[decimon]

The above segment of a book review may answer a question about what accounted for Napolean's defeat in Russia.

Via InstaPundit

[decimon]

Complex ping.

[Mercat]

I just finished reading The Ghost Map by Johnson and I really recommend it for those, who like myself, are fascinated by plagues. It’s about the 1854 cholera epidemic in Soho, London England.

[Krankor]

Typhus? Yeah, right. Two of Russia’s generals were most responsible for Napoleon’s defeat. Do you know their names?

[taxcontrol]

There was a plaque on my hospital commander’s desk:

“Disease has killed more soldiers and decided more wars than all the bullets and bombs ever fired in anger.”

I believe it is a quote or a paraphrase though I do not know the source.

[JoeProBono]

[Hugin]

Napoleon lost another 50,000 men to disease (yellow fever) in Haiti. He sent them there with the intention of using it as a staging area for militarizing the Louisiana Territory. There was a slave revolt, and in the process he lost not only most of his army, but Haiti as well. He gave up his North American ambitions, and offered President Jefferson a chance to buy the Louisiana Territory, doubling the size of the USA.

[Jagman]

At first I thought this was about all of the departed voters democrats rely on to swing elections.

[hellbender]

An obvious (and maybe dumb) question is this: Why was typhus a worse problem for Napoleon’s army than for the Russians? I would guess the answer is that the French forces were more concentrated, allowing the disease to spread more easily.

[ClearCase_guy]

Thick tan line: Napoleon's vast army heading for Moscow.
Thinning black line: Napoleon and a couple friends coming home.

[SunkenCiv]

• The American Empire "Reluctant hegemon" (Barf)
• Christianity and Contradiction in History
• Waterloo: France victorious in defeat
• The Little Tyrant (Lessons for today in the life of Napoleon)
• Herzl hinted at Napoleon's 'Zionist past'
• Many throughout history have hoped rule of a united Europe
• History's first world war shaped America's destiny
• Two Centuries On, France Still Not At Ease With Napoleon Legacy
• Napoleon Was A Hero For Poles As Well
• Bodies of Brits From 1798 Battle Found in Egypt
  (Nelson vs. Napoleon)
• 200 years of failure--
  Napoleon's predictions of a prosperous Egypt remain unfulfilled.
• Britain Honors 1805 Battle of Trafalgar
• Buy Napoleon's tooth for 8000 pounds
• Furore Over Austerlitz Ceremony
  (200th Anniversary of Napoleonic Triumph)
• Ghost of Napoleon haunts Tony Blair
  (Napoleonic Law vs. Common Law 200 Yrs Later)
• Ghost of Napoleon haunts Tony Blair
• Austerlitz: Napoleon's Masterstroke
  (Long article but an excellent read)
• Napoleon's lousy defeat revealed
• Napoleon's Lost Army: The Soldiers Who Fell
• Park gets working cannon (Fredericksburg)
• This Day In History
  Napoleon Defeated At Waterloo: June 18, 1815
• Quirky Liechtenstein marks bicentennial
• Napoleon's Mysterious Death Unmasked
• Stomach cancer likely killed Napoleon (not poison)
• Ship Excavation Sheds Light On Napoleon's Attack On Holy Land
• One Filing Cabinet Held 500 Years Of History
• French Election Update: Napoleon runs for parliament seat
• Napoleon's battle sword up for auction
  (worn during the battle of Marengo in Italy, June 1800)
• Napoleon's sword sold for $6.4 million
• Battle For The £4 Million Sea Fortress
• Waterloo: Napoleon was undone by complacency
• Bloomberg Appears to Cinch Republican Nomination (NYC Mayor)

[bmwcyle]

That bug and the little ice age that is the same as we are heading.

[SunkenCiv]

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	Gods Graves Glyphs	Thanks decimon. Something that's bugged me over the years -- Napoleon must have been aware of Herodotus' "Historia", and the account of the Persians trying to chase down the Scythians up in what is I guess the Ukraine, anyway, the plains north of the Black Sea. They never could catch up to them (the Scythians would see them marching up, pack up everything, and ride off for some hours, leaving the Persians a few days march behind), and finally had to amscray because of the change of the season. And even if Nappy overlooked that, one would think that the Kaiser would have remembered Napoleon. And for that matter, that *Hitler* would have remembered both of them... Or all three... To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks, Berosus.

[wildbill]

Remember that every General or Emperor or Tyrant or whatever is always fighting the last war and thinks HE has solved the problem(s) thereof.

Ergo, Hitler no doubt thought he could beat General Winter in Russia via the use of blitzkreig tanks, even though the majority of German transport in WWII was still horse-drawn.

[SunkenCiv]

Napoleon's Invasion of Russia

[wolfcreek]

We still get a few cases around here.

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/health/entries/2009/05/27/typhus_case_reported_in_travis.html

[jalisco555]

Disease killed several of Napoleon’s armies. IIRC, his Egyptian campaign was at least partially lost due to plague.

[SunkenCiv]

...or this one...

[Jack Hydrazine]

Typhus reported in Santa Ana, CA.
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-flea-season-typhus-alert,0,3747526.story