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... French background . It enabled him , from the outset , to stand back from French affairs and view them objectively , and this objectivity was the foundation of his strategic and political genius . Furthermore , although he may have had ...
... French background . It enabled him , from the outset , to stand back from French affairs and view them objectively , and this objectivity was the foundation of his strategic and political genius . Furthermore , although he may have had ...
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Napoleon I (Emperor of the French). stand at Austerlitz on December 2 , 1805. Badly coordinated , it over - extended itself in order to try to outflank the French left . This was just the sort of tactic which invited a concentrated ...
Napoleon I (Emperor of the French). stand at Austerlitz on December 2 , 1805. Badly coordinated , it over - extended itself in order to try to outflank the French left . This was just the sort of tactic which invited a concentrated ...
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... French intelligence was lamentably inadequate and the emperor had no idea of these movements until it was too late . Napoleon ignored repeated warnings about the Russian winter , and , indeed , autumn that year was singularly bright and ...
... French intelligence was lamentably inadequate and the emperor had no idea of these movements until it was too late . Napoleon ignored repeated warnings about the Russian winter , and , indeed , autumn that year was singularly bright and ...
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