Napoleon's Lightning March — 25,000 Ottomans Walked Into a Deadly Trap

Napoleon's Lightning March — 25,000 Ottomans Walked Into a Deadly Trap

In 1799, during Napoleon Bonaparte's Egyptian campaign, a small French force found itself surrounded by an Ottoman army that outnumbered it many times over. Defeat seemed inevitable—until Napoleon launched one of the most extraordinary lightning marches in military history. Arriving at exactly the right moment, he turned a desperate situation into a devastating trap, creating one of the most remarkable battlefield reversals of the Napoleonic Wars.

In this episode of Saga of Battles, we explore the Battle of Mount Tabor (1799), an overlooked masterpiece of military strategy and one of the most fascinating battles of the early modern era. Discover how Napoleon's rapid maneuver, battlefield leadership, and tactical brilliance caught the Ottoman Empire completely off guard and changed the outcome of the campaign.

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