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Did Napoleon Attack Russia A Good Idea Or An Idiotic Mistake?

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What are your thoughts on Napoleon? Do you think him attacking Russia a good idea or a huge idiotic mistake? Was it clever of him not to trust anyone? Was it wise for a man like him to have held so much power as he did? This report is going to be covering the beginning of his life to the end.
Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. He was the son of Carlo and Letizia Bonaparte. He had four brothers and three sisters. “Throughout his life, Napoleon Bonaparte acted as the protector of his large brood of siblings. Napoleon was a very small, fiery, hot tempered youth. Though small, he often beat his brother when fighting, even though Giuseppe was more than a year older than him.” An interesting fact is his …show more content…

“Upon rejoining his regiment at Nice in June 1793, the young leader quickly showed his support for the Jacobins, a far-left political movement and the most well-known and popular political club of the French Revolution.” It has been boisterous few years for Frances citizens and for France it’s self. “The country was declared a republic in 1792, three years after the Revolution had begun, and the following year King Louis XVI was executed. In 1796, Napoleon took the helm of the Army of Italy, a post he'd been coveting. The army, just 30,000 strong, disgruntled and underfed, were soon turned around by the young military commander. Under his direction the rebuilt army won numerous crucial victories against the Austrians, greatly expanded the French empire and helped make Napoleon the military's brightest star. His national profile was enhanced by his marriage to Joséphine de Beauharnais, widow of General Alexandre de Beauharnais (guillotined during the Reign of Terror) and the mother of two children. The two were married in a civil ceremony on March 9, …show more content…

“By early 1821 he was bedridden and” burgeoning “weaker by the day. In April of that year, he dictated his last will: "I wish my ashes to rest on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of that French people which I have loved so much. I die before my time, killed by the English oligarchy and its hired assassins."” Napoleon died on May 5, 1821. “The Dôme des Invalides, is where Napoleon I's tomb, is the emblem of the Hotel National des Invalids and an unmissable monument in the Parisian landscape.”
He’s biggest mistakes are: “Napoleon Bonaparte was the execution of the Duke of ENGHIEN. A huge mistake was the project of economic blockade of England known as the Continental Blocus. There he committed another mistake, he attacked Russia. Napoleon wanted to know everything, to control everything, and to act alone. This system does not work; he trusted no one and held all the powers centralized in his

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