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When Napoleon lost his malewife, he lost the Empire (media.piefed.social)
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[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Waterloo was a very near-run thing, with Blucher's arrival in the evening (with one of Napoleon's commanders failing to harass and delay Blucher as intended due to uncertainty over his orders) reversing what looked to be a hard-won victory by Napoleon. Counterfactuals are always difficult, so I'll leave it at "It's very possible that Berthier's interpretation could've made the difference"

[โ€“] Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Napoleon himself thought so:

If Berthier had been there, I would not have met this misfortune

Btw Berthiers death by defenestration in Bamberg is a great mystery.