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"The army lacked qualified officers. Even common soldiers could do as they pleased. Before a battle, they'd vote on whether fighting was necessary. They even elected officers. If the men liked them, they were qualified to command whether they were ignorant of military matters or not. One unit elected a colonel, but when he disciplined them, they hung him as a despot." This is the most French thing I've ever heard. xD

Leipzig, Paris. After a brief exile to Elba, Napoleon returns in one final attempt to reinstate his empire. And yet, time is against him. He fails against a joint Anglo-Prussian force near a Belgian village known as Waterloo. After a crushing defeat, he is forced into exile to a faraway island: St. Helena.

Leipzig, Paris. After a brief exile to Elba, Napoleon returns in one final attempt to reinstate his empire. And yet, time is against him. He fails against a joint Anglo-Prussian force near a Belgian village known as Waterloo. After a crushing defeat, he is forced into exile to a faraway island: St. Helena.

Smolensk, Borodino, Moscow. Napoleon achieves a stunning series of battlefield victories, but only battlefield victories. His troops are exhausted and underfed. As winter draws near, Napoleon yet has to inflict a decisive blow on the Russian army, or it will be the end of the Grande Armée. He is yet to suffer one of his most terrible defeats...

Eylau. A slugging match over snowy fields. Thousands die. Napoleon is only saved by a massed cavalry charge led by Marshal Murat. This is Napoleon's first battle where he fails to achieve a strategic advantage. The indecisive battle is only a sign of the years of carnage to come. Though peace is achieved with Prussia, the empire still has many enemies...