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Jules Brunet

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Military Personnel

The Resume

    (January 2, 1838-August 12, 1911)
    Artillery specialist
    Member of the first French Military mission to Japan
    Military advisor to the Tokugawa Shogunate

Why he might be annoying:

    He fought on the losing side of the Boshin War.
    He was a part of a French military mission to modernize the Shogun's forces against the Meiji government.
    He resigned from the French Army and stayed in Japan after the mission was over.
    He helped form the short-lived Republic of Ezo with Admiral Enomoto Takeaki.

Why he might not be annoying:

    On his way to France to stand trial, he was rehabilitated and reinstated in the French Army.
    He attended the École Polytechnique.
    He served in the Franco-Prussian War.
    After the war, rose to Chief of Staff of the French Army.
    The main character of 'The Last Samurai,' Nathan Algren, was partly based on him.

Credit: Jeff


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 18 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 24 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 74 Votes: 75.68% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 105 Votes: 64.76% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 149 Votes: 59.73% Annoying