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[–]Richard_Parker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

No, he was the scourge of Europe, before Hitler was.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

What?

[–]Richard_Parker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Otto von Bismarck rightly quipped that there was not a tree in Germany left unscratched by the Napoleonic wars. Le Grand Army was also known for rape and pillage. Anyone even remotely sympathetic to the plight of the Germans understands this, an apex in centuries of French chauvinism/imperialism.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Le Grand Army was also known for rape and pillage.

That's literally every army in history.

Anyone even remotely sympathetic to the plight of the Germans understands this, an apex in centuries of French chauvinism/imperialism.

Fuck Germany and its petty nationalism at the time. French chauvinism/imperialism is the epitome of glory and greatness.

[–]Richard_Parker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No.