the revolutionaries definitely did a lot of the early leg work though. not trying to discredit them. just saying British regulars weren't exactly the best

yeah but they were one of the finest on earth

id say maybe the british army was not a meritocracy like the British navy was

thats not even her voice though is it

isnt alot of what drives this the voice?

yeah joe there was a lot more room for people being promoted for actual capability in the RN than in the British army

the army still had commissions in the mid 19th century

so there were a bunch of old rich retards commanding at the crimea

yeah i think a british officers commision in the army was the equalivent to a million bucks today

some regiments like the hussars would be that expensive, it was mental

whereas the french and prussians were very educational approach to all of it

had academies and so forth

and leaned more towards meritocracies

france for sure after the revolution

true

people like ney were from families that were poor as dirt

napeleon wasnt rich either

ye

based napoleon tbqh

but the french did have military academies even before the revolutions

ye

just not opened to merit and poorer classes

although the only real avenue for non nobility who wanted to be officers was the artillery

best ship

because artillery officers actually needed skill

to operate arty

rip nelson

been reading a book by Nicholas Best about trafalgar

if Nelson hadn't of pulled through at Trafalgar we would've been fucked

beautiful ship too

you been on it?

ye

a while ago tho

been on it a few times, Portsmouth is not too far from me

you been since they renovated the Mary Rose museum?

i know they dragged it up

never seen it myself though

eating rn

Boys hear me out

I think based pewdiepie is trying to communicate with us