Napoleon_Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte was known as one of the greatest military masterminds in the history of mankind. His strategies and tactics in the battlefield won him many wars and battle thorough out the European Continent. These victories and rise in the military power of France made it possible for the rise of a military dictator. Napoleon Bonaparte was also called “the child of revolution.” He, to some extent supported the ideas of the French Revolution and for a democratic state at first, but ended up in creating a military dictatorship in France. His self-esteem to take over Russia led to his defeat and then in his fall as the Emperor of France. Napoleon Bonaparte was not born French by birth. Infact he was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, on August 15, 1769. This was a small island, which France had annexed only a few months ago. He was the fourth child and second son of Carlo Bonaparte and Letizia Ramolino Bonaparte. They both belong to the noble Italian families. Napoleon’s original nationality was Corsican-Italian. At that time, he despised the French and thought they were oppressors of his native land. His father was a lawyer, and was also an napoleon, army, france, french, british, back, time, over, russia, battle, defeat, coalition, austria, again, take, soon, napoleon’s, against, russian, called, able, war, paris, once, military, instead, first, britain, attack, took, system, second, revolution, retreat, result