ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Napoleon

Ok kiddo, so Napoleon was a man who lived a long time ago in a place called France. He was a really important leader who led his soldiers into battles and won a lot of times. He even became the ruler of France!

Napoleon was very smart and had lots of ideas on how to make France better. He made many laws and changed things to help the people of France. He even made schools for kids so they could learn and become smarter.

But not everyone liked Napoleon. There were other countries and people who thought he was trying to take over the world. So they fought against him and he eventually lost. They sent him to live on a small island in the middle of the ocean called St. Helena.

Even though he lost, Napoleon is still remembered today as a really important person in history who did some good things, but also made some mistakes.