1798Bonaparte Proposes Egyptian Invasion Over English Invasion

February 23: Bonaparte recommends to the Directory the aband...
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1798

🗺️ Bonaparte Proposes Egyptian Campaign to the Directory

August 16: Bonaparte writes to the Directory, proposing a military intervention in Egypt "to truly destroy England".
Napoleon BonaparteDirectoryEgyptian CampaignMilitary StrategyFrench NavyBritish EmpireColonialismImperialismWar of the Second Coalition

🗺️ Bonaparte Proposes Egyptian Invasion Over English Invasion

February 23: Bonaparte recommends to the Directory the abandonment of the invasion of England, and an invasion of Egypt instead.
Napoleon BonaparteDirectoryMilitary StrategyEgyptInvasion PlansFrench Revolutionary WarsMediterraneanColonialism

🗺️ Bonaparte Proposes English Invasion Plan to the Directory

January 12: Bonaparte presents a plan for an invasion of England to the Directory.
Napoleon BonaparteDirectoryFrench Revolutionary WarsInvasion of EnglandMilitary StrategyWar PlanningContinental EuropeGreat Britain18th Century

🗺️ Talleyrand Proposes Egyptian Invasion to the Directory

February 14: Talleyrand presents to the Directory a project for a French conquest of Egypt.
Talleyrand Proposes Egyptian Invasion to the Directory (1798)
French RevolutionDirectoryTalleyrandEgyptMilitary StrategyExpansionismColonialismNapoleonic Wars (foreshadowed)

🗺️ Directory Approves Bonaparte's Egyptian Campaign

March 5: The Directory approves Bonaparte's plan to invade Egypt.
French RevolutionNapoleon BonaparteEgyptian CampaignThe DirectoryMilitary StrategyImperialismColonialismMediterraneanWarfare

🚢 Bonaparte's Egyptian Expedition Departs from Toulon

May 19: Bonaparte and his Armée d'Orient set sail from Toulon for Egypt.
French RevolutionMilitary CampaignNapoleon BonaparteEgyptMediterraneanArmée d'OrientImperialismNaval WarfareToulon