Napoleon’s Greatest Crime?

During his Egyptian expedition, General Napoleon Bonaparte oversaw the successful storming of the Ottoman-held city of Jaffa (now part of Tel Aviv, Israel). But what he did next has led to centuries of controversy...

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[AHersheyHere]

Why did you do that?
Napoleon: Logistics.

[Tookan]

"Sir, we have too many prisoners, what should we do"

"There's nothi- actually, there IS something we could do..."

[JordanTheMann]

Napoleon packed the artillery in his pants on that photoshoot.

[Ardjano]

Ridley Scott: "yeah let's not put that part into my movie"

[UndergroundDev]

I hope we get a full series on Napoleon's Egyptian campaign

[flashjet]

There are no consequences for war crimes even today.

[lon]

Not being able to spare men to guard alot of prisoners has been a common theme in history.Thanx guys for liking and commenting on this.

[sjanzeir]

Problem is, his "enemies" 🇬🇧 weren't any less brutal.

[renaissadra]

Piers to Napoleon : "do you condemn Jaffan people?
Napoleon : We have a right to defende our selfes

[FoxSnakes]

"I support Israel"
"I support Palestine"
Napoleon: There is nothing we can do 💀

[nuttygeezer]

He killed the Ottoman troops for the reason mentioned. As they had previously surrendered to him and broke their word after promising not to bear arms against France again. This was common practice in that part of the world at that time, and death as a result of breaking one’s parole was seen as a justifiable reprisal. The Mamelukes had French messengers decapitated prior to this so there could also be a degree of revenge added potentially. Nelson had Jacobins in Naples that had surrendered to him killed during the same time and was criticised by Fox and others in the Houses of Parliament for this.

[muizismail]

So thanos got inspired by reading history of Napoleon.

[stevenleslie]

Henry the 5th did this at Agincourt to his French prisoners in 1415

[iangard]

Executing prisoners is a bad idea long term in a war. It makes the enemy less likely to surrender.

[WorldHistory]

They weren't promised their lifes. Before, in another fortress these soldiers were a garrison and Napoleon let them go and gave them all their weapons and they swore on Allah that they wont fight again. Then Napoleon found them in Jaffa and got enraged.

[o.c.g.m]

Somehow Hollywierd missed this part in their movie

[pyry]

Didn't mention that they had executed the messengers sent by Napoleon

[mfst]

Meanwhile Polish soldiers fighting for Napoleon switched sides on Haiti to stand with the people who fight against Napoleon to defend their land and freedom.

[thegreekguy]

I've gotta admit his justification was solid for the time

Other armies would regularly massacre for much less

[elani]

What have you done?
Napoleon: i found a solution for world hunger