Napoleon's Continental System: The Economic War That Starved Europe

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Napoleon's Continental System: The Economic War That Starved Europe

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In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Napoleon's Continental System, the ambitious economic blockade designed to cripple Britain by closing all European ports to British trade. They discuss the Berlin and Milan Decrees, the smuggling networks that sprang up, the impact on neutral powers like the United States, and the system's role in sparking the Peninsular War and the disastrous Russian campaign. Along the way, they examine key figures like the British naval hero Horatio Nelson and the French customs chief Pierre-Antoine Dupont, and the economic consequences that turned Napoleon's allies against him. This is a story of unintended consequences, illicit trade, and how an emperor's attempt to win a war without fighting ultimately helped seal his downfall. #ContinentalSystem #Napoleon #BerlinDecree #MilanDecree #BritishBlockade #Smuggling #PeninsularWar #Russia #HoratioNelson #PierreAntoineDupont #NapoleonicWars #EconomicHistory #OrdersInCouncil #Trafalgar #BattleofAusterlitz #France #Britain #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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