[Perseverando]

Time for another great American history lesson from American Minute.

[Lurker]

Except this is French History. And Napoleon wasn’t French. He was Corsican.

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[dfwgator]

We'll cross the Vistula and the Warta,
We shall be Polish.
Bonaparte has given us the example
Of how we should prevail.

Lyrics from the Polish National Anthem.


Monument to Napoleon in Warsaw

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

His tactics are still studied today in military training. Is he the G.O.A.T? It’s very hard to say, as you have to consider Caesar, Alexander, Genghis Khan, and Sun Tzu. But in the modern era, yes Napoleon is the Greatest Of All Time.

[northislander]

Wasn’t he about four feet tall?

[leaning conservative]

Bkmk

[Track9]

“Little men hitting each other. That’s what I like. “

[dfwgator]

We got ABBA, thanks to him.

[Leaning Right]

Napoleon brought order to France. Good for him. But then he terrorized Europe from Spain to Moscow. And he ended his life exiled on a remote island.

So I really donn’t see all the adoration he gets today. Napoleon was a butcher, and a failed butcher at that.

[deadrock]

He was a micro manager, relied on front line news from the London dailies, got his ass kicked by the Iron Duke twice.

Average at best.

[dp0622]

Didn’t he just get a LOT of guys dead for no good reason and lose TIME after TIME at the end?

What a genius! :)

[aquila48]

Amazing what he accomplished in 15 years.

History is defined by the will of single individuals.

[misanthrope]

For later

[Mr Radical]

I guess that to be a military dictator one needs a mix of genius and madness.