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    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…

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    countries. This battle put a revolution to a halt, stopped a very powerful empire from spreading its ideals any further, and restored equality to the European nations. This battle was so revolutionary “Waterloo is used to discuss the changing nature of war, the rise and fall of napoleon’s empire”(Black).The reason for this is that this battle took out the most powerful leader of his time and stopped a large revolution of the people, it also stopped an army from conquering any more of europe and…

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    an education that was common for a girl in an aristocratic family at the time. The education mostly focused on religious and moral principles. While her brothers could study more scholarly subjects like mathematics and science. When the Seven Years' War ended…

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    Napoleon Bonaparte, some would say he was one of the greatest warriors there ever was, a true hero. Others disagree and call him greedy, even cruel. There is no doubt, though, that he was one of the biggest names in history accomplishing many things for the French nation. Both as a ruler and an army officer Napoleon was able to restore the French nation and its people once again. So, In the end it seems that he was more hero then he was villian. Among his many accomplishments Napoleon was able…

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    Napoleon did service for Louis xvl and he did artillery unit at Vallance. Napoleon was an influence because he was a good general for the french who took over most of Europe and others.He had 10 siblings and had a nice childhood. He had a pretty good education. He was not poor his father was lawyer and his mother was a stay at home mom. Napoleon was 4/10 children that lived he was not wealthy and attended military school and was ranked little corporal he then got invited to a royal military…

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    In a world of constant weapons races and power struggles it is intriguing to understand how countries in close proximity to each other are not always at war. When this constant threat of war fills our daily talk and news it is important to look back on what it takes to keep nations balanced. Henry Kissinger in 1956 was intrigued by the intimacies and mechanisms of how the balance between powers occur. He looked more specifically at the Congress of Vienna, reported on what it took for Europe to…

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    Napoleon’s military changed warfare forever and are abundant throughout national armies of today. Tradition, discipline and innovation are the main aspects of the Western way of war best characterizing warfare in the age of Napoleon. Napoleon continued with the importance of a having a national army from the French Revolution and instilled discipline in his Soldiers to return to their regiments after foraging off the land. The national army construct held intact from the French Revolution…

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    Waterloo Campaign 15th June-22nd June 1815 Napoleons army was vastly outnumbered by the allies and knew that he could not defeat these armies after they united; he had to beat them separately. As the Anglo-Dutch army, led by the Duke of Wellington, and the Prussian army, led by Field Marshal Blucher, were closest, Napoleon had to destroy them first. Napoleon began his campaign on the 15th June by leading the Armee du Nord to Belgium to return it to French rule and defeat Wellington and Blucher…

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    To what extent was the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo on 18th June 1815 caused by the arrival of the Prussian army on the battlefield? “A general-in-chief should ask himself several times in the day, what if the enemy were to appear now to my front, or on my right, or my left?”-Napoleons military maxim number eight The battle of Waterloo on the 18th June 1815 ended Napoleon’s dreams of European domination. His defeat resulted in the concert of Europe, an early European Union, and the rise of…

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    Revolution, Napoleon rise his power in military area in France. After getting a political power in France in a 1799 coup d’état, he crowned himself as an emperor in 1804. Intelligent, ambitious and a skilled military leader, Napoleon successfully waged war against several European countries and also managed to expand his own empire. However, in 1812, after a tragic French attack of Russia, Napoleon abdicated the power two years later and was exiled to the island of Elba. In 1815, he briefly…

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