Fun fact: Emperor Napoleon III personally led the French army, but when he (and 100K men) were captured in the Battle of Sedan in 1870 it practically won Pruss

Fun fact: Emperor Napoleon III personally led the French army, but when he (and 100K men) were captured in the Battle of Sedan in 1870 it practically won Prussia the war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sedan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sedan > after news hit Paris of Emperor Napoleon's III capture, his wife said "why didn't he kill himself?"