<![CDATA["Ma sacre ulcère!"]]>This post did not contain any content.]]>https://postcall.pub/topic/f69177b9-599d-4a98-8e93-70934ce758d8/ma-sacre-ulcèreRSS for NodeTue, 07 Apr 2026 15:54:02 GMTTue, 10 Mar 2026 00:31:49 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "Ma sacre ulcère!" on Tue, 10 Mar 2026 04:27:47 GMT]]>If Napoleon were alive today, St. Helena would probably have a huge tourism industry because people would think it was some kind of fountain of youth.

]]>https://postcall.pub/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/22574456https://postcall.pub/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/22574456Tue, 10 Mar 2026 04:27:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Ma sacre ulcère!" on Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:32:22 GMT]]>Explanation: Napoleon Bonaparte is a divisive figure in world history amongst ideologues of all stripes. Some admire Napoleon as an ambitious reformer who did genuinely overthrow many of the feudal regimes of Europe and bring a relatively progressive, reformed, modern idea of governance to the European polities he overcame - others abhor him as a ruthless opportunist who turned the high ideals of the French Revolution to his own ends of autocracy and conquest.

Whatever one's opinion, Napoleon experienced problems with stomach ulcers. He'd probably be quite relieved to get his hands on 1970s-era medicine for ulcer relief. No relief for his "Spanish Ulcer", however; the name for the enduring partisan warfare over occupied Spain!

The title is a reference to a popular (but untrue) legend that Napoleon once ordered the massacre of Ottoman Turkish prisoners because he had a cold, and said "Ma sacre toux!" ("My damned cough!") which was heard as "Massacrez tous!" ("Kill them all")

The truth was he just ordered them to be killed so his forces wouldn't be slowed, harassed, or attacked on their retreat back to Egypt. Grim.

]]>https://postcall.pub/post/https://piefed.social/comment/10463326https://postcall.pub/post/https://piefed.social/comment/10463326Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:32:22 GMT