No one had expected this, no one anticipated this and he did what only one other country had completed, they created an empire. He and the Romans are the only two people that I know of to conquer Europe and by doing this, they both made history. ...
The Napoleonic Empire came into existence following the coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor of France at Notre Dame in 1804. ... The 'Great Empire' is often referred to as a single entity embracing French controlled Europe, but territories were in fact separated depending on the levels of French control. ... Napoleon changed the running of countries in the European Empire to promote stability. For example, Napoleon appointed family members and close friends as leaders of countries within his Empire. ... Napoleon used the system of conscription across the Empire to improve t...
He also concluded an agreement with the pope, which contributed to French domestic tranquillity and ended the quarrel with the Roman Catholic church that had arisen during the Revolution. ... Opposing generals fueled by hate attempted on many occasion to stop the momentum that Bonaparte and his French empire was gaining. ... He also added new states to the empire: the kingdom of Westphalia, under his brother Jerome, the duchy of Warsaw, and others. ... The Peninsular War cost France 300,000 casualties and incredible sums of money and contributed to the eventual weakening of the Napoleonic empi...
CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE LIMITATIONS OF NAPOLEON'S STRATEGY ON WAR INTRODUCTION Napoleon I (1769-1821), emperor of the French, who consolidated and institutionalized many reforms of the French Revolution. One of the greatest military commanders of all time, he conquered the larger part of E...
