Why was it so hard to cross this little puddle?

Why was it so hard to cross this little puddle?

They had navy

Napoleon couldn't maintain a stable states system in Europe.

The guys on the island put some barges in the water to prevent that.

I find it outrageous that there has been a bridge constructed between Great Britain and mainland Europe. The one defence that has protected the country since its society's incipency is now useless.

Then you might as well get mad at the fact that cities are no longer surrounded by walls.

*Tunnel
Would be easy to flood it if war came

Being worried about one bridge or one tunnel doesn't make a lot of sense. It's easy for the defenders to blow it up whenever they feel like it. In any case, UK can make the big boom now, the nuclear fire.

Navy. When you're an island nation with a navy nobody else can match you're basically invincible.

The US rules the world for the same reason but instead of an island it's an entire continent.

>tfw not int he timeline where Napoleon invaded France with balloons

If any Army tried to cross that during a war they could just flood it and completely BTFO any general that was actually dumb enough to come up with that plan.

>Can't even invade his own country
So much for "greatest general ever"

*blocks your path*

>The US rules the world

Better question: Why didn't they just storm the Channel Tunnel with a regiment of cavalry, secure the exit, and pull through with their main force? Seems like such an obvious thing to do.

Its an underground, underwater tunnel. It would take nothing to collapse it

Why didnt anyone try holding off the royal navy with your shitty navy until all of your guys cross?

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All fear the anglo warrior

His own country was Corsika

Calais is british. They prevent any hostiles from coming too close

no?

World domination has been their main doctrine since WWII

Ever wonder why the US has a defense budget of world conquest proportions? Or why the American economy blows the water out of any other nation on the earth...

>America has the smallest amount of infantry
>focuses on quick victories against massed mechanized armies.

American army is not built to occupy, or conquer. It's built to make sure Eurasia isn't controlled by one great power.

yes and?

Imperialism in the modern world is held by intimidation and funneling money into proxies, keeping trade in your favor the world over is the main course of neo-colonialism.

Its easy if you pay off the russian and prussian royal army to stall napoleon while you take out his ships