This video is a summary of his life and a tribute to its Memory and the Memory of all soldiers of the Republic and the Empire who fought vs all the despotic and the autocratic Kingdoms of Europe between 1789 and 1815 for the victory of ideas of the French Revolution and the Sovereign People everywhere in Europe and in the World.
200 years after they succeeded and not sacrificed themselves for nothing :-)
For understanding well the 1st French Republic of 1789 and the Empire which followed, it's necessary to understand that the young Republic was attacked without stops at all its borders by the all kingdoms and the kings of Europe.
The birth of the Empire is only one reaction of defense against all these attacks of the kings and emperors of Europe against the young French Republic since 1789.
For better understanding and analyzing with honesty and objectivity, PLEASE forget the falses things that one learned to you or say about Napoleon and the Republic and the Empire :-(
What said Napoleon himself summarizes all things :
"L'Empire c'est la paix !"
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"The Empire it is peace !"
Under heard : "The peace finally found for France and Europe"
so, JRC is the most famous "Grognard" of the Imperial Guard of Napoleon 1st