Wrong. He invaded June 24.
“I like leetel thingz - hitting each other!” - Time Bandits
Either way, the only good to come of the whole campaign was this graphic. A chillingly efficient depiction of the suffering and death of nearly half a million men.
“Sabering champagne”?
Is that like shotgunning beer?
I think also that time and place have made him appear less harmful and scary. This (and what we and his contemporaries call him) is seen in the famous headlines of the French newspaper of record Le Moniteur in March of 1815 (George Will had a great column on this once re the press)
March 9th The Monster has escaped from his place of banishment
March 10th The Corsican Orge has landed at Cape Juan
March 11 The Tiger has shown himself at Gap
March 13th The Tyrant is now at Lyon
March 18th The Usurper has ventured to approach to within 60 hours’ march of the capital.
March 19th Bonaparte is advancing by forced marches, but it is impossible he can reach Paris.
March 20 Napoleon will arrive under the walls of Paris tomorrow
March 21 The Emperor Napoleon is at Fountainbleau
March 22nd Yesterday evening His Majesty the Emperor made his public entry and arrived at the Tuileries
Corsica is part of France. Sure, to this day it has an active independence movement, and sure, it hadn’t been part of France for long back in Napoleon’s day (I believe Corsica was annexed by France the year before Napoleon’s birth), but there’s no denying Napoleon was French, especially since he served in the French Army and became the leader of France.
Sort of. You use a cutting tool to lop off the top of the bottle. Sharp really doesn’t have anything to do with it, you just have to run the blade along the seam of the bottle at a 45ish degree angle and give it a good wack along the rim. If you do it right, the top of the bottle with the cork still in it goes sailing off and you are left with a clean break. It’s really easy and fun, but one might want to practice with some $4 California swill before moving on to the Dom P. It’s a real crowd pleaser at a party when a bunch of people are hem-hawing around about how to open the bottle, until you grab the bottle, produce a big ass blade and go to town.
I’ve heard that Napoleon’s officers opened champagne with their swords after a victory
…you do realize that France was one of the main European centers of culture and power for a very long time, right? That’s where the main concepts behind Knighthood come from (like Chivalry, a French word)
But the though of them ruling the world … that’s just Gauling.
lol 
He did not try to make France ruler of Europe, let alone the world.
According to Monty (General, Not Python):
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Later, when giving a speech in the House of Lords on the US in Vietnam:
Both these rules have since evolved and passed down to us as “Never Invade Russia in the Winter” and “Don’t Get Involved in Land Wars in Asia”.
And yes, I know Napoleon invaded Russia on June 24th (summer in Europe), but Winter set in as they retreated from Moscow, causing the same problems that would later buggerise Hitlers plans for Lebensraum, so the saying still stands, IMHO. 
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I just noticed that autz started two separate threads with the same title, one in GQ and one in IMHO. I have moved the GQ one to IMHO and merged them, explaining some of the scrambling of posts.
autz, please do not start two threads on the same subject in different forums. This is known as cross-posting, and is against the rules.
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chowder’s a grouchy British guy. Disliking the frogs is what he does. Don’t confuse him with facts. 
Aw, I was gonna mention Time Bandits, in which we finally learn why he kept one hand tucked into his jacket: it was made of solid gold!
Conan Doyle talked a little about European attitudes towards Napoleon in the late 19th century in his Sherlock Holmes story, “The Six Napoleons” (the title refers to several plaster busts of the late ruler which are mysteriously stolen and destroyed). IIRC, he was thought of as a military genius but also a megalomaniac who overreached and ultimately pulled his own empire down around him. With the increase over time in depictions of crazy people insisting they’re the Emperor, it’s hardly shocking that he would now be seen as more silly than fearsome.
I though it was never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
Okay…shaking walking stick. Napoleon is , I believe , admired as a commander- certainly never a comic figure. His subordanites let him down at Waterloo and Blucher saved the day for Wellington.
Also- never fight a land war in Asia is a myth in a few ways. Napoleon suffered more casualties on the withdrawal than on the way in.
I think Germany proved in the Great War that you can win a land war in Asia.
Sorry Martini Enfield.
They did? How? The only German action in Asia was a few confrontations in pacific islands and China, I don’t think any actual fighting occurred.
Unless my history is faulty they defeated Russia.
And you do realise that Chowder is British and therefore genetics dictate that he shall always mock the French, right?