Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769. He was born on the small Italian Island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea. He was born at a very hectic time. Corsica was trying to gain independence when French troops invaded. He was born during a war, and he will die because of one. When he turned ten his parents sent him to a military school, just outside of Paris. He devoted himself to learning and gaining experience to military tactics. All of this work eventually paid off. When he was sixteen, he became a lieutenant in the artillery. By the time he was twenty-four, he was a general. Revolution broke out the same year. He joined the military of the French Republic. In October of 1705, a government official told Napoleon to defend the palace where the National Convention took place. He, with his small army, defeated the thousands of royalist in minutes. He is declared a hero. In 1796, the Directory appointed him to command a French army. He marched into Italy and liberated it from Austria, although some say he conquered it. The Directory was not doing very well. In 1799, it accused the French people of being corrupt. Napoleon seized this opportunity to take it over. On Novembe
When Napoleon's army arrived there, they did not have to fight, but they gained nothing because everything was burnt to the ground. Napoleon's men had nothing to eat so therefore, they starved. When Napoleon arrived in Moscow, the country's capital, the city was in flames. Therefore, Napoleon decided to retreat, but the Czar attacked the army in its worst state. This was the first use of Guerilla warfare. When Napoleon made it back to France, he had only 10,000 men left out of 400,000. Taking advantage of Napoleon's weakness, his enemies gathered to destroy him.
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Approximate Pages = 12 (250 words per page double spaced)
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