<\/h2>\n\n\n\nNapoleon Part IV<\/a> okuma par\u00e7as\u0131yla ilgili test:<\/h3>\n\n\n\nSINAV BA\u015eLANGICI<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\n\nSPANISH CAMPAIGN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.bebekce.gen.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/5-1-150x150.jpg\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNapoleon\u2019s economic blockade against Great Britain wasn\u2019t working. Spain was trading with Great Britain. So, Napoleon decided to invade Spain. In 1808, Napoleon sent 118,000 soldiers into Spain. He thought Spanish people would welcome them. He thought that there would be no resistance to his army. On 2 May 1808, people of Madrid rose up against the French army. They killed 150 French soldiers. The French retaliated. They killed thousands of Spanish people. A savage war began. Thousands of people died. However, Napoleon wouldn\u2019t give up. He didn\u2019t listen to his advisors. He kept the army in Spain for five years. There was no victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/h2>\n\n\n\nHEIR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.bebekce.gen.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/4-1-300x254.jpg\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNapoleon\u2019s wife Josephine was 46 years old. She could not give birth. However, Napoleon wanted an heir to his throne. He divorced Josephine in 1809. She fainted upon hearing this. Napoleon said, \u201cIt is for France. The whole of France wants the divorce.\u201d He gave her a big house and 3 million francs a year. Then he married Marie Louise, the daughter of the Austrian Emperor Francis. She was 19 years old. She didn\u2019t want to marry Napoleon. (www.bebekce.gen.tr) But her father said, \u201cMarriage with Napoleon will bring peace and alliance with the most powerful country in Europe.\u201d Finally she agreed with her father and married Napoleon on 2 April 1810. Next year she gave birth to a son. Napoleon was very happy because now he had an heir to his throne. He called his son the King of Rome. He was 42 years old. He said, \u201cLate hours, hardship, and war are not for me at my age. I love my bed more than anything but I must finish my work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was his work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-The war in Spain continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-Britain was still a stubborn enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– A new war with Russia was coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/h2>\n\n\n\nINVASION OF RUSSIA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.bebekce.gen.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/3-1-300x218.jpg\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nRussia was also trading with Britain. Alexander said \u201cI will no longer be a part of the blockade against Britain\u201d because the blockade was ruining the Russian economy. Napoleon thought of invading Russia. His advisers told him that he should not attack Russia. But he ignored their advice (he didn\u2019t listen to them) and decided to invade Russia. He had become too proud and arrogant. He assembled the largest army ever, 600,000 soldiers. Napoleon was confident. He said, \u201cThe war will be over in 20 days.\u201d He imagined that he would easily destroy the Russian Army. He moved into Russia with his army in the spring of 1812. However, the Russians would not give battle. In other words, they kept retreating and retreating. They didn\u2019t fight Napoleon. It was summer. It was hot. Napoleon\u2018s soldiers were very tired. They had been marching thousands of kilometers. Some soldiers died of heat and fatigue. Many deserted. Everyday Napoleon lost more and more soldiers without a fight. In two months, he lost 150,000 soldiers. (www.bebekce.gen.tr) At last, at the Battle of Borodino, the two armies fought. It was the deadliest battle of the Napoleonic wars. In total, 70,000 soldiers were killed or wounded. There was no decisive victory. Next day the Russian army retreated. Napoleon said, \u201cWe are victorious.\u201d Next week Napoleon entered Moscow. The city was deserted. The Russian people had left the city before the French came. That night, Moscow began to burn. Napoleon could not stay in Moscow anymore. But he didn\u2019t want to leave it either. He said, \u201cWinter is coming, but I don\u2019t want to abandon my conquest.\u201d So, he wrote to the Czar, \u201cLet\u2019s make peace.\u201d He waited for an answer to his letter. But the answer didn\u2019t come. The Czar was silent. Then, on 19 October 1812, Napoleon ordered his army to leave Moscow and return to France. Soon it began to snow. The Russian winter had arrived early. It was 22 degrees below zero (-22\u00b0C). One French soldier wrote, \u201cOur lips stuck together, our nostrils froze, we seem to be marching in a world of ice.\u201d Their food supplies had finished. Thousands of horses died. The French soldiers ate these horses because they didn\u2019t have better food. Another serious problem was the Cossacks. They conducted surprise attacks against the French army. Fearing capture, Napoleon carried a small bag of poison around his neck. Hunger, cold, disease, and the Cossacks destroyed the French army. Out of 600,000 French soldiers, 93,000 came back to France. This was the beginning of the end for Napoleon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/h2>\n\n\n\nBEGINNING OF THE END<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.bebekce.gen.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2-1-300x223.jpg\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNow Russia, Prussia, Britain, and Sweden united against Napoleon. Napoleon hoped that one decisive victory in central Europe could turn his luck. However, he didn\u2019t have enough soldiers. And he lost even more soldiers. In two months against the allied forces, he lost 400,000 soldiers. He said, \u201cA year ago, the whole of Europe was marching alongside of us. Today the whole of Europe is marching against us.\u201d At the beginning of 1814, the Allies invaded France. Even Austria, his wife\u2019s father\u2019s country, had joined the coalition against Napoleon. On 5 January 1814, Napoleon said goodbye to his wife and son. He would never see them again. On 31 March 1814, the allies marched into Paris. The war was over. Napoleon was psychologically crushed. He poisoned himself but didn\u2019t die. A British warship carried Napoleon into exile to the island of Elba, a small island in the Mediterranean near Corsica. He was 45 years old. He had won and lost an empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/h2>\n\n\n\n100 DAYS AND THE END<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.bebekce.gen.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1-1-300x228.jpg\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNapoleon was not a prisoner in Elba. The Allies forbade him to leave the island but he didn\u2019t live like a prisoner. He was the emperor of Elba. He ruled the island. At first he was excited about it. But then he was bored.
In France, the Allies had restored monarchy. Louis XVIII was made the king. However, he wasn\u2019t a popular king. French people didn\u2019t like him. Napoleon thought that he could have a chance if he returned to France. On February 1815, he escaped from Elba and returned to France. The king sent a regiment of soldiers to stop him. (www.bebekce.gen.tr) When they found Napoleon, he stepped out in front of them and said, \u201cSoldiers, if there is one among you who wants to kill his emperor, here I am.\u201d His soldiers loved him. They would not kill him. They cried, \u201cLong live the emperor [Napoleon]!\u201d Two weeks later, Napoleon was back in Paris. The king had fled. Napoleon was the emperor again. Napoleon\u2019s enemies united once again. They declared him an outlaw. Napoleon marched toward Waterloo, with an army of 73,000. He wanted to destroy the British army before the Prussians, Russians and the Austrians arrived. The battle took place on 18 June 1815. The Prussians arrived in time to help the British. They defeated Napoleon. Four days later Napoleon abdicated his throne. He asked the British to let him live \u201cin a country house near London.\u201d The British refused. They sent him back to exile. But this time they chose a remote island, the island of St. Helena (12,000 km from France) in the South Atlantic Ocean. When Napoleon saw the island he said, This is going to be my grave.\u201d He was very unhappy. He said he wanted \u201cto fall asleep and not wake up for a year or two.\u201d On this island he was a prisoner, guarded by 2000 British soldiers, and two British warships that circled the island 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Napoleon didn\u2019t know what to do on the island. He read, wrote, gardened, dictated his life. He lived 5,5 years more. On 5 May 1821, at the age of 51, he died. His last words were, \u201cFrance, army, chief of army, Josephine\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE END<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u21d0 Napoleon Part I<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/h2>\n\n\n\nSPANISH CAMPAIGN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNapoleon\u2019s economic blockade against Great Britain wasn\u2019t working. Spain was trading with Great Britain. So, Napoleon decided to invade Spain. In 1808, Napoleon sent 118,000 soldiers into Spain. He thought Spanish people would welcome them. He thought that there would be no resistance to his army. On 2 May 1808, people of Madrid rose up against the French army. They killed 150 French soldiers. The French retaliated. They killed thousands of Spanish people. A savage war began. Thousands of people died. However, Napoleon wouldn\u2019t give up. He didn\u2019t listen to his advisors. He kept the army in Spain for five years. There was no victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/h2>\n\n\n\nHEIR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNapoleon\u2019s wife Josephine was 46 years old. She could not give birth. However, Napoleon wanted an heir to his throne. He divorced Josephine in 1809. She fainted upon hearing this. Napoleon said, \u201cIt is for France. The whole of France wants the divorce.\u201d He gave her a big house and 3 million francs a year. Then he married Marie Louise, the daughter of the Austrian Emperor Francis. She was 19 years old. She didn\u2019t want to marry Napoleon. (www.bebekce.gen.tr) But her father said, \u201cMarriage with Napoleon will bring peace and alliance with the most powerful country in Europe.\u201d Finally she agreed with her father and married Napoleon on 2 April 1810. Next year she gave birth to a son. Napoleon was very happy because now he had an heir to his throne. He called his son the King of Rome. He was 42 years old. He said, \u201cLate hours, hardship, and war are not for me at my age. I love my bed more than anything but I must finish my work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was his work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-The war in Spain continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-Britain was still a stubborn enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– A new war with Russia was coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/h2>\n\n\n\nINVASION OF RUSSIA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nRussia was also trading with Britain. Alexander said \u201cI will no longer be a part of the blockade against Britain\u201d because the blockade was ruining the Russian economy. Napoleon thought of invading Russia. His advisers told him that he should not attack Russia. But he ignored their advice (he didn\u2019t listen to them) and decided to invade Russia. He had become too proud and arrogant. He assembled the largest army ever, 600,000 soldiers. Napoleon was confident. He said, \u201cThe war will be over in 20 days.\u201d He imagined that he would easily destroy the Russian Army. He moved into Russia with his army in the spring of 1812. However, the Russians would not give battle. In other words, they kept retreating and retreating. They didn\u2019t fight Napoleon. It was summer. It was hot. Napoleon\u2018s soldiers were very tired. They had been marching thousands of kilometers. Some soldiers died of heat and fatigue. Many deserted. Everyday Napoleon lost more and more soldiers without a fight. In two months, he lost 150,000 soldiers. (www.bebekce.gen.tr) At last, at the Battle of Borodino, the two armies fought. It was the deadliest battle of the Napoleonic wars. In total, 70,000 soldiers were killed or wounded. There was no decisive victory. Next day the Russian army retreated. Napoleon said, \u201cWe are victorious.\u201d Next week Napoleon entered Moscow. The city was deserted. The Russian people had left the city before the French came. That night, Moscow began to burn. Napoleon could not stay in Moscow anymore. But he didn\u2019t want to leave it either. He said, \u201cWinter is coming, but I don\u2019t want to abandon my conquest.\u201d So, he wrote to the Czar, \u201cLet\u2019s make peace.\u201d He waited for an answer to his letter. But the answer didn\u2019t come. The Czar was silent. Then, on 19 October 1812, Napoleon ordered his army to leave Moscow and return to France. Soon it began to snow. The Russian winter had arrived early. It was 22 degrees below zero (-22\u00b0C). One French soldier wrote, \u201cOur lips stuck together, our nostrils froze, we seem to be marching in a world of ice.\u201d Their food supplies had finished. Thousands of horses died. The French soldiers ate these horses because they didn\u2019t have better food. Another serious problem was the Cossacks. They conducted surprise attacks against the French army. Fearing capture, Napoleon carried a small bag of poison around his neck. Hunger, cold, disease, and the Cossacks destroyed the French army. Out of 600,000 French soldiers, 93,000 came back to France. This was the beginning of the end for Napoleon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/h2>\n\n\n\nBEGINNING OF THE END<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNow Russia, Prussia, Britain, and Sweden united against Napoleon. Napoleon hoped that one decisive victory in central Europe could turn his luck. However, he didn\u2019t have enough soldiers. And he lost even more soldiers. In two months against the allied forces, he lost 400,000 soldiers. He said, \u201cA year ago, the whole of Europe was marching alongside of us. Today the whole of Europe is marching against us.\u201d At the beginning of 1814, the Allies invaded France. Even Austria, his wife\u2019s father\u2019s country, had joined the coalition against Napoleon. On 5 January 1814, Napoleon said goodbye to his wife and son. He would never see them again. On 31 March 1814, the allies marched into Paris. The war was over. Napoleon was psychologically crushed. He poisoned himself but didn\u2019t die. A British warship carried Napoleon into exile to the island of Elba, a small island in the Mediterranean near Corsica. He was 45 years old. He had won and lost an empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/h2>\n\n\n\n100 DAYS AND THE END<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNapoleon was not a prisoner in Elba. The Allies forbade him to leave the island but he didn\u2019t live like a prisoner. He was the emperor of Elba. He ruled the island. At first he was excited about it. But then he was bored.
In France, the Allies had restored monarchy. Louis XVIII was made the king. However, he wasn\u2019t a popular king. French people didn\u2019t like him. Napoleon thought that he could have a chance if he returned to France. On February 1815, he escaped from Elba and returned to France. The king sent a regiment of soldiers to stop him. (www.bebekce.gen.tr) When they found Napoleon, he stepped out in front of them and said, \u201cSoldiers, if there is one among you who wants to kill his emperor, here I am.\u201d His soldiers loved him. They would not kill him. They cried, \u201cLong live the emperor [Napoleon]!\u201d Two weeks later, Napoleon was back in Paris. The king had fled. Napoleon was the emperor again. Napoleon\u2019s enemies united once again. They declared him an outlaw. Napoleon marched toward Waterloo, with an army of 73,000. He wanted to destroy the British army before the Prussians, Russians and the Austrians arrived. The battle took place on 18 June 1815. The Prussians arrived in time to help the British. They defeated Napoleon. Four days later Napoleon abdicated his throne. He asked the British to let him live \u201cin a country house near London.\u201d The British refused. They sent him back to exile. But this time they chose a remote island, the island of St. Helena (12,000 km from France) in the South Atlantic Ocean. When Napoleon saw the island he said, This is going to be my grave.\u201d He was very unhappy. He said he wanted \u201cto fall asleep and not wake up for a year or two.\u201d On this island he was a prisoner, guarded by 2000 British soldiers, and two British warships that circled the island 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Napoleon didn\u2019t know what to do on the island. He read, wrote, gardened, dictated his life. He lived 5,5 years more. On 5 May 1821, at the age of 51, he died. His last words were, \u201cFrance, army, chief of army, Josephine\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE END<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u21d0 Napoleon Part I<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNapoleon\u2019s economic blockade against Great Britain wasn\u2019t working. Spain was trading with Great Britain. So, Napoleon decided to invade Spain. In 1808, Napoleon sent 118,000 soldiers into Spain. He thought Spanish people would welcome them. He thought that there would be no resistance to his army. On 2 May 1808, people of Madrid rose up against the French army. They killed 150 French soldiers. The French retaliated. They killed thousands of Spanish people. A savage war began. Thousands of people died. However, Napoleon wouldn\u2019t give up. He didn\u2019t listen to his advisors. He kept the army in Spain for five years. There was no victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/h2>\n\n\n\nHEIR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNapoleon\u2019s wife Josephine was 46 years old. She could not give birth. However, Napoleon wanted an heir to his throne. He divorced Josephine in 1809. She fainted upon hearing this. Napoleon said, \u201cIt is for France. The whole of France wants the divorce.\u201d He gave her a big house and 3 million francs a year. Then he married Marie Louise, the daughter of the Austrian Emperor Francis. She was 19 years old. She didn\u2019t want to marry Napoleon. (www.bebekce.gen.tr) But her father said, \u201cMarriage with Napoleon will bring peace and alliance with the most powerful country in Europe.\u201d Finally she agreed with her father and married Napoleon on 2 April 1810. Next year she gave birth to a son. Napoleon was very happy because now he had an heir to his throne. He called his son the King of Rome. He was 42 years old. He said, \u201cLate hours, hardship, and war are not for me at my age. I love my bed more than anything but I must finish my work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was his work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-The war in Spain continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-Britain was still a stubborn enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– A new war with Russia was coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/h2>\n\n\n\nINVASION OF RUSSIA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nRussia was also trading with Britain. Alexander said \u201cI will no longer be a part of the blockade against Britain\u201d because the blockade was ruining the Russian economy. Napoleon thought of invading Russia. His advisers told him that he should not attack Russia. But he ignored their advice (he didn\u2019t listen to them) and decided to invade Russia. He had become too proud and arrogant. He assembled the largest army ever, 600,000 soldiers. Napoleon was confident. He said, \u201cThe war will be over in 20 days.\u201d He imagined that he would easily destroy the Russian Army. He moved into Russia with his army in the spring of 1812. However, the Russians would not give battle. In other words, they kept retreating and retreating. They didn\u2019t fight Napoleon. It was summer. It was hot. Napoleon\u2018s soldiers were very tired. They had been marching thousands of kilometers. Some soldiers died of heat and fatigue. Many deserted. Everyday Napoleon lost more and more soldiers without a fight. In two months, he lost 150,000 soldiers. (www.bebekce.gen.tr) At last, at the Battle of Borodino, the two armies fought. It was the deadliest battle of the Napoleonic wars. In total, 70,000 soldiers were killed or wounded. There was no decisive victory. Next day the Russian army retreated. Napoleon said, \u201cWe are victorious.\u201d Next week Napoleon entered Moscow. The city was deserted. The Russian people had left the city before the French came. That night, Moscow began to burn. Napoleon could not stay in Moscow anymore. But he didn\u2019t want to leave it either. He said, \u201cWinter is coming, but I don\u2019t want to abandon my conquest.\u201d So, he wrote to the Czar, \u201cLet\u2019s make peace.\u201d He waited for an answer to his letter. But the answer didn\u2019t come. The Czar was silent. Then, on 19 October 1812, Napoleon ordered his army to leave Moscow and return to France. Soon it began to snow. The Russian winter had arrived early. It was 22 degrees below zero (-22\u00b0C). One French soldier wrote, \u201cOur lips stuck together, our nostrils froze, we seem to be marching in a world of ice.\u201d Their food supplies had finished. Thousands of horses died. The French soldiers ate these horses because they didn\u2019t have better food. Another serious problem was the Cossacks. They conducted surprise attacks against the French army. Fearing capture, Napoleon carried a small bag of poison around his neck. Hunger, cold, disease, and the Cossacks destroyed the French army. Out of 600,000 French soldiers, 93,000 came back to France. This was the beginning of the end for Napoleon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/h2>\n\n\n\nBEGINNING OF THE END<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNow Russia, Prussia, Britain, and Sweden united against Napoleon. Napoleon hoped that one decisive victory in central Europe could turn his luck. However, he didn\u2019t have enough soldiers. And he lost even more soldiers. In two months against the allied forces, he lost 400,000 soldiers. He said, \u201cA year ago, the whole of Europe was marching alongside of us. Today the whole of Europe is marching against us.\u201d At the beginning of 1814, the Allies invaded France. Even Austria, his wife\u2019s father\u2019s country, had joined the coalition against Napoleon. On 5 January 1814, Napoleon said goodbye to his wife and son. He would never see them again. On 31 March 1814, the allies marched into Paris. The war was over. Napoleon was psychologically crushed. He poisoned himself but didn\u2019t die. A British warship carried Napoleon into exile to the island of Elba, a small island in the Mediterranean near Corsica. He was 45 years old. He had won and lost an empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/h2>\n\n\n\n100 DAYS AND THE END<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNapoleon was not a prisoner in Elba. The Allies forbade him to leave the island but he didn\u2019t live like a prisoner. He was the emperor of Elba. He ruled the island. At first he was excited about it. But then he was bored.
In France, the Allies had restored monarchy. Louis XVIII was made the king. However, he wasn\u2019t a popular king. French people didn\u2019t like him. Napoleon thought that he could have a chance if he returned to France. On February 1815, he escaped from Elba and returned to France. The king sent a regiment of soldiers to stop him. (www.bebekce.gen.tr) When they found Napoleon, he stepped out in front of them and said, \u201cSoldiers, if there is one among you who wants to kill his emperor, here I am.\u201d His soldiers loved him. They would not kill him. They cried, \u201cLong live the emperor [Napoleon]!\u201d Two weeks later, Napoleon was back in Paris. The king had fled. Napoleon was the emperor again. Napoleon\u2019s enemies united once again. They declared him an outlaw. Napoleon marched toward Waterloo, with an army of 73,000. He wanted to destroy the British army before the Prussians, Russians and the Austrians arrived. The battle took place on 18 June 1815. The Prussians arrived in time to help the British. They defeated Napoleon. Four days later Napoleon abdicated his throne. He asked the British to let him live \u201cin a country house near London.\u201d The British refused. They sent him back to exile. But this time they chose a remote island, the island of St. Helena (12,000 km from France) in the South Atlantic Ocean. When Napoleon saw the island he said, This is going to be my grave.\u201d He was very unhappy. He said he wanted \u201cto fall asleep and not wake up for a year or two.\u201d On this island he was a prisoner, guarded by 2000 British soldiers, and two British warships that circled the island 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Napoleon didn\u2019t know what to do on the island. He read, wrote, gardened, dictated his life. He lived 5,5 years more. On 5 May 1821, at the age of 51, he died. His last words were, \u201cFrance, army, chief of army, Josephine\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE END<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u21d0 Napoleon Part I<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNapoleon\u2019s wife Josephine was 46 years old. She could not give birth. However, Napoleon wanted an heir to his throne. He divorced Josephine in 1809. She fainted upon hearing this. Napoleon said, \u201cIt is for France. The whole of France wants the divorce.\u201d He gave her a big house and 3 million francs a year. Then he married Marie Louise, the daughter of the Austrian Emperor Francis. She was 19 years old. She didn\u2019t want to marry Napoleon. (www.bebekce.gen.tr) But her father said, \u201cMarriage with Napoleon will bring peace and alliance with the most powerful country in Europe.\u201d Finally she agreed with her father and married Napoleon on 2 April 1810. Next year she gave birth to a son. Napoleon was very happy because now he had an heir to his throne. He called his son the King of Rome. He was 42 years old. He said, \u201cLate hours, hardship, and war are not for me at my age. I love my bed more than anything but I must finish my work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was his work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-The war in Spain continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-Britain was still a stubborn enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– A new war with Russia was coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/h2>\n\n\n\nINVASION OF RUSSIA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nRussia was also trading with Britain. Alexander said \u201cI will no longer be a part of the blockade against Britain\u201d because the blockade was ruining the Russian economy. Napoleon thought of invading Russia. His advisers told him that he should not attack Russia. But he ignored their advice (he didn\u2019t listen to them) and decided to invade Russia. He had become too proud and arrogant. He assembled the largest army ever, 600,000 soldiers. Napoleon was confident. He said, \u201cThe war will be over in 20 days.\u201d He imagined that he would easily destroy the Russian Army. He moved into Russia with his army in the spring of 1812. However, the Russians would not give battle. In other words, they kept retreating and retreating. They didn\u2019t fight Napoleon. It was summer. It was hot. Napoleon\u2018s soldiers were very tired. They had been marching thousands of kilometers. Some soldiers died of heat and fatigue. Many deserted. Everyday Napoleon lost more and more soldiers without a fight. In two months, he lost 150,000 soldiers. (www.bebekce.gen.tr) At last, at the Battle of Borodino, the two armies fought. It was the deadliest battle of the Napoleonic wars. In total, 70,000 soldiers were killed or wounded. There was no decisive victory. Next day the Russian army retreated. Napoleon said, \u201cWe are victorious.\u201d Next week Napoleon entered Moscow. The city was deserted. The Russian people had left the city before the French came. That night, Moscow began to burn. Napoleon could not stay in Moscow anymore. But he didn\u2019t want to leave it either. He said, \u201cWinter is coming, but I don\u2019t want to abandon my conquest.\u201d So, he wrote to the Czar, \u201cLet\u2019s make peace.\u201d He waited for an answer to his letter. But the answer didn\u2019t come. The Czar was silent. Then, on 19 October 1812, Napoleon ordered his army to leave Moscow and return to France. Soon it began to snow. The Russian winter had arrived early. It was 22 degrees below zero (-22\u00b0C). One French soldier wrote, \u201cOur lips stuck together, our nostrils froze, we seem to be marching in a world of ice.\u201d Their food supplies had finished. Thousands of horses died. The French soldiers ate these horses because they didn\u2019t have better food. Another serious problem was the Cossacks. They conducted surprise attacks against the French army. Fearing capture, Napoleon carried a small bag of poison around his neck. Hunger, cold, disease, and the Cossacks destroyed the French army. Out of 600,000 French soldiers, 93,000 came back to France. This was the beginning of the end for Napoleon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/h2>\n\n\n\nBEGINNING OF THE END<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNow Russia, Prussia, Britain, and Sweden united against Napoleon. Napoleon hoped that one decisive victory in central Europe could turn his luck. However, he didn\u2019t have enough soldiers. And he lost even more soldiers. In two months against the allied forces, he lost 400,000 soldiers. He said, \u201cA year ago, the whole of Europe was marching alongside of us. Today the whole of Europe is marching against us.\u201d At the beginning of 1814, the Allies invaded France. Even Austria, his wife\u2019s father\u2019s country, had joined the coalition against Napoleon. On 5 January 1814, Napoleon said goodbye to his wife and son. He would never see them again. On 31 March 1814, the allies marched into Paris. The war was over. Napoleon was psychologically crushed. He poisoned himself but didn\u2019t die. A British warship carried Napoleon into exile to the island of Elba, a small island in the Mediterranean near Corsica. He was 45 years old. He had won and lost an empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/h2>\n\n\n\n100 DAYS AND THE END<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNapoleon was not a prisoner in Elba. The Allies forbade him to leave the island but he didn\u2019t live like a prisoner. He was the emperor of Elba. He ruled the island. At first he was excited about it. But then he was bored.
In France, the Allies had restored monarchy. Louis XVIII was made the king. However, he wasn\u2019t a popular king. French people didn\u2019t like him. Napoleon thought that he could have a chance if he returned to France. On February 1815, he escaped from Elba and returned to France. The king sent a regiment of soldiers to stop him. (www.bebekce.gen.tr) When they found Napoleon, he stepped out in front of them and said, \u201cSoldiers, if there is one among you who wants to kill his emperor, here I am.\u201d His soldiers loved him. They would not kill him. They cried, \u201cLong live the emperor [Napoleon]!\u201d Two weeks later, Napoleon was back in Paris. The king had fled. Napoleon was the emperor again. Napoleon\u2019s enemies united once again. They declared him an outlaw. Napoleon marched toward Waterloo, with an army of 73,000. He wanted to destroy the British army before the Prussians, Russians and the Austrians arrived. The battle took place on 18 June 1815. The Prussians arrived in time to help the British. They defeated Napoleon. Four days later Napoleon abdicated his throne. He asked the British to let him live \u201cin a country house near London.\u201d The British refused. They sent him back to exile. But this time they chose a remote island, the island of St. Helena (12,000 km from France) in the South Atlantic Ocean. When Napoleon saw the island he said, This is going to be my grave.\u201d He was very unhappy. He said he wanted \u201cto fall asleep and not wake up for a year or two.\u201d On this island he was a prisoner, guarded by 2000 British soldiers, and two British warships that circled the island 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Napoleon didn\u2019t know what to do on the island. He read, wrote, gardened, dictated his life. He lived 5,5 years more. On 5 May 1821, at the age of 51, he died. His last words were, \u201cFrance, army, chief of army, Josephine\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE END<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u21d0 Napoleon Part I<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nRussia was also trading with Britain. Alexander said \u201cI will no longer be a part of the blockade against Britain\u201d because the blockade was ruining the Russian economy. Napoleon thought of invading Russia. His advisers told him that he should not attack Russia. But he ignored their advice (he didn\u2019t listen to them) and decided to invade Russia. He had become too proud and arrogant. He assembled the largest army ever, 600,000 soldiers. Napoleon was confident. He said, \u201cThe war will be over in 20 days.\u201d He imagined that he would easily destroy the Russian Army. He moved into Russia with his army in the spring of 1812. However, the Russians would not give battle. In other words, they kept retreating and retreating. They didn\u2019t fight Napoleon. It was summer. It was hot. Napoleon\u2018s soldiers were very tired. They had been marching thousands of kilometers. Some soldiers died of heat and fatigue. Many deserted. Everyday Napoleon lost more and more soldiers without a fight. In two months, he lost 150,000 soldiers. (www.bebekce.gen.tr) At last, at the Battle of Borodino, the two armies fought. It was the deadliest battle of the Napoleonic wars. In total, 70,000 soldiers were killed or wounded. There was no decisive victory. Next day the Russian army retreated. Napoleon said, \u201cWe are victorious.\u201d Next week Napoleon entered Moscow. The city was deserted. The Russian people had left the city before the French came. That night, Moscow began to burn. Napoleon could not stay in Moscow anymore. But he didn\u2019t want to leave it either. He said, \u201cWinter is coming, but I don\u2019t want to abandon my conquest.\u201d So, he wrote to the Czar, \u201cLet\u2019s make peace.\u201d He waited for an answer to his letter. But the answer didn\u2019t come. The Czar was silent. Then, on 19 October 1812, Napoleon ordered his army to leave Moscow and return to France. Soon it began to snow. The Russian winter had arrived early. It was 22 degrees below zero (-22\u00b0C). One French soldier wrote, \u201cOur lips stuck together, our nostrils froze, we seem to be marching in a world of ice.\u201d Their food supplies had finished. Thousands of horses died. The French soldiers ate these horses because they didn\u2019t have better food. Another serious problem was the Cossacks. They conducted surprise attacks against the French army. Fearing capture, Napoleon carried a small bag of poison around his neck. Hunger, cold, disease, and the Cossacks destroyed the French army. Out of 600,000 French soldiers, 93,000 came back to France. This was the beginning of the end for Napoleon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/h2>\n\n\n\nBEGINNING OF THE END<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNow Russia, Prussia, Britain, and Sweden united against Napoleon. Napoleon hoped that one decisive victory in central Europe could turn his luck. However, he didn\u2019t have enough soldiers. And he lost even more soldiers. In two months against the allied forces, he lost 400,000 soldiers. He said, \u201cA year ago, the whole of Europe was marching alongside of us. Today the whole of Europe is marching against us.\u201d At the beginning of 1814, the Allies invaded France. Even Austria, his wife\u2019s father\u2019s country, had joined the coalition against Napoleon. On 5 January 1814, Napoleon said goodbye to his wife and son. He would never see them again. On 31 March 1814, the allies marched into Paris. The war was over. Napoleon was psychologically crushed. He poisoned himself but didn\u2019t die. A British warship carried Napoleon into exile to the island of Elba, a small island in the Mediterranean near Corsica. He was 45 years old. He had won and lost an empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/h2>\n\n\n\n100 DAYS AND THE END<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNapoleon was not a prisoner in Elba. The Allies forbade him to leave the island but he didn\u2019t live like a prisoner. He was the emperor of Elba. He ruled the island. At first he was excited about it. But then he was bored.
In France, the Allies had restored monarchy. Louis XVIII was made the king. However, he wasn\u2019t a popular king. French people didn\u2019t like him. Napoleon thought that he could have a chance if he returned to France. On February 1815, he escaped from Elba and returned to France. The king sent a regiment of soldiers to stop him. (www.bebekce.gen.tr) When they found Napoleon, he stepped out in front of them and said, \u201cSoldiers, if there is one among you who wants to kill his emperor, here I am.\u201d His soldiers loved him. They would not kill him. They cried, \u201cLong live the emperor [Napoleon]!\u201d Two weeks later, Napoleon was back in Paris. The king had fled. Napoleon was the emperor again. Napoleon\u2019s enemies united once again. They declared him an outlaw. Napoleon marched toward Waterloo, with an army of 73,000. He wanted to destroy the British army before the Prussians, Russians and the Austrians arrived. The battle took place on 18 June 1815. The Prussians arrived in time to help the British. They defeated Napoleon. Four days later Napoleon abdicated his throne. He asked the British to let him live \u201cin a country house near London.\u201d The British refused. They sent him back to exile. But this time they chose a remote island, the island of St. Helena (12,000 km from France) in the South Atlantic Ocean. When Napoleon saw the island he said, This is going to be my grave.\u201d He was very unhappy. He said he wanted \u201cto fall asleep and not wake up for a year or two.\u201d On this island he was a prisoner, guarded by 2000 British soldiers, and two British warships that circled the island 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Napoleon didn\u2019t know what to do on the island. He read, wrote, gardened, dictated his life. He lived 5,5 years more. On 5 May 1821, at the age of 51, he died. His last words were, \u201cFrance, army, chief of army, Josephine\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE END<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u21d0 Napoleon Part I<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNow Russia, Prussia, Britain, and Sweden united against Napoleon. Napoleon hoped that one decisive victory in central Europe could turn his luck. However, he didn\u2019t have enough soldiers. And he lost even more soldiers. In two months against the allied forces, he lost 400,000 soldiers. He said, \u201cA year ago, the whole of Europe was marching alongside of us. Today the whole of Europe is marching against us.\u201d At the beginning of 1814, the Allies invaded France. Even Austria, his wife\u2019s father\u2019s country, had joined the coalition against Napoleon. On 5 January 1814, Napoleon said goodbye to his wife and son. He would never see them again. On 31 March 1814, the allies marched into Paris. The war was over. Napoleon was psychologically crushed. He poisoned himself but didn\u2019t die. A British warship carried Napoleon into exile to the island of Elba, a small island in the Mediterranean near Corsica. He was 45 years old. He had won and lost an empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/h2>\n\n\n\n100 DAYS AND THE END<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNapoleon was not a prisoner in Elba. The Allies forbade him to leave the island but he didn\u2019t live like a prisoner. He was the emperor of Elba. He ruled the island. At first he was excited about it. But then he was bored.
In France, the Allies had restored monarchy. Louis XVIII was made the king. However, he wasn\u2019t a popular king. French people didn\u2019t like him. Napoleon thought that he could have a chance if he returned to France. On February 1815, he escaped from Elba and returned to France. The king sent a regiment of soldiers to stop him. (www.bebekce.gen.tr) When they found Napoleon, he stepped out in front of them and said, \u201cSoldiers, if there is one among you who wants to kill his emperor, here I am.\u201d His soldiers loved him. They would not kill him. They cried, \u201cLong live the emperor [Napoleon]!\u201d Two weeks later, Napoleon was back in Paris. The king had fled. Napoleon was the emperor again. Napoleon\u2019s enemies united once again. They declared him an outlaw. Napoleon marched toward Waterloo, with an army of 73,000. He wanted to destroy the British army before the Prussians, Russians and the Austrians arrived. The battle took place on 18 June 1815. The Prussians arrived in time to help the British. They defeated Napoleon. Four days later Napoleon abdicated his throne. He asked the British to let him live \u201cin a country house near London.\u201d The British refused. They sent him back to exile. But this time they chose a remote island, the island of St. Helena (12,000 km from France) in the South Atlantic Ocean. When Napoleon saw the island he said, This is going to be my grave.\u201d He was very unhappy. He said he wanted \u201cto fall asleep and not wake up for a year or two.\u201d On this island he was a prisoner, guarded by 2000 British soldiers, and two British warships that circled the island 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Napoleon didn\u2019t know what to do on the island. He read, wrote, gardened, dictated his life. He lived 5,5 years more. On 5 May 1821, at the age of 51, he died. His last words were, \u201cFrance, army, chief of army, Josephine\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE END<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u21d0 Napoleon Part I<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNapoleon was not a prisoner in Elba. The Allies forbade him to leave the island but he didn\u2019t live like a prisoner. He was the emperor of Elba. He ruled the island. At first he was excited about it. But then he was bored.
In France, the Allies had restored monarchy. Louis XVIII was made the king. However, he wasn\u2019t a popular king. French people didn\u2019t like him. Napoleon thought that he could have a chance if he returned to France. On February 1815, he escaped from Elba and returned to France. The king sent a regiment of soldiers to stop him. (www.bebekce.gen.tr) When they found Napoleon, he stepped out in front of them and said, \u201cSoldiers, if there is one among you who wants to kill his emperor, here I am.\u201d His soldiers loved him. They would not kill him. They cried, \u201cLong live the emperor [Napoleon]!\u201d Two weeks later, Napoleon was back in Paris. The king had fled. Napoleon was the emperor again. Napoleon\u2019s enemies united once again. They declared him an outlaw. Napoleon marched toward Waterloo, with an army of 73,000. He wanted to destroy the British army before the Prussians, Russians and the Austrians arrived. The battle took place on 18 June 1815. The Prussians arrived in time to help the British. They defeated Napoleon. Four days later Napoleon abdicated his throne. He asked the British to let him live \u201cin a country house near London.\u201d The British refused. They sent him back to exile. But this time they chose a remote island, the island of St. Helena (12,000 km from France) in the South Atlantic Ocean. When Napoleon saw the island he said, This is going to be my grave.\u201d He was very unhappy. He said he wanted \u201cto fall asleep and not wake up for a year or two.\u201d On this island he was a prisoner, guarded by 2000 British soldiers, and two British warships that circled the island 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Napoleon didn\u2019t know what to do on the island. He read, wrote, gardened, dictated his life. He lived 5,5 years more. On 5 May 1821, at the age of 51, he died. His last words were, \u201cFrance, army, chief of army, Josephine\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE END<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u21d0 Napoleon Part I<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n