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for the very low expectations I had for Biden he has still failed spectacularly. I was thinking he would be a complete empty suite but he is pushing a very leftwing agenda. But he is so clearly in cognitive decline and senile that it is pretty obvious he isn't the captain of the ship. Still...

scary thing is Kamela would still be worse

not good. But right now the Navy doesn't even have anyone that even approaches rival status

thank God we have the US Navy, unrivaled firepower, and air superiority

no crap was born in the early 80s and wanted to join the Army to be all I can be

I was speaking broadly about the Napoleonic Code which was very significant in France, the Low Countries, Italy, and Germany. Other parts of Europe as well. Also, for example, even in the United States because of Louisiana. But mainly because of his military success the influence of the French...

yeah Napoleon's nephew, Napoleon III, eventually became the Emperor of France in the early 1850s. He wanted to restore French military glory and got mired in a campaign in Mexico.

Lol. Actually Cinco de Mayo came about in large part because of Napoleon's dumbass nephew.

yeah, especially when you factor in the odds he was often against. It would be nearly impossible to put him outside the top five.* *obivoulsy talking about thousands of years with countless different armies and commanders so it isn't really possible to compare all of them. But I would be...

broadly Napoleon is best remembered for massing artillery, being able to concentrate his army against an opponent while attacking from multiple directions, and being a tactical genius.

mostly military but Napoleon's personnel life is pretty interesting. His rise in the French Army during the Revolutionary period is very fascinating as well. But most of my knowledge is after he cemented himself as the military dictator of France in 1804.

surprised I really haven't seen much about this anywhere. But on this day 200 years ago Napoleon died in exile on the remote island of St. Helena. Few armies in history were able to accomplish so much against such enormous odds as the French Army under Napoleon. But in the end a series of...

a German infantry regiment at the time of the invasion of the Soviet Union had about 3,000 troops. So by the end of the war there were German infantry regiments that had taken 27,000 casualties. Meaning that replacements sent to the regiment were constantly becoming casualties.

there were German infantry regiments on the East Front that took over 900% casualties

East Front WWII