Does religion make armies stronger?

[Thumpalumpacus]

There is no replacement for human will, on the battlefield. I'd rather have a good man with a knife than a coward with a gun.

The moral is to the physical is as three to one.

Napoleon I

Indeed, and le Marechal was right. The soldier's will counts for much. But there's no demonstration that religion provides courage or fortitude, and in my layman's opinion, those are the qualities he was speaking to.