Instead of wasting men and money invading Russia throughout the winter, why didn’t Napoleon spend decades nation-building Germany, Poland, Italy, Prussia, Spain, and Austria and turn them into democratic tributary states? Is he retarded?
>>223572164He was too mentally drained from all the years of war and sleeping 3-4 hours a dayBut Russia was very powerful. He knew it was an enemy that could not be ignored. He had two choices: send the french armies to invade Russia or remain in Europe trying to consolidate Paris as the "new Rome"
>>223572164the given reason on paper is that russia wasnt actively supporting napoleon's continental system. the real reason is that he just wanted a fren
>>223572164It's a two on two option, colloquially know as: the annexation of Puerto Rico.
>>223572164thats what he was trying to do but british trade was making it unprofitable. the real move would have been going for the ottomans and taking the middle east for the french.
>>223572352The Habsburgs took care of the Ottomans just fine. They all had their part in the play. Y'all are so fucking ignorant.
>>223572164Syphilis.
The EU should invade Russia. Operation Barbarossa 2: Electro Bugalo.
Because your idea of war is mixed up. His purpose wasn't to do anything but help each country purge their elite and install masonic liberals. The French couldn't take Russia, so they made the Decembrist revolt happen instead. The political structure basically never recovered.
>keep hearing what a brilliant general Napoleon was for conquering all of Europe>look it up>he just steamrolls everyone by inventing conscription firstanyone could have done this
>>223572778No, constant struggle is what humans that left the Green Sahara need to continue to push. Keep climbing. Just around the river bend is the greatest mangrove you've ever seen. Fight. Do not go quietly into the dark knight.
>>223572164In a word, momentum.Once conquerors start they rarely know when to stop. They get drunk on victories and continuing the war always seems easier than ending it.They might be in a shitty position to end the war, so they keep delaying it and dig themselves further into the hole.
>>223572860No, French republic before he took over had conscription and suffered several setbacks. Napoleon benefited from France's population advantage & conscription, but when facing all of Europe he still had to punch above its weight. That's why he formed the Corps system and refined the logistical planning of the entire army. This allowed superior maneuverability and independent foraging, unlike the big blob armies of his foes. But still able to concentrate his forces when necessary to strike decisively at his foes.
>>223572164read somewhere he missed chance to grok properly steam engine, was on trip with some inventor wanting to use it on ships or something, would make French fleet independent of wind, imagine Britain conquered or at least blocked
>>223572969goes both waysRussia and Britain will keep gnawing at the edges of his empire and will destabilize any rebuilding/consolidation effort unless he establishes unquestionable hegemony over europebritain already had history of it when they sanctioned piracy against the Spanish colonies
>>223572164Muslims were in Egypt for centuries and all they was strip the pyramids for material. It took the egypt campaign and white men to kickstart egyptology and translate the hieroglyphs. Africans complain about colonisation and whitey taking artifacts, africans wouldn't know anything about their own history if it weren't for whitey. Blacks owe whites.
>>223575160And that sort of reasoning is what keeps them from ever stopping. They take more territory than they can hold and then feel like they have to destroy all their enemies before they can stop, but they can't realistically do that.They trap themselves in a position where they can't win the war and can't stop it either.
>>223575265I think you replied to the wrong thread m8. And I think I know exactly which thread you meant to post in.
>>223575285Nope, just giving worthless africans and muslims the shit they deserve.
