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I thought this was going to involve Napoleon singing "She Bang" at the Battle of Austerlitz.
Hanging is for criminals. Napoleon is no ordinary criminal, which is why he was exiled. If executed, it would have been by firing squad. If hanging was necessitated, then a more creative punishment would be made up. Like hung, drawn and quartered or something. What about bringing him to the Canadian woods, slathering him with honey and tying him to a tree?
Hanging is for criminals. Napoleon is no ordinary criminal, which is why he was exiled. If executed, it would have been by firing squad. If hanging was necessitated, then a more creative punishment would be made up. Like hung, drawn and quartered or something. What about bringing him to the Canadian woods, slathering him with honey and tying him to a tree?
FYI, it's hanged, not "hung".What would Be The effects if the 6th or 7th Coalition Hung Napoleon after Capturing Him
Blazing Saddles said:They said you was hung!
And they was right.
Nobody in their right mind would hang Napoleon, it goes against every rule of war recognized by the powers involved as well making them no better than the mob of revolutionaries they fight. The calamity began with a disrespect for the rule of a monarch and later on the disrespect for the person of the monarch, Louis XVI had his head lopped off, what good were they if they hung an Emperor till dead.
I don't know how bad it would be in certain terms, but bless whoever passes the sentence.
Wasn't Napoleon totally illegitimate in the eyes of his enemies? Wouldn't it actually be a statement in defense of hereditary monarchy if he got hanged?
Anyway, actually executing Napoleon would make a martyr of him, and set up long-term resentment in France and those countries where he is well-liked. The Napoleonic cult would, if anything, be stronger ITTL.
Wasn't Napoleon totally illegitimate in the eyes of his enemies? Wouldn't it actually be a statement in defense of hereditary monarchy if he got hanged?
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Wasn't Napoleon totally illegitimate in the eyes of his enemies? Wouldn't it actually be a statement in defense of hereditary monarchy if he got hanged?
I believe that, with the exception of UK, all members of the coalitions had accepted Napoleon's title as emperor in one treaty or another. In addition, he was the son in law of the Austrian emperor. Hanging is out; if he is to be executed, it will be in a matter fitting to his rank. Beheaded with an ax.
Napoleon was crowned by the pope making him a legitimate monarch, anyway by hanging him their gonna undermine their own legitimacy which they feared would cause more revolutions in the near future.
I thought this was going to involve Napoleon singing "She Bang" at the Battle of Austerlitz.