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Dear Patrons, 

I'm very excited to share with you the world premiere of Napoleon in Egypt: Part 1!

Amazing work from Patrick and Mike on this one, with a bit of help from David Curtis on the naval shots (work continues on Nelson's Battles). 

Typos for merch is in effect (though we are already updating a British flag, if your eyes are keen enough to spot that one...) 

I don't have anything to add except - enjoy the show, and thanks for supporting the channel! 

Toby

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Melkor

I’ve been looking forward to this.

Aerondight

You guys are on fire! Two videos in one week?!

jakub bartak

This episode was something else. And I love it

MarbleHit

Another great video :)

Stuart Carver

Awesome stuff on my second viewing already. Wasn’t the siege of Malta in 1565 4 months ,or atleast very nearly, rather than 3?

Finn McCabe

Massive props to EHTV. Two vids in a week!? What a great Christmas present. Much better than the Napoleon movie. They really missed a trick with that one. Still, this channels covered Napoleon better than Hollywood ever could.

Stephane Michel

Fantastic as always ! You must cover Suvorov's campaign in Italy, it would be EPIC !

Connor

Amazing.... Can't wait for more!

Connor Hilchie

Always love watching your videos. A part of me does wish to see a "what if Napoleon succeed in Egypt " just to see how history would have been different if Napoleon hadn't been dealt such a bad hand and had somehow made it to India.

t1

You guys are the Gold Standard. Vive l'Emperuer

Lee Vinson

If Cochrane was part of Nelsons fleet Napoleon wouldn't have made it to Malta!

Gage Hardesty

You left out a part where soldiers not only died to exhaustion and Mammluks but also Nile crocodiles where many French who bathed in the Nile were immediately attacked by the crocodiles and eaten and taken into the Nile itself, just a little pointing out beforehand.

Gage Hardesty

But above all good video really a good job at pointing out what went down, it should also be mentioned that the Captain for the French fleet made sure his men hammered in the French flag for no surrender, and that he also tried to sent a letter to Josephine about her affair but gets captured by the British and published into British propaganda, and you forgot to mention that as the war in Egypt was going on, the Second coalition started with the Ottoman Empire joining it, likewise just pointing it all out for you to remember later.

EpicHistoryTV

Thanks Stuart. We've rounded down there, but I think that's alright.

Medin Burnic

We get two masterpieces in a week. What a great Saturday! The graphical effects in the videos just keep getting better and better. I'm so excited to see the second part and the Nile video. The Battle of the Pyramids was so epic to watch! What is the proper word to describe this? Just... Magnificent! Epic History TV is the best place for History. Period. This content is free, and is such high quality. Even other documentaries that cost money still tend to have problems. As the Napoleon movie so described. Which I mistakenly paid 40 dollars to watch it with my family. Thank you, Toby, and all the others behind the EHTV Channel!

EpicHistoryTV

Thank you Medin, very glad you enjoyed it so much!

Covfefe Dotard

I didn’t expect this so soon I’m so happy

Gage Hardesty

I just checked back with the video again and nothing to point out but kinda of a commentary on this video, when I was going through the video another time I noticed that when Napoleon said to Berthier that any rioter that's caught with a weapon is to be beheaded and tossed into the Nile, that totally shocked me just then and for me to believe that that wasn't biggest crime yet, ugh just hearing that sounded criminal for Napoleon like in what right mind would anyone just say "ok sure let's just chop off their heads just to have the flair for it" like who would just say that over casualties of civilians caught with weapons, I mean what if the civilians were innocent and they were still beheaded for their accused actions, like I wouldn't support them if they did stuff like the French extreme revolutionaries, like ugh just unnerving sight for such killings, I hoped the rest of you noticed that as much as I did.

MitchyCool

6:00 I bet Nelson was pissed when he found this out

Stuart Carver

I think that The Orient had 124 guns not 120? 34 upper deck, 34 middle deck, 32 lower deck. 18 on the forecastle and quarter deck plus 6 carronades??? Also I’m glad we got an intro to Dumas The Black Devil, I wonder what your take is on what blame Napoleon should have for his and his families fate?

Samuel Pattinasarane

Can you share the resources for this? I'm interested to hear more about it in detail.

Nigel Pierce

Oh shit 2 videos in 1 week!!!! Christmas came early !!!

Nigel Pierce

Napoleon fam, we’re back in business!!!!

IHW

Great to see General Dumas getting his due recognition. In the Italian Campaign videos you said Murat was promoted to Brigadier General, but in this video he is a Colonel. Was this a mistake in the Castiglione video or this video? Looking forward to the rest of Egypt and Kolchak part 2.

Noah S

Wow hats off to the music in this video, it improves with every series!!

Gage Hardesty

Oop just found a typo problem, in your Islamic video you had the word "Qu'ran" spelled like this, not Koran just pointing out a typo for you.

Andres Gallo

Omg ! The ending is like another start 🙉

EpicHistoryTV

What's your source for that Stuart? I have many putting L'Orient at 120, including The Nelson Society and History Today magazine. Ships did of course change their arrangement - HMS Victory was 104 guns, and 100, at various stages.

EpicHistoryTV

Regarding Dumas - it seems that Napoleon's grudge had disastrous consequences for his family, which is pretty appalling, when you think of Dumas' brave and loyal service to the Republic. However, I don't know whether it was Napoleon himself that was obstructive, or the bureaucracy? (But then if Napoleon had cared, surely he could have waved his hand, and the payments would be made).

EpicHistoryTV

Thanks - that's not a typo, just an inconsistency! Both are commonly used in English. I'm ok with it.

EpicHistoryTV

You are quite right - he is a Brigadier! Thank you, we will get this fixed before YouTube launch. And in fact, I believe this qualifies for the Typos for Merch prize! Congrats and thanks again, I'll be in touch to organise a reward.

Uaid Ez Zahhar

I think I found a few typos. After the battle of Samhud, on January 22 1799, Europe's powers like Austria or Russia are still in white (neutral), when they should be in red, given the 2nd Coalition had been formed in November of 1798; and the kingdom of Naples still appears, when, a day before (on January 21, 1799) the Parthenopean Republic had been formed. Anyways, great video! Thank you very much for these two December videos! And, something else I have just noticed after reviewing Samhud again... 22th? Should it not be 22nd?

Hethwill Wargames

Fantastic ! Thank you team for taking on a 'Early Glories' series ( along with Italy ) and a campaign that warrants much more attention. Been waiting for it for a lo-ong time.

Knottingham

My new favorite alt-history is scenario is what would have happened if Napoleon had succeded in winning the hearts of the egyptians, and bringing the ottomans to the table. Would he have styled himself Sultan of egypt?

Michael mcdaniel

THEY DONT MISS God I love this channel Napoleon is my hero and from the minute I started watching y’all I fell in love this channel and I always wanted to see y’all do a series about his Egyptian campaign god it’s amazing

Sean Mac

This Desiax guy seems pretty cool. I can't wait to see his long and prosperous career

Sean Mac

9:16 is this a typo or is it deliberate, I remember reading somewhere that Napoleon's translators weren't the best for this campaign

Sean Mac

The grammar is all fucked

Nikita

This was great! I'd be glad if you could answer some questions I have: 1. Why Napoleon invaded Egypt during the summer? It seems like a terrible idea considering Egyptian climate. 2. Was it the fact that Napoleon an infidel the main reason he failed to win the hearts of the Egyptian population? Were there other significant factors? How he was perceived along the Copts? Thanks again for making this wonderful video!

CCook

Fantastic job on this project! Greatly anticipating part two and the campaign in the Levant.

Andrew Herbst

Great video! The music was perfect in so many places. Appreciate the two videos in such a short span of time

CCook

Also, is there a link to the soundtrack used in the Italian campaign and this video? It’s literally perfection.

Grant Patrick

Wow, I think the battle of the pyramids was my favorite battle sequence yet. I have seen all your videos. I'm curious, does your team make original music, and can I somehow get access to it? Thank you for the amazing historical content this channel brings.

IZHKAR

Amazing work!

Stefano Lissi

I'm always amazed at the sheer perfection and historical accuracy of your videos

Blake Mcdonald

Beautiful video. I have been waiting for this campaign and of course it has not disappointed yet!

Thomas

We are so back. Brilliant as always! Happy holidays Toby.

EpicHistoryTV

Thanks Grant! We're currently using a mix of royalty free music and original compositions. We put some of the soundtracks out as streaming audio, for the Lords and Ladies tier.

EpicHistoryTV

We've put some of the soundtracks out as audio streaming for Lords and Ladies, such as yourself! We'll add more later. Search our recent posts, or look for the 'Music scores' collection... enjoy!

EpicHistoryTV

Just a slightly old-fashioned phrasing. No typo though!

EpicHistoryTV

Thanks Nikita! There are a lot of very knowledgeable people in this Patreon group so hopefully someone can provide good answers to these. On the first point, the French would have had to balance concerns about Egyptian summer, with the dangers of a winter crossing of the Med, rough seas and possible storms.

EpicHistoryTV

Thank you Uaid! We will look closely at all these points, and update as necessary. Certainly a couple of typos in there! (Prize has already been awarded, unfortunately).

Stuart Carver

I think on closer inspection I think I saw 118 and 120 depending on the source with 124 being the number including Carronades which I read often weren’t included in the total number which would make sense so I’m happy not to go against that. The only other thing if not entirely clear on is the size of the army which was said to be 38,000 at 6.45 out of 55,000, so I assumed the rest remained to man the ships, but if you add up all the divisions comes to around 27,000? Yes, I’d love to be able to exonerate Napoleon for what happened but I think it’s clear he deserves a fair amount of criticism whether he was “directly” involved or not. You can really see the inspiration in some of his sons fiction and The Count of Monte Cristo is my favourite book of all time so I’m grateful for that. It’s just sad when great works come from very tragic, very real, stories.

Richard Fernandes

SUPERB as ALWAYS! Keep it UP and Happy Holidays for You Toby & The Team

Adam J. Danberg

Awesome Video. I remember a lot of this from Andrew Roberts Napoleon. Amazing job

Jay White

So awesome!!! Love it - can't wait for the next part.

Schroeder Publishing & Wargames

Filling the hole in the Napoleon narrative. Thanks so much for this great video. Looking forward to part 2!

John Dominguez

Lot more content covered than any other producer! All in 25min. Didnt realize how close Nelson intercepted Bonie

Cuirassier

Such an epic episode and kept me gripped from start to finish! It might have been good to add info that Nelson's attack was is known as the Battle of the Nile - I didnt know it was this battle until I looked it up!

Eli Khanam

After seeing how Ridley Scott treated Napoleon's Egypt campaign, as eye candy for the trailers and a plot point for a mute and boring romance story, I am glad to get more detailed and well made depictions of true history!

Louie Elias Cashman

Ive been watching the channel for a while, but I took it for granted. Your use of historical art pieces to give insights on key events is amazing and put me on another level of engagement. The battle taking place within view of the pyramids is a dream for iconic art

Nzpodz (edited)

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2026-09-13 16:00 I feel like the Napoleonic era of videos is coming to an end shortly with some of the best content on him produced by the channel. I have been thinking of a next season on a great general that would be super fascinating and that would be on Fredrick the Great. I would love if you guys did a series on him or I think more interesting a series on the 7 years war. I look forward to the day when you choose to do such episodes. But also whatever you guys release is amazing so just keep doing what your doing but if I could have a recommendation it would be this.
2023-12-23 04:33

EpicHistoryTV

Thank you - interesting to read your suggestion. A bit more Napoleon still to come first!

Tavana

Oh yes! The Seven Years War/Frederick the Great would be very interesting, it’d would also provide so additional context on Prussia’s position during the Napoleonic era as well as having some cameos of Napoleon’s Marshals that served in that war, enriching the Napoleon series even further! 😍😍

Dan.Gryn

Thank You!!! Greatly appreciated!