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Part Two: Napoleon III: The Worst Bonaparte

Behind the Bastards

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The Assassination of a Frenchman

A group of men dressed as soldiers and shithouse drunk decide to take over France. They enter the city proper at around 5am and they start putting up flyers telling everyone that the king no longer rules France. The troop advances towards the barracks where a regiment of infantry protected the city. Their goal was to take back the barracks and its arsenal and convince the soldiers there to join them, right? So they get stopped by a group of five soldiers on the way there who are like, Hey guys, we're in chart run. What are you? Yeah, what is there? You all seem very drunk in German. And Matt brace yourself for this part. Alan Strasschorn describes

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