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The French invasion of Egypt and Syria was a military campaign in and occupation of Ottoman territories in Egypt and Syria by French forces under the command of Napoleon took place during the French Revolutionary Wars.
See how French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt and Syria during the French Revolutionary Wars
22 lis 2023 · In July 1798, Napoleon led a campaign into Egypt and Syria as a means to conquer the region and, in the words of unreliable history textbooks, to establish trade and scientific exchange.
27 kwi 2023 · The French Expedition to Egypt and Syria (1798-1801), led by Napoleon Bonaparte, aimed to establish a French colony in Egypt and to threaten British possessions in India. Despite initial French victories, the campaign ultimately ended in failure, and Egypt remained under Ottoman control.
2 mar 2024 · Napoleon did indeed conquer Egypt with relative ease in 1798. Keeping the land proved to be another story entirely, one which Scott’s Napoleon glosses over in its rush to compress a monumental...
7 paź 2018 · The French invasion of Egypt in the summer of 1798 was the first great seaborne invasion of the modern era. With 335 ships and almost 40,000 men, it was the largest seaborne force ever launched in the Western world – at least since Xerxes’ vast fleet attacked Athens at the Battle of Salamis in 480BC.
The Expedition to Egypt and Syria starts with the French embarkation on 19th of may 1798 and ends with the surrender of the french troops to the English on 30th of august 1801. The Ottoman Empire declares War to the French on 9th September 1798.
