Napoleon abdicated today, the 11th April, 1814. He had been ruler of 70 million people, 30 million of them French, the rest Spanish, Belgian, Dutch, some Italian and German. He had also ruled parts of Poland and Yugoslavia. Then he attacked Russia. After the disaster that was Russia he was outnumbered two to one by a coalition of Austrian, Prussian, Russians and Swedes at the battle of Leipzig, losing this battle. This too had come after the loss of Spain to Wellington(June 1813).
On the 31st March 1814 the Allies entered Paris. His Generals persuaded him to abdicate in favour of his 3 year old son. His 10 year Empire had come to a close.
He tried to poison himself on the 12th, but ended up vomiting and not dying. On the 29th he was on his way to exile on Elba.
He would return.
Christmas time
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Happy Holidays to everyone.
Will this holiday season bring any friends and family together to play A&A?
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Yes, I would say 8 of us (1 brother, 1 sister, 3 cousins, 2 half-cousins, and me) will be converging this Friday for a night of Axis and Allies Mayhem. :-D :-D :-D
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Happy holidays to all.
And sadly, no, there will be none but myself who play A&A in my family.
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Best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral, winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most joyous traditions of the religious persuasion of your particular choice, but with respect for the religious persuasion of others who choose to practice their own religion, as well as those who choose not to practice any religion at all. Additionally, a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the generally accepted calendar year 2009, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures, whose contributions have helped make our society great, without regard to race, creed, color, religion or sexual orientation.
Disclaimer: This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for herself or others, and no responsibility for any unintended emotional stress these greetings may bring to those not caught up in the holiday spirit.
As posted in another thread. I’d hate to be considered racist, religionist, sexist, ageist, whatever. :)
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In an offhand way it has brought me more AA games. I am spending the holidays at my girlfriend’s house where the internet is at so I will be playing as many games here as I can scrounge up. 8-)
It does mean the face to face AA50 game me and here have going at my house is on hold a for a couple of weeks. :-(
And finally
Season’s Greetings to all
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I survived thirty people at my home for Christmas!!! 8-)
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