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To: Sherman Logan
But he was not even vaguely close to Napoleon as a general or soldier.
The American was voted the winner in a contest run by the National Army Museum to identify the country's most outstanding military opponent.
England's outstanding military opponent.

However good he was at fighting foreigners, against the English he

lucky to place third.
33 posted on 04/15/2012 7:46:24 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy (This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel - Horace Walpole)
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To: Oztrich Boy
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excellent points !

wellington fought napoleon both in the peninsular war and at waterloo ...

and defeated him ...


what's your theory of what helped the brits ultimtely prevail ?





Waterloo -- Netflix Classic Version

Waterloo -- Netflix Classic Version -- Trailer


Napoleon and Wellington review their Troops


Wellington's Disasterous Calvary Charge against Napoleon's Massed Artillery


Napoleon's Final Calvary Charge against the English Infantry Squares




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55 posted on 04/15/2012 2:11:24 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne (Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin in 2012 !)
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