>On 17 May 1803, before the official declaration of war and without any warning, the Royal Navy captured all the French and Dutch merchant ships stationed in Britain or sailing around, seizing more than 2 million pounds of commodities and taking their crews as prisoners.
>In response to this provocation, on 22 May (2 Prairial, year XI), the First Consul ordered the arrest of all British males between the ages of 18 and 60 in France and Italy, trapping many travelling civilians.
>It was not until the abdication of Bonaparte in 1814 that the last of these imprisoned British civilians were allowed to return home.
How can one man be so based?
He outperfided the Eternal Anglo
>>1879699
>He was the basest of the based
Imagine being a joyful young British lad touring in Italy and suddenly spending a decade in a dirty early 19th century prison because your country is a perfidous little shit that starts hostilities one day before officially declaring war....
>>1879882
this
anglo hate on this board is getting out of control
>>1880703
>>anglo hate on this board is getting out of control
no, they fully deserve it.
>>1880719
t. assblasted frog
>>1880722
ik ben een Nederlander.
>>1880719
hate us cos you aint us ;)
>>1880738
golly gee, I sure want to live in a country with the worst rate of social mobility in the developed world, the highest inequality in Europe, the highest university fees, privatized railways, little to no manufacturing, the most advanced surveillance state after China and shit economic prospects buz brexit.
>>1880750
That's the US not the UK
>>1880759
kek
>>1880759
all of those are about the UK, though they could also be applied to the US, except the US is still the second largest manufacturer in the world