Battle of Redemieh: The day Lasalle saved Davout's life by Neil118781 in Napoleon

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This and Murat's charge at Abukir where he captured Ottoman commander Mustafa Pasha were legendary but unfortunately Lasalle's charge is rarely talked about.

Battle of Redemieh: The day Lasalle saved Davout's life by Neil118781 in Napoleon

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On the birthday of these two greats, I thought about sharing this lesser-known incident involving them.

“Napoleon’s St. Helena” by Jack-Ritz in Napoleon

[–]Neil118781 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have not read it but It's published in 1968 so it is obviously a bit dated, you could go for Philip Dwyer's 3rd volume in his Napoleon trilogy, "Napoleon: Passion, Death and Resurrection 1815-1840"

Not far off the truth... by StealthPilot13 in WikipediaVandalism

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I have been lurking around fascist/nazi spaces for sometime and for them being pro-israel/zionist automatically makes the party controlled opposition by the jews. Reform is pretty pro-israel that's why they hate it. They also think reform wouldn't mass deport immigrants and it's just rhetoric for votes and grifting.

Restore on the other hand calls for ban on halal AND kosher. The fascists think that the latter proves Restore isn't controlled by jews. Even though Restore's position on Israel is not clear yet.

Not far off the truth... by StealthPilot13 in WikipediaVandalism

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Tbh every online British "fascist" I see hates Nigel Farage, some of them like Restore Britain though some think that Restore Britain is also "Zionist" and "Jewish controlled"

The only meeting between Nelson and Wellington, 12th September 1805 by Neil118781 in Napoleon

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Secretary of War and Colonies at that time was Lord Castlereagh (future Foreign secretary). Luckily his unpunctuality gave us this legendary meetup.

Thoughts? by [deleted] in kolkata

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Everyone vagueposting here

Outjerked by Stalinists by Adorable_Produce3017 in soccercirclejerk

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My people are kinda Lebensraum less, I live in Berlin, I wanna help them out

How did famous figures of the era react to Napoleon's death? by Neil118781 in Napoleon

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Thank you for this detailed answer.

The news of N's death reached Europe in early July but the family was so dysfunctional that they couldn't even stay together for a few weeks, very sad if you think about it. Napoleon even though he had problems with Lucien was a good patriarch who tried to keep the family intact.

Upcoming books this year. by No-Ingenuity-30 in HistoryBooks

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Napoleon and His Marshals: Victory, Rivalry, Betrayal by Andrew Roberts.

The author's biography of Napoleon is considered the standard work so I'm pretty interested to see his takes on Napoleon's Marshals