooper4392
    @normtrooper4392 Жыл бұрын

    One of the true great masters of the sea.

  • @stephenholmes1036
    @stephenholmes1036 Жыл бұрын

    The navy saved us on at least 5 occasions and its work to stop the slave trade seems to be ignored for some reason?

  • @priorhen8105

    @priorhen8105

    6 ай бұрын

    Cause saying britian was the pioneer of the slave trade is for more fitting for the agenda

  • @thejohnbeck

    @thejohnbeck

    6 ай бұрын

    No big battles

  • @loganstroganoff1284
    @loganstroganoff12849 ай бұрын

    Its interesting to learn of his worries and how they made him physically ill. It humanizes him. We tend to think of great historical figures as unshakeable demigods when the reality is that they have the same fears and foibles as the rest of us. The difference is that they dont fold under that enormous pressure but instead rise above it.

  • @paulanthonynelson2733

    @paulanthonynelson2733

    9 ай бұрын

    Are you going to add anything of value or just be petty as you were to me?

  • @moodswinggaming2972

    @moodswinggaming2972

    5 ай бұрын

    " The difference is that they dont fold under that enormous pressure but instead rise above it " I think that's the definition of bravery.

  • @jordanfan5896

    @jordanfan5896

    4 ай бұрын

    Jordan Fan,Prophet of Environment。范楚漳,環境先知: Jordan Fan,Prophet of Envand!!!!!!!!,,?! While Nelson was only capable of deploying his half nelson moves in wrestling. Napoleon Bonaparte had lots of great military & strategical maneuvers. Among them are his ability to Blown apart the bodies of all his enemy’s soldiers with his canons while keeping his own soldiers from being Blownaparted. Napoleon Bonaparte’s soldiers all have great appetite therefore they would constantly ordering French Fries 🍟 from Marshal McDonald while he still needed to constantly loading cannons with Quarter-pounder cannonballs!!?,?!,,,,

  • @lanem7708
    @lanem77088 ай бұрын

    The balls of this man.

  • @an4189
    @an4189Ай бұрын

    When they talk about him being on the front foot as a risk, it has to be remembered to him he could have been seeing it as we are physically (the power of his ships) and mentally (the skill of his sailors) able to over power these in situations which in the past were less able

  • @markwagstaff7209
    @markwagstaff72098 ай бұрын

    A true British hero

  • @paulanthonynelson2733
    @paulanthonynelson27339 ай бұрын

    Doing my duty watching yet another Horatio doco. Very well.

  • @dougchance8891
    @dougchance889111 ай бұрын

    Nelson always insisted he wore his full attire when he went into battle. Steward- prepare my uniform. Blue jacket- white breeches and tricorn hat. One day the lookout in the crows nest shouted. " Captain- there are 20 enemy ships approaching" Nelson called his steward- get my uniform ready but brown cordroy trousers instead of my white breeches.

  • @georgejenkins3371
    @georgejenkins33717 ай бұрын

    Too bad the level of the audio was not constant. Some speakers mumble, some are very clear.

  • @sumazdar
    @sumazdar7 ай бұрын

    Dziękuję bardzo

  • @sirico
    @sirico Жыл бұрын

    I know a 40k voice actor when I hear one perfect casting

  • @noneofurbusiness5223
    @noneofurbusiness522311 ай бұрын

    @ 32.10 Fire is *always* dangerous, not just in the past.