in which year did Toussaint L:Overture defeat the French?
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He did not defeat the French.
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French have been against Germany since before WWI . Franco-prussian war (1870)was 1st with Germany as a true country vs France but fighting vs Prussia & France occurred in Napoleonic; Fred The Great & even earlier times. Vichy France - a traitor govt allowed to exist by germans - fought English in North Africa & Syria later in WWII.
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http://crusades.boisestate.edu/Europe/france/05.shtml
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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)(Napoleon I) was Emperor of the French (1804-1815) born in Corsica.  One of the greatest military leaders of modern times, he become a brigadier(1793) after driving the British out of Toulon.  In 1796 he married Josephine de Beauharnais and gained command in Italy, where he defeated the Austrians and Sardinians.  In 1798 on his way to Egypt he captured the island of Malta from the Order of Saint John.  In Egypt was defeated by Nelson at the Battle of Abukir bay.  In 1799 he returned to Paris where his coup of 18 Brumaire set up the Consulate.  As First Consul he enacted domestic reforms such the Code Napoleon while defeating the Austrians at Marengo(1800) and making peace with the British at Amiens(1802).  Efforts to extend French power led to the Napoleonic Wars(1803-1815).  After the Battle of Trafalgar(1805) Britain controlled the seas but Napoleon's Grand Army continued to score notable land victories at Austerlitz(1805) and Jena(1086).  The Continental System attempted to defeat Britain by a commercial blockde that led indirectly to the Peninsular War.  In 1810, after obtaining a divorce from Josephine, Napoleon married Maria Louise who bore him a son the future Napoleon II.  In 1812, Napoleon invaded Russia with a million man army.  Forced to retreat by hunger more than 400000 soldiers perished in the Russian winter.  In 1813, Napoleon was routed by a European coalition at Leipzig.  In March 1814, Paris was captured and he was exiled to Elba.  In March 1815, he escaped and returned to France, overthrowing the Bourbon King Louis XVIII.  The Hundred Days of his return to power ended with defeat at the battle of Waterloo(June 1815).  Napoleon was exiled to St. Helen where he died.
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Poland sent us Thaddeus Kosciusko, he was a General.  There's a statue to him at the US Military Academy at West Point.\n\nFrance sent us LaFayette.  He became like a son to General George Washington.  LaFayette gave Washington a key to the Bastille.  The key is on the wall at Mount Vernon, Washington's home.\n\nThe British used German Troops and the US countered by using German-American Troops.
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When the U.S. solicited help from France to win the Revolutionary War.
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The 1812 Overture is an orchestral work by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky commemorating the unsuccessful French invasion into Russia, and the subsequent devastating withdrawal of Napoleon's Grande Armée, an event that marked 1812 as the major turning point of the Napoleonic Wars. The work is best known for the sequence of cannon fire, which is sometimes performed, especially at outside festivals, using real cannons. Although the composition has no historical connection with the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom, it is often performed in the US alongside other patriotic music.\n\nThe overture debuted in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow on August 20, 1882.
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William the Conqueror \nClaude Monet (1840-1926) \nClaude-Achille Debussy (1862-1918) \nCamille (Charles) Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) \nAlexandre Dumas (1799-1850) \nVictor Hugo (1802-1885) \nAntoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) \nJeanne d'Arc Joan of Arc (1412-1431 approx.) \nNapoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821) \nLouis Blériot (1872-1936) \nJoseph (1745-99) and Jacques (1745-99) Montgolfier \nLouis Braille (1809-1852) \nLouis Pasteur (1822-95) \nMarie (1867-1934) and Pierre (1859-1906) Curie \nFerdinand de Lesseps (1805-94) \nGustave Eiffel (1832-1923)
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'We few, We Happy Few, We band of brothers..'\n\nHenry V and the Battle of Agincourt.  Decimated the French with what, like 23 casulties, including his brother.
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1788\n\nhttp://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=synge&book=seapower&story=first
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You should check out a history text or Wikipedia, it is pretty good. \n\nThe French Revolution is a tricky historical event. It is very complex and quite long. It began in 1789 when Louis XVI called into session the Estates General (French Parliament). Memebers of the Third Estate (commoners mostly the bourgeoisie) chose to use the session to begin a liberal revolution.
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In the American Revolution the French fought with the Americans against the British.
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The French-Indian War, was not the French fighting the Indians. The French joined the Indians in fighting  Americans, in the hopes of gaining American territory for France. France has always been a pain in the side of the U.S. Yes, the Statue of Liberty was a trick.
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The French didn't help us blockade the British at Yorktown simply because they didn't like the British, or because they wanted to help us.\n\nFind who the naval generals were from the French fleet, and you will find your answer. :)
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The French Revolution (1789-1799) was a period in the history of France. During this time, democracy and republicanism replaced the absolute monarchy in France, and the French sector of the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring. While France would oscillate among republic, empire, and monarchy for 75 years after the First Republic fell to a coup d'état by Napoleon Bonaparte, the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ancien régime. It eclipses the subsequent revolutions of 1830 and 1848 in the popular imagination. It is widely seen as a major turning point in continental European history, from the age of absolutism to that of the citizenry, and even of the masses, as the dominant political force.\n\nFor more information, visit:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution
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Louis SAHA est d'origine  gouadeloupéenne
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I'll second that -- 1779 by Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix.  See the site below for more info and pics.