#Napoléon

Jonathan Boff

JonathanBoff

I have spent nearly 50 years reading about the Waterloo campaign. The photo below (Quatre Bras at the top, Ligny below) shows the position early pm on 16 June as

Uberboyo

uberboyo

The importance of Vision in times of Crisis~Napoleon staunchly believed that MORALE mattered more than resources, power, or even numbersMorale is that FRENZIED feeling of energy you feel when marching

Rhuta Bhayga

RhutaBhayga2

"Never interfere with your enemy when he is making a mistake." -- NapoleonSTAY AWAY FROM THIS WEEKEND'S DISRUPTIONSThe left got very lucky when the far right laid siege to the

Mark Northfield 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈

MarkNorthfield

Have been re-reading various chapters of @fotoole’s superb book Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain. His numerous insights feel ever more urgent this WE, underlined by that despicable

ORCBRAND - THE "NO" SAYER

BroncRad

A moment to appreciate the Napoleon of the Stump, the Greatest US president who should've been a model to the rest, but who has instead been largely forgotten by many.Accomplished

Civil War On This Day

CivilWarOTD

General George B. McClellan was born #OTD in 1826, in Philadelphia, PA. After rising to prominence during the #CivilWar, becoming General-in-Chief of the @USArmy, McClellan became @TheDemocrats nominee in the

Coffeezilla

coffeebreak_YT

Thread about Napoleon Hill, the most influential business writer of all time. People know him from his best-seller "Think and Grow Rich", based on a conversation with successful men like

Mary Lewis

profmarylewis

1. The controversy now brewing in France about statues has been interesting to follow. https://news.yahoo.com/top-french-historian-slams-macrons-hardline-stance-statues-103852588.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=tw via @YahooNews 2. As @A

Lord Darnley

BarbaraHFlowers

I've been thinking about Morrison, and Animal Farm and the rise of Napolean the pig. Napoleon never makes a single contribution to the revolution—not to the formulation of its ideology,

Maddy

abhakhazia

I always think it's an interesting thought experiment to tie a historical date to the present one and examine history through that lens, because periodization can often blind us to

David H. Montgomery

dhmontgomery

If you missed it, last week I released an episode of @TheSiecle about attempts at revolution in 1820s France, led by a coalition of veterans and student activists. Students can

Zac Cowsert

ZacCowsert

One of the best things to happen to me in grad school was the opportunity to teach a 200-level modern military history course. I *thought* I was a military historian

Brent Beshore

BrentBeshore

Merry Christmas!Today, my family and billions of others celebrate the birth of a poor refugee who taught for three years, died disgracefully, and changed the world forever.If you’re confused by

Pádraig Belton

PadraigBelton

There’s an Ireland-1776-Waterloo story to be told.Catholics can only join the British Forces from the 1778 Catholic Relief Act on. In fact, need for soldiers was a key motivation for

Jason Hughes

JasonLHughes

So today we’re going to be covering one of the most important battles of the Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of Austerlitz, on December 2nd, 1805. Yes, I know I’m a

tammy golden

tammygolden

Hawley's understanding of "Orwellian" is Alanis Morissette's understanding of "Ironic" To clarify: I think Hawley HAS read Orwell, but thinks Napoleon was the hero of Animal Farm. And apologies to

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