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Napoleon'sMilitaryCareergrounp1HewasbornincorsicaonAugust15th,1769,diedonmay5th,1821.HeisthemostfamousFrenchmilitarystrategistandstatesman.Heisveryfamousbecausehefoundthefrenchempir.HeisthefirstFrenchEmperor,Napoleon.ItisthelongtermandaccumulationthatcreatedthemilitarytalentNapoleongotintothemilitaryacademywhenhewastenyearsold.Hewaslaughedbyotherstudentsbecausehewaspoor,incommunicativeandarrogant.Buthewasverycleveranddiligent,andgraduatedwithgoodgradesafterfiveyears.In1784,attheageoffifteen,Napoleonwasallowedintotheroyalmilitaryacademyforfurtherstudy.Hemetotherstudents'contemptonceagainHowever,hegotridofbadtempergradually.Attheroyalmilitaryacademy,studentsgenerallytooktwoorthreeyearstoacquireofficerqualification,butNapoleonpassedtheexamattheendofthefirstyear.Itwas1785whenhewas16yearsold.Aftergraduatingfromtheacademy,NapoleonwassenttoArtilleryRegiment.Inadditiontoperformingofficialduties,healsostudiedbyhimself,especiallyaboutthemilitaryandpoliticalhistory.Inordertoimprovehismemory,hetookthenoteeverytimehereadbooks.HealwaysmadearesearchaboutAlexander,HannibalandCaesar'slifeseriously.Accordingtohisownwords,heusuallyworkedforfifteenorsixteenhoursaday.OnJuly10th,1792,hewassenttothe4thArtilleryRegimentandpromotedasacaptain.Notuntil23yearsolddidheshowamilitarytalent.WarofthefirstCoalition--thefirstshowIntheFebruary1793,BritainandsomeothercountriesmadeupthefirstcoalitionandoccupiedtheToulonandCorsica.Inmid-september,NapoleonarrivedintheToulonwarfaceandtookovertheartillery.Buthefoundthattheartilery'sstrengthwasveryweak.Therearenothinghere,noartillcry,noammunitionexceptforsomenotrainedsoldiersFirstofall,hetriedtocollectallkindsofguns.Innotlongtime,hegothundredsoflargecalibergunsandplentyofammunition.Heoftenlivedwithsoldierstoinfluenceandinspirethemwithhispracticalactionandleadership.Soonhewonthesuperiorvaluedandappreciated,andhewaspromotedtotheartillerycoloneDuringthebattle,NapoleonputforwardthattheyshouldfocustheforcesonattackingthesmallGibraltaratfirst.ThenthepoundedtheBritishfleetsanchoredontheberthtocutofftheirconnectionwithotherenemiesstationedinToulon.Inthisway,evenifFrenchonlyhadalittlestrength,butalsocouldcaptureToulonquickly.Napoleon'sbattleplan,boldandinnovative,showedhiskeeninsightandrichimagination.ThenNapleonwasappointedasArtillerydeputycommandertosiegetheToulon.Itistheordinarybutgreatplantthataffectedandchangedthewholeprocessandoutcomeofthebattlegreatly.Thegeographicallocatinwithoperationalandtacticalsignificanceonthebattlefieldisveryimportantforbothsides.Whofirstrealizesthevalueofitandactsdecisivelytoseizeit,thenhecangaintheinitiativeofthewar.Apparently,NapoleondiditThanks