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To: dfwgator

For obvious geopolitical reasons Poland and France have generally always been allied.

While it is true that Napoleon re-established a Polish state for a time, as with everything he did, it was out of cold, calculating self-interest.

There was an incident in Spain where he callously sent the Polish Lancers into a suicidal attack out of impatience.

Did have a stunningly gorgeous Polish mistress, though.


6 posted on 03/26/2012 9:39:54 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Strategerist

He had a Polish wife, the father of the ‘Eaget” Napoleon II.


16 posted on 03/26/2012 11:12:20 PM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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To: Strategerist

He had a Polish wife, the father of the ‘Eaget” Napoleon II.


17 posted on 03/26/2012 11:16:34 PM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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