I remember on major Napoleonic History source commented that if you had a soldier like Sharpe who through from the sand dunes of Flanders all the way through t

I remember on major Napoleonic History source commented that if you had a soldier like Sharpe who through from the sand dunes of Flanders all the way through to Waterloo, They would have had only a handful of high intensity hours of combat - which would have been exceeded in 2-3 days by the first units in D Day in Normandy.