"Napoleon Tried To Bring His Greatest Enemy Down With" Topic
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Tango01  | 21 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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| rmaker | 21 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 | 21 May 2020 8:47 p.m. PST |
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| ConnaughtRanger | 21 May 2020 10:54 p.m. PST |
Not so much naive as completely delusional. |
| 42flanker | 22 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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