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Thibaudborny t1_iqpy7dt wrote
Reply to comment by Phokasi in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator
While I follow the sentiment, the contemporary reality was that Napoleon had done something no previous French monarch had even done: he tied together the eastern & western European spheres. By creating the Polish satellite he ensured that Russia for example would forever ‘haunt’ him till the end of his days. Russia had been generally lukewarm about what was happening in France up until then, no more so after that point.
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