Napoleon Bonaparte

[ (boh-nuh-pahrt) ]

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A French general, political leader, and emperor of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Bonaparte rose swiftly through the ranks of army and government during and after the French Revolution and crowned himself emperor in 1804. He conquered much of Europe but lost two-thirds of his army in a disastrous invasion of Russia. After his final loss to Britain and Prussia at the Battle of Waterloo, he was exiled to the island of St. Helena in the south Atlantic Ocean.

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Napoleon's name is often connected with overreaching military ambition and delusions of grandeur.

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Because Napoleon was short, overly aggressive men of short stature are sometimes said to have a “Napoleon complex.”

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How to use Napoleon Bonaparte in a sentence

I have visited 53 battlefields that Napoleon fought on, and it has taken me a lot of time.
Napoleon Was a Dynamite Dictator|J.P. O’Malley|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In his new book, Roberts seeks to persuade his readers that Napoleon was not an evil monster.
Napoleon Was a Dynamite Dictator|J.P. O’Malley|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Where Napoleon went wrong was he simply took one bad decision to go north back through Smolensk, rather than going south.
Napoleon Was a Dynamite Dictator|J.P. O’Malley|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the Papal States Napoleon stopped the Jews having to wear the Papal star.
Napoleon Was a Dynamite Dictator|J.P. O’Malley|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

So you are saying that Napoleon was not a totalitarian-dictator as many historians are eager to suggest?
Napoleon Was a Dynamite Dictator|J.P. O’Malley|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sweden excluded British goods, conformably to the continental system established by Bonaparte.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Thanks to Berthier's admirable system, Bonaparte was kept in touch with every part of his command.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The Marshals were inclined to attribute their disgrace to the ill-will of Berthier and not to the temper of Napoleon.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
To Berthier, if to any one, Bonaparte entrusted his secret designs, for he knew that he could do so in safety.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
By the end of the campaign of 1796 he had proved that he was as great a chief of the staff as Bonaparte was a great commander.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison