History vs. Napoleon Bonaparte - Alex Gendler

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"My enemies are many, my equals are none" - Napoleon Bonaparte

The polish anthem literally has Napoleon in their anthem. “Bonaparte”. And it says how he helped them get their land back for a bit.

Fun Fact, Napoleon is a huge reason why we have canned food today. Because he was thinking about how to help his hungry soldiers during their long campaigns.

"I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword" -Napoleon Bonaparte

I always found Napoleon kinda badass. He invaded Europe. Then exiled to an island with no escape. Came back and overthrew the government with no shots fired.

Another reason why Napoleon is considered short is because he often appointed tall men for his bodyguards, to make them more intimidating. So thus, when in the midst of them, he looked shorter than he actually was.

Here in Brazil we're a thankful for Napoleon invasions across Europe if it wasn't for that Brazil would take far more years to have its independence

I'm not French and I've studied Napoleon for years due to my interest to him. I think he's a great guy!

Napoléon Bonaparte: not the Emperor of France, Emperor of the French.

Whatever you think of Napoleon, the man lived a life worth more than a hundred men! A nobody from a backwater island who rose to become a genius-level general, an emperor who was sent into exile twice (because once couldn't stop him). His work ethic was obsessive, his ambition all-consuming, his goal absolutely clear. Through the will of one man, Europe was united on a scale not seen since the Roman Empire. He was the greatest actor on the stage of Europe at the beginning of the modern world. His historical legacy is rightfully contradictory and controversial. But the man lived.

Fun fact : When Napoleon escaped from Elba, all the French joined him to bring him to Paris, an army sent by the king to stop him was on his way.
Many testimonies tell that he would have advanced towards the army and said: "Who wants to kill his emperor?", the order to shoot is given but no one of the 50 soldiers in line shoots and they all rush towards him to embrace him.

He didn’t save the revolution, he WAS the revolution.

-Napoleon

Napoleon was taller than the Duke of Wellington

Pretty fair, except for the quick summary of the Napoleonic wars failing to mention that England never recognized Napoleon, broke the peace of Amiens, and helped to organize a total of five coalitions against him, which was the whole point of enforcing a blockade.

I'm a German and I really admire Napoleon. To me he really embodies the enlightened absolutism idea.

Napoleon literally had multiple armies surrender and join him by taking off his shirt and flexing his chest
The real question is if he was an overpowered anime character

in France, we really like Napoleon ;D

Napoleon said "My legacy will be my civil law code"...His legacy is indeed his civil law code, from which many countries derived theirs.

He also said famously "Look very carefully at this world map...Here lies a sleeping giant. Let him sleep...For when he awakes, the world will quake.", speaking of China.

"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools."

-Napoleon Bonaparte