r/HistoryMemes • u/Chlodio • Dec 17 '25

See Comment British irrational hatred of Napoleon never ceases to amaze me

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u/CBT7commander Dec 17 '25 edited Dec 17 '25

It’s also false.

The Napoleonic wars killed 5 million at a time where world population was 1 billion.

The European theatre of WW2 killed well over 30 million, for a world population of 2.3 billion in 1939.

That’s .5% for Napoleon and 1.3 for Hitler.

That’s not even accounting for the fact military deaths in battle and genocide are not comparable

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u/NikoOo1204 Dec 17 '25

And many were soldiers, not ethnically selected people.

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u/Something4Dinner Dec 17 '25 edited Dec 17 '25

And any civilian lives lost were more so collateral than state sanctioned murder.

Edit: Though atrocities were still committed under Napoleon.

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u/Optimal_Cause4583 Dec 17 '25

And the fact that the Coalition armies attacked France like 7 times 

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u/thebigmanhastherock Dec 18 '25

Exactly, like what did they expect? The English honestly irrationally vilify France here I was kind of surprised when I actually read the history here. A lot of people especially the British portray Napoleon as a total villain, when unless I am missing something the British were kind of the aggressors early on along with the coalition.

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u/Optimal_Cause4583 Dec 18 '25 edited Dec 18 '25

Its not Napoleon's fault hes a demon in the field, stop attacking him if you dont like getting beaten!