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Chapter 24: the good news for Napoleon is he won a victory against the main Russian force he had been chasing for weeks.
The bad news is he is on Moscows doorstep and his grand army has been melting away due to disease, desertion, combat casualties, partisan activities, and guarding the super long lines of communication and supply.
But I am sure things will turn out ok once Moscow falls.
— Aug 05, 2022 08:49PM
The bad news is he is on Moscows doorstep and his grand army has been melting away due to disease, desertion, combat casualties, partisan activities, and guarding the super long lines of communication and supply.
But I am sure things will turn out ok once Moscow falls.
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Mike
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Chapter 30: so Waterloo didn’t go so great for the French and most of that blame can be laid at the feet of Napoleon who made lots of uncharacteristic mistakes leading up the battle and during it. Now it is off to St. Helena for an enforced retirement.
— Sep 28, 2022 08:18PM
Mike
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Chapter 29: who would have guessed that a charismatic leader who once strode across Europe like a giant would not be satisfied running a tiny island nation and instead make a return to a country that he raised to glorious Imperial heights? Not the rest of Europe, that’s for sure.
— Sep 25, 2022 07:48PM
Mike
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Chapter 28: Napoleon engages the invading forces with some of his most brilliant generalship, but he can’t beat the numbers game. Namely that his are way too small to match the immense Coalition invasion force. Paris falls and Napoleon surrenders. Surely this is the last mainland Europe will hear about him, right?
— Sep 25, 2022 06:47PM
Mike
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Chapter 27: Napoleon suffers a devastating defeat at the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig forcing him back into France and facing and overwhelming invasion force from Germany and Iberia. Things are not looking so good for the Emperor.
— Sep 23, 2022 07:22PM
Mike
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Chapter 26: Napoleon attempts to reconstitute an army after the Russian debacle and finds some success. But at this point the rest of Europe seems to getting their act together and presenting a competent, united front to challenge France. It does not help Napoleon much that he has lost trusted friends and is getting a bit high on his own reputation.
— Sep 22, 2022 08:13PM
Mike
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Chapter 25: So Napoleon’s retreat in Russia was a colossal failure and the entire campaign cost him hundreds of thousands of troops, tons of equipment, and emboldened his European adversaries. But he did survive it, so it could have been worse. Silver linings and all that I suppose.
— Sep 22, 2022 04:14PM
Mike
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Chapter 23: So the Russian invasion is about to kick off. I’ve got a feeling it won’t go quite to plan.
— Jul 07, 2022 07:23PM
Mike
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Chapter 22: with the title Zenith and the next Chapter called Russia you know it will be all down hill for the French empire from here on out. But Napoleon did get a new wife, so he has that going for him.
— Jun 24, 2022 06:21PM
Mike
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Chapter 21: Austria gets uppity AGAIN, bloodies Napoleon pretty badly (even winning a battle) but, in the end, are defeated. Plus ça change…
— Jun 21, 2022 08:07PM
Mike
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Chapter 20: Napoleon decides to go into Iberia, will then proceed to regret that decision for the rest of his life as it serves as a massive drain on Imperial resources and manpower until the French are driven out.
— May 10, 2022 07:19PM
