Welcome to our first episode as we reboot the show.
This week we will be discussing Apple TV's latest blockbuster, Napoleon.

A film that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.

A quick reference to the historical dates of the Napoleon regime:


1793 Napoleon is in charge of the battle of Toulouse - overthrowing the British and reclaiming their forts back
1798 battle of the pyramids - Invaded Egypt (9 miles away from the pyramids) Returned to France as: army and navy were defeated by the British and the Egyptians

1799 Talked his way into becoming consul: an official appointed by a government to reside in a foreign country to represent the commercial interests of citizens of the appointing country.
1802 Consul for life
1803 England declared war on France
1804 Declared himself emperor

1807 Napoleon wanted to stop England’s power/dominance so seized to stop trade from all the countries; Invaded Portugal via Spain and demanded ties with England were cut 1808 Portugal revolted and England came from the sea to flank
1812 tried to invade Russia. - Scorched earth tactics
1813 arrived in Poland (started off with 600,000, was left was 100,000 by the time winter arrived, and only 40,000 made it into Poland.
This sparked Britain to finance armies in: Sweden, Prussia, Austria, Russia

1815 Battle of Waterloo


This podcast’s outro sound is from freesound: “Smooth Rock” by Rgb_ok ( https://freesound.org/people/RGB_OK/ ) licensed under CCBYNC 4.0