Napoleon Part 4: The Emperor Strikes Back
Real Dictators
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Napoleon and the British Navy
The French fleet is currently bottled up in the Mediterranean. Napoleon orders Admiral Villeneuve to create a diversion. The last time anyone attempted anything like this, a Spanish Armada 200 years earlier, the would-be invaders were sent packing. But historians have pointed out that Napoleon never understood the sea. And we had a genius on our side called Nelson.
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