Napoleon Seizes Power - The Brumaire Coup - Epic History Reaction 

I still believe that one day, a reaction to Napoleon's Marshalls will come

The council thinking they were insulting Napoleon when they called him Ceaser. I bet he loved it.

Most requested in the last couple of weeks, I wonder how requested Napoleons marshals is 😂

“4 more years!… until the marshals series.”

I will never stop hoping for Napoleon’s Marshals.

Knowing Napoleon he would've found it very flattering to be compared to Julius Caesar of all people lol

Chris please stop torturing us. GIve us Napoleons Marshalls!

VTH and Napoleon. My favorite combo!!!

Joseph Fouche is one of the most interesting (and terrible) figures of the revolution. Always has his fingers in everything and probably the most untouchable person through the period. Lucian was the real MVP here. Not sure how it would have gone down without him. Always great to see you react to Epic History!

I absolutely am convinced that it was Lucien, not Napoleon, that made the 18 Brumaire Coup what it is in the history books. Literally, the fate of the coup, Napoleon’s career, the course for the French Republic, and the course of not just European history, but in the history of the entire world, ALL of it literally rested on the shoulders of Lucien Bonaparte at that moment when he pressed that sword tip into his brother’s chest. I’m not trying to downplay Napoleon here, but we can’t overlook how much this day was saved for him by his younger brother. Call it theatrics if you want, but it truly was a performance that changed world history and the fate of the Bonaparte family’s destiny.

Chris I beg that you react to their Napoleons Marshalls video and even perhaps their Decembrists coup series as well

Me: I'm a mature and adaptable human being who can handle minor changes in my life Chris: starts video with 'how's it going everybody' instead of 'welcome back everyone' Me: *confused screaming

Every time the narrator says "Chateau de Saint-Cloud", my brain processes it as "Chateau de sans clue" (franglais for chateau of cluelessness), which makes me chuckle.

The Narator for Epic History has such a soothing yet authoritative voice. I can listen to him for hours

Murat ( my favorite Marshal BTW) essentially telling everyone to GTFOH would’ve been amazing if it was in the Ridley Scott movie. Also I read in a book about Napoleon there was a few moments where he came very close to meeting the same fate as Julius Caesar.

Looks great! Keep up the amazing work! Can’t get enough of these Napoleonic commentary videos. Patiently awaiting Napoleons Maréchals react.

I like the new setup. We need more civil war livestreams!!!! Please please 😄 (I know you’ve been so busy with European travels haha)

I love the, "lets throw these damn lawyers in the river" sayings they say. I feel you, Bonapartists.

32:00 sounds like Sulla here.

Thanks for the shout out, I always love your Napoleonic Era videos! I am a contractor working in Kuwait for the DoD

...I honestly did not want this to end!

Love the content as always Chris! Very informative and can’t wait to see more! Would love to see some more Roman history!

I really love your channel your like a prime example of how to make reaction content good! I always learn more from your commentary, hope your good :)

I like the new look and I love your channel. I always appreciate the view of a historian when evaluating the accuracy of animated history!

I am really enjoying the Napoleon's marshals meme comments every time you react to epic history 😅

Am i the only one who thinks their painting of napoleon kinda looks like Mads Mikkelsen in uniform?

I'm not sure what else Napoleon could do when the political groundwork seemed to have failed. He had done his groundwork and had most of the nearby Military on his side and surrounding the politicians, so when it went sideways he could and did just send them in. I guess they would have preferred a political coup rather than a military one but it was always on the cards. Kudos to them though for at least managing to keep it a partial one and keeping it a relatively bloodless one.

Hey Chris, I'd love it if you could react to Mr M History, an Australian youtuber who focuses on Australian political history but also some American and British history. His video on John Curtin and Winston Churchill's relationship during WW2 is really fascinating.

You should watch epic history TV's newest video, it's about one of America's earliest Wars against the native Americans.

I love how the French people were accusing each other of being a Cromwell. And of course, you Chris, being the Chris that you are, will inevitably think about what happened with Charles.

Does anyone appreciate the irony of Napoleon admiring Rome and Ceaser and yet mimicking an achievement of a man who was a sworn enemy of Rome?

The voice acting by epic history makes it sound like a old veteran who is narrating the event that witnessed the event. Obviously that’s 200 years later but the voice acting makes you believe it was a veteran who witnessed it

Napoleons Marshals next please *Please*

Still waiting for Napoleon's marchalls

No Marshals React 😢

New set up looks good Chris. Mic is solid.

Thanks for this. Not sure it's the right niche but if anyone's very much into Napoleonic warfare I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos series. That Art of War stuff is mind-blowing. Keep up with the great work! Antonio

nice video, glad to see you are doing well.

Man Epic is so good. Isn't even a battle, just a conspiracy video and still nailed it. Bought myself a Napoleon hoodie and some other goods from their store to show the support.

The funniest thing: the worst accusation is not criminal, murderer, corrupt... it is being... paid by the English!!!!

I agree with Beethoven. Napoleon was a weasel that sold out the republic by becoming dictator.

20:24 Almost calls to mind the delay of the Normandy invasion from June 5th to June 6th. Probably one of the few things that could be of comparable anticipation that is then delayed by a short period of time.

epic history also did a video titled americas first defeat about 2 weeks ago which may be worth checking out (after napoleons marshals that is)

You should react to Lego-Brian Production's alternate history of the USA.

Napoleon's Marshalls series. Like everyone else, I'm asking for your reaction to this. The amount of little stories in this is just beautiful.

The Spanish version of Napoleon’s coup came out and now I get to see you react to it. This is going to be a very fun weekend!

Napoleon firing grapeshot: "Citizens, you are dissolved."

I really like Bernadotte he always sticked to his code and he knew how to do his job done

This should be a movie so tense and awesome

I can’t wait for Napoleon in Italy Part 2!!!

This 40 minutes went by so fast. I need a whole day of this content

I love the set up Chris. Keep up the awesome work. Love from Oklahoma.

Interestingly, while the Five Hundred threw the name of Cromwell at Napoleon's face, Sieyès and Talleyrand were instead looking for a George Monck, a man of military extraction who would put a lid on the general unrest.

13:15, ah yes. The cockroach.

Chris Every night I set aside 1-2 hours to watch your videos. I’m on your Napoleon playlists now. Thank you for these

Looks like a new camera too, like 4k not gona say how i can tell a guy doesn't like time as well lol good stuff

Same old Chris ❤

I hope one day you will react on Napoleon Marshal ❤

While I’m of course gonna parrot everything said about reacting to Epic History’s Decembrist revolt and Napoleon’s marshals series I’m also gonna suggest looking at naval history like the battle of Jutland, the Malta convoys, sinking of force Z, battle of the North Cape, there are several brilliant videos on the topic here on RU-vid.

One figure from this period I'll always love is Tallyrand. Switched sides so often you need a pamflet to keep track of them all.

Great reaction as always, and Epic History always delivers aswell.

the Epic History narrator is awesome

Hey Chris I know you might not know too much about ottoman history but can you watch Kings and Generals first episode of the early ottoman history? It's a very interesting part of history and I think you'll enjoy it

Absolutely Fantastic ! far far better than anything hollyweird is putting out these days!

Oh man, i was waiting for this one! Thank you Chris

Roger Ducos is just happy to be there

Excellent new setting and a great video as always. I want to recommend two videos that tell the full story of the RMS Lusitania: "The Incredible Career of RMS Lusitania" and "The Tragic Sinking of RMS Lusitania" on the Oceanliner Designs RU-vid channel.

Constructive criticism for finetuning: There is a little bit of green lining around you, it shows around your hands the most. It's certainly a greenscreen artifact, and can certainly be fixed either by lighting or software.

The new microphone sounds good and the lighting is nice.

I wonder if Jean-François Moulin is related to the famous Jean Moulin. If only we knew someone qualified in family history and has a youtube channel... ;)

Always glad to see the same ol Chris!

“I pray, if it be God’s will, Chris will react to ‘Napoleon’s Marshals.’”- Stephen Brody Smith, June, 23rd, 2024

Would love if you reacted to siege of toulon!

New setup is great man

Hats off tô épic history TV!!!! Superb. It gets better with your commentaries🤌

We’ve got Chris 2.0 over here with a new setup!

It looked like you had a thought and almost spoke at the point where the narrator said thwarted the quarantine laws.

Would love to hear your thoughts on the Napoleon's Marshals series

I AM THE SENATE! Well said brother, another great video!

I am once again asking Vth to react to Operation Bagration for its upcoming 80th anniversary

Napoleon had already committed an atrocity before this, the massacre at Jaffa in March 1799. After a siege the Turkish garrison of the fort of Jaffa surrendered. Napoleon was having trouble feeding his own troops let alone 3000 Turkish troops. He feared that if he just let them go the would move on to the next fort so he lined them up on the beach and forced them into the sea at bayonet point.

Any chance you can look at the Battle of Narva 1700 from HistoryMarche?

I don't know if there's a video about the war of Vendée in english, but if so, you should do it

I look at the similarities/differences between the revolutions in Britain and France. For the glorious revolution England's Parlement has already rejected the idea of an absolute monarch once and executed that monarch's father for treason against the people. Now his son tries the same thing so they depose him using his 'unpopular' decision to convert to become a Catholic- but replaces him with Protestant relations in his daughter and her Dutch husband, it is decided that the politicians needed was a figurehead for the country not a leader. In France they take a different point of view, the non nobles and cleric's have had no historical power as the 3rd estate because they were always opposed by the first two, but whilst this works in an uneducated age before the reformation there are now educated 'peasants' and they realize that they had the theoretical numbers on their side with 90% of the population. So they depose the king and a council takes over, but not as yet knowing what to do with this ex-monarch and his familly or the nobility/church. Eventually they come up with the peasants council arrives at the brutal and extreme solution - exterminate the people who previously held the power.....so now the gloves are off and anyone with any ambitions to grab power is now in play. Unfortunately for France the situation continues after Napoleon exits with the country flirting between democracy and monarch with reinvention of the Republic with each becoming successively weaker during the 19th century till they lose the Franco-prussian war in 1870; contrast this with the power of Britain in that century as the periods only superpower by deem of "owning" the sea lanes and almost a monopoly of world trade control

And Lafayette disappeared from the history of France....

"A man does not have himself killed for a half pence a day or for some petty distinction. You must speak to the soul in order to electrify him." " I would rather fight a coalition than be a part of one." Love me some Nappy quotes!

YOUR THE BEST VTH I HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR MONTHS ON EVERY VIDEO YOU ARE THE BEST!

I definitely love the new setup:)

Much better quality!!

Chaos in this building just like the January 6 riot 3 years ago 😂😂

It could've made a great movie, RIDLEY!

Nice reaction and analysis

was watching this was waiting for your reaction chris.

So many similarities to the divisions we see in our country today. We must never return to a time when political violence is seen as inevitable or acceptable. Because each everyday citizen really only has influence over their own side, folks must focus on the radicalization in their own communities and on their own side of the political isle being unafraid to temporarily withdrawl support when things near a turning point. Problem today is we have so much more information but hlaf of it is BS. I feel the only real use of history besides entertainment and appreciation, is to influence the present and future. We have so much more access to info today than back then so it seems the best way to determine which sources are trustworthy is to read bills proposed and signed, read court transcripts, listen to your opposition, and most importantly approach information from your side with the same level of skepticism and doubt as you do information from the other side.

Can we get Napoleon's Marshalls reaction from Epic History?

You should react to the crisis of the third century or more roman history in general.

Who does he think he is Charles 1st 😂 at least he kept his head I guess

You need to link your WW1 channel to this channel.

Ultimately that's why Josephine was so amazing. She immediately understood her role in a era where that's what wives did. It's absolutely amazing she had such control over a man thar literally had the entirety of europe in a chokehold. She doesn't get enough recognition in history for how she handled napoleon

28:36 didn't he write a romance novel in his teens?