Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Napoleon Bonaparte was a rebellious tyrant who caused a lot of trouble for the continent of Europe. Unbeknownst to European countries, he formed alliances with them, then attacked them while they were weak . While Napoleon may have failed in many of these attempts, he still killed the people and looted their supplies, leaving the grieving families to starve and perish of hunger. Napoleon was a narcissistic and self-indulging man who crowned himself emperor of France, which led him to rise over his people who thought him a savior. When he did this, Napoleon believed he had all the power in the world, and essentially tried to take over the world, starting with Europe. Before becoming emperor, he even sold territory to the newly formed United States, in order to attain money for funding his future wars . Although Napoleon had much military skill and power, he failed in many attempts to take over Europe. Starting in 1799, the Napoleonic Wars were a series of smaller coalition wars, with a coalition of Russia, Great Britain, Austria, Portugal, The Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Naples. France defeated Russia, who then left the coalition. Years later, in 1812, Napoleon left many of his captured troops in Spain to invade Russia with 500,000 men. They later had to retreat and many of the men died, showing how neglecting Napoleon was of his troops. Napoleon didn’t care about his men, only how much power he had, showing how much of a selfish tyrant he was. The people of…

In 1814, Napoleon was the ruler of France and was conquering lands all over Europe, which was disrupting the balance of power. Napoleon started wars in order to gain more territory until he was defeated by a British-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. In the result of these Napoleon actions Russia, Prussia, Austria, Britain, and France formed the Congress of Vienna to find a solution to restore the…

started his Hundred Day Campaign. Thus started the Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon didn't actually want to have the battle but his father-in-law refused to give him his wife and children back because they were currently staying with them. He tried many ways to prepare for the battle, some including calling up the National Guard and asking if they would defend his homeland, asking Austrians for peace, which they totally ignored, fortified Paris with weapons and men, re enlisted many of his…