How was nationalism within France and abroad important in the defeat of Napoleon's Empire?
I need more than just his nationalism showed what a united country could do : /
2007-05-21 13:49:49 · 5 answers · asked by Abel 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
He wanted to unite Europe under one banner: France. His fierce nationalism showed how single minded he was, and what means he would use to obtain his goals. Thats why the Russians Kicked his ***.
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2007-05-21 14:03:14 · answer #1 · answered by Matt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Battle of Leipzig of 1813 isn't called "The Battle of the Nations" (German: Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig) for nothing.
"Following Napoleon's disastrous campaign in Russia and his defeats in the Peninsular War, the anti-French forces had cautiously regrouped as the Sixth Coalition, comprising Britain, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Prussia, Austria, Sweden and certain smaller German states. In total, the Coalition could put into the field well over a million troops — indeed by the time of Leipzig, total Allied armies east of the Rhine probably exceeded a million. By contrast Napoleon's forces had dwindled to just a few hundred thousand."
"The battle ended the First French Empire's presence east of the Rhine and brought the liberated German states over to the Coalition."
"Battle of Leipzig" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leipzig
2007-05-21 14:08:55 · answer #2 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Corrupt and degenerate as a results of fact the Coalition heads of state and representatives have been, they have been easily affirming the perfect suited of self selection to interior their own international places while had they no longer they could be basically satellite tv for pc states below French hegemony to get replaced and moved approximately at whim or will. verify Emil Ludwig's biography on Napoleon. Verbatim on how he moved around states and thrones if his brother Lucien could ' return to the Imperial fold ' because it have been. Hilarious, too!
2016-12-11 16:30:47 · answer #3 · answered by cavallo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Napoleon tried to conquer Europe and put his family in charge of all those nations. Well Austria, Spain, Prussia, the Netherlands, ect. didn't want to be French and they all fought Napoleon.
2007-05-21 13:55:47 · answer #4 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol bummer i jus want the 2 pts
2007-05-21 13:52:09 · answer #5 · answered by CJ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋