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Britain was mostly able to fight because the French fleet was sunk which shielded them from a massive invasion and Russia weakened France. By themselves they wo

• Wildgoose 4y ago
  Britain sank the French fleet. How is that "not doing much?" Britain expelled France from Egypt. Britain powered the Pensinsular War. By themselves.
  • inawarminister 4y ago
    And, well, most of the Coalitions were almost exclusively funded by generous British subsidies. To Austria, Prussia, Sweden, Russia, and a couple dozen of minor powers. Industry made Britain able to afford that. "In terms of soldiers the French numerical advantage was offset by British subsidies that paid for a large proportion of the Austrian and Russian soldiers, peaking at about 450,000 in 1813." [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Napoleonic_Wars https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_in_the_Napole...