This is absolutely correct. Hunger, disease, and fragmented supply lines doomed Napoleon well before he reached Moscow. The Russians weren't going to give battle in any major way, something the emperor was relying on to defeat them.
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Grant's humor is under appreciated.
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Grant is the best
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He was pretty far from 'the best'. It was a good comeback, though.
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That prediction did not stand up well.
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Grant’s dry, laconic wit is seriously underrated.
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I mean, he sent John Bell Hood to try and cut the Union supply line in middle Tennessee. And before that he sent Joe Wheeler to come up here to East TN and...have his men get drunk while burning every town down and then desert. But, no snow, at least...
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I wrote this on the 150th anniversary of Wheeler's burning of Maryville, TN.https://www.thedailytimes.com/news/cowardice-and-vandalism-burning-of-maryville-changed-city-s-course/article_8538bcde-9cae-55ed-b7b2-dd0e750a231a.html …
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