Famously defeated in the battle of Waterloo on June 16, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte left behind a mixed and complicated legacy. FMTNews
Emperor of France from 1804 to 1815, Napoleon is either reviled as a military dictator or lauded as a national hero.
Malaysians generally get their information on world history from British or American media, which explains why most people regard Napoleon as a military dictator. Napoleon was an ardent supporter of the Revolution’s ideals of liberty, equality and brotherhood, but quickly grew disillusioned with the republic’s incompetent rulers.It is likely that Napoleon saw himself as the only person able to give France a fighting chance so, in 1799, he overthrew the government and declared himself Consul of France.There is a certain irony to a king being overthrown only to be replaced by a man who would later declare himself emperor, in 1804.
He was an experienced general and he knew that the best defence was a good offence; a strategy that brought him victory after victory. But Napoleon’s influence had some positive effects as well as liberal and democratic ideals spread throughout the continent.
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