Originally posted by Templares
And Waterloo itself is a battle that could have gone either way
You must not know the story of what Boney actually DID at Waterloo?
He spent the whole battle sat on the toilet with the two-bob-bits. Not particularly bad-ass....
And having the Channel between Britain and France doesn't mean shit. William I managed to invade England from France, and Henry V pretty much brought the French to their knees at a time when the Angevin Empire controlled a relatively small amount of French land, so most of his resources had to cross the water.
No, what stood in the way of Napoleon conquering Britain was a bloody good navy.
Cyrus or Darius.
Darius got too cocky, wanted too much...his son got his ass kicked due to terrible tactics and reconnaissance.
Cyrus on the other hand formed the Archemid Empire - greatest Empire at the time- and set out what could resemble the first Charter of Rights. He played it smart; by letting each nation that he "conquered" to retain their customs and traditions, he had the support of all the nations under his rule. If he were in charge of things during the battle against the coalition of Greek city-states...well customs and tradition would be very different, I would say.
Most badass to achive a cause I would say General Graham during the war from 1861-1865 didn't care how many men he lost he just wanted to win, his counterpart who fought for the south lee was a master strategist quiet badass too.
As most badass leaders in the world difficuelt has been many maoi from china is a badass supposed to have killed more men then Stalin.
Ghengis Khan is also badass to me. And Elizabeth of England to
Originally posted by Lord Coal
You must not know the story of what Boney actually [B]DID at Waterloo?He spent the whole battle sat on the toilet with the two-bob-bits. Not particularly bad-ass....
And having the Channel between Britain and France doesn't mean shit. William I managed to invade England from France, and Henry V pretty much brought the French to their knees at a time when the Angevin Empire controlled a relatively small amount of French land, so most of his resources had to cross the water.
No, what stood in the way of Napoleon conquering Britain was a bloody good navy. [/B]
Hence, my earlier quote: "Nelson is to sea what Napoleon is to land." The Channel and England's superb navy is what prevented it from suffering the same fate of the German states, Italy and Austria who are on the same piece of land as France is and are within easy reach of Napoleon's superb army.
Its very likely that if Britain was a country found in the Continent like the other countries i mentioned, and not in an island, it would have succumbed to Napoleon's army.
There was a lot of wrong info in your earlier post that needed to be cleared, Napoleon didnt make any alliances on the European continent aside from the Russian tsar (and probably the Pope). He does his conquering by force of arms and not through alliances, and Spain was from being 'Mighty' during Napoleon's time.
He's far from my mind when i think of someone as "badass", I just have this distinct impression that youre not giving Bonaparte his due in your earlier post.
Originally posted by Templares
I just have this distinct impression that youre not giving Bonaparte his due in your earlier post.
I'm British. He was French. Do the math. 😛
And Utrigita, WTF are you on about? Elizabeth of England? How was she badass? (Whichever one you're on about)
Mary I was the complete ***** who persecuted her own people. Elizabeth I was just a frigid ginger cow, and Elizabeth II is, well, kinda pointless...
Originally posted by Gideon
That's true - but if I'm not mistaken - Stalin was terrified of Hitler as he began his rise to power, hence the non-aggression pact.
Stalin was only terrified of Hitler because of the red army being worth less then nothing on a battlefield. (believe they had, had some problems in the twenties