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Hero or tyrant; brilliant head of state and war leader or powerhungry opportunist... Napoleon I is undoubtedly one of France's most controversial historical figures.

But behind Napoleon lurks a mass of faceless and often unknown people. Who were the soldiers of the Grande Armée? Who were these individuals who were the instruments of the French Emperor's conquests in the four corners of Europe?

Come on board and follow the story of a drop of water in a gigantic ocean.


▶ Acknowledgements :

Writing: Rivenzi, Thomas Quinquis & Loup Genevard
Camera: Alex Studio Gâchette, Mathieu Lacout
Director: Alex Studio Gâchette, Rivenzi
Editing: Alex Studio Gâchette, Rivenzi & Mandrill
Maps : Quentin Jeannigros
Sound engineer: Tristan Amadeï

Le musée de l'Armée
Émilie Robbe
Grégory Spourdos
"Les Grognards de la Somme" association
Nicolas Sabbatier: Antoine Coquille
Napoleon I: JeanGérald Larcin


▶ Sources for this episode :

Works :

BARRES Jean Baptiste Auguste, ‘Souvenirs d'un officier de la Grande Armée’, Work in the public domain, published by Maurice Barès, 1923.

BIARD Michel, BOURDIN Philippe, MARZAGALLI Silvia, ‘17891815 Révolution Consulat Empire’, Histoire de France, ed. Joël Cornette, Belin, Paris, 2014.

BEY Frédéric, HAEGELE Vincent, GUILLERAT Nicolas, ‘Infographie de L'empire Napoléonien’, Passés Composés, Paris, 2023.

BLIN Arnaud, ‘Wagram, 56 Juillet 1809’, L'Histoire en Bataille, CNRS, 2013.

HOUDECEK François , ‘Vivre la Grande Armée Être soldat au temps de Napoléon’, CNRS éditions, 2023.

HOURTOUILLE François Guy, ‘L'Apogée de l'Empire, Wagram’, Histoires et Collections, Paris, 2005.

NAULET Frédéric, ‘Wagram, le 56 juillet 1809, Le canon tonne sur les bords du Danube’, Economica, Paris, 2009.



Online resources :

Moselle departmental archives: https://www.archives57.com/index.php/...

Mémoires des Hommes, Imperial Guard and Line Infantry registers:
https://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defe...

BERJAUD Frédéric, ‘Le 4ème Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne’: http://frederic.berjaud.free.fr/004ed...

Sur Le Champ, Le Projet diplomatique napoléonien : La Bataille de Wagram (1809)
   • Le Projet diplomatique napoléonien : ...  

Other :

Collections of the Musée de l'Armée.

Chapters:

00:00 : Introduction
3:18 : Sponsor
4:26 : I The start
18:17 : II The Soldier's Journey
30:32 : III Trial by Fire
43:34 : Conclusion

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