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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP21 May 2020 4:31 p.m. PST

… A Blockade… He Did Not Succeed

"In 1806, Napoleon Bonaparte launched a blockade of Great Britain. Merchants from the French Empire and its dependencies were no longer allowed to trade with Britain, and French fleets would prevent others from doing so. Intended to bring his greatest enemy to its knees, instead this policy undermined Napoleon's Empire…"
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rmaker21 May 2020 6:34 p.m. PST

French fleets would prevent others from doing so

Despite the fact that they themselves were blockaded? One more example of Napoleon's naiveté on any non-military (in the narrowest sense) subject.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP21 May 2020 8:47 p.m. PST

Glup!…

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ConnaughtRanger21 May 2020 10:54 p.m. PST

Not so much naive as completely delusional.

42flanker22 May 2020 1:55 a.m. PST

Drowning portions of his Channel invasion force in the course of an aquatic review does seem careless.

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