France committed roughly 80,000 troops across a year to retake Saint-Domingue.

Evidence

In the end the wind let up, and the Leclerc expedition sailed into the Atlantic. The ships from Brest were joined by convoys from other ports; once united, the expedition consisted of fifty ships—about half of France’s larger naval vessels—carrying almost 22,000 soldiers, along with approximately 20,000 sailors. Reinforcements followed during the next year; ultimately upward of 80,000 fighting men were sent to Saint-Domingue. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 891

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• QUESTION: What proportion of France’s total military manpower did 80,000 troops represent at its peak strength in this period?