Comments by "FiveLiver" (@FiveLiver) on "Young English Soldier Gives BRUTAL First-Hand Account of Battle of Waterloo (1815, William Lawrence)" video.

what a rogue he was, all those men died for his ego.
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@mojo9291 a complete devotion to the killing of young French men. His ambition ironically led to the the emergence of Germany as a war machine later in the century and in the following one. Respect for him is foolishly misplaced.
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Such happenstance on the battlefield. They were different men in those days.
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Not me
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@sweden7675 It's two tunes: 'The girl I left behind me' and 'The British Grenadiers', but I don't know the reference to the Prescott volunteers and Colonel Fraser
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@solwen Britain had a constitutional monarchy even then - the King reigned he did not rule.
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Yes - Napoleon is still considered a hero in France rather than the villain he was.
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@sweden7675 Being Swedish did you first hear of Waterloo through Abba? and next from that song?
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@sweden7675 Good man - do me a favour and keep Sweden Swedish
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they also tell of how the real heroes are in the cemeteries. Only a small percentage of soldiers willingly moved forward into harms way they tended not to make it out.
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@solwen Nobody wanted the ideal republic cutting peoples heads off thank you. Did you get the memo that Napoleon reinstated the monarchy crowned himself and family members?
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@gerardosalazar161 Britain has what is called an 'unwritten' constitution. This makes it superior to written ones, with a 'year dot' beginning and have to be formulated as it was developed over centuries of struggle, convention and case law. There would be no US Constitution without it.
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