Napoleon Bonaparte (Short-lived US)

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Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a military and political leader of whose actions shaped European politics in the early. Bonaparte rose to prominance under the. In 1799, he staged a coup d'état and later crowned himself Emperor of the French. In the first decade of the nineteenth century, he turned the armies of the against every major European power and dominated continental Europe through a series of military victories.

The French invasion of Russia in 1812 marked a turning point in Napoleon's fortunes. His Grande Armée was badly damaged in the campaign and never fully recovered. In 1814, the Sixth Coalition invaded France, forced Napoleon to abdicate and exiled him to the island of Elba. Less than a year later, he escaped Elba and returned to power, but was defeated at the in June 1815. Napoleon spent the last six years of his life under British supervision on the island of Saint Helena.

Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo allowed the to focus its armies on the war against the  resulting in their victory after the.