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Offcer exam
At this time he passed his officer exam, was appointed to lieutenant and he started his military career -
service in Valence and Auxonne
He served in Valence and Auxonne until 1789, the outbreak of the Revolution -
He bacame the artillery commander of the French army in italy
After he succesfully defeated the rebels and the British in Toulon, he was appointed to Brigadier General and later beacame artillery commander -
Northern italian campaign
Napoleon took the lead over the French army in Italy. He had succesful campaigns against the austrian forces, conquered Milan, and defeated the Palpal forces in order to conquer the territories of the Papal state. -
The Egyptian campaign
He invaded Egypt in order to cut out the British from India. He conquered Malta, went Cairo trough Alexandria and defeated the Mamluks. However the British fleet defeate his fleet and he had ro flee. -
Invasion of Great Britain
After he became Emperor of france, he tried to invade Great Britain, but Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated him at the Battle of Trafalgar, because of the dominance of the British navy. -
Battles against Austria
Napoleon defeated the austrians and at Ulm and Austerlitz. -
Battles against Prussa
He defeated the prussians at Jena and Auerstandt. -
Battle against Russia
He defeated the russians at Friedland. -
Conquest of the Iberian peninsula
Napoleon invaded Spain and Portugal. -
Battles in Wagram and Győr
The fith coalition made by Austria attacked Napoleon again, but He defeated the austrian army in Wagram, conquered Vienna and broke into Hungary and he won in the Battle of Győr. -
invasion of Russia
Tsar Alexander I. broke the continental system, Because of that, Napoleon assembled the Grande Armée and invaded Russia. In the first part, the russians witdrew from their lands and used the scorched-earth tactic. Later, the opponents fought at Borodino but noone could win and the russians witdrew again. Because of the russian winter a lot of his soldiers died. -
Battle of the Nations
Napoleon was totally defeated by the sixth coalition in leipzig and exiled to Elba. -
The battle of Waterloo
At Waterloo he was defeated by the british-dutch-belgian and the prussian army. After his defeat, he was exiled to St. Helena
