The Napoleonic wars were one of the greatest wars of imperialism, with Napoleon leading the conquer of much of Europe. These battles provided very new tactics and were a new age of warfare in their own right, with the increase of guns and artillery used against the enemy. Our Napoleonic DVD's aim to tell the story of how this war started and developed, and how the men within the armies were used tactically.
This is gripping stuff and shows off the military genius of Wellington.
Firetrench
This is gripping stuff and shows off the military genius of Wellington.
Firetrench
The photography, ariel and ground level is striking... The DVD demonstrates the hardships and bloodshed of siege warfare in the Peninsula very well.
Casemate Publishers
The photography, ariel and ground level is striking... The DVD demonstrates the hardships and bloodshed of siege warfare in the Peninsula very well.
Casemate Publishers
This DVD will appeal to a wide audience, not least because of the success of the fictional 'Sharpe' stories and television feature-length films. ... Another outstanding DVD.
Firetrench
This DVD will appeal to a wide audience, not least because of the success of the fictional 'Sharpe' stories and television feature-length films. ... Another outstanding DVD.
Firetrench
This DVD is the best of the three from BHTV that we have seen thus far.
It is the first of three DVDs regarding the history of this famous regiment and begins with the creation of light infantry units in British army. It is the retreat to Coruña though, an episode that placed the 95th in the annuals of the most respected regiments in the British army, on which this DVD focusses.
The retreat, one of the finest ‘hours’ of this famous regiment, is presented as a vivid, “warts and all” description. The actions of the 95th are recounted and juxtaposed to the ill-discipline of much of the rest of the British army.
A highlight of the DVD is that the footage was taken on location and at the same time of year as the historical events. This adds greatly to the value of the presentation— particularly with regard to the retreat to Coruña.
James Fisher - Avon Napoleonic Fellowship
This DVD is the best of the three from BHTV that we have seen thus far.
It is the first of three DVDs regarding the history of this famous regiment and begins with the creation of light infantry units in British army. It is the retreat to Coruña though, an episode that placed the 95th in the annuals of the most respected regiments in the British army, on which this DVD focusses.
The retreat, one of the finest ‘hours’ of this famous regiment, is presented as a vivid, “warts and all” description. The actions of the 95th are recounted and juxtaposed to the ill-discipline of much of the rest of the British army.
A highlight of the DVD is that the footage was taken on location and at the same time of year as the historical events. This adds greatly to the value of the presentation— particularly with regard to the retreat to Coruña.
James Fisher - Avon Napoleonic Fellowship
After an outstanding series of DVDs covering the Waterloo Campaign, the presentation team have kicked off a new series in high style, covering the earlier Peninsular War. There is a great advantage in using former soldiers and historians to present military history than to use television presenters. This avoids the breathless presentation and fake gravitas that has made so many made for TV presentations poor history, where the presenter often stresses the wrong factors in an attempt to hold the audience, indicating a lack of real knowledge. In this DVD the presentations are authoritative and absorbing. This DVD is certainly a must for all military history enthusiasts, but it is also first rate entertainment that will appeal to a wider audience. It follows the presentation format of the best selling Waterloo series and anyone who watches this DVD will eagerly await the other DVDs in the series. The production quality and colour is first rate, the account moves at a good pace and the detail.. Read more
Firetrench
After an outstanding series of DVDs covering the Waterloo Campaign, the presentation team have kicked off a new series in high style, covering the earlier Peninsular War. There is a great advantage in using former soldiers and historians to present military history than to use television presenters. This avoids the breathless presentation and fake gravitas that has made so many made for TV presentations poor history, where the presenter often stresses the wrong factors in an attempt to hold the audience, indicating a lack of real knowledge. In this DVD the presentations are authoritative and absorbing. This DVD is certainly a must for all military history enthusiasts, but it is also first rate entertainment that will appeal to a wider audience. It follows the presentation format of the best selling Waterloo series and anyone who watches this DVD will eagerly await the other DVDs in the series. The production quality and colour is first rate, the account moves at a good pace and the detail.. Read more
Firetrench
Hougoumont and D'Erlon's Attack
Hougoumont & D'Erlon's Attack is the second part in the explosive four part series, The Waterloo Collection, which covers the entire Waterloo Campaign from Napoleon's return to France and ensuing battles to his final pursuit and eventual surrender to the British. Following on from Ligny and Quatre Bras, Part II starts by focusing on the concentration… Read more...
The Peninsular Collection: 95th Rifles - 1809 to Salamanca
95th Rifles 1809 to Salamanca is the second DVD in 95th Rifles trilogy of films and part of The Peninsular Collection from BHTV and Pen and Sword Digital. The DVD explores the history of the 95th Rifles, who were masters of the battlefield and particularly skilled in skirmishing. Held in high esteem by the French and Allies alike, they played a momentous… Read more...
Since his return to the Iberian Peninsula in 1809, General Arthur Wellesley (later The Duke of Wellington) had with his small army been a constant thorn in the side of a series of Napoleon's Marshals in Spain, studiously avoiding battles that he could not win and falling back before superior forces to the Lines of Torres Vedras in 1810. By 1812 he… Read more...
The Waterloo Collection. This is the first part of a suite of programmes that will cover the Waterloo Campaign as a whole, from the concentration of the Armies astride the north eastern frontier of France, through to the Allied pursuit of Napoleon's defeated army to Paris. Over the coming months the Waterloo Collection of four DVDs, with a running… Read more...
