The Toughest Men in Napoleon’s Army: The Sapeur

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1. Source: https://www.youtube.com/@survivehistory

2. So I will just spend the next 4 hours looking at videos of Napoleonic era military uniforms

3. Origin of the military word sapper I’m sure

4. Fellow Europeans, we must return to this, post haste.

5. Oh so a sapper is just a pissed off Contruction Engineer with an axe… got it!

6. Cool fact is that engineers in the Foreign Legion still have the beards, leather aprons and axes as part of their [parade uniform](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fuheub0p2wvy61.jpg)

7. Being a sapper can simultaneously be one of the best or worst jobs depending on the task.

8. You don’t want to mess with Santa’s French cousin

9. Yes, and also as important: the large hat! All sapeurs needed one, [see](https://www.resboiu.ro/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/P1260095.jpg)?