Why Napoleon & Russia Almost Invaded India Together

Fire of Learning Video 1 years ago

Description

In this video, we take a look at forgotten plans Paul I of Russia and Napoleon Bonaparte discussed to invade India together and divide it between themselves.

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Works cited

[1] Schroeder, Paul W. “The Collapse of the Second Coalition.” The Journal of Modern History, vol. 59, no. 2, 1987, pp. 244–90. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1879727.

[2] Stetson-Watson, Hugh. “The Russian Empire: 1801-1807.” Clarendon Press, 1967.

[3] McGrew, Roderick E. “Paul I of Russia: 1754-1801.” Clarendon Press, 1992.

[4] “Indian March of Paul”. Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia.org.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_March_of_Paul

[5] Hopkirk, Peter. “The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia.” John Murray Publishers, 1990.

Map sources

Emperortigerstar. “The History of Russia, Every Year.” YouTube, Youtube.com, 2 Dec. 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCIp3CF33ms

Cottereau. “The History of Europe: Every Year.” YouTube, Youtube.com. 1 Jan, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P0QSxlnI

Ollie Bye. “The History of India: Every Year.” YouTube, YouTube.com. 16 May, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN41DJLQmPk

Emperortigerstar. “The History of the Middle East: Every Year.” YouTube, YouTube.com. 6 Jul, 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eIADs7Ct-Q

Picture attributions:

By Bryan Rutherford - Own work, based on File:Europe 1748-1766 en.png, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62921453