The Berthier rifle you weren’t supposed to know about

Louis-Alexandre Berthier 🇫🇷🎖 was a Marshal of France and Napoleon’s greatest chief of staff. He was an outstanding organizer, famous for turning Napoleon’s ideas into clear, precise orders and for managing armies of hundreds of thousands of men. Berthier was not a battlefield commander in the classical sense, but without him Napoleon’s system of war could not function. He was often nicknamed “the Emperor’s Wife” because he was always at Napoleon’s side, handling correspondence, logistics, and