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an army that eats your food, sleeps in your bed, and calls it liberation.

means the practice of forcing civilians to house and feed soldiers, used systematically by napoleon's armies to move fast without supply trains.

from french armies under napoleon abandoned slow baggage trains and instead lived off occupied land, quartering troops directly in local homes and inns, a system formalized from the levee en masse era of the 1790s onward.

for instance

peninsular war spainbilleting sparked guerrilla revolt starting 1808

grande armee russia 1812billeting collapsed once towns were burned empty

confederation of the rhinegerman states forced to house french garrisons 1806 onward

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