Napoleon III, the last monarch of France, is certainly an interesting and ambiguous personality. On the one hand a populist dictator, and on the other hand - under his rule Paris acquired its modern look, became arguably beautiful, but definitely more comfortable and safer, and the country came out of the period of incessant unrest and revolutions. On the one hand, an opportunist who got involved in all the wars of the time, on the other hand, under his rule, relations with Great Britain and Russia improved, which in the future led to the formation of the Entente. Nevertheless, his end was fairly unambiguous - embarrassing defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, capture, overthrow and an unremarkable death in England. But what if events had gone a little differently? In this video I will tell you a story about nineteenth century France in general and Napoleon the Third in particular, using good old Victoria 2 with The Grand Combination mod.
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Patreon page: / synthist
Movies and tv series used as footage:
Ludwig II (2012)
Victor Hugo - Enemy of the State (2018)
Napoléon (2002)
One Nation, One King (2018)
We Belived (2010)
Fall of Eagles (1974)
The Emperor of Paris (2018)
Dumas (2010)
00:00 - Introduction
01:27 - Revolution and Restoration
06:45 - July Monarchy (before 1836)
09:32 - July Monarchy (after 1836)
17:58 - Second Republic
24:11 - Second Consulate?
27:55 - Second Empire
30:48 - Rhine crisis
34:59 - Empire's achievements and reforms
44:47 - Napoleon's foreign policy
50:20 - Annexation of the Rhineland
54:38 - Napoleon's legacy
25 июн 2024