MovieChat Forums > Napoleon (2023) Discussion > Why didn't Americans come and save us fr...

Why didn't Americans come and save us from the devil?


Plot hole?

reply

They got just sacked by their old masters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812)

reply

That's a false narrative, nothing was gained or lost during that war, except what was negotiated by treaty afterwards.

reply

Yeah, also the USA won in Vietnam.

reply

That's not a comparable situation. If Vietnam were the War of 1812, then South Vietnam and North Vietnam would've both retained independence, and remain separated even after all of the conflicts concluded.

Do you even have a point? Or are you just trying to take shots at the US?

reply

You sound triggered.

reply

So the answer is no, got it.

reply

Yeah, it was pretty easy.

Congrats on amusing me for about ten seconds.

Please continue.

reply

"They wanted me to be another Washington."

This is an article about George Washington. But it does mention a quote from a distraught Napoleon.
https://www.heritage.org/commentary/the-man-who-would-not-be-king

"Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors." Ralph Waldo Emerson

Stay Gold
Edge

reply

The USA wasn't a superpower during the Napoleonic wars. Its rise and its geographical expansion (starting with the Louisiana Purchase) happened a little later.

Also, even if it had been a major player on the world stage (and I'm not suggesting it was geopolitically insignificant), it was arguably even less inclined to get involved with the European powers than it was in 1914. Very isolationist. It kind of wanted other countries to leave it -- and the continent of north America -- alone, hence the Monroe Doctrine.

reply

The United states was busy trying to expand, and take over North America. They were not yet a country that could spare resources, and affect wars over in Europe. They probably would've sided with France anyway, since France was their biggest ally during the revolution.

reply

The US would have been on Napoleon's side if anything.

reply

And rightfully so.

reply

You do realize that in the early 1800's, the U.S. only had about 6 million people to France's 30 million, right? We were still a brand new country with an almost completely agrarian economy. The industry and massive population growth came much later.

We also fought France's enemy, Great Britain, in 1812, in a war that was fairly inconclusive and basically ended with pretty much a return to the status quo ante -- and even at that we had to suffer the humiliation of having our capitol burned down.

reply

US had it's own problems at the time.

reply

Too busy teaching the British their place.

reply