1. What events weakened Napoleon's power?
The Battle of Borodino although it was a successful, Napoleon lost 15,000 men to cold temperatures, 120,000 turned into fugitives, Berezla killed 30,000 men. Only a few men remained and abandoned for home.
Despite victories at the battle of Lutzed, Bautzen, and Dresden, the French Army suffered a crushing defeat at the huge suffered a crushing defeat at the huge battle 3 day of Leipzig in October 1813.
By 1814, allied armies were advancing into France from a direction and despite continuous French resistance, Paris was surrendered on March 31, 1814. Several days later, Napoleon surrendered unconditionally was “given” the island of Elba in the Mediterranean to where he was to live out the rest of his life.
The Spring of 1815, Napoleon returns from the island of Elba with his bodyguards and returns to Southern France. He marched towards Paris with most of his troops following. The newly placed King Louis the XVIII, quickly left the castle and Napoleon took back control. Allied countries quickly declared the 7th Coalition against France and prepared for war. Napoleon decided to carry out a quick and critical blow by moving against the Anglo-German armies then in Belguim and Holland under the commands of Generals Wellington and Blucher. The campaign didn’t go as planned. The war reached a climax at the Battle of Waterloo where the French Army started to bread down. This victory was the last straw and Napoleon was sent to his last and final exile on a South Atlantic Island of St. Helen where he died in 1821.
2. What was the role of nationalism in Napoleon's fall?
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Nationalism had a great deal to do with the fall of Napoleon because every battle that the French won, Napoleon wanted more. Napoleon had transformed France into a