What were Napoleon Bonaparte Failures?

Answer 1

Napoleons weaknesses were, ironically, his strengths. Being unable to conceive anybody as his equal, he challenged all, and this was his strength. but this way he did not have much allies and did not "stick with them", as in the case of Russia and Spain.

Answer 2

*He was the main reason for chaos in Europe.

*He destroyed democratic institutions in France, and betrayed the people who supported him all over Europe because he convinced them he believed in democracy.

*He directed science toward history, archeology, and above all; military technology rather than agriculture, medicine, and manufacturing.

*He was never elected to any office. He was simply a usurper of power. He never had any legitimacy.

*His unnecessary wars so damaged the French economy that the French nearly starved in 1804.

*He caused of the crisis by drafting all the farmers and craftsmen into his army. In order to prevent it he sent the French navy out on a suicide mission to engage a vastly superior English navy and thus distract the English navy long enough to allow American ships to bring vital food supplies to France in exchange for Louisiana.

*Despite his great abilities as a tactician, he was a moron when it came to strategy. His continental blockade backfired. He completely missed out on Sung Su's dictum that one should never get involved in a protracted war or it will sap your military and economic strength. His wars did nothing good for France. He began an invasion of Russia in June, which was too late to allow him to destroy the Russian army before the winter paralyzed his own army. Thanks to his wars, France gained no permanent territory, but lost her vast and wealthy Louisiana Territory.

*His invasion of Russian was a mistake and a disaster! He didn't count on the severity of the Russian winter, and he couldn't believe the Russian people would burn their own towns rather than let him capture them. It was that campaign that really ended his career. The Hundred Days campaign (ending in Waterloo) was simply an unsuccessful comeback attempt.

Answer 3

he let lots of his men die while he fled from russia back to france.

Answer 4

His biggest weakness was his ambition, as well as his lack of military strategy prowess. His decision to attack Russia in the winter caused his military downfall.

Answer 5

Waterloo