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The enduring myth that Napoleon Bonaparte was unusually short in stature originated mainly from propaganda cartoons produced in which country?
Answer
Great Britain
British caricaturists, most notably James Gillray, drew Napoleon as tiny to mock French military ambitions, cementing a myth that persists even though he was of average height for his era.
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Napoleon was actually of average height for his time, but British propaganda depicted him as tiny to mock French military power.
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- France
- Austria
- Prussia
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- 19th-century
- myths
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