Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military leader and a political leader during the late revolution of French. He was born on 15/08/1769 and died on 5/05/1821.He became the French emperor from 1804 to 1815 (Abbott 12). He had a legal reform called Napoleonic code which he used to fight against his enemies by making many coalitions which he called Napoleonic wars. He tried to gain more power over other European continent countries and spread the revolution of French by winning many wars especially against the strong kingdoms like kingdom of Sardinia ant Italy. This shows he was ready to put French in a class of other European countries which had already been revolved.
He established plans on how to dominate strategic area and force military of British to leave harbors of French. Due to his wise political views, he was appointed as artillery general a position which he used to plan how to attack the kingdom of Sardinia who were the first coalition against French. Using his plans, French army captured many territories in northeast around Italian Riviera and northern mountains of Ormea. The military also was able to capture Saorge in the west and some of strategic areas like Tenda Pass. Being a lieutenant colonel, Napoleon was trying to join Pauli who had decided to splint with French to have his own kingdom of Sardinia. This shows he played for royalty of his people and kingdom by trying to rejoin the splint territories of French. This means he had qualities of a good leader who ensured that people live together.
Napoleon is an opportunist for taking the advantage of British army leaving French coastal and decided to sail back to his country from Egypt even without orders of his boss, due to the fear that his country might be in a series of wars. This shows his concerned about the revolution of his country and worried about the situation he left in French especially due to its enemies like Britain. Because of his success in many war fields, Napoleon grew politically and could be able to give orders to his military. This gave him a chance to win Austria and preached peace. If he was not strong both politically and military, no orders could be followed by his generals. He was also very courageous by planning to cross to another country’s territory like through Alps to Italy kingdom.
Napoleon allowed religious celebrations especially during his campaign in Egypt where he could hold meeting with Muslims and yet he was a catholic (Abbott.78). This shows he was not discriminating any religion during his regime. He wanted to be associated with every religion in the area so that he could be able to preach peace. His aspect of controlling some press and writing of his books gave him an advantage as people viewed him as a leader who will bring change to the country. Through this he was able to gain popularity within the country as a peace preacher and somebody who will bring stability in the country. He also invented the colors of the Italy flag. This shows he was not only popular in French only but also outside his country. Every year there is his celebrations in French and USA as remembrance of this military hero who his war tactics are used even now in the world.
References
Abbott. J. Life of napoleon Bonaparte. Dublin: Kessinger publishing. 2005. Print.
