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Napoleon Part 4: The Emperor Strikes Back

Real Dictators

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Napoleon's Battle of Ilao

Napoleon has a deep admiration for the Poles. Some of his crack military units are formed from Polish recruits. His presence in Poland is because he's been called to go on the offensive again. Prussia may have been vanquished, but even now Russia is not yet out of the war. There will be two more mighty battles in February and June 1807. Both of them are absolute carnage. But France ultimately prevails.

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