Thank you Zack for a great first episode! It has certainly made my outing to the post office better. One thing that maybe of interest to you and chimes with what you were saying re a lot of countries other than Britain viewing Napoleonic Wars as defensive/fighting for their existence: while the 1812 campaign is called the Patriotic War of 1812, the campaigns of the 6th Coalition are often known in Russian historiography as The Foreign Expedition of the Russian Army 1813-14 (best translation I can come up with). :)
Thank you Zack for a great first episode! It has certainly made my outing to the post office better. One thing that maybe of interest to you and chimes with what you were saying re a lot of countries other than Britain viewing Napoleonic Wars as defensive/fighting for their existence: while the 1812 campaign is called the Patriotic War of 1812, the campaigns of the 6th Coalition are often known in Russian historiography as The Foreign Expedition of the Russian Army 1813-14 (best translation I can come up with). :)