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At this time he passed his officer exam, was appointed to lieutenant and he started his military career
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He served in Valence and Auxonne until 1789, the outbreak of the Revolution
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After he succesfully defeated the rebels and the British in Toulon, he was appointed to Brigadier General and later beacame artillery commander
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Napoleon took the lead over the French army in Italy. He had succesful campaigns against the austrian forces, conquered Milan, and defeated the Palpal forces in order to conquer the territories of the Papal state.
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He invaded Egypt in order to cut out the British from India. He conquered Malta, went Cairo trough Alexandria and defeated the Mamluks. However the British fleet defeate his fleet and he had ro flee.
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After he became Emperor of france, he tried to invade Great Britain, but Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated him at the Battle of Trafalgar, because of the dominance of the British navy.
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Napoleon defeated the austrians and at Ulm and Austerlitz.
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He defeated the prussians at Jena and Auerstandt.
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He defeated the russians at Friedland.
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Napoleon invaded Spain and Portugal.
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The fith coalition made by Austria attacked Napoleon again, but He defeated the austrian army in Wagram, conquered Vienna and broke into Hungary and he won in the Battle of Győr.
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Tsar Alexander I. broke the continental system, Because of that, Napoleon assembled the Grande Armée and invaded Russia. In the first part, the russians witdrew from their lands and used the scorched-earth tactic. Later, the opponents fought at Borodino but noone could win and the russians witdrew again. Because of the russian winter a lot of his soldiers died.
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Napoleon was totally defeated by the sixth coalition in leipzig and exiled to Elba.
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At Waterloo he was defeated by the british-dutch-belgian and the prussian army. After his defeat, he was exiled to St. Helena
