Thread 18148534

How come frances enemies were able to keep fighting and raising armies despite getting destroyed for 20 years straight yet once napoleon lost one battle (leipzig) it all instantly came crashing down.

Because they learned. They saw napoleon's blitz and adapted. Leipzig was the entire damn continent finally coordinating and cutting off his manpower. His allies flipped, his army was gone, and his supply was gone. It was a checkmate.

>>18148534 (OP)
>once napoleon lost one battle (leipzig)
Nappy had been periodically losing battles since he was in Egypt

>>18148534 (OP)
Because they had much bigger populations.
France is often noted for havinga particularly large population in that era (which is true), but it didn't come anywhere near close from the total population of its enemies combined.

In 1800 France proper had 26 millions and when counting its annexed lands it reached 40 millions
Meanwhile, Russia had 28 millions, the HRE had 40 millions, Prussia, Britain and Spain all had about 10 millions each, Naples had 7 millions...
France never stood a chance on the long run.

>>18148890
pack it up, thread over

>>18148534 (OP)
Back in the day all the soldiers of defeated armies would be enslaved

>>18148534 (OP)
By the time of Leipzig, a good chunk of France's troops consisted of client states, like germans, dutch, italians, swiss... that soon defected once France lost control of the east bank of the Rhine.