
Episode 93: A Ridiculous War
The Age of Napoleon Podcast
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Napoleon's War With Prussia - The French Army
Napoleon had a numerical advantage, but only barely. Count up all the members of the third coalition, including the british, russians, swedes and others. The french were massively outnumbered. Napoleon could not simply re deploy these troops even with another war looming on the horizon. He worried a lot about public opinion and always believed he was in danger of being overthrown.
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