Napoleonic Wars

NAPOLEON’S RISE TO POWER Since 1792, France’s revolutionary government had been engaged in military conflicts with many nations. In 1796, Napoleon commanded a French army that defeated the armies of Austria, one of his country’s primary rivals, in a series of battles in Italy. In 1797, France and Austria signed the Treaty of Campo Formio, resulting in territorial gains for the French. The Directory, the five-person group that had governed France since 1795, allowed to let Napoleon…

settle the unhappy French citizens who just got done revolting against the old system of government. Helping France in many ways came with a great amount of collateral damage and this was the reasoning for being accused of being a war criminal. Napoleon was not a vicious war criminal, but rather an enlightened leader of France. He was an enlightened leader for a few reasons; first, he created a system of law that encompassed many of the…

Unlike his contemporary warfare theorists, such as Clausewitz and Jomini who focused on explaining and understanding the principles of war, Napoleon Bonaparte’s instinctive natural perceptions guided him through the victories that led to his Empire over Europe. In 1769, the same year as Napoleon 's birth, the French defeated his homeland Corsica1. Growing up while experiencing his Corsican cultural identity disappearing under the influence of the French created resentment in the young Napoleon.…

Germany. As prime minister of King Wilhelm I of Prussia, Bismarck was given the task of reforming and expanding the Prussian army; Bismarck did just that. He intentionally provoked three wars with Denmark, Austria, and France between 1864 and 1870. Effortlessly, Bismarck quickly defeated each opponent. Due to the wars that Bismarck waged, King Wilhelm I of Prussia was able to proclaim himself emperor of the Second Reich. This “Second German Empire” embraced almost all German-speaking peoples…

Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle took place on 21 October 1805. During the battle at Trafalgar, the Royal Navy obliterated the greatest threat to British security for 200 years, but lost Britain's national hero in the process. The events that led to the battle of Trafalgar depict the midway point in the series of wars that rocked Europe between the French revolution of 1793 and the final…

to pay. The cost of flour began to rise and became less affordable that people were left to starve and die. In the events that led up to World War I, many French women had to transition dramatically and instantaneously from the comforts and safe living of their home. During this time, they also had suffered losses of their men who never returned from the war. There were barely any shelter and security when their homes in France were invaded and destroyed by the Germans. At the end of World…

The British and French Empires spent the majority of the period between 1793 and 1815 at war with one another; imperial conflict in this period was not uncommon – the two powers had previously clashed during the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) and the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783, with direct French involvement from 1778). [CITE THESE DATES????????] Though by 1815 the Napoleonic Empire had fallen and been replaced by the restored Bourbon Monarchy, which adopted the British ideological…

Napoleon Bonaparte was an important individual that affected French and European History from 1799 to 1815. He was mainly known for his great military exploits, rapid rise to fame, and his tragic end. He was ambitious and had lots of self-confidence which helped him win the support of the people around him. He was loved by all the French people because they believed he brought back France from the pit of despair. So he was known as the leader of France. However, many people believed that he was…

conquered, its history, culture, and economy would have been immensely changed. A few centuries later Germany was conquered by the Francs. Germany was also home to Martin Luther who led the protestant reformation. After the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, feudalism fell away in Germany, and liberalism and nationalism went into an all out clash. The industrial revolution greatly improved the German economy following a previous failed revolution.…

very young age, which is very unusual. This tells us that Napoleon was doing great at the military school. He prevented a civil war, won the battle of Tarvis (which helped him preventing another big war), won the battle of the Nile etc. Napoleon is seen by lots of people as a hero. In our time as well as in his own. The Italians were seeing him as a hero, avoiding a war against Austria. The French inhabitants saw him as a hero because the majority agreed on the constitution that Napoleon got all…