Napoleon

All Europe against him  but he like a rock

Russia the graveyard of all greatest

Russian have the power of motherland

Bonaparte was a brilliant military strategist, able to absorb the substantial body of military knowledge of his time and to apply it to the real-world circumstances of his era. Though he was known for his creative use of artillery in a mobile role, he owed much of his great success not to innovation, but rather to his encyclopedic knowledge and superior application of conventional military thought; as he put it himself, "I have fought sixty battles and I have learned nothing which I did not know at the beginning."

Napoleon wasn't that megalomanical, he was just forced to be the consul by his brother then he won a victory then the next then another one until finally he was emperor. Btw, how come the hussars during the napoleonic age wore their jackets only on one side.

Napoleon was a bit of a megalomaniac in that he was enchanted with his own glory.  This is a guy who hired the artist David to paint his portrait standing over references to men like Caesar and Charlemagne.  However, in other ways he was a man of the people, or at least of the infantry, which explains in part why his soldiers fought so hard for him (also because the seeds of 19th century nationalism were sprouting).  Yes, he brought certain facets of the revolution and the enlightenment to Europe, but he also ruled with an iron fist, crowned himself emperor, and ranks among the best (or worst) of history's conquerors.  A bloodthirsty dictator?  No.  A legendary emperor? No.  A short guy with something to prove? Perhaps.  An enigma? Definitely.

Yes, he began as an artilleryman.  However, I imagine he widened his scope a little when he became the conqueror of most of Europe.

Originally posted by Temujin Originally posted by Mixcoatl but at the same time was responsible for millions of deaths again, what millions?

Yea he took out corrupt catholic priests that hundreds of  woman and children killed for being accused of being "witches". his views on those rediculous BARBARIC acts by the catholic church were brilliant! They deserved to be killed!

that is a myth, because they used the Dolman as normal jacket in winter time.

maybe it has some kind of special use, or maybe it's easier to manipulate their sabers, like when samurai take off their other sleeve when fighting.

Originally posted by Quetzalcoatl now finally back up your dull argument and give us details on your weird theory so we can attack this stupid argument or rest your case once and for all, I'm sick of reading that sh*t over and over again!    What about you open a history book perhaps it would help you. If you can't find anything to attack then you certainly know jacksh!t about the Napoleonic era and the formation he used was already developed. If you can't understand then their nothing you can understand.

 

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Hushyar:

In the Revolutionary Wars, the nature of the army changed....theorists like Jomini called for the "levee en masse" as the basis of the manpower of the army, and the military logic of overwhelming force could be implemented.  There was almost no technological change, and weapons and tactics were not much different than in 1750.  Strategy was different.

The much larger armies fielded by France were motivated by a revolutionary zeal (sound familiar?).  This helped generals to attempt to destroy the enemy's ability to continue the fight by overwhelming them in a decisive battle that would truly end a campaign or a war, and not let the decision go undecided.  At least this is what they tried.

There were "decisive" battles won by the French in the Napoleonic era.... Marengo, Austerlitz, Jena, Wagram.....but as all the other powers, except Britain, began to raise and learned to use larger and larger armies, the French fell victim to their own strategy.....the battle that would destroy the opponent's ability to fight further.

Leipzig (1813) and Waterloo (1815) turned the tables, but the "new" type of warfare had come to stay.  Now the entire manpower of the nation was considered as potential soldiers.