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Napoleon Part 6: Showdown at Waterloo

Real Dictators

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Napoleon's Little Cabbage Patch

In secret, Napoleon keeps the lines of communication open. The news coming out of France is that fat old Gout-written Louis XVIII is making a king-sized hash of things. On August the 15th, Napoleon's birthday, army units defy orders and fire cannons in salute. For his part, Napoleon is still a man driven by destiny. He can see it from the slopes of Monticapane, which he rides up every day. It took six coalitions to bring Napoleon down. Ultimately, it only worked when the Allied powers had acted in concert. An international body has been set up to maintain this new order. They're actually trying to set up a formal security arrangement

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