What is the /his/ view of Napoleon? As a British person I think

The thought of a Napoleonic Europe honestly gets me rock fucking solid

>>530696
Same desu

The defeat of Napoleon was a victory for reaction and Conservatiism, it set back the whole of the 19th century in terms of social progress and civil liberties.

>>530695
Greatest man in the last millennium. No one better since.

Basically bunch of conservative inbred royals felt super threatened by the death of the french king and the desires of the new républic to make France great again and decided to invade. France fought back and rekt it's enemies. Napoleon is considered a war monger because of this. The eternally butthurt monarchies would never have accepted Napoleon as an equal and would continue to wage war until he was deposed and some bourbon shit was put on the throne of a crippled France.

In many ways Republican and empire France was born too early. Truly tragic.

Napoleon wasn't special. He fought mostly 70+ year old commanders in a time when the gutted French leadership meant that it would be easy for a nobody to rise up through the ranks.

Meh. Davout was better.

>>530750
Napoleon was very well studied and was always two steps ahead. I doubt his military education was all that different from the 70+ year old commanders. To bring Napoleon down a notch because he beat them when they themselves had a whole lifetime to make the innovations Napoleon made in strategy isn't fair.

Not to mention these commanders probably didn't act alone and had advisers and aides.

Of course you're right about a nobody being able to rise up through the ranks because of the revolution. But he got to where he did based on merit, also he had good fortune. He got lucky Egypt didn't blow back. The fact is a nobody wouldn't have inspired his men like Napoleon did.

>>530695
>what he believed in
I cannot believe people still believe Napoleon was a pure blooded republican by the end of his life. He literally made his relatives and himself monarchs and set up dynastic succession.

>>530695
Just another retarded white man, like most history.

>>530709
>>530738
Napoleon actually tried to make himself legitimate in the eyes of other monarch by various means including marriage and papal decree. He was a hero for moving France away from the barbarism of the terror and revolution. His defeat actually helped liberalism in that there would never be a monarch supported by liberals again in France.

He was obsessed with glory and power. He fundamentally changed history but that doesn't make him a good guy. He incorporated some ideals of the revolution but mostly he was a dictator.

>>531007
>authoritarian = bad
Oh boy

>>531038
>Being an illegitimate warmonger that militarily assumes power makes you a good leader
I bet you jerk off to porn of Caesar and Napoleon fucking.

My favourite historical figure

>>531045
Needs more Alexander tbqh

>have revolution to overthrow monarchy and grant ordinary plebs freedom
>nation took over by tyrant who proceeds to place close family members on thrones across Europe and abolish any semblance of democracy
Ayy

>>531736
>overthrow absolute monarchy established by Louis XIV who had undeniably reinforced france's position in Europe by transforming it from a feudal system to a proper monarchy
>put absolute regards in power who have absolutely no right to be there at all
>so called "republic" destroys all kind of opposition and becomes as much of a democracy as modern day china
>government chimps out and chops everyone's heads off, including great scientists such as Lavoisier
>finally get rid of Robespierre
>huge political instability, people have lost faith in their authority, they demand the return of the king
>reinstating a monarchy would lead to more conflict as the republicans would respond violently
>napoleon comes along, creates a system that suits both the republicans and the monarchists
>proceeds to conquer europe as well, nice bonus
>with pact with russia has virtually won, just needs to wait it out and England's economy will die, essentially making France the uncontested world power
>goes full sperg and attacks Russians
>loses
>proceeds to get insulted by anonymous on a mongolian calligraphy website
pity

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>>531047
That guy better, little more and Europe could be moan as Amsterdam whore.

He was a megalomaniac asshole.

t. French

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>>530695
V I V E
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>>531007
>but mostly he was a dictator.

You mean as opposed to the other european rulers of the time?
Try not to judge historical characters with modern standards, you mong

>>531787
>t. French

Opinion discarded then
You guys are known to be insanely self-hating

>>531787
Doesn't matter. Opinion of Napoleon is generational.

>>531850
He never had a good experience with woman. He married a Parisian whore.