“Napoleonic France won even though outnumbered on average by 9%, whereas their opposition won only when they outnumbered the French by typically 83%.” – Quantifying Victory: Napoleon’s Armies’ Victories and Losses by Max Lenk, Ron Lenk, Chris Tofallis 2014.

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1. [Source](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2509740)

2. And to think that almost didn’t happen. Abbot Sieyès had selected someone else to lead France after the coup d’état, but that general died in battle.

3. Not bad for a nation so often depicted as “surrender monkeys”.

4. Quality vs Quantity ideas.

5. Did the people who made the graph think it was good?

6. damn, suddenly I feel an urge to play Napoleon Total War