@zwhitehistory: Was Britain’s greatest general unpopular with his men? Find out what this British soldier had to say about serving under him during the Napoleonic Wars. #HistoryTime #napoleonicwars #soldier #britishhistory #veteran

zack🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 :

That guy in waterloo 1970 plays him pretty well then

AT :

Best Irish general we ever had 🇮🇪

Hatlon :

for me he was never best general on British history

นิรนาม :

I think the best British general is churchill

Uturur949 :

stoppage of gin sir?

Turquoise🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 :

Seeing wellington was the best part of my year by far

Luca OC 🇨🇦 :

I hope I see more of you

Siegfried :

Hi Zack, my I ask what are the specifics of your PHD ?

user4192361525140 :

Reading of him my take is he was a tough, straight down the line and VERY VERY disciplined commander who expected professionalism from his men. the time meant certain punishments which we would disaprove of now.

noenoe :

how many generals did england have roughly?

matthew 🇺🇸🇹🇭🤠 :

ain't that the guy from gnb?

Montydan :

I think Wellington would admit that Moore led the way in the peninsular campaign. Marlborough is a military legend.

Law Monkey :

Stephen Fry played him best

sappynam :

Wellington is nothing, and certainty not a good general.

Arthur :

thought it might please you to know I'm currently watching this from a building built in the duke of wellingtons honour 🎖

4405 :

An additional (supportive) anecdote. In the 1860s a very old British military survivor as asked for his opinion of Wellington. The old soldier stared into space for a moment, then observed "well, we didn't go hungry!" Wellington was not popular with his artillery & changed their commanders several times in the peninsula. At Waterloo, prior to the start of the battle, Cpt Ramsey's response to Wellington's " halloo" sums up the general feeling of the semi-independant artillery, controlled as they were by the Board of Ordnance. Wellington seems to have lacked the "common touch" which may have had it's origins in the family's early insecurities. Wellington's "family" (staff) tended to be selected from aristocratic families e.g. Lord Fitzroy Somerset (later Lord Raglan).

Desh :

Thank God nobody mentioned Bernard Law Montgomery. Too many people go to Monty when asked about who is best without knowing just how bad he was

Aunt :

Wonder who was the best dinner companion? Napoleon or Wellington? Wellington likely kept the better table, as Napoleon wasn’t that into food. But what about the conversation?

junot apologist :

are there any books youd recommend to people who want to learn about the napoleonic wars and are new/dont have much knowledge? sorry if this has been asked before!

Omar Solis :

John Malkovich played him very.... ok, he was serviceable and fine as Wellington

hiddenski :

tt :

Over the hills and far away

happy121468 :

I love the history of going to one of your old churches in England that held the colors going back to Napoleonic wars . I also went to the imperial war museum in London thank you for sharing 👍

TC :

Very interesting, thank you.