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[BlueGreenLady]

Why European leaders finally had Napoleon exiled to St Helena Island after he managed to escape Elba. We will have a Doctoral degree in Authoritarian Mind Control from Trump University by the time this is over.

“ Napoleon had been exiled to St. Helena after he was defeated by the British at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Having escaped his previous exile from Elba, off the coast of Italy, the French emperor was a flight risk to his fellow European rulers who wanted rid of him. Enter St. Helena – a British colony 5,000 miles and a 10-week boat ride away from Europe.”
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/saint-helena-napoleon-french-consul-cmd/index.html