Napoleon was by far the greatest military leader of all time.those who claim that france was always weak are wrong.I mean france has ruled europe twice!!!( charlamagne and napoleon.What has america ever had to do with colonies.......it's been one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)also napoleon is about the only leader who managed to beat the british fleet at the battle of Toulon.All those who say that napoleon does not deserve the ranking of greatest military leader to walk the earth is just jealous that they never had such a great leader.The only reason he lost waterloo is because he was out numberedby the british let alone the prussians.He was still about to beat the british but the prussians just managed to save their(unable and inept on land Whogot n empire by beating up beating up people who were armed with spears using gun and canon.)allies