Where did Napoleon keep his armies?

Following a pub quiz question last night about the five countries in the world with over a million troops, I was perusing this list of active troops per country.

Antigua and Barbuda has an army consisting of 170 people. 170! That’s awesome. They must all know each other and everything.

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2 Responses to “Where did Napoleon keep his armies?”

  1. BristleKRS Says:
    July 19, 2007 at 11:21 am | Reply

    My favourite fact (which might not be true at all) is that the Monaco State Orchestra (Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo) has more members than the Monaco Armed Forces (Compagnie des Carabiniers de Prince) :D

    Oh, and Iceland doesn’t even have an army at all (or a navy or an air force for that matter – though it has a Coast Guard and an Air Defence System)! And yet it’s a member of NATO and an Icelandic Colonel runs Kabul airport! (I found all this out when I happened upon one of my favourite Wikipedia pages, List of countries without armed forces…)

    Ermm… Anyway, as you were ;)

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