Napoleon I Bonaparte

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Would France be what it is today without Napoleon I? He was the leader of that country and also led them to their best conquering years. Not only that but he almost had the country conquered as well. Not only France, but the whole European continent would not be what it is today without Napoleon I. Napoleon wasn't even French as a matter of fact, he was Italian. He merely changed his name to avoid drawing attention to his Italian origins as he became the leader of France. There are many interesting facts about Napoleon, but the most interesting was his ability to lead an army and never ending goal to conquer all of Europe. The people of France loved Napoleon while the rest of the continent hated even hearing his name spoken. It all depends at how you look at his achievements. Some so only his conquering, while others see what he did to help France during it's revolution. "Beyond doubt one of the greatest conquerors of all time, he also promoted the growth of liberalism through his lasting administrative and legal reforms" ("Napoleon I"). His actions that got him to be on the 107 most important people were his first years involved in the military, his war against himself by The Third Coalition, and his defeat and desper

Situations started to look worse and worse over time. Napoleon's first weakness, for instance, was at the Peninsular War (1808-14). His alliance with Russia started to become tenuous ("Napoleon I"). Czar Alexander I did not approve of Napoleon's Continental System and rejected it. Napoleon invaded Russia with the 500,00-strong Grande Armee. Napoleon defeated Alexander at the battle of Borodino (September 7) and continued on to invade Moscow. This was Napoleon's major mistake. He proceeded to invade Russia during the winter. The extreme cold and the lack of supplies started to deteriorate his army. Napoleon was forced to retreat the army back into his own lines. Vorontzov, the Russian ambassador in London, whose Cassandra prophecy may still be read, in a letter of June 15, 1812: 'Even if, at first, military operations go against us, we can win, by persistent defense and retreat. If the enemy begins to pursue us, it is all up with him: for, the further he advances from his bases of supply and munitions into a trackless and foodless country, starved and encircled by an army of Cossacks, his position will become more and more dangerous; and he will end by being decimated by the winter, which has always been our most faithful ally.' (Guerard, 182). Meanwhile, back at the Peninsula War, Napoleon's generals started to lose their lines. Under the command of Arthur Wellesley, later the Duke of Wellington, the British forced the French out of Spain (Rasmussen). When Napoleon returned from his unsuccessful attack on Russia, he saw that France was threatened at all angles. He suffered a defeat at the Battle of the Nations and on the following year, 1814, The Third Coalition took Paris. Napoleon abdicated (April 11) and was exiled to the island of Elba, which the Third Coalition gave him as a "sovereign principality" ("Napoleon I"). His victors were still were still deliberating at the congress of Vienna when Napoleon landed at Cannes and marched on Paris ("Napoleon I"). This caused Louise XVIII to flee, and Napoleon ruled during the Hundred Days. The Hundred Days was the time when Napoleon re-entered Paris and ruled again, up until the time he was defeated in the Waterloo Campaign and Louise XVIII was restored. The Waterloo Campaign was the last desperate act of Napoleon. He went against The Third Coalition (Britain, Prussia, Austria, and Russia), and tried to rebalance everything to his favor. He defeated the Prussians at Ligny, then moved all of his forced toward the British, under Wellington. The British held a strong defense sou

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