The unenforceable Continental System.
The Spanish invasion that tied down an Army in Spain to fight irregulars.
The lack of a first rate Navy that could compete with the Royal Navy.
The loss of the Slave Revolt in Haiti.
Not consulting with a weatherman before invading Russia.
Reliance on muskets instead of the slower firing but morer accurate and longer range rifle.
Attacking at Waterloo with a poorly trained Army.
This is an issue of much debate. Here are the main mistakes:
The Peninsular War. The Haitian Slave Revolt. The Invasion of Russia.
1.continental system
2.invasion of Russia
3.peninsula war
The greatest danger to Napoleon's empire was the indomitable will of Great Britain to carry on the war against him, irrespective of sacrifices, defeats and costs. The british were indefatigable in organizing and financing riots and coalitions aimed to weaken the empire by all means, taking advantage of Napoleon's mistakes.
Napoleon and Hitler were not related. Napoleon was Corsican and Hitler was an Austrian German
Napoleon was defeat by Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington.
nephew, and heir
No Napoleon is not an explorer but a very famous dictator .
he was too short
drunkedness
if somebody make a mistake do they correct themselves
puttin in place the continental system.
The same as Hitlers He took on Russia and the weather defeated him.
Getting a late start during his invasion of Russia.
1. The Continental System. 2. The Invasion of Russia. 3. Invasion of Spain.
Spain tied down a large number of troops to fight a guerrilla war and Napoleon failed to overtake the Russians in their scorched earth retreat beyond Moscow.
In his memoirs he cites the Peninsular War as his greatest failing and the cause of all of his subsequent troubles.
Hitler failed to learn many things from Napoleon, such as ignoring latent nationalism, trying to establish a coalition in the Americas, and a number of other issues. However, the most famous failure of Napoleon that Hitler replicated was INVADING RUSSIA.
The greatest danger to Napoleon's empire was the indomitable will of Great Britain to carry on the war against him, irrespective of sacrifices, defeats and costs. The british were indefatigable in organizing and financing riots and coalitions aimed to weaken the empire by all means, taking advantage of Napoleon's mistakes.
Napoleon's biggest mistake was to invade Russia, a mistake Hitler repeated in World War II. In both cases, it was the Russian winter weather that forced both dictators to retreat with great loss of life.