600,000 men Napoleon began to rely more heavily on troops drawn from conquered or allied states to provide units for his army. By the Spring of 1812, Napoleon had assembled an army of 600,000 men from every corner of his empire – including Italy, Poland, Germany and France.72,000 men His army was composed of veterans who had rallied to his cause on his return from exile. Having detached 33,000 men to follow the Prussians after Ligny, Napoleon had 72,000 men and 246 guns at Waterloo.brigadier general Born to parents of Italian ancestry, he was educated in France and became an army officer in 1785. He fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and was promoted to brigadier general in 1793.
How large was Napoleon’s empire : 293,000 square miles At the end of 1810, following the annexation of the Hansa cities and the Duchy of Oldenburg, the Napoleonic Empire reached its territorial peak. It spread over an area of 750,000 km2 (293,000 square miles) and had 44 million inhabitants.
How good was Napoleon’s army
In the early years, Napoleon's Grande Armée was the most capable battlefield force in the world; Napoleon could demand feats of endurance, sacrifice and complexity beyond those of his opponents. But the quality of its later performances declined as casualties took their toll on the troops and on his marshals.
What was the largest army in history :
The Xia Dynasty.
The Army of Ramses II.
The Persian Army of Cyrus the Great.
Mauryan Empire.
The Roman Army.
The Tang Dynasty.
Gengkis Khan's Mongol Horde.
The Ming Dynasty.
Napoleon has since been regarded as a military genius and one of the finest commanders in history. His wars and campaigns have been studied at military schools worldwide. He fought more than 80 battles, losing only ten, mostly towards the end when the French army was not as dominant.
five foot two Napoleon was often described as being short in stature. In actual fact, the height of five foot two recorded on his death was in French units, which were equivalent in today's measurement to five foot, six and a half inches or 169 centimetres – an average height.
How tall was Napoleon
At the time of his death, the French might have recorded his height in French inches, which were a little longer than English inches. They put him at five-foot-two, but this was probably more like 5 feet and 6.5 inches, a perfectly normal height for a man of his time.Although during the 1812 Invasion of Russia Napoleon achieved tactical victories and entered Moscow, the campaign exhausted the French forces, demonstrating the weaknesses of the French strategy, shaking Napoleon's reputation, and dramatically weakening French hegemony in Europe.145Estimated IQs of 301 Geniuses of the 15th – 19th Centuries by Catharine Morris Cox, PhD
Name
Dates
Corrected Est. IQ*
Napoleon Bonaparte
1769-1821
145
Newton, Isaac
1642-1727
190
Pascal, Blaise
1623-1662
195
Rembrandt van Rijn
1606-1669
155
He fought more than 80 battles, losing only ten, mostly towards the end when the French army was not as dominant. The French dominion collapsed rapidly after the disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. Napoleon was defeated in 1814 and exiled to the island of Elba, before returning to France.
Who had the best army ever existed :
The Mongols, by far and away.
Some will say Alexander the Great in the 300s BC. His army was comprised of around 100,000 men and managed to conquer the Persian Empire, a political entity of around 20 million people.
The Mongol army under Genghis Khan and his sons was also comprised of around 100,000 to 200,000 men.
How big was Genghis Khan’s army : The largest force Genghis Khan ever assembled was that with which he conquered the Khwarizmian Empire (Persia): less than 240,000 men. The Mongol armies which conquered Russia and all of Eastern and Central Europe never exceeded 150,000 men.
Did Napoleon defeat Russia
Assuming the encounter would result in an immediate French victory, Napoleon marched his armies into Russian territories only to be met with fierce, unexpected retreats and repeated counterattacks by the Russian Imperial Army that led to a decisive Russian victory.
Napoleon was 5 feet 6 inches tall, average height at the time. In his early years he was quite lean and only after 1806 did he become heavy. In his younger years he was often described as sickly in appearance, his skin having a yellowish pallor. He had fine white teeth, which he was proud.roughly 65.75 inches The longest bone in the body, the femur comprises about a quarter of a person's height. According to Steckel's analysis, heights decreased from an average of 68.27 inches (173.4 centimeters) in the early Middle Ages to an average low of roughly 65.75 inches (167 cm) during the 17th and 18th centuries.
What was the average height in 1800 in France : In any event, the average height of a Frenchman in the late 18th century was 162 cm (5ft 4 inches). In 1820 it was 164cm. So the answer to the question is an emphatic no, average height would have had to reduce to 4ft 9 inches!
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600,000 men
Napoleon began to rely more heavily on troops drawn from conquered or allied states to provide units for his army. By the Spring of 1812, Napoleon had assembled an army of 600,000 men from every corner of his empire – including Italy, Poland, Germany and France.72,000 men
His army was composed of veterans who had rallied to his cause on his return from exile. Having detached 33,000 men to follow the Prussians after Ligny, Napoleon had 72,000 men and 246 guns at Waterloo.brigadier general
Born to parents of Italian ancestry, he was educated in France and became an army officer in 1785. He fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and was promoted to brigadier general in 1793.
How large was Napoleon’s empire : 293,000 square miles
At the end of 1810, following the annexation of the Hansa cities and the Duchy of Oldenburg, the Napoleonic Empire reached its territorial peak. It spread over an area of 750,000 km2 (293,000 square miles) and had 44 million inhabitants.
How good was Napoleon’s army
In the early years, Napoleon's Grande Armée was the most capable battlefield force in the world; Napoleon could demand feats of endurance, sacrifice and complexity beyond those of his opponents. But the quality of its later performances declined as casualties took their toll on the troops and on his marshals.
What was the largest army in history :
Napoleon has since been regarded as a military genius and one of the finest commanders in history. His wars and campaigns have been studied at military schools worldwide. He fought more than 80 battles, losing only ten, mostly towards the end when the French army was not as dominant.
five foot two
Napoleon was often described as being short in stature. In actual fact, the height of five foot two recorded on his death was in French units, which were equivalent in today's measurement to five foot, six and a half inches or 169 centimetres – an average height.
How tall was Napoleon
At the time of his death, the French might have recorded his height in French inches, which were a little longer than English inches. They put him at five-foot-two, but this was probably more like 5 feet and 6.5 inches, a perfectly normal height for a man of his time.Although during the 1812 Invasion of Russia Napoleon achieved tactical victories and entered Moscow, the campaign exhausted the French forces, demonstrating the weaknesses of the French strategy, shaking Napoleon's reputation, and dramatically weakening French hegemony in Europe.145Estimated IQs of 301 Geniuses of the 15th – 19th Centuries by Catharine Morris Cox, PhD
He fought more than 80 battles, losing only ten, mostly towards the end when the French army was not as dominant. The French dominion collapsed rapidly after the disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. Napoleon was defeated in 1814 and exiled to the island of Elba, before returning to France.
Who had the best army ever existed :
How big was Genghis Khan’s army : The largest force Genghis Khan ever assembled was that with which he conquered the Khwarizmian Empire (Persia): less than 240,000 men. The Mongol armies which conquered Russia and all of Eastern and Central Europe never exceeded 150,000 men.
Did Napoleon defeat Russia
Assuming the encounter would result in an immediate French victory, Napoleon marched his armies into Russian territories only to be met with fierce, unexpected retreats and repeated counterattacks by the Russian Imperial Army that led to a decisive Russian victory.
Napoleon was 5 feet 6 inches tall, average height at the time. In his early years he was quite lean and only after 1806 did he become heavy. In his younger years he was often described as sickly in appearance, his skin having a yellowish pallor. He had fine white teeth, which he was proud.roughly 65.75 inches
The longest bone in the body, the femur comprises about a quarter of a person's height. According to Steckel's analysis, heights decreased from an average of 68.27 inches (173.4 centimeters) in the early Middle Ages to an average low of roughly 65.75 inches (167 cm) during the 17th and 18th centuries.
What was the average height in 1800 in France : In any event, the average height of a Frenchman in the late 18th century was 162 cm (5ft 4 inches). In 1820 it was 164cm. So the answer to the question is an emphatic no, average height would have had to reduce to 4ft 9 inches!