This was perhaps because Napoleon was not French, he was Corsican (still Genoan at the time of his birth I believe).
-----Original Message----- From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 2:54 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: FW: [osint] Return to the 30's Funny, yes, but distorted. I would take issue with most of the items on this list, esp. The Napoleonic wars. France may not have held on to everything they conquered, but they kicked every other army's a$$ on the continent for a number of years without a single setback. Winter plays a big part in every French defeat. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
