Charlie Self wrote:



Glen wrote:
John McCoy wrote:


In all of history has France ever won a war by themselves?


Napolean did quite well, for most of the 20-odd years he was
in charge.


Wasn't he Corsican?

Glen

Read back a bit. Corsica had been part of France for some time before
Nappy was born.

Actually didn't Corsica win independence from Italy when Nap was a kid?
Didn't his father work wiht the rebels? I could be mis-remembering.

Saw Nappy's tomb at the Hotel Invalide couple years ago. Amazing.

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