Actually the British weren’t dumb. They figured it was better in the long run to deprive Napoleon of that huge swath of North America.
Eulaylia on
Who wins;
A one armed boy from Norfolk, or the combined might of the Franco-Spanish Armada.
AlberGaming on
Napoleon never started a war against the British. Britain started the wars against France
Mastodan11 on
Context: Napoleon labelled Britain “a nation of shopkeepers” due to focus on commerce. He then lost to the shopkeepers (through backing of coalitions) and spent the last of his days somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic.
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I wish we lived in a world where Louisiane was still french. Just for the curiosité of how world would have been today.
Actually the British weren’t dumb. They figured it was better in the long run to deprive Napoleon of that huge swath of North America.
Who wins;
A one armed boy from Norfolk, or the combined might of the Franco-Spanish Armada.
Napoleon never started a war against the British. Britain started the wars against France
Context: Napoleon labelled Britain “a nation of shopkeepers” due to focus on commerce. He then lost to the shopkeepers (through backing of coalitions) and spent the last of his days somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic.
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Awful bit of Napo glazing recently
“Bank of Britian”?
Wot?