The Bravest Man in Napoleon's Army?

General Antoine Lasalle, 'the Hussar General', is widely regarded as one of the most courageous commanders of the Napoleonic Wars. On multiple occasions, he led his brigade forward against seemingly impossible odds, only to return with crowds of prisoners.
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  • @LastHussar1812
    @LastHussar18128 ай бұрын

    "My blood belongs to the Emperor. My heart belongs to you. My life belongs to honour"- Lasalle's last letter to his wife.

  • @dvdortiz9031

    @dvdortiz9031

    8 ай бұрын

    BS!!!!

  • @jozzieokes3422

    @jozzieokes3422

    8 ай бұрын

    Interesting

  • @dgerdi

    @dgerdi

    8 ай бұрын

    So he completely give himself away. A surrender of ego in pride and honor. A contradiction only possible in belief of a greater goal.

  • @kamilhoffmann2410

    @kamilhoffmann2410

    8 ай бұрын

    His wife written back: "i though you've lover. what's with your pennis?"

  • @Truffle_Pup

    @Truffle_Pup

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@kamilhoffmann2410 If you can't speak English at least write it in French.

  • @bismark7108
    @bismark71088 ай бұрын

    One Time, that guy disrepected a prefet (it's like a governor or something). The prefet wrote a complain to Napoléon. Napoléon response was "It took me 20 years to make a Lassalle, but i need one signature to make a prefet".

  • @user-yu2pv5es4q

    @user-yu2pv5es4q

    8 ай бұрын

    Ice cold

  • @christopherevans2445

    @christopherevans2445

    8 ай бұрын

    A prefet is just french for the Prefect. Like the Roman title. Nice story

  • @shaunzaarrae3727

    @shaunzaarrae3727

    8 ай бұрын

    King Chad recognized his Giga Chad

  • @lahiri07

    @lahiri07

    8 ай бұрын

    @@shaunzaarrae3727 🤣🤣

  • 8 ай бұрын

    so what happened after all?

  • @agnezabarutanski1963
    @agnezabarutanski19638 ай бұрын

    If you wanted to die young and in battle, being born French or Polish between 1600 and 1918 was always a good start.

  • @JABN97

    @JABN97

    7 ай бұрын

    Didn’t the Polish lose like 20% of their population in WW2. So, Make that 1945 I guess instead of 1918

  • @agnezabarutanski1963

    @agnezabarutanski1963

    7 ай бұрын

    @@JABN97 Most Polish citizens that died in WW2 were actually Polish Jews, which didn't exactly die in battle. But since you mentioned this, I guess best end year would be 1920., since this was the year of Polish-Soviet war, first major conflict of newly independent Polish state.

  • @patfarget-nm3mt

    @patfarget-nm3mt

    7 ай бұрын

    This works for almost all Europeans of this period... and the percentage increases if we add the Great Black Death where 1 in 3 Europeans died just before...

  • @leaaronsanchez

    @leaaronsanchez

    7 ай бұрын

    Being a soldier between that was a good way to die early. Suicide charges, March into cannon fire, waiting until 30 feet or less to open fire, having to reload in the front row. Poorly trained field doctors chop off your leg because of a broken ankle.

  • @def6420

    @def6420

    7 ай бұрын

    Far more than 20% - most % in the world. And those that were murdered were the elite. This is why Poland struggles.@@JABN97

  • @PG-kt1hz
    @PG-kt1hz8 ай бұрын

    Man, Napoelon sure lost some Great man in the 1809 war against Austria...both Lannes and Lassale...

  • @aimgod7193

    @aimgod7193

    8 ай бұрын

    And also Saint Hilaire

  • @jojobinx9667

    @jojobinx9667

    8 ай бұрын

    Ah Saint-Hillaire, the purest glory of France. The pride of the army. The hero of Austerlitz and Jena.

  • @aimgod7193

    @aimgod7193

    8 ай бұрын

    @@jojobinx9667 LaFayette was better🗣🗣🗣💯💯(If You can tell already I'm being sarcastic)

  • @alvisekibe279

    @alvisekibe279

    8 ай бұрын

    And d'Espagne as well

  • @cucunjameela

    @cucunjameela

    8 ай бұрын

    1809 was not a good year for napoleon

  • @potato23116
    @potato231168 ай бұрын

    Murat has been real quiet since he had been dropped, but then the devs thought he was too op and removed him.

  • @Freewill33

    @Freewill33

    8 ай бұрын

    Moreau has entered the chat!

  • @pulp5084

    @pulp5084

    8 ай бұрын

    Quiet

  • @OSY_PB_ATHEIST

    @OSY_PB_ATHEIST

    8 ай бұрын

    Careful to criticize others. Murat was a coward compared to Lassalle. He always saved himself for power while pushing others to death. We all know what he did to Napoleon to remain the king of Naples. Lassalle knew that any cavalry man fighting in the front cannot survive long years and led by example.

  • @marechalney8019

    @marechalney8019

    8 ай бұрын

    kzread.info2mz7bRWbw1w?si=Q3n_aCnQXZHPCZAy

  • @williamy3947

    @williamy3947

    8 ай бұрын

    Imagine if LaSalle somehow made it to Waterloo. I bet he'd have broken those British squares, somehow!

  • @hulagu3068
    @hulagu30688 ай бұрын

    Lasalle died at 34 so I guess he was a good for nothing in his own words.

  • @Hope-om1kc

    @Hope-om1kc

    8 ай бұрын

    Seriously!?

  • @wh_kers

    @wh_kers

    8 ай бұрын

    well he said at 30 means 30-39

  • @DeanMurray08

    @DeanMurray08

    8 ай бұрын

    @@wh_kersliterally just watched this and the quote states ‘by’ 30.. so not nothing after 29. Cmon man

  • @JasonWeakley

    @JasonWeakley

    8 ай бұрын

    I mean it's only fair. He said it. 😅

  • @user-xl3tz6fb4o

    @user-xl3tz6fb4o

    8 ай бұрын

    Damn! not literally bro, just made an encouraging speech to stir up his fellow and ignore fear of death

  • @cjthegood
    @cjthegood8 ай бұрын

    If Lasalle had lived longer, Napoleon would have made him a marshal.

  • @yourroyalchungusness

    @yourroyalchungusness

    8 ай бұрын

    Theoretically he might have been promoted to Marshal after Wagram since many officers did get promoted after this battle

  • @Comrade_Connie

    @Comrade_Connie

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@yourroyalchungusnessagreed but I feel like Marshall isn't fit for him he seems way better off commanding cavalry but definitely deserving of the title

  • @dvdortiz9031

    @dvdortiz9031

    8 ай бұрын

    Too many IF!!!! Silly!!!

  • @dvdortiz9031

    @dvdortiz9031

    8 ай бұрын

    ​​@@yourroyalchungusnessspoilers

  • @Pikkabuu

    @Pikkabuu

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Comrade_Connie Nye was off Leeroy Jenkinsin a lot too and he was a Marshal...

  • @raffaelbaumkaenguruh2654
    @raffaelbaumkaenguruh26548 ай бұрын

    With that quote of his he seems like a warhammer character

  • @Rusty_Gold85

    @Rusty_Gold85

    8 ай бұрын

    except he was ,real not fiction

  • @raffaelbaumkaenguruh2654

    @raffaelbaumkaenguruh2654

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Rusty_Gold85 correct :) *Insert quote about reality being more fascinating than fiction here*

  • @markaxworthy2508

    @markaxworthy2508

    8 ай бұрын

    "Any hussar who isn't dead by 30 is a good for nothing". He died at 34, so by his own standards he was fit for nothing!

  • @darthparallax5207

    @darthparallax5207

    7 ай бұрын

    Where do ideas come from? People are not interesting, they are not creative, they are not original. It is necessary for it to happen truthfully in real history before anyone would be inspired to think of it in fantasy. And after it's been done in the real world, people don't forget lol.

  • @gortauth3260

    @gortauth3260

    5 ай бұрын

    I'm very sorry to do this but HE IS a warhammer character 😂

  • @choomah
    @choomah7 ай бұрын

    Man was really the embodiment of"f*ck it, we ball." Charging with impossible odds, over and over again.

  • @Abdullatif-pj7wq
    @Abdullatif-pj7wq8 ай бұрын

    Legends always die legendary just like a this guy.

  • @Krog32

    @Krog32

    8 ай бұрын

    Legends never die, but humans do.

  • @user-yj6ul9kz3p

    @user-yj6ul9kz3p

    8 ай бұрын

    Napoleon had a stupid death instead of remaining a legend dying in combat

  • @thomashauer6804

    @thomashauer6804

    8 ай бұрын

    The monarchy never dies. Long live our supreme rulers and Royalty with their god like decision making

  • @markaxworthy2508

    @markaxworthy2508

    8 ай бұрын

    "Any hussar who isn't dead by 30 is a good for nothing". He died at 34, so by his own standards he was fit for nothing!

  • @LarsonPetty

    @LarsonPetty

    8 ай бұрын

    @@thomashauer6804 Astonishing that never manage to dick that up, isn't it?

  • @-Justinus-
    @-Justinus-8 ай бұрын

    A perfect death. He got to go out in glorious battle before Napoleon's empire began to fall apart.

  • @NeverGoingToGiveYouUp000
    @NeverGoingToGiveYouUp0008 ай бұрын

    Lasalle had a feeling he would die, he wrote to Napoleon to take care of his family if he died. During the battle of Wagram he gathered a group of hussars and was chasing the feeling enemy. However he was faster than his allies and at the front alone, was shot dead.

  • @hulk0hulk

    @hulk0hulk

    8 ай бұрын

    Maybe more than a feeling if he indeed charged to the front alone

  • @arthurvg2217

    @arthurvg2217

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@hulk0hulkI wasn't there, but from what I have heard I think it wasn't the first time. Of course it doesn't make it safer.

  • @Berserker3624

    @Berserker3624

    7 ай бұрын

    Riding alone in the Forrest during the middle of a battle, brave and dashing first to the fight last to leave the battlefield! Y’know I’m sure he thought it was peaceful the way he died and I’m sure his last thoughts were towards his wife.

  • @FernandoPartridge

    @FernandoPartridge

    7 ай бұрын

    Always a mistake to chase a fleeing enemy.

  • @thepunisher2988

    @thepunisher2988

    7 ай бұрын

    Perhaps he wanted to die. I know it is a strange thing to say, but the more I read about him, the more I think he was suicidal and homicidal at the same time.

  • @MrHnm92
    @MrHnm928 ай бұрын

    The great Hussar, without fear of anything and without fear of the odds against him. He died as he lived, fighting on his horse and for France. If he had lived until 1814, he would have attempted to attack the enemy before living in peacetime. He died the way Napoleon would have liked in 1814, on the battlefield.

  • @aeacidae312

    @aeacidae312

    8 ай бұрын

    amen great warrior

  • @christianifechukwu9865

    @christianifechukwu9865

    8 ай бұрын

    That's why I respect Napoleon and Alexander so much. They were in as much danger as their men. Napoleon in the end was hoping to die on the battlefield but he didn't...

  • @ommsterlitz1805

    @ommsterlitz1805

    8 ай бұрын

    @@christianifechukwu9865 He even did a cavalry charge himself in 1814 with his men, him the Emperor where just one bullet could have ended it all

  • @alidali-rn4em

    @alidali-rn4em

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@christianifechukwu9865what about Hannibal Barca? What about Khaleed Ben Waleed? What about Salahuddin? What about Muhammad Al Fatih?

  • @christianifechukwu9865

    @christianifechukwu9865

    8 ай бұрын

    @@alidali-rn4em I don't respect them

  • @Vsko478
    @Vsko4788 ай бұрын

    I saw that painting of him resting against his saber, along with THAT SAME saber and personal belongings at Les Invalides in Paris :))) I'll never forget it, what a legend...

  • @Xsifilad
    @Xsifilad7 ай бұрын

    The proof that big talk does not make your immune to bullets.

  • @kentrosaurusboi3909

    @kentrosaurusboi3909

    7 ай бұрын

    Yes, and he never said anything about him even wanting to survive. Did you watch this short?

  • @deepflake5851

    @deepflake5851

    7 ай бұрын

    How can one of the greatest warriors to have ever lived can be "big talk" boy ?

  • @ebbu.planespotting1903
    @ebbu.planespotting19038 ай бұрын

    At one point he saw enemy cavalry charging at them from a long distance and remarked how fatigued their horses would be when they hit him so he just waited until they were very close before charging and winning the engagement.

  • @Desmolas

    @Desmolas

    8 ай бұрын

    Yes. A cavalryman who understands not only his warcraft but his animals is dangerous indeed.

  • @ebbu.planespotting1903

    @ebbu.planespotting1903

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks everyone, I believe this is the first time I've gotten over 100 likes! Thank you and Vive l'Empereur!

  • @PeachDragon_

    @PeachDragon_

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@Desmolashonestly the difference between a good and bad unit when it comes to animals is just how much knowledge about the animal the handler has, k9 units can go from barely an inconvenience to a nightmare depending entirely on how knowledgeable the handler is.

  • @michaelsouslin891
    @michaelsouslin8917 ай бұрын

    And ppl say French are cowards, they clearly nvr heard of this guy he's a total badass. If I had to follow someone into battle on horseback he'd be at the top of my list of choices

  • @sddsds768

    @sddsds768

    6 ай бұрын

    Let them say that. Those people are cockroaches keyboard warriors. Let see if they go to a real battlefield who the cowards are

  • @TomasFunes-rt8rd

    @TomasFunes-rt8rd

    4 ай бұрын

    AND Murat of course !!!!

  • @kmm-212

    @kmm-212

    25 күн бұрын

    The fact is France is the most victorius military power in history. They've won the most battles they fought in the world. Only fall-back they had in that ranking was ww2. It's quite something for so-called "cowards"

  • @davidrossi5096

    @davidrossi5096

    19 күн бұрын

    France has more victories and truly great generals/military minds than any other nation in all of history.

  • @Theaxemandaily
    @Theaxemandaily7 ай бұрын

    Live by the sword - die by the sword A real warrior

  • @nisrmasry2134

    @nisrmasry2134

    7 ай бұрын

    killed by a coward bullet !

  • @jamesfrost7465
    @jamesfrost74658 ай бұрын

    Ok, he was 34 when killed. There should be a statue of him on horseback with both front feet off the ground in his place of birth, Metz France. IN GENERAL; Both front feet of a horse off the ground with a rider means that person died in battle. One foot of the horse off the ground with rider means that person died of their wounds later.

  • @NLBusiness391

    @NLBusiness391

    8 ай бұрын

    I bet on his 30th birthday, he thought to himself “well I did my best to die before 30, but the enemy just couldn’t kill me.”

  • @deamonomic

    @deamonomic

    8 ай бұрын

    Nope, he said if a hussar wasn't dead by 30 they were a good for nothing...

  • @cargaisontuba3361

    @cargaisontuba3361

    8 ай бұрын

    Wrong

  • @MajEMT

    @MajEMT

    8 ай бұрын

    No, it doesn't. Look up photos of George Washington. Many a stature on horseback with a foot up. He died peacefully in bed. Statues are up to the artist or those who commissioned the piece.

  • @bodawei425

    @bodawei425

    8 ай бұрын

    It's inaccurate. This 'rule' has been debugged already. PLenty of examples to show it doesn't apply.

  • @Abraxium
    @Abraxium8 ай бұрын

    Died aged 34, famous last words..

  • @bobkoroua

    @bobkoroua

    8 ай бұрын

    Lazy good for nothing !

  • @enriquejhc01
    @enriquejhc018 ай бұрын

    The combination of the voiceover and the tense music is incredible!! Love this channel.

  • @mnemonija
    @mnemonija7 ай бұрын

    Shocking ending. Never would have guessed.

  • @jackstoltz1379
    @jackstoltz13797 ай бұрын

    There was also this dude that was a great father and raised his children right provided for his family as an excellent farmer and loved and was loved by his wife. His best friend was his dog. Let's remember that hero. He is way more important then that other guy

  • @kentrosaurusboi3909

    @kentrosaurusboi3909

    7 ай бұрын

    So, literally everyone that died? I hate simpletons.

  • @ingwarostapenko6874

    @ingwarostapenko6874

    5 ай бұрын

    You spoke to my heart. I like this one

  • @marcnawezi1877
    @marcnawezi18777 ай бұрын

    He created a club named « The one who are thirsty » which was composed of the most heavy drinkers of the Grand Army. He also wrote songs on a whim that became very popular. At night, during war, he would cross over the ennemy battlefield to see his mistress, the emperor forgave his behavior because he came back with info about the ennemy. What a man

  • @BlackHawk2b

    @BlackHawk2b

    7 ай бұрын

    LOL nice. Which song was it ?

  • @BlackHawk2b

    @BlackHawk2b

    7 ай бұрын

    LOL nice. Which song was it ?

  • @MrAragorn1996
    @MrAragorn19968 ай бұрын

    sorry for some but the quote "is a good for nothing" in French "c'est un bon a rien" from lasalle is half false. Actually the quote he said "Any hussar who isn't dead at 30 is a scumbag" in french "Tout hussard qui n'est pas mort à 30ans est un jean-foutre"

  • @phreak761

    @phreak761

    2 ай бұрын

    They toned it down.

  • @ToonStory-fh4gn
    @ToonStory-fh4gn8 ай бұрын

    I belong to the Antoine Community (yup that's a thing in France), and I certify this man is one of our absolute Gigachads 🥰

  • @fathanthoriq2413

    @fathanthoriq2413

    8 ай бұрын

    Is Griezmann also part of the community as well?

  • @ToonStory-fh4gn

    @ToonStory-fh4gn

    8 ай бұрын

    @@fathanthoriq2413 Yes but he has been on probation since the last World Cup final!

  • @markaxworthy2508

    @markaxworthy2508

    8 ай бұрын

    "Any hussar who isn't dead by 30 is a good for nothing". He died at 34, so by his own standards he was fit for nothing!

  • @rickrandom6734

    @rickrandom6734

    8 ай бұрын

    Gigachad? Wasnt he Napoleons cuck. Willing to submit and die for another man.

  • @1errep141

    @1errep141

    7 ай бұрын

    Quel âge as tu ?

  • @tigerwoods373
    @tigerwoods3738 ай бұрын

    It's hard to even comprehend the size of armies back then. I try to imagine what would a 10 thousand strong cavalry charge look like? What would 200k men fighting at borodino look like? They say napoleons army took five days to cross the Niemen for his Russian invasion in 1812 which almost sounds absurd.

  • @helo98736Hah

    @helo98736Hah

    8 ай бұрын

    If you are shocked wonder about Roman campaigns 😂

  • @HauntingSpectre

    @HauntingSpectre

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@helo98736Hahand then he can look up Han Dynasty Chinese conflicts with 400,000 strong on each side. 😂 Shits wild.

  • @eugenefrolov1396

    @eugenefrolov1396

    7 ай бұрын

    Actually, you wouldn't notice it. People overlook the real size of things. The land is big, and even millions at Stalingrad could go unnoticed.

  • @konstantinosfilippou526

    @konstantinosfilippou526

    4 ай бұрын

    not really crazy though....i mean check the numbers lost in battles in ww1...these are crazy numbers we are talking 250.000 losses on each side in numerous battles across the western front and the eastern front where there were no trenches the numbers were even larger...the full documentary epic history has on ww1 really had me stunned with the numbers and we are talking just about losses not the total amount of people who fought in these battles

  • @multiversetraveller3118

    @multiversetraveller3118

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@HauntingSpectre Almost all those huge numbers thrown around for different old empires are pure exaggerations. And these huge numbers thrown around are made up of smaller armies spread throughout the empire. Armies need supplies and foods. And armies of those size would be walking plagues of destruction destroying villages everywhere they go.

  • @Darkhorse1291
    @Darkhorse12918 ай бұрын

    He died doing what he loved, everyone should have that honor

  • @shaunzaarrae3727

    @shaunzaarrae3727

    8 ай бұрын

    Ya slaughtering noobs 😂

  • @markaxworthy2508

    @markaxworthy2508

    8 ай бұрын

    "Any hussar who isn't dead by 30 is a good for nothing". He died at 34, so by his own standards he was fit for nothing!

  • @despinoza6205
    @despinoza62057 ай бұрын

    This man was the real one. Respect

  • @davidovics92

    @davidovics92

    7 ай бұрын

    nah, he was good for nothing... he died at the age of 34

  • @justanotherepicrider3974

    @justanotherepicrider3974

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@davidovics92he was just too good

  • @michaelcabrera787
    @michaelcabrera7877 ай бұрын

    the only Hussar who's jacket actually fit him lol

  • @texanman1998
    @texanman19987 ай бұрын

    Imagine having this man at battle of waterloo😊

  • @arman_1024
    @arman_10248 ай бұрын

    I hope you guys can make a series of videos about some of the army’s famous generals, officers, and captains (similar to your series on the Marshals).

  • @TacticalModel
    @TacticalModel8 ай бұрын

    Every Calvary General’s have been quite since he had been dropped full of swagger

  • @SuperSnoopxxx
    @SuperSnoopxxx7 ай бұрын

    Its totally right...I was in French Army ''2eme Regiment de Hussards'' so I was a Houzards during 15 years...now I'm back in Civil Life...I'm 36 yrs Old and I feel useless...😅

  • @FusionCoreHoarder
    @FusionCoreHoarder8 ай бұрын

    Iirc, Lasalle's last charge was rather unecessary. His division caught an isolated Austrian infantry battalion, which he could have easily surrounded and captured. But Lasalle being Lasalle, he charged them instead

  • @darthparallax5207

    @darthparallax5207

    7 ай бұрын

    Sounds like it was very necessary 😎

  • @yawnskidsberry3209

    @yawnskidsberry3209

    7 ай бұрын

    Super necessary

  • @Eleftherios323

    @Eleftherios323

    7 ай бұрын

    Austrians you say?.I think for him(and for all the french in the napoleonic era)it was super-plus ultra necessary.

  • @fossenews9653
    @fossenews96537 ай бұрын

    One day Lasalle rode into a prefect's party and since he wasn't invited he overturned the buffet. And the prefect sent a letter to Napoleon so that he could be punished for his behavior Napoleon would have written to him: it takes me 20 years to make a Lasalle And a signature to make a prefect

  • @jessiewasson584
    @jessiewasson5848 ай бұрын

    These are the men we need in modern times as role models

  • @markaxworthy2508

    @markaxworthy2508

    8 ай бұрын

    What? more hypocrites? "Any hussar who isn't dead by 30 is a good for nothing". He died at 34, so by his own standards he was fit for nothing!

  • @Orbowitz

    @Orbowitz

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@markaxworthy2508 the real quote was "any hussar who is 30 is lazy"

  • @oscaralegre3683

    @oscaralegre3683

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@Orbowitzwhat does that means?

  • @kspfan001

    @kspfan001

    7 ай бұрын

    I really hope not.

  • @johngaelnox5447

    @johngaelnox5447

    7 ай бұрын

    @jessiewasson584 Please, shut up, you dont know what you are even talking about

  • @drugilbert2447
    @drugilbert24478 ай бұрын

    How proud he would be to walk through Paris in 2023.

  • @priley817

    @priley817

    8 ай бұрын

    Gosh imagine if he saw what it is today. The man would lead the revolution himself.

  • @robmiah4501

    @robmiah4501

    8 ай бұрын

    He wouldn't be proud of what France has become Paris another African city

  • @kryzzan7039

    @kryzzan7039

    8 ай бұрын

    So? What's wrong with that?@@robmiah4501

  • @bdleo300

    @bdleo300

    8 ай бұрын

    Comparing France back then with France today is like comparing Napoleon with Macron....

  • @MrLanternland

    @MrLanternland

    7 ай бұрын

    He couldn't even conceive of it, like any of our early American heroes seeing the USA today. They would have joined with the Indians to destroy it in its infancy!

  • @guillgdr2405
    @guillgdr24057 ай бұрын

    Bro capture an entire city (Stettin) with 800 cavalry against an enitre garrison of more than 5000 men. Talking about some balls

  • @lesterscates774
    @lesterscates7748 ай бұрын

    Any marine lieutenant that isn't dead before age thirty isn't trying !

  • @mistersandwich0034
    @mistersandwich00348 ай бұрын

    Antoine lassal is the epitome of YOLO

  • @markaxworthy2508

    @markaxworthy2508

    8 ай бұрын

    "Any hussar who isn't dead by 30 is a good for nothing". He died at 34, so by his own standards he was fit for nothing!

  • @christopherfleming7505

    @christopherfleming7505

    7 ай бұрын

    Sad he followed an evil maniac like Napoleon.

  • @markaxworthy2508

    @markaxworthy2508

    7 ай бұрын

    @@christopherfleming7505 I always use the name "Bonaparte". The use of "Napoleon" tends to legitimise his self crowning.

  • @darthparallax5207

    @darthparallax5207

    7 ай бұрын

    He could not be an evil maniac. You would not care who he was because he would not have achieved what he did if he was both evil and a maniac. Evil? Perhaps. Or maniacal? One or the other. But not both. If he was evil for conquest, he must have been quite sane to be victorious in battle, which brooks no fools. If he was maniacal for control, why did so many love to serve him so dearly? People do not generally love to work for insane people unless that insane person is touched with something a little noble. Even if it's because "the pay is really good", that would at least be the virtue of rewarding loyalty fairly. Which many insane leaders do not appreciate the hired help quite so much. He was either Mad Saint or an Evil Genius, but he was not an Evil Maniac. To compare him to, for example, Hitler, to name another conqueror: Assassination plots against Napoleon weren't a thing. They couldn't even find a Frenchman willing to arrest him when he decided to not be exiled anymore and seriously broke curfew. One can observe the French loved their Emperor more than the Germans loved their Führer. I'm inclined to think Evil Genius. Napoleon has been called many monstrosities fairly. Tolstoy named him That Antichrist! But Napoleon has never rightly or fairly been called stupid or insane. He was too competent. Bonaparte and Napoleon are both his names and both legitimize him.

  • @HNCS2006

    @HNCS2006

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@christopherfleming7505what an uneducated and simplicitic opinion

  • @JediNiyte
    @JediNiyte7 ай бұрын

    Looks like all that bravado got him shot.

  • @beats4hobner
    @beats4hobner8 ай бұрын

    Napoleon was a character like no other- he brought forth people like LaSalle to the forefront, who'd have otherwise gone unnoticed.

  • @ambravirlebreton
    @ambravirlebreton8 ай бұрын

    Glory to Lasalle !

  • @user-op1qt3ku5h
    @user-op1qt3ku5h7 ай бұрын

    Imagine becoming the best cavalry man and then guns get invented

  • @darthparallax5207

    @darthparallax5207

    7 ай бұрын

    The "Pike and Shotte" era of matchlocks and arquebusses had been known at least some 200 years prior or more; But although they called what they had in the 1600s "guns" already, they were not very good at all before the rifled bore was invented. Due to rifling, there is a line, parting two sides of history, On one side, you used to say "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes". Yeah. That's not a thing anymore. The gun that beats a horse, handily, in offense and defense, *was* invented with Napoleonic War. The bullets fly faster than a horse's charge to attack with, which was true before. To defend with, simply putting your infantry on horses is no longer sufficient to make them hard to hit accurately with fast movement. It's not even the greater size of target. The range is so good on new guns that they can hit the cavalry when they are small and far off. When the Ottomans sacked Constantinople, "guns" meant the large super cannons used to break walls and gates. No longer. With Napoleon, the handheld guns were getting very properly dangerous. The French and Indian War is in part a thing because the Indians had some few small chances against Redcoats and 1700s guns. The later 1800s Indians vs guns conflicts, you can find references to calling them Wars, but in school you learn about it more as a massacre. The Indians had plenty of horses, and this simply was in no way at all enough. The Gun as we imagine it, "pull trigger get dead man", came maturely into being with the 1800s innovation of Rifling. Rifles vs Horses the Best Cavalry Man in history can't win. The British were not too shabby on a horse either. The Light Brigade got gunned down rather offhandedly. The 1800s is when guns actually become what we always assume they can do. Pancho Villa was not using too many cavalry in the Mexican Revolution. Not as much as when he was an Outlaw for sure. There's a number of reasons the American Revolution never looked like the US Civil War on the battlefield. Chief among them is probably that the smooth bore muskets didn't incentivize the behavior rifled bores did.

  • @cmdrgarbage1895
    @cmdrgarbage18958 ай бұрын

    Man really said swagger

  • @sanelamarinkovic8876
    @sanelamarinkovic88764 ай бұрын

    That one Hussar who has 200 confirmed kills and participated in 25 Battles be like: Does my life mean nothing to you?

  • @TheZebra66
    @TheZebra668 ай бұрын

    Respect and honor. Vive l'empereur Vive la France 🇨🇵 🇨🇵 🇨🇵 🇨🇵 🇨🇵 🇨🇵 🇨🇵 🇨🇵 🇨🇵 🇨🇵 🇨🇵 🇨🇵 🇨🇵 🇨🇵 🇨🇵 🇨🇵 🇨🇵 🇨🇵

  • @nicolasolton

    @nicolasolton

    5 ай бұрын

    Vive la republique.

  • @peenplays4219
    @peenplays42198 ай бұрын

    Now that’s badass

  • @maximjanssens9320
    @maximjanssens93202 ай бұрын

    So many people died in the past its a miracle oure precessors survived to give us life

  • @UlfhedinnNorsk
    @UlfhedinnNorsk7 ай бұрын

    When courage crosses into suicidal stupidity 😂👍🏻

  • @thesuplexguy7789
    @thesuplexguy77898 ай бұрын

    This is why Antoine Lasalle had the most aesthetic physique in Napoleonic Era

  • @Shankar-Bhaskar

    @Shankar-Bhaskar

    8 ай бұрын

    Why? What's the reason for his physique? His courage?

  • @thesuplexguy7789

    @thesuplexguy7789

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Shankar-Bhaskar Yes (+ it's a meme)

  • @Shankar-Bhaskar

    @Shankar-Bhaskar

    8 ай бұрын

    @@thesuplexguy7789 Leon Edwards, yeah I figured it out

  • @thesuplexguy7789

    @thesuplexguy7789

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Shankar-Bhaskar 🗿

  • @pomni.s_insanity
    @pomni.s_insanity8 ай бұрын

    honestly, I'd love to meet Marshal Oudinot because of his timid behavior like mine and because of his continuation to fight on in the end and be called The 'Indestructible' Marshal. 🇫🇷

  • @djquinn11
    @djquinn115 ай бұрын

    The best Battlefield Generals are all sociopaths.

  • @qyihamba7034
    @qyihamba70348 ай бұрын

    At the good-for-nothing age of 34

  • @C.Bastien
    @C.Bastien8 ай бұрын

    « Tout hussard qui n'est pas mort à trente ans est un jean-foutre. ». -Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle dit « Le général hussard » Je ne sais pas ce qui animé vraiment les hommes de cette époque mais lorsque que l'on passe au crible toutes les figures , de toutes les armées de ce temps ils étaient vraiment incroyable.

  • @1errep141

    @1errep141

    7 ай бұрын

    Ce qui les motivait c'était qu'on fasse des statues a leur effigie.

  • @gernico13
    @gernico138 ай бұрын

    And he lived to 34 lmao

  • @sanavkids4790
    @sanavkids47902 ай бұрын

    Because of Antoinette lasalle I always check the corners of my room if any toy armoured horse peeks at me with Antoinette Lasalle😂

  • @Thegorillafromflyinggorilla
    @Thegorillafromflyinggorilla5 ай бұрын

    People tend to forget that without the bravery of his men a general is nothing doesn't matter how good your tactics are if you're men are even better than you are nothing will go right

  • @mixererunio1757
    @mixererunio17578 ай бұрын

    He died aged 34, soo I guess that...

  • @bustanuttington
    @bustanuttington8 ай бұрын

    First I though they was going to talk about Murat but learning about LaSalle and the internal brigade was refreshing

  • @Emerych135
    @Emerych1358 ай бұрын

    he died at the age of 34, he was no good for anything

  • @waltonsmith7210
    @waltonsmith72107 ай бұрын

    Its such a simplistic statement to say "they all dont like each other."

  • @gauntlettcf5669
    @gauntlettcf56696 ай бұрын

    "Any Hussar how isn't dead by 30 is a good-for-nothing." -Antoine Lasalle, who died at 34 years of age. Oh, the irony. Jokes just write themselves with fanatics.

  • @marct138
    @marct1388 ай бұрын

    Michel Ney: hold my bayonette

  • @laserguidedtrollmasterfromHell
    @laserguidedtrollmasterfromHell7 ай бұрын

    He had all of the symptoms of psychopathy.

  • @cainmathewson1857
    @cainmathewson18574 ай бұрын

    Well, who couldve seen that coming?! Nah, seriously, that dude was a badasssssssssss

  • @Dogmanofthewest
    @Dogmanofthewest8 ай бұрын

    This guys life must’ve sucked so much that he really said “screw it, I’m not losing much anyway”

  • @BestMods168

    @BestMods168

    8 ай бұрын

    simply no. he lived a good life. he lived a life worth living. died a hero instead of a nobody. remember that warriors still exist during this time.

  • @Skilliton9384

    @Skilliton9384

    8 ай бұрын

    @@BestMods168simply yes. He died a government drone killing humanity as opposed to living for himself.

  • @brodieshawn63

    @brodieshawn63

    8 ай бұрын

    He was born into minor nobility, he had a much better life than most at the time. Plus he had been serving in the military since he was eleven years old. I believe he simply loved military life because even after losing his rank as a cavalry officer in 1792, he was still willing to enlist as a private and climb the ranks. The man was raised to be a soldier and clearly yearned to remain one his whole life, and with that he understood very clearly the price he would have to pay for that desire. It's better to go out in a blaze of glory than a wimper for such a man. He sought reverence, not longevity, and because of that he is remembered to this day.

  • @yc2673

    @yc2673

    8 ай бұрын

    In those times, men didn't fight only for money but mostly for glory, to enhance their name to leave them to their children hoping to improve their position. In those times, Europe produced great warriors...

  • @Dogmanofthewest

    @Dogmanofthewest

    8 ай бұрын

    Of course he probably had a great life. It was just a joke. Sorry if I offended anyone.

  • @abiku2923
    @abiku29238 ай бұрын

    Yes, but how old did he live till?

  • @XScorpionXful

    @XScorpionXful

    8 ай бұрын

    33. Technically he was dead by his thirties...

  • @thantzweaung9080

    @thantzweaung9080

    8 ай бұрын

    34

  • @BestMods168

    @BestMods168

    8 ай бұрын

    even if he made it pass his 30s, his feats alone justifies him living. "God wont let him die yet."

  • @davidovics92

    @davidovics92

    7 ай бұрын

    @@XScorpionXful he said "any hussar who isn't dead BY 30 is a good-for-nothing" I'll let you process that information, take all the time you need

  • @XScorpionXful

    @XScorpionXful

    7 ай бұрын

    @@davidovics92 I am well aware, but calling Lasalle a good for nothing is kinda reaching.

  • @mattygee37
    @mattygee377 ай бұрын

    Lived by the sword died by a musket.

  • @elijahkelly5937
    @elijahkelly59376 ай бұрын

    At Waterloo, he left some of his best men in Paris

  • @Dingbat-tb5wz
    @Dingbat-tb5wz8 ай бұрын

    He died at the age of 34 btw, leaving his wife without a husband and his daughter without a father.; so I guess he must have been a good-for-nothing. There's more to a man than fearlessness. Quite a lot more.

  • @1errep141

    @1errep141

    7 ай бұрын

    He spoke about hussard .

  • @georgemorley1029

    @georgemorley1029

    7 ай бұрын

    @@1errep141Of which he was one.

  • @bryanmartinez9334
    @bryanmartinez93347 ай бұрын

    My man drank the whole pitcher of the Kool aid.

  • @aRed1tz
    @aRed1tz6 ай бұрын

    Fun fact: When he was shot in the chest, he still was charging towards the enemy. But then, a hungarian grenadier shot him between his eyes and he died.

  • @jaylopez4172
    @jaylopez41727 ай бұрын

    "He probably was happy. He died doing what he loved."

  • @jodofe4879
    @jodofe48795 ай бұрын

    He died at the age of 34... What a good-for-nothing.

  • @gamerdon3329
    @gamerdon33296 ай бұрын

    As a Brit I know Britain and France have had there differences but we brought out the best in each other and eventually became great allies. viva la France 🇬🇧🇫🇷

  • @skychia5777
    @skychia57775 ай бұрын

    I can really see why the war with Austria in 1809 was the turning point for Napoleon’s decline. During that war, he lost St-Hilaire, Lasalle, and Lannes. Three very capable generals😢

  • @70stunes71
    @70stunes717 ай бұрын

    Proving yet again that no one is forever invincible.

  • @atlas4536
    @atlas45368 ай бұрын

    Never tell me the odds 😂

  • @yeahnahman4217
    @yeahnahman42177 ай бұрын

    He died doing what he loved, being a crazy bastard

  • @lelouche25
    @lelouche256 ай бұрын

    They don't make them like they used to damn, what a madlad.

  • @FilthyHeathens
    @FilthyHeathens6 ай бұрын

    By his own definition, he was a good-for-nothing.

  • @Goofy_Prussian
    @Goofy_Prussian8 ай бұрын

    Napoleon had so much loyal soldiers, yet they were either KIA or just too wounded to fight. Bro had the best soldiers in history, change my mind

  • @randomuser-tu2hj
    @randomuser-tu2hj5 ай бұрын

    Everyone in that battle is dead now.

  • @nicod686
    @nicod6867 ай бұрын

    This man had breakfast with the Grim Reaper every day, then went off to battle like it was nothing. What an absolute unit, legendary….

  • @beatthegreat7020
    @beatthegreat70208 ай бұрын

    Sounds like a real Kmita.

  • @martinalarcon3108
    @martinalarcon31086 ай бұрын

    That’s the way it should be 😮my honor is my loyalty 😮

  • @angeljr.tarranza5083
    @angeljr.tarranza5083Ай бұрын

    All BRAVEMEN Found in a… “COOL TOMB”

  • @handsomejamesgrandinternet2106
    @handsomejamesgrandinternet21066 ай бұрын

    The guy had his priorities straight

  • @Blueboy0316
    @Blueboy0316Ай бұрын

    He was 34 when he died...

  • @chiguy0312
    @chiguy03125 ай бұрын

    La Salle is an honored name in the streets of Chicago

  • @camjam8367
    @camjam83677 ай бұрын

    “Fearless and full of Swagger.” 😂

  • @maxanderson9293
    @maxanderson92932 ай бұрын

    27 men vs A whole Battlion. Holy Crap

  • @bronchitis1564
    @bronchitis15648 ай бұрын

    He was 29 when he died

  • @MB-rh9nh
    @MB-rh9nh2 ай бұрын

    Your coverage of napoleon is so well done. Truly. I wish this was out 15 years ago instead of me reading a 800 page book by Alan Schom.

  • @vijaysuryaaditya9860
    @vijaysuryaaditya98608 ай бұрын

    A man who would make Mars Himself proud!

  • @rashidasamuels7034
    @rashidasamuels70348 ай бұрын

    The man was true to his word.

  • @StaurosPapadakis
    @StaurosPapadakis8 ай бұрын

    He survived 6 big battles in first line

  • @markaxworthy2508

    @markaxworthy2508

    8 ай бұрын

    So, nor exactly suicidally brave, then!

  • @benjaminmorris4962
    @benjaminmorris49626 ай бұрын

    He was 34... Guess he was a "Good-For-Nothing" lol