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Which of the following describes a political similarity between France before and after the fall of Napoléon?
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What is the birth name of Dion Bartels?
Dion Bartels's birth name is Dnis Andr Napolon Bartels.
What two reasons did napolon have for selling Louisiana to the unitied states?
1 - to collect money for the war against Great Britain. 2 - to prevent the immense region, which France could not effectively defend, from being conquered by Great Britain.
Why was Napoleon defeated at Waterloo?
1) His mind wasn't really on the job. At various points during the battle, his attention wandered. 2) There were three big mistakes on the French side, two of them resulting from the fact that none of the French commanders had fought Wellington before, or bothered to study his tactics. a) Napoleon was convinced that he had routed the Prussians at Ligny, two days before, and that they would not come back for another dose. In fact, the best Prussian tactician, Gneisenau, recommended retreat, but Blucher, who was in overall command, had given his word to Wellington, so the Prussians marched - though much delayed by Gneisenau, who ordered the corps furthest from Waterloo to lead the army. Napoleon detached a division of 10,00 men under Grouchy to shadow the prussians, but Grouchy misunderstood, missed the Prussians, and refused to turn back and march to the sound of the guns - one of the most elementary rules of warfare. b) At the height of the French bombardment, Wellington ordered his troops in the centre to move back behind the crest of the ridge (Mont Saint-Jean) and lie down. This use of the reverse slope was typical, but Ney, in command of the French cavalry, mistook it for a retreat and charged. By the time they came over the hill, Wellington's men (British, Dutch, Belgian and German) had formed squares. Cavalry could not break squares wthout artillery support, for which Ney refused to wait, and despite at least seven charges (Ney lost 3 horses shot under him), they had to retire unsuccessful. Napolon, who should have known better and sent a few guns, was having one of his dozy moments at the time. c) By this time the Prussians were a couple of miles away, and Napoleon played his last card, sending in the Old Guard in densely-packed columns, a formation which had beaten every army in Europe except one. If he had studied Wellington's record, he would hav known why. The latter's other prime tactic was to face the columns with infantry in line, only two deep, against the columns. Every man on the Allied side could fire at the columns, but only the two front ranks of the column could fire back. In addition, the Allies, once more lying down beyond the crest, had the advantage of surprise. The Guard fell back, Welington ordered a general advance, and the battle was over. Nevertheless, it was, as Wellington said, 'a close-run thing'.
