On March 31, 1814, the anti-French coalition army entered Paris, France, but Napoleon still had a strong army in his hands, and the French still enthusiastically supported Napoleon. After intense negotiations and compromises, on 6 April, Emperor Napoleon announced his abdication. On May 4, Napoleon exiled Elba Island, called exile, but in fact had to let Napoleon leave, which is more appropriate.
Elba is located between the Tyrrhenian sea and the Ligurian Sea, about 10 km from the Apennine Peninsula and about 50 km from Corsica. Elba is the third largest island in Italy after Sardinia and Sicily, with an area of about 223 square kilometers. Napoleon's title as Emperor remained, but his jurisdiction was only on the island of Elba, and thereafter he was the emperor of the small island, and the restored French Bourbon Dynasty gave him 2 million francs a year.
When Napoleon landed on the island, he was followed by 600 soldiers, and the islanders ate pot paste and greeted each other.
The island immediately became the center of Europe, with a large number of constructions, roads, infrastructure and trade channels.
On February 26, 1815, Napoleon stayed on the island for more than 9 months before leaving Elba. The people are empty of alleys, sending thousands of miles to the king. Along the way, Napoleon gathered his old ministries and returned to France, breaking through the cage of history and re-ascending the throne as the commander-in-chief of the army.
On 18 June 1815, napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo, returned to Paris three days later, and announced his abdication the next day. The French League learned its lesson, and Elba was too close to the European continent to allow Napoleon to escape. Napoleon must be exiled to a desert island where he could never return to Europe.
The place where Napoleon was exiled again was the British island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean, and Napoleon had the power of heaven, and there was nothing he could do in the face of the desperate loneliness of St. Helena!
The Anti-French Alliance did not dare to kill Napoleon, because he was the most prestigious person in the history of France for hundreds of years, and if napoleon was killed, France may become the largest powder keg in Europe. As long as any careerist holds high the banner of "avenging Napoleon", thousands of French men will defect.
St. Helena is isolated in the Atlantic Ocean, and the nearest land is Africa, about 2,000 kilometers, a little farther than the distance from Beijing to Shenzhen. Placing Napoleon here, the British were reassured that Napoleon would not have been able to fly out of the island even if he had grown wings.
The area of St. Helena Island is about 121 square kilometers, less than 10% of Chongming Island, but the actual area of Holy Island is much smaller.
St. Helena is a volcanic island, and the magma from the eruption cools down and rises above sea level to form the holy island. The land of St. Helena is mainly rocky, and most of the island is grassy, except for a small patch of barren sand in the middle of the island.
At the beginning of the island landing, Napoleon's mood was more optimistic, insisting on exercising and practicing English hard in order to make a second comeback.
As time went on, Napoleon's hopes began to dash, and without the French coming to see him, he could not plan with the old ministries of Europe no matter how much he had.
The living conditions on the island were not good, rats were scurrying everywhere into quilt hats, and Napoleon's spirit was getting weaker. It is conceivable how desolate and helpless It was that Napoleon, who once dominated half of Europe, looked at the land from afar on this island.
On May 5, 1821, Napoleon died after 6 years on the island, at the age of 52. Born in Corsica, died on the island of St. Helena. Born on a small island, died on a small island, this is fate.
More than 100 years later, test results showed that Napoleon was poisoned. The British are suspicious, and the people around Napoleon are the most suspicious, after all, no one wants to bury their youth on the island, Napoleon is dead, they are free. The truth has long been blown away by the mighty Atlantic Ocean breeze.
On December 15, 1840, 19 and a half years after Napoleon's death, his body was returned to Paris, France, and buried in the Invalides on the banks of the Seine.
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