Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "1815 Eruption of Mount Tambora" video.

One of the reasons for the delay was that the if the cannon were used the cannon balls would just sink into the ground rather then bounce into the enemies troops, rather like lethal bowling balls. So they had to wait until the ground had time to dry. As for the notion that there would be some glorious renaissance if Napoleon had won I find hard to believe. Fighting would have continued and considering how stretched France was at getting good quality recruits France would have been slowly bled to death. Far from a great period in European history France could have collapsed leaving it open to being dismantled as a country.
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