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  2. Battle of Waterloo - Wikipedia

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    Napoleon's seemingly dismissive remark may have been strategic, given his maxim "in war, morale is everything". He had acted similarly in the past, and on the morning of the battle of Waterloo may have been responding to the pessimism and objections of his chief of staff and senior generals. [80] The Battle of Mont-Saint-Jean

  3. Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau - Wikipedia

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    [6] [7] According to the 64th Grande Armée Bulletin, the scene was designed "to instil in princes a love of peace and a horror of war". [5] In the center of the painting Napoléon is seen mounted on a light bay horse surveying the treatment of the wounded, his hand outstretched in a pose reminiscent of blessing the soldiers.

  4. We shall fight on the beaches - Wikipedia

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    Winston Churchill took over as Prime Minister on 10 May 1940, eight months after the outbreak of World War II in Europe.He had done so as the head of a multiparty coalition government, which had replaced the previous government (led by Neville Chamberlain) as a result of dissatisfaction with the conduct of the war, demonstrated by the Norway debate on the Allied evacuation of Southern Norway.

  5. Napoleon and Pius VII at Fontainebleau - Wikipedia

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    He wanted his painting to show the contrasting world views of Napoleon and Pius, particularly the latter's moral dilemma in dealing with the perceived evil of the domineering French emperor. [ 5 ] It was exhibited at the Royal Academy 's 1836 Summer Exhibition at Somerset House . [ 6 ]

  6. Battle of Austerlitz - Wikipedia

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    About 15 minutes later, Napoleon ordered the attack, adding, "One sharp blow and the war is over." [ 77 ] A dense fog helped to cloud the advance of St. Hilaire's French division, but as they ascended the slope, the legendary 'Sun of Austerlitz' ripped the mist apart and encouraged them forward. [ 76 ]

  7. Napoleon is the horny and funny biopic you never expected

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    Napoleon is often either trying to have sex with her or engaging in some sort of seductive power struggle and, unlike on the battlefield, Napoleon doesn't always get what he wants.

  8. Clisson et Eugénie - Wikipedia

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    Clisson et Eugénie, also known in English as Clisson and Eugénie, is a romantic novella, written by Napoleon Bonaparte. [1] Napoleon wrote Clisson et Eugénie in 1795, and it is widely acknowledged as being a fictionalised account of the doomed romance of a soldier and his lover, which paralleled Bonaparte's own relationship with Eugénie Désirée Clary.

  9. Here is a short history lesson. French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte died 203 years ago May 5, but his legendarily petite privates were last known to be in the hands of an Englewood, NJ, resident.