Complete 3 pages APA formatted article: The Coup d'tat of 18 Brumaire. This is due to his great skill during wars and his help during the French revolution. He also contributed to imperial democracy w

Complete 3 pages APA formatted article: The Coup d'tat of 18 Brumaire. This is due to his great skill during wars and his help during the French revolution. He also contributed to imperial democracy which was widespread in Europe during the French revolution. Since his childhood, he trained and served as an artillery officer in France. Born of a noble Italian, he became famous too fast that he was soon included in the French army. To his success, he led to the success of an invasion in the Italian peninsula. After his leadership and military tactics, he became staged leading to his name as the First Consul. He staged a coup d'etat in 1799 but it did not work in the overthrow of the then present government (Bader 25). Napoleon also led the French to Napoleonic wars in the 19th century. The wars involved all the major leaders and states in Europe. The war took long but in most of the cases, Napoleon helped his army to conquer new states. In his wars, Napoleon worn most of the wars in Europe through improvising on war strategies while were advanced as compared to his enemies. Through his wars and victories, he was able to maintain the French as a sphere of influence. Formation of alliances with allies during the wars helped increase his manpower that served the army. Invasion of Russia in 1812 and the peninsular war marked Napoleon’s turning points fortunes and successes. During the Grande Armee, his reputation was badly damaged such that it was not recovered in future. He was later defeated by the Sixth Coalition in 1813. This consecutive attracts led to his exile to Elba. He then decided to get into war again but lost. This led to his return to power and war and was defeated in 1815 at the battle of Waterloo. He found out that he was not ready for most of the French wars due to his deterioration in war tactics. He decided to continue living in confinement at a British island named Saint Helena. After his failed war attempts he gave up and late died of a stomach cancer. However, this information was only available he royal members. Some of scholars and researchers speculate that he was targeted by his enemies in war and was issued with arsenic poison to help terminate his life and leadership in the French military. Napoleon Bonaparte and the Coup d'etat of 18 Brumaire It was a first French consul that aided to terminate the French revolution. The coup was led by Napoleon Bonaparte since he has exposure to advances military and leadership tactics. He also had a great influence to the French where he was able to convince physically fit men to join the army. This led to the creation of a strong army that did not fear any enemy during wars. Some scholars argue that he had charismatic type of leadership style that helps him to obtain a large population of followers. Since he was bright and gifted in tactical situations, he was able to organize the coup of 18 Brumaire without knowledge of the other leaders on 9th November 1799 (Englund 22). The coup had several impacts such as overthrowing the Directory and replaced it with the French Consulate which was widespread at the moment. Karl Max in his studies was able to name the coup as the ‘Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon’ which was derived from the 1851 coup by the nephew of Napoleon. However, Napoleon had come up with other coups to come up with the Brumaire coup. General Jean Victor Marie Moreau was an ally to Napoleon and he helped in the coup (Englund 22). Coup of 18 Brumaire and its contributions to the general course of the French revolution The coup led to the crushing of the Directory.