Should Napoleon Bonaparte been defended instead of prosecuted and why?

Answer 1

No. He may have got France back on it's feet but if you research what he did after becoming emperor and gaining his famous reputation for being tactical as well as victorious you will see that both his Egyptian campaign and his attack on Russia was purely for the sake of conquering and therefore adding to his own glory or should we say ego? He abandoned his troops in Egypt, lied to the people back in France that everything was going well and two months later they received the news of it's failure. Then there is the deaths of 60,000 men he caused with his march into Russia where he once again abandoned them when he saw they were going to lose with the Russians retreating further and further back into their vast land. Good luck Napoleon, you can defend yourself. - Although Napoleon did want some sort of power and glory, he also imposed a number of enlightened reforms. For one thing, his Napoleonic Code did abolish serfdom. He also put forth religious tolerance, reviving Catholicism, which many of the French people wanted. He also puts public works into motion as well; schools, monuments, roads, and hospitals were built. Also, the National Bank of France was built; it monitored the econony. In France, Napoleon was a great, great leader. In places where Napoleon had conquered, not-so-much.