Tin plague can be really annoying and destructive. Captain Robert Scott’s was not the only expedition that was destroyed by tin plague. Tin plague had once devastated Napoleon’s plan. This phenomenon actually caused an army to lose a war.
In 1812, Napoleon invaded Russia and marched to Moscow. However, his attempt to capture the city of Moscow failed, and one of the reasons given was that his soldiers were disheartened and uncomfortable because they could not stand the cold.
Napoleon had brought a million greatcoats for his troops, but these coats all had tin buttons. You can now imagine what happened, right? In winter, the tin buttons just crumbled away leaving Napoleon’s soldiers shivering and in no mood to fight!
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