Comments by "Bullet-Tooth Tony" (@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-) on "Gebhard von Blucher: The Prussian Scourge of Napoleon" video.

  1. He was incompetent and got his arse handed to him time and time again.
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  2. Overrated. Lost the majority of his battles.
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  3.  @bnm0883  How is Wellington overrated? Have you even seen how solid his record is? 39 victories against France and he beat several of Napoleon's best marshalls such as Massena, Soult, Clauzel, Suchet, Ney and managed to hold out against Napoleon himself for at least 6 hours at Waterloo while outnumbered, better than any coalition general that had performed alone against Napoleon. Wellington was outnumbered, unlike generals like Blucher and Archduke Charles.
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  4.  @bnm0883  Blucher was most certainly not better. Blucher was untalented and got his ass handed to him in the 1814 campaign and the Battle of Ligny, would Blucher have successfully pinned his army to the ridge at Mont St. Jean and repelled Napoleon’s attacks all day? Wellington had the foresight that he already knew where he could successfully engage and trap Napoleon’s army before the campaign had even begun. The advance of the Imperial guard at Wellington's centre was stopped before Blucher's army had broken through at plancenoit. Wellington NEVER lost a field battle, and beat EVERY single French general sent against him.... Jourdan, Victor, Massena, Clauzel, Ney, Soult... And Wellington really won everywhere he fought India, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, France and Belgium, showing a diverse range of battles in defence and attack. He is definitely the most successful land commander of the age besides Napoleon and possibly Suvorov. There's a reason that Wellington's campaigns are still studied in military academies world wide and not Blucher. Blucher is overrated.
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  5.  @bnm0883  "Wellington steps that we have forgotten apart from the British who are looking for a hero like you." Sure, that's why he's ranked second place behind Napoleon in most successful generals of all time, theres a video on here that shows that if you don't believe me. The Spanish, Portugese, French and Indians remember him. 😂 Blucher also had a 5 to 1 advantage in many of his victories that's not brave, btw the Prussian army's movement and tactics were mostly planned by Von Gneisenau, not Blucher. He won thanks to an abundance of manpower. Never took on the french army at a disadvantage. In contrast Wellington at Bussaco, Torres Vedras and Fuentes De Onoro, he defeats one of Napoleon's best marshalls Massena outnumbered 30,000 against 65,000 and in the Pyrenees campaign he beats another in Soult outnumbered, 62,000 vs 100,000, and also held out against Napoleon for 6 hours (outnumbered with a 5,000 men disadvantage). In all honesty Wellington could (and probably should) have been well beaten before the arrival of Bulow's IV Corps. Instead Napoleon spent 6 hours hurling columns at an unbreakable line and cavalry at unbreakable squares, as well as tying up thousands of men trying to occupy well defended redoubts. Wellington never once fell back in retreat despite all of this, the fact his elite Guards men repulsed the Imperial Guard without the Prussians is evidence of that.
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  6. ​ @bnm0883  Wellington NEVER suffered a major defeat. Ask yourself why military academies still study Wellington to this day and not Blucher 😜 By the late afternoon, D'erlons Corps no longer existed, the French heavy cavalry were destroyed, the Corps in and around Hugoumont were done, as well as the one that had taken La Haye Saint. All due to Wellington's efforts. Napoleon basically had his Imperial guard left and we both know what happened to them when they were finally committed to attack Wellington's centre, totally routed. in the words of Wellington "They came on in the same way and we beat them in the same way" Wellington did the lion share of the fighting that day and took the most casualties out of both armies. Finally, Quatre Bras was a draw, as it denied both sides what they wanted. Wellington could not join up with Blucher, but also the French could not stop Wellington from setting himself up at Waterloo. Initially it may appear that the French had gained the greater benefit, but in hindsight it ultimately led to the French losing the campaign. Nevertheless a battle where the opposition retreat is not a defeat.
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  7.  @bnm0883  So is Wellington "Quote Wellington is famous for his adaptive defensive style of warfare, resulting in several victories against numerically superior forces while minimising his own losses. He is regarded as one of the greatest defensive commanders of all time, and many of his tactics and battle plans are still studied in military academies around the world" The French were not winning at Waterloo. They had failed to take 2 out of 3 strong points, and had most of their cavalry expended, most of their infantry had been shattered outside Hougoumont, in D’Erlons crushed attack, storming La Haye Saint (which took them most of the day) and at Papelotte and Plancenoit. Wellington on the other hand still had effective garrisons in Papelotte and Hougemont. His centre was exhausted, but he’d only had 1 cavalry regiment routed. Contrary to myth he still had lots of brigades who were comparatively fresh. He had a Full Dutch-Belgian Division still untouched, most of his light cavalry brigades were still effective, his Dutch heavy brigade and the household brigade were still in fighting condition. His British brigades, 2nd Guards were in good condition, 5th Brigade was desperate, 3rd Brigade has barely been scratched, 4th Brigade was also borderline fresh, 8th Brigade was also fairly unscathed... but they had taken a pounding at Quatre Bras, 9th Brigade were very beaten up but again they’d had it worse at Quatre Bras, 10th had taken losses in the cavalry attacks. So there was lots of troops (I didn’t go into the Hanovarians and KGL) in Wellingtons army still in relatively good condition. Napoleon couldn’t say the same. His Imperial Guard were mostly tied down. He only had the middle guard left which he threw away...The Wellingtons line was wavering myth is revisionism but not born out by hard study. When the Middle Guard attacked, only really troops that looked unsteady were British 5th Brigade... a brigade heavily engaged at Quatre Bras and in the thick of it again all day at Waterloo, but their unsteadiness at this point was not the case for the whole army as some like to pretend.
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