Today I learned on Nostr: TIL Napoleon had planned an invasion of the UK but it was never carried out. ...

TIL Napoleon had planned an invasion of the UK but it was never carried out. Preparations were financed by the sale of the Louisiana territory to the US which the US financed with a loan from a British bank, so Britain was indirectly funding an invasion of itself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon's_planned_invasion_of_the_United_Kingdom
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