Robespierre, not Napoleon, created the system that allowed French armies to dominate Europe.
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Robespierre, not Napoleon, created the system that allowed French armies to dominate Europe.
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The Ottoman use of cannons against Constantinople in 1453 marks a European military revolution because walls that had made the city invincible could suddenly be destroyed.
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"If you have an extremely dedicated army, what you're able to do is you're able to divide them into different units called corps. Okay?..."
"Robespierre. Not Napoleon. Robespierre. All right? So to give you an illustration of what the difference is, let's go to the year 1806. Okay?..."
"Okay? You know about this battle, right? And he's out number two to one. He wins the battle. De Vaux is able to win...."
"But the king does not have that much power. He has more power over the local areas. This changes in 1453, okay? In the..."
"...right? So that's the quick introduction to the history of the military revolution in Europe, okay? We'll be going into specifics in future classes...."
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