napoleon and to. looming more about this great personally certainly he is a great he was a great personality but what inspired you personally what inspired you most in the probably had been a point well the answer is probably different than you might anticipate it was actually my father when i was a very young lad would tell me stories about napoleon and then about caesar and alexander and some others and he had been a war correspondent he was a journalist like yourself and although he was a print and and he brought back. postcards that showed liaison believe you know were appalling and buried in the archive tree off and stuff and he would tell me stories and and it just serve stuff and over the years my interest went up and down it is as such things go and then back in the eighty's when the bicentennial of the french revolution was about to take place and there was all sorts of stuff going on about the french revolution and napoleon and and i took a class and then the paper that i wrote for the class

i mean this stories have betrayed no maori because because when the army started retreating napoleon. left the army and rushed rushed back to france did you think that was a betrayal knowing first of all it's not true that if he didn't leave when they started he didn't leave the army until they had crossed the barriers ina and were relatively safe on the other side of the bures even getting into poland at that point he had been gone long enough there had been uncovered a plot against him in france. and so at that point he and a few close advisors decided to to to leave the army where he was no longer really necessary i mean he he the army what was left of it was compact it was now forming into a reasonable force it could continue moving moving west on its own he was needed in paris you have to remember he wasn't just a commanding general he was a commanding general alone and then took off yeah you could say he betrayed them but he was also the emperor of the french and he had to get back and run his country i looked such a big fan of the russians or alexander as the year of napoleon

society as we can see the code the napoleonic code it is written all of your ties is that it is that i started a polio like. bunch of french stuff but but it does have a i do mean a very well you know and and ok the ring is an eighteen thirteen forty franc piece too so you know so is it authentic authentic ok so we we've just started talking about the eight hundred twelve war of france which napoleon fought against against the russians now let's take a look at the history of the french invasion of russia back in eight hundred twelve here's this report from spotlight's union they did neither. the battle of corroded nor the bloodiest in the napoleonic wars is recreated every year at its historic location with people having the chance to hear the poland's cannonballs and smell of gunpowder the french army invaded russia in june aden twelve for nepal and by then an undefeated military genius with almost all of europe on the his control that was a natural step and satiate in his imperialist to capital had at first things went well for the french russians not ready for a major battle kept

and to be an effective napoleonic soldier you have to live like a napoleonic soldier the whole experience is supposed to be as authentic as possible and that means all reactors really try to live the lives of their eighteen twelve counterparts eating the same food living in the same tents and wading through the same mud. accommodation is as basic as it comes no sleeping bags all muddy comforts here most people are making do with a bed of straw on a horse blanket. but conditions are no excuse for untidiness and the soldiers have to be ready for inspection at any time especially when the commander of the russian army is in the vicinity. pummel his plane general could to solve plenty and his fellow officers have plenty to think about much and i'm rupa soon we will begin shaping the talons on squadrons we will determine the number of the participants and collect the commanders then there's going to be a meeting of the commanders where they will break down the cost make people familiar with the scenario to determine the tasks of every commander record so that everyone knows their roles on the

the end of napoleon was the emperor and it was the it was here that he is glory and arrogance actually and so is this effect do you believe that really the russian campaign was the main cause of the put in the in the probably inflated probably disagree with the word arrogance and we can talk about that all night but after but absolutely otherwise completely agree of course the russian campaign was the single biggest reason why the polling in the critical use a single of the biggest single ladies i mean there there were there were other factors there the confederation of the rhine which was the german confederation was beginning to lead to a sense of german unity and with that came believe that why do they need to be under the auspices of the french empire the spanish ulcer obviously was was another . the military problem for for napoleon but there's no question about of the single biggest reason for the ultimate decline of the polian was the campaign of eight hundred twelve he was he was a pretty clever kid and he was a smart politician so do you think today looking looking back at his

napoleon. do you think had the most the most lost thing effect on people in history on no question about the polio on which was initially the code. seville the civil code that he had a huge hand and writing he'd write the whole thing himself and the group that worked with them didn't always even let him get his way on some things he wanted more liberal divorce law for example then it ended up being put in the code. well. well when you're in peru don't have to worry too much about that sort of thing but never never never the less that was a very progressive civil code combine. hundreds and hundreds of royal decree as in a regional laws and so forth and so on and finally gave a unified civil code so that no matter where you went in the country you you you were under the same same laws and then that code was expanded into a number of the areas of the empire including even in the united states where i'm your problem but in one of our states. louisiana operates under the civil good big big. he wrote

napoleon's arrival if you have it so i'm very excited. with patrick visiting from france and the most the general himself just in from the u.s. this is an event with a truly international flavor and back among the russians i met a cavalry man with a very familiar accent. so that room is a true the lithuanians have attached to britain to their residence. so for phil we need to hear a bit about your story and. you come to take boston baroda come from cambridge cambridge in the u.k. . why did you decide to take both in this. we're very fortunate in the u.k. i mean the group the fifteenth and one of the guys is russian and he also reenacts with. me and they go to the invites aboard you know and how could you refuse absolutely but it's not been an easy journey the regiment may have supplied bill with a new mount but everything else has made the trip from england with him so what i've had to bring with you everything every day i think this belt. twenty three kilos we bring all the horse equipment some of which is useful for sleeping as well so

and to be an effective napoleonic soldier you have to live like a napoleonic soldier the whole experience is supposed to be as authentic as possible and that means all reactors really trying to live the lives of their eight hundred twelve counterparts eating the same food living in the same tents and wading through the same mud.

and to be an effective napoleonic soldier you have to live like a napoleonic soldier the whole experience is supposed to be as authentic as possible and that means all reactors really try to live the lives of their eight hundred twelve.

and to be an effective napoleonic soldier you have to live like a napoleonic soldier the whole experience is supposed to be as authentic as possible and that means all reactors really try to live the lives of their eight hundred twelve counterparts eating the same food living in the same tents and wading through the same mud. accommodation is as basic as it comes no sleeping bags all modern comforts here most people are making do with a bed of straw on a horse blanket. but conditions are no excuse for untidiness and the soldiers have to be ready for inspection at any time especially when the commander of the russian army is in the vicinity. pavel is playing general could to solve and he and his fellow officers have plenty to think about much of them roup of persona will begin shaping the italians and squadrons who will determine the number of the petition.

and to be an effective napoleonic soldier you have to live like a napoleonic soldier the whole experience is supposed to be as authentic as possible and that means all react is really trying to live the lives of their eight hundred twelve counterparts eating the same food living in the same tents and wading through the same mud. accommodation is as basic as it comes no sleeping bags all comforts here most people making do with a bed of straw on a horse blanket. conditions are no excuse for untidiness.

and many of them did it in their regional dialect napoleon for example. many of the inmates serving long sentences come from the south of italy because of its unfortunate miffy history. spear with passion in their seven dialect made the acting even more intense. because of all that we really scared shakespeare for itself. it was a shock because we're very familiar with shakespeare but there we saw him in a completely new light. we know why don't we make a documentary about this. so we chose caesar. while working on the film we didn't know if it was going to be a documentary or a feature. we just wanted to communicate the emotion here you mentioned mafia julius caesar is all about power about betrayal about murder does it have a particular appeal for people connected to maffia people that i have a specific attitude towards towards the violence. every. it is true. when we discuss shakespeare with the convicts some said william is our friend. many years ago five hundred years ago he told the story of us our tragedies our guilt of what we did. when we spoke a

and two hundred years after a key battle when russia fought against the invasion of napoleon enthusiasts are reenacting the clash. a defeat for justice that's how a u.n. official branded the verdict by an israeli court clearing the military of any blame for the death of u.s. activist rachel corrie she was run over by an army bulldozer in two thousand and three the twenty three year old it was taking part in a protest against the demolition of palestinian homes in gaza but the judge ruled it was an accident brought on by cory's own actions human rights groups have criticized the decision fearing the case sets a dangerous precedent that will allow israel's defense forces to operate with impunity journalist tom dale witnessed cory's death and claims he's sure the driver killed her on purpose. it's tremendously just pointing out on the basis of what i saw on that day in two thousand and three it's absolutely not possible to characterize what happens next in my view i told the court and as i told the truth before that bulldozer driver had a very long drive up. before he got to rachel jury whi

and two hundred years after a key battle when russia fought against the invasion of napoleon enthusiasts are reacting the clash. a british high court has smashed the hopes and reputation of russia's self exiled tycoon buddies because of ski his high stakes lawsuit against billionaire compatriot but a mortgage was dismissed one of the most expensive cases in legal history more on that from archies laura smith. the final verdict in this case found against a body that is old school which means that he won't receive a cent of the more than five point six billion dollars that he was also going for. what i want to promote himself was not in court. was he a relieved looking very upbeat saying that he had full confidence in the british legal system that was the verdict was being read he held his head in his hands and as he was leaving he appears to have lost confidence in the british legal system now this is a case that has opened up for the viewing of the general public the key wold old brushes make a great show what they go to to back in the nineteen nineties the wild east as we called it back

and two hundred years after a key battle when the russia fought against invasion of napoleon's v.s.o. relaxing the scratch. at the seat of justice that's how a u.n. official brenda's a verdict by an israeli court to that cleared the military of any blame for the death of u.s. activists rachel corrie she was run over by an army bulldozer in two thousand and three the twenty two year old was taking part in a protest against the demolition of palestinian homes in gaza but the judge ruled that her death was an accident and that she had brought it on herself averting sparked a wave of concern among human rights groups who the other case will set a dangerous precedent and allow israel to escape responsibility journalists a tom dale witness cory's a death and says sure the driver killed her on purpose. tremendously just pointing out what i saw on that thank you thousand three is absolutely not possible to characterize why have this accident in my view i told the court and as i told the. driver. a very long drive up. before he got to racial jury which time he must have been able to see. the t

and two hundred years of to keep us all in russia fought against every agent of napoleon enthusiasm i really actually like. a defeat for justice that's how you win official war branded a verdict by an israeli court or that cleared the military of any blame for the death of you was activism rachel corrie she was a run over by an army bulldozer in two thousand and three the twenty three year old was taking part in a protest against the demolition of palestinian homes in gaza but the judge ruled that her death was an accident and that she had brought it on to herself the verdict sparked a wave of concern among human rights groups who fear the case will set a dangerous precedent and allow israel to escape responsibility journalist tom dale witnessed cory's death and says he's sure the driver killed or on purpose. this tremendously just pointing out on the basis of what i saw on that day in two thousand and three it's absolutely not possible to characterize what happened as an accident in my view so i told the court and as i told the israelis military classification before the bulldozer dr

historic uniform have recreated the battle of bora diena when russian soldiers for the invasion of napoleon exactly two centuries ago tom barton has more from the front line. battle is raging here at the field of bora deano to the west of moscow the french or the russians have squared up a cannons are blasting the infantry is squaring up and the cavalry is preparing to charge and the reenactment of the climactic battle of napoleon's invasion of russia two hundred years before thousands of people have turned out to see this reenactment and real naturism come both from russia and all the way from france and germany to take part really all of this on the scale of a hollywood film all the people here getting just a part of the experience of what it was like to be present at that great historical moment polian marched into russia in one thousand told with what was there a largest army ever assembled he intended to make imperial russia soon for peace and so become a master of europe but it was here at this point to the west of moscow that the russians decided to stand and fight the result being a

church the emperor napoleon has arrived from overseas to lead the army i have to really take my time to prepare myself to get it right. the bloody battle near moscow is going to start over. james brown will reveal the victor the soldier's a back to do it all again. but you know version twenty twelve on our team. will come into the future like fishing or swimming bird you can catch both of the premier aviation show of the summer check out a whole family of russian engineering feats of the ship's truly fly or just go with the flow and take in the view of the bay below but hold on there could be turbulence on board the plane it's only jet powered insidious plane that mark. up of the world's most powerful chopper and you've got a team bring in the fleet technology here on a launch in. the future. it won't come to the place for swimming bird you can catch both the premier beach and chill of the summer check out a whole family of russian engineering feats of ships truly fly or just go with the flow and take in the view of the bay below but hold on there could be turbulence on board the pla

squaring up and the cavalry is preparing to charge and the reenactment of the climactic battle of napoleon's invasion of russia two hundred years before cousens of people have turned out to see this reenactment and reenact as a combo for russia and all the way from france and germany to take part really all of this on the scale of a hollywood film all the people here getting just a part of the experience of what it was like to be present at that great historical moment polian marched into russia in one thousand told with what was there a largest army ever assembled he intended to make imperial russia super peace and so become a master of europe but it was here at this point to the west of moscow that the russians decided to stand and fight the result being an enormous long and brutal swore getting much of a battle the french guns pounded the russian lines all day rather like this but the russians failed to break they stood their ground the next day they were forced to retire from the field having lost so many men but polian took moscow but he wasn't able to keep it within two years not only

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sub jet the emperor napoleon has arrived from overseas to lead the army i have to really take my time to prepare myself to get it right i know. the bloody battle near moscow is going to start over . james brown will reveal the victor the soldiers are back to do it all again. but you know version twenty twelve on r.t. . if you. want to. welcome back to crossfire i'm about to mind you we're talking about israel's role in america's presidential politics. ok stephen let's go back to you in san jose what is the overlap of american foreign policy interest with israel's foreign policy interests. well the received thing is perceived overlap as the united states and israel both status quo powers. challenging both left wing and islamist movements in that part of the world the military industrial complex is of the two countries are closely intertwined israel has and united states supported a certain governments in insurgencies and others as the assad and cia have cooperated in intelligence gathering and covert operations. go down the list but you know i think that while certainly the pros are lo