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Britain sank the French fleet. How is that "not doing much?" Britain expelled France from Egypt. Britain powered the Pensinsular War. By themselves.
by 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 agoAnd, 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...