00:00In the beautiful island of Corsica, in the Mediterranean Sea, a boy named Napoleon Bonaparte was born.
00:07From a young age, Napoleon was ambitious and fiercely intelligent.
00:11He loved to read about great military leaders, dreaming of his own battles and victories.
00:16Napoleon was sent to France for his education and quickly showed a talent for military strategy.
00:22He joined the French army and it wasn't long before he started to make a name for himself.
00:27He was known for being fearless and brilliant in battle.
00:30During a time of great turmoil in France, known as the French Revolution,
00:35Napoleon quickly rose through the ranks of the military.
00:38He became a hero to the people for defending France against other European countries that wanted to stop the revolution.
00:45Napoleon's biggest moment came when he decided to make himself the Emperor of France.
00:50He had great visions for France and for himself.
00:53He wanted to create a huge empire and for a while, he almost did.
00:58Napoleon's armies conquered lands far and wide and he ruled over much of Europe.
01:03But Napoleon's ambition also led to his downfall.
01:06He made a big mistake by deciding to invade Russia.
01:09The Russian winter was harsh and Napoleon's army wasn't prepared for it.
01:13Many soldiers didn't survive the cold and the battles.
01:16This was the beginning of the end of Napoleon's empire.
01:20After a series of defeats, Napoleon was forced to give up his throne and was exiled to a small island called Elba.
01:27But even then, his ambition didn't let him rest.
01:30He escaped from Elba and returned to France for a brief period of rule, known as the Hundred Days.
01:36However, Napoleon's comeback didn't last long.
01:39He was defeated again at the Battle of Waterloo, one of the most famous battles in history.
01:45This time, he was exiled to a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean called St. Helena, where he spent the rest of his life.
01:53Napoleon Bonaparte is remembered as one of the greatest military leaders in history,
01:57but also as a reminder of how ambition can both make and break a person.
02:03His life story is full of victories and defeats, power and loss, and the enduring lessons of history's complex heroes.
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