Who exactly was "steering the ship" of Revolutionary France when Napoleon was just starting out and wasn't in the picture prior 1793? How did it maintain any form of cohesion?
A dude named Robespierre
>>18479199What is this, a revolution for ants!?
>>18479208He wasn't doing the fighting but presiding over the more civil matters>>18479217Yes
>>18479242The fighting was done by various generalsJean-Baptiste KléberJean-Baptiste JourdanJean Victor Marie Moreau
>>18479199so the Freemasons/Templars were just getting started and combined with the Rothschilds to starve out France in order to enact the French Revolution. That's why all the royals against King Louis like his brothers and cousins like Duke Louis, as well as the middle class Masons like Robespierre, were killed as the Jews did Satanic Rituals in the Catholic Churches across France and enacted proto-Communism.
>>18479199There were three distinct phases of the First French Republic:1) National Convention (1792–1795)2) Directorate (1795–1799)2) Consulate (1799–1804)Each of those phases had its institutions, officials, armies, laws, etc. and were able to enforce those. And while those changes of governance did result in some amount of internal instability the First French Republic was strong enough to win against two coalitions of major european powers and was even able to expand its territory. And in May 1904 Napoleon crowned himself emperor and founded the First French Empire.
>>18479208He lived by the guillotine and died by it too.
>>18479199>not backed anti-revolution loyalistsWhy the British and Prussian retarded?
>>18479693>And in May 1904Russo-Anglo-Japanese-Prussian alliance against Sino-Freach imperial axis?
>>18479273is this fact checked?
I love learning about the 1st Republic, everyone seems to overly focus on the revolution itself (aka, downfall of the monarchy) or the empire/nappy I. I am very interested in the 1st Republic and how it functioned, particularly how the fuck they didn't get their shit pushed in miltiarily instantly. I heard someone say>because le soldiers more motivated by the revolution!but that seems retarded
How did they feel about colonialism? Seems like they were opposed, but continued to expand overseas? Was it just pragmatism or were their mixed views
>>18479824>my argument after realizing I made a typoBut think about the possibilities that a century long 1st French Republic would entail... all those sister republics created, fought over, destroyed and recreated...
>>18479927>particularly how the fuck they didn't get their shit pushed in miltiarily instantly. he 1st French Republic effectively utilized the human resources that were mobilized by the Levee en Masse (which occured before in french history as well) and simply continued to use the institutions and (most) of the structures of the French Royal Army. Here it should be noted that they continued many reforms that were already underway during the last years of the monarchy (most noticable the infantry drill) and that the army had a high amount of disgruntled middle class NCOs who were actively being ostracized by the politics of Louis XVI. (who had to cater to his noble officers more), even though they were responsible for much of the actual functionality of the army. When the revolution broke out and the Royal Army desintegrated the NCOs easily transferred themselves into higher officer ranks (they already fulfilled much of those duties anyways) and the rank & file soldiers had little love for their former aristocratic officer corps. Now with an entirely (mostly at least) meritocratic system the army offered the possibility of real upwards mobility and many latched onto that. The Levee en Masse brought with it one problem: there were too many new and green soldiers for the (new) officers. To mitigate this a new tactical formation was created: the Demi-Brigade. This unit combined one battalion of regular, formerly royal, infantry with two newly created battalions of the National Guard or other volunteers. Otherall this was quite successful as the experienced regular battalion served as an anchor and constant example for the freshly raised battalions, who were mentored by them.
>>18479927>particularly how the fuck they didn't get their shit pushed in militarily instantlyFrance was the most populous country in Europe.
>>18479930The colonies were seen as the posessions of the french state and thus further adiminstered. Some colonies were also restructured as penal colonies were criminals and opponents of the new regime would be housed.
>>18480076Interesting. Just always found it interesting to see them expand while trying to be a big light of liberalism, but I guess attitudes were different to colonialism back then. cilivising mission, etc
>>18480121>to see them expand while trying to be a big light of liberalismLiberalism in the 1790s is not the same as today. The concept of the "natural borders of France" was developed only a decade prior to the revolution and found much resonance in its society. This was further supported by military ideas of the Rhine being the furthermost border France was theoretically able to defend and being able to create further buffer zones in front of french heartlands.
What about the 2nd Republic? Could it have survived, or was it doomed to nappy III autism
>>18479927The 1st Republic inherited the most powerful military in Europe. With experienced officers and veterans. France had been essentially undefeated on her own soil since the hundred year's war 500 years before the revolution
>>18480415Is that Mark Zuckerberg in pic rel? Kek..
>>18480038>which occured before in french history as wellNo.There was no point in French history where unlimited mass conscription of absolutely every able bodied man happened before the great blood sacrifices to the harlot of the Republic.
>>18480057Was.They *never* recovered demographically from the revolution and what came after.Even till this day.During the 19th century, the slow demographic bleeding was supplemented by the import of various migrants, Italians mostly IIRC.
>>18480445I didn't expand on this point further due to the word limit. My my point there was that raising massive armies relatively quickly wasn't a new experience for France. Already during the 30 Years War did France implement massive conscription, when Imperial-Spanish armies invaded France proper in 1636. As a reaction Richelieu hastily raised a large army via the arrière-ban to check imperial-spanish advances.And Louis XIV. further continuously increased the size of his army until through his merciless reforms until he reached about 400.000 soldiers during the last years of his reign.>where unlimited mass conscription of absolutely every able bodied man happenedThe Levee en Masse law of 1793 was limited to umarried men between the ages of 18 and 25. Exemptions were also made for eligible men who worked in certain industries are were enrolled in certain schools as well as the holders of public offices.
