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It’s pretty hard to dispute that it happened before Napoleon. The leveé en masse was implemented in 1793. Napoleon only rose to prominence in 1796, by which po
by DoughnutHole 3y ago
It’s pretty hard to dispute that it happened before Napoleon.
The leveé en masse was implemented in 1793. Napoleon only rose to prominence in 1796, by which point France had already conquered the Low Countries and the Rhineland. Napoleon wasn’t running the show until 1799.
Revolutionary France was smashing the armies of the monarchies of Europe for years before Napoleon seized power.