Titans of History: Napoleon Bonaparte

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Titans of History: Napoleon Bonaparte episodes

December 31, 2023 Supplemental: Marshals of the Empire--Louis-Nicolas Davout
Perhaps the most capable of all of Napoleon's commanders, the "Iron Marshal" Davout built a legacy of his own as one of the finest military minds in French history. Join us today as we discuss the impact he had--and, perhaps, should have had--on Napoleon, the Napoleonic Wars, and military history.
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23 min
December 18, 2023 Episode Thirty Eight: Capitulations and the Continental System
Even after their disastrous defeat at the twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt, the Prussians refused to give up the fight. The French would oblige--and would enter the capital in a week, while planning to implement a new continental economic order.
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36 min
December 10, 2023 Supplemental: My Thoughts on Ridley Scott's "Napoleon"
I discuss my thoughts on the blockbuster film about our main subject and why it be in my top ten list anytime soon.
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14 min
December 04, 2023 Episode Thirty Seven: Jena & Auerstedt
With Prussia deciding to go to war with the French over his growing influence in the German provinces, they believed their storied military would be enough to end Napoleon once and for all. At Jena and Auerstedt, they were dealt a harsh reality of what was to come.
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39 min
November 26, 2023 Supplemental: Marshals of the Empire--Andre Masséna
We begin our "mini-series within a series" with Marshal Andre Masséna, one of Napoleon's finest commanders in the field and a man who proved that his commoner background could not prevent him from being a man of destiny.
26 min
November 08, 2023 Episode Thirty Six: Europe's Cartographer
With Austerlitz and the Peace of Pressburg behind him, Emperor Napoleon uses a small interlude of peace to rearrange the map of Europe in his image.
30 min
October 21, 2023 Episode Thirty Five: Pressburg and Naples
With the dust having settled after the Battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon and Austria began their negotiations at a quick peace. Meanwhile, the often forgotten Italian Theater raged on into the summer of 1806, formally ending the War of the Third Coalition.
35 min
September 28, 2023 Episode Thirty Four: Austerlitz
In his grandest achievement, Napoleon defeats two emperors and cements himself amongst the greatest names in military history. Join us as we dive into Napoleon's masterpiece in the 1805 Battle of Austerlitz.
55 min
September 09, 2023 Episode Thirty Three: Trafalgar
In the last major battle in the Age of Sail, Admiral Horatio Nelson authors his masterful swan song as the Royal Navy thwarts any last hopes of a French naval threat to the British.
43 min
August 26, 2023 Episode Thirty Two: The Ulm Campaign
In one the swiftest campaigns of Napoleon's career, the French face off against an Austrian army which they defeated "simply by marching."
40 min