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Napoleonic & WWI enjoyer, history poaster
In an unremarkable example for the time, 72% of recruits from one area on the Ligurian coast between 1792 and 1799 were shorter than 5'2".
November 24, 2024 at 9:19 PM
‘If I had two of you, the only solution would be to have one hang the other!’

Napoleon would often rebuke the brutal and violent General Vandamme. However, in more desperate times, Napoleon would value him dearly.

‘Take care of Vandamme; fighting men are getting scarce.’
November 24, 2024 at 8:00 PM
‘I would at any time rather have heard that a reinforcement of forty thousand men had joined the French army than he had arrived to take command.’

— Wellington on Napoleon
November 19, 2024 at 7:23 PM