Comments on: It was in the Directors’ interests for Napoleon to go to Egypt https://www.isegoria.net/2024/07/it-was-in-the-directors-interests-for-napoleon-to-go-to-egypt/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2024/07/it-was-in-the-directors-interests-for-napoleon-to-go-to-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-3697352 Jim Mon, 15 Jul 2024 23:36:16 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=51216#comment-3697352 James II was Catholic and William III was Protestant. Simple as.

]]> By: Graf von Zeppelin https://www.isegoria.net/2024/07/it-was-in-the-directors-interests-for-napoleon-to-go-to-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-3697327 Graf von Zeppelin Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:37:07 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=51216#comment-3697327 Two Williams did it… William the Conqueror and William III of Orange.

For some reason, Anglos always downplay the Dutch invasion of 1688 that installed William III on the English throne. It was not a small affair, the Dutch fleet was the largest fleet ever assembled in European waters up to that date. It outnumbered the English fleet 2:1. The English crumbled with little resistance. Some officers betrayed their king and troops were too scared to fight. The king ran away into exile in France.

The English call this debacle “The Glorious Revolution.”

]]> By: Lu An Li https://www.isegoria.net/2024/07/it-was-in-the-directors-interests-for-napoleon-to-go-to-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-3697232 Lu An Li Mon, 15 Jul 2024 07:37:35 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=51216#comment-3697232 “To invade England without that supremacy is the most daring and difficult task ever undertaken… ”

Going from France to England difficult. Going from England to France [Normandy] difficult too.

William did it. Eisenhower wanted to do it too. And succeed.

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