Thursday, October 6, 2011

Search Traces Napoleon in Java - Indonesia

 Archipelago not only never colonized by the Dutch. France was never colonized. The famous French emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte, once said, "Keep Java, at any price!"
He revealed the matter to the Minister of Marine and Colonies French Admiral Decres Region in October 1810.


At the beginning of the 19th century was, in the Indian Ocean, the French only have power in Mauritius, Bourton, and Java. Even between 1808 and 1811, lived French colony of Java that remains. 

When the Governor General in Java, Daendels repeatedly asked Napoleon sent troops to help defend the island from invasion of England. However, that ultimately sent the Janssens, sycophant generals who understand the science of logistics more than the science of war. 



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