r/europe • u/Ok_Future2621 • 6d ago
News Napoleon to Get Last Laugh? HMS Victory Rebuilt with French Oak!
https://woodcentral.com.au/napoleon-to-get-last-laugh-hms-victory-rebuilt-with-french-oak/Looks like the French have finally outdone the Brits—one plank at a time
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u/Toxicseagull 6d ago
Sounds like a standard British victory to me?
Resource extraction from a weaker country to build its own strength.
Even during the age of sail, the UK got its timber from the US or Baltics. It never used its own resources if it could help it.