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How Did the French Army of Italy Pay for Itself? - Plunder, Propaganda, and the Army of Italy | Sleepy Facts About History
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In the spring of 1796, the French Army of Italy was a destitute, hungry, and often barefoot force holding a narrow strip of Mediterranean coastline. The government in Paris considered the Italian theater a secondary sideshow, prioritizing the main offensive on the Rhine. Within eighteen months, this same desperate army stood at the gates of Vienna, and its twenty-six-year-old commander had become the most famous man in Europe. This episode examines the specific, documentable mechanisms…
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