The Napoleonic Wars: everything you wanted to know
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Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution
Napoleon's rise to power was thanks in no small part to the french revolution. For people of bonaparte's background, this mad opened up more opportunities. The other reason is that the french revolution itself very soon got embroiled in the european conflict,. And this was massive conflict, very high mortality rates.
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