Napoleon and alexander

I hated that place. Too many Vampires and Jollibees. Per capita they make more Vampire movies than anyone and Jollibees is disgusting because everything is greasy and has too much sugar in it especially the spaghetti and franks. Spain should have never went there and screwed it up in the 1800’s. Also, no traffic control and they put 50 people or 5 tons of crap on one motorcycle. Who does this???

Classic advice! Nothing says safety like a day of drinking and fireworks 😂 Stay safe out there! Fireworks are definitely a hot topic with the Holidays—Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year—coming up. I’ll be in France for Christmas and New Year, and I’ve heard New Year’s celebrations there are amazing with fireworks. Found this tourism statistics interesting too, https://gowithguide.com/blog/tourism-in-france-statistics-2023-all-you-need-to-know-5275. So excited!

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@barnee

Seconded.

@kaleu great that you posted this . He was, indeed, a remarkable man. Not loved much by the English back then!

Ooof, hard choice.

I’ve read a fair amount about the Napoleonic Wars, and one thing that keeps me wondering about Napoleon’s supposed skill was the total incompetency of many of his opponents.  They often formed up their armies in obviously vulnerable ways that Napoleon only had to try to exploit.

Also Napoleon often made some bone headed decisions that by luck and the sheer determination of his troops paid off, namely the decisions to make an all-out frontal attack in both Austerlitz and Borodino battles.

Wellington’s record is harder to judge IMO since was basically fighting kind of a harass/keep-away campaign in Spain against lesser French commanders.  The only time Wellington was in command in the main fray was the 100 Days Campaign/Waterloo.  And his leadership there wasn’t particularly brilliant, indeed, the fact that Napoleon even had a chance against the superior Allied armies was due in large part to Wellington and Blucher stupidly separating their forces, allowing Napoleon to wedge them apart for a time.  Wellington’s main achievement at Waterloo was to stake his forces to a good defensive position and hold.  And he would have been crushed by Napoleon if the French pursuit force under Grouchy had kept closer to the main body and blocked Blucher from flanking Napoleon late in the day.

So hard to say.  I think I would choose Napoleon if I were in a desperate situation and needed decisive action.  Wellington would seem more appealing if time was on my side.

Seeing my older brother every Christmas after he left to go live with his dad. My older brother died about 9 years ago short one year of his 50th birthday. No Christmas gift can ever replace him.

A good series is Marshall Cavendish W.W.I series. This 12 volume set, is usually found in libraries, encyclopedia articles of the war, some written or based on people who lived during the war.

Rich in pictures, graphs, charts, illustrations, side stories of the Great War. If you cannot find what you want to read here, then it probably be a hard search for that particular subject.

Some libraries hace a duplicate set of books, letting you take a volume home. You can try the net, used book stores, good luck in getting a set, enjoy the read, thanks, Pellulo

@Lema099:

This might be a good place to start: List of Wars

What a great link! Thanks for that!