Napoleon, good or bad?

[Zebra]

I will ask here the same question as in the Columbus poll.

All those wars that he started were terrible.

 

[Deadstick]

I will ask here the same question as in the Columbus poll.

All those wars that he started were terrible.

He was a Megalomaniac, but then again he was not the only one at the time, European Colonialism was rampant, European Countries fighting over other peoples Countries to take land and resources, he did have a formidable army.

 

[Zebra]

He was a Megalomaniac, but then again he was not the only one at the time, European Colonialism was rampant, European Countries fighting over other peoples Countries to take land and resources, he did have a formidable army.

he did not value human life

 

[Zincwarrior]

Napoleonic code, beat hell out of the European nobility. All around great guy.

On our last trip to Europe found where the foreign devils imprisoned family members in Paris after the Battle of Nations. Only one managed to get free and escape to New Orleans.

 

[Hafar1014]

1. Napoleon I

• Full Name: Napoleone Buonaparte (1769–1821).
• Role: A brilliant military leader who orchestrated a coup d'état in 1799 and crowned himself Emperor of France in 1804.
• Significance: He established the First French Empire and dominated European affairs for over a decade, spreading his influence and revolutionary ideas through a series of wars known as the Napoleonic Wars.

2. Napoleon II

• Full Name: Napoléon François Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1811–1832).
• Role: Son of Napoleon I and his second wife, Marie Louise. He was declared "King of Rome" at birth.
  • Significance: Though he never actually ruled, he was technically the successor to his father and was known to Bonapartists as Napoleon II. He spent most of his life as a virtual prisoner in Vienna and died young.

3. Napoleon III

• Full Name: Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (1808–1873).
• Role: Nephew of Napoleon I. He was first elected as President of the Second Republic in 1848 and then declared himself Emperor of the Second French Empire in 1852, ruling until 1870.
• Significance: His reign oversaw France's industrialization and the extensive reconstruction of Paris. He was ultimately defeated in the Franco-Prussian War, which led to the collapse of the Second Empire.

 

[Muhammed]

I will ask here the same question as in the Columbus poll.

All those wars that he started were terrible.

Good or bad at what?

 

[Darkwind]

According to history, he came up a little short.

 

[Captain Caveman]

I will ask here the same question as in the Columbus poll.

All those wars that he started were terrible.

Good or bad at what?

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

All those wars that he started were terrible.

Clearing the Heir

Inevitable, and well-deserved.

 

[Zebra]

According to history, he came up a little short.

for his time he was not too short